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THURSDAY, 11TH SEPTEMBER 2025 Local people. Local news.

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MENDOORAN RACES RESULTS PAGE 6

OUT & ABOUT BARADINE PAGE 8

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UNICORNS REFLECT ON FINAL BACK PAGE

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POLICE NEWS

Arrests after armed robbery and pursuit Two people have been charged following an armed robbery at a Dubbo service station that led to a police pursuit in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Just after 3.30am on Saturday, 6 September, officers from Orana Mid

Western Police District were called to a service station on Hawthorn S t r e et , D ubb o a f t er repor ts of a n a rmed robbery.

Police allege a 37-yearold man and a 17-yearold boy, armed with a m achet e , a r r ive d i n

a Toyot a ut e b efor e threatening a 20-yearold man and attempting to steal his car.

The pair then allegedly assaulted a 51-year-old man before fleeing in his Ford ute.

NSW A mbulance paramedics treated the

51-year-old for a broken foot and abrasions before t ra n sp or t i ng h i m t o hospital. The younger man was not injured.

A short time later, police spotted the stolen vehicle on Cobra Street, Dubbo and initiated a pursuit.

Of f icers allege the occupants of the Ford vehicle threw objects at pursuing vehicles and d rove at police ca rs, causing damage.

R o ad s pi k e s we r e deployed on the N e we l l H i g hw ay, near Coonabarabran,

bringing the vehicle to a stop.

B oth the ma n a nd teenager were arrested and conveyed to Dubbo Police Station.

The 37-year-old was charged with multiple of fences, i nclud i ng a g g r avat e d r obb er y,

aggravated carjacking, dangerous police pursuit and using an offensive weapon to resist arrest.

T he t e en a g er wa s charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated carjacking.

B oth were ref used bail.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

editor@coonabarabrantimes.com

Nandi Park I’ve just driven past Nandi Park – it is stunning, so good one could play lawn bowls on the grass.

Beautifully groomed with not a twig on the ground. It’s an invitation to tourists to take a break in wonderful surroundings.

Well done to the Council outdoor staff – a superb job!

Yours etc., Chris Evans Coonabarabran 2357 (04.09.2025) Council – poor attitude T he gents toi let of f Da lga r no Street (Coonabarabran) was damaged by vandals probably about the end of June or early July, but certainly before 8th August.

The damage resulted in a very unsatisfactory situation, where men who needed to use the urinal were exposed to the public due to the partition being removed and the door not being able to be closed from the inside.

I first contacted Council by email about this very unsatisfactory situation on 8 August and nothing was done to fix the problem. I then wrote to the general manager and the mayor on 22 August and received my first reply on 25 August.

However, as I write this letter, the repairs have still not been carried out.

It ’s qu it e obv ious that there is a ser ious malfunction in our Council when a matter such as this is allowed to go on for so long. I get the impression that they just do not care that this toilet used by local men and many tourists is not fit for use.

The fact that I included the general manager and the mayor in my correspondence clearly indicates that the poor attitude shown by Council starts from the top.

The material for the repairs is available in town, workers to carry out the repair are available in town – so there is no reason for the delay other than what I have written above.

Yours etc., Russell Bright Coonabarabran 2357 (08.09.2025)

Corrections In last week’s edition of the Coonabarabran Times, it was incorrectly reported that Stephanie Pocock is the manager of Coonabarabran’s ADRA op-shop. Ms Pocock is the assistant manager, with Maureen Hunt serving as the new manager.

We also published an incorrect date for the upcoming Catholic Debutante Ball. The correct date is Friday, 14 November 2025.

We apologise for these errors and regret any confusion caused.

- Kait Britton Editor

• 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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Body located in search for missing woman A body has been found during the search for a woman reported missing from the Hunter region over the weekend.

The 25-year-old woman was last seen in the Merriwa area at about 1pm on Saturday, 6 September.

When she could not be located or contacted, police from Hunter Valley Police District launched inquiries into her whereabouts and issued a public appeal for assistance.

Family and police had held serious concerns for the woman’s welfare.

She was described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 165cm tall, of small build, with medium-length light brown hair and blue eyes.

Police had advised she may have been travelling in a black Toyota Hilux and was known to frequent the Coolah Tops and Merriwa areas.

At around 3.30pm on Tuesday, 9 September, officers searching bushland in the Coolah Tops National Park located the body of a woman.

While formal identification is yet to take place, the body is believed to be that of the missing woman.

A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.

Anyone with information that could assist police is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or via nsw. crimestoppers.com.au. All information is treated confidentially.

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IN FOCUS: OUTBACK FUNDRAISING ADVENTURES

Long Drive for Drought rolls into Baradine Baradine became the latest stopover for the Long Drive for Drought on its 2025 fund-raising journey.

by LIZ CUTTS Fifty-plus classic Toyota LandCruisers motored from Nindigully in Queensland down through western NSW, arriving in the town on Wednesday, 3 September.

The convoy was part of an annual fund-raising event, where enthusiasts of vintage Toyota 40 Series LandCruisers travel hundreds, even thousands, of kilometres through regional Queensland and beyond to raise awareness and money for droughtaffected communities.

The initiative runs in support of the charity Farm Angels, which provides personalised, on-the-ground support to farmers and communities experiencing drought and other natural disasters “We spend money in the small towns to hopefully bring them alive a little bit and we try to hold some events as well,” said long-time supporter, Mark van Wijk.

“There are around 100 participants in this convoy from across Australia. We are on the road for 10 days – it is a big commitment from a lot of people.

“Farm Angels provides support nation wide, although they’ve got a significant base mostly in Queensland, NSW and Victoria. We do farm visits on our way and meet the people who have been assisted by Farm Angels and hear their story. It’s great to see the results of what we are doing first hand.”

The Long Drive for Drought was conceived

by Brent Reeman in 2019, who was inspired by the deeply-felt impact of drought across much of Queensland and a desire to do more than just donate. Reeman combined his restoration of his 1971 LandCruiser with a fund-raising drive.

He originally planned to go solo, but after posting the proposal on Facebook dozens of enthusiasts volunteered to join.

This year the convoy

called in at Walgett, Bourke and Wilcannia before sweeping back up to Cobar, Coonamble, Baradine and Tamworth and then Glen Innes, before finishing at Stanthorpe.

“These communities have seen it all – drought, flood, fire and mouse plagues and we are doing our bit to give them a hand,” Mark added “Speaking to farmers yesterday, flood is now having a significant impact. The isolation and the mental-health impacts in particular are presenting challenges that can be even more difficult to deal with than drought conditions.

“The farmers go through some hard years during drought and are then hit again with flood...it’s really feast or famine.”

So far, the Long Drive for Drought has raised $41,950, with the event having raised over $600,000 since its inception in 2020.

Long Drive for Drought participant Mark van Wijk (third from left), with fellow drivers in Baradine.

Drover’s Run raises $121k for chopper Drover’s Run 4WD Outback Adventure, a fundraising event for the Northern NSW Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service, rolled through Coonabarabran in early August.

by MOLLY SHANNON Wes tpac Rescue Helicopter Ser vice i s re l i ed on by ma ny people in regional and rural communities and without it, many would miss out on lifesaving medical services.

T h i s yea r, Wes tpac will be celebrating 50 years of service. The notfor-profit organisation re l i e s o n f u n d ra i s i n g and charity events such a s t h e D r ove r ’s R u n Outback Adventure.

For 10 years, Drover’s Run has been raising m o n e y f o r We s t p a c Rescue Helicopter Service.

The event takes participants through the NSW outback, covering ove r 3 0 0 0 k i l o m et res over 10 days.

Participants donate a minimum of $ 3 3 0 0, w h i ch i n cl ud es c rew fees, entrant registration and fundraising.

Event organiser Jeff Galb raith has been working on Drover’s Run since the beginning and said it’s something he looks forward to every year. “ I i n h e r i t e d the Drover’s Run from t wo guys from the Liverpool Plains who had this vision that a fourwheel drive fundraiser for the Westpac Service would work – and since then it’s just continued to grow,” Mr Galbraith said “ We co nt i n ue to see amazing parts o f Au s t ra l i a a n d we do it with a great bunch of people who are passionate about the service – even if they

don’t start that way, they certainly are by the time they finish the trip.”

A lot of preparation g o e s i n to t h e eve n t each yea r, and 2 0 25 was no exception. Due to bad weather, many p l ans we re changed with only two out of the nine days going ahead as originally scheduled.

“O nce the route i s set in place we open for registrations in November. Then, right up until we star t, the team is answer ing questions and trying to encourage people with thei r fund raising,” M r Galbraith said, “There’s a number of first-timers this year that really don’t know what to expect, so you’ve got to mentor them on what the trip’s about, but also on what the outback is like and being selfsufficient.”

T h i s D rove r’s Ru n wa s n’t a s s t ra i g ht forward as previous trips, w i t h u n p re ce d e nte d wet weather and heavy rains making roads and crossi ngs unsafe to navigate.

Mr Galbraith said that he was really happy with this years Drover’s Run and that he couldn’t of asked for a better group.

“We’ve had to change a fair bit, there’s been a bit of scheduling at night time to get through the next day and see where we’re goi ng, but the camaraderie is always really special,” he said.

“And we’ll go to a pub at night time for dinner a n d eve r yo n e m i xe s a n d t h ey’re s m i l i n g .

We actually had some

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people out far western NSW who said, ‘we have a lot of bashers come through and without a doubt you guys are the happiest group we’ve ever had through,’ and I th i nk that’s a g reat compliment to everyone on board. “ We s e e a m a z i n g places and we meet amazing people and I t h i n k t h a t ’s o n e of the highlights of every Drover’s Run – the places we go and the way we support them.

“We’re really privileged that people trust us on their private

p ro p e r t i e s ... k n ow i n g w e’ l l r e s p e c t r o a d s and tracks while taking people into really remote areas that they would never ever see.

I really treasure those bonds.”

D rover’s Run had a total of 40 entrants this yea r, ma ny of w ho m regularly participate in the annual event.

A l i so n H of m a n h a s been par ticipating in Drovers Run for the last two years, joining her husband on the journey through the outback.

H e r re l at i o n s h i p w ith Westpac is a close one,

and she is passionate about fundraising for the cause.

“I work in the healthcare profession, and any opportunity to increase the ser vices available to our rural co m m un it y i s a l ways beneficial,” Mrs Hofman said, “The Westpac hel icopte r does an amazing job collecting patients from all outlying regions and taking them to so m e rea l l y g reat healthcare facilities,” she said.

Mrs Hofman said that while she enjoyed the

entire trip, there were a few standout moments.

“I think the highlight for us was driving in the middle of nowhere and coming across this little cafe on wheels in the middle of the outback,” Mrs Hofman said.

“And there was this girl travelling through from Adelaide and she stopped and she sang for us. Things like that a re i n c re d i b l e – yo u just can’t script stuff like that.”

When asked if she would want to participate in Drover’s Run again, it was a very

enthusiastic and positive “yes”.

“I think it’s a g reat organisation that puts t h i s t r i p t o g e t h e r. I felt ve r y suppo r ted within the group and I encou rage eve r yone to come and do it,” Mrs Hofman said.

This yea r’s D rove r’s Run ra i sed a tota l of $121,380 for the Westpac Helicopter Service.

F o r d eta i l s o n h ow to j o i n n ex t ye a r’s advent u re, v i s it th e Drover’s Run Outback Adventure website.

Drover’s Run 4WD participants enjoyed an overnight stay in Coonabarabran during their 10-day journey across the NSW outback, raising funds for the Westpace Rescue Helicopter Service.

Stop, revive, survive: National Driver Reviver boss visits Coona On Saturday, 16 August, Driver Reviver national manager, Ashley Pittard, visited Coonabarabran to meet with local volunteers, share a cuppa, and see first hand the efforts behind the roadside safety initiative.

by MOLLY SHANNON Volu nt e e r s br a c e d the chilly weather to meet and talk to M r P itta rd , open i ng the Driver Reviver offering coffee, tea, biscuits, and shapes – all supplied by Bushells Tea, Bushells C o f fe e a nd A r no t t ’s Biscuits.

Mr Pittard was on a journey from Victoria t o Q ue en sl a nd for a meeting, and decided to drive and visit as many Driver Revivers and the volunteers behind the program as he could. “ I was i nv it ed t o attend and present at the Queensland Information C entre A sso ciation Conference in Moreton Bay (north of Brisbane) and instead of f lying direct, it is beneficial that I undertake a road trip across the country and visit Driver Reviver sites,” Mr Pittard said, “ It is advantageous that I use the opportunity t o t ouc h ba s e s w it h the site managers a n d v o l u nt e e r s a n d familiarise myself with their locations.”

Despite the cold day, many volunteers for the Coonabarabran Driver Reviver turned out to meet Mr Pittard, including many of the younger members of the initiative.

Hav ing younger memb er s b e p a r t o f the Driver Reviver is s ome t h i n g t h at B e v Rayner, Coonabarabran D r i v e r R e v i v e r s it e m a n a g e r, s t r ive s t o encourage. “ I don’t have much to do on the weekends and I wanted to help,” said Sophie He, one of the young volunteers for Driver Reviver.

“I like the experience, and talking to people is my favourite part about it.”

Despite having a shor t stopover in

Coonabarabran, Mr Pittard kept busy. He v isit ed the Warrumbungle National Park, caught the sunset at Siding Spring O b s e r v a t o r y, d i n e d locally, and joined locals in the park run before returning to the Driver Reviver site to spend time with volunteers.

“I thoroughly enjoyed the drive out to the Warrumbungle National Park in the l at e a f t er no on – up to the Sid ing Spr ing Observatory gates to find them closed, but a short walk into the bush to admire the views across the park; then to Canyon picnic area for a short walk and sunset over the Warrumbungles,” Mr Pittard said.

W h i le v isiti ng, M r P it t a r d a l s o v i s it e d the local radio station 2WCR-FM, and w a s i nt e r v i e we d b y R ob Dean. T he short interview covered the importance of Driver R ev iver and how the program helps to save l ives by encou rag i ng drivers to ‘stop, revive and survive’.

R ef lecting on his trip, Mr Pittard said it was a very enjoyable experience and he had learnt a lot volunteers at Driver Reviver sites.

“It was wonderful to be greeted by so many of the volunteers who give generously of their time to keep Australian motorists safe on our roads,” Mr Pittard said. “ It was fa ntastic to have a chat to Bev Rayner and witness her diligence for keeping the site and volunteers in order, but also her care for the community and how they mentor the Girl Guides, who assist in activating the site. “ It was such a ple a s u r e t o s h a r e a cuppa, a chat, hear a few stories and meet

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and greet many people.

I also had the enjoyable opportunity to chat to Rob Dean from 2WCRF M 99.5 to discuss Driver Reviver’s role in saving lives and being A u s t r a l i a’s l o n g e s t r u n n i n g c om mu n it y road safety charity,” Mr Pittard said.

Mrs Rayner said it was lovely to have Mr Pittard visit. “ I t h o u g ht it w a s excellent, and it was great that he engaged

with the young volunteers as well,” Mrs Rayner said.

C o on a ba r a br a n’s Driver Reviver operates during school holidays and on public holidays.

T he m a i n mot t o for Driver Reviver is ‘Stop, Revive, Survive’. This slogan encourages drivers to take a break at a Driver Reviver site, where they are offered a free cuppa and biscuit to help reduce fatigue and prevent road accidents.

Driver Reviver volunteers Colleen Irwin, Janet Skimmings and her grandaughter Maggie Shannon.

Bev Raynor, manager of the Coonabarabran Driver Reviver site, welcomed national manager Ashley Pittard to town.

Ashley Pittard, Driver Reviver national manager, with local site manager Bev Rayner, sits for an interview with Rob Dean at 2WCRFM 99.5 community radio.

WORD for WORD

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 continues...

Do you have a nickname? Wilson.

H ow d i d yo u co m e t o l i ve i n Coonabarabran? We bought a property near Coonabarabran and moved here when I was in Year 6.

Where would people recognise your face from? Mainly just school and out and about in Coona.

Maybe from when I used to work at the Newsagency as well.

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a lot of things, but a few of them were an astronaut, an engineer, a farmer or a motocross rider.

What’s the most interesting job you’ve ever had? Definitely the time I worked at the Newsagency or doing seed collecting around the local area of Coona.

Whe re i s you r go-to spot i n Coonabarabran? I don’t live in town, but whenever I am in town, I do love going to the gym or going down to ‘Goose Park’ with mates.

Best thing about living in Coonabarabran? Definitely the Warrumbungles and the friendly community.

What event in Coonabarabran do you look for ward to most each year? Probably the Show, I get to hang out with mates and have a good time.

If you could pick a decade to visit in a time machine, what would it be?

I think the 2000s for sure. It sounds like such fun years in time.

What are the top three things on your bucket list? Top three things would definitely have to be going to the sand dunes on my dirt bike, exploring the world with a special someone, and I really really want to build out a Commodore and take it to Summernats down in Canberra.

What is the best piece of advice you have been given? The best piece of advice I’ve ever been given would have to be, “live to work, don’t work to live.”

If you could have anyone around for dinner who would it be and what would you cook? I would have my great Aunty Leslie over for dinner and I would cook her shepherd’s pie because it’s one of her favourite meals. And I would have to serve it with some balsamic vinegar to the side because she loves it more than anything.

If you could instantly be an expert in any field, what would it be? That would definitely have to be a job to make a lot of money on – so maybe an electrician or surgeon. Or some form of race – OMG, because I would love to race something like dirt bikes or cars.

How do you wind down after a long day? I usually take my bike for a ride down the paddock or play some Call of Duty.

What is your favourite place to visit on a road trip? The Gold Coast is by far my favourite place.

If you could swap lives with anyone for a day, who would it be? I’d swap lives with my Grandpa because he has so much knowledge and wisdom about everything there is.

If you could make one rule that everyone in the world had to follow, what would it be? I’d make it so that every month every single person on the earth would have to give me a dollar so that I’d be instantly rich and stay rich for the rest of my life, so I can live life to the fullest.

What is the most valuable life lesson you have learned so far? The most valuable life lesson I’ve learnt so far would definitely be to not bite the hand that feeds you.

WILL WILSON

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Over the Odds CENTRAL & WESTERN RACING by COL HODGES

Mendooran Races – Saturday, 6 September L a s t S a t u r d ay, 6 September, the biggest crowd at a Mendooran meeting for at least the past 50 years cheered home the favourite, Mean Girls in the 1200 metres Mendooran Cup. T ra i ned by K ieren Hazelton for the Gilgandra Jockey Club president Jason Tate and ridden by Jake PraceyHolmes, Mean Girls, after sharing the lead with track-record holder Castlebar Road, broke clear at the top of the straight.

Power Ban k ( K ath Bell-Pitomac, $4) finished strongly, however, Mean Girls ($2.80 favourite) held on t o w i n by a short neck with over two lengths to the thirdplaced Loud (Jacob Stiff, $11).

Racing in career best form, Mean Girls, a sixyear-old mare, had been a last-start winner at Narromine after placings at C o onaba rabra n , Welling ton and Gilgandra.

Kieren Hazelton had earlier won with Dao Sun, which was very well ridden by apprentice Nick Hyde in the 1000 metres Benchmark 45 Handicap.

Dao Sun ($4) had a charmed run behind the leaders and eventually scored by a half length f r om A dv i s er ( B i l ly Cray, $2.80 favourite) and Barcoo River (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $5).

Former international rugby-league star Terry Fahey is now a trainer at Dubbo and he was a popular winner of the 12 0 0 metres Ma iden Handicap with Ternini.

Trailing Capricious Belle and Firefinch in to the straight, Ternini ($3.40), under strong r id i ng f r om A nd r ew Banks, won by a short head from French Harp (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $3.50), while Firefinch ( Izzy Neale, $2.30 to $2.10 favourite) made it 10 placings from 17 starts when a long neck away, third.

The powerful riding of Andrew Banks was also an important factor when Spicy Margherita won the 1500 metres Maiden Plate.

T r a i n e d a t Coonabarabran by Graeme Brooker, Spicy Margherita ($4 equal favourite) overhauled I Am Smiling (Izzy Neale, $4 equal favourite) to get home by a short head, with Conversations (Zoe Hunt, $7.50) finishing third.

The lightly raced, fouryear-old gelding Chicken Legs has now won three races from four starts after taking out the 800 metres Class 2 Handicap for Armidale trainer Jane Clement.

Put in a handy position

by Billy Cray, Chicken L e g s ( $ 4 f av o u r it e)

f inished best to beat the leader, Smart ‘N ’ Ritzy (Andrew Banks, $7.50), and Zillions (Ken Dunbar, $4.80).

Punters went home happy when the heavilybacked Akauwheo, from the Geoff O’Brien stable at Quirindi, won the final event – the 1500 metres

Class 2 Handicap.

A kauwhe o (Ja ke Pracey-Holmes, $2.10 to $1.80 favourite) led by three lengths going down the back and lasted to win in a close finish from Shamister (Jacob Stiff, $4.20), coming from last, and Satashi (Kath BellPitomac, $17).

Mendooran Turf Club representative, John Hunter, pictured with Bruce Parker, grandfather of trainer Kieran Hazelton, who accepted the trophy for the 2025 Mendooran Cup.

Former Mendooran ladies catching up at the races last weekend. Pictured (l-r): Beth Reeves, Claire Moorhouse, Kerrie Ward, Jess Skinner and Jess Moorhouse.

Blaze destroys Binnaway’s only fuel station

Firefighters battled a major blaze at Binnaway’s only fuel station and mechanical shop on Saturday morning, leaving the community without a vital service and its owners facing the mammoth task of rebuilding.

by CLAUDIA HEANEY At 5.54am on Saturday, 6 September, Castlereagh Zone Rural Fire Service (RFS) was called to a building fire at Meyers Motors in Binnaway’s main street.

RFS Group Captain John McDonald said a RFS crew was on scene by 6.17am.

RFS alone had six firefighting appliances and 12 firefighters on site.

They were assisted by two appliances and personnel from Fire and Rescue NSW Coonabarabran, as well as bulk water vehicles, a specialised H A Z M AT t e a m f r o m Fire and Rescue NSW Dubbo, with Police, VRA and Ambulance also in attendance.

Mr McDonald said the fire was well underway when they arrived.

“When we arrived on the scene, the back of the building fully involved in fire with a large black plume of smoke billowing out of it,” he said. “ We f o u n d a f i r e hydrant in Renshaw Street and set up our truck there.

“Hose lines were rolled out and we started cooling down what we could, where we could.”

Emergency services worked together under the coordination of

Mr McDonald, RFS i n c i d e n t c o n t r o l l e r, and Mowrock Brigade captain and RFS deputy incident controller, Lisa McDonald, to safely extinguish the blaze.

“The fire was contained and we left the scene at 12.15pm,” Mr McDonald said.

“We were called back again to the location at 5.30am Sunday for a slight re-ignition.”

The presence of highly flammable materials inside the shop, such as fuel and oil, meant firefighters had to take extra precautions for both their safety and the broader community.

“We set the truck up 50 metres away from the building,” Mr McDonald said. “ A H A Z M AT (hazardous material) truck from the Fire and Rescue NSW team in Dubbo came to control the hazardous materials that were leaching out of the building.”

Community impact Meyers Motors was Binnaway’s only fuel supplier, making the fire a significant blow to the community.

Mr McDonald noted the impact on both the local residents and the owners, Matthew and Annie Colley.

“There will be a fair loss in the town for a while, being the only service station and m e c h a n i c a l re p a i r s

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shop,” he said.

“It’s Matthew and Annie’s livelihood and business that they’ve built up.”

The Colley’s have owned Meyers Motors for the past 13 years, serving as an integral and much-loved part of the community.

Mr Colley said the fire had been “devastating,” leaving him and his wife, Annie, to piece together what they had lost.

However, in the wake of the fire, the family has received an outpouring of support from the community.

“The support has been excellent,” Mr Colley said.

“Muhammad from the local IGA was great – he supported us by keeping an eye on the place and providing the fire brigade with coffee.”

The Colley’s are hoping to have the fuel station available as soon as possible.

“We are currently looking at options to rebuild,” Mr Colley said.

“We are sorry for the town.

“They supported us and we’re trying to get on top of everything as soon as we can.

“We are trying to get the fuel system back in.

“It’s a long haul to Coonabarabran for five litres of fuel to mow your lawn.”

Out & About Baradine Photos of social events for this column can be sent to: Liz Cutts - 0447 792 464, email - lizcuttsnews@gmail.com

Laurel Edwards recently celebrated her 95th birthday.

Denis Todd at the Battle of Britain war memorial in England, visited on his round-the-world cruise.

Zac Haywood celebrated his twenty-first birthday with family and friends.

Members of the Pilliga Bird Watchers enjoyed some bird spotting followed by morning tea at Yarrie Lake.

Residents from the MPS residential aged care enjoyed a morning excursion to try out Baradine’s new coffee shop.

Baradine Central School students enjoyed the special reading of ‘How to Move a Zoo’ at the Baradine Library Book Week activity.

Baradine Central School secondary students enjoyed a trip to the Barrier Reef.

St John’s infant students created scratch-art bookmarks during the Book Week activity held in the Baradine Library.

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The 20th year of Moorambilla Voices residency camps in Baradine concluded with the Years 3/4 Birralii Ensemble workshop.

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Dalgarno Street set to rock for Bloomfest The stage is set for Bloomfest 2025, promising an unforgettable soundtrack to spring under the Warrumbungle stars.

The countdown is officially on for Wa r r u m b u n g l e B l o o mfes t 2 0 2 5, w it h o r g a n i s e r s u nve i l i n g a vibrant music p ro g ra m s et to l i g ht up Coonaba rab ran’s Dalgarno Street.

O n S a t u r d a y, 2 0 September, the townshi p w i l l come alive from 3 -9pm with an afternoon and eve n i n g o f f r e e l i ve music under the starry Warrumbungle skies.

The l i ne - up of fe r s s o m et h i n g fo r eve r y taste, sta r ti ng w ith t h e C o o n a b a ra b ra n Celtic Club Pipes and D r ums, whose sti r r ing bagpi pes and d r ums will set the tone for the celebrations.

F e s t i va l g o e r s ca n then set tle i n fo r the soulful, pop -infused sounds of Matilda Poole, before being swept up by the infectious energy of Phat Brass, a roaming band blending jaz z, pop and rock with big brass flair.

Adding a homegrown flavour, local favourites Where’s Dave will take to the stage with their trademark set of pub rock classics spanning the 70 s th rough to

today.

F rom acoustic sou l to s o a r i n g a nt h e m s , the program promises

a lively soundtrack to Bloomfest, with music filling the streets well into the evening.

Bloomfest has proven to be a popular com mun it y event, b r ing ing local s and

visito r s togethe r to celebrate spring with music, food, stalls and entertainment.

Local band, Where’s Dave, will feature in the line-up of performers at the 2025 Bloomfest event in Coonabarabran.

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WEATHER WATCH The main feature of weather events over the winter season was the very dry conditions in the Cairns district.

Cairns itself had a very dry winter with on ly 3 6mms, wh ich followed a notably wet summer and ea rly autumn. Similar conditions occurred in 1882, 1896, 1963 and 1974.

My grandson, Benjamin Nelson, who lives in Cairns, told me about the severe d r y winter and asked me when next significant rain will occur in Cairns; not until the second week of October and then heavy rains du r i n g D e c emb er t o next February.

Cairns also had its wa rmest w i nter on record with the meanmaximum temperature of 27.8 degrees being well above the winter normal of 26.2 degrees.

The previous warmest winter in Cairns was in 2000 and also in 2010.

There was certainly no shortage of heav y ra ins f rom Oct ober right through to Fe br u a r y o v e r m o s t of S outh Austra l ia , Q u e e n s l a n d , N S W, Victoria and Tasmania.

On 30 August, Cairns recorded 31.5 degrees, the hottest for August

on record; a bit hard upon Benjamin’s wife Ca rly lo ok i ng a f t er thei r newly-bor n son Maverick James Nelson – only a month old.

The month of August in our region was drier and slightly wa rmer than norma l in Coonabarabran, D ubbo, Pa rkes a nd Forbes and wetter and colder at Moree, Na r rabr i , Gu n ned a h and at Tamworth, with 101mms rainfall, the wettest August there since 1952.

Major towns in northeast Victoria had their d r ie s t A u g u s t s i n c e 2 014 . D a i ly m a x i m a were one to two degrees ab ove nor ma l , wh i le daily minima were one to two degrees below normal and frosts o c c u r r e d a r o u nd 18 days much more than normal.

C u r r ent ly, a de ep, complex low pressure is bringing in unsettled conditions to Victoria and also in the Riverina, with thunderstorms.

Mildura recorded a hot, dry day with 29.7 deg rees wh ich does indicates that there will not be much rainfall for the next few days.

AROUND THE SCHOOLS Coonabarabran Public Performing Arts Night As the weather warms and spring blooms around us, preparations for Performing Arts Night are in full swing.

Costumes are being organised, rehearsals are buzzing and the infectious sounds of music drift through every corridor. From classrooms to hallways, the energy of singing, dancing, and sheer enthusiasm fills the air.

Our excitement is mounting for Thursday, 18 September, and we hope you will join us for either the matinee or the evening performance.

The only difference? A little more makeup and a lot more sparkle after dark!

Performing Arts Night is a wonderful celebration of creativity. It showcases the dedication and passion of our teachers and gives students the chance to shine. For our performers, it’s a unique learning experience – discovering the joy of creative arts, the thrill of being in front of an audience, and the discipline of rehearsal and presentation to create a polished production.

This year’s theme, ‘Moving Through the

Tooraweenah Preschool Music’, will take us on a journey: from the timeless rhythms of Indigenous music, through the Pride of Erin and rock and roll, right up to today’s TikTok trends. Many genres are covered and the students are loving every moment – from their class items to the combined performances, all the way to the grand finale with the whole of the primary.

We can’t wait to share this special night with you and show you just what we’re made of!

Netball Recently, CPS took two teams to the Schools Cup Netball Competition in

Narrabri.

Our Stage 2 team played in a social competition, showing wonderful sportsmanship and enthusiasm as they improved with every game.

The Stage 3 team displayed strong defence and great sportsmanship, earning their place in the regional finals in Tamworth today. We wish them the very best of luck!

A big thank you goes to the families who supported their children on the day and helped with transport – your encouragement made it all possible.

We had a fabulous time recently, with lots of visitors joining us for the annual ‘Tooraweenah Preschool and Public School Grandparents and Friends Day’ to celebrate Education Week. We were so excited to see so many grandparents, family members and community members join us and our ‘big school’ friends for our concert and then morning tea and a play in our playground afterwards. We told the fun story ‘A Fly Went By’ and everyone spoke on the microphone for their part – with lots of different animals joining in the story.

What an amazing effort preschool friends – you put on a fabulous concert for everyone!

We’ve enjoyed our weekly Bush Preschool (when the weather wasn’t playing games and tricking us!) and reading sessions with our friends in Years 1 and 2. These sessions are such fun that no one even hears the bell ring for lunch – we are all too engrossed in our stories!

We have been thinking about lots of different things at our group time sessions, with some big discussions around friendships and being kind. ‘Space’ has also been a topic of interest lately, so we’ve been checking out some information books and learning more about the planets, comets, asteroids and meteors.

We’ve even made up a song about the names of the planets, and some friends can remember things like Neptune being the windy planet,

Saturn’s rings are made out of ice, Uranus is gas, so it’s smelly and you’d bounce right through it, and Jupiter has a big eye.

We’ve had fun dancing to ‘The Moon Dance’, and lots of other fun favourites, as well as getting busy making sun catchers and kaleidoscopes at the craft tables. Friends have been very busy creating at the ‘busy table’. There have been lots of stories acted out with the dressups being well utilised – we’ve had parties, sleep overs, dances, the hospital and doctors, and so much more. Friends have also been very busy with the farm animals and machinery, needing both of our yards out as well as the wooden garage!

Singing has been fun with everyone enjoying some ‘preschool specials’ where we make up our own song to the tune of another song we sing.

No doubt, one of our favourite songs is the song ‘I’m H-A-P-P-Y’, with children often singing

CPS Stars of the Week: Willa Britton, Addilyn Brady, Cole Stewart and Koa Stanton.

Coonabarabran Public School’s netball team are competing in the regional finals in Tamworth today.

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Tooraweenah Preschool’s visit to the Emu Farm.

this to themselves and friends as they are busily playing, both inside and out!

We were so excited to visit ‘The Emu Farm’ on Wednesday, 27 August, with our friends from Gulargambone Preschool. We had the best time at the Emu Farm, patting little tiny emus and then feeding the bigger ones some saltbush through the fences at the paddocks.

(And yes, we still all have all of our fingers!)

Then we all headed back into Tooraweenah for a fun play at the park together and a picnic lunch of chicken nuggets and hot chips from the pub. This was the perfect way to end our fun day.

Thanks to the parents and grandparents who joined us for this special day.

We had so much fun and can’t wait until our friends from Gulargambone Preschool come back in week nine and join us for Bush Preschool!

AROUND THE SCHOOLS Tooraweenah Public Dubbo District Athletics Carnival On Friday, 29 August, our students showcased their talent and determination at the Dubbo District Carnival, achiev ing impressive results that made our school ver y proud.

C ompeti ng aga i nst some of the best athletes i n the d istr ict , ou r students demonstrated exceptional skill, s p o r t s m a n s h i p , a nd perseverance.

Their hard work and dedication were evident, a nd the out st a nd i ng performances are a t estament t o the commitment of ou r students and the support of their families.

C ong ratu lations t o Billy Larkin who placed first in the 8-years 100 metres. An outstanding resu lt , where Bi l ly also set a new Dubbo District Carnival record, completing the heat in 15.89 seconds and the final in 16.05 seconds. The previous

record was set in 2016 at 16.18 seconds.

Another outstanding result came from Hamish Jen k i n , who placed third in Junior B oys Shot P ut . Wel l done Hamish!

A h u g e c ong rat u l at ion s a l s o goes to Eliana Smith, E loi s e Jen k i n , To by Jenkin, Bonnie Alison a nd R o s e A l i s on for their efforts and ac h ievement s at t he Dubbo District carnival!

Donation We are delighted to announce that Bendigo Bank has generously donat ed $10 0 0 t o suppor t ou r school library. This wonderful contribution will help us enhance our library r es ou r c es , pr ov id i ng students with access to more books and learning materials that inspire curiosity and a love of reading.

With th is f u nd i ng, we look for wa rd t o expanding our library collection.

Billy Larkin, first place in 8-years 100 metres, setting a new record at Dubbo District Athletics

Student librarians Hamish Jenkin and Bonnie Alison and Mrs Karen Smith accept the kind donation from Bendigo Bank staff.

Saint Lawrence’s O n F r id ay, 5 September, St L aw r e n c e ’s h e ld it s a n nua l Father ’s Day breakfast at the school grounds. Our fathers and carers got to enjoy a y u m my b r e a k f a s t with their loved ones in celebration of all of the important men in our students’ lives.

From the St L aw r en c e ’s s c ho ol community, we would like to thank our fathers and carers for all they do for our young people and we hope they all had a happy Father’s Day. St L aw rence’s a lso held its Jump Rope For Heart Day on the same day, which was a great o pp o r t u n it y f o r o u r fathers and carers to be involved. Students have been fundraising and honing their skipping skills for this annual event for the past month.

Jump Rope for Heart is an Australian f und ra ising prog ram that promotes physical activity among primaryschool children while raising money for heart health research and suppor t th rough the Heart Foundation.

The program has been r u n n i ng for over 4 0 years, encourag ing c h i ld r en t o i mpr ove their physical fitness, develop healthy habits, and contribute to the f i g ht a g a i n s t h e a r t disease by skipping and fundraising.

We hope our parents, carers and students all had fun on the day and we thank our students and community for their help with fundraising over the last month and for helping us contribute to such a vital cause.

St Lawrence’s students and parents participated in the Jump Rope for Heart during the annual Father’s Day breakfast.

Saint John’s, Baradine Father’s Day breakfast Happy Father’s Day to all fathers, particularly our St John’s fathers.

This year we celebrated and entertained our fathers with an early breakfast, followed by a leisurely walk. The staff were busy on the barbecue, table-tennis nets were out and the skipping ropes where twirling. Wednesday’s are our ‘Walk n Talk’ mornings so the children were very happy to show our visitors the walking route.

The school recently travelled to Tooraweenah

to compete in a publicspeaking competition against Tooraweenah Primary and Gwabegar Primary schools.

This year, the children had to recite a poem from a selection of three in each year group. We are proud to say that we came home with three firsts, four seconds and three thirds, proudly taking the trifecta with Year 6.

It was a perfect day with positive feedback and responses from all involved. We look forward to next year which will be formal speeches, hosted by us in Baradine.

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Dads, grandfathers, carers and students enjoyed the Father’s Day breakfast at St John’s, Baradine.

Evie scores with Raro rugby 7’s call-up At just 14 years of age, Evie Matthews is already making her mark on the rugby field, recently selected to play for the Pacific Nomads Under 16’s team in the upcoming Raro 7’s tournament in the Cook Islands.

by LIZ CUTTS Hailing from B a rad i ne, the you ng rugby player secured her spot on the team based on her impressive on-f ield per forma nce and in early November Ev ie will join her Coonamble team mate, Izzy Macrae, on a trip to the Cook Islands to showcase their talents on the i nt er nat iona l stage

Early this year Evie w o n Wa r r u m b u n g l e Shire Council’s Australia Day Young S p or t s p e r s on o f t he Yea r for her not able sporting achievements.

She started playing rugby at a school gala day when she was just 10 years old and she enjoyed it so much she continued to play.

Evie met Izzy when they were both playing with the Gulargambone

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From there, both girls were selected to play for Western Plains Junior Rugby, r epr e s ent i n g them at the State a nd C ou nt r y S even s Championships.

Evie has continued play i ng r ugby for A rmida le, where she attends school, and has a lso represent ed the Central North at the State Championships.

Both girls have also played in development sides for the Waratahs, as well as being s e le c t e d t o pl ay fo r the Independent Girls Schools Association and Combined Independent S cho ols Rugby 7s i n Sydney.

Founded in 2023 by sevens veterans Loveni Enari and Paddy Bowen, Pacific Nomads Ru g by i s mor e t h a n just a rugby club – it has a mission to open new doors for players across the Pacific and b ey o nd u s i n g r u g by sevens as a platform for growth, connection and opportunity for up-andcoming young players.

The Pacific Nomads has teams, both boys and g irls, from U16s through to open ages.

E v ie s a id she wa s delighted when she was invited to be part of the Pacific Nomads.

“I’m really excited to represent the Pacif ic Nomads and challenge myself at this level,” Evie said.

“It’s a big step up, but I can’t wait to learn, grow and give it my best on the field. “ T h is is a huge moment for me, but I’m also looking ahead. I want to take everything I learn from this ex per ience a nd keep working hard towards bigger goals in rugby.”

Evie’s mother, Toni M at t h e w s , s a i d t h e Pac i f ic Nomad s g ive regional rugby players the oppor tun ity to become pa r t of the rugby system, feeding into state sides such as the Waratahs, the Australian Wallabies and the Wallaroos.

“Coming from a small town, opportunities like this don’t come around every day,” she said. “ We’re so pr oud of what Ev ie’s achieved and excited to see where this journey takes her. “ E v i e h a s a l w ay s had a fierce love for the game.

“We’ve seen how hard s he t r a i n s a nd h ow much she cares.

“This is such a welldeser ved reward and we’ll be cheering her on every step of the way.”

Friends Evie Matthews, Baradine (right), and s Izzy Macrae, Coonamble, have both been selected to play in the Raro 7’s tugby ournament in the Cook Islands.

Champions crowned in Coona Darts showdowns Ladies’ Championships Seven of our 11 women darts’ players contested the Ladies’ Championships on 30 July, where Jo Campbell was the winner, with Mel Thompson the runnerup. Congratulations to both players.

Thanks to the checkers and scorers on the night – Andrew Milford, Rob Brookfield, Rob Penman,

Marky Watton and Roy Frost.

Men’s Championships The Coonabarabran Darts Club played its Men’s Championships on 6 August, attracting 21 players.

The winner was Mick Evans, who defeated Brad Milsom.

Congratulations to you both.

Thanks to the Mel’s – Mel Thompson, Mel Stewart and Mel Clark – for checking and scoring on the night, along with Marky Watton’s assistance.

Butch Muller Trophy The knockout

Ladies’ Championship winner Jo Campbell (left) and runnerup Mel Thompson.

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competition for the Barry ‘Butch’ Muller Trophy was played on 27 August, with Bowlo Assassins taking the win over the Bowlo Jokers.

I’d like to thank the Coona Times and the radio station for r e p o r t i n g t h e d a r t s’ results each week.

Thank you also to the Bowling Club, Golf Club and Royal Hotel for hosting us.

And thank you to all the players for turning up each week. We had a good competition and I hope you will all continue to play next year.

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Men’s’ Championship winner Mick Evans (left) and runnerup Brad Milsom.

Golfers contest Club Championships The Coonabarabran Golf Club’s Championships wrapped up on Sunday afternoon, with close scores for champions in some grades.

T he men played four rounds, starting last weekend, and a lt hou g h t he r e wa s one day of really bad weather the rest of the Championships had sun and warm weather.

T he men’s C lub Champion for 2025 was Steve Jones. Handicap winner was Josh Douglas.

I n B - Grade, the c h a mpion wa s M ic k Resch, with the handicap going to Graeme Keppie I n C - G r a d e , Yo g i H a g em a n n t o ok t he honours, while Steve Mor r issey won the handicap.

For the women’s, Zoe Holcombe is the Club C h a mpion for 2 0 2 5 , with a good last round.

Handicap Sandra McCaw on a count back from Jane McWhirter.

In B-Grade it went down to the last hole to find the winner. Kat Christoff won by one shot to claim the title.

Handicap winner was Jan Keppie.

Ladies C-Grade winner was T rish Lithgow.

T he club was ver y thank ful to have sponsors all though the championships for the daily prizes.

Recent results Saturday, 30 August – Jan Keppie won the Betty Forbes T rophy on a count back. Josh Douglas won the Pursehouse Rural voucher.

Sunday, 31 August – Josh Douglas took the Pursehouse Rural Voucher – well done! ( T he women had the day off).

O n S a t u r d ay, 6 September, we played the Burmac Insurance Monthly Medal. Thanks to Chris Mack for the day – it was great as per usua l, a nd the prizes were very much appreciated.

Winners were: Men – F ra n k C l i f t on 70 , S Morrissey 70 and J Douglas 71. Ladies – Kat Christoff 69 and Jan Keppie 74.

NTPs were won by S Jones, N Percival and the shoot out went to G Keppie. Best dressed

were J Douglas and Jan Keppie.

O n S u nd ay, 7 September, Kat Christoff won the Williams Cup, with Jan Keppie runner up. Mick Resch had a nett 68 to take out the

last Pursehouse Voucher.

Thank you to everyone who sponsored the d a i ly pr i z e s for ou r championships, to the volunteers for the work on the course and everyone who took part

in the two weeks of golf.

C om i n g up i s t he We s t p a c G ol f D ay o n S a t u r d a y, 2 0 t h September. Please put a team together to support this day.

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Winners of the Coonabarabran Golf Club Ladies Championships (l-r): Trish Lithgow (C-Grade), Kat Christoff (B-Grade), Zoe Holcombe (A-Grade).

Frank Clifton, winner of the Burmac Insurance Monthly Medal, with sponsor Chris Mack.

WEDNESDAY GOLF Six ladies attacked the C o o n a b a r a br a n g ol f c o u r s e o n Wednesday, 3 September, competing for the stableford event.

The overall winner was Jan Keppie, returning a score of 35 points.

Jan is having a very good run at the moment, also doing well in the Championships where she won the Betty Forbes Memorial Trophy on a count back from Zoe Holcombe, net 80.

Balls were won by Donna Salisbury, 32 points and Lou Dowsett, 28 points.

K at C h r i s t of f i s a l s o h av i n g a good run, winning the B-Grade Championship by one shot from Kerrie Ward.

Kat also won the Williams Cup, an annual trophy donated by Graham and Judy Williams. Jan Keppie was runnerup for the Williams Cup. T r i s h L i t h g o w, o n e o f o u r newer players, won the C - Grade Championship. Well done to you ladies.

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Now that the Championships are done and dusted for 2025, we can concentrate on other events such as the Westpac Charity Day, 4-person Ambrose, Saturday, 20 September.

We d ne sd ay event s r em a i n a s stablefords.

Humour The plane from Sydney was coming in to land.

“As soon as I clock off,” the pilot said, not realising that he had forgotten to turn off the PA system, “I’m going to have a nice cold beer and get busy with that hot flight attendant.”

The horrified attendant made a dash toward the cockpit, but tripped over a suitcase in the aisle.

A little old lady sitting in an aisle seat whispered, “There’s no need to hurry dear – he said he was going to have a beer first.”

Minnie and her mate

“Moments made the difference” Unicorns reflect on grand final Coonabarabran Unicorns captain-coach Nick Willoughby believes his team’s resilience and attacking flair were on full display in their grand final clash against the Coolah Kangaroos on Saturday, 31 August, despite falling short with a fulltime score of 24-18.

Willoughby spoke to the Coonabarabran Times about the highs and lows of the match and the season.

How would you sum up the grand final match from your perspective? I thought the grand final was a really high quality game for group 14 Rugby League. The game was very fast from end-to-end and defence was the highlight of the game from both sides. Coolah scored all four tries from kicks, while three of the tries from kicks we were unable to pick up cleanly. Credit to Coolah - they had players chasing hard who were able to capitalise on the precious few mistakes we made. We threw a fair bit at the Coolah defence, especially in the final 20 minutes and came close to cracking them on three occasions, but they scrambled well and were able to hold on.

What do you think were the key turning points in the game? We had a couple of key injuries in the first 20 minutes, losing both our fullback, Eddie Kuras, and back rower, Jarrod Michael, which put us on the backfoot straight away. The momentum of the game swung between the teams often. Coolah probably had more of the running of the game in the first 20 minutes of each half and we found more rhythm towards the rear of each half. Once Coolah got away to a good start leading 12-0, it felt like every time we were able to hit back they countered and re-extended the lead.

Very hard to close the distance on a good defensive side like Coolah.

What stood out to you about the Unicorns’ performance on the day? Just our resilience as a side I think. I’m also very proud of our last 17 minutes. We had one of our forwards sent for 10 minutes in the sin bin with 17 minutes to go. During his time in the bin, we scored once and as mentioned previously, was close on another three occasions to crossing the line again.

Which players or moments made you especially proud in the final? Brad Fuller's first try was a special play he shrugged off and carried defenders over the line from 10 metres out. Just before half time we threw an intercept after a gruelling first half. The effort from many members of the side to get back and prevent conceding any points on the half time hooter was so important to give us a chance in the second half. Orlando Kershaw had an inspiring long run through the middle of the Coolah defence, shrugging off players.

Overall I can't fault any of my boys' efforts.

We all tried hard. While you could argue that we dominated bigger patches of the game, Coolah dominated the moments and that was the difference in the end.

You were awarded joint Player of the Year by Castlereagh League - how does it feel to be acknowledged with that honour alongside Chanse Burgess? Not an award I was expecting to receive to be honest.

Although it is a really hard one to know, as you

don’t see what other players are performing well week-to week-in other teams. Whilst I was grateful to receive the award, I would have traded it in a heartbeat for a team win on the day, but that’s just footy.

How would you describe the team’s overall season? I’m pretty proud of how we progressed through the season, we had different highs and lows, but I’m grateful for everyone that pulled on a jumper this year for the first grade side and helped us get to where we got to. It's not just the players that play on grand final day, it takes a whole squad throughout the year to get into a game like that. So I’m very appreciative to everyone who contributed, both players and anyone who assisted from the sidelines.

What were the team’s biggest strengths this year? Our attack was our strength during the year. Some of the tries we were able to score as a team were brilliant, nothing to do with great coaching. I can tell you we just have some brilliant footballers in the team.

Were there particular challenges the group had to overcome across the season? Injuries were certainly something we dealt with through the year. There was a four or five week period, between the last three rounds and first two weeks of finals football, where we had many players unable to take to the field and that was challenging. We had a large squad this year, which helped us deal with it. But it was also a challenge trying to fit all the quality players we had into a final 19 when healthy.

What did you enjoy most about leading the team as captain/coach? I found coaching a very challenging, but rewarding experience.

It does take up a lot of time and energy to do it well and you're never going to get everything right or keep everyone happy, but was very proud of the boys' efforts especially in our final two games. We played two quality teams in those final games and to get so close to knocking them both off, I was very proud of the boys efforts.

What lessons will the team take away from this grand final experience? I think just trying to be the team that makes the extra little effort to either capture the little moments for your team or deny a moment for the other team.

There is often so little separating the teams at the grand final, so any little effort can be the difference in result on the day.

Looking ahead, what are your goals for next season and the future of the Unicorns? Next year I think we are able to keep a bulk of the squad together, which would be great to see if we can give it another shake and go one step further. I think I will step aside and let one of the other boys coach next year, but I'll be there to back them and support them to see if we can go one better!

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Volunteers honoured Moree flood responder and SES emergency volunteer Kamala Wheeler has been named as the 2025 New England and Northern Inland Volunteer of the Year for her selfless dedication to community safety and training over the past four decades.

Kamala was recognised last week at the 2025 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards ceremony at the Armidale City Bowling Club.

The NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards are hosted by The Centre for Volunteering to help promote and support volunteering across NSW. They are now in their 19th year and celebrate the work of thousands of individuals and volunteer teams from a diverse range of organisations across the state.

Recipients of other individual and team awards were also announced, including the inaugural Emergency Volunteer of the Year.

New England-Northern Inland Adult Volunteer of the Year Kamala Wheeler, or Kam as she is known, has been a leading Moree SES rescuer, trainer and leader for almost 40 years across the North West region.

She is now the deputy unit commander at Moree SES and has led flood recovery operations in Moree and Garah, supported frontline crews during Cyclone Alfred and has been a role model to young and female volunteers in the service.

Also at the ceremony, the New England-Northern Inland Young Volunteer of the Year was awarded to Caitlin Blanch from Tamworth.

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARDS: Back, Gemma Rygate, CEO of The Centre for Volunteering, Nick and Kim Peake, Glen Innes Severn Council mayor Margot Davis, Armidale Regional Council mayor Sam Coupland, Walcha Shire mayor Eric Noakes, front, Kamala Wheeler and Margaret Lenord.

Caitlin has been a driving force behind the grassroots disability advocacy group We Are Not Alone.

Her volunteer work as co-president helps to amplify the voices of young people with a disability in regional NSW. She also

gives her time with youth mental health advocacy and education group Orygen.

The New England-Northern Inland Senior Volunteer of the Year was presented to Margaret Lenord from Inverell.

Margaret has dedicated more

than 50 years to supporting older people in the Inverell community through her leadership with Inverell Community Support and the Inverell Senior Citizens Association.

As chairperson and treasurer, she has played a key role in

sustaining vital services like Meals on Wheels, transport, and social outings.

The New England-Northern Inland Emergency Volunteer of the Year was awarded to Sam Berry from Narrabri.

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Sam previously served as the captain of VRA Rescue NSW’s Narrabri Division where he led emergency rescue operations, training and recruitment of new volunteer members.

He has been a leading emergency volunteer over the past 20 years, having also served with Fire and Rescue NSW and the NSW RFS. The New England-Northern Inland Young Volunteer Team of the Year was presented to Ruby Mae’s Wish.

Kim and Nick Peake have been a formidable fundraising team across Barraba through Ruby Mae’s Wish, a charity they established to honour their daughter who tragically passed away in 2022.

Their tireless volunteer fundraising, education and advocacy supports vital life saving equipment for children’s hospitals, as well as medical training for health workers.

The Centre for Volunteering CEO Gemma Rygate said in difficult times, volunteers often come forward to meet a crisis with compassion.

“Volunteers are the quiet force, whether helping ease cost of living pressures, supporting those in crisis or responding on the front line of floods, fires and emergencies,” Ms Rygate said.

“Their dedication isn’t just admirable; it underpins a more resilient and compassionate society. These exceptional individuals give selflessly - often while juggling careers, study, and family life - yet they still choose to show up for others when it matters most.”

The NSW minister with responsibility for volunteering, Jodie Harrison congratulated the recipients of the New England-Northern Inland Volunteer of the Year Awards.

“You’ve been recognised as heroes by the people in your communities who know you best,” Ms Harrison said.

“Thank you for your ongoing contributions, which make NSW the best state to live and work in. These awards are an important way we recognise your passion and dedication to your local communities.

“The NSW government is continuing to work with The Centre for Volunteering to build a more diverse and inclusive volunteering sector so that all our volunteers feel respected and acknowledged for their work.”

New England-Northern Inland volunteer award recipients will be invited to represent their region at the gala state ceremony at the end of the year, where the NSW Volunteer of the Year is announced across each category.

Sam Berry, the former Narrabri VRA captain, was also honoured at the awards ceremony.

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Police news A teenager has been charged following an investigation into two break and enter incidents that occurred in Moree last month.

Operation Soteria is a strategic initiative focusing on aggravated break, enter and steal offences, stealing motor vehicles, and ‘post and boast’ offences where social media is used to gain notoriety.

About 3am on Tuesday, August 19, emergency services were called to a motel on Warialda Street, Moree, following reports of two break-ins.

Officers attached to New England Police District were told two people – one allegedly armed with a metal object – forced entry into one room which was occupied by a 68-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman.

The 68-year-old man was allegedly threatened before being

NSW Farmers is calling for urgent protections for farmers who host renewables after the former Energy Infrastructure Commissioner warned farmers could be on the hook for millions in the future.

In an interview published on Wednesday, former Energy Infrastructure Commissioner Andrew Dyer warned farmers could be left “on the hook” for the costs of decommissioning old renewable installations on their farms, if contracts were unclear on “who pays what”.

“It might cost you more to decommission the turbines left on your property than the revenue you earn over the next 25 years,” The Daily Telegraph reported.

NSW Farmers’ Energy Taskforce chair Reg Kidd said energy developers should be required to pay a bond to cover the costs of decommissioning the projects they had

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About 5.10am, the SUV was located abandoned on Auburn Street, Moree and seized for forensic examination.

Following inquiries, at 12pm on Tuesday, September 2, investigators attached to Operation Soteria, along with officers from New England Police District, attended an address on Brand Street, Moree, and arrested a 16-year-old boy.

He was taken to Moree Police Station and charged with special aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence (wound), take and drive conveyance and aggravated break enter and steal.

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assaulted with the metal object and sustained significant head injuries – the woman was uninjured.

He was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to hospital for further treatment.

The pair left and forced entry into a second room occupied by a 31-year-old man – where they allegedly threatened and demanded his keys before leaving the scene in his Toyota SUV. The man was uninjured.

A crime scene was established, and investigations commenced under Operation Soteria.

About 4.40am the same day, police were patrolling and sighted the SUV driving dangerously and attempted to stop it on Balo Street, Moree.

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“Farmers are being told they need to bear the burden of powering our future, the very least government can do is guarantee they won’t be bankrupted as a result,” Mr Kidd said.

“These comments from Andrew Dyer are really alarming, farmers could be left with a clean-up bill in the millions for some of the projects being built on their farms – and that will simply cripple them.

“Many landholders have been pressured into signing contracts that are unclear as to who must remove this infrastructure at the end of its life, and if developers disappear or run out of cash, then farmers could also be left high and dry with huge bills to pay.”

With media reports claiming the costs of decommissioning

some of NSW’s largest wind developments could be as much as $50 million, Mr Kidd said there must be swift reassurances and legal protections from government to protect farmers.

“We’ve got one of our top energy experts in the nation telling us that farmers could be left with a bill that’s more than 25 years’ worth of their income to clean up the mess that these renewable projects leave,” Mr Kidd said.

“So we’re expected to feed people, clothe people, power their homes, and in 25 years’ time we might be relying on the goodness of some foreign multinational not to leave us high and dry.

“This race to renewables is a government priority, so if they care about the farmers and communities that host these developments, the very least they can do is guarantee we won’t foot the bill.”

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Saturn’s mate from the outback The remarkable true story of Trevor Barry, who worked for years in the mines of Broken Hill before falling in love with Saturn, discovering a passion for astronomy, and going on to do vital research for NASA from his backyard observatory (which he built himself).

When award-winning journalist Liz Hayes travelled to the outback to interview amateur astronomer Trevor Barry for 60 Minutes, the story captured hearts across the nation.

“Trevor’s journey from the mines of Broken Hill to working with NASA wasn’t just inspiring television,” Liz said.

“It was a fundamentally Australian story about following your dreams, no matter where you live, your age or background.”

Now Liz and Ali Smith, the story’s producer who now lives near Burren Junction and is an award-winning senior journalist with The Courier and Wee Waa News, have teamed up with Trevor – along with his wife, Cheryl to turn this great Australian story into a book.

The book captures not only Trevor’s scientific achievements but the very Australian story of a man who has never lost sight of his roots in Broken Hill, where he still tends the greens at his local bowls club when not collecting data for international space research projects.

And encouraging Trev every step of the way, his high school sweetheart and wife Cheryl, who he calls the ‘Gorgeous and Adorable’.

“My story would not be what it is without Cheryl,” Trevor said.

“She pushed me to step out of my comfort zone, and I’m glad she did. I’m certainly very different from how I was when I was younger. Cheryl will tell you that I don’t have an off switch now.”

Outback Astronomer tells the tale of Trevor’s incredible journey, passing through the furthest reaches of our solar system on the way.

It’s a celebration of life in the

bush, of self-reliance and ingenuity, of determination and cosmic discovery.

It’s about serendipity, and how far a chance encounter can take you, and unlikely friendships between people from vastly different worlds. Above all, it’s a reminder of the universe’s beauty, and what we can learn by looking up.

Born and raised in remote Broken Hill, Trevor Barry left school after year ten to work in the mines, just like his father and his brother. He’d never met anyone who went to university.

Years later, a single glimpse of Saturn through a colleague’s telescope knocked his world completely off its axis, turning his whole life upside down.

With his newfound passion, and armed with decades of outback know-how, Trevor set about building an observatory in his backyard using bits and pieces from his shed, a second-hand washing machine motor, rainwater tank parts and an old catamaran wire.

It required some canny negotiations with his wife, Cheryl, whose prized garden took a battering – especially when he decided to add a second storey – but before long Trevor was not just gazing at the stars but capturing extraordinary images of the planets.

Over the years, Trevor’s love affair with Saturn, ‘the ringed jewel of the solar system’, only grew more passionate, and in his early fifties he did a degree in astronomy, topping his class. When he recorded a massive storm on Saturn from his backyard observatory, he alerted NASA. The world’s greatest space agency took note and invited Trevor to contribute to its

After telling the remarkable story of the ‘Outback Astronomer’ Trevor Barry (centre) on 60 Minutes, Liz Hayes (left) and Ali Smith (right) teamed up with Trevor to share the story again, this time in print. Photo: ABC Broken Hill/Oliver Brown

The highlight for us was the chance to tell a cracking country yarn about a self-described ‘ordinary’ Aussie bloke doing an extraordinary thing. interplanetary research – leading to opportunities far beyond Broken Hill and Trevor’s wildest dreams. He went on to design his ultimate telescope, taking ever more detailed and sophisticated images of the planets, which are relied on today by professional scientists around the world.

“Some stories stay with you,” Liz Hayes said – and this one stayed with the veteran journalist long after the cameras stopped rolling.

Co-writer Ali Smith said she jumped at the opportunity to work with Liz again on Trevor’s story.

“The highlight for us was the chance to tell a cracking country yarn about a self-described ‘ordinary’ Aussie bloke doing an extraordinary thing, all from his bush backyard. It doesn’t get much better than that,” Ali said.

“We might appear to be a bit of an unlikely trio – Liz is a legendary reporter who has travelled around the world covering huge international events, Trev is a Broken Hill mine worker turned greenkeeper who’s made his mark as an astronomer, and I live on a farm at Burren Junction, chasing local stories around the Narrabri region – but I think we share similar values, a deep appreciation of what rural Australia has to offer, and, above all, a passion for positive storytelling.

“Trev is a shining example of this – he’ll tell you Broken Hill is the centre of the universe.”

Outback Astronomer showcases the power of Australian storytelling, and the enduring connections formed when passionate people recognise something extraordinary in each other’s work.

Outback Astronomer, written by Trevor Barry with Liz Hayes and Ali Smith.

It’s a testament to the value of regional voices and the cosmic possibilities that exist in the most unexpected places.

It’s proof that the best Australian stories often emerge from the most unlikely partnerships, bridging the gap between city and country, professional and amateur, earthbound and cosmic.

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Dedicated regional advisory group to be convened Premier Chris Minns and Minister for Regional New South Wales, Tara Moriarty will convene a dedicated regional advisory group to work with the government to better understand and address the unique challenges faced by people living and working in regional, rural and remote areas of NSW. Announced at the recent 2025 Bush Summit, the NSW Premier’s Rural Remote & Regional Advisory Council (PRRRAC) will meet twice annually with the Premier and Minister Moriarty.

The first council meeting is set to take place this year and will bring together representatives from across the regions to provide direct advice and insights on issues impacting their communities, from essential services and key infrastructure to biosecurity, the state government said in its announcement.

An invitation has been extended to chair of the NSW Country Mayors Association, Rick Firman OAM, the chair of the NSW Regional Cities, and representatives from the Local Land Services, Country Women’s Association, regional health and education sectors, Indigenous councils, and business communities, to be part of this important forum.

The development of this advisory panel follows advocacy to the Premier from Cr Firman, who the Premier and minister have invited to act as the group’s secretariat.

“The CMA NSW board, together with our 92 members are tickled pink at the news our NSW Premier has signed off on his

Rural, Remote & Regional Advisory Council,” Cr Firman said.

“Premier Minns was receptive of the proposal when we put this to him personally. Both our Premier and his team have now come through in spades and now established this advisory council, specifically for rural, remote and regional issues.

“We will share the challenges with suggested solutions, we will have government policy proposals bounced off us and give genuine feedback and we will also share the countless inspiring initiatives that occur in our cherished rural, remote and regional communities which may be replicated across our great state.

“Only positive things can come from this initiative.”

Mr Minns said the NSW government wants to work with regional communities to find solutions that really meet their needs and will make a difference.

“We are committed to delivering regional communities their fair share and this group means we can ensure our responses are targeted, effective and in line with the realities of regional life,” the Premier said.

“I have seen firsthand that when someone with a local knowledge of a community is willing to share their experience and perspective with us, we deliver better policies, services and outcomes.

“I really want to congratulate Rick for being such an advocate for not just his community, but all regional communities and bringing this idea to the table.”

NSW Premier Chris Minns with NSW Country Mayors Association chair Rick Firman OAM.

Work starts on highway upgrade between Moree, Boggabilla Road improvement work has started on the Newell Highway between Moree and Boggabilla.

The state government has invested $6.35 million for the work at Tackinbri, about 76 kilometres north of Moree, on a key regional route for locals, tourists and transport operators.

Transport for NSW acting executive director of partnerships and integration west Holly Davies said early work to upgrade culverts started on September 8, with work on the main safety upgrades to get under way later in the year.

“A key focus of the safety upgrades will be to reduce the risk of head-on crashes along this 1.6-kilometre stretch of the Newell Highway,” Ms Davies said.

“We live in a large state which means we sometimes have to travel long distances on the road and fatigue can become a factor.

“One of the most important features of the safety work at Tackinbri will be the installation of a wide centre line that will put greater distance between oncoming lanes of traffic to help avoid head-on crashes that can be the tragic result of momentary lapses of concentration.

“The work will also include extensive

road reconstruction and surface improvements that will provide a more resilient surface requiring less ongoing maintenance and fewer future disruptions for motorists.”

The work at Tackinbri continues a program of upgrades on the Newell Highway for the benefit of all residents and motorists in the state’s north.

Work on the heavy duty pavement upgrade of the highway between Narrabri and Moree that started in July 2022 is near completion and a separate safety upgrade at North Croppa, just north of Moree, wound up in November 2024.

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‘Ben Hall’s Wall’ in Breeza receives fresh coat

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Breeza’s bushranger Ben Hall was re-immortalised when his mural received a fresh design and paint.

While Ben was born in Maitland in 1837, Breeza Progress Association’s Deb Clift described him as a “lad of Breeza” and the wall at the rest area celebrates that connection.

“Life wasn’t kind to him,” Deb said.

As told by Deb, he was arrested for alleged crimes, but was released for lack of evidence. When he returned home after being locked away, he found out his wife had run off with their son and his cattle were all dead or gone.

It was then he decided he would become what he was claimed to be, a bushranger.

“He never killed anybody. That’s one thing about him,” Deb said.

He spent three years travelling the roads, robbing and gaining wealth along with fame on the way.

His story came to an end when his friend reported his whereabouts to troopers, with the reward of £1000.

Half for the troopers and half for his “mate”.

Just four days before his 28th birthday he was shot and killed in Forbes.

His story is a part of the local history with Ben Hall’s father even working for Deb’s relatives who owned Breeza Station.

Deb said that while the previous wall’s mural by was well done, there were some inaccuracies

Breeza Progress Association Deb Clift (secretary), Katie Louise Bigg (mural artist), Wayne Matthews (member) and Phil Newell (president) with the new mural.

including where he was born.

It was originally painted for the 150th anniversary of Ben Hall’s birth, depicting the last three years of his life. With that being almost 40 years ago, the mural had naturally faded and was time to be updated.

“We’re not celebrating the fact that he was a criminal, not at all.

But we are celebrating the fact that he was in our area, he didn’t do that much wrong and [his legend],” Deb said.

The new mural by artist Katie Louise Bigg depicts Ben Hall on

his horse, which for Deb was a favourite. In the background are troopers chasing him down, while in the foreground is his wife and child.

The reverse side has animals along with silhouettes of indigenous people around a campfire.

Katie spent last week painting the mural as commissioned by the progress association.

She researched the story behind Ben Hall and used it for inspiration for the mural.

She projected an image onto the

wall and sketches it before painting with colours that gives attention from the crowd.

“It is incredible. She does brilliant work,” Deb said. “You stop because it grabs your eye.”

The Gunnedah area will continue to see her work in the upcoming months, with The Conadilly Canvas also planning to take shape soon. “[Breeza Progress Association] wanted really bright colours and it to be visually storytelling and something that would really stand out from the road,” Katie said.

For Katie, her favourite part was the tree next to Ben Hall and his horse.

“I love painting Australian flora and fauna and doing it in my style which is a bit more bright and high contrast,” she said.

“I am really grateful that [the progress association] commissioned me and Deb wanted to get this going so that everybody can enjoy the artwork that stops [travellers] and helps the community.”

She also commended the work of the original artist Bronwyn Bassett.

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8.30 Professor T: Sophie Knows. (M) 9.20 Hard Quiz. (PG) 9.50 Shaun Micallef’s Eve Of Destruction: Rhys Nicholson And Marcia Hines. (M) 10.30 ABC Late News.

10.45 Austin. (PG) 11.15 Silent Witness: History Pt 3. (M) 12.15 Rage New Music. (MA15+) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 18. Highlights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Curious Traveller. (PG) 11.30 World’s Most Amazing Festivals. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. 2.05 World’s Most Scenic River Journeys. (PG) 3.00 Nula. 3.30 SBS50. 3.35 The Cook Up. 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 18. Highlights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 The Good Ship Murder. (PG) 8.30 Dictator: The Hitler Interviews. (M) 9.25 Lost Treasures Of Egypt: Secrets Of The Mummy Tombs. (PG) 10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 Catch Me A Killer. (MA15+) 11.45 Pray For Blood. (M) 1.40 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 2.30 World’s Most Amazing Festivals. (PG) 3.00 Hugh’s Wild West. (PG) 4.00 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 My Market Kitchen. 6.30 GCBC. 7.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 7.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 8.00 The Brighter Side. 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo.

10.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 10.30 The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition. (PG) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

12.30 Family Feud. (PG) 1.00 10 News: Lunchtime. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune.

2.30 Lingo.

3.30 10 News: Afternoon.

4.00 House Hunters Australia. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News.

6.00 10 News+.

7.00 Deal Or No Deal.

7.30 Love It Or List It Australia.

8.30 The Brighter Side.

9.00 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) 10.00 10’s Late News.

10.25 10 News+.

11.25 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 Your Money & Your Life. (PG) 1.30 Border Security: International. (PG) 2.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

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.

7.30 Football. AFL. First semi-final.

Adelaide v Hawthorn. From Adelaide Oval.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show.

11.15 GetOn Extra.

11.45 To Be Advised.

1.20 Riviera. (MA15+) 2.30 Home Shopping.

4.00 Million Dollar Minute.

5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning.

12.00 Movie: Love In Translation. (2021) Michelle Argyris, Corey Sevier, Elise Bauman. (G) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Rugby League. NRL. Second qualifying final. Melbourne Storm v Canterbury Bulldogs. From AAMI Park, Melbourne.

9.45 NRL Finals Post-Match.

10.45 Movie: Analyze That. (2002) Billy Crystal, Robert De Niro, Lisa Kudrow. (M) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

4.30 Global Shop.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

5.30 Postcards. (PG)

6.00 Children’s ABC FAMILY (22) Programs. 6.00 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.10 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Paddington.

6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior.

7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Good Game Spawn Point.

(PG) 7.50 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 8.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (PG) 8.25 BTN Newsbreak. 8.30 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. (PG) 8.55 Robot Wars. 9.55 Merlin. (PG) 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning VICELAND (31) Programs. 2.20 Everyone Else Burns. (M) 2.50 Fashionista.

3.00 Over The Black Dot. 3.30 News. 3.35 BBC News At Ten. 4.05 France 24. 4.35 PBS News.

5.35 If You Are The One. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (M) 8.30 Sex: A Bonkers History. (MA15+) 9.25 Sex Actually.

(MA15+) 10.20 The Big Sex Talk. (MA15+) 10.50 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 19. 1.50 Somewhere Boy. (MA15+) 2.50 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Pat DRAMA (51) Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures.

(PG) 9.00 The Living Room. (PG) 10.00 JAG. (PG) 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (PG) 12.45 The Young And The Restless. (PG) 1.30 FBI: International. (M) 2.30 JAG. (PG) 4.30 The Living Room. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 10.20 FBI: International. (M) 11.15 CSI: Vegas. (M) 12.15 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 7TWO (62) Room For Improvement. 1.30 Business Builders. 2.00 Animal Rescue. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 The Great Australian Doorstep.

(PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Better Homes.

5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Better Homes. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Bargain Hunt. 12.30 Escape To The Country. 1.30 Room For Improvement.

2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Animal Rescue.

3.00 Better Homes. 5.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.30 9GEM (82) Movie: Law And Disorder.

(1958) (G) 4.00 Antiques Downunder. 4.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 5.30 Rugby League.

NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 11.

Parramatta Eels v Canterbury Bulldogs.

7.30 Find My Country House Aust. 8.30 Movie: Gran Torino. (2008) (M) 10.55 FBI’s Most Wanted. (M) 11.55 French And Saunders. (M) 12.35 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 Creflo. (PG) 1.30 Movie: Five Golden Dragons. (1967) (PG) 3.30 Gideon’s Way. (PG) 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.20 The Assembly. (PG) 2.05 ER. (M) 2.50 Heartbreak High. (PG) 3.35 Richard Osman’s House Of Games. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 4.40 MythBusters. (PG) 5.30 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home. 6.15 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. 7.05 Richard Osman’s House Of Games. 7.35 QI. (PG) 8.05 Would I Lie To You? 8.35 Movie: Game Night. (2018) (MA15+) 10.15 ER. (M) 10.55 My Family. (PG) 11.25 Rage. (MA15+) 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Queen Bees. Cont.

(2021) 7.55 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. (1988) 10.00 Death In Brunswick. (1991) 12.05 Breaking Up In Rome. (2022) 2.15 Murder Party. (2022) (French, PG) 4.15 The Legend Of The Christmas Witch. (2018) (Italian, PG) 6.05 Arthur’s Hallowed Ground. (1984) 7.30 Enigma.

(2001) (M) 9.45 Legend. (2015) 12.15 The Black Hole. (2024) (Estonian) 2.10 Goodfellas. (1990) (MA15+) 4.50 The Movie Show. (M) 5.25 Murder Party. (2022) (French, PG)

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Ghosts. (PG) 1.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 2.00 Becker. (PG) 2.30 Frasier. (PG) 3.30 Ghosts. (PG) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 5.00 Becker. (PG) 5.30 Frasier. (PG) 6.30 Friends.

(PG) 7.30 Movie: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.

(2014) (M) 9.30 Becker. (PG) 10.00 Frasier. (PG) 11.00 Ghosts. (PG) 12.00 King Of Queens.

(PG) 12.30 Shopping. 2.30 Bold. (PG) 3.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 4.30 Shopping. 5.30 Joseph Prince.

7MATE (64) 1.30 Nature Gone Wild. (PG)

2.30 Carnage. (PG) 3.30 STIHL Timbersports: Jamie Head Special. (PG) 4.00 Swamp People: Serpent Invasion. (PG) 5.00 American Resto.

(PG) 5.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Football. AFL. First semifinal. Adelaide v Hawthorn. 7.30 Surveillance Oz. (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Bounty Hunter. (2010) (M) 10.50 Movie: U-571. (2000) (M) 1.15 Pawn Stars. (PG) 2.00 American Resto. (PG) 2.30 Sound FX: Best Of. 3.00 Late Programs.

Round 6. Lone Star Le Mans. Highlights.

9.05 Nanny. (PG) 9.35 Addams Family. 10.05 Bewitched. 10.35 Jeannie. 11.05 The West Wing. (PG) 12.05 Movie: To Kill A Stepfather.

(2023) (M) 2.00 Golden Girls. (PG) 2.30 Nanny.

(PG) 3.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 4.30 Addams Family.

5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls. (PG) 6.30 Nanny. (PG) 7.30 Movie: The Legend Of Tarzan. (2016) (M) 9.45 Movie: Hercules. (2014) (M) 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning ABC NEWS (24) Programs. 1.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing.

5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 The Pacific. 7.55 ABC News Update. 8.00 Planet America: Wknd Ed. 8.45 News Tonight. 9.00 The World. 9.30 Close Of Business. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Asia News Week. 11.00 News. 11.30 Breakfast Couch. 12.00 News. 12.15 Planet America: Wknd Ed. 1.00 News. 1.30 Close Of Business.

2.00 DW News. 2.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning SBS FOOD (33) Programs. 2.00 Barefoot Contessa. 2.30 Strait To The Plate.

3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Lidia’s Kitchen.

(PG) 4.30 Off Duty Chef. 5.00 Mary Makes It Easy. 5.30 Everyday Gourmet. 6.00 French Food Safari. (PG) 6.30 Nigellissima. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Jamie’s American Road Trip.

(PG) 8.30 A Lake District Farmshop. 9.30 Gourmet Farmer. (PG) 10.00 Luke’s Vietnam.

10.30 The Cook Up. 11.00 Cheese Slices. 11.30 Food Lovers’ Guide. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

NITV (34) 1.55 Black As. (PG) 2.00 Island Echoes. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Grace Beside Me. (PG) 3.25 Cities Of Gold. (PG) 4.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.35 Waabiny Time. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Yarning Culture Through Film. (PG) 5.30 Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Waterworld Africa. (PG) 7.29 NITV Weather. 7.30 Dreaming Big. 8.00 Movie: Satellite Boy. (2012) (PG) 9.45 First Nations Bedtime Stories. (PG) 9.55 Movie: Dogfight. (1991) (M) 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 It’s Academic. 7.30 7FLIX (66) Flushed. 8.30 Beat Bugs. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 House Rules: High Stakes.

(PG) 12.00 9-1-1. (M) 3.00 Intolerant Cooks.

3.30 Grand Crew. (PG) 4.05 Movie: Ron’s Gone Wrong. (2021) Jack Dylan Grazer. (PG) 6.15 Movie: The Bad Guys. (2022) Sam Rockwell. (PG) 8.30 Movie: A Man Called Otto. (2022) Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño. (M) 11.05 Movie: Dear Evan Hansen. (2021) (M) 2.00 Home Shopping. 3.00 9-1-1. (M)

6.00 Morning Programs.

9LIFE (84) 1.00 Find My Country House Canada. (PG) 2.00 Rico To The Rescue. (PG) 3.00 The Block. (PG) 4.00 Holmes Family Rescue. (PG) 5.00 Fixer Upper. (PG) 6.00 House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.30 Building Alaska. (PG) 8.30 Maine Cabin Masters. (PG) 9.30 Farmhouse Facelift. 10.30 Building Off The Grid. (PG) 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.00 House Hunters. 1.00 Maine Cabin Masters. (PG) 2.00 Farmhouse Facelift. 3.00 Building Off The Grid. (PG) 4.00 Late Programs.

ABC ENTERTAINS (23)

WORLD MOVIES (32)

COMEDY (52)

6.00 Morning Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

9GO! (83,88) 8.00 Motor Racing. WRC.

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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Thursday, September 11, 2025

Saturday, September 13 ABC TV

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6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.25 Beyond Paradise.

1.25 Professor T: Sophie Knows. (M) 2.10 I, Jack Wright. (M) 2.55 The Larkins: Bad Neighbours. (PG) 4.35 Would I Lie To You? Sara Davies, Michelle De Swarte, Bob Mortimer And Chris Ramsey. (PG) 5.00 Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Melanie C. (M) 5.30 Landline.

6.00 Australian Story: Say My Name – Louisa Ioannidis Pt 2.

6.30 Back Roads: Van Life Pt 2. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Beyond Paradise. (PG) 8.30 Midsomer Murders: For Death Prepare. (M) 10.00 The Family Next Door: Isabelle. (M) 10.50 I, Jack Wright. (MA15+) 11.40 Rage. (MA15+)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 19. Highlights. 8.00 BBC News At Six. 8.30 France 24 English News. 9.00 DD India News Hour. 10.00 Blue Water Safari. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. 2.05 Canary. 2.15 Going Places. (PG) 3.15 2010 FIFA World Cup: The Media Circus. 4.30 Cycling.

UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 19.

Highlights. 5.30 WW2 End Game. New Series.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Swiss Alpine Rail Journeys: The Contrasting Bernina Railway.

8.35 A Royal Residence: Hatfield House.

9.30 Athletics. World Championships.

Day 1. Evening session. From National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan.

10.30 Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy: Sardinia. (PG) 11.20 Great Australian Walks.

12.15 Homicide: Life On The Street. (M) 3.35 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. 4.35 Bamay. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Tough Tested. 7.00 Reel Action. 7.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 8.00 IFISH. 8.30 On The Fly. 9.00 The Yes Experiment. (PG) 9.30 Intrepid Adventures. 10.00 My Market Kitchen.

10.30 The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition. (PG) 12.00 The Brighter Side.

12.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

1.00 The Yes Experiment.

1.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures.

2.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia. (PG) 3.30 Pooches At Play.

4.00 My Market Kitchen. Final.

4.30 Food Trail: South Africa.

5.00 10 News.

6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PG) 7.30 Selling Houses Australia.

8.30 Ambulance Australia. (M) 9.40 Gogglebox Australia.

10.40 The Gilded Age. (PG) 12.10 FBI: Most Wanted. (M) 1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Hour Of Power.

6.00 NBC Today.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Crown Makybe Diva Stakes Day. From Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne. The Run To The Rose Day. From Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG) 6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Football. AFL. Second semi-final.

Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns.

From the Gabba, Brisbane.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show.

11.00 To Be Advised.

12.30 Riviera. (MA15+) 1.30 Travel Oz. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 It’s Academic.

5.00 Million Dollar Minute.

6.00 Getaway. (PG) 6.30 ACA. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 11.30 NRLW Wrap. (PG) 12.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 11. Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys.

1.45 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 11. Gold Coast Titans v Canberra Raiders. 3.30 Rugby League.

NRL. Second elimination final. New Zealand Warriors v Penrith Panthers.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Rugby League. NRL. First elimination final. Cronulla Sharks v Sydney Roosters. From Sharks Stadium, Sydney.

9.50 NRL Finals Post-Match.

10.30 Athletics. World Championships. Day 1.

11.30 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (MA15+) 12.30 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PG) 1.30 The Garden Gurus. 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)

6.00 Children’s ABC FAMILY (22) Programs. 5.10 Thomas. 5.45 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.10 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Paddington. 6.45 Steve And Aneeshwar Go Wild. 6.50 Andy And The Band. 7.10 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 8.00 Kids Baking C’ship. Final. 8.40 Chopped Jnr. 9.25 Fresh Off The Boat. (PG) 10.05 Abbott Elementary. (PG) 10.25 Speechless. (PG) 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning VICELAND (31) Programs. 8.50 Athletics. World Championships. Day 1.

Morning session. 1.00 CBC The National. 1.50 BBC News At Six. 2.20 12 Dishes In 12 Hours.

(PG) 2.55 News. 3.00 BBC News At Ten. 3.30 France 24. 4.00 PBS News. 5.00 The Story Of. (PG) 5.30 Mastermind Aust. (PG) 6.30 Athletics.

World Championships. Day 1. Evening session. 11.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 20. 1.50 Curious Australia. (M) 2.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Home Shopping.

DRAMA (51) 9.00 What’s Up Down Under. 10.00 On The Fly. 10.30 Exploring Off The Grid. (PG) 11.30 Buy To Build.

12.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 12.30 Australia By Design: Architecture.

1.00 JAG. (PG) 5.00 Reel Action.

5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 10.20 Blue Bloods. (M) 12.15 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 7TWO (62) Room For Improvement.

2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG) 2.30 Better Homes. 4.00 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 5.00 Horse Racing. Crown Makybe Diva Stakes Day and The Run To The Rose Day. 5.30 Animal Rescue. 6.00 Dog Patrol. (PG) 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 1.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG) 2.00 Australia’s Deadliest. (PG) 2.30 Creek To Coast. 3.00 Weekender. 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 9GEM (82) Thunderbirds. 8.30 My Way. 8.50 Athletics. World Championships. Day 1.

1.15 Explore. 1.30 Rugby Union. The Rugby Championship. Australia v Argentina. 4.00 Test Rugby: Australia v Argentina Post-Match.

4.30 Movie: The Bridge At Remagen. (1969) (PG) 7.00 Athletics. World Championships.

Day 1. 10.30 Movie: Platoon. (1986) (MA15+) 1.00 See No Evil. (MA15+) 2.00 Movie: Heavens Above! (1963) (PG) 4.30 Movie: Law And Disorder. (1958) (G)

6.00 ABC ENTERTAINS (23) Morning Programs. 2.00 ER. (M) 2.45 Heartbreak High.

(PG) 3.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG) 4.15 Richard Osman’s House Of Games. 4.45 MythBusters. (PG) 5.30 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home. 6.15 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. 7.05 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 7.35 QI. (M) 8.05 Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee (NZ) (PG) 8.50 The Stand Up Sketch Show.

(M) 9.40 Changing Ends. (PG) 10.25 ER. (M) 11.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Murder Party. Cont.

(2022) 7.20 The Legend Of The Christmas Witch. (2018) 9.15 Arthur’s Hallowed Ground.

(1984) 10.35 Enigma. (2001) 12.50 The Daughter. (2015) 2.40 Kung Fu Yoga. (2017) 4.40 Sidonie In Japan. (2023) 6.30 The Ploughman’s Lunch. (1983) 8.30 Vengeance: A Love Story. (2017) 10.25 Nymphomaniac: Vol 1. (2013) (MA15+) 12.30 Legend. (2015) 3.00 The Black Hole. (2024) (Estonian) 4.55 Kung Fu Yoga. (2017) (PG)

6.00 Bold. (PG) 8.30 Wheel Of Fortune. 10.00 Ridiculousness. (PG) 11.00 Everyday Gourmet.

11.30 Deal Or No Deal. 12.00 Stephen Colbert.

(PG) 2.00 Ridiculousness. (PG) 3.00 Frasier.

(PG) 4.00 Friends. (PG) 6.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 10.00 Frasier. (PG) 11.00 Ridiculousness. (PG) 12.00 South Park. (M) 1.00 Home Shopping.

1.30 South Park. (M) 2.30 Home Shopping.

7MATE (64) 1.00 Football. AFL

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 News.

1.25 Not Stupid. 2.00 News. 2.30 Breakfast Couch. 3.00 News. 3.30 If You’re Listening.

3.50 News. 4.15 Planet America: Wknd Ed. 5.00 News. 5.30 Asia News Week. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 Aust Story. 7.00 National News.

7.30 Back Roads. (PG) 8.00 News Tonight. 8.15 Four Corners. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 Late News Weekend.

10.30 World This Week. 11.00 News. 11.30 News Regional. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Strait To The Plate. 2.30 Taste Of Malta. 3.30 Bobby & Giada In Italy. 4.25 Please Eat Slowly Bitesize.

4.30 Be My Guest. 5.00 Kitchen Glow Up. 5.30 Marcus In The Med. 6.00 Baking Made Easy. 6.30 India. 7.40 Cheese: A Taste Of Place. (PG) 8.40 Cornwall. (PG) 9.40 Bourdain: Parts Unknown. (PG) 10.30 Big Food Bucket List. (PG) 11.00 Big Appetite. (PG) 11.30 Food Lovers’ Guide. 12.00 Strait To The Plate. 12.30 Taste Of Malta. 1.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.45 Waterworld Africa. (PG) 3.35 Nula. 4.05 The Lake Winnipeg Project.

(PG) 4.25 Black As. (PG) 4.30 Off Country.

(PG) 5.00 Hunting Aotearoa. (PG) 6.00 Amplify.

6.30 News. 6.40 The Other Side. (PG) 7.30 Big Backyard Quiz. Final. (M) 8.30 Movie: Cujo.

(1983) Dee Wallace. (M) 10.10 Nat King Cole: Afraid Of The Dark. 11.50 Yothu Yindi Tribute Concert. 1.00 Deadly Funny 2024. (M) 2.25 Yarrabah! 3.00 TikTok And NITV Present: First Sounds. (M) 5.00 Bamay.

ABC NEWS (24)

WORLD MOVIES (32)

SBS FOOD (33)

COMEDY (52)

NITV (34)

6.00 Morning Programs.

Women’s. Round 5. Collingwood v Sydney.

3.00 Rides Down Under: Aussie Truckers. (PG) 4.00 Counting Cars. (PG) 4.30 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 5. GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs. 6.30 AFL Pre-Game. 7.00 Storage Wars. (PG) 7.30 Movie: Back To The Future Part II. (1989) (PG) 9.45 Movie: Ghostbusters II. (1989) (PG) 12.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 12.30 Counting Cars. (PG) 1.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 It’s Academic. 7.30

7FLIX (66) Flushed. 8.30 Beat Bugs.

10.00 Weekender. 10.30 Weekender. 11.00 Yummy Mummies. (PG) 12.25 My France With Manu. (PG) 1.30 Conjoined Twins. (PG) 2.40 Starstruck. (PG) 3.55 Aust Got Talent. (PG) 5.35 Movie: Babe. (1995) (G) 7.30 Movie: Angels & Demons. (2009) Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor.

(M) 10.15 Movie: The Game. (1997) Michael Douglas. (M) 12.55 Burn Notice. (M) 1.55 Shopping. 3.00 Fresh TV. 3.30 Burn Notice. (M) 5.00 American Crime. (M)

6.00 Children’s Programs.

9GO! (83,88) 8.00 Allo! Allo! (PG) 9.15

Only Fools And Horses. (PG) 9.55 Explore.

10.00 The Garden Hustle. (PG) 11.00 Oz Off Road TV. (PG) 12.00 Seinfeld. (PG) 1.00 Tennis.

Davis Cup. Second round. Australia v Belgium. Day 2. 7.00 Movie: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. (2012) (PG) 9.00 Movie: Cowboys & Aliens. (2011) (M) 11.30 Movie: Radio Man. (2023) (M) 1.45 Supernatural.

(MA15+) 3.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 4.00 Barney’s World. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

9LIFE (84) 1.30 Building Off The Grid.

(PG) 2.30 Building Alaska. (PG) 3.30 New Neighbourhoods. 4.00 House Hunters Int. 4.30 Garden Gurus. 5.00 House Hunters. 5.30 My Lottery Dream Home. (PG) 6.30 Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive And Kids. 7.30 Escape To The Chateau. 8.30 House Hunters. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 Hawaii Life. Series Return.

11.30 Mexico Life. 12.30 House Hunters. 1.00 Building Alaska. (PG) 2.00 Hawaii Life. 3.00 House Hunters Int. 4.00 Late Programs.

Sunday, September 14 ABC TV

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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. 11.00 Compass. (PG) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.30 David Attenborough’s Galapagos. 3.25 Grand Designs New Zealand. 4.10 Martin Clunes: Islands Of The Pacific. Final. (PG) 5.15 Antiques Roadshow.

6.10 Britain’s Great Cathedrals. New Series.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Austin. (Final) (PG) 8.00 The Family Next Door: Barbara.

(Final) (M) 8.50 I, Jack Wright. (M) 9.40 Movie: Goldstone. (2016) Aaron Pedersen, David Wenham, Jacki Weaver. (M) 11.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Amanda Keller. (PG) 12.00 Rage. (MA15+) 3.00 Ask The Doctor: Alcohol Risks. (PG) 3.30 The Art Of... Rage. (M) 4.00 Gardening Australia.

5.00 Insiders.

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 Cycling.

UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 20.

Highlights. 8.00 APAC Weekly. 8.30 France 24 English News. 9.00 DD India News Hour. 10.00 Blue Water Safari. (PG) 12.00 APAC Weekly.

12.30 PBS Washington Week. 12.55 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Preparing To Give. (PG) 4.00 Dylan Alcott Interviews. (PG) 4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 20. Highlights.

5.30 WW2 End Game.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Titanic: Secrets Of The Shipwreck. (PG) 8.25 Titanic Revisited. (PG) 9.30 Athletics. World Championships.

Day 2. Evening session. From National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan.

11.30 Monster: The Mystery Of Loch Ness. (PG) 12.30 Hating Peter Tatchell. (MA15+) 2.15 Women Who Rock. (M) 3.15 Secret Nazi Bases.

(PG) 4.55 Destination Flavour China Bitesize.

5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 APAC Weekly.

6.00 Mass For You At Home. 6.30 Key Of David.

(PG) 7.00 Joseph Prince: New Creation Church.

7.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey.

8.00 Roads Less Travelled.

8.30 Exploring Off The Grid. (PG) 9.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

10.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

10.30 The Brighter Side.

11.00 The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition. (PG) 1.30 Location, Location, Location Australia.

2.30 House Hunters Australia.

3.00 Australia By Design: Architecture.

3.30 Wheel Of Fortune.

4.00 Lingo.

5.00 10 News.

6.00 10 News+.

7.00 The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition. (PG) 8.30 Watson. (PG) 9.30 FBI. (M) 11.30 10 News+.

12.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Behind Behani. (PG) 1.00 To Be Advised.

4.30 Border Security: International. (PG) 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 The Voice. (PG) 9.00 7NEWS Spotlight.

10.00 24 Hours In Police Custody: Too Close For Comfort. (M) 11.00 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: Date With A Serial Killer – Rodney Francis Cameron. (MA15+) 12.15 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. AirTouch 500 At The Bend. Highlights. From The Bend Motorsport Park, Tailem Bend, South Australia.

2.30 Home Shopping.

3.30 Million Dollar Minute.

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.05 Zog And The Flying Doctors. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 6.00 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.10 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Paddington.

6.45 Steve And Aneeshwar Go Wild. 6.50 Andy And The Band. 7.05 Do Not Watch This Show. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep.

7.35 The Mysterious Benedict Society. Final.

(PG) 8.25 Fresh Off The Boat. (PG) 9.05 Abbott Elementary. (PG) 9.50 Speechless. (PG) 10.10 Merlin. (PG) 10.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.05 CBC The National. 1.50 Motorcycle Racing.

Superbike World Championship. Round 9. French round. 2.50 Jeopardy! 4.50 France 24. 5.20 PBS Washington Week. 5.50 Alone Sweden. (PG) 6.40 Athletics. World Championships. Day 2. Evening session.

11.30 Abandoned Engineering. (M) 12.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 21. 4.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG) 9.00 Reel Action. 9.30 What’s Up Down Under. (PG) 10.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. (PG) 11.00 Navigating The World. 12.00 JAG. (PG) 4.00 Pooches At Play. 4.30 Bondi Rescue. (PG) 5.00 IFISH. 5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 10.20 Blue Bloods. (M) 11.15 Nancy Drew. (M) 12.15 Home Shopping.

7TWO (62) 1.30 Animal Rescue. 2.00

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.15 ER. (M) 2.55 Heartbreak High. (PG) 3.45 A Bite To Eat. 4.10 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 4.45 MythBusters. (PG) 5.25 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home. 6.15 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. 7.05 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 7.35 QI. (M) 8.05 The Piano UK. Final. (PG) 9.05 Planet America: Wknd Ed. 9.50 Offsiders. 10.25 ER. (M) 11.05 My Family. (PG) 11.40 Rage. (MA15+) 12.40 Louis Theroux’s LA Stories. (M) 1.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Kung Fu Yoga. Cont.

(2017) 6.55 The Ploughman’s Lunch. (1983) 8.55 Sidonie In Japan. (2023) 10.45 Voyage Of The Damned. (1976) 1.40 The Legend Of The Christmas Witch. (2018) 3.30 Arthur’s Hallowed Ground. (1984) 5.00 Lara. (2019) 6.50 Brief Encounter. (1945) (PG) 8.30 The Outpost. (2019) (MA15+) 10.45 Copenhagen Does Not Exist.

(2023) 12.35 Vengeance: A Love Story. (2017) 2.30 Nymphomaniac: Vol 1. (2013) 4.35 The Movie Show. 5.10 Lara. (2019)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

8.00 Frasier. (PG) 10.00 Ridiculousness. (PG) 11.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Ridiculousness. (PG) 3.00 Frasier. (PG) 4.00 Friends. (PG) 6.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG) 9.35 Frasier. (PG) 10.30 Ridiculousness. (PG) 11.30 South Park. (M) 12.30 Home Shopping.

1.30 South Park. (M) 2.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 News. 1.30 World This Week. 2.00 News.

2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 News. 3.30 Offsiders.

4.00 Landline. 5.00 ABC News With Auslan.

5.30 News Regional. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 Foreign Correspondent. 7.00 National News.

7.30 Insiders. 8.30 News Tonight. 8.40 If You’re Listening. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 Aust Story.

10.00 Late News Weekend. 10.30 Back Roads.

(PG) 11.00 News. 11.30 Close Of Business.

12.00 News Overnight. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.05 The Cook Up. 4.35 Masters Of Taste. (PG) 5.00 Slice Of Italy. 5.30 Great Chocolate Showdown. (PG) 6.30 Spanish Adventures. (PG) 7.30 Marion Grasby’s Flavours. 8.00 Malaysia Gourmet. 8.30 Long Weekends. 9.35 The Layover. (PG) 10.30 Big Food Bucket List. (PG) 11.00 Big Appetite.

11.30 Food Lovers’ Guide. 12.00 Marion Grasby’s Flavours. 12.30 Masters Of Taste.

(PG) 1.00 Slice Of Italy. 1.30 Great Chocolate Showdown. (PG) 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.20 Football. NTFL. Men’s.

Under-18s. Round 12. St Marys v Darwin Buffaloes. Replay. 2.40 Stable: The Boxing Game. (PG) 3.40 Carpool Koorioke. 3.50 Yothu Yindi Tribute Concert. 5.00 Nat King Cole: Afraid Of The Dark. 6.40 News. 6.50 Waterworld Africa. (PG) 7.40 Aerial Australia. (PG) 8.30 Like My Brother. (PG) 10.10 Movie: The Piano. (1993) (MA15+) 12.20 Songlines. (PG) 1.00 Philly DA. (PG) 2.00 The Rap Game UK. (M) 3.00 Barunga Festival. 5.00 Bamay.

ABC FAMILY (22)

ABC ENTERTAINS (23)

ABC NEWS (24)

VICELAND (31)

WORLD MOVIES (32)

SBS FOOD (33)

DRAMA (51)

COMEDY (52)

NITV (34)

6.00 Morning Programs.

South Aussie With Cosi. (PG) 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG) 3.00 Your Money & Your Life. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Escape To The Country. 7.00 Greatest Escapes To The Country. 7.45 Mrs Brown’s Boys.

(M) 8.30 Vera. (M) 10.30 The Pembrokeshire Murders. (M) 11.35 Greatest Escapes To The Country. 12.20 The Great Australian Doorstep.

(PG) 1.00 Impossible Builds. (PG) 2.00 Vera. (M) 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

7MATE (64) 1.00 Fishing Addiction. (PG)

NBN

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6.00 Hello SA. (PG) 6.30 Find My Country House Aust. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 12.00 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership. Round 11. Wests Tigers v New Zealand Warriors. 1.45 Rugby League. NRL Women’s Premiership.

Round 11. Newcastle Knights v St George Illawarra Dragons. 3.30 Rugby League. NRL. First qualifying final. Canberra Raiders v Brisbane Broncos.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 The Block. (PG) 8.40 60 Minutes.

9.40 Athletics. World Championships.

Day 2. From National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan.

11.30 Mobsters: Whitey Bulger. New Series. (M) 12.30 The Gulf. (M) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PG) 4.30 Fishing Australia.

5.00 Today Early News.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Morning Programs.

9GEM (82) 7.00 Leading The Way. (PG)

7.30 In Touch. (PG) 8.00 Beyond Today. (PG) 8.30 Innovation Nation. 8.50 Athletics. World Championships. Day 2. 1.05 Getaway. (PG) 1.35 Dad’s Army. 2.15 Edgar Wallace Mysteries.

(PG) 3.30 Movie: Alexander The Great. (1956) (PG) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 7.30 Athletics. World Championships. Day 2. 9.40 To Be Advised.

12.10 Movie: Fear In The Night. (1972) (M) 2.10 Movie: Sweeney 2. (1978) (M) 4.25 My Favorite Martian. 4.55 The Baron. (PG) 6.00 Children’s Programs.

9GO! (83,88) 8.00 Allo! Allo! (PG) 9.10

2.00 Fishy Business. (PG) 2.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. (PG) 3.00 Air Crash Inv. (PG) 4.00 Mt Hutt Rescue. (PG) 5.00 Counting Cars.

(PG) 6.00 Border Security: Int. (PG) 7.00 Border Security. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Armageddon. (1998) Bruce Willis. (M) 11.30 Border Security. (PG) 12.30 Blokesworld. (PG) 1.00 Border Security: Int. (PG) 2.00 Counting Cars. (PG) 3.00 NFL. NFL. Week 2. Pittsburgh Steelers v Seattle Seahawks.

Only Fools And Horses. (PG) 9.50 Movie: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. (2012) (PG) 11.50 Motor Racing. FIA World Endurance Championship. Round 6. Lone Star Le Mans. Highlights. 1.00 Tennis. Davis Cup. Second Round. Australia v Belgium. Day 3. 8.00 Movie: Honest Thief. (2020) (M) 10.00 Movie: Toy Soldiers. (1991) (M) 12.15 Gotham.

(MA15+) 1.10 Arrow. (M) 3.00 Oz Off Road TV. (PG) 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 It’s Academic. 7.30 Beat

9LIFE (84) New Neighbourhoods. 2.00

7FLIX (66) Bugs. 8.30 Flushed. 10.15 My

France With Manu. (PG) 11.15 Starstruck. (PG) 12.45 Home And Away. (PG) 3.30 The Voice. (PG) 5.30 Gold Coast Ocean Rescue. (PG) 6.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. (PG) 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (M) 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (MA15+) 10.30 Bones. (MA15+) 12.30 Quantico. (M) 3.00 Burn Notice. (M)

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30

Mexico Life. 2.30 Maine Cabin Masters. (PG) 3.30 Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive And Kids. 4.30 Escape To The Chateau. 5.30 House Hunters. 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 Home Town. 8.30 Christina In The Country. (PG) 9.30 Fixer To Fabulous. 10.30 Down Home Fab. (PG) 11.30 House Hunters. 12.00 Home Town. 1.00 Christina In The Country. (PG) 2.00 Postcards.

(PG) 2.30 Getaway. (PG) 3.00 Holmes Family Rescue. 4.00 Late Programs.

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Thursday, September 11, 2025

Monday, September 15 ABC TV

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 10.30 Midsomer Murders. (M) 12.00 News. 1.00 Landline. 2.00 The Piano. Final. (PG) 3.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG) 3.25 Grand Designs. 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow.

6.00 Spicks And Specks: Adam Briggs, Andrea Keller, Reuben Kaye And Zoë Coombs Marr. (PG) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story.

8.30 Four Corners.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 Planet America.

10.05 ABC Late News.

10.20 The Business.

10.35 A Life In Ten Pictures: Robin Williams. (PG) 11.30 Grand Designs: South Downs.

12.20 Long Lost Family. (PG) 1.05 Rage. (MA15+) 3.25 Parkinson In Australia. (PG) 4.30 Gardening Australia. 5.30 7.30.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 PBS Washington Week.

7.25 The Point: Road To Referendum History Bites. 7.30 WorldWatch. 8.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 21. Highlights.

9.00 WorldWatch. 10.00 Destination Flavour Bitesize. 10.10 Curious Traveller. 11.10 Susan Calman’s Grand Week By The Sea. 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 World’s Most Scenic River Journeys. (PG) 2.55 Garage Dreams. (PG) 3.25 Plat Du Tour. 3.35 The Cook Up. 4.05 Jeopardy!

4.30 Letters And Numbers. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 21. Highlights.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes.

8.35 Portillo In The Pyrenees: A Physical Challenge.

9.30 Into South America With Nick Knowles. (PG) 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Classified.

(M) 11.40 Tokyo Vice. (MA15+) 1.50 Blackport.

(M) 2.50 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys.

3.40 World’s Most Amazing Festivals. (PG) 4.10 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. 4.40 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 My Market Kitchen. 6.30 GCBC. 7.00 Neighbours. (PG) 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. 8.00 Bold. (PG) 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo.

10.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 10.30 The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition. (PG) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

12.30 Family Feud. (PG) 1.00 10 News: Lunchtime. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo.

3.30 10 News: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News.

6.00 10 News+.

7.00 Deal Or No Deal.

7.30 The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition. (PG) 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) 9.40 Anne Edmonds: Why Is My Bag All Wet? (M) 11.10 10’s Late News.

11.35 10 News+.

12.35 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 To Be Advised.

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 My Kitchen Rules. (PG) 9.00 The Rookie. (M) 10.00 S.W.A.T. (M) 11.00 The Agenda Setters.

12.00 Hooten & The Lady. (M) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Block. (PG) 1.30 Young Sheldon. (PG) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block. (PG) 8.40 100% Footy. (M) 9.40 Athletics. World Championships.

Day 3. From National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan.

11.30 Murder In The Family: Kelly Fitzgibbons/Ava And Lexi Needham. (MA15+) 12.30 Footy Classified. (M) 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 Today Early News.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Children’s ABC FAMILY (22) Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 6.00 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.10 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Paddington.

6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Piripenguins. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. (PG) 8.00 Dr Ann’s Secret Lives. 8.30 BTN Newsbreak. 8.35 Contraption Masters.

(PG) 9.20 The Crystal Maze. (PG) 10.05 Merlin.

(PG) 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning VICELAND (31) Programs. 1.00 DW Euromaxx. (PG) 1.50 WorldWatch. 2.20 Small Business Secrets. (PG) 2.50 Wine Lovers’ Guide. 3.20 History’s Crazy Rich Ancients.

(PG) 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Al Jazeera. 5.40 The Food That Built The World. (PG) 6.35 Jeopardy! 7.25 News. 7.30 Athletics. World Championships. Day 3. Evening session.

11.30 Big Backyard Quiz. (M) 12.30 Where Are You Really From? (PG) 1.00 PEN15. (M) 3.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 DRAMA (51) IFISH. 8.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 9.00 The Living Room. (PG) 10.00 JAG. (PG) 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (PG) 12.45 The Young And The Restless.

(PG) 1.30 FBI: International. (M) 2.30 JAG. (PG) 4.30 The Living Room. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 10.20 FBI: International. (M) 11.15 CSI: Vegas. (M) 12.15 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 7TWO (62) Room For Improvement.

1.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG) 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Impossible Builds. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. (M) 8.30 Endeavour. (M) 10.30 Air Crash Inv: Accident Files. (PG) 11.30 Doc Martin. (M) 12.30 Bargain Hunt. 1.30 Australia’s Deadliest. (PG) 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Animal Rescue. 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

9GEM (82) 1.00 My Favorite Martian.

1.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 3.00 Antiques Downunder.

3.30 Movie: Raising The Wind. (1961) (G) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. (M) 8.30 Athletics. World Championships. Day 3. 9.40 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG) 10.40 Whitstable Pearl. (M) 11.40 French And Saunders. (M) 12.20 My Favorite Martian. 12.50 Explore. 1.00 Creflo. (PG) 1.30 Movie: Raising The Wind. (1961) (G) 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 ABC ENTERTAINS (23) Morning Programs. 1.10 The Piano UK. (PG) 2.10 ER. (M) 2.50 Heartbreak High. (PG) 3.40 A Bite To Eat. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 4.40 MythBusters. (PG) 5.30 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home. 6.15 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. 7.05 Richard Osman’s House Of Games Night. 7.35 QI. (M) 8.05 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8.35 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (M) 9.45 Spooks. (MA15+) 10.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Lara.

Cont. (2019) 7.00 Brief Encounter. (1945) 8.40 Kung Fu Yoga.

(2017) 10.40 Motherhood. (2022) 12.50 Dating The Enemy. (1996) 2.50 The Ploughman’s Lunch. (1983) 4.50 Mrs Lowry And Son. (2019) 6.30 The Chaperone. (2018) (PG) 8.30 Barton Fink. (1991) (M) 10.40 The Good German. (2006) (MA15+) 12.40 The Outpost. (2019) (MA15+) 2.55 Copenhagen Does Not Exist. (2023) (Swedish, MA15+) 4.45 The Movie Show. (M) 5.20 Where Is Anne Frank. (2021) (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Ghosts. (PG) 1.30 Ridiculousness. (PG) 2.00 King Of Queens.

(PG) 2.30 Becker. (PG) 3.00 Frasier. (PG) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 King Of Queens.

(PG) 5.00 Becker. (PG) 5.30 Frasier. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. (PG) 7.00 Friends. (PG) 8.00 Big Bang. (PG) 10.00 Becker. (PG) 10.30 Frasier.

(PG) 11.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 12.00 Ridiculousness. (PG) 12.30 Shopping. 2.30 Bold. (PG) 3.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

7MATE (64) 2.00 Motor Racing.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing.

5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 News Tonight.

8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Planet America. 11.00 News. 11.30 7.30. 12.00 News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Foreign Correspondent. 1.00 News Overnight. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 DW News.

2.15 News Overnight. 2.45 The Business. 3.00 The World. 4.00 DW News. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Barefoot Contessa. 2.30 On Country Kitchen.

3.00 Toast The Host. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Lidia’s Kitchen. 4.30 Off Duty Chef. 5.00 Mary Makes It Easy. 5.30 Everyday Gourmet. 6.00 French Food Safari. 6.30 Nigellissima. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Irish Adventure. (PG) 8.00 Food Stories. (PG) 8.30 Searching For Italy. 9.25 Please Eat Slowly Bitesize. 9.30 Gourmet Farmer. 10.00 Greater Mekong. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.40 Bluey. (M) 2.00 Island Echoes. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Grace Beside Me. (PG) 3.25 Cities Of Gold. (PG) 4.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.35 Waabiny Time. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Yarning Culture Through Film. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Waterworld Africa. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. (PG) 9.00 Movie: Walkabout. (1971) (M) 10.50 Treaty Road. New Series. (PG) 11.50 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24)

WORLD MOVIES (32)

SBS FOOD (33)

COMEDY (52)

NITV (34)

6.00 Morning Programs.

Supercars Championship. AirTouch 500 at The Bend. Day 1. Highlights. 3.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. AirTouch 500 at The Bend. Day 2. Highlights. 4.00 Swamp People: Serpent Invasion. (PG) 5.00 American Resto. (PG) 5.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars.

(PG) 8.00 Outback Crystal Hunters. (PG) 9.00 Aussie Gold Hunters. (M) 10.00 Aussie Salvage Squad. (PG) 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 It’s Academic. 7.30 Kitty

7FLIX (66) Is Not A Cat. 8.30 Flushed.

9.00 Shopping. 10.30 House Rules: High Stakes. (PG) 12.00 9-1-1. (M) 3.00 Gold Coast Ocean Rescue. (PG) 3.30 My Kitchen Rules.

(PG) 5.00 Bondi Vet. (PG) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (M) 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (MA15+) 9.30 Law & Order. (M) 10.30 Bones. (MA15+) 12.30 Quantico. (M) 3.00 9-1-1. (M)

6.00 Children’s Programs.

9GO! (83,88) 8.00 Surfing Aust. (PG)

8.30 Nanny. (PG) 9.30 Addams Family. 10.00 Bewitched. 10.30 Jeannie. 11.00 The West Wing. (PG) 12.00 My Way. 12.15 Movie: Nanny Killer. (2018) (M) 2.00 Golden Girls. (PG) 2.30 Nanny. (PG) 3.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 4.30 Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls. (PG) 6.30 Nanny. (PG) 7.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Broken Arrow. (1996) (M) 10.45 Seinfeld. (PG) 11.45 Veronica Mars.

(M) 12.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30

9LIFE (84) Fixer To Fabulous. 2.30 The

Block. (PG) 4.00 Holmes Family Rescue. (PG) 5.00 Christina In The Country. (PG) 6.00 House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters Reno. 8.30 Scott’s Vacation House Rules. (PG) 9.30 Bargain Mansions. 10.30 Bargain Block. 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.00 House Hunters. 1.00 House Hunters Reno. 2.00 Scott’s Vacation House Rules. (PG) 3.00 Bargain Mansions. 4.00 Bargain Block. 5.00 Holmes Family Rescue. (PG)

Tuesday, September 16 ABC TV

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Aust Story.

10.30 Planet America. 11.15 Britain’s Great Cathedrals. 12.00 News. 1.00 I, Jack Wright.

(M) 1.55 Grand Designs Aust. (PG) 2.55 Brush With Fame. 3.25 Grand Designs. 4.10 Long Lost Family. (PG) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow.

6.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Foreign Correspondent.

8.30 Take 5 With Zan Rowe: Aaron Chen. (PG) 9.00 PNG: The Road To Independence. (PG) 10.00 Back Roads: Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. (PG) 10.30 ABC Late News.

10.45 The Business.

11.00 Four Corners.

11.45 Media Watch. (PG) 12.05 Whitlam: The Power And The Passion.

(PG) 1.05 Grand Designs. 1.50 Long Lost Family. (PG) 2.40 Rage. (MA15+) 3.10 Parkinson In Australia. (PG) 4.30 Gardening Australia.

5.30 7.30.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour Bitesize. 9.10 Great Lighthouses Of Ireland.

(PG) 10.10 Curious Traveller. 11.10 Susan Calman’s Grand Week By The Sea. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News.

2.00 World’s Most Scenic River Journeys. (PG) 2.55 Garage Dreams. (PG) 3.25 Plat Du Tour.

3.35 The Cook Up. 4.05 Every Family Has A Secret. (PG) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Great British Railway Journeys: Paddock Wood To Frant. Series Return. (PG) 8.30 Insight.

9.30 Dateline.

10.00 SBS World News Late.

10.30 The World According To Kim Jong Un. (M) 11.30 Screw. (M) 1.20 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 2.10 Hugh’s Wild West. (PG) 3.10 Expeditions With Patrick McMillan. 4.10 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. 4.40 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 My Market Kitchen. 6.30 GCBC. 7.00 Neighbours. (PG) 7.30 Everyday Gourmet.

8.00 Bold. (PG) 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Entertainment Tonight. 10.20 The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition.

(PG) 11.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 12.30 Family Feud. (PG) 1.00 10 News: Lunchtime. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. Series Return. 2.30 Lingo.

3.30 10 News: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News.

6.00 10 News+.

7.00 Deal Or No Deal.

7.30 Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Gen. New Series. (PG) 8.30 The Cheap Seats. (M) 9.30 FBI: Most Wanted. (M) 10.30 10’s Late News.

10.55 10 News+.

11.55 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 To Be Advised.

2.30 Border Security: International. (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 My Kitchen Rules. (PG) 9.10 Grosse Pointe Garden Society. (M) 10.10 Tik Tok: Murders Gone Viral: The Killing Of Alexis Sharkey. (M) 11.10 The Agenda Setters.

12.10 Pretty Hard Cases. New Series. (M) 1.10 Travel Oz. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 6.00 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.10 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Paddington.

6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Piripenguins. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. (PG) 8.00 Operation Ouch! 8.30 BTN Newsbreak. 8.35 Deadly 60. 9.05 Expedition With Steve Backshall. 9.55 Merlin. (PG) 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.20 Aussie Jokers. (PG) 2.50 The Mega-Brands That Built The World. (PG) 3.40 News. 3.45 BBC News At Ten. 4.15 France 24. 4.45 PBS News. 5.45 The Food That Built The World. 6.35 Jeopardy! 7.25 News. 7.30 Athletics. World Championships. Day 4. Evening session.

11.30 Calipari: Razor’s Edge. New Series. (M) 12.20 Bloodlands. (M) 1.25 Dark Side Of The 2000s. (MA15+) 3.15 NHK World English News.

5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 9.00 The Living Room. (PG) 10.00 JAG. (PG) 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (PG) 12.45 The Young And The Restless. (PG) 1.30 FBI: International. (M) 2.30 JAG. (PG) 4.30 The Living Room. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 9.25 Blue Bloods. (M) 12.15 FBI: International. (M) 1.15 Home Shopping.

7TWO (62) Escape To The Country. 2.00

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.15 Spooks. (M) 2.10 ER. (M) 2.50 Heartbreak High. (PG) 3.35 Richard Osman’s House Of Games. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 4.35 MythBusters. (PG) 5.30 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home. 6.15 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. 7.05 Richard Osman’s House Of Games Night. 7.35 QI. (PG) 8.05 Would I Lie To You? 8.35 Austin. (PG) 9.35 Spooks. (M) 10.25 ER. (M) 11.10 My Family. (PG) 11.40 Rage.

(MA15+) 12.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Where Is Anne Frank.

Cont. (2021) 7.10 Mrs Lowry And Son. (2019) 8.50 The Chaperone. (2018) 10.50 Marriage Italian Style. (1964) 12.45 The Worst Ones.

(2022) 2.35 Lara. (2019) (German, PG) 4.25 The Legend Of Longwood. (2014) (PG) 6.15 A River Runs Through It. (1992) (PG) 8.30 Hail, Caesar!

(2016) Josh Brolin. (PG) 10.35 I Want You Back.

(2022) (M) 12.45 Barton Fink. (1991) (M) 2.55 The Good German. (2006) (MA15+) 4.50 A River Runs Through It. (1992) (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Ghosts. (M) 1.30 Ridiculousness. (PG) 2.00 King Of Queens.

(PG) 2.30 Becker. (PG) 3.00 Frasier. (PG) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 King Of Queens.

(PG) 5.00 Becker. (PG) 5.30 Frasier. (PG) 6.30 Neighbours. (PG) 7.00 Friends. (PG) 8.00 Big Bang. (PG) 10.00 Becker. (PG) 10.30 Frasier.

(PG) 11.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 12.00 Ridiculousness. (PG) 12.30 Shopping. 2.30 Bold. (PG) 3.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing.

5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 News Tonight.

8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 Wan Kantri: PNG – The Next 50 Years. (PG) 11.00 News. 11.30 7.30. 12.00 News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Planet America. 1.00 News Overnight. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 DW News. 2.15 News Overnight. 2.45 The Business. 3.00 The World. 4.00 DW News. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Barefoot Contessa. 2.30 On Country Kitchen.

3.00 Toast The Host. 3.35 My Market Kitchen.

4.00 Lidia’s Kitchen. 4.30 Off Duty Chef. 5.00 Mary Makes It Easy. 5.30 Everyday Gourmet.

6.00 French Food Safari. 6.30 Nigellissima. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Mary Berry Makes It Easy.

8.00 Asian Kitchen. (PG) 8.30 Taste Of Ireland.

9.30 Gourmet Farmer. (PG) 10.00 Greater Mekong. 10.30 The Cook Up. 11.00 Cheese Slices. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Anthem Sessions. (PG) 2.00 Island Echoes. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Grace Beside Me. (PG) 3.25 Cities Of Gold. (PG) 4.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.35 Waabiny Time. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Yarning Culture Through Film. (PG) 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Waterworld Africa. 7.35 Ice Vikings. (M) 8.30 Pro Bull Riding Australia. 9.30 Over The Black Dot. 10.00 Hunting Aotearoa. (PG) 10.30 Movie: Restless River. (2019) (M) 12.15 Late Programs.

ABC FAMILY (22)

ABC ENTERTAINS (23)

ABC NEWS (24)

VICELAND (31)

WORLD MOVIES (32)

SBS FOOD (33)

DRAMA (51)

COMEDY (52)

NITV (34)

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00

Creek To Coast. 2.30 Impossible Builds. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. (M) 8.45 Foyle’s War. (M) 10.45 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 11.45 Bargain Hunt. 12.45 Impossible Builds. (PG) 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Animal Rescue. 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Room For Improvement. 5.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG) 6.00 Morning Programs.

7MATE (64) 1.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 2.00

Outback Crystal Hunters. (PG) 3.00 Aussie Gold Hunters. (PG) 4.00 Swamp People: Serpent Invasion. (PG) 5.00 American Resto. (PG) 5.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 8.00 Outback Truckers.

(PG) 10.00 Outback Pilots. (M) 11.00 Big Rig Bounty Hunters. (M) 12.00 American Resto.

(PG) 12.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 1.00 American Pickers. (PG) 2.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 3.00 Outback Pilots. (M) 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 It’s Academic. 7.30 Kitty

7FLIX (66) Is Not A Cat. 8.30 Flushed.

9.00 Shopping. 10.30 House Rules: High Stakes. (PG) 12.00 9-1-1. (M) 3.00 Intolerant Cooks. 3.30 My Kitchen Rules. (PG) 5.00 Bondi Vet. (PG) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 7.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. (M) 8.30 CSI: Miami. (MA15+) 9.30 CSI: New York. (MA15+) 10.30 CSI: Miami. (MA15+) 11.30 Bones.

(MA15+) 12.30 Quantico. (M) 3.00 9-1-1. (M)

NBN

(8, 80)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning.

12.00 The Block. (PG) 1.15 Getaway. (PG) 1.45 Garden Gurus Moments.

2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block. (PG) 8.40 Freddy And The Eighth. (M) 9.40 Athletics. World Championships.

Day 4. From National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan.

11.30 La Brea. (M) 12.30 Footy Classified. (M) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

2.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PG) 4.30 A Current Affair.

5.00 Today Early News.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00

9GEM (82) Whitstable Pearl. (M) 2.00

Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Movie: The Captive Heart.

(1946) (PG) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. (M) 8.30 Athletics. World Championships. Day 4. 9.40 Agatha Raisin. (M) 11.40 French And Saunders.

(M) 12.20 My Favorite Martian. 12.50 Explore.

1.00 Creflo. (PG) 1.30 Movie: The Captive Heart. (1946) (PG) 3.30 Danger Man. (PG) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Children’s Programs.

9GO! (83,88) 8.00 Ready Vet Go:

The Vet Paramedics. (PG) 8.30 Nanny. (PG) 9.30 Addams Family. 10.00 Bewitched. 10.30 Jeannie. 11.00 The West Wing. (PG) 12.00 Talking Honey. (PG) 12.10 Movie: Stalked By My Ex. (2017) (M) 2.00 Golden Girls. (PG) 2.30 Nanny. (PG) 3.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 4.30 Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls. (PG) 6.30 Nanny. (PG) 7.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Mad Max: Fury Road.

(2015) (MA15+) 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

9LIFE (84) 1.00 House Hunters Reno.

2.00 Bargain Block. 3.00 The Block. (PG) 4.00 Holmes Family Rescue. (PG) 5.00 Bargain Mansions. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.30 Help! We Bought A Village.

(PG) 8.30 Chateau DIY. 9.30 Amanda Owen’s Farming Lives. New Series. 10.30 Derelict Rescue. 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.00 House Hunters. 1.00 Help! We Bought A Village.

(PG) 2.00 Chateau DIY. 3.00 Amanda Owen’s Farming Lives. 4.00 Late Programs.

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Wednesday, September 17 ABC TV

(2)

SBS

(3)

TEN

(5)

SEVEN

(6)

NBN

(8, 80)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners.

11.00 Wan Kantri: PNG – The Next 50 Years.

(PG) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG) 1.55 Grand Designs Aust. 2.50 Brush With Fame. (PG) 3.20 Grand Designs.

4.10 Long Lost Family. (PG) 4.55 Antiques Roadshow. 5.55 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 Shaun Micallef’s Eve Of Destruction: Kate Jenkinson And David Bromley.

(Final) (PG) 9.10 Would I Lie To You? The Best Bits. (PG) 9.40 Austin. (Final) (PG) 10.10 ABC Late News.

10.25 The Business.

10.40 Planet America.

11.10 You Can’t Ask That. (M) 11.45 Grand Designs. 12.30 Long Lost Family.

(PG) 1.20 Rage. (MA15+) 3.25 Parkinson In Australia. (PG) 4.30 Gardening Australia.

5.30 7.30.

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.00 DD India News Hour.

9.00 Destination Flavour Bitesize. 9.10 Great Lighthouses Of Ireland. 10.10 North Sea Wonders: A Coastal Journey. New Series. 11.10 Susan Calman’s Grand Week By The Sea. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Dateline. 2.30 Insight. 3.30 SBS50.

3.35 Plat Du Tour. 3.45 The Cook Up. 4.15 My Grandparents’ War. (PG) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 James May: Our Man In India. (PG) 8.30 DNA Journey: James Nesbitt And Sarah Parish. (PG) 9.30 Code Of Silence. (MA15+) 10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 COBRA. (M) 11.40 Vigil. (M) 1.45 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 2.35 Hugh’s Wild West. 3.40 Expeditions With Patrick McMillan. (PG) 4.10 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. 4.40 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 My Market Kitchen. 6.30 GCBC. 7.00 Neighbours. (PG) 7.30 Everyday Gourmet. 8.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Entertainment Tonight. 10.30 Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Gen. (PG) 11.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 12.30 Family Feud. (PG) 1.00 10 News: Lunchtime. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo.

3.30 10 News: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News.

6.00 10 News+.

7.00 Deal Or No Deal.

7.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia. (PG) 8.30 The Gilded Age. (PG) 9.30 Elsbeth. (M) 10.30 10’s Late News.

10.55 10 News+.

11.55 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 To Be Advised.

2.40 Motorbike Cops. (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 The 1% Club UK. (PG) 8.30 The Front Bar. (M) 9.30 Unfiltered. (PG) 10.30 Surveillance Oz: Dashcam. (PG) 11.00 Chicago Fire. (M) 12.00 Imposters. (M) 1.00 Travel Oz. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning.

12.00 The Block. (PG) 1.00 Find My Country House Australia.

2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block. (PG) 8.45 Athletics. World Championships.

Day 5. From National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan.

11.30 Damian Lewis: Spy Wars: Merchant Of Death. (M) 12.30 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 Today Early News.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Children’s ABC FAMILY (22) Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 6.00 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.10 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Paddington.

6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Piripenguins. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. (PG) 8.00 Operation Ouch! 8.30 BTN Newsbreak. 8.35 Fresh Off The Boat. (PG) 9.15 The Mysterious Benedict Society. Final. (PG) 10.05 Merlin. (PG) 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning VICELAND (31) Programs. 12.30 Billy Connolly: Made In Scotland. (M) 1.30 Fashionista. 1.40 Stay Tooned. (M) 2.10 Tales From A Suitcase. (PG) 3.10 News. 3.15 BBC News At Ten. 3.45 France 24. 4.15 PBS News.

5.15 The Food That Built The World. (PG) 6.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 6.55 News. 7.00 Athletics.

World Championships. Day 5. Evening session. 11.30 The Bloody Decade. (MA15+) 12.30 Bloodlands. (M) 1.35 VICE. (MA15+) 3.20 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 NBL: DRAMA (51) Overtime. New Series.

9.00 The Living Room. (PG) 10.00 JAG. (PG) 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (PG) 12.45 The Young And The Restless. (PG) 1.30 FBI: International.

(M) 2.30 JAG. (PG) 4.30 The Living Room. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 10.20 FBI: International. (M) 11.15 CSI: Vegas. (M) 12.15 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 7TWO (62) Escape To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. (PG) 8.45 Lewis. (M) 10.45 Air Crash Inv. (PG) 11.45 Bargain Hunt. 12.45 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG) 1.30 Room For Improvement.

2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Animal Rescue. 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Room For Improvement. 5.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

9GEM (82) 1.00 Signora Volpe. (M) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Movie: It Shouldn’t Happen To A Vet. (1976) (G) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.30 Athletics. World Championships. Day 5. 8.45 Midsomer Murders. (M) 10.55 Major Crimes. (M) 11.55 French And Saunders. (M) 12.35 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 Creflo. (PG) 1.30 Movie: It Shouldn’t Happen To A Vet. (1976) (G) 3.30 Danger Man. (PG) 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 ABC ENTERTAINS (23) Morning Programs. 1.15 Spooks. (M) 2.05 ER. (M) 2.50 Heartbreak High. (PG) 3.35 Richard Osman’s House Of Games. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.40 MythBusters. (PG) 5.30 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home. 6.15 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. 7.05 Richard Osman’s House Of Games Night. 7.35 QI. (PG) 8.05 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8.35 Unforgotten. (M) 9.25 Spooks.

(M) 10.20 ER. (M) 11.05 My Family. (PG) 11.35 Rage. (MA15+) 12.35 Late Programs.

6.00 A River Runs Through It. Cont. (1992) 7.00 The Movie Show. 7.30 Petite Maman. (2021) 8.50 Hail, Caesar! (2016) 10.50 Barton Fink. (1991) 1.00 I Want You Back.

(2022) 3.10 Manganinnie. (1980) 4.50 Where Is Anne Frank. (2021) 6.40 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael. (1990) (PG) 8.30 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) (M) 10.30 Juliet, Naked. (2018) (M) 12.20 Black ’47. (2018) (MA15+) 2.10 The Worst Ones. (2022) (French, M) 4.00 The Movie Show. (M) 5.00 Manganinnie. (1980) (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.00 Stephen Colbert.

(PG) 1.00 Ridiculousness. (PG) 2.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 2.30 Becker. (PG) 3.00 Frasier.

(PG) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 5.00 Becker. (PG) 5.30 Frasier.

(PG) 6.30 Neighbours. (PG) 7.00 Friends. (PG) 8.00 Big Bang. (PG) 10.00 Becker. (PG) 10.30 Frasier. (PG) 11.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 12.00 Ridiculousness. (PG) 12.30 Shopping. 2.30 Bold. (PG) 3.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

7MATE (64) 1.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 2.00

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.35 ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing.

5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 News Tonight.

8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Aust Story. 11.00 News.

11.30 7.30. 12.00 News. 12.15 The Business.

12.30 That Pacific Sports Show. 1.30 News Overnight. 2.00 DW News. 2.15 7.30. 2.45 The Business. 3.00 The World. 4.00 DW News. 4.30 7.30. 5.00 That Pacific Sports Show.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Barefoot Contessa. 2.30 On Country Kitchen.

3.00 Toast The Host. 3.30 My Market Kitchen.

4.00 Lidia’s Kitchen. 4.30 Off Duty Chef. 5.00 Mary Makes It Easy. 5.30 Everyday Gourmet.

6.00 Food Safari Fire. 6.30 Nigellissima. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Cook Once, Eat Twice. 8.00 Rachael Ray In Tuscany. (PG) 8.30 Guillaume’s Paris. 9.00 Adam Richman Eats Football. (PG) 9.30 Gourmet Farmer. (PG) 10.00 Greater Mekong. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Island Echoes. (PG) 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Grace Beside Me. (PG) 3.25 Cities Of Gold. (PG) 4.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.35 Waabiny Time. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters.

5.25 Yarning Culture Through Film. (PG) 5.30 News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Black As. (PG) 6.45 Arctic Secrets. (PG) 7.35 Casketeers Life & Death Across The Globe. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Lean On Me. (1989) (M) 10.25 Eddie Murphy: Hollywood’s Black King. (MA15+) 11.25 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24)

WORLD MOVIES (32)

SBS FOOD (33)

COMEDY (52)

NITV (34)

6.00 Morning Programs.

Outback Truckers. (PG) 4.00 Swamp People: Serpent Invasion. (PG) 5.00 American Resto.

(PG) 5.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Highway Patrol. (PG) 8.30 The Force: BTL. (PG) 9.30 Caught On Dashcam. (PG) 10.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. (M) 11.30 Live PD: Police Patrol. (M) 12.00 American Resto. (PG) 12.30 Storage Wars. (M) 1.00 American Pickers. (PG) 2.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 It’s Academic. 7.30 Kitty

7FLIX (66) Is Not A Cat. 8.30 Flushed.

9.00 Shopping. 10.30 House Rules: High Stakes. (PG) 12.00 9-1-1. (M) 3.00 Intolerant Cooks. (PG) 3.30 First Dates UK. (PG) 4.30 Jabba’s Movies School Holiday Special. (PG) 5.00 Bondi Vet. (PG) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 7.30 House. (M) 10.30 First Dates UK. (M) 1.45 Grand Crew. (M) 2.15 First Dates UK. (M)

6.00 Children’s Programs.

9GO! (83,88) 8.00 Ready Vet Go:

The Vet Paramedics. (PG) 8.30 Nanny. (PG) 9.30 Addams Family. 10.00 Bewitched. 10.30 Jeannie. 11.00 The West Wing. (PG) 12.00 My Way. 12.10 Movie: The Wrong Cruise. (2018) (M) 2.00 Golden Girls. (PG) 2.30 Nanny. (PG) 3.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 4.30 Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie. 6.00 Golden Girls.

(PG) 6.30 Nanny. (PG) 7.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.30 Movie: There’s Something About Mary. (1998) (MA15+) 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00

9LIFE (84) Amanda Owen’s Farming

Lives. 2.00 Help! We Bought A Village. (PG) 3.00 The Block. (PG) 4.00 Holmes Family Rescue.

(PG) 5.00 Chateau DIY. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.30 Home Town. 8.30 Good Bones. (PG) 9.30 Windy City Rehab. (PG) 10.30 Unsellable Houses. 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.00 House Hunters. 1.00 Home Town.

2.00 Good Bones. (PG) 3.00 Windy City Rehab.

(PG) 4.00 Unsellable Houses. 5.00 Holmes Family Rescue. (PG)

Thursday, September 18 ABC TV

(2)

SBS

(3)

TEN

(5)

SEVEN

(6)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. 10.30 Back Roads. (PG) 11.00 Shaun Micallef’s Eve Of Destruction. Final. (PG) 11.40 If You’re Listening. 12.00 News. 1.00 Silent Witness. (M) 2.00 Grand Designs Aust.

(PG) 2.55 Brush With Fame. (PG) 3.25 Grand Designs. 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. (PG) 6.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back Roads: Gippsland Lakes, Victoria.

8.30 Grand Designs New Zealand: Waikanae Rammed Earth. (PG) 9.15 The Family Next Door: Barbara.

(Final) (M) 10.10 ABC Late News.

10.25 The Business.

10.40 Grand Designs.

11.30 Long Lost Family. (PG) 12.20 Rage. (MA15+) 3.20 Parkinson In Australia. (PG) 4.30 Gardening Australia.

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 News Hour.

9.00 Destination Flavour Bitesize. 9.10 Great Lighthouses Of Ireland. (PG) 10.10 North Sea Wonders: A Coastal Journey. 11.10 Susan Calman’s Grand Week By The Sea. 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 France 24. 1.00 PBS News.

2.00 Ticketyboo. 3.30 Plat Du Tour. 3.40 The Cook Up. 4.10 My Grandparents’ War. (PG) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 9/11: One Day In America: The South Tower.

9.25 Snowpiercer. (MA15+) 10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 Dopesick. (MA15+) 11.55 Blue Lights. (M) 2.10 Hugh’s Wild West. (PG) 3.20 Expeditions With Patrick McMillan. 4.20 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. 4.50 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 My Market Kitchen. 6.30 GCBC. 7.00 Neighbours. (PG) 7.30 Everyday Gourmet.

8.00 Bold. (PG) 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Entertainment Tonight. 10.20 The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition.

(PG) 11.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 12.30 Family Feud. (PG) 1.00 10 News: Lunchtime. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo. 3.30 10 News: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News.

6.00 10 News+.

7.00 Deal Or No Deal.

7.30 Gogglebox Australia.

8.30 The Office Australia. (M) 9.00 Law & Order: SVU. (M) 10.00 10’s Late News.

10.25 The Cheap Seats. (M) 11.25 10 News+.

12.25 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS Mornings.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 Movie: A Stepmother’s Secret.

(2022) Julia Terranova, Jillian Murray, Jon Briddell. A student witnesses a crime. (M) 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) 8.30 Clarkson’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire UK. (PG) 9.30 Why Bridges Collapse. (PG) 10.45 What The Killer Did Next: Peter McMahon. (M) 11.45 Kick Ons. 12.15 Life. (M) 1.15 Travel Oz. 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 6.00 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.10 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Paddington.

6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Piripenguins. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. (PG) 8.00 Operation Ouch! 8.30 BTN Newsbreak. 8.35 Secrets Of The Zoo. (PG) 9.20 Teenage Boss: Next Level. 9.45 The Mysterious Benedict Society. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 DW The Day. 12.30 Addicted Australia. (M) 1.40 Making A Killing: Triads, Cartels And The New Business Of Drugs. (M) 2.30 Insight. 3.30 News.

3.35 BBC News At Ten. 4.05 France 24. 4.35 PBS News. 5.35 Over The Black Dot. 6.05 Jeopardy! 6.55 News. 7.00 Athletics. World Championships. Day 6. Evening session.

11.30 Homicide. (M) 1.20 Conversations.

(MA15+) 2.00 Mental Illness On Death Row. (M) 2.55 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 4x4 Adventures. (PG) 9.00 The Living Room. (PG) 10.00 JAG. (PG) 12.00 Days Of Our Lives. (PG) 12.45 The Young And The Restless. (PG) 1.30 Numb3rs. (M) 2.30 JAG. (PG) 4.30 The Living Room: Summer Edition. (PG) 5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 10.20 Numb3rs. (M) 11.15 CSI: Vegas. (M) 12.15 Home Shopping.

7TWO (62) Escape To The Country. 2.00

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.10 Spooks. (M) 2.05 ER. (M) 2.50 Heartbreak High. (PG) 3.35 Richard Osman’s House Of Games. 4.05 A Bite To Eat. 4.40 MythBusters. (PG) 5.30 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home. 6.15 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. 7.05 Richard Osman’s House Of Games Night. 7.35 QI. (PG) 8.05 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8.35 Hard Quiz. (PG) 9.05 Gruen. (PG) 9.40 Planet America. 10.15 Shaun Micallef’s Eve Of Destruction. (PG) 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Manganinnie.

Cont. (1980) 6.40 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael. (1990) 8.30 The Legend Of Longwood. (2014) 10.20 On The Basis Of Sex. (2018) 12.30 Juliet, Naked. (2018) 2.20 A River Runs Through It. (1992) 4.35 Hail, Caesar!

(2016) 6.40 RBG. (2018) (PG) 8.30 A Serious Man. (2009) (M) 10.35 While We’re Young.

(2014) (M) 12.25 O Brother, Where Art Thou?

(2000) (M) 2.25 Black ’47. (2018) 4.15 The Movie Show. 4.50 Petite Maman. (2021)

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.00 Stephen Colbert.

(PG) 1.00 Ridiculousness. (PG) 2.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 2.30 Becker. (PG) 3.00 Frasier.

(PG) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 5.00 Becker. (PG) 5.30 Frasier.

(PG) 6.30 Neighbours. (PG) 7.00 Friends. (PG) 8.00 Big Bang. (PG) 9.30 Becker. (PG) 10.00 Frasier. (PG) 10.30 South Park. 11.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 11.30 Ridiculousness. (PG) 12.30 Shopping. 2.30 Bold. (PG) 3.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing.

5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 News Tonight.

8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Foreign Correspondent.

11.00 News. 11.30 7.30. 12.00 News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 The Pacific. 1.00 News Overnight. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 DW News. 2.15 News Overnight. 2.45 The Business. 3.00 The World. 4.00 DW News. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Real Time Recipes. (PG) 2.30 On Country Kitchen. 3.00 Toast The Host. 3.35 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Lidia’s Kitchen. (PG) 4.30 Off Duty Chef. 5.00 Mary Makes It Easy. 5.30 Everyday Gourmet. 6.00 Food Safari Fire. 6.30 Nigellissima. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Eat Smart: Secrets Of The Glucose Goddess. (PG) 8.30 Uncharted. (PG) 9.30 Gourmet Farmer. 10.00 Greater Mekong. 10.30 The Cook Up. 11.00 Cheese Slices. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.45 First Sounds. (PG) 2.00 Island Echoes. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Grace Beside Me. (PG) 3.25 Cities Of Gold. (PG) 4.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.35 Waabiny Time. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Yarning Culture Through Film. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay.

6.30 News. 6.40 Arctic Secrets. (PG) 7.29 NITV Weather. 7.30 Going Places. (PG) 8.30 Tribal.

(M) 9.20 Movie: Million Dollar Baby. (2004) (M) 11.35 We Need To Talk About Cosby. (MA15+) 12.35 Eight Ladies. 1.00 Late Programs.

ABC FAMILY (22)

ABC ENTERTAINS (23)

ABC NEWS (24)

VICELAND (31)

WORLD MOVIES (32)

SBS FOOD (33)

DRAMA (51)

COMEDY (52)

NITV (34)

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00

South Aussie With Cosi. (PG) 2.30 Air Crash Inv. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. (M) 8.30 Line Of Duty. (MA15+) 11.50 Murdoch Mysteries. (M) 12.50 Father Brown.

(M) 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Animal Rescue.

3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute.

5.00 Room For Improvement. 5.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG) 6.00 Morning Programs.

7MATE (64) 1.00 Caught On Dashcam.

(PG) 2.00 Highway Patrol. (PG) 3.00 Talking W. 3.30 The Force: BTL. (PG) 4.00 Storage Wars: Barry’s Best Buys. (PG) 5.00 American Resto.

(PG) 5.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.30 Family Guy. (M) 8.00 American Dad! (M) 8.30 Family Guy. (MA15+) 9.00 American Dad! (M) 9.30 Movie: The Longest Yard. (2005) (M) 11.45 Movie: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. (2016) (MA15+) 1.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

7FLIX (66) 7.30 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.30

Flushed. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 House Rules: High Stakes. (PG) 11.40 A Moveable Feast. (PG) 12.10 9-1-1. (M) 3.00 Intolerant Cooks. (PG) 3.30 Grand Crew. (PG) 4.00 First Dates UK. (PG) 5.00 Bondi Vet. (PG) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 7.30 Kitchen Nightmares USA. (M) 9.30 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back. (MA15+) 11.35 First Dates UK. (M) 1.45 Grand Crew. (M) 2.15 Kitchen Nightmares USA. (M) 4.00 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back. (MA15+)

NBN

(8, 80)

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning.

12.00 The Block. (PG) 1.15 Our State On A Plate.

1.45 My Way. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG) 6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Athletics. World Championships.

Day 6. From National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan.

11.30 Chicago Med. (MA15+) 12.30 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 Today Early News.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00

9GEM (82) Midsomer Murders. (M) 3.00

Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Movie: She’ll Have To Go. (1962) (PG) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House.

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Clarkson’s Farm.

(M) 8.40 Fawlty Towers. (PG) 10.00 Blackadder The Third. (PG) 11.20 French And Saunders. (M) 12.00 Are You Being Served? (PG) 12.30 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 Creflo. (PG) 1.30 Movie: She’ll Have To Go. (1962) (PG) 3.30 Danger Man. (PG) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 Yorkshire Auction House.

6.00 Children’s Programs.

9GO! (83,88) 8.00 Ready Vet Go:

The Vet Paramedics. (PG) 8.30 Nanny. (PG) 9.30 Addams Family. 10.00 Bewitched. 10.30 Jeannie. 11.00 The West Wing. (PG) 12.00 Garden Gurus Moments. 12.15 Movie: Your Boyfriend Is Mine. (2022) (M) 2.00 Golden Girls.

(PG) 2.30 Nanny. (PG) 3.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 4.30 Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Jeannie.

6.00 Golden Girls. (PG) 6.30 Nanny. (PG) 7.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.30 Movie: RoboCop. (2014) (M) 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

9LIFE (84) 1.00 Unsellable Houses. 2.00

Home Town. 3.00 The Block. (PG) 4.00 Holmes Family Rescue. (PG) 5.00 Windy City Rehab.

(PG) 6.00 House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.30 Find My Country House Canada.

(PG) 8.30 Fixer Upper. (PG) 9.30 My Lottery Dream Home. (PG) 10.30 Rico To The Rescue.

(PG) 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.00 House Hunters. 1.00 Find My Country House Canada.

(PG) 2.00 Fixer Upper. (PG) 3.00 My Lottery Dream Home. (PG) 4.00 Late Programs.

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Thursday, September 11, 2025

The Magazine’s Puzzles Page PUZZLES

9-LETTER

No. 293

Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list?

The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural nouns ending in ‘s’.

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22 words: Very good

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Today’s Aim: 15 words: Good

SOLUTION

Oodles (4) Florida fort (10) Island (4) Wheels (4) Scents (10) Prefix meaning water (4) Gloomy (9)

D I

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30 words: Excellent

CODEWORD

No. 283

Each number corresponds to a letter of the alphabet. Two have been filled in for you, can you work out the rest?

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24

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SUDOKU

6. In which country did halloumi cheese originate?

2. A cinquain is a poem of how many lines?

7. Which animal has the Latin name Equus africans asinus?

4. Philip J. Fry is a main character in which animated TV series?

5. What is the title of actor and comedian Amy Poehler’s (pictured) memoir?

0808 | PUZZLES AND PAGINATION ©

No. 292

9

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5 7 2 6 9 3 5 9 2 7 4 3 4 3 5 9 7 6 4 4 6 9 7 3 7 9

MEDIUM

8 2 9 6 3

3

2 8 6 4 5 6 1 7 2 2 3 6 4 2 7 5 3 8 2 4 9

WORD SEARCH

1. What is the most southerly county of England?

6 LETTERS HORROR SIRENS STUDIO TONNES

EASY

3 4

8 LETTERS EXTRACTS OVERSEAS RECITING REROUTES

7 LETTERS ASCETIC CHOLERA EARNERS RIVETED STARCHY SUNRISE

TABLE UNITE UNTIE USUAL WHIRR WORSE YARDS

To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: each of the nine vertical columns, each of the nine horizontal rows and each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes. Remember, no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

QUICK QUIZ

3. The dime is a US coin worth how many cents?

4 LETTERS BRED BURP DIRE DRAW MITE RASH SACS SEES SLED

RATES RATIO RECUR RESIN RESTS ROSES RULED SEEPS SLAIN SNOBS SPASM STATE STERN STONE

SOLUTIONS SOLUTION EASY

MEDIUM

8. Erik Weisz is the birth name of which illusionist?

9. Which 2015 movie is based on a novel by US writer David Ebershoff?

10. What colour is the ‘e’ in the Google logo?

No. 203

A W C A M E M B E R T D A G S L H E H D C H E V R E D G S O L E G A M O R F E C E R I P Y E Y S R I N T M I T E W I O B R S D D L M G L A B S Z E R L A H O R K O S R S D Z A R T O Z A A T U T G L F A E T E S C Z V L D C C R E A M E R Y A U O E A E N A T L E S M O U L D M D E U J A L L S H T S R U S Y O U L R E E I A E C F G T H E I R B E T R O F E U Q O R G D E B U C E E S E P Q U E S O E M M E N T A L G N I R T S A S H R E D D E D P A N E E R T

Can you find all the words listed?

The leftover letters will spell out a secret message.

BLUE BRIE CAMEMBERT CHEVRE COLBY CREAM CUBED CURD EDAM EMMENTAL FETA FROMAGE GOAT

QUESO GOUDA ROQUEFORT GRATED SHAVED GRUYERE SHEEP HARD JARLSBERG SHREDDED SIRENE LACTOSE SLICED MELT SOFT MILK STRING MOULD MOZZARELLA SWISS TELEMEA PANEER WHEY PIZZA PORT SALUT

SECRET MESSAGE: Age doesn’t matter, unless you’re a cheese

Raincoat (3) Wrongfully entered (10) Ratify (7) Landed properties (7) State of existing in reality (9)

S L E D

CODEWORD: 1 = L, 2 = R, 3 = Z, 4 = X, 5 = H, 6 = N, 7 = C, 8 = Q, 9 = U, 10 = T, 11 = E, 12 = I, 13 = W, 14 = J, 15 = M, 16 = Y, 17 = K, 18 = P, 19 = A, 20 = O, 21 = G, 22 = F, 23 = D, 24 = V, 25 = B, 26 = S

1 3 10 11 12

DESPISING, dips, nips, pegs, pend, pends, pens, pidgin, pied, pine, pined, pines, ping, pinged, pings, pins, sips, snip, snipe, sniped, snipes, snips, sped, spend, spends, spied, spies, spin, spine, spins

13 15 17 19 20 23 25

ACROSS

5 LETTERS ABUSE ADEPT APTER ASIDE ASSET AVAIL BLESS CHOSE CLONE DAMES DODGE DOERS ENACT ETHER EVENS EVICT EXTOL HAPPY HASTE INLET LEASE LISPS LUCKS MELTS MERGE OPERA PECAN PRESS PRUDE

SOLUTION

1 The feast of St Michael (10) 2 Compile (9) 4 What’s left (9) 5 Ill-reputed (5) 6 Season (6) 7 Glossy fabric (5) 8 Elan (4) 9 Harangue (6) 14 Informal bulletin (10) 16 Distance in space (5-4) 18 Desecration (9) 21 Tallied (6) 22 Farm animals (6) 24 File (5) 25 Schnoz (5) 26 Measure (4)

SLEW STEW TOPS TRIM TYPE

SOLUTION

DOWN

3 LETTERS ADD ADO APE ATE AVO COO CUR DAD ERR HEN KEN NAB NOR PAS PEA PIN RIG ROB SIT TAN TOT USE UTE WAR

No. 202

8 2 9 6 5 4 3 7 1 4 6 3 1 8 7 9 5 2 7 5 1 9 3 2 8 6 4 9 3 7 2 4 5 1 8 6 6 1 5 8 7 9 4 2 3 2 8 4 3 6 1 7 9 5 5 4 2 7 9 3 6 1 8 1 9 6 4 2 8 5 3 7 3 7 8 5 1 6 2 4 9

27 Comic book villain (7) 28 Highest mountain (7) 29 Simple (10) 30 Organ used to hear (3)

WORDFIT

7 3 1 9 5 6 8 2 4 6 4 9 2 1 8 3 5 7 5 8 2 7 3 4 6 1 9 3 1 6 4 7 5 9 8 2 2 7 5 6 8 9 1 4 3 8 9 4 3 2 1 7 6 5 9 5 7 1 6 2 4 3 8 4 6 8 5 9 3 2 7 1 1 2 3 8 4 7 5 9 6

No. 293

L U C K S R E S T S H A P P Y E X T O L O P E R A I N L E T S T A T E R E C U R S T O N E P I N W H I R R W A R A D D S E E S E N A C T T O N N E S T A N C H O L E R A D A M E S T Y P E B U R P S A C S N O R O V E R S E A S E A R N E R S S U N R I S E T R I M R E R O U T E S R I G D I R E B L E S S S L E D A S C E T I C U S E S T U D I O E V I C T D R A W R O B E T H E R A D O P A S A B U S E R A T I O A P T E R E V E N S S E E P S S L A I N M E L T S D O D G E H A S T E

CROSSWORD

ANSWERS: 1. Cornwall 2. Five 3. 10 4. Futurama 5. Yes Please 6. Cyprus 7. African wild donkey 8. Harry Houdini 9. The Danish Girl 10. Red

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Happy Birthday!

September 16, 2025 Happy 6th birthday to Korbin Dixon.

September 17, 2025 Happy 5th birthday to Arley Johnson.

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Sun 7

1 Child Under 12 Eats Free Sunday Nights (with one paid adult meal) @ Club Gunnedah!

Moree Markets, 7am12:30pm @ Jellicoe Park, Moree.

Mon 8

15

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1 Child Under 12 Eats Free Sunday Nights (with one paid adult meal) @ Club Gunnedah!

Wee Waa Markets, 9am-1pm @ 65-67 Rose St. Rising Sun Film Society, Moree - “The Duke,” - 6:30pm, @ RSL War Museum.

Santos Festival of Rugby.

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1 Child Under 12 Eats Free Sunday Nights (with one paid adult meal) @ Club Gunnedah!

North West Annual Swap Meet, 8am @ Gunnedah Showground.

1 Child Under 12 Eats Free Sunday Nights (with one paid adult meal) @ Club Gunnedah!

Narrabri Rugby League Football Club AGM, 10am @ the Narrabri RSL.

9 @ Club Gunnedah!

Only $17!

Asian Special Night

Parmi Nights @ Club Gunnedah! Only $20!

Narrabri LALC AGM, 5:30pm @ Narrabri LALC Complex.

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Tue

Parmi Nights @ Club Gunnedah! Only $20!

Celebrating 75 years of Narrabri Library Service, 10:30am @ Narrabri Library. RSVP for catering.

Parmi Nights @ Club Gunnedah! Only $20!

ArtsNational - Lydia Bauman, “Painting the Modern Garden” 7pm @ The Crossing Theatre, Cinema 1, Narrabri.

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Gunnedah Family and Children’s Services Inc AGM, 7pm @ Courthouse Hotel.

Wed 10

Narrabri & District Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting, 6-8pm @ Narrabri RSL Club.

Club Narrabri RSL Sporting Body AGM, 6pm @ Narrabri RSL Club.

Seafood Lover Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24!

Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am-12pm.

Coonabarabran Army Cadets Unit Open Day, 4:30pm @ Coonabarabran High School.

Narrabri District Cricket Assoc AGM, 6:30pm @ Narrabri Bowling Club.

Narrabri RSL Sub-Branch Army Cadet Open Day, 4:30pm @ RSL.

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Asian Special Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $17!

Narrabri Arts Eisteddfod Inc AGM, 7pm in Diggers Room @ Narrabri RSL.

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Asian Special Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $17!

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Asian Special Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $17!

Seafood Lover Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24!

Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am-12pm.

Narrabri Shire Council Meeting, 5:30pm.

NOSH AGM, 6pm @ Tourist Hotel.

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Seafood Lover Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24!

Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am12pm.

Thu 11

Sat

Surf & Turf @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24!

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Coco’s Lunch with the Sai Brothers, Raising Rhythms, 7pm @ The Civic, Gunnedah.

Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am-12pm.

Narrabri Business Awards, 6pm @ The Crossing Theatre.

Narrabri View Club with Narrabri Garden Club Celebrating Spring, 10am @ 5 Zimmerman St. North West Annual Swap Meet, 7am @ Gunnedah Showground.

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Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am-12pm.

She Sings, 6pm-9pm @ Gunnedah Town Hall. Bookings essential.

Gunnedah Country Markets @ Wolesley Oval, 7:30am-2pm.

Verandah Saturday, 9:30am, home-made & baked goods @ The Craft Shop, 35 Dangar St, Narrabri.

Santos Festival of Rugby.

Surf & Turf @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24!

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Surf & Turf @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24!

1 OCTOBER 2

Seafood Lover Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24!

Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am12pm.

Fri

Surf & Turf @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24!

Santos Festival of Rugby Street Party, 4-8pm on Maitland St, Narrabri Wee Waa LALC AGM (5pm) and GM (6pm) @ Wee Waa LALC Office.

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Gunnedah RDA, enquiries 0427 293 692.

The Angels Tribute Show @ Club Gunnedah, bookings essential.

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Gunnedah RDA, enquiries 0427 293 692.

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Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am12pm.

Clearing Sale. 10am @ ‘Ohio’, 18764 Kamilaroi Hwy, Narrabri.

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Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am12pm.

Narrabri Rotary Markets, On the river walk behind Leitch Oval.

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