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The forgotten warriors of WW I In the heat and dust of distant battlefields, far from the red soil of home, a unique breed of horse carried Australian soldiers through the trials of World War I.

by LIZ CUTTS K n ow n a s th e Wa l e r, th i s h a rd y a n d dependable mount became an unsung hero of the Great War, hauling supplies, charging into combat and forging unbreakable bonds with the men they served.

Bred for endurance in the harsh Australian climate, Walers proved indispensable in the deserts of the Middle East and the plains of Europe, earning a legacy as resilient warriors in their own right. These were loyal, tireless steeds forever etched into our nation’s military history.

Between 1914 and 1918 many thousands of ho r ses we re l oaded onto sh i ps and transported west. British troops gave the horse its affectionate name of ‘Waler’ as it was bred in NSW. It was developed from horses introduced with European settlement.

When regiments embarked for Egypt, they were accompanied by their horses and throughout the campaign these horses were reinforced from Australia. More than that, the Indian Cavalry brigades ordered to Palestine in 1918 were mounted almost exclusively on Australian-bred Walers.

A spirit of mateship and loyalty characterised the Light Horsemen and the Waler soon became the backbone of mounted forces, even superior to the camel for transporting large numbers of troops.

The Waler held a special place in the heart of the soldiers of the Australian Light Horse. During World War I the Australian Light Horseman would usually spend 24 hours a day with or in close proximity to his horse. During sustained operations on very short rations of pure grain and no water, when horses of baser

breeds lost their courage and their strength, the Waler, though famished and wasted, continued alert, brave and dependable.

Insight Baradine grazier, Lance Corporal George William Johnston, who enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in early 1915, was a good correspondent. He kept in touch with home on a regular basis, taking the opportunity of a lull in fighting to scribble a few words whenever he could. George’s letters to his family back home provide an insight into what life was like for the men of the Light Horse.

His letters were heavily censored, yet his detailed writings of everyday life in the AIF provide poignant and revealing images of the war arena at Gallipoli – and later in Sinai. His surviving letters start from the day he enlisted in Sydney in the Sixth Regiment of the 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade in 1915 to the bloody Battle of Romani in Egypt in 1916.

Light Horse Training Camp, Liverpool 4th May, 1915: ‘My Dear Mother, there are eleven in our tent, some decent, some mixed, but a good crowd. We heard great things of the riding test. Sixteen of us went through it this morning, three failing. I had a flash big horse, brown, and did well. Bareback trot and then walk, canter and gallop and then into the saddle and taking a three-foot jump at full gallop to pass the test’.

The 6th Light Horse regiment was one of the Light Horse units sent to Gallipoli without their horses to reinforce the infantry, where they were deployed to a sector on the far right of the ANZAC line, playing a defensive role until they left in December 2015.

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A member of the Sixth Regiment Light Horse in full rig, riding an Australian Waler in 1916.

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Candidates urged to support local news Country Press Australia, of which the Coonabarabran Times is a member, wants candidates at the upcoming federal election to support a policy demanding a fairer share of government advertising be allocated to regional and local newspapers.

Country Press Aust ra l i a president , A ndrew Schreyer said there was an over whelm i ng need for the nex t Federa l Government to do more to address the challenges

faced by producers of essential public interest journalism – and for the government to do so more swiftly. “ It ’s ex tremely d isappointing to ou r industry to see major

city-based media entities and overseas owned tech g ia nts such as Meta receive such a significant sha re of gover nment advertising, especially when the government openly recognises the

role ou r papers play in our democracy,” Mr Schreyer said.

“And it is even more a l a r m i n g whe n y o u c onsider these sa me social-media platforms provide a haven for mis-

a nd d is-i n formation, for mistruths and for scams that have caused great distress to many vulnerable Australians.”

Mr Schreyer said the more-than 240 regional and local papers that

a r e pa r t of C ou nt r y Press Australia have rightfully earned a high level of tr ust w ith i n the communities they serve, and that social media platforms cannot offer the same levels of truth, integ rity or accountability that local media does.

With the federal election now less than four weeks away and papers focused on the issues that matter most to local communities, Mr Schreyer said it was also important to realise that local papers continue to provide a beacon of truth for local issues and candidates – and in many cases the local paper is the sole provider of hyperlocal, place-based public interest journalism.

“Our papers have an important responsibility to report on local candidates and issues, t o hold ca nd idat es and government o r g a n i s at i o n s ac c ou nt able a nd t o b e a v oi c e for lo c a l communities in regional, rural and other local c o m mu n i t i e s a c r o s s Australia,” he said.

“Local papers generally rate highly for tr ustwor th i ness compared to other news s ou r c e s , w it h m a ny

stud ies con f i rmi ng people tend to trust local news more than national or social media because it i s c lo s er t o t hei r communities and less influenced by political or corporate agendas.

“Here in Australia, research by the University of Canberra’s Digital News Report has consistently found that local newspapers are among the most trusted news sources, yet our government continues to direct tens of millions of Australian taxpayer dol l a r s t o over s e a s ow ne d s o c i a l me d i a pl at for ms th at don’t operate to the standards we expect of local media and of ourselves.”

Country Press Austra l ia has ca l led o n t he ne x t fe de r a l government to adopt a policy that reflects the Victorian government model of a n average one-page per week of government advertising in all eligible regional and rural newspaper as part of a raft of policies that also include tax credits for journalist labour costs and funding for cadet journalists in regional and rural areas.

POLICE NEWS Fatality - Goorianawa Road At approximately 8.10am on Monday, 21 April, local emergency services responded to a property on Goorianawa Road, near Bugaldie, following reports of a vehicle accident.

Police attached to Orana MidWestern Police District, along with Ambulance, NSW Rural Fire Service and Coonabarabran VRA, attended the scene and found an all-terrain vehicle had been involved

in a crash, causing it to flip.

The driver of the vehicle – a 57-year-old man – sustained critical injuries and could not be revived.

A second person who was an occupant of vehicle was treated for shock.

Police established a crime scene and commenced inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Inquiries are ongoing.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR  editor@coonabarabrantimes.com

The last few months I’ve had cause to visit the Community Health Service for medical attention.

This has reenforced my belief that nurses are without doubt in a class of their own – caring, considerate, happy and totally committed to their patient’s wellbeing.

I love them all, such beautiful people. Thanks ladies.

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Yours etc., Chris Evans Coonabarabran 2357 (22.04.2025)

• 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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‘Out and Beyond’ becomes a rescue mission Two rock climbers have been rescued from a Belougery Spire in Warrumbungle National Park after a complex, multi-agency operation that stretched through the night.

Emergency ser vices were called to the park just after 5pm on Monday, 21 April, after a personal locato r beacon (PLB) was activated by the climbers – an 80-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman – who had been attempting to scale ‘Out and Beyond’, a difficult grade-15 climb on the north face of the rock.

The woman is believed to h a ve s l i p p e d a n d fa l l en 10 met res to a ledge during the climb, suf fe r i ng suspected b roken r i bs. The man was uninjured.

Coonabarabran VRA Rescue NSW crews hiked more than six kilometres to reach the saddle area, a lookout point along the popular Breadknife and Grand High Tops walk.

However, the climbers could not be located before nightfall.

“With limited visibility and dangerous te r ra i n, l ocati ng a nd reaching the pair was e x t r e m e l y d i f f i c u l t,” s a i d C h i e f I n s p e c to r Rodney Coombes, state operations manager for VRA Rescue NSW. “Thermal imaging from PolAir helped identify the climbers’ position, but the complexity of the site meant an immediate

retrieval wasn’t possible.”

Just after midnight, a specialist team from Blue Mountains Police Rescue was winched onto the summit by helicopter.

They managed to l owe r bean ies and a s l e e p i n g b a g to t h e stranded climbers, who remained in p h o n e c o n ta c t w i t h rescuers over night as temperatures dropped.

In total, the rescue effort involved close to 30 personnel from VRA, Police, Ambulance, SES

Gilgandra and National Pa r k s and Wi ldl ife Service.

“This was one of the most technical rescues we’ve ever undertaken in the Warrumbungles,” Ch. Ins. Coombes said.

“The ter rain, the darkness, the remoteness – it a l l added to the complexity.

“Our Coonabarabran VRA team, supported by volunteers from Dubbo and Narrabri, worked on scene for over 17 hours.”

At app rox imately

8 . 3 0 a m o n Tu e s d a y, 2 2 Apr il, a successful ve r t i ca l rescue wa s ca r r ied out by B l ue Mountains Police Rescue, supported by PolAir and Toll Ambulance Rescue helicopter. The injured woman was airlifted to Dubbo Base Hospital for treatment.

O rana Mid -Wester n Pol ice D i st r ict acti ng s u p e r i n te n d e n t Pa u l Stephens praised the co-ordinated effort.

“This is a hugely positive outcome that

is testament to the great wo r k of a l l i nvo l ve d, par ticularly given the difficult terrain,” he said.

“We want to thank our emergency services partner agencies and volunteers for all they have done.”

T h e i d e nt it y of t h e climbers has not been released, but it is under stood both are experienced professionals familiar with the challenging routes in the Warrumbungles.

Thermal imaging was used to locate two professional rock climbers from Belougery Spire in the Warrumbungle National Park over the weekend.

Photo: NSW Police

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SPECIAL FEATURE: ANZAC DAY

ANZAC Day invitation Tomorrow, Friday 25 April, the Returned and Services League Coonabarabran Sub-Branch invites all in the community to commemorate the day, commencing with the Dawn Service from 5.55am and the morning service, commencing with the traditional march down the main street at 10.45am.

ANZAC Day is well supported by our town, and indeed the nation, for which servicemen a nd former ser v ice members are most grateful – and we hope to see a good turnout at our services.

T his yea r ma rks a number of significant a n n iver s a r ie s: 110 years since the dawn landings at what is now called A nzac Cove; a 75t h a n n iver s a r y of the Korean War will be marked at the Canberra Korean War Memorial

on 25 June; the 80th ann iversa r y of the Victory in the Pacific on 15 August (in Canberra, C o o n a b a r a br a n a nd el s ewhe r e) ; a nd t he 75th anniversary of the Malayan Emergency at the Rond Terrace, Lake Burley Griffin foreshore on 31 August.

On ANZAC Day, we take time out to pay tribute to all who are serving, who have served and still live, and to give thanks and honour the remembrance of the fallen and wounded in

all wars. The Australian War Memorial (AWM) now lists W W I killed in action as 61,678 and W W I I at 39,657. I n other con f l icts si nce 1885, the AWM tallies 1709 losses in war and peace-keeping activity.

It is 111 years ago since the outbreak of WWI and Australia fired her first shots in Port Phillip Bay and later in Simpson Harbour for the taking of Rabaul and the Bita Paka outpost from Germany, the only territory that Australia

has cla imed as the result of conflict. But the day we commemorate tomorrow is the result of much preparation and the follow up to a failed naval operation on 19 March, 1915.

A fter training in Egypt since December 1914, the Australians were embarking on c e mor e f r om t he A lexandria docks f rom 9 Apr i l 1915.

The Greek islands of L emnos, I mbros a nd Mudros would feature prom i nently i n the

tra in i ng prepa ration and evacuation posts of the subsequent wounded. * F o r d a y s , reconnaissance would b e m ade by l i m it e d av iation, balloon ship and direct observation from about t w o k i l o m e t r e s o f fshore. None of these observations picked up the careful preparations of the Turks by night on the other side of the ridge-line.

The Australians were to attack Z Beach on the

northern side of the nownamed Anzac Cove. By 05.30 they had landed 40 0 0 men. T hat day, Australia would suffer a near 50% casualty rate.

W hile, in fact, the initial orders for the o b j e c t i v e we r e me t , Australia would lose in the order of 8000 men killed in action on the Gallipoli peninsular, the overa l l obje ctive of s e a ac c e s s t o t he Sea of Marmara to Constantinople and the Black Sea very much lost.

Tomor row, we w i l l acknowledge our fallen in all wars and peacekeeping activities, give thanks for their sacrifice and share in a time of reunion with those who are or who have been in uniform.

Lest we forget.

Kevin Barrington President Coonabarabran RSL Sub-Branch * Acknowledgement: Hugh Dolan, ‘36 Days: The Untold S tor y Behind the Gallipoli Landings’

The mighty Australian Walers FROM FRONT Back in Egypt, George was stationed at Maadi, w he re he was put i n charge of three horses.

H e w rote: ‘T he re a re advantages attached to this position, as one has only the same horses to care for and I can

exercise them when and how I like independent of the daily parades. My three are fine animals and I often loan one to a mate and have a ride through Maadi in the afternoons, but they take some keeping in the nice condition expected of officers’ horses’.

Charge The famous Light Horse charge at Beersheba i n 1917 p r o v e d t h e Australian Waler horse could perform superbly, despite having no water for two days. At sunset on 31 October 1917, the Light Horse regiment was ordered to gallop under

Baradine grazier, George Johnston (right) enlisted in the in the Sixth Regiment of the 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade in 1915.

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fire and seize the town.

Trooper Eric Elliot had crept to a hillock within two miles of Beersheba to act as range-finder for artillery. He noticed a cloud of dust behind h i m . T h e L i g ht H o r s e B r igade was on the m ove. A t h u n d e r i n g l ine of cha rging l ight h o r s e m e n a p p e a re d over a crest in extended o rd e r, fo l l owed by a second and then a third line.

“It was the bravest, most awe-inspiring sight I’ve ever witnessed, they were yelling, swearing

and shouting,” Trooper E l l iot i s repo r ted as saying.

“There were more than 500 Aussie horsemen. As they thundered past my hair stood on end. The boys we re w i l d - eyed and yelling their heads off.”

Dwindling supplies o f wa te r d e m a n d e d that the water wells at Beersheba be taken at once. Any delay, while the large British force g radua l l y as semb l ed nearby, would only lead to demolition of the wells by the Turkish defenders.

W i t h o u t w a t e r, t h e whole Sinai - Palestine ca m p a i g n wo u l d b e ha lted, pe r haps fo r months, and the GazaBeersheba line would r e m a i n u n b r o ke n . A victor y here over the Turkish defenders would help avenge the disasters of Gallipoli. However, using tactics from an earlier military age, the Battle of Beersheba was an outstanding, s w if t and decisive victory.

At t h e e n d o f t h e w a r, 11, 0 0 0 s u r p l u s h o r s es i n t h e M i d d l e East were sold to the

Light horseman, George Johnston developed a deep attachment to the Walers he cared for in Egypt during WWI.

British Army as remounts fo r E g y pt a n d I n d i a .

Some horses that were categor ised as being unf it were destroyed.

Some Light Horsemen chose to destroy their horses rather than part with them, but this was an exception, despite the popular myth that portrays it as the ultimate fate of all the horses.

As demand for stock h o r ses a nd rem o u nt s declined in the 1940s, the Waler trade ended and in a few decades the breed had almost completely disappeared.

But now, the horse that pioneered Australia with the explorers, surveyors and settlers, carried our loads, worked our stock, b ravel y foug ht and died with our soldiers, i s f i na l ly ach ievi ng j u s t re co g n i t i o n a n d appreciation.

In 1986 the Waler Horse Society of Australia was established and a stud book and horse register were created. Numbers of Wa l e r h o r ses f ro m outback stations were carefully selected as the foundation horses for today’s Waler breeding so that the future of the breed is assured.

SPECIAL FEATURE: ANZAC DAY

Fleming brothers go off to war Sergeant Alfred Harry Fleming and his brother James, born and raised in Coonabarabran, answered the call to serve in World War II, their lives taking them from country Australia to battlefields across North Africa, New Guinea and Borneo.

by MICK ESTENS Sergeant A lfred Harry Fleming was born in Coonabarabran in 1917 and by the start of World War 2 was a farm labourer. His brother, Ja mes F lem i ng, was working in Sydney as a mercer.

The news of 7 December 1941, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour, would have been well known to them both. One could imagine the talk by the brothers to their father William and mother Florence, before their decision to enlist into the Australian Army.

William and Florence, who lived in Robertson St r e et , h ad c ome t o C o onaba rabra n f rom Canowindra in the early 1900s. William worked as a stock and station agent, had started off the town library and operated the town’s first ta x i. F lorence had a brother, Fred Jones, who owned a property and lived at Mendooran.

By the time Harry had enlisted in Dubbo and James at Martin Place, Sydney, in January 1942, the Japanese Army was at the doors of Singapore, which fell a month later – and Darwin bombed a month after that.

Ha r r y had al ready spent time in the 20th Battalion Australian Military Forces, based in NSW, while James had completed military training with the Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) in Sydney.

From Dubbo, Harry trained and was posted to the 102nd Australian Casualty Clear ing Station, being trained to look after the medical needs of wounded D iggers. A f ter bei ng in Townsville, he was posted overseas to New Guinea to the Lae region and transferred to the 2/7 Aust. General Hospital. It was here he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant.

In 1946 he was sent back to Australia on the hospital ship ‘Manunda’, arriving at Sydney to unload wounded from the New Guinea campaign.

By this stage the war was over and Harry’s unit, the 2 /7 Aust General Hospital’ had treated 30,000 patients. Within two more months Harry was discharged from the A rmy as his war had finished.

Ha r r y retu r ned t o C o o n a b a r a b r a n a nd worked in the grocery department of Neilsons Store. He married a local girl, Mary Groombridge, and later won a soldiers settlers block at Barraba.

J a m e s ’s w a r w a s far travelled from the shores of Australia. After enlisting he was sent to a training battalion in Dubbo. Within months he was posted to the 2/13th Battalion Australian Imperial Forces (AIF), which became known

as part of ‘The Rats of Tobr u k ’, a nd p o st ed overseas to Suez in North Africa October 1942.

At this stage of the wa r, the 2 /13th was fighting intensely along the front-facing German and Italian troops in the battle of El A lamein.

B y M a r c h 19 4 3 t he Australian Government insisted on the return to Australia of the 9th Austra l ia n D iv ision , of which James was a part. James was about to face a new enemy – the Japanese Army, which had just been pushed back to the north of New Guinea by Australian Diggers fighting along the Kokoda Track.

T h e 2 / 1 3 t h disembarked at Sydney and troops were given home leave. Once leave was over James rejoined his unit and was sent to the Atherton Tablelands i n Q ueensla nd t o be trained for the jungles of New Guinea.

In August, James and the 2/13th embarked for Milne Bay, New Guinea, a nd c a me a shor e i n landing crafts on Red B each nor th of L ae, where his brother Harry was stationed.

By March 1943, the 2/13th was sent back to Australia to rest and train for the invasion of Borneo. James was now stationed at Ravenshoe, in Queensland. Several months passed and the battalion got news it was moving to the island of Morotai to prepare for the amphibious landings on the beach of Japaneseheld Borneo. James by now held the rank of staff sergeant and with h is mat es la nded at Brunei after leaving the A mer ican Battlesh ip Escort ‘USS Newman’ on landing craft. The 2/13th later captured Lutong Airfield and the Borneo oil fields, then moved to Lobang where he stayed until the end of the war.

Fol l ow i n g Jap a n’s surrender, the 2/13th began to disband, with men retu r n i ng home or transferr ing to other units. James was

Jim Fleming.

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transferred to the 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion and travelled back to Australia with them in January 1946.

One month later James was discharged from the AIF and travelled back to Coonabarabran.

He h ad m a r r ie d a n E ngl ish g i rl ca l led Margaret Jenkins and settled back to civilian life and took up work running the menswear department at Neilsons Store in Dalgarno Street, Coonabarabran.

ANZAC Day is here with us again, 110 years after the first Australian Diggers went ashore at Gallipoli. Charles Bean t he A u s t r a l i a n wa r correspondent who was with the AIF on Gallipoli, described the Digger as “full of reckless valour in a good cause, enterprise, resourcefulness, fidelity.

Comradeship, and endurance that will never own defeat.”

The same description followed our men and women into battlefields throughout the world. In the village of Isurava, on the Kokoda Track, are four words in a memorial – ‘Courage Endurance M at e sh ip S ac r i f ic e ’.

These words are written about the next generation of lads, sons of ANZACs that fought in another war with the same spirit as their forefathers.

H a r r y a nd Ja m e s experienced all of what fighting men did with their involvement from Nor th A fr ica, New Gu i ne a a nd B or ne o.

It’s hard for us today to think of what they really went through, but we in towns across the Warrumbungle area witness what they all did on their return, the large families that grew throughout the Shire, the houses built, the sports’ clubs, racetracks erected, the businesses and farms developed after the war period until today, by men and women from a tough era that gave us so much to be grateful for and so much to remember them by as the years rolled on.

Harry Fleming.

James Fleming.

Second 7th General Hospital Lae, New Guinea, where Harry Fleming served.

James Fleming served with the 2/13th Battalion in North Africa.

Jamie Chaffey

Maurice Davey

Sally Edwards

Tell us about yourself: A resident of the Parkes electorate for more than 35 years, Jamie and his wife, Judy, have raised four children on their family farm at Gunnedah. A boilermaker by trade, Jamie has led the growth of his family’s engineering business and served as Gunnedah Shire mayor.

Tell us about yourself: I’m a fourth-generation farmer, married, with four children and nine grand children. l found it easy to align myself with Family First, as strong families are the backbone of a prosperous society. We, as a party, are committed to fight for mums and dads, and in particular for our children, who are the future hope of our nation.

Tell us about yourself: With my family, we run an agricultural business in the Warrumbungle region. I am a long-time volunteer and have spent 15 years working in the rural community development space. I am a passionate advocate for rural people, the land and water, and helping communities survive and thrive.

Top three issues facing the Parkes electorate: • Cost of living • Health services • Welfare of families, and family breakdown etc.

Top three issues facing the Parkes electorate: • Healthcare and education services that are in a worse delivery state than they were 30 years ago • Safety – including roads, crime, and access to mobile coverage • Cost-of-living – includes taxes, energy, housing, i m m i g rati on, supe r ma r ket a nd b ig cha i n - s to re monopolies

The Nationals

Top three issues facing the Parkes electorate: Through my experience campaigning across the Parkes electorate, door knocking, meeting with small businesses and Local Government over the last eight and a half months, I have learned that the most common issues are the three “C’s” – healthcare, childcare and aged care.

Then, once you leave the town boundaries, it’s all about better roads and telecommunications. The cost of living is also dominating the conversations and that since the last election, prices have increased by more than 10 per cent (May 22 to Feb 25).

How do you plan to address these issues?

A future Coalition Government will establish a Regional Australia Future Fund by preser ving a por tion of commodity windfall receipts to grow the Fund to $20 billion for: fixing locals roads and transport networks; delivering flexible childcare solutions; growing tourism industry opportunities; improving regional mobile and internet connectivity; and building and upgrading economic and community infrastructure.

For too long, we have been seeing the wealth that is generated in our communities leave on trucks and trains and not returned in services. All we are asking for is our fair share and this is a start in the right direction.

How would you tackle the cost of living crisis and address affordable housing?

The Coalition will unlock up to 500,000 new homes by investing $5 billion to fund essential infrastructure like water, power, and sewerage at housing development sites.

To further address supply constraints, the Coalition will freeze any further changes to the National Construction Code for 10 years.

To alleviate pressure on the housing market, we will: • Implement a two-year ban on foreign investors and temporary residents purchasing existing homes.

• Reduce permanent migration – from 185,000 to 140,000 for two years (then 150,000 in year three and 160,000 in year four).

• Return the refugee and humanitarian program planning level to the long-term average – from 20,000 to 13,750.

If elected, how will you support the Warrumbungle Shire to help it thrive?

Regional Australia has been bleeding in population year on year, which is true for the Parkes electorate, and the Warrumbungle Shire. With a decrease in population, Council loses its rate base, we lose services and our most precious commodity, our people. If the Coalition comes into Government, I would like to see the Warrumbungle Shire capitalise on the Regional Australia Future Fund and use this investment to unlock tourism opportunities to grow the economy. I will also push to get the Inland Rail back on track, which will also see investment in the region.

What message do you want to get across to voters?

My experience in serving as a mayor for eight years, working alongside Mark Coulton as my federal member, has given me the confidence to know that you can make a difference, if you are committed and are determined to truly represent the needs of people who choose to live in our communities. I want to focus on growing our regional communities by bringing investment to town, upgrading important infrastructure, be a part of a team that gets inflation under control to bring cost-of-living relief, and that will stabilise power prices and keeps the lights on!

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Family First

How do you plan to address these issues?

• Cost of living - see below, question four.

• In a recent Salvation Army survey in the Parkes electorate, ‘access to health care’ was voted the top social-justice issue. Access to local GPs and ED in the regional and remote areas of the Parkes electorate, without need for excessive travel, has to be a priority.

We, as a party, will lobby for more rural doctor training, and a fairer distribution of the health budget for this electorate.

• We need to bui ld strong fami l ies, and strong communities that will look after those families. We need to build strong men who will look after their women and children. “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men,” (Frederick Douglass). It has also been said “It takes a village to raise a child”. Every family needs a caring village. Communities need to run programs that assist families. Government needs to have bold policies that strengthen families and don’t undermine them. Address root causes of domestic violence, addictions and homelessness. Provide safe houses, simplify legal processes supporting victims of DV and bolster counselling services.

How would you tackle the cost of living crisis and address affordable housing?

Bring back affordable and reliable energy. Pause net zero policies and consider all energy sources with a balanced and logical approach that is financially sustainable. Halve the fuel excise for 12 months.

Investigate possible price gouging by the major food outlets. Pursue taxation reform for families. Provide registration rebates for larger families requiring vehicles with seating capacity of six or more. Release more land and reduce red tape to free up supply and lower prices.

Reduce immigration. Provide support for families to build up and strengthen marriages and relationships, and identify reasons leading to family breakdown and consequent splitting of households.

If elected, how will you support the Warrumbungle Shire to help it thrive?

I am a new constituent in the Parkes electorate (due to redistribution of boundaries). If elected, I will consult with Local Government and community to ascertain the issues of greatest importance, and pursue federal legislation and funding as appropr iate. I would particularly want to talk to locals about the impact the Central West Renewable Energy Zone will have on the electorate.

What message do you want to get across to voters?

Family First aims to restore the importance of family in public policy. Protecting families starts with upholding our Judeo-Christian ethic – the source of every Australian’s freedoms regardless of whether they are religious or not – from those with ancient ancestry to the newest immigrant. Family First believes humans are male or female and that public policy must reflect biological reality. We advocate protecting human life from conception to natural death, scripture in schools, religious freedom and free speech. We will raise courageous voices in our parliaments, to influence policy for the freedom of your faith and family.

Libertarian

How do you plan to address these issues?

I believe that looking at these problems with a fresh perspective and through the Liber tarian lens of ‘get government out of the way’, empower local communities to contribute knowledge and build local solutions, and consider potential market mechanisms that could help us make real progress in the bush.

Building rural communities from the ground up, creating strong and thriving communities by our design, we can grow industry and business without government centralplanning and attract professionals and families to towns that are buzzing and growing. This is a long-term, multipronged solution that requires a level of thinking not demonstrated by previous governments.

How would you tackle the cost of living crisis and address affordable housing?

We are facing a cost-of-government crisis. What we are facing today is a result of decisions made by government yesterday and over the decades. Our national debt is at an all-time high, if we don’t change what we are doing, future generations could be taxed higher than ever to pay back this debt. We cannot simply throw more money at easing bad government decisions and taxing Australians more to pay for it. Libertarians will fight for common-sense and practical ways to truly decrease the cost-of-government in your life, which will, in turn, address the cost-of-living and affordable housing crisis.

If elected, how will you support the Warrumbungle Shire to help it thrive?

I believe the best way to support the Warrumbungle Shire and all rural council areas to help them thrive is to foster an ongoing collaborative approach between all three levels of government and, most-importantly, involving community from the start. Too often, impactful legislation becomes known by community when it is too late. We need to end top-down policy and enable and encourage ground-up policy reform. It is time for honesty, transparency and accountability from our elected representatives that puts community and the people first. Collaboration and cooperation will help us thrive, not endless blame and responsibility shirking.

What message do you want to get across to voters?

The problems we face today cannot be solved with the same outlook that created them. Are they flow-on effects of poor and irresponsible government policy and management spanning decades - health, education, crime, telecommunications, energy, business...worst of all – the level of national debt? We have to look at these problems and acknowledge the root causes. We need bold and decisive policy that both enables our society and economy to grow, and actively seeks to pay down our debt. It is time for real solutions for regional Australia.

I stand to work towards a safe, secure and sustainable Australia.

Nathan Fell

Trish Frail

Petrus Van Der Steen

Tell us about yourself: I’ve worked in mining for most of my adult life, starting as a labourer at 17, currently now a lab manager. As a 30-year-old, working class person living in an isolated community I wanted to run for office to show that people like me do care, and we want to be accurately represented in the decision making for things that are going to affect us for the next 40 plus years.

Tell us about yourself: I’m a proud Ngemba woman who calls Brewarrina home.

My mother’s family are from Gundabooka and Byrock.

My achievements include being a published author (First Nations Principal of Culture Bible), owning my own business specialising in native foods, and being elected as a councillor on Brewarrina Shire Council (now in my second term).

Tell us about yourself: Petrus Van Der Steen, a professional musician with a diverse background in security and the tech industry, has been announced as the Trumpet of Patriots candidate for the NSW electorate of Parkes at the upcoming Federal Election. Mr Van Der Steen brings a strong voice for everyday Australians, calling for common sense policies and a return to practical governance.

Top three issues facing the Parkes electorate: • Roads and infrastructure: I’ve driven on many of the main roads around the electorate in the last two weeks, and some of the side roads and dirt roads, and most of them are in sore need of some attention • Healthcare, aged care and childcare: with an ageing population we need to address the shortfalls in aged care, especially the lack of dementia units. To ensure that we can keep people moving to, and staying in, the regional areas we MUST address the lack of childcare options in many of the communities • Community consultation: we need more consultation with the communities and the people in them to determine what actually needs to be addressed out here. We are sick of being an after thought for people west of the Great Dividing Range.

Top three issues facing the Parkes electorate: • Climate change is happening now and is impacting our land and rivers. We are seeing more frequent extreme weather events such as floods and bush fires, as well as mass fish kills and serious loss of biodiversity.

• There is a lack of affordable housing for both renters and first home buyers in many communities, and this has many flow-on effects.

• The Parkes electorate is the biggest in NSW by far and parts of it are quite remote. This makes transport and the provision of health and education services a challenge.

Top three issues facing the Parkes electorate: • Cost of living: Families are being crushed under fuel, grocery, and energy prices.

• Affordable housing: Rising rents and mortgage stress are pushing locals out of home ownership.

• Health: Our regional health services are struggling – long ED waits, a lack of urgent care and a GP shortage.

How do you plan to address these issues?

Labor

How do you plan to address these issues?

I have spent the last two weeks actively communicating and consulting with the communities of the electorate and, if elected. I will continue to be as accessible and genuine as possible. I will not sugar coat or dance around any answer regarding issues, I will not make halfbaked or empty promises and I will be a strong voice for the people of this electorate when I have a seat at the table in Canberra.

How would you tackle the cost of living crisis and address affordable housing?

Labor has a $43 billion Homes for Australia plan, we have a Build to Rent scheme and we’re going to build 100,000 homes that will be exclusively reserved for sale for first home owners. If elected, I will ensure that the Parkes electorate gets its fair share of this funding out here in our communities. I will also fight for better aged care facilities so some of the older population that may need some assistance and may be looking to downsize their homes will have an option, opening up those homes for younger buyers.

If elected, how will you support the Warrumbungle Shire to help it thrive?

The Warrumbungle Shire is a beautiful part of regional NSW. I will represnt the people as best as I can, by ensuring I have a clear line of communication and consultation with the people of the Shire so that I can accurately fight for what they want and need, and by being a real person that genuinely cares about the area and won’t make empty promises and won’t stop fighting for what we deserve.

What message do you want to get across to voters?

I just want to remind the voters that we are all feeling left behind and feel like we aren’t getting our fair share out here. The Nationals have held this seat for the last 18 odd years and everyone that I’ve spoken to over the last few weeks while driving around the electorate feels that they are not being represented well enough.

Maybe it’s time for a change.

The Greens

How do you plan to address these issues?

• The Greens will push for strong climate action in the Senate and the House of Representatives, regardless of who forms government.

• We have the most comprehensive plan of any party to address the housing crisis. This includes building a lot more public and affordable homes, stopping unlimited rent increases and establishing a National Renters Protection Authority.

• One in three big corporations pay no tax and this has to stop. They need to pay their fair share so that we can fund the services we need, like much better public transport and great health and education services.

How would you tackle the cost of living crisis and address affordable housing?

This has been largely covered, but just to add to the previous answer, by collecting more tax from big corporations and billionaires, we could lower the cost of living, decrease economic inequality, and make life better for everyone in the Parkes electorate. And, in terms of housing, we need to regulate the banks to deliver fairer and lower mortgages, and establish a governmentowned housing developer to build good quality homes that are sold and rented at prices we can afford.

If elected, how will you support the Warrumbungle Shire to help it thrive?

The Warrumbungle Shire is a beautiful part of regional NSW with the stunning Warrumbungle Mountain Range and other tourist attractions. We need to promote the Shire and encourage people to come and stay, not just pass through on the Newell Highway. As a second-term councillor on Brewarrina Shire Council, I know what it takes to make a regional council a success, and I’ll bring that experience to bear in supporting Warrumbungle Shire and all local government areas in the electorate.

What message do you want to get across to voters?

As a writer, small business owner, elected representative and hard-working member of community committees and boards, I’m well placed to represent the Parkes electorate in Parliament. Parkes is in need of change and we won’t get it unless we vote differently from how we’ve voted before. So I’m asking for your number one vote in this election to help create a better future for all of us. And, just as importantly, I’m asking you to vote one for the Greens in the Senate, so that Dr Mehreen Faruqi can continue her great work representing all of NSW.

Trumpet of Patriots

We’ll cap mortgage interest rates at 3 per cent and freeze rent increases. We’ll remove red tape to fasttrack home builds and cut fuel excise in half to stabilise prices. We’ll audit supermarket chains on pricing and transition energy supply to thorium-based nuclear, using existing coal infrastructure as a short-term bridge.

For healthcare, we’ll equalise pay nationally to attract medical staff to the bush, offer tax benefits to rural GPs, and reinvest in Flying Doctor services. We offer practical, common sense solutions – not more bureaucracy.

How would you tackle the cost of living crisis and address affordable housing?

We’ll cap home loan rates at 3%, remove building permit red tape, and prioritise low-cost housing builds.

Immigration must be better managed to ease housing demand – temporarily halting intake and restricting foreign ownership. We’ll also invest in high-speed rail to open up more affordable outer suburbs. As supply increases, rents will ease. At the same time, we’ll cut fuel tax and energy costs via nuclear power, lowering household expenses. Supermarket pricing will be audited and enforced to ensure fairness for consumers.

If elected, how will you support the Warrumbungle Shire to help it thrive?

We’ll advocate for infrastructure investment, support local farming over land-wasting renewables, and push for better healthcare access with nationally equalised pay and rural doctor incentives. Housing will become more accessible by streamlining development approvals. We’ll back small business by cutting red tape, and ensure fuel, transport and energy are affordable – helping everyone from families to farmers. Domestic violence support will be boosted with safe houses, staffing and tougher penalties. We’ll ensure our policies are tailored to support real regional communities – not city priorities.

What message do you want to get across to voters?

Australians are crying out for leadership that understands real life, not Canberra careerism. The Trumpet of Patriots is the real alternative to the ‘uni-party’ of Labor and the Coalition. We’ll bring back practical governance – policies that make sense, solutions that work and a voice that represents everyday people. I’m standing for those who feel forgotten. I’ll fight to restore your rights, protect our freedoms and bring accountability back into politics. It’s time to put Australia – and Australians – first again. No spin, no slogans. Just common sense.

NOTE: The Coonabarabran Times reached out to all candidates contesting the Federal seat of Parkes, however, did not receive a response from: Mark Carter (Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party), Stuart Howe (Independent), Stephen Pope (Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party) and Bob Wilson (Indigenous - Aboriginal Party of Australia).

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Share your thoughts WORD for WORD on future of Shire Have your say in shaping the future of Warrumbungle Shire.

Warrumbungle Shire C ou nci l is cu r rently reviewing its Community Strategic Plan for 20222037 (CSP) to ensure that the plan ref lects t he c h a n g i n g ne e d s and aspirations of our community.

The review process aims to keep the CSP aligned with the values and goals of residents, helping g uide f utu re actions and decisions by Council.

Warrumbungle Shire residents are encouraged to have their say and share their vision for the future.

Take a few minutes to

complete the survey and make your voice heard – your input will directly guide the Shire’s future priorities and decisions.

T he Commun ity Strateg ic Plan is a key document that outlines the community’s priorities and aspirations, guiding all of Council’s other strat eg ies a nd pla ns , i nclud i ng the Delivery Program and Operational Plan.

It’s an essential tool for ensuring that the direction of the Shire remains aligned with what matters most to those who live here.

Mayor K athry n Rindfleish emphasised the impor tance of community participation st at i ng, “c om mu n it y i nput is v ita l, a nd I inv ite all community members to participate in shaping the future of our Shire by completing this short survey.

“Let us know where Council should focus their efforts to make Warrumbungle Shire a great place to live, work, and play.”

To make participation as easy as possible, the online sur vey can be accessed via the 'Have Your Say' tab on the

Warrumbungle Shire Council’s website.

Alternatively, paper versions of the survey are available for collection at Counci l offices in Coonabarabran and Coolah, as well as from the Community D e v e l o p m e n t coord i nat ors i n each town.

Council said the communties feedback is highly valued, and this is an excellent opportunity t o c ont r ibut e t o t he shaping of the Shire’s future.

Survey feedback is due by 4.30pm on Friday, 16 May 2025.

In this interview series, we sit down with locals for a quickfire chat. Then we ask them, “Who should we talk to next?”

And so the chain continues...

D o yo u h a ve a n i ck n a m e?

Camarão, Mr Fay! How d id you come to l i ve i n Coonabarabran? I did my teaching internship here! I was or iginally p o s te d to G u l a rg a m b o n e, b ut COVID hit and the principal, rightly, didn’t want anyone from the city.

Where would people recognise your face from? The school and behind a camera.

When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Oh, EVERYTHING, so long as it involved a computer somehow, then later an actor.

What ’s the most interesting job you’ve ever had? That’s a tricky one. I did once spend a month travelling around Tasmania for a film. But in terms of really out there, I used to MC Brazilian boat shows (I spoke English, whereas the Brazilians did not, so I was the natural choice) Vámonos!

Whe re is you r go-to spot in Coonabarabran? The Bakery when I forgot to make recess, Feathers when I need a corner to hide in, The Hive for smiles and sandwiches, and the Royal when I feel like I’ve earned a fancy meal.

Best thing about living in Co o n a b a ra b ra n?

H o n e s t l y, working for the schools. The staff are generally so invested in the community and the students and put in a huge amount of effort day to day. Plus, watching the ‘roos from my classroom window in the morning.

Warrumbungle Shire Council is seeking feeback on its Community Stategic Plan for 2022-2037.

What/who do you think is your spirit animal? I was called Camarão for my red hair – I’ll leave translating that to the reader. More recently, I’ve been labelled a ‘manic ferret’ due to my constant moving around the school.

What event in Coonabarabran do you look forward to most each year?

I’m torn between the Coona Show, which has that wonderful teenage atmosphere of excitement and burgeoning independence, and the Christmas show, which is just a nice wind down at the end of a year.

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

2225. I’m fascinated by how insanely fast technology has developed over this last century and I wonder if that will keep happening.

If you could have anyone around for dinner who would it be and what would you cook? For the conve r sati on, Stephen F r y and the late Terry Pratchett. I’d need a translator, but Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre would also be on the list. I am a truly horrendous chef, but mango sticky rice would be present at some place.

What is the best piece of advice you have been given? Oh so specific to context! “Hurry up and slow down” worked well for me when I was crew, now “Take a second and check you’re breathing”.

What are the top three things on your bucket list? I would like to revisit Japan, create a musical album and potentially even host some photography at a gallery… or maybe just travel a bunch!

If you could instantly be an expert in any f ield, what would i t be?

Languages, in the sense of being a polyglot, I find myself so interested i n oth e r cu lt u res a n d th en th e language barrier removes so much context and understanding.

How do you wind down after a long day? Oh I’m a complete nerd: An hour of video games to stop me thinking about the day then some guitar as a long -term project is a must. Boxing on Tuesdays and Thursdays so I’m not getting more blob shaped!

What is your favourite place to visit on a road trip? Anywhere with good food and some good art or, failing that, good things to take pictures of.

If you could swap lives with anyone for a day, who would it be? Someone obscenely wealthy. I feel like people with billions of dollars must live a surreal existence. Plus, I’ve got my bank details memorised so a little transfer would probably be in order!

If you could make one rule that everyone in the world had to follow, what would it be? Kind words, kind thoughts, kind actions. A lot of the conflict I see in a day is from folks treating their fellow human beings like dogs.

What is the most valuable life lesson you have learned so far? That even though there are horrible things h a p p e n i n g i n t h e wo r l d, eve n though they might be at your front door, you must still try to find joy,

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Bethany and Mark Doyle with their colourful Benedire Park flowers.

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Sarah Korff – Little Blossom Timber and Garden.

Jessica Dafter enjoying the morning with her children Hagan, Florence and Penelope.

Anthea Karavas was an expert at face painting.

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A colourful array of vintage vehicles were on display, courtesy of the Coonabarabran Automobile Restorers Society (CARS) members.

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Shire to benefit from Legacy Infrastructure funding The Warrumbungle Shire is set to benefit from a substantial funding boost, with the NSW Government confirming on Friday, 11 April, that the Warrumbungle Shire Council’s applications to the Legacy Infrastructure Fund had been successful.

The NSW Government has committed a total of $45 million toward the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) Legacy Infrastructure Fund, with just over $11 million granted to the Warrumbungle Shire.

This funding is aimed at the provision of funds for infrastructure projects that will deliver long term and legacy benefits for local communities

within the Central West Orana REZ. Key projects confirmed for the Warrumbungle Shire include: • D u n e d o o Sewerage Treatment Plant Upgrades and refurbishment. Aimed at providing Dunedoo residents with access to a sustainable sewerage scheme, improve quality and consistency of treatment prior to discharge to the

Talbragar River and reduced environmental contamination by reducing contaminant risk and odour.

• Dunedoo Water Supply Scheme groundwater source exploration and new borehole infrastructure augmentation for water quality improvement. To benefit those residents connected to the Dunedoo Water Supply scheme by providing an alternative

drinking water source with improved quality and reduced contaminant risk.

• Coolah water supply scheme groundwater source exploration and new borehole augmentation for water quality improvement.

The proposed works will reduce contamination pathways for pathogens in drinking water, improve the taste and the quality of that available.

• Dunedoo Sullivan Street Independent Living Project to provide much needed assisted living housing for the community of Dunedoo.

• Coolah Sewerage treatment plant remediation, flood protection works and establishment of new off-site treated effluent storage. Aimed at benefiting residents connected to the Coolah Sewage Treatment plant, these upgrades will eliminate facility flood inundation, reduce the potential environmental contamination of Coolaburragundy River and increase wet weather treated effluent storage.

It has the potential for 100 per cent treated effluent reuse for beneficial agricultural purposes.

Under the Local Community Fund portion of these grants, Warrumbungle Shire will also be working to help facilitate upgrades to Bowen Oval, providing key community infrastructure in Coolah’s McMaster Park and upgrading existing play equipment and adding a sensory garden to Milling Park in Dunedoo.

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Violet Soulsby, an apprentice jockey in the professional ranks, was aboard Hammoon Thunder at Hillston, while Kembla Grangebased Paul Zerafa was the rider for the Rodney Robb, Nyngan-trained galloper in the 1600 metres Picnic Cup. Owned by Paul and Bindi Frampton from Merriwa, Hammoon Thunder finished fourth in the 2400 Iron Horse Handicap at the Wellington Boot carnival

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Chapel Lane led the Cup field at Bourke, while Hammoon Thunder ($3), carrying the 71kg top weight, raced in a handy position before finishing gamely to beat Mrs Bull (Leandro Ribeiro, $2 favourite) by almost a length, with Blackhill Kitty (Todd Bailey, $3.80) four lengths away, third.

Cup-winning jockey Paul Zerafa had won the opening race, the 800 metres Maiden Plate, on the Benno Bowen, Queensland-trained Kraken Edition.

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betting ring with a sizeable wager at $26 before starting at $11 and, after settling back in the field, gained an inside run to score by a half length from Coonanglebah (Leandro Ribeiro, $3.20 favourite) and Monkey Rat (Zara Lewis, $4).

Mr Pointer won a Maiden Handicap at Grafton in 2021 and after being winless at more then 20 subsequent starts, was sold to Wayne Prisk and Butch Eves from Cobar.

Trained by Wayne Prisk, Mr Pointer has won a further eight races including successive wins at the 2023, 2024 and 2025 annual Bourke Picnics.

After racing outside

the leader on Sunday in the 800 metres Open Trophy Handicap, Mr Pointer (Tamsin Gough, $2.50 favourite) was too good for Sussu (Zara Lewis, $4) and Mr Invincible (Emily Waters, $11).

Forbes trainer Bill Hayes, who won several races at King Island, Tasmania, over summer, had a definite change of scenery when winning the 1300 metres Class 1 Trophy Handicap at Bourke with Advertimento.

Establishing a fivelengths lead with Parnassus, Advertimento (Todd Bailey, $13), in a tough performance, kept going to win by nearly two lengths from The Drafter (Ashley Boyd,

$3.50) and Dancedes (Leandro Ribeiro, $4).

Todd Bailey completed a double when the Connie Greig-trained Benyatta ($6), suited by the fast pace set by Conquest, finished best to account for Nannu (Paul Zerafa, $2 favourite) and Celtic Harp (Leandro Ribeiro, $3.80) in the 1300 metres Open Trophy Handicap.

Patiently ridden by the experienced Ashley Boyd, the Terry Fulwood, Narrominetrained Stanawi ($10), from near the back of the field, sprinted on the inside to win the 1000 metres Class B Handicap from Gypsy King (Zara Lewis, $5) and Miss Piera (Emily Waters, $2 favourite).

Rindfleish welcomed the funding, saying it would be a transformative opportunity for our Shire and beyond, with Dubbo, Dunedoo, Gilgandra, Gulgong, Mudgee and Wellington all receiving benefits from this announcement.

“Through enabling improvements in our water and waste infrastructure, the water quality, contaminant reduction and accessibility for those citizens in these areas of the Shire will improve,” Cr Rindfleish said.

‘This funding will enhance the quality of life, ensure that

our environmental risks are lowered and keep our communities thriving. We’re excited to get started and deliver these upgrades for our community.”

The funding announcement follows extensive community consultations to ensure that the projects align with the needs and priorities of residents in the Shire. Council will work closely with the community throughout the planning and delivery phases to maximise the benefits expected by these programs.

Peter Nelson’s

WEATHER WATCH During the past few days, the late season tropical cyclone Errol has delivered the heaviest April rains to the northern part of the Kimberley region of Western Australia since 2011. It also took Darwin’s April rainfall to 251mms, the fifth highest behind 35mms in 1953, 331mms in 1959, 308mms in 2000 and 396mms in 2006.

Interestingly, all these high April rainfalls at Darwin led to a warmer-than-normal May in our region.

It has continued to be very dry this month, not only in our region but across much of the nation.

Adelaide has now had it’ driest October-tomid-April period, with only 64.8mms,in 185 years of records. On top of the hottest five-day period of over 32 degrees during mid April, it looks set to break the record-hottest April of 1923.

Currently, the mean-maximum temperature to date this month at Adelaide is 27.4 degrees, five degrees above normal.

The record hot April of 1923 saw the meanmaximum temperature at 26.9 degrees.

Many places in northern Victoria and also at nearly all places in the Riverina and also at Dubbo and Forbes have had no rainfall for the first 20 days of April for the first time since 1923.

May of 1923 was notably warmer than normal in our region and also drier than average, except at some places in north-east Victoria where significant rainfalls occurred during the second week.

Adelaide recorded 80mms of much-needed rain during May. Coonabarabran and other major towns nearby had practically no rain dur ing May 1923. The highest temperature during May 1923 reached 27 degrees early that month at Coonabarabran and 31.7 degrees at Bourke and 30.6 degrees at Wilcannia.

A d e e p, i n l a n d l ow p res s u re fo r m e d n e a r Charleville at end of May brought, at first, record high June temperatures up to 3 0 deg rees at beginning at Bourke and Wilcannia and 26 degrees at Coonabarabran. Then, very heavy widespread rainfalls on Sunday, 3 June, 1923.

This inland low moved southwards across Victoria and Tasmania producing all-time record daily rainfalls of 130mms at Cape Schanck on 4 June, 1923.

Legacy in the lanes: Flood family strikes gold The next generation of the Flood family has continued their family’s legacy in the pool, proving to be highly successful even before their teen years.

by CLAUDIA HEANEY On 2 April, Henley, Daley and Reeva Flood braved the diving blocks at the 2025 Catholic Primary School Swimming Competition at the Sydney Olympic Pa r k Aquatic Cent re, H o m e b u s h, ret u r n i n g home as medalists.

Re eva a n d H e n l ey both earned gold in their r e s p e c t i ve 5 0 - m et r e freest yle events, w ith Hen ley a l so pick i ng u p s i l ve r i n h i s 10 0 m freestyle. Daley placed fifth in his 50m-freestyle division, rounding out a proud day for the Flood family.

The children’s parents, Adam and Jenna Flood, couldn’t be prouder of their achievements. “ So m a ny fe e l i n g s, but I haven’t yet found the words to explain it,” Jenna said.

“Your whole body is full of adrenaline, your heart aches with pride and your mind replays the races over and over.”

The children’s proud father said he was thrilled with their efforts.

“To s te p u p a n d compete at that level is no easy feat – they continue to hold their own against the best in the state and achieve o u t s ta n d i n g re s u l t s ,” Adam said.

Swimming runs deep i n t h e F l o o d f a m i l y.

Ad a m’s fa t h e r, Ke i t h Flood, coached Adam and his siblings for many years, with the reins now passed to Adam as he guides his own children.

“I love it, it’s one of my greatest prides in life,” Adam said.

“Seeing their individual improvements and confidence grow and my own flesh and b l o o d a c h i eve t h e i r best, against the best, is deeply satisfying.”

Dedication to not only the sport, but the lifestyle is what Adam said is key to the children’s success.

“Each year, they start training in October when the pool opens,” he said. “ We t ra i n at 4 p m weekdays after school and weekends around 10 am, depend i ng on w hat el se we have happening. Training is usually five to six times a week and during longer sessions, they’ll swim up to f ive k ilometres per day.”

Nutrition and rest also play an integral role in Adam’s training routine for the kids.

“It takes a deep under standing and knowledge of swimming to know exactly what it takes to get them to this level,” he said.

“Knowing when they

are peaking, when to push a little harder, lay of f and rest them, as they jou r ney th roug h several different phases of fitness and game-day preparation.

“I’m constantly reading the kids’ body l a n g u a g e, a d j u s t i n g their diets and analysing their per formance, as all of this helps me plan and tailor their training sessions from day to day and week to week.”

T he ch i l d ren t h e m s e l ves ref l e cte d on the experience with excitement. “ I t wa s co m fo r t i n g knowing your brother and sister were going through the same nerves a n d m e nta l fo cu s a s you,” Henley said.

“When I touched the wall and looked back at the screen, my whole body relaxed.”

“I felt proud – it was my best time in the pool all year,” Daley said.

Reeva, proud of her f i r s t b ig com petition, said, “I felt good because it was my first time at state and I got a gold medal.”

To ce l e b ra te, t h e family made a special stop at their favourite restaurant. “ We g o t t o g o t o F ra n k i e B’s Ita l i a n restaurant at the end of the day,” Daley said.

Jenna and Adam

at t r i b ute th e k i d’s success to the family’s mindset. “ We a re a team i n every aspect of life, we all have our strengths we bring to the table and it just works,” Adam said.

“Training, meals, work, rest and play – we choose each other.”

The event also carried sentimental value.

“Having them succeed together was t h e c h e r r y o n t o p,” Jenna said. “ I t wa s o n e o f my favou r ite day s – a l l of them competi ng to g et h e r fo r t h e f i r s t and last time. This year was Reeva’s first year of competition and next year, Henley will be off to high school.

“There is no doubt we will still all be together in the journey to whatever nex t yea r b r i ngs, but 2025 swimming was definitely a highlight for all of us.”

The celebrations didn’t stop there. On 10 April, Reeva and Henley competed in the NSW Primar y School Spor ts Association Swimming

Championships – a combined Catholic and p ub l i c sch oo l s event – w h e r e R e eva a n d Henley qualified in the top 10 of 40 kids in the state, both finishing fifth in their finals.

The Flood family has certainly completed the 2025 swimming season with a bang.

Daley, Henley and Reeva Flood have had a wonderful year of swimming success, all representing at the state Catholic Primary School Swimming Championships in April.

Whippet good: local breeder claims second place A Coonabarabran whippet has turned heads on the Sydney show circuit, claiming a podium finish at a national specialty event.

Coonabarabran breeder Simone Miller has plenty to be proud of after her whippet, C ol lo oney C o conut Cream, claimed second place at the W hippet Club Speciality Show in Sydney on Friday, 18 April.

Known by his kennel n a me ‘ S t i rl i n g ’, t he young whippet is part of Ms Miller’s Skyracer Kennels, a local breeding op e r at ion pr o du c i n g whippets and Italian

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greyhounds for homes across Austra lia and overseas.

“Most people in town probably don’t realise what we have out here,” she said.

“I was so impressed with his performance – his elegance, strength, power, gait, stack and, of course, his looks.”

Up against some of the finest whippets in the country, Stirling quickly became a crowd favourite. “ I ’m h appy w ith second,” Ms Miller added.

“A f ter wa rds, I was overwhelmed with people wanting to see him, check h im out and hea r ing them call him perfect.”

Impressive lineage Stirling carries the C ol lo oney l i ne age , a bloodline that boasts five Best Dog in Show titles at Crufts International – winning over all breeds at show internationally.

“Our goal has always been Crufts,” Ms Miller said.

“This performance has opened the doors to the world. He’s my boy, and my heart.”

Local whippet and Italian greyhound breeder, Simone Miller, was thrilled with her secondplace at the Whippet Championship Show in Sydney with Collooney Coconut Cream, affectionately known as Stirling.

League kicks off Frank’s on fire! this weekend WEEKEND GOLF

The stage is set for a thrilling start to the 2025 Castlereagh League, with the Coolah Kangaroos and Narromine Jets locking horns in a much-anticipated round one showdown.

CASTLEREAGH LEAGUE

by BRYSON LUFF A huge cr owd is expected to pack into Coolah’s Bowen Oval this Saturday, 26 April, to watch the action between the Kangaroos and the Jets in the opening round of the 2025 Castlereagh League competition.

The home side will be out to retain the Boronia C up i n wh at w i l l b e their sixth defence of the time-honoured piece of silverware, extend their unbeaten record from 2024 on the ground, as well as get their 2025 p r e m i e r s h ip d e f e n c e underway in a positive fashion.

While not too much can be written into knockout form, the Coolah ‘Roos lo oked i mpr essive i n claiming back-to-back Castlereagh K nockout shields a fortnight ago at Warren, scoring 56 points in their three games and only having six scored against them.

The Jets opted not to play in the knockout, instead hosting a trial game at Narromine, so they are an unknown quantity going into the 2025 season. But most certainly they will be out to erase the memory of

their last trip to Bowen O va l , wh ich saw the curtain come down on their 2024 season with a 28 to 10 loss to the ‘Roos in the preliminary final.

The league-tag fixture between the Coolah Flyers and the Jets should also be an intriguing game, as it is a replay of the 2024 grand final which was a close tussle between the two quality sides – the Jets coming away with the premiership after claiming a hard fought 14-10 victory.

Warren’s Victoria Park is also expected to be jam packed when the Warren B u l ldog s m a ke t hei r return to the play ing field after an extended absence. If the hometown support shown for the Doggies at the recent Castlereagh K nockout at the same ground is anything to go by, then the Coba r R oosters can expect a loud and boisterous reception.

T hough the home g round will cer tainly be an advantage to the Bulldogs, they are up against a Cobar side that was beaten in last year’s grand final – and a team that will be out to make a statement about their intentions to go one better in 2025.

Other games will be played at Coonamble, Coonaba rabran and Baradine.

COONABARABRAN DARTS Results Wednesday, 16 April Golf Club Unicorns 9 (Mark Wilson 121, Mel Thompson 85) d Bowlo A-Team 2 (Aden Larance 101).

Bowlo Assassins 8 (Troy Brown 120) d Coona Royal Hotel 3 (Liam Miller 114, Sharon Higgins 85).

Bowlo Skulls 7 (Dave Varty 107, Sarah Higgins 84) d Bowlo Jokers 4 (Eric Watton 129).

It was great to seen Troy back and playing great darts.

Everyone had an enjoyable night at the Bowlo and at the Royal.

Draw Wednesday, 30 April Bowlo Jokers v Bowlo A-Team.

Bowlo Assassins v Golf Club Unicorns.

Coona Royals v Bowlo Skulls.

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A t C o on a mble , t he Bears will play host to the resurgent Dunedoo Swans. T he Gr izzlies are always a tough nut to crack at home, but t he S wa n s wou ld b e buoyed by their promising display at the knockout, one which saw them make it through to the final... and this game could go either way.

Similarly, the clash at Coonabarabran between the Unicorns and Bull Terriers presents itself as an even and unpredictable contest, with both teams seemingly in a rebuilding phase w ith plent y of youth throughout the teams.

On Easter Saturday, a stableford was played at the Coonabarabran Golf Club – and on fire at the moment is Frank Clifton.

F rank had another win on Saturday, easily

winning by four points – with 40 points. He was made to go all the way a f ter look i ng at his partner’s card and realising there was one shot between them, with three to go.

F r a n k a l s o g et s a go od w r it e up a s he won the daily double in winning the snake on

At Baradine, the Pink Panthers w ill f ly the Gilgandra flag against the Baradine Magpies in league tag.

Round 1 Saturday, 26 April Coolah v Narromine.

Warren v Cobar.

Coonamble v Dunedoo.

Coonabarabran v Gulgong.

Baradine v Gilgandra.

Round 2 Saturday, 3 May Coonabarabran v Warren.

Gulgong v Baradine.

Narromine v Dunedoo (Jessica Skinner Challenge Cup).

Coolah v Cobar.

Gilgandra v Coonamble.

WEDNESDAY GOLF Wednesday, 16 April A good field of golfers competed in the stableford event at the Coonabarabran Golf Club’s on Wednesday, 16 April.

The winner on the day was Kerrie Ward, who scored 32 points, with Wayne Bennell and Julie Shinton close of Kerrie’s heels.

The course conditions continue to improve, with many thanks to the volunteers who turn up to work – mowing the fairways and removing branches and twigs from trees that have been buffeted the gusty winds of late. Also, the greens are coming along very well.

Keep up the good work boys.

The ladies are gearing up for some of our near neighbours’ annual tournaments: Scone – 1 May, Gunnedah – 4 May; Werris Creek – 18 May; Par Championships 4-ball, Coonabarabran – 24 May; Trealor Cup, Tamworth – 29 May. Flyers for all these events are on the notice board at the club.

Wednesday, 30 April – stableford. VWGANSW Country Championships.

Saturday, 3 May – Forsyths Monthly Medal.

NSW Medal, round three.

VWGANSW Country Championships.

Minnie and her mate

VETERANS’ GOLF Wednesday, 16 April A good field of golf e r s to o k pa r t in the Coonabarabran Golf Club’s veteran’s competition on Wednesday, 16 April, which saw Don Walton the winner with a net 34.

The runner up was

Geoff Gasior with a net 38.

Nearest to the pins went to Dick Clark and Bill Wilkin, while the long putt was won by John Wood.

Keep smiling when golfing.

W.B.

Frank Clifton is currently ‘on fire’ on the golf course.

the 16th as well!

B a l l s went t o Z o e 36, G Keppie 34 and S McPhie 33 and F Nottle on 33 on count backs.

T h i s we ekend i s a stableford. And coming up is the May Monthly Meda l, sponsored by Forsyths.

Z.H.

Former locals shine in Easter Bowls comp Coonabarabran Bowling Club’s Easter Bowls’ tournament once again delivered a weekend of fierce competition and camaraderie over the Easter long weekend.

With bowlers travelling from far and wide – including Cessnock, Merriwa, Gulgong, Cabramatta, Merrylands, Gilgandra and Swansea – the event proved a vibrant celebration of one of Coonabarabran’s longestrunning Easter traditions.

Saturday’s fours competition was taken out in commanding fashion by a team of former Coonabarabran juniors, Tom and Sam Bowman, now playing out of Cabramatta Bowling Club. The side defeated the Swansea team – longtime supporters of the Easter Carnival – with a final score of 20–4.

Sunday’s pairs final was a closer affair, with Coonabarabran Bowling C l u b ’ s g r e e n k e e p e r, Jamie Overall, and former Binnaway bowler, Dave Wakeling, taking home

the win in a tight 15–13 contest against former local, Sam Bowman, and his current team mate, Dean McGregor, both now playing for Cabramatta.

A special moment during the weekend was the unveiling of new signage, with a green named in honour of longserving club members John “Chimp” Franklin and Des White.

Club manager Adam Freeman said the tournament showcased the ongoing strength and appeal of the event. “ E v e r y y e a r, t h i s weekend brings together players of all backgrounds and skill levels and it’s always great to see past players returning to where it all started,” Mr Freeman said.

The Easter Bowls’ weekend is a decadesold tradition in

C oona b a ra bra n, a nd though the format has shifted over the years – now run across Saturday and Sunday rather than the four-day event of years gone by – its spirit remains unchanged.

Bowls coordinator Tony Antaw said the event continues to be a highlight for the club. “ Yo u g e t g r e a t competition, plenty of laughs and good company. That’s what it’s all about,” Mr Antaw said.

Ahead of this year’s event, the club completed a series of major upgrades, including new bar flooring, expanded drink options, air conditioning and renovations to the smoking area.

Two greens were also revamped, ensuring the club was in top shape to host the tournament.

Winners of the Easter fours: Tom Bowman, Sam Bowman, Dean McGregor and Peter Fahey.

Easter pairs winners: Jamie Overall and Dave Wakeling.

Pairs’ runners-up: Sam Bowman and Dean McGregor.

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Time extended to have say on splitting health district North West residents have been granted extra time to make submissions about the proposed split up of the Hunter New England Local Health District.

Member for Barwon Roy Butler, whose electorate includes Narrabri Shire on the western edge of the district, introduced the Health Services Amendment (Splitting of the Hunter New England Health District) Bill 2025 to parliament earlier this year.

Through his bill, Mr Butler has sought to have the western portion of the large health district to form the New England North West Local Health District.

RIGHT: Member for Barwon Roy Butler introduced the Health Services Amendment (Splitting of the Hunter New England Health District) Bill 2025 to parliament in February. He has been successful in having submissions extended until May 8.

BELOW: Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan said it is important that the community is heard on this crucial issue.

“I want to ensure that all voices are heard, which is why I have successfully sought an extension to the submission period by 21 days,” Mr Butler said in an update last week.

“This is the perfect opportunity for the

NSW Parliament to hear directly from the community about the issues occurring with HNELHD. “The word ‘submission’ can be pretty scary to some people, but a submission does not

need to be long, incredibly detailed or an award-winning piece of literature. It just has to outline your experience. That could be two sentences or two pages, whatever works for you.”

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The significance of Anzac Day When war broke out in 1914 Australia had been a federated nation for only 13 years, and its government was eager to establish a reputation among the nations of the world.

When Britain declared war in August 1914 Australia was automatically placed on the side of the Commonwealth.

In 1915 Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula in order to open the Dardanelles to the allied navies.

The ultimate objective was to capture Constantinople (now Istanbul), the capital of the Ottoman Empire, an ally of Germany.

The Australian and New Zealand forces landed on Gallipoli on April 25, meeting fierce resistance from the Ottoman Turkish defenders.

What had been planned as a bold stroke to knock Turkey out of the war quickly became a stalemate, and the campaign dragged on for eight months.

At the end of 1915 the allied forces were evacuated from the peninsula, with both sides having suffered heavy casualties and endured great hardships.

More than 8000 Australian soldiers had died in the campaign. Gallipoli had a profound impact on Australians at home, and April 25 soon became the day on which Australians remembered the sacrifice of those who died in the war.

Although the Gallipoli campaign failed in its military objectives, the actions of Australian and New Zealand forces during the campaign left a powerful legacy.

What became known as the “Anzac legend” became an important part of the identity of both nations, shaping the ways in which they viewed both their past and their future.

In 1916 the first Anzac Day commemorations were held on April 25.

The day was marked by a wide variety of

ceremonies and services across Australia, a march through London, and a sports day in the Australian camp in Egypt.

In London more than 2,000 Australian and New Zealand troops marched through the streets; a London newspaper headline dubbed them “the knights of Gallipoli”.

Marches were held all over Australia; in the Sydney march convoys of cars carried soldiers wounded on Gallipoli and their nurses.

For the remaining years of the war Anzac Day was used as an occasion for patriotic rallies and recruiting campaigns, and parades of serving members of the AIF were held in most cities.

During the 1920s Anzac Day became established as a national day of commemoration for the more than 60,000 Australians who had died during the war.

In 1927, for the first time, every state observed some form of public holiday on Anzac Day. By the mid-1930s all the rituals we now associate with the day – dawn vigils, marches, memorial services, reunions, two-up games – were firmly established as part of Anzac Day culture.

Later, Anzac Day also served to commemorate the lives of Australians who died in the Second World War, and in subsequent years the meaning of the day has been further broadened to include those who lost their lives in all the military and peacekeeping operations in which Australia has been involved.

Anzac Day was first commemorated at the Memorial in 1942. At the time, government orders prohibited large public gatherings in case of a Japanese air attack, so it was a small occasion with neither a march nor a memorial service. Since then, Anzac Day has been commemorated at the Memorial every year.

Source: Australian War Memorial

ANZAC Day April 25th

L e s t we f o r g e t • 6am Dawn Service at Memorial Window • 7am Breakfast in the BBQ area • 9am Laying of wreaths** at the Wales Monument, in honour of Moree soldier Max Wales 216559 • 9.30am Salute in front of the Military Museum • 10am Memorial Hall, Balo Street followed by morning tea – town library • 12pm Veterans, Dignitaries & invited guests luncheon *Entertainment by Moree & District Band INC & Moree Caledonian Society Pipes & Drums *Two-Up in the auditorium following main events **Wreath Layers – inform MC, Roger Butler of your group’s arrangement for the wreath laying ceremony

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Anzac Day in Moree Plains and Gwydir Shires Moree

6am dawn service at Memorial Window, 3 Albert Street.

7am breakfast in the barbecue area after the dawn service.

9am laying of wreaths at the Wales Monument (western side of The Moree & District Services Club), in honour of Moree soldier Max Wales 216559, who died at Long Tan, Vietnam on August 18, 1966.

9.30am main ceremony with a salute in front of the Military Museum.

10am at Memorial Hall, Balo Street - The Moree Girl Guides will be serving morning tea and Anzac biscuits at the town library after the service.

12.00pm veterans, dignitaries, and invited guests luncheon.

Pallamallawa

5.30am dawn service at Pallamallawa War Memorial Hall. Breakfast, tea and coffee following service.

Mungindi

5.45am dawn service at the Cenotaph followed by breakfast. 10.30am main service, assemble in front of the community store.

Crooble

8.30am service at Crooble War Memorial Hall. Service followed by morning tea.

Garah

9.15am assemble at CWA Hall for the march with the service following at 9.30am at Garah Hall.

Warialda

6am dawn service at Captain Cook Park.

10.30am march, Hope Street.

11am wreath laying ceremony, Warialda War Memorial Hall.

11.15am commemorative service, Warialda War Memorial Hall.

North Star

10.45am assemble for 11am service at Anzac Park. Lunch to follow at North Star Sporting Club.

Bingara

6am dawn service, Memorial Garden.

6.30 gun fire breakfast, Bingara RSL Club.

10.30am march from corner of Cunningham and Maitland Streets.

11am service in Memorial Garden.

Gravesend

8.45am assemble at Moffett Park to march at 9am to the Cenotaph.

Service starts at the finalisation of the march. Morning tea to follow at Old RSL Club House.

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Submission extension on proposed health district split Continued from front page

Mr Butler’s electorate staff have been assisting locals with putting together submissions, with a writing day held at the Wee Waa Local Aboriginal Lands Council.

“The Wee Waa Hospital has been of particular importance due to the experience of many in the area around reduced operating hours and the lack of nursing staff and doctors,” Mr Butler said.

Earlier this year, Mr Butler told parliament it was announced in 2004 that the then Hunter and New England area health services would be combined to form a new, much larger health district.

“The population within the health district used to be 800,000 in an area covering 131,785 square kilometres and taking in 25 local government areas, but it has since grown to a population of around 970,000 people,” he said at the time. “It is also the only health district delivering services to rural and remote areas that is administered from a metropolitan base.

“At the time the merger was announced, there were protests and even a petition tabled in parliament by the then Member for Tamworth, Mr Peter Draper. In June 2004 the independent Member for Northern Tablelands, Mr Richard Torbay, asked the then Minister for Health, Mr Morris Iemma, the Member for Lakemba, whether, given the strong community concern and lack of any detailed information on the reasons for a merger, the minister would rule out a forced amalgamation between New England and Hunter area health services, to which the Premier replied that several options were being considered but that the concerns of their local communities were being taken into account and the decision would be made with the best interests of all communities and area health services across the state.

“The government intended streamlining and improving the administration of health care in this part of NSW. The amalgamation began in 2005 when they began dismantling the head office of the New England Area Health Service, then based in Tamworth. That means the decision-making apparatus is no longer based in the area but is concentrated in a large metropolitan area, remote from most of the facilities it administers—an

Submissions close May 8 area, I would argue, that is far too large for this administration, particularly given its demonstrated reluctance to engage or directly consult with the rural and remote communities it serves.”

Mr Butler told parliament that in the two decades since the amalgamation, the administration of this large, diverse area seems to have mostly been beyond the capability of the administrators.

“During my time in office, I have received numerous complaints from patients about treatment they have received in Hunter New England hospitals, mostly related to understaffing and poor resourcing.

“I passed these complaints on to the Minister. The official responses we receive back from Hunter New England are often dismissive of the claims made by patients and, as a result, nothing is ever done to fix those problems.

“This is not about our overworked nurses and medical staff. This is about the management structure that should support them. The amalgamation was meant to make things better for patients and staff, but the stories from constituents tell another story of understaffing, under-resourcing and an unresponsive, uncaring health district administration.”

Mr Butler said in one case a mother took her disabled son to Narrabri Hospital, concerned that he may have been suffering appendicitis.

“The only option available was a telehealth consultation during which the doctor told him to hop on one leg to see if he was in pain.

The mother told the remote doctor that the boy had a disability and could not do that. He was then asked to bounce up and down.

“The remote doctor determined that he was not in pain and sent him home. He was later diagnosed with appendicitis after a nurse at Wee Waa Hospital noticed he had a fever and blood tests revealed his true conditions.

“He was sent to Tamworth Hospital via ambulance and operated on, but by then his appendix had burst, resulting in the removal of part of his bowel. In response, Hunter New England did not acknowledge any of the mother’s concerns or that there were any failings on its part. Consequently, nothing was done to ensure that something of that sort could not happen again.

“In another case a man presented at Wee Waa Hospital with his finger sliced open. The doctor, who was standing on the other side of

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the room, asked the nurse to take a photo of the man’s injury to show it to the doctor. At no time did the doctor look at the wound herself, despite being in the same room.

The man was bandaged and sent home.

“When he turned up for a scheduled X-ray the next Tuesday, he was told by phone by the radiographer that since he was the only one booked in that day, the radiographer would not be coming. Hunter New England’s response was again dismissive, saying the man had been assessed and triaged appropriately by staff and blamed staff shortages for the man not being notified that the radiographer would not be coming. Nothing in the response suggested it would be investigating the doctor’s actions or that it would be recruiting more staff to prevent a recurrence.”

While critical of the administrative and management components of the health district, headquartered in Newcastle, Mr Butler has continued to praise the efforts of staff at local health services. Mr Butler has also spoke of the great working relationship he has with the other LHDs in his electorate.

Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan urged the public and concerned parties to have their input counted on the future of healthcare in the region.

“It is so important that the community is heard on this crucial issue,” he said.

“Splitting the health district has overwhelming public support,” Mr Moylan said earlier this year, when the matter was referred to a NSW Parliamentary Committee.

“I want to advocate for better healthcare outcomes because the New England and North West regions are the ones who are crying out for better healthcare services.

While acknowledging that he did not think dismantling health districts was the best way to move forward, Regional Health Minister Ryan Park said the issues raised were worthy of being looked at by the committee process.

“I acknowledge that other members of this place have a view similar to the Member for Barwon, and I think there is an opportunity to look at this,” Mr Park told parliament earlier this year.

“Most members know that I will always try to improve something. I never think that the job is done or

that all great ideas come from one side of the chamber. I did not think that way when I came here in 2011, and I certainly do not think that way now.

“As a minister who is prepared to listen and truly learn from local members on the ground, particularly regional and rural areas, I think there is an opportunity to look at this bill through the committee process. That is important.

“As members know, our health services are delivered through 15 local health districts. Other models have been tried and tested in the state’s history. We have often gone from small to large or large to small. Each model has its problems. Every worker in the Hunter New England Local Health District is part of a collaborative network.

They are supported by some of the major tertiary hospitals that the member outlined, which ensures that patients in that part of regional NSW have access to specialised services. That is why they are integrated.

“As the Member for Barwon mentioned, senior doctors and specialists from Newcastle provide clinical support through virtual care and by working regularly at smaller rural and regional hospitals. My concerns about a split are not philosophical; they are about spending money on new corporate services and structures that I would rather see put into frontline services. I am also concerned about the impact on patient flow and referral pathways through to specialist services in larger centres. In addition, we would need to maintain strong relationships and partnerships across two separate regions, which has been challenging even in the current structure.”

The Committee on Community Services is holding an inquiry into the bill.

“The committee will be looking at how this proposal would operate, including potential benefits and risks, and whether it would improve health services in the Hunter New England area,” said committee chair, Clayton Barr. “We would like to hear from the public and interested stakeholders about issues such as the potential impact on the administration of the LHD, funding and resourcing, staffing, and access to health services in rural and regional parts of the Hunter New England area.”

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

Ten candidates to contest Parkes at May 3 election Ten candidates will vie for the votes of almost 130,000 electors in the Parkes electorate at the May 3 federal election.

The ballot order of candidates was drawn and published by the Australian Electoral Commission.

Candidates in drawn ballot order are: Mark Carter (Pauline Hanson’s One Nation), Stephen Pope (Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party), Trish Frail (The Greens), Petrus van der Steen (Trumpet of Patriots), Bob Wilson (Indigenous – Aboriginal Party of Australia), Nathan Fell (Labor), Jamie Chaffey (The Nationals), Maurice Davey (Family First), Stuart Howe (independent) and Sally Edwards (Libertarian).

The current member Mark Coulton, of The Nationals, announced his retirement last year after serving as the division’s MP since 2007.

This year’s election will see Parkes also including voters from the Parkes, Forbes and Bland Shires while Gwydir Shire will move to the New England electorate.

For Moree Plains Shire, voters will be able to cast their ballot papers at an early voting centre to be held at the Moree PCYC from 9am to 4pm on Saturday, April 26, 8.30am to 5.30pm from Monday, April 28 to Thursday, May 1, and 8.30am to 6pm on Friday, May 2.

On election day (Saturday, May 3), polling places will include Moree Public School, Moree PCYC, Moree Secondary College multipurpose centre, Ashley Community Hall, Pallamallawa Community Hall, Mungindi Memorial Hall, Boomi Public School and Boggabilla Central School.

Additional voting options include postal voting for people unable to get to a polling place, mobile voting for residential aged care and hospitals or telephone voting for people who are blind or have low vision.

Given the remote nature of parts of Moree Plains Shire, postal voting is typically a sought after service in elections.

Applications for postal voting close at 6pm on Wednesday, April 30.

Australian Electoral Commissioner Jeff Pope said declarations of nominations are always a very important milestone in the enormous logistical operation that is running a federal election.

Mr Pope’s comments came as the Australian Electoral Commission confirmed 1456 candidates will contest the May 3 federal election across Australia for positions in both houses (the House of Representatives and the Senate).

“A record 18 million Australians are enrolled and able to cast their votes between Tuesday, April 22 and 6pm on election day (Saturday, May 3), at approximately 8,000 polling locations available across Australia,” Mr Pope said.

“This is the third election in a row at which we’ve set a record for Australia’s national enrolment rate.

“Record enrolment like this doesn’t happen by accident.

“It represents a huge amount of work on the part of the AEC to engage with voters and reduce barriers for enrolment, and of course a fantastic effort from eligible Australians to get enrolled.”

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The Liberal-Nationals Coalition the project, bringing the total inhas promised $860,000 to the vestment for the Narrabri comcommunities of Narrabri and munity to $1.2 million.

Gunnedah in the form of support Nurruby Children Services for a local childcare facility as managing director Prue Jamiewell as crisis accommodation. son said there has been a critiCandidate for Parkes Jamie cal shortage of childcare in NarChaffey made the announce- rabri for years, especially for the ments in each of the communi- 0–3-year-old age group. ties last week.

“We are thrilled that this proMr Chaffey said if he’s elect- ject may soon become a reality, ed, and The Nationals help form thanks to the $600,000 campaign government at the forthcoming commitment. This new service election, $600,000 will be pro- will provide much needed eduvided to renovate the recently cation and care for our youngest purchased Nurruby Children children,” Ms Jamieson said.

Service’s Barwan Street facility in Mr Chaffey was joined at NurruNarrabri. by for the announcement last While in Gunnedah, Mr Chaffey week by his wife Judy, retiring announced $260,000 for a new Member for Parkes Mark Coulton two-bedroom cottage to be built and his wife Robyn and Shadow for women fleeing domestic vio- Minister for Regional Education lence.

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“Everywhere I go in the ParkMr Chester said the campaign es electorate it’s about the 3 Cs, commitment demonstrated The childcare, healthcare and aged Nationals’ strong focus on delivcare. The Nationals understand ering for regional communities. that investing in early childhood “Regional Australia has been education will improve the edu- left behind by Labor’s city centric cational outcomes for children, childcare policies that haven’t which will also have long-term done anything to address access benefits for the Narrabri com- in regional Australia.

The Nationmunity,” Mr Chaffey said in als are committed to delivering Narrabri. care to our regions because we “We need to get these three care know it is key to attracting the sectors right, to ensure we can re- critical skills that allow commutain locals and to attract new peo- nities like Narrabri to thrive,” Mr ple to our communities to fill the Chester said. abundance of employment opFor Gunnedah, the Coalition’s portunities and grow our regional support would allow for a new areas. If we are going to get the two-bedroom cottage to be built balance right to grow our regional on the site of Jobs Australia’s cur- Nurruby financial officer Kat Denniss, (retiring) Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and his wife Robyn, Nurruby communities, this investment is a rent crisis accommodation, early Alla- childhood teacher Jodie Nelson, Jamie Chaffey’s wife Judy, and Shadow Minister for Regional Education Darren must.” wah Cottage.

Chester, front, director Nurruby Narrabri Catherine Morgan, Nationals Nurruby Children Services are candidate for Parkes Jamie Chaffey, Nurruby board member Steph Brooker, Olivia Gould, Lacie Frater, Zach Griffiths, contributing $600,000 towards Meadow Perrett, Lydia Brooker and Havana Continued on page 2 McIlrick.

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6.00 News Breakfast On Anzac Day. 9.00 Anzac Day March Sydney. 12.30 Gallipoli Dawn Service. 1.30 Villers-Bretonneux Dawn Service.

2.25 ABC News On Anzac Day. 3.00 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 3.25 Grand Designs NZ. 4.10 Long Lost Family. (PG) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.25 Antiques Roadshow.

6.25 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games.

6.55 Governor-General’s Anzac Day Message.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Australia: Autumn Special – Big Ideas For Small Spaces.

8.30 Sherwood. (M) 9.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (PG) 10.00 Hard Quiz. (Final) (PG) 10.30 Big Boys: My Big Fat Gay Greek Holiday. (MA15+) 10.55 ABC Late News.

11.10 Father Brown. (PG) 11.55 Mayfair Witches. (M) 12.40 Rage New Music. (MA15+) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 France 24 English News.

8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 Destination Flavour. 9.20 Travel Quest. (PG) 10.20 Matched.

(PG) 11.10 Europe’s Waterways. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 1945: The Year That Changed History. (M) 3.00 Nula. 3.30 Plat Du Tour. 3.40 The Cook Up. 4.10 Etoa: A Kokoda Track Story. (PG) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Niagara Falls.

8.30 Last Secrets Of The Great Sphinx Of Giza.

9.30 Scotland’s Scenic Railways: Edinburgh Waverley Station.

10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 A Body That Works. (M) 12.00 Between Two Worlds. (M) 1.50 Agent Hamilton. (MA15+) 3.35 Paul O’Grady’s Little Heroes. (PG) 4.30 Barkley Manor. (PG) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 The Drew Barrymore Show. (PG) 7.00 Frugal Foodie. 7.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 8.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Entertainment Tonight. 10.30 Jamie’s Air-Fryer Meals. 11.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 12.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

12.30 Family Feud. (PG) 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime.

2.00 Wheel Of Fortune.

2.30 Lingo.

3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Family Feud. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 Airborne: Nature In Our Skies: Flight Path. (Final) (PG) 8.40 The Graham Norton Show. (M) 11.00 10’s Late News.

11.25 The Project.

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

6.00 Sunrise.

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

12.30 Seven News Special: Gallipoli Dawn Service.

1.30 Seven News Special: VillersBretonneux Dawn Service.

2.30 Seven News Special: Lest We Forget Service.

3.30 Seven News At 4.

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6.00 7News Local.

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7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

8.30 House Of Wellness. Series Return. (PG) 9.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) 12.50 The Black Donnellys. (M) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 Million Dollar Minute.

5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Today. 10.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning.

12.25 Gallipoli Dawn Service.

1.35 Villers-Bretonneux Dawn Service.

2.35 9News.

3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 8.

Sydney Roosters v St George Illawarra Dragons. From Allianz Stadium, Sydney.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 8.

Melbourne Storm v South Sydney Rabbitohs. From AAMI Park, Melbourne.

9.55 Golden Point.

10.45 Movie: Criminal. (2016) Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds. (MA15+) 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 Morning ABC FAMILY (22) Programs. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Hey Duggee. 6.40 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly.

7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior.

7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 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 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament Of Houses.

(PG) 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning VICELAND (31) Programs. 1.35 Video Killed The Radio Star. (PG) 2.05 The Artist’s View. (M) 2.35 Over The Black Dot. 3.05 News.

3.10 BBC News At Ten. 3.40 ABC World News Tonight. 4.10 PBS News. 5.10 Alone: Frozen.

(PG) 6.05 If You Are The One. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (M) 8.30 Secrets Of Polygamy. (MA15+) 10.10 Adam Looking For Eve. (MA15+) 12.00 Pose. (M) 1.50 The Nine Lives Of. (MA15+) 2.45 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 What’s BOLD (51) Up Down Under. 8.30 Navigating The World. 9.30 Star Trek: Voyager.

(PG) 10.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 11.30 JAG. (PG) 2.30 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG) 3.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 4.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 10.20 FBI. (M) 11.15 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 12.15 Home Shopping.

2.15 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG) 3.10 JAG. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs.

7TWO (62) 1.00 Escape To The Country.

2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG) 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Australia’s Best Backyards.

3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency.

(PG) 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Bargain Hunt. 12.30 Australia’s Best Backyards.

1.00 One Road: Great Australian Road Trips.

(PG) 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Medical Emergency. (PG) 3.00 Late Programs.

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1.30 Movie: Against The Wind. (1948) (PG) 3.30 Movie: The Thousand Plane Raid. (1969) (PG) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 West Coast Cops.

(M) 8.30 Movie: Dunkirk. (2017) Tom Hardy.

(M) 10.30 Movie: Valkyrie. (2008) (M) 12.50 Explore. 1.00 Creflo. (PG) 1.30 Movie: Against The Wind. (1948) (PG) 3.30 Gideon’s Way. (PG) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 Yorkshire Auction House.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.25 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG) 2.05 ER. (M) 2.45 Doctor Who. (PG) 3.35 A Bite To Eat. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 4.35 MythBusters. (PG) 5.30 Heartbreak High. (PG) 7.00 My Family. (PG) 7.30 QI. (M) 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Movie: Midnight Special.

(2016) (M) 10.20 ER. (M) 11.05 Breeders. (M) 11.30 Rage. (MA15+) 12.30 Louis Theroux: Altered States. (M) 1.35 ER. (M) 3.00 Black Mirror. (MA15+) 4.05 Late Programs.

6.00 The Bridge On The River Kwai. Cont. (1957) 8.20 Spitfire. (2018) 10.15 The Lighthorsemen. (1987) 12.25 Aline.

(2020) 2.45 Swallows And Amazons. (2016) (PG) 4.35 The Lunchbox. (2013) (Hindi, PG) 6.35 Above Us The Waves. (1955) (PG) 8.30 Operation Mincemeat. (2021) Colin Firth. (M) 10.50 Hundreds Of Beavers. (2022) (M) 12.50 Wild Indian. (2021) (MA15+) 2.25 The Flowers Of War. (2011) (MA15+) 5.00 Above Us The Waves. (1955) (PG)

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(PG) 6.30 Friends. (PG) 7.30 Movie: Ghost.

(1990) (M) 10.00 Becker. (PG) 10.30 Frasier.

(PG) 11.30 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 12.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 12.30 Ent. Tonight.

1.00 Shopping. 2.30 Bold. (PG) 3.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 4.30 Late Programs.

2.00 AFL Pre-Game. 2.30 Football. AFL. Round 7. Collingwood v Essendon. 6.00 AFL Post-Game. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 7.

Fremantle v Adelaide. 11.00 AFL Post-Game.

11.30 GetOn Extra. 12.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 12.30 American Resto. (PG) 1.00 Mountain Men. (PG) 2.00 Highway Cops. (PG) 3.00 Desert Collectors. (PG) 4.00 Seven’s Motorsport Classic. 5.00 Late Programs.

World Endurance Championship. Round 2. 6 Hours Of Imola. Highlights. 10.10 Bewitched. 10.40 I Dream Of Jeannie. 11.10 Young Sheldon. (PG) 12.10 Movie: Rams. (2020) (PG) 2.30 The Nanny. (PG) 3.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls. (PG) 6.30 The Nanny. (PG) 7.30 Movie: We’re The Millers. (2013) (M) 9.35 Movie: The Heat. (2013) (MA15+) 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning ABC NEWS (24) Programs. 1.30 VillersBretonneux Dawn Service. 2.25 ABC News On Anzac Day. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC News Hour.

6.55 Governor-General’s Anzac Day Message.

7.00 National News. 7.30 The Many Days Of Anzac. (PG) 8.30 News Tonight. 9.00 The World.

9.30 World This Week. 10.00 Nightly News.

10.30 Asia News Week. 11.00 News. 11.30 Breakfast Couch. 12.00 News. 12.15 The Art Of Remembrance. (PG) 12.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning SBS FOOD (33) Programs. 2.00 Key Ingredient. (PG) 2.30 Baking It Easy. (PG) 3.00 Mexican Table. 3.30 Food Fight Club. 4.25 Bring A Plate. 4.30 Island Echoes. 5.00 Dinners Cooking Out. 5.30 Everyday Gourmet. 6.00 Nigellissima. 6.30 Jamie At Home. (PG) 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Nadiya’s Asian Odyssey.

(PG) 8.35 A Lake District Farmshop. 9.30 Come Dine With Me: Professionals. (PG) 10.25 A Taste Of Island Dreams. 10.30 The Cook Up. 11.00 Cook And The Chef. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

NITV (34) 1.00 Angels Of War. (PG) 2.00 Tradition On A Plate. (PG) 2.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 3.00 Waabiny Time. 3.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 3.35 Spartakus. (PG) 4.05 Cities Of Gold. (PG) 4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Black As. (PG) 5.30 Nula.

6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Great Parks Of Africa. 7.25 NITV Weather. 7.30 Movie: Super Mario Bros.

(1993) (PG) 9.20 Yarning Culture Through Film.

(PG) 9.30 Movie: Three Wise Cousins. (2016) (PG) 11.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Get Clever. 7.00 It’s 7FLIX (66) Academic. 8.30 Larry The Wonder Pup. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 Rebel Wilson’s Pooch Perfect. (PG) 1.05 Dancing With The Stars. (PG) 3.30 The Goldbergs. (PG) 4.00 Jabba’s Movies. (PG) 4.30 Frogger. (PG) 5.30 The Amazing Race. (PG) 7.00 Movie: The Smurfs 2. (2013) Neil Patrick Harris. (G) 9.15 Movie: Wild Hogs. (2007) (M) 11.15 Movie: Hollow Man. (2000) Kevin Bacon.

(MA15+) 1.30 Sean’s Kitchen. 2.00 Shopping.

3.00 Army Wives. (M)

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 9LIFE (84) Find My Country House NZ. 1.30 Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa. 2.30 The Block. (PG) 4.00 Home Town Kickstart.

5.00 Restored. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.30 Building Alaska. (PG) 8.30 Barnwood Builders. 9.30 Colin And Justin’s Sub Zero Reno. (M) 10.30 Maine Cabin Masters.

(PG) 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.00 House Hunters. 1.00 Barnwood Builders. 2.00 Colin And Justin’s Sub Zero Reno. (M) 3.00 Maine Cabin Masters. (PG) 4.00 Late Programs.

ABC ENTERTAINS (23)

WORLD MOVIES (32)

6.00 Morning Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

7MATE (64) 1.30 Storage Wars. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs.

9GO! (83,88) 9.00 Motor Racing. FIA

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, April 24, 2025

Saturday, April 26 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.

12.30 In The Room: Leigh Sales With LinManuel Miranda. (M) 1.30 Darby And Joan. (Final) (PG) 2.15 Extraordinary Escapes. (PG) 3.00 Megafauna: What Killed Australia’s Giants? (Final) 3.50 A Life In Ten Pictures. (PG) 4.45 Creative Types With Virginia Trioli: Jenny Kee. (PG) 5.15 Landline.

5.40 Australian Story: Nick Cave With Leigh Sales.

6.10 Father Brown. (M) 6.55 Federal Election Announcement: Liberal.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Vera: Inside. Series Return. (M) 9.05 Midsomer Murders: The Incident At Cooper Hill. (M) 10.35 Unforgotten. (Final) (M) 11.20 Boat Story. (Final) (MA15+) 12.15 Rage. (MA15+)

6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 Great Irish Interiors. 10.00 Hugh’s Wild West. 11.05 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Heroines. 3.00 Running.

Marathon De Paris. Highlights. 4.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 4.30 Elvis And The USS Arizona. (PG) 5.30 Kirby At War. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Movie: The New Boy. (2023) Cate Blanchett, Aswan Reid. (M) 9.35 Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy: Milan. (PG) 10.25 Great Coastal Railway Journeys: Farne Islands To Berwick-UponTweed. (PG) 11.25 Homicide: Life On The Street. (M) 3.50 Bamay.

4.50 Poh & Co. Bitesize.

5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Camper Deals. 6.30 Reel Action. 7.00 On The Fly. 7.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 8.00 IFISH. 8.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 9.00 My Market Kitchen. 9.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient. 10.00 The Weekly Kick-Off. 10.30 Jamie’s Air-Fryer Meals. 11.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 12.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 12.30 Australia

By Design: Architecture. 1.00 10 Minute Kitchen. 1.30 What’s Up Down Under.

2.00 Food Trail: South Africa.

2.30 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass.

3.00 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn.

3.30 Farm To Fork.

4.00 My Market Kitchen.

4.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PG) 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia.

8.30 Gogglebox Australia.

9.30 Ambulance Australia. (M) 10.30 Elsbeth. (M) 11.30 FBI. (M) 12.30 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. Saturday at the Valley, Charity Race Day and SA Oaks & Sangster Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5.

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

7.00 The Americas: The Gulf Coast. (PG) 8.00 Movie: Evan Almighty. (2007) Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham.

A newly elected US senator’s life is thrown into chaos after God appears and orders him to build an ark. (G) 10.00 Movie: No Hard Feelings. (2023) Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Matthew Broderick. A woman tries to help a teenage boy. (MA15+) 12.15 The Black Donnellys. (M) 1.15 Travel Oz. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 It’s Academic.

5.00 House Of Wellness. (PG)

6.00 Getaway. (PG) 6.30 ACA. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 Drive TV: Launch Pad. New Series. 1.00 Innovation Nation. 1.15 Surfing Australia TV. 1.45 The Pet Rescuers.

(PG) 2.15 Young Sheldon. (PG) 2.45 Movie: Yours, Mine And Ours. (2005) Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Sean Faris. (PG) 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 9News First At Five.

5.30 Getaway. (PG) 6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Movie: Midway. (2019) Woody Harrelson, Patrick Wilson. (M) 10.10 Movie: The Man With The Iron Heart.

(2017) Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike. (MA15+) 12.20 Young Sheldon. (PG) 12.45 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PG) 1.45 Innovation Nation.

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. 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.00 Peppa Pig. 5.10 Bluey’s Big Play. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.15 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Hey Duggee. 6.40 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Rocket Club. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking. 8.10 Chopped Jnr. 8.50 Fresh Off The Boat. (PG) 9.35 Speechless. (PG) 9.55 Officially Amazing. (PG) 10.25 Dragon Ball Super. (PG) 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning VICELAND (31) Programs. 10.00 The Movie Show. (M) 12.05 Raw Comedy 2024.

(M) 1.50 Beyond Oak Island. (M) 3.30 News.

3.35 BBC News At Ten. 4.05 ABC World News Tonight. 4.35 PBS News. 5.35 Over The Black Dot. 6.05 Our Law. (PG) 6.40 Impossible Engineering. (PG) 8.30 Chernobyl: A Bomb That Keeps Ticking. 9.30 Big Fat Quiz Of Everything.

(M) 11.10 Sugar Babies. (M) 12.05 PEN15. (M) 1.15 The Public Image Is Rotten. (MA15+) 3.10 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 9.00 Judge BOLD (51) Judy. (PG) 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 10.30 ST: Voyager. (PG) 11.30 JAG. (PG) 1.30 Escape Fishing. 2.00 Soccer. A-League Women. Elimination final. 4.30 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 28. Newcastle Jets v Western Sydney Wanderers. 7.00 Football Tonight. 7.25 Soccer.

A-League Men. Round 28. Melbourne City v Adelaide United. 10.00 NCIS. (M) 1.40 Blue Bloods. (M) 2.35 48 Hours. (M) 3.30 Reel Action. 4.00 JAG. (PG) 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs.

7TWO (62) 1.00 Escape To The Country.

3.00 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 4.00 Escape To The Country. 5.00 Horse Racing. Saturday at the Valley, Charity Race Day and SA Oaks & Sangster Day. 6.00 Dog Patrol. (PG) 6.30 Bondi Vet. (PG) 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 12.30 My Greek Odyssey.

(PG) 1.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG) 2.00 Australia’s Best Backyards. 2.30 Creek To Coast. 3.00 Weekender. 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

9GEM (82) 11.00 Avengers. (PG) 12.00 Movie: The Captain’s Paradise. (1953) (G) 1.55 Movie: Odette. (1950) (PG) 4.20 Movie: The Dam Busters. (1955) (G) 7.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Pacific. Round 11.

ACT Brumbies v Hurricanes. 9.30 Super Rugby Pacific Post-Match. 9.45 Movie: Law Abiding Citizen. (2009) (MA15+) 11.55 French And Saunders. New Series. (M) 12.35 Movie: Up Pompeii. (1971) (M) 2.25 Movie: The Dam Busters. (1955) (G) 5.00 Avengers. (PG)

6.00 ABC ENTERTAINS (23) Morning Programs. 2.15 ER. (M) 3.00 Doctor Who. (PG) 3.50 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG) 4.40 MythBusters. (PG) 5.30 Heartbreak High. (PG) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 7.30 QI. (PG) 8.00 Live At The Apollo. Final. (M) 8.45 Gavin & Stacey. (M) 10.15 ER. (M) 11.00 Rage. (MA15+) 12.00 Heartbreak High. (PG) 12.45 The Cleaner.

(M) 1.15 Breeders. (M) 1.45 Friday Night Dinner.

(M) 2.10 QI. (M) 2.40 Black Mirror. (MA15+) 3.50 ER. (M) 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Above Us The Waves.

Cont. (1955) 6.55 The Lunchbox. (2013) 8.55 Whina. (2022) (Maori, PG) 11.00 Decision To Leave. (2022) (Chinese, M) 1.35 The Bridge On The River Kwai. (1957) (PG) 4.35 Basmati Blues.

(2017) (PG) 6.35 Leap Year. (2010) (PG) 8.30 The Quick And The Dead. (1995) Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe. (MA15+) 10.30 Original Sin. (2001) (MA15+) 12.40 Silverado.

(1985) (M) 3.05 Operation Mincemeat. (2021) (M) 5.25 Swallows And Amazons. (2016) (PG)

PEACH (52) Wheel Of Fortune. 10.00

Ridiculousness. (PG) 11.00 GCBC. 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) 10.30 Frasier. (PG) 11.30 Ridiculousness. (PG) 12.30 South Park. (MA15+) 1.00 Home Shopping.

1.30 South Park. (MA15+) 3.00 Home Shopping.

1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. (PG) 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. (PG) 3.00 Watersport. Offshore Superboats. Replay.

4.00 Full Custom Garage. (PG) 5.00 Counting Cars. (PG) 6.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 7.00 Storage Wars. (PG) 7.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. (PG) 8.30 Football. AFL. Round 7. GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs. 11.30 The Mightiest. (PG) 12.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. (PG) 1.30 Mega Mechanics. (PG) 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 News.

1.30 Swingers: How To Win An Election. 2.00 News. 2.30 Breakfast Couch. 3.00 News. 3.30 If You’re Listening. 3.50 BTN High. 4.00 News.

4.30 Planet America. 5.00 News. 5.30 Asia News Week. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 Aust Story. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Swingers: How To Win An Election. 8.00 News Tonight. 8.15 Four Corners. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 Late News Weekend.

10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.25 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. 2.30 Food Markets. (PG) 4.30 Loving Gluten Free.

5.00 Giada At Home. 5.30 Dishing It Up. (PG) 6.00 Hungry For More: Spain. (PG) 6.30 Remarkable Places To Eat. (PG) 7.30 Culinary Cruise. 8.30 Far Eastern Odyssey. (PG) 9.40 Bourdain: Parts Unknown. (PG) 10.30 Dolce Napoli. (PG) 11.00 Bizarre Foods. 11.30 The Zimmern List. 12.00 Loving Gluten Free. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.25 Great Parks Of Africa. 2.15 Nula. 2.45 Something Of The Times. (PG) 3.30 Where The Dreamings Come From. 3.40 The First Inventors. (PG) 4.30 Tradition On A Plate.

(PG) 5.00 Shepherdess. (PG) 5.30 The Barber.

(PG) 6.00 The Last Land: Gespe’gewa’gi. (PG) 6.30 News. 6.40 The Other Side. (PG) 7.30 Alone Australia. (M) 8.30 Movie: Event Horizon.

(1997) (MA15+) 10.15 Rebel Country. (PG) 11.35 Bastardy. (MA15+) 1.05 From The Heart Of Our Nation. (PG) 3.05 Late Programs.

7FLIX (66) 9.00 Drop Dead Weird. 10.00

ABC NEWS (24)

WORLD MOVIES (32)

SBS FOOD (33)

6.00 Bold. (PG) 8.30

NITV (34)

6.00 Morning Programs.

7MATE (64) 1.00 Blokesworld. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs.

Weekender. 10.30 Weekender. 11.00 Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success. 12.00 Dream Academy. (PG) 12.30 Dream Home. (PG) 2.20 Holey Moley Australia. (PG) 3.20 Zumbo’s Just Desserts. (PG) 4.30 Dodger. (PG) 5.35 Movie: The Angry Birds Movie 2. (2019) (PG) 7.30 Movie: Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody. (2022) Naomi Ackie. (M) 10.35 Movie: Spy. (2015) (MA15+) 1.00 Shopping.

2.00 Army Wives. (M)

6.00 Morning Programs.

9GO! (83,88) 11.00 Ancient Aliens. (PG)

12.00 Motor Racing. FIA World Endurance Championship. Round 2. 6 Hours Of Imola.

Highlights. 1.05 Hunting Hitler. (PG) 2.05 Jeopardy! UK. (PG) 3.05 Young Sheldon.

(PG) 3.35 Movie: Flight Of The Navigator.

(1986) (G) 5.30 Movie: Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London. (2004) (PG) 7.30 Movie: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. (2014) (M) 10.00 Movie: Sex And The City 2. (2010) (MA15+) 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00

9LIFE (84) House Hunters. 1.30 Maine

Cabin Masters. (PG) 2.30 Building Alaska. (PG) 3.30 My Lottery Dream Home. (PG) 4.00 Energy Matters. 4.30 Colin And Justin’s Sub Zero Reno.

(PG) 5.30 Chateau DIY. 6.30 Holiday Homes In The Sun. 7.30 Restoring Galveston. 8.30 House Hunters: All Stars. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 House Hunters Reno. 11.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 12.30 House Hunters: All Stars.

1.00 Building Alaska. (PG) 2.00 House Hunters Reno. 3.00 Late Programs.

Sunday, April 27 ABC TV

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6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Insiders. 10.30 Offsiders. 11.00 Compass.

(PG) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.30 Monty Don’s Paradise Garden.

3.30 Bill Bailey’s Wild West Australia. (PG) 4.15 The Telegram Man. 4.30 Restoration Australia.

5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.25 Federal Election Announcement: Greens.

6.30 Compass: Beyond Monogamy. (PG) 6.55 Federal Election Announcement: Labor.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Vera: The Dark Wives. (Final) (M) 9.05 Vera, Farewell Pet. (PG) 9.50 Movie: My Brother Jack – Part 1.

(2001) Matt Day, Simon Lyndon. (M) 11.25 The Story Of The Kelly Gang.

11.55 You Can’t Ask That: Priests. (M) 12.25 Rage. (MA15+) 3.00 Ask The Doctor: Genes. (PG) 3.30 Gardening Australia: Native Seed, Market Garden, Herbs And Citrus Tips.

4.30 Insiders.

6.00 DW English News. 6.30 Al Jazeera.

7.00 APAC Weekly. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 Great Irish Interiors. 10.00 FIFA World Cup Classic Matches. 11.30 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. (PG) 12.00 APAC Weekly. 12.30 PBS Washington Week. 12.55 Ballroom Fit. 1.00 Motor Racing. ProMX Championships.

Round 3. 4.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Amstel Gold Women’s Race. Highlights.

4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Amstel Gold Men’s Race. Highlights. 5.30 De Gaulle Vs Churchill: Memories Of War. New Series. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes. (M) 9.15 The Crusaders: Fortresses Of Faith. (PG) 10.15 Mayhem: Secret Lives Of Georgian Kings: George IV The Party King. (PG) 11.10 Rebel With A Cause: Tiga Bayles. (PG) 12.10 The Boys Who Said No. 1.15 Hell On Earth: WWII. (M) 4.10 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Al Jazeera News.

6.00 Mass. 6.30 Key Of David. (PG) 7.00 Joseph Prince: New Creation Church. 7.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 8.00 The Yes Experiment. 8.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 9.00 The Chef’s Garden. (PG) 9.30 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass. 10.00 10 Minute Kitchen. 10.30 Pooches At Play. 11.00 My Market Kitchen.

11.30 Buy To Build. 12.00 Jamie’s Air-Fryer Meals. 1.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

1.30 Cook With Luke.

2.00 The Dog Down Under. (PG) 2.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures.

3.30 Expedition: Raja Ampat And Spice Islands.

4.00 All 4 Adventure. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Sunday Project.

7.00 Movie: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. (2023) Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell. (PG) 10.30 FBI. (M) 11.30 The Sunday Project.

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 Sunday Footy Feast.

1.00 Football. AFL. Round 7. Gold Coast Suns v Sydney.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 The 1% Club. (PG) 8.10 7NEWS: The Final Showdown – Leaders’ Debate.

9.10 7NEWS Spotlight.

10.10 Menendez & Menudo: Boys Betrayed: Roy Tells All. New Series. (MA15+) 11.20 Autopsy USA: Elizabeth Montgomery. (M) 12.20 Movie: The Flip Side. (2018) Emily Taheny, Hugh Sheridan. A woman has her life thrown into a spin. (M) 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. 5.10 Movie: Thomas And Friends: The Mystery Of Lookout Mountain. (2022) (G) 6.10 Play School’s Story Time. 6.15 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Hey Duggee. 6.40 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato.

7.05 Rocket Club. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Moominvalley. 8.00 Horrible Histories. 8.30 Fresh Off The Boat. (PG) 9.10 Abbott Elementary. (PG) 9.55 Speechless. 10.15 Merlin. (PG) 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.35 Pandemicland. (M) 2.35 Jeopardy! 4.40 ABC World News Tonight. 5.05 PBS Washington Week. 5.30 Abandoned Engineering. (PG) 6.25 Great Australian Concerts: Tina Arena. (PG) 7.30 The Day The Rock Star Died. (PG) 8.00 Cycling.

UCI World Tour. Liege-Bastogne-Liege.

Men’s race. 12.45 Cook Up Bitesize. 12.55 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Liege-BastogneLiege. Women’s race. 2.15 Letterkenny. (M) 3.10 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Tough Tested. 9.00 Reel Action. 9.30 What’s Up Down Under. 10.00 4x4 Adventures.

11.00 Escape Fishing. 11.30 I Fish. 12.00 Navigating The World. 1.00 Pooches At Play.

(PG) 1.30 Exploring Off The Grid. (PG) 2.30 All 4 Adventure. (PG) 3.30 Navigating The World.

5.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 10.20 SEAL Team. (M) 11.15 NCIS: Origins. (M) 12.10 Blue Bloods. (M) 1.05 NCIS: LA. (M) 3.00 48 Hours. (M) 5.00 JAG. (PG)

7TWO (62) The Surgery Ship. (PG) 2.00

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.55 ER. (M) 2.40 Doctor Who. (PG) 3.25 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG) 4.05 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 4.40 MythBusters.

(PG) 5.30 Heartbreak High. (PG) 7.00 Spicks And Specks. Final. (PG) 7.30 QI. (M) 8.00 Lucy Worsley Investigates. (PG) 9.00 Louis Theroux: Twilight Of The Porn Stars. (M) 10.05 Offsiders.

10.35 The Weekly. (PG) 11.05 ER. (PG) 11.50 Breeders. (M) 12.15 Rage. (MA15+) 1.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Swallows And Amazons.

Cont. (2016) 7.15 Basmati Blues. (2017) 9.15 Love And Friendship. (2016) 10.55 We’ll Be Young And Beautiful. (2018) 12.35 Operation Mincemeat. (2021) 2.55 Above Us The Waves.

(1955) (PG) 4.50 The Wild Duck. (1983) (PG) 6.40 An Ideal Husband. (1999) (PG) 8.30 Knight Of Cups. (2015) Christian Bale. (M) 10.40 Dear Thomas. (2021) (MA15+) 1.30 The Quick And The Dead. (1995) (MA15+) 3.30 Decision To Leave. (2022) (Chinese, M)

PEACH (52) 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) 10.00 Frasier. (PG) 11.00 Ridiculousness. (PG) 12.00 South Park. (MA15+) 12.30 Home Shopping.

1.30 South Park. (MA15+) 3.00 Home Shopping.

2.00 Fishy Business. (PG) 2.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. (PG) 3.00 The Mightiest.

(PG) 4.00 Deep Water Salvage. (PG) 5.00 Counting Cars. (PG) 6.00 Border Security: Int. (PG) 7.00 Border Security. (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Bourne Identity. (2002) Matt Damon. (M) 11.00 Movie: The Pope’s Exorcist. (2023) (MA15+) 1.15 Blokesworld. (PG) 2.00 Border Security: Int. (PG) 3.00 Counting Cars. (PG) 4.00 Golf.

LIV Golf Mexico City. Day 3.

Only Fools And Horses. (PG) 10.10 David Attenborough’s Planet Earth III. (PG) 11.20 Ancient Aliens. (PG) 12.20 Lost Gold Of World War II. (PG) 1.20 Hunting Hitler. (PG) 2.20 Jeopardy! UK. (PG) 3.20 Movie: Paper Planes.

(2014) (G) 5.20 Movie: Music & Lyrics. (2007) (PG) 7.30 Movie: Speed 2: Cruise Control.

(1997) (M) 10.00 Movie: The Nice Guys. (2016) (MA15+) 12.25 Gotham. (MA15+) 1.25 Late Programs.

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. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 Aust Story.

10.00 Late News Weekend. 10.30 Swingers: How To Win An Election. 11.00 News. 11.30 Compass. (PG) 12.00 News Overnight. 12.15 Landline. 1.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 The Cook Up. 4.30 Loving Gluten Free. 5.00 Giada At Home. 5.30 Cheese: A Taste Of Place.

6.30 French Adventure. (PG) 7.30 Hamely Kitchen USA. (PG) 8.00 My Greatest Dishes.

(PG) 8.30 Food Heroes. (PG) 9.30 Bourdain: Parts Unknown. (PG) 10.25 Please Eat Slowly Bitesize. 10.30 Dolce Napoli. (PG) 11.00 Bizarre Foods. (PG) 11.30 The Zimmern List. (PG) 12.00 Loving Gluten Free. 12.30 Cheese: A Taste Of Place. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.35 Skate Or Cry. (PG) 1.45 Lionel.

(PG) 3.15 Movie: Angry Inuk. (2016) (PG) 4.45 Rebel Country. (PG) 6.05 Queer & Here. (PG) 6.35 News. 6.45 Waterworld Africa. 7.35 The Frontier. (PG) 8.30 Black Cockatoo Crisis. (PG) 9.55 Movie: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.

(1975) (MA15+) 12.15 Movie: All This Mayhem.

(2014) (MA15+) 2.00 Movie: Kill Bill: Vol. 1.

(2003) (MA15+) 3.55 Other Side Of The Rock.

4.00 Family Rules. 4.30 Anthem Sessions. (PG) 5.00 Bamay.

7FLIX (66) Larry The Wonder Pup. 9.00

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30

9LIFE (84) 1.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt.

ABC FAMILY (22)

ABC ENTERTAINS (23)

ABC NEWS (24)

VICELAND (31)

WORLD MOVIES (32)

SBS FOOD (33)

BOLD (51)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

NITV (34)

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00

South Aussie With Cosi. (PG) 2.30 Animal SOS Australia. (PG) 3.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 Cities Of The Underworld. (PG) 4.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. (PG) 8.30 Vera. (M) 10.30 Great Rail Restorations. (PG) 11.30 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys.

(PG) 12.30 The Great Australian Doorstep.

(PG) 1.00 Vera. (M) 3.00 This Rugged Coast.

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PG) 6.00 Morning Programs.

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

Drop Dead Weird. 10.00 Holey Moley Australia.

(PG) 11.00 Dream Home. (PG) 12.40 Zumbo’s Just Desserts. (PG) 2.00 The Goldbergs. (PG) 2.30 Home And Away. (PG) 4.30 Baking It. (PG) 5.30 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. (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 Conviction. (MA15+) 1.30 Alias. (M) 2.30 Army Wives. (M)

6.00 Hello SA. (PG) 6.30 A Current Affair.

7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Wide World Of Sports. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 1.00 Fish Forever: Swordfish.

1.30 Drive TV: Drive Car Of The Year. (PG) 2.00 Oz Off Road TV. (PG) 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 8. Wests Tigers v Cronulla Sharks. From Leichhardt Oval, Sydney.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Travel Guides. (PG) 8.10 60 Minutes.

9.10 To Be Advised.

10.10 See No Evil: Three Masked Males. (M) 11.10 The First 48: Death In Desire. (MA15+) 12.00 Oz Off Road TV. (PG) 12.50 Destination WA. 1.20 Explore: Gwydir Castle.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PG) 4.30 Drive TV: Drive Car Of The Year. (PG) 5.00 Today Early News.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Morning Programs.

9GEM (82) 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 AFL

Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 12.00 My Favorite Martian. 12.30 Getaway. (PG) 1.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. (PG) 2.20 Movie: Danger Within. (1959) (G) 4.25 Movie: The Wonderful Country. (1959) (PG) 6.30 M*A*S*H. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Battle Of Britain. (1969) Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer. (PG) 11.15 The Closer. (M) 12.15 Movie: Danger Within.

(1959) (G) 2.20 Movie: The Captain’s Paradise.

(1953) (G) 4.10 Movie: Golden Ivory. (1954) (PG) 6.00 Children’s Programs.

9GO! (83,88) 8.00 Allo! Allo! (PG) 9.30

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.30 Holiday Homes In The Sun. 3.30 Derelict Rescue. 4.30 Restoring Galveston. 5.30 House Hunters: All Stars. 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 Fixer Upper. (PG) 8.30 Zombie House Flipping. (PG) 9.30 Fixer To Fabulous. 10.30 Queen Of Versailles Reigns Again. (PG) 11.30 House Hunters: All Stars. 12.00 Barnwood Builders. 1.00 Zombie House Flipping. (PG) 2.00 Postcards. (PG) 2.30 Getaway. (PG) 3.00 Home Town Kickstart. 4.00 Late Programs.

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Monday, April 28 ABC TV

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Vera. (M) 11.30 Creative Types. (PG) 12.00 News. 1.00 Landline.

2.00 Restoration Australia. (PG) 3.00 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 3.30 Grand Designs NZ. 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. (PG) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games.

6.55 Federal Election Announcement: Liberal.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story.

8.30 Four Corners.

9.15 Media Watch.

9.35 Q+A: The Final Countdown.

10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Business.

11.10 Planet America.

11.40 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (PG) 12.10 Grand Designs New Zealand.

12.55 Long Lost Family. (PG) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+) 3.25 Parkinson In Australia. (PG) 4.30 Gardening Australia. 5.30 7.30.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize.

9.05 Destination Flavour. 9.25 Travel Quest.

(PG) 10.25 Matched. (PG) 11.20 Europe’s Waterways. (PG) 12.10 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News Weekend. 1.30 Al Jazeera News Hour.

2.00 Pompeii: The Secrets Of Civita Giuliana.

(M) 3.00 Travel Shooters. (PG) 3.35 Plat Du Tour. 3.40 The Cook Up. 4.10 The World’s Most Beautiful Landscapes. (PG) 5.05 Jeopardy!

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Prague With Michael Portillo: Prague 1. New Series.

8.25 Bettany Hughes: Treasures Of Turkey. (PG) 9.20 Sri Lanka With Alexander Armstrong. (PG) 10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 Classified. (MA15+) 11.30 Don’t Leave Me. (MA15+) 1.35 Son Of. (MA15+) 3.10 Paul O’Grady’s Little Heroes. (PG) 4.05 Barkley Manor. 4.35 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 The Drew Barrymore Show. (PG) 7.00 Neighbours. (PG) 7.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

8.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Entertainment Tonight. 10.20 Airborne: Nature In Our Skies.

(PG) 11.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 12.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 12.30 Family Feud. (PG) 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime.

2.00 Wheel Of Fortune.

2.30 Lingo.

3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

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

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. Series Return.

9.10 Sam Pang Tonight. (M) 10.10 Taskmaster Australia. (M) 11.20 10’s Late News.

11.45 The Project.

12.40 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: Fun With Dick And Jane. (2005) Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin.

When a corporate high-flyer loses his job after a financial scandal, he resorts to a life of crime with his wife. (M) 3.00 Beat The Chasers UK. 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 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) 9.05 9-1-1: Lone Star. (M) 10.05 Suits L.A. (M) 11.05 The Agenda Setters.

12.05 Treadstone. (MA15+) 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 Movie: Taken In Montana. (2023) (M) 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 Floor. New Series. (PG) 8.45 100% Footy. (M) 9.45 9News Late.

10.15 The Prison Confessions Of Gypsy-Rose Blanchard: Secret Engagement. (MA15+) 11.15 Police After Dark. (M) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG) 1.00 Hello SA. (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. 5.50 Paddington. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes.

6.15 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Hey Duggee. 6.40 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! (PG) 8.35 BTN Newsbreak. 8.40 The Crystal Maze. (PG) 9.30 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. (PG) 9.55 Merlin. (PG) 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning VICELAND (31) Programs. 1.35 Devoured. (PG) 2.30 Wine Lovers’ Guide. 3.05 WorldWatch. 5.20 Alone: Frozen. (PG) 6.10 Mysteries From Above. (PG) 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (M) 8.30 UFOs: Investigating The Unknown. Final.

(PG) 9.25 Myths: The Greatest Mysteries Of Humanity. Final. (PG) 10.30 The Weekly Football Wrap. 11.00 Alone Australia. (M) 12.05 Penissimo. (MA15+) 1.05 Winona Ryder: Fighting Demons. (MA15+) 2.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 What’s BOLD (51) Up Down Under. (PG) 8.30 Reel Action. 9.30 Camper Deals. 10.30 Everyday Gourmet. 11.30 Navigating The World.

1.30 JAG. (PG) 2.30 ST: Voyager. (PG) 3.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 4.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 10.20 FBI. (M) 11.15 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 12.15 Home Shopping.

2.15 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG) 3.10 JAG. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs.

7TWO (62) 1.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG) 1.30 Australia’s Best Backyards.

2.00 Weekender. 2.30 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice.

4.00 Medical Emergency. (PG) 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. (PG) 8.30 Shetland. (M) 11.15 Born To Kill? (MA15+) 12.15 Doc Martin. (PG) 1.15 This Rugged Coast. 2.30 Medical Emergency. (PG) 3.00 Better Homes.

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.10 9GEM (82) Movie: Cage Of Gold. (1950) (PG) 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Movie: Up Jumped A Swagman. (1965) (G) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. (M) 8.40 The Madame Blanc Mysteries. (M) 9.40 Grantchester. (M) 10.50 The Closer. (M) 11.50 Footy Classified. (M) 12.50 Explore. 1.00 Creflo. (PG) 1.30 Movie: Up Jumped A Swagman. (1965) (G) 3.30 Gideon’s Way. (PG) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 Yorkshire Auction House.

6.00 ABC ENTERTAINS (23) Morning Programs. 2.05 ER. (M) 2.50 Doctor Who. (PG) 3.35 A Bite To Eat. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 4.40 MythBusters. (PG) 5.30 Heartbreak High. (PG) 7.00 My Family. (PG) 7.30 QI. (M) 8.00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG) 9.15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (PG) 9.35 MythBusters. (PG) 10.25 ER. (M) 11.10 Breeders. (M) 11.35 Rage. (MA15+) 12.40 MythBusters. (PG) 1.30 Live At The Apollo. Final. (M) 2.15 Late Programs.

6.00 The Movie Show.

6.30 The Wild Duck. (1983) 8.20 Leap Year.

(2010) (PG) 10.15 Real Genius. (1985) (M) 12.15 Silverado. (1985) (M) 2.40 Helene. (2020) (Finnish, PG) 4.55 Love And Friendship. (2016) (PG) 6.35 Summerland. (2020) (PG) 8.30 The Zookeeper’s Wife. (2017) Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Brühl. (M) 10.50 The Spy. (2019) (Swedish, M) 12.55 Body Double.

(1984) (MA15+) 3.00 Real Genius. (1985) (M) 5.00 Love And Friendship. (2016) (PG)

PEACH (52) 1.00 Rules Of Engagement.

(PG) 1.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 2.00 Becker. (PG) 2.30 Frasier. (PG) 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 4.00 GCBC. 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 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 12.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 12.30 Ent. Tonight.

1.00 Shopping. 2.30 Bold. (PG) 3.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

Workshop Wars. (PG) 2.30 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. Silver Cup. Highlights. 3.30 Duck Dynasty. (PG) 4.00 Mountain Men. (PG) 5.00 American Resto. (PG) 5.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars.

(PG) 8.00 Outback Opal Hunters. (M) 9.00 Gem Hunters Down Under. (PG) 10.00 Appalachian Outlaws. (M) 11.00 Swamp People: Serpent Invasion. (PG) 12.00 American Resto. (PG) 12.30 Storage Wars. (M) 1.00 Late Programs.

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 Q+A. 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 Asia News Week. 5.30 News Regional.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Key Ingredient. 2.30 Freshly Picked. 3.00 Mexican Table. 3.30 BBQ Brawl. (PG) 4.40 Island Echoes. 5.05 Dinners Cooking Out. 5.35 Everyday Gourmet. 6.05 Nigellissima. 6.30 Jamie At Home. (PG) 7.00 The Cook Up. (PG) 7.30 Marion Grasby’s Flavours: Heart And Home. New Series. (PG) 8.00 Great Australian Bites. (PG) 8.30 Jamie Cooks Italy. (PG) 9.30 Come Dine With Me: Professionals. (PG) 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.20 Kungka Kunpu. 1.30 Warren Williams: The Stories, The Songs. 2.00 Tradition On A Plate. (PG) 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Waabiny Time. 3.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 3.35 Spartakus. (PG) 4.05 Cities Of Gold. (PG) 4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Black As. 5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay.

6.30 News. 6.40 Inside The Pack. (PG) 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Living Black.

9.00 Backs To The Blast. (PG) 10.00 Movie: Jindabyne. (2006) (M) 12.10 Late Programs.

7FLIX (66) Academic. 8.30 Larry The

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6.00 Morning Programs.

NITV (34)

6.00 Morning Programs.

7MATE (64) 1.30 Rides Down Under:

6.00 Get Clever. 7.00 It’s

Wonder Pup. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. (PG) 12.00 Angel. (M) 3.00 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) 4.35 Puppy School. (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 True Crime: The Menendez Murders. (MA15+) 10.30 Bones. (MA15+) 12.30 Lie To Me. (M) 1.30 Alias. (M) 2.30 Army Wives. (M)

6.00 Children’s Programs.

9GO! (83,88) 8.00 The Nanny. (PG)

9.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. (PG) 10.00 Bewitched. 10.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 11.00 Young Sheldon. (PG) 12.00 Movie: Music & Lyrics. (2007) (PG) 2.00 The Golden Girls. (PG) 2.30 The Nanny. (PG) 3.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls. (PG) 6.30 The Nanny. (PG) 7.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.30 Movie: The Suicide Squad.

(2021) (MA15+) 11.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00

9LIFE (84) Queen Of Versailles Reigns

Again. (PG) 2.00 Fixer To Fabulous. 3.00 The Block. (PG) 4.00 Home Town Kickstart. 5.00 Zombie House Flipping. (PG) 6.00 House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters Int. 8.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt Renovation. (PG) 9.30 Bargain Mansions. 10.30 My Lottery Dream Home International. 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.00 House Hunters. 1.00 Lakefront Bargain Hunt Renovation. (PG) 2.00 House Hunters Int. 3.00 Late Programs.

Tuesday, April 29 ABC TV

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 9.55 Aust Story. 10.25 Vera. Final. (M) 12.00 News. 12.55 Call The Midwife. (PG) 1.55 Restoration Australia. 2.55 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 3.25 Grand Designs NZ. 4.05 Long Lost Family. 4.50 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.15 Antiques Roadshow.

6.15 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Foreign Correspondent.

8.30 Creative Types With Virginia Trioli: Tony Albert. (PG) 9.00 Swingers: How To Win An Election. (Final) 9.30 Kitchen Cabinet: Peter Dutton. (PG) 10.00 The ABC Of... Wendy Harmer. (PG) 11.05 ABC Late News.

11.20 The Business.

11.35 Four Corners.

12.20 Media Watch. (PG) 12.35 Q+A. 1.40 Grand Designs New Zealand.

2.25 Long Lost Family. 3.05 Rage. (MA15+) 3.40 Parkinson In Australia. (PG) 4.30 Gardening Australia. 5.30 7.30.

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News At Six. 7.30 France 24 English News.

8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. 9.05 Destination Flavour. 9.15 Travel Quest. 10.15 Matched. (PG) 11.05 Europe’s Waterways. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News.

2.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG) 3.00 The Weekly Football Wrap. 3.30 Plat Du Tour.

3.40 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.10 The World’s Most Beautiful Landscapes. (PG) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Point.

8.30 Insight.

9.30 Dateline.

10.00 SBS World News Late.

10.30 Living Black.

11.00 Great Coastal Railway Journeys.

12.00 Guillaume’s Paris.

12.30 Unbroken. (MA15+) 2.10 Faking Hitler.

(M) 4.00 Paul O’Grady’s Little Heroes. (PG) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 The Drew Barrymore Show. (PG) 7.00 Neighbours. (PG) 7.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

8.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 10.20 MasterChef Australia.

12.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

12.30 Family Feud. (PG) 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime.

2.00 Wheel Of Fortune.

2.30 Lingo.

3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

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

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 MasterChef Australia.

8.40 The Cheap Seats. Series Return. (M) 9.40 NCIS. 10.40 10’s Late News.

11.05 The Project.

12.05 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 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) 2.35 Surveillance Oz. (PG) 3.00 Beat The Chasers UK. 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 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) 8.45 Doc. (M) 9.45 The Irrational. (M) 10.45 The Agenda Setters.

11.45 Autopsy USA: Burt Reynolds. (M) 12.45 The Act. (MA15+) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 5.35 Fireman Sam. 5.45 Tish Tash. 5.50 Paddington. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.15 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Hey Duggee. 6.40 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.35 BTN Newsbreak. 8.40 Deadly 60. 9.10 Ice Age. 9.55 Merlin. (PG) 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 France 24 English News. 12.30 Homicide. (M) 2.20 Cryptoland. (M) 2.50 Bamay. 3.20 News.

3.25 BBC News At Ten. 3.55 ABC World News Tonight. 4.20 PBS News. 5.20 Alone: Frozen.

(PG) 6.10 Mysteries From Above. (PG) 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats.

(M) 8.30 Guy Martin: Arctic Warrior. (M) 10.20 The Most Dangerous Man In America. (M) 12.00 Taskmaster. (M) 12.55 Shoresy. (MA15+) 2.30 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 Navigating The World. 9.30 ST: Voyager. (PG) 10.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 11.30 JAG. (PG) 2.30 ST: Voyager. (PG) 3.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 4.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (M) 10.20 FBI. (M) 11.15 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Star Trek: Voyager.

(PG) 3.10 JAG. (PG)

7TWO (62) 1.00 Escape To The Country.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 ER. (M) 2.50 Gavin & Stacey.

(PG) 3.40 Doctor Who. (PG) 4.40 MythBusters.

(PG) 5.30 Heartbreak High. (PG) 7.00 My Family.

(PG) 7.30 QI. (M) 8.00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8.30 The Cleaner. (PG) 9.00 Big Boys. (MA15+) 9.30 Upper Middle Bogan. (M) 10.55 ER. (M) 11.40 Friday Night Dinner. (M) 12.05 Rage.

(MA15+) 1.05 Breeders. (M) 1.30 Black Mirror.

Final. (M) 2.40 ER. (M) 4.00 Doctor Who. (PG) 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Love And Friendship.

Cont. (2016) 6.40 Summerland. (2020) 8.35 An Ideal Husband. (1999) 10.25 The Spy. (2019) 12.30 Knight Of Cups. (2015) 2.40 Hamlet.

(1948) 5.30 The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp. (1943) 8.30 The Outpost. (2019) (MA15+) 10.45 The Frozen Ground. (2013) (MA15+) 12.45 Easy Love. (2019) (German, MA15+) 2.25 The Holy Family. (2019) (French, MA15+) 4.05 Odd Thomas. (2013) (M) 5.50 The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp. (1943)

PEACH (52) 1.00 Rules Of Engagement.

(PG) 1.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 2.00 Becker. (PG) 2.30 Frasier. (PG) 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 4.00 GCBC. 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 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 12.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 12.30 Ent. Tonight.

1.00 Shopping. 2.30 Bold. (PG) 3.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

(M) 2.30 Gem Hunters Down Under. (PG) 3.30 Duck Dynasty. (PG) 4.00 Mountain Men. (PG) 5.00 American Resto. (PG) 5.30 Storage Wars.

(PG) 6.00 American Pickers: Best Of. (PG) 7.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 8.00 Outback Truckers. (M) 10.00 Railroad Australia. (PG) 11.00 Deadliest Roads. (M) 12.00 American Resto. (PG) 12.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 1.00 American Pickers: Best Of. (PG) 2.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 3.00 Outback Truckers. (M) 5.00 Counting Cars. (PG)

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 Swingers: How To Win An Election. 11.00 News. 11.30 7.30. 12.00 News.

12.15 Four Corners. 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 7.30. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Key Ingredient. (PG) 2.30 Freshly Picked. 3.00 Mexican Table. 3.30 BBQ Brawl. (PG) 4.25 Bring A Plate. 4.30 Island Echoes. 5.00 Dinners Cooking Out. 5.30 Everyday Gourmet. 6.00 Marcus Wareing: Tales From A Kitchen Garden.

6.30 Jamie At Home. (PG) 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Cooking With Curtis. (PG) 8.00 Real Time Recipes. 8.30 Cotswold Kitchen. (PG) 9.30 Come Dine With Me: Professionals. (PG) 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.30 Lurujarri Dreaming. 2.00 Tradition On A Plate. (PG) 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Waabiny Time. 3.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 3.35 Spartakus. (PG) 4.05 Cities Of Gold. (PG) 4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters.

5.25 Black As. (PG) 5.30 Indian Country Today News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Guardians Of The Wild. (PG) 7.30 The Point. 8.30 Unleash The Beast. 9.30 Over The Black Dot. 10.00 Hunting Aotearoa. (PG) 10.30 Movie: Mekko.

(2015) (MA15+) 12.00 Late Programs.

7FLIX (66) Academic. 8.30 Larry The

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6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey.

(PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. (PG) 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Ludwig. (M) 8.45 Foyle’s War. (M) 10.55 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 11.55 Bargain Hunt. 12.55 One Road: Great Australian Road Trips. (PG) 1.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Medical Emergency. (PG) 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

7MATE (64) 1.30 Outback Opal Hunters.

6.00 Get Clever. 7.00 It’s

Wonder Pup. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. (PG) 12.00 Angel. (M) 3.00 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) 4.35 Puppy School. (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: Cyber. (MA15+) 11.30 Bones.

(MA15+) 12.30 Lie To Me. (M) 1.30 Alias. (M) 2.30 Army Wives. (M)

NBN

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

12.00 The Floor. (PG) 1.15 My Way. (PG) 1.30 Getaway. (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 Floor. (PG) 8.45 100 Days Of Trump.

9.45 9News Late.

10.15 Wild Cards. (M) 11.15 The Equalizer. (MA15+) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG) 1.00 Fish Forever: Swordfish.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

2.30 Building Ideas. (PG) 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.

9GEM (82) 1.00 The Madame Blanc

Mysteries. (M) 2.00 Grantchester. (M) 3.00 Explore. 3.15 Antiques Roadshow. 3.45 Movie: Will Any Gentleman…? (1953) (G) 5.30 Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. (M) 8.40 The Chelsea Detective.

Series Return. (M) 10.40 The Closer. (M) 11.40 Footy Classified. (M) 12.40 My Favorite Martian. 1.10 Creflo. (PG) 1.40 Movie: Will Any Gentleman…? (1953) (G) 3.30 Gideon’s Way. (PG) 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Children’s Programs.

9GO! (83,88) 8.00 The Nanny. (PG)

9.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. (PG) 10.00 Bewitched. 10.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 11.00 Young Sheldon. (PG) 12.00 Movie: Dunkirk. (2017) (M) 2.00 The Golden Girls. (PG) 2.30 The Nanny. (PG) 3.30 Seinfeld.

(PG) 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched.

5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls.

(PG) 6.30 The Nanny. (PG) 7.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Godzilla: King Of The Monsters.

(2019) (M) 11.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00

9LIFE (84) House Hunters Int. 2.00 My

Lottery Dream Home International. 3.00 The Block. (PG) 4.00 Home Town Kickstart. 5.00 Bargain Mansions. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.30 Help! We Bought A Village.

8.30 Chateau DIY. 9.30 Quick Little Builds. New Series. 10.30 Holiday Homes In The Sun. 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.00 House Hunters. 1.00 Help! We Bought A Village. 2.00 Holiday Homes In The Sun. 3.00 Chateau DIY. 4.00 Quick Little Builds. 5.00 Home Town Kickstart.

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

Wednesday, April 30 ABC TV

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Four Corners.

10.45 Q+A. 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club.

1.35 Media Watch. 1.50 Restoration Australia.

(PG) 2.50 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games.

3.20 Grand Designs New Zealand. 4.05 Long Lost Family. 4.50 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.20 Antiques Roadshow.

6.15 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Gruen Nation. Series Return.

8.35 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering.

9.05 Planet America.

9.40 Big Boys: Happy Anniversary, You Silly Billy. (MA15+) 10.05 Mayfair Witches: Double Helix. (M) 10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 The Business.

11.20 In Limbo. (M) 12.20 Grand Designs New Zealand: Waitaki Valley.

1.05 Long Lost Family.

1.50 Rage. (MA15+) 3.40 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. 9.10 Travel Quest. 10.10 Matched. (PG) 11.00 Europe’s Highlands. New Series. (PG) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour.

2.00 Dateline. 2.30 Insight. 3.30 Plat Du Tour.

3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 The World’s Most Beautiful Landscapes. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Alone Australia. (M) 8.40 Just One Thing With Michael Mosley.

New Series. (PG) 9.15 The Handmaid’s Tale. (MA15+) 10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 My Brilliant Friend. (M) 11.40 Lost Luggage. (M) 2.35 Aliquam Dive Stories. (PG) 3.35 Aliquam Dive Stories II. 4.35 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 The Drew Barrymore Show. (PG) 7.00 Neighbours. (PG) 7.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

8.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Entertainment Tonight. 10.20 MasterChef Australia. 11.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 12.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

12.30 Family Feud. (PG) 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime.

2.00 Wheel Of Fortune.

2.30 Lingo.

3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

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

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. (PG) 8.45 Elsbeth. (M) 9.45 NCIS: Origins. (M) 10.40 10’s Late News.

11.05 The Project.

12.05 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 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PG) 2.30 Border Security: International. (PG) 3.00 Beat The Chasers UK. 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 Clarkson’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire UK. New Series. (PG) 8.30 The Front Bar. (M) 9.30 Unfiltered. (PG) 10.00 Carl Barron: Skating Rink For Flies. (M) 12.10 Midnight Texas. (MA15+) 1.10 Harry’s Practice.

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 Floor. (PG) 1.15 My Way. 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 Hundred With Andy Lee. (M) 8.30 Breakthrough: The Rise Of Women’s Rugby League.

9.30 Freddy And The Eighth. (M) 10.30 9News Late.

11.00 The Equalizer. (MA15+) 11.50 Next Stop. (PG) 12.15 Tipping Point. (PG) 1.05 Drive TV: Launch Pad. 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. 5.10 Pfffirates. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 5.35 Fireman Sam. 5.45 Tish Tash. 5.50 Paddington. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes. 6.15 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Hey Duggee. 6.40 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly.

7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Operation Ouch! 8.30 BTN Newsbreak. 8.35 Abbott Elementary. (PG) 9.20 Doctor Who. (PG) 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning VICELAND (31) Programs. 2.15 My Life Online. (M) 2.45 The Weekly Football Wrap.

3.15 News. 3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight. 4.15 PBS News. 5.15 Alone: Frozen. (PG) 6.05 James Webb: $10 Billion Space Telescope. (PG) 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (M) 8.30 Movie: The Quick And The Dead. (1995) Sharon Stone. (MA15+) 10.30 Movie: Full Metal Jacket.

(1987) (MA15+) 12.35 Letterkenny. (MA15+) 2.05 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 What’s BOLD (51) Up Down Under. (PG) 8.30 Navigating The World. 9.30 ST: Voyager. (PG) 10.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 11.30 JAG. (PG) 2.30 ST: Voyager. (PG) 3.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 4.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 10.30 The Weekly Kick-Off. 11.00 FBI. (M) 11.55 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 12.50 Home Shopping. 2.20 Star Trek: Voyager. (PG) 3.15 JAG. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs.

7TWO (62) 1.00 Escape To The Country.

2.00 Weekender. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency.

(PG) 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat.

(PG) 8.45 Lewis. (M) 10.45 Law & Order: UK. (M) 11.45 Bargain Hunt. 12.45 My Greek Odyssey. (PG) 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Medical Emergency. (PG) 3.00 Better Homes.

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 9GEM (82) The Chelsea Detective. (M) 3.00 Explore. 3.15 Antiques Roadshow. 3.45 Movie: Carry On Nurse. (1959) (G) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. Series Return. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Yes, Prime Minister.

8.40 Midsomer Murders. (M) 10.40 The Closer.

(M) 11.40 See No Evil. (M) 12.40 My Favorite Martian. 1.10 Creflo. (PG) 1.40 Movie: Carry On Nurse. (1959) (G) 3.30 Gideon’s Way. (PG) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. 5.00 The Travelling Auctioneers.

6.00 ABC ENTERTAINS (23) Morning Programs. 2.05 ER. (M) 2.45 Doctor Who. (PG) 3.35 A Bite To Eat. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.40 MythBusters. (PG) 5.30 Heartbreak High.

(PG) 7.00 My Family. Final. (PG) 7.30 QI. (PG) 8.00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8.30 Mayfair Witches. Final. (MA15+) 9.15 Friday Night Dinner. (PG) 9.40 ER. (M) 10.25 Breeders. (M) 10.55 Rage. (MA15+) 11.55 QI. (M) 12.25 Movie: A Time To Kill. (1996) (M) 2.50 ER. Final. (M) 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp. Cont. (1943) (PG) 8.55 Helene.

(2020) (Finnish, PG) 11.10 The Zookeeper’s Wife. (2017) (M) 1.30 Summerland. (2020) (PG) 3.25 Like Father, Like Son. (2013) (Japanese, PG) 5.40 The Guns Of Navarone. (1961) (PG) 8.30 Letters From Iwo Jima. (2006) Kazunari Ninomiya. (MA15+) 11.05 Silverado. (1985) Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner. (M) 1.30 The Outpost. (2019) (MA15+) 3.45 Moving. (1993) (Japanese, M)

PEACH (52) 1.00 Rules Of Engagement.

(PG) 1.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 2.00 Becker. (PG) 2.30 Frasier. (PG) 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 4.00 GCBC. 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 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 12.00 King Of Queens. (PG) 12.30 Ent. Tonight.

1.00 Shopping. 2.30 Bold. (PG) 3.30 Stephen Colbert. (PG) 4.30 Shopping.

3.30 Duck Dynasty. (PG) 4.00 Mountain Men. (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 World’s Wildest Police Videos. (M) 11.30 Police Strike Force.

(M) 12.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 1.00 American Pickers. (PG) 2.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 2.30 American Resto. (PG) 3.00 World’s Wildest Police Videos. (M) 5.00 Counting Cars. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.35 ABC News Day. 3.00 Your Say: Election Forum. 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 That Pacific Sports Show. 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 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.30 Freshly Picked. 3.00 Mexican Table. (PG) 3.30 BBQ Brawl. (PG) 4.25 Bring A Plate. 4.30 Island Echoes. (PG) 5.00 Dinners Cooking Out. 5.30 Everyday Gourmet. (PG) 6.00 Marcus Wareing: Tales From A Kitchen Garden.

6.30 Jamie At Home. (PG) 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Nadiya Bakes. 8.00 Meals In Minutes.

8.30 Tom Cooks Britain. (PG) 9.00 Ready Jet Cook. (PG) 9.30 Come Dine With Me: Professionals. (PG) 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Road Open. 1.40 Pacific Island Food Revolution. (PG) 2.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 3.00 Waabiny Time. 3.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 3.35 Spartakus. (PG) 4.05 Cities Of Gold. (PG) 4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Black As. (PG) 5.30 News.

6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Guardians Of The Wild. 7.30 Ocean Warriors: Mission Ready.

(PG) 8.30 Movie: Legends Of The Fall. (1994) (MA15+) 10.50 Sweet Black Film: The Birth Of A Black Hero. (MA15+) 11.50 Late Programs.

7FLIX (66) Academic. 8.30 Larry The

ABC NEWS (24)

WORLD MOVIES (32)

SBS FOOD (33)

6.00 Morning Programs.

NITV (34)

6.00 Morning Programs.

7MATE (64) 1.30 Outback Truckers. (M)

6.00 Get Clever. 7.00 It’s

Wonder Pup. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. (PG) 12.00 Angel. (M) 3.00 Jabba’s Movies. (PG) 3.30 10 Years Younger In 10 Days.

(PG) 4.30 Puppy School. (PG) 5.00 Bondi Vet. (PG) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 7.30 First Dates UK. (M) 8.35 Movie: 28 Days. (2000) Sandra Bullock. (M) 10.50 First Dates UK. (M) 2.00 10 Years Younger In 10 Days. (PG) 4.00 First Dates UK. (M)

6.00 Morning Programs.

9GO! (83,88) 9.00 Motorway Cops:

Catching Britain’s Speeders. (PG) 10.00 Bewitched. 10.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 11.00 Young Sheldon. (PG) 12.00 Movie: The Spy Who Never Dies. (2022) (M) 2.00 The Golden Girls. (PG) 2.30 The Nanny. (PG) 3.30 Seinfeld.

(PG) 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched.

5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls.

(PG) 6.30 The Nanny. (PG) 7.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 8.30 Movie: Ocean’s Eleven. (2001) (M) 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

9LIFE (84) 11.00 Home Town Kickstart.

12.00 Holiday Homes In The Sun. 1.00 Quick Little Builds. 2.00 Help! We Bought A Village.

3.00 The Block. (PG) 4.00 Home Town Kickstart.

5.00 Chateau DIY. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.30 Home Town. 8.30 Good Bones. (PG) 9.30 No Demo Reno. 10.30 Unsellable Houses. 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.00 House Hunters. 1.00 Home Town. 2.00 Good Bones. (PG) 3.00 No Demo Reno. 4.00 Unsellable Houses. 5.00 Home Town Kickstart.

Thursday, May 1 ABC TV

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. 10.30 The Weekly. 11.00 Restoration Australia. 12.00 News. 1.00 Sherwood. (M) 2.00 Restoration Australia. 3.00 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 3.25 Grand Designs: The Streets. (PG) 4.15 Long Lost Family. (PG) 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Restoration Australia: Old School House.

9.00 Grand Designs Australia: Huon. (PG) 9.55 Bill Bailey’s Wild West Australia: Perth. (PG) 10.45 ABC Late News.

11.00 The Business.

11.15 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Carrie Bickmore. (PG) 11.45 Grand Designs: The Streets. (PG) 12.35 Long Lost Family. (PG) 1.20 Rage. (MA15+) 3.25 Parkinson In Australia. (PG) 4.30 Gardening Australia: Christmas Special. 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. 9.10 Travel Quest. 10.10 Matched. (PG) 11.00 Europe’s Highlands. (M) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight. 12.55 PBS News. 1.55 Alone Australia. (M) 3.00 Living Black. 3.30 Plat Du Tour. 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 The World’s Most Beautiful Landscapes. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Secret DNA Of Us: Geelong. (M) 8.35 Liberation: D-Day To Berlin: France.

New Series.

9.30 Virdee. (MA15+) 10.35 SBS World News Late.

11.05 The Hollow. (M) 1.05 Departure. (M) 2.45 Australia Uncovered: Our African Roots. (PG) 3.45 Barkley Manor. 4.45 Bamay. 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 The Drew Barrymore Show. (PG) 7.00 Neighbours. (PG) 7.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

8.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 8.30 Deal Or No Deal. 9.00 Lingo. 10.00 Entertainment Tonight. 10.15 MasterChef Australia. (PG) 11.30 Judge Judy. (PG) 12.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

12.30 Family Feud. (PG) 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime.

2.00 Wheel Of Fortune.

2.30 Lingo.

3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

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

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 The List. New Series. (M) 8.30 Taskmaster Australia. (M) 9.40 The Cheap Seats. (M) 10.40 10’s Late News.

11.05 The Project.

12.05 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 Movie: Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. (2021) Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison, Tess Atkins. A crime-solving baker’s wedding plans are complicated by a murder at a 24-hour gym. (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) 7.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. (PG) 8.30 Britain’s Got Talent. (PG) 9.35 The Amazing Race. (PG) 11.05 Born To Kill? Colin Ireland. (MA15+) 12.05 Emergency Call. (PG) 1.05 Travel Oz. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Children’s Programs. 5.50 Paddington. 6.05 PJ Masks Power Heroes.

6.15 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.35 Hey Duggee. 6.40 Kiri And Lou. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! (PG) 8.35 BTN Newsbreak. 8.40 Secrets Of The Zoo. (PG) 9.25 Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking. 10.05 Merlin. (PG) 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Planet A. (M) 2.00 Fashionista. 2.10 Insight. 3.10 News. 3.15 BBC News At Ten. 3.45 ABC World News Tonight. 4.15 PBS News. 5.15 Alone: Frozen. (PG) 6.05 Over The Black Dot. 6.35 Travel Man. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (M) 8.30 History’s Greatest Mysteries. (M) 10.10 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Eschborn-Frankfurt. 1.15 Dark Side Of The Ring. (MA15+) 2.05 NHK World English News.

5.00 Al Jazeera.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 Navigating The World. 9.30 ST: Voyager. (PG) 10.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 11.30 JAG. (PG) 2.30 ST: Voyager. (PG) 3.30 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 4.30 JAG. (PG) 7.30 NCIS. (M) 9.25 Blue Bloods. (M) 10.20 FBI. (M) 11.15 Jake And The Fatman. (PG) 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Star Trek: Voyager.

(PG) 3.10 JAG. (PG)

7TWO (62) 1.00 Escape To The Country.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.50 ER. (M) 2.35 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (PG) 3.20 Doctor Who. (PG) 4.05 QI. (PG) 4.40 MythBusters. (PG) 5.30 Heartbreak High. (PG) 7.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 7.30 QI. (PG) 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 9.00 The Weekly. 9.30 Gruen Nation. 10.10 Guy Mont Spelling Bee. (PG) 11.00 Planet America. 11.35 ER. (M) 12.20 Rage. (MA15+) 1.20 Movie: The Craft. (1996) (MA15+) 3.00 Louis Theroux: Twilight Of The Porn Stars. (M) 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Like Father, Like Son. (2013) 8.15 Hamlet. (1948) 11.05 Odd Thomas. (2013) 12.55 The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp. (1943) 3.55 The Kids Are Alright.

(2021) (Spanish, PG) 5.35 Princess Caraboo.

(1994) (PG) 7.25 U-96, The True Story Of Das Boot. (PG) 8.30 The Forgotten Battle. (2020) Gijs Blom. (German, MA15+) 10.50 Drive. (2011) (MA15+) 12.45 Bliss. (2021) (MA15+) 2.25 Letters From Iwo Jima. (2006) (MA15+) 5.00 The Kids Are Alright. (2021) (Spanish, PG)

PEACH (52) 1.00 Rules Of Engagement.

(PG) 1.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 2.00 Becker. (PG) 2.30 Frasier. (PG) 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 4.00 GCBC. 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) 11.00 Rules Of Engagement. (PG) 11.30 King Of Queens. (PG) 12.00 Ent. Tonight.

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

Highway Patrol. (PG) 2.30 The Force: BTL. (PG) 3.30 Duck Dynasty. (PG) 4.00 Mountain Men. (PG) 5.00 American Resto. (PG) 5.30 Storage Wars. (PG) 6.00 American Pickers. (PG) 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 8. Essendon v North Melbourne. 10.30 AFL Post-Game. 11.00 Kick Ons. 11.30 Movie: Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life. (1983) (M) 1.50 American Resto. (PG) 2.30 Mountain Men. (PG) 3.30 The Front Bar. (M) 5.00 Counting Cars. (M)

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 Aust Story. 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 Planet America. 2.45 The Business. 3.00 The World. 4.00 DW News.

4.30 7.30. 5.00 The Pacific. 5.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Key Ingredient. 2.30 Freshly Picked. (PG) 3.00 Food Unwrapped. (PG) 3.30 BBQ Brawl. (PG) 4.25 Bring A Plate. 4.30 Island Echoes. 5.00 Dinners Cooking Out. 5.30 Everyday Gourmet. 6.00 Marcus Wareing: Tales From A Kitchen Garden.

(PG) 6.30 Jamie At Home. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Jason Atherton’s Dubai Dishes. (PG) 8.30 Jamie’s Great Italian Escape. (PG) 9.00 Slice Of Italy. (PG) 9.30 Come Dine With Me: Professionals. (PG) 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.40 Pacific Island Food Revolution. (PG) 2.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 3.00 Waabiny Time. 3.25 Little J And Big Cuz. 3.35 Spartakus. (PG) 4.05 Cities Of Gold. (PG) 4.35 Motown Magic. 5.00 Harlem Globetrotters. 5.25 Black As. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay.

6.30 News. 6.40 Guardians Of The Wild. 7.25 NITV Weather. 7.30 Going Places. (PG) 8.30 Tribal. (M) 9.25 Movie: Rumble In The Bronx.

(1995) (M) 11.00 Emily In Japan. (PG) 12.05 Other Side Of The Rock. 12.10 Late Programs.

7FLIX (66) Academic. 8.30 Larry The

ABC FAMILY (22)

ABC ENTERTAINS (23)

ABC NEWS (24)

VICELAND (31)

WORLD MOVIES (32)

SBS FOOD (33)

BOLD (51)

6.00 Morning Programs.

NITV (34)

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. (PG) 2.30 My Impossible House. (PG) 3.30 Harry’s Practice.

4.00 Medical Emergency. (PG) 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. (M) 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. (M) 11.30 Father Brown. (M) 12.30 Bargain Hunt. 1.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. (PG) 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Medical Emergency. (PG) 3.00 Better Homes.

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

7MATE (64) 1.00 Pawn Stars. (PG) 1.30

6.00 Get Clever. 7.00 It’s

Wonder Pup. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. (PG) 12.00 Angel. (M) 3.00 10 Years Younger In 10 Days. (PG) 4.00 Puppy School.

(PG) 5.00 Bondi Vet. (PG) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 7.30 Kitchen Nightmares. (M) 8.30 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back. (M) 11.30 First Dates UK. (M) 1.40 Kitchen Nightmares. (M) 2.30 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back. (M) 4.30 First Dates UK. (M) 5.30 Sean’s Kitchen.

NBN

(8, 80)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (M) 1.00 Getaway. (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 Rugby League. Women’s State Of Origin. Game 1. Queensland v New South Wales. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

9.45 NRL Women’s State Of Origin Post-Match.

10.00 9News Late.

10.30 Breakthrough: The Rise Of Women’s Rugby League.

11.30 A Killer Makes A Call: Reeves. (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 Morning Programs. 1.00

9GEM (82) Midsomer Murders. (M) 3.00

Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Movie: The Maggie.

(1954) (G) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers.

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. (M) 8.30 Emergency. (M) 9.30 A+E Crash Scene Emergency. (M) 10.30 My Feet Are Killing Me. (M) 11.30 The Real Murders Of Orange County.

(M) 12.30 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 Creflo.

(PG) 1.30 Movie: The Maggie. (1954) (G) 3.30 Gideon’s Way. (PG) 4.30 Antiques Roadshow.

5.00 The Travelling Auctioneers.

6.00 Children’s Programs.

9GO! (83,88) 8.00 The Nanny. (PG)

9.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. (PG) 10.00 Bewitched. 10.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 11.00 Young Sheldon. (PG) 12.00 Movie: We’re The Millers. (2013) (M) 2.00 The Golden Girls. (PG) 2.30 The Nanny. (PG) 3.30 Seinfeld. (PG) 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 The Golden Girls. (PG) 6.30 The Nanny. (PG) 7.30 Survivor 48. (PG) 9.00 Movie: A Simple Favour.

(2018) (M) 11.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30

9LIFE (84) Home Town. 2.30 The Block.

(PG) 4.00 Flipping Down South. (PG) 5.00 No Demo Reno. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.30 Find My Country House NZ. (PG) 8.30 Restored. 9.30 My Lottery Dream Home. (PG) 10.30 Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa. 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.00 House Hunters. 1.00 Find My Country House NZ. (PG) 2.00 Restored. 3.00 My Lottery Dream Home.

(PG) 4.00 Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa.

5.00 Flipping Down South. (PG)

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

The Magazine’s Puzzles Page PUZZLES

Dexterity (7) Dwelling (5) Make a big profit (5,2) Pronounce not guilty (6) Japanese emperor from 1989 (7) 7 Stubborn (9) 8 Kitchen sideboard (7) 10 Startled, disconcerted (5) 14 Storage tank (9) 16 Charges (7) 17 Cue sport (7) 19 Guidelines (5) 20 Support (7) 21 Forbidden (7) 22 Sport (6) 25 Just (5)

9-LETTER

No. 273

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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26 words: Very good

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Today’s Aim: 17 words: Good

SOLUTION

Talents (9) Tollway (8) Thermal energy (3,3) Help (6) Emblem of Islam (8) Relating to the body (9)

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35 words: Excellent

CODEWORD

No. 263

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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SUDOKU

3 4 5

what chemical element?

2. Name the famous English poem in which a bird says “Nevermore”.

3. Do piranhas live in freshwater or saltwater?

4. Which 2003 film, starring Tobey Maguire (pictured), is loosely based on the life of a champion racehorse?

6 LETTERS DEATHS ENTREE NURSES SHROUD

2103 | PUZZLES AND PAGINATION ©

No. 272

2

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EASY

MEDIUM

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1 5 2 5 9 1 4 7 3 1 5 4 1 6 7

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8 LETTERS AMENABLE INDOLENT INTEREST UNTANGLE

7 LETTERS GLASSES GNARLED ORIGINS PANACEA RELATES SPATULA

SNEER SPOON STAGE SWEAT TAMER TROOP TYPES

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.

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8 5 6 6 8 4 3 7 9 7 6 2 8 8 5 7 1 6 6 9 2 4

SOLUTIONS SOLUTION EASY

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2 1 4 6 4 4 7 2 5 9 6 1 3 6

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WORD SEARCH

QUICK QUIZ 1. Diamonds are made up of

4 LETTERS BOAS DART DEEP EARN ELSE GOBS HARP KEGS LAMB

NOBLY OMITS OPIUM PESTS PORTS POSTS RHINO RINSE RISEN ROUGE RULES RUSTS SHOCK SIEGE

6. What is a zither?

7. As of 2023, which country most recently gained independence?

8. What type of art is Banksy best known for?

9. In which US state was the fast food chain Taco Bell founded?

10. The Limousin is a breed of which farm animal?

5. The Wrath of Cortex is a video game in which franchise?

No. 183

N R W P T N S W E E T S P O T A E A A I L E C L U B B A S E T G L H U T U L M E E M O H R I G K O C I C A O S L I D E P O U F E C T A H V T U O T U S N L F K A V A L G D S G E A R A S S I S T A C N F L N O W G L K T R D E U O I R I L O S E L R N T T L C I N L D R A C M E A U S R E E H N M H V S B A A P B N S O P I I T E T R T G G E E P A V P T F S S T I B M U W I N M E T S B N K C E D I E S P R I N G T R A I N I N G M O U N D N T E A M T H I R D

Can you find all the words listed?

The leftover letters will spell out a secret message.

ASSIST BALL BASE BAT BUNT CARD CATCH CLUB DECK FIRST FOUL GAME GEAR HITS HOME INFIELD

INNING LINEUP LOSE MITT MOUND MVP NATIONAL LEAGUE NINE OUT PARK PITCH RBI RUN SAVES SECOND

SLIDE SLUGGER SPORT SPRING TRAINING STEAL STOLEN STRIKE SWEET SPOT TAG TEAM THIRD THROW VAULT WALK WIN

SECRET MESSAGE: America’s favourite pastime

Spiritualists’ meeting (6) Tramp (8) Elicit (5) Accept reluctantly (9) Gather piecemeal (5)

6 7 ( 0

CODEWORD: 1 = Q, 2 = I, 3 = J, 4 = P, 5 = T, 6 = Z, 7 = S, 8 = N, 9 = L, 10 = K, 11 = X, 12 = B, 13 = C, 14 = D, 15 = E, 16 = F, 17 = A, 18 = R, 19 = M, 20 = G, 21 = V, 22 = W, 23 = O, 24 = U, 25 = Y, 26 = H

1 4 9 10 11

delves, dense, does, doles, dons, dose, else, ends, enfolds, evens, feeds, feels, fends, flees, folds, fondles, lends, lose, loves, needs, nose, nosed, oneself, seed, seen, self, send, seven, SEVENFOLD, sloe, sold, sole, solve, solved, vends

12 13 15 16 18 23

ACROSS

5 LETTERS ABIDE ABOUT ACRES ALBUM ALIEN ALONG ANNUL BADGE BULGE CANOE CAUSE CLOTH DOONA EATER ELOPE EMAIL ENACT EVENT GENES GREED HUMAN INPUT KNACK KNOWS LAGER LAUGH LENDS MAPLE MELON

SOLUTION

1 2 3 5 6

LAMP MESS SALE SHED STEM

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3 LETTERS ADO ADS ART ASH AVO BEE BOA EGG EGO FEE FEN HUH LID LIE MAR NOR OKS PAN ROD TOW TUG USE UTE WAS

No. 182

6 3 9 8 2 7 1 4 5 2 5 8 9 1 4 7 3 6 1 7 4 3 6 5 2 8 9 4 2 1 5 3 6 8 9 7 7 8 5 4 9 2 6 1 3 9 6 3 1 7 8 4 5 2 5 1 2 6 8 3 9 7 4 8 4 7 2 5 9 3 6 1 3 9 6 7 4 1 5 2 8

24 Low woody plant (5) 26 Hosiery (9) 27 English person (5) 28 Astonishment (8) 29 As one (6)

WORDFIT

3 4 1 5 8 6 2 7 9 9 5 2 7 4 1 3 8 6 7 8 6 2 3 9 1 4 5 2 9 4 8 5 7 6 3 1 5 6 8 4 1 3 7 9 2 1 3 7 9 6 2 4 5 8 8 2 3 6 9 4 5 1 7 4 7 5 1 2 8 9 6 3 6 1 9 3 7 5 8 2 4

No. 273

A C R E S M A P L E S H O C K E M A I L H U M A N L A U G H B U L G E L E N D S R H I N O U S E D O O N A E G O T OW M E S S K N A C K N U R S E S W A S B E E A D O R I S E N L A G E R D E E P U N T A N G L E S A L E A V O S P A T U L A R E L A T E S T U G L A M B I N D O L E N T S T E M S P O O N P O R T S A D S A R T F E N E N T R E E S I E G E G O B S A S H G R E E D P A N N O R A B O U T A L I E N A B I D E C L O T H R I N S E R O U G E T Y P E S P E S T S T A M E R

CROSSWORD

ANSWERS: 1. Carbon 2. The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe) 3. Freshwater 4. Seabiscuit 5. Crash Bandicoot 6. A stringed musical instrument 7. South Sudan 8. Street art 9. California 10. Cow

NORTH WEST MAGAZINE

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Happy Birthday!

April 26, 2025 Happy 9th birthday to Tamzin Smolders.

April 16, 2025 Happy 6th birthday to Boyd Bonney.

April 29, 2025 Happy 9th birthday to Braxton S Howes.

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What’s on in April and May

2025 April and May

Sun 20

Kids Eat Free Sunday Nights @ Club Gunnedah!

Mon 21

EASTER SUNDAY

Carp We Don’t Keepit Carp Muster 2025, 9am-4pm Lake Keepit Family Fishing Clubhouse.

Narrabri Harness Racing meeting @ Narrabri Showground.

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Kids Eat Free Sunday Nights @ Club Gunnedah!

Narrabri Harness Racing meeting @ Narrabri Showground.

Drover’s Campfire @ Boggabri Showgrounds.

4

Kids Eat Free Sunday Nights @ Club Gunnedah!

Great Moscow Circus Extreme @ Gunnedah Showgrounds.

Pizza & Pasta Night @ Club Gunnedah!

Only $18!

EASTER MONDAY

28

Pizza & Pasta Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $18! #Bullawa Creek Love Exhibition @ Gunnedah Bicentenial Creative Arts Gallery until May 16.

5

Tue 22

Asian Special Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $15!

Narrabri Shire Library’s Teddy Bears’ Picnic in the Park, 11am, ANZAC Park, Gwabegar.

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Asian Special Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $15!

6

Pizza & Pasta Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $18!

NARRABRI SHOW May 2-4

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12

Kids Eat Free Sunday Nights @ Club Gunnedah! #Bullawa Creek Love Exhibition @ Gunnedah Bicentenial Creative Arts Gallery until May 16.

Pizza & Pasta Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $18!

Asian Special Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $15! #Bullawa Creek Love Exhibition @ Gunnedah Bicentenial Creative Arts Gallery until May 16.

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Asian Special Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $15! #Bullawa Creek Love Exhibition @ Gunnedah Bicentenial Creative Arts Gallery until May 16.

Wed 23

Thu 24

Fri 25

Seafood Lover Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24!

Narrabri Shire Library’s Teddy Bears’ Picnic in the Park, 11am, Vickery Park, Boggabri.

Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am-12pm.

Narrabri View Club 47th birthday lunch/meeting, 12pm @ On Lee Chinese Restaurant. $30/head.

Steak & Schnitzel Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24, choice of Schnitzel or 200g Rump. #Bullawa Creek Love Exhibition @ Gunnedah Bicentenial Creative Arts Gallery until May 16.

ANZAC DAY

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Seafood Lover Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24!

Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am12pm. #Bullawa Creek Love Exhibition @ Gunnedah Bicentenial Creative Arts Gallery until May 16.

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7Seafood Lover Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24!

Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am12pm.

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7Seafood Lover Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24!

Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am12pm.

MAY

Steak & Schnitzel Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24, choice of Schnitzel or 200g Rump.

Great Moscow Circus Extreme @ Gunnedah Showgrounds.

8

Steak & Schnitzel Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24, choice of Schnitzel or 200g Rump. #Bullawa Creek Love Exhibition @ Gunnedah Bicentenial Creative Arts Gallery until May 16.

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Steak & Schnitzel Night @ Club Gunnedah! Only $24, choice of Schnitzel or 200g Rump. #Bullawa Creek Love Exhibition @ Gunnedah Bicentenial Creative Arts Gallery until May 16.

Drover’s Campfire @ Boggabri Showgrounds.

Great Moscow Circus Extreme @ Gunnedah Showgrounds.

NARRABRI SHOW May 2-4

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#Bullawa Creek Love Exhibition @ Gunnedah Bicentenial Creative Arts Gallery until May 16.

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Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am12pm. #Bullawa Creek Love Exhibition @ Gunnedah Bicentenial Creative Arts Gallery until May 16.

Drover’s Campfire @ Boggabri Showgrounds.

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Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am-12pm.

Great Moscow Circus Extreme @ Gunnedah Showgrounds.

NARRABRI SHOW May 2-4

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Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am-12pm.

2025 Kurrumbede Open Day, 10am-3pm, 1693 Blue Vale Rd, Blue Vale NSW.

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Gunnedah Wood Workers Club Association, 8am-12pm.

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