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LOCAL NEWS DELIVERED WITH — INTEGRITY — WISDOM — BALANCE Saturday 23 May, 2020

LET’S GET ORANGE

WORKING AGAIN!

by DAVID DIXON

Let’s Get Orange Working Again — This is the pledge that Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd, has made to the local community.

Welcoming our fair city’s newest weekly paper, Orange City Life Newswatch, Cr Kidd maintains that now is the time to look to the future over what he calls “the greatest crisis I’ve seen” in decades of public life.

Dedicated “Coronavirus Recovery” Committee with representatives from business, the community, and Council is one of a number of initiatives including: • A fired-up capital works program that includes the new $24 million sports precinct on Forest Road and completion of the southern distributor; • Creation of the health precinct at Bloomfield on Orange’s southern edge; •R evitalisation of the central business district to attract and retain the small businesses that are the lifeblood of the local economy; • Supporting and encouraging local sports, community groups, and the services sector to re-open in “measured, careful stages” as Government restrictions are lifted; • Aggressively pursuing a range of State and Federal Government grants currently and immediately available for COVID-19 recovery;

Talking POINTS

with BOB HOLLAND

Talking Points will be a regular component of Newswatch, and its purpose is not only to highlight issues that have people talking but also to raise issues that we could or should be talking about. One of our underlying purposes with Newswatch is to contribute to us building an even better community, one we can all be proud of. That’s a lofty goal I know but I believe it’s a noble one, and we all have to start somewhere don’t we?

It’s still unclear how events of recent months have affected many local businesses, in some cases it could spell the end for some businesses. Spare a thought for those business owners whose lives have been turned upside down by the pandemic, but also think long and hard about how and why you should support those remaining and think twice about buying anything online or elsewhere from any business where the money goes out of our local economy.

He believes also that Orange Council can play a forward-thinking and dynamic role in our recovery from COVID-19.

n Let’s get Orange moving again… Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd — with reporter

David Dixon — helping launch our newest weekly paper, Orange City Life Newswatch.

• Support for footpaths, greenspaces, (parks, gardens, wetlands, jogging and cycleways); and ways to reduce Council’s energy use.

Council intends to be “hammering, hammering, hammering” the State Government for capital works funds for immediate projects. “We’re after good grants that we can hit the road with, shovel ready, we’ve got to look busy.”

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Cr Kidd believes.

“Australia became a federation at the end of the greatest drought in memory, we got through that,” Cr Kidd said.

We’ll get through this; and we’ll come out the other side...

“The terrible losses from the Great War; so many young men from towns like Orange who never came back, or who came back scarred for life.

Cr Kidd says that the human cost of the coronavirus crisis has been the hardest part of the enforced Government shutdown of all sectors of our society.

“My own grandmother during the Great Depression (1929–1933) would walk along the railway line in Orange to pick-up the coal that fell off the trains so she could cook and keep her family warm,” he said.

But, just as Orange as a society has been able bounce back from war, depression, recession, and pestilence before, so we will again,

“We’ll get through this; and we’ll come out the other side. Because that’s what country people are like,” Cr Kidd concluded.

The long-awaited Robertson Park toilet is all but open for business (excuse the pun).

Let’s talk about how we can avoid another debacle like that one, especially over something as basic as a public toilet.

Is it not time that we talked more about how householders can deal with their vegetable scraps more efficiently than they are required to with the system we have?

Would not a better system see more scraps going into the bins and compost processing than currently does?

How can we get more people involved with Orange Ratepayers Association so they can become a more influential and effective voice for us?

It’s back! We’ve been able to bring back our weekly TV guide and you’ll find it each week in Newswatch.

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ART OF CONSOLATION ULYSSES

The Coronavirus lockdown has proved one of the most unsettling, disorienting, and otherworldly events of modern Australian society — schools shutdown, businesses shuttered, lengthy cues outside of Centrelink, social interaction and sport banned — empty streets and vacant buildings.

But it is an ill-wind — they say — that blows no good. At a time when our society has been totally dislocated by an out-of-the-blue virus that has infected millions worldwide, killed hundreds and thousands, and negatively-impacted billions more while simultaneously throwing the world’s economy into a great recession; this is perhaps a time when we should also count our blessings. It is sometimes easy to forget that we are living in one of the most beautiful cities in the greatest country on earth.

While no countries (excepting perhaps, ironically enough, Taiwan) have handled the coronavirus ideally, Australia is still at the lower-end of the table of nations affected. The early shut-down of international travel; the timely closure of most social interactions; and a world-standard hospital system have limited Australia’s infection rate to the thousands, fatalities to the dozens. Provision of quick and moderately-generous relief packages for laid-off and suspended workers has also softened (albeit temporarily) the economic impact of the pandemic.

After the initial ugly scenes of individuals clearing the shelves to hoard essential items such as toilet

paper, rice, and pasta (images of which were sent around the world to our mortification) Australians have reacted well to the impositions caused by the coronavirus: Quiet streets, leisurely drives — No Orange driver can deny it hasn’t been a pleasant surprise to be able to drive through our city’s streets without having traffic rushing to every roundabout. Or the blasting of car-horns every time you stop to reverse-angle park. Empty streets, carparks, clear air, and seemingly more pedestrians, joggers, and cyclists, have all lent Orange an air of a leisurely university town in one of the Lilliputian New England states of America.

Secluded Saturdays — Parents used to tearing-around each Saturday for weekend sports have all enjoyed the ability to lie-in, have an unhurried coffee, and a read of the Saturday papers normally denied by the round of soccer, rugby, league, netball, basketball, and cricket.

Time for reflection — Being sequestered from workplaces, working from home, less social obligations, has revealed to many locals how frenetic their life usually is. Psychologists believe that longterm effects of the big lockdown

could include people being reluctant to return to the helterskelter pace of modern society. This forced down-time could see many people reconsider how their life was and how different they wish it to be in the future.

Politics and social discourse more civilised — Has anyone else noticed a more civilised discourse in public life since the big shutdown? And haven’t we all enjoyed it! In local, state, and federal politics, the contrived controversies have all given way to an old-fashioned air of bipartisanship.

While no-one wished for the unprecedented shutdown of our society, this time has given us a chance for pause and reflection of our lives.

Just remember — if you spent the shutdown binge-watching dystopian movies and TV series like the Walking Dead, Zombieland, and Black Mirror on streaming services like Netflix, Disney Plus, and Stan — Shakespeare wrote Macbeth and King Lear during an 18-month quarantine during the Black Plague.

The lesson, of course, is that every setback in life can also be an opportunity; and we never know where the road of life will finally lead us!

Helen “cutting a rug” to keep fit Necessity is the mother of invention; with Helen Mitchell from Peter Mitchell Property Management not letting the coronavirus lockdown get in the way of her lunchtime fitness regime.

Helen has been donning the jogging gear to get in a few circuits of their Lords Place shop-front each day to keep the blood flowing and the head clear.

“It’s going well; today I did 700 metres in five minutes which wasn’t bad,” Helen said proudly.

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Rodney Farrell from DG Cycles:

“People are dragging their old bikes out of the garage, getting them roadworthy, having them repaired, getting new tyres, and getting back out on the road.”

LOCAL CYCLING BOOM BENEFITS

from quiet streets, clean air Cycling is enjoying a surprise boom with locals dusting-off their old bikes to enjoy the empty streets, fresh-air, and the delightful freedom of the openroad.

The resurgence of casual cycling could be one of the beneficial coronavirus shut-down trends that we can take into a brighter future; Rodney Farrell from DG Cycles believes.

Cycling to keep fit; to get to and from work; or simply for leisure; offers a range of health, mental well-being, environmental, and societal benefits that we can no longer afford to ignore, he maintained.

“Bike sales have been good, but the workshop has been different again. People are dragging-their old bikes out of the garage, getting them roadworthy, having them repaired, getting new tyres, and getting back out on the road.”

With cycling essentially exempt from the COVID-219 shutdown; active out-door enthusiasts from motorcyclists to swimmers have been taking a second look at the bicycle, Rodney said. “During the more heavily-locked down-period when motorcycling was shut down as an activity on trails and things, motorcyclists were coming-in and getting mountain bikes.”

Cycling in the open air offered a unique sporting experience ideal for the social distancing-obsessed quarantine period. “Early in the piece I talked to a man who said: ‘I swam for fitness, but I can’t swim now, I want to get a bike’.”

He said the cycling craze has extended to a range of other oldstyle tactile outdoor activities: “I live in North Orange and I’ve never seen so many people out walking the dog, cycling, jogging; a whole range of traditional pursuits.”

Sign of the times he believes is a recent announcement from the British Government to allocate £2 billion for cycling paths to improve the national health. “In the United Kingdom, people with mental health issues have been prescribed outdoor time,” Rodney said.

He believes the beneficial changes that people have made to their lives during our society-wide shutdown could hopefully carryon into the post-pandemic Orange community.

“There may be a long-term change with people realising ‘hey, you can ride to work,’ with all its environmental and health benefits. Hopefully, there’s a legacy where people continue to ride with benefits for them and the environment of cleaner air and less cars,” Rodney concluded.

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— COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS DURING THE BIG LOCKDOWN with DAVID DIXON

Locals enjoy the cheap fuel that we all deserve

during the lonely lockdown

HISTORICALLY-LOW PETROL PRICES IN ORANGE ARE PROOF OF THE OLD TRUISM THAT EVERY CLOUD… While the cost of our favourite fuel was edging $1.60 per litre a few months ago; during the big Coronavirus shutdown it collapsed almost half that to lows of around 80 cents; prices not seen since the late 1990s. From these bargainbasement depths, it has now only partly-recovered to about $1 per litre.

With super-tankers full of crude oil for a short period in the Northern Hemisphere actually paying refineries in the United States to take their product, the price is not likely to rise dramatically and immediately.

This is despite the fact that the coronavirus lockdown is now coming, hopefully, to an end, Lionel Shields from Metro Petroleum on the Bathurst Road believes.

“I foresee at least another month before prices start to rise, they’ve actually gone down again over the weekend,” Lionel observed.

World oversupply factors related to economic competition between the world’s great oil-producing nations and American self-

by us. It’s beneficial and good for the community. With the current climate and with so many people unemployed and struggling, we’re trying to pass-on the savings as much as possible due to the coronavirus,” Lionel explained.

FAST FACT: Petrol first reached more than $1 per litre in Australia in the early 2000s after the fuel shortage caused by the 2003 Iraq War. The Howard (Federal) Government — an enthusiastic supporter of the conflict — was blamed for the increase and suffered a dramatic loss of support in opinion polls due to the fury of angry motorists. sufficiency from the fracking revolution has exacerbated the demand slump caused by the world-wide coronavirus economic shutdown.

With a driveway full of motorists gassing-up their cars, Lionel says locals are definitely-making hay while the sun shines and more.

“People are coming-in with petrol tins and the like and filling-up as much as possible, which is fine

Our furry friends stay loyal

Another benefit of the price slump is the opportunity for locals to up the grade of the petrol they use. “Good fuel has a higher octane (compression) level and it is cleaner for your engine. You also get better fuel economy and a bigger bang for your buck.”

While Lionel says he has heard of petrol stations in Sydney selling unleaded for as little as 47 cents per litre at the bottom of the cycle; locals have been heartened by our fuel currently being amongst the cheapest in NSW. This is a long cry from the time when Orange prices were consistently 10–20 cents per litre dearer than Sydney and the Blue Mountains.

“We’re independent so we can shop around for the cheapest fuel wholesale that allows us to be so competitive,” Lionel concluded.

Psychologists have longknown the very-real emotional, psychological, and health benefits of having a loving dog, cat, budgie, or even a pet rat, in your life!

The unprecedented coronavirus lockdown has now provided a realtime experiment on the importance of animal companionship in a socially-isolated community.

for people to go online,” T’mielle explained. “They can go to www. rspcansw.org.au and follow the links to ‘Adopt’ to have a look and see what’s available.”

Orange’s RSPCA Animal Shelter has seen a rush of those seeking new pets to share the lonely watches of the night with during the COVID-19 quarantine.

Dogs and cats have both been in demand with the centre only having one Feline Immunodeficiency Viruspositive (Feline AIDS) cat without a new home. If your favoured companion is of the canine variety, however, there are eight dogs currently looking for a new start in life.

“Yeah sure, we definitely have had a lot of adoptions; and not just here but at our other shelters,” Orange Shelter Coordinator T’mielle Bunt said.

With social distancing rules still in place for a number of workplaces, this has proven a mixed blessing for the local facility with animal adopters or those dropping-off unwanted pets asked to go online and to not cold-call at the facility’s William Street address.

“Demand is still very high, but we’ve had to change our processes

Asked if the big shutdown has seen an increased understanding of the benefits of companion pets, T’Mielle answered “absolutely.”

“It is letting people spend more time at home with their pets. Especially if they are alone, they are enjoying that extra companionship with their animals and the benefits they receive from this,” T’mielle concluded.

Introducing NEWSWATCH

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ou have in your hand the very first issue of what we believe will become an integral part of life in Orange.

Newswatch has commenced with the sole aim of making Orange a better place to live. The method we’ll use to do this is pretty straight-forward, first we’ll set out to win your respect by producing a newspaper that displays integrity, wisdom and balance in everything we do. Next, if we get that right, we’ll use our influence to help keep moving Orange forward for the greater good. Time will tell how successful we’ll be, but whether we are or not, the ride should be interesting.

We’re starting off fairly quietly and in this issue, there’s a strong emphasis on Council matters because after all, our Council is responsible for so many crucial aspects of how life looks in Orange,

with BOB HOLLAND and there are many important things happening right now as a result of Covid-19. We don’t expect to set the world on fire from day one, we do however, hope that early indications will be encouraging and would welcome your comments or feedback after seeing our first issue. Feel free to email either myself bob@oclife.com.au of our senior writer David Dixon on david@oclife.com.au I would like to mention that we intend taking a lot of interest in the activities and functions of several local groups who we feel have a lot more to offer our community. These include our Council of course, our Business Chamber,

Orange 360, Put Orange First and the Orange Ratepayers Association. Each of these have vital roles to play in keeping our city moving forward and Newswatch will be encouraging them to keep doing better. In the same vein, groups like this need support from those they claim to serve so we’ll also be encouraging the business and general community to support these groups more, when and where appropriate. The phrase “we’re in this together” has been widely used during the coronavirus, it’s also highly appropriate in a city like Orange at any time.

Please also read our Pledge in conjunction with what I’ve said here, it will elaborate even more about what we’re on about.

I sincerely hope you enjoy this, our first Newswatch, and then want to pick up a copy each week thereafter.

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OUR PLEDGE News means different things to different people; one person’s idea of objective reporting is to another a smear, propaganda, free publicity… meaningless trivia or an invasion of privacy.

Our pledge at Orange City Life Newswatch is to report the news of interest to the Orange community that is factual, without embellishment or exaggeration, of matters of interest, concern, and enlightenment of our readers.

Articles, features, and opinion pieces will be wellresearched, balanced, and fair at all times.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

> COUNCIL ELECTIONS > POSTPONED

The local Government Elections that were due in September this yet have been postponed 12 months until at least September next year, due to Covid-19. The scheduled Local Government Election after that is still due in 2024 so this means that the term of the next Council will be reduced to 3 years only. Mayor Kidd will remain as Mayor until 2021, being a popularly elected Mayor, but the Council will still vote each year for the Deputy Mayor’s position.

> N O LEVEL 6 FOR A WHILE YET

Recent rains have allowed Orange Council to hold off Level 6 water restrictions until at least November.

DIRTY DA

At the Council Meeting held on May 12, Councillors were miffed to hear that Council was required to lodge a DA to remove the piles of dirt from the BMX track near the PCYC. Council staff explained the reason had to do with the water on the site. It was also noted that a “lot of dirt” had to be removed. Newswatch wonders if this means Council has to lodge a DA with itself? If so, how does that work in practical terms?

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NOT FOR ME

Councillor Whitton was unanimously voted in as the new Chair of the Finance Policy Committee on Council at the May 12 Council meeting but promptly declined, stating he was already chairing the Infrastructure Committee and felt it inappropriate to chair two committees.

n ORANGE MAYOR, COUNCILLOR REG KIDD: “The greatest crisis I’ve seen” in decades of public life.

n My biggest fear is how we get back to where we were; things simply won’t revert to how they were three months ago.”

Cr Reg says that brighter days are definitely ahead

by DAVID DIXON For Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd, it’s the personal tragedies that have touched him the most during our current crisis.

Explaining to his distressed elderly mother that he could only talk with her through the window of her nursing home bedroom window; the suicide of a young local man; and the inability of Council staff to attend the funeral of a former colleague, are sad memories he carries from this solemn time.

Nearing retirement — he has extended his Mayorship by another year due to the delayed 2020 Council elections — he wants to see Orange get through the current economic shutdown before handing-in his Council robes.

Orange, he points-out, has bounced back in the past from wars, depressions, recessions, and disease outbreaks and there is no reason it should not do so again. “Australia became a federation at the end of the greatest drought in memory, we got through that,” Cr Kidd said.

“My own grandmother during the Great Depression (1929–1933) would walk along the railway line in Orange to pick-up the coal that fell of the trains so she could cook and keep her family warm.”

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n “We should just pull-together as much money, loans, whatever, as we can… let’s finish the bloody thing!”

Kidd believes now is the time to look to the future over what he calls “the greatest crisis I’ve seen” in decades of public life.

He argues that — as well as completion of the sports and healthcare precinct in south Orange — completion of the southern distributor is a priority.

“Stage Two is basically completed now; we’re trying to fast-track the rest. We should just pull-together as much money, loans, whatever, as we can… let’s finish the bloody thing!”

Orange born and raised, he attended Glenroi Heights and Orange High School completing the last year of the old intermediate certificate before gaining a Commonwealth Scholarship to study agriculture at the University of Sydney.

Later he worked in agriculture, horticulture, and viticulture; taught at TAFE; and successfully ran a manufacturing supply business for the old Email factory in east Orange.

After nearly 30 years on Council, he laughs now to remember that it was a bet on beer-coaster with loveable larrikin former Mayor, the late John Davies, that initially led him into public life.

“I was having a beer with my good friend, John

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‘Bunkey’ Davies at the Royal (Hotel) and he said ‘you and I are going to run for Council’ and he wrote it out on a beer coaster as a promise.

“If we believe we can do it, we can” “I didn’t run, but the next time, he rang me up and said I was going to run with him; so, I and Sharon Boog, we ran. The three of us got onto Council.

The Mayor at the time was Dick Niven who eventually stood down followed by Tim Sullivan and eventually Bunkey became Mayor,” Cr Kidd explained.

After being Mayor himself in 2008–2009, he is Orange’s first popularly-elected Local Government leader and worries at how the coronavirus will change our society.

“My biggest fear is how we get back to where we were; things simply won’t revert to how they were three months ago.

“For instance, not many people are going to try and buy a house in this environment; If you were a young couple trying to get married, you’d be thinking, ‘is my job going to be there in six months’ time?’.”

Before hanging-up his mayoral chain though, he has one last mission he’d like to fulfil. And that is to see former Deputy Premier, Ian Armstrong recognised for his efforts 30 years ago in bringing NSW Agriculture to Orange.

“He was the Member for Lachlan (Cowra); but he insisted it be built at Orange, and that vision has never been recognised in any formal way.”

This lapse, he believes, can be righted at the new Department of Primary Industries building nearing construction on the old Base Hospital site in Dalton and Prince Street.

“They’ve almost finished up there, how great would it be if they named the new library after Ian Armstrong?” he says with undiminished enthusiasm.

With a positive outlook at all times, he believes that it is the essential optimism and forward-looking attitude of Orange residents that will get the city through the current crisis and to the other side.

“One of the things that has come out of this is the resilience of our residents. If we believe we can do it, we can.”

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CORONAVIRUS COMMITTEE to kick-start our recovery Orange City Council is getting on the front-foot with their coronavirus response with a dedicated committee aimed at getting our economy and community working again.

The Covid-19 Recovery Working Group is designed to provide a focussed and coordinated response to the city’s greatest economic and social dislocation since World War II, Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said.

“The purpose is to bring together community representatives from across our local government area to discuss how we can successfully recover from the current impasse

created by COVID-19 that has affected us economically, socially, culturally, in every aspect of life,” Cr Kidd explained.

The worldwide pandemic that has infected millions has seen large parts of the State’s society from schools, pubs, movie theatres, and sport shut down for two months, with Cr Kidd believing that now is the time for our citizens to speakup. “We want two-way feedback

from the community on the most appropriate responses and we need to encompass economic, social, and cultural aspects of the recovery,” Cr Kidd revealed.

The so-called “sunset” Committee will have a limited working life and is designed to make recommendations through Council’s Chief Executive Officer for Council’s consideration. “It is envisaged that the working group’s tenure will be 2–4 months and will work in conjunction with existing Council (Section 355) advisory committees including the Economic Development Advisory Committee.”

The Mayor believes that the Coronavirus crisis has had the greatest impact on local life of any event in his working life. “We were a little bit protected from the (2008) global financial crisis but, with this, it’s had an effect on everybody.

“Newspapers, television, the local garage, hair-dressers, clubs. People

forget the amount of businesses that are affected,” Cr Kidd said.

Club); the football clubs, bowling clubs, they’re all affected.”

For this reason, the Recovery Working Group is aiming for as strong a cross-section of the community as possible.

The purpose is to bring together community representatives from across our local government area to discuss how we can successfully recover from the current impasse created

by COVID-19 “I mean, I’m involved with Emu’s Rugby Club, you can start the football back up, but without a canteen, and bar operating, how do you survive? The licence fees don’t go down for all these clubs. And this goes for the Ex-Servies (Ex-Services

“Membership will come from a range of organisations such as business groups and associations, community support groups, community support groups, not-forprofits, large and small businesses, and education providers,” Cr Kidd said.

Other groups will also be invited to provide input and attend meetings on specific matters of interest and expertise.

The nationwide shutdown was caused by the so-called COVID-19 virus pandemic that is believed to have its origins in Wuhan Province, China, with Australia recording some of the lowest infection and death rates in the world.

SECURITY, ACCESS UPGRADE IN

COURT HOUSE REFURBISHMENT LOCKDOWN OF MUCH OF THE STATE’S JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS PROVIDED THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR MAJOR BUILDING RENOVATIONS BEING CARRIED-OUT TO IMPROVE SECURITY AND DISABLED ACCESS AT ORANGE COURT HOUSE.

n Orange Court officials and attendees are currently using a coronavirus-secure entrance through the imposing 140-year-old courthouse on Lords Place to access proceedings.

The new-old frontage on Byng St has been demolished with court officials and attendees using a coronavirus-secure entrance via the imposing 140-year-old courthouse on Lords Place to access proceedings and other currently-limited NSW Department of Justice services.

“We’re re-building the entry for security and disabled access. There’ll be one-way in and one-way out,” Site Manager, Harley Reynolds from contractors Dubbo-based David Payne Constructions explained.

n Major building renovations being carried-out to improve security and disabled access at Orange Court House.

The new access points are in-line with current upgrading for all court houses in NSW that will also incorporate body scanners and bag scanners.

While the site doesn’t have the same heritage issues as similar refurbishments at the largelyoriginal Bathurst and Griffith court houses, any exterior changes must be in harmony with Colonial Government Architect James Barnet’s design completed in 1883.

“We have to be careful to ensure that everything heritage-listed that we have removed can’t leave the site until it goes back,” Harley said.

We’re re-building the entry for security and disabled access. There’ll be one-way in and one-way out

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with AMANDA SPALDING

WHAT IS IN ORANGE’S OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR? The NSW Government gave councils an extra month to 31st July 2020 for the adoption of their Operational Plan and budget as a result of COVID-19. It is disappointing that Orange City Council decided to take 3 of those extra weeks to spend more time on the process internally, rather than give members of the community more time to consider the proposals. It is also disappointing that there were no changes to the draft Operational Plan despite the changes to the draft budget in those extra 3 weeks. It is extremely disappointing that the decision was to place the plans on public exhibition for a minimum of 28 days, with no proposals to actively engage the community and seek views.

In my column in Orange City Life on 23rd April, I drew attention to the Engagement Guide for Local Government published recently by the Office of Local Government advising councils on how to do engagement differently under COVID-19 health restrictions. At the time of writing the exhibition of the plans has not started, so it will be interesting to see what engagement methods Council intends to use.

In my columns in OC Life on How to Get the Best out of our Councils I have previously explained how the Integrated Planning and Reporting (IPR) Framework of strategic planning and reporting in councils is supposed to work. It is up to the community to hold its Council accountable for its performance, and the IP&R framework is an important part of that, so it is important to understand how it should work.

‘In essence the IP&R Framework begins with the community’s, not council’s, aspirations for a period of at least 10 years. It includes a suite of integrated plans that set out a vision and goals and strategic actions to achieve them. It involves a reporting structure to communicate progress to council and the community.’ Office of Local Government.

• Th e Operational Plan must allocate responsibilities for each project, program or activity. It must identify suitable measures to determine the effectiveness of the projects, programs and activities undertaken.

The Delivery Program is essentially the accountability plan for each elected Council. The local government elections have been delayed for at least a year until September 2021. At the final Council meeting of a Council term an End of Term Report is presented, the aim of which is to demonstrate the elected Council’s performance in looking after the community’s assets and delivering the community’s priorities expressed in the Community Strategic Plan. So, the ability of the community to measure that performance is important.

I will give some examples so you can see that it is impossible to judge performance because performance is not defined. I have only given a few examples but could have given many more.

The Delivery Program has no methods of assessment and the Operational Plan measures are inputs or unquantified outputs rather than results. It is not possible to determine the effectiveness of the activities undertaken in achieving the objectives in the Community Strategic Plan. I have left out some of the columns as both the Delivery Program and Operational Plan have a timeframe column, and every timeframe is the same – 30/6/2021, so meaningless. I have made comments in red.

Theme 2 – Preserve – Balancing the national and built environment Objective 7 – Sustainable growth and respectful planning that values the natural environment Strategy 7.2 – Ensure best practice use of renewable energy options for Council and community projects

DELIVERY PROGRAM AND OPERATIONAL PLAN – from the Integrated Planning and Reporting Guidelines for Local Government in NSW.

Delivery Program 2018/19 to 2021/22

Year 3 Operational Plan

This is the point where the community’s strategic goals are systematically translated into actions.

These are the principal activities to be undertaken by the council to implement the strategies established by the Community Strategic Plan within the resources available under the Resourcing Strategy. The Delivery Program is a statement of commitment to the community from each newly elected council. In preparing the program, the council is accounting for its stewardship of the community’s long-term goals, outlining what it intends to do towards achieving these goals during its term of office and what its priorities will be.

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The Delivery Program must allocate high level responsibilities for each action or set of actions.

Supporting the Delivery Program is an annual Operational Plan. It spells out the details of the Program – the individual projects and activities that will be undertaken each year to achieve the commitments made in the Delivery Program.

The Delivery Program must include a method of assessment to determine the effectiveness of each principal activity detailed in the Delivery Program in achieving the objectives at which the activity is directed.

The Operational Plan must be prepared as a sub-plan of the Delivery Program. It must directly address the actions outlined in the Delivery Program and identify projects, programs or activities that the council will undertake within the financial year towards addressing these actions.

The Operational Plan must allocate responsibilities for each project, program or activity. It must identify suitable measures to determine the effectiveness of the projects, programs and activities undertaken.

The draft Operational Plan must be publicly exhibited for at least 28 days and public submissions can be made to the council during the period.

So what does Orange’s Operational Plan contain and how does it match up to the requirements?

I have highlighted in red above the areas of the Guidelines that are not met by Orange’s Delivery Program and Operational Plan. In particular, the Plans are lacking in performance measures through which the community can judge the performance of the Council.

• The Delivery Program must include methods of assessment to determine the effectiveness of each principal activity detailed in the Delivery Program in achieving the objectives at which the activity is directed, and

Progress This is meaningless

Objective 9 – Infrastructure for our growing community Strategy 9.1 – Construct and maintain a road network that meets the community’s transport and infrastructure needs Delivery Program 2018/19 to 2021/22

Year 3 Operational Plan

Ref Action

Project/service Measure

9.1.1

Promote the construction of the Southern Feeder Road If Council is only promoting construction who is responsible for delivering the project and what will it achieve?

Seek grant funding for further staged construction. Does this mean that the road may never be completed?

Applications submitted. This is an unquantified measure of activity not success

9.1.1

Deliver Works program for road rehabilitation and re-seals as identified in the Transport Asset Management Plan. Where is this Plan? How is it prioritised?

Is it subject to community engagement?

Modify the intersection of Beasley Road at Blunt Road to address safety issues. What are the safety issues?

How much will they be reduced by this work?

Project completed.

What is the timing for completion so progress can be measured and reported?

The exhibition must be accompanied by a map showing where the various rates will apply within the local government area.

The council must accept and consider any submissions made on the draft Operational Plan before adopting the Operational Plan.

Roll out solar panels on Council assets where funding permits

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NEWSWATCH ROLL OF HONOUR BLOWES CLOTHING Theme 3 Prosper – a smart, innovative and resilient economy Objective 12 – A smart, innovative and resilient industry sector Strategy 12.1 – Attract and grow strategic investment

Delivery Program 2018/19 to 2021/22

Year 3 Operational Plan

Ref Action

Project/service Measure

12.12 Undertake refurbishment of the Central Business District How much? What does it seek to achieve?

Project planning completed and delivery to project and timeframes.

What is the project?

This is at odds with the statement in the report that says

Project completed What is the project? This claims that it will be completed by 30th June 2021

- CBD upgrade has included reference to FutureCity as the working title which has been deferred for one year pending a decision on grant funding

Founded in Mudgee in 1936, Blowes Clothing is a family-operated business with 29 staff across five stores, located in Mudgee, Orange, Bathurst, Dubbo and Wagga Wagga.

At the helm since 2002 is Aaron Blowes, the third-generation of the family to work in the business.

Delivery Program 2018/19 to 2021/22

Year 3 Operational Plan

Ref Action

Project/service Measure

What does this aim to achieve?

Measure number of meetings/events hosted and attended with members of the Orange business sector

by JONATHAN ROE The past few years have been tough for many brick and mortar retailers around Australia, but iconic central west business Blowes Clothing have not only shown they can survive in these tough conditions, they have expanded and thrived.

Strategy 12.2 – Support innovative industry sectors

12.2.1 Facilitate industry engagement

Newswatch is proud to add this spectacular local business in our Roll of Honour.

Number of meetings/ events This measures activity not results.

The Operational Plan does have a section on Levels of Service, which is a good idea, because the community may want to reduce some levels of service to reduce costs, or in other cases, increase levels of service to better serve some sections of the community. The information is very interesting in setting out the details of Council services, for example, Community Services, how frequently parks are mowed etc. It would be more helpful if there was a clear link from this information to the Measures column in the Operational Plan. However, there may be some inaccuracy in the information provided. For example, the first service level given is that the service provided by Council – elected members is one Council meeting a month. I thought there were 2 Council meetings a month, and many community committee meetings, workshops etc.

The draft Operational Plan still does not include a map showing where the various rates will apply within the local government area. It is mandatory for a map to accompany the exhibition of the draft Operational Plan. The report to Council gives no details about how the exhibition will be conducted to encourage community engagement, which is very disappointing.

It is important that members of the community take an interest and make submissions about the draft Operational Plan and budget as part of ensuring accountability and getting the best out of our councils. I am happy to assist members of the community to make submissions.

I have received feedback that many people find my columns in OC Life informative and I am happy to receive comments from readers about this column and other issues you would like me to cover so please either contact me at Orange City Life or aes@amandaspaldingconsulting.com

While clothing retailers, large and small, have been struggling to compete with online sellers, Blowes have shown continued growth.

They even opened their fifth store in Wagga Wagga just three years ago, while franchises and department stores around Australia were closing or downsizing.

Aaron attributes their success to a focus on customer service, something he says has been lost in many modern department stores.

“Where a lot of the retail environment, in our industry in particular, have gone away from service, from really looking after the customers, we’ve done the opposite,” said Aaron.

“We have a high level of staff for each of our shops and managers, assistant managers. In Orange alone we’ve got seven full-time staff on the floor, so we are really engaging with the customer and listening to what they want and how they want to shop and we try to provide that for them.”

Product choice is important too, says Aaron.

At Blowes, he says, they make a point to stock known, quality brands as he believes their customers are willing to pay more, because they know that they are getting value for money.

“Nowadays, there is a lot of vertically integrated retailers and it’s all a lot of disposable product and hard to really get a gauge on what the value is, because it is their own brand. I think the majority of consumers out there are happy to pay a bit extra to get a quality product,” he said.

“You come into our shops and you see Ralph Lauren, Gant, RM Williams, Tommy Hilfiger, Levi, Akubra, brands you associate with quality and know you are going to get what you paid for.”

| Saturday 23 May, 2020 |

Blowes’ range of products includes everything from workwear to suiting, which also appeals to their customer base, said Aaron.

“It is about making it easy for the customer, particularly men, because they don’t enjoy shopping. You go into those department stores for a pair of jeans and you have to walk your way around the whole floor to try and find each individual supplier to try stuff on, but if you come into a store like ours you have multiple brands, you can go into a changeroom and try on from numerous brands.

“So, if you can make it easy for them, they are going to be happy and potentially be a multipurchase buyer and then next time they think of clothing they will come back.”

Ten years, Blowes ventured into online selling through their own website. What started small has now become a significant and growing part of their business.

“Online has been huge as well for us and growing. It is probably about 15 percent of our business and we do a lot through social and third-party platforms as well like eBay and Amazon. There are lots of little avenues and channels out there that you can really market your business. So if you are on your game, I think there are plenty of opportunities out there, it is just a matter of embracing them and having a crack.”

The coronavirus pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges for retailers, but with restrictions easing and a little light at the end of the tunnel, Aaron believes there could be a silver lining for businesses like his.

“I think it will be very positive on the other side,” he said. “I’m only speaking for us, but even now we are getting phone calls and online enquiries asking are we an Australian business and people wanting to identify with Australian products like RM Williams and Akubra. So, people are very conscious to be shopping local and supporting local businesses.

“We do very well out of the tourism market with Food Week and Orange360 driving city customers to the Orange and with international travel potentially a long way away, once things open up I think we are going to see more and more people from city areas come out here. So, fingers crossed, I think it could be very positive for a lot of country towns.”

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6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 (3) Small Business Secrets.

Return. 7.30 WorldWatch. 1.00 Speedweek.

3.00 Gymnastics. 2020 American Cup FIG Individual All-Around World Cup. Highlights.

4.30 InCycle. 5.00 Small Business Secrets.

5.30 Hunting Nazi Treasure. 6.30 News. 7.35 London: 2,000 Years Of History. 8.30 The Clinton Affair. New. 10.10 Filthy Rich And Homeless. 11.10 Tin Star. 1.00 North To South: The Full Journey. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (6) Programs.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 My Road To Adventure. 1.30 MOVIE: Dial M For Murder. (1954) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News.

7.00 House Rules: High Stakes. 8.30 MOVIE: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. (2016) Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh. 10.45 The Blacklist. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Animal Tales.

(5) 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Sports Sunday. 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. 12.00 The Hold Down: Australian Surfing Awards Special. 1.00 World’s Greatest Journeys. 2.00 Getaway. 2.30 MOVIE: Rocky II. (1979) 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 RBT. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 The Voice. Return. 8.40 60 Minutes. 9.40 Nine News Late. 10.10 Inside Crime. 11.10 See No Evil. 12.05 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (8) Programs. 9.00 My Market Kitchen. 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday. 12.00 This Is Mexico. 12.30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn. 1.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 3.00 My Market Kitchen.

3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 WhichCar. 4.30 RPM. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Sunday Project.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. 9.00 FBI: Most Wanted. 10.00 FBI. 11.00 The Sunday Project.

12.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.15 Live At The Apollo. 10.00 The Weekly. 10.35 The Last Leg: Locked Down Under. 11.15 Would I Lie To You? 11.50 The Games. 12.20 The IT Crowd.

12.45 Defending The Guilty. 1.10 Fleabag. 1.40 Catastrophe. 2.05 Gavin & Stacey. 2.35 The Black Adder. 3.10 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 MOVIE: The Fifth Element. (1997) 2.15 MOVIE: The Fifth Element. (1997) 4.30 MOVIE: The Fifth Element. (1997) 6.50 MOVIE: The Fifth Element. (1997) 9.10 MOVIE: The Fifth Element. (1997) 11.30 MOVIE: The Fifth Element. (1997) 1.45 VICE Guide To Film. 2.10 F*ck, That’s Delicious. 2.35 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 David Jeremiah. 8.30 Mums At The Table. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness.

11.00 NBC Today. 12.00 My Greek Odyssey.

1.00 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 2.00 The Bowls Show. 3.00 MOVIE: Jailhouse Rock.

(1957) 5.00 M*A*S*H. 7.00 The Vicar Of Dibley.

8.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 9.40 Miranda. 10.20 What A Carry On! 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 MOVIE: It’s All Happening. (1963) 12.40 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. 1.40 Getaway. 2.10 MOVIE: The Kentuckian. (1955) 4.20 MOVIE: The Hallelujah Trail. (1965) 7.30 Death In Paradise.

8.40 MOVIE: A Time To Kill. (1996) Samuel L Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock. 11.40 Late Programs.

Morning (81) 6.00 Programs.

10.00 Cheers. 11.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.30 Diagnosis Murder. 12.30 MacGyver. 1.30 The Doctors. 2.30 Planes Gone Viral. 3.30 Car Crash Global: Caught On Camera. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 Cops. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Law & Order: SVU. 10.20 48 Hours. 11.20 CSI: Miami. 12.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 5.05 Mustangs FC. 5.30 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.30 Taking The Next Step. 7.00 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 7.55 Adv Of Puss In Boots.

8.30 Atomic Puppet. 8.45 My Year 7 Life. 9.10 TMNT. 9.30 Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! 9.55 Rage. 1.55 Close. 5.30 Strange Hill High. 5.50 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 Buddy Vs Duff. 11.00 Guy’s Grocery Games.

12.00 Kids Baking Championship. 1.10 The Kitchen. 2.20 Chopped. 3.20 Restaurant: Impossible. 4.20 MOVIE: The Magic Sword.

(1998) 6.00 The Simpsons. 8.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. 9.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 10.30 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell.

11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 The Fishing Show. 1.00 Fishy Business. 1.30 Creek To Coast. 2.00 Fishing Addiction. 3.00 Seven’s Footy Vault: Top 5. 3.30 Merv Hughes Fishing. 4.00 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 4.30 Merv Hughes Fishing. 5.00 Deadliest Roads.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 MOVIE: 2012. (2009) 11.40 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 1.30 Robot Wars.

2.30 World Of Dance. 3.30 Kids’ Programs.

3.35 MOVIE: Finding Neverland. (2004) 5.40 MOVIE: The Flintstones. (1994) 7.30 MOVIE: Under Siege. (1992) 9.40 MOVIE: RoboCop. (1987) 11.40 Heroes. 12.35 Homicide For The Holidays. 1.30 Snapped. 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. 3.00 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 3.30 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 4.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 7.35 PAW Patrol. 8.00 Totally Wild.

8.30 Quimbo’s Quest. 9.05 Butterbean’s Cafe. 9.30 Scope. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 Neighbours.

2.30 Charmed. 3.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 4.30 The Middle. 5.00 Rules Of Engagement. 6.00 Friends. 9.00 Dating: #NoFilter. 10.00 Will & Grace. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 10.00 Gardening Australia. 11.05 Maralinga Tjarutja.

12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Landline. 2.00 Poldark. Final. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 The Cook And The Chef. 4.30 Gruen.

5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 Q+A. 10.40 ABC Late News. 11.10 Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 2.00 Alex Polizzi: The Fixer. 3.10 Andrea Bocelli: Music For Hope. 3.50 Railway Journeys UK. 4.25 US Railroad Journeys.

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Secrets Of The Royal… 8.30 Michael Mosley: Into The Mind.

9.30 24 Hours In Emergency. 10.30 SBS News.

11.00 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. 12.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Fiancé Killer. (2018) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 House Rules: High Stakes. 9.00 9-1-1.

10.00 The Latest: Seven News. 10.30 S.W.A.T. 11.30 The Goldbergs. Return. 12.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 The Voice. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Voice. 9.00 The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story.

10.45 Nine News Late. 11.15 Lethal Weapon.

12.05 Killer Couples. 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil.

1.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.40 Kinne Tonight. Return. 10.10 To Be Advised. 10.40 The Project. 11.40 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.55 Floogals. 6.25 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.25 The IT Crowd.

8.50 Defending The Guilty. Final. 9.25 The Games. 9.50 Get Krack!n. 10.20 Parks And Recreation. 10.45 30 Rock. 11.25 Community.

12.10 Archer. 12.55 Comedy Next Gen. 1.50 Extras. 2.25 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 The Third Industrial Revolution. 1.55 MythBusters. 2.55 BBC My World. 3.25 The Ice Cream Show. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.15 This Week.

5.10 Chinese Dating With The Parents. 6.10 Takeshi’s Castle. 6.35 The Orville. 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 In Search Of...

9.20 Adam Looking For Eve. 10.15 Dark Side Of The Ring. Final. 11.05 Late Programs.

Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 10.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 11.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 11.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 Auction Squad. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. 10.30 Families Of Crime. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Come Dine With Me Couples. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: One Million Years B.C. (1966) 5.30 Come Dine With Me Couples. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 The Commander: Abduction. 11.40 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 RPM. 8.30 WhichCar. 9.00 Car Crash Global: Caught On Camera. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 My Life Is Murder. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Law & Order: SVU. 11.15 48 Hours. 12.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 5.05 Mustangs FC. 5.30 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 8.00 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 My Year 7 Life. 9.10 TMNT. 9.35 Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 DinoTrux. 5.50 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 Ridiculous Cakes. 8.30 Brunch @ Bobby’s. 9.00 Cupcake Wars. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 11.00 Cake Wars Christmas. 12.00 Kids Baking Championship. 1.00 The Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 One Tree Hill. 4.00 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 The Simpsons. 8.30 First Dates Australia. 9.30 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 10.30 Bridezillas. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs.

12.00 Gold Fever. 1.00 Ice Road Truckers.

2.00 Prospectors. 3.00 Blokesworld. 3.30 Timbersports. 4.00 Deadliest Roads.

5.00 Pawn Stars Australia. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Fury. (2014) Brad Pitt. 11.15 MOVIE: The World’s End. (2013) 1.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Xena. 1.00 Friday Night Lights. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Emergence. 11.20 Big Bang. 12.10 She Made Me Do It. 1.10 Homicide For The Holidays.

2.05 Snapped. 3.00 Buried In The Backyard.

4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon: B&W. 4.50 Super Wings. 5.10 Kids’ Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Crocamole. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol.

11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.30 Media Watch. 2.00 Father Brown. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Poh’s Kitchen. 4.30 Gruen. 5.10 Grand Designs.

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30.

8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian. 9.30 Road To Now. New. 10.30 ABC Late News. 11.00 Q+A. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.10 Celtic Woman: A Celebration. 3.20 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.20 Great American Railroad Journeys.

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 The Feed. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Twin. Final. 11.55 Miniseries: Chimerica. 1.50 SS-GB. 3.50 First Australians. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: My Neighbor’s Secret. (2009) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 House Rules: High Stakes. 9.00 Absentia. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 The Resident. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Kevin Can Wait. 1.30 The Voice.

3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Voice. 9.00 Let’s Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute To Prince. 10.45 Nine News Late. 11.15 Straight Forward. 12.10 Tipping Point. 1.05 Hayley & Lauren’s Journey Beyond. 1.30 Late Programs.

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(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy.

3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.30 How To Stay Married. 9.00 To Be Advised. 9.40 NCIS. 10.40 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.40 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.40 The Project. 1.40 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs.

7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 The Last Leg: Locked Down Under. 9.10 The Inbetweeners. 9.35 Zapped. 10.05 This Country. 10.35 Parks And Recreation. 10.55 30 Rock. 11.40 Community.

12.20 Archer. 1.05 Wasted. Final. 1.30 The Mighty Boosh. Final. 2.00 Episodes. 2.35 Close.

5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Inside Heston’s World. 1.00 The Gadget Show. 1.55 MythBusters. 2.50 BBC My World.

3.20 The Ice Cream Show. 3.45 WorldWatch.

5.10 Chinese Dating With The Parents. 6.10 Takeshi’s Castle. 6.35 The Orville. 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 9.20 20 Years On Death Row. 10.20 Sexplora. 10.50 Late Programs.

Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Sydney Weekender. 12.30 Make It Yours.

1.00 Auction Squad. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue.

5.00 Medical Emergency. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Air Crash Investigation. 11.50 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Come Dine With Me Couples. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Where No Vultures Fly. (1951) 5.30 Come Dine With Me Couples. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 David Attenborough Seven Worlds, One Planet. 8.40 MOVIE: Fracture. (2007) Anthony Hopkins.

10.55 Major Crimes. 11.55 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 MacGyver. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager.

10.00 Cheers. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 My Life Is Murder. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Miami. 10.20 The Mentalist. 12.10 Home Shopping. 2.10 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs.

1.50 Carbon Cycles And Climate Change In The Tundra. 2.20 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 8.00 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 My Year 7 Life.

9.10 TMNT. 9.35 Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong!

9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 11.00 Cake Wars Christmas. 12.00 Kids Baking Championship.

1.00 The Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 One Tree Hill. 4.00 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 MOVIE: Contact. (1997) Jodie Foster, James Woods, Matthew McConaughey. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Deadliest Roads.

12.00 Gold Fever. 1.00 Ice Road Truckers. 2.00 American Pickers. 3.00 Deadliest Roads. 4.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers.

7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Desert Collectors.

10.30 Ultimate Movers. 11.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Xena. 1.00 Friday Night Lights. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 MOVIE: Constantine. (2005) 9.55 MOVIE: Flatliners. (2017) 12.10 She Made Me Do It. 1.10 A Wedding And A Murder. New. 2.05 Snapped. 3.00 Buried In The Backyard. 4.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 The Conners. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.30 War On Waste: The Battle Continues. 3.30 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 4.00 Everyone’s A Critic. 4.30 The Mix. 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. 6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 6.30 Compass. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Maralinga Tjarutja. 8.35 Mystery Road. Final. 9.30 Killing Eve. 10.15 Barrenjoey Road. 11.15 Late Programs.

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TVguide Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Press Club. 1.30 The Breakfast Couch. 2.00 Father Brown. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Short Cuts To Glory. 4.30 Gruen. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 9.00 At Home Alone Together. 9.30 Planet America. 10.00 The Last Leg: Locked Down Under. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.00 Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History. 2.55 Dateline.

3.25 Insight. 4.25 Great American Railroad Journeys. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 Tony Robinson: Egyptian Tomb Hunting. 8.30 An Australian Hero: Keith Payne VC. 9.30 Reprisal.

10.25 SBS News. 10.55 Save Me. 11.55 MOVIE: Rey’s Education. (2017) 1.40 Trapped. 2.45 First Australians. 3.40 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.55 Floogals. 6.25 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Friday Night Dinner. 8.55 Gavin & Stacey. 9.25 A Moody Christmas. 9.50 Upper Middle Bogan. 10.20 Parks And Recreation. 10.45 30 Rock. 11.30 Community. 12.10 Archer. 12.55 The Trip. Final.

1.25 Zapped. 1.55 Wasted. Final. 2.25 Close.

5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Inside Heston’s World. 1.00 The Gadget Show. 2.00 MythBusters. 2.55 The Pizza Show.

3.20 The Ice Cream Show. 3.45 WorldWatch.

5.10 Chinese Dating With The Parents. 6.10 Takeshi’s Castle. 6.35 The Orville. 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Time Bandits. (1981) Sean Connery. 10.35 MOVIE: Army Of Darkness. (1992) 12.20 MOVIE: Prince Avalanche. (2013) 2.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.15 Larry The Wonderpup. 4.35 The Dengineers.

5.05 Mustangs FC. 5.30 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 8.00 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 Ready For This. 9.10 TMNT. 9.30 Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close.

5.30 DinoTrux. 5.50 Kids’ Programs.

It’s (66) 6.00 Academic.

7.00 Taco Trip. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Ridiculous Cakes. 8.30 Brunch @ Bobby’s. 9.00 Cupcake Wars. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 11.00 Cake Wars Christmas. 12.00 Kids Baking Championship. 1.00 The Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 One Tree Hill. 4.00 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 Cold Case. 8.30 The Mentalist. 9.30 Without A Trace.

10.30 Criminal Minds. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Grand Designs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.05 Road To Now. 2.00 Father Brown. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Cook And The Chef. 4.30 Gruen. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 The Heights.

8.30 Grand Designs Australia. 9.20 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. Final. 9.55 Father Brown. 10.40 ABC Late News. 11.10 Doctor Foster. 12.05 Late Programs.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Floogals. 6.25 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Fleabag.

9.00 High Fidelity. 9.30 Killing Eve. 10.15 Catastrophe. Final. 10.45 At Home Alone Together. 11.10 Parks And Recreation. 11.35 30 Rock. 12.15 Community. 1.00 Archer. 1.40 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.30 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Over The Black Dot. 2.30 Soccer. 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Australia v Brazil. Replay. 4.25 Great American Railroad Journeys. 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 World’s Most Beautiful Railway. 8.35 How The Victorians Built Britain. 9.30 ZeroZeroZero.

10.35 SBS News. 11.05 The New Pope. 12.10 Bullets. 1.55 Riviera. 3.50 First Australians. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 Late Programs.

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6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Inside Heston’s World. 1.00 The Gadget Show. 1.55 MythBusters. 2.55 The Pizza Show.

3.20 The Ice Cream Show. 3.45 WorldWatch.

5.10 Chinese Dating With The Parents. 6.10 Takeshi’s Castle. 6.35 The Orville. 8.25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 9.25 Future Man. 10.30 The Handmaid’s Tale. 11.25 Shot By Kern.

11.55 The Longest Day In Chang’an. 12.40 12 Monkeys. 1.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.35 The Dengineers. 5.05 Mustangs FC. 5.30 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 8.00 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 Ready For This. 9.10 TMNT. 9.30 Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 DinoTrux. 5.50 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 It’s Academic. 7.00 Taco Trip. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Baked In Vermont. 8.30 Brunch @ Bobby’s. 9.00 Cupcake Wars. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 11.00 Christmas Cookie Challenge. 12.00 Kids Baking Championship. 1.00 The Kitchen.

2.00 Chopped. 3.00 One Tree Hill. 4.00 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 Cold Case. 8.30 The Mentalist. 9.30 Without A Trace.

10.30 Bones. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Foreign Correspondent.

1.30 Australian Story. 2.00 Death In Paradise.

Final. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Poh’s Kitchen. 4.35 Gruen. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. 8.30 Top Of The Lake: China Girl. 9.35 Grantchester. 10.20 ABC Late News. 10.35 The Virus. 10.55 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering.

11.20 Rage. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Point. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Living Black.

4.30 US Railroad Journeys. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 The Beach. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 MOVIE: Byzantium. (2012) 1.05 The Looming Tower. 3.00 The Truth About Your Health. 4.00 First Australians. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Nella The Princess Knight. 5.55 Floogals. 6.25 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Andy’s Wild Adventures.

7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.25 Absolutely Fabulous. 9.00 Extras. 9.30 Black Books. 9.55 The Black Adder. 10.25 Parks And Recreation. 10.50 30 Rock. 11.30 Community. 12.15 Archer. 1.00 The Inbetweeners. 1.25 Episodes. 2.00 Close. 5.30 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Inside Heston’s World. 1.00 The Gadget Show. 2.00 MythBusters. 3.10 Yokayi Footy.

3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 PopAsia TV. 6.10 Takeshi’s Castle. Final. 6.35 The Orville. 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Party Of Five. 9.20 Live PD. 10.10 My Extreme Life. 11.05 The Feed. 11.35 Game Of Bros. 12.35 UnREAL. 2.15 F*ck, That’s Delicious: Classics. 2.40 NHK World English News. 3.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.20 Mortified. 3.55 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 4.35 The Dengineers. 5.05 Mustangs FC. 5.30 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 MOVIE: Ballerina. (2016) 8.25 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.50 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.10 Slugterra. 9.35 TMNT. 9.55 Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! 10.15 Close. 5.30 DinoTrux.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 8.30 Brunch @ Bobby’s. 9.00 Cake Wars. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 11.00 Christmas Cookie Challenge 2. 12.00 Kids Baking Championship.

1.00 The Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.10 Cake Wars. 4.10 The Simpsons. 6.40 MOVIE: Inside Out. (2015) 8.30 MOVIE: Mighty Joe Young.

(1998) Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, Rade Serbedzija. 10.45 MOVIE: A Perfect World.

(1993) 1.45 Late Programs.

Rage. 7.00 (2) 6.00 Weekend Breakfast.

11.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Call The Midwife. 1.30 Father Brown. 2.15 Are You Autistic? 3.05 Dream Gardens. 3.35 Grand Designs Australia. 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 5.30 Midsomer Murders. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Shakespeare And Hathaway. Return. 8.20 Call The Midwife.

9.20 Mystery Road. Final. 10.15 Unforgotten.

11.05 Rage.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 (3) Small Business Secrets.

2.30 French Open 2019 Ash Barty Road To Glory. 3.00 The Body Coach. 3.55 Gadget Man. 4.25 Great British Food Revival. 5.30 Story Of Europe. 6.30 News. 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Hunt For The Wilderpeople. (2016) Sam Neill. 10.20 Spin.

1.20 The Kimberley Cruise: The Full Journey.

4.05 The Naked Truth: China Queer. 5.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 6.25 Ben And Holly. 6.55 Andy’s Wild Adventures.

7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.15 QI. 10.15 Would I Lie To You? 10.50 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.35 High Fidelity. 12.05 Friday Night Dinner. 12.30 Absolutely Fabulous. 1.00 This Country. 1.30 Live At The Apollo. 2.15 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 3.05 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Hustle. 12.50 The Last Man On Earth.

2.35 Insight. 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.00 Happy Endings. 6.50 Alone. 7.40 Stargate SG-1. 8.30 Ancient Aliens. 9.25 American Gods. 11.30 After The Shootings. 12.25 MOVIE: Byzantium. (2012) 2.35 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.30 Sailor Moon Crystal. 4.00 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 4.15 Larry The Wonderpup.

4.35 The Dengineers. 5.05 Mustangs FC. 5.30 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.30 Taking The Next Step.

7.00 Deadly 60. 7.50 Horrible Histories. 8.30 Atomic Puppet. 8.45 Ready For This. 9.05 TMNT. 9.30 Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! 9.50 Close. 5.30 Strange Hill High.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 8.30 Brunch @ Bobby’s. 9.00 Cake Wars. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 11.00 Christmas Cookie Challenge 2. 12.00 Kids Baking Championship.

1.00 The Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.10 Cake Wars. 4.10 The Simpsons. 6.40 MOVIE: Inside Out. (2015) 8.30 MOVIE: Mighty Joe Young.

(1998) Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, Rade Serbedzija. 10.45 MOVIE: A Perfect World.

(1993) 1.45 Late Programs.

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(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Manson’s Lost Girls. (2015) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Britain’s Got Talent. 8.45 Bodyguard. 11.05 The Latest: Seven News. 11.35 The Resident. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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Today. 9.00 (5) 6.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Kevin Can Wait. 1.30 The Voice.

3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 Paramedics. 9.30 New Amsterdam.

10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Chicago Med. 11.50 Don’t Tell The Doctor. 12.40 Westside.

1.35 A Current Affair. 2.00 Late Programs.

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(8) 6.00 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.00 MasterChef Australia.

2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy.

3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.30 The Secrets She Keeps. Final. 9.30 Bull. 10.30 Elementary. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project.

1.30 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 My Life Is Murder. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise.

5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 NCIS. 12.10 Home Shopping. 2.10 Blue Bloods. 3.05 Star Trek: Voyager. 4.05 Late Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.35 SpongeBob SquarePants. 9.00 Crocamole. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 2 Broke Girls.

10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian.

12.00 Come Dine With Me Couples. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless.

2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Day The Earth Caught Fire. (1961) 5.20 Miss Marple. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Fawlty Towers. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 11.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.55 Late Programs.

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(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Xena. 1.00 Friday Night Lights. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 Travel Guides. 8.30 MOVIE: Tropic Thunder.

(2008) Ben Stiller. 10.40 Big Bang. 11.05 MOVIE: iSteve. (2013) 12.35 She Made Me Do It. 1.35 A Wedding And A Murder. 2.30 Snapped.

3.30 Buried In The Backyard. 4.30 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Creek To Coast. 12.30 Weekender. 1.00 Auction Squad. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 The Surgery Ship. 4.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 5.00 Medical Emergency. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

8.30 Mighty Trains. 9.30 Railway Restorations With Peter Snow. 10.30 Paddington Station 24/7. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions.

9.00 Swamp People. 10.00 American Pickers.

11.00 Deadliest Roads. 12.00 Gold Fever. 1.00 Ice Road Truckers. 2.00 Pawn Stars. 2.30 Desert Collectors. 3.30 Deadliest Roads. 4.30 Garage 41. 5.00 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 9.00 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Natalee Holloway. (2009) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away.

8.30 MOVIE: Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone. 10.40 The Latest: Seven News. 11.10 Holiday Horrors: Caught On Camera. 12.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Parenting In A Pandemic.

9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today.

12.00 My Greek Odyssey. 1.00 Auction Squad.

2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 Mighty Planes. 4.30 Railway Restorations With Peter Snow. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Judge John Deed. 11.00 Jonathan Creek. 1.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs.

9.00 Swamp People. 10.00 American Pickers.

11.00 Deadliest Roads. 12.00 Gold Fever.

1.00 Ice Road Truckers. 2.00 Futurama. 2.30 The Simpsons. 4.00 Deadliest Roads. 5.00 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers.

7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: Fast & Furious 6. (2013) Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson. 11.10 Sarah Connor Chronicles. 12.10 Late Programs.

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(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Justice For Natalee Holloway. (2011) 2.00 The Daily Edition. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 8.30 MOVIE: Last Cab To Darwin. (2015) Michael Caton, Jacki Weaver, Ningali Lawford. 10.50 To Be Advised.

12.05 Late Programs.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 New Amsterdam. 2.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 3.00 Tipping Point.

4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 3. Brisbane Broncos v Parramatta Eels. 9.45 Golden Point.

10.45 Nine News Late. 11.15 Taken. 12.05 Tipping Point. 1.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian.

12.00 Miss Marple. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Barnacle Bill. (1957) 5.20 Miss Marple. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 MOVIE: Jason Bourne. (2016) Matt Damon.

9.55 Chicago Med. 10.55 Behind Bars: World’s Toughest Prisons. 12.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Headline News.

8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.00 MasterChef Australia.

2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy.

3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Blue Bloods. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 The Project. 2.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 3.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Home Shopping.

8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 My Life Is Murder. Final. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise.

5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 NCIS. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Blue Bloods. 2.55 Cheers. 3.55 Late Programs.

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(8) 6.00 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Jamie Oliver: Keep Cooking And Carry On. 3.00 Judge Judy.

3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Jamie Oliver: Keep Cooking And Carry On. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. 9.10 To Be Advised.

11.10 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.10 The Project. 1.10 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise.

5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. 10.30 Hawaii Five-0. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 PAW Patrol. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.35 SpongeBob SquarePants. 9.00 Crocamole. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Friends. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Morning (8) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Bondi Rescue. 12.30 Pooches At Play. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Everyday Gourmet. 2.30 Seafood Escape. 3.00 What’s Up Down Under.

3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Three Veg And Meat.

4.30 My Market Kitchen. 5.00 News. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.00 The Dog House. 8.00 Ambulance Australia: Ultimate Emergencies.

9.30 999: What’s Your Emergency? 10.30 Late Programs.

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Today. 9.00 (5) 6.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 MOVIE: Three To Tango. (1999) 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 3. Sydney Roosters v South Sydney Rabbitohs.

9.45 Friday Night Knock Off. 10.45 MOVIE: Snitch. (2013) 1.00 Outback Brothers. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Xena. 1.00 Friday Night Lights. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.45 MOVIE: Stuart Little. (1999) 7.30 MOVIE: Puss In Boots. (2011) 9.15 MOVIE: Addams Family Values. (1993) 11.15 MOVIE: Scary Movie 2. (2001) 12.45 A Wedding And A Murder. 1.40 Snapped. 2.35 Buried In The Backyard. 3.30 Surfing Australia TV. 4.00 Kids’ Programs.

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Morning (5) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Award Winning Tasmania. 12.30 Outback Brothers. 1.00 Animal Embassy. 1.30 World’s Greatest Natural Wonders. 2.30 Delish. 3.00 MOVIE: Wild Wild West. (1999) 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. 6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Voice.

9.10 MOVIE: Pitch Perfect 3. (2017) Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson. 11.05 MOVIE: The Wedding Ringer. (2015) 12.55 Late Programs.

Home (6) 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 Horse Racing. Fred Best Classic Day and Caulfield Race Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The Latest: Seven News. 7.30 MOVIE: Unstoppable. (2010) Denzel Washington, Chris Pine. 9.20 MOVIE: Armageddon. (1998) Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler. 12.30 Home Shopping.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 PAW Patrol. 8.00 Scope. 8.35 SpongeBob SquarePants. 9.00 Crocamole.

9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants.

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium.

3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 The Middle.

10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Xena. 1.00 Friday Night Lights. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 8.30 MOVIE: Oblivion. (2013) Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman. 11.00 Big Bang. 12.15 A Wedding And A Murder. 2.10 Snapped. 3.05 Buried In The Backyard. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon: B&W. 4.50 Super Wings. 5.10 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Miss Marple. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless.

3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Constant Husband. (1955) 5.20 Miss Marple.

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot. 8.40 MOVIE: Bridget Jones’s Baby. (2016) Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth. 11.05 MOVIE: Alfie. (2004) 1.10 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs.

9.00 Swamp People. 10.00 American Pickers.

11.00 Deadliest Roads. 12.00 Gold Fever. 1.00 Ice Road Truckers. 2.00 Prospectors. 3.00 American Restoration. 4.00 Full Custom Garage. 5.00 Pawn Stars Australia. 5.30 Pawnography. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: The Lone Ranger.

(2013) Johnny Depp. 10.30 MOVIE: Zero Dark Thirty. (2012) 1.45 Late Programs.

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7.30 Heathrow. 8.30 Make It Yours. 9.00 Billy Connolly: Great American Trail. 10.00 Selling Houses Australia. 11.00 Mighty Ships. 12.00 Late Programs.

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Newstyle (52) 6.00 Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 MOVIE: Hue And Cry. (1947) 12.15 MOVIE: Private’s Progress. (1956) 2.20 MOVIE: How To Stuff A Wild Bikini. (1965) 4.20 MOVIE: It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

(1963) 7.30 MOVIE: The Imitation Game. (2014) Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley. 9.45 MOVIE: A Beautiful Mind. (2001) Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly. 12.20 Late Programs.

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10.30 Medics On Call. 11.30 Mega Mechanics.

12.30 RPM. 1.00 Esports. Supercars All Stars Eseries. Round 8. 3.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 4.00 WhichCar. 4.30 Australia By Design: Architecture. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Diagnosis Murder. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans.

10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.10 Late Programs.

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5.00 Unstoppable. 5.30 Kids’ Programs.

5.45 MOVIE: Aliens In The Attic. (2009) 7.30 MOVIE: The Amazing Spider-Man. (2012) 10.10 MOVIE: Daredevil. (2003) 12.10 Heroes. 1.05 A Wedding And A Murder. 2.00 Snapped. 3.00 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 3.30 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 4.00 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.30 Quimbo’s Quest. 9.05 Butterbean’s Cafe. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 1.00 Family Ties.

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2.00 Dipper’s Destinations. 2.30 Fishing And Adventure. 3.00 Garage 41. 3.30 Pawn Stars Australia. 4.00 Deadliest Roads. 5.00 MOVIE: Battle For The Planet Of The Apes. (1973) 7.00 MOVIE: Ender’s Game. (2013) 9.20 MOVIE: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer. 11.45 Late Programs.

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PORK BARILARO A LA CARTE Who’s for a bit of grub? Pork Barilaro is on the menu, and what a banquet it’s been for spectators not partaking in the political chow.

First, the Entrée – the introduction, the announcement of his Federal debut; his tilt at induction to our Federal parliament as member for Eden-Monaro ….. because he’s the most vociferous Pork Barrilaro at the dinner-table.

But, chefs have a bit of a reputation in some quarters as being temperamental, and the Party cooks are positively volatile. So, what goes on in the kitchen between the first and second course is carte du jour pandemonium.

But Pork B is in there with the best of them, banging pans, throwing knives, making big-sounding empty threats, the King Kong chesty ding dong - “me big chief, Mr Fixit, hero in my own mind coming to save the Nats from themselves”. Yabbie dabba doo!

The partying diners in the restaurant are calmly waiting on their main course, totally unaware that the kitchen is steaming out back!

Party lines are running hot, because TopNat McCormack’s seen Pork Barilaro (PB) coming and overwhipped his specialty, “bushwhack mornay” which he expects PB will quaff down before he tastes the chilli.

Well, PB gobbles down the gourmet mornay, and before it hits bottom his bombalaskan ego comes up with a blazing vengeance, spitting and fuming flames, sending a flare up for all the party goers to see.

The main course of Fallout Frittata is served,

diners now realising that consumption might throttle the choke in a sea of “Poor Me” prosecco further washed down by a bottle of Unappreciated Talent. PB doesn’t understand why TopNat doesn’t appreciate his brilliancy, his talents and his ability to change the momentum they both have the audacity to think the Nats have actually got!

Why TopNat wouldn’t appreciate PB taking his job is beyond PB’s comprehension!

“You had a candidate that was prepared to risk everything to make it happen”, to “create history” he Barilaroed at TopNat in the famous text exchange. Such an ego!

PB’s changed nothing while he’s been leader of the party in NSW …. sure, he’s banged the war drums, told the federal Nats to get their act together on water “or else” ….. what? We never found out, because the water situation hasn’t changed! Down on the Murray they still have zero allocation and still get to pay 100% for it while they watch the river flow past, on down to South Australia to keep the estuarine lower lakes fresh before it dilutes the sea-water.

Barilaro has made trips to the Murray region Pork Barilaro-ing in fine tradition, making strong statements that are aerated flummery at best, and whipped meringue that flops in the middle at worst. TopNat’s been too, made nice conversation over numerous fine breakfasts, dinners and suppers but really, it might as well be grub in a mess-shed for all the good it does for the economy. Farmers and small businesses are going broke or committing suicide every day because of

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So, what was Pork Barilaro risking? His State super pension? Retiring as leader of the party would probably give him an income he could dine out on for the rest of his life.

Maybe he’s risking the opportunities to get in front of a national media camera and aerate his flummery. Whatever.

In any case, he told TopNat “You will never be acknowledged by me as our leader. You aren’t. You never will be.”

Uh-ohh Blimey Barilaro! The butter’s burning, big time! There’s wobble in the gobble. TopNat’s into preserving! His jammaking skills are being honed to sardine PB’s ego somewhere else but in Canberra.

Now he knows he was right to get the party lines running hot so PB was the meal being gobbled up and swilled down. Totally necessary before TopNat himself became the “dead meat” bashed and diced treat.

Pastry-chefs, the Libs have floury, sticky hands too. They’ve conferred and stirred, and added sugar and salt to the mixer to get their preferred biscuit. This is not withstanding they have an agreement they won’t cook in the same kitchen!

The diners nationally are getting restless, and sending their main course back to the kitchen because there are flies in the disappointment. Do Conservatives need Libs whipping up Nats? Or Barilaro icing the Constance cake with an ethanol/moonshine cocktail?

Diners remember Barilaro from Monaro’s victory interview after the last election with his arrogant dismissal of the Shooters Fishers & Farmers (SFF) for taking Murray and Barwon from the Nats. He gave a strong impression then that there was nothing more the Nats could, or even would do about the main issue out there: water! So far, he’s stuck to the intoxicating flow-through menu (save a bit of pot-beating in the kitchen), insulting regional voters and even rusting off the Nat’s “Un-Rustables”.

You’d think he might have learnt to read the menu properly after the Nat’s loss in Orange.

But No, dessert is about to be served from the patisserie. The Nats have just voted with the Libs, Greens and Labor in NSW to imbibe in the Pie in the Sky Energy Security Scheme to drive down gas and electricity consumption, even though it’s down 8% at present because we’ve ground to a halt. A hollow spread to swallow! You’d think they’d want to whip up or aerate the economy right now instead of turning out half-baked cakes!

You’ve gotta ask - are they all rigging the jigging with the slosh and the swill so they can’t win! Some may like to jettison Pork Barilaro off to the Canberra BBQ. Expect a voter backlash gorge over the Sticky Date pudding if industry can’t operate and pensioners are without heating in winter or cooling in our hot summers. Forget the Champagne Campaign. It’ll be a hot air, lay down misere - Tiramisu in Timbuktu or Pavlova All Over for Barilaro a la Monaro.

The proof IS in the pudding, after all!

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There is still hope As with everyone else around the globe, we’ve been rattled by the way the COVID-19 pandemic has rocked our society. As I walk down Summer Street, I can’t help but feel sad as I look at all the closed shops and empty footpaths. As I talk with people over the phone, there is a common theme of feeling helpless, frustrated and exhausted in the midst of isolation and social distancing.

As a pastor, I grieve the loss being able to physically gather as a church on a Sunday.

It’s really not the same preaching the weekly sermon to a camera, rather than a church full of people. In the midst of this season we’ve found ourselves in, we can feel hopeless. To be honest, as the days drag into weeks, and as the reports continue of the virus’ fierce spread around the globe you can’t help but feel hopeless. While we can and should be thankful for the way in which the curve has been flattened here in Australia, around the world it is a different situation and I have found myself feeling hopeless. One of the frequently asked questions I get is, ‘when will this end?’ I wish I knew. I wish I could give a solid answer to that question. But in the midst of this season, there is still hope. This is because all

mis-managed water policy and the ridiculous shuffling blame-game between State and Federal governments.

is not lost. There have been and are glimpses of hope in our community. Whether that has been through acts of solidarity such as we saw on ANZAC Day as part of the #lightupthedawn. Or through random acts of kindness shown by our neighbors. There is hope in the midst of a hopeless situation.

But is there real hope? True hope? Hope that will never fade even in the midst of this moment in our history? The answer is yes.

But it may not be found in the place you may expect. That is because hope is not going to be found in a vaccine. Diseases come and go. COVID-19 may be squashed, but another virus could come. Hope is not going to be found in everything returning to normal.

Because whatever normal may look like, were you really happy or content? No matter how deep you may search inside yourself, or in others, we will never be able to find true hope. Unless we look somewhere else.

The bible speaks about a certain hope and offers that hope to us. A real hope. A tangible hope that is never shaken. That is because this hope is found in Jesus Christ, who is hope himself and the answer to our deepest longings.

“We Can Do Better” is the name I’ve chosen for this column that will appear each week in Newswatch. I want to use the column to highlight areas where I feel, as a community, we can expect considerably better from those responsible for overseeing the various topics covered. Expecting better from those in charge is only part of the equation of course, sometimes it’s up to us personally to play our part in improving things. This could be by keeping people accountable, raising issues, supporting others who are trying to improve things and so on, it’s not just about bashing people or organisations but rather making sure that reasonable expectations are being met by those people or organisations charged with the various responsibilities they have. We, as a community, need to take some responsibility for the type of city we want. It’s so easy just to whinge about things, but that just gets people’s backs up and stirs others into similar thinking, hardly helpful in the scheme of things. Criticism is one thing, constructive criticism is different and done right, can achieve much better outcomes.

“We Can Do Better” will have its share of criticism but it will always be constructive criticism and maintain our overriding principles of integrity, wisdom and balance.

Next week we’ll get started with more specific issues but for this, my first “We Can Do Better” column, let me just say

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that this new local publication is meant to be a tangible example of what I’m talking about. For a long time, I’ve felt our local community has not been well served by local media for one reason or another, and especially through our local newspaper the Central Western Daily. Once, a respected and well-read newspaper, today it and many like it have drifted into almost oblivion.

Communities like Orange deserve so much better, in fact I’d go further and say we need so much better. A good local newspaper helps shape a community, brings it together on matters of importance, and plays a strong role in taking it forward. No newspaper can do that well if few people read it. It’s no secret that newspapers all over Australia are losing readers every week and that can only say one thing, they are not delivering what people either want or are willing to pay for.

Our Newswatch publication may suffer the same fate, but my belief is if you produce a good product, a product the community can be proud of and that people want to read, the only way forward is up. Ultimately, our readers will be the judge, but one thing you can be sure of – whatever you think, it won’t cost you to read Newswatch.

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n Last year’s CWA of NSW State Conference in Albury attracted hundreds of delegates, members, observers and visitors from around the state. While this year’s conference has been cancelled, the business of the organisation goes on.

n Stephanie Stanhope

CWA OF NSW TURNS TO POSTAL VOTING TO PROGRESS VITAL BUSINESS AGENDA Discussion and debate around the CWA of NSW’s policy platform for the next 12 months is taking place a little differently in 2020 due to restrictions around COVID-19.

With the cancellation of this year’s State Conference, for the first time ever in the 98-year history of the organisation, conference agenda items and motions have been mailed out to conference delegates for them to record their vote before sending the results back to state office for counting.

There are more than 30 policy motions from branches around the state, covering environmental, health, agricultural, transport, telecommunications and education issues. Successful motions will be ratified at the next AGM and adopted as formal CWA of NSW policy to guide advocacy efforts into the future.

THIS YEAR, MOTIONS INCLUDE: • Two motions around the need

for Country of Origin labelling on seafood and pork sold in Australian restaurants and cafes; • Two motions calling for more urgent action on preventing domestic violence, and for stronger protections for domestic violence survivors; • A call for legislation that ensures all public places have Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) available in the event of someone suffering a cardiac arrest; and • Th e urgent need for a review of the cost of sending mail and mail delivery times.

There are also two motions of urgency on fire management, with a call for a review of hazard reduction plans and for an urgent investigation into the safety features of NSW and ACT firefighting vehicles.

CWA of NSW President Stephanie Stanhope said members were obviously disappointed the conference had to be cancelled in 2020, as the week-long event –

which was planned for Newcastle this year - is always eagerly anticipated with a packed schedule of policy discussions, displays, social events and guest speakers.

“Our branches, through their conference delegates, retain the important role of voting on more than 30 motions this year, and while we won’t have the robust discussion and debate we have around so many of the motions that go before our annual conference, we have ensured through this year’s postal voting that member voices are still heard,” Stephanie said.

The results of the voting are expected to be known by the end of the month.

The CWA is the largest women’s organisation in Australia, and since 1922 has been working to improve the living conditions and welfare of women and families. The CWA of NSW has more than 370 branches across NSW and the ACT, with more than 8000 members.

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The Australian National Field Days Committee are constantly monitoring the advice of Health and Government departments in relation to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As the situation is changing rapidly, we are carefully monitoring the impact on our event and will keep you up to date.

“The Australian National Field Days plays a crucial role in bringing together the rural community and injects millions into the local communities” said Jayne West, Manager of the Field Days.

“At this stage we are planning to run the Australian National Field Days event and still are still 5 months out” said Sam Connell ANFD Chairman.

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This decision is under constant review and any change will be heavily promoted as soon as a decision has been made. With Group gatherings to likely be the last stage of getting back to some sort of normal the Field Days Committee could still run with the event with a decision on events by Government up to early August.

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LOCKDOWN NECESSARY — THE NEW “NORMAL” Verdict is in from Orange residents on the coronavirus crisis — our governments handled the pandemic efficiently, fairly, and well. Oh, and we’re not getting our lives back, anytime soon, though!

So agreed a random group of locals on the greatest disruption to our society in half a century.

“They’ve done a good job,” Maureen Blunden said of the State and Federal Government’s handling of the outbreak, “I think they’ve handled it well,” she added.

and it could take ages to find one. Until we find a vaccine, it won’t really get back to what they were.”

“They’ve done a good job,” Rod Dickson: “I believe that Maureen Blunden said of it’s a true societal change the Government’s handling... that we may never bounce back from.”

“I think it will (return to normal); but it will only slowly restore to the way it was before the virus; it will take time,” she opined.

Local part-time musician Rod Dickson was less optimistic about the future. One of the thousands of entertainment-providers directlyaffected by the closure of all venues during the quarantine period, the lockdown has had a devastating effect on his vocation.

Alex Campbell and Jessica Bragg see social distancing now as a way of life: “We’re not going to get back to the free and easier ways of the past, that’s not going to happen.”

it’s a true societal change that we may never bounce back from… Our career and futures have been shut-down.”

Devastating impact of the virus overseas though showed that the authorities had little choice but to impose the unprecedented societal lockdown when it did, Rod believes. “People have been quite compliant, they reacted about right I think.”

can gradually get things back to normal,” Lisa added.

Hospitality worker Marie Claire supports the quarantine but said we may have hesitated too long before imposing social distancing measures. “I think they did the right thing, but they could have shut everything down faster.”

The road back, she offered, will be long and slow: “I think things will be different, they will Lisa Cunial said that our governments had little only gradually get back… we’ve still got a long way to go” she added. choice but to impose the big shutdown when they did: “They needed time and knowledge “I think the shutdown was necessary, but it was to be able to test people and to treat those not long enough,” Adam Blake offered, adding affected.” though that its impact will persist. “Things will go back to normal, but it will take a hell of a She is also hopeful that we can get society long-time for businesses to be profitable again.” back to a more normal setting; with our

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“Well, it’s put an end to my musical career, that’s for sure. I had booked a venue and sold tickets, and it all had to be cancelled,” he lamented.

He feels also that the social distancing and personal space habits adopted since the start of February could be here to stay. “I believe that

elected officials needing to take the lead: “With political will; anything can happen. I think we

He said the lack of a current vaccine also casts a shadow over any recovery. “There’s no vaccine

Katie Hitchen also said that the big lockdown could have been activated earlier when the first signs of the extent of the pandemic became known: They could have done it quicker.”

She believes though that previous social etiquette rules will need to adapt. “I think some will be too nervous to go out too much. People will need to adjust to new social distancing rules,” she added.

Alex Campbell also said that the gradual imposition of the lockdown measures during February and March was a mistake: “We should have kept the lockdown longer and it should have started earlier.”

She believes that society will gradually return to normal now that the lockdown measures are being eased, but with some modifications.

“Probably things will go back, but with some unusual things in place, hand sanitisers, social distancing, surfaces being continually-cleaned.”

“I think it will definitely happen now with the hand-sanitiser thing,” Jessica Bragg agreed.

“We’re not going to get back to the free and easier ways of the past, that’s not going to happen,” she concluded.

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SPORTSwatch

SATURDAY, JULY 18 IS D-DAY FOR ORANGE SPORT MOVING AGAIN!

Fan fix!

This is so no one can accuse us of not having any sports photos in our first issue of Newswatch.

Yes, they’re from our files but they’ll have to do for those hoping for a “Fan fix” about now.

Winter of our sporting discontent will finally and thankfully end with all local, junior, district, and senior district sport due to resume from mid-July.

Local sports administrators are eagerly awaiting State Government guidelines to be announced with Saturday, July 18 the likely date for the return of winter sports in the city.

With Wednesday, July 1 the mooted return to full training for junior and senior sports — parents, coaches, referees, and umpires, are anticipating the return of the hue and cry of sporting contests to again reverberate around local sporting fields.

“We’re very keen to get going again, we’re hoping for the news we can start on July 18,” Robyn Hughes from Waratah Netball Club said.

The importance of participation — for young people in particular — has been shown by the State-wide shutdown of all sports over the past three months: “It’s general fitness as well as the skills they learn from shooting for goals, catching, and other skills…. We can’t wait to get started,” she added.

Nerissa Clarke from CYMS Junior Rugby League agrees on the negative effects of prolonged inactivity in children used to the

regular stimulation, exercise, and social interaction of competitive sport. “A lot of parents describe the effect as like cabin fever,” she said. “They certainly miss it, the social side, catching-up with their friends.

We’d be very keen to get started again.”

Junior rugby league, she said, is working on a shortened season of an eight-round competition with a truncated two-week final series. “A lot depends on how many clubs participate.”

Nerissa believes that the return of the National Rugby League (NRL) next Thursday, May 28, will provide a welcome boost of optimism in the future. “The NRL’s return is a sign that things are definitely improving.”

She believes however that the volunteers who keep junior sport alive will first have to come to terms with the new rules around avoiding infection transmission that have become part of all our lives.

“As great as it would be, we must be realistic as to how it runs; the protocols into training, handwashing, sanitisers, washing the balls, these haven’t all been worked out yet.”

The social interaction from team sports is one of the major elements that kids as well as parents are missing-out on at the moment, Secretary of Waratah Junior Football Club, Joanne Sinclair believes. “It’s great for kids to have somewhere to go and meet-up with different friends than they do at school.

“For adults also, it brings people together in a different platform to their work environment where they’re mixing with other people.”

Casey White from Central West AFL says it is the routine of sport that many people have missed the most. “For a lot of people, it’s normal for their lives. The weekend comes around and they head to sport. Also, for kids, after school they go training and see all their mates.”

Like the NRL, he believes that the resumption of the AFL premiership in midJune will lift supporters’ spirits. “It will give the clubs themselves a bit of confidence, something to watch… I just want the comp to go back!”

In a wider picture he believes that the decimation of winter sports for one season was a small price for reducing COVID-19 infections throughout Australia. “At the end of the day, we’ve been very fortunate, and what’s a few weeks of sport in that regard?”

Nicole Day from CYMS Netball Club is also working towards a July 18 re-start with the intention of trying to rescue something from 2020 for junior players. “From a junior point of view, it’s been a lost year. You ideally want the girls to build on their skills each season.

“But it’s the social thing as well, they’re playing with kids who are from different schools and they can form really good friendships.”

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Tracie Edmondson from the NSW Rugby League said that one of the major hurdles that must first be overcome before sport resumes is working-out new rules for spectators and officials as well as players.

“We’re working with the AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) to breakdown how each part of the process will operate.”

“We’re working on the protocols, how to setup fields, how many people can attend, safe distancing, that sort of thing.”

How many parents, fans, and others can attend matches was a common unknown for all the local administrators spoken to, with the decision crucial as to whether the Central West Rugby Union runs a competition at all this year with a region-wide meeting on the matter in days.

“We as a group are very consultative… A vast majority of our senior clubs are not keen to play unless there are crowds,” CEO of Central West Rugby Union Matt Tink said. He added that the same principal also applies to junior competitions. “Every parent wants to watch their kids play sport, everything at the moment is so up in the air,” he said.

“We could have a competition, or friendlies or gala days, we just don’t know… at this point from the State Government we want a bit more clarity on lifting bans on crowds,” he concluded.

SPORTSwatch

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ELITE

Wade Park will be the best cricket facility west of the Mountains.

CRICKET TARGETED FOR OUR

NEW CENTRE OF

EXCELLENCE

n Orange City Councillor Jason Hamling and his keen cricketer son, Mortimer, give the enthusiastic

thumbs-up to the new cricket centre of excellence which aims to draw elite matches to Orange.

Completion of Orange’s worldstandard Cricket Centre of Excellence (COE) will create country NSW’s premier indoor facility and attract elite matches to Wade Park, Orange City Councillor Jason Hamling believes.

training for young cricketers in the region with the same all-weather, all-season flexibility that local squad swimmers now experience with the indoor aquatic centre.

“Once we have this facility, we can bid for some pretty big games; ‘Big-Bash’ warmup matches, ‘Women’s League’ games, or Sheffield Shield Games,” Cr Hamling said excitedly. “Wade Park will be the best cricket facility west of the Mountains.”

Funding included $2.1 million from Council; $1 million from the State Government; with $200,000 each from Cricket Australia and Cricket NSW.

Fine autumn days and few hitches in construction means that the $3.5 million project is on-track for completion in November. “We’ve been pretty lucky with the weather and with the (rugby) league being postponed,” Cr Hamling, head of Council’s Sports and Recreation Committees, added.

The world-standard COE will revolutionise

“Cricketers can train all year round; this will give them the same winter-time facility that the swimmers now enjoy… We really need a top facility like this.”

The finished facility will include fourlanes (nets) and will be available for both elite cricketers and community use. “It can also be configured for indoor cricket fixtures with the raising and lowering of the tensioned nets,” Cr Hamling enthused.

“We’re proposing entering into an agreement with Orange District Cricket Association and Orange District Junior Cricket Association for the use of the Centre, we want to make it as available to

as many local cricketers as possible,” Cr Hamling explained.

He envisions the new facility as a vital piece of the long-term upgrading of our city’s sporting amenities that will also include a synthetic athletics track around Wade Park to help make it the primary oval sports facility in Orange with a major rectangular oval centre to be developed at the new “Sports Precinct” at Bloomfield.

“Since I’ve been on Council; we’ve built the PCYC and netball courts; the new Indoor Aquatic Centre; and now the Cricket Centre of Excellence. We’ve got to do that for Orange’s climate,” Cr Hamling explained.

David Hines from central west-based Hines Constructions — contractors for the project — says its onwards and upwards for finalisation of the Centre. “We’ve had a really good run; November completion at this stage is very achievable,” he concluded.

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ANOTHER COUNCIL JOKE:

BOB HOLLAND writes....

Over recent months I have been taking an interest in the local Council meetings and watched the live stream of several.

It’s interesting to do so but it appears that only a handful of people do watch them if the people viewing indicator on the screen is right.

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I must say up front that in my judgement that most of the meetings I’ve watched have been anything but inspiring and, on many occasions, I’ve thought several of our Councillors have appeared out of their depth being on Council in the first place. Some of the discussion over various matters suggests that they have little idea of what they’re talking about, they are not clear and practical thinkers, they haven’t done their homework, or they are just trying to be hard to get on with.

Take last Tuesday’s Council meeting.

One of the topics for discussion was the new welcoming signs at the entrances to Orange. You’d have to watch the discussion on the You Tube recording of the meeting on the Council website to see what I mean, but basically Councillors had to vote on the new signage and had a design in front of them. There was

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considerable discussion about the design and then it was disclosed that the design in front of them was a new design, one that several Councillors hadn’t previously seen. Then it was claimed that a previous design had already been agreed on by a committee of Council and it was claimed that Councillors had already voted on it.

Several couldn’t recall this occurring. The more the discussion went on, the more it was obvious that several Councillors were all on different pages. I couldn’t help but think, this is shaping up to be another Robertson Park toilet debacle. In the end, and like so many other decisions made by this Council, the issue was postponed or held over because of the reasons I mentioned above, Councillors not doing their homework, being hard to get on with etc. One Councillor even asked if they had a costing for the signs. Does that sound like how a competent team of Councillors should conduct our City’s business?

If Orange is ever to reach its full potential in moving forward, minor issues like the placement of a simple public toilet or a couple of road signs, need to be put into a right perspective and resolved a lot quicker and more efficiently than this. Surely, no one would disagree with that.