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Talking POINTS

UNTAPPED TREASURE!

with BOB HOLLAND

One of the talking points this week has been the pay rise for Councillors. Our Councillors are divided over whether to accept the rise or not given the current financial climate. One point worth noting in the debate is that the rise came after a tribunal upgraded Orange Council’s rating, which in turn meant that our Mayor and Councillors are entitled to higher remuneration. To be fair, they didn’t just vote themselves a pay rise.

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Something else that came out of last Tuesday’s Extra-ordinary Meeting was questions about Council spending $500,000 of taxpayer’s money to evaluate Mount Canobolas as a site for mountain bike activities. One of the main concerns being that Mount Canobolas is not in the Orange Council area. That should be interesting!

A couple of Councillors at Tuesday’s meeting didn’t do themselves any favours with throw away comments like “too many gutless Councillors” and “go on, get it off your chest.” Very disrespectful and unwarranted in my view.

Mt Canobolas is a unique geographical phenomenon that Orange’s whole tourism industry should be “hooked” around, a life-time local and awardwinning photographer believes.

Others including Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd agree, saying that the split responsibility for the subalpine mount and slopes between Orange and Cabonne Councils and the National Parks and Wildlife Service

has seen this landmark neglected for too long.

“Orange needs something to hang its hat on. It’s there, let’s use it,” local identity John “Kichy” Kich said. “It’s special, it’s the highest point at this latitude between Sydney and South Africa,” he added. n Turn to page 2–3 for our special on the Mount. n See page 8–9 for John Kich’s photo essay on our greatest natural feature.

Curing the need for quality meats The art of cured meats including freshly-made salami, prosciuttos and cabanossis are now delighting local palates. Orange’s own Stefan Birmili (pictured) is looking to produce these in the district, if he can only find the right location. Go to page 5 for full story.

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More news from Council that I am interested in is Council deciding to give away $50,000 worth of Shop Orange Gift Cards to help local businesses, and another $50,000 to help sporting clubs.

I’m really interested to understand more about how that all works and how they came up with such a strategy. The Shop Orange Gift Card concept has always been anything but successful, but sadly we seem stuck with it.

I’m still very interested in getting a discussion going about a Community Project involving the Botanic Gardens.

On that, it’s a pretty simple and straightforward concept, one that will greatly benefit the gardens and Orange overall, so I’m keen to hear from one or more of our service clubs who might be interested in driving such a project with our help. You can read more about this in this week’s Orange City Life.

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To continue the tradition of Orange City Life in bringing out the best in people, we started Newswatch a few months back because we felt our City deserved a free newspaper, now we’re launching Hearts for Orange to take the next step, hoping to rally more people to love and support our City even more in areas that matter, especially to help us through these trying times.

Read more inside >

Talking POINTS

with BOB HOLLAND

It seems that every time the topic of building more houses in Orange comes up, the issue of water follows right on its heels.

Wouldn’t you think that given the history of Orange’s water issues, this issue would have been dealt with once and for all before this? Surely this issue is an absolute basic and a MUST to be addressed VERY soon. I wonder if we have at least one Councillor with the smarts to know what needs to be done and then drive it. Might be hoping for too much before the next Council election.

Speaking to a business owner this week, I discovered he was doing quite well despite the Covid issue. He’s a butcher and he said more people are staying home, so buying meat and cooking at home is helping his business. Nice to hear from someone who’s benefitting from all the pain for a change, so many are on the other side of the fence.

While on that, those of us who are travelling OK should keep an eye and ear out for those who could do with a helping hand. The times are such that there must be a growing number of people who through no fault of their own find themselves in very tough circumstances.

Let’s not be backward in stepping forward when we see or hear of any opportunity.

There’s a long and pointed letter on our Back Page this week and I commend it to you. Although it sounds like the very same song I’ve been singing, I didn’t write it. We can’t all just ignore the facts raised in this letter forever.

I hope by this time next week that many people are starting to talk about our Hearts for Orange project. It a new project we’re launching in this issue of Newswatch, and its purpose among other things, is to encourage those who live in and love Orange to make a greater effort to support it in very tangible ways. See pages 8 and 9 for more.

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In Memoriam:

Latest victim of the coronavirus is the famous Millthorpe Markets usually held in the first Sunday in December.

Councillor Mario Previtera

very briefly Orange will be having a very-sad send-off for Councillor Mario Previtera who recently succumbed to a long illness.

Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said that Cr Previtera was well-liked and diligent with: “a quiet demeanour” and that he was also: “conscientious, thoughtful, and community-minded.”

Close Council colleague and friend, Cr Sam Romano described Cr Previtera as both generous and selfless. “Council can be pretty rough-and-tumble, but I have never heard Mario say an ill-word about anyone.

“He was a peace-maker. His loss will be felt by all those in the Council family who have got to know him over the last few years,” Cr Romano said. “Our thoughts are with Mario’s family and friends.”

On a personal note, Newswatch — although unaware of Cr Previtera’s health battles — found he was always one of the first councillors to return calls and never deferred in giving his opinion on any issue he was approached about.

Telstra Troubles

Users of the Telstra network over the past few days have been finding-out how much they depend on internet and mobile coverage with a number of “Newswatch” readers reporting patchy, intermittent, or even non-existent service for long periods.

In amongst so much bad news for traditional media, old sub-editors of regional dailies will be celebrating the saving from the scrap-heap of the old news service, Australian Associated Press, to a consortium of investors.

Before the internet, the famous AAP byline at the bottom of stories was the symbol of the only source of newspaper stories outside your local area.

Regional, interstate, national, and international stories flooded in on “the wire” throughout the day saving many a desperate editor from the ignominy of having to run the stock sales results on the front-page.

Local “stringers” could also sell quirky, unusual, and sometimes-important stories from their area — AAP’s famous generosity even keeping some contributors from the poor-house for years!

In more contemporary news, an online pop culture site “Junkee” (sigh) has stopped putting “bylines” (the author’s name) on music reports due to “online harassment from music fans”.

The Markets are presented as a cornucopia of home-made crafts, food, and fashion, with something for everyone!

To some locals who resent having their village taken over twice a year by rude outsiders who park where they like and abuse old ladies trying to get to the adjacent church, they are more like a glorified boot-sale with everything from scented candles to… copper-art!

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Users have also been receiving daily updates declaring that an upgrade will be occurring over the coming week.

One “Orange City Life” advertiser recently had to drive to town to view the proofs of his ad, he simply did not trust the copy to be faithfully-reproduced via his email service.

“We’re out near Borenore; and there’s about a seven-kilometre ring around our place where you can’t get any reliable service,” the advertiser said.

“You make a phone call, and it invariably drops-out. Before we had our ‘upgrade’; our mobile service was at about seven or eight bars; we’re on about one bar of service now!” he said ruefully.

Readers of a certain age might remember the 1950s Disney mini-series, Davy Crockett, with actor Fess Parker roaming around the 19th century wilderness of the American West in a genuine racoon-skin cap.

While contemporary images of this iconic American hero show him either bare-headed or wearing a broad-brimmed hat, the racoonskin cap is the image most who remember the show now have of the king of the wild frontier!

Cr Previtera was elected to Orange City Council in September 2017.

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The markets, which normally draw thousands of visitors to the main sports oval in the picturesque village between Bathurst and Orange, are the main fund-raiser for the local school.

Local Robert Hamblin has got (almost) the real thing; a fox-skin cap with tail-attached that he picked-up when visiting his son in Europe some years ago.

GAMING LADIES

“He was working for a charity, and I got it in Romania for only five or six dollars, I couldn’t believe it!” he said, modelling the cap for fashion-conscious “Newswatch” readers…

Most people’s view of gamers is young men crouched-over lurid keyboards “taking each-other out” remotely in Call-of-Duty style scenarios as the pizza boxes and frozen meal containers pile-up.

and new releases — all made by Australian and New Zealand women working in different capacities: as directors, programmers, developers, digital artists, writers, producers and designers.

Orange Regional Museum’s latest exhibition seeks to dispel that myth with a touring exhibition that celebrates women working in the games industry

Despite women making up almost 50 per cent of game players, they account for less than 10 per cent of the games industry workforce.

“Code Breakers” is the first show of its kind to celebrate the achievements of women working in the games industry and has transformed Orange Regional Museum into an immersive and interactive game zone.

Visitors can get hands-on with an array of playable games — from indie through to commercial hits

Staff will be cleaning game stations regularly, and disinfectant wipes and hand sanitiser will also be available for visitors to use, along with other measures outlined in Orange Regional Museum’s COVIDsafe plan.

Code Breakers: Women in Games is on until mid-October from 9–4pm daily.

For more information, go to: www. orange.nsw.gov.au/museum

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Cold night for star-watchers As most star-gazers could guess, the best place on Earth to see the night sky is at a remote site, in Antarctica!

Stars viewed from a place called “Dome A” can be seen without their twinkle (caused by turbulence in the upper atmosphere); which means they can be seen in much greater detail.

Dome A also happens to be situated due south of Australia’s Davis Station in Antarctica on a plateau 4000 metres above sea-level.

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Orange Aboriginal Medical Service (OAMS) dentists Dr Nicole Contemplacion and Dr Amika Garcia. Indigenous locals have been assured that normal dental care and other health services continues to run at the Orange Aboriginal Medical Service (OAMS) with special protocols in place to protect patients and staff during the coronavirus pandemic.

INDIGENOUS LOCALS URGED TO NOT PUT-OFF VITAL DENTAL CARE DURING CORONAVIRUS

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Indigenous locals have been assured that normal dental care and other health services continues to run at Orange Aboriginal Medical Service (OAMS) with special protocols in place to protect patients and staff during the coronavirus pandemic.

“Absolutely, if you have problems, come in. We have a triage system in place so that the most urgent people get seen immediately,” OAMS dentist, Dr Amika Garcia said.

operating through the pandemic.

The assurance followed a recent study that showed that Australians were suffering increasing prevalence of tooth decay and gum disease, a trend made worse by the current pandemic.

The only criteria is that one identifies as from an indigenous background. “If you fall within the ATSI footprint, you are eligible,” she concluded.

The study said that Australians were avoiding the dentist due to fears of proximity to others with many stuck at home and eating sugary treats as a form of stress-relief.

But Dr Garcia said that a number of carefullyconsidered protocols can assure locals attending the service of the best care possible. “Mostly people with existing respiratory conditions have been very careful.”

“We have worked through a number of the mosturgent cases and are now available for other long-term problems,” she said.

The only difference in the practice was that, due to COVID-19, the surgery was limiting the use of “aerosolgenerating procedures — anything that makes water particles go into the air. We’re limiting these and being case-selective,” Dr Garcia added.

She was not surprised at the figures for increased dental problems in contemporary Australians, particularly for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders.

“You’ve got the high-push for privatisation of dentistry; it’s quite a high cost form of health care… that’s the reality.

“Any statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics would tell you that Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people are below the bar,” Dr Garcia said. “We have the privilege of serving this population that falls below that bar.”

Dr Garcia said that all current OAMS assistance is

“We’ve got GPs, dental care, screening and general health services, a cancer clinic, optometry, and the NDIS,” she said.

OAMS colleague, Dr Nicole Contemplacion, said the early restrictions of the COVID-crisis had seen an increased wait list at the facility: “Our wait list had blown-up, we had been only able to see relief-of-pain clients,” she explained.

“Given the niche people we see here, they have been prioritised for access.”

She said that this list had now been cleared and more long-term issues were being addressed with particular care to ensure no chance of cross-infection.

“We’ve been 100 per cent careful in dealing with people, those we see are often more vulnerable, and we’ve had to take special care,” she said.

Dr Contemplacion believes that higher reported figures for dental decay could be down to betterreporting compared to the past.

“There’s more detection now, people are more aware of dental problems. People were not that interested in the past about it, if they had a problem with a tooth, they just had it removed,” she said.

The recent study from the Adult Oral Health Tracker showed that while Australian adults are keeping their teeth for longer; one in three of us is walking around with untreated tooth decay, while one in four has periodontal disease with periodontal pockets 4mm or deeper.

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other risk factors, is produced by the Australian Dental Association in collaboration with the Mitchell Institute.

“The Oral Health Tracker 2020 is a progress report that provides an update on how Australian adult oral health is tracking compared to the previous results in 2018 and against the targets set for 2025,” said the ADA’s Oral Health Promoter Dr Mikaela Chinotti.

“The results are in, and for gum disease and tooth decay, they’re not good. These conditions are largely preventable, yet they’ve increased in prevalence and we continue to get further away from our goal of improving Australia’s oral health.

“Covid-19 is only making this worse. We’re anticipating a spike in the number of tooth decay and other oral health issues to emerge once the pandemic is over.”

The findings include: • Th e number of adults with untreated and potentially painful tooth decay has increased sizeably from a quarter of adults to around a third of adults (25.5 to 32.1 per cent); • Adults with periodontal pockets (≥4mm) which can cause tooth loss, went from 19.8 per cent to 28.8 per cent; • Adults reporting toothache in the previous 12 months went up from 16.2 per cent to 20.2 per cent; • Just under half (48.8 per cent) of adults surveyed had visited a dentist for a check-up in the last 12 months, a drop of 6.7 per cent since 2018; • Only 53 per cent of us are brushing twice a day; • Australians are keeping their teeth for longer, with the number of adults with fewer than 21 teeth dropping from 15.5 per cent to 10.2 per cent; and • Rates of adult oral cancers have remained almost static at 10.3 people per 100,000.

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TO BOTANIC OR NOT TO BOTANIC — urban nature n a r o m u se u m l a ic A botan er-utilised? tt e b e b ld u o sh t a resource th nic Gardens ta o B e g n ra O h it w What to do the further that t n e rg u re o m s e m beco ads-out past the e h l w ra sp n a rb u ’s Orange tting and our se l ra ru im se ce n o Garden’s . This week, w ro g to s e u n ti n co population e site in its th f o n o ti a rv se n co the case for current state.

ROLE IS “CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION” — “FRIENDS” SAY Preserving samples of beautiful, rare, and endangered plants is the primary role of Orange Botanic Gardens; a group of local conservationists believe.

The group — many of whom are members of “The Friends of the Orange Botanic Gardens” volunteer organisation — believe that turning the gardens into a multi-purpose parkland facility ignores the vital role that such a specific entity provides.

“In simple terms, the role of botanic gardens is to preserve plants,” Ann Dib said. “You could talk about anything it could be, but we simply don’t have the water,” she explained.

Dr Murray Fletcher, a distinguished entomologist, agreed, saying: “It’s role is in conservation and education.”

The group said that the Gardens are both underappreciated and misunderstood by those who believe that all-natural beauty must have a “role” or “purpose”.

“It is used by different community groups who just enjoy its understated silent appeal, so important in our unsettling times: It also has a mental health focus; it’s a peaceful place in a busy city,” he said.

The group believe that Councillor Scott Munro’s suggestion for a Council-run community garden on the site (see follow-up article next week) misunderstands the Garden’s role.

“The concept of a community garden is a good thing in itself, but it’s very different from what a botanic garden is,” Dr Fletcher said.

The group said that they have always supported the use of the gardens for events ranging from Orange Conservatorium music in the gardens, to gardening expos, to market days, and movie festivals.

“We’ve had all these things, but it’s not the principal use of the gardens,” Susan Sanders said.

She said that these events had provided an excellent way in the Gardens’ early days to advertise the fact that Orange had one of the State’s few genuine botanical gardens with flora conservation as its major role.

“People didn’t know that we had a botanic garden and it was a way of informing people of what we had here,” Ms Sanders added.

weather factors and the like, many ended-up being cancelled,” Dr Fletcher said.

We had a garden expo for about four years, but, for one reason or another, it’s no longer held,” he explained.

“Rotary ran a sustainable living week that covered a whole range of issues, that went great,” Nick King added.

Due to its relative size and proximity to new urban areas, the group say that vandalism — broken windows on the old chapel in the grounds and more — have become more common meaning that any events held must have proper security. “We’ve had a lot of vandalism here, we had half a tonne of bluestone and it got taken, disappeared,” Ms Sanders said.

Continuing misunderstanding of its role had led to a range of suggestions for “better” use of the facility.

Mr King said that it was State Government policy, particularly in light of the coronavirus crisis, to increase areas for contemplative use, places where people could simply “be” rather than “do.”

“There was suggestion to allow a memorial garden here, but that wasn’t allowed, we were very against it,” she said.

“I oppose the crass commercialisation of public places; this place is not designed for commercial exploitation.”

Events like a “Walk of Art” are fine within the context of a one-off event, Dr Fletcher said. “It would be fine on a temporary basis, but not a permanent fixture,” he said.

Ms Dib says that events they should be exploring are ones that attract garden lovers from other areas to come to Orange to enjoy the relatively-untouched nature of the Orange site which is its greatest asset.

He said that the seeming drop-off in events in recent years at the Gardens had as much to do with changes of the priorities of the groups that used to have events at the facility as any objection from the Friends groups.

Dr Fletcher points to controversy surrounding commercialisation of parts of Sydney’s world-famous botanic gardens with former Prime Minister Paul Keating calling plans to build a hotel on the site an “atrocity”

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The former prime minister said the proposal – which

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— WHAT TO DO WITH OUR GARDENS? included a five-star hotel, harbour-side viewing platforms and a permanent sound shell in the Domain – was “the most appalling and outrageous plan Sydney has ever seen for the misappropriation of its public lands.”

“He’s partly-right, parts of it have been degraded,” Dr Fletcher said, believing that the loss of public use of the Sydney Gardens, proved a salutary warning for the Orange facility.

Mr King says that Orange Council’s own management plan for the Gardens describes it as being a unique facility that existed for its own importance He pointed to the proposed bike track in the Mt Canobolas National Park as an example of “inappropriate-use” of a nature area.

The vision statement for the Gardens established in the draft master plan prepared by Council circa 2005 describes the purpose of the gardens as: “To develop and maintain a cool climate Botanic Gardens as a top regional attraction. The master plan recommendations have been developed to create a Botanic Garden environment, with plant species which reflect the local climate with consideration of changing climate conditions.”

“The statement ‘top regional attraction’ dictates that the landscape must be accommodating to visitors,

whilst providing an intangible educational output which visitors can take away from their visit to the Gardens. The vision is inherent in all of the key directions.”

The Gardens during winter do look beautiful.

Established from the early 1980s on the site of the former Clover Hill farm, it has a “country walk” designed to wind through the site as a unifying feature.

A favourite place for civil weddings in Orange, other features include a sensory garden specially for those vision or mobility impaired; “Regeneration Hill” which highlights an area previously degraded which has now grown back into a beautiful native area, and the boardwalk which talks visitors around a lake area.

For Ms Sanders, this natural, delicate area is a sign of the damage that a theme park approach to the Gardens could do.

“I read of a proposal to turn the Billabong into a pool,

s While the Botanic Gardens were originally at the extreme northern edge of Orange, urban encroachment has seen housing at the very edge of the Gardens.

can you believe that?” she said.

Next Week: Mayor, Cr Reg Kidd — one of the funders of the Gardens — and Councillor Scott Munro, respond.

s Michaela, Hayden, Pippa, and Ashton recently seeing the sites at Orange Botanic gardens. “It’s beautiful; we’re going to get married here. It’s one of the most attractive venues in Orange,” Michaela said.

s Friends of the Orange Botanic Gardens s The Gardens iconic stone and steel entranceway.

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CORONAVIRUS COMMON-SENSE SEES DIRECT VIC FLIGHTS BANNED

NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, OR WEST, WHICH WAY OUT FOR ORANGE?

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, COUNCIL WANTS TO HEAR FROM LANDOWNERS IN WHICH DIRECTION THEY BELIEVE ORANGE SHOULD EXPAND.

The Council is continuing to work on the development of a Local Housing Strategy to guide the provision of housing in Orange for the next 30 years.

Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said that it was crucial that the views of local residents are considered.

“As we move into the next phase of this important project, there are two targets for community consultation,” Cr Kidd said.

“We want to hear from landholders and the general community.”

“We need to balance decisions about whether the outer suburbs of Orange will continue to expand with traditional housing subdivisions, or if the focus should be more towards infill opportunities and increasing housing density.

COMMON-SENSE HAS FINALLY PREVAILED WITH DIRECT FLIGHTS BETWEEN MELBOURNE AND ORANGE CEASING AS THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS DEEPENS IN THE SOUTHERN CAPITAL. The decision to allow up to three flights a week between Melbourne and Orange had been criticised with most of Victoria in lockdown and road traffic between NSW and our southern neighbour effectively-banned.

The decision to stop the flights was made following a decision by NSW Health that NSW residents returning from Victoria must go into mandatory hotel quarantine for 14 days at their own expense.

All returning NSW residents, unless they live within the NSW border regions, will only be allowed to return to NSW through Sydney Airport.

must exercise extreme caution,” Ms Berejiklian said.

“The health of our citizens and economy must be protected — and the health advice says this is the best way to do it.

“We will also further limit the reasons Victorians can seek exemptions to come into NSW.” There is no change to existing arrangements for border communities.

Health Minister Brad Hazzard said that a robust health screening process will continue at the airport to protect the NSW community.

“NSW Health staff will continue to rigorously screen incoming passengers from Victoria, doing health and temperature checks, ensuring masks are worn and checking their permits,” Mr Hazzard said.

“Our staff will also continue to ensure that anyone who is unwell or showing symptoms is shuttled safely to our quarantine health hotels for care under isolation.”

This regime, designed to protect the wider NSW community from the escalating COVID-19 situation in Victoria, came into effect last Friday.

Dr Kerry Chant said this latest change would reduce the number of people entering NSW from Victoria, and reduce the risk of community transmission.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said this new line of defence would further reduce the risk during this critical time in the pandemic.

“This is a critical time in the NSW response, and we need to reduce any further risk of seeding of cases from Victoria,” Dr Chant said.

“I realise this may be difficult for some people, but the changing situation in Victoria means we

The cost of hotel quarantine will be the same as for returning international travellers.

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“Along with the community, landowners and developers, Orange City Council aims to manage the process of meeting demand and efficiently supplying infrastructure such as water, sewer and roads.

chair Cr Russell Turner said the housing strategy would set long-term plans in place to guide the one-by-one decisions about individual housing subdivisions.

“The Council wants to avoid the potential for this housing growth to interfere with the factors that some residents value about their neighbourhood. The Council wants to protect the environment and make efficient use of infrastructure and Council resources.

“With so many factors to balance Council needs to hear from landowners that may be interested in rezoning of their land during the 30-year lifetime of the strategy. Importantly, registering an interest doesn’t mean that your land will definitely be selected by the strategy.

“For example, there may be more land being offered for development than is needed.

Other interested landowners may have land that is better suited by having lower environmental impacts or being easier to service.

“Protection of the water “The strategy may see value catchment areas from housing development has been a in encouraging more infill longstanding priority. The issue development of existing urban of water is important along with areas. protecting prime agricultural land “To help set these priorities, and ecological values.

Council wants to hear from any “Council would like to ensure interested landowner, whether that any areas identified for for greenfield subdivision or infill potential rezoning align as best development,” Cr Turner said. we can with the intentions of Submissions to the Council don’t landowners in and around the have to be highly-detailed but affected areas. It’s expected that can simply be a short description some landowners will want to of the perceived potential, such explore the potential for their as the size and possible number land for new houses, while other of lots or units that could be landowners won’t be interested in achieved. this, preferring to maintain their current rural environment.

Submissions close on Monday, “Orange City Council wants to consult with, and hear the views of, people from both these camps.”

Orange City Council Planning and Development Committee

August 24. More information can be found on the YourSay Orange community engagement website. https://yoursay.orange.nsw.gov. au/local-housing-strategy-thenext-steps.

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Spring Hill and Surrounding Districts Consultative Committee

Superb soils, water, villages the focus of local rural group ORANGE IS MORE THAN JUST THE URBAN NEIGHBOURHOODS WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES WITH OUR COUNCIL AREA ALSO INCLUDING BEAUTIFUL RURAL COMMUNITIES WITHIN A PICTURESQUE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND HISTORIC RURAL VILLAGES. Representing these diverse rural communities is the role of the Spring Hill and Surrounding Districts Consultative Committee.

The Committee aims to provide a collective voice on Council issues for the rural districts of Spring Hill, Huntley, Spring Terrace, Springside, Shadforth, Spring Creek, and Lucknow.

“We have been active for the past five years in positivelyrepresenting the ratepayers of the fertile rural lands and country villages on the Basalt Plateau South of Orange,” Chair of the Spring Hill and Surrounding Districts Consultative Committee, Anne Salter, said.

She said that the Basalt Plateau, which is a significant landform in the region, has the three Councils of Blayney, Cabonne, and Orange each presiding over its areas with their boundaries intersecting near the village of Spring Hill.

“Often overlooked is that approximately two-thirds of Orange Local Government area takes in the productive rural lands that extend out south from Orange beyond Millthorpe,” Anne explained. “This area requires a very different Council directive than the urban suburbs of Orange itself.”

essential water sources.”

The rich productive agricultural soils of the Canobolas/ Orange Basalt Complex has also been highlighted by the Consultative Committee which encompasses the Volcanic Plateaus scenic rural landscape from Millthorpe, Forest Reefs and Shadforth back across Spring Hill, Huntley, Spring Terrace, Springside and towards Mt Canobolas then taking in the slopes of Towac, Borenore and Nashdale.

“These magnificent soils — accompanied by the cool climate and good rainfall — provides the perfect environment to produce our famous high-quality agricultural food produce from which Orange’s tourism reputation as the ‘Food and Wine Heart of the Region’ is derived.

As well as their other work, the Committee is also involved in educating the next generation of land-carers.

“During 2019, the Consultative Committee ran education sessions within local schools to encourage the understanding in our young community of the value of the local water and soil resources.

“Utilising specimen collections and demonstrations, the students learned how the Orange Basalt was originally formed and how groundwater recharge occurs into the Orange Basalt Aquifer,” Anne added.

Historic villages of Spring Hill and Lucknow have also benefited from the increased focus on village life that arose, ironically, from the defeated Council amalgamation push.

“Orange Council now recognises the need to provide a higher-level of attention to its villages with yearly funding being committed for beautification and enhancement.

As well as representing these rural communities, focus of the Committee is promoting the importance of protecting the valuable natural water resources that exist within this plateau landform. Doing this, also protects one of Orange’s most valuable resources; water!

“These water sources include Orange’s main drinking water catchment that originates upon the Basalt Plateau; as well as the fresh groundwater within the underlying Orange Basalt Aquifer and the important interaction between these water sources,” Anne explained.

“The Committee continues to advise all levels of Government of the importance of planning to eliminate land-use activities on the Orange Basalt, such as waste operations and intensive industries which pose the threat of polluting these vulnerable and extensively relied-upon

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“Ratepayers recognise Council’s contribution to these villages and anticipate the continuation of budgeted funding being rolled-out as outlined in enhancement master plans.”

Central within this “productive plateau” is Orange Airport, the scenic agricultural setting of this air transport gateway enhances the Orange Region’s tourist and visitor experience.

“Orange Council’s attention to the Airport has it providing a high-level of air transport services as well as being the main “Toll Aeromedical Helicopter Retrieval Base” for the Western Region of New South Wales.

— Spring Hill and Surrounding Districts Consultative Committee will cover a range of important local issues in later editions of Newswatch, including: • Orange Basalt Aquifer • Basalt Plateau • Rich Fertile Volcanic Soils • Drinking Water Catchment for Orange • Historic Rural Villages of Spring Hill - Huntley – Lucknow

WHAT’Snew

8

with BOB HOLLAND

introducing...

HE RTS FOR ORANGE

Folks, my Orange community neighbours and friends, if you have a heart for Orange, if you live here, love the place, and want to play a part in securing our future, in spite of the topsy turvy world we are now having to negotiate, please take the time to read this article right through, it’s really important.

It talks about the highly vulnerable situation that Orange and similar places all over Australia are facing, and then about an initiative that I believe can help Orange stay out of harm’s way if we choose to adopt it, and at the same time stay ahead of many similar towns and cities.

First thing to say is this. In times like these, the future is completely unknown and only the foolish would brush aside what is staring us in the face. With such uncertainty, it is very prudent to prepare for a worst case scenario and if we’re wrong, no harm done, but if we’re right, we might survive while others fall, we might even come out better than before.

In such times, communities like ours have choices - they can do little or nothing and hope to ride it out, they do something and hope that ‘something’ is enough, or they can get really smart, get on the front foot and take serious steps to make sure they had every chance of coming out the other side in good shape. It really is that simple.

Some will take the first option, most will take the second, very few indeed will take the third, however those who do take the third option will be the ones who do the best for their communities.

We need to get on the front foot NOW! I would like to encourage the whole Orange community to join me in encouraging our leaders to urgently take the third option.

They may already be planning this but it’s unlikely, my guess is they’ll be thinking like most others and take the second option and just do “something.” Believe me when I say, “something” probably won’t be enough, and it certainly won’t give us any edge over other towns and cities doing similar.

We need to get on the front foot NOW! To help us do just that, I’ve come up with a strategic marketing plan that I’m hoping the whole Orange community will embrace. If we do, I promise, Orange will come out the other side of Covid-19 in far better shape than similar towns and cities right across Australia.

“Marketing” is the key to our succeeding. Our leaders will tell you about all the wonderful things they are currently doing and that’s great, these WILL make a difference but not enough in the real area of difference we need.

When I tackle a situation or problem, I start by going to the root of the problem and then work my way up from there. That said, and despite what anyone else may tell you, the root problem for Orange and indeed all of Australia right now is jobs. Recognise and address that as the root problem and everything will flow on from there, EVERYTHING! Money, lots of money, needs to keep flowing in a community like Orange to keep things moving forward, and the only way money keeps flowing is while ever people have money to spend. Local working people clearly spend more than people who don’t have jobs, so the more people we can get into employment, the more the money will flow. The other source of money we need to tap into is all those people within 200 kms of Orange who could and would come to Orange to shop and do business more often if we gave them enough reasons or incentive to do so.

So, in a place like Orange today, how do you create jobs in an environment like the one we’re negotiating.

That’s a fair question and one that probably stops most people right there, in their tracks.

The problem with that is, you need to think a bit further into solving it, more “working the problem” is needed, that’s a term I like from the Apollo 13 movie. A better question or questions would be - what needs to be in place for the necessary jobs to be created, who could or would employ someone extra and if so, under what circumstances? If you think that through, you will realise that MOST working people are employed by small business operators. If you think that through you will realise that small business operators are the best place to start creating more jobs. And if you think that through you will further realise that if you can help small business operators become more profitable, they WILL employ more people, either out of need through growth or simply to lighten their own personal workload.

So then, the next question is how do you help small business operators here in Orange become more profitable? We all know the answer to that, and we’ve heard it over and over and over again in different forms, and for the most part ignored the answer. We need to “better” SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. Paying lip service won’t cut it, we need to live it! All of us, from our local government, our civic leaders, our major businesses right down to our neighbours and ourselves, we all need to spend EVERY DOLLAR POSSIBLE here in Orange - no excuses!

...If you have a heart for Orange, spend your money where your heart is!..

If you genuinely have a heart for Orange, this would be second nature to you. One of the sayings I’ll be pushing is “If you have a heart for Orange, spend your money where your heart is!”

I know a great number reading this do have a heart for Orange and they’re the people I want to rally first, next I want to rally our civic leaders and our big businesses to think how they can better spend their money in Orange and then I want to rally those in the community who claim to have a heart for Orange to unashamedly spend more of their money locally and less elsewhere.

To help us achieve this, I’m introducing a new commercial arm to our business called HEARTS FOR ORANGE. Put bluntly, I’m putting my money where my mouth is to drive this program and see where it takes us. I’m hoping others will come on board to help make it the success it could be, for all our sakes. This is not a Regional Life Group (our company name) business venture, this is a not a Bob Holland clever plan to make more money, this is a project for all of us to get behind and enjoy, all while doing great good for the City we claim to love.

Will you join me?

| Saturday 8 August, 2020 |

The Strategy

In basic terms, here is the strategy I’ll be following -

The theme:

Hearts for Orange

Aims:

Create more jobs - by - helping businesses prosper - by - fostering community pride and involvement

Method:

Concentrated marketing campaigns to encourage more people from up to 200 kms away to come to Orange for shopping or to do business more often.

Typical initiatives These could include….

- Extensive TV ad campaigns - Spot and Share Shopping News to win Gift Vouchers (social media initiative) - Window stickers - “If you have a heart for Orange, spend your money where your heart is!”

- Orange Day Sale Orange turns Orange for a day - Christmas in November - to get a march on other towns competing for the same Christmas spend - Ongoing publicity in OCLife and Newswatch.

WHAT’Snew

9

with BOB HOLLAND

Why I’m putting my money where my mouth is For a long time now, I’ve been highly critical of our Council and our Business Chamber for not doing enough to encourage people within range of Orange, say 200 kms, to shop and do business here far more often. Doing this in an ongoing and aggressive manner simply makes good business sense, so it is inconceivable to me, that those who should know better haven’t addressed this, ever!

It’s not that I haven’t tried to convince them but sadly, our Council and Business Chamber appear to think just like most other similar Councils and Business Chambers across Australia, they get all excited about promoting tourism and hospitality but totally neglect the other 75% or more of businesses they serve. It’s crazy, but as I say, most think the same

way. They are oh so wrong but unfortunately, no one has actually tried hard enough to prove me right or them wrong. I’m about to change that.

I find myself in a position where I have enough money to now put my money where my mouth is. I’ve tried everything to convince them over many years to have a go and failed. Now I’m going to take a different approach. I’m setting up an arm of our business to specifically promote shopping and doing business in Orange more often by more people, and people from near and far, not just from Orange. I know it will make a significant difference. As mentioned, the theme I’m using is Hearts for Orange and I’m employing someone full time to drive it. It’s all about having a sound marketing strategy and being a

Time for non-hospitality businesses to become masters of their own destiny If you operate a restaurant, a winery, a hotel or motel, a service station, or any business that a tourist to Orange might enjoy visiting, you’re in a very favoured position. If, on the other hand, your business would be of little interest to someone visiting here as a tourist, you could be forgiven for feeling you’ve been left out in the cold.

While the hospitality industry enjoys a $500,000 or more leg up from local Councils each year to promote what they do, small businesses, particularly retailers, get nothing and remain the forgotten heroes of our economy.

The fact is, small businesses employ most of our workforce, so doesn’t it make good sense to try and help keep them profitable?

Someone needs to help them, just like Orange 360 helps the hospitality sector. Based on my experience, the only way that is now going to happen is if these small businesses decide to take charge of their own destiny, that they support a program that will show our Council and Business Chamber the value of promoting this vital sector on an equal basis to our hospitality sector. When the results become obvious, maybe then our Council will start to support both sectors equally.

marketer myself, I intend to give it everything I’ve got to prove I’m right once and for all.

You may think I’m taking an enormous risk in doing this, but let me assure you I KNOW I’m right, the only risk is if people don’t embrace what I’m trying to do. My resources will do so much, but I also need the community to get behind the project in various ways. If I can get businesses excited and feeling good about the project, if I can get the community excited enough to spend more of their money here and not elsewhere, it won’t take long to see and feel the benefits that my Hearts for Orange initiative will generate. I’m committed, I hope you’ll join with me and together we can do even greater things for this great city we live in.

OUR FIRST PROJECT Hearts for Orange is about to start that ball rolling and will soon invite local retailers to join us in an ambitious regional television initiative during September. We’ll be targeting ordinary people within 200 kms of Orange to come here to shop and do business, rather than go somewhere else.

We’re currently negotiating an extensive campaign with a local TV network and will start talking to retailers very soon. If you’re a local retailer and would like more details before we get to you, call my office on 6361 3575 or email reception@oclife.com.au and we’ll get back to you.

IF YOU HAVE A HEART FOR ORANGE, SPEND YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR HEART IS! How often have you heard it “Shop locally!”, “Support local businesses!” or similar? Does it really change the way you spend your money? Have all the messages about keeping locals in jobs if you do, really got through? I wonder?

It is so important for us to spend as much money as we can here locally, with local businesses, even if in some cases it takes effort to do so, or it costs a little more.

There is so much at stake if we don’t, and now, with Covid-19 added to the equation, it’s even more important than ever, especially in a city like Orange.

Whether you want to accept it or not, the future of Orange, the jobs you may want your children to have, the choice of goods and businesses that you expect to be available here, and so much more, hinge on how you spend your money and who with.

Imagine you have a hammer, nails and some wood in your hand and you can build either a coffin or a treasure chest, which would you choose. If a hammer, nails and wood in your hands represented money, when you spend your money outside of Orange, you’re building a coffin, when you spend it in Orange, you’re building a treasure chest.

Hearts for Orange urges everyone who loves Orange, who lives in Orange, who cares about Orange - in other words has a real heart for Orange, to earnestly spend your money where your heart is, here in Orange.

If enough of us do this, we’ll help our local businesses to remain profitable and even grow, in turn this growth will see more of them employ more people, creating the jobs that are vitally needed to keep the wheels of our economy turning.

Let me say again what is at the heart of my Hearts for Orange strategy, our aims if you prefer -

To create more jobs - by - helping businesses prosper - by - fostering community pride and involvement | Saturday 8 August, 2020 |

TVguide

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Saturday, August 8

aBC (2)

SBS (3)

6.00 Rage.

7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Rage.

12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 The Sound.

1.30 Louis Theroux: Gambling In Las Vegas.

2.30 Back In Time For Dinner: 1960s.

3.30 Escape From The City: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria – The Sages.

4.30 Landline.

5.00 Soccer. A-League. Perth Glory v Melbourne Victory. From Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Father Brown.

8.20 Les Misérables. Final.

9.35 Miniseries: Thirteen.

10.35 The Good Karma Hospital.

11.20 Rage.

6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News. 7.30 Italian News.

8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News.

11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24.

12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.15 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys. 4.00 Australia With Julia Bradbury.

4.30 On A Wing And A Prayer. 5.30 WWII Battles For Europe.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys.

8.30 MOVIE: Spotlight. (2015) Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo. Journalists from The Boston Globe investigate a cover-up of abuse within the Roman Catholic Church. (M) 10.50 MOVIE: Don’t Tell. (2017) (M) 12.45 My Second Restaurant In India. 3.30 Luke Nguyen’s Memories Of France. 4.30 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. 5.00 CGTN English News.

5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 2.35 Arthur. 3.05 Molly And Mack. 3.30 Play School.

3.55 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.10 Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle. 4.30 Bob The Builder. 4.45 Play School Art Time. 5.20 We’re Going On A Bear Hunt.

5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.55 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Live From The BBC. 9.15 QI. 10.15 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 11.00 Would I Lie To You? 11.30 Motherland.

11.55 Friday Night Dinner. 12.25 The Trip To Italy. 12.55 Absolutely Fabulous. 1.25 Live At The Apollo. 2.10 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled.

3.00 Close. 5.30 Postman Pat Special Delivery Service. 5.45 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

6.30 SBS Courtside. 7.00 Basketball. NBA. Sacramento Kings v Brooklyn Nets. 9.30 WorldWatch. 10.30 Hungarian News. 11.00 NHK Japanese News. 11.35 Hindi News. 12.00 The Good Doctor: Korea. 1.10 Chicago At War. 2.05 New Girl. 2.30 Insight. 3.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 3.55 PBS News. 4.55 The Carmichael Show. New. 6.40 Only Connect. New. 7.40 Stargate SG-1. 8.30 Ancient Aliens. Final.

9.20 Fear The Walking Dead. 11.00 UN Sex Abuse Scandal. 12.05 MOVIE: Eureka. (1983) 2.25 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. 11.25 Definitely Not News. 11.55 Operation Ouch!

12.20 Ice Stars. 12.50 Horrible Histories. 1.20 The Dengineers. 2.20 TMNT. 2.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 3.05 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.

3.30 Dragon Ball Super. 4.05 Gym Stars. 4.30 Odd Squad. 5.00 School Of Rock. 5.25 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.00 Cleopatra In Space. 6.30 Utopia Falls. 7.15 Taking The Next Step. 7.45 The Zoo. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Little Big Awesome. 8.35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 8.50 So Awkward. 9.15 The Legend Of Korra. 9.40 Detentionaire. 10.05 Close. 5.40 The Bagel And Becky Show. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 ZooMoo Lost.

(66) 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Hook, Line And Dinner. 9.30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. 10.00 My Grandmother’s Ravioli. 11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Mystery Diners. 1.00 Restaurant: Impossible. 4.00 The Simpsons. 4.25 MOVIE: Cloud 9. (2014) 6.15 MOVIE: Pan. (2015) Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund. 8.30 MOVIE: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. (2017) Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson. 10.50 MOVIE: About Time. (2013) Domhnall Gleeson. 1.20 Home Shopping. 2.20 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. 3.00 Hook, Line And Dinner. 4.00 My Grandmother’s Ravioli. 5.00 Cupcake Wars.

aBC (2)

SBS (3)

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6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. 6.30 Al Jazeera News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24.

12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight.

1.00 Speedweek.

3.00 George Clarke’s Shed Of The Year.

3.55 Great Irish Railway Journeys.

4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Criterium du Dauphiné 2019. Highlights. From France.

5.30 WWII Battles For Europe. Final.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 9/11: 102 Minutes That Changed America.

9.25 America’s Great Divide: From Obama To Trump.

11.30 How To Lose Weight Well.

4.00 John McCain: Maverick.

5.00 CGTN English News.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 2.05 Grandpa In My Pocket. 2.35 Arthur. 3.05 Molly And Mack. 3.30 Play School. 3.55 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.10 Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle. 4.30 Bob The Builder. 4.45 Play School Art Time. 5.20 Thomas. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.55 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.10 Live At The Apollo. 10.00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.35 Insert Name Here. 11.05 Live From The BBC. 11.50 Would I Lie To You? 12.20 W1A. 12.50 The IT Crowd. 1.15 Women On The Verge. 1.50 Gavin & Stacey. 2.25 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

10.00 Portuguese News. 10.50 Urdu News. 11.35 Hindi News. 12.00 The Good Doctor: Korea. 1.15 First Contact. 2.15 Dateline Shorts. 2.30 New Girl. 2.55 PopAsia TV. 3.55 ABC America: World News Tonight. 4.20 Insight. 5.15 Yokayi Footy.

5.50 Takeshi’s Castle Indonesia. 6.50 Abandoned Engineering. 7.40 The Tesla Files. 8.30 MOVIE: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. (1991) William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley.

10.30 Slut Phobia? 12.00 MOVIE: With Heart And Soul. (2009) 2.30 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. 11.30 Massive Monster Mayhem. 11.55 Operation Ouch! 12.20 Ice Stars. 12.50 Horrible Histories.

1.20 The Dengineers. 2.20 TMNT. 2.45 Prank You Very Much. 3.10 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 4.05 Gym Stars. 4.30 Odd Squad.

5.00 School Of Rock. 5.25 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.00 Cleopatra In Space. 6.30 Utopia Falls. 7.15 Taking The Next Step. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Little Big Awesome.

8.35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 8.50 So Awkward. 9.15 The Legend Of Korra. 9.40 Detentionaire. 10.05 Rage. 2.05 Close. 5.40 The Bagel And Becky Show. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 ZooMoo Wild (66) Friends. 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Rachael Ray’s 30 Minute Meals.

8.30 Ten Dollar Dinners. 9.00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Sweet Genius. 1.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Mystery Diners.

4.00 Restaurant: Impossible. 6.00 The Simpsons.

6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Futurama. 8.00 The Simpsons. 8.30 MOVIE: The Dressmaker. (2015) Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth. 11.00 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta.

11.30 Geordie Shore. 12.30 Are You The One? 1.30 Ten Dollar Dinners. 2.00 Cupcake Wars. 3.00 Sweet Genius. 4.00 Late Programs.

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7tWO

Newstyle (52) 6.00 Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 The Baron. 11.00 MOVIE: Assassin For Hire. (1951) Sidney Tafler.

12.25 MOVIE: Orders To Kill. (1958) Eddie Albert.

2.40 MOVIE: Muscle Beach Party. (1964) Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello. 4.40 MOVIE: Ace In The Hole. (1951) Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur. 7.00 MOVIE: El Dorado. (1967) John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan.

9.35 MOVIE: Guns Of The Magnificent Seven.

(1969) 11.45 Miniseries: Lynda La Plante’s Trial & Retribution. 2.00 Gideon’s Way. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 12.30 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 1.00 Beyblade Burst Rise. 1.30 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers. 2.00 BattleBots.

3.00 The Road Trick. 3.30 The Xtreme Collxtion.

4.30 Peaking. 5.10 MOVIE: Babe. (1995) 7.00 MOVIE: Minions. (2015) Sandra Bullock. 8.45 MOVIE: Jurassic World. (2015) Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins. 11.10 Heroes. 12.05 Manifest. 1.00 BattleBots. 2.00 Wife Swap US. 3.00 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers. 3.30 Kaijudo: Rise Of The Duel Masters. 4.00 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 4.30 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies.

4.50 Littlest Pet Shop: A World Of Our Own. 5.10 Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

Fish Of (63) 6.00 The Day. 6.30 The Big Adventure. 8.00 Home Shopping. 9.00 Aussie Dreamlivers Texas. 11.00 Pawn Stars.

11.30 Life Off Road. 12.00 Shipping Wars. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 2.00 Shipping Wars. 2.30 Fishing And Adventure. 3.00 American Pickers.

4.00 Graveyard Carz. 6.00 American Pickers.

7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 11. Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs.

10.00 AFL Post-Game Show. 10.45 America’s Hardest Prisons. 12.00 Blokesworld. 12.30 Esports. LPL Pro. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Week 4. Replay. 2.30 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 Jake And The Fatman. 10.00 MacGyver. 11.00 Diagnosis Murder. 12.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 Rocky Mountain Railroad.

2.00 One Strange Rock. 3.00 RPM. 3.30 Driven Not Hidden. 4.00 WhichCar. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans.

10.20 MOVIE: Blitz. (2011) Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen. 12.20 Law & Order: SVU. 1.15 Homicide: Hours To Kill. 3.05 48 Hours. 4.00 Monster Jam. 4.30 RPM. 5.00 Motor Racing.

Formula 1. British Grand Prix. Highlights.

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Dora The Explorer. 6.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 7.00 PAW Patrol. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku. 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. 12.30 The Neighborhood. 1.30 Man With A Plan. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.30 To Be Advised. 5.00 Will & Grace.

6.00 Friends. 7.30 Kojak. 8.30 Columbo. 10.00 MOVIE: I Love You Too. (2010) Brendan Cowell, Peter Dinklage. 12.20 Friends. 1.35 100% Hotter.

2.30 Will & Grace. 3.30 The Neighborhood. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 Late Programs.

7FLIX

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6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 House Of Wellness.

1.00 America’s Got Talent.

3.00 Beach Cops.

3.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Farmer Wants A Wife.

8.30 Anita Cobby: You Thought You Knew It All. 10.00 Between Two Worlds.

11.00 Liar.

12.00 Medical Emergency.

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

WIN PEaCH

NINE (5)

WIN (8) 6.00 Mass For You At Home.

6.30 Hillsong.

7.00 Leading The Way With Dr Michael Youssef.

7.30 Fishing Australia.

8.00 The Living Room.

9.00 Studio 10: Sunday.

11.30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn.

12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship.

Round 5. Darwin Triple Crown. Day 2. From Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin.

5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Sunday Project.

7.30 Bachelor In Paradise. Final.

9.00 FBI. 11.00 NCIS. 12.00 The Sunday Project.

1.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS This Morning.

TV Shop: Home (52) 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Amazing Facts Presents. 7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 In Touch Ministries. 8.00 Beyond Today.

8.30 The Incredible Journey Presents. 9.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 MOVIE: Treasure Island. (1972) 12.00 Getaway. 12.30 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. 2.30 My Favorite Martian.

3.00 MOVIE: The Thousand Plane Raid. (1969) 5.00 MOVIE: The Vikings. (1958) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 10.40 Deadly Cults. 11.40 Above Suspicion. 12.35 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

1.30 Dangerman. 2.30 Adventures In Rainbow Country. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

7MatE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 12.30 Beyblade Burst Rise. 1.00 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers.

1.30 Rivals. 2.00 Surfing Australia TV. 2.30 Dance Moms. 3.30 MOVIE: Batteries Not Included.

(1987) 5.50 MOVIE: Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.

(2001) 7.30 MOVIE: The Fate Of The Furious.

(2017) Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson. 10.10 MOVIE: Baby Driver. (2017) Ansel Elgort. 12.25 Heroes. 1.15 Manifest. 2.05 Wife Swap US. 3.00 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers. 3.30 Kaijudo: Rise Of The Duel Masters. 4.00 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 4.30 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.50 Ninjago. 5.10 Lego Jurassic World: Legend Of Isla Nublar. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

Home (63) 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 The Fishing Show. 7.30 Home Shopping. 9.30 Timbersports. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Creek To Coast. 11.30 Fishing And Adventure.

12.00 Great Lake Warriors. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 Blue Water Savages. 2.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 3.00 Fishy Business.

Return. 4.00 Blue Water Savages. 4.30 Merv Hughes Fishing. 5.00 Shipping Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 MOVIE: Die Hard 2.

(1990) Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Dennis Franz.

11.00 Swift And Shift Couriers. 12.00 Kittens Make You Laugh Out Loud. 1.10 Late Programs.

WIN BOLd

6.00 Animal Tales. 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Sports Sunday.

11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show.

1.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 2. Sunshine Coast Lightning v Magpies. From USC Stadium, Queensland.

3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 13. Cronulla Sharks v Parramatta Eels.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 Australian Ninja Warrior.

8.50 60 Minutes.

9.50 Nine News Late.

10.50 Three Identical Strangers.

12.40 Rivals.

1.05 The Baron.

2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

2.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Animal Tales.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 7.00 Tomorrow’s World. 7.30 Leading The Way. 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 The Yorkshire Vet. 2.00 My Greek Odyssey. 3.00 Escape To The Country.

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

8.10 Mrs Brown’s Boys.

10.10 Miranda.

11.30 The Windsors. 12.30 The Durrells. 3.00 My Greek Odyssey. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 4.30 Naughty Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud. 5.30 Home Shopping.

WIN (8) 6.00 Reel Action.

6.30 Entertainment Tonight.

7.00 Unknown Road Adventures.

7.30 What’s Up Down Under.

8.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures.

9.00 WhichCar. 9.30 Studio 10: Saturday.

12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship.

Round 5. Darwin Triple Crown. Day 1. From Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Bondi Rescue.

7.00 The Children’s Hospital.

7.40 Ambulance.

10.00 Beecham House.

11.00 FBI. 12.00 Law & Order: SVU. 1.00 NCIS: Los Angeles.

2.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Hour Of Power.

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7.30 The Key Of David. 8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 Star Trek. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. 12.00 MacGyver. 2.00 Monster Jam. 3.00 One Strange Rock. 4.00 Pooches At Play. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 Judge Judy. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager.

6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 9.30 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 4. Czech Republic Grand Prix.

11.00 48 Hours. 12.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. 2.00 Monster Jam. 2.30 Car Crash Britain. 4.30 Monster Jam. 5.00 The Doctors.

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(82) 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Dora The Explorer. 6.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 7.00 PAW Patrol. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku. 9.05 Butterbean’s Cafe. 9.30 Scope. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 Neighbours. 2.30 Murphy Brown. 3.00 Fresh Off The Boat. 3.30 To Be Advised. 5.00 Will & Grace. 6.00 Friends.

9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA. 10.00 The Graham Norton Show.

11.00 Will & Grace. 12.00 2 Broke Girls. 1.30 100% Hotter. 2.30 Will & Grace. 3.30 Murphy Brown.

4.00 Fresh Off The Boat. 4.30 Home Shopping.

5.30 The Brady Bunch.

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6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Marcella. 2.00 The Good Karma Hospital. 2.45 Charlie Pickering: My Guest Tonight. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 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 Shaun Micallef’s On The Sauce. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 2.00 Epic Warrior Women. 2.55 Alex Polizzi: The Fixer. Final. 4.00 Great Irish Railway Journeys. 4.30 The Ganges With Sue Perkins. 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 The Blitz: Britain On Fire. 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. 10.20 SBS News. 10.55 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. 12.35 Miniseries: The Typist. 2.50 The Bomb. 3.50 Late Programs.

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(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Perfect Assistant. (2008) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. 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 Farmer Wants A Wife. 8.30 9-1-1: Lone Star. 9.30 The Latest: Seven News. 10.30 S.W.A.T. 12.30 Black-ish.

1.00 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 Australian Ninja Warrior. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Australian Ninja Warrior. 9.25 Surviving Jeffrey Epstein. 11.10 Nine News Late. 11.40 100% Footy. 12.35 Lethal Weapon. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (8) Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil.

1.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Ent. Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Masked Singer Australia. Return. 8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.30 Just For Laughs Uncut. 10.00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA. 10.50 WIN’s All Australian News. 11.50 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 The IT Crowd.

8.55 W1A. 9.30 Intelligence. 9.50 Get Krack!n.

10.20 Parks And Recreation. 10.45 Schitt’s Creek. 11.10 Workaholics. 11.50 Peep Show.

12.40 The Office. 1.15 Please Like Me. 2.00 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

9.30 Courtside. 10.00 NBA. Houston v Sacramento. 12.30 Front Up. 1.00 NBA. Sacramento v Brooklyn. 3.00 Cyberwar. 3.25 Tattoo Age. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.15 This Week. 5.15 Gadget Man. 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Difficult People. 10.20 Dating A Sugar Daddy. 11.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 This Rugged Coast. 11.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 American Crime. 2.00 Naughty Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Mafia’s Greatest Hits. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Easy Eats.

1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.55 Antiques Roadshow. 3.25 MOVIE: An Elephant Called Slowly. (1970) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 100% Footy. 8.40 Midsomer Murders.

10.40 The Killer Affair. 11.35 Late Programs.

Morning (81) 6.00 Programs.

12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

2.00 Instinct. Final. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise.

5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Law & Order: SVU. 10.20 Motor Racing. Formula 1. 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.

Highlights. 11.20 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 5.25 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 6.00 Cleopatra In Space. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Little Big Awesome. 8.35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 8.50 So Awkward. 9.15 The Legend Of Korra. 9.40 Detentionaire. 10.05 Rage. 11.05 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 12.00 Sweet Genius. 1.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Guy’s Big Bite. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama.

5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 Ink Master. 10.30 Ink Master: Redemption. 11.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 12.00 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs.

12.00 Vegas Rat Rods. 2.00 Roll With It. 2.30 Buccaneers & Bones. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Life Off Road. 4.30 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars.

7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: The Accountant. (2016) Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick.

11.05 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. 12.05 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Ultimate Rush. 1.00 The Xtreme Collxtion. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 MOVIE: My Girl. (1991) 6.00 Malcolm. 7.30 RBT. 9.00 MOVIE: Death Race. (2008) 11.05 Malcolm.

11.35 Ultimate Rush. 12.05 Miami Vice. 1.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Kids’ Programs.

(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 Charmed. 2.00 Cheers.

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.

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6.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Rivals.

New. 12.30 Surfing Australia TV. 1.00 Netball.

Super Netball. Round 2. Giants v Adelaide Thunderbirds. 3.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 2. Queensland Firebirds v Melbourne Vixens.

5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway.

6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 MOVIE: Skyscraper. (2018) Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell. A security assessor battles terrorists. (M) 9.30 MOVIE: Tower Heist. (2011) Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy. A building manager and his staff plot to steal a small fortune from the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. (M) 11.30 MOVIE: Urban Cowboy. (1980) John Travolta. (M) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.30 Global Shop.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.30 Wesley Impact.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 8.00 Travel Oz. 9.30 NBC Today. 11.30 Mighty Ships.

12.30 Air Crash Investigation. 1.30 A Moveable Feast. 2.00 Intolerant Cooks. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.00 Rugby Union. Shute Shield. 5.00 Sydney Weekender.

5.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn.

6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country.

11.30 Honey I Bought The House. 12.30 Escape To The Country. 1.30 Sydney Weekender. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Queensland Weekender. 3.30 A Moveable Feast. 4.00 Intolerant Cooks. 4.30 Travel Oz.

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6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. 11.00 Compass. 11.30 Songs Of Praise.

12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline.

1.30 Inside Dame Elisabeth’s Garden.

2.30 The Human Body: Secrets Of Your Life Revealed.

3.30 Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe.

4.00 Todd Sampson’s Life On The Line.

4.30 The Mix. 5.00 Hard Quiz.

5.30 The Sound.

6.30 Compass: Jez. 7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Shetland.

8.40 Vera.

10.10 Vanity Fair.

11.00 The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco.

11.45 Wentworth.

12.35 Rage.

5.00 Insiders.

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6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 Beach Cops. 12.30 Cutest Puppies Make You Laugh Out Loud.

1.30 Farmer Wants A Wife.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Border Patrol.

7.30 MOVIE: Independence Day. (1996) Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum. The US president and his motley group of allies battle to save Earth from an armada of attacking aliens. (M) 10.10 MOVIE: Predator. (1987) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Elpida Carrillo.

A team of mercenaries on a mission in the Central American jungle is hunted by an alien warrior. (M) 12.30 Home Shopping.

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(2) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. 11.00 The Repair Shop. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Rosehaven. 1.25 Retrograde. 2.00 The Good Karma Hospital. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.15 Think Tank. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 8.30 Fight For Planet A: Our Climate Challenge. 9.35 Final Rendezvous.

10.35 ABC Late News. 11.10 Q+A. 12.15 Wentworth. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 (3) Epic Warrior Women.

3.00 Great British Railway Journeys. 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.30 The Ganges With Sue Perkins. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Great Asian Railways Journeys. 8.30 Insight. 9.30 The Feed. 10.00 The Truth About Fat. 11.05 SBS News. 11.35 Bad Banks. 12.40 Greyzone. 2.20 Ride Upon The Storm. 3.25 Volcano Live With Nik Wallenda. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective.

6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana.

7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Insert Name Here. 9.00 The Inbetweeners.

9.30 Schitt’s Creek. 10.15 The Trip To Italy.

10.45 Parks And Recreation. 11.10 Schitt’s Creek. 11.35 Workaholics. 12.20 Plebs. 12.40 Murder In Successville. 1.15 Black Books.

1.40 QI. 2.10 Episodes. Final. 2.45 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Basketball. NBA. Houston Rockets v Sacramento Kings. Replay. 2.00 Go 8 Bit: The Video Game Show. 2.55 Cyberwar. 3.20 Tattoo Age. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Gadget Man. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Dave Gorman: Terms And Conditions Apply. New. 9.20 Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath. 11.00 The Search For Sexy. 11.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.00 Operation Ouch! 3.35 Junior Vets. 4.05 Gym Stars. 4.30 Hardball. 5.00 Hank Zipzer. 5.25 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 6.00 Cleopatra In Space. 6.30 Horrible Histories.

7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole.

7.35 Kung Fu Panda. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Little Big Awesome. 8.35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 8.50 Find Me In Paris. 9.15 The Legend Of Korra. 9.35 Detentionaire. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Cutthroat Kitchen.

2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Guy’s Big Bite. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama.

5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 MOVIE: Bend It Like Beckham. (2002) Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. 10.50 MOVIE: Little Miss Sunshine. (2006) 12.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 10.00 Q+A. 11.00 The Repair Shop. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address.

1.40 Media Watch. 2.00 The Good Karma Hospital. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 9.00 Rosehaven. 9.30 Retrograde. Final. 9.55 Planet America. 10.25 ABC Late News. 11.00 Four Corners. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 (3) Epic Warrior Women.

2.55 Great British Railway Journeys. 3.30 Insight. 4.30 The Ganges With Sue Perkins.

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Tony Robinson: Britain’s Ancient Tracks. 8.30 Sydney’s Super Tunnel. 9.30 Luther. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 24 Hours In Emergency. 11.55 MOVIE: I Am Not A Witch. (2017) 1.35 Years And Years. 3.50 Cultivating Murder. 5.00 CGTN English News.

5.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective.

6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.30 Friday Night Dinner. 8.55 Gavin & Stacey.

9.25 The Letdown. 9.55 The Thick Of It. 10.25 Intelligence. 10.50 Parks And Recreation.

11.10 Schitt’s Creek. 11.35 Workaholics. 12.20 Plebs. 12.45 Murder In Successville. 1.15 QI. 1.45 Blackadder The Third. 2.20 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 The Great Boeing 787. 1.00 Front Up. 2.00 Go 8 Bit: The Video Game Show. 2.55 Cyberwar. 3.20 Tattoo Age. 3.50 WorldWatch.

5.15 Gadget Man. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: The East. (2013) 10.45 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Criterium du Dauphiné. Stage 1.

Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Christo-en-Jarez.

12.45 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.00 Operation Ouch! 3.35 Junior Vets. 4.05 Gym Stars. 4.30 Hardball. 5.00 Hank Zipzer. 5.25 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 6.00 Cleopatra In Space. 6.30 Horrible Histories.

7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Little Big Awesome.

8.35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 8.50 Find Me In Paris. 9.15 The Legend Of Korra. 9.35 Detentionaire. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 ZooMoo (66) Lost. 7.00 Giada At Home. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Rachael Ray’s 30 Minute Meals. 8.30 Ten Dollar Dinners.

9.00 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Cutthroat Kitchen.

2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Guy’s Big Bite. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama.

5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 Cold Case.

10.30 Without A Trace. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. 1.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 2.00 The Good Karma Hospital. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 The Heights. 8.30 Escape From The City. 9.30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 10.00 Would I Lie To You? 10.30 ABC Late News. 11.00 Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family In America.

12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.00 Over The Black Dot. 3.00 First Australians. 3.50 Great British Railway Journeys. 4.30 Hitler And Paris: The Untold Story. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Bushfire Animal Rescue. 8.30 Dog Tales. 9.30 War Of The Worlds. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Tin Star.

11.55 The Name Of The Rose. 3.55 Kim Jong-Un: The Man Who Rules From North Korea. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Hard Quiz.

9.00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 9.30 Motherland. 10.00 Women On The Verge.

10.30 Retrograde. Final. 10.55 Schitt’s Creek.

11.40 Parks And Recreation. 12.00 Schitt’s Creek. 12.25 Workaholics. 1.10 Plebs. 1.35 Murder In Successville. 2.05 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.55 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 Basketball.

NBA. Indiana Pacers v Houston Rockets.

8.30 WorldWatch. 9.30 SBS Courtside. 10.00 Basketball. NBA. Miami v Oklahoma City. 12.30 Front Up. 1.30 Front Up. 2.00 Go 8 Bit: The Video Game Show. 2.55 Cyberwar. 3.20 Tattoo Age. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Gadget Man. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 9.15 Letterkenny. 10.45 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.00 Operation Ouch! 3.35 Junior Vets. 4.05 Gym Stars. 4.30 Hardball. 5.00 Hank Zipzer. 5.25 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 6.00 Cleopatra In Space. 6.30 Horrible Histories.

7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Little Big Awesome.

8.35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 8.50 Find Me In Paris. 9.15 The Legend Of Korra. 9.35 Detentionaire. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Rachael Ray’s 30 Minute Meals. 8.30 Ten Dollar Dinners. 9.00 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. 10.00 Chopped Junior.

11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Iron Chef America.

1.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Guy’s Big Bite. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons.

6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 The Mentalist. 10.30 Without A Trace. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 10.30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 11.00 The Repair Shop. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.55 Final Rendezvous. 1.50 Fight For Planet A: Our Climate Challenge. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.15 Think Tank. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. Return. 8.30 MotherFatherSon. 9.30 Marcella. 10.20 ABC Late News. 10.45 The Virus. 11.05 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 11.20 Rage. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 (3) The Point. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 The Truth About Racism. 4.30 The Death Of Hitler. 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Greek Island Odyssey With Bettany Hughes.

New. 8.30 Secrets Of The Railway. 9.25 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 10.20 SBS News.

10.50 The Late Session. 11.50 First Australians.

3.50 Myanmar’s Killing Fields. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective.

6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.30 Absolutely Fabulous. 9.00 The Office.

9.30 Black Books. 10.00 Blackadder The Third. 10.25 Parks And Recreation. 10.50 Schitt’s Creek. 11.15 Workaholics. 11.55 Plebs.

12.20 Murder In Successville. 12.50 The Inbetweeners. 1.20 The Thick Of It. 2.00 Close.

5.30 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Basketball. NBA. Indiana Pacers v Houston Rockets. Replay. 2.00 Go 8 Bit: The Video Game Show. 2.50 Dead Set On Life. 3.15 Yokayi Footy. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Gadget Man. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross.

6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.35 RocKwiz Salutes. 9.35 Sex Party Secrets. 10.45 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.00 Operation Ouch! 3.35 Junior Vets. 4.05 Gym Stars. Final. 4.30 Hardball. 5.00 Hank Zipzer.

5.25 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 6.00 Cleopatra In Space. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.10 Fruits Basket. 9.35 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Detentionaire. 10.20 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Rachael Ray’s 30 Minute Meals. 8.30 Ten Dollar Dinners. 9.00 Rachael Ray’s Week In A Day. 10.00 Chopped Junior.

11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Iron Chef America.

1.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Guy’s Big Bite. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons.

6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 The Mentalist. 10.30 Without A Trace. 11.30 Late Programs.

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PRIME7

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Jesse Stone: Thin Ice. (2009) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. 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 America’s Got Talent. 9.15 Criminal Minds. 10.15 The Latest: Seven News. 10.45 Deadly Dates. 11.45 The Goldbergs. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Masked Singer Australia. 8.30 MOVIE: Ocean’s 8. (2018) Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway. 10.40 WIN’s All Australian News.

11.40 The Project. 12.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Late Programs.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 MacGyver. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Law & Order: SVU. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise.

5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Miami. 9.25 Elementary.

11.20 The Mentalist. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Star Trek: Voyager. 3.15 Wisdom Of The Crowd.

5.05 The Doctors.

9GO!

(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 Charmed. 2.00 Cheers. 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 Mom. 10.30 2 Broke Girls.

11.30 Late Programs.

NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Bachelor Australia.

Return. 9.00 Tommy. 10.00 Bull. 10.50 The Project. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS This Morning.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Law & Order: SVU. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 MacGyver. 12.10 Home Shopping. 2.10 Jake And The Fatman. 3.10 MacGyver. 4.05 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.00 Diagnosis Murder.

9GO!

(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 To Be Advised. 2.00 Seinfeld. 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. 11.30 Late Programs.

NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.40 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Bachelor Australia. 8.40 Celebrity Gogglebox USA. 9.40 Law & Order: SVU. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. 1.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS This Morning.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. Highlights. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman.

11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Law & Order: SVU. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 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 Late Programs.

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 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 Charmed. 2.00 Seinfeld.

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 Carol’s Second Act. New. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 The Middle. 11.30 Late Programs.

NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10.

12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Living Room. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Living Room. 8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.30 Just For Laughs Uncut.

10.00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA. 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.00 The Project. 1.00 Late Programs.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 4.

Czech Republic Grand Prix. Replay. 9.30 WhichCar. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Law & Order: SVU. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger.

10.30 Elementary. 11.30 CSI: Miami. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

9GO!

(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 Charmed. 2.00 Seinfeld.

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 MOVIE: The Matrix Reloaded. (2003) Keanu Reeves, Hugo Weaving. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Australian Ninja Warrior. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Paramedics. 8.30 Surviving Jeffrey Epstein.

10.20 Nine News Late. 10.50 Timeless. 11.50 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 12.40 Surfing Australia TV. 1.10 Tipping Point. 2.00 Late Programs.

7TWO

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Heartbeat. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Twice Round The Daffodils. (1962) 5.25 The Rockford Files.

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks.

8.40 Poirot. 10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.35 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Bionic Woman.

1.00 Xena. 2.00 Friday Night Lights. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 MOVIE: My Girl 2. (1994) 6.00 Malcolm. 7.30 MOVIE: The Sentinel. (2006) 9.45 MOVIE: The Gunman. (2015) Sean Penn.

12.00 Miami Vice. 1.00 Robot Wars. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution.

3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: B&W. 4.30 Pokémon: XYZ. 4.50 Polly Pocket. 5.10 Rainbow Rangers. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Sydney Weekender. 12.30 Intolerant Cooks.

1.00 American Crime. 2.00 Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute.

3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 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 (63) 6.00 Programs.

9.00 Shipping Wars. 10.00 American Pickers.

11.00 Vegas Rat Rods. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Roll With It. 2.30 Buccaneers & Bones. 3.00 American Pickers. 4.00 Merv Hughes Fishing.

4.30 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 MOVIE: 300: Rise Of An Empire. (2014) Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey. 10.30 MOVIE: Minority Report.

(2002) 1.30 Late Programs.

PRIME7

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Away And Back. (2015) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. 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 Highway Patrol Special.

8.30 Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Boy. 10.45 The Latest: Seven News. 11.15 The Front Bar. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Award Winning Tasmania. 1.30 Animal Embassy. 2.00 Paramedics. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Emergency. 9.30 Botched. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 New Amsterdam. 11.50 Dr Miami. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 A Current Affair. 2.00 Late Programs.

7TWO

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 New Tricks. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow.

3.35 MOVIE: Crooks Anonymous. (1962) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders.

11.00 Mark Of A Killer. 12.00 The Truth About Fat. 1.00 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Bionic Woman.

1.00 Xena. 2.00 Friday Night Lights. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 MOVIE: Look Who’s Talking.

(1989) 6.00 Malcolm. 7.30 Young Sheldon.

8.30 MOVIE: I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. (2007) Adam Sandler. 10.50 Young Sheldon. 11.40 Malcolm. 12.10 Miami Vice. 1.10 Robot Wars. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: B&W. 4.30 Pokémon: XYZ. 4.50 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Explore. 1.15 MOVIE: The Other Man. (2008) 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat.

5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 14. Sydney Roosters v Melbourne Storm. 9.45 Golden Point. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Murdered By Morning. 11.50 The Fix. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 8.00 Here Comes Trouble: Tiny Tots Make You Laugh Out Loud. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute.

9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Creek To Coast. 12.30 Weekender. 1.00 American Crime. 2.00 Here Comes Trouble: Tiny Tots Make You Laugh Out Loud. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 Mighty Ships. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 Lewis.

10.30 A Confession. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs.

7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 9.00 Shipping Wars. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Vegas Rat Rods. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Roll With It. 2.30 Buccaneers & Bones. 3.30 Storage Wars. 4.00 Pawn Stars. 4.30 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars.

7.30 The Simpsons. 8.30 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.30 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: All The President’s Men. (1976) Dustin Hoffman. 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: The Devil Wears Prada. (2006) 10.45 The Latest: Seven News. 11.15 To Be Advised. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

7TWO

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 As Time Goes By. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Mutiny On The Buses.

(1972) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Territory Cops. 8.40 Reported Missing. 9.50 City Of Evil. 10.50 Chicago Med. 11.50 ER. 12.45 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Bionic Woman.

1.00 Xena. 2.00 Friday Night Lights. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.30 MOVIE: Look Who’s Talking Too. (1990) 6.00 Malcolm. 7.30 American Idol.

9.20 MOVIE: Sliding Doors. (1998) Gwyneth Paltrow. 11.20 Malcolm. 11.50 Miami Vice. 12.45 Surfing Australia TV. 1.15 Robot Wars. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution.

3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: B&W. 4.30 Pokémon: XYZ. 4.50 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.10 MOVIE: Gambit. (2012) 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 14. Parramatta Eels v St George Illawarra Dragons. 9.45 Friday Night Knock Off. 10.35 MOVIE: The Kingdom. (2007) 12.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 7.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.00 Cutest Puppies Make You Laugh Out Loud. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 My Greek Odyssey. 1.00 American Crime. 2.00 Cutest Puppies Make You Laugh Out Loud. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Mighty Planes.

4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

Home (63) 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Naughty Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud.

7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 9.00 Shipping Wars. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Vegas Rat Rods. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Family Guy. 3.00 The Simpsons. 4.00 Pawn Stars. 4.30 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.00 Football. AFL. Round 12. Sydney v GWS Giants. 10.30 MOVIE: Passenger 57. (1992) 12.15 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: TalhotBlond. (2012) Garret Dillahunt, Brando Eaton. 2.00 To Be Advised. 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: The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society. (2018) Lily James.

11.00 To Be Advised. 12.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 American Crime. 2.00 Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 Medical Emergency.

5.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Air Crash Investigation. 8.30 Escape To The Country.

9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Billy Connolly: Journey To The Edge Of The World.

11.30 Late Programs.

7TWO

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

12.00 Animal Tales. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives.

1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 MOVIE: The Jazz Singer. (1980) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot.

8.40 MOVIE: Kindergarten Cop. (1990) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed. 10.55 The Rockford Files. 11.55 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Bionic Woman.

2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 MOVIE: Coneheads. (1993) 5.45 MOVIE: Happily N’Ever After. (2006) 7.30 MOVIE: The Spiderwick Chronicles. (2008) 9.20 MOVIE: The 5th Wave. (2016) Chloë Grace Moretz. 11.35 Heroes. 12.30 Rivals. 1.00 Robot Wars. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution.

3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: B&W. 4.30 Pokémon: XYZ. 4.50 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 9.00 Shipping Wars.

10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Vegas Rat Rods.

1.00 Pawn Stars. 2.30 Buccaneers & Bones.

3.30 American Grit. 4.30 Shipping Wars. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Friday Night Countdown.

7.30 Football. AFL. Round 12. Geelong v Port Adelaide. 10.15 AFL Post-Game Show. 11.00 Armchair Experts. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Dammed Lies, Damn Statistics,

BUT NO DAMMED WATER

Damn! If there were aliens looking down at us, what on Earth (or Mars!) must they think of our damning dam policies. Can you just imagine the conversation?

Newswatch Back Page correspondent, engineer Bob Wyllie (25/7/20) correctly identified that Orange’s water supply isn’t sufficient to keep up with projected population growth and ongoing development. No-one is interested because long-term planning doesn’t fit with short-term politics.

The Murray Darling Basin (MDB) is in a mess, the management of it since Malcolm Turnbull’s meddling enabled globalist water-grabbing corporations to grab our water, his governments’ enabling the 2007 Water Act and the establishment of the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA), has been a sick joke on the people living inland and producing food for our nation. Yet ANOTHER inquiry has just been completed (by the ACCC) and is open for public comment - which in every other inquiry has been almost totally disregarded.

The bureaucracy is totally in charge, running farmers, business-people and those living in regional areas into the ground as they do their own work, then make submissions to these enquiries. They do it voluntarily, because if they don’t, they don’t even get a “pretend” say! The bureaucrats get paid all the way, then shovel it from desk to desk and never actually DO anything. Promised dams are never built.

In actual fact, we have abundant water in years of plenty, which should be harvested as pioneers did, who weren’t afraid to have a long-term vision. Damn! We could just build a dam to satisfy all those fake greenies who like to eat and wash, but have no connection with the soil, and consider it more important to agitate for the “environment,” which is sometimes a noble but misguided idea, and other times, just disruptive action to manipulate something or other to their advantage, politically, socially or environmentally.

99.99% of farmers are green in the true sense of the word, have a connection to their land, and are exceptionally environmentally conscious because they know they want to pass it onto the next generation.

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vested interest in looking after their land and keeping it productive for generations to come.

We’re in the situation now where we have “environmental water” going down rivers, eroding banks, drowning 100 year old red-gums that have survived many a long drought, and killing fish. This “environmental” water is mandated under the above-mentioned Water Act, via international agreements about birds and wildlife, even though the “environment” has never – ever – been defined. It’s just whatever anyone thinks it is – which doesn’t cut the mustard legally!

No-one thinks about irrigation water as providing an environment for creatures either. Yet the Ricegrowers Association (RGA) have had a very successful bittern project going for many years now, where they track this rare bird, which takes refuge and survives because of the environment provided in rice paddocks.

Climate change doom and gloom has visited us: Tim Flannery famously said cities like Brisbane wouldn’t ever have dam-filling rains again because global warming caused a 20% decrease in rainfall and made the soil too hot.

Damn! Dams filled again – in Brisbane they overflowed the overflow! Southern dams feeding the Murray and Murrumbidgee systems were full in 2016, which once upon a time, when managed properly, was plenty to give everyone (less) water, yet still be able to maintain fairly high production in coming drought years.

We’ve lost all that knowledge now, with the MDBA’s fancy modelling! It took farmers and people living down south years to convince them they couldn’t put the amount of environmental water down the system they wanted to because it was a physical impossibility. Once they flooded everyone out, they finally believed it! Like Tim Flannery’s modelling, the MDBA’s just got it wrong, time and again.

Last year and in the recent drought, irrigators could have provided plenty of stock feed, but they were on zero allocation (Murray), or 3% (Murrumbidgee), which just means they have to pay for their water, but they don’t get it. All the bureaucracy still got paid. Farmers and small business-people went broke, but who cares.

Menindee’s kids had rashes from the poor water quality (because they’d sent all the water they should have saved

down to SA), but no-one cared until a heap of fish were killed. Then, shock, horror, the media went into a frenzy about the fish and accusations started. Yet, had it been managed properly, there should have been plenty of water stored. Irrigators, being at the bottom of the food-chain get blamed, and are also the first people who had water taken from them - some taken on the promise of it being returned, which it never was.

So, as a nation, we need to work out whether we want to eat, drink and wash in future. If we do, then we need to store water in years of plenty, to even out the system and allow us to eat, drink, wash and provide for birds and animals - the wild and the tame!

If we do, then we need to build dams. When the Snowy was built, it was a world class engineering feat, barely matched by even today’s standards. Our irrigation system was lauded as one of the best in the world; the system wasn’t broken, yet we had to “fix” it – for Turnbull’s globalist mates and the like to turn it into a commodity, rather than a necessity.

Once water was separated from land, “water the tradeable commodity,” entered into direct competition with “water, the means of production” so essential to human survival. No longer a human right: just a commodity to be traded! This “unbundling,” a UN directive, similar to electricity where the “profitable” sections were sold off and the “unprofitable” bits left for taxpayers of many nations, has meant that governments have divested themselves of responsibility to the people.

It’s simply not business sense to run the “unprofitable” bits, so they get sold off too, and as a nation, we lose assets which have been build up by previous generations, leaving us with an empty tank.

So when Martians talk about us, they’ll be scratching their heads trying to figure out how we’re going to buy food from China. They’ll wonder at our stupidity at catching water, only to send it to dilute the sea as fast as possible while our people and animals starve, our businesses go broke, and we cry “drought.”

We used to have a management plan – dam-it! Now we have none. Damn short-sighted Governments don’t have a dam mind to provide for the dam future.

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Let’s Talk Money Let’s Talk Money

with Daniel McGregor with Daniel McGregor

SAVE YOUR RETIREMENT… BUCKETS ARE THE ANSWER! It’s amazing how a few weeks can feel like a few months… It feels as though we’ve been living through this coronavirus nightmare for a long time already! that when a downturn occurs, a ‘balanced’ fund within their I’ve been working in financial those growth investments have superannuation. This can be services since 2002, so I’ve seen time to recover. particularly dangerous for those a few financial crises during While nothing can protect us in the retirement risk zone, those two decades and in that from feeling some emotions that is, five years either side of time, I’ve learnt a lot. Not only when we see our life savings retirement. a lot about how investment going down, it’s incredibly As you move closer to markets work, but also how reassuring to know that when retirement, at retirement and human emotions work. it does happen, a strategy had during retirement, it’s important With all the craziness going on already been put in place to deal to put some strategy behind at the moment, many people with it. how your retirement savings are are understandably concerned Now, imagine if that strategy set up. A retiree with all their about their retirement savings. was combined with saving money sitting in a balanced Sadly, many people are making thousands of dollars a year in investment option in retirement the wrong decisions in how to investment fees! would mean that right now they deal with this crisis, acting on If these sound like the sorts of are being forced to sell shares at emotion and not realising the things you want when it comes the worst possible time in order long-term implications of their to your retirement savings and to meet their income needs. decisions.

I thinkpeople it’s fair to say that what’s in Victoria threats of you and valuethe independence when Sadly, manyhappening people are flooding I love helping get their it comesof to déjà advice,vu. then head to super fund callgiven centreseveryone to move a sense financial futures on the waves right second elsewhere has wealthtrain.com.au and book an all of their super savings to cash, track but also helping them online appointment today. robbing themselves of -seeing make sure don’t from was private health insurance Just asthey it felt likederail everything returning to There is no mistaking the their recover•when thatsomething track whenresembling the going gets Your phone and internet normality (ormoney the new seriousness of the coronavirus things go which tough.

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We couldright be talking about thousands stress over money rears its head.medium Moneyand is long term impact on what your future to ensure that when something will go down. Moments like of dollars a year. Sometimes it helps to think always the number one cause of stress, even looks like in 5, 10 and 20 years like this happens, there is no these are a good opportunity about it in other ways – the money you save when times are good. In times of uncertainty, from now. need to be selling out of growth to remind my clients why their in Lazy Tax could be the money that pays for financial stress is magnified. assets (i.e. shares and property) money is invested the way it is. your annual holiday.

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To discuss your grant application and how outs Either way, the Ploughman’s Wetlands nce it.

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CITYwatch

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AMANDA: Sounds interesting.

BOB: The sports stadium project out near Bloomfield looks set for a chequered path given some of the recent community feedback. It does seem an unusual mix to have virtually side by side, a hospital precinct and a major sporting complex. I thought the stadium complex was meant to go out beside the Northern Distributor, a site that seems to make more sense.

What are thoughts on all this?

AMANDA: There seems to have been a lot of controversy about the Sports Stadium from the start when the Premier offered $25 million to Orange in February 2019 to build a Sports Stadium conditional on the community electing the Nationals candidate to the NSW Parliament.

I was not in Orange at that time, so I decided to study some of the history around this issue, particularly as there seem to be some disagreement over the amount of community engagement that has happened. The NSW Government has been moving the emphasis of community engagement to the strategic end of proposals when ideas are first thought of, and reducing the amount that takes place when proposals start to become a reality, particularly with land use planning e.g. through Development Applications. People often do not get involved until the later stages and then find that they have little room to manouevre because the strategic plans have been approved after attracting little interest from the community.

I understand that the Sports Stadium was originally planned on land beside the Northern Distributor and the proposal was then moved to the current site at Bloomfield a few months ago.

This proposal was changed in December 2019 to Bloomfield as the Bloomfield site has a number of benefits including existing power and water access, less administration costs, proximity to existing sports facilities and Orange hospital and the Southern Feeder Road. The North Orange site is undeveloped paddocks. I have not been able to find the report that went to Council on 3rd December, or what community engagement has taken place to date about this specific site.

I would have preferred the redevelopment of Wade Park as a significant venue because of its proximity to public transport. Another alternative could have been the trotting track which is a natural amphitheatre and at the gateway to O Town. I am also not convinced that the thought that a new venue would attract NRL games comes rather late as most NRL clubs are already committed and it costs significant amounts to compete with others to attract them. It does seem to be a strange mixture to have a hospital precinct and a major sporting complex side by side.

Last week’s Newswatch had an article about the proposals with community members expressing why they think this is not a good choice and that there had not been community consultation about the site chosen for the stadium.

with Put Orange First and CBD retailers asking for the proposal to be re-exhibited for community comment as the exhibition that was held failed to gain the attention of the people most affected.

that would cost $122,000. The building has not been used since 2013 when it was found to contain asbestos. It has been recommended Orange City Council pay about $20,000 to knock down the facilities.

I have also found it difficult to find the opening and closing dates for consultations because of the way they are presented on Council’s website. I have also commented recently about the need for additional community engagement opportunities during the COVID-19 restrictions.

The report to Council states that current usage of Perry Oval is training for local teams and has been this way for over a decade. A new irrigation system is to be installed in this financial year to improve the field, but there are no plans for it to be utilised further, other than for training purposes.

With this limited amount of usage on the oval and other better equipped ovals in the city, an amenities building with a canteen and change room is deemed unnecessary for the site.

Orange City Council is inconsistent. It has exhibited the draft Heritage Review for 40 days ‘allowing for additional time under current circumstances relating to COVID-19’ (report to Council’s Planning and Development Committee 2 June 2020), and yet only exhibited the budget proposals for 28 days. I wrote an article in Orange City Life in April concerning community engagement at this unusual time and quoted from the Office of Local Government Engagement Guide for Local Government. The introduction states; ‘Our world has changed.

The public health restrictions associated with the management of COVID-19 mean that we need to do things differently. For councils, this means that in some cases we need to temporarily change the way we engage with our communities and stakeholders. We have prepared this engagement guide to help you navigate your engagement options under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act).’

The Guide also states: ‘Before you do anything!

As a council, you have an opportunity to reach out to your community and stakeholders and seek to understand how they can engage with you. This is not the time for assumptions. Reach out to your communities and stakeholders and ask the question.’

Funnily enough, soon after that Guide appeared on the Office of Local Government’s website it then disappeared!

However, it would be good practice to ‘ask the question.' Our objective is to help the local community to get the best out of our council, and failing to deal with community feeling that it has not been consulted will only lead to a lack of trust.

We congratulated CEO David Waddell for his openness last week. It would be good if he could follow the advice of ‘As a council, you have an opportunity to reach out to your community and stakeholders and seek to understand how they can engage with you. This is not the time for assumptions. Reach out to your communities and stakeholders and ask the question.’

BOB: I remember that Council made a very late decision to spend $50,000 on Perry Oval in its budget discussions and hear that there have been developments on that matter.

Mayor Reg Kidd said there would be further consultation with the Development Application for the removal of the trees on the site to be exhibited for community comment, but it is understandable that people feel it is a done deal when there are photos of the Mayor and others digging the first sod on this controversial site.

AMANDA: Yes, after Councillors had taken 3 extra weeks to develop the budget before putting it on exhibition for community comment for 28 days, Councillor Glen Taylor proposed in the final Council meeting that approved the budget, that $50,000 be allocated for the upgrade of Perry Oval.

There has been concern over other development proposals recently where community members feel that they have not been given adequate opportunities to comment. This includes the proposal for the Retail Centre at Bloomfield

There is a report for next week’s Council meeting recommending that the canteen, change rooms and toilets block at Perry Oval need to be demolished after an independent report found it was in need of major repairs

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Council does have a sports facility program, which no doubt includes plans for which sports fields are used for matches and other events, and which are only available for training, for the kinds of reasons given in the report. It must have been very annoying for the Chair of the Sport and Recreation Policy Committee to see this late proposal added to the budget. It will be interesting to witness the debate on this issue at next week’s Council meeting.

It is interesting that councils are expected to have strategic plans, delivery programs and operational plans and be accountable to their local communities through measuring and reporting on progress towards achieving community priorities. At one time there was a NSW State Plan, which was also measured and reported on. Now there are Premier’s Priorities. I suspect that subsequent NSW Governments realised that a State Plan could be a bit of a straitjacket when it comes to making popular decisions, and do not want to be held to the same standards of accountability as councils.

But as we know it takes effort by the community to hold their councils accountable.

I noticed when researching the background to the Sports Stadium that the following was reported: Nationals MLC Rick Colless, who is also the Parliamentary Secretary for Western NSW, said Ms Hazelton — who was only preselected on the weekend — was offered a range of projects to select as her first announcement Mr Colless said she chose to make the stadium her priority, and added that he does not think it will backfire on the campaign.

“I don’t think that it is an insult and it is certainly not a bribe, it can be seen more as a carrot than a bribe,” he said.

“People have always accused us of pork-barrelling.

“If pork-barrelling is doing things and promoting projects that are going to make the lives of regional NSW better, then that is what it is.”

(ABC Central West 7 February 2019) The first council I worked for in NSW was Parramatta City Council and I found it very frustrating that the Lord Mayor changed every year, and the voting was normally tied, so a straw was pulled out of a hat. This resulted in constantly changing direction, which wastes resources. Some people may think it naïve to try to hold councils accountable to progressing community priorities with value for money, but that is what various reforms to the NSW Local Government Act have sought to achieve. The NSW Government leaves it to us – the community – to hold our councils accountable.

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FINAL “SHOP ORANGE” CARDS DRAW A WINNER Communications Officer, Allan Reeder said.

“There’s been a lot of interest in the campaign,” he added saying that it is not too late for local small businesses to get involved.

s New energy-efficient light-poles are being installed every 15 metres along both Summer and Anson Streets.

Pedestrian safety, energy savings with new lighting

s Orange City Council Administration Officer (Business Development), Tracy Oliver drawing the final list of “Shop Orange” winners.

“We’re looking forward to getting some figures in Orange Mayor, Cr Reg Kidd said. the coming weeks on how much of the $50,000 has Businesses can register to be part of the campaign online at: www.shoporange.com.au/home been spent and where in town,” Orange Council’s

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The replacement of the aged fluorescent awning lights in Summer Street with energyefficient pole-mounted LED lights will also save Orange City Council thousands of dollars in running costs.

In the $1.7 million first stage of the project, 3.5-metre-high poles are being installed every 15 metres along both sides of Summer Street, from Sale Street to McNamara Street, while six-metre-high poles have been installed in Anson Street.

The first stage is funded by Orange City Council ($900,000), the NSW Government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund ($700,000) and the Australian Government’s Safer Communities Fund ($200,000).

Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said that the LED lights were more user-friendly and would significantly reduce power costs.

“These super-efficient lights also have smart functions such as reporting back to base when a light fails. They can also be controlled remotely via computer and can be dimmed to blue,” Cr Kidd said.

Contractors are currently

The competition involved 200 winners drawn each week with 100 from online entries and 100 from entry forms and coupons like the one in this week’s Newswatch.

Final week of Orange City Council’s More than 100 locally-owned businesses signedunprecedented $50,000 shopping giveaway to help up for the promotion which was designed to local businesses was held this week with the last pump-prime the local retail sector hit-hard by the 100 winners drawn. continuing coronavirus crisis.

The competition involved weekly draws for “The main reason behind this campaign was to $50 shopping gift cards that could be spent in give back to our community and help businesses participating local stores. who have been struggling for the last few months,”

WIN Improving pedestrian safety is the purpose of new footpath lighting upgrades in Orange’s central business district.

“It’s still possible for local retailers to sign-up so that the ‘Shop Orange’ gift cards can be spent at their stores. Simply call Orange City Council on 6393 8000 to sign-up,” he explained.

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excavating sections of the Summer Street footpath to install cables for the new lights and extra conduit for fairy lights in the trees.

Light poles installed along Anson Street will increase safety for pedestrians walking between the CBD and the new DPI building in Prince Street and will also complement new bus routes planned for the area.

Orange City Council Infrastructure Policy Committee chair, Cr Jeff Whitton said when operational, the DPI building would house some 900 state government employees and foot traffic was expected to increase through the area.

“We want to encourage them to come down to Summer Street and a major part of that is to ensure they can do it safely and conveniently,” Cr Jeff Whitton said. The first stage is being completed by JLE Electrical and is expected to be completed by the end of October.

Future stages of the Whiteway project will see the lights extended further along Summer Street to eventually cover from Hill Street to William Street.

ORANGE CITY COUNCIL

RETAIL RECOVERY Orange City Council is putting up $50,000 to help kick start the local economy.

Residents are encouraged to enter for their chance to win a $50 Shop Orange gift card. There are 500 to be won in this competition and 500 in the online competition, so you can double you chances by entering both. Each week for 5 weeks we will select 100 entries at random in both draws. To make it fair, each person can win a maximum of 1 time in each draw for the entire 5 weeks of the competition. Entry forms can also be picked up from Orange City Council and Orange Visitor Information Centre. Entry boxes are located at Orange City Council, Orange Central Square, Orange Visitor Information Centre, Summer Centre Orange and Orange City Centre.

Businesses that wish to be involved can go to shoporange.com.au to register.

NAME CONTACT NUMBER OR EMAIL Ts & Cs will be on the Your Say site or can be viewed at Council. Winners names will be published in local newspapers and Council social media platforms. The competitions will have 5 draws each on a Wednesday at 10am (entries have to be in at 9.00am), with the first draw on 8 July 2020.

yoursay.orange.nsw.gov.au/retail-recovery

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HEALTHwatch

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STAYING HEALTHY DURING COVID-19 Council joins partnership to reduce abuse of the elderly Orange City Council has joined with a range of organisations from across the Central West in a campaign to highlight and reduce abuse levels of older people in the community.

De-prescribing: the fine art of reducing your medicine use

The meeting recently had 21 representatives from agencies around the region discussing the prevalence of abuse of older Australians with an agreement to establish the “Central West Collaborative for the Prevention of Abuse of Older People.”

AS WE GET OLDER, WE GENERALLY USE MORE PRESCRIBED MEDICINES TO MAINTAIN OUR HEALTH, BUT A NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT STOPPING THE USE OF MANY (DE-PRESCRIBING) CAN HAVE MAJOR BENEFITS.

The group will support the National Plan to Respond to and said all 21 attendees were in favour. the Abuse of Older Australians which states that there are “Our aim is to increase awareness for staff to build their five commonly-recognised forms of abuse of older people: capacity to respond to elder abuse, to know the signs and know physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological or emotional abuse, what to do,” Ms McLean said. financial abuse, and neglect.

The partnership will establish an action plan to achieve four key Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd welcomed the formation outcomes: of the Collaborative as the region faced the challenges of • Develop and communicate protocols and service agreements an ageing population. “It’s great to see these organisations for responding to older people experiencing abuse. working together to raise awareness and address the damaging • Increase awareness of the role of the Ageing and Disability effects of elder abuse,” he said.

Abuse Helpline and the NSW Ageing and Disability Services Policy Committee Chair, Cr Scott Munro said Commission. ending abuse of older people was everyone’s responsibility.

• Improve capability of local staff to respond to elder abuse “It’s a complex problem that many people are unaware of. through increased awareness and education.

Increasing public perception of the issue will take time, but is • Develop and share resources and practices in responding to an important step in preventing abuse,” Cr Munro said. abuse of older people.

Orange City Council Ageing and Sector Support Central West She welcomed other interested agencies to come on board Team Leader Kim McLean brought the parties together to and said there would be a formal launch in the future. Anyone discuss the viability of setting up a Central West Collaborative interested in joining should contact Kim McLean on 6393 8967.

Stopping medicines when they are no longer needed strongly-reduces the risk of medicinerelated harm, pharmacist Michelle Liacos from Alfred Health in Melbourne said in a recent “Australian Prescriber” medical journal article.

Medicines can play an important role in helping people stay well, especially for older people, many of whom live with several chronic illnesses, Ms Liacos said.

But she believes that it is important to have medicines reviewed by a health professional from time-to-time to check they’re still working. Since 2006, the number of older Australians taking more than five different medicines has increased more than 50 per cent to nearly one million.

“The more medicines you take, the higher the risk of medicine-related harm, such as hospital admissions and falls,” explains Ms Liacos.

“Studies have shown that, in some cases, reducing or stopping certain medicines may not worsen the disease they are treating, and may even reduce the risk of medicine-related harm,” says Ms Liacos.

“Every medicine can have unwanted sideeffects and it is not uncommon for these to be misinterpreted as a new disease. An example might be when someone is prescribed a particular medicine for Alzheimer’s disease then experiences bed-wetting as a side-effect.

“The person may then be prescribed another medicine to manage the incontinence. But that medicine might also have side effects. This is called a ‘prescribing cascade’.

“These are all reasons why it is important to regularly check in with your health professional about whether you still need all the medicines you are currently taking.

“Reducing medicines should always be a joint decision between you and your doctor and done in a slow and careful way. If you have problems after you reduce or stop your medicine, the medicine can always be restarted if needed.

“Importantly, never stop taking a medicine without talking to your doctor or pharmacist, as stopping a medicine suddenly can be dangerous,” Ms Liacos concluded.

“Robbie” to reduce OUR SOCIAL ISOLATION

That dream-nightmare scenario where our emotional needs can be read by computers could soon be here, and in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic!

This possibility follows reports of development of a new artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) device which recognises and reads the emotional cues of those around us. Researchers who developed the technology believe that it could oneday be a welcome step in combating mental health disorders experienced as a result of COVID-19.

Researchers from Monash University and RMIT have developed a prototype called “Neo-Noumena” – which is a communicative neuro-responsive system that uses brain-computer interfacing to read one’s emotional state and represents them to others through head-mounted displays.

Social isolation has been a necessary measure to protect public health against COVID-19, but it has had a

(IT), says this technology has the potential to expand our capabilities in emotional communication.

detrimental impact on people’s mental health and their personal relationships whilst at home.

Recognising facial expressions, a person’s tone of voice or their body language can explain a lot about the emotions of another person.

Understanding these emotions can help us all recognise and appropriately respond to how our family members or housemates are feeling in isolation, the researchers believe.

Project lead, Professor Florian ‘Floyd’ Mueller, Director of the Exertion Games Lab in Monash University’s Faculty of Information Technology

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“There is currently a lack of research which supports face-to-face emotional communication in everyday contexts.

By using advanced technologies such as AI, AR, mobile electroencephalography (EEG) and mixed reality, we’re able to assess neurogenic emotion in real-time and display this digital content in a physical space,” Professor Mueller said.

“Neo-Noumena also has the possibility to assist people with autism to support their emotional communication ability as well as patients in therapy or rehabilitation, to better understand how they’re responding to treatment.”

Neo-Noumena uses EEG to interpret the user’s emotional state and produces a visual representation using AI technology. The visual representations are then digitally-transmitted through two mixed reality head-mounted displays which provide a real-time dynamic representation of emotion.

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BATTLE OF THE FOOTBALLING FRATERN Historical League book documents new Code HISTORICAL BREAK BETWEEN THE TWO RUGBY CODES IN ORANGE IS DOCUMENTED IN A RARE MINUTE BOOK RECENTLY PRESENTED TO ORANGE CITY LIBRARY. The book — which contains the minutes from the Central Western Rugby Football League’s inaugural meeting on 20 April 1912 — has been given to Orange City Council by Grant Jaeger and his family.

The book had been stored in a shed at the back of Jack Jaeger’s shop at the Five Ways intersection in East Orange. The book was then passed onto Jack’s son Trevor (former Orange City Councillor), and then onto Trevor’s son, Grant Jaeger.

“It’s important that such a rare book with this important local history is be given back to the city,” Grant Jaeger said. “This way it can be looked after and preserved for future generations.”

The book mirrors the break from the

more-traditional rugby code by league that occurred throughout NSW and Queensland in the early part of last century (see attached article).

“It’s a great asset, a significant find for the city of Orange,” Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said at the recent hand-over of the book. “Thanks Grant, it does mean a lot,” Cr Kidd added.

He said that it was significant that the local league, only a few months after foundation, had invited the Balmain Tigers Sydney Club up for a match in June.

Mr Jaeger pointed-out that his grandfather had been the secretary of Old Boys, one of the foundation clubs in the nascent “Central Western Rugby Football League” that later became Group 10.

“Jack Jaeger, my grandfather, went on to become a life-member of Group 10,” he added proudly.

“The book has over 200 pages of minutes of the meetings, including rules and regulations of the new game, with the

s The establishment of rugby league in Orange mirrors the break from the more-traditional rugby code by league that occurred throughout NSW and Queensland in the early part of last century

library intending on digitising much of it,” he added.

The book is in a patchy condition and the digitisation will be a way of preserving its invaluable details, Cr Kidd added.

Like much in the early days of the new code — apart from the ability to pay players — the two games had almost identical rules although fraternisation between the competing sports was frowned-upon even up until recent times.

Footnote: Both Grant and Cr Kidd identify as Manly-Warringah fans — long the most hated club in the league — that was until the entry of Melbourne and Brisbane into the competition!

s Grant Jaeger with his grandfather’s minute book from the Central Western Rugby Football League’s inaugural meeting on 20 April 1912.

Karters roaring back with two-day meet Orange go-karters had a dream return from the coronavirus lockdown with a bumper field for their first event since May. “It was a two-day meet that was part a series called ‘the Southern Stars.’ it went really, really well,” Orange Kart Club spokesperson, Lisa Darley enthused.

“We had 105 competitors, it was awesome. It was our biggest turn-out in a long-time; our first event since the lockdown,” she added.

“People were keen to get some racing under their belt,” she said.

With the worst of the coronavirus hopefully behind the Central West, the Club is making a concerted effort to boost their participation numbers for the future.

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“We’re trying to get new members and to revitalise the club; we’re also seeking support from Council for a major upgrade of our facilities which are a touch run-down,” she explained.

“If we do that, we have a chance to be a really good club… we’re looking to grow and become a destination for karting in NSW,” she added.

The Club’s next major meet is in October 31– November 1 with a two-day event involving the Canberra Kart Racing Club and the South Pacific titles.

“We’re desperately hoping that we can have spectators for this event,” Linda concluded.

• Results of the Club’s recent meet in Orange will run in next week’s Newswatch.

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ITY — HOW IT ALL STARTED IN ORANGE CREATION OF A NEW FOOTBALL CODE SEEMS LIKE A MINOR ISSUE TO STILL CARRY ENMITIES, RIVALRIES, AND RESENTMENTS OVER 100 YEARS, BUT THE SPLIT OF RUGBY LEAGUE FROM ITS MOTHER-CODE RUGBY, STILL DIVIDES MANY SPORTS FANS TODAY. It even led to the Nazis — between briefly conquering Europe and invading Russia — to take sides and ban rugby league in France during World War II, with the support of French Rugby Union collaborators!

Rugby — to many league fans — is an over-technical, over-refereed “kick-andclap” snore-fest that flows like frozen molasses. League — to avid rugby fans — is a simplified bash-athon with as much craft and skill as a mud-fight between drunken sailors.

Rugby’s split into Union and League in 1895 — though seemingly about professionalism versus amateurism — was in fact part of the larger class conflicts that dominated English-speaking countries in the late 19th and early 20th century.

This dynamic was also reflected in both Australia and New Zealand with the establishment of the first rugby league club, Glebe, in Sydney in 1908.

A year later a team from New Zealand, the All Golds, visited England and played 35 ‘League’ matches. They returned home and spread the new code there.

Australia quickly caught-on and the first Australian Kangaroos team toured Britain in 1908 with the team comprised almost totally of Australian rugby union players who had defected en-masse to the new code.

New competitions quickly-spread, and rugby league became the dominant football code in the rugby- playing states of New South Wales and Queensland — a position that it more or less still holds today.

RUGBY SPLIT REFLECTED OUR CHANGING SOCIETY

By DAVID DIXON The first split between the codes occurred in England in 1895 when northern rugby union clubs were accused of paying players injured during games for time off work.

The wealthy London and southern English clubs believed that professionalism was only for working-class games like football (soccer) and boxing, not for a gentlemen’s game like rugby.

But most northern teams were filled by young men who worked in mines, factories, or as farm labourers. A player who missed

work or was injured during a game, they believed, should be entitled to “time-off ” compensation from his club so as to not end-up destitute from playing his favourite sport.

On August 29, 1895, representatives from 22 Northern rugby union clubs met at the George Hotel in Huddersfield and broke from the RFU, forming the Northern Rugby Football Union, later to become known as Rugby League. At first, they continued using the same rules, but major changes came in 1906.

Ironically, it was another split, this time between two competing rugby league competitions in the late 1990s, that eventually saw rugby itself go professional.

The Super-League War between 1996 and 1998, saw such massive inflation in player payments, that both Australian and New Zealand Rugby lobbied the world body to finally go pro to avoid complete decimation of their elite player numbers.

The world body – which for years had turned a blind eye to strictly-illegal player payments for years — agreed and professional rugby was launched worldwide in the mid-1990s.

Despite suggestions at the time that rugby — with a far larger world profile than its younger cousin — would soon swallow-up rugby league, the two games had diverged to the extent that both codes now exist sideby-side in a mostly-gentlemanly though still fierce rivalry.

KEEPING FIT DURING COVID BENEFITS EVERYONE; TRAINER

Keeping fit during the COVID crisis is as important for our whole community as it is for competitive athletes, personal trainer Sam

Keeping fit during the COVID crisis is as important for our whole community as it is for competitive athletes, personal trainer Sam Edgerton believes.

Recently putting the CYMS Under 15 White Soccer squad through a tough workout to raise their general condition, she says that having a base fitness level offers a range of benefits for footballers.

“The fitter you are, the longer you can play and the more chance you have of outlasting anyone else,” she said simply.

Conversely, trying to just play sport without any other level of activity and hoping this alone will keep you fit, can be a painful mistake.

“If you go on with no basis of fitness, your muscles can’t handle it and you can typically get an injury.

Because in the end, it doesn’t matter how skilful you are, you won’t be able to use your skills if you’re not fit-enough to keep up with the opposition,” she explained.

Sam has witnessed through both her work as

a trainer at Integra and also through personal experiences, how the forced-inactivity caused by the coronavirus lockdown has impacted on children’s general fitness in ways that most people wouldn’t consider important.

“I think with kids that usually get incidental exercise at school s CYMS Under 15 White Soccer being put-through a tough from PE, walking around, workout to raise their general condition. playing at games during recess, their fitness has definitely gone down,” she said.

CYMS players was designed to raise their overall She considers that — particularly during the team fitness after such a long lay-off: “Today we current uncertainty — we should all be making worked on general fitness related to soccer.” a conscious effort to get some form of regular “It was mostly cardio with a bit of strength and exercise. flexibility to reduce the risk of injury,” Sam “You should do something everyday, even if it’s only concluded.

15 minutes, that’s better than nothing — although And the verdict from one of the exhausted players 30 minutes is better!” who has been spending too-long on his I-pad? “It Sam said that the extra session she had with the was torture,” the exhausted gamer said simply!

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ORANGE - GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, BUT NOT TO VISIT

to a campaign to encourage midweek visitors to Orange when there is so little to do or see here?

All that we have to offer is the wonderful scenery of the local countryside and the fast disappearing appeal of the older heritage sections of the city.

I recently drove to the top of Canobolas and was shocked by the condition of the parking area there. It was almost a four wheel drive experience with mud puddles and rocks the size of tennis balls all over it. The so called visitors centre museum is a joke and does very little to inform the visitor of the considerable industrial and enterprising history of the city. It is almost as if we are ashamed of the industrial products that were once produced here and the contribution that it made to the country as a whole.

Bathurst has so many attractions to encourage visitors to stay for several days.

They have the wonderful Somerville collection that was refused by the Orange council, the race track that brings many thousands to town, the race museum, the gold mining museum, the winter festival, the new railway museum and now a proposed military museum. They also have a very good caravan park.

I sometimes wonder if many of our esteemed councillors have ever visited many other NSW towns to see what they have to offer or do the majority get on a plane and go overseas? Just a few of the great many things to see and experience are: Bourke, The absolutely fabulous visitors centre, Restored pumping engine, historic wharf and two good caravan parks; Junee, Liquorice factory, car museum, Roundhouse railway museum; Broken Hill, Mining museum, jewellery making, art galleries, railway museum, Silverton, etc. The list goes on and on and on. Dubbo, Parkes, Forbes, Narromine, Wagga, Albury are just a few more with more to offer than Orange and you should just walk along the main street of Nyngan to see what a small town can do as well as the great tourist Caravan park that is there.

All that Orange seems to promote is food and alcohol. To put it crudely, come to Orange to put on weight and get drunk. It may surprise the council to learn that many people aren’t interested in wine and art and would just like to see what country life and history Orange has to offer. We blew up Templers Mill.

Orange has missed the boat with tourist

BARRY POTTER writes: Congratulations to Bob Holland for his comments on the state of our fair city and telling it how it is.

My wife and I moved from Sydney to the Orange district in 1980 and have thoroughly enjoyed our time here. The people were friendly and welcoming and the medical and shopping facilities were very good and we enjoyed the wonderful country side and pleasant climate.

In short it was the best thing that we had ever done. After 40 years here we have come to this conclusion. ORANGE IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE BUT IT IS NOT A GREAT PLACE TO VISIT. Let me elaborate on this statement. My wife and I have had a caravan for 44 years and have visited almost every town in NSW, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. The time away has always been limited by work commitments and the funds available and has usually been three to four weeks at a time and since retirement twice yearly. It has been a wonderful experience and we have met many great people and seen so many fabulous things. We particularly like driving around any town we pass through and getting a feel for the place, often having a coffee or meal and enjoying any local attractions.

However when arriving back home and coming over that last hill to reveal our wonderful city there is often a feeling of disappointment at the lack of encouragement and facilities that our town provides for other travellers.

Orange has two of the most uninviting caravan parks in the whole of eastern Australia when considering the size of the town, very poor public toilet facilities, nowhere to park if towing a caravan, trailer or horse float and absolutely no attractions to visit to encourage visitors to stay for a day or two.

In 1980 Cook Park was the jewel in Orange’s crown and the last several years has become jaded and uncared for and lacks the colour and appeal that it once had. The roundabouts that once were colourful and delightful to see are becoming plainer by the day and the whole town is losing its claim to be the colour city of the west.

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attractions but could at least promote the few places that may encourage visitors to stay a day or two. The botanical gardens are pleasant but the parking area is full of pot holes, Gosling Creek Dam is very pleasant but you can’t park with a view of the water, it is a long walk for the elderly and the seating is terrible as well as very poor sign-posting and it is surprising to learn of so many locals who don’t even know that it is there.

The lake is very nice but along with the mountain is in Cabonne and why should Cabonne spend any money that will benefit Orange? There is however one proposed attraction for the old East fork railway Depot that would be unique and could provide a glimmer of hope in providing some visitor interest. The Lachlan Vintage Railway society is trying to revitalise the old depot and base some of their steam and motor rail fleet there. This could provide, if encouraged a wonderful attraction for our town with Rail tours based from here as well as the historical interest of the site. I won’t hold my breath though as I can hear the scream now as the first puff of coal smoke is emitted from one of the unique and historic locomotives.

In the 1990’s I was involved with a group that were a member of the local tourist committee and at one meeting there was a person representing the Orange council. This will be hard to believe but his statement to the meeting was that in the Council’s opinion the main attractions in Orange were the High Tech Tip and High Tech Sewerage works. They would like businessmen and other councils to come to Orange and see the great works. Soon after moving to the district in 1980 I was amazed to read in the CWD a comment from a local councillor that we did not want caravaners or blue collar workers in town as they were the wrong type of people I think that this statement sums up the general position of the council at the time and still to some extent carries over till today.

I fully understand that many locals don’t want caravaners and holiday makers cluttering up the place but in a post Covid world Orange needs to prosper for the sake of future generations.

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