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LOCAL NEWS DELIVERED WITH — INTEGRITY — WISDOM — BALANCE Saturday 5 September, 2020

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ORANGE ON THE MOVE

— A CITY MORE WALKABLE, RIDEABLE, AND WELCOMING!

ISSUE No. 16

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Talking POINTS

with BOB HOLLAND

This week’s Council meeting gave us plenty to talk about with a few seemingly basic issues coming in for plenty of discussion among Councillors. In the main however, I think our Councillors arrived at good sense decisions on most.

Parking outside the DPI building up the centre of Dalton Street was one topic. New rules apparently see the parking spaces that are presently there as being too small, and the recommendation is to remove them. Trees in that area were also an issue.

Reducing the speed limit to 40ks in that area was also raised. Councillors debated the wisdom of removing the parking spaces and like so many decisions lately, a further review of the situation was decided upon.

Controversial mall plan for Anson St between Summer and Kite Street is one of the highlights of Orange City Council’s recently-approved “Future City” project designed to revitalise our main business area.

Other projects by Orange City Council include plans to build a bike-track at Mt Canobolas, and a new avenue of trees on the Cargo Road.

The mall plan is part of the plan make the city more “walkable” and would involve a half-block vehicle-free area adjacent to the current pedestrian crossing and cab rank outside Woolworths in Anson St to create a village square feel for one of the CBD’s most picturesque areas.

Latest stage in the ambitious five-year plan to transform the CBD was recently-approved by Council and evolved from two

years research and design by expert consultants (guided by a community panel) in which 100 potential ideas were drafted and exhibited for community comment.

The consultation period has now winnowed these ideas down to a short-list of key projects over a three-year timetable designed to: • make the CBD a more “walkable” city centre; • encourage more people to come to the CBD and spend more time there; • support current businesses and creating a CBD which will attract new investment.

At the top of the CBD list — expected to start this year — is the new pedestrian mall in Anson Street. There are also complementary plans to make inner-city sections of Byng Street, Lords Place, and McNamara Street more attractive and pedestrian-friendly. The Council has allocated $5 million for projects in the first year.

• For full story, go to pages 8–9

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Another issue that is now subject to further investigation is a turning lane on the highway at Lucknow. On this one, a service station development originally required a turning lane outside it so as not to delay the busy highway traffic, including trucks. Following a change in the size of the buildings on the site, the turning lane requirement has been removed. Councillors were concerned that changing the building size didn’t change the highway situation so why remove the turning lane? As an observer to the discussion, it does seem the turning lane is a necessity, I’d go so far as saying it just makes good sense.

It also appears that Council can’t seem to land the plane on where to place the Welcome to Orange sign on the eastern end of town. It seems someone now wants it up near the Homemakers Centre area nearer to town while the earlier plan was to have it further out before cars turned onto the Northern Distributor. Good sense seems to say before the Northern Distributor turn off is the right place. One Councillor is also hung up on the sign having ‘ambience.’ Really? It’s a sign, not a park or recreation area.

I also found the discussion and process to elect our new Deputy Mayor tiresome.

The earlier voting in the process suggested a different outcome to the one that finally occurred. That said, congratulations to Glenn Taylor on his election.

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CWA EDUCATION GRANTS AP PL IC AT IO NS CL OS

IN G SO ON

Financial impact of the pandemic has been felt across the board but many of the hardest-hit are those studying or considering future study. To help combat this problem, the Country Women’s Association of NSW is offering a number of educational grants to eligible kids in the bush.

Grants are available to not only members and relatives of members, but also to nonmembers and their families.

GRANTS AVAILABLE IN 2020 INCLUDE: • Jean Martin/Louie Jean Mercer Performing Arts Education Grant To be awarded in the area of the arts to a boy or girl up to the age of 25 years with demonstrated artistic ability. This grant is available to members and non-members.

• Irene Ashton Memorial Education Grant For a student to assist with secondary or tertiary education.

• Jopling Education Grant For a child or grandchild of a member to assist with secondary school education.

• Phyllis Kindon Humanitarian Award For a CWA member who devotes care and attention to a disabled or aged person. There are many ways in which this Award can be used, for example, to pay for someone to care for the handicapped or aged person whilst the member takes a holiday, or for the purchase of equipment to make the task of caring easier.

• Cynthia Druitt Education Grant To be awarded to a Hospitality student who is currently undertaking an accredited advanced hospitality course and is related to a current financial member. The student must have successfully completed the first year of the course to be eligible.

• Palliative Care Nurse Education Grant The grant is for a Registered Nurse seeking to upskill in Palliative Care. The applicant does not need to have a CWA of NSW connection.

Applications through the branch must be received at the CWA State Office by September 30 with application forms available at: www.cwaofnsw.org.au or by contacting the CWA Orange Branch Secretary, Deborah Marr, on ph. 6360 4167.

very briefly DOLLAR FOR THOSE IN DISTRESS… “A penny for your thoughts” is an old proverb for someone deep in contemplation, well the Australian Mint has a new phrase, “a dollar for those in distress!”

Reflecting on our seemingly-vexed times, the Royal Australian Mint has just launched the “Donation Dollar” — the world’s first coin designed to be donated to those who need it most.

The Donation Dollar aims to promote charitable behaviour and to provide Australians a tangible way to give to those who need it most.

This innovative concept comes after a tumultuous year for Australia — having faced a bushfire crisis, an ongoing global pandemic, and an economic recession — leaving many Australians in need of a helping hand.

Research from the “Australian Generosity” report found that one in

five Australians said that events over the past year means they will still require some degree of charitable aid.

A Donation Dollar can be used to donate wherever cash donations are accepted; the power lies in the hands of the receiver to decide if and which charity or cause they will donate to.

TAYLOR COMES-UP LUCKY SEVEN AS KIDD’S DEPUTY While it probably isn’t the first thing on many people’s minds at the moment, it is worth noting that Councillor Glenn Taylor was elected as Deputy Mayor of Orange City Council on Tuesday night for the seventh time on a show of hands.

The local government work-horse’s elevation coincides with the anniversary of his quarter century on Council which also included stints as Labor Party candidate in a number of elections.

WANTED… urban views on life in the bush!

The Royal Australian Mint intends to mint about 25 million of the Donation Dollars — one for every Australian — and release them into circulation over coming years.

They estimate that — if every Australian donated a Donation Dollar once a month — this would raise an additional $300 million annually for those who need it most.

What happens to those caught using the Donation Dollar to buy their favourite chocolate bar; the Australian Mint could not say!

1961 vintage alpine air

was “the real thing”!

A tin of 1961 Mt Canobolas air (displayed here by another 1961 classic, Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd) is one of the quirky objects on display at Orange Regional Museum’s new exhibition showcasing 100 items that all tell a story.

The can of “Mt. Canobolas Ozone” was sold as a novelty souvenir at the now-defunct Orange Cherry Blossom Festival which started in 1939 as a week-long celebration of our local cherry industry. The event yearly culminated with a very non-PC crowning of a “Cherry Blossom Queen” and a colourful parade of floats. The Festival was apparently disbanded in 1972.

The “Mt Canobolas Ozone” was essentially a can of fresh-air sold as a fundraiser for the 1961 Festival with the air collected “from the highest peak between Sydney and the Indian Ocean” with one local resident offering-up the slogan: “In Orange, they breathe all the air they can, and what they can’t, they can.”

At risk of offending the local catchphrase-writer, it’s not exactly Coca-Cola’s famous 1971 jingle, “The Real Thing”! | Saturday 5 September, 2020 |

This should be fun. A new online survey is seeking metropolitan views on Australia’s regions as part of a Federal parliamentary inquiry into regional Australia.

The House of Representatives Select Committee on Regional Australia Chair, Tony Pasin, says understanding how Australians living in metropolitan areas perceive the regions is important to regional migration, business, and growth.

“Earlier this year we got a huge amount of feedback from a survey for people out in the regions, and now it’s time for city-dwellers to have their say,” Mr Pasin said. “We’re particularly interested in hearing from the large number of people living in our big cities who are considering a tree or a seachange.”

The impact of COVID-19 has affected all areas of Australian life, and the Committee is interested in learning how the pandemic might have affected Australians’ views on living in larger cities. “As a result of COVID-19, many people are realising the benefits found in Australia’s regions,” Mr Pasin said.

To understand what country people think of city-living, all the Committee had to do was to pull-up the attached still from the science fiction movie classic, Soylent Green (you don’t want to know what “soylent green” is!) Ironically, this dystopian classic of overpopulation and urban decay was set in the year… 2022!

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CSU in deep financial trouble — but by how many millions?

Charles Sturt University — of which Orange hosts one of its main campuses on Leeds Parade — is in deep financial trouble with a projected deficit of nearly $50 million for 2020.

$400 million designed to be drawn down in an eventuality like the current crisis — but sources familiar with the University say that they seem reluctant to do this in the current emergency.

This figure, however, is believed to be actually as high as $80 million with a suggestion that the university, currently undergoing a number of external financial audits, doesn’t itself know its exact financial position.

Students from a number of campuses have also suggested that the University is using the coronavirus crisis in tertiary education as a rationale for making unpopular cuts to courses using COVID-19 as an excuse.

Federal Minister for Regional Education, and local Member, Andrew Gee, wants some answers though and has publicly-accused the University Council of being in “disarray” over the issue.

They say that CSU — as a rural-based university with major campuses also at Wagga Wagga and Bathurst — has relatively small numbers of foreign students meaning that it has been far less impacted than the travel bans that have devastated the income streams of larger metropolitan universities.

He has called for a “rigorous, open and transparent audit of the financial performance and financial position of the University,” saying that CSU has defied its own resolution CNL 143/1 on the matter and backtracked on promises to fully open its books..

CSU has hit-back at the allegations saying that it has enacted a “Sustainable Futures” financial remediation package that includes reducing course subjects by 600; 10 per cent pay cuts to senior executives; and reducing operational expenditure; with the aim of dissolving a current $49.5 million deficit by the end of 2021.

A spokesperson said that the university is also fulfilling all its legislative requirements regarding reporting of its financial position to the NSW Government and has been consistently-transparent with its financial position at all times. Financial auditors KPMG have also been retained to assess and advise on the university’s financial position.

transparent with our financials, published through our annual report each year. The KPMG work is currently underway, and we will share the relevant outcomes when available,” they concluded.

open-up the books and to shine some light on its finances, management and operations.

Sunlight is the best form of disinfectant. The Council needs to get on and implement the resolution and audit in full.

These assurances though have done little to allay Mr Gee’s concerns, who said that a recent statement from the University on its financial position: “is inadequate and fails to commit to the audit in the terms set out in the resolution agreed by the University Council.”

“Only then will students, staff and the communities which CSU serves have a clear picture about its sustainability and how the University will navigate the future which is vital in maintaining community confidence and government trust,” Mr Gee said.

“The Charles Sturt University Council’s resolution, which was passed on 2 June 2020, specifically stated that the financial audit would assess the impact of the University’s ‘Sustainable Futures’ Program and would include a pre, during and post COVID-19 data analysis of student enrolments.

He believes that a crucial element of the socalled mini-audits of the University position is that it is not looking at the financials pre and post-COVID with a view to showing the true position of the University before the coronavirus lockdowns that have so impacted the educational year throughout Australia.

“The resolution also stated that the Council would report the results of the audit to the Australian and New South Wales Governments,” Mr Gee added.

“I am so concerned about what I have heard and the lack of transparency from CSU.

As the major university for rural students in western NSW — who typically enjoy less choice, opportunities, and outcomes, for tertiary education than their city cousins “It’s important for the community to be aware — he said that he was concerned about this that the University has annual financial audits seeming retreat from transparency. of our financial statements undertaken by the “Students and staff have been approaching my office and are increasing-concerned about NSW Auditor-General, consistent with the the apparent disarray that is stemming from financial audits of all NSW universities,” the the lack of open and transparent information spokesperson said. about the University’s financial position.

“Outcomes of these external financial audits are publicly-available. Further, we are

“Now is the time for the University to

“If the CSU Council votes for an open and transparent audit and it is not carried out, what does it say about the University and the state of its finances?” Mr Gee asked.

He said that it may be time for the Government’s own tertiary education quality assurance and regulatory agency to examine the situation at CSU: “I believe there is a strong case for the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) to become involved. We need to ensure that the reputation of CSU and Australia’s tertiary education sector is protected.”

CSU has a rainy day “reserve” fund of nearly

Sources say that the financial plight of the University is only one of a myriad of issues facing the institution, including a tendency to sign students for courses for which many are unaware at the time will only be actually offered online.

There are also suggestions that the University does not have appropriate financial controls over much of its spending and has had difficulties tracing where much of this spending has gone.

CSU Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor John Germov in a statement of June 16 said that the University had taken “decisive action” to ensure that they are “sustainable well into the future.”

“Despite the impacts of COVID-19, our actions will meet this current challenge so we can continue to be an institution that offers academic excellence sustainably for the longterm,” he said.

— Professor Germov is acting in the position after staff and students were surprised earlier this year when long-time ViceChancellor, Professor Andrew Vann — in revealing the grim financial position of the university — also announced that he was taking a six-month sabbatical before resigning his position.

Look after your health.

Continue medical appointments.

It's more important than ever to keep your usual medical and mental health appointments, as well as taking any regular medication. And if you need to go to the hospital, don’t hesitate. It is completely safe to do so. Your health is important.

And as always, if you develop any COVID-19 symptoms such as fever, cough, sore/scratchy throat, shortness of breath, loss of smell or loss of taste, get tested straight away.

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COMMENT

by DAVID DIXON

WHAT’S THE ULTIMATE COST OF CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN? At what point does the cost of the coronavirus lockdowns outweigh the supposed benefits of “flattening the curve” “protecting our health system”, and “keeping Australians safe”?

What would the world today be like today if we never had that pivotal moment in human history, the moon landing? How much longer would the Vietnam War had gone on if not for the giant “Moratorium Marches” in the United States and Australia?

What if Jimi Hendrix had never performed “Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock, or the Beatles had never played their famous roof-top concert at Abbey Rd studios.

Or if the generation-defining movies such as “2001: A Space Odyssey”, or “Easy Rider” had never been made?

Because all these momentous historical and cultural events occurred during the so-called Hong Kong Flu pandemic that swept through most societies in two waves between 1968–1970 and that killed up to four million people worldwide.

In Berlin, the excessive number of deaths led to corpses being stored in subway tunnels (sound familiar?) and in the then West Germany, garbage collectors had to bury the dead because of a lack of undertakers. In total, East and West Germany registered 60,000 estimated deaths.

In some areas of France, half of the workforce was bedridden, and manufacturing suffered large disruptions because of absenteeism.

The British postal and train services were also severely disrupted.

The death rate from the Hong Kong flu was, however, lower than for other 20th-century pandemics as the disease was allowed to spread through the population without restrictions on economic activity until a vaccine became available four months after it had started.

Let’s move forward to 2020. Has our response

and the resulting dislocation of so much of our lives been worth what will probably be the development of the inelegantly-titled “herd immunity” that has been adopted by countries like Sweden?

“Indiscriminate lockdown measures do not have an optimal effect on the virus,” he said. “If you’re asking families to stay at home in one room in a slum, without food or water, that won’t limit virus transmission.

Before the cries of “heartless granny killer” goes out — a term of derision to stigmatise those who oppose the lockdown both from health policy and civil liberties concerns (and which highlights if anything else does the infantile level of policy debate in modern Australia) — it is worth remembering that the lockdown is not exactly cost-free.

“I’m concerned that lockdown measures have been copied between countries for lack of knowing what to do, rarely with any contextualisation for the local situation,” he said.

As well as the productive loss of most of a year for large parts of the Western World, there is also the tragedy of people unable to say goodbye to their loved ones in their last days, increased alcohol consumption, increased domestic violence, the accrual of huge amounts of government debt, thousands of cases of undiagnosed cancers and heart disease, and increased depression and suicide.

“One size fits no one. The objective is to slow the virus, not to lockdown people. “We need to lift our eyes and look at the total picture of public health.”

Divorce rates have also spiked in the US during the coronavirus pandemic as couples have been stuck at home for months.

The number of people looking for divorces was 34 percent higher from March through June compared to 2019, according to new data collected Legal Templates, a company that provides legal documents.

And questions over these costs are now not The combination of stress, unemployment, just coming from formerly-ridiculed conspiracy theorists and derided Donald Trump supporters. financial strain, death of loved ones, illness, homeschooling children, mental illnesses, Oxfam, that most respectable of middle-class and more has put a significant strain on charity groups, recently said that that millions relationships. of people in third world countries will starve How about in Australia, for instance, in the to death because of reduced worldwide food first time in almost 30 years, the Australian production from these lockdowns. Because the economy went into recession shrinking a less food produced in first world countries, the whopping seven per cent in the June quarter. less cheap food that is provided for charitable causes by their governments.

In extra govt spending and lost GDP, Australia has spent more than $700 million per COVID-19 UNICEF, another favourite charity of the life lost. Idealists say though “you can’t put a compassionate classes, has also warned price on a life.” lockdown could kill more than COVID-19 as their model predicts 1.2 million child deaths Well if that was the case, why don’t we spend all of our GDP on health-care? It’s because our ‘Indiscriminate lockdowns’ are an ineffective way to control COVID and could contribute to a society does put a price on a life, and if you’ve got pneumonia or lung cancer, it’s a lot less than 45 per cent rise in child mortality, they say. $700 million.

The risk of children dying from malaria, pneumonia or diarrhoea in developing countries is spiralling due to the pandemic and “far outweighs any threat presented by the coronavirus”.

And what of those heart-breaking stories of babies dying because their mother wasn’t able to cross state lines of the nearest emergency hospital.

Dr Stefan Peterson, chief of health at UNICEF, cautioned that the blanket lockdowns imposed in many low and middle income countries are not an effective way to control Covid-19 and could have deadly repercussions.

And what of the hypocrisy of the “we’re all in this together.” The Queensland Government, after shutting down the border with NSW although this State has only half a dozen cases per day, only last week flew 400 AFL executives

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from Melbourne, Melbourne! So as to announce that the Sunshine State had won the right to host this year’s AFL grand final.

And what have we also given-up in a heartbeat in the way of civil liberties that were won over centuries at great personal cost and sacrifice by thousands of people.

Was anyone just a smidgen worried about the mother in rural Victoria arrested by police in her home crying, because she dared to try and organise an anti-lockdown march.

Was this the fate, one wonders of the organisers of the recent Black Lives Matter marches that filled our major cities, protesting an issues that, whatever its merits in the United States, is about as relevant to Australians and our police system, as pollution problems on Lake Michigan are to the Great Barrier Reef.

Have we now got to the point where, having shut our society down for an epidemic, we have given so much power over to the Health Bureaucrat, all of whom continue to get paid their full salary, that we are now afraid to now ask for it back.

Or have we reached the point in what strategists call “sunk costs.” That is, we have spent so much treasure, heartache, disruption, and loss of power over our own lives, to protect people up to now, we must continue to spend the same amount in the future, otherwise all the sacrifice will have been wasted.

Our optically-obsessed politicians keep talking about “listening to the experts.” But we didn’t elect health experts to run our society. If we did, they probably would spend all our GDP on health!

Instead, we elect journeyman all-rounders that we call “politicians;” whose job it should be to listen to the experts, and to then weigh-up all the factors in an issue, the cost to health, our general well-being, our future, and our safety, before they make that decision to close our lives down for months on end.

That’s what they are elected for, not to defer to every expert in every field, but to weigh up the greater good, and to make hard calls, no matter how unpopular they may be.

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Coronavirus obsession leaving the long-term ill out in the cold Coronavirus crisis has so obsessed our health administrators that other serious medical issues are being neglected at the local level, Robert Hamblin believes.

He lists a catalogue of what he says are health failings at both Orange Health Service — the rather counter-intuitive title for what locals used to call “the base hospital” — and among associated health providers that he believes are directlyrelated to our daily obsession with breathless reports of COVID-19 infection rates; “flattening the curve;” quarantining ourselves from all possible risk; and “we’re all in this together.”

COVID-19 has so obsessed our health administrators that other serious medical issues are being neglected at the local level, Robert Hamblin believes.

He angrily catalogues a number of recent cases involving his own situation and that of family and friends who, he says, have borne the brunt of a health system with its priorities all on one worldwide pandemic that has in fact killed just above 600 Australians (with only one reported fatality in our region) out of a population of more than 25 million citizens.

Following knee surgery, he said he was sent home prematurely on three separate occasions only for accidents to lead to his being re-admitted each time.

“Each time, as soon as I was able to use a walker, they sent me home and, 12 hours later I had another fall,” he said recently

from his east Orange residence. “And each time they told me it was all my own fault,” Mr Hamblin said.

He said the drive to keep patients out of hospital due to the threat of coronavirus eventually saw him spend three weeks in hospital and the same amount of time at Parkwood Nursing home in rehabilitation.

“Yeah, I think so, they’re only worrying about that.

“I mean, this is only a little thing, but it shows where their minds are at. Every meal I had up there, either the order was wrong, there was no cutlery, something was missing, this was for every meal,” he emphasised.

Another serious case, he said, involved his ex-wife who went into Orange Base for a valve to be replaced on her heart during open-heart surgery. He said that, after waiting 12 months for surgery, she was taken to Orange for the operation with the consulting surgeon not even aware of her presence.

“I joked to one of the nurses and said ‘what have I done to the kitchen staff,’ and she said, ‘it’s not you, it’s right through the hospital,” Mr Hamblin added.

“She went out at 9 o’clock yesterday morning with my sister-in-law. At 12, nothing had been done, so she got out of her wheelchair and banged on the doctor’s door and he came out and said: “It was my fault, sorry, you’ve been put-back but I didn’t tell them what to do,” Mr Hamblin said.

“The coronavirus is getting blamed for everything, I’ve got three grandsons in Melbourne and they tell me, ‘it’s getting really bad.’”

“She was bawling her eyes out. And my sister-in-law, she went to buy a coffee just to keep awake, and they wouldn’t accept any real money, said she needed a card, but she said “I haven’t got a card with me, and they said ‘sorry’,” he said.

He believes that the health systems’ preoccupation with beating COVID — which has been witnessed by online videos of idle hospital staff performing naff music routines in their scrubs — is the reason that other less dramatic hospital routines are being neglected.

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He believes that the coronavirus is being used to cover major systemic failings with the “we’re all in this together,” mantra being used to silence criticism.

He said that his NDIS support team have even stopped taking him to the shops for his weekly groceries: “They’re not allowed to take you down the street anymore. They can only drop-off shopping and even then, they can’t take my money, so I have to shop at the mini-mart,” he said.

He said that, far from wanting to appear to be complaining during a pandemic, it is a time when someone has to stand-up and point-out the failings in the system.

“I mean I’m 71. I hate snotty-nosed whingers, but that’s what I’ve turned into, a whinger.”

“If someone doesn’t speak-up, how’s it going to change?” he asked.

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INHERIT TELLS THE

TALES OF OUR PAST THROUGH 100 ITEMS AT NEW EXHIBIT n INHERIT: old and new histories at Orange Regional Museum exhibition speaks to our lived experiences.

Personal, touching, and very quirky objects feature at a new Orange Regional Museum exhibition that showcases 100 items that all tell a story.

Orange Mayor, Cr Reg Kidd was delighted to take a sneak-peek at the items on display: “This exhibition is one that will connect with everyone who walks through the door in one way or another,” Cr Kidd said. “There are over 100 artefacts from around the Central West on display, which is fantastic to see.

Coupled with the Museum’s temporary exhibition space where an exciting schedule of travelling exhibitions from museums across Australia are already being shown, the opening of Inherit in the long-term exhibition gallery realises the vision for the Museum in 2020 as a place that shares the unique history of the Orange region.

Inherit: old and new histories, brings together both familiar and less well-known stories from across the Central West. Exploring our region’s history, the exhibition highlights big events and significant personalities, as well as the lives and experiences of everyday people.

“One object which caught my interest is the can of ‘Mt. Canobolas Ozone’ which was sold as a novelty souvenir of the Orange Cherry Blossom Festival back in the sixties.

Inherit features more than 100 museum objects to tell these stories. Many are drawn from Orange Regional Museum’s own collection while others have been loaned by 42 community-run museums, public museums, and individual collectors.

Orange City Council’s Services Committee chair, Councillor Scott Munro said that he believes the exhibition is worth a good look over.

Highlights of the exhibition include well-known pieces such as the silver Campbell Epergne, gifted to Amelia and David Campbell in 1864 for their heroic resistance of an attack by Ben Hall’s bushranger gang near Eugowra, to more personal items such as hand-illustrated notebooks, beautifully-embroidered children’s slippers, and wellworn farming tools that speak to the lived experiences of past residents of our region.

Falling into line with the Museum’s vision, this longterm exhibition, Inherit will be a reliable fixture in Orange’s cultural landscape for locals and visitors alike.

The permanent exhibition focuses on regional history, leaving room for temporary and travelling exhibitions, also. The exhibition will also be a key feature for school excursions and other education programs over the coming years.

“This exhibition is here to stay for quite some time, but that doesn’t mean people shouldn’t add a visit to their priority list,” Cr Munro said. “You could spend hours walking around the Museum looking at different artefacts from all walks of life.”

Inherit shares stories and objects from a broad area of the Central West — Wellington to Cowra, Eugowra to Kings Plains — and visitors can expect to be surprised by the diverse histories, people and events that have shaped our past and present.

“I encourage everyone to come and visit the Museum.

There is so much to see, and everyone will find at least one item that strikes them.”

Cancelled ANFD to access gov’t money for new future

Current COVID-19 restrictions are limiting events and activities that can be held at the Museum to celebrate the opening, however Inherit will feature in the Museum’s upcoming spring school holiday program as well as in continuing online programs such as ‘Mondays at the Museum’.

The Museum continues to be open every day in accordance with its COVIDSafe plan, which includes monitoring of visitor numbers, a heightened cleaning regime, and asking visitors to sign-in.

Borenore’s coronavirus-cancelled Australian National Field Days event is likely to be the recipient of compensation from a $2.7 million boost for agricultural field days to ensure that they can continue into the future.

Federal Member for Calare and Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education, Andrew Gee recently announced that the $2.7 million announcement is in addition to the $36.3 million previously announced to support agricultural show societies.

“Both the Australian National Field Days at Borenore and the Mudgee Small Farm Field Days were cancelled this year. My concerns were that without support, our field days may have found it difficult to re-start.

“Our field days play a vitally important role in supporting agriculture and our farmers. They also provide an enormous economic boost to our region, drawing people from all over Australia.”

n Cancellation of this year’s ANFD was the first time in 68 years that the event has not gone ahead.

The ANFD event is traditionally held in the second week of October at Borenore west of Orange with thousands of exhibitors, farmers,

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and sightseers attending. Cancellation of this year’s ANFD was the first time in 68 years that the event has not gone ahead.

“This funding supports not only the larger agricultural field days but also the smaller regional ones which play a tremendous role in supporting on-farm innovation, productivity and profitability,” Mr Gee said.

“Field days provide income to local contractors of more than $1.8 million across Australia and contribute more than $100 million to the national economy.

“They are part of the fabric of our region and our nation and this funding will help make sure they will continue to be so after we emerge from COVID-19,” Mr Gee said.

The Supporting Agricultural Shows and Field Days program funding complements the Australian Government’s existing $20 million Regional Agricultural Show Development Grants Program and will be provided under the $1 billion Relief and Recovery Fund.

An additional $100,000 one-off grant will be provided to the Association of Agricultural Field Days Australasia to support its annual conference scheduled for 30 April 2021 to 2 May 2021 and provide training and assistance for members on recovery management planning.

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Heaters are now on with DPI’s month-end opening

Final fit-out for the Department of Primary Industries $75 million new headquarters will likely see the building officially-opened by the end of the month.

Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall will host the official-opening which — unlike the opening of the current building in January 1992 — will be held before staff transfer to the new site.

Furniture was being transferred to the new building recently with steam rising from one of two ventilation outlets on the roof. “We’re just running the airconditioning systems now to check to see that there are no leaks, that it’s all working well” one of the contractors said on-site last week.

The new building, designed before the coronavirus crisis, is completely open-plan with a centralised air-conditioning system in place.

Despite concerns in our post-COVID-19 world about social distancing and crossinfection, no changes were made to the floor-plan to lessen contact between staff from different sections.

A Public Service Association (PSA) union representative said that the issue of openplans and cross-infection during winter “rears its head every so often,” but that building design is down to the Department and its builders.

Controversy also arose when worldrenowned locally-based architect John Andrews said that the south facing layout of the entrance would create dangerous slip-hazards during frosty winter mornings.

“For one thing, the building’s main entrance is on the south-side with no winter sun. That side will not be a very nice place; people ought to be in the sun.

They’ve got the carpark on the northern side, but people should enter that side,” Mr Andrews — who designed the famous

CN Tower in Toronto and other landmark buildings in North America — said recently.

“With ice and the like in winter; people are going to get seriously injured, somebody is going to get killed there,” he added.

The office of the Minister though revealed a surprising fix for the slippery problem: Slab-heating technology incorporated under the entranceway to ensure that there is no frost or ice to trip-up the busy bureaucrats!

The new DPI headquarters will house around 400 DPI employees who administer the Department’s frontline services across the entire State at about 100 smaller DPI offices, research stations, and other facilities.

In total, the building is expected to house up to about 700 NSW Government staff, substantially larger than the Kite St building that was designed for only about 400 staff of the old Department of Agriculture.

Mr Marshall has been especially pleased with the construction of the new building — located on the old Orange Base Hospital site — during the coronavirus lockdowns.

“Construction of the new DPI headquarters is on track to be on time and under budget, a remarkable feat in the middle of a pandemic.”

“We’re only moving our team a few blocks, but by being closer to the CBD, the DPI will be a crucial piece of the city’s future,” Mr Marshall said.

“Leasing the new DPI HQ reaffirms our commitment to keeping jobs in Orange long-term and represents a new page in DPI’s history book, building on 22 January

n Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall visiting the new DPI site with Sam Farraway MLC and Orange City Council Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd.

1992 when the then Department of Agriculture moved from Sydney to Orange in what was the State Government’s boldest decentralisation project.”

Mr Andrews though is unimpressed, saying that Orange City Council, the purchasers of the site once the Base Hospital closed down, should have takenup his plans to create a mix of mediumdensity and open-living space at the old Base Hospital site.

His multi-use design would also have entailed retaining part of the then-existing hospital to be restored and redeveloped for use as offices, he added.

“The Council hired and paid me to do a development for the whole site. There would have been medium-density housing, four-story apartments, single-living housing,” Mr Andrews said.

The original Department of Primary Industries moved to Orange in 1991 with

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the new building opened in 1992 under the Greiner Government’s decentralisation plan, the largest government department to do so, with Minister for Agriculture and Deputy Premier, Ian Armstrong considered the driving force for the move.

The building was believed to have been originally leased for 20-years after being constructed by Australian building giant, Lend Lease.

The creation of the giant Department of Primary Industries in 2004 involving the amalgamation of NSW Agriculture, NSW Fisheries, State Forests, and Mining, found the current DPI building now stretched to accommodate all of its new administrative staff.

The office of Mr Marshall has confirmed that the DPI has no future plans for the current DPI site in east Orange once the move of all staff and office equipment is completed.

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ORANGE ON THE MOVE AUTUMN ST TO RECEIVE WATER-MAINS UPGRADE Work will start this month on replacing the water main in Autumn Street as part of a series of upgrades to underground water pipes in Orange.

Current outdated water main is being replaced as part of Orange City Council’s asset management plan, to ensure households across the city have a reliable water supply.

Orange City Council Infrastructure Committee Chair Jeff Whitton said crews would try to keep potential inconvenience for residents, businesses and motorists in the area to a minimum.

“Letters are being delivered to residents this week detailing the works and council staff will be talking to businesses and public transport providers in the area to avoid any disruptions,” he said.

“Crews will try to avoid road closures, but will have traffic control,” he said.

“The program involves replacing failing infrastructure that is deemed past its life expectancy,” Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd added.

Mountain bike track plan closer to reality Plans to build a network of mountain bike trails on Mount Canobolas have reached a new milestone with an environmental assessment on the project.

Orange City Council has also put out tenders for detailed design of the project.

The tender documents show the Council is seeking to appoint an expert consultant to investigate the environmental impact of building a network of trails and come up with detailed design for the project.

“We’ve had a concept plan out for discussion for some time now, but it’s great to see us getting to the next stage of environmental assessment,” Orange Mayor, Cr Reg Kidd said.

“Nothing’s going to be built if it doesn’t measure up to a vigorous independent assessment. We need this level of shovel-ready detail in order to gain

“Crews have just finished replacing the water main in Icely Road, from Cox Avenue to Autumn Street, and this next stage of the project will stretch along all of Autumn Street.”

Just over a kilometre of pipe will be installed in Autumn Street at a cost of about $250,000 and will be made out of 150mm UPVC pipe, which is expected to last about 70 years.

Weather permitting, the work is expected to be completed by Christmas.

“As you’d expect there’s been a variety of views across the community about mountain bike trails on the mountain.

It is clear to me that people who build trails professionally, know how to do it efficiently, to keep any environmental impact to a minimum.

“Mountain bike riders are people who enjoy spending time out in the natural environment, and they want to protect what’s special about that environment. I’m confident a design can be found, along the lines of what was explored in the concept plan, that will strike the right balance, and let more people enjoy will the mountain has to offer,” he added.

The earlier concept design suggested about half the trail network could be located in the Mt Canobolas State Conservation Area (managed by National Parks & Wildlife Service), with the remaining half located within State Forests (managed by NSW Forestry Corporation).

The proposal is that there would be a world-class network of mountain biking trails built on Mt Canobolas.

The mountain biking trails would be a blend of ‘Easy’ rated trails and trails rated as ‘More Difficult’, with optional ‘Very Difficult’ lines for advanced riders.

“You’ve only got to look at the experience It’s proposed that all the trails will be of the township of Derby in Tasmania, where the development of a mountain bike linked through a stacked loop design that can be accessed from both the trail head hub has sent tourism numbers through and the summit. the roof. Tens of thousands of riders are

Nothing looks more beautiful than entering a city and seeing an avenue of trees to welcome visitors.

said that the trees would be an attractive addition to the “Colour City” and looked forward to watching them mature.

Orange City Council’s tree crew recently put the finishing touches on upgrades to Cargo Road by planting more than 50 trees at the entrance to the city.

“As Orange has expanded, Cargo Road has become a major entrance for motorists coming into the city,” Cr Kidd said.

The trees were planted over two days recently along the southern side of Cargo Road from Ploughmans Lane to Whitton Place and signal the completion of a twoand-a-half-year project to improve the south-western approach to the city.

Council staff will begin replacing the water main at the Icely Road end of Autumn Street.

The first section of the project will be from Icely Road to Summer Street East, and crews will work a block at a time until they reach Dalton Street.

in the area, and drivers are urged to be aware of the changed traffic conditions.”

now visiting Derby and businesses have adapted to support that direction. For Orange it would be a diversification of what we have to offer,” he concluded.

Tree planting welcomes our Cargo Road visitors

“The old pipes are made of cast iron and are about 100 years old. This strategy aims to avoid the inconvenience and potential damage that is caused when a main breaks.

Once each section of the pipe is in place, each house will be without water for an hour or so as it is connected to the new water main.

departmental approvals and attract government funding.”

n Tulip trees Liriodendron tulipifera. Orange City Council’s tree crew recently put the finishing touches on upgrades to Cargo Road by planting more than 50 trees at the entrance to the city.

The Cargo Road upgrade began in 2018 and included rebuilding and widening the road pavement and installing storm water pipes, kerb and gutter, transforming what used to be a country road into a road suitable for an urban area. Once the construction was completed trees could be planted alongside the road.

Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd

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“The tree varieties chosen will feature a combination of blossoms and foliage that will add beauty to the area for many months of the year.”

About 50 narrow-growing deciduous prunus trees, Prunus cerisifera ‘Oakville Crimson Spire’, have been planted along the footpath, featuring pale pink blossoms in spring and burgundy foliage, growing to about six metres.

Another row of about six advanced tulip trees Liriodendron tulipifera were planted adjacent to the Ploughmans Wetlands.

A larger deciduous tree, growing to 20 metres, these will provide shade in summer and autumn colour.

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— A NEW MALL, TREES, BIKE-TRACKS, AND UPGRADES

n The “Future City” mall plan is part of the plan make the city more “walkable” and would involve a half-block vehicle-free area adjacent to the current pedestrian crossing and cab rank outside Woolworths in Anson St to create a village square feel for one of the CBD’s most picturesque areas.

ANSON ST MALL PLAN IS HIGHLIGHT OF

$5 million “Future City” project Controversial mall plan for Anson St between Summer and Kite Street is one of the highlights of Orange City Council’s recently-approved “Future City” project designed to revitalise our main business area.

The mall plan is part of the plan make the city more “walkable” and would involve a half-block vehicle-free area adjacent to the current pedestrian crossing and cab rank outside Woolworths in Anson St to create a village square feel for one of the CBD’s most picturesque areas.

Latest stage in the ambitious five-year plan to transform the CBD was recently-approved by Council and evolved from two years research and design by expert consultants (guided by a community panel) in which 100 potential ideas were drafted and exhibited for community comment.

The consultation period has now winnowed these ideas down to a short-list of key projects over a three-year timetable designed to: • make the CBD a more “walkable” city centre; • e ncourage more people to come to the CBD and spend more time there; • s upport current businesses and creating a CBD which will attract new investment.

At the top of the CBD list — expected to start this year — is the new pedestrian mall in Anson Street. There are also complementary plans to make inner-city sections of Byng Street, Lords Place, and McNamara Street more attractive and pedestrian-friendly. The Council has allocated $5 million for projects in the first year.

“Our expert consultants and the community panel have been working away for a long time on this plan and I’m

n C ontroversial mall plan for Anson St between Summer and Kite Street is one of the highlights of Orange City Council’s recently-approved “Future City” project designed to revitalise our main business area.

“We want a CBD that our local community can be proud of, a place where they’ll want to spend time and will be easier for them to move around,” he added.

• Improvements to vacant CBD shop-fronts by adding appropriate heritage images • Council to provide technical guidance and financial assistance to property owners to paint and repair their buildings

Orange City Council Infrastructure Committee Chair, Cr Jeff Whitton believes the Future City plan is deliverable.

The three-year timetable continues with a short-list of projects for years two and three.

“The first year of the implementation plan floats a shortlist of projects that will have the most impact and will be achievable in the short-term,” Cr Whitton said. “The list for the following two years lets us tackle projects that are just as, if not more important, but will take a bit longer to get started.”

Genesis of the project involved urban design firm SJB consultants being engaged by Council in late 2018 to undertake a review and master planning exercise for the Orange CBD.

delighted to see some concrete plans emerge,” Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said.

Orange City Council Employment and Economic Committee Chair, Cr Tony Mileto is pleased to see the list of projects.

“I’m delighted by the sheer scope of these projects,” Cr Mileto said. “Our CBD, our local businesses deserve much more than a few new planter boxes. These plans aim to transform the way people move through our CBD, making it an attractive place to live and work, shop and visit.”

As well as major projects, the Year One list of ‘Future City’ projects to begin in the current financial year includes: • CBD Greening projects • Orange Public Art Program • Extending festoon and tree lighting • Pop-up/Start-up Support • A 4-tier program of business and retail support • A system to ensure businesses have an entry level website.

• Th is would be followed by further development of an online sales capability

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The scope was broadly-ambitious covering a range of disciplines from urban design, traffic and transport planning, engineering, land use and a variety of community initiatives.

The firm was appointed to consider any and all means to enhance and upgrade the CBD recognising its role as foundational to Orange not just economically but also socially and culturally.

SJB, in conjunction with Council staff, undertook a range of community engagement initiatives including the formation of a Community Reference Group (CRG) of over 30 members from a wide cross section of Orange.

The key role of the CRG was to review and comment on progress as each stage of the project was delivered.

A draft Future City Planning and Design Framework/ Strategy which included an economic component, a heritage component, traffic and movement component was on exhibition for community comment. It attracted substantial feedback and community submissions.

Now, Council believes, is the time to make these plans a reality.

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6.00 Rage.

7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Rage.

12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 Louis Theroux: Law And Disorder In Lagos.

1.30 Father Brown.

2.25 Back In Time For Dinner: The 2000s.

3.30 Escape From The City: Sunshine Coast, Queensland – The Moylans.

4.30 Landline.

5.00 Back Roads: Omeo, Victoria.

5.30 Midsomer Murders.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Father Brown.

8.20 Last Tango In Halifax. Final.

9.20 Endeavour.

10.50 Death In Paradise.

11.50 Rage.

6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 Tour De France: Daily Update.

8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 7. Replay. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Australia In Colour. 3.50 Great British Railway Journeys. 4.15 Australia With Julia Bradbury. 4.40 Running Wild With Roger Federer. 5.30 Cycling.

Tour de France. Stage 7. Highlights.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Walking Britain’s Lost Railways: Derbyshire. Return.

8.30 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs: Lost In A Landscape. Final.

9.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 8. Cazèressur-Garonne to Loudenvielle. 140km mountain stage. From France.

1.30 Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes.

2.30 Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey.

3.30 Food Safari Earth.

5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 11.40 Sally And Possum. 12.10 In The Night Garden.

2.05 Grandpa In My Pocket. 2.30 Arthur. 3.05 Molly And Mack. 3.30 Play School. 3.55 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.20 Becca’s Bunch. 4.55 Luo Bao Bei. 5.20 Stick Man. 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 The Stand Up Sketch Show.

8.55 QI. 9.55 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 10.40 Would I Lie To You? 11.10 Motherland. 11.40 Friday Night Dinner. 12.05 Absolutely Fabulous. 12.35 Live At The Apollo. 1.20 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled.

2.10 Close. 5.30 Postman Pat Special Delivery Service. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 Croatian News.

9.30 Serbian News. 10.00 Dutch News. 10.30 Hungarian News. 11.00 NHK Japanese News.

11.35 Hindi News. 12.00 The Good Doctor: Korea.

1.10 New Girl. 1.35 ABC America: World News Tonight. 2.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Highlights.

4.00 PBS News. 5.00 The Carmichael Show. 6.45 Only Connect. 7.50 Stargate SG-1. 8.40 Robert Kirkman’s Secret History Of Comics. 9.30 Fear The Walking Dead. 11.15 Porn Laid Bare. 12.10 MOVIE: The Claim. (2000) 2.20 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. 11.55 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. 3.35 Dragon Ball Super. 4.00 Wow That’s Amazing. 4.30 Malory Towers. 5.00 The Next Step. 5.25 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Final. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Utopia Falls.

7.15 Taking The Next Step. 7.40 The Zoo. 7.55 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.15 Little Big Awesome.

Final. 8.40 Find Me In Paris. 9.05 The Legend Of Korra. 9.30 Detentionaire. 9.55 Close. 5.30 The Legend Of Korra.

6.00 ZooMoo Lost.

(66) 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Hook, Line And Dinner. 9.00 Restaurant Redemption. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Ultimate Summer Cook-Off. 12.00 Mystery Diners.

1.30 Restaurant: Impossible. 4.25 The Simpsons.

5.15 MOVIE: The Looney, Looney, Looney, Bugs Bunny Movie. (1981) Mel Blanc. 7.00 MOVIE: Ice Age: Continental Drift. (2012) Ray Romano, Denis Leary. 8.40 MOVIE: Made Of Honor.

(2008) Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd. 10.50 MOVIE: Hope Floats.

(1998) Sandra Bullock. 1.10 Home Shopping. 2.10 MOVIE: The Navy Comes Through. (1942) 4.00 Restaurant Redemption. 5.00 Quantico.

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6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. 6.30 Al Jazeera News. 7.00 Tour De France: Daily Update.

8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 8. Replay.

1.00 Speedweek.

3.00 Gadget Man. 4.25 Power And Paranoia In The Third Reich.

5.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 8. Cazèressur-Garonne to Loudenvielle. 140km mountain stage. Highlights. From France.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Lost Worlds And Hidden Treasures.

8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 9. Pau to Laruns. 153km mountain stage. From France.

12.45 Rick Stein’s Taste Of Shanghai.

1.45 Rick Stein Tastes The Blues.

2.45 Food Safari Earth.

5.00 CGTN English News.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 11.40 Sally And Possum. 12.10 In The Night Garden.

2.05 Grandpa In My Pocket. 2.30 Arthur. 3.05 Molly And Mack. 3.30 Play School. 3.55 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.20 Becca’s Bunch. 4.55 Luo Bao Bei. 5.20 Octonauts. 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. 9.15 Live At The Apollo. 10.00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.35 Insert Name Here. Final. 11.05 The Stand Up Sketch Show. 11.30 Would I Lie To You? 12.20 W1A. 12.55 The IT Crowd. 1.15 Gavin & Stacey. Final. 1.50 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

11.35 Hindi News. 12.00 The Good Doctor: Korea. 1.10 New Girl. 1.35 ABC America: World News Tonight. 2.00 Cycling. Tour de France.

Highlights. 4.00 Insight. 5.00 Yokayi Footy. 5.35 Takeshi’s Castle Indonesia. 6.30 Abandoned Engineering. 7.30 Why Does Everyone Hate The English? 8.30 MOVIE: Star Trek: Nemesis. (2002) Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Tom Hardy.

10.35 Alcatraz: The Search For The Truth. 12.10 MOVIE: All Cheerleaders Die. (2013) 1.50 The Movie Show. 2.20 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. Final. 12.50 Horrible Histories. 1.20 The Dengineers. 2.20 Thunderbirds Are Go. 2.45 Prank You Very Much.

3.15 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 4.00 Wow That’s Amazing. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 The Next Step. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Utopia Falls. Final. 7.15 Taking The Next Step.

Final. 7.55 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.30 Get Blake!

8.45 Find Me In Paris. 9.10 The Legend Of Korra.

9.30 Detentionaire. 9.55 Rage. 1.55 Close. 5.30 The Legend Of Korra.

6.00 ZooMoo Lost.

(66) 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Carnival Cravings With Anthony Anderson. 8.30 Ten Dollar Dinners. 9.00 Restaurant Redemption. 10.00 Chopped Junior.

11.00 Ultimate Summer Cook-Off. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Guy’s Grocery Games. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Mystery Diners. 4.00 Restaurant: Impossible. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama.

7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 MOVIE: Sleepless In Seattle. (1993) Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan. 9.45 MOVIE: New In Town. (2009) Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr. 11.45 Marrying Millions. 12.45 Geordie Shore. 2.00 Ten Dollar Dinners. 2.30 Ex On The Beach. 3.00 Late Programs.

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WIN (8) 6.00 Reel Action. 6.30 Entertainment Tonight.

7.00 WhichCar. 7.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 8.00 My Market Kitchen. 8.30 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On. 9.00 Destination Dessert. Return.

9.30 Studio 10: Saturday. 12.00 Jamie & Jimmy’s Food Fight Club. 1.00 Business As Usual When Nothing Is Usual. 1.30 Healthy Homes Australia.

2.00 Pooches At Play. 2.30 Farm To Fork. 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 The Living Room.

4.30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn. 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Family Feud.

7.00 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 Ambulance.

10.00 One Born Every Minute.

11.00 Law & Order: SVU. 11.50 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship.

Townsville SuperSprint. Highlights. From Reid Park Street Circuit, Queensland.

12.50 NCIS: Los Angeles.

2.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Hour Of Power.

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(52) 6.00 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 The Baron.

11.00 My Favorite Martian.

11.30 MOVIE: Ghost Ship. (1952) 1.05 MOVIE: Hobson’s Choice. (1954) 3.20 MOVIE: Easy Come, Easy Go. (1967) 5.20 MOVIE: Elephant Walk. (1954) 7.30 MOVIE: Good Will Hunting. (1997) Matt Damon, Robin Williams.

10.05 MOVIE: American Beauty. (1999) Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Mena Suvari.

12.30 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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(53) 6.00 12.00 Smashhdown!

12.30 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 1.00 Beyblade Burst Rise. 1.30 Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel. 2.00 The Road Trick. 2.30 The Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Peaking. 3.50 BattleBots. 4.50 MOVIE: Rango.

(2011) 7.00 MOVIE: Big Daddy. (1999) Adam Sandler. 8.50 MOVIE: Billy Madison. (1995) Adam Sandler, Bridgette Wilson, Bradley Whitford. 10.35 MOVIE: Ted. (2012) 12.45 Heroes. 1.40 Manifest.

2.30 The Road Trick. 3.00 Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel. 3.30 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 4.00 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 4.30 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.50 Rev & Roll. 5.10 Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 8.00 Travel Oz. 9.30 NBC Today. 11.30 The Illusionists.

12.30 Air Crash Investigation. 1.30 Sydney Weekender. 2.00 Intolerant Cooks. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.00 Rugby Union.

Shute Shield. 5.00 Horse Racing. John F. Feehan Stakes and Chelmsford Stakes. 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 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.30 A Moveable Feast. 4.00 Intolerant Cooks. 4.30 Travel Oz. Fish Of (63) 6.00 The Day. 6.30 The Big Adventure. 8.00 Home Shopping. 9.00 Graveyard Carz. 10.00 Storage Wars. 10.30 American Pickers. 11.30 Life Off Road. 12.00 D.U.I. 12.30 Timbersports. Return. 1.00 Blokesworld.

1.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 2.00 American Pickers. 3.00 Boating. 2019 P1 Offshore Powerboat Championships. Replay. 4.00 Outback Truckers. 5.00 Graveyard Carz. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. 7.30 Football.

AFL. Round 16. North Melbourne v Port Adelaide.

10.00 AFL Post-Game Show. 10.45 America’s Hardest Prisons. 11.55 Family Guy. 12.25 D.U.I. 1.00 Late Programs.

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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: Voyager. 1.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 2.00 One Strange Rock. 3.00 Judge Judy. 4.00 WhichCar. 4.30 Fishing. Australian Championships. Replay. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans.

10.20 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship.

Townsville SuperSprint. Highlights. 11.20 NCIS. 12.15 Law & Order: SVU. 1.10 Hawaii Five-0. 2.10 48 Hours. 3.05 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 7.

Belgian Grand Prix. Highlights. 4.05 The Doctors.

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(82) 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 6.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 7.00 PAW Patrol. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku.

9.05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.35 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol.

11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 MOVIE: Confessions Of A Shopaholic. (2009) 2.05 Seinfeld. 3.00 Fresh Off The Boat. 4.00 Man With A Plan. 5.00 Will & Grace. 6.00 Columbo.

8.00 Kojak. 9.00 Spyforce. 10.00 MOVIE: Grosse Pointe Blank. (1997) John Cusack, Minnie Driver. 12.10 This Is Us. 2.00 Mom. 3.30 The Neighborhood. 4.30 Late Programs.

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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 Beretta’s Tour De Cure.

2.00 Air Rescue.

3.00 Surf Patrol.

3.30 Beach Cops.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Plate Of Origin.

8.30 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: Death In A Heartbeat.

9.50 Between Two Worlds.

12.00 Medical Emergency.

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

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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 Business As Usual When Nothing Is Usual. 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday. 12.00 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn. 12.30 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On. 1.00 Farm To Fork.

1.15 The Masked Singer Australia.

2.30 Family Feud.

3.30 WhichCar. 4.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship.

Townsville SuperSprint. Highlights.

5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Sunday Project.

7.30 Family Feud.

8.30 FBI. 10.30 NCIS. 11.30 The Sunday Project.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

1.30 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. 10.05 My Favorite Martian. 10.35 MOVIE: It Shouldn’t Happen To A Vet. (1976) 12.30 The AFL Sunday Footy Show.

2.30 Getaway. 3.00 MOVIE: Duel In The Jungle.

(1954) 5.00 MOVIE: The Sons Of Katie Elder.

(1965) John Wayne. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 New Tricks. 9.50 The Brokenwood Mysteries.

11.50 The Rockford Files. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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(53) 6.00 11.30 Lego Jurassic World: Legend Of Isla Nublar. 12.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. 12.30 Clarence. 12.45 Rivals. 1.15 American Idol. 4.15 MOVIE: Speed Racer. (2008) 7.00 MOVIE: Back To The Future Part II. (1989) Michael J. Fox. 9.10 MOVIE: Terminator 2: Judgment Day. (1991) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong. 12.00 Heroes.

1.00 Manifest. 2.00 Westside. 3.00 Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel. 3.30 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 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 Big Angry Fish. 7.30 Home Shopping. 9.30 Timbersports. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Creek To Coast. 11.30 Trev Gowdy’s Monster Fish.

12.00 The Fishing Show. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 Trev Gowdy’s Monster Fish. 2.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 3.00 Fishy Business.

4.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 4.30 Counting Cars. 6.00 Full Custom Garage. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 MOVIE: Iron Man 2. (2010) Robert Downey Jr, Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow. 11.00 Family Guy. 12.00 Blokesworld. 12.30 Ice Road Truckers. 1.30 Counting Cars. 2.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Animal Tales. 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Sports Sunday.

11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show.

1.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 10. Giants v Sunshine Coast Lightning. From USC Stadium, Queensland.

3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 17. New Zealand Warriors v Parramatta Eels.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 The Block.

8.30 60 Minutes.

9.30 Nine News Late.

10.30 See No Evil: Where’s Mum? 11.30 Mysteries And Scandals: The Price Of Fame.

12.15 Rivals.

12.45 Hayley & Lauren’s Adelady.

1.30 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 Bright Futures. New. 12.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.00 SA Weekender.

3.30 Escape To The Country. 5.30 M*A*S*H. 7.30 Escape To The Country. 8.30 World’s Most Secret Homes. 9.30 The Hotel Inspector. Return.

10.30 Mighty Rivers. 11.30 River Monsters Go Tribal. 12.45 Casino Confidential. 2.00 House Of Horrors: Kidnapped. 3.00 Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 4.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 5.30 Home Shopping.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

7.30 The Key Of David. 8.00 Motor Racing.

Supercars Championship. Townsville SuperSprint.

Highlights. 9.00 The Doctors. 10.00 Bondi Rescue. 10.30 Fishing. Australian Championships.

Replay. 11.00 Star Trek. 12.00 Star Trek: Voyager.

1.00 Family Feud. 2.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Healthy Homes Australia.

4.00 Pooches At Play. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 iFish Summer Series. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Law & Order: SVU. 10.20 Motor Racing.

Supercars Championship. Townsville SuperSprint.

Highlights. 11.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 2.05 Late Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Toasted TV. 6.05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 6.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 7.00 PAW Patrol.

8.00 Totally Wild. 8.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku. 9.05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.30 Scope. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 Neighbours. 2.30 Happy Together. 3.30 Murphy Brown. 4.00 MOVIE: Fathers’ Day. (1997) Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus. 6.00 Friends.

9.00 To Be Advised.

10.00 Will & Grace. 12.00 The Flash. 3.00 The Conners. 4.00 Murphy Brown. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 The Brady Bunch.

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6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 11.00 Grand Designs Australia. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Miniseries: The Accident. 2.00 Miniseries: The City And The City. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.05 Think Tank. 5.05 Grand Designs Australia. 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. 10.35 ABC Late News. 11.10 Further Back In Time For Dinner. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 (3) This Week. 7.00 Tour De France: Daily Update. 8.00 WorldWatch.

11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 9. 1.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Facebook Dilemma.

3.00 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. 4.00 Rome’s Invisible City. 5.00 Cycling. Tour de France.

Stage 9. Highlights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 News. 7.35 How The Victorians Built Britain. 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. 9.25 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 10.25 News. 10.55 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Killing Mommy. (2016) 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 Plate Of Origin.

9.00 9-1-1: Lone Star. 10.00 Chicago Fire. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Absentia. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Desperate Housewives.

1.00 Getaway. 1.30 The Block. 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 The Block.

8.40 Celebrity IOU. 9.40 Nine News Late. 10.10 100% Footy. 11.10 Lethal Weapon. 12.05 Tipping Point. 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (8) Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.15 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. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.40 Just For Laughs Uncut.

Final. 10.10 Just For Laughs. 10.40 The Project.

11.35 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 The IT Crowd.

Final. 8.55 W1A. Final. 9.25 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 10.00 Back. 10.25 Parks And Recreation. 10.45 Schitt’s Creek. 11.10 Red Dwarf. 11.40 The Librarians 12.10 The Ex-PM. 12.40 The Office. 1.10 Please Like Me. 1.35 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.25 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

10.00 Basketball. WNBA. Chicago v LA Sparks.

12.10 VICE World Of Sports. 1.00 Front Up. 2.00 Tour de France. 4.00 WorldWatch. 4.25 This Week. 5.25 The Business Of Travel. 5.50 The Joy Of Painting. 6.20 Forged In Fire.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Difficult People. 10.25 Naked City: Freedom Or Lust? 11.25 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 Honey I Bought The House. 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 Foyle’s War. 10.40 Mafia’s Greatest Hits. 11.50 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct.

10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Death In Paradise. 1.10 ER. 2.10 Miss Marple. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow.

3.40 MOVIE: Holiday On The Buses. (1973) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 Heartbeat. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 The Killer Affair. 11.40 Late Programs.

Morning (81) 6.00 Programs.

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. 9.25 Law & Order: SVU. 10.20 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 8.

Italian Grand Prix. Highlights. 11.20 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 10.15 Kids’ Programs. 11.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 8.45 Find Me In Paris. 9.10 The Legend Of Korra. 9.35 Detentionaire. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 The Legend Of Korra.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Guy’s Grocery Games.

2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Coles Healthy Kicks.

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 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. 9.30 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell. 10.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Deadliest Roads. 2.00 D.U.I. 2.30 Alaska’s Ultimate Bush Pilots. 3.00 Counting Cars. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Life Off Road. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 5.30 Storage Wars.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Troy. (2004) Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Diane Kruger. 11.50 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Mindy Project. 1.00 Quantum Leap. 2.00 The Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm.

7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 Territory Cops. 8.40 MOVIE: Waterworld. (1995) Kevin Costner.

11.20 Big Bang. 11.45 Malcolm. 12.15 Miami Vice.

1.10 Robot Wars: Extreme. 2.10 Dance Moms.

3.00 Kids’ Programs.

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

1.00 Charmed. 2.00 Cheers. 3.00 The Conners.

4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 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.

12.30 The Garden Gurus. 1.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 10. Melbourne Vixens v West Coast Fever. 3.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 10. NSW Swifts v Queensland Firebirds. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway.

6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 MOVIE: Downsizing. (2017) Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz. A couple decide to shrink themselves. (M) 10.10 MOVIE: The Adjustment Bureau. (2011) Matt Damon, Emily Blunt. A man defies fate to be with the woman he loves. (M) 12.05 MOVIE: Out Of The Shadows. (2017) Goran D. Kleut. (MA15+) 1.40 The Garden Gurus.

2.05 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.30 Global Shop.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.30 Wesley Impact.

SuNday, September 6

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 Gardening Australia.

2.30 Restoration Australia.

3.25 My Family And The Galapagos.

4.15 Catalyst Bytes.

4.30 The Mix. 5.00 Antiques Roadshow.

6.00 Australia Remastered: Parrot Paradise.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Shetland. Final.

8.40 Midsomer Murders.

10.10 Miniseries: Mrs Wilson.

11.10 Miniseries: Friday On My Mind.

12.40 Wentworth.

1.30 Endeavour.

3.00 Rage.

5.00 Insiders.

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6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 Horse Racing. John F. Feehan Stakes and Chelmsford Stakes.

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: Non-Stop. (2014) Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy. During a transatlantic flight, a US Air Marshal receives a cryptic message threatening to kill the passengers. (M) 9.45 MOVIE: Patriot Games. (1992) Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Sean Bean. A former CIA agent becomes a target for assassination after shooting an IRA terrorist. (M) 12.05 MOVIE: Loss Of Faith. (1998) John Ritter, Michele Scarabelli. A writer searches for a kidnapped child. (M) 2.00 Home Shopping.

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TVguide 6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 10.00 Four Corners. 10.45 Meet The Ferals. Final.

11.00 Grand Designs Australia. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Final Rendezvous. 2.00 Miniseries: The City And The City. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.05 Grand Designs Australia. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame.

8.30 Further Back In Time For Dinner. 9.30 The Great Acceleration. 10.25 ABC Late News. 11.00 Q+A. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 (3) Tour De France: Daily Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 1.55 The Facebook Dilemma. 2.55 Railway Journeys UK. 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.30 Great British Railway Journeys. 5.00 Cycling. Tour de France.

Stage 1 to 9. Highlights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Great Asian Railway Journeys. 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 The Feed. 10.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 10. 1.30 Moorish Spice Journey. 2.00 Tennis. US Open. Men’s and women’s quarter-finals.

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

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

8.30 Insert Name Here. 9.00 Sick Of It. 9.25 Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt’s Creek Farewell. 10.10 Frontline. 10.35 Parks And Recreation. 11.00 Schitt’s Creek. 11.25 Red Dwarf. 11.55 The Librarians 12.20 The Ex-PM. 12.50 Black Books. 1.15 QI. 1.45 Back. 2.15 Close.

5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 MOVIE: A Perfect Day. (2015) 1.55 Front Up. 2.55 Our Guy In China. 3.55 WorldWatch.

5.20 The Business Of Life. 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 Dave Gorman: Terms And Conditions Apply. 9.30 Cycling. Tour de France.

Stage 10. 10.30 Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath. 11.20 Sex Right Now. 11.45 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 10.40 Kids’ Programs. 3.05 Operation Ouch! 3.35 Junior Vets. 4.05 Wow That’s Amazing. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 The Next Step. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar.

8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 8.45 Find Me In Paris. 9.10 The Legend Of Korra. 9.35 Detentionaire. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 The Legend Of Korra.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 11.00 Cake Masters. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Guy’s Grocery Games. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Coles Healthy Kicks. 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: The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad! (1988) Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban. 10.15 MOVIE: The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell Of Fear. (1991) 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 10.00 Q+A. 11.00 Grand Designs Australia. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address.

1.40 Media Watch. 2.00 Miniseries: The City And The City. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.05 Grand Designs Australia. 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 Utopia. 9.30 Planet America. 10.00 QI. 10.35 ABC Late News. 11.05 Four Corners. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 7.00 Tour De France: Daily Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Tennis.

US Open. Men’s and women’s quarter-finals.

2.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 10. Replay.

4.00 Gadget Man. 5.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 10. Highlights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Arabia With Levison Wood. 8.30 Sydney’s Super Tunnel. 9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 11. 1.30 Moorish Spice Journey. 2.00 Tennis. US Open. Men’s and women’s quarter-finals.

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

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

8.30 Friday Night Dinner. 8.55 Archer. Return.

9.15 The Young Offenders. Return. 9.45 The Letdown. 10.20 The Thick Of It. 10.50 Parks And Recreation. 11.10 Schitt’s Creek. 11.35 Red Dwarf. 12.05 The Librarians 12.35 The Ex-PM. 1.05 QI. 1.35 Blackadder Goes Forth. 2.10 Close.

5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Highlights.

2.00 Front Up. 3.00 Our Guy In China. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.20 The Business Of Music.

5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Get On Up. (2014) Chadwick Boseman. 11.00 MOVIE: Marathon Man. (1976) 1.15 Fighting ISIS. 2.15 F*ck, That’s Delicious. 2.40 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.05 Operation Ouch! 3.35 Junior Vets. 4.05 Wow That’s Amazing. Final. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 The Next Step. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk.

6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs.

7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 8.45 Find Me In Paris. 9.10 The Legend Of Korra. 9.35 Detentionaire. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 The Legend Of Korra.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Throwdown With Bobby Flay. 8.30 Easy Chinese. 9.00 Bakers Vs. Fakers. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Cake Masters. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Guy’s Grocery Games. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Coles Healthy Kicks. 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 Miniseries: The City And The City. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Think Tank. 5.05 Grand Designs Australia.

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. Final. 10.00 Would I Lie To You? Final. 10.30 ABC Late News.

11.00 Louis Theroux: The City Addicted To Crystal Meth. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 (3) Tour De France: Daily Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Tennis. US Open. Men’s and women’s quarter-finals. 2.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 11. Replay. 4.00 Gadget Man. 5.00 Cycling. Tour de France.

Stage 11. Highlights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 News. 7.30 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 8.30 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. 9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 12. 1.15 Rick Stein’s Spain. 2.15 India. 3.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs.

5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.45 Andy’s Dinosaur 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. 10.25 Flowers. 10.50 Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt’s Creek Farewell.

11.35 Parks And Recreation. 12.00 Schitt’s Creek. 12.20 Red Dwarf. 12.50 The Librarians 1.20 The Ex-PM. 1.45 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. Final. 2.35 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

10.00 Basketball. WNBA. Atlanta Dream v Chicago Sky. 12.10 VICE World Of Sports.

1.05 Climbing Lebanon. 1.35 Cemetery Slum.

2.00 Front Up. 3.00 Our Guy In China. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.20 The Business Of Life. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.35 James Cameron’s Story Of Science Fiction. 9.25 Full Frontal. 9.55 Letterkenny. 10.50 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 11.30 To Be Advised. 11.50 Kids’ Programs. 3.35 Junior Vets. 4.15 Little Lunch. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 The Next Step. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk.

6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs.

7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 8.45 Find Me In Paris. 9.10 The Legend Of Korra. 9.35 Detentionaire. 9.55 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30 The Legend Of Korra.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Throwdown With Bobby Flay. 8.30 Easy Chinese. 9.00 Bakers Vs. Fakers. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Cake Masters. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Guy’s Grocery Games. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Coles Healthy Kicks. 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 Grand Designs Australia. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 The Great Acceleration. 2.00 Miniseries: Mrs Wilson. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.05 Grand Designs Australia. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. 8.30 MotherFatherSon. Final. 9.30 Miniseries: The Accident. 10.20 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Virus. 11.10 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 7.00 Tour De France: Daily Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Tennis.

US Open. Women’s semi-finals. 2.00 Cycling.

Tour de France. Stage 12. Replay. 4.00 Gadget Man. 5.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 12.

Highlights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 George W. Bush. 9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 13. 1.15 Rick Stein’s Spain.

2.15 India. 3.15 Food Safari Water. 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 Dinosaur 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. 9.55 Blackadder Goes Forth.

10.30 Parks And Recreation. 10.50 Schitt’s Creek. 11.15 Red Dwarf. 11.45 The Librarians 12.15 The Ex-PM. 12.40 Archer. 1.00 Sick Of It. 1.25 The Thick Of It. 1.55 Flowers. 2.25 Close.

5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

9.00 Basketball. WNBA. NY v Indiana. 11.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Tour de France. 2.00 Deportees Of Tonga. 2.30 Female Fighters Of Kurdistan. 2.55 Dead Set On Life. 3.20 Yokayi Footy. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.20 The Business Of Life. 5.45 Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Forged In Fire.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.35 Sex And Love: Christiane Amanpour. 9.25 Good Girls’ Guide To Kinky Sex. 10.20 Trigonometry. 11.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs.

11.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.15 Little Lunch. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 The Next Step. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Teenage Boss.

7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.25 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.10 Fruits Basket. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Detentionaire. 10.15 Close. 5.30 The Legend Of Korra.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 7.30 James Robison. 8.00 Throwdown With Bobby Flay. 8.30 Easy Chinese. 9.00 Bakers Vs. Fakers. 10.00 Chopped Junior. 11.00 Cake Masters. 12.00 Iron Chef America. 1.00 Guy’s Grocery Games. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Coles Healthy Kicks. 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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Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Secrets In The Attic. (2016) 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 Plate Of Origin.

9.00 MOVIE: Taken. (2008) Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 The Goldbergs. 12.00 Late Programs.

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NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.10 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: Unmasked. 8.30 NCIS. 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.20 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.20 The Project. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS This Morning.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Judge Judy. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder.

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 NCIS. 3.15 Jake And The Fatman.

4.10 Star Trek: Enterprise. 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 The Conners.

4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 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. 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 Bachelor Australia. 8.30 Bull. 10.30 The Project.

11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS This Morning.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Judge Judy. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder.

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 Hawaii Five-0. 3.10 MacGyver. 4.05 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager.

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 Seinfeld. 3.00 The Conners. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

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. 2.00 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. 8.30 Gogglebox. 9.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 This Is Us. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. 1.30 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. Race 8. Italian Grand Prix. Highlights. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder.

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. 11.30 SEAL Team. 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 The Conners. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Carol’s Second Act. 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 Just For Laughs. 10.30 The Project. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Home Shopping.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Judge Judy. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder.

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 Hawaii Five-0. 3.00 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 The Conners. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 MOVIE: Allegiant. (2016) Shailene Woodley, Theo James. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Desperate Housewives.

1.00 Celebrity IOU. 2.00 The Block. 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 The Block. 8.40 Halifax: Retribution. 9.40 Bluff City Law. 10.40 Nine News Late. 11.10 Timeless.

12.05 Tipping Point. 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 5.00 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. 1.00 ER. 2.00 Miss Marple. 3.10 MOVIE: Agatha Christie’s Evil Under The Sun. (1982) 5.25 The Rockford Files.

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks.

8.40 Poirot. 10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.40 My Strange Addiction. 12.35 Antiques Roadshow. 1.00 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Mindy Project. 1.00 Quantum Leap. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang.

7.30 MOVIE: Battle Los Angeles. (2011) 9.50 MOVIE: Gamer. (2009) 11.45 Big Bang. 12.10 Miami Vice. 1.10 Robot Wars: Extreme. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution.

3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Polly Pocket.

5.10 Rainbow Rangers. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Desperate Housewives.

1.00 Live Well For Longer. 2.00 The Block.

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 The Block. 8.40 Emergency. 9.40 Botched. 10.40 Nine News Late. 11.10 New Amsterdam. 12.00 Dr Christian Jessen Will See You Now. 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 7.00 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 8.00 Honey I Bought The House. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute.

9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Sydney Weekender.

12.30 Intolerant Cooks. 1.00 American Crime.

2.00 Honey I Bought The House. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Mighty Ships. 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 Hospital. 12.00 Late Programs.

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

9.00 Graveyard Carz. 10.00 American Pickers.

11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 Pawn Stars. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Deadliest Roads. 2.00 D.U.I. 2.30 Alaska’s Ultimate Bush Pilots. 3.00 Outback Truckers. 4.00 Merv Hughes Fishing.

4.30 Graveyard Carz. 5.30 Football. AFL. Round 16. Adelaide v GWS Giants. 8.00 Football. AFL. Round 16. Carlton v Sydney. 10.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 11.30 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Mommy’s Little Girl. (2016) 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 Home And Away. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 America’s Got Talent. 10.15 The Latest: Seven News. 10.45 Deadly Dates. 11.45 Surveillance Oz. 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 New Tricks. 1.05 ER. 2.05 Miss Marple. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Bottoms Up. (1960) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 11.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 12.00 My Crazy Obsession.

1.00 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Mindy Project. 1.00 Quantum Leap. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang.

7.30 Young Sheldon. 8.30 MOVIE: Riddick.

(2013) Vin Diesel, Karl Urban. 10.55 Big Bang.

11.20 Young Sheldon. 12.10 Miami Vice. 1.10 Robot Wars: Extreme. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.30 Pokémon.

4.50 Polly Pocket. 5.10 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 7.00 Honey I Bought The House. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Creek To Coast.

12.30 Weekender. 1.00 American Crime. 2.00 Honey I Bought The House. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Mighty Ships. 4.30 Air Crash Investigation. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Coroner.

8.30 Lewis.

10.30 A Confession. 11.30 Mighty Planes. 12.30 Dates From Hell. 2.00 Home Shopping.

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

9.00 Graveyard Carz. 10.00 American Pickers.

11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 D.U.I. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Deadliest Roads. 2.00 D.U.I. 2.30 Alaska’s Ultimate Bush Pilots. 3.00 Demolition NZ. 3.30 Outback Truckers. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 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.

PRIME7

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Conspiracy Theory. (1997) 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. 8.30 MOVIE: This Means War. (2012) Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 MOVIE: The Full Monty. (1997) 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Desperate Housewives.

1.00 New Amsterdam. 2.00 The Block. 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 18. Wests Tigers v South Sydney Rabbitohs. 9.45 Golden Point.

10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Prison Girls: Life Inside. 12.00 Gun No. 6. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

7TWO

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Easy Eats. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 As Time Goes By. 1.00 ER. 2.00 Miss Marple. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow.

3.40 MOVIE: Father’s Doing Fine. (1952) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 Kalgoorlie Cops. 8.40 Confessions Of A Serial Killer. 9.40 Killed By My Stalker. 10.40 Chicago Med. 11.40 My Crazy Obsession. 12.35 Antiques Roadshow. 1.00 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Mindy Project. 1.00 Quantum Leap. 2.00 Sliders.

3.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.00 Adv Time. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 MOVIE: Stargate.

(1994) Kurt Russell. 10.00 American Idol. 1.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.30 Pokémon.

4.50 Polly Pocket. 5.10 Transformers: Cyberverse. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Desperate Housewives.

1.00 MOVIE: Moonlight & Valentino. (1995) 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 18. Penrith Panthers v Parramatta Eels. 9.45 Friday Night Knock Off. 10.35 MOVIE: The Last Castle.

(2001) 1.00 Hayley & Lauren’s Adelady. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 7.00 Honey I Bought The House. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 A Football Life.

1.00 American Crime. 2.00 Honey I Bought The House. 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 Brit Cops. 1.30 Cry Wolfe. 2.00 Disappeared. 3.00 Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall. 4.00 Late Programs.

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

10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Storage Wars.

11.30 Pawn Stars. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Deadliest Roads. 2.00 D.U.I. 2.30 The Simpsons.

3.30 Outback Truckers. 4.30 Graveyard Carz.

5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers.

7.00 Football. AFL. Round 17. St Kilda v West Coast. 9.30 The Front Bar. 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: Jesse Stone: Benefit Of The Doubt.

(2012) Tom Selleck. 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: Kingsman: The Secret Service.

(2014) 11.05 To Be Advised. 12.30 Home Shopping.

7TWO

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Easy Eats. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Animal Tales. 1.00 ER. 2.00 Miss Marple. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow.

3.30 MOVIE: Man About The House. (1974) 5.25 The Rockford Files. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 Poirot. 8.40 MOVIE: The Notebook.

(2004) Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, James Garner. 11.10 The Commander. 12.35 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Mindy Project. 1.00 Quantum Leap. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.45 MOVIE: Stormbreaker.

(2006) 7.30 MOVIE: The Mummy Returns.

(2001) 10.05 MOVIE: The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor. (2008) 12.15 Heroes. 1.10 Robot Wars: Extreme. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.30 Pokémon.

4.50 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 American Crime.

2.00 Honey I Bought The House. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Mighty Ships. 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 Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 9.00 Graveyard Carz. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 Pawn Stars. 12.00 Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Deadliest Roads. 2.00 D.U.I. 2.30 Alaska’s Ultimate Bush Pilots. 3.00 Outback Truckers. 4.00 Graveyard Carz. 5.00 Storage Wars. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars.

7.00 Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Football.

AFL. Round 17. Geelong v Richmond. 10.15 AFL Post-Game Show. 11.00 Armchair Experts.

11.30 Late Programs.

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Mum’s Got Eyes In The Back Of Her Head “Mum, we thought you must have had eyes in the back of your head! You could always tell what we were up to! We could never work out how you KNEW what we were planning, even when we kept it REALLY secret.”

That was a funny conversation we all had after my girls had left school, and it was good for a giggle, reminiscing about the childhood antics they were trying so hard to get away with, or be secretive about.

Of course, it was all pretty innocent – sneaking a good pot out of the house to play with or pushing the boundaries of something they knew they shouldn’t.

My kids were pretty free-range kids though. I was happy for them to test their own boundaries within relative safety. I didn’t mind them climbing trees, stockyards or objects – the worst might have been a broken arm, which thankfully didn’t happen – but they learnt how to negotiate those things, to build shonky cubbies, to look out for each other, and to occasionally sabotage each other! When they thought they were out of sight, they often weren’t, but hey, that gives them the comfort of playing “out of sight” when they’re in plain sight.

I remember once little miss maybe 2yo playing around the edge of the pool that we were in. She knew she had to have floaties on, but didn’t want to. I could tell she was planning to jump in, so I turned my back enough for her to think she wasn’t watched. Of course, she jumped in, so I let her struggle and bubble a bit until she knew that she didn’t float without those awful floaties. The obligatory telling off was a demonstration, and she never did that again. But, it’s kids jobs, shall we say, to test the boundaries, and parents jobs to oversee that testing process. I am thankful that my girls are now beautiful competent women, creative, capable and resilient with a large dose of common sense… and eyes in the back of their heads!

Every parent knows when the kids are

up to something – quite often signalled by “quiet” before their intended storm.

Cause:effect. As adults, most of us take our car to the mechanic when there’s something wrong, rather than lobbing up at the Dr’s surgery. Why? Because the mechanic will have a fair idea of what’s wrong, and where he should start looking.

Why? Because he’s been at it a long time, or trained, or messed around with cars under his mechanic dad’s supervision. But, if you’re sick, you don’t go ask the mechanic or the engineer – you’ll probably go to a doctor.

So why is it that a mechanic looks at a car, or a Dr looks at your health problem, the way they do? It’s because they’ve studied their profession, hence, start from a certain perspective – of knowledge and experience. I have an elderly ex-farmer friend who used to be the local “vet” for the whole region. No vet would go that far, or wouldn’t get there in time, so Ken was the man. He’d worked with animals and amassed a lot of practical knowledge – so much so that vets respected him. Everyone called Ken first: nature’s gentleman, the animal’s hero, and a bit of a wag to boot!

Everyone is a product of their own experience, or experiences they’ve seen friends or family go through; of either professional study or hobbies and interests; of people they’ve come across, where they live and who they’ve known. It colours and gives reason to what they see.

People experience things, or read things, through the “eyes” of their life experience.

When I read, or listen to the news, I listen differently to many people. I listen, and just like knowing what the kids were about to get up to, I can hazard a fair guess of what’s going on behind the scenes. So, I go and ferret it out to see what I can find.

I have studied in quite a lot of detail, for example, the implications of Australia signing up to international agreements, and how that affected our society, economy and environment. I was particularly interested in how it impacted agriculture

and regional Australia via “free trade” and other agreements and wrote copiously about it at the time.

A few years ago, being very interested in the water issue, I decided to check in, as it were, and update myself on the latest. I did a schematic outlining the UN water agencies, as well as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Trade Organisation (WTO), International Finance Corporation (IFC), and where those tentacles went; how they interlinked with private international financial institutions (IFIs), and impacted on government policy in Australia through things like the Global Water Partnership (GWP), programs like Agenda 21 and other UN programs/agencies.

I was led to this because I was practically the only person in Australia initially who was highlighting the fact that the Federal Government could over-ride States rights because we’d signed up to a handful of Conventions listed in the Water Act (2007).

Ramsar was the one to get most attention of eight specific ones about biodiversity, desertification, birds, and climate change.

Sadly, what I, and others by then, were saying was later confirmed in the federal government’s own words “In summary, the general purposes of the Water Act and the Basin Plan are: to give effect to relevant international agreements.”

However, I pointed out what no-one else did: that the clause tacked onto the list of conventions stating that any other convention we’d signed which is “relevant” applied - could also apply to FUTURE AGREEMENTS. So you see, by “smelling a rat” and following through based upon my prior study, experience, and watching a decade or so go by, witnessing the devastation brought upon individuals and industries sacrificed on the free trade altar, I came to a conclusion: a conclusion based upon my life experience. Just as a mechanic might find what’s wrong with your car, or your

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Dr make a diagnosis. The fact the Minister at the time poo-poohed it didn’t make me wrong. He later threatened the States with the same “big stick”, proving me correct.

Therefore, when I write, as anyone with any opinion does, it’s reinforced by what I know already, drawing on that knowledge to ferret out more information, and putting 1+1 together to come up with a plausible “2”. Like a mechanic, I know I can be fairly certain of the basics, because I have done the hard yards. Sadly, many journalists are too time-poor or lazy to research now, and many news outlets have their own “culture,” rather than reporting facts.

Only last week I saw footage of a group of black-masked people surrounding a lady who looked to be sitting at a table selling tickets. They had their arms raised, fists clenched, and were screeching “No Peace, No Peace”. She was obviously the peaceful one there – not them! There was also the terrible (terror-ist) way people leaving the Republican convention were harassed by Antifa people – quite animalistic. Yet most media report “peaceful demonstrations,” with fires in the background. Really?

Out of curiosity I typed antifa. com into my search engine, and it immediately redirects to joebiden. com – donations please! Can you believe that? Notwithstanding that George Soros and others have funded Antifa, all this terrible violence in America and elsewhere leads straight to Joe Biden! By donating to Antifa, you’re donating to Joe Biden – or vice-versa! Anyone donating to Biden, by implication, can help black-masked, black clad bodies terrorise, burn and bash people and infrastructure. I think it’s horrible, and it deserves calling out.

Like parents and kids, so my knowledge joins the background dots. After that, I just need to ferret out the evidence, and present it so that you can draw your own conclusions, based on your experience. But please, we’re grown up now, so do the hard yards!

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Am I relationship with a truly loving Father.

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pain or regret.

A couple of songs I might add to bread to go with my (many) morning my extended playlists next week coffees. My computer and work setwill include ‘Mad World’ by Tears up (see last weeks’ column) is aces. for Fears, the song by John Lennon Oh, and the music … it’s goin’ on out says ‘Strange Days Indeed, BOBhe HOLLAND here on the outskirts of Millthorpe,with where Most Peculiar Mama…’, Onion Skin by I’m telling you. Can you hear it?

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Let’s Talk Money Let’s Talk Money

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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. you value independence when Sadly, many people are flooding I love helping people get their it comes to advice, then head to super fund call centres to move financial futures on the right wealthtrain.com.au book an all of their savings to most cash, common track but also helping themtested?” could “Have you been endsuper up being the question ofand 2020. online appointment today. robbing of seeing make Of surecourse, they don’t derailmost from people when ask themselves that question, it’s going to be in relation to being Thereof is no mistaking the their money recover when that track whenfor the coronavirus. going gets tested Across the country, tens of thousands tests are being seriousness of the coronavirus things go back up again… which tough. I can guarantee you this every andboth stopfrom it ina health its tracks. crisis, and theyand will! isolate where the virus is won’tconducted be the last time weday see as we try economic perspective. However, A better strategy is to break up dark economic times… in fact, the decisions you are making retirement savings into short, I guarantee all my clients there right now will have a huge medium and long term ‘buckets’ will be times when their money impact on what your future to ensure that when something will go down. Moments like looks like in 5, 10 and 20 years like this happens, there is no these are a good opportunity from now. need to be selling out of growth to remind my clients why their assets money is invested the it is. billions andproperty) end up being hoodwinked into Australians areway slugged of(i.e. shares and Stay safe! while they are down.

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AMANDA SPALDING with Bob Holland

Future City, CBD Special Rates and Democracy BOB: I see that the Council approved the OC Future City Framework at Council on Tuesday night. I know you’ve been following the development of Future City. Can you tell us more about what has been approved?

AMANDA: As you know, I have been a big supporter of the Future City proposals.

The Council adopted Tranches 1 and 2 of the Framework and CEO David Waddell explained that more detail would come back to Council about the individual projects and there would be more community engagement.

I applaud Council for making a start on implementing the proposals. New Deputy Mayor, Councillor Glenn Taylor, stated at the Council meeting that he had been a Councillor for over 25 years, Mayor Councillor Kidd for 31 years, and Councillor Russell Turner for over 20 years in total, and none of them had seen major upgrades of the CBD. The report to Council gives financial implications as: ‘The CBD Upgrade project is a 2 year $30 million plan.

Council has committed $5 million per year, for 2 years, to this project. Full implementation will be contingent on external funding sources however the intent is to get started on the project with Council funding.

Tranche 1: $5 million Est Tranche 2: $5 million Est (excludes the March Street crossing which is proposed for grant funding) Tranche 3: Further work required to establish costs but preliminary estimates are $15.5 million.

The funds that Council has adopted is for capital works and the program elements which are operational will be part of the quarterly review.’

This may be confusing to people not steeped in local government finances as the figures below show an estimated cost of $9.55 million for projects in Tranche 1. It therefore appears that $5 million of that is capital works which have been budgeted for and $4.55 million are operational program elements which have not been budgeted for but will be added into the budget when the Quarterly Reviews are considered by Council.

So, Tranche 1 is made up of projects to June 2021: Project

Estimated Cost

McNamara Street South Upgrade

$500,000

Anson Street – Summer to Kite Upgrade Stage 1

$500,000

Byng Street (Lords to McNamara) and Lords Place (Byng to Summer) Stage 1 $1,700,000 Community/Council Greening Projects

$200,000

Orange Public Art Program

$300,000

Lighting

$700,000

Scrambled Crossings

$100,000

Matthews Park

$250,000

Programs (assistance going online and covering empty shop windows) $300,000 Wayfinding/Furniture/Painting upgrades

$450,000

Parking/Transport Review

No cost given

Pop-up/Start-up Support (shipping containers)

$50,000

Total

$9,550,000

Tranche 2 is made of projects to June 2022: Project

Estimated Cost

Lords Place Upgrade

$1,500,000

Robertson Park and McNamara North (Summer to Byng)

$1,400,000

Programs 2

$300,000

Community/Council Greening Projects 2 $200,000 Orange Public Art Program 2

$300,000

Wayfinding/Furniture/Painting upgrades $450,000 March Street Rail Crossing

Funded by grants

Anson Street upgrade Stage 2

No cost given

Byng Street (Lords to McNamara) and Lords Place (Byng to Summer) Stage 2

No cost given

Total

$4,250,000

Councillor Kevin Duffy was adamantly opposed to the proposed changes to Byng Street and narrowing of Summer Street, but supported the framework overall. He said that his experience as a bus driver makes him think that the proposed traffic changes are not workable.

The Mayor mentioned negative comments on social media.

I was interested to see comments on social media in Orange in the lead up to the Council meeting on 1st September. I am a member of a Facebook group that tends to have an older demographic of long time residents of Orange and one post estimated that 75% of comments were against the proposal to have a pedestrian mall in Anson Street and 25% were for. Another post said that there was another Orange Facebook group that ‘never says anything positive.’ It is somewhat inevitable that people will initially have a negative reaction to proposed changes and the Council reports says that ‘it would be valuable to do more in depth community engagement about specific proposals as they progress.’ So, more information and discussion with community members will hopefully bring people around to being more supportive.

There is a lack of respect for Council in the comments that are made by Orange community members on social media, that shows a lack of trust.

BOB: I heard Councillor Kevin Duffy say something about CBD Special Rates. Do you know what that was about?

AMANDA: Sort of.

Councillor Duffy said that the CBD Special Rate has been collected for 15 years.

In 2020/21 $713,186 will be collected from 327 rateable properties in the CBD. That is an increase of 3.5% on the previous year and do not forget that is on top of the ordinary business rate which is also paid on the same property.

In October 2019 local media reported that: ‘according to data released for Orange City Council from the NSW Office of Local Government, average rates for businesses in Orange were $6,336 annually.

However, average rates for other regional towns and cities in NSW were just $3,751.’

It is an issue that I have been trying to find more information about for some time. I finally obtained a copy of the area where property owners pay the CBD Special Rate and recently asked, as a member of the Economic Development Community Committee, what the Orange Central Business Area Special Rate is spent on. I am yet to receive a response.

Some parts of the CBD are very dirty and where I walk every weekday there are vomit stains splashed on the pavement and on the glass of a doorway, that appear to have been there for months if not longer. There is also a lot of litter that is not picked up. So, I would be surprised if CBD businesses are paying an additional rate for extra cleaning.

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I have covered the topic of Council’s Community Committees previously. Orange City Council has more than 20 Community Committees, which meet at a variety of intervals including quarterly, bi-monthly or when required.

Council’s website explains their purpose: ‘Council wants to hear from community members who are interested in serving on a Community Committee. There are currently more than twenty community committees. These small groups provide a source of information and discussion to feed into the decision-making of Orange City Council.’

The purpose of the Economic Development Community Committee is ‘to advise Council and make recommendations in relation to the implementation of economic development strategies contained within Council’s Delivery/Operational Plan’. It seems that the Committee does not operate to provide a source of information and discussion to feed into the decision-making of Orange City Council as discussion is often prevented and comments made by community members are not minuted to be fed into the decision-making process.

BOB: There seemed to be an issue about the method of voting for the Deputy Mayor. Several councillors talked about democracy, but I found the whole thing very confusing.

AMANDA: Yes, it was confusing, partly because Councillors were talking about two, or even three, different things at the same time. Apparently, Orange City Councillors have always voted in the past by secret ballot for the election of the Deputy Mayor, but could not do so on this occasion because two Councillors were not present in person in the Council Chamber. The Mayor said that he has always advocated voting by a show of hands in the past, but had always been outvoted.

Following considerable discussion and confusion about whether some of the councillors present in the Council Chamber wanted to leave the two councillors who were attending by Zoom out of the voting, it was agreed to vote by a show of hands. It is much more noticeable which way the ‘Zooming’ Councillors vote than those in the Chamber.

As a General Manager of a Council I have been faced with the situation where Councillors appeared to be concerned about voting in front of the media and public gallery over the issue of seeking community engagement on whether or not to fly the Aboriginal flag. Some of them put their hands near to their faces and it was difficult to understand who had voted which way!

With 4 candidates for Deputy Mayor, Councillors voted 3 times, as the candidate with the fewest votes is excluded from the next round. Some Councillors changed their votes between rounds and the final vote was between Councillors Taylor and Mileto. It was not clear whether the Mayor had actually voted and he spoke harshly to the CEO, Returning Officer, David Waddell, when he said the vote would have to be taken again. It was clearly the right thing to do to be clear that Councillor Glenn Taylor had succeeded in being elected as Deputy Mayor until the local government elections on 4th September 2021.

The other two issues that were talked about concerning voting were: 1. Current legislation (as temporarily altered as a result of COVID) requires that Councillors must be present in person to be part of a Council meeting. It was suggested that this legislation should now be reconsidered to allow councillors to attend by teleconference or telephone, and 2. The proposal that electronic voting be used for local government elections.

I support the first of these two proposals but not the second.

Fairfield City Council is one of the few NSW Councils that runs its own local government elections and my colleague who was responsible for the elections always told me that it will not be possible to have electronic voting until it is possible to exercise one’s democratic right to draw a rude picture on the ballot paper and have it counted as an informal vote!!

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reception@oclife.com.au

A VOICE FOR THE PEOPLE OF ORANGE I would like to thank-you for the opportunity to have some of my concerns addressed in your weekly publication. “The Back Page” gives A WRITTEN VOICE to members of Orange and surrounding districts to advise fellow community residents of concerns/issues taking place. We may grumble about how things are taking place, however the written word, “the pen is mightier than the sword,” is where concerns and issues can be explored.

Council elections will soon be taking place. Are there women in the community who have common-sense, family values, progressive judgement — and a vision — for what Orange community foresees for the next and future generations? If so, equalise the present gender imbalance, pierce the glass ceiling, take-up the banner, and set a course for direction.

In talking with some of the more senior residents of Orange, I am amazed at what did occur, with Cherry Blossom Festival, street parades, and many sporting events — fishing club, ping-pong, go-carts, outside of regular football, tennis, hockey, netball and golf, etc.

May the City Of Orange forever prosper!

Roslyn McGroder

SUPPORT FOR OTHER VOICES KUDOS to you Bob for giving Jeanine’s Birds Eye views ‘can we stop being scared now’ the double page spread it deserved.

Having just seen the back page response to it this week, I was compelled to weigh in and show support.

Jeanine, please know you don’t stand alone. Looking at the millions that came out in peaceful protest in Germany, UK, Canada over the weekend, there is a TRUTH movement. And I ask everyone who is watching on complicity from the sideline, while a pregnant Australian women in her pyjamas is arrested in front of her children for organising the same... which side of history will you be on?

Right now, there’s many question marks over our government’s response to a virus that has a 0.00165% death rate in Australia (not taking away from any deaths, all death when untimely is devastating) but when you compare it to the regular flu season, which is higher 0.0046% (2017) - where has our nation’s outcry been for these people? The oldies are the most vulnerable for the flu too!

COVID isn’t in the top 50 causes of death in Australia.

I repeat. Not in the top 50 causes of death! Suicide numbers are through the roof. Domestic violence is higher than ever. Small businesses are foreclosed, yet the multinationals are recording record profits.

The divide has never been greater.

All cards on the table, we didn’t know what to do when Fauci started talking about this ‘Wuhan live animal’ virus but now we do. We know (thanks to the courageous voices like Jeanine, and all the doctors and scientists that have been censored and publicly intimidated) that there are treatments options, cheap treatments at that, which are NOT a rushed Jab. When there’s been hundreds of doctors (over 500 in Germany alone) speak out on the issue across the world and have commented on other treatment

options, are we thinking we, the general public, know more than they do because that’s what the telly told us last night?

CWA lady left to purchase some paper towel when there was no toilet or facial tissues left. When times are tough, we pull together. We can do better.

One can only wonder what our ANZAC legends who gave the ultimate sacrifice, would be thinking looking down on us now? We know they didn’t do what they did for us to stay inside, disconnect from our family, our friends and let our elderly die alone.

We all love a beer or three on Anzac Day to pay tribute to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. But where is our 2020 courage? Did the soldiers want to run into the bayonets? Of course they didn’t. Did they do it, with the heart of our beautiful nation on the sleeve?

It’s time that we reopen borders and reopen our community. Stop the debt that is out of control and call this period for what it is, the biggest most expensive learning curve our country has ever seen.

This is our time to look at the direction our country is heading and to make a stand. And if it means having an awkward conversation on your socials or with your neighbour about agendas that are concerning you.

Do it. If not, for all the names that are inscribed in Robertson Park.

How many people do you personally know that have had COVID? And on the flip side, how many do you know who have been affected by the harsh restrictions our state governments have imposed. Personally, my brother wasn’t allowed to attend a family funeral.

My child is yet to meet their grandparent... but the Australian cricket team can go and play England because it’s in our national interests? Are you seriously on the batting team for thinking that this makes sense?

There is no denying the existence of this virus and I applaud all the front line healthcare workers who have woken each day to personally care for those affected and put in place procedures to deal and manage with what could possibly come. Thankfully the dire predictions made were never reached.

What’s happening in Victoria is devastating, no question. However, with our national press pushing a one sided agenda and the lack of any transparency, it’s no wonder our country is fearful.

But I ask this, Why are we pushing the flu jab when we know that this increases the likelihood of contracting a corona virus by 36%?

How could flu rates have dropped 300 fold in Victoria alone?

Why is there government grants to families given to families that have COVID listed on their loved ones death certificate?

Why aren’t the media talking about CDC’s recent admission that 94% of American COVID deaths had other underlying health issues.

We need transparency because transparency kills conspiracy.

Our health care system has major flaws but we are where we are because its foundation is solid, our doctors and nurses are primarily not **yet** owned by big pharma and have the best interests of their patients at heart. However, it’s sad to see that they are being heavily censored to speak out on this crisis (if their experience is different) in fear of losing their license and being labeled a whistleblower.

Every Australian should read Jeanine’s article, even if to perhaps, just to be more open to some alternative views - and perhaps not rush to criticise someone for wearing a ‘tin foil hat’... the old ‘conspiracy theorist’ label is getting old and boring.

I’m concerned my generation (Y) are not fully engaged in their freedoms. The people who are putting themselves out there and speaking out fighting for truths are doing it for your kids’ future too. The time is now. We MUST unite.

The start of the pandemic showed a very ugly side to humanity, even here in the beautiful Central West.

People bulk-bought excessive amounts of items, leaving shelves empty. One day I witnessed an older

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Thank you Jeanine!

And Thank you Bob. There’s very few publications that would have the balls to go against the grain in these confusing times. However, we all need to ask ourselves - is your silence, compliance?

S.Morris

BUCKING ‘ESTABLISHMENT THINKING’ Re: Congratulations for questioning the current “establishment thinking” Congratulations for your recent editions which question the current thinking of the establishment.

When I was growing up in the 70’s journalists were regarded as sceptics; they questioned the status quo.

There was a refusal to blindly accept the social norms, protocols and plans accepted by the rest of society, the establishment. Such journalism challenged perceptions on the “modern” world.

I am grateful to your journalism which challenges today’s status quo. Very few journalists in today’s generation are willing to challenge our world view.

There should have been serious questions 20 or more years ago on such issues as our wholehearted embracing of the climate change manifesto, our love of China’s filthy money and, much more recently, our uncritical acceptance of WHO guidance on COVID 19.

(Certainly not the only 3.)

On climate change, was Al Gore’s film “An inconvenient truth” really truth. What of the code of silence around academics researching variations in solar activity and then the shameful treatment of academics who dare to call out shoddy or corrupt climate research publications?

And on China, how have we given legitimacy to a regime that absolutely crushes rights of more than half its population, its women and children? (Think about the practical implications of the 1 child policy and how it is policed; the inhuman gynaecological examinations, the forced abortions as late as within weeks of full term.)

And finally, on COVID 19; would the use of readily available drugs have mitigated the effects of the epidemic in such places as Italy where there was such distress with insufficient hospital resources to care for COVID sick people? Surely it would be worth some serious questions to Chief Health Officers.

Thank you for your robust questioning of today’s blind acceptance of what we are told to tolerate in the name of civil society. Keep up the good work!

Dougal Pottie

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RURAL TRAINING TO INCREASE GP NUMBERS FOR THE BUSH Chronic shortage of general practitioners (GPs) in rural and remote areas is being righted by a new training initiative designed to encourage doctors to the bush.

Under the program, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is offering the opportunity for future GPs to “go rural’’ and train in a rural or remote community in 2021.

Applications for the final intake of the RACGP’s 2021 Australian General Practice Training are now open at: www.racgp.org.au/agpt Chair of the RACGP Rural section, Dr Michael Clements said that there are more opportunities now for GPs who choose to train in rural and remote Australia. “It really is the time of the rural GP, it’s a time where rural communities need us the most and where GPs really shine.

“Rural and remote communities have faced fires, floods, and now COVID-19. It’s not just those with symptoms who are reaching out to their GP, there are many more worried about COVID-19 who are seeing their GP for anxiety, stress, financial distress.

“All of these major events have really highlighted the incredible role GPs play in rural communities – and that’s a big attraction for those considering where to do their specialist GP training next year,” he said.

He said that rural training offered a range of benefits that can’t be found in a large specialist practice in the city.

It’s the hidden epidemic that takes almost twice as many lives annually as our road toll; and it impacts on rural and regional areas just as much as the city with numbers for aboriginal deaths of particular concern.

“GPs training in a rural or remote community will find great variety, which really sets you up for a medical career with endless possibilities.

hospitals as a rural GP and practice- owner — said that he was lucky to have great rural exposure when he was in medical school.

“You might be helping to deliver a baby one day, providing mental health care the next, and dealing with a public health emergency,” Dr Clements said.

“I was able to put my hand up for a wide variety of very rich rural experiences when I was training.

In a 2019 survey of more than 1500 trainee GPs, respondents rated the best aspects of training in rural Australia as exposure to a range of patients and cases, the scope of clinical or procedural experience, and being part of a community.

Similarly, the top reasons for reasons for choosing to generalise as a GP — rather than another specialty — included the opportunity to build long-term relationships with patients, the diversity of patients, and the comparatively-favourable hours and working conditions.

The Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) National Registrar Survey (NRS) also found those who choose to train in a rural or remote community are more inclined to want to remain practicing in a rural community. Some 34 per cent of rural pathway respondents said that they intend to be working in a rural or remote location in five years’ time, compared to nine per cent on the general pathway.

Dr Clements — who has a background working in rural

“The thing that’s attracted me to keep doing rural and regional medicine is the connection to community. I’ve certainly really gained a lot professionally and personally by being connected to the rural towns that I’ve worked in.

“Where I now practice in Townsville — a relatively big regional city — after the floods we had that sense of connection to the community.

“I’ve learned that in such times of great difficulty, the role of a rural GP is really to reflect their communities’ interests, to advocate for their patients, and to help bring them out of disaster and to recover.

“Rural communities rely very much on their GPs for advice, reassurance, treatment and ongoing care,” Dr Clements said.

“My advice for junior doctors deciding where to do their training is to broaden your horizons and consider rural — you will get a life-changing experience and it will set the foundations for a career that you can take wherever you want to go.”

Aboriginals three times more likely to die of an unintentional overdose

Principal findings in the report regarding unintentional opioid-related overdoses, polydrug use, and an increased risk of overdosing in older demographics, men, Australia has again suffered more than 2000 overdose deaths for the fifth year in a indigenous communities, and rural and row with Aboriginal Australians three times regional areas paint a troubling picture about more likely to die of an unintentional overdose progress on Australia’s hidden health crisis. than a non-Aboriginal person. The nation’s As a result, Penington Institute is urging leading independent drug policy organisation, governments to wake up to the scale of action Penington Institute, has released its Annual required to reduce stigmatisation and to avoid Overdose Report 2020, with a detailed and a crisis that continues to grow. thorough investigation into the crisis of “This is a crisis. And what’s worse is these drug overdoses in Australia, with relevant deaths are preventable. We simply can’t statistics relating to age, demographic, drug accept, nor should we, that 2000 sons and type and incidents of intentional versus nondaughters, mums and dads, and brothers and intentional overdoses. sisters die every year from a drug overdose,” Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2020 Penington Institute CEO, John Ryan said. shows that 2070 Australians died of overdose “Concerted campaigning, investment in in 2018, an alarming trend driven by deaths evidence-based policies and community involving opioids, stimulants, and the use of education has done a great job of bringing multiple substances at the same time (known as polydrug use). down the road toll. We must tackle our

overdose crisis in the same way,” Mr Ryan said.

The main findings of Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2020 detail concerning figures, showing that opioids continue to be the drug type most commonly identified in overdose deaths, with 900 Australians losing their lives due to unintentional opioid-related overdoses in 2018. The continuation of a dramatic surge in deaths involving heroin means that for the first time since 2003, more Australians died of overdoses involving heroin than from some of the pharmaceutical opioids commonly prescribed by doctors.

In addition to this, the use of four or more substances, often referred to as polydrug use, continues to be the most quickly increasing overdose trend. The report details that unintentional overdose deaths that involve four or more substances are a major concern, with numbers almost quadrupling from 163 in 2013 to 582 in 2018.

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The report also shows that while overdose affects Australians from every walk of life and every income bracket, some communities are particularly at risk.

“The overdose crisis continues to be felt at all levels of our society. However, yet again the most recent data available shows that some Australians are more vulnerable than others,” Deputy CEO of the Penington Institute, Dr Stephen McNally added.

Age is a significant factor relating to overdoses, with over 40 per cent of all unintentional overdose deaths in 2018 were suffered by Australians aged 50 and over, while those aged in their 40s accounted for 27 per cent of the total.

Furthermore, Aboriginal Australians continue to die from overdoses at disproportionate rates, mostly from opioid overuse.

“Aboriginal Australians are three times more likely to die of an unintentional overdose than a non-Aboriginal person. A disparity like that simply shouldn’t be acceptable in this country,” Dr McNally concluded.

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In good news for country owners and trainers, the new prizemoney will guarantee city prizemoney for provincial races, GRNSW Chief Executive Officer Mr Tony Mestrov said.

Hockey players enjoy clash of sticks in shortened season

“As of October 1, to support this component of the industry, the decision was made to provide City prizemoney levels of $5000 a win, $1500 for second and $1100 for third, for middle-distance racing at provincial venues, three times a week,” Mr Mestrov added.

“Not only will this facilitate racing for sprinters moving up in distance, but also provide a stepping-stone for dogs into our longdistance racing ranks.”

Orange’s normally-strong local hockey competition has resumed following the coronavirus lockdowns but with changes to how the sport is run this year.

“We decided with juniors that we would have no finals series,” Orange Hockey Incorporated Secretary, Marion Eslick explained.

“The games have been competitive, but we’ve not been keeping scores or points tables — the aim has been to keep them playing hockey and enjoying themselves,” she added.

Unlikely Rhyan goal gets Sydney FC home It looked more like a chest, rather than a kick, but local lad manof-the-match Rhyan Grant (originally from Canowindra) scored the winning goal in the coronavirus-delayed A- League grand final gifting Sydney FC their third title in four years.

Grant’s 100th minute extra-time “strike” was enough for Sydney to land their fifth title overall following a hard-fought contest against Melbourne City.

The 29-year-old right back defender is a one-club man and has turned out for more than 200 times for the Sky Blues, the dominant side in the A-League’s 20-year history.

Kinross Wolaroi’s inability to field teams due to the special conditions under which boarding schools are operating during COVID-19 (see article opposite) has reduced player numbers, though a smattering of players from the school have joined local teams.

grand finals all on September 26.”

With the local competition based at the championship-standard Orange Hockey Centre in east Orange, coaches, officials, and club members have all had to pitch in to help.

“It’s been like all sports, we’ve suffered from a lack of volunteers, we’ve had to have people there all the time whenever anyone’s playing or training. That’s all day, everyday for junior games,” she said.

“It’s been all hands-on deck, we’ve had to have someone on the gate at all times with no spectators allowed and only one parent for all Under 18’s games,” Ms Eslick said.

She said that abandoning the quarantine-shortened season had been discussed but that the players and “We’ve missed a lot of Kinross players because they’ve officials who love the game were keen to get back on cancelled all their outside sport; some of their players the field. though have come to other clubs.

“Everyone was really happy, all coaches and players “The numbers are down from last year… in a normal year we’d have about 1100 players, this year it is down to about 700,” Ms Eslick said.

The local association though has been able to keep a number of competitions running including four divisions for the senior women with about 20 teams and an open men’s competition with nine teams.

“We’re going to have a modified final series with our

From the vault…

Triple dead-heat winner in Cowra It’s an image that probably excites old punters and horse-racing fans more than the average reader, but it certainly got the blood flowing for Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd.

Cr Kidd was presented the framed image of that rarest of race finishes — a triple dead-heat — for his 50th birthday (only a few years ago, he assured us) by a friend.

The 1997 race at Cowra featured the horses, Sleeper, ridden by Dar Lunn; Sir Laucrest, ridden by Tracey Bartley; and Churning, written by Mark Galea.

The fourth runner, who only missed a place by a neck, was called Bula.

The race was the only triple dead-heat ever recorded in NSW racing with local Col Hodges the caller. For the racing enthusiast, there have been only three other such finishes recorded in Australia, at Flemington, Melbourne in 1956; at Townsville, north Queensland in 1985; and at Stoney Creek racetrack, rural Victoria in 1987.

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were keen to get back on board,” she said.

She added that all registrations fees for next year had been waived for anyone registered with a team for 2020.

“One of the good things, is that Hockey NSW has provided registration free for next year. This will be good for people who want to play next year. It will be one less thing to worry about,” Ms Eslick concluded.

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“HUNGER GAMES” FIRES KINROSS KIDS IN INTRASCHOOL RUGBY COMPETITION Denied by the coronavirus lockdowns the chance to compete in their traditional and highly-competitive interschool sports competitions, Kinross Wolaroi School has turned, rather ironically, to the Hunger Games!

With a compulsory sports program part of the school’s curriculum, the especially-strict measures applying to boarding colleges has seen the staff institute a range of intra-school sports competitions.

These include a rugby comp where teams represent “districts.” This is a humorous nod to the teen dystopic series set in a cruel authoritarian future where young competitors play a televised game of chance and death. “It’s certainly been an unusual year,” Director of Co-Curricular activities, Heidi Anthony, said in understatement.

She said that the school normally competes in Independent Sporting Association competitions involving travel to Sydney but that this year, it was simply not possible.

We simply haven’t had the flexibility of the community sports because of our situation with boarders and the like,” she explained.

“So, when we were thinking about our winter sports program, this became a catalyst to think about how to do things differently,” she explained.

them for their missed rituals and rites of passage, we normally have lots of hockey teams and lots of netball teams and they have missed that this year.

The school hit on the old “house” sports model where intraschool teams compete against each other in competitions including rugby, soccer and futsal (indoor soccer), and hockey and netball.

“But their involvement in the internal competitions has been incredible. Students have had the chance to coach sides and to referee games which is something that many have not had the opportunity to do before,” Ms Antony said.

...They’ve been competing in internal competitions; for the rugby program, we’ve worked in kind of ‘districts,’ like in the Hunger Games...

“They’ve been competing in internal competitions; for the rugby program, we’ve worked in kind of ‘districts,’ like in the Hunger Games,” she explained.

She said that the students had taken to the concept, helping keep their spirits-up in what has been a tumultuous year for everyone.

“The kids have been unbelievable, we really feel for

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A number of students have also taken the chance to take-up indoor hockey, sharpening their skills at the different style of play and strategic thinking required of the indoor variety of the game.

The school had also relaxed its rules regarding students joining outside sporting teams with a number of students joining local netball, rugby, and hockey teams so as to be able to compete in district competitions.

‘We’ve been varying these programs to allow them to enter local competitions; a lot of rugby players have run in local teams, and the same with netball and hockey,” Ms Anthony said.

In the end though, ensuring that there had been no outbreaks of the coronavirus pandemic has been their greatest success. “The health of our students and staff and the external and wider community has always been paramount in this,” Ms Anthony concluded.

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BIRDSEYE VIEW COVID 19(84) Firstly, I like to commend Bob on publishing the article and his common sense and pragmatism in general. Those condemning the article for its one-sided view should be aware that the other opinion has been thoroughly published endlessly in the general media for months.

What Jeanine is saying is being said around the world, but ignored. The use of the mentioned drugs has had great success in many countries in early stages of the virus, once one needs hospitalization it may be a different matter, but if it prevents one from having to be hospitalized than that would be an excellent outcome.

I for one would be asking for it if the need arises. Also, the mention of a “second wave” in Victoria is not quite correct, it is still the first wave but exacerbated by the Andrews mishandling of this virus. Well done Bob and Jeanine, much appreciated!

Pierre Drion

HOPING IT RAINS IS NOT A STRATEGY Bob, I appreciated the “Water,Water Everywhere…” article in last Saturday’s Newswatch. The Mayor has clarified his and the Council’s strategy on ensuring sufficient water for the City with not only the current level of population but with an increase of nearly a 50% to 60,000 too. The strategy relies on current water harvesting measures or an “integrated water resource strategy” (IWRS) which does not include access to increased water storage.

Current water harvesting comes primarily from the Suma Park Dam catchment, stormwater harvesting and the Macquarie River pipeline.

Correspondents to the local media, including myself, are now branded by the Mayor as “pipe dreamers” because we express a view that the IWRS strategy is shown to be deficient for the City’s current water supply requirements. To address this deficiency, it is considered that access to increased water storage is needed to sustain the water needs of the City in drought, for future City expansion and to honour commitments to supply regional users such as Cabonne Council.

It appears the lessons from the Millennial drought of 2010 and the drought from 2016 to the start of 2020 have not been studied and used to plan the City’s water strategy for the immediate future let alone the next 50 years. In both these droughts the City water restrictions reached level 5 and level 6 was under active consideration. These high level restrictions were needed with all the facets of IWRS being available to supply water for the City.

I see the following lessons from the 2020 drought as being critical for Council to study in planning future water strategies.

• Stormwater harvesting is not storage and is totally dependent on rainfall events. If it does not rain or there is no runoff this system cannot deliver.

• The proposed extension to the stormwater harvesting scheme still relies on rain events and sufficient runoff.

It is not storage for dry times. This proposal is the only announced additional item at this time in the IWRS strategy.

water. This is not the publicity needed for a Regional City hoping to expand population and commercial and industrial development

• Th e pipeline from the Macquarie River is restricted by licence to pump a maximum of 12 megalitres(Ml) per day. This volume can only be achieved when the river flow is above about 122Ml under the current licence.

When the water supply was reaching critical levels a temporary licence was eventually granted allowing the 12Ml per day to be pumped with river flow of 50 Ml.

While IWRS is a great support strategy for the City water supply, from the above facts it is clearly evident that the existing storage is dangerously under capacity to sustain the City and its regional commitments in droughts such as we have experienced in the last 10 years. Increased development and population will further stress an already deficient strategy in such conditions.

•C urrent City daily average water use, including required environmental releases, is of the order of 15Ml per day. With a population of 60,000, which the Mayor suggests can be supplied in drought with current harvesting strategies, 25Ml per day will be needed to supply that population and increased commercial, industrial and institutional activity associated with the population increase.

Until the year 2000, City Councils, who were proactive in ensuring water supply was sufficient for City needs, constructed Gosling Creek and Spring Creek Dams when Lake Canobolas was too small and then Suma Park Dam when further storage was needed. Since 2000, climate conditions have become hotter and drier and it is this period which should now be considered in determining future storage requirements for current needs and for future City and regional growth.

• Th ere is no doubt whatsoever, that had the population been 60,000 at the start of this year the City would have run out of water. If the weather conditions of the past three years had continued with no runoff to storage, level 6 water restrictions or worse would now be in force.

•L evel 6 restrictions address the closing down of schools and businesses and allowing one wash load per week, among other proposals.

• I n 2016 the height of Suma Park Dam was raised and storage capacity was increased. In August of that year the dam overflowed. The City then used approximately 25% of the water capacity each year from 2017 to 2020 leaving less than 20% at the start of this year.

• Th e Mayor is correct in saying that it does rain in drought periods. The lesson from the recent three year dry period was the rain we received generated very little run off to storage thus leading to the dams falling to dangerously low levels.

•S o far this year the City has been fortunate to enjoy nearly 700mm of rain but Suma Park Dam is still not 50% full. The total storage is now heading for 60%.

After prolonged drought with little or no runoff, we now understand it takes significant extended rainfall to refill the available City water storage.

• I t is not rocket science to understand that if the conditions from 2017 to 2019 return this year with only 60% storage being available, the water supply will be drained in about two years.

To establish increased water storage access, a longterm commitment to planning, granting of approvals, preparation of designs and gaining commitment of funding will be necessary. This could be at least 10 year exercise and this the reason the process needs to start now.

A water supply strategy of Let’s Do a Bit More of What We are Doing Now and Hope It Rains is not a strategy for the present let alone the future and is definitely not one this City deserves.

Bob Wyllie

TREATMENTS ARE OUT THERE Thumbs Up to Jeanine Bird for her article ‘Can we stop being scared now?’ There ARE treatments out there for COVID-19 that have been proven to have beneficial results and none claim to be a cure all. Orthodox medicine has none. Do your own research people! Don’t just believe what mainstream media feeds you. So who’s got the ‘particular agenda to promote’? Big Pharma Maybe...? Wants no cheap cures promoted while developing a rushed through compulsory vaccine?

Hmmm bit of money to be made there.

•W e are experiencing hotter and drier climate as predicted by climate scientists. Ignoring this trend with currently proved deficient water supply strategies is dangerous for the sustainable future of our City.

Julie Pont

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ouncil has an agreement with Cabonne Council •C to supply Molong, Cumnock and Yeoval with water should those communities need supply. It is fortunate that when Molong Creek Dam reached critical levels earlier this year, a request from Cabonne Council did not further drain Orange City’s low supply.

• As a City not on a major river like other regional centres in NSW and with very limited water supply catchment, Orange has already received widespread publicity as a City on the brink of running out of

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