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WEDDING COVID CRUNCH CONTINUES FOR BUSINESS By Alexis Galloway

A DEVASTATING loss of $28,000 in the first two weeks of COVID-19 lock down in the Northern Rivers was the beginning of a year business owner Renee Campbell would ‘prefer to to forget’. The financial burden has continued with the wedding planners initial 48 weddings booked for 2020, reduced to a staggering one – so far. “When lockdown happened, the overheads continued to come out but because I refunded most of the deposits from my clients, I had nothing coming in. I needed to continue payments for my insurances, the Help Me Hitch website and emails, because otherwise I would lose potential clients. “Then as the virus got worse, I unfortunately had a lot of weddings on the boarder of Queensland and NSW cancel. These weddings attract a lot of clients from Sydney/Brisbane/ Gold Coast. The guests would come on Friday, with the wedding on Saturday and then head home on Sunday – but it just couldn’t happen anymore. “As of now, my total loss is around $60,000 to $70,000 and I’ll be in the red well until a few weddings into 2021,” Ms Campbell said. The local mum-of-one who has been in the wedding

Photo: Luke Middlemiss Photography industry since 2011 said she didn’t see the bulk of the wedding industry picking up fully for over a year. “It’s still sluggish and I think anyone who is in engaged at the start of this year will probably wait until 2022. A lot people have wiped 2020 now. “I have 32 weddings booked so far for next year and some clients have already called to say they just don’t know if they will go ahead.

“There is now a huge fear around planning your wedding combined with the financial investment involved in a wedding and the uncertainty of the restrictions changing,” Ms Campbell said. The economic recovery In a bid to salvage and improve the Australian economy safely, from December 1st, 300 people will be able to attend weddings in NSW – subject

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to the four-square metre rule indoors and two-square metre rule outdoors. Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the changes in restrictions were another important step to economic recovery. “We continue to remain focused on stimulating the economy, keeping businesses in business and people in jobs. “The easing of restrictions and safely increasing capacities will lead directly to more

jobs and more opportunities for businesses across NSW, which is integral for the State’s recovery,’ Mr Perrottet said. Minister for Health Brad Hazzard said lower case numbers were a good sign, but we are by no means out of the woods. • There were 56,124 wedding businesses operating nationally, with the majority based in NSW.

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THE Northern Co-operative Meat Company has announced a new look corporate change which it says reflects the evolving face of Australia’s food industry, but still keeping it well and truly local. The NCMC is now the Casino Food Co-Op, and the name it says also reflects on its history and community focus which spans back 87 years. “At the Northern Co-operative Meat Company Limited we are proudly 100% member owned and have established ourselves as a key player in the red meat industry for generations,” company chairman John Seccombe said. “We are excited to announce our new look corporate logo and wanted to share this with you.” “The company objective has been to create a new corporate brand that recognises its origin, our history, our story and our Casino community.” “It also shows changing our tone of voice in a changing food world, and our unique proposition resonating with our farmers and the community and history since 1933.” At its recent Annual General Meeting the Northern Cooperative Meat Company released the new look corporate brand to its members. “The board and management

have worked with the Ad Agency over five months to create the new look brand.” “There were a number of reasons why we decided to change from NCMC. NCMC did not form a succinct or cohesive sounding word and was very hard to say, and we wanted to tap into the co-operative’s heritage and location and step into the future with a new name that better defines who we are.” “We believed the time was right with the resurgence of

co-operatives.“ “The enriched colour palate of navy and bone is more professional and provides a sense of warmth, earthiness, trust, loyal, confidence and stability,“ Mr Seccombe said. The refreshed branding will appear on signage, social media platforms, promotional material, website, as well as in its correspondence. “While we might have a refreshed look, our business entities, structure and registered name Northern Co-operative Meat Company Limited remain unchanged,” Casino Food Co-Op Chief Executive Officer Simon Stahl (pictured) said. Interview page 12

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WHILE there have been no new cases of COVID-19 in the Northern NSW Local Health District another case has been added to the region’s statistics. The health district has confirmed a Byron Shire resident who acquired the disease overseas and recently returned to Australia. Health authorities have confirmed the person has been place in hotel quarantine in Sydney and has been included in the health district statistics since November 2. The person will be released from isolation once health staff confirm that it is safe to do so. Health district CEO Wayne Jones (pictured) said there have been no new confirmed cases of NSW-acquired COVID-19 reported in Northern NSW residents since July 25, more than 100 days ago. Mr Jones said for health authorities to keep a lid on the virus as borders re-open it was critical to maintain testing numbers.

“We are again urging anyone with even mild symptoms to come forward for testing,” he said. “Testing remains one of the most important tools for finding and controlling the virus, even while case numbers are low in NSW. “Get tested on the day you get symptoms – don’t wait to see if they go away. Assume it’s COVID-19 until proven otherwise by a test, and remember there is no limit on how many tests you can have.”

He testing was quick, free, and easy, and most people received their test result within 24 hours and hospital-based testing clinics were open seven days a week. Mr Jones said the health district had compiled a check list to enable people to help stop the spread of COVID-19: • If you are unwell, get tested and isolate right away – don’t delay. Remain isolated until you receive your test result; • Wash your hands regularly. Take hand sanitiser with you when you go out; • Keep your distance. Leave 1.5 metres between yourself and others; • Wear a mask when using public transport, ride shares and taxis, and in shops, places of worship and other places where you can’t physically distance. When taking taxis or rideshares, commuters should sit in the back. To find your nearest testing clinic visit https://www.nsw.gov. au/covid-19/how-to- protectyourself-and-others/clinics or contact your GP.

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Manuka honey – a sweet return on investment By Alexis Galloway AS Australia’s unemployment rate sits at 6.9%*, alternative resources for income have risen into the spotlight to help the community - during these extraordinary times. Gather By – a Manuka honey producing company – located in Ballina, has a unique opportunity for locals looking to diversify their farmland to help generate an additional source of income. Gather By’s field manager Martin Brown (pictured) took time out with the Northern Rivers Times, to share how readers could be part of this exciting opportunity. What experience is needed? Although it is handy, no experience is necessary. Learning how to grow Manuka honey could be an exciting opportunity to learn a new life skill. We create all the designs to suit your soil type and land. How does it generate income? Once the trees are established, we bring in experienced beekeepers and their hives to forage on the nectar from the plants, once the hive is full the same beekeepers handle the

removal process and then we buy the honey back from the owner. How much land is required? A minimum of 5ha to get a good return on investment (ROI). The more land the better the ROI. What is the estimated income that can be made? It depends on a few factors such as the weather, the MGO rating of the honey produced and it also depends on how much land is used. Typically, a 5Ha block could return over $50,000 annually or more. How long does it take to earn income? Around three years.

Manuka honey grower - Herbert Haes at his plantation How much time is needed per week on managing the trees/ land etc? Around 10 hours per week. How long does it take to set up? Usually around 1 to 3 months depending on the delivery of plants from our nurseries. Is training provided? We offer supervision if this is needed. What is the cost to set up?

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150 Year anniversary of Lismore flood records 1890

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By Beth Trevan NOVEMBER 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of official Lismore Flood Records with Lismore 2480 reported as the most flood impacted postcode in the nation. The Bureau of Meteorology has recorded 130 minor, moderate and major floods above four metres AHD since 1870. During that time 12 major floods would have come over the levee and the highest recorded flood was 12.46 metres in 1890… some 80 centimetres above the 2017 flood height. The four major floods of 1954, 1974, 1989 and 2017 have been estimated by Risk Frontiers to have cost over $10 billion dollars in reparation and recovery alone. There were an additional 89 floods in this time. In some years such as 1967 or 1974 five floods were recorded in one year. In the ten years prior to

the 2017 flood we had at least one flood every year. This ongoing reparation and recovery cost is unsustainable. Failure to achieve an effective mitigation solution has had a very negative effect on Lismore’s opportunity to grow and thrive. Since 2010 the population has flatlined, many businesses have struggled or been lost, house values have remained stagnant and at times the unemployment rate has been 11.5%. This is certainly not the story that we want for our youth or the city we all love. Many attempts to introduce an effective mitigation system have been attempted since 1954. The names Dayal Singh and Florian Volpato are synonymous with serious citizen attempts to improve the situation using their own funds. In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s the Lismore City Council led by Mayor Bob

Gates managed to secure government funding for the 2/3rd’s of the required $21million dollar funding for the 1:10 year CBD flood levee. Construction was finalised in 2005. Through a special rate levee local businesses were required to pay the additional $7 million, 1/3rd of the cost required to be paid by local government. Since that time there has been little progress. It is evident the current decision making system does not work for our community and currently the opportunity for any future improvement in the situation remains unlikely. The BoM is predicting a particularly wet spring and summer after our most recent drought period with its resultant water restrictions. This process was most recently repeated after the 2003 level 5 water restrictions and the 20 floods that followed in the lead up to the 2017 flood.

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The question needs to be asked: Does the Department of Planning, Infrastructure and

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CLARENCE VALLEY COUNCIL COMMENCES COVID-19 SEWAGE TESTING COVID-19 sewage sampling has commenced in the Clarence Valley for the Health Department in positive efforts to monitor the potential spread of the disease. The first Clarence Valley sewage samples for COVID-19 were taken from Council’s sewage treatment plants last week. Samples were taken from the Yamba, Grafton and North Grafton treatment plants and sent for analysis to a specialist lab in Sydney. Greg Mashiah the Manager of Water Cycle at Clarence Valley Council said the tests were taken on behalf of NSW Public Health. “Following requests from both Council and Clarence Valley residents, it is pleasing that NSW Health has agreed to Council’s participation in the COVID-19 NSW November 19, 2020

Sewage Surveillance Research Programme.” “Sewage testing for COVID-19 can potentially give an indication of undetected infections in the

community and the data collected from the tests will support NSW Health’s response to COVID-19.” “If the virus is located in the samples it can mean there are

people in the community who are infectious, or that there are people in the community who have recently recovered and are no longer infectious, or that someone with COVID-19

has visited the community and since left the area.” “Weekly COVID-19 sampling will continue to be undertaken from the three Sewage Treatment Plants for at least four weeks,” Mr Mashiah added. COVID-19 sewage testing is also taking place in Byron Bay, Ballina, Ocean Shores, Hastings Point and Kingscliff as well as in Coffs Harbour. So far Byron Bay is the only location to have returned a positive result and this was back on August 1st. NSW Health is collecting the samples in order to support its pandemic response. All data from the NSW Sewage Surveillance Research Program will be published in the COVID-19 surveillance reports published by NSW Health.

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NEW SOLAR SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING AT KYOGLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE A NEW 30kW solar system on the Kyogle Memorial Institute Hall has gone live. Contractors Daley Solar, and Neal Nugent Electrical and Solar installed the system on the heritage listed building which will help Kyogle Council towards its commitment of sourcing 25 percent of its electricity needs from on-site solar by 2025. The Kyogle Memorial Institute installation is one of many new Solar initiatives funded through the Commonwealth Government’s Drought Communities Extension Programme. Under the programme it will see approximately

250kW of solar systems installed at several of Council’s facilities in Kyogle, Bonalbo and Woodenbong. The Kyogle Memorial Institute (KMI) saw the completion of refurbishments in March 2019. The facelift valued at $540,000 commenced following Federal government grant assistance in 2017. KMI Kyogle’s largest venue and comprises the Main Hall and a Banquet Room. The KMI which was built in 1932 is also home to a gallery where locals share their artworks on display.

Laurel Lodge site for Lismore social housing plea LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin has floated the idea that the NSW Government could utilise NSW Health’s Lismore property Laurel Lodge as social housing rather than sell it off on the private real estate market. Ms Saffin said she has made urgent representations to NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet and other relevant Ministers to gauge their interest in her proposal ahead of a State Budget tipped to include hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for social housing. Ms Saffin said she was informed that the Northern NSW Health District is seeking to sell off Laurel Lodge, a block of 12 units at 137-139 Laurel Avenue, but with a high level of homelessness and rental stress in Lismore, it makes sense to keep it in public hands. “These units would be a great addition to our dearth of affordable housing stock in the Lismore area,” Ms Saffin said.

“The units are a little dated but are in reasonable condition and in a good location close to shops and Lismore’s Central Business District,” Janelle

Saffin said. “They would be ideal for emergency housing for single women with young families.” “Alternatively, this is a

unique opportunity to provide shelter and security for 12 local families or individual tenants on a longer term basis, but we must act decisively to

seize it.” “I again told the Treasurer that I welcome his recent media comments foreshadowing an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in social housing in next week’s NSW Budget.” “I am hoping that the NSW Government might see fit to add these units to its economic stimulus policy of encouraging job creation through building or maintaining more stock. I do not expect NSW Health to keep them and want the State to have them.” Ms Saffin has sent her Housing Ends Homelessness Report and Advocacy Paper to the Treasurer, Housing Minister Melinda Pavey, Health Minister Brad Hazzard and Families, Communities and Disability Services Minister Gareth Ward. “I wanted the ministers to see that I am working constructively with all stakeholders across the electorate of Lismore to find solutions,” Ms Saffin said.

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RFS TENDER COMES TO GRIEF

Bruxner Highway closed after serious accident THE Wyrallah Bush Fire Brigade tender ended up partly in a drain on Saturday 14th November fighting a blaze at Bagotville west of Wardell. The Meerschaum Vale, Wardell, Alstonville and Wyrallah Rural Fire Service brigades along with a team from the National Parks Service were called to the bush fire on the

A WOMAN was flown to the Gold Coast University Hospital on Saturday 14th November suffering chest injuries after a crash between Uralba and West Ballina. Two cars, one towing a caravan, were involved in a head on collision on the Bruxner Highway near the Pacific Motorway interchange, closing the Highway for a number of

Tuckean Swamp at 2pm. The fire ran through two properties east of Henderson Drain before spotting over the link drain into the Tuckean Nature Reserve. The fire which was brought under control burned out nearly 100 hectares.

hours. The woman aged 63 suffering serious injuries was flown by the Westpac Life Saver Helicopter to the Gold Coast after being removed from her car by Emergency Service teams. Two men were taken to Lismore Base Hospital by Ambulance in a stable condition. Pics courtesy NBN.

Casino Volunteer Rescue responds quickly after passenger trapped at Bentley Rescue helicopter transfers patient from Grafton

THE Casino Rescue Squad was activated to a crash on Bentley Road at Bentley at 11am on Saturday 14th November after reports a young woman was trapped. On arrival the VRA attended to a young woman passenger who was was still in the vehicle and trapped after it ran off the road colliding with a number of trees. It is believed the accident happened when the driver was distracted when the young woman in the front passenger seat was passed a bottle of drinking water. Casino Rescue Squad members worked closely with paramedics to free the young woman patient. After approximately 45 minutes she was released and taken to hospital in a stable condition with a suspected broken ankle. November 19, 2020

Also on the scene assisting were officers from the police, New South Wales Fire and Rescue, and the Rural Fire Service. Meanwhile the Casino Volunteer Rescue Squad (VRA) has put out a call for new members to join and be trained by the unit. Its headquarters are in Graham Place between the Richmond Valley Council Chambers and the Casino Library. ”We have a number of older members who have been with is since we started over 40 years ago who are retiring,” a Casino VRA spokesman told The Northern Rivers Times. ”If people are keen they can message us through our Casino Rescue Squad Facebook page which is the fastest way to do things these days,” he said.

A stunning sunrise captured by the helicopter crew on return to Lismore Base Hospital. IN the early hours of Monday morning 16th November, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked on an urgent inter-hospital retrieval at the Grafton Base Hospital for a female patient suffering from a serious cardiac condition. The patient was stabilised by the helicopter Critical Care Medical Team prior to being flown direct to the Gold Coast University Hospital.

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Colourful car convoy farewells NAIDOC in the Tweed

THE end to NAIDOC Week 2020 where celebrated with a bright splash of colour on Friday with a car convoy and closing ceremony. COVID-19 restrictions meant that the NAIDOC Week march could not go ahead, however the community spirit and pride continued in the form of a colourful and high-spirited car convoy. The convoy started at the Tweed Civic and Cultural precinct at Brett Street, and proceeded up Wharf Street to Jack Evans Boat Harbour parklands. Hannah Hamilton, Leweena Williams and Nicole Rotumah-

Weir closed the proceedings with moving words of history, culture and celebration of elders.

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Feedback sought on Byron erosion BYRON Shire Council is holding a month-long consultation to gather the community’s feedback on a series of concept designs that aim to protect the Byron Bay town centre from coastal erosion and climate change impacts. The Main Beach Shoreline Project consultation is open until the 9th December 2020, and everyone is encouraged to get online and have a say, or to contact Council for a hard copy survey. “We’ve prepared seven concept designs that depict a wide-range of different protection structures and scenarios along Main Beach, Byron Bay,” Council’s Coast, Biodiversity and Sustainability Coordinator, Chloe Dowsett said. “The seven options include everything from simply improving the structure as is to redesigning or removing groynes, to building a stepped concrete sea wall or a sloping rock seawall, or moving the entire structure more landward,” Ms Dowsett said. “The options are presented in a survey and the community’s responses will help us identify what people value most about the Main Beach shoreline and what, if any, improvements they’d like to see made to the shoreline protection structure.” “We’ve seen the impacts of natural coastal erosion most recently on Clarkes beach and the science is telling us what is coming with climate change.” We think now is the time to have the conversation with our community so that we have the best plan possible in place, and one that can protect our community assets and the Town Centre, and enhance access and safety to this very special, iconic and internationally renowned Australian beach,” Ms Dowsett

said. The Main Beach Shoreline Project is focussed on modifying the protection works at Main Beach which are degraded and in poor condition. At the same time the project seeks to improve public safety, access and amenity of the Main Beach area. Any long-term improvement of the foreshore area and linkages between different spaces is dependent on the design of the protection structure and its alignment. “This project has the ability to achieve great outcomes for the community such as increased public access along or over the structure to the beach, suitable disability access and vehicle access for the Surf Lifesaving Club.” “It could also present opportunities for a boardwalk

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Pic: Cloudcatcher Media or pathway to be built on the structure and for improved recreational facilities along the foreshore,” she said. “These seven concept designs are the result of extensive studies undertaken over the last 6-12 months.” “In order for the project to progress, we need to get from seven concepts to three before we undertake more detailed assessment and scientific modelling in the next phase of the project and move towards

our assessment of the most suitable option.” Council resolved to look at an eighth concept which considered constructing recreational areas on a piled platform above the beach in combination with a buried seawall. This concept was thoroughly assessed against the project’s criteria and objectives and was not considered feasible for the project. Information about the eighth

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concept and its assessment can be viewed on Council’s YourSay page: www. yoursaybyronshire.com.au/ mbsp “Once we have a decision on the future position of the structure, Council can look more closely at the key projects identified in the Byron Bay Town Centre Masterplan and begin to plan for the integration of the coastal protection works, recreational areas, natural areas and pedestrian connection,” Ms Dowsett said. “We have a smart and engaged community who we’re now calling on to review the key design features and proposed concept designs and give us their opinion. We want to know what people value about this space, how they use it and how they’d ideally like to see improved for the future,” she said.

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Saffin puts flood protection firmly on the agenda STATE Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin has put flood protection for business, industrial and residential areas of Lismore, Murwillumbah and Kyogle, together with natural flood mitigation measures, firmly on the agenda in State Parliament. Ms Saffin recently received a top-level briefing from the NSW State Emergency Service’s leadership team, who reported that they had implemented 34 of the 36 recommendations made in the wake of March 2017 floods which sadly took lives and devastated Central Business and Industry Districts, and residential areas of Lismore and Murwillumbah. “NSW SES Commissioner Carlene York and Deputy Commissioner Daniel Austin also told me that the remaining two recommendations were in train and I thanked them for the seriousness with which they responded to consultant David Owens APM’s Independent Review of the Service’s Operational Response to the floods, released in July 2017,” Ms Saffin said. “We were joined by a senior adviser to NSW Minister for

Police and Emergency Services David Elliott MP. I thank the Minister for facilitating the meeting for me. “Mr Owens, who is a former Deputy Commissioner of the NSW Police Force, reflected in his report the disappointment of the business owners and the wider community’s concerns that we needed to take learnings from 2017 to better respond at agency and all levels to future flood events. “I also acknowledge the Lismore Citizens’ Review group for its comprehensive submission that reflected direct and lived experience, and indeed the anger that many in our community felt. “The group’s aim was to examine various aspects of the management of the flood from the community point of view and to recommend constructive structural and administrative changes to all relevant organisations. The submission was penned by Keith Alcock, Dr Ros Irwin OAM, Tony Madden, Peter Thorpe and Beth Trevan OAM.” Ms Saffin said Commissioner York told her that they (SES leaders) plan to visit Lismore in the near future

and will include a meeting with the Lismore Citizens’ Review representatives and other interested parties. “This is very timely as there is a lot of activity going on and we need to be united and working together on achieving the right mix of flood mitigation measures for Lismore, Murwillumbah and Kyogle,” Ms Saffin said. “I note that Lismore City Council last night (Tuesday, 10 November 2020) resolved to place on public exhibition for 28 days its Draft Lismore Floodplain Risk Management Study, and I urge business owners and residents to make submissions to inform this process.” Ms Saffin said she would be

Ms Saffin said she had also lobbied NSW Minister for Water, Housing and Property Melinda Pavey MP for the Northern Rivers Joint Organisation’s Northern Rivers Watershed Initiative (NRWI) on behalf of my Electorate of Lismore to secure our water security for the future, improve the health of our river catchments, and promote natural flood mitigation strategies. Over 10 to 15 years, the full NRWI project costs $150 million. However, Rous County Council has identified and planned shovel-ready headline projects worth up to $5 million that can be funded in the upcoming NSW Budget, Ms Saffin said. The projects are: • Soil health improvement/soil conservation on macadamia farms ($500,000); • Riparian restoration and catchment revegetation ($2.5 million); • Redesigned floodplain drainage to meet contemporary standards ($1.5 million); and • Natural flood mitigation (landscape hydration $500,000).

asking the following questions in Parliament this week to keep the issue of flood protection firmly on the agenda: Does the NSW Government have a comprehensive strategy for protecting Lismore and Murwillumbah’s Central Business and Industry Districts and residential areas from suffering a repeat of the devastating 2017 floods? Does the NSW Government intend to give more property owners the opportunity to participate in the Voluntary House Raising Scheme and Voluntary Purchase Scheme by significantly increasing funding to make these schemes more available in floodprone communities like Lismore, Murwillumbah and Kyogle?

OFFSITE WATER DISCHARGE COSTS CONCRETE COMPANY $15K THE NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined Hy-Tec Industries Pty Ltd $15,000 following the discharge of polluted water into a tributary of the Tweed River in the North Coast. The discharged water had a low pH, meaning it was acidic and may impact on the water quality of the Tweed River and potentially harm plants and animals living in the river. Following heavy rain in February 2020, EPA officers made a pre-arranged site inspection at Hy-Tec’s Reedy Creek Quarries at Dulguigan near Tumbulgum. Officers saw water discharging offsite into Dulguigan Creek coming from a sediment basin which is not permitted under Hy-Tec’s Environment Protection Licence. EPA Acting Director Regional Operations Brett Nudd said the

sediment basin wall had failed allowing the water to flow offsite from the quarry without treatment. “This incident was preventable and had the potential to cause environmental harm to a tributary of the Rous River and Tweed River catchment. It was also potentially harmful to the plants and animals which rely on the clean river water to live”, Mr Nudd said. “Hy-Tec had been made aware of deficiencies in the site’s water management infrastructure well in advance of this unauthorised discharge”. “These deficiencies had the potential to have an environmental

impact on surrounding waterways and that’s exactly what our officers identified on the day of their inspection”. In consideration of the circumstances of the incident a Penalty Notice for $15,000 has been issued to Hy-Tec for an alleged breach of an EPA licence condition for the licensed activities not being carried out in a competent manner. Penalty notices are one of a number of tools the EPA can use to achieve environmental compliance including formal warnings, official cautions, licence conditions, notices and directions and prosecutions.

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LETTERS, FEEDBACK AND OPINION tourist services not the commuter/local services the Northern Rivers Railway Action Group (NRRAG) is seeking to establish. The reality is that if a “business case” was prepared to assess

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the use of government (taxpayer) money to rebuild the railway it will fail because there is no economic or social

Trains a pain I write in response to the recent articles published in the NR Times supporting the reopening of the Casino to Murwillumbah railway. The most recent article appearing in the November 5 edition claims that two train operators have recently expressed interest in running passenger services on the line (were they solicited?). One is the Lachlan Valley Railway organisation established to preserve railway history and the other is Vintage Rail Journeys, a tourist train operator that train between Sydney and regional centres in NSW. I suggest that neither of these organisations has access to the many millions of dollars that would be required to rebuild the railway to a standard that would enable them to run a train on it. I also note these two operators provide essentially

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the region than the train ever did. The line was originally built to enable agricultural products to be moved from the region for processing and to major markets. It also provided a means for people to get to Sydney and roads and cars were a good deal inferior to the roads and cars we now have. However, times change and regional freight now moves by road and a daily XPT service does not justify the high cost of maintaining and operating the railway. I suggest that the NRRAG and other like minded groups should focus on preserving the North Coast Line itself. I fear that when the now under construction inland rail route is completed and it carries the north-south rail freight between Melbourne, the NSW Government will be hard pressed to justify

operating a second inferior railway between

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merely for a daily passenger service. Legislation recently passed in the NSW Parliament does not preclude the reestablishment of a railway. It preserves the corridor in public ownership and allows parts of it to be used for a multipurpose “rail trail”. Victorian experience suggests that the rail trail will do more to bring tourists and support businesses in the region than a return of the “iron horse”. Winton Brocklebank Lennox Head

They will come So the Liberal National Party have announced they are doing a feasibility study into light rail between Tweed Heads and Coolangatta. What a joke. What about the rest of the line to Casino? Anyway, just build it and they will come out - a McDonalds, a barista coffee and buskers on the train, plus sleeper carriages, and they will come in their thousands. Alan Mosley Yamba

Sky News extremism What an unmitigated disaster the Queensland election result was for the Liberals/Nationals and their political stooges like Clive Palmer and Pauline Hanson; and in the

Last Thursday morning I saw these beautiful juvenile tawny frogmouths (podargus strigoides) on my back fence and I was able to take some fantastic pictures of these nocturnal birds. I thought it would be good to show the readers of the Northern Rivers Times. Thank you, my wife and I enjoy your new publication. Andrew Davis talk-back radio industry; News Corp newspapers, and especially on Sky News after dark, (we all know who those clowns are), they must be totally devastated. The spurious right-wing diatribe continually directed towards the Labor Party by this conga-line of Liberal Party operatives, can only be described as all out warfare. How good was it to see the Queensland voters extremist propaganda?

Anyone who regularly watches Sky News (after dark), and takes it seriously, is risking permanent brain damage, after being constantly subjected to relentless conspiracy theories about cultural Marxists (not sure bias, secret left-wing agendas, climate change being a United Nations conspiracy with Greta Thunberg and the Greens being responsible for Australia’s

unprecedented When one tunes into Sky News and these right-wing extremists, who have media masquerading as “political commentators”, it’s like tuning into amateur bunch. These twisted people are living in some reverse universe where idiocy is the norm. Keith Duncan

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Students at Lismore South Public School taking part in a group project to make a game using everyday materials. They then incorporated technology and renewable energy into their games.

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Lismore High School students participating in the Academy for Enterprising Girls. By Alexis Galloway SINCE its humble beginnings in America 19 years ago, the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Academy has found its footprint in almost every corner of the world - including the Northern Rivers. STEM Project Officer – Rivers Academy of STEM Excellence Zane van den Berg said the Government initiative, was unlike traditional learning where these subjects were normally taught separately. “The Academy brings them together in a meaningful way to ensure students can apply all these skills in an integrated way. They then apply these skills to real-world problems and how to find a solution,” he said. Mr van den Berg said the planning stage for STEM locally took around 12-18 months before kicking off at the beginning of term two this year. “At the inception of our academy, we had six primary schools, an environmental education centre and three high schools. This term we have had Goonellabah Public School and Wilson Park Public School join,” he said. Launching last week, was the first local Academy for Enterprising Girls, held at Lismore High School with the second part of the program at Kadina High School next week. The entrepreneurial course, for girls aged 10 to 18 years old, provides an opportunity to build their skills in

By Tim Howard PARENTS of preschool children will have the NSW Government pick up the tab for them in 2021, says Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis. He said the NSW Government move to fully fund preschool fees throughout 2021 would generate big savings for young families. “We have either waived fees or increased subsidies since the beginning of COVID and by announcing now a fee-free whole of next year, it will help young parents with their 2021 family budgeting,” Mr Gulaptis said. “It is also about saving jobs at our local preschools and ensuring every parent that wants to give their children that special early learning boost can do so.” Mr Gulaptis said he had also recently had the pleasure of visiting Coraki Community Preschool to welcome the early release of a $15,000 grant

to purchase resources and activities which improve physical or educational learning environments. “This year has certainly been a challenging one and none more so than for our early childhood educators,” Mr Gulaptis said. “Coraki Preschool took up the opportunity to apply for an early payment on offer under the NSW Government’s Quality Learning Environments program and I congratulate them on their success.” Further grant applications not requiring early payment will be progressed in December 2020. “There are quite a few avenues for local community preschools to win Government grants, including the popular Community Building Partnership program and I would encourage preschools with ideas for improvement to seek funding when the next round opens,” Mr Gulaptis said.

What schools are implementing the STEM Academy? Lismore High School Richmond River High School Kadina High School Dorroughby Environmental Education Centre Bexhill Public Dunoon Public Lismore Public Lismore Heights Public Lismore South Public Albert Park Public anticipation for the workforce. Mr van den Berg said the event also gives students an insight into different way an idea can be taken from a concept through to a business proposal. “The learnings are about entrepreneurship, design thinking, and how to start up your own business. Students learn new skills, gain confidence and the ability to bring ideas to life. “Women are underrepresented in the STEM industry, so we want to encourage them as much as possible to be involved and apply this critical thinking. “There has been such a changing landscape of employment over the years with many roles becoming automated. Our focus is to implement key critical thinking through STEM to benefit students in the area once they finish school,” he said.

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Free financial support sparks expansion

Rebranding the Casino meatworks We talk with the CEO of the Casino food company

By Alexis Galloway FOR a community still reeling from the effects of drought, bushfires and COVID-19, it’s a time when free, impartial, professional support can be key in over-coming economic challenges these impacts leave behind. Rural Financial Counselling Service NSW Northern Region - CEO Gary Goldberg said as a result of these events, his team had been able to secure additional funding for more counsellors to support people during these difficult times. “Over and above what we do to support our farmers, we have also secured funding from the Commonwealth Government for a pilot project to support those small business’ that have been impacted by these disasters. “Because of this growth we have relocated our head office to Lismore to facilitate the expansion.

Our Casino office will continue to operate by appointment,” he said. MONEY MATTERS Welcome to a four-part series focussed on money management, brought to you by Rural Financial Counselling Service NSW Northern Region. Question: As a primary producer, how do I find out about help that may be appropriate for my business? Answer: The counsellors that are employed by the Rural Financial Counselling Service are qualified professionals who can assist you in determining what assistance is currently available and by reviewing you situation to access any programs that would be appropriate for your specific circumstances. The aim of our service is to help each business that we deal with to improve their financial literacy skills and provide you with options which may include

issues such as succession planning, budgeting, reviewing your business plan, or facilitating a new business plan to take account of the changing business conditions which are faced by us all. Our holistic approach ensures that we are able to refer clients to a range of professional services and government agencies that may be useful to your business. More information Contact Rural Financial Counselling Service NSW Northern Region. Call: 1800 344 090 Online: http://rfcsnr. org.au/ Visit the team Lismore: Level 1, Suite 2 at Farrelly House -75 Magellan Street in Lismore Casino: (By appointment only) 78 Barker Street in Casino Do you have a question you would like answered by the team in the next edition? Email: info@rfcsnr. org.au

FREE TUTORING FOR ALL STUDENTS IN 2021 PARENTS whose children need a little extra help with schoolwork will now have access to free tutoring in 2021, thanks to a new $337 million Nationals in NSW Government investment, according to Nationals MPs Chris Gulaptis and Geoff Provest. “Orderly school education has been severely disrupted first by the bushfires and then by COViD-19 restrictions this year,” Mr Gulaptis said. “That is why the Nationals Education Minister Sarah Mitchell has dedicated almost 5500 additional staff to deliver small-group tuition at every NSW government school, as well as non-government schools with the most significant levels of November 19, 2020

need,” Mr Provest said. Minister Mitchell said the program would not only support students, but provide employment for qualified teachers and university tutors who may be short on work. “We have many enthusiastic young teachers starting their careers, and we also have experienced teachers who are now retired who can help support our students next year,” Ms Mitchell said. People interested in taking part can register at teach.nsw.edu.au. The Nationals in NSW Government have also announced they would fully fund community preschool fees throughout 2021, generating big savings for young families.

THE Northern Cooperative Meat Company has announced a new look corporate change which it says reflects the evolving face of Australia’s food industry, but still keeping it well and truly local. The NCMC is now the Casino Food Co-Op, and the name it says also reflects on its history and community focus which spans back 87 years. Northern Rivers Times journalist Halden Boyd spoke with the Chief Executive Officer of the Casino Food Co-op Simon Stahl (pictured) about the exciting new changes.... HB: What does this actually signal for the Casino Food Co-Op compared to the Northern Co-operative Meat Company as it was known? SIMON STAHL: I wouldn’t say that it’s signalling anything different into the future in terms of how we operate and what we have done over the last 80 years. I think what it does is for our stakeholders is that not only is it important in our region but also outside our region for all of our international markets is that it gives the company name a focalising point and a sense of purpose to them. One of the examples is that when you say overseas that you are from the Northern Co-operative Meat Company they think that northern means North Queensland. That in itself is hard to explain where we are located, so I think Casino gives a name which is consistent with its locale and its history over 80 years and I think that’s a positive. HB: And just the name Co-Op....it really is a little bit friendlier too don’t you think? SIMON STAHL: That’s right. I think a Co-Op rather than a Company is better because there is a resurgence in Co-ops in the current business climate across the country people are thinking how do they work and how do they pull their resources together and work together with size, and it leans itself to a very positive name. HB: in the past the Casino Co-Op ran into a small problem with exports to China, along with a lot of other export companies. Will this name change see the Casino co-Op focus more toward developing new local markets while things are sorted out with countries like China? SIMON STAHL: Well it’s not really aimed at the local market. Whether China is in or out of the market Australia only consumes 30 percent of the beef that we produce so 70 percent of what we produce will be be for the export market or in that range. So no.....that wasn’t in mind at all. I think

it was just a re-fresh to be able to say the name clearer. It’s a bit of a reset because it does talk more to other regions in the country when we look to cattle supply. The Casino Co-Op is quite well known that it is the Meatworks and that the Casino Co-Op is in Northern New South Wales, so it gives producers a chance to do business with us, so I think as a target market I think that was one of the main reasons. HB: Australians thesedays are really starting to see the importance of buying Australian products and I see that the company is getting into things like Wanguu Beef. Is there going to be more of a focus with the Co-Op on value adding for the overseas and local market? SIMON STAHL: Well certainly. We started some retail ready processing and ironically it was for overseas markets initially, and then we found there was certainly a demand domestically and we are quite excited by the opportunity so we will certainly keep that going for sure. The acceptance of the product has been good and it travels to quite a number of supermarkets in the country and that has been positive to date. HB: So were there any other factors that have led to the name change? SIMON STAHL: The name ‘meat’ in any of our abattoir works in the past it conjures up different thoughts for different people, and I think the name ‘meatworks’ has not had a positive reputation over many years. The fact is that we actually produce food. We are up there like any industry, not only here but throughout the world. So it really reigns home that we are a food producer, and I think it just makes sense to be in the name. HB: I notice too that the Casino Co-Op is expanding its production facilities to the tune of over $6 million with assistance from the Federal Government. You have obviously done a lot of research and planning. How confident are you that it will be a winner for the Co-Op? SIMON STAHL: The Federal government acknowledged that when we have trade tensions or we have other issues where they have got to do more for the domestic businesses. We compete against world businesses where a lot of them do actually have subsidisation, like in Europe and the USA and we don’t in Australia and I think while that is positive and we should be able to stand on our own, but when the market is not a fair playing field well our government has to help out. We don’t want subsidies at all, but we certainly want them to open markets and help with opportunities.

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Frogs check-in to new hotel YES you read right! The very first frog hotel built by school students in the Northern Rivers and possibly even Australia has opened its doors with 15 green tree frogs already checked-in. This is just one of the incredibly fresh and innovative ideas flowing from students across the Northern Rivers who have been chosen as finalists in the 2020 Green Innovation Awards. The Green Innovation Awards, a not-forprofit, community based environmental competition provides teachers with a unique opportunity to engage their primary and high school students in green innovation. Designed to fit into the school curriculum, it empowers students to tap into their creativity and invent, develop and present innovative solutions for greener living. Founder of the Green Innovation Awards, Dr Bridie Cullinane is excited to be bringing schools together with the wider community for positive change. “During these challenging times, it’s important that we come together as a community, inspire creativity in our students and generate the ideas that are the seeds to innovative solutions. And we’re doing things a little differently in 2020 because it’s been a year we’ve all had to adapt. For the first time, the community will be invited to share in the school finalists ideas on the 10th December,” Bridie said. As a taste of the flamboyant finalist’s ideas to come, Empire Vale Primary School have built Frog Hotels to help declining frog populations and keep the mosquitos

Violet and Matthew Tansley (top) and Sophie Binder (above) proudly showcasing some of the regions Primary School. away. Front and centre on their menu, frogs love nothing more than to snack on mosquitos. The students have also discovered some fun frog facts. Did you know that frog’s skin has antibacterial and antiviral protectors and may be useful for medication in treating patients in the future? Empire Vale Primary School teacher, Ms Karen Rantissi,,who has been involved with the Green Innovation Awards since it began in 2017 says their school is hoping that word will get out about the quality of their Frog Hotels and they will become similar to Byron Bay but for Frog Tourists. “So far we have had no cane toads move into the Frog Hotels, the students are currently researching if toads have the same hand/ foot structure to cling onto the pipes,” Karen said. Other finalist primary schools include; Dunoon Public School, EmpireVale Public School,

Lismore Heights Public School, St Ambrose Pottsville and last years winners Wyrallah Rd Public School. And it’s not just the primary schools that are dreaming big and coming up with solutions to real world issues. High Schools McAuley Catholic College Grafton and the Rivers Secondary College-Richmond River High Campus are also in the running to be crowned the most innovative high school. You’ll have to wait until the 10th December though for the rest of the school finalist inspiring green innovative ideas to be unveiled and for the winning primary and high school to be announced. For more details on how you can watch the awards and support our talented and innovative student finalists from across the Northern Rivers register your interest at https://www. greeninnovationawards. com.au/2020-finalsonline

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Saffin secures $1.14 Million in bushfire support LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin has reminded eligible small businesses in Tenterfield Shire and Kyogle Local Government Areas that they have less than month to apply for the New South Wales $10,000 Bushfire Support Grant. Ms Saffin said she was proud to have successfully lobbied for both LGAs to be included in the grant programme, which had delivered $1.14 million in much-needed extra financial support to 114 local businesses in her electorate. “As of this week, 80 businesses from Tenterfield Shire had been approved for the $10,000 grant and 34 had been successful in securing the grant within Kyogle Council’s boundaries,” Ms Saffin said. “Service for Business (SfB) NSW tells me another nine applications are currently being assessed and that they welcome more applications from eligible businesses over the next month until the

closing date of Tuesday 15th December 2020. “I want to commend SfB NSW staff on how they have supported eligible businesses on the Northern Rivers and Northern Tablelands, not only with this specific grant but on a range of COVID-19 assistance this year. “It is a shame that the NSW Government did not see fit to match its $45-million rescue package for NSW businesses impacted by the NSW-Victoria border closure because our local businesses south of the Queensland border have taken equally big hits while that closure was in force.” “The NSW Government must ensure that it continues to provide support for small business as we head into 2021 because we still have a long and uncertain road to travel as we try to recover from this once-in-a-century pandemic.” Ms Saffin said she was also supporting grant applications

being lodged by communities in Drake and Woodenbong to establish bushfire evacuation centres, which, if successful, would build resilience in these

bushfire-prone areas. For more information about the NSW Government’s Small Business Bushfire Support Grant go to https://www.

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EXERCISE TESTS VOLUNTEER SKILLS AHEAD OF BUSY BOATING SEASON

A SEARCH and rescue exercise offshore between Brunswick Heads and Pottsville yesterday has ensured local Marine Rescue NSW volunteers are rescueready ahead of an expected record summer boating season. Twenty volunteers from Marine Rescue Brunswick and Point Danger launched a simulated search and rescue mission north of Brunswick Heads yesterday morning in response to a report of a boat on fire with a severely injured crew. The exercise was supported by NSW Water Police. As part of the test, radio operators at the Marine Rescue Brunswick radio base received a simulated Mayday call from a vessel off Pottsville. An EPIRB was also activated. Rescue vessels Brunswick 30 and Point Danger 30 were quickly under way to the scene. The crews quickly located a person in the water, providing first aid to the “casualties” before returning them to shore. Marine Rescue Brunswick Unit Commander Jonathan Wilcock said the successful

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exercise had provided invaluable experience for all volunteers involved. “In addition to practicing vital skills on the water, the exercise has promoted the teamwork and coordination essential for any rescue operation,” he said. “With Australians holidaying at home this summer, we’re expecting the boating season on the North Coast to be busier than ever this summer. “I urge boaters on the North Coast to do their part to help us help them. Every minute counts in an emergency on the water. Taking simple safety precautions will help our volunteers reach you as quickly as possible if you run into trouble.” Boaters heading out on the water should: • make sure everyone on board is wearing a lifejacket; • use a VHF marine radio for greater range and clearer reception; • Log On with Marine Rescue on VHF Channel 16 or the free MarineRescue app; and • Check the weather conditions before they leave and during their trip.

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Jacaranda’s extended community keeps festival spirit alive A new creative competition aims to keep Grafton’s jacaranda spirit alive, well after the last purple blossom of the season has fallen By Lesley Apps

The Dagwood Dog Guy — Jesse McDonald has been coming to the Jacaranda Festival as part of his show family’s dynasty which goes back to the 1950s. Despite missing his first Jacaranda Festival ever due to its cancellation this year, the family is sponsoring a new competition to keep the jacaranda spirit alive.

WHILE Grafton’s famous jacaranda trees provide a show-stopping performance each October-November, there’s no reason the essence of the legendary floral festival can’t continue outside that season. That’s the sentiment behind a new creative concept funded by one of the festival’s long-time vendors — the Dagwood Dog Guy. The generous gesture by vendors Alicia and Jesse McDonald enabled the launch of My Jaca Heart competition which is offering $2000 in prize money, and demonstrates just how far-reaching the festival’s community spirit runs. Festival Manager Mark Blackadder said it was an amazing gesture from the business given the food stall was not able to take part this year. “Alicia and Jesse McDonald and their family travel Australia working at all major shows but with the cancellation of many events this year have had to stay home in Brisbane,” Mr Blackadder said. He said Jesse had been attending the Grafton Jacaranda Festival with his parents and grandparents every year since he was born, and this was the first year he hadn’t been able to make it. “It’s a real testament to the type of people who have been involved with

the festival and the community spirit they show,” Mr Blackadder said. Part of the well-known McDonald family travelling show dynasty, Mr McDonald said he had grown up watching the jacaranda trees blooming as the town of Grafton bustled with anticipation each season. “My grandparents have been a part of the festival since 1952, and each year we hired up to 20 locals who have become part of our family,” Mr McDonald said. He said each year his family would buy from local businesses to support Grafton as much as possible and hoped this latest gesture would continue that tradition despite the strange year the world has had. “If Covid has taught or reminded us of anything, it’s to always keep supporting locals,” Mr McDonald said. The My Jaca Heart creative competition is calling for entries that express a favourite memory or what you love about the Jacaranda Festival. It can either be presented as a short story or video which can be submitted through the festival’s website or posted to PO Box 40, Grafton, 2460. First prize winner will receive $1000, with $750 for second and $250 for third place-getters. Entries close on November 30, 2020. For more information and terms and conditions visit the Grafton Jacaranda Festival’s website.

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SENSING TRAFFIC SNARLS AT BYRON BAY THE NSW Government is investing $750,000 in a project at the Ewingsdale Road interchange on the Pacific Highway to manage traffic flow and reduce highway congestion during peak traffic periods for motorists travelling to Ewingsdale and Byron Bay. As part of a staged approach to manage current congestion, Transport for NSW will install metering on the eastern roundabout of the Ewingsdale interchange. This will involve the installation of traffic control signals on the approach to the eastern interchange roundabout on Ewingsdale Road. Sensors will also be located at other locations to manage the risk of queuing on other approaches to the interchange.

Clarence Valley Council promotes Aboriginal tourist drive project CLARENCE Valley Council has embarked on a programme to promote significant Aboriginal cultural sites in the Lower Clarence. The Clarence Aboriginal Tourist Site Drive lists 13 sites around Maclean and down the Clarence River to Yamba and Angourie telling the story of these significant places in Yaegl Country. The Lower Clarence Aboriginal Tourist Site Drive project began in 1992 when the communities wanted to inform people about the importance of the Aboriginal Culture within the Lower Clarence. It lists significant Aboriginal sites around Maclean and down the Clarence River to Yamba and Angourie. The sites include middens, camping locations, meeting places, a fish trap at Angourie, creation and Dreamtime stories, and the Ulugundahi Island mission site. On the 5th of December 2017 original archeologist Uncle Ron Heron with project organiser Deidre Randall unveiled a restored set of signs created in the mid 1990s that tell the story of the 13 significant places in Yaegl country. The Lower Clarence Aboriginal Tourist Site Drive is a self-guided tourist drive to various Aboriginal sites in the area. This is a self-guided tourist drive to various Aboriginal sites in the area.

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The 13 Sites are: 1. The Creation of the Clarence Aboriginal People: The Giant Serpent. The Clarence River has a great meaning and importance to the local Goorie (Aboriginal) people. A number of dreamtime stories are focused on the Big River. This story relates to the creation of the local Goorie People. 2. The Durrangan and the Giant Fig Tree. This dreamtime story relates to the importance of the Durrangan: a powerful spirit in the beliefs of local Goories. The Durrangan is treated with the highest respect by the local Goorie people. 3. Ulugundahi Island Mission Site. This island was an Aboriginal mission in the early 1900s. The Aboriginal Protection Board collected Goorie people from the surrounding Clarence Valley area to live here. 4. Reedy Creek Aboriginal Camp Site. This area was the first Goorie camping area in Yamba outside the Ulugundahi Island Aboriginal Mission in 1935. 5. Story House Camping Area. Near the Story House Museum in Yamba was located the second camping area. The Goorie people’s lifestyle was gradually changing in the 1940 and 1950s.

6. Barrie Point Midden. At Barrie Point is located a midden or shellfish rubbish dump. This area was very popular with the local Goorie People with family groups regularly collecting and eating seafoods. 7. The Story of the Giant Eel. This is another dreamtime story about the Giant Eel which travelled through the Clarence Valley, creating the Clarence River. 8. Angourie Road Camping Site. In the late 1950s this site was the third camping area for the Goorie People in Yamba. 9. Green Point Meeting Place. This area was very special to the Yaegl people. Tribes from

other areas came together for ceremonies such as initiations corroborees. 10. Mara Creek Pre-White Contact Aboriginal Campsite. Mara Creek was also a camping Site, but is different to the others because it was used well before white settlement of the area. 11. Angourie – Fish Trap. For thousands of years Goorie people used all nature’s resources. Fish traps were common through out Australia, some were man made. This fish trap is a natural rock formation. 12. The Durrangan and the Stone Canoe. This dreamtime story relates to the Durrangan and the

creation of the stone canoe. 13. The Woombah Midden. This midden is the largest on the East Coast of Australia. Among this midden a dingo’s tooth was found to be the oldest recorded in Australia The project is the first of its kind in Australia and was funded jointly by NPWS, ANCA (Australian Nature Conservation Agency) and LCAYS (Lower Clarence Aboriginal Youth Service) with assistance from Yaegle and Birringan Gargle LALC (Local Aboriginal Land Council), Nungera Co-operative, Maclean Shore Council, Lower Clarence Skillshare, Big River Tourist Centres and particularly the Lower Clarence Aboriginal Elders Committee Wdjri Myiral.

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Rescue chopper thanks Byron Council BYRON Shire Council which proudly supports the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter each year has been thanked by the Service. The Council donated $5200 in its 20/2021 budget to the not-forprofit service this year. The Council also has over 50 staff who contribute fortnightly donations to the service, providing on average another $5000 to the service each

year. John Bancroft, Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter recently dropped into the Council offices at Mullumbimby to present an acknowledgement gift to Council. Byron Shire Deputy Mayor Michael Lyon accepted the gift on behalf of Council, thanking the service for the priceless work they do for our community.

CALLING ON KIDS TO SEND SANTA MAIL TO THE NORTH POLE LIKE everyone else, the jolly man in red will be finalising his Christmas plans early this year so Australia Post is calling on kids to let him know they’ve been nice before he checks his list for that all important second time. Australia Post is once again helping to connect children directly with their number one hero via the much-loved tradition, Santa Mail and the precious letters will want to be sent early this year, so he has plenty of time to reply before Christmas Eve! Last year, 120,000 children wrote to the North Pole to let Santa know what presents they hoped to see under the tree. Australia Post’s General Manager Post Office Network David McNamara said the postal service is doing everything it can this year to help Australians have the best possible Christmas and is looking forward to getting children and families into the festive spirit. “Santa Mail is one of those Australian traditions that families look forward to every year and it helps add a little touch of excitement at this

magical time,” he said. “It’s also the perfect activity to encourage children to think about all the things that make them happy and practice their literacy skills by putting pencil to paper expressing what they are hoping for. “We want to give Santa time to respond to every letter, so we’re encouraging children and families to aim to get their letters in nice and early. You can also visit the Santa Mail website for helpful templates, and to keep an eye on your letter’s progress with our Santa Mail Tracker.” To take part, letters should be addressed to Santa, North Pole 9999 with a 65c Christmas stamp on the front of the envelope and your name and return address on the back, so Santa knows where to send his reply. Parents and children who have low vision can opt-in to receive a large text reply from

Santa by sending their letters to Santa Mail (large text), North Pole 9999. Santa Mail letters can be placed in any red street posting box, or a dedicated Santa Mail box in participating Post Offices, and families are encouraged to post letters before Thursday 26 November, so Santa can reply before loading up his sleigh. This year, Australia Post has also expanded Santa Mail with a new Santa letter kit available for $9.95. This includes an extra special response from Santa, stickers, bookmark and a 32-page activity book that will keep children entertained for hours with puzzles, a word find and many more activities. For further information on Santa Mail, including how to take part, letter writing tips, and the Santa Mail Tracker please visit auspost.com.au/ santamail.

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RESPECTING THE BEAUTY AND STRENGTH OF NATURE ON THE NORTH COAST THERE is no doubt that the North Coast is a stunning an energetic place which we love and where we live. And these wild images taken by Peter Johnson from Iluka beautifully remind us of the real power of nature when it comes to storms in the region. Again the NSW State Emergency Service reminds us that while storms are a natural part of our North Coast region some can turn nasty and create a danger to lives and property, and that we should be well aware and prepare for them. And also when warnings are given by the Bureau of Meteorology they should be treated very seriously and with the the greatest respect. Thanks heaps Peter for the wonderful and energetic images which truly show the power of nature doing its thing as this super charged storm cell floated eastwards between Yamba and Woolgoolga last week.

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Feedback wanted on Lismore laneways concept design Digital registration to be LISMORE City Council has released a final concept design for the Lismore Laneways Project and is now seeking community feedback. The concept design has been developed by urban designers Vee Designs using ideas and input gathered through two community workshops with the registered Lismore Laneways Working Group. This group was made up of local businesses and community members who provided ideas about Lismore’s identity and a vision for how Council could make the laneways a place to spend time, dine, experience art, and participate in community activities. “It was really fantastic to hear local community groups, traders and residents say they want to roll up their sleeves and help activate our inner-city spaces, and that will be key to making this project a success”, Mayor Isaac Smith said. “This is a fully grant-funded project that is all about transforming our streets into shared spaces to promote community participation and drive economic activity. Our CBD and the way we use it needs to change in order to attract more pedestrians and shoppers”. “Transforming urban areas into community spaces is happening in regional cities and urban areas throughout the world with great success. This project will help to kick-start a new way of interacting with the city centre and create a

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mandated from 23 November VENUES across the Tweed are being urged to put the for digital registration such as a QR code that records patrons’ names and contact details in place by 23 November, or risk facing penalties. Member for Tweed Geoff Provest said digital registration, including QR codes, is fast, accurate

central hub that is vibrant and full of activity and life”. The Lismore Laneways project is funded through a $510,000 NSW Government grant and aims to build on the success of the Back Alley Gallery and the rich street art already located in the laneways. The project includes improvements such as lighting, greenery, seating and new artworks. Original designs also canvassed the idea of a Carrington Street closure and community responses ranged from very supportive to uncertain. Council will undertake fourweek trial closure of Carrington Street between Eggins Lane and County Lane in April/May 2021 to explore how the city centre can be used for events, dining and community activities. Access to Eggins Lane, County Lane, Larkin Lane and other sections of Carrington Street will

be maintained at all times. “We want to test this idea and see if a pedestrian-friendly space will help breathe new life into the heart of the city”, Mayor Smith said. “We envisage the space being used for community activities – anything from music and dining to yoga and busking. We will be doing a call out later this year asking for people to get involved and help bring this space to life”. Mayor Smith urged local businesses and community members to get online, view the concept design and provide feedback. The concept design and feedback survey can be accessed at Council’s Your Say Lismore community engagement hub at yoursay.lismore.nsw.gov.au. Feedback is due by Friday 4th December 2020. The final Lismore Laneways Project will be rolled out from February to June 2021.

pandemic. “Any local business that is serious about safety should be using digital registration, such as a QR code or other method of capturing contact details electronically. There are no excuses,” Mr Provest said. “We have to move away from the walk-in culture to the check-in culture. This is about building resilience as we continue to open up as safely as possible heading into summer. “The overwhelming majority of businesses do the right thing but there are some that have inadequate check-in systems. “Complacency is our greatest threat and any business that thinks they are above the law will face serious penalties. “I strongly encourage businesses to download a free NSW Government QR code and for customers to use the COVID Safe Check In through the Service NSW app. “So far more than 16,000 businesses across the State have used a NSW Government QR code and 94 per cent of customers have given the COVID Safe Check In the thumbs up.” Scanning a NSW Government QR code captures the business name, address and the customer’s contact details. The information is securely stored for 28 days for the sole purpose of contact tracing and can be instantly accessed by NSW Health in the event of an outbreak. After this time, it will be destroyed. For customers who do not have access to a smartphone, venues are encouraged to record their contact details and time of entry using a digital device. If there is an internet outage, venues can manually acquire details digitally, for example in Excel.

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The pure business behind reactivating an Aussie icon

By Tim Howard A PETROL station logo which took pride in its Australian roots and disappeared a quarter of a century ago, is about to make a return to service stations near you. It’s just on 25 years since the red, white and blue Ampol logo – “owned by Australians for Australian” – began to be replaced by the international brand Caltex. It took just two years for the red and white Caltex star to replace a brand that had been active in Australia since the 1930s. The 1995 change reflected the merger of the Australian brand with Australia arm of the US giant Texaco Oil, Caltex Oil Australia. Caltex had been operating in Australia since 1981 and had already swallowed up one Aussie icon, Golden Fleece. In the Clarence Valley there are six Caltex services stations whose branding will change before 2020. Already two Sydney service stations have switched and the company said most stations would get a makeover in 2021, with the new branding to be completed by 2022. The company has couched the move in feel-good terms as a chance to revive an historic Aussie name, which came to prominence in 1936 as a response to Australians’ concerns about perceived inequitable petrol pricing, and allegations of transfer pricing by foreign oil companies to limit their tax liabilities in Australia. In reality the name change is pure business, despite what the company says about reactivating an iconic Australian trademark. In March 2015, Chevron sold its 50% stake in Caltex Australia (the deal valuing the company at $9.24 billion). Caltex Australia was allowed to continue to use the Caltex brand under a trade mark licence. In November 2019, Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD) proposed an offer to acquire Caltex Australia. Initially declined by the Caltex Australia board, ATD proposed an improved offer in February 2020, and the board agreed to further engage with ATD. Separately in the same month, the EG Group also proposed an offer to acquire Caltex Australia, which was declined by the Caltex Australia board.

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LOCALS SCOOP HANDBURY AWARDS FOR GARDENS In April 2020, ATD decided not to proceed with its acquisition proposal due to the high level of economic uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but will seek to re-engage once there is sufficient clarity to the global economic outlook. The move to rename to Ampol came in December 2019 after Caltex Australia announced that Chevron had given notice to terminate the trade mark licence agreement for the use of the Caltex brand in Australia. Caltex Australia cited continued high recognition and regard for the brand, with the move is expected to save the company $20 million per year in licensing fees. Caltex Australia proposed to rebrand itself back as Ampol, which was approved by more than 99% of shareholders during the annual general meeting on May 14. Caltex Australia will rebrand some of its sites in Sydney and Melbourne in the second half of 2020, and nationally in 2021. The company put a positive spin on the move during the changeover process earlier this year. “It’s a brand that has been around for 80 years, and it’s a brand that customers trust, customers remember,” interim chief executive Matt Halliday said earlier this year. “We think it stands for high-quality products and a very very deep connection to Australian communities and the Australian economy.” The new logo won’t be identical to the iconic branding from last century, however. The updated edition will feature a distinctive leaning “A” to symbolise the “company’s forward momentum with the striking and simple symbol to be a beacon for customers when on the road,” a company brochure said.

Three remarkable members of the Friends of the Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens have been awarded the prestigious Handbury Award by the Australian Association of Friends of Botanic Gardens. Mrs Pat Offord, Dr Andrew and Mrs Jeni Binns were nominated by the Friends of the Lismore Gardens for their untiring and dedicated efforts in creating and continuing to support the Rainforest Gardens over many years. Mrs Offord was thrilled to receive the award and said it was a wonderful surprise. Having recently left the region to be closer to family in Sydney, Pat has been missing her contact with the gardens and the wonderful group of volunteers. She said the Handbury Award was a lovely finale. Pat spent over twenty years as curator and inspirational leader on the committee of the Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens. “Andrew and Jeni have made an exceptional contribution to the establishment of Lismore Rainforest Botanic Garden. It is a pleasure to acknowledge their

benefaction,” the AAFBG Patron Dr Phillip Moors said at the teleconference ceremony last month. Dr Binns said in accepting the award, “This award will provide a good reason to further promote the important role

of the LRBG in our community and to encourage visitors. In addition to the role of promoting and protecting our local flora and fauna, the gardens provide other health, environmental, educational and social benefits for our region.”

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Bat ‘runway’ backed by council for protection By Alexis Galloway WITH a decline in flying foxes across Queensland, NSW and Victoria, a Lismore colony using 26 Gardner Avenue, will be able to ‘roost easy’ with the Lismore City Councils recent approval for the block to be re-listed as an Environment Zone. Councillor Vanessa Ekins spoke about it at the Council meeting last week and shared why it was important the 1220sqm space, backing onto an endangered flora and fauna habitat, needed to be protected. “Rotary Park is one of the most significant maternity roosts for flying foxes on the East Coast of Australia, it’s a very, very important site and we are reflecting that in our zonings here. They (flying foxes) are the major

pollinators for rainforests. “The flying foxes fly out through 26 Gardner Avenue, that is their runway. They fly out of there and they fly back, to this maternity roost. “It is absolutely an incredible thing to do, to go down to this council land… and sit there to watch them fly out at night. It is an amazing site with thousands and thousands of flying foxes just going past. This land is crucial to the flying foxes..and needs to be put back in as the E2 Zone… we can’t build anything on that site,” Cr Ekins said. Sadly, out of the four flying fox species, Animals Australia has detailed online that some researchers believe the grey-headed and spectacled flying fox could be extinct by 2050 as a result of habitat loss from land clearing, starvation, shooting and more.

NEFA VOWS TO CONSERVE BUNGABBEE STATE FOREST AT BENTLEY by Halden Boyd THE North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) says the gloves are off to save the Bungabbee State Forest north of Bentley 15 kilometres northwest of Lismore, which it says is the latest area on the North Coast under threat from logging. Nestled midway between Lismore, Casino and Kyogle, and just 20 minutes drive from each, NEFA says Bungabbee Forest is a little known environmental treasure and gem the region. “It is home to many threatened species, and Bungabbee forms part of the Mackellar Wildlife Corridor, connecting to the World Heritage Border Ranges,” NEFA spokesman Dailan Pugh said. “It is an area of outstanding biodiversity value in an extensively cleared landscape, yet the NSW Forestry Corporation are planning to conduct logging here in April 2021, after it was deferred from starting this month in November without much local consultation.” “Twenty seven threatened species have been previously recorded from this vicinity, including koalas, glossy black cockatoos, powerful owls, yellow bellied gliders, squirrel gliders, greater gliders, parma wallabies and red-legged pademelons,” he said. “As well as the critically endangered scrub turpentine,

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and the area contains three endangered flora species including the rainforest cassia, the tinospora vine, and the native jute.” The North East Forest Alliance recently organised a weekend survey by botanists and zoologists that additionally revealed the previously unknown presence of two vulnerable animals in the Bungabbee State Forest. These included the long-nosed potoroo and marbled frogmouth animal species, and flora such as the critically endangered native guava, along with localities of 175 other native plants. “The finding of a large unknown outlying population of the regionally endemic marbled frogmouth is exciting. This is one of only a handful of species that the Forestry Corporation is still required to protect additional habitat for, though in this case there is no requirement to look before they log, and luckily we did.” “It was particularly

disturbing to find significant populations of the critically endangered scrub turpentine and native guava. The very survival of these species is threatened by the introduced fungus myrtle rust, they are unlikely to regenerate and now the Forestry Corporation are intending to bulldoze over the survivors,” Dailan Pugh said. “Our results clearly demonstrate the need for prelogging surveys to identify the presence and locations of threatened species so they can be appropriately protected.” “More surveys are required to identify other threatened species and their localities,” Mr Pugh said. NEFA spokeswoman Renata Phelps said Bungabbee was of significant recreational value and is utilised by bush walkers, horse riders and mountain bike riders. “The proposed North Coast Rail Trail passes within a few kilometres of Bungabbee which would provide a cluster of trails perfect for those

seeking more challenging cycling experiences,” Renata who has been working with a team of locals to share information and organise future actions said. “The local community is strongly opposed to the logging and are taking a pro-active stance lobbying against the proposed actions,” she said. “Bentley is an area that many Northern Rivers residents feel a residual sense of affinity to after our iconic community win against CSG drilling in 2014.” “With an increased emphasis on local tourism post COVID, Bungabbee is far more valuable as a forest,

accessible to the public, than to be trashed as wood chips.” “We should focus on enhancing the environmental, recreational and tourism potential of this area, and not destroy in it.” “Recent bushfires, drought, and land clearing have greatly impacted our region. Now, more than ever before, it is essential we preserved key wildlife habitats such as Bungabbee,” Ms Phelps said. NEFA has organised an online petition against the proposed logging at Bungabbee State Forest. The link to the petition can be found here: https://www.change.org/ SaveBungabbeeForest

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Forest eucalypt dieback associated with over-abundant psyllids and bell miners FOREST eucalypt dieback associated with over-abundant psyllids and bell miners (often referred to as ‘Bell miner associated dieback’ or BMAD) was listed as a key threatening process on 31 October 2008. Both psyllids (small sapsucking insects that secrete a sugary shield, called a lerp), and bell miners, large honeyeater birds (Manorina melanophrys), are native and occur naturally in moderate abundance in localised areas. Bell miners feed on the psyllids and their lerps, and may even ‘farm’ them, possibly selecting large lerps and preferentially feeding on the lerp rather than the insect itself. Bell miners are aggressive and extremely effective at excluding other bird species from their territories. This can lead to psyllid populations increasing to the extent that they cause substantial canopy damage. BMAD is a form of tree canopy dieback affecting extensive areas of eucalypt forest. This form of dieback can be diagnosed by the presence of over-abundant populations of psyllids, and often large numbers of bell miners are also present. As bell miner colonies tend to be relatively small, and colonies tend to move when the canopy is heavily defoliated, they may not always be evident at locations affected by BMAD. This form of dieback is particularly prevalent in north-

eastern NSW, but also occurs south to Victoria. It has been estimated that 2.5 million ha of forest in NSW has the potential to be affected. Dieback is initially expressed through leaf loss from the tips of twigs and branches, and can result in defoliation of whole trees and stands of trees. It may include cycles of defoliation and regrowth, with fluctuating abundances of bell miners and psyllids, but if these factors persist it can lead to tree-death over extensive areas. Over-abundant psyllid populations and bell miner colonies tend to start in sites with high soil moisture and suitable tree species where the tree canopy has been reduced

and a dense understorey, often of lantana, is present. Such conditions arise as a consequence of landscapelevel disturbance of forest ecosystems, and broad-scale canopy dieback associated with psyllids and bell miners usually occurs in disturbed landscapes, and involves interactions between habitat fragmentation, logging, nutrient enrichment, altered fire regimes and weedinvasion. The forest types most susceptible to BMAD are those dominated by Dunn’s White Gum (Eucalyptus dunnii), Sydney Blue Gum (E. saligna), Flooded Gum (E. grandis), Grey Ironbark (E. siderophloia), Narrow-

leaved White Mahogany (E. acmenoides), Grey Gum (E. punctata) and Grey Ironbark (E. paniculata). Other eucalypt species such as E. moluccana, Corymbia maculata and C. variegata may be affected, usually after a substantial decline in the most susceptible species. Most of the information on the number and range of species that are threatened by BMAD comes from the Kyogle area where 39 species of threatened animals and nine species of threatened plants occur in forests experiencing canopy dieback. Threatened species recorded within the dieback-affected area surrounding Kyogle

include: Stephen’s Banded Snake (Hoplocephalus stephensii), Fleay’s Barred Frog (Mixophyes fleayi), Glossy Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus), koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), Rock-face Bluebell (Wahlenbergia scopulicola), and Rainforest Cassia (Senna acclinis). BMAD has also been identified as a threat to the White Gum Moist Forest in the NSW North Coast Bioregion endangered ecological community, and is considered to be a significant threat to remnants of the Blue Gum High Forest critically endangered ecological community. See the Scientific Committee’s final determination for the full list of threatened species potentially affected by BMAD. At present, no single cause explains this form of dieback, and expert opinion varies considerably as to which factors are causes of dieback and which factors are secondary effects. It is not yet known if the presence of psyllids and bell miners actually causes the dieback, or are secondary consequences. Broad-scale research and adaptive management are required to understand how best to manage BMAD, to prevent its expansion throughout forests of eastern NSW.

ESTABLISHING PLANTINGS WITHIN BUSHFIRE IMPACTED AREAS LIKE many parts of the New South Wales Riverina Highlands, clearing, grazing and stock camping in the Tumut area has led to land degradation issues including weeds, soil erosion and nutrient run-off. To address these issues, the Riverina Highlands Landcare Network (RHLN) wanted to establish a series of corridors of native vegetation on properties that could adapt to future climate variability by utilising plant species that show resilience to these anticipated changes. In 2019, they were successful in obtaining $14,950 in funding from a Jaramas Landcare Grant for this project. Changing project focus during times of drought, fires and Covid-19 However, multiple factors made it unfeasible to implement the project as planned. In 2019, the area was significantly drought affected and then in late 2019, the Dunns Road bushfire burned out much of the region. The ability to continue the project was further hampered by Covid-19 and the restrictions associated with the health order. Because of these significant issues,

the RHLN reconsidered some of the proposed plantings so as not to overburden landholders impacted by drought, fire and Covid-19. To support the landholders in their recovery from the bushfires, the focus of the project shifted from creating climate ready corridors to establishing plantings within areas impacted by the bushfires. As a result, they were able to fast track the remaining activities ensuring the project was completed on time and in line with the agreed budget. To achieve maximum results, the Group worked with 15 landholders, predominately graziers, in the Tumut area. Environmental Outcomes The project resulted in multiple environmental outcomes including: Restoring 4.5ha of Grassy White Box Woodlands (an endangered EEC) by planting 3,325 tubestock plantings and 65 paddock trees. Providing habitat for various woodland birds, including Superb Parrot, Brown Tree Creeper and the Diamond Firetail. Increasing connectivity for native fauna such as woodland bird species

and small marsupials such as gliders and possums. A key component of the project was conducting two native seed bomb workshops at the Riverina Highlands Landcare Nursery to provide the community and landholders with the knowledge and skills about implementing a new, cost-effective land revegetation technique adapted to climatic variability. Dick Green, renowned botanist and conservationist delivered the seed bomb workshops. At the workshop specifically for young Landcarers, 18 children learned how to create a range of seedballs ranging from vegetable, to native flowers and native shrubs. They were able to take them home with them to spread through their own gardens and/or bushland. A second workshop was held for local Landcarers, landholders and others interested in bush regeneration. The 27 people who participated were provided with the necessary items to create seed bombs for restoring landscapes across the local region, especially in areas impacted by the recent fires.

At the same time, the Riverina Highlands Landcare Network’s Nursery Coordinator volunteers were trained to create and use seed bombs as a form of landscape restoration The workshops were enjoyable and proved valuable to the participants. These events and the project in general, helped to increase the community’s capacity to protect local remnant vegetation. Conclusion The original intent of the project was to construct native tree corridors to provide future shade and shelter for livestock and habitat for native species. However, due to the impact of drought, bushfire damage and Covid-19 on this area, the project focus had to shift with the funds predominantly being spent on replanting Landcare Australia funded sites as well as paddock trees to replace plantings and paddock lost in the drought and bushfire Claire White, from the Riverina Highlands Landcare Network said, “The 15 landholders who participated in this project were extremely grateful to receive assistance to help them restore their sites.”

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A vivid splash of rainbow plumage THEY might be loud and bossy and belligerent, but there is no doubt that the rainbow lorikeet is one of the most beautiful birds found in the Northern Rivers region. This one was stunningly captured on camera and sent in to us departing in glorious flight after a bird bath splash by Anne Olivier using a 200mm lens in her backyard. The rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) is aptly named because of its beautiful plumage. Its head is violet-blue, upper breast is orange-red, the abdomen is dark blue margined with some red, and the back is bright green. It has a greenish-yellow tail and a red beak with a yellow tip. It is about 30cm in length, and the males and females are almost identical, though the latter has a smaller head. HABITAT The rainbow lorikeet is very common in our region, and can also be found from the Kimberley region of Western Australia east to Cape York and south to Tasmania and Adelaide. In South Australia it extends north to the Flinders Ranges and west to Eyre Peninsula. It is also found on Kangaroo Island.

It is rare in Tasmania, and uncommon in Victoria. Originally, they were confined to forested and woodland areas but have spread more widely with human intervention and are now commonly found in urban and suburban areas. DIET Like other lorikeets, it is largely dependent on the flowering eucalypts, which provide it with nectar, blossoms, pollen and seeds. The tongue terminates in a hairy brush which enables the birds to collect the liquid nectar from deep inside the flowers of gum trees. REPRODUCTION Like most Australian parrots, lorikeets are hole nesters. A hollow trunk or eucalypt branch are usually chosen where two white eggs are laid and incubated for just under a month. The chicks are fed a liquid diet of partially digested nectar and pollen regurgitated by both parents. If you have a stunning wildlife photo send it to The Northern Rivers Times at news@nrtimes.com.au so that we can share it with everyone. Thanks Anne for sharing your stunning image...we love it!

$2.7M FOR KEY YAMBA ROUNDABOUT By Tim Howard YAMBA’S main access road will soon see another roundabout constructed on the corner of Shores Dr and Yamba Rd to further improve traffic flow thanks to a $2.7 million grant awarded to Clarence Valley Council, co-funded by the Federal and NSW Governments. Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan and State Member for Clarence Chris Gulaptis were in town on Wednesday to make the announcement with Clarence Valley Mayor, Cr Jim Simmons. Mr Hogan said the project will boost road safety and provide better traffic flow for locals and tourists. “Yamba is one of the state’s premier tourist destinations, it is important that we improve traffic flow and make our roads safe,” he said. “This project will support many jobs in our community,

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not only the construction workers, but in our food and retails shops, who benefit from having more tourists spending money locally.” Mr Gulaptis said the project was put forward as a priority by Clarence Valley Council to further improve access at key intersections on Yamba Road. “The NSW Government previously provided around $4.5 million for the Treelands Dr and Carrs Dr roundabouts, with the Treelands Dr roundabout recently completed. “This latest injection of funding from the NSW and Federal governments for the Shores Dr roundabout will further improve access at this busy intersection for both locals and tourists visiting the popular coastal town. “It is important to back projects that put people back in work, retain existing jobs and stimulate local economies,” Mr Gulaptis said.

“The Nationals in Government are delivering shovel-ready projects that make a big difference for our local community.” Clarence Valley Mayor Jim Simmons welcomed the funding saying it is a demonstration of the

three levels of government working together. “This roundabout at Shores Drive, along with the roundabouts at Treelands and Carrs Drives have been on council’s works program for many years and this additional funding

will allow us to complete all the planned intersection treatments on Yamba Road.” The funding has been provided through the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund, co-funded by the NSW and Federal Governments

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Inspired by the old, the new and the enduring Art of the region at Tweed Regional Gallery THIS summer, Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre is delighted to host new exhibitions by the region’s leading artists. Photographer Justin Ealand and embroiderer and sculptor Wendy Powitt have collaborated on an exhibition titled Mary Shelley - A Seditious Heart. The exhibition is a continuation of the concepts the two artists have explored in an earlier collaboration. This new exhibition will re-create three imaginary rooms from the house of Mary and Percy Shelley that foster radical ideas and communicate the social difficulties of their time. The artists hope to inspire audiences to contemplate today’s society. Mary and Percy Shelley were writers and poets of the early 19th century, with Mary writing the legendary gothic tale Frankenstein at the age of 18. Mary and Percy lived a radical, passionate and itinerant life in Europe. This exhibition highlights the difficulty of life when as individuals we are not

completely in tune with our community’s belief system of acceptable behaviour. The source of inspiration for Gabriela Soelkner’s solo exhibition ROCK FACE is much closer to home. Soelkner currently works from her creek studio next to Wollumbin National Park, the source of much of her inspiration. For this exhibition she has drawn on the giant boulders that surround her home and studio, the hidden rocks found when walking remote areas of the forest, and their shape and textured surface. “I am most interested in the permanence of stone and the ephemeral nature of our human relationships both past and present,” Soelkner said. “The ability of stone to endure is reassuring as their timescales are beyond our imagining, beyond our limited life cycle.” Gallery director Susi Muddiman OAM said, “I am delighted to showcase the work of three diverse and talented artists of the region over what is sure to be a busy summer. The work of these

Gabriela Soelkner at work in her studio next to Wollumbin National Park. Courtesy the artist. three artists are great examples of the immense creativity that is abundant in the Northern Rivers.” Artist Gabriela Soelkner will be presenting a virtual Meet the Artist talk which will be available on the Gallery’s website from 13 November. Mary Shelley - A Seditious Heart and ROCK FACE will both be on display at Tweed Regional Gallery from 13 November to 3 January 2021.

Justin Ealand, Spirit, Patience, Gentleness 2020, archival inkjet print on 100% cotton rag, 100 x 80 x 5cm. Image courtesy the artist.

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WITH so many distinct details from front-to-back, Ms Corcoran has payed tribute to its old-world charm through an extensive and tailored renovation. “When my mother passed-away three years ago, I purchased the home so we could continue keeping it in the family. It was always in such good condition, but it needed a modern update. Because it is heritage-listed there were guidelines on changes, so I went through council to make sure it these complied. “Because the kitchen was quite old, I had it gutted and a large wall removed to open it right up. Now you can enjoy the views over the mountains and the Cathedral. I included much more storage throughout the kitchen.

“To suit the character of the home, I had a unique leadlight window sent from Adelaide which is between 80 to 90 years old. Then I had four windows custom-made to match the same pattern and to create privacy. The new windows allow a beautiful amount of light to shine through,” she said. From restoring the ceiling roses to the façade of the home, every detail was brought back to life including the original fretwork. “I found the original fretwork, so I had it all restored and reinstated onto the front of the house. I then had the eaves painted black instead of white to stop any glare. “The other area was the bathroom which was gutted and completely re-done. I had a gorgeous modern clawfoot

bath installed which adds to the tradition of the home. During the makeover, it wasn’t just the renovations adding to the old-world charm. At the very beginning of the changes, Ms Corcoran discovered something in the floor. “When the layers of lino were pulled up there was a whole layer of newspapers from 1945 in between two layers. I couldn’t believe it, there was an old advertisement for Harris Cycles in Lismore. It even had a property guide with houses that were selling for only 2,000 pounds. “I have so many good memories in this home, it will be sad to say goodbye, but it’s time for me to downsize,” she said. For more information about 30 James Street please call 6623 3200.

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MAKE YOUR WALLS WORK Dulux Colour Expert, Andrea Lucena-Orr shares with the Northern Rivers Times how you can roll up your sleeves and DIY the old-world charm at home. What colours are best to achieve an old-world charm look/feel inside the home? Soft neutral colours like ivory, warm whites, soft neutrals and subtle blue/greys, such as Dulux Antique White USA ®, Whisper White and Stowe White are lovely warm whites. Vintage Beige, Humble Fawn and Unforgettable are soft neutrals that could also work well with this look. Is a different colour used specifically for bathrooms? Ivory, Duck Egg Blue or even a navy can convey Old World Charm. Dulux colours in Calandre or Pre School would work well in a bathroom or a subtle grey/green such as Dulux Serena alongside natural timbers.

What are the most popular facade colour choices for this look? For that old-world charm, you can’t go past soft blue (Hazy Daze) with white trims (Lexicon® Quarter) or a soft creamy yellow (Cowardly Custard Half) with crisp white trims (Vivid White™). Then all you need to do to complete the look is a tranquil cottage garden and white picket fence. What is the best way to compliment patterned windows with wall paint? If you like the patterned windows to be the key feature in the room, then highlight the windows in a crisp white such as Dulux Vivid White™ so the windows are the focal point. You can also select a colour that is featured in the stained-glass windows for the walls so that they complement one another. Are there any no no’s when it comes to creating the old-world charm look through paint? Make sure you are happy with the colours and remember to interpret ‘old world charm’ in the way that best works for you, your style, and your home. If you love the final look, then you can’t go wrong!

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Goanna Headland Reserve massacre site formally recognised in university study by Halden Boyd AN Aboriginal massacre site at Evans Head back in 1843 has formally been recognised and documented in a study conducted and published and documented by the University of Newcastle. It comes after years of local debates that massacre details were ‘faked’, and it came to a head after the the then Richmond River Shire Council pressured the Crown Lands Department to release land at South Evans Head in the mid 1980s adjoining the newly created Bundjalung National Park for housing, a coastal scenic road, and also a golf course in a wetland area at a site which became known as the Goanna Headland. The Dirawong Reserve was created at Goanna Headland back in 1985 as a part of an agreement with the proclamation of Aboriginal Land Claim Number 1, the very first Native Title claim in New South Wales under the NSW Lands Act. A total of 365 hectares of Crown Land was involved in the first successful Native Title decision, where three Local Aboriginal Land Councils from Coraki, Ballina and Lismore were granted shared custodianship of 44 hectares of land because of its cultural significance to them, and based on the savage and brutal Aboriginal massacre at South Evans Head back in 1843. The massacre was also documented in a ship captain’s log at the time, and recorded and kept at the Mid Richmond Historical Society Museum in Coraki. The massacre happened when local Aboriginal people were accused of stealing cattle and sheep and murdering early pioneers at Ruthven near Coraki at the time. “We rounded up he dusky mob and told them to jump off the Headland, and those who didn’t were shot,” an entry in the logbook says. Fortunately some women, children and a handful of men escaped the massacre, and hid in heathland to avoid becoming victims in the ruthless human slaughter. Back in 1985 most of Goanna Headland, some 321 hectares, was proclaimed as a Reserve for ‘the preservation of Aboriginal cultural heritage, the preservation of native flora and fauna, and public recreation’. An additional 44 hectares was granted to the Ngulingah, Jali and Bogal Aboriginal

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Land Councils because it was a sacred area where the women and children and a handful of men hid to escape the 1843 Goanna Headland massacre. The proclamation included bylaws which included that camping was prohibited, and that taking non native animals like domestic dogs into the Dirawong Reserve was prohibited to protect the environmental integrity of the site. In recent years Richmond Valley Council was approached by members of the Dirawong Reserve Land Management Board to work in partnership in enforcing the regulations of the Crown Lands Act, as amended in 2016. It followed a sharp rise in illegal camping, vandalism, and prohibited animals within the reserve. To allow this to occur the

Council has been informed it must provide a resolution under the Crown Lands Act 2016 to help the Reserve Board. “For some time, members of the board have been reliant on persons entering the reserve to obey signage within the reserve and do the right thing,” a report to the Richmond Valley Council said. “In the past year, the amount of illegal campers and people bringing their dogs onto the reserve has significantly increased and has become in need of control, and the board members have asked council to work in partnership with the board to address these issues, with council rangers providing regular patrols and enforcing the regulations of the Crown Lands Act 2016 by

way of issuing warnings and infringements.” “Under the Crown Lands Act 2016, Council is required to provide Crown lands with a Council resolution and the qualifications of named regulatory staff who will be acting on behalf of the Dirawong Reserve Land Management Board in enforcing the regulations,” the report said. The Council finally endorsed

the move, and approach the NSW Crown Lands Department which gave it approval for RVC rangers to be able to issue infringement and move on notices to illegal campers and this breaking the Dirawong Reserve by-laws. A link to the Evans Head Aboriginal massacre can be found here: https:// c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/ colonialmassacres/detail. php?r=632

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OPEN STUDIOS BALLINA, BYRON & BEYOND – OPENING A NEW INSIGHT INTO LOCAL ARTISTS by Halden Boyd

studio locations.” “You will be able to travel TRYING to get into the mind through the beautiful North of an artist through their unique Coast countryside and visit and individual and special amazing studios that are not work is indeed an art of visual usually open to the public,” interpretation within in itself, Paul said. but a North Coast collective The group’s working studios is again unlocking new doors are located all around the to the community so that they Northern Rivers including experience how creativity ticks. Alstonville, Bangalow, Many have walked into an Ballina, Byron Bay, Federal, to the public for the third year art gallery and wondered ‘how running. Knockrow, Lennox Head, do they do that’ or ‘how does They invite you to visit them Lismore, Mcleans Ridges, the artist get that effect, that Mullumbimby, Myocum, to discover and experience colour, that sculptural curve?’ Tuckombil and Uralba. what goes into an artist’s Open Studios Ballina, The trail offers a wide creativity. Byron & Beyond is giving “The Open Studios – Ballina, spectrum of arts such as everyone in the community Byron & Beyond arts trail will painting, drawing, ceramics, that chance to meet the artists pottery, metal sculptures, stone be held on Saturday 28th and in their studios and discover Sunday 29th November, and on sculptures, wood-carving, their secrets, which is a rare etching, jewellery, textiles, Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th opportunity, and one not to be printmaking, mixed media, December,” Paul Button the missed for all lovers of fine art. coordinator for the collective mosaics and other visual arts Over two weekends in late practices. artist group said. November and early December “There is really is something “The trail has so much to 34 local artists from a wide for everyone. This area is offer and not only the art, but variety of artistic genres are the unique chance to meet and rich with artistic talent with opening their working studios emerging, established, awardtalk to the artists at their own

winning and internationally collected artists,” Paul said. “The Open Studio trail aims to raise public awareness of our region’s outstanding artistry and craftsmanship and to introduce more locals and visitors to the artistic diversity of the region.” “On the trail everyone can learn more about the creative and production process, discover original creations and

talk to the artists to discover what’s involved in being a visual artist.” “It is also a greatopportunity to buy an artwork directly from the artist,” Paul said. “With Christmas not far away it is also a very unique way to buy something special as a gift or spoil to yourself, while enjoying a drive around our beautiful area.” A brochure with a map of the Open Studios is available from the Tourist Information Offices in Ballina & Byron Bay, Art Aspects and Serpentine Gallery in Lismore, Artisans Gallery in Ballina, the Lennox Arts Collective, the Lennox Head Library, and the Bingara Gallery at Knockrow. Details are also available on the Facebook Open Studios – Ballina, Byron & Beyond, and on its website www.os-bbb.com Contact Paul Button for more info on 0418 909 203 or email paul@activelifematters.com

Permanent motorway changes coming soon south of Woodburn PERMANENT traffic changes are about to take place on the Pacific Motorway between New Italy and Woodburn as the $5 billion 155 kilometre Woolgoolga to Ballina section inches toward completion. As part of building the upgrade between New Italy and Woodburn, traffic will be moved onto about three kilometres of dual carriageway, one lane in each direction, from mid-November weather permitting. At this time, local road access will become left in, left out only, with u-turn bays provided at regular distances for north and southbound traffic. Signage will be in place to assist with wayfinding, and local residents affected by the changes will be provided with more detailed information and mapping. Motorists will be kept informed about dates for this traffic change through electronic message signs and through livetraffic.com.au The project team will use machinery that generates noise, light and vibration, and to manage the work temporary lighting will be directed away from homes. As well equipment such as generators which power the lighting will be placed as far as

possible away from residences. All work will be carried out in line with the project’s Conditions of Approval and Construction Environmental Management Plan. WORK HOURS In areas where residents live more than 200 metres from the work hours will be extended to be from 6am to 7pm from Monday to Friday. WORK OUTSIDE OF HOURS Transport NSW says to complete the traffic change work work will be required outside of formerly approved construction hours. This work will include asphalting, paving, line marking, barrier relocation and signage installation between 6pm and 7am for up to five nights at various locations in late November. It says building and construction next to and on existing roads means traffic may be stopped or reduced to one lane while work is carried out. It says the reasoning for working at night means delays are minimised and journey times for motorists are less affected. To manage queuing and safety Transpot NSW says there will be some temporary traffic changes and lane closures that may affect travel times.

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Another new playground for Bangalow BANGALOW children will soon have another new playground to test with work starting this week on updating the old playground at the village weir. Byron Shire Council will retain the existing swing set and spring toy but there will also be some fancy additions designed to encourage social, creative and physical play. A tower-type structure will be built including nets, bridges and play panels as well as a musical feature. A carousel with seats, the modern take on a merry-goround, will be installed along with a new swing that has a bird’s nest that can be used by adults and children at the same time. Key to the $75,000 project is

ensuring the playground meets accessible play guidelines for children of all abilities. The old playground has served the community well but had reached the end of its usable life

and for safety and maintenance reasons needed to be replaced. The dismantling of the old playground and the installation of new equipment is expected to be finished in early December.

BLUE-GREEN ALGAE ALERT DOWNGRADED AT BRAY PARK WEIR

Love makes saying sorry easier BRRRR..it is Leemo Cat again…I am hungry and cold ‘cos the wind is whistling, and I’m hiding up under the safety of the eaves once more with my plush blue blankie… Mum Jane is pretty cross with me so I am staying RIGHT out of her way. HOWEVER, in my own defence, everything that happened to warrant her crossness is HER fault. Most times she locks the back door to our deck to stop me cruising, and meeting up with buddies who she deems not suitable company for me. HOWEVER, sometimes she forgets to lock the door. IS IT MY FAULT that “Maxie” the Possum popped in the other night? NUP… IT IS NOT! “Maxie” called in and was eating the biscuits Mum left out for me. “I” was eating the soft food. We ate away together quite happily. OMG...Mum woke up… spied both of us enjoying our food and chatting. (“Maxie, as a Possum, is NOT ALLOWED eat cat bikkies”.) It became chaos. Mum Jane is NOT a pretty sight at 2am in the morning, (or any time) specially when she is cross. “Maxie” took fright at this terrifying vision, ran straight down the hall and jumped in the bath.

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him. He panicked, and jumped out of the bath in the squeegee mop bucket…it fell over… she kicked her big toe on the wooden bath mat and all hell broke loose. OMG…I made sure I lick, and ran down to my bedroom and hid. So, I hope you understand why I am under the eaves once more. Crikey though, I am hungry. I suppose, in retrospect, I can’t REALLY blame Mum Jane…she loves me heaps...but I still think this is all her own fault. Can I forgive her? Of course I can… but she has to be able to say “Leemo…I am really sorry and mean it” and I will forgive her. Mum has told me, however, that human being people sometimes “sorry” and truly mean it, or have it accepted by the person they have upset. Hmmm…she just climbed up the ladder under the eaves again… and told me “I am sorry Leemo…I love you buddie”. We had hugs and purrs and brushes and feathers on a stick game…I love Mum Jane as well. Nite for now… Mum Jane & I are going to watch “Bluey”. Purs Leemo

The blue-green algae alert at Bray Park Weir has been downgraded. TWEED Shire Council has downgraded its blue-green algae alert at Bray Park Weir from amber to green. Council’s testing programme has confirmed that recent rainfall has reduced algae levels at the weir. “Algae levels have decreased, however without additional rain there may be further blue-green algae blooms in the coming months,” the manager for Water and Wastewater Operations Brie Jowett said. “Treated water from the Tweed reticulated supply will continue to be safe to drink as our water treatment process removes algae and potential toxins, alongside taste and odour compounds.” Testing raw water at Bray Park Weir will continue and Council will adjust its treatment processes as required to meet the Australian

Drinking Water Guidelines. The public is advised to remain cautious about recreational use at the weir and signs alerting people to the presence of blue-green algae remain at the public access points to the river near Bray Park, including Byangum Bridge. Meanwhile, the blue-green algae alert at Clarrie Hall Dam remains at green. “As the species of algae identified has the gene capable of producing toxins we are keeping the signs advising recreational users of the dam to stay away from the water,” Mrs Jowett said. “This is a precautionary approach as there is no evidence that the algae species has produced toxins at this stage.” Warning signs at the dam wall

and Crams Farm will stay in place advising that algae may be present and for recreational kayakers and anglers to avoid contact with the water. Clarrie Hall Dam, the Uki pool where raw water is drawn for Uki village and Tyalgum Weir pool are also being tested weekly. Blue-green algae occur naturally and can reproduce quickly in favourable conditions where there is still or slowflowing water, abundant sunlight and sufficient levels of nutrients. Water affected by blue-green algae appears to have a green paint-like scum on the water, near the edges, or greenish clumps throughout the water. Anyone who thinks they may have been in contact with bluegreen algal water is advised to seek medical advice if symptoms appear.

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Inspiring travellers to explore the Richmond Valley LOCAL businesses and tourism providers across the Richmond Valley will receive a muchneeded boost, with a new Discover Richmond Valley television advertisement airing on PRIME7 and NBN Television. The ad, which will feature across the Gold Coast and North Coast viewing regions, is part of a comprehensive Discover Richmond Valley brand and marketing campaign, which includes an updated brand, YouTube and social media campaign, and new look visitors’ guide. Put together by local design and marketing studio Wild Honey Creative, the Explore Next Door campaign was funded by the NSW and Australian governments as part of a targeted grant package to help restart tourism in the region following bushfires and COVID-19. Mayor Robert Mustow said with travel restrictions easing, the Richmond Valley was perfectly positioned to welcome visitors to explore the vast range of experiences which were available in the area. Cr Mustow said local businesses and tourism operators had suffered in recent years, and the new campaign was about encouraging people who lived within a three-hour drive of the Richmond Valley to plan and book a holiday here. He said the new brand and the Explore Next Door campaign put the Richmond Valley in the forefront of people’s minds and showed off the unique range of destinations and experiences available right next door. “Australians want to support regional areas which have been affected by bushfires, drought and the pandemic,” Cr Mustow said. “It’s crucial we remind them that the Richmond Valley is safe, welcoming, and convenient, with an incredible range of places to explore

from the coast to the country.” The campaign features new still and motion imagery created at more than 17 locations across the Valley, with local community members and Council staff volunteering to be involved. Highlights include the stunning beaches and nature reserves of Evans Head, the Evans Head Aviation Museum, the Aranyani Bison Adventure Tourist Park in Myrtle Creek, Coraki and Woodburn recreation areas, an organic tea tree farm in Woodburn, the New Italy Museum, and the Casino Mini Rail and Museum amongst other local gems. Council’s Manager Tourism Sharon Davidson said the campaign aimed to appeal to families and grey-nomad travellers in particular, encouraging them to move around the entire Richmond Valley, rather than remain solely on the coast. Ms Davidson said there was so much to explore in this beautiful part of the world and this campaign showed the variety and quality of our tourism offering. She said whether you were a nature lover, a family looking for quality time together, or a couple planning a romantic country escape, you could find it right here in the Richmond Valley. “Right now everyone feels like a holiday,” Ms Davidson said. “This campaign will inspire those who are able to take a holiday to support our local businesses and attractions, which will boost our economy

and save jobs across our tourism and small business sectors.” The new look destination branding and the Explore Next Door campaign will be rolled out on a range of channels, including Prime7 and NBN television in Northern NSW and South East Queensland, in print, and on Council’s social media and digital channels across the summer months. However, the campaign has been intentionally crafted to work across every season. Creative director of local design and marketing studio Wild Honey Creative Jasmine Phillips said the nature of the campaign meant that it would still showcase the region long after travel restrictions had eased, and life returned to a more normal state. Ms Phillips said the events of the past year had really altered what many travellers and families were looking for in a holiday. “Crowded cities and beaches are off the list, and Australians are instead yearning for quality time together, exploring nature and connecting authentically with their culture, their history and each other,” she said. “We know that travellers choose the

Richmond Valley because it is close, safe, convenient, and affordable, but we also wanted to show how warm, welcoming, and fun it is here … a quiet and pristine region full of unique and authentic experiences waiting to be uncovered.”

“We think the grass is actually greener in the Richmond Valley, and it’s the perfect time for people to explore next door.” The campaign also encourages travellers to learn more about the region through its new look Discover Richmond Valley Visitors’ Guide, which will be available in visitor information centres across the country, as well as on the discoverrichmondvalley. com.au website. The website also lists accommodation providers, eating places and attractions in each town, as well as downloadable itinerates to make trip planning easy. With more travellers doing their holiday planning on social media than ever before, the campaign also includes a competition on Facebook and Instagram, where entrants can win one of four Richmond Valley

prize packs drawn over the coming month. Prizes have been generously donated by local businesses Amarina Farm Stay & Gardens, Arrows Fishing Charters, Clydesdale Motel & Steakhouse, the Lazy Labrador Café, Aranyani Bison Adventure Tourist Park, Casino Miniature Railway & Museum, Casino Historical Museum, Northern Rivers Military Museum, and New Italy Museum. The campaign will be formally launched at a COVID-safe event at the New Italy Museum Complex on Thursday 26th November, from 6pm. The function will include an acknowledgement of the one-year anniversary of the Myall Creek Road bushfire. More information on the Explore Next Door campaign can be found at www. discoverrichmondvalley. com.au

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Grafton still a ‘bloom’ town despite pandemic By Lesley Apps For the first time in its 85-yearold history there was no official festival to celebrate Grafton’s beloved jacaranda trees, but that didn’t stop the city in enjoying a ‘blooming’ trade during its official flowering season. It was plain to see COVID is no match for Mother Nature as the trees were out in full purple force, looking as majestic as ever, almost like they knew they had to up-the-ante on this occasion. Despite the unusual year for festival organisers, the event’s manager Mark Blackadder said it had been a productive one. One of the main drivers of this was the festival’s partnership with Clarence Valley Council, the organisation honouring its annual $12,000 donation to the festival which helped to promote the broader Jacaranda Season this year. Mr Blackadder said the money helped them to “heavily promote the season through their social media channels”. “Part of that was the Go Purple initiative so business houses could still support the season and the spirit of the Jacaranda Festival. We ended up with 68 entries, more than double the number of businesses that entered the competition.” He said the Go Purple campaign encouraged businesses to convert their premises to honour the signature hue and encourage staff to wear the colour throughout the whole jacaranda season (mid-October to midNovember).

“We wanted to attract all Grafton businesses, not just those with a shop frontage, to give everyone a chance to participate. So we had nursing homes and the like involved as well.” This year Prince Street florist Paper Daisy took out top honours with their secret fairy garden theme. “It was amazing. It was hard to judge the top 10 because of the amount of work that went into the Go Purple competition,” Mr Blackadder said. The festival manager said if there was a positive take on not having to run the festival this year it was the fact it allowed them to concentrate on their social media engagement. “We actually increased our reach by 410% this year.” The lack of festival events also didn’t stop visitors from coming to see the trees according to Mr Blackadder. “We still enjoyed a high rate of visitation from around the state and our merchandise sales at Jacaranda HQ were up on last year’s, which is an outstanding result.” He said they had doubled their profit this year because of the increased demand for their merchandise lines. “This puts us in good stead for next year. We didn’t lose any momentum, we gained it if anything”. The festival committee was also able to dive into some early planning ahead next year’s event which is already shaping up to be a blockbuster. “We’ve already got national artists lined-up and some little changes to some of the regular events, tweaking the tradition, we call it.”

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian paid Grafton a visit during its Jacaranda Season, pictured here with Festival Manager Mark Blackadder and Member for Clarence Chris Gulaptis.

Winners of the Go Purple business competition with their Secret Fairy Garden was Prince St florist Paper Daisy.

HALL MEMBERS SOUGHT AT SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH IF you love living in South Golden Beach and are looking for a way to get involved and give back to the community Byron Council is looking for new members for the South Golden Beach Hall Management Committee. The South Golden Beach Hall is on the corner of Pacific Esplanade and Helen Street in South Golden Beach in the north of Byron Shire. The hall is newly renovated with a polished wooden floor and a kitchen. Large covered decks are a great extension to entertaining areas. Nomination forms are available on the Council website: https://www.byron.nsw.gov.au/ Public-Notice/Join-South-GoldenBeach-Hall-Management-Committee

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We’ve sat by and watched – and judged – these hardworking pairs for months as they smashed, sanded and decorated their way through their renovation dreams. It all comes to a crunch tonight as the completed homes in Melbourne’s bayside suburb of Brighton go under the hammer. While we are taken on a trip back through the contestants’ journeys this season, nerves are high as the winner is revealed by hosts Scott Cam (pictured) and Shelley Craft. Can fan favourites Jimmy and Tam take the prize? Their renovation has won most of the competition, but will its boldness be too much for the bayside buyers?

Can you believe that NCIS – the original, of course – is kicking off its 18th season tonight? Let’s take a moment to thank the writers for the incredible achievement of coming up with so many standoffs, hijinks and nearmisses over the years. Imitations may have come and gone, but the committed crew of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service has outseen them all, with Mark Harmon (pictured), as team leader Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, appearing in all 399 episodes and counting. Tonight, while Gibbs and Fornell (Joe Spano) are on the tail of a drug ring, the team is puzzled when a cadaver goes missing from the autopsy room.

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This is not your average British comedy sitcom. While there are some of the usual tropes (dumb blonde, angry curmudgeons, hapless son), Mum offers a beautiful mix of heart and humour as it follows the middleaged and recently widowed Cathy (Lesley Manville, pictured) as she makes the tentative steps towards a deep connection with Michael (Peter Mullan), who has remained long-silent of his love for her for the best part of 40 years. This beautifully written series knows there is humour in the hurt life sometimes throws up and is a touching exploration of loneliness, grief and starting over despite a broken heart. Tonight, Cathy and Michael’s Easter Sunday plans are thwarted.

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6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 10.30 Scottish Vets Down Under. (PG, R) 11.00 The Recording Studio. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 1.55 Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip. (R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Father Brown. (PG, R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Point. (R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Wheels Of Wonder. (PG) 4.50 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Lover In The Attic: A True Story. (2018, Mnsv, R) 2.00 Dr Death. (Mad, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Desperate Housewives. (Mas, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Mad) 1.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Three Veg And Meat. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news. 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 Gardening Australia. Jane profiles natives for the cottage garden. 8.30 Vera. (Mv, R) After a surgeon is shot dead and his daughters abducted, DCI Stanhope and her team pursue the killer. They have only a limited time to locate the missing girls, due to the fact one of them is in need of medication. 10.00 Mum. (Ml) Cathy and Michael have plans. 10.35 ABC Late News. Detailed coverage of the day’s events. 10.45 Gruen. (R) Presented by Wil Anderson. 11.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Continuous music programming.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Scanning The Nile: Lost Cities Of The Delta. (Premiere, PG) 8.30 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. (PG) Takes a look at the story of Fry’s. 9.20 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (M, R) Hosted by Jimmy Carr. 10.10 SBS World News Late. 10.40 Country Music. (PG, R) 11.40 M: The City Hunts A Murderer. (MA15+l, R) 2.25 Miniseries: Safe Harbour. (Mal, R) 4.30 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (PGal, R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Joh and Charlie check out Oye Mi Canto House in Newtown. Adam solves the mystery of which saws to choose. 8.30 MOVIE: A Star Is Born. (2018, Madls, R) A musician helps a talented young singer-songwriter, who was working as a waitress, find fame even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral. Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott. 11.30 SAS Australia: Uncensored. (Mal, R) In a dangerous backward fall, the life of the jumper is in the hands of a fellow recruit. 12.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Escape To The Chateau. (PG, R) Part 1 of 3. With 20 rooms still in need of repair and restoration, Angel and Dick get to work. 8.30 MOVIE: Jason Bourne. (2016, Mav, R) An assassin is forced out of hiding when one of his old allies uncovers information about his past. Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander. 10.55 MOVIE: Fargo. (1996, MA15+lv, R) A man plots to have his wife kidnapped. Frances McDormand. 12.45 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Global Shop. 4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 A Current Affair. (R)

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Living Room. (PG) The team renovates a backyard. 8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns, R) A fast-paced, irreverent look at news, with Amanda Keller, Tony Martin, Urzila Carlson, Ed Kavalee and Sam Pang competing to see who can remember the most about the week. Hosted by Tom Gleisner. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Hughesy, We Have A Problem. (M, R) Hosted by Dave Hughes. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. (R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Gruen XL. 9.15 Absolutely Fabulous. 9.45 The IT Crowd. 10.10 The Catherine Tate Show. 10.40 Inside No. 9. 11.15 Schitt’s Creek. 11.35 Red Dwarf. 12.10am Threesome. 12.30 Wasted. 12.55 Finding Joy. 1.25 The IT Crowd. 1.50 Small Tales And True. (Final) 2.20 News Update. 2.25 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Guess How Much I Love You. 5.15 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. 5.25 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Stargate SG-1. 1.40 Beat The Internet. 2.05 BBC My World. 2.30 Ultimate Airport Dubai. 3.25 The Gadget Show. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Hipsters. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 Ina Loves Porno. 10.10 Vagrant Queen. 11.00 The Feed. 11.30 Natural Wines With Clovis. 12.20am MOVIE: Break Loose. (2013, MA15+) 1.55 Vikings. 2.45 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon ER. 1.00 Poirot. 3.00 MOVIE: Silver Bears. (1978, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Earth From Space. 8.50 MOVIE: Star Trek: The Motion Picture. (1979) 11.30 Police Ten 7. Midnight Westside. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 14. Valencian Grand Prix. Replay. 9.30 iFish. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon 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: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Evil. 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 NCIS. 4.00 NCIS: LA. 5.00 Jake And The Fatman.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Ragnarok. Continued. (2013, PG, Norwegian) 7.25 The Nutty Professor. (1963, PG) 9.25 Zarafa. (2012, PG, French) 10.55 The Wind Rises. (2013, PG) 1.15pm Vai. (2019, PG) 2.55 The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp. (1943, PG) 5.55 Little Men. (2016, PG) 7.30 White Men Can’t Jump. (1992, M) 9.40 13 Minutes. (2015, MA15+, German) 11.45 Families. (2015, M, French) 1.50am T-34. (2018, M, Russian) 3.55 The White Knights. (2015, M, French)

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

8.30 Pawn Stars. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.00 Dipper’s Backyard BBQ Wars. 3.00 Pawn Stars. 3.30 Life Off Road. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 World’s Craziest Fools. 5.30 MOVIE: Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes. (1972, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: X-Men: Days Of Future Past. (2014, M) 10.10 MOVIE: Alien. (1979, M) 12.40am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 10.30 Malcolm. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Quantum Leap. 3.00 Children’s Programs. 5.00 MOVIE: Adventures In Zambezia. (2012) 6.40 MOVIE: Turbo. (2013) 8.30 MOVIE: Transformers. (2007, M) 11.20 Heroes. 12.15am Urbex: Enter At Your Own Risk. 1.10 After The Raves. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Polly Pocket. 5.10 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 The King Of Queens. 8.30 Becker. 9.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.30 Cheers. 11.30 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Rules Of Engagement. 1.30 The King Of Queens. 2.00 Seinfeld. 3.00 Becker. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.30 Supernatural. (Final) 11.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 4.30 Friday Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 ABC News Special: The Ticket. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.15 Planet America’s Fireside Chat. 9.00 The Drum. 10.00 The World. 11.00 ABC Nightly News. 11.30 Close Of Business. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 Fireside Chat. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.15 Drum. 2.15 ABC Late News. 2.30 Friday Briefing. 3.00 DW News. 3.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 The Point. 11.00 Heart Coming Home. Noon MOVIE: Cry Freedom. (1987, M) 2.35 Bamay. 3.00 Cities Of Gold. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Raven’s Quest. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.25 To The Point. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 NITV News: Nula. 7.30 Mustangs FC. 8.00 MOVIE: The Red Turtle. (2016, PG) 9.25 First Nations Bedtime Stories. 9.35 Milpirri: Winds Of Change. 10.35 Footprints On Our Land. 11.30 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.00 Barnwood Builders. 8.00 The Block. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 Rebound. 11.00 Maine Cabin Masters. Noon House Hunters Int. 1.00 Unsellable Houses. 2.00 Holmes: Buy It Right. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Rehab Addict: Detroit. 4.30 House Hunters Int. 5.00 Fixer Upper. 6.00 House Hunters International. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters Renovation. 8.30 100 Day Dream Home. 9.30 Paradise At Any Price. (Premiere) 10.30 Pool Kings. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Headline News. 8.30

3.15pm Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.40 The Dengineers. 4.15 Odd Squad. 4.35 Hank Zipzer. 5.05 School Of Rock. 5.25 All Hail King Julien. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.20 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.10 Fruits Basket. 9.30 Prisoner Zero. 9.55 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. (Final) 10.20 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

11.30 Wok X Pot. Noon Donal’s Asian Baking Adventures. 12.30 Ready Steady Cook UK. 1.30 Rachel Allen: Coastal Cookery. 2.00 Africa On A Plate. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 3.30 Indian Food Made Easy. 4.00 Cook’s Pantry. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. 6.00 Ready Steady Cook UK. 7.00 Bake With Anna. 7.30 Rick Stein’s Fruits Of The Sea. 8.35 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends. 9.40 Nigella Express. 10.10 Poh’s Kitchen. 10.40 Late Programs.

Travel Oz. 8.30 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Disappeared. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 River Monsters. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Coastwatch Oz. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Dog Patrol. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Australia’s Amazing Homes. 11.30 Late Programs.

Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 AM Agenda. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 The Bolt Report. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Sky News Across Australia. 8.00 Kenny On Media. 8.30 Outsiders’ Guide. 9.00 Hardgrave. 10.00 Best Of Bolt. 11.00 Late Programs. Please Note: Programs are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by the Networks.

SATURDAY, November 21 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 10.00 Rage. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Pine Gap. (Ml, R) 1.30 The Sound. (PG, R) 2.30 Dream Gardens. (R) 3.00 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 3.30 Searching For Superhuman. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline. (R) 5.00 Basketball. WNBL. Round 2. Townsville Fire v Bendigo Spirit.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Cup of China. 4.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 4.10 Gourmet Farmer. (R) 4.40 Coast New Zealand. (PG, R) 5.35 Nazi Megastructures. (PG)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 MOVIE: Wildcats. (1986, PGalsv, R) 2.00 Horse Racing. The Gong Race Day. 4.30 Border Security: America’s Front Line. (PG, R) 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Award Winning Tasmania. (PG) 12.30 Rebound. 1.00 The Healthy Cooks. 1.30 World’s Greatest Animal Encounters. (R) 2.30 The Block. (PGl, R) 4.00 The Perfect Serve. (PGl) 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. (R) 8.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 9.00 GCBC. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 1.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 1.30 Buy To Build. 2.00 Healthy Homes Aust. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Taste Of Australia. (R) 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.30 10 Travlr Northern Territory. 5.00 News.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories and events as they unfold, with comprehensive analysis and reporting. 7.30 Victoria. (PG) A ball at the Palace could not come at a worse time when sketches of the Royal family are made public. 8.20 Shetland. (Ma, R) Perez must re-assess the investigation in the aftermath of Jo’s attack. 9.20 Endeavour. (Madv, R) When a self-proclaimed moral crusader receives a death threat, Endeavour must protect her. 10.50 Poldark. (Mav, R) Ross fights for Ned’s life. 11.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Secrets Of Our Cities. (PGas, R) 8.30 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys: Railways And Imperialism. (PG) Michael Portillo explores the railways. 9.30 MOVIE: JFK. (1991, Ml, R) Kevin Costner. 12.50 Dynamo Beyond Belief. (Ml, R) 3.30 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (Mal, R) 4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Patrol. (PG) Follows the men and women who protect New Zealand’s borders from drugs, weapons, pests and diseases. 7.30 MOVIE: The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King. (2003, Mv, R) As the quest nears its end, the free races of Middle Earth struggle to unite to battle the armies of Sauron. Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin. 11.35 SAS Australia: Uncensored. (Mal, R) After racing up a snow-covered mountain and dragging a 60kg sled, the contestants must then swim under ice. 12.35 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: The Da Vinci Code. (2006, Mav, R) An academic uncovers a conspiracy. Tom Hanks. 10.30 MOVIE: Firewall. (2006, Mlv, R) A security expert’s family is kidnapped. Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany. 12.30 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (Ms, R) 1.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) Skippy is kidnapped. 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact. (PG)

6.00 To Be Advised. 7.00 Rugby Union. Tri Nations. Round 4. Australia v Argentina. 10.00 MOVIE: The Merger. (2018, Ml) A former AFL player living in his country hometown after an abrupt end to his sporting career decides to coach the hapless local footy team, upsetting some residents when he recruits refugees to play. Damian Callinan, Kate Mulvany, John Howard. 12.00 Blue Bloods. (Mv, R) After a video surfaces of officers partaking in a clear case of entrapment, Frank focuses on finding the leaker. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power. Religious program.

ABC COMEDY (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm The Deep. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Fiona O’Loughlin’s Greatest Hits. 9.55 QI. 10.55 Mock The Week. 11.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 12.10am Would I Lie To You? 12.40 Friday Night Dinner. 1.05 I’m Alan Partridge. 1.35 Absolutely Fabulous. 2.05 Live At The Apollo. 2.50 News Update. 2.55 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon MOVIE: Manhattan. (1979, M) 1.40 New Girl. 2.55 Insight. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.20 Monty Python’s Flying Circus. 6.30 Only Connect. 7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The X-Files. 11.10 Miniseries: Hungry Ghosts. 1.15am Vikings. 2.05 The Movie Show. 2.35 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Travel Oz. 9.30 NBC Today. 11.30 Vasili’s Garden. Noon The Bowls Show. 1.00 River Monsters. 2.00 A Moveable Feast. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.00 Sydney Weekender. 3.30 Creek To Coast. 4.00 Weekender. 4.30 Building The Dream. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 12.30am The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.15 My Favorite Martian. 10.45 MOVIE: One Million Years B.C. (1966, PG) 12.50pm MOVIE: Angels One Five. (1952) 2.50 MOVIE: The Secret Of Santa Vittoria. (1969, PG) 5.40 MOVIE: Return To Paradise. (1953, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Stepmom. (1998, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Shall We Dance? (2004, M) 12.05am Dangerman. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 The Doctors. 10.00 MacGyver. 11.00 Diagnosis Murder. Noon Star Trek: Voyager. 1.00 Truck Hunters. 2.00 Car Crash Global: Caught On Camera. 3.00 Driven Not Hidden. 3.30 Fishing Edge. 4.00 By Design Heroes. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 SEAL Team. 12.15am Law & Order: S.V.U. 1.10 48 Hours. 2.05 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs. 3.35pm Dragon Ball Super. 4.05 Odd Squad. 4.35 Hank Zipzer. 5.05 School Of Rock. 5.25 All Hail King Julien. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 7.15 Operation Ouch! 8.00 Slugterra. 8.20 Best Bugs Forever. 8.45 So Awkward. 9.15 Prisoner Zero. 9.40 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.00 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Zarafa. (2012, PG, French) 7.25 Vai. (2019, PG) 9.10 The Secret Of Moonacre. (2008, PG) 11.05 A Monster In Paris. (2011, French) 12.45pm April And The Extraordinary World. (2015, PG, French) 2.45 Little Men. (2016, PG) 4.20 The War Of The Buttons. (2011, PG, French) 6.25 Bend It Like Beckham. (2002, PG) 8.30 The Company You Keep. (2012, M) 10.45 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Life Off Road. Noon Mudslingers. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Step Outside. 2.00 Limitless. (Premiere) 2.30 World’s Craziest Fools. 3.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers. 7.00 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Renegades. 10.00 MOVIE: Dracula Untold. (2014, M) Midnight Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 2pm Surfing Australia TV. 2.30 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.30 Liquid Science. 4.00 BattleBots. 5.00 MOVIE: Happy Feet 2. (2011, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Shrek 2. (2004, PG) 9.00 MOVIE: Quantum Of Solace. (2008, M) 11.10 Heroes. 12.05am The Horn. 1.00 Bromans. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. 3.00 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 3.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. 8.30 Becker. 9.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.30 Cheers. 11.30 Charmed. 1.30pm Carol’s Second Act. 2.00 Rules Of Engagement. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.30 Friends. 6.00 Columbo. 7.30 Kojak. 8.30 Spyforce. 9.30 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 The Middle. Midnight The Flash. 2.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 2.30pm Landline. 3.00 ABC News. 3.30 The Breakfast Couch. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 Close Of Business. 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 The Mix. 6.00 ABC News Weekend. 6.15 Planet America’s Fireside Chat. 7.00 ABC News Weekend. 7.30 Australian Story. 8.00 ABC News Weekend. 8.30 New Normal. 9.00 ABC News Weekend. 9.15 Four Corners. 10.00 ABC News. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Rick Stein’s Fruits Of The Sea. 12.35pm Ready Steady Cook UK. 1.30 Africa On A Plate. 2.00 Late Nite Eats. 3.00 Secret Meat Business. 4.00 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Pies & Puds. 6.30 The Big Family Cooking Showdown. 7.30 Cheese Slices. 8.30 Heston’s Great British Food. 9.30 The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour Of Britain. 10.30 Watts On The Grill. 11.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Musomagic Outback Tracks. 6.20 Mysterious Cities Of Gold. 6.50 Move It Mob Style. 7.15 My Animal Friends. 7.30 Molly Of Denali. 7.55 Tales Of Tatonka. 8.10 Waabiny Time. 8.35 Welcome To Wapos Bay. 9.00 Rugby League. Tribal League. 6pm Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 7.00 NITV News Update. 7.05 Ella. 8.35 Dance Rites 2020. 10.05 MOVIE: CB4. (1993, MA15+) 11.40 Bamay. Midnight Volumz.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 House Hunters Int. Noon Getaway. 12.30 The Healthy Cooks. 1.00 Our State On A Plate. 1.30 Louisiana Flip N Move. 2.30 100 Day Dream Home. 3.30 Pool Kings. 4.00 Paradise At Any Price. 5.00 Garden Gurus. 5.30 House Hunters Reno. 6.30 Texas Flip And Move. 7.30 Boise Boys. 8.30 House Hunters International. 10.30 House Hunters Reno. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Gameday Live. 9.00 News. 10.00 News. 11.00 News. Noon News. 1.00 Fox Sports News. 2.00 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Fox Sports News. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Fox Sports News. 7.00 Fox Sports News. 8.00 NewsNight. 8.30 In Conversation With John Anderson. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, November 22 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline Summer. 1.00 Don’t Stop The Music. (R) 2.00 Victoria. (PG, R) 3.00 Basketball. WNBL. Round 2. Melbourne Boomers v Adelaide Lightning. 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)

6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 France 24 English News Second Edition. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 How To Get Fit Fast. (PGs, R) 4.45 Coast New Zealand. (PG, R) 5.35 Nazi Megastructures. (PG, R)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 1.00 Border Security: America’s Front Line. (PG, R) 1.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Game 55. Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Cybershack. (PG) 10.30 Ultimate Rush. (PGl, R) 11.30 Targa Great Barrier Reef 2020. 12.30 Explore. 12.50 MOVIE: Sliding Doors. (1998, PGsl, R) 2.50 The Sporting Bubble. (PG, R) 4.00 Wild Metropolis. (PGa) 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 RBT. (PGl, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Fishing Aust. (R) 8.00 Pooches At Play. (R) 8.30 The Living Room. (PG, R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 GCBC. (R) 12.30 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 1.00 Taste Of Australia. (R) 1.30 Left Off The Map. (R) 2.00 10 Travlr Northern Territory. (R) 2.30 By Design Heroes. 3.00 Jamie & The Nonnas. (R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 4.30 Fishing Aust. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 The Sound. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Restoration Australia. (PG) 8.40 Miniseries: Roadkill. (Final, Mls) Part 4 of 4. 9.40 Total Control. (Mlv, R) Alex proves her worth to the government. 10.30 Killing Eve. (MA15+v, R) 11.15 Australian Made. (Mls, R) 12.35 Endeavour. (Madv, R) 2.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.00 Louis Theroux: Talking To Anorexia. (PG, R) 4.00 Louis Theroux’s Weird Christmas. (MA15+s, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Lost Treasures Of The Maya. (PG) 8.30 Pompeii: After The Eruption. (PG) 9.45 Filthy Rich And Homeless. (Madl, R) 10.45 First Contact Canada. (PGa, R) 11.35 The Case Against Adnan Syed. (PGal, R) 1.55 Forbidden Lie$. (Malv, R) 3.50 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. (Mls, R) 4.20 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.50 Food Safari Fire: Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Beat The Chasers. Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe. 8.30 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: The Anita Cobby Murder. (MA15+av) Takes a look at the 1986 kidnapping and murder of 26-year-old nurse Anita Cobby. 9.50 Killer Tapes: The Game Show Serial Killer. (Mlv, R) Presented by Susanna Reid. 10.55 Autopsy USA: Andy Warhol. (M) 12.00 Medical Emergency. (PG, R) 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 The Block. (Final, PGl) 8.30 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians. 9.30 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events. 10.30 See No Evil: Can I Help You? (MA15+v) 11.30 Killer On The Line. (Mv, R) 12.20 Grand Hotel. (Msv, R) 1.10 The Healthy Cooks. (R) 1.35 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Graham Norton Show. Guests include Hugh Grant. 8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. (Return) Two gunmen take out their desperation and rage on the elite class they perceive to be oppressing them. 9.30 Blood And Treasure. (Mv) Danny poses as arms dealer Aiden Shaw in order to extract information on the location of a terrorist. 11.20 The Sunday Project. (R) 12.20 NCIS. (M, R) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC COMEDY (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm The Deep. 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 Gruen XL. 10.45 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.30 Fiona O’Loughlin’s Greatest Hits. 12.55am Would I Lie To You? 1.25 The Thick Of It. 1.55 Way To Go. (Premiere) 2.50 News Update. 2.55 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon The Movie Show. 12.30 Stand Up And Be Counted: A NAIDOC Concert Special. 2.30 New Girl. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.20 MOVIE: Electric Dreams. (1984, PG) 6.05 From The Ashes: A Fresh Start. 6.35 The Jeff Bezos Empire: The Rise And Reign Of Amazon. 7.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Lost Gold Of World War II. 9.20 MOVIE: Vinyl Nation. (2020, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 10.00 The Thrill Of The Chase. 11.00 House Of Wellness. Noon The Yorkshire Vet. 2.00 Vasili’s Garden. 2.30 The Bowls Show. 3.30 Escape To The Country. 5.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: Kelly’s Heroes. (1970, M) 11.30 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 12.30am Jodi Arias: An American Murder Mystery. 1.30 I’d Kill For You. 3.30 Dates From Hell. 4.00 Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall. 5.00 Home Shopping.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 Avengers. 11.00 MOVIE: Carry On Regardless. (1961) 12.55pm Getaway. 1.25 MOVIE: They Who Dare. (1954) 3.40 MOVIE: Kansas Raiders. (1950, PG) 5.20 MOVIE: Kings Of The Sun. (1963, PG) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire. 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Car Crash Global: Caught On Camera. Noon Mission: Impossible. 1.00 MacGyver. 2.00 Bondi Rescue Kathmandu Coast To Coast. 3.00 Driven Not Hidden. 3.30 Healthy Homes Aust. 4.00 Buy To Build. 4.30 Fishing Edge. 5.00 I Fish. 5.30 Truck Hunters. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.30 48 Hours. 11.30 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs. 3.15pm Steve Backshall Vs The Vertical Mile. 4.10 Children’s Programs. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 7.15 Operation Ouch! The Life Fix. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.20 Best Bugs Forever. (Final) 8.45 So Awkward. 9.15 Prisoner Zero. 9.40 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.00 Rage. 3.05am Close. 5.30 Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 8.00 Bend It Like Beckham. (2002, PG) 10.05 Beauty And The Beast. (2014, PG, French) 12.10pm The War Of The Buttons. (2011, PG, French) 2.15 The Secret Of Moonacre. (2008, PG) 4.10 April And The Extraordinary World. (2015, PG, French) 6.10 The World’s Fastest Indian. (2005, PG) 8.30 Gomorrah. 9.30 Aloys. (2016, M, Swiss German) 11.10 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 2.30 Step Outside. 3.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. King Of Wings. 4.00 Bushfire Wars. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 5.30 Counting Cars. 6.00 Detroit Steel. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Rambo: First Blood Part II. (1985, M) 10.30 MOVIE: Kingdom Of Heaven. (2005, MA15+) 1.25am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 2pm Dance Moms. 4.00 MOVIE: Adventures In Zambezia. (2012) 5.40 MOVIE: Big Daddy. (1999, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life. (2003, M) 10.00 MOVIE: John Wick. (2014, MA15+) Midnight Heroes. 1.00 Bromans. 2.00 Dance Moms. 2.50 Mike Tyson Mysteries. 3.00 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 3.30 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 4.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Charmed. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Middle. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.30 Charmed. 1.30pm The Neighborhood. 2.30 2 Broke Girls. 3.00 Broke. 3.30 Man With A Plan. 4.30 The Middle. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Friends. 10.00 Man With A Plan. 11.30 2 Broke Girls. 12.30am Mom. 1.30 The Flash. 3.30 Charmed. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 The Brady Bunch.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1pm ABC News. 1.30 The Mix. 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 ABC News. 3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 ABC News Regional. 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 World This Week. 6.00 ABC News Weekend. 6.30 New Normal. 7.00 ABC News Weekend. 7.40 Drum Beat. 8.00 Insiders. 9.00 ABC News Weekend. 9.30 Australian Story. 10.00 ABC News. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Pies & Puds. 1.00 Indian Kitchen. 2.00 Late Nite Eats. 3.00 Secret Meat Business. 4.00 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 The Hairy Bikers’ Northern Exposure. 6.30 Taste Of The Territory. 7.00 Bonacini’s Italy. 7.30 Gourmet Farmer Afloat. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey. 9.40 Gino’s Italian Escape: Hidden Italy. 10.30 Watts On The Grill. 11.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Softball. SA Premier League. 11.30 Rugby Union. Monsoon Rugby Union. 1pm Touch Football. WA Super League. 2.30 NT Football. 4.00 Football. NTFL. 5.45 African News. 6.00 APTN National News. 6.30 Boomalli: Five Koori Artists. 7.00 Behind The Brush. 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.35 College Behind Bars. (Premiere) 8.35 The Work. 10.10 Not Just Numbers. 11.10 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Flipping Exes. 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.30pm House Hunters Reno. 1.30 Holmes: Buy It Right. 2.00 The Perfect Serve. 2.30 Texas Flip And Move. 3.30 Fixer Upper. 4.30 Good Bones. 5.30 Boise Boys. 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 You Live In What? 8.30 Making It Home With Kortney And Dave. 9.30 My Lottery Dream Home. 10.30 Flip Or Flop. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am News. 6.30 Fox Sports News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Sunday Agenda. 9.00 Outsiders. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Business Weekend. Noon Fox Sports News. 1.00 Fox Sports News. 2.00 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Fox Sports News. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Sharri. 7.00 Chris Smith & Friends. 8.00 In My View. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Late Programs.

MONDAY, November 23 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Can We Save The Reef? (R) 11.00 The Recording Studio. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Gruen. (R) 1.35 Squinters. (Mls, R) 2.00 Death In Paradise. (Mav, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.15 Father Brown. (PG, R) 5.05 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 The Surgery Ship. (Maw, R) 3.00 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. (R) 4.00 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.30 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Dangerous Matrimony. (2018, Mv, R) 2.00 Miniseries: Cheat. (Mlv, R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.30 The Block. (Final, PGl, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Three Veg And Meat. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 In The Face Of Terror. (PG) Part 2 of 3. 9.20 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 Q+A. 10.40 ABC Late News. 11.15 Nigella’s Christmas Table. (R) 12.15 Rage 30: Stories From The Red Couch. (Mdl, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Death In Paradise. (Mav, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Great House Revival. (Final, PG) 8.30 Life And Birth. (M) 9.35 24 Hours In Emergency. (Ma, R) 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 DNA. (Malv) 11.55 The Bridge. (MA15+lv, R) 2.10 The Red Line. (Ma, R) 3.50 My Second Restaurant In India. (R) 4.50 Food Safari Fire: Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) 7.30 SAS Australia. (M) Recruits must rescue a downed pilot. 8.30 The Rookie. (Mav) John and the team attempt to get Rosalind to help them search for Lucy after she is abducted. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Chicago Fire. (Mv) Brett and Foster find themselves at odds. 12.00 MOVIE: Farewell, My Love. (2000, MA15+lv, R) Gabrielle Fitzpatrick. 2.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Gold Coast Cops. (Mdv) 8.30 MOVIE: Spectre. (2015, Mv, R) A cryptic message sends Bond on a trail. Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz. 11.25 Nine News Late. 11.55 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 12.40 Cybershack. (PG, R) 1.05 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGa, R) 8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Final, Malns) A look at news with comedians competing to see who can remember the most about the week. 9.30 Just For Laughs Australia. (Mdls) Hosted by Nick Cody. 10.30 Kinne Tonight. (Mls, R) 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.00 The Project. (R) 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 8.50 Luke Warm Sex. 9.25 Detectorists. 9.55 Hang Ups. 10.25 Inside No. 9. 10.55 Schitt’s Creek. 11.20 Red Dwarf. 11.50 Threesome. 12.10am Wasted. 12.35 The IT Crowd. 1.00 Sando. 1.30 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.15 News Update. 2.20 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Stargate SG-1. 1.40 Beat The Internet. 2.05 Game Of Bros. 3.05 Hunting Hitler. 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.20 This Week. 5.15 Hipsters. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Sex And Death. (Premiere) 10.40 Full Frontal. 11.10 Stacey Dooley: Shot By My Neighbour. 12.05am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 Travel Oz. 8.30 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Adventure All Stars. 11.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 1pm Disappeared. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 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 Criminal Confessions. 11.50 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 12.50am Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon ER. 1.00 Death In Paradise. 2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: The Blue Lamp. (1950, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Grantchester. 8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 See No Evil. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 Mission: Impossible. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon 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: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Law & Order: SVU. 11.15 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.10am Shopping. 2.10 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs. 3.40pm The Dengineers. 4.15 Odd Squad. 4.35 Hank Zipzer. 5.05 School Of Rock. 5.25 All Hail King Julien. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 So Awkward. 9.15 Prisoner Zero. 9.40 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 9.15 April And The Extraordinary World. (2015, PG, French) 11.15 The World’s Fastest Indian. (2005, PG) 1.35pm Bend It Like Beckham. (2002, PG) 3.40 Travellers And Magicians. (2003, PG, Dzongkha) 5.40 Beauty And The Beast. (2014, PG, French) 7.45 The Journey. (2016, M) 9.30 Female Agents. (2008, MA15+, French) 11.40 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.00 Outback Lockdown. 3.00 MXTV. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Storage Wars Canada. 4.30 Engineering Connections. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 Housos 2020. 9.00 Regular Old Bogan. 10.00 MOVIE: Revenge Of The Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise. (1987, M) Midnight Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Quantum Leap. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy. (2004, M) 9.30 MOVIE: Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery. (1997, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn. 8.00 Friends. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 The Neighborhood. 11.30 Rules Of Engagement. Noon WIN News. 1.00 Rules Of Engagement. 1.30 King Of Queens. 2.30 Carol’s Second Act. 3.00 Becker. 4.00 Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 The Drum. 10.00 The World. 11.00 ABC Nightly News. 11.30 7.30. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 New Normal. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.15 The Business. 1.30 Drum. 2.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Rachel Allen: Coastal Cookery. 2.00 Africa On A Plate. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 3.30 Martha Bakes. 4.00 Cook’s Pantry. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. 6.00 Ready Steady Cook UK. 7.00 Bake With Anna. 7.30 Living On The Veg. 8.30 Nadia’s Family Feasts. 9.30 Nigella Express. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2.35pm Behind The Brush. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.25 To The Point. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.25 Call Me Olly. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 Australia’s Shame. 10.00 News. 10.05 Predator On The Reservation. 11.05 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 My Lottery Dream Home. Noon Masters Of Flip. 1.00 Holmes: Buy It Right. 1.30 You Live In What? 2.30 The Block. 4.00 Rehab Addict: Detroit. 4.30 House Hunters Int. 5.00 Making It Home With Kortney And Dave. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 8.30 Fixer Upper. 9.30 Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa. 10.30 Flipping Exes. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 AM Agenda. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Sky News Across Australia. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 The Bolt Report. 11.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, November 24 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Nigella’s Christmas Table. (R) 11.00 The Recording Studio. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Go-Betweens: Right Here. (Mdl, R) 2.00 Death In Paradise. (Mav, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Father Brown. (PG, R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Surgery Ship. (Maw, R) 2.55 Railway Journeys UK. (PG, R) 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.30 Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey. (PGa, R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: I Am Elizabeth Smart. (2017, Mav, R) 2.00 Miniseries: Cheat. (Malsv, R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Outback Ringer. (Ml) Clarry musters on his family property. 8.30 MOVIE: Wayne. (2018, Ml) A motorcycle rider’s rise to fame. Wayne Gardner, Donna-Lee Kahlbetzer. 10.05 Searching For Superhuman. (PG) 11.05 ABC Late News. 11.35 Q+A. (R) 12.40 The Set. (Ml, R) 1.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Death In Paradise. (Mav, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG) 8.30 Addicted Australia. (M) 9.35 Where Are You Really From? (PG, R) 10.05 The Feed. 10.35 SBS World News Late. 11.05 Why We Hate. (Premiere, M) 11.55 The A Word. (Premiere, Mals) 1.05 The Day. (MA15+alv, R) 4.00 Full Frontal. (Mls, R) 4.25 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) 7.30 SAS Australia. (Malv) Recruits face intense interrogation. 8.40 SAS UK. (Premiere, Malv) Volunteers set out to complete a unique version of the British Army’s SAS selection course. 9.50 World’s Most Shocking Emergency Calls. (MA15+av) Documents shocking emergency calls. 10.50 The Latest: Seven News. 11.20 Blindspot. (Final, Mhv) 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 RBT. (PGl) 8.30 Australian Crime Stories: The Hunter. (Mlv) 9.35 Lincoln Rhyme: The Hunt For The Bone Collector. (Premiere, MA15+v) 10.35 Nine News Late. 11.05 The First 48. (Mav, R) 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 Ambulance Australia: Ultimate Emergencies. (Mal, R) Follows NSW Ambulance’s Sydney operations. 9.00 NCIS. (Return) Gibbs and Fornell pursue the leader of a drug ring who supplied drugs to Fornell’s daughter. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 The Project. (R) 2.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 3.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC COMEDY (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 Ghosts. 9.40 I’m Alan Partridge. 10.10 Frontline. 10.40 Inside No. 9. 11.10 Schitt’s Creek. 11.35 Red Dwarf. 12.05am Threesome. 12.30 Wasted. 12.55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.15 Detectorists. 1.45 QI. 2.15 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 3.00 News Update. 3.05 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon RuPaul’s Drag Race. 2.05 Beat The Internet. 2.30 Game Of Bros. 3.00 Hunting Hitler. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Noma Australia. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.35 Escaping Polygamy. 9.25 We Are Who We Are. 11.45 Final Space. 12.35am MOVIE: The Editor. (2014, MA15+) 2.20 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 7.00 Travel Oz. 8.30 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Sydney Weekender. 12.30 A Moveable Feast. 1.00 Disappeared. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 Funniest Cutest Kittens Ever. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Coastwatch Oz. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 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. Noon ER. 1.00 Grantchester. 2.10 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 3.10 MOVIE: The Railway Children. (1970) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Halifax f.p. 10.40 The Disappearance Of Maura Murray. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Mission: Impossible. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon 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: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Miami. 10.25 Elementary. 12.15am Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs. 3.40pm The Dengineers. 4.15 Odd Squad. 4.35 Hank Zipzer. 5.05 School Of Rock. 5.25 All Hail King Julien. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.45 So Awkward. 9.15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The World’s Fastest Indian. Continued. (2005, PG) 7.35 Beauty And The Beast. (2014, PG, French) 9.40 Project A. (1983, PG, Cantonese) 11.40 Travellers And Magicians. (2003, PG, Dzongkha) 1.40pm A Matter Of Life And Death. (1946, PG) 3.40 Ponyo. (2008) 5.40 Cheerful Weather For The Wedding. (2012, PG) 7.30 The Iron Lady. (2011, M) 9.30 White Tiger. (2012, M, Russian) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Limitless. 2.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.30 Life Off Road. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Billion Dollar Wreck. (Premiere) 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Full Custom Garage. 9.30 Counting Cars. 10.30 Big Easy Motors. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Quantum Leap. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Meet The Fockers. (2004, M) 9.50 MOVIE: Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (2008, MA15+) 12.05am Miami Vice. 1.00 Ultimate Rush. 2.00 Dance Moms. 2.50 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Raymond. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 The Neighborhood. 11.30 Rules Of Engagement. Noon WIN News. 1.00 Rules Of Engagement. 1.30 King Of Queens. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Becker. 4.00 Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 Mom. 11.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 The Drum. 10.00 The World. 11.00 ABC Nightly News. 11.30 7.30. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 Aust Story. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.15 The Business. 1.30 Drum. 2.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Rachel Allen: Coastal Cookery. 2.00 Africa On A Plate. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 3.30 Martha Bakes. 4.00 Cook’s Pantry. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. 6.00 Ready Steady Cook UK. 7.00 Bake With Anna. 7.30 Food Safari. 8.00 Mary Berry Classic. 8.30 How To Cook Like Heston. 9.00 Luke’s Vietnam. 9.30 Nigella Feasts. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.50pm The Kamilaroi. 2.15 Call Me Olly. 2.30 Express Yourself. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.25 To The Point. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 Keep Calm And Decolonize. 7.25 News. 7.30 Red Chef Revival. 8.00 The Casketeers. 8.30 Trickster. 9.30 NITV News Update. 9.35 The Point. 10.35 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. Noon House Hunters. 1.00 Flipping Exes. 2.00 Fixer Upper. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Rehab Addict: Detroit. 4.30 House Hunters Int. 5.00 Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Our Yorkshire Farm. (Premiere) 8.30 Escape To The Chateau. 9.30 Building Off The Grid. 10.30 Maine Cabin Masters. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 AM Agenda. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 The Bolt Report. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Sky News Across Australia. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 The Bolt Report. 11.00 Late Programs.

WEDNESDAY, November 25 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.05 The Recording Studio. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.40 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Father Brown. (PG, R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Surgery Ship. (Maw, R) 3.00 Railway Journeys UK. (PG, R) 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.35 Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey. (PGav, R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Stranger At The Door. (2004, Mv, R) 2.00 Miniseries: Cheat. (Mlv, R) 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Desperate Housewives. (Masv, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Three Veg And Meat. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 Gruen. Presented by Wil Anderson. 9.05 Reputation Rehab: Boomers. (Ml) 9.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 10.20 QI. (PG, R) 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.25 Media Watch. (PG, R) 11.40 Tick F***ing Tock. (Mal, R) 12.35 The Set. (Ml, R) 2.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Building Britain’s Canals. (PG, R) 8.30 The Great Train Robbery: The Hidden Tapes. (M) 9.25 Outback Rabbis: Untold Australia. (PGa, R) 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 24 Hours In Emergency. (MA15+al, R) 11.50 MOVIE: Final Portrait. (2017, Malns, R) 1.25 Riviera. (Malv, R) 3.15 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.30 Full Frontal. (Ma, R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGav) 7.30 Britain’s Got Talent. (PG) Hosted by Ant and Dec. 10.00 Sun, Sea And Surgery. (MA15+a) A look at Turkey’s Comfort Zone clinic. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Celebrity Obsessed: Sandra Bullock. (MA15+av) A look at an incident involving Sandra Bullock. 12.00 Code Black. (Mav, R) Willis and Campbell are sent to a Russian submarine. 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 ARIA Awards. (Ml) From The Star Event Centre, Sydney. 9.30 The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story. (Mal, R) Music special. 11.15 Nine News Late. 11.45 New Amsterdam. (Mamv, R) 12.35 My Way. (PG, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (Premiere) 8.30 Bull. Benny represents the plaintiff and Chunk represents the defendant in the same civil suit. 9.30 The Masked Singer USA. Hosted by Nick Cannon. 10.30 Bull. (Ma, R) 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. (R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC COMEDY (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Friday Night Dinner. 8.55 The IT Crowd. 9.20 Rosehaven. 9.45 Frontline. 10.15 The Thick Of It. 10.45 Ghosts. 11.15 Inside No. 9. 11.45 Schitt’s Creek. 12.40am Red Dwarf. 1.10 Threesome. 1.30 Wasted. 1.55 QI. 2.25 The Catherine Tate Show. 2.55 Hang Ups. (Final) 3.20 News Update. 3.25 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon RuPaul’s Drag Race. 1.50 Beat The Internet. 2.15 Game Of Bros. 2.50 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.00 Hunting Hitler. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Noma Australia. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Her Smell. (2018, MA15+) 10.55 MOVIE: Pariah. (2011, MA15+) 12.30am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Creek To Coast. 12.30 Weekender. 1.00 Disappeared. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 Make You Laugh Out Loud: Cutest Ever Puppy Party. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Coastwatch Oz. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Coroner. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Jonathan Creek. 11.40 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon ER. 1.00 New Tricks. 2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Sea Devils. (1953) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 11.00 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Mission: Impossible. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 NCIS: New Orleans. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.10am Shopping. 2.10 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs. 3.40pm The Dengineers. 4.15 Odd Squad. 4.35 Hank Zipzer. 5.05 School Of Rock. 5.25 All Hail King Julien. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 So Awkward. 9.15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.40 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Ponyo. (2008) 8.00 Travellers And Magicians. (2003, PG, Dzongkha) 10.00 A Matter Of Life And Death. (1946, PG) Noon Cheerful Weather For The Wedding. (2012, PG) 1.50 Belle. (2013, PG) 3.45 Project A. (1983, PG, Cantonese) 5.45 Delbaran. (2001, PG, Farsi) 7.35 Gauguin: Voyage To Tahiti. (2017, M, French) 9.30 Into The White. (2012, M, Norwegian) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Limitless. 2.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.30 Life Off Road. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Engineering Connections. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Semi-final. 10.00 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Quantum Leap. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 8.30 MOVIE: Underworld. (2003, MA15+) 11.00 The Nanny. 11.30 Malcolm. Midnight Miami Vice. 1.00 The Break Boys. 2.00 Dance Moms. 2.50 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 12.30pm Press Club. 1.40 ABC News. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 The Drum. 10.00 The World. 11.00 ABC Nightly News. 11.30 7.30. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 The Making Of Trace: The Informer. 1.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.00pm Africa On A Plate. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 3.30 Martha Bakes. 4.00 Cook’s Pantry. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. 6.00 Ready Steady Cook UK. 7.00 Bake With Anna. 7.30 My Swedish Kitchen. 8.00 French Food Safari. 8.30 A Gondola On The Murray. 9.00 The Incredible Spice Men. 9.30 Nigella Feasts. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Songlines On Screen. 2.00 Intune 08: The Flood Concert. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.25 To The Point. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 Keep Calm And Decolonize. 7.25 News. 7.30 Cold Justice. 8.30 Faces Of Harassment. 10.00 News. 10.05 Away From Country. 11.05 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Our State On A Plate. 1.30 Getaway. 2.00 Our Yorkshire Farm. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Rehab Addict: Detroit. 4.30 House Hunters Int. 5.00 Escape To The Chateau. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Barnwood Builders. 8.30 Off The Grid On The Beach. 9.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 10.30 Beach Hunters. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 AM Agenda. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 The Bolt Report. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Sky News Across Australia. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live: Our Town. 10.00 Paul Murray Live: Our Town. 11.00 Late Programs.

THURSDAY, November 26 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 To Be Advised. 10.30 Aust Story. (R) 11.00 The Recording Studio. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 Reputation Rehab. (Ml, R) 2.00 Death In Paradise. (Final, Mv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Father Brown. (PG, R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Surgery Ship. (Maw, R) 2.55 Railway Journeys UK. (PGa, R) 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (R) 4.30 Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey. (PGa, R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Honor Student. (2014, Masv, R) 2.00 Miniseries: Cheat. (Mlv, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Scottish Vets Down Under. (PG) 8.30 Griff’s Great Kiwi Road Trip: Get Some Number 8 Wire. (R) Part 2 of 3. 9.20 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) A festival queen is murdered. 10.20 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.25 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends. (Ml, R) 1.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Death In Paradise. (Final, Mv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Secrets Of Britain. (PGav, R) 8.30 Empire With Michael Portillo. (PG) Part 2 of 4. 9.25 Fargo. (MA15+) 10.30 SBS World News Late. 11.00 24 Hours In Police Custody. (Mal, R) 11.55 On Becoming A God In Central Florida. (Mals, R) 4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGav) 8.30 The Front Bar: Cricket Edition. (Return, Ml) Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at the cricketing world. 9.30 The Latest: Seven News. 10.00 The Amazing Race. (PG) Teams are in Paris, France, where they must whip up some tasty treats. 12.00 Blindspot. (Mv, R) Rich’s place in the FBI is called into question. 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Great Getaways. (Return, PG) Takes a look at Aussie getaways. 8.30 Race Across The World. (Return, PGl) Narrated by John Hannah. 11.00 Nine News Late. 11.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (Mav, R) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News. 6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. Jamie Oliver reinvents family favourites. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Ma) Deputy Chief Garland is forced to put friendships to one side after his church pastor is arrested. 10.30 This Is Us. (Ma) The Pearsons celebrate their 40th birthday. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. (R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7pm Sir Mouse. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Mock The Week. 9.30 Reputation Rehab. 10.00 Superwog. 10.25 Finding Joy. 10.50 Inside No. 9. 11.20 Doctor Who. 3.40am News Update. 3.45 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Guess How Much I Love You. 5.15 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. 5.30 Ready, Jet, Go! 5.55 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon RuPaul’s Drag Race. 1.50 Beat The Internet. 2.15 Game Of Bros. 2.50 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.00 Hunting Hitler. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Noma Australia. 5.45 The Joy Of Painting. 6.15 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 My Penis And Me. 10.15 100 Vaginas. 11.10 Addicted Australia. 12.10am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 Travel Oz. 8.30 Harry’s Practice. 9.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Hospital. 1.00 Disappeared. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.30 House Of Wellness. 3.30 To Be Advised. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Coastwatch Oz. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon ER. 1.00 As Time Goes By. 2.20 Explore. 2.25 Antiques Roadshow. 2.55 MOVIE: Heavens Above! (1963, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 9.30 The First 48. 10.30 The Price Of Duty. 11.30 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Mission: Impossible. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 NCIS: New Orleans. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 SEAL Team. 12.30am Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs. 3.40pm The Dengineers. 4.15 Odd Squad. 4.35 Hank Zipzer. 5.05 School Of Rock. 5.25 All Hail King Julien. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.45 So Awkward. 9.15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.40 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am A Matter Of Life And Death. Continued. (1946, PG) 7.10 Project A. (1983, PG, Cantonese) 9.10 Belle. (2013, PG) 11.05 Ponyo. (2008) 1.05pm Wildwitch. (2018, PG, Danish) 3.00 Cheerful Weather For The Wedding. (2012, PG) 4.50 Forever Enthralled. (2008, PG, Mandarin) 7.30 Stage Beauty. (2004, M) 9.35 Beanpole. (2019, MA15+, Russian) 12.05am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Limitless. 2.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.30 Life Off Road. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Engineering Connections. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. First semi-final. 10.00 MOVIE: Soldier. (1998, MA15+) 12.05am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Quantum Leap. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. (1994, M) 9.15 MOVIE: American Pie. (1999, MA15+) 11.10 The Nanny. 11.40 Malcolm. 12.10am Miami Vice. 1.10 Xtreme Collxtion. 2.10 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 The Drum. 10.00 The World. 11.00 ABC Nightly News. 11.30 7.30. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. (Final) 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.15 The Business. 1.30 Drum. 2.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.00pm Africa On A Plate. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Food Lover’s Guide. 3.30 Martha Bakes. 4.00 Cook’s Pantry. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. 6.00 Ready Steady Cook UK. 7.00 Bake With Anna. 7.30 Plat Du Tour. 8.00 Donal’s Asian Baking Adventures. 8.30 May’s Kitchen. 9.00 Destination Flavour Singapore. 9.30 Nigella Feasts. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Water Is Life. 2.00 Away From Country. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.25 To The Point. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 Keep Calm And Decolonize. 7.25 News. 7.30 Black As. 7.40 American Soul. 8.30 The Point. (Final) 9.30 MOVIE: Once Were Warriors. (1994, MA15+) 11.15 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Off The Grid On The Beach. Noon Barnwood Builders. 1.00 Louisiana Flip N Move. 2.00 Beach Hunters. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 House Hunters Int. 5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters International. 8.30 Fixer Upper. 9.30 Unsellable Houses. 10.30 Housewives Of Beverly Hills. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Southern BBQ pork ribs

Easy fried rice Ingredients • • • • • • • • • •

1 cup white longgrain rice 2 teaspoons vegetable oil 2 eggs, lightly whisked 2 bacon rashers, chopped 1 carrot, peeled and grated 2 shallots, trimmed, 1/2 cup frozen peas, thawed 1 tablespoon soy sauce Sesame seeds, to serve Shallots, sliced, extra, to serve

Method 0:20 Prep

3:00 Cook

Homemade BBQ sauce makes these

Ingredients • • • • • • • •

2 tablespoons olive oil 2 teaspoons smoked paprika 1 teaspoon chilli flakes 1 teaspoon garlic salt 1 tablespoon brown sugar 2 teaspoons dried oregano 1.5kg BBQ Ribs 400g pkt Coles American BBQ Slaw Kit

BBQ sauce • • • • • •

1 brown onion, finely chopped 400g can cherry tomatoes 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

4 Servings

garlic salt, brown sugar and dried oregano in a shallow ceramic dish. Add ribs and rub to coat. Place ribs in a lined disposable baking dish. Cover with foil. Cook in covered barbecue using indirect heat, or in oven, for 1 hour. Remove foil. Cook for a further 1 hour. Step 2 Meanwhile, to make the BBQ sauce, combine the onion, tomatoes, garlic, sugar, vinegar and Worcestershire sauce in a medium saucepan. Bring to the boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 20 mins or until thickened. Set aside to cool slightly. Transfer onion mixture to a blender or food processor. Blend or process until smooth.

Method

Step 3 Brush half the BBQ sauce over the ribs in the tray. Cook for 1 hour or until meat is tender.

Step 1 Preheat a covered barbecue on medium (alternatively, preheat oven to 160C). Combine oil, paprika, chilli,

Step 4 Prepare the salad kit following packet directions. Serve the ribs with the remaining BBQ sauce and salad.

Step 1 Cook the rice in a large saucepan of boiling

water for 12 minutes or until tender. Drain and leave to cool. Step 2 Heat oil in non-stick wok or large frying pan over medium heat. Add eggs. Swirl over base to form an omelette. Cook for 2 minutes or until set. Transfer to 0:10 Prep a chopping board. Set aside to cool slightly. Cut into short strips. Step 3 Add bacon to wok. Cook 4 minutes until light golden. Add carrot. Stir fry 1 minute. Add

0:30 Cook

4 Servings

shallots, peas and rice. Cook, stirring, 3-4 minutes. Add egg and soy sauce. Stir until heated through. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and top with extra shallots. Serve immediately.

Frozen caramel slice Ingredients • • • • • • • •

400g shortbread biscuits 80g unsalted butter, melted, cooled 1 cup (90g) desiccated coconut 1.5L caramel gelato or ice cream, softened 400g jar dulce de leche (from gourmet food stores) 200g dark (70%) chocolate, chopped 300ml thickened cream 1/4 cup (60ml)

Method Step 1 Grease the base and sides of a 5cm-deep, 20cm x 30cm lamington pan. Line with baking paper, leaving some overhanging.

0:30 Prep

EASY

Step 2 Place shortbread in a food crumbs. Add the butter, coconut and a pinch of salt, and pulse to combine. Press into the base of the prepared pan, using the back of a spoon to smooth the surface. Spread over gelato, then dulce de leche. Smooth the surface, then freeze for Step 4 Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Place cream in a pan over

12 Servings

medium heat and bring to just below boiling point. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and stir until melted and smooth. In 2 batches, stir in the oil until combined. Step 5 Cool slightly, then pour over the slice and smooth the surface. Freeze Step 6 Remove from freezer 20 minutes before serving. Using a warm knife, cut into pieces and serve immediately.

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Sale by Auction Friday 11 December 2020, 11.00am at the Drake Hotel. Inspections by appointment or open for inspection every Saturday until Auction commencing this Saturday from 10:30-11:15am

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602 ha

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Sizeable holding of approx. 602.3 hectares (1488 acres) in sleep mode with potential ready to emerge. Favourable weather will consolidate premium grasses Kikuyu, Rhodes, Setaria plus native varieties. Property Features Include: Good set of steel stockyards with all the necessaries Power on the block

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LANDMARK CASE TO LIFT AGED CARE WAGES 25 PER CENT THE Health Services Union

intend to leave the sector within the next five years,

wages for the aged care

is coming unless we see a significant boost to pay.

If the case succeeds, over 200,000 personal carers, activities officers, catering, cleaning, and administration

the Aged Care Royal Commission. We need action immediately. The best thing the Commonwealth government can do is support this pay rise for the long-suffering aged care

rise by at least five dollars an hour. The starting rate for a personal carer is currently average carer retires with If the HSU claim succeeds a qualified personal carer would see their wages increase from $23.09 to $28.86 an hour. to build in career paths and to recognise specialist carers palliative care.

The HSU recently released economic modelling which showed a 0.65 per cent rise in the Medicare levy would raise $20.4 billion over four years, funding a pay rise, an additional 59,000 aged care jobs and close to 90 minutes of additional resident care per day.

should be recognised and paid has relied for too long on the goodwill of an underpaid and Gerard Hayes, HSU President.

and support to our most vulnerable, to residents enduring episodes of sadness and at times anger. They

justice, but it also goes to the sustainability of the system.

Protecting more Australians by lowering bowel cancer screening age to 45 A NEW report released by social demographer Bernard Salt reveals a rising rate of bowel cancer among Generation Xers, notably from age 45. The report calls for the extension of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) to include people aged 45-74 (currently 50-74) to provide protection to an additional 2 million Australians, helping to reduce bowel cancer deaths. Report author Bernard

bowel cancer is the only cancer to show an increase in mortality

cancer detection rates (in Australia) between the ages of 49 and 50, with 45% of cancers diagnosed at an advanced stage, which suggests undetected cancers in the late 40s population.

bowel cancer in younger Australians, a lower startage for screening should be part of the solution, along with improved symptom awareness for millennials and their

in the 45-49 cohort. It is also the cancer that of early detection offered

he said. Developed by The Demographics Group and commissioned by Bowel Cancer Australia, the Protecting nine million Australians: the case for screening from age 45 report examines the growing impact of bowel widening of the screening cancer in people under program beginning at age 50 and the benefits of 45 would bring around 2 lowering the screening million extra Australians age. Its release coincides into the safety net of this Program, reducing recommendation from mortality from bowel the United States cancer and preventing family trauma in a Force (USPSTF) for relatively young lifecycle screening to start at age 45. The report also reveals and projected mortality a lethality for those aged rates, it is evident that 25-34 who are not aware bowel cancer is a major threat to the 45-49 age cancer and would benefit The report shows a

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program from 50 to 45.

education and awareness campaign to combat the late detection of the disease resulting in high mortality rates. bowel cancer deaths in those aged 30-34 over the last decade is especially worrying. Many millennials were

fewer than 50 percent are. Cancer Society called for screening to start at 45 given the rising rates in younger people and 2020 recommendation from the US Preventive Wiggins said.

Between 2006 and

enraged by my (satirical) comments about smashed avocado. I am hoping that by listening to what I have to say this time around, they will experience better health outcomes via the early detection of bowel Author and investigative journalist was diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer After ten months of aggressive treatment, including surgery and chemotherapy, the Melbourne-based mother-of-two believes many people could be saved from such a brutal ordeal.

Morris-Marr said. survived and recovered anyone else to experience the horrendous battle I endured, a precarious fight that many tragically The writer also advocates for people to be more aware of bowel cancer symptoms and for GPs not to dismiss the possibility of bowel cancer in younger patients. misdiagnosed for many months, so my view is if a younger patient has abdominal symptoms GPs should consider bowel cancer as a cause and not hesitate to

simple test available that can detect bowel cancer in its earliest stages, well before you even experience symptoms,

further reinforces the

essential the screening

the screening age of the

Bowel Cancer Australia

cases in Australians under age 50 and over 2,700 deaths. More than half of new cases diagnosed were at an advanced stage when the cancer is harder to treat and survival rates low. Bowel cancer can be successfully treated in almost 99 percent of cases if detected at its earliest stage, however,

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JAMES BLUNDELL PLAYS MACLEAN BOWLO

James Blundell plus support Monkey Finger. Saturday, November 21, doors open 7pm. Tickets $30 per person available online now www.trybooking.com/670068 or from the Club’s bar. Don’t miss out limited tickets - seated event with covid regulations applicable.

Conservatorium celebrates St Cecilia with performance CLARENCE Valley music lovers are in for a treat on Sunday when the Clarence Valley Conservatorium celebrates the patron saint of musicians, St Cecilia. Performances will come from the Conservatorium’s teachers: Bronwyn Berman, Cherry Collins, Sharon Davidge, Ryan Enns, Greta Enns, Luke Gough, Jayne Logan, Sara Nicholls, Melissa Smith and Adam Wills. Saint Cecilia has played an important role in the history of the Clarence Valley Conservatorium. For many years the Conservatorium was known as St Cecilia’s Music Academy and many Grafton locals

were given their music education by our own Sister Cecilia Moran. So we like to think that every year on this day we pay tribute to them both through sharing our gift of music and drama. The concert begins at 2pm in the Moran Auditorium of the Clarence Valley Conservatorium at 8 Villiers St, Grafton. Ticket prices are: $5 adults and $10 family. They are available at the conservatorium, on the phone 6643 3555 or online at www.cvcon. com.au.

Art influenced by nature and connection to Country

A DESIGN by Mullaway artist Tulli Stevens (pictured) that celebrates Gumbaynggirr culture has been chosen as the main design theme for the West Woolgoolga Sports Complex. “The new community complex is going to be a focal point for the Northern Beaches and beyond and we wanted to ensure that the Gumbaynggirr heritage and culture of the region would be honoured in the design which is such an important part of the welcome of the new facility,” said Coffs Harbour Mayor Councillor Denise Knight. “It’s wonderful that we were able to share this news during NAIDOC Week.” Tulli Stevens won the commission with her work ‘Gawbarri’ which means ‘meet, get together, gather’ after Coffs Harbour City Council and the National Aboriginal Design Agency (NADA) collaborated on an Expression of Interest for an Aboriginal design. Jane Tavener, NADA Manager, said: “It has been a

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real pleasure to work alongside Coffs Harbour City Council and the Populous team on this project, and we are so excited that Tulli’s artwork was selected to be used throughout the new building. Being included from the beginning of the design process has shown respect for the artist’s work and the significance of the site to the Northern Gumbaynggirr people. This project is an example of best practice in working with Aboriginal artists, their work and their community.” Tulli has lived in Mullaway her entire life and her paintings reflect family, community, and the complex, elemental beauty of patterns in nature. She is strongly influenced by nature and her connection to Country. Tulli Stevens said: “Gawbarri pays homage to beautiful Woolgoolga, where the rainforest meets the sea. It consists of one single continuous line throughout the ocean inspired background.

The dot painting in the centre represents the rainforest and bush tucker, the Wiigul (black apple tree) with the fruit being foraged. The continuous line representing the walking tracks, journeys and stories held on the land of the proposed site. The pathways lead to the centre, bringing the community together to a meeting place.” Principal design consultants Populous worked with Tulli and NADA throughout detailed design. Populous architect Belinda Goh said: “The artwork has beautifully captured the design story of Gumbaynggirr Country, where the rainforests meet the ocean and how WWSC creates a place for gathering.”

The main expression of the artwork will be in the entry screen to the north east of the centre which will act as a beacon for the main gathering point of the site. A large representation of the artwork internally will bring colour and enliven the entry space. “We know that local residents really value facilities that contribute to the quality of life we enjoy on the Coffs Coast, and Council is very focused on providing community facilities that demonstrate excellence in design on all levels. Populous have done an exceptional job incorporating Tulli’s work,” said Nikki Greenwood, Council’s Group Leader City Prosperity. “The West Woolgoolga Sports Complex

is going to be a truly worldclass community facility for the Northern Beaches.” The West Woolgoolga Sports Complex project includes: • Playing Fields to cater to AFL, Cricket, with tournament overlay for Touch Football as well as multi use fields, including lighting, drainage and amenities. • Northern Beaches MultiPurpose Centre: two indoor courts (Basketball and Netball), stage, kitchen, multi-purpose rooms, amenities. • Civil works including roadways, shared pathways, carparks and services. The complex is expected to be completed by late 2022.

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GREAT SOUTHERN NIGHTS AT LISMORE CITY HALL social scene of the general public. “My good friend and excellent sound engineer/ producer George Georgiadis spent the week at our house, helping to uncover how each song, on what was to be my EP, wanted to be represented. He helped clarify what I wanted to express in the lyrics in this one,” Tainui said. Saturday 21 November 2020, 7.30pm. The Studio, Lismore City Hall.

No Frills Twins with special guests

Tainui Richmond with special guests Tainui’s latest single Complacent is a deeply personal and honest snapshot of a transformational time in his life. “My dad, Terepai Richmond (The Whitlams, Directions in Groove), played the drums in our garage on this track, and as we were tracking, he expressed he felt intoxicated just playing the slow groove.” A boozy, yet intricately woven, glistening stalactite, hanging from the ceiling of a dark smoky room, the song is an expression of the transition from adolescence to adulthood; finding your feet in a confusing time post high-school hood amongst the

The twins were singing, songwriting and performing from the moment they could talk. “From a young age we were using songwriting to explore and understand things in the world that seemed beyond our understanding or control,” Arna says about their lyrics. Their carefree creativity and independence soon saw the pair self-releasing theatrical pop songs paired with equally outlandish videos. Among them was the tongue-in-cheek, electro-pop YouTube hit, God Bless The Internet (2015) which has earned itself millions of views on YouTube and established the duo as respected songwriters. After independently paving their own success, in 2017 they signed to Island Records and made their mark with a series of dynamic singles that showed off their unique versatility and eclectic style.

More recently, the duo performed for the streaming festival, Isol-Aid alongside fellow Australian artists Stella Donnelly, Angie McMahon and Julia Jacklin. With new music coming soon, music lovers are in for a treat from the No Frills Twins. Thursday 26 November 2020, 7.30pm. The Studio, Lismore City Hall. Presented by Great Southern Nights TICKETS $40pp + transaction fee (tables 2-8) allocated seating. Please note there is a $4.40 transaction fee. The licensed bar will be open from 6.30pm, and also during and after the shows. Drinks purchased from the bar are permitted inside the Studio. No BYO.

Cavalier Comedy comes to Lismores Gollan Hotel CAVALIER Comedy is set to launch a series of monthly showcases featuring the best local and interstate comedians at Lismore’s Gollan Hotel, with a massive headline act you won’t forget. Greg Sullivan is an awardwinning stand-up comedian, writer and broadcaster with over 25 years experience and will headline the show on November 20. Greg (pictured) has performed at the famous LA Improv and embodied many roles at Triple M Brisbane spanning an incredible 14 years. He’s performed on television, in theatres, at major festivals, overseas, to corporate big wigs and to small groups of disinterested tradies whilst standing on the back of a ute. Here’s what the papers had to say: “FOR SALE: 1984 Datsun Bluebird. Any offer

accepted.” - Trading Post, 2007. Alexandra Hudson is a newcomer to the local comedy scene and delightfully staggers and stumbles through life’s experiences, sharing little musings about her life as a disabled woman and her observations about the foreign, non-disabled world she lives in. Matt Sutherland is one of those acts who who should’ve made it as a big name, touring comic but the universe conspired otherwise.. expressing its divinity through his body as a channel, he’d spent years practicing yogic breathing, meditation and fleecing the wealthy with spiritual talks and workshops. His dedication to enlightenment and purification has granted him access to higher realms imperceptible to normal folk and after

achieving the final state of realisation, this ascended master returns to where it all began.. for the benefit of us all. Paul Mamone is the most handsome, charismatic and talented comedian on the Northern Rivers (according to his mum). His rapid fire wit, no holds barred crowd

work and moisturised face will bedazzle you into thinking that he’s friendly and open… but if you look deep into his eyes, you’ll see the angry, chubby boy still waiting for the release of a new Ninja Turtles toy with his Happy Meal. Express posted from Argentina, Martina Lascialanda is the Northern

Rivers best and most experienced (and only) Argentinian comedian. Her writing style has been described as ‘Google translated’ & she is looking forward to smashing out her fourth ever comedy gig at the Gollan. She’ll have you laughing, requesting subtitles and wondering when her visa expires. Come see Martina at the Gollan. Hosted by the animated, absurd and subversive Alf Arber, the show kicks of at 8pm, November 20 at the Gollan Hotel, Lismore. Tickets are $15 on the door or $12 online at: https://www. stickytickets.com.au/ER1BE Please note that this is a COVIDsafe event: social distancing and limited spaces apply. If you’re feeling unwell, stay home.

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Government’s JobSeeker announcement leaves millions below poverty line THE Brotherhood of St. Laurence is urging the Federal Government not to pursue further cuts to the Coronavirus Supplement, which has been a lifeline for so many Australians. Up to two million adults and one million children were pushed into poverty when the Coronavirus supplement was cut in September. The government’s slated Christmas-time cuts will be another blow. “The government claims to support families and women, but then is considering cutting critical support at a time when there is only one job vacancy

for every 12 people,” says Conny Lenneberg, Executive Director of the Brotherhood of St. Laurence. “We have seen first-hand the damage that cutting the Coronavirus supplement in September has already caused. We’ve heard from people who have not been able to put the heater on for fear of their next energy bill. We’ve heard from families that are falling into debt again. We’ve heard from single mothers who are being forced to skip meals themselves so they can afford healthy food for their kids. A further cut will cause a world of pain.”

The Brotherhood of St. Laurence is concerned the government has put off making a decision about the rate of JobSeeker until the end of March, while families will go into 2021 without enough to get by. “A brief extension of a dramatically reduced Coronavirus Supplement is not a cause of celebration, but rather a cause for dismay,” says Ms Lenneberg. “The Reserve Bank of Australia forecasts that the unemployment rate will remain high, peaking at around 8 per cent. Women have been hit hard by

the crisis – especially single mothers on JobSeeker payment. This cut will undermine their efforts to make ends meet and provide for their children.” “If the government really wanted to support people to get back on their feet, it would immediately introduce a permanent and adequate increase to JobSeeker. Now is not the time to put off making decisions. Along with so many others around the country, we are calling on the government to support Australians, to pull our children out of poverty and to Raise the Rate for Good.”

ONE MONTH LEFT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND PRIMARY PRODUCERS TO APPLY FOR BUSHFIRE GRANTS THE NSW Government has urged bushfire-impacted businesses and primary producers in regional communities to submit their applications for bushfire grants with one month to go until the 15 December deadline for three significant financial assistance programs. The $10,000 Small Business Grant, the Bushfire Recovery Grant of up to $50,000 and $75,000 Primary Producer Grant have played a vital role in keeping regional businesses and economies afloat following the devastating impact of the summer bushfires. Deputy Premier John Barilaro reaffirmed the government’s commitment to the regions and said the successful bushfire grants have made an immense difference. “We know that many have been doing it tougher than ever before, whether it’s from drought, the bushfires, or the unique challenges of COVID,” Mr Barilaro said. “I’ve committed to supporting Regional NSW at every step of this recovery

A NEW report from the corporate regulator has revealed buy now, pay later users are spending less on food in order to meet payments. Nearly a fifth of consumers says they’ve had to compromise spending on essential items such as food in order to meet their buy now, pay later payments on time. A new report on the emerging payments industry by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has revealed 20 per cent of buy now, pay later (BNPL) users felt they had to cut back on essentials in order to meet payments. ASIC’s report on the sector, which includes companies

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and these grants have kept businesses going. “We’ve provided almost $350 million to small businesses and primary producers through these three grant programs alone. “The NSW Government is committed to helping everyone who needs it, so I’m encouraging everyone to get your applications in now.” Resilience NSW Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons asked businesses and producers to make the most of the supports available. “We know that the simple act of putting a hand out for help can be incredibly difficult,” said Commissioner Fitzsimmons. “We will keep these grant programs open to December 15 to ensure people are able to come forward in their own time. I know many people and communities have already, and will continue to do so over the coming months, be dealing with the anniversary of the fires. If you haven’t managed to come forward yet to seek assistance please do so before

such as Afterpay, Klarna and Zip, also found 15 per cent of users were taking out additional credit loans in order to pay off their existing debts with a BNPL provider. The sector is predominantly seen as an alternative to credit card use and allows customers to buy goods and services on an instalment plan over several weeks. Services such as Afterpay and Zip do not charge customers interest but do charge fees if payments are missed. According to ASIC’s report, missed payments revenue had increased by more than 38 per cent compared with a year ago. However, the regulator noted missed payment fees

the programs close. “With one month to go I’m encouraging small businesses and primary producers impacted by the bushfires to access these supports. If you need any advice about the application please call the dedicated bushfire support line on 13 77 88 or visit service. nsw.gov.au,” Commissioner Fitzsimmons said. These three grants are part of the almost $4 billion joint Australian and NSW Government committment to support bushfire recovery efforts in NSW. About the three grants which close on 15 December 2020

for costs associated with the clean-up and reinstatement of organisation’s operations. The costs could include, but are not limited to: • payment for tradespeople to conduct safety inspections; • equipment and materials required for cleaning up; • the removal and disposal of damaged goods and materials; • repairing premises and • hiring equipment and/or replacing stock needed to resume operations. www.service.nsw.gov.au/ recovery-grant-directlyimpacted-small-businesses

up to $50,000 If you’re a small business and you’ve suffered direct damage to your premises or equipment as a result of the event (beginning in August 2019), you may be eligible for of up to $50,000 is to help pay

were less than late fees charged to credit card users. The report found 21 per cent of users had missed a payment. The BNPL sector is not regulated by the National Credit Act, nor is it subject to ASIC’s product intervention powers.

The grant may be used for, but is not limited to: • meeting standard business costs, including utilities, salaries and rent; support the recovery of the business; • adjusting the business to be viable in the changed local context following the • developing the business and extending business reach through marketing and communications activities; or • improvements to make the business more resilient to future disasters. www.service.nsw.gov. au/transaction/apply-small-

$10,000 Small Business Grant If your small business has $75,000 Primary Producer Grant decline in revenue as a result The Special Disaster Grant of the NSW 2019 -2020 primary producers pay for 2019), and it’s located within immediate clean-up and repairs to infrastructure. Area (LGA), you may be www.raa.nsw.gov.au/disaster eligible for the $10,000 small -assistance/special-disasterbusiness support grant.

The Australian Finance Industry Association (AFIA) has created a code of practice for the BNPL industry to ensure responsible lending and customer protection. AFIA chief executive Diane Tate said the industry would be reviewing the findings within ASIC’s report before

implementing the code in March next year. “The BNPL industry is focused on protecting vulnerable consumers while ensuring an innovative new sector broadens consumer choice and deepens competition in the Australian financial services sector,” Ms Tate said. “AFIA’s world first BNPL Code of Practice will play in a significant role in all these elements as the industry matures.” ASIC said the industry would be subject to regulatory changes in October 2021, and in combination with the code, this would provide an opportunity for the sector to address consumer harm.

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Perrottet’s tax idea would seal NSW’s fate as the dirty car capital of the world NEW South Wales Treasurer Dominic Perrottet will cement his state’s status as the dirty car capital of the world if he follows through with a scheme to whack a tax on electric vehicles, according to the Electric Vehicle Council. EVC chief executive Behyad Jafari said the Treasurer’s puzzling position, if retained, would be a crushing disappointment to those who could see the abundant potential of electric vehicles for New South Wales. “No other jurisdiction in the world – aside from the South Australian Coalition Government this week – has thought it sensible to apply a special new tax to electric vehicles,” Mr Jafari said.

“Yes, in the long run governments won’t be receiving as much in fuel excise as people drive more efficient vehicles. But that’s a good thing. Burning less foreign oil in our cars is good for our city air, it’s good for our health, it’s good for our climate, and it’s good for our economic sovereignty. “The money paid in fuel excise doesn’t get quarantined for roads. That’s a myth. If tax is dwindling from one area, governments don’t have to make it up from that same area. That would be like whacking a new tax on nicotine gum because you’re worried about a drop in the tobacco excise. It’s madness. “One day, when electric

vehicles start becoming common place, the time may come to consider new taxes. But at this point in our history, when we should be doing everything possible to encourage people to switch to electric vehicles, this tax would be pure poison. “Of all the jurisdictions in

CRACKDOWN ON UNFAIR CONTRACT TERMS TO PROTECT SMALL BUSINESSES

THE Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has welcomed a national agreement to strengthen protections for small businesses from Unfair Contract Terms. Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar announced today that Commonwealth and state and territory governments have agreed to make unfair contract terms unlawful, giving courts the power to impose a civil penalty when a breach occurs. “The government has clearly listened to the concerns my office has long held in relation to the impact of unfair contract terms imposed on small businesses by big businesses,” Ms Carnell says. “Importantly these reforms will ensure unfair contract terms are illegal and the courts will have the power to levy penalties for breaches. “Equally, we welcome the expansion of the definition of small business to under $100 million turnover or up to 100 employees, which means 99% of businesses will be afforded these protections.

“The removal of the requirement for a contract to be below a certain threshold also represents significant progress for small businesses. “While these reforms do offer small businesses more confidence to enter into a contract with a larger business, it is disappointing that unfair contract terms will still need to be decided by the courts. “This has proven to be a significant barrier for small business as pursuing legal action is a costly, stressful and time-consuming exercise. “That’s why my office continues to recommend giving the regulators additional powers to penalise businesses found to have imposed unfair contract terms on a small business. “It’s also crucial these reforms apply to government contracts, which often impose unfair contract terms on small businesses. “We look forward to seeing draft legislation to ensure these necessary reforms come to fruition as a matter of urgency.”

the world New South Wales would have to be one of the last who should worry about the speed of EV uptake. New South Wales is already languishing up the back of the pack in the global race toward electric vehicles. Mr Perrottet now wants to blow out our tyres.

“Modelling by EY, released just weeks ago, shows every electric car sold today is a net win for government coffers and a net win for the economy more broadly. Why would any government try to discourage that? “As any Liberal worth their salt will tell you, when you whack a big new tax on something you discourage its use. That’s exactly what would happen here to the determent of every citizen in New South Wales – and to the detriment of the planet. “New South Wales is already a global dirty car magnet because other nations have restrictions on emissions. Mr Perrottet’s plan would well and truly cement that status.”

Insolvency reform legislation The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has welcomed legislation introduced into Parliament today, overhauling the insolvency framework. The legislation tabled will make is easier for small businesses to restructure or wind up and are in line with the recommendations made in the Ombudsman’s Insolvency Practices Inquiry final report, released in July. “These landmark reforms will be a game-changer for small businesses, particularly those that have been heavily impacted by the COVID crisis,” Ms Carnell says. “Instead of finding themselves on an express train to winding up with no control over the process, these changes will ensure small businesses will have the option to turn their business around, giving them a fighting chance to survive. “Crucially, by moving to the ‘debtor in possession’ model, small businesses can restructure their debts while remaining in control of their business. “For those businesses that sadly need to wind up, the liquidation process will be simpler, faster and cheaper. “We know the pandemic, which followed a devastating season of natural disasters, has driven many small businesses to the brink.

“Modelling by Deloitte Access Economics estimated about 240,000 small businesses are at risk of failure. “This is exactly why small businesses need to sit down with their trusted and accredited financial adviser for a viability assessment as a matter of urgency. “It is this critical first step that small businesses would be more likely to make if the government adopted our recommendation to establish a small business viability program, providing small business owners facing financial stress with a grant valued up to $5,000 to access tailored advice on the state of their business. “Unfortunately small businesses with cash flow issues, compounded by falling revenue, may not seek out professional advice because it is deemed unaffordable. This could prove to be devastating for the business, staff and family. “Ultimately this legislation represents enormous progress and if passed, the new insolvency process will be available to small businesses from 1 January 2021. “Crucially, this will give otherwise viable small businesses a chance to recover, preventing a wave of unnecessary insolvencies.”

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SPIRITED SWIFT SPREADS ITS WINGS

By Derek Ogden THE Suzuki Swift might be in the featherweight division of the car market, but joining the upgraded flagship Sport, the Series II is far from light-on in modern features of the automobile. With up to $2000 in added features, including advanced safety technology, the recently released Series II of the Japanese hatchback represents very good value for money at $18,990, plus on-road costs, for the entry-level Swift GL Navigator manual. The GL Navigator manual and automatic, GL Navigator Plus, and GLX Turbo automatic continues the threemodel line-up. Two engines are fitted, either a 1.2-litre four-cylinder 1.0-litre, three-cylinder turbocharged unit in the GLX. Standard features across the board include blind spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert,

heated door mirrors and reverse parking sensors. New additions across all grades include digital speedometer and auto-up windows. Rear speakers, already standard in the GLX Turbo, have been added to the GL Navigator variants. Exterior design changes include a new front bumper and grille, and new sporty alloy wheels. STYLING Exterior design changes include a newly engineered front bumper and grille, and new alloy wheels with low rolling resistance in keeping with its sporty nature. Rear door handles again follow the modern design trend without taking anything away for the Swift character. The Swift Series II colour line-up remains the same, except for the two-tone grey which has been replaced with a single grey tone. INTERIOR A flat-bottom steering

wheel, which is adjustable for tilt and reach in GLX only, gives the driver the ability to tailor the best position. The Swift has 242 litres of luggage space, 32 litres more than the previous model. The area has been optimised to carry a wide range of cargo, made easy to load by a high-lift tailgate. INFOTAINMENT A 7-inch four-zone touch screen, situated the central dashboard, enables easy access to audio and video playback and hands-free phone and navigation. Thanks to Apple Auto, the driver can also connect a smartphone. ENGINES / TRANSMISSIONS The GLX test car was powered by a 1.0-litre turbocharged threecylinder putting out 82 kW of power and 160 Nm of torque. The GLX Turbo gets a six-speed torque-converter auto as its only transmission

option. The GL Navigator and GL Navigator Plus are powered by a 66 kW / 120 Nm 1.2-litre four-cylinder motor. Both are available transmission. A fivespeed manual is also available in the base GL Navigator. SAFETY More and more new vehicles are taking up advanced warning systems such as blindspot monitoring which detects vehicles in or approaching the rear blind spots flanking the Swift with an illuminated LED icon in the relevant exterior mirror. Rear cross-traffic alert uses side radar to alert the driver of approaching vehicles on either side of the vehicle when reversing the Suzuki out of car park spaces. Reverse parking sensors and heated door mirrors complete the picture behind. On top of the above are six airbags, standard across the Swift range, active safety takes in electronic stability

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control, ABS anti-skid braking with electronic brake-force distribution and brake assist. The GLX adds autonomous emergency braking.

service intervals for GL Navigator variants and 12-month / 10,000 km service intervals for the GLX Turbo (the test vehicle).

DRIVING With peak power of 82 kW at a distant 5500 rpm, the 1-0 litre three-cylinder motor needs some attention to get the best out of it. Turbocharging earns its keep here. Engineers looked to Europe for Swift nimbleness and agility from a the carried-over platform and suspension. For example, a new underbody contributes to lower fuel consumption and better performance in terms of acceleration, turning and stopping. Steering is sharp with a light and highly rigid suspension and is able to follow contours in the road but does pick up bumps and share them equally among all occupants. Large glassed areas all round make for a bright interior, wide views for passengers and the expansive rear window fills the whole of the interior rear-view mirror giving the driver, together with reversing camera, a safe indication

SUMMARY Suzuki works well in a highly competitive small-car market, has expanded and upgraded its best-selling Swift with the Series II. The winner could only be the buyer.

Petrol consumption on test averaged 6.7 litres per 100 kilometres in city and suburbs, and 3.8 litres per 100 kilometres at motorway speeds, which just about fits in 5.1 litres per 100 kilometres combined urban / highway figure. The new Swift Series II has a five-year unlimited kilometre factory warranty. It also hasa capped price service program of 12-month / 15,000 km

AT A GLANCE Suzuki Swift GL 1.2 Navigator manual $18,990 Suzuki Swift GL 1.2 Navigator automatic $19,990 Suzuki Swift GL 1.2 Navigator Plus automatic $21,490 Suzuki Swift GLX 1.0 Turbo automatic $25,290 Suzuki Swift Sport 1.4 Turbo manual $29,990 Suzuki Swift Sport 1.4 Turbo automatic $31,990 Metallic paint $595 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery local Suzuki dealer for drive-away prices. SPECIFICATIONS (Suzuki Swift GLX 1.0L Boosterjet Turbo 3-cylinder petrol, 6-speed automatic hatchback) ENGINE: cylinders Maximum Power: 82 kW @ 5500 rpm Maximum Torque: 160 Nm @ 1500-4000 rpm Fuel Type: Petrol 91 RON (ADR 81/02): 5.1 L/100km DRIVELINE: Sixspeed automatic

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NEW GENERATION GENESIS G80

Suspension uses advanced Road Preview technology An 18-way power

By Ewan Kennedy THE latest generation Genesis G80 is virtually all new and is offered in Australia in two versions. The Genesis G80 2.5T is powered by a 2.5-litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine with 224kW and 422Nm. It drives the rear wheels through an eight-speed automatic transmission. The flagship Genesis

G80 3.5T AWD features a twin-turbo 3.5-litre V6 with 279kW and 530Nm. It sends power to off four wheels via an eight-speed automatic. It has 20-inch alloys with Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tyres. Standard convenience and luxury features in G80 include wireless (Qi standard) smartphone charging, 12-way poweradjustable heated and

ventilated front seats, a panorama sunroof, 21-speaker Lexicon premium audio, and DAB+ radio. G80 2.5T has genuine leather and real wood-finished trimmed and a 14.5-inch HD touchscreen multimedia interface. It rides on 19inch alloy with Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyres. A smart Genesis Adaptive Control

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hatchback as a station wagon and seems likely to get quite a few buyers based on its body shape alone. Measuring 4.3 metres long, 1.77 m wide and 1.55 m high, the Peugeot 2008 seats five, with room for three adults in the back seat. The cargo area has a volume from 434 litres to 1,467 litres depending on the interior

seat with Ergo Motion massage function. The Intelligent FrontLighting System has matrix-type headlights.. Genesis is offered in Australia with a Luxury Package for both variants. This upgrades it to Nappa leather trim and suede headlining and pillars. It all has a 12.3-inch full screen 3D instrument cluster, and three-zone climate control. There are 10 airbags and should you be arrangement Two engines are on offer. The PureTech 130 horsepower, fitted to the Peugeot Allure, develops 96 kilowatts of power and 230 Newton metres of torque. It has a six-speed automatic transmission. The PureTech 155 horsepowers is standard for GT Sport, it produces 114 kilowatts and 240 Newton metres. Its auto is an eight-speeder. The latest version i-Cockpit has a new 3D display which projects information in hologram form in the foreground and background. The centre consolemounted infotainment system has a 7-inch colour touchscreen for Allure and 10-inch screen for GT Sport. 3D Navigation is standard for GT Sport while MirrorScreen for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity is standard across the range. Premium materials for the seat and door trims including Nappa leather upholstery for GT Sport

unlucky enough to have a crash. Doing their best to avoid that crash are Genesis Active Safety Control technologies, including a multi-function Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist, Driver Attention Warning, Blind-Spot Collision AvoidanceAssist and a Surround View Monitor with 3D function. Eleven exterior colours for G80 include nine gloss metallic/ mica shades and two matte finishes. Inside five upholstery colour combinations, paired with two open-pore real as standard, quality carpets and matching headlining. The interior can be personalised with a choice of eight customisable LED mood lighting colours. A clever modular boot floor can be positioned in two levels, the upper position for easy flat boot lip unloading and level load bay when the seats are folded. In this hidden storage area. The lower position provides extra depth. Peugeot 2008 is the lowest cost model, the 2008 Allure features directional LED headlights, 17-inch diamond-cut alloy wheels, and gloss black longitudinal roof bars. The 2008 GT Sport has as standard a connected 3D navigation, leather upholstery, 18-inch Onyx Black alloy wheels, Diamond Black roof, premium black interior, eight-colour interior ambient lighting and heated, massage (driver only) front seats. GT Sport also features adaptive cruise control

wood trims. As is becoming increasingly the norm from Korean marques the G80 features a locally developed chassis tune honed over thousands of kilometres across a wide range of roads in Australia. MODEL RANGE G80 G2.5 2.5T: $84,900 G80 G3.5 3.5T AWD: $99,900 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Genesis dealer for drive-away prices.

with complete Stop & Go and Active Blind Spot Monitoring. An electric opening sunroof is optionally available to the 2008 GT Sport. The new generation Peugeot 2008 comes unlimited kilometre warranty, five-year roadside assistance and five-year Service Price Promise program. Peugeot Australia General Manager, Kate 2008 is automotive haute current small SUV market segment. The end result is a new and exciting vehicle bringing a fresh perspective in its approach to the segment, an outstandingly stylish car delivering innovative design and engineering MODEL RANGE 2008 Allure: $34,990 (automatic) 2008 GT Sport: $43,990 (automatic) Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Peugeot dealer for drive-away prices.

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ORIENT EXPRESS MEETS EURO STAR

By Derek Ogden BECAUSE of the billions of dollars needed to design, develop and manufacture a vehicle these days, economic social distancing is a thing of the past. What were once bitter rivals in a notoriously competitive industry are hopping into bed with each other, sharing automotive architecture, technology and production methods associated with a new car. Recent palling up of Peugeot, Renault and Mitsubishi is an example, which has led to the production of the first Mitsubishi Express van in more than seven years. One look at the vehicle gives the game away, with styling straight out of the Trafic playbook, one of products. New grille, bonnet and badging are the only differences. Manufactured in France, the Mitsubishi Express is offered in short or long wheelbase, with a choice of manual or automatic transmissions. It comes with standard dual sliding doors across the range. Both van styles are powered either by a 1.6-litre twin turbocharged diesel engine or a 2.0-litre single turbo diesel motor with a 25-litre AdBlue tank for improved emissions. The 1.6 unit is available only with a six-speed manual transmission, while

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the 2.0 model takes a six-speed dual-clutch automatic. All variants are front-wheel drive Extended Grip function, a traction control system activated by the driver to assist in low-grip conditions. Mitsubishi versus Renault pricing is pretty much line ball, with the Express GLX short wheelbase 1.6 turbo diesel manual (the test vehicle) selling for $38,490, plus on-road costs, compared to the corresponding Renault Trafic 1.6 SWB Pro at $36,990. STYLING The Express has been specifically designed to support the busy delivery driver, with sliding doors on either barn door with 85 and 160-degree stops. The latter is made easy for loading and unloading by a step integrated into the rear bumper. The high-sided square-set vehicle rides on standard 16-inch steel wheels, with a full-size spare located under the cargo floor. Exterior colours are black, red or platinum grey (silver). INTERIOR Three hard wearing black fabric seats take pride of place across the whole cabin width. comfort with some lateral support, while the other positions are flat and on the firm side.

The driver gets a centre retractable armrest, manual height and lumbar adjustment, as well as a steering wheel adjustable for height and reach. He or she has easy access to controls and equipment. The dashboard top features open space for storage of paperwork and pens, while a smartphone can be clipped into a dashmounted cradle. Rubber floor coverings make the cabin serviceable and easy to keep clean. INFOTAINMENT The audio system is sparse by modern standards but is enabled for Bluetooth and USB connection, offering hands-free phone and music streaming. ENGINES / TRANSMISSIONS The 1.6-litre twin turbocharged fourcylinder diesel engine in the short wheelbase Express produces maximum power of 103 kW at 3500 rpm and 340 Nm or torque at 1500 rpm. Mated with a six-speed manual transmission the combination has a measured fuel consumption of 6.2 litres per 100 kilometres on the combined urban / highway cycle. The test vehicle clocked up 8.8 L/100 km during a stretch with similar surroundings and varying loads. SAFETY Standard features in

the Mitsubishi Express SWB manual include cruise control with speed limiter, automatic stop / go, which can be turned off, and hill start assist. Also standard are rear-park assist, antilock braking, electronic brakeforce distribution, electronic stability control and a driver blind spot mirror in the passenger sun visor. There are five airbags, including driver and passenger front and side curtain airbags, and a driver thorax airbag. The passenger airbag can be manually deactivated in cases where the cabin is reconfigured. DRIVING Despite side steps, there is a climb to get into the seats. Grab handles here would not go amiss Setting off has its quirks too, with the automatic door locking going off almost like a gunshot. Under way, however, the Express 1.6 SWB on test behaved in an easygoing manner with the twin turbos whistling along in unison. The absence of a solid bulkhead had the empty van echoing to the sound of intrusive booming in the cabin. However, this became more manageable with the addition of soundabsorbing loads. Short wheelbase by name, but five-metre length by nature put pressure on parking, while solid sides presented a major blind spot, especially when

The new Mitsubishi Express bears only subtle styling changes from the European Renault Trafic van.

reversing. Large split side exterior mirrors and rear parking sensors helped here, while a wide-angle mirror on the passenger sun visor stepped up to increase rear vision. Loading the 5.2 cu m cargo space in the short wheelbase van is made easy by the all-round access, with space allowing a standard pallet to be slotted between the rear wheel arches. Loads are held safely by up to 16 tie-down points at various heights. Mitsubishi has recently updated its Diamond Advantage Program, with the newcar warranty extended to ten years or 200,000 kilometres. providing the vehicle is serviced by a company dealer. If owners do not service with a Mitsubishi dealer, the warranty reverts to five years / 100,000 km. Capped price servicing is also extended to 10 years / 150,000 km and roadside assistance to four years with authorised Mitsubishi dealer servicing. SUMMARY For those with fond memories of the original Japanese Express, the European input might appear misplaced. However, the van on which the new model is based is the tried-and-tested best-selling products. AT A GLANCE Mitsubishi Express GLX SWB 1.6 turbo diesel manual $38,490 Mitsubishi Express GLX SWB 2.0 turbo

diesel automatic $42,490 Mitsubishi Express GLX LWB 1.6 turbo diesel manual $40,490 Mitsubishi Express GLX LWB 2.0 turbo diesel automatic $44,490 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Mitsubishi dealer for drive-away prices. SPECIFICATIONS (Mitsubishi Express GLX 1.6L twin-turbo diesel, 6sp manual, short wheelbase van) ENGINE: Capacity: 1.598 litres Configuration: Four cylinders in line Maximum Power: 103 kW @ 3500 rpm Maximum Torque: 340 Nm @ 1500 rpm Fuel Type: Diesel Combined Fuel Cycle (ADR 81/02): 6.2 L/100km DRIVELINE: Sixspeed manual FWD DIMENSIONS, WEIGHT AND CAPACITIES: Length: 4999 mm Wheelbase: 3098 mm Width: 1956 mm Height: 1971 mm Turning Circle: 11.8 metres Kerb Mass: 1810 kg Fuel Tank Capacity: 80 litres BRAKES: Front: Ventilated disc Rear: Solid disc STANDARD WARRANTY: Ten years / 200,000 kilometres (with conditions)

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ASTON MARTIN DB4 GT By David Pike

Imposing front of the GWM Cannon Dual Cab 4x4 will attract those who like to be seen as big and bold.

By Ewan Kennedy

differently about their next ute.

GWM Australia has announced that its expanded Ute range will start from $33,990 driveaway for the Cannon Dual Cab 4x4. It will have a 2.0-litre turbo-diesel engine (120kW / 400Nm) driving through a ZF eight-speed automatic. We are assured that NVH levels are significantly improved over the previous Great Wall Ute. We can hopefully confirm this is correct when we get ourselves into the driving seat of one. Safety features such are extensive, with Lane Keep Assist, seven airbags and Autonomous Emergency Braking with pedestrian detection. GWM Australia Head of Marketing

competitiveness and the opportunity in the ute segment and as such, it was important that we come in with a strong product offering and unbeatable value. The new GWM Ute firmly ticks those boxes and we expect to see increased customer interest in showrooms over the coming weeks.

believe that the new GWM Ute offers a compelling all-round package that will make Australian buyers think

started arriving into Australia and will soon start making their way to Full specifications, features and pricing will be released in midNovember. SUV and pickup truck manufacturer with more than four million vehicles sold globally under four brands: Great Wall, HAVAL, Wey and Ora.

AT the end of World War II Aston Martin was taken over by tractor magnate, David Brown. He learned that Lagonda was also having trouble raising sufficient capital to recommence operations after the war so promptly bought them also. With the purchase of Aston Martin he acquired one of their principal assets which was an excellent multi-tube space frame, coil-sprung chassis and a 2.0-litre engine intended for a planned sports car. This new design, now called the DB1 after the new owner, However, few DB1s were sold. One of an excellent twin overhead and it was decided to match this to a new version of the sports car chassis which eventually went on

1962 Aston Martin DB4 GT.

brakes which together allowed it to go from rest to 160km/h and back to rest in the incredibly short time of 30 seconds. It also featured rack and pinion steering which made it a delightful road car but in this form it was too heavy for track work. Fitting a 12-plug racing head and Weber carburettors, however, produced more than off the wheelbase to help lower the weight to only two-seater variant, the

and is now an all-time classic. A redesign of the rear end to incorporate two tiny rear seats and a tophinged tailgate produced hatchback. lengthy and luxurious body and set new standards for both appearance of grand touring cars but also handling. It had a mighty

machine were produced initially as most customers preferred the tamer DB4. But with the advent of the DB4 GT it was realised that with a little more work here was a British car which could take on the Ferrari in GT racing. Aston Martin sent a number of DB4 GT chassis to the Italian body builder

Zagato from 1960 on and these were fitted with ultra-light bodies, every one built by hand and differing in detail from the next. With a 242kw high compression competition engine, four forward ratios in the gearbox and the lightweight low drag body, top speed increased from this form the two-seater Aston Martin road car reached its zenith as a dual-purpose racing car. With spartan seats, plastic windows, hardly any upholstery and not a trace of insulation to deaden the scream of an all-alloy engine or the savage rasp of opentrumpeted carburettors, the Zagato was loud enough to wake the dead. Even so the Zagato was a very fine car and paved the way for the the DBS. Sir David Brown sold Aston Martin to

BOWLER MOTORS HOT LANDY WAGON By Ewan Kennedy IN a move that seems sure to please Land Rover enthusiasts keen on highperformance Landies, Land Rover has given Bowler Motors, part of its Special Vehicle Operations division, permission to use the original Defender shape for vehicles The upcoming road-going station wagon will share the unmistakable silhouette of the classic Defender 110 and be the first Bowler co-developed with Special Vehicle Operations engineering expertise Special Land Rover vehicles have an ultra-tough shape.

CSP high-strength steel chassis with seats, a roll cage - even comfort features such as air conditioning First renders give a glimpse of the planned station wagon, available in limited numbers from 2021, initially in UK and EU, with an indicative UK price of ÂŁ200,000 Order books will open next year. latest road vehicle and its rally raid competition models, see www.bowlermotors.com

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Grafton Cattle Market Report FROM TUESDAY 10 NOVEMBER THERE were 430 head yarded at Grafton Fat Cattle Sale 10th November 2020. There was an increase of around 200 this week with 430 head yarded. A good run of both bullocks and cows came forward, with bullocks

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Renewables to supercharge NSW’s economic recovery REGIONAL NSW communities will be the biggest beneficiaries from the Berejiklian Government’s Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap which will drive down power prices and pollution, create muchneeded jobs and deliver huge economic benefits to the state. “I would like to congratulate the NSW Government for its leadership and its vision. This will help regional communities recover from our economic crisis by creating thousands of jobs, and attracting new industry and investment. At the same time, it also addresses the climate crisis,” said the Climate Council’s CEO Amanda McKenzie. “We are witnessing an unstoppable wave of action when it comes to clean job creation and climate pledges. Australia now has three Liberal state governments - NSW, Tasmania and South Australia - with some of the strongest renewable energy targets in the country,” she said. “Renewable energy backed by storage is now the cheapest form of new generation. The direction being set by the Berejiklian

Government means everyone in NSW is guaranteed clean, reliable electricity at the lowest possible cost,” said Climate Councillor and former President of BP Australasia, Greg Bourne. “International momentum for climate action will continue to accelerate following the election of Joe Biden as the next US President. It is terrific

to see NSW moving in sync with our strategic partners like the European Union, South Korea, Japan and, now, the United States,” he said. “Exactly a year ago, NSW was on fire, scorched by horrific bushfires. The Royal Commission and NSW Bushfire inquiry found the fires were driven by climate change. I am very pleased that

the NSW Government is taking meaningful steps to reduce our emissions and keep Australians safe,” said Climate Councillor and former NSW Fire and Rescue Commissioner, Greg Mullins. “We have seen amazing leadership from the premiers in tackling COVID-19 and we are seeing that same leadership when it comes to

climate change. All states and territories have a target for net zero emissions. It really is time for the Federal Government to get on board,” he said. The Climate Council’s Clean Jobs Plan found that NSW can create 20,000-25,000 clean jobs now that will get Australians back to work while also tackling climate change.

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Certainty of water supply critical for farmers NSW Farmers is urging the NSW Parliament to deliver legal certainty for farmers undertaking floodplain harvesting. “NSW Farmers remains committed to ensuring the regulation of water delivery and supply in NSW supports our rural industries across the state,” NSW Farmers President James Jackson said. “Any doubt around what are the legal obligations of farmers in flood plain harvesting situations should be removed, and the connectivity and movement of water to all regions should continue to be examined.” “These are issues where

Government can support farmers to invest in their future and the future of agriculture in NSW, and we welcome the NSW Government commitment to have these issues resolved by 1 July 2021.” Mr Jackson said reliable and predictable water supply is the most important consideration into the decision making of farmers as they plan their ongoing production, and ultimately for the survival of regional towns and rural businesses across the state. The Water Management Amendment Regulation is designed to give legal certainty to all water users, and is a

step towards further certainty around the legitimate sharing of our valuable water resource across the state. “All regions have genuine water needs, and we support the Parliament of NSW working collaboratively to ensure agriculture, and those that rely on it, are served by clear rules and a long term and viable water sharing regime.” “NSW Farmers Association urges the parliament to ensure that land owners can be assured their day to day operations are legal, and that the Government will continue to examine the correct sharing of this valuable resource across all areas of NSW.”

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L-R Mitch Donovan (Ray Donovan Stock and Station Agents), Jennifer Dowd (Westpac Rescue Helicopter) and Ben Clark (Farrell McCrohon Stock & Station Agents Pty Ltd) LOCAL beef producers are invited to ‘Tag a Calf’ and support the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service at the Grafton Saleyards on Thursday 19th November. Ray Donovan Stock & Station Agents and Farrell McCrohon Stock & Station Agents Pty Ltd are pleased to support the Service’s ‘Tag a Calf’ initiative as part of their new Helifarmer program. Beef producers are encouraged to contact the agents and request some of the specially branded Helifarmer

cattle ear tags, then on Thursday 19th November at the Grafton Saleyards you can select to donate all or part of the proceeds from the sale of the tagged cattle to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter service. All donations are tax deductible with all support raised locally, staying locally to support the Lismore based Rescue Helicopter operations in our region. To find out more contact Jennifer on 0438 649 300.

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NEW STUDY SET TO ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF TEA TREE OIL AND BOOST INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT TEA tree is an Australian native plant well known around the world for its antimicrobial properties. Yet a lack of accessible information related to its safety, efficacy and applications has led researchers at Southern Cross University to commence a new study further investigating the medicinal plant. A systematic literature review analysing published studies currently available will be spearheaded by Associate Professor Romy Lauche of the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine in collaboration with Southern Cross Plant Science. It is funded by AgriFutures Australia. The project will seek to benefit healthcare practitioners and consumers, providing a better understanding of the current applications of tea tree oil for effective and safe use of related medicines and products. In order to meet these needs, Professor Lauche believes an updated review was urgently needed. “To make evidence-based decisions, most consumers and health practitioners rely on critical and comprehensive, yet accessible summaries of research. The last

review however was published more than 10 years ago. This project is needed to summarise and critically examine the existing evidence from published research to inform consumers, and health care providers on the safe and effective use of tea tree oil,” she said. This work is critical in increasing demand for tea tree oil and the industry’s growth, according to AgriFutures Australia Research Manager Gae Plunkett. “By highlighting the gaps in research and development, this project will likely stimulate further research and development in this area, and increase the understanding of the value of tea tree oils for health and medical benefits,” said Ms Plunkett. “It will also likely increase demand and ultimately lead to an increase in profitability at the farm gate for all Australian tea tree oil growers.” The study has recently commenced at Southern Cross University’s Lismore campus. The team of researchers seek to publish their findings mid-2021 and will make the resources available at agrifutures. com.au/tea-tree-oil

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FARMERS SET TO HARVEST BENEFITS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY ZONES FARMERS across New South Wales say the state government’s Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap will create a more resilient, productive, and prosperous agriculture sector. “This is fantastic news for farmers and regional communities,” said Charlie Prell, Crookwell sheep farmer and newly appointed chair of Farmers for Climate Action. “Large-scale renewables have already helped drought proof hundreds of farmers by providing a reliable, off-farm income stream, while also reducing emissions. Hosting wind turbines on my own farm has given me and my family a life-line as we battle the droughts and floods that are being exacerbated by climate change. “New income from hosting renewables will allow farmers to improve their farming operations, create new jobs, and improve biodiversity and ecological resilience in a changing climate. This increases our contribution to the local economy when we spend in local communities. “Access to cheaper electricity will attract agricultural industries back

to the small regional towns, to tap into affordable, locally produced electricity. “We must embrace this historic opportunity to reenergise and revitalise regional Australia, while also ensuring that this boom is shared with everyone in small regional Australian communities,” Mr Prell said.

Karin Stark, Narromine farmer and Farm Renewables Consulting director, said: “Renewable Energy Zones will directly deliver economic benefits to the people who grow Australia’s food and fibre, while tackling climate change. There are opportunities for combining grazing or cropping with

energy generation, delivering multiple value for landholders. “It will also deliver many benefits to the wider regional community through Community Enhancement Funds. Governments and developers must consult closely with local communities to ensure that they are the ones shaping the outcomes, and that

benefits of renewable energy projects are equitably shared. “Farmers and regional NSW communities welcome this smart, sensible leadership. It’s exactly what we need in order to recover from COVID-19. We urge the Federal Government to follow suit and take credible action on climate change,” Ms Stark said.

Crackdown on unfair contract terms NSW Farmers is celebrating the national commitment to strengthen unfair contract term (UCT) protections in Australian Consumer Law, which will help restore confidence to farmers in industries like poultry meat. It comes as public consultation showed UCTs remain prevalent despite protections introduced in 2016 for business-to-business contracts. NSW Farmers President James Jackson said he is not surprised by the findings, which vindicate NSW Farmers’ long-held concerns around UCTs. “Poultry meat farmers have consistently reported UCTs. Unfortunately, there is a trend for farmers to accept unfair terms because of a lack of alternative contract options,” Mr Jackson said. “The limited number of poultry meat processing plants in NSW means farmers are left with little bargaining power, which has added to a proliferation of UCTs.” Mr Jackson said NSW Farmers’ key recommendations around strengthening UCT protections have been adopted in the reform, representing a significant advocacy win on behalf of members. “We have consistently called for stronger deterrents to companies issuing unfair contracts. In rectifying a major flaw in existing protections, it will now be unlawful to include UCTs in standard form agreements, and civil penalties will apply.”

Pasture Dieback Awareness Webinar North Coast Local Land Services (LLS) invites farmers, land holders, rural advisors and service providers to a webinar on Pasture Dieback. Learn what to look for and hear about management options for an affected property. Pasture Dieback is a condition that kills off large areas of sown and native grasses. It has been present in Queensland for some time and confirmed near Murwillumbah in March 2020. “The existing protections exclude some farmers on the basis they are not considered small businesses. This definition will now be expanded to protect more farmers.” “There is widespread uncertainty around the scope of existing protections, and this was confirmed in the public consultation on the matter. A commitment has now been made to improve clarity on when protections apply, including where a standard form contract exists.” Mr Jackson concluded that these changes represent much needed reform for farmers who rely on contracts to make major business decisions and plan for the future.

It has since spread to numerous properties across the Tweed Valley. In early October, two new confirmations of pasture dieback were recorded just north of Kyogle.

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The emergency app that could mean life or death

by Halden Boyd WHILE parts of the Northern Rivers have received reasonable rainfall there is still a sharp contrast in drought areas across the region. Latest Department of

Primary Industries (DPI) Drought Maps who while many areas of NSW are getting plenty of rain the North Coast, apart from along the seaboard, is still gripped by drought, and is much worse on The Tablelands.

However the Bureau Of Meteorology is painting a better rainfall picture ahead. The Weather Bureau’s seasonal outlooks are indicating a wet summer ahead between December to February.

Red meat a standout Australian agriculture commodity in terms of market resilience THE beef and sheepmeat sectors have a far more colourful array of options for sending product overseas than other commodities like wool and wine - and an absence of reliance on any one single market. Compared to other major red meat exporting nations, Australia also has a built-in diversity providing a solid risk barrier, particularly given the strength of its domestic market. And in terms of commercial customers, beef and lamb has a finger in every pie such that no one customer, be it a hamburger chain giant or a supermarket, has the power to dictate conditions. This comforting story emerged from data presented in a Meat & Livestock Australia webinar last week, one of a series being held under a theme of resilience in the lead-up to the big research and development organisation’s annual general meeting later this month. MLA’s general manager of international markets Andrew Cox, based in Singapore, said it was competition between

end users for beef and lamb that drove meat and livestock prices, so from a resilience perspective it was how the sectors shaped up in terms of competition that counted. The end users - retailers, foodservice operators and consumers - were the ‘money at the top of the funnel’, he said. Mr Cox used a wagon wheel scenario to demonstrate just how comparatively diversified Australia’s beef and sheep meat markets were. With 12 destinations accounting for 95 per cent of Australia’s beef exports and the top three - the United States, Japan and China - all very close in size, plus a swag of smaller markets, the beef wagon wheel is very colourful. Sheep meat even more so: It has 19 destinations that account for 95pc of its exports. China may be the largest but there are plenty more options. In comparison, commodities like wool, wine and cotton are far more reliant on a single market - China - and have far few colours to their wheel. “One of the great benefits for red meat is we’ve grown

and diversified over decades and today have less reliance on single markets,” Mr Cox said. Equally, Australia’s major beef exporting nation competitors have a strong reliance on their domestic market which Mr Cox said opened them to risk - political and economic. For example, Argentina’s government put an export tax on their beef in an attempt to reduce the prices at home, he said. But export markets for these nations were also far less diversified than Australia’s, with Argentina and Brazil heavily reliant on China. “New Zealand’s sheepmeat sector has a similar spread to us but without a large domestic

market - their domestic market is only 6pc of production,” Mr Cox said. “Under a classic definition of resilience, we look good. “And when you look at commercial customers that also holds true. Sure we send a lot of Australian beef and lamb to large supermarket chains in Australia and places like Japan and we send a lot of product in the form of trim to large hamburger chains but no one customer has the ability to dictate to our industry and we have incredible risk diversification.” What does future resilience look like on the marketing side? Mr Cox said there were four things to look out for.

Understanding consumers and what competing proteins like pork and chicken were doing was the first. Secondly, monitoring trade dynamics and continually advocating, as and industry, for free and fair trade. Factoring in the economy was third. “Even before COVID-19, economic growth globally was slowing down but COVID brought whole sectors to a halt,” Mr Cox said. “That means customers who are exposed to events, hospitality and tourism are struggling but also consumers globally have less money in their pockets and are worried about their financial security. “We know we’re not the cheapest product and where people are looking to save pennies they may drop imported beef, so we need to continually demonstrate the equity we have in our brand and why we are worth paying more for.” He said resilience in supply was also of vital importance to international markets because overseas customers wanted consistency.

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Lush native Australian rainforest plants for your garden

GIVING your home garden that lush Australian native subtropical rainforest look is easier than you think. Three indigenous plants which will create this feeling and which are easy to grow are the bird’s nest fern Asplenium australasicum, the cordyline and Dianella caerulea or blue flax lily. The bird’s nest fern (pictured, top right) adds character and a vibrant greenness to any garden. Native to Australia’s east coast and preferring a shaded spot, it can survive in full sun. With a wonderful rosette of long bright-green shiny leaves, one to two metres tall, it can be planted as a feature in underplanting or used for borders and in pots. It can also be placed in the fork of a large tree, just as it is often found in a natural forest setting. Keeping the fern moist in very dry weather will ensure the foliage remains green but it doesn’t like to have wet feet, so soil should be well drained. Commonly known as palm lilies, cordylines grow naturally from the southern border of Queensland to the Sydney region. They grow in rainforests with dark, moist gullies, but can grow well in sun, and in shallow or deep soils and are very drought tolerant. An established plant should require little watering. In the garden they can reach about 5m high, so are useful as a screening plant or as an understorey for other larger trees. The highly branched stems fall in a pleasant arch.

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They can be grown in a pot, but will be more compact. Cordyline stricta (narrowleaved) and petiolaris (broadleaved) flower in spring or summer, with delicate mauve to purple flowers (pictured, right, is cordyline stricta) in 20-40 cm long strings. The flowers are followed by 10-15mm black (stricta) or red berries (petiolaris). It is unlikely to be attacked by pests or diseases, and is a food plant for the Miskin’s swift butterfly. Dianella caerulea is flowering now. Dainty indigo blue and yellow flowers, which grow in long slender strands (pictured, top), are followed by beautiful blue-purple berries. These attract butterflies and fruit-eating birds. It has dark green strappy leaves in interesting tufts to one metre in height, which are eye-catching, whether growing on its own, in rockeries or in a larger planting. It is a clumping plant, which makes it very useful for stabilising the soil, is longlived and drought and frost hardy. Growing in nearly every type of soil, in full sun or light shade, it is also well suited to coastal conditions. The berries and seeds are edible, raw, with a sweet and nutty flavour. Plants can be cut back to keep them tidy, but if you want a completely maintenance free plant, try a dianella.

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Singer Christine Anu was born in which Australian state?

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What sport would you be playing if you were using an épée?

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No. 019

The leftover letters will spell out a secret message.

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Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list? The centre letter must be included, and each letter may only be used once. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in “s”. Secret message:

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Solve all the clues and an eight-letter word will be spelled out.

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Happy, jolly Spaghetti is a type of this Sport with tries and scrums Large stream of water Elephants’ tusks are made of it

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Chocolate Factory owner, Willy _____ Australia’s _____ Barrier Reef Side of a mountain good for skiing!

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW...

THE BIG BANG THEORY

1. After 12 seasons, how many episodes did the show air? A. 500 B. 321 C. 333 D. 279

3. Which one DC Comics character does Raj despise? A. Superman B. Green Lantern C. Aquaman D. Wonder Woman

2. What is Howard’s nickname? A. Fruit Loops B. Space Cadet C. The Flash D. How Wow

4. Which person hasn’t guest starred on the show? A. Carrie Fisher B. Stan Lee C. Neil deGrasse Tyson D. Stephen Hawking

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2011

Family classic about a pig who learns to herd sheep (4) 2 Star of Fargo and BrainDead, – Elizabeth Winstead (4) 3 Name shared by actresses Brugel, Bynes and Seyfried (6) 4 Talk show host who has starred in films with Drew Barrymore and Queen Latifah, Jimmy – (6) 5 US actor of Billions, Paul – (8) 6 Star of American Horror Story, – Paulson (5) 9 Australian actress of Carol and Thor: Ragnarok, – Blanchett (4) 11 Acting cousins Stephen and Robbie – (5) 12 US actress of Waitress and Austenland, – Russell (4) 13 Bronx actress born Betty Joan Perske, Lauren – (6) 14 Child assassin played by Saoirse Ronan and Esme Creed-Miles (5)

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euro, gesture, gout, GROTESQUE, grouse, grout, guest, gust, gusto, oust, ouster, outer, outre, queer, quest, quote, request, reuse, rogue, rouge, rouse, roust, rout, route, ruse, rust, segue, sour, stour, suet, sure, surge, toque, torque, tour, true, urge, user

Each number corresponds to a letter. Can you crack the code?

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW... 1D, 2A, 3C, 4C

32 Star of Mystery Road and Jack Irish (5,8) 33 See 31-down 34 Plays a robot in Westworld, Talulah – (5) 35 Medical drama starring Ellen Pompeo and Sandra Oh, Grey’s – (7)

Oscar-nominated star of The Conners, Laurie – (7) Crime series starring Christina Hendricks, Good – (5) She played Mrs Hoggett in 1-down, – Szubanski (5) Stars as Trish Walker in Jessica Jones (7,6) Played a firefighter in Rescue Me, Denis – (5) 2017 drama starring Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield (7) Star of American Beauty and The American President, – Bening (7) English actor of Rogue One and Venom, – Ahmed (3) Oscar-winning star of Broadchurch and Fleabag, Olivia – (6) Tish Rivers in If Beale Street Could Talk, – Layne (pictured) (4) Danish series about an outspoken teacher (4) Comedian behind Master of None, Aziz – (6) Aimee Gibbs in Sex Education, Aimee – Wood (3) Reality series about young mothers (4,3) Directing brothers known for their Marvel movies, Anthony and Joe – (5) Hayley Atwell’s Marvel spin-off series, – Carter (5)

17 Crime drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr. (6) 19 Plays Ali Wong’s character’s love interest in Always Be My Maybe, – Reeves (5) 20 Star of Luther and The Affair, – Wilson (4) 21 Fran Drescher’s ’90s sitcom (3,5) 23 Macaulay Culkin’s family classic, Home – (5) 26 Brazilian actress of Deadpool and Firefly, – Baccarin (6) 27 Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau’s crime comedy (4) 28 12-down’s co-star in The Americans, Matthew – (4) 29 Starred in the US version of Kath & Kim, Selma – (5) 30 Ed Helms in The Office (4) 31, 33-across Fashion industry thriller starring Elle Fanning and Christina Hendricks, The – (4,5)

No. 019

HIDDEN WORD MERRY, PASTA, RUGBY, RIVER, IVORY, WONKA, GREAT, SLOPE, (MARRIAGE).

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4X4 ACROSS: 1. Head, 5. Idle, 6. Site, 7. Stop. DOWN: 1. Hiss, 2. Edit, 3. Alto, 4. Deep. QUIZ 1. Fencing 2. Gale 3. Kingston 4. Queensland (Cairns) 5. People’s car 6. 1920 7. Arteries 8. Fred and George Weasley 9. 1952 10. Fatboy Slim

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62 STARS

An opinion expressed or a demand that might have been made in early October but went nowhere could suddenly re-emerge and be finalised. There can be all sorts of challenges or expectations coming from others. They could simply be pushing you to find out where you stand and what you are prepared to make a commitment to. Colour: VIOLET Lucky Number: 9

An interesting conversation can arise with someone else. They could bring up a subject you thought you had dodged or escaped from. The difference now is that they will be looking for something to take a new direction. This could leave you in a situation of having to carefully analyse all the avenues you can take in the future. Colour: INDIGO Lucky Number: 4

Something you needed to pay attention to and perhaps unexpectedly in early October can now arise again, perhaps unexpectedly. This could be associated with health, general well being or daily routines. The opinion of other people could be involved and that is likely to be in a good way, providing a path to new beginnings. Colour: BLUE Lucky Number: 19

A situation you have been working at putting into place to create greater underlying peace or security can move ahead at a very steady pace from one thing to another. It could be that you will finally get an agreement you have been looking for. This could be combined with you taking a bit of a risk with something new to you. Colour: GREEN Lucky Number: 2

You are in an excellent position to weigh up the best way to put a good foundation in place that will enable you to move into enjoying life a bit more from next year after having this underlying seriousness for the last 3 years. It would not be wise though to be convinced to make snap decisions when it comes to finances though. Colour: RED Lucky Number: 15

The New Moon will be in your sign, very likely giving you the sense that something needs to change and that new directions need to be taken. This can be a 2 to 3 year process.

New opportunities can be developing behind the scenes. If there is something you thought about finishing in early October but nothing came of it, you could either get a second chance or completely different ideas can suddenly emerge. Most important is to not lose sight of your wishes and what you can really afford to do. Colour: STEEL GREY Lucky Number: 17

New things that you

by any unpredictable behaviour of somebody else or them rebelling. Your focus needs to be intently applied to your own situation Colour: PURPLE Lucky Number: 22

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to become important, especially if it means you can enjoy yourself more. This will probably mean you will need to free some time up for yourself when it comes to what has normally required your attention. This could prove to be quite a balancing act but one you can deal with. Colour: SAP GREEN Number: 27

at Cavanbah Centre Byron Bay.

You should carefully weigh up the amount of work involved when it comes to making a decision to change the way something has been structured for a long time. Freeing yourself up to some degree is a much better choice than suddenly taking on a situation that is out of the ordinary but seems to provide a new start. Colour: YELLOW Lucky Number: 10

A decision you needed to make unexpectedly in early October could now present itself again. Other facts may have emerged in between time that will now enable you to see a new way of finalising things. You should not take any risks when it comes to financial commitments. There is more than one way to work around this. Colour: ORANGE Lucky Number: 6

new responsibilities on impulse. There is a strong underlying desire for life to change and you could have a sudden insight on what is possible but burdening yourself is not the way you should go. You could sense the long- term future holds promise of greater peace or security. It does. Patience is required. Colour: LEMON Lucky Number: 33

Future plans that you either first conceived in early October or attempted to put in place without complete success can now suddenly present as a real possibility. Coupled with this is something new which could have a lot to do with feeling more rock solid about what your priorities are and putting in whatever effort is necessary. Colour: GOLD Lucky Number: 21

Showground. Contact Allie on 02 6677 1345

Casino Golf Club Markets month. Lismore Car boot

Murwillumbah Farmers at Commemoration Park Ballina.

Saturday mornings Stratheden Street, Kyogle.

Bangalow Farmers Market Sunday of the month.

Saturdays 8am till 11am at Lismore Showgrounds.

The Channon Craft

at Bangalow Hotel Carpark.

the month.

Blue Knob Farmers

Sunday of the month.

8.30am till 12pm at Blue Knob CafĂŠ, Lillian Rock.

Carrington streets. Contact Tom on 0450 688 900.

Byron Bay Farmers Market

Mullumbimby Farmers

Mullumbimby Community the month.

November 19, 2020

till 11am at Murwillumbah Showgrounds. Contact Sue on 0498 733 766.

Lismore Produce Market

11am at Mullumbimby

Wednesdays 3pm till 6pm at Green Bank Carpark. Contact Jason on 02 6689 1512 Rainbow Region Organic till 11am at Lismore Showgrounds.

Saturdays 8am till 12.30pm at Uki Hall. Wednesdays 7am till 1pm at Whiting Beach carpark. Contact Debra on 0402 404 606

In Loving Memory In Memorium

IN MEMORIAM 63 In Memorium

Paul McGrath

15.03.1957 – 16.11.2019

You are loved, You are remembered, You’re missed. Breathe easy Paul. All our love, always From Mum, Helen, Liz, Shane, Steve, Tony and their families.

Funeral Notice

KNAPP, LOUISA JOAN “Joan” 26.09.1917 ~ 10.11.2020

Passed away peacefully. Beloved Wife of Bob(dec). Cherished Mother and Mother in Law of Alayne and Bill Burnett. Love Stepmother of Warren(dec) and Darryl (Darwin). Much loved Aunt, and a great Friend to many. Special thanks to all the staff at Florence Price Gardens for their loving care of Joan. Family and Friends are invited to attend Joan’s Funeral Service to be held at St Mary’s Anglican Church, Burnet Street Ballina, on TUESDAY (November 24, 2020) commencing at 10.00 am. Following the service a private burial will take place.

Ballina 02 6686 7036

Death Notice

CUBIS, Noreen Margaret (late of Dunoon)

Much loved wife to Jim (dec). Dearly loved mother to Len (dec), Rose, Rick, Robyn, Therese (dec), Steve, Cathy, Frank (dec) and Chris and their families. Cherished grandma to her 17 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Sister to Tom Griffin.

Aged 90 Years Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Requiem Mass for Noreen to celebrate her life to be held at St Carthage’s Cathedral Leycester Street Lismore on Tuesday 24th November commencing at 10.30am, following the church service burial will take place at the Dunoon Cemetery.

Death Notice

Funeral Notice

SILLAR, GEOFFREY BOYD 17/10/1942 – 13/11/2020

Recently of Umina Beach Geoff passed away peacefully on 13/11/2020 in Canberra. The fourth son of Don (Dec) and Heather (Dec) of Goonellabah. Dearly loved father of Owen and Lachlan and brother of Ian, Stuart, Robert and Ross.

Funeral Directors and Services

ALVOS, Edna May (Nee Hogan)

Formerly of Casino, Late of Ballina. Much loved Wife of Reg (dec’d). Mother and Mother-in-law of Steve and Ruth, Theresa and Wayne (dec’d), Bernie and Rob. Loving Nan to Ben, Beau, Thomas and Phillip and Great Grandmother to Ayla. Dear Sister and Sister-in-law of Pat, Richard, Shirley and Pat (all dec’d), Bobby and Noelene. Much loved Aunty to her family.

Ballina-Lismore-Casino

1800 809 336

Passed away peacefully 7th November 2020.

AGED 86 YEARS

Warwick Binney

Ph 02 6622 2420

A Funeral Service has been held on the 12th November 2020. Edna is now reunited with Reg and dancing together again.

JENNA BENNETT (02) 6632 1720

Funeral Notice

WRIGHT, Freda Elsie née Bartrim

Dearly loved wife of Bill (dec.). Loving mother & mother-in-law to Bill & Jacqui, Syl & Malcolm and Patsy. A loving Nan to Nikki, Belinda, Matthew & Sarah, Ben & Max and Adam, Great-Nan to Amily. Freda’s family thank the staff at St Joseph’s Nursing Home, Lismore for their dedication and support. A funeral service will be held for Freda on Friday, 20 November 2020 commencing at 3:00pm at Parkview Funeral Home, 43 Holland St, Goonellabah.

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Garage Sale

NORCO CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED

8 Crown St, Sth Lismore

ELECTION OF SUPPLIER DIRECTORS 2020

Great range of day-care equipment, furniture & resources Saturday 21st - Sunday 22nd 8am to 3pm both days

NOMINATION OF DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTRAL REGION TO FILL A CASUAL VACANCY Nominations of Candidates for the election of one (1) Director of Norco Co-operative

Clearance Sale

CLEARING SALE

Sheds, Machinery, Plant & Equipment

Church Service

CATHOLIC CHURCH

A/ c Ou ro in ks Pty L td

CASINO MASS TIMES

Saturday Vigil 6pm ~ Sunday 8am

Ms Leigh Shearman

OFFICE HOURS: Mon-Thu 8.30am-4pm, Fri 9.30am-2pm (casino@lismore.catholic.org.au)

320 McDonald’s Bridge Rd, Stratheden Saturday, 28th November 2020 10:00am DST

Comprising: 2x 2,092m2 Complete broiler sheds 135.4x15.45m;; 60kva 6 Cylinder diesel generator;; 3x 35T silos;; 2x 70T silos;; 2x 28T silos;; Kioti DK901 4wd tractor w/ both a 4-in-1 bucket & single bucket;; McHale V660C baler variable Chamber–Roto chop (NEW);; McHale HS2000 bale wrapper;; 6’ Howard slasher;; Deici Poultry Pro series 4 30.7TC Telehandler w/ 2.2m bucket & forks;;

Many thanks St Jude Prayers answered TC not later than 5.00pm on Wednesday 2 December 2020.

Tenders CALL FOR TENDERS SCHOOL CANTEEN LICENCE ALSTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Tenders are called for the licence of the School canteen for the school year commencing Jan 27th 2021 and for a term options of 2 years per option. Annual school enrolments will be approximately 700 students. General enquiries and requests for a Tender Information Package should and directed to Sandra Rosner at sandra. rosner@det.nsw.edu.au and include your phone number and other contact details. Tenders must be submitted in a sealed Canteen Tender” and addressed to: Sandra Rosner Principal, Alstonville High School, Cawley Close Alstonville NSW 2477. Tenders close at 3pm on 04/12/2020. planned to be held in the near future.

Positions Vacant

EXPERIENCED CLEANER

Required for 4-5 hrs p/week in Ballina $30 p/hour Must be reliable & have good eye for detail

Contact 0422 815 646 Wanted

1993-2000 LAND CRUISER UTE or

90’S-2005 HILUX DUAL CAB

in good condition, registered and reasonable priced

Phone 02 6687 7418

QUALITY SINCE 1895

Clearing Sale

A/c P N & M Redhead 60 Micalo Road, Micalo Island NSW Via Yamba Saturday 5th of December 2020 at 10am Farm Equipment: Ford Dexta Tractor – diesel – TPL – ROPS nice & original suitable for a serious restoration, Challenge implements: Bulk bag lifting frame, Hay fork for large square bales – 4 tine, Dozer blade – 2400 – hydraulic tilt with root rake, Gravel bucket, 4 in 1 bucket, Berends post hole auger with 12”and 18” augers, Stockyards comprised of: CIA Immobiliser ‘Pro-Chute’ crush – vet cage, parallel squeeze, with floor, Super Scoop swing arm, 24x steel yard panels, 5x gate in frame, 2x race gate – sliding 1x race bow, 1x loading ramp, 1x Phillips 5ml auto vaccinator, 1x antique 2ml ‘Cooper injector’, Box AI shoulder length inspection gloves, 1x Bainbridge Hodge cattle de-horner – large, 1x Barnes de-horner – small, 1x Heineger horse and cattle trimmer – 240 volt, 1x goat and sheep hoof paring shears, Shipping container – 20’ high cube – excellent condition, Fire fighter unit with, Honda GX pump and hose reel with hose (plus hose fitting tools), 2x fire fighter hoses, 1x Branding furnace, 1x Rudweigh scales, 2 x 2 tonne bulk feeders, 1x hay feeder – 3 piece ring, 1x feed or water trough – galvanised steel – 3m x 600 x 300, 1x water trough with float control – plastic, 2x grader blade sections, 1x roll of conveyor belt, 2x 200 litre plastic & steel drums, 1x Silvan 50 litre 12 volt spray unit, 1x Husqvarna chainsaw – model 55 – 20” bar Stihl chainsaw – model MS 192T – arborist 30cm (with spare new bar), Qty Chainsaw chains,1x Viking 8hp garden mulching machine, 1x John Deere STX38 ride-on mower, 1x Inverter – Tycoon brand – 24v to 240v, 1x Inverter/charger – Traction Controls brand – 24v to 240v, 1x Solar regulator, 2x roller door – 2.4m w (8’) x 2.1m h (7’), Fencing materials, 1x Tension wrench wire strainer, 30x Concrete fence posts – 2.1m ,4 Easy Slot stays, 1x Wire spinner, 3x 14’ bar gate, 2x 12’ bar gate, 3x 12’ mesh gate, 1x 9’ antique ‘n’ stay gate, Qty New & used gate fittings, Qty Used star posts, Qty Split posts – new & used, Qty Electric fence components with 240v energiser, Box Mechanic’s tool assortment, 1x kitchen sink, Qty Stove flue materials, 2x Kayaks – 1 person – with seats and paddles, 1x Kayak – 2 person 15’ ply built, 1x Victa 2 stroke mower, 4x hand shears, large quantity of antique kitchen ware, steel buckets, blacksmith's tools..and more

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TRAILER

All Galvanised 6x4 Tipping with Crate and All Weather Cover, VGC Spare, Rego, Roof Rack for Tinnie or Kayak. Suit Tradie or Camping. $2200

Phone 0408 511 635

November 19, 2020

85 Fitzroy Street, Grafton 2460 Ph: 02 6642 5200 David: 0437 448 455 Photos Online - www.farrellmccrohon.com.au

Kubota 2017 RTV X1120D w/ hyd. tipper 500hrs;; JD Z425 23HP Zero Turn mower;; Olympic double horse float;; Sunraysia series fan forced 800L boom spray;; Portable container cool room;; John Deere Gator XUV825i 2 seater;; 3x John Deere Gators 2016 XUV 825i S4 4 Seaters;; FerriTXV60 VivonReach mower w/ 4’ slasher;; 8’ M.E.A.A.T heavy duty hammer mulcher;; Round bale grab;; Hose & motor andremote Serial 30218;; 450L boom spray;; 11 large Chook shed fans;; JD ride on mower;; 24 String fans;; Roofing Jig for sheds;; Timber horse stands;; Qty VirkonS disinfectant;; 2 Thermo Tracs control units;; 2 Grain Tracs units;; Firefighter pumps;; Qty of pumps & motors;; Trolley;; 4 new feed line motors;; 2 Winches;; Qty of tools;; 6 plastic troughs;; 1000L pod;; Qty of drums;; Poly pipe & fittings;; Iron;; Concrete pipe;; Firewood;; Steel roof trusses;; Round hay feeder;; Sow shoulder broom head;; Box of chicken drinkers;; Mitsubishi Terms: Cash or cheque on the day (GST Applicable) To View Current Sale Brochure Visit www.gnfcasino.com.au or www.kyogle.com.au For Further Information Contact

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Mike Smith Lance Butt 0413 300 680 0455 589 932

Cattle Sale

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CASINO LIVE WEIGHT & OPEN AUCTION STORE SALE

Friday 4th December 2020 Commencing 10.00am 1000 HEAD 1000 SPECIAL LINES: Mondoro Pty Ltd – Dobies Bight 60 Brangus weaner steers & heifers A/C Owner 15 Brangus & Charbray heifers & calves 2½ y.o 15 Red Brahman heifers 2½ y.o joined to “Kencraig’ Murray Grey bull A/C Dylan Parks – Booyong 10 x 7 Brangus heifers & calves A/C Tom Martin – Dyraaba 10 Angus heifers PTIC Brahman bull 10 Brahman X heifers PTIC Brahman bull A/C C M O’Neill – Afterlee 40 Brangus & Charolais cows & calves A/C Owner 12 Hereford cows PTIC Brahman bull

Ramsey & Bulmer ramseybulmer.com.au

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T&W McCormack

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Casino 02 6662 1577 Peter 6662 2914 • Matthew 6667 5058 Mark 0411 491 437 • Jack 0498 400 176 Licensed Stock & Station Agents

Cattle Sale

CATTLE SALE

LISMORE SALEYARDS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 10AM 60 Heavy Feeder Steers, 120 Weaner Steers including 19 very good Santa Steers, 120 Heifers 3-6 mths including 20 Angus Heifers PTIC, 5 Santa Heifers 10 mths, 15 Simmental X Heifers 12-15 mths, 50 Cows & Calves including 3 PB Simmental Heifers FURTHER BOOKINGS INVITED

Clearing Sale

Fences & Gates

Store Cattle Sale ALL STEEL

Friday 20th November CASINO SALEYARDS @ 10am 900 BOOKED

LINES INCLUDE: 150 Euro & British Feeder Steers 50 Brahman X Feeder Steers 80 Euro & British Feeder Heifers 150 Angus & Angus Infused Weaner Steers 80 Euro X Weaner Steers 80 Bos Indicus Weaner Steers 40 Angus Cross Weaner Heifers 80 Euro Weaner Heifers 80 Bos Indicus X Weaner Heifers 80 x 80 Cows & Calves 40 PTIC Cows 1 Speckle Park Bull - 15mths 1 Limflex Bull - 2yrs 1 Simmental Bull - 4yrs 1 Brangus Bull - 6 yrs 1 Brahman/Limousin Bull SPECIAL LINES: A/C DeWit Pastoral - Mallanganee 35 Charolais Steers - EU 35 Charolais Heifers - EU (12-18mths) A/C M & K Carter - Fairy HIll 20 Charolais Charbray Steers 20 Charolais Charbray Heifers (12-18mths) A/C Redgum Pastoral - Kyogle 25 Angus Steers A/C JAK & MJ Ramsay - Woodenbong 20 Composite Steers - EU A/C GA & JJ Bulmer - Kyogle 12 F1 Cows & Calves A/C AJ & JA Clark - Kyogle 30 Angus X Weaners A/C Roger Olive - Coraki 20 Santa & Charolais X Weaner Steers A/C Bymbic Farms - Myocum 9 Simmental Heifers - 10-11mths (Barana & Clay Gully Genetics) 10 Charbray Heifers & Steers - 7-9mths 10 Simmental Heifers & Steers - 7-9mths 1 Simmental Bull - 4yrs A/C Neville Creighton - Dyrabba 1 Limflex Bull (Angus X Limousin) - Polled 2yrs A/C Gregory Family – Nashua 18 Speckle Park X Steers - 10-11mths A/C S & ME Sproule - Murwillumbah 10 Maine Anjou Cows - 1st & 2nd Calvers (to be tested) (running with Limousin Bulls) A/C Owner 2 x 2 F1 Jersey X Brahman Heifers (Suitable for fostering) A/C Owner 15 Santa X Weaners 15 x 15 Crossbred Cows & Calves (Big Cows) Strict curfew 8pm Thursday 19th November

Rural Office Casino/Kyogle 6662 1451 Andrew Summerville 0429 620 362 Nick Fuller 0484 200 101 Luke Thomas 0484 200 488 www.raywhiteruralcasino.com.au admin.casino@raywhite.com

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euchre. Bus trips : 26 Feb. 2021, to Emmaville. Bookings for this year, will carry over. More welcome. March trip on sale Dec meeting. Bookings for Queensland 8 day tour, also carried over to August 2021, few seats available.

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12 Technological and Applied Studies students. The museum is at 10 Wardell Road Alstonville and is open Fridays 10am4pm and Sundays 1pm-4pm. Enquiries (02) 6628 1829, aphs2477@yahoo.com.au or www.aphsmuseum.org.au.

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Summerland Farm, Wardell Rd, Alstonville. Disease, or those supporting them, most welcome. Please RSVP to Helen 0400 385 476 or

STILL LIFE ART COMPETITION Summerland Giant Pumpkin Still Life Art Competition due 1st December. Forms available from Roxy Gallery, Beauty Kyogle and Northern Rivers Times office Casino. Return completed form and entry fee to Kyogle Tidy Towns PO Box 795 Kyogle 2474 or the business you acquired the form from. BANGALOW HERITAGE MUSEUM AND CAFĂ&#x2030; am-2.30 pm

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Byron Bay RSL Sub-Branch represents the interests of returned and active ADF members. We have honour rolls of returned personnel from WW1 & WW2. We wish to also collate the names of Ex-service members who have served overseas in combat/peace keeping roles in conflicts including Korea and post Vietnam, including Somalia, Namibia, Timor Leste (East) Timor, Bougainville, Iraq & Afghanistan. Ex-Service members and their families from the Byron Shire Area who wish to be included in this list and on a planned honour board, should send their details to Jim Rogers Phone 0412679870 or email jimrog48@gmail.com We would appreciate you help in getting this out to all ex-services personnel and their families.

Group will meet at Wade Park , Military Road, East Lismore, on Friday, 20th November at 10am. Our special guests will be local Casino residents, Rex Adamson and Ann Stradley who will relate their

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Casino CWA are working hard Street Stall on Saturday the 5th As well as all the yummy Christmas food treats, there will be Craft, Christmas Cards, Plants and much more. Tickets in our Christmas Raffle will be on sale in the Casino CBD from the 4th December through to Saturday 19th December when it will Vouchers which can be redeemed at local stores. Tickets are only $1.00 each . All money raised will be donated to needy causes in Casino. REMEMBER Saturday 5th December for Christmas. Selling starts at 8.30 am until sold out. Already we have repeat orders from our last Stall. See you all on the 5th December.

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Guest speaker: Michelle Hocking, Grafton District Funerals, spoke on life. General business : Suggestion purchase portable microphone. Welcome more at bingo, carpet bowls, craft, mahjong,

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Ballina CWA is having a stall at The Farmers Market held in Commemoration Park Ballina on Sunday 22nd November, The market runs from 7am until 11am, so come by early to pickup some lovely cooked goodies. A huge thank you to everyone who supported our River Street stall on Friday 6th. It was very successful with the proceeds going towards our annual donations. On the 5th of December Ballina CWA will be hosting a market day around our rooms, If you would like to have a stall you will need your own canopy and the cost is $20.

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ONE MONDAY D Clarke & D Allen J & J Whittaker TUESDAY D Coleman, J Sweeney & own help WEDNESDAY S White, K Bratti & N McKee THURSDAY M Goodlad & own help FRIDAY P Plunket & own help L Dorrington & own help

November meeting, with trade table, attendance 49, apologies 12. Birthdays : to those celebrating, including

CASINO SENIOR CITIZENS: All welcome, our activities currently are, Wed afternoons at casino RSM 1.00pm to play Hoy, euchre, we have group play on Thurs afternoons 1.00pm. Contact Jan Danaher on 0414 625 680.

4th Wed each month at Casino RSM Club

6423 DH or casmenshed@live.com.au. CASINO MINI RAIL: Every Sunday 10am to 4pm. Weather permitting. West Street Casino. Phone 0472 638 044. CASINO VIEW CLUB: Monthly luncheon meeting at Casino RSM Club at 11am, second Thurs of every month. Contact Barbra on 02 6661 2530 or 0448 969 498. CASINO CROQUET CLUB: Monday & Wednesday sign in time now before 8.30am to start play by 9am. Contact Mary on 6662 1971 for further information. Casino Ladies and Friend Craft Group: Meets 1st & 3rd Tues. bring your own morning tea and wear a mask. Names to be in by Lunch time Mon. Phone Vivian on 6662 1838 or Jan on 6662 6424. CASINO MIXED PROBUS CLUB: Meeting 4th Thurs of the month. For more information call the secretary on 0419 886 119. THE CASINO & DISTRACT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM: Sun, Mon, Wed and Fri 10am to 2pm. Email casinohistorymuseum@outlook.com for further information. Check us out on Facebook.

Casino & District Family History Group Inc: Casino & District Family History Group For more information phone Research Room 6662 8114 or Cherryl 0490 149 905. Casino CWA: Rita , Cookery Officer was pleased with the high standard of the Carrot and Ginger Loaf entries. This recipe is a winner !! We already have orders for this loaf at our October 31st Street Stall. All your favourites will be available. If you want to pre order phone Marg. on 6662 1746 or email marggood48@hotmail.com also on sale. Aaron and Mata Watson

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68 COMMUNITY NOTICES from Indonesia were welcome guests at our last meeting. Remember to bake and bring a Butter Cake for Rita to judge at our next meeting. Casino Evening CWA: Meets first Thurs of month. Casino Uniting Church at 6pm and for further information please ring Alison 0400 956 404 or Penny 0422 301 799. Coffee and Community Ballina Cherry Street Sports Club, Ballina, 10am - 12pm Wednesday 25 November. This is a monthly meet-up where we discuss anything and everything to do with life and death. 21 November is International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, a time when survivors of suicide loss come together to find connection, understanding and hope through their shared experience, and so this month Mim Weber will join us for a cuppa and a chat. Mim has worked in the NNSW LHD mental health service for 11 years. One of her areas of responsibility is how the mental health service responds to people presenting with suicidality. Mim will talk about some of the services available in the community and the new initiatives being implemented across NSW. Please join us if this resonates with you. We will also have a more general chat after Mim speaks. Contact Jane on 0438 814 552 or Anna on 0401 662 275 for more information. Community Printmakers Murwillumbah Fine art printmakers Meet at studio space 224 Stokers Rd Stokers Siding 2484 Prints, gallery, workshops and more! E: cpmmurwillumbah@hotmail.com T: Peter 0498 399 640 or Sue 0408 493 253 Find us on Facebook & Instagram Kyogle Anglican Op Shop Kyogle Anglican Op Shop are having a second-hand book stall at their shop on Saturday 28th November 2020 from 8am to 12 noon. All proceeds from the sale of the CWA Meeting Dates: Meeting on the 3rd Thurs of the month at the Casino Community Cultural Centre at 9.00am. For further information please contact Jan on 02 6662 6424 or Margaret on 02 6662 1746. Fairy Hill Craft Group: Meets on the 1st Thurs of the month 10am at Fairy Hill Hall, For an update: Ph. Bev 6662 4435; Sue 6663 3233. Friends of the Library As we were unable to hold our annual Book Fair in July, Friends of the Libraries are holding a pop up book shop in the empty premises of the former Chemist situated in the old Woolies Plaza, both the owner of the premises and the Byron Bay Real Estate have generously given it to us free of charge for two weeks. As covid has affected our Libraries this year so dramatically we were wondering if an article plus one on the community page could be placed in The Northern Rivers Times. Below are some of the details that are of interest to our communities Friends of Libraries, Byron Shire are holding a one off pop-up book shop in lieu of their annual Book Fair which sadly had to be cancelled last July. There will be a wonderful selection of books; fiction non fiction, etc. - far too good to leave in storage until next year. Lovers of books all ages will be well rewarded. Open daily from Monday 16th November 10am to 4pm, cash and credit/ debit cards accepted. We will be operating in a covid safe environment and restocking the shop daily. ANGLICAN ANNUAL CHRISTMAS will occur from Thursday, November 19, 2020 to Friday, December 4, 2020 at Lismore Cruise and Travel, 55 Woodlark Street, Lismore. Opposite the pedestrian crossing. The travel agency will still operate at the rear of the shop. Come and buy your Christmas treats: Home

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made Puddings, cakes, slices, biscuits. Lots of handicraft items. Plants. Monster Hamper and lots of cheer. Pay by cash or card.

Group: Meets 2nd Friday of each month 10 - 11.30am at Summerland Farm Alstonville. All people

to 1:00 pm. Enquiries: Parish Office: T: 02 6621 3200; M: 0412 657 036; E: office@lismoreanglicans. com

supporting them, most welcome. Please RSVP to Yvonne 6628 5884 or Helen 0400 385 476.

Kyogle Sunshine Club: Meets every Thurs at 9.30am. For more details contact 0499 824 274. Richmond River Beef Produces Association: Meet on the 2nd Wed of every month at Kyogle Showgrounds in the luncheon room at 7pm. For more details Phone Jan on 0427 293 455.

Alstonville Inner Wheel Club: Meet socially 3rd Wed of every month Contact President Carol Vidal 0427 326 832. Alstonville Plateau Historical Society: The latest exhibition at Crawford House

Applied Studies students. The museum is at 10 Wardell Road Alstonville and is open Fridays 10am-4pm and Sundays 1pm-4pm. Enquiries (02) 6628 1829, aphs2477@yahoo. com.au or www.aphsmuseum.org.au.

Meeting is held on the 1st & 3rd Tues each 7.00pm For more information contact Neville Moon on 6632 2233. October Kyogle Bazaar: Saturday 24th October, 9am-2pm, Kyogle Amphitheatre. Kids Tree planting and Landcare Talks. All Welcome! Vietnam Veterans Lunch: Veterans of all conflicts are invited to join Vietnam Veterans for lunch held on the last Tuesday of the month at the Rous hotel Lismore. Contact 0412 627 180 for Info. The Rotary Club of Lismore: We meet at the Lismore Workers Club on the 2nd and 4th Mon each month at 6 pm. For more information Phone Terry 0427 500 610 or President Carol 0429 129 573

The Probus Club of Wollongbar: Several members of The Wollongbar Probus Club held a delightful morning tea / coffee gathering whilst scattered around, maintaining their required distance, and absorbing the wonderful Australian bush environment of Victoria Park, just south of Alstonville. The members were thrilled to once again be able to freely share their ideas and experiences with like-minded folk, which is the essence of the Probus experience that we were celebrating. Of course, due to the nasty virus also hanging around we each brought our own set of goodies. A census declared a profound Club has already arranged a further event as an end of year luncheon on Thursday November 19 while a regular monthly newsletter keeps all well informed. Hopefully

invited to create artworks specifically to this theme. All entries in this section are available for purchase through a silent auction. Ballina Toy Library: Welcomes families from Ballina Shire, 9 Regatta Ave, Ballina. Open Saturday 10am - 1pm, By appointment only on Tues & Wed. Ph. 0411 719 074 Ballina Hospital Auxiliary: Please donate your drink containers to us, The Ballina Hospital Auxiliary, at the local Ballina TOMRA Reverse Vending Machines where we are listed as a local donation partner. Thank you for your contributions. Ballina CWA: Craft and Friendship mornings, each Wednesday from 9-12. Limited to 20 people, so please call Barbara on 0428 116 668 no later than Monday to book your spot. Richmond-Tweed Family History Society Inc: Every Mon, Wed and Sat from 10.00 am to 4.00pm at The Marie Hart Library Ballina. Mullumbimby CWA: The CWA Rooms will be open each Friday for refreshments and stalls from 9am to noon. Call in for a cuppa and browse the stalls. For Info Call Jenny 0427 847 282. Brunswick Valley VIEW Club: Meets on 2nd Thurs of each month, friendship morning on 3rd Thurs. Numbers limited Book in with Wenda on 0449 563 580 or Call president Margaret Alderton for more info on 0429 966 894.

corner. ROTARY CLUB of LISMORE WEST: The Rotary Club of Lismore West is in its 60th year and meets every Thursday at the East Lismore Bowling Club at 6.00 pm. New members welcome. For more information phone Norm 0428 151 934. Lions Club of Lismore: Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Wed each month at the East Lismore Bowling Club at 6.00pm. For information please contact the secretary on 6624 6428. Wesley Methodist Church: Meets every Sun 10am at 172 Wyrallah Rd East Lismore. Call for more info Reverend Jackson Gill 0422 945 464. Overeaters Anonymous: A 12-step program for people who have compulsive issues with food and eating. Phone Meetings: Mon 10am. 07 5660 6012 - follow instructions Access code 826337# , Contact Ina 6621 3745 or Sue 0423 183 144. Food Pantry - Uniting Church - Lismore Regional Mission: Open every Thurs from 9.30am -12 noon at the rear of the Red Dove CafĂŠ. For further information contact Lismore Uniting Church office on 6621 5801. Rotary Club of Summerland Sunrise: Meets every Fri at 7.05 am at Coffeeshots Molesworth St, Lismore. Phone 0435 990 919 for more details. Lismore Target Rifle Club: Meets Wed nights from 6.30 pm & the 1st & 3rd Sat of each month from 12 noon. Air Rifle shooting for .22 & 177 air rifles will also be available at the Saturday shoots. For more info please phone Derek on 6628 2082 (AH). Probus Club of Goonellabah: Meetings held at The Lismore Workers Club Keen Street Lismore at 10 am. For further information contact Gloria Francis on 6629 1442 The Probus Club of Wollongbar: We have planned for an outing, A Probus Christmas lunch for Nov 19. Normal club meetings are still deferred and both outings are dependent on the health risks at the time. Check the newsletter and community notices for future details or phone Ron Whittaker on 6628 3381.

Compassionate Communities Northern NSW: Cafe Catch up - Point Cafe at the Ramada Hotel and Suites, Ballina, 10 -11am on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. Maybe you are up with yet, or you feel like a catch up and you to join us! Contact Jane on 0438 814 552 for more information. Walks in Nature - In conjunction with the Heart Foundation, Various departure points around Ballina and surrounds, 10am on the 3rd Monday of every month. Gentle Pace walk, we walk for about half to three quarters of an hour and finish with a cuppa. Contact Bronwyn on 0422 069 743 or check the Heart Foundation website for more information and details of the departure point for the next walk. Shop: will occur from Monday, November 16 to Friday, December 4, 2020 at Lismore Cruise and Travel, 55 Woodlark Street, Lismore. Opposite the pedestrian crossing. The travel agency will still operate at the rear of the shop. Come and buy your Christmas treats: Home made Puddings, cakes, slices, biscuits. Lots of handicraft items. Plants. Monster Hamper and lots of cheer. Pay by cash or card. to 1:00 pm. Enquiries: Parish Office: T: 02 6621 3200; M: 0412 657 036; E: office lismoreanglicans.com Casino CWA Thank you Watch this space for information about

Lennox Head CWA: Handy Craft Mornings on Mondays 9.30am -12pm in the community centre at Lennox Head, Call Jan on 6681 6150. Pottsville Fun Croquet Club Inc: Pottsville Fun Croquet Club will have a new starting time due to daylight saving. Commence at 8.30am on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Black Rocks Sports Fields. For more information ring Pat on 0427 976 436 or Jean on 0431 606 376 Grow Group: Grow is a Community Mental Wellbeing Organization, support groups for people struggling with their Mental Health. Groups are meeting face to face and some are meeting online(zoom). We have groups in Ballina, Yamba, Lismore, Tweed Heads and Grafton for more information ph 1800 558 268 GRAFTON U3A: The Committee are still meeting monthly and sadly we have cancelled the Jabberfest meetings until next year. Mens Shed is open each weekday with limited numbers. The Jabberjournal will continue each month and on the social front a Picnic will be held at the Shannon Creek Dam on Thursday 3rd of December in lieu of the normal luncheon. Maclean View Club: Monthly Meetings again, after months of Lock Down. It will start as usual 3rd, Thurs of month at 11am Contact Ruth Toyer on: 0409 844 212 by Mons, no later than 7 pm. Numbers are required for catering purposes. Yamba Day View Club

on Saturday 5th December outside DIY Hardware. Casino CWA will be conducting a Christmas Raffle during December. All funds raised will help local needy causes. Next meeting is 20th November at 9.00am at Casino Cultural Centre.

are held at Yamba Bowling Club on 3rd Monday of month, starting 10 for 10.30am. Acceptance and apologies to President Lyn 66463164 by Friday prior to luncheon for catering purposes. We hold a monthly social outing either for lunch or morning tea and

Ballina Art Society:

Yamba Lions Club

Exhibition is happening in 2020! This year, the exhibition will be held at the Tintenbar Hall, Tintenbar (near Ballina)

& 4th Thursdays of month at Yamba Bowling Club, com. 7 for 7.30pm. For further information, please contact the Secretary Peter 0417 546 097. Social outings also held at various time and Visitors and New members

November. All artworks are for sale at a very affordable price and entry is free. Light refreshments will be available at the hall on Saturday and Sunday. The special

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that priceless trophy far too long. Till next week take care fellas. EAST LISMORE BOWLS RESULTS Club Triples Championship Final def P Maloney, A Gaggin, S Gregory 23 Club Fours Championship G Finnigan, J Bancroft, J Guertson, S Fields 39 def G Sharp, B Bouveng, J Carrall, E Schumacher 13 Dallas, R Prior, T Prior, M Prior 22 def T Gibson, G Painter, A Maslen, J Essex, R Nind, T Cheli, G

N. Moran. A. James. J. Matthews Wednesday 11 / 11 We had the final of club triples championship this morning. N. Moran, J.Mathews & A. James def S. Birrell, M. Mead & K. Jonsson Congratulations ladies There was also a semi final of the Club Major Consistency where H. Lavelle def A. McLean Well done to H.Lavelle We had 3 rinks of social bowls Winners for the day G. Connolly, J. Carthew & A. Williams def S. Maguire, C.Doyle & J.Dwyer M. Jordan & C. Haynes def P. Brown & N. Hawkes J. Creighton & R Skirrey def J. Newell & D. Skinner While we were out on the green we had a minutes silence at 11am for Remembrance Day. Friday 13 / 11 There was another semi final game for Club Major Consistency J.Matthews def N. Moran Good luck to J. Matthews in the final of the Major Consistency There were 2 rinks playing social bowls J. Newell & A. Williams def C. Haynes & A. James J. Carthew,G. Connolly & I. Watson def J. Carthew, P. Brown & D. Skinner CHERRY STREET SANDFLIES Thank God the cloud cover persisted on Sunday morning as it would have baked us more sensitive types. Being in the building trade for near 50 years and out working in the sun with no shirt in the younger day a bloke was cooked well and truly plus heading to beach for a surf or a fish out sea in the boat left most of us with sun spots and skin cancers because thats we we did. No such thing as blockout just a suntan left the baby boomers with scars a pirate would be proud of. If only one knew back then in the sun can do and all you have to do is look at local bricklaying legend Billy Crowe who had a hard time with Melanoma or even my brother Michael Kearney who died from it - cruel stuff so cover up lads and ladies please. Winners on Sunday morning was a team od champions in the shape of Allan Watt, Steve Mison and great to see him back after a big stint of illnesses and the gentleman himself against John Dennis, Gordon Jarrett Runners up was a close 21 to 22 with welcome back Frank Renner, Russell just down by Dasher, Roger the Yank and Paul Buckingham. Looking forward to next year with a booked out calendar but we will still fit you in no worries. be nice to get out hopefully and visit old mates The first visit to our club is on Maclean Cane Cutters who have had

Heffernan, W Morrissey 14 N Scandrett, R Parkes, B Griffin, S Gregory 29 def G Revis, R G Finnigan, J Bancroft, J Guertson, S Fields 26 def Dallas, R Prior, T Prior, M Prior 15 Rocco, B Stevens, J Beard, J J Essex, R Nind, T Cheli, G Stewart 23 def G Sharp, M Harding, P Maloney, P Russell 14 Semi final 1: J Essex, R Nind, T Cheli, G Stewart 23 def G Finnigan, J Bancroft, J Guertson, S Fields 10 Semi final 2: Rocco, B Stevens, J Beard, J Wyborn 22 def N Scandrett, R Parkes, B Griffin, S Gregory 10

R. McCabe. Saturday Winner. D. Oxley. B Grade Singles results. W. Wawn defeated K.McInerney, J. Olley defeated G. McMahon, D. Oxley defeated D. Knight. B Grade Singles draw for 22nd or before. S. Stefanaras vs R.Fredricks. Marker needed please. J. Olley vs E. Bostic. Marker G. McMahon. M. Wawn vs T. Turcato. Marker K.McInerney. Draw for the Club Mixed Pairs. J. Houghton, M. Newell vs W. Brecard, S.Brecard. M.Richards, S. Stefanaras Bye. P. Baskerville, M.Harris vs J. Adams, I.Martin. S. Synott, G.Coughlin vs N. Fairfull, T. Turcato to be played on or before 22nd. Jax Tyres Mens Pairs on 13th December is filling fast so get your names in early for this popular event. Your Club is holding a meeting on the 22nd of November so can members please attend. EVANS HEAD WOMENS BOWLS Springtime Fours concluded with Round 5 played 11-11-20. S. Downs defeated P. Weller. Y. Vaughan defeated V. Hart. C. Dance defeated J. Fernance. Competition Results - Winners - S. Smith, K. Townsend, G. Marczan, Y. Vaughan. Runners/up - L. Vidler, M. Gibson, M. Carey, S. Downs. Third place - M. Adams, B. Parkes, P. Freeman, J. Fernance. YAMBA GOLF NEWS

KYOGLE BOWLS Wednesday November 11 - P Anderson L Mulchrs N Bodycote def T Burgess G Miller + 12, W Farrell R Felton S Hall def G King K Hayes J King + 4, B Ryan D Condon P Doyle def P Crewe J Arnold T Winkler + 1. Saturday November 14 - B Hyde C Delboux def W Farrell N Bodycote + 21, M Windsor B Ellis G Hotko def B Ryan T Burgess K Walters + 15, S Barton J Arnold K Hayes def P Bywater R Crawford G Miller Blanch P Hogan P Doyle J King def M Laarhoven L Condon D Condon D Farrell 22 to 19. LISMORE WORKERS SPORTS BOWLS CLUB RESULTS FROM 10/11 Tuesday 10/11 E Bullman, R Moss, R jenks 12 Osbourne, S Roberts 16-G Couch, R Partridge, D Pearce 19 def J Quinlin, Jane Rose, Rocco 6 G Cox, M Rose, B Turner 15 def G Cox, J fowler, W Davis 4 G Clark, K Shailes, Gary Rose 11 def K Hoffman, M Moss, B Hutchinson 10 Friday 13/11 R Walker, Gary Rose 12 dre with N Nugent, B hutchinson 12 L Taylor L Kennedy, Jane Rose 23 def J Davis, J Fowler, D Smart 4 J Ackers, R Fowler, R Partridge Vanderwall 16 davis, L Church 19 Ladies Championship Pairs L Bryant, R Moss def E Bullman, M Munsch 9 Sat 14th/11 R Campbell, L Church, R Walker 23 def Joan Rose, J Fowler, W Davis Davis, B Turner 13 P Saunders, B Hutchinson 25 def R Partridge , G Moss 12 Final mens Triples : I Osbourne, G Cox, Gary Rose 29 def B Fowler, Greg Rose, J Piper 9 SOUTH LISMORE MENS BOWLS RESULTS Wednesday Winners. M. Story, N. Gale. Runners Up N. Wilson,

Thursday Single Stableford Results Visitors from Wynnum, Maclean, Glen Innes, Kurri, Thurgoona, The Coast, Warringah, Mona Vale, NSW and Windsor clubs enjoyed a beautiful Yamba day. Winner in

Grafton Physical Culture Club

Three Junior members of the Grafton Physical Culture Club will represent their zone at the State Championships in Sydney on Sunday 22nd November. 10 year old Tara Commerford, 12 year old Shanae Crispin and 14 year old Bree Hunter all placed in the top five at the Zone Championships held in Grafton in October and therefore progress to the state finals.

daughters. This year it will only be teachers allowed in to watch. All girls have worked extremely hard this year under very different circumstances. From lessons online via Zoom and then moving to outdoor classes at the Junction Hill Tennis Courts it has been a very different year. On the Seniors and Ladies Zone Championship weekend Cheryl Ingram and Tracy Avery placed 2nd and

points from Trevor Beale and Doug Luckie. B Grade winner was Neil Gore-Brown with 40 points from Tom Moore and Greg Laforest on a countback .C Grade winner with the score of the day of 42 points went to Graeme Coates from Kevin Molloy and Paul Christie. NTPs went to Terry Bull, Neil Gore-Brown, Greg Starr, David Cruden including the Pro-Pin and Guy Carpenter won the Saturday Single Stableford Results. Renovated greens lead to excellent scores. All nine winners, 3 in each grade had scores of 40 or better on recently cored and scarified greens. Grieg Little won A Grade with 42 points from our previous Club Champion Col Lindsay on a countback with 40 points from Albert Fox. B Grade winner was Nick Anderson with 42 points from Paul Edgar and Patrick Taylor with 40 points. In C Grade Ardy Denehy won on a countback from Don Schluuuler and Geoff Schaeffer all with41 points. NTPs went to Alex Podbereski, Mike Grills, Paul Tarasenko, Pro-Pin to Craig Penman and Roger Cotton won the on the back. Sunday Mixed Two Person Ambrose. Fiona Braddock and Dr David Cannon won with an excellent result of 60.5 from Cherryanne Watson and Bruce Lulham with Jayne McCormack and Don Maling in 3rd place. NTPs went to Jo Simmons Jan Dampney, Janine Zietsch and Graham Kulmar. Upcoming events; this coming Saturday will be the November Monthly Medal and the Mixed Foursomes will be held on Sunday 29th November. Happy Golfing and stay safe. Greg Laforest.

time after placing 5th at Zone in the 10 years . Shanae placed 2nd in the 12years and Bree was the Zone Champion of the 14years. Shanae and Bree have made it to Nationals 6 times previously. Two other Junior members placed at our Zone Championships in the 5 years section Romey Wilson 4th and Maizie Diver 5th who unfortunately will have to wait until next year and hope they are able to get a place again to go to Nationals as you have to be 6 to compete at State or National level. Normally this would be the National titles but due to Covid-19 this year Nationals were cancelled and instead each state were running state finals instead with lots of restrictions in place. Unfortunately this year due to Covid-19 restrictions there will be no parents allowed to watch their

3rd Respectively in their section, Alyssa Hayes was 6th in her section and Justine Crispin was 2nd in her section in the Ladies Zone Championships. All ladies have decided not to go on to compete in the State Finals in Sydney this year due to work commitments and the restrictions being in place with Covid-19. 15 year old Tanika Crispin travelled to Sydney last weekend to compete in the Seniors State Finals and reached the semi finals. This is a great effort. Tara, Shanae and Bree have continued to train hard for this very special moment. Tara is very excited being her first time. The club would like to wish the girls the best of luck for Sunday and they all thoroughly deserve it and are great representatives for Grafton and the North Coast. For enquiries on classes for 2021

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Clarence River Cricket Association

Pictured: Italo Ferreira, 2019 World Champ. Photographer: Cestari/WSL The WSL has

been postponed, which started through a process

Lower Trestles back to the Championship Tour as the 2020-2021

The WSL is still planning on starting the season next month on Maui at Honolua

Open Gold Coast to May 3-13. From there, the previously planned events remain tentative, with expectations that anything could happen between now and early next year. international tour amid a global pandemic is

Steamer Lane. The Sunset announcement is air and a nod to the

says WSL CEO Erik Logan. going to be able to stand this tour up and

made (and broken) at Sunset pre-2000.

will be held at Sunset since 1991, the WSL

about 25 days, which is the entire organisation,

events are returning to the Championship Tour: the Sunset Open will run

going to run a legitimate Championship Tour in 2021 and we are going

these competitions on Pipeline Masters). The MEO Rip Curl Pro has

19-28 and the Santa Cruz Pro is scheduled

Sparkling Sailing Conditions

heading to the line. Some spinnaker runs were had by the gennaker division, water, the under skimming across the water. The Trailer Sailors needed

(L-R) Serenity, Second Wind and Shades of Grey

by Trent Morgan intermediate sailing classes at the Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club the underway at 1:30pm. knot Southerly was blowing, the water was sparkling, the air warm to come visited the

November 19, 2020

Northern Rivers. boats crossed the starting line near Ballina RSL, heading upwind at speed near Mobbs Bay with the tide. The Gennaker and Trailer Sailor divisions, with nearly all boats sporting spinnakers, did many loops around this mark and back to a buoy

spinnakers to help propel their bulkier weight against the outgoing tide, but the gorgeous Southerly made their job more easy. Vincent Selleck in his RS 100 shared the win with Justin Johnson and in their Formula 15, in a dead heat in the gennakers, whilst Spider with Andrew McInnes

and Todd Goldsmith won the Trailerables division. The monohull and Catamaran divisions continued to a mark closer to the river mouth travelling back to the bottom mark near the RSL.

overall catamaran winner was Alan Melville in his NACRA 4.5, the Mayblom in his Impulse The catamarans reached some amazing speeds, sending spray aplenty as their hulls water. The whole scene was truly spectacular, well The speed, colour and skill on show was utterly stunning.

GDSC Premier League Round 3 November 14 & 21 Ulmarra Hotel Tucabia Copmanhurst v Brothers Clocktower Hotel Ulmarra Show-ground Brothers 1st innings K Lawrence c DJ Cootes b T Bultitude 43 BL Sevil c JM Bultitude b TJ Riley 8 *+J Kroehnert lbw b A Ellis 17 E Fahey c B Mckenzie b TJ Riley 8 J Firth lbw b T Bultitude 4 JS Weatherstone lbw b R Hackett 15 AJ Kinnane b B Chard 0 SR Kippax c DJ Cootes b TJ Riley 2 JC Newman c DW Woods b B Chard 13 BJ Weatherstone c DJ Cootes b B Chard 8 EA Lucas not out 12 Extras (nb 1, w 0, b 3, lb 5) 9 Total 139 Overs: 54.4 FOW: 14 (BL Sevil) 68 (J Kroehnert) 78 (K Lawrence) 83 (J Firth) 84 (E Fahey) 87 (AJ Kinnane) 90 (SR Kippax) 109 (JC Newman) 118 (JS Weatherstone) 139 (BJ Weatherstone) Bowling: B Chard 3-19, TJ Riley 3-39, R Hackett 1-17, T Bultitude 2-28, A Ellis 1-28. Tucabia Copmanhurst 1st innings DJ Cootes not out 8 T Bultitude not out 15 Extras (nb 1, w 0, b 0, lb 0) 1 Total 0/24 Overs 15.0 Bowling: EA Lucas 0-8, BJ Weatherstone 0-6, AJ Kinnane 0-1, E Fahey 0-9, JC Newman 0-0 GDSC Easts/Westlawn v South Services JJ Lawrence Fields

Easts/Westlawn 1st innings S Connor c BG Scott b M Dalton 9 WM Bickel b M Dalton 8 JR Grieve c DW Cleaver b BG Scott 51 J Ellis b JJ Gallagher 2 B Shipman c J Peterie b BG Scott 11 B Cotten c JJ Gallagher b BG Scott 0 C Brophy c & b C Cleaver 5 N Blanch not out 10 MR Lobsey b JJ Gallagher 25 T Lobsey c A Dickson b JJ Gallagher 0 DC Gordon c JJ Gallagher b AG Boyd 2 Extras (nb 1, w 0, b 6, lb 3) 10 Total 133 Overs: 58.0 FOW: 16 (S Connor) 24 (WM Bickel) 28 (J Ellis) 56 (B Shipman) 59 (B Cotten) 92 (JR Grieve) 92 (C Brophy) 130 (MR Lobsey) 130 (T Lobsey) 133 (N Blanch) 133 (DC Gordon) Bowling: AG Boyd 1-14, M Dalton 2-10, DW Cleaver 0-7, JJ Gallagher 3-17, C Cleaver 1-47, BG Scott 3-29. South Services 1st innings: T Kroehnert c B Cotten b S Connor 11 DW Cleaver b N Blanch 0 JW Pigg b S Connor 12 J Rainbow not out 17 J Peterie lbw b S Connor 0 A Dickson not out 0 Extras (nb 1, w 1, b 2, lb 0) 4 Total 4/45 Overs: 19.0 FOW: 1 (DW Cleaver) 20 (JW Pigg) 31 (T Kroehnert) 31 (J Peterie) Bowling: N Blanch 1-9, S Connor 3-12, B Shipman 0-10, JR Grieve 0-3, C Brophy 0-9.

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FISHING NEWS

mud crabs in the creeks. The water in the creeks is very clear, so would suggest fishing the last of the ebb and the first of the flood tide as the best chance.

Gold Coast Fishing Tackle Yellowtail king, amberjack and samson fish on the 42s, maori cod, silver and trag jew on the 18s and 24s, dart, tarwhine and chopper tailor along the beaches, school jew and mangrove jack in Southport Seaway, flathead, bream and sand crabs throughout Southport Broadwater and mangrove jack and mud crabs in the rivers and creeks.

Ballina Ballina Bait and Tackle The strong winds and rough weather look set to continue for most of this week. We may see a drop in the swell towards the weekend and this may be the first opportunity to get offshore for some time. The new moon is this Sunday so we will see some better tides as the week goes on with the increase in the tide sizes. This should help to improve the numbers of crabs in both the crabs and the main river. Some better quality flathead have been in the deeper sections below the ferry. Live baits have been working well for the larger models

Tweed Coast Flathead, trevally and school jew in the deep holes and bream, whiting and flathead on surface lures in the middle reaches of the Tweed River. Pottsville Pottsville Bait & Tackle Dart, whiting and a few tailor along the beaches and bream, whiting, flathead and

LAST WEEKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RAINFALL

GRAFTON

Last week 3.4mm TOTAL for November 3.4mm

EVANS HEAD GREEN PIGEON

Last week 3.4mm Last week 1.0mm TOTAL for TOTAL for November 11.0mm November 19.0mm

LIBERTY E10 Unlead91 U95 U98 Diesel

BP OZIGO 119.9 119.9 134.9 141.9 125.9

117.9 119.9 130.9 137.9 117.9

UNITED 113.5 113.5 132.9 134.5 115.9

and pilchards or prawns have been the best bet for the smaller fish. The better numbers of bream have been above the ferry, and most fish have been taken using prawns or squid and small soft plastics. Some good numbers of bass have been landed above Coraki, with surface lures working well early morning and diving hard bodies or skirted jigs

LISMORE

Last week 1.4mm TOTAL for November 2mm

UNITED STH 114.7 116.7 130.9 137.7 118.7

the day. Evans Head Evans Head Sports & Marine Bream, a few tailor and Australian salmon along Main and Airforce Beaches, bream and luderick along the rock walls at the Evans River mouth, bream, whiting and flathead in the lower reaches and mud crabs in the upper reaches.

RAIN

BYRON BAY

Last week 1.2mm TOTAL for November 33.4mm

GUAGE

UNITED

LIBERTY STH

FREEDOM FUELS

112.9 114.9 123.9 131.9 117.5

113.9 113.9 130.9 134.9 115.9

98.9 100.9 117.9 117.9 114.9

SHELL 114.9 116.9 126.9 138.9 126.9

PRICES ARE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINTING. THIS TABLE SHOULD BE USED AS GUIDE ONLY.

Sunrise and Sunset on the Northern Rivers

Thurs 19th November to Wed 25th November CLARENCE - River Entrance

Thurs 19th November to Wed 25th November GRAFTON AREA DAY Thursday 19th Nov Friday 20th Nov Saturday 21st Nov Sunday 22nd Nov Monday 23rd Nov Tuesday 24th Nov Wednesday 25th Nov

FIRST LIGHT 5.15am 5.14am 5.14am 5.14am 5.13am 5.13am 5.13am

SUNRISE 5.41am 5.40am 5.40am 5.40am 5.40am 5.39am 5.39am

SUNSET 7.22pm 7.23pm 7.24pm 7.25pm 7.26pm 7.26pm 7.27pm

LASTLIGHT 7.48pm 7.49pm 7.50pm 7.51pm 7.52pm 7.53pm 7.54pm

FIRST LIGHT 5.17am 5.17am 5.17am 5.16am 5.16am 5.16am 5.15am

SUNRISE 5.43am 5.43am 5.43am 5.42am 5.42am 5.42am 5.42am

SUNSET 7.22pm 7.23pm 7.24pm 7.25pm 7.26pm 7.27pm 7.27pm

LASTLIGHT 7.48pm 7.49pm 7.50pm 7.51pm 7.52pm 7.53pm 7.54pm

FIRST LIGHT 5.17am 5.16am 5.16am 5.16am 5.16am 5.15am 5.15am

SUNRISE 5.43am 5.42am 5.42am 5.42am 5.41am 5.41am 5.41am

SUNSET 7.19am 7.20pm 7.21pm 7.21pm 7.22pm 7.23pm 7.24pm

LASTLIGHT 7.45pm 7.46pm 7.46pm 7.47pm 7.48pm 7.49pm 7.50pm

CASINO AREA DAY Thursday 19th Nov Friday 20th Nov Saturday 21st Nov Sunday 22nd Nov Monday 23rd Nov Tuesday 24th Nov Wednesday 25th Nov

TWEED HEADS AREA DAY Thursday 19th Nov Friday 20th Nov Saturday 21st Nov Sunday 22nd Nov Monday 23rd Nov Tuesday 24th Nov Wednesday 25th Nov

7-DAY MOON PHASE CALENDAR Thurs 19 Nov

Waxing Crescent 23% Visible

Fri 20 Nov

Waxing Crescent 33% Visible

Sat 21 Nov

Waxing Crescent 43% Visible

Sun 22 Nov

First Quarter 50% Visible

Mon 23 Nov

Waxing Gibbous 63% Visible

Tues 24 Nov

Waxing Gibbous 72% Visible

Wed 25 Nov

Waxing Gibbous 80% Visible

DAY Thursday 19th Nov Friday 20th Nov Saturday 21st Nov Sunday 22nd Nov Monday 23rd Nov Tuesday 24th Nov Wednesday 25th Nov

LOW 5.15am, 7.09pm 6.02am, 8.11pm 7.00am, 9.11pm 8.12am, 10.07pm 9.30am, 10.59am 10.45am, 11.42pm 11.50am

HIGH 12.19pm 12.39am, 1.13pm 1.47am, 2.10pm 3.05am, 3.11pm 4.16am, 4.11pm 5.16am, 5.07pm 6.05am, 5.58pm

EVANS HEAD - River Entrance DAY Thursday 19th Nov Friday 20th Nov Saturday 21st Nov Sunday 22nd Nov Monday 23rd Nov Tuesday 24th Nov Wednesday 25th Nov

LOW 5.40am, 7.11pm 6.34am, 8.10pm 7.34am, 9.12pm 8.41am, 10.16pm 9.53am, 11.15pm 11.05am 12.01am, 12.07pm

HIGH 12.15pm 12.37am, 1.11pm 1.41am, 2.12pm 2.53am, 3.15pm 4.10am, 4.16pm 5.15am, 5.11pm 6.05am, 5.59pm

BALLINA - River Entrance DAY Thursday 19th Nov Friday 20th Nov Saturday 21st Nov Sunday 22nd Nov Monday 23rd Nov Tuesday 24th Nov Wednesday 25th Nov

LOW 5.33am, 7.30pm 6.23am, 8.32pm 7.21am, 9.33pm 8.32am, 10.30pm 9.46am, 11.21pm 11.05am 12.03am, 12.12pm

HIGH 12.05am, 12.33pm 1.02am, 1.25pm 2.06am, 2.22pm, 3.21am, 3.22pm 4.35am, 4.25pm 5.35am, 5.23pm 6.24am, 6.13pm

BRUNSWICK HEADS - River Entrance DAY Thursday 19th Nov Friday 20th Nov Saturday 21st Nov Sunday 22nd Nov Monday 23rd Nov Tuesday 24th Nov Wednesday 25th Nov

LOW 5.16am, 7.11pm 6.07am, 8.12pm 7.06am, 9.12pm 8.18am, 10.10pm 9.37am, 11.01pm 10.51am, 11.45pm 11.54am

HIGH 12.27pm 12.40am, 1.19pm 1.45am, 2.15pm 3.02am, 3.15pm 4.17am, 4.15pm 5.20am, 5.11pm 6.10am, 6.01pm

TWEED HEADS - River Entrance DAY Thursday 19th Nov Friday 20th Nov Saturday 21st Nov Sunday 22nd Nov Monday 23rd Nov Tuesday 24th Nov Wednesday 25th Nov

LOW 5.12am, 6.54pm 6.03am, 7.57pm 7.05am, 9.00pm 8.19am, 10.00pm 9.37am, 10.53pm 10.49am, 11.37pm 11.49am

HIGH 12.26pm 12.38am, 1.21pm 1.48am, 2.19pm 3.06am, 3.19pm 4.21am, 4.17pm 5.23am, 5.12pm 6.12am, 5.59pm

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Clarence River Cricket Photo and Story by Tim Howard Disciplined spells from its battery of pace bowlers has put Ulmarra Hotel Tucabia Copmanhurst in the box seat in the CRCA Premier League clash at Ulmarra Showground, which resumes on Saturday. The trio of quicks, led by skipper Brad Chard, kept the dangerous Brothers Clocktower Hotel lineup to 139 from 54.4 overs in testing conditions. Chard had the pick of the figures with 3-19 from 14.4 overs and had great

back up from opening partner Taine Riley with 3-39 from 14 overs. Rohan Hackett kept the pressure on with 1-17 from eight over. But it was Tim Bultitude who took the key wicket of Brothers opener Kallan Lawrence with the score at 83. Lawrence had been in great form striking six boundaries on his way to 43 in a partnership of 54 with skipper Jake Kroehnert, 17. But when Kroehnert fell at 78, lbw to Andy Ellis and Dan Cootes snapped up Lawrence fives runs later, the wheels fell off the Brothers dining.

Young gun Eli Fahey well to Riley for 8, Bultitude trapped Jaimie Firth in front for 4, Chard bowled Andy Kinnane for a duck and suddenly Brothers were 7-90. The score would have disappointed batters reached double figures, but only Lawrence passed 20 as he score limped to 139, when Chard had Billy Weatherstone caught at slip by Cootes for his third catch of the innings. Brothers left-arm quick gave Bultitude and fellow opener Derek Woods some anxious moments.

a bouncer and induced a wild pull shot that flew Edition 20 $2.00 over the slips for four in a fiery spell. But both openers dug deep to capitalise on the fine bowling display to have the team well in front as they head into day two at 0-24. AT JJ Lawrence Field South Services decided to do it the hard way in its clash with GDSC East/Westlawn, finishing the day at 4-45 chasing 133. Hopes on Saturday will rest with veteran Justin Rainbow, who is 17 not out. The big blow for South was losing their gun batsman, Dylan Cleaver bowled for a duck by veteran opening bowler Nathan Blanch. At the other end Shannon Connor was even more devastating, taking 3-12. South would have been disappointed to let East Westlawn off the hook, letting them reach 133 when at one stage 100 would have looked a good score. East/Westlawn first drop Jackson Grieve was gritty for 51 and Matt Lobsey scored 25 but not many others reached double figures. Jordan Gallagher, 3-17 and Brad Scott 3-29 had the pick of the figures in a dominant bowling display. East/Westlawn gained the momentum to give it the edge at the end of the day and must continue to make breakthroughs to scuttle the South run chase.

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