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FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS SOLAR SHADE IN CBD CARPARK LISMORE City Council will soon begin construction of a new solar shade structure in the Clyde Campbell Carpark funded through a Federal Government grant.

The project features construction of a roof structure with a 99.9kW solar PV system over 40 public carparks in the Clyde Campbell Carpark as well as installation of an electric vehicle car-charging station.

The project will provide much-needed shade for visitors to the CBD and the solar energy generated from the panels will be fed back to electricity grid with revenue funding ongoing maintenance costs.

“The solar shade project for Clyde Campbell Carpark is a great example of local government showing

leadership on climate change issues and working towards becoming a sustainable city that embraces renewable energy,” deputy mayor Neil Marks said.

“Our community has consistently said they want

Council to tackle the impacts of climate change, increase the use of renewable energy and provide more shade throughout the Lismore CBD for locals and visitors.”

“This project delivers on all of that and will also provide

an electric car-charging station for Lismore, which is exciting news and I’m sure the first of many to come.”

The solar roof is funded through a $1 million grant provided by the Federal Government’s Drought

Pfizer Covid vaccine approval welcomed THE Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has provisionally approved the Pfizer/ BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use in Australia, and the Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan says it is an important step forward in the fight against COVID-19.

High on the rollout list will be local meatworkers and health care frontline workers.

“Australia is leading the world in fighting COVID-19 and our economy is one of the strongest globally,” Mr Hogan said.

“I welcome the TGA’s approval of the Pfizer vaccine, with our own Australian experts finding it is safe, effective and of a high standard.”

“This approval and the upcoming roll out of the vaccine will play an important part in our ability to manage the pandemic in 2021.”

The TGA provisional approval is for individuals 16 years of age and older.

Two doses will be required at least 21 days apart.

A priority group of Australians are expected to now receive their first dose of the vaccine as soon as it can be received from Pfizer and the necessary checks are undertaken by the TGA prior to its distribution in mid to late February.

The latest advice given to the Government from Pfizer is that shipping and the first vaccinations are expected to be in late February.

In Australia the vaccine will be rolled out in five phases over the coming months and, over time, will involve more than 1,000 vaccination administration sites.

The priority groups have been determined based on the advice of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) which oversees Australia’s highly successful immunisation program.

The Australia Government, states and territories, regulators and the health and medical sectors are working together to finalise arrangements under the Australian Vaccination Strategy and detailed roll out plans.

The Australian Government’s COVID-19 Vaccine National Roll-out Strategy will be phased in, and local Northern Rivers G-Ps and Medical Centres have been contacted to gauge their interest in participating in the rollout.

PHASE 1A • Quarantine and border workers; • Frontline health care worker sub-groups for prioritisation; • Aged care and disability care staff; • Aged care and disability care residents.

PHASE 1B • Elderly adults aged 80 years and over; • Elderly adults aged 70-79 years; • Other health care workers; • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over 55; • Younger adults with an underlying medical condition, including those with a disability; • Critical and high risk workers including defence, police, fire, emergency services and meat processing.

PHASE 2A • Adults aged 60-69 years; • Adults aged 50-59 years; • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 18-54; • Other critical and high risk workers.

PHASE 2B • Balance of adult population; • Catch up any unvaccinated Australians from previous phases.

PHASE 3 • People under 16 if recommended.

Communities Program to 52 NSW councils to complete infrastructure and other drought-relief projects.

In April, Council decided to spend $650,000 of the grant funding on the solar shade structure with the remainder allocated for measures to assist local landholders including training into Natural Sequence Farming, a new technique to retain water in farming landscapes during times of drought.

A tender for the construction of the new solar shade structure will be released in February and construction is expected to begin sometime in April.

Nearby businesses and the community will be advised when construction dates are scheduled.

MP TO PRESS FOR NORTHERN RIVERS VACCINE ROLLOUT THE Member for Page Kevin Hogan has welcomed the recent changes to the Queensland border announced last week, but says he was unhappy Lismore Base Hospital was not announced as a first COVID vaccine rollout centre on the North Coast.

The Federal government has announced that Coffs Harbour Hospital will have a COVID vaccine clinic, but no mention was made of the Northern Rivers where Coronavirus cases have been detected in Byron Bay, Ballina and in the Casino region in the past.

“With Lismore absolutely I will be pushing for this,” Mr Hogan said.

“You have to also remember this is going to come out in four or five stages and we going to have to have a lot of places like this throughout the country and the North Coast.”

“We want to make it easy. It will be voluntary and we want to take it as easy as we can and there will certainly will be places as it gets rolled out, and I will be pushing for the Northern Rivers.”

From Monday February 1st the Queensland border was opened to all of NSW residents and others which saw the end of border checkpoints and border passes.

Mr Hogan has been a strong advocate of having the Queensland border remain open during the pandemic.

“It is really good to see the Queensland border open again. We have always, as a federal parliament, relied on the advice of the chief medical officer,” he said.

“The chief medical officer has never recommended that any state borders have needed to be closed.”

“They’ve never said the Queensland border needed to be closed.”

“It’s great to see it open again.”

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Power of public art: new bridge precinct to host first community event

By Lesley Apps WHEN it comes to importance of having a strong public art presence in the community, the Clarence Valley has spoken and the results are a resounding show of support for it.

This was the feedback recently given to Clarence Valley Council about the future of public art in this region and one area of particular note to people who responded to council’s call out was the new Grafton Bridges Precinct.

The area has been slowly transformed by street artists since Kade Valja added the first colourful work on the vintage infrastructure in 2014 to give it a boost.

Since then the new Grafton Bridge has been built adding an impressive architectural element and green space to the riverside landscape, while bringing a wealth of new opportunities in which council are keen to create a sense of place around.

One of the first tangible tastings of what’s possible in the new precinct is the upcoming ArtJam event set for

February 27.

The whole community is invited to come along to the free event where they can meet some of the Clarence’s most creative innovators.

There will be walk-up art workshops, tunes to kick back and chill too, riverside picnics and cold beer available from the licensed bar.

Come along and make a lantern or learn more about the people behind the bridge art by joining the guided street art

tour or if you don’t feel like that, just flop on your picnic blanket and catch up with friends over some food and a cold drink.

If you stay until the sun goes down, the lanterns will come to life as festoon lighting, illuminating the precinct as it signals what’s possible in Grafton’s newest community space.

Organiser of ArtJam Phil Nichols said the newlylandscaped space between

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Grafton’s twin bridges was a major conduit for so many different things.

“Pipes, power cables, water, bicycles, runners, waggers, lovers, dog walkers, trains, cars, boats, pigeons and now, thanks to the proliferation of amazing street art there, an outdoor art gallery,” Mr Nichols said.

He said Art Jam was designed to activate the space by hosting a community event that promoted social cohesion,

met local demand for social and recreational activities, as well as attracting visitors to enjoy the Clarence River in a convivial atmosphere.

“It’s such an interesting spot so we hope to get the community to come out and support this first event.”

Everyone is invited to come along to the Grafton Bridges Precinct at McClymont Place, Grafton on Saturday, February 27 from 2pm to 9pm. ArtJam events are free to attend, but not free to produce, so if you are able, you can support the event by purchasing a voluntary ticket ($10 + booking fee).

Other projects Clarence Valley Council will initiating in the precinct in the future include: • Welcome Words mural on each side fo the bridge in Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung languages; • Nationally renowned artists to contribute to public art in the precinct; • Projection art: Light Up the Bridge; • Public art in the area including Pound Street down to Grafton library; and • More community events.

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New Lismore roundabout to improve safety at black spot LISMORE Council road crews are putting the finishing touches on a new roundabout at the corner of Keen and Orion Streets that will improve safety for motorists and pedestrians.

Over the next couple of weeks, minor works such as pedestrian fencing and signage will be completed.

The community nominated this intersection as a

Black Spot following a number of accidents at this location. This upgrade has been funded under NSW Government Safer Roads programme.

People can nominate a Black Spot to be fixed by clicking on: https:// investment.infrastructure.gov. au/infrastructure_investment/ black_spot/how_to_ nominate_a_black_spot.aspx

RICHMOND VALLEY SETS SIGHTS ON BECOMING AGRI-FOOD HUB RICHMOND Valley farmers, producers and rural land owners are being invited to learn more about ways they can diversify and develop the potential of their farm businesses at the Richmond Valley Made Paddock to Plate Field Day on Wednesday 24 February from 9.30am to 1.30pm.

At the field day, to be held in the Casino Community Centre, business owners will discover opportunities on farm and beyond the farm gate and learn from the experiences of local producers on the path to developing their businesses.

Topics will include exploring options for leveraging farm assets and/ or current production, investigating ideas for diversification or value adding, developing new pathways to markets, and the potential for tapping into the visitor economy.

Field Day participants will also be able to apply for a sixmonth business development programme.

Commissioned by Richmond Valley Council, as part of the Australian Government Drought Communities Programme, the Richmond Valley Made

Paddock to Plate initiative will be delivered by agritourism and agribusiness specialists Regionality and will include a series of six full-day workshops, designed to support farmers and food producers to develop their business concepts.

Richmond Valley Council believes the region has enormous potential to build on its strengths and to develop an exciting agri-food economy.

The Council’s general manager Vaughan Macdonald said the Richmond Valley was known for its rich agricultural heritage, and with multiple food producers and farmers living and working in the area, it was evident agritourism was an untapped

market.

Mr Macdonald said the creation of new agritourism experiences could well see visitation increase in areas of the Valley which generally had low visitor numbers.

He said the Richmond Valley Made Paddock to Plate would provide the opportunity to showcase the vast array of produce grown in the region by local farmers and food producers.

“Event and recreation agritourism are fast becoming popular among travellers and the Richmond Valley has a number of established agritourismbased events such as Beef Week, Primex, and the newly founded Hooked on Evans,” Mr Macdonald said.

“The overall aim of the Richmond Valley Made Paddock-to-Plate Collaborative is to create a new experience while at the same time develop regional prosperity and opportunity by supporting the agriculture, food and tourism sectors.”

Regionality managing director Rose Wright said the Agritourism/Agribusiness Development Program was an opportunity to investigate possibilities to diversify or innovate existing farm businesses, with the potential to provide an alternative or additional income stream or succession planning opportunity to keep family members on the land.

“Richmond Valley has a long agricultural heritage,

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however, it also has untapped potential to innovate, creating new opportunities for high-value agricultural and value-added food and fibre products,” Ms Wright said.

Ms Wright said there were many opportunities to create high-value agricultural and food products through diversification or creating layers of value by developing a branded product and creating new pathways to market, or directly to the consumer.

“There are so many options and alternatives; the Agritourism/Agribusiness Development Programme will help the region and individual farmers to innovate and become more resilient in an ever changing world,” she said.

Farmer and food entrepreneurs interested in being part of an agri-food cluster and being supported through the Agritourism/ Agribusiness Development Programme are invited to register for the field day on Wednesday 24 February at: https://richmondvalleypaddo ck2platefieldday.eventbrite. com.au Attendance is free and refreshments will be provided.

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Concrete flows as Tweed hospital takes shape

The basement slab is poured at the Tweed Valley Hospital site.

THE concrete flowed this week as the first of 120 concrete slabs was poured at the site of the new $673 million Tweed Valley Hospital at Cudgen/Kingscliff.

The slab, located in the basement level of the hospital, will eventually be around 600m2.

Member for Tweed Geoff Provest said the slab pouring was a significant milestone on the journey to create the new hospital due to open to patients in 2023.

“Today is a landmark day, we are pouring over 600 cubic metres of concrete and this is the first major pour,” he said.

“Currently on-site we have around 45 workers and a lot of them are local workers as well, we have a local concrete firm and a lot of young apprentices here. This is a really exciting day to see the slab going down. We’ve been building this for well over a year now but this is an important landmark.

“I wish all the workers really well and eventually we will have a brand new hospital where we are standing.”

Mr Provest said the new site was extremely important to the region.

“The old hospital is around

220 beds and the new one can be up to 499 beds so it virtually doubles the size and with the population growing – now 90,000 people.”

Infrastructure executive director Amanda Bock said the project focuses on maximising employment opportunities in the local area.

“I can appreciate the value that a project of this nature will bring, not only for the economy, but also for the health and wellbeing of the community,” Ms Bock said.

Throughout January,

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more than 45 construction workers will be engaged in the installation of inground services and concrete activities in preparation for construction of the basement level of the hospital.

Construction will continue to gain momentum and it is expected that the project will employ up to 650 workers at the peak of construction in late 2021.

Additional information and construction facts: • Early works on the hospital site were completed in

December 2020 and included piling, inground services, bulk excavation, vegetation removal, civil works and site roads; • Number of total piles: 425; • Total amount of spoil excavated during the early works package: 100,000m3; • Percentage of spoil that was repurposed on site during early works: 100%; • Total tonnes of REO steel that will reinforce the hospital building structures: 3800 tonnes; • Number of lift shafts: 12.

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LOCAL POLICE BEAT

CANNABIS BUST NEAR BYRON A WOMAN has been charged after police located 73 kilograms of cannabis following a vehicle stop near Byron Bay. At 3.30pm on Wednesday 27th January 2021 police from Tweed/ Byron Highway Patrol Command and detectives from Tweed/Byron Police District have stopped a Pantech truck travelling on the Pacific Motorway at McLeods Shoot near Byron Bay. Officers searched the vehicle, locating a significant amount of cannabis.

A man and woman, both aged 24, were arrested at the scene and were taken to Byron Bay Police Station.

The woman was charged with supply commercial quantity-cannabis.

The crop has an estimated potential street value of $480,000.

The woman appeared before Ballina Local Court where she was formally refused bail.

Inquires continue.

MULTI AGENCY OPERATION TARGETS FISHERIES AND MARINE OFFENCES POLICE from the Rural Crime Prevention Team in conjunction with NSW DPI Fisheries and NSW Maritime have concluded Operation Manette which was conducted over the Australia Day weekend.

The operation, which took place on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th January focused on fisheries, maritime safety and property offences, particularly in response to several recent reports of persons unlawfully interfering with commercial and recreational crab pots in the Clarence River and its tributaries.

During the course of the operation, officers from the three agencies stopped more than 110 vessels and spoke with numerous fishers and other waterway users, as well as monitoring compliance at boat ramps and fishing co-ops around Maclean, Yamba and Iluka.

A number of recreational fishers were issued written cautions in relation to offences including incorrect marking of crab pots and failing to pay the NSW recreational fishing fee, with several boat operators also issued formal warnings and education in relation to offences including not wearing life jackets when required and not carrying safety equipment.

At 9.55am on Saturday 23rd January a recreational fishing boat was stopped

on the Clarence River near Iluka.

The male operator was subject to an oral fluid test that produced a positive detection for an illicit substance. The man was also found to not be licensed to operate a boat, and was not wearing a lifejacket when boating alone.

The man was arrested and taken to Maclean Police Station for a secondary test that also allegedly returned a positive detection. The sample has been sent for further testing prior to any formal criminal proceedings taking place.

At 11.30am on Saturday 23rd January officers intercepted a vehicle towing a boat on Goodwood Island after the driver had been seen retrieving crab pots.

It will be alleged that the man, a professional fisherman, was in possession of a crab taken from a crab pot marked in another person’s name.

He was also found to have failed to submit a quota usage catch report as required by commercial fishers when they operate in the mud crab fishery.

The boat trailer was also found to be unregistered. He will be issued with infringements totalling $1,200 in relation to numerous fisheries offences.

At 12.15pm on Saturday 23rd January a boat was stopped on the Clarence River near Iluka, after being seen towing two persons on a ski biscuit. The operator was subjected to a breath test which allegedly returned a positive reading. He was later subjected to a breath analysis which allegedly returned a reading in the low range prescribed concentration of alcohol. He will be issued with a Future Court Attendance Notice at a later date.

At 5.40pm on Sunday 24th January Rural Crime Investigators and Fisheries Officers spoke with a commercial fisherman for offences relating to the use of crab pots in excess of his commercial entitlement.

He was issued with a Field Court Attendance Notice for the offence of ‘Contravene condition of endorsement on licence’ to attend Maclean Local Court on 25th February.

Detective Sergeant Bennett Nolan from the Rural Crime Prevention Team said overall behaviour was positive.

“We will continue working with our partner agencies to target these crimes in any way we can, including through proactive operations and joint investigations,” Det Sgt Nolan said.

Police commend Aus Day behaviour NSW Police have commended the behaviour of those who joined in Australia Day events and gatherings in regional areas, despite some alcoholrelated incidents.

A high-visibility and mobile police operation was in place yesterday on Tuesday 26th January 2021 with general duties officers who were assisted by specialist police deployed to ensure a safe and secure environment for the community gatherings to mark Australia Day. During the operation, 89 people were arrested and charged for a range of offences including affray, drink and drug-driving, drug possession, assault police, domestic violence and breach of bail incidents and malicious damage.

Two people were charged and another nine were issued Penalty Infringement Notices (PINs) for breaches of the Public Health Act. Operation Commander, Assistant Commissioner Michael Willing, said police were pleased with the overall behaviour of crowds.

“While there were a number of incidents that police responded to across the state, the majority of people were well-behaved and enjoyed their celebrations safely and responsibly,” Assistant Commissioner Willing said.

“Overall, we were happy with the behaviour of those who participated in the protest and given the heat and the possible risk to traffic and pedestrian flow, we could not have asked for a better outcome.

“We are disappointed about the number of alcohol-fuelled assaults and alcohol-related incidents and remind everyone that alcohol affects your ability to assess risks, make decisions and behave responsibly. Those people charged will now have to deal with the

consequences of their actions.”

Minister for Police and Emergency Services, David Elliott, congratulated police and the successful operation that saw everyone have a safe and fun Australia Day. “At the end of the day, public safety is the primary concern for our frontline workers. It was positive to see police and protest organisers work together to ensure the gathering was a COVID-Safe event and avoid major disruptions,” said Minister Elliott.

The state-wide operation saw police in the air, on our roads, and on the water throughout the day focusing on public safety, alcohol-related crime and anti-social behaviour.

In the Northen Rivers Police responded to concerns of large crowds gathering in breach of public health orders and anti-social behaviour including Island Drive, Tweed Heads.

While no arrests were made, a number of youth cautions will be handed out and inquiries are continuing.

Marine safety was another focus of the operation, with officers from the Marine Area Command conducting 568 breath tests, 90 drug tests and 587 safety and compliance checks on vessels operating on waterways.

Drug Action program expands THE Alcohol and Drug Foundation and Australian Government are encouraging organisations that are passionate about building resilient and healthy neighbourhoods to apply to join the Local Drug Action Team Program.

Applications to join this national prev ention program are now open today and close on March 5. Organisations can find out now how to develop strong applications by visiting community.adf. org.au/ldat-contact.

“The Local Drug Action Team Program supports organisations to build or extend local partnership and deliver evidence-based activities to prevent and minimise harms caused by alcohol and other drugs where it matters the most - at the grass-roots, community level,” explained Alcohol and Drug Foundation CEO, Dr Erin Lalor AM. “No community is the same and we know that locally-led responses are the most effective when it comes to addressing the challenges of alcohol and other drugs, including crystal

methamphetamine (‘ice’).

“There are already more than 230 active Local Drug Actions Teams having an impact around Australia and we’re on the lookout for another 40,” Dr Lalor added.

The Local Drug Action Team Program is part of the Australian Government’s investment of more than $450 million under the National Ice Action Strategy since 2016-17.

Successful Local Drug Action Teams are expected to be announcd in April. They will receive an initial $10,000 and will be supported by the Alcohol and Drug Foundation to develop and a tailored Community Action Plan addressing alcohol and other drug issues in their community, with opportunities to apply for further funding to deliver their activities.

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New flood warning system for Southern Tweed Villages THREE of Tweed Shires most southern villages, currently not covered by Bureau of Meteorology warnings, could be about to get their own flash flooding warning system.

Residents in Burringbar, Mooball and Crabbes Creek are being asked to have their say on a new flash flood warning system for the area.

Tweed Shire Roads and Stormwater manager Danny Rose said that a key consideration for flooding in the area is the lack of warning time.

Mr Rose said the system was being developed as flood risk studies had shown that these areas were subject to flash flooding with little to no warning.

He said council, with assistance from NSW State Emergency Service and other government agencies, is now set to build an automated system to rectify the situation.

“The small Burringbar Creek and Crabbes Creek catchments are not covered by Bureau of Meteorology flood

The 2017 flood damage to Shackles Bridge in Burringbar. Photo: Serena V Dolinska warnings, as the time between rainfall and flooding is too short. Council is developing an automated flash flood warning system and we want all local residents to have their say to ensure it meets their needs now and into the future,” he said.

Local residents are being encouraged to take part in a

survey about the project by 4pm on Wednesday 3 March 2021.

Mr Rose said while many areas of Burringbar and Crabbes Creek catchments are known to flood. key areas included: Dignan Street/ Hunter Street/Tweed Valley Way areas of Burringbar; Mooball (both north and south

First Nations fishing nominations call THE call is out for nominations to the Aboriginal Fishing Trust Expenditure Committee in the Northern Rivers.

NSW DPI Fisheries is calling for nominations from Aboriginal people to join the Aboriginal Fishing Trust Expenditure Committee (AFTEC).

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of the railway embankment); Crabbes Creek village and various rural road crossings (e.g. Greenvale Court culvert).

“Funded under the Natural Disaster Resilience Program, supported by the NSW and Commonwealth governments, the flash flood warning system will enable residents to prepare their properties and/or

evacuate to a safe place prior to the onset of flooding,” he said.

The warning system will have two main components: flood forecasting and warning distribution.

The flood forecasting system will use cloud-based technology, which combines local rain and stream gauge data, and Bureau of Meteorology forecasts, to predict flooding. It will distribute a warning advising of an approaching flood, the expected timeframe and magnitude at key locations.

“To develop an effective flash flood warning system, we need to hear from local residents to understand their flood concerns, how much warning time they need to prepare their homes and to evacuate, and their preferred communication method for receiving the warning,” Mr Rose said.

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COVID STALWARTS ENCOURAGED TO BE RECOGNISED IN QUEEN’S HONOURS AUSTRALIANS are being encouraged to nominate those people, professionals and volunteers, who have displayed extraordinary service and achievement during the COVID-19 response and recovery, for an Australian National Honour.

Individuals recognised for their contribution, service or achievement relating to COVID-19 will feature on a dedicated COVID-19 honours roll as well as the official Australian honours database from the Queen’s Birthday in June.

The Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said that Australians have displayed courage and selflessness during the course of COVID-19.

“The pandemic has challenged our nation in a way we have not seen since World War Two, yet we have seen the best of Australia as we have come together, helping one another

to keep us safe,” Mr Hogan said.

“There has been heartbreaking loss and hardship but our overall success has been built on the incredible sacrifices of many.”

“From health professionals providing critical care to COVID-19 patients or those in aged care, to mental health counsellors, and workers going above and beyond to keep critical services and the economy going.”

“Australia Day this year will be a day of giving thanks for this service and we want to ensure there is lasting recognition.”

“If you know someone who has

made an outstanding contribution, on the front-line or behind the scenes, I urge you to consider nominating them for an award.”

Just like the National Emergency Medal is available to recognise responders to the 2019-20 Bushfires, the Australian Honours System includes awards which provide a valuable mechanism to recognise the extraordinary contributions of Australians.

The prime minister has also asked premiers and chief ministers to gather nominations for work on COVID-19 response and recovery in each of the states and territories.

Nominations can be made now.

For more information on Australian Honours, as well as information on how to make a nomination visit: https://pmc.gov.au/ government/its-honour/ covid-19-relatedrecognition-australianhonours

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PARENTS OF CRASH VICTIMS ENCOURAGE FORGIVENESS THE families of four children who were tragically killed by a drunk and drugged driver have launched an annual forgiveness day to be remembered each year on February the 1st.

Siblings Antony, Angelina and Sienna Abdallah and their cousin Veronique Sakr (pictured) were killed in February last year when an out-of-control ute mounted the footpath.

The two families have taken the extraordinary step of forgiving the man behind the wheel and have initiated that the anniversary of the

deaths become National i4give Day. The Federal Member for

Page Kevin Hogan said this is remarkable thing to be able to do.

“Through this darkness and unbelievable pain, the families have chosen ongoing

forgiveness to mark every anniversary going forward, honouring their children in this beautiful and positive way,” Mr Hogan said. “i4give Day on February 1st will be held on this day every year.”

“This day is about honouring Antony, Angelina, Sienna and Veronique. Their families have shown amazing strength through such a terrible tragedy.”

A website i4give.com has been launched where people will be directed to links dealing with grief and trauma counselling.

Rail Trail on-line information days for Tweed IT’S the hot topic of discussion across Tweed at the moment and now the council is inviting to come online to learn more about the Murwillumbah to Crabbes Creek section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail.

Tweed Shire Council project director Iain Lonsdale, who will be one of two on-line presenters said Construction of the Tweed section of the rail trail was due to begin within months now that all government funding needed to deliver the project had been secured and the corridor has been formally closed as an active railway line.

He said with the starting time coming up, the online information sessions were designed to update the community on the project’s progress, including legislative changes that have been implemented to enable it to get off the ground Following a presentation on the project, online attendees will be able to ask questions of Mr Lonsdale and the NSW

Public Works Advisory Project Manager, Alex Manning.

“The information sessions will tell the community what’s been done to date and what is being done now to help all four prospective tenderers prepare their final detailed designs as part of their tender submissions,” Mr Lonsdale said.

The online information sessions will be held on the following dates: • Session 1, Wednesday 10 February, 3-4pm; • Session 2, Thursday 11 February, 10-11am; • Session 3, Wednesday 17 February, 5.30-6.30pm; and • Session 4, Thursday 18 February, 5.30-6.30pm.

To attend an information session visit yoursaytweed. com.au/RailTrail at the scheduled time and click the link to join the session.

At the end of each session, attendees will be asked to complete a short feedback form, which will allow them to seek any additional information they require.

Vegetation clearance is taking place along the Tweed section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail.

A recording of one of the information sessions will be uploaded to the Your Say Tweed webpage, allowing anyone to view it at any time.

The webpage also allows the community to ask the project team a question.

Currently Council is

providing all prospective tenderers with access to the rail corridor to assess the condition of the infrastructure and sharing the investigative studies and technical reports that were completed in preparation for design and construction.

Detailed designs of the Tweed section of the rail trail will be put forward by the shortlisted tenderers and Council will then evaluate each against the project design criteria, budget and value for money. Once a contract has been awarded the design will be refined if needed and finalised, after which the community will be able to view the final rail trail design.

Following the design and initial construction phase, the community will be able to help shape the look and feel of the rail trail by proposing and prioritising features that could enhance the trail for visitors and residents. Funding would then be sought to undertake those works in partnership with rail trail volunteers.

Funding for the Tweed section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail has been provided by the Australian Government, under its Regional Jobs and Infrastructure Package Fund, and the NSW Government under its Restart NSW program.

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LETTERS, FEEDBACK AND OPINION

We’d love to hear from you! letters@nrtimes.com.au Please keep under 150 words

We are one Thank you Cr Alan Hunter for a new perspective and thoughtful words on Australia Day (NRT 28/1), highlighting some of the joyful aspects of this date.

Many Australians would agree it is currently celebrated on January 26th to honour the arrival of the first British fleet in 1788 and the planting of the Union Jack on Australian soil. It must be confronting for Australians with Anglo-Saxon ancestry to encounter criticism for celebrating this date as the formal start of their time here on this their continent.

250 years of hard yakka and endurance by their ancestors have transformed this land into what it is today and we rightly want to celebrate their achievements.

Yet Australia has a darker and longer history than the British Settlement date of what was wrongly declared ‘Terra Nullius’ Australis, uninhabited, unmanaged lands. We have the oldest continuous living

cultures surviving, managing and caring for country here since over 60,000 years with 500 languages, laws and lore, forced to hand over the ancient lands and holy grounds of their ancestors to the sudden new arrivals after decades of frontier wars, theft, rape, slavery and murder.

Farmers understand connection to land, to country, even if it is not part of our religion, it is part of identity, of home. How hard must it be seeing the land of so many generations, protected by law, custom and culture over thousands of years, taken away on that day, barely 250 years ago?

We also have a third pillar of Australian society, our new, mostly post-war arrivals, that have added new cultures, knowledge and variety to our country, making it one of the most international and successful countries of the world. Do you see our arrival and contributions to Australia reflected in this date?

Australians today are all those different foundations, our First Nations with ancestors and connection to country from time immemorial, our convicts, settlers, soldiers and farmers from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and our new Australians from all over the world.

There must be a way to celebrate this sunburnt country that makes all of us proud and leaves nobody out,

no matter their race, trade, gender, religion, sexuality, political conviction or ancestry.

I am, you are, we are Australia - then we are one and free.

Dr Ulf Steinvorth Dunoon

Police presence For several years, the local community and businesses rallied and petitioned to have police stationed and a presence back in the Alstonville area. Alstonville was well pleased to have a police officer back in Alstonville in 2018 with the appointment was Senior Constable Andrew Ross. SC Ross was well received and welcomed to the area.

His caring, friendly professionalism and proactive approach was great to see and through some old fashion policing, local crime was reduced thanks to his efforts.

Now two years on, it has come apparent that the Local Area Command are back to their old tricks, moving our Alstonville officer back down to Ballina.

With a recent spate of violent assaults and malicious damage to businesses, crime is only again on the rise due to no policing presence.

This isn’t good enough.

Alstonville, once a village of about 2000 population had a permanent police officer. Now Alstonville and Wollongbar have a combined population of roughly 15,000 so why don’t we have at least one permanent police officer? A drive through

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We as taxpayers we deserve a better police presence in the community, we deserve a permanent police officer.

Luke O’Neill Alstonville

Marketing man Scotty from Marketing has returned from holidays, after a long year of intense marketing. And almost immediately resumed marketing, defending his favourite “gold standard” premier (Gladys), who is definitely in need of some marketing-spin as she continues to deflect claims of mismanagement, rorting and corruption. How is this woman still premier?

Gladys could not get more experienced help in such matters. Shifty Morrison is as good as it gets when it comes to “gilding the lily” and blame-shifting; but it’s hard to imagine Gladys needing any help when it involves rorting and pork-barrelling public money.

And wasn’t the Deputy PM (Nationals) Michael McCormack (he fills in for Scotty) enlightening, although he seems to suffer a recurring illness called foot in mouth disease, not to be confused with foot AND mouth disease that doesn’t exist in Australia, a fate that could soon befall the National Party.

But Scotty is in a league of his own, he started as the “shifty” treasurer responsible for the illegal robo-debt debacle that led to many unnecessary suicides; then metamorphosised into that daggy suburban dad who wouldn’t harm a fly; then reappeared as a leisurely tourist sipping drinks at Waikiki while Australia was burning; then to a fly-in fly-out rubbernecker touring firedevastated communities back in Australia, terrorising traumatised residents by forcing unwanted hand contact, God help us in 2021.

Keith Duncan Pimlico

Climate calamity In last week’s Northern Rivers Times Susie Russell and Dailan Pugh, two of our respected conservationists, slammed our state renewable energy plan in which our precious native forests are to be felled to provide fuel for power stations.

Last year our native forests were hammered by the Black Summer bushfires which were exacerbated by climate change. Also in last week’s Northern Rivers Times there is a report of Grafton residents seeking assistance as flying foxes are camping in street trees; so the very last thing we should be doing is destroying native forests, the natural buffer zone between people and animal species that might do us harm.

And if any state

government is doing the wrong thing, this is where our federal government should step in and “do the right thing” with our national Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. Professor Graeme Samuel’s final report of his review of Australia’s environmental laws has just been released with the following findings: Australia’s natural environment is in severe decline.

The EPBC Act in its present form will not be able to address present and future environmental challenges, the greatest of which are climate change, bio-diversity loss and habitat destruction.

Therefore the review recommends an overhaul of our national environmental laws with strong legallyenforceable standards as well as the creation of an independent umpire to ensure that these strong legally-enforceable standards are applied.

What a great pity it is that our grandchildren and children still at school don’t yet have a vote in their future.

Even more of a pity that our remaining native forests and the animals they contain, never ever have a vote in their futures.

Luckily for we adults, the future is what we choose, while we still have a little time to choose a sustainable future.

Harry Johnson Iluka

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Standing with the community to stop logging in Bungabbee Forest

Lismore MP Janelle Saffin and local resident Kim Curtis during a tour of Bungabbee State Forest, at which the community petition was handed over.

By Janelle Saffin MP I RECENTLY accepted a community petition signed by 8892 people, calling for no further logging of Bungabbee State Forest and working towards the long-term goal of the forest being reclassified as a Nature Reserve or Regional Park.

I stand with locals who are fighting to protect this small but important forest, which falls between Bungabbee Nature Reserve and Muckleewee Mountain Nature Reserve, and which is home to a host of threatened and vulnerable native fauna and flora.

They put their grassroots campaign on my radar late last year and I have made representations on their behalf to NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro and NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean, now working more collaboratively on conservation issues.

In my letter to Mr Barilaro, I also noted that the proposed Northern Rivers Rail Trail will pass within a few kilometres of Bungabbee and this could provide a potential network of bushwalking and cycling trails, promoting ecotourism.

On behalf of my constituents, I have told both Ministers that I wholeheartedly object to Forestry Corporation’s plans to undertake logging in Bungabbee in April this year.

I have asked the deputy premier to intervene to protect this important pocket of wilderness because locals, including farmers in the Bentley area, are dismayed to think that it might be damaged in any way.

I commend the North East Forest Alliance, together with a number of botanists and zoologists, for undertaking a preliminary assessment of Bungabbee State Forest last October which identified 27 threatened species, including koalas, gliders and owls.

The vulnerable long-nosed potoroo and marbled frogmouth, as well as the critically endangered native guava, were also observed. Bungabee is well worth saving.

Archibald on tour MURWILLUMBAH is abuzz with excitement at the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre hosting the 2020 Archibald Prize regional tour from last Friday until Sunday 7 March 2021.

I congratulate gallery director Susi Muddiman OAM and her team on this major coup of securing the first stop of the Archibald and am booked in with my senior electorate officer Ronny Susanto to view the portraits.

Another current exhibition worthy of note is Arthur Boyd Landscape of the Soul, a Bundanon Trust touring exhibition, which explores the Australian master’s lifetime of landscape paintings and which runs until Sunday 28 February 2021.

Regional Sport Facility Fund THE Office of Sport is receiving applications for its $25-million Regional Sport Facility Fund 2020/2021 (Round 1) until 5pm, Friday 26 February 2021.

This new fund offers eligible applicants grants of between $100,000 and $1 million as a long-term investment in new and existing sporting facilities.

I welcome this more generous Fund as the NSW Government’s Local Sports Grant program only sits at a modest $50,000 for each electorate and is more aimed at small grants for uniforms, clinics, events and minor infrastructure improvements.

Questions about the Fund can be emailed to grantsunit@sport.nsw.gov. au or visit www.sport.nsw.gov.au/ regional-sport-facility-fund

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Hitch hiking cane toads spotted in region

By Tim Howard RESIDENTS of the Clarence Valley and further south have been warned to be on the lookout for cane toads after recent sightings at Wooli and Emerald Beach.

NSW Local Land Care Services has received reports of toads spotted since Christmas at the coastal village of Wooli and the wetland by Look At Me Now Headland, Emerald Beach.

The reports have alarmed NSW Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshal, who on Friday issued an alert calling for people to report any sightings.

“Cane toads are a serious biosecurity threat that can cause devastating impacts on communities, native wildlife, pets and ecosystems,” Mr Marshall said.

“It’s believed these pests hitchhiked their way into NSW from Queensland through

freight, green waste or loads of timber, as they are known to do.

“So, today I ask the Sydney, North Coast, South Coast and North West communities to help keep your regions safe by reporting any sightings to NSW Department of Primary Industries.

“If you’re coming from cane toad infested areas such as Queensland or the Northern Territory, please check your luggage, vehicle or trailer to ensure you are not unwittingly carrying an unwanted passenger.”

Authorities have urged the public not to kill any toads they find, but not to kiss them either, as they have poison glands under their skins.

Mr Marshall said suspect amphibians should be kept alive until positively identified as a cane toad.

He said a number of native frogs look similar to cane

toads and it is important they not be harmed because of a misidentification.

A suspected cane toad should be immediately reported to NSW DPI Biosecurity through its helpline on 1800 680 244 or by completing the online form or emailing a photo of the pest’s face and details to invasive.species@dpi.nsw.gov. au.

Mr Marshall said in

recognition of the serious biosecurity threat posed by cane toads and to prevent their spread, the NSW Government introduced a formal Biosecurity Zone for this species in 2019 under the NSW Biosecurity Act 2015.

“The best way to control the cane toad is to report their presence and manage them responsibly when detected,” Mr Marshall said.

Local cane toad hunters have issued information on how to best find if there any of the pests in your area.

The best time to look is on warm rainy nights, however you can also look in spots they may be sheltering during the day or cool weather.

Always wear gloves and protective eyewear.

If you think you have found a toad, please catch it and place in a container with air holes and some water.

Photograph the animal and report it to NSW DPI Biosecurity using the online reporting form http://bit. ly/3iJnTd7 or emailing invasive.species@dpi.nsw.gov. au More information on cane toads is available on the NSW DPI website https://www. dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/ vertebrate-pests/nia/keynew-incursions-species/newincursions/cane-toad.

DOUG ANTHONY REMEMBERED WHEN asked by ABC journalist Heather Ewart a few year’s back what he’d like to be remembered for, Doug Anthony paused before eventually admitting it would be running the country from a caravan at New Brighton in the Christmas holidays.

On Thursday, at a service at Twin Towns Services with Ewart as MC, John Douglas Anthony was remembered as much more than that, he was remembered as the longest serving deputy prime minister, a long-serving Federal Member for Richmond, a champion of the rural sector and of the arts, a keen fisherman, a man who loved the Tweed but most of all a devoted husband to wife Margot and loving father and grandfather.

Five deputy prime ministers and two prime ministers gathered with the 300 invited guests in the main showroom at Twin Towns in Tweed Heads to say goodbye and thank you to Mr Anthony who died in Murwillumbah on December 20 at the age of 90.

Current PM Scott Morrison did a reading while former prime minister John Howard provided the eulogy for the service which was interspersed with pictures from his life and performances from local musicians as well as touching tributes from members of the arts community, his children Jane, Dugald and Larry and three of his grandsons.

Lions Road works slightly affect border crossing Above: Doug Anthony with friend artist Margaret Ollie. Mr Anthony and wife Margot donated the land on which the Tweed River Regional Art Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre stands – not far his beloved property and the bend in the river where his favourite Casuarina stands. Picture courtesy Tweed Shire Council.

Right: Larry Anthony Jr speaking at the service.

“He was the longest serving deputy prime minister Australia has had,” Mr Howard told the gathering which included local State and Federal members from across the Northern Rivers and representatives of the arts and agricultural community as well as Mr Anthony’s close and extended family.

“He was the youngest ever leader of the National Party and It’s previous iteration the Country Party and was only a few months short of the years of services of Earle Page as leader of that party.

“He was a person who made an everlasting contribution to the solidity, the strength and

the achievements of that side of politics to which, at an early age I was very deeply affected. Doug Anthony exuded many qualities, the two that shone through to me were the qualities of strength and decency. Doug was a very strong man, he didn’t bully people but the strength of his personality and the strength of his arguments won through.”

Mr Anthony served the people of Richmond from 1957 to 1984 – following in the footsteps of his father Larry Anthony Snr (known locally as Tony) who was member for Richmond from 1937-1957 with Doug’s son Larry Anthony Jnr holding the seat from 1996-2004.

QUEENSLAND Police have removed the concrete barriers at the Lions Road state border, but roadworks

by Kyogle Council will still affect traffic until Friday 5th February.

The actual barriers were removed at 1am on Monday the 1st February 2021.

Kyogle Council has been undertaking a replacement of a culvert lower down the Lions Road and the road will remain closed at that point.

Works are expected to be completed by Friday afternoon 5th February weather permitting.

Although a detour is possible using Gradys Creek Road, referred to locally as “the low road”, road conditions on this route include causeway creek crossings and unsealed road surfaces.

The Council has recommended the route for travel to Queensland during this time is via the Mount Lindesay Highway for traffic connecting and using the Summerland way.

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YOUTH SPACE AT HOME IN FISHER PARK AN $80,000 grant from the NSW Nationals in Government has seen the relocation of the Clarence Valley’s “Out of the Box’ youth space from Market Square in Grafton to a new home in Fisher Park.

Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis joined with Clarence Valley Council representatives today to officially launch and celebrate the completion of the project.

Clarence Valley Council is the NSW Government’s partner for the project and General Manager Ashley Lindsay predicted the relocated youth hub would become a better utilised and essential space for young people in Grafton.

“This is great news for Clarence Valley youth. The hub offers a vital connection for youth services and activities by creating a dedicated space for young people,” Mr Lindsay said.

“We want young people to live in a community where they feel safe, included and supported.

“The project aims to build strong community partnerships, facilitate inclusiveness for young people in community and set-up soft entry points to access services.”

Clarence Nationals MP Chris

Traffic calming devices for Lennox Head Maisie Monaghan helps Chris Gulaptis cut the ribbon to officially open the relocated youth hubs while watched by some excited Clarence Valley youth and Clarence Valley Mayor Cr Jim Simmons. Maisie and her big brother, Lennox also performed the Welcome to Country.

Gulaptis said the ‘Out of the Box’ youth space is a great way to help young people help themselves.

“Moving the youth facility from Market Square to Fisher Park, which is already home to a well utilised skate park, just made sense,” Mr Gulaptis said.

“We encourage young people in the community to come along and check out the new youth space. They won’t be disappointed!

“The project is all about building strong community partnerships and inclusiveness for young people in our community.”

The New School of Arts Neighbourhood Centre currently runs youth drop-ins from the hub every Wednesday afternoon.

Programs also run at various times during school holidays programs with a wide range of youth activities.

Council will be encouraging other youth services to utilise the youth hubs to maximise opportunities for young people in the Clarence Valley.

The relocation project received funding under the NSW Nationals in Government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund.

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TEMPORARY traffic calming elements have been installed in the Lennox Head village centre from to improve pedestrian safety in the area.

The works will include the installation of raised rubber thresholds (speed humps) along Park Lane, and on Ballina Street near Rutherford Street, a roundabout at the intersection of Ballina Street and Allens Parade, and a speed limit reduction to 30km/h in the village centre and Park Lane. Traffic control will be in place while this occurs and signage will also advise road users of the changed conditions.

The works are part of the Streets as Shared Spaces - A slow path not a fast shortcut pilot programme, which aims to improve safety and amenity for pedestrians in and around Park Lane through temporary traffic calming and streetscape features.

The programme commenced in December 2020 with the installation of a new mural on the Lennox Head Skate Park and pavement treatments by artist NITSUA, in collaboration with local youth, as well as the installation of a parklet ‘pop up’ park outside the Lennox Head Cultural Centre.

The programme will run for at least eight months.

The traffic calming measures and streetscape features are being tested and will be considered for permanent installation under a future stage of the Lennox Village Vision.

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2020 BREAKS RECORDS FOR ROOFTOP SOLAR THE Australian solar industry defied expectation and the economic challenges of COVID-19 to install a recordbreaking 5,000 MW of solar power in 2020, equivalent to almost 15 million average solar panels, new analysis by solar industry consultancy SunWiz has found.

With every state and territory except Tasmania smashing records for the volume of solar panels and system size installed, Australia now has 20,000MW of solar capacity nationwide—up from 15,000MW in 2019.

Australia led the world in uptake of solar on a per-capita basis and this follows a record year for installations in 2019.

The annual growth rate for rooftop solar has exceeded 33% for the past four years, and accelerated in 2020.

“The number of Australians installing rooftop solar systems increased by 40% compared to 2019 levels,”

managing director of SunWiz, Warwick Johnston, said.

“The COVID-19 pandemic had major impacts on Australia’s economy, but the benefits of solar were strong enough to help the industry overcome challenges including supply shortages from China, lockdowns

stopping installation in Victoria, and economic uncertainty.

“In fact, the pandemic had an overall positive impact for the industry as people staying home more turned to solar to help reduce their electricity bills,” Johnson said.

Commercial growth

New funding critical for councils’ frontline recycling efforts LOCAL Government NSW (LGNSW) President Linda Scott has welcomed today’s $35 million announcement supporting remanufacturing of recyclable goods and said projects that benefit local communities should go to the front of the line for funding consideration.

“Today’s Federal and State governments funding commitment is a significant step forward in putting recycling where it needs to be – at the front of our national and State priorities,” Cr Scott said.

“We can no longer export our waste overseas, and with dwindling landfill on our own shores, we need clever recycling solutions that turn waste into a reusable product. We are literally throwing out hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of reusable product and we need to turn that around.

“It is something councils and LGNSW have been advocating for years – we launched our Save Our Recycling campaign in 2018 to drive the issue and even presented a comprehensive plan on how the NSW Government could use the $800 million it collects annually from its Waste Levy to make it happen.

“It is encouraging government has listened to us as reflected in today’s funding announcement.

“This new Remanufacture NSW Fund will make $35 million available for industry and council projects that are willing to fund the other third to support initiatives that turn recyclable material into reusable products.

“This will not only preserve our environment but boost our economy and create new jobs.”

Through this latest funding, along with existing programs and industry investment, more than $162 million could be invested in new projects, with a priority on critical new sorting technologies and materials recovery.

Cr Scott said NSW councils played a lead role their communities’ waste management and recycling efforts and should be given priority in funding decisions, as well as be closely involved in helping identify worthy projects for funding.

“Councils are best placed to know the recycling gaps and needs of their areas and what projects will work best in their local settings,” Cr Scott said.

“As we’ve been saying consistently to government, councils need to be part of the decision-making process in the development of Statewide and regional recycling plans to ensure the most bang for buck and best outcomes for local environment and communities, not just pure profit.”

slowed, partly due to COVID19’s impact on the broader economy and business finances, but corporate power purchase agreements and green hydrogen provided optimism for the future, with mega-projects on the horizon – including the 14,000MW SunCable and the 26,000MW

Asian Renewable Energy Hub. Utility-scale battery projects also became commonplace as State governments worked towards meeting their net zero emissions targets, with Renewable Energy Zones, purchasing price agreements and subsidies.

“It’s an exceptional time to be working anywhere in the Australian rooftop solar supply chain, and things will only get better as solar system prices continue to hit record lows and momentum builds on reducing emissions to tackle climate change,” Mr Johnson said.

“While we need policies that ensure every household can connect solar to the grid and ideally make it simpler and more affordable for renters across the country to install solar panels – similar to what is underway in Victoria, 2021 looks to be another bright year for solar,” Johnson said.

Tweed food weekend set to launch

Venues across the Tweed will take part in this year’s Tweed Artisan Food Weekend.

PRODUCERS, chefs, farmers and provedores from across the Northern Rivers will be on display at the fourth instalment of the Tweed Artisan Food Weekend, March 11-16.

Tickets will go on sale and the program will be available from February for this year’s event – the fourth instalment of the popular weekend.

The event, showcased and produced

by Destination Tweed and supported by the Tweed Shire Council, the five-day event showcases the organic flavours of the Northern Rivers.

From the coast to the valley, the long long weekend according to organisers the event is aimed at capturing the Tweed in picturesque locations, from fresh food feasts to live music soirees to on farm experiences.

The rich indigenous history of the area will also form part of the program to ensure visitors pay homage to the cultural significance of the region.

The event includes a collection of bespoke events aimed at profiling culinary delights, cultural diversity and collective pride of the producers, chefs and farmers of the Tweed.

Events will include everything from cruising along the Tweed River, touring farms and distilleries or learning more about growing local produce.

The Tweed Artisan Food Weekend is a collective community event that organizers hope captures the natural beauty and thriving food bowl of the Northern Rivers.

Tickets and program launch Friday 5th February visit www. destinationtweed.com.au.

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SOD TURNED FOR NEW CASINO SCHOOL $5.5M SCIENCE BLOCK CASINO’S Saint Mary’s Catholic College is one step closer to a much needed stateof the-Art Science Block.

Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan joined Richmond Valley Mayor Robert Mustow and Casino Parish Preist Peter Slack to turn the sod with a difference on the new facility.

The sod was turned using a trowel used by the Bishop of Lismore The Right Reverend Dr Carroll to lay the foundation stone at the original Casino Brothers School on March 18th 1917.

“The old science C Block dates back to the late 1960s and doesn’t meet the current needs of students or teachers,” Mr Hogan said.

“I secured a $3.6 million Federal Government grant,

with the Parish and school community making up the balance of this $5.5 million facility.”

“The new building will include classrooms that can easily be refigured to meet teaching needs and STEM General Learning collaborative spaces.”

“Students and teachers thrive when their schools have modern up to date facilities, so I look forward to watching this progress.”

The school principal Tracey Robinson said the school and students were very excited with the new facilities coming into operation in 2022.

“STEM is now becoming a very important part of the curriculum, and the new science building will open a whole new world, especially with the giant leaps ahead in technology,” Tracey said.

“Our science staff are over the moon about it.”

Richmond Valley Mayor

Sod turning with a difference by Richmond Valley Council Mayor Robert Mustow, Casino Parish Priest Father Peter Slack, and the Member for Page Kevin Hogan for the start of the new $5.5 million science block.

Robert Mustow, who was a former student at Saint Mary’s College, said the new

facility was a huge boost to the economy of the region.

“I am certain there will be

a lot of local tradespeople involved during the construction phase,” he said.

The original trowel laid the foundation stone which saw the start of the Casino Brothers School that was presented to The Right Reverend Dr Carroll the Bishop Of Lismore on 18th March 1917.

The humble history of Catholic education in Casino

by Casino Parish Priest Father Peter Slack THE story of Catholic education in Casino began in a small cottage.

Casino’s first Catholic school was a humble affair under the direction of a single lay teacher.

In 1884 three thousand five hundred people lived in Casino and district. The small Catholic community, of Irish stock, was part of the parochial district of Richmond within the Diocese of Armidale.

Other notable events in that year included the establishment of a weekly bus service between Casino and Tenterfield, a performance by Ashton’s Circus in which 50 pounds was raised for the Hospital Fund, and the arrival of a case of books on loan for the School of Arts Committee from the Public Library in Sydney.

By then a church had already been built, a fine brick building opened free of debt in 1876 on land purchased from the Crown.

Then 1887 saw the arrival of the Sisters of Mercy in Casino, now part of

The first Sisters Of Mercy arrived in Casino in 1887 to take over teaching 40 students ahead of the construction of the Casino Brothers School. the first principal was Reverend Mother Donegan. the new Diocese of Grafton, later to be Lismore.

By 1906 the Sisters had a convent in Tatham and a school, to which all the children in the village went.

In 1924 the Sisters arrived in

Mallanganee to open a school and the convent was also a centre for teaching music.

In 1917 the building of a school for boys started on the present Relihan Centre site. It was called the “Brothers

school, however The Marist Brothers did not arrive till 1945.

In 1960 the Daughters of Charity, who had been at Saint Michael’s Home since 1957, began to teach at the newly opened Saint Michael’s Infants School.

One can never overestimate the contribution of the religious to the apostolate of education here on the upper Richmond. Not only to the Catholic community but also the wider community. How many young people would have had a musical education had it not been for the unstinting work of the Sisters?

All this was done without financial support of government. School fees were low and the religious were dependant on donations, often in kind, from equally poor parishioners. The schools were founded and supported by pennies from the poor.

One hundred and thirty seven years later much has changed.

The dirt floor and single room of 1884 exist no longer, replaced by facilities that the first teacher, in a single room cottage could ever have dreamed of, even in one’s wildest dreams.

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THE THORN WHICH WAS THE INSPIRATION TO SAVE PAIGE

by Caitlin Gwyn and Halden Boyd WHEN Paige Humphreys as a little girl painfully stood on a thorn in a farm paddock little did she realise that it would lead to an invention by her dad which will not only help her with a rare medical condition, but indeed be a help to the environment protecting young trees on farms.

And now that she has had lifesaving surgery in the United States through the generosity of the community an invention called a ‘Moonochoo’ is set to build a special fund for her ongoing treatment in the future back in the US. Paige and her dad Andrew have designed, patented, and started manufacturing a reusable lifetime stainless steel device (Moo No Chew) that can be put over young trees that can protect them from things like livestock damage.

“Regrowth or newly planted trees on many farms and properties can be easy fodder for cattle, especially in the drier times like we saw during the recent two year drought,” Andrew Humphreys said.

“The product is reusable after trees have grown to a point where cattle and other animals can do minimal damage to them.”

“Well selected tree species can actually be a benefit to farmers, providing things like shade to stock in hotter times like summer.”

“The collapsable and easily stored and transported Moonochoo is designed with low pointing barbs on the outer side to deter cattle rather than cattle hurting themselves on tradition deterrents like star pickets and barbed wire.”

“So it is a win for farmers, and also a big win for the environment.”

Paige Humphreys from Bora Ridge near Coraki has spent most of her life battling illness and hardship.

She was born at Lismore base Hospital in 2007, shortly after being born she had contracted a staph infection in her umbilical cord. It blocked her portal vein preventing blood flow to her liver slowly killing her.

Paige Humphreys has been sick as long as she can remember, she had been

Paige Humphreys (above) and her dad Andrew (below) with the Moonochoo revolutionary invention. Photos by Halden Boyd. suffering from a myriad of illnesses including hypersplenism, pancytopenia and non-cirrhotic portal vein hypertension.

By the age of 11 Paige was suffering from multi-organ failure, organ ruptures and frequent blood vessel ruptures throughout her digestive system.

For 11 years Paige suffered through multiple surgeries, that helped maintain but not treat her conditions, and with her condition being rated a 9/10 complexity and described as sufficiently rare that the various treatments that she required could not be offered within Australia. But she was to receive no support, from the Australian medical system or Government in seeking this abroad treatment for fears it would set a precedent for others.

It seemed hopeless until Dr Superina offered Paige a chance at a cure, that could save her from needing a multi-organ transplant.

Dr Superina, nicknamed Dr Superman, was the hero the Humphreys family had been hoping for, but with the surgery to cost the better part of a million dollars, and no support from the Australian government, it would be a race against time to save Paige.

Dr ‘Superman’ Superina is a world-leading liver special based at the Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago who specialised in portal vein reconstruction, the portal vein reconstruction would allow Paige’s liver to receive the blood flow it requires and ease the stress on her other organs. Her starving liver

produced chemicals which affected her ability to think and cause lung and congestive heart failure.

The Humphreys family were desperate for Dr Superina’s specialist advice and experience to help their beloved daughter.

So began what became one of Australians largest fundraising campaigns for a single patient.

It was everyday people that step up to help save Paige, donating their time, talents, experience and money.

Money was raised through multiple raffles, concerts and fundraising activities, with a large portion being donated by both their local Lions Club and Lions Club International.

It was incredible how the small regional community came out to help support the Humphreys family.

“Our family would have fallen apart if not for the generous help we have received,” Paige’s father Andrew Humphreys said.

They raised $691,377 on GoFundme alone, with people from all walk of life donating and sending their thoughts and prays to Paige.

Thanks to the support of the community and everyday men and women, Paige made it to Chicago for her world-first surgery. Upon arrival, it was discovered during some mandatory test in preparation of Paige’s surgery that Paige had been under-diagnosed. Dr

Superina added Pulmonary hypertension syndrome to her already extensive list of conditions, this new diagnosis further complicated things for Paige, limiting her treatment options to the portal vein reconstruction surgery, as it would allow Dr Superina to restore liver function without adding stress to her already damaged heart.

Paige faced this new hurtle with the same stoic determination as she had faced all the challenges in her life. It was with the same conviction that Paige when into surgery and came out the other side.

The surgery was a success but that didn’t mean Paige was out of the woods yet, and Paige remained under the Care of Dr Superina for a few months before being able to return home for a short visit before returning to Chicago.

After a year of back and forth and careful monitoring, Paige was given a clean bill of health and was able to be weaned off most of her medications. Paige is now as a healthy and vibrant 13 year-old. She loves school but admits, “It was little daunting returning after years of illness and so much time away.”

But like everything in Paige’s life she faced this challenge with positivity and tenacity.

Paige’s favourite subjects are Woodworking, Textiles, Agriculture and Drama. Paige adores working with her hand and loves her practical subjects. She is also a keen though modest actor, enjoying have a creative outlet within her Drama classes.

With Paige’s newfound health, she found joy in the simple things and is ready to be a kid, and she loves being able to play sport after so many years relegated to the sidelines.

Paige is a truly remarkable and strong young lady, with an extremely loving and supportive family that has been by her side through it all.

People or farmers interested in the ‘Moonochoo’ can check out the revolutionary device at Summerland Tool Supplies at 128 Wilson Street in at South Lismore, or they can phone 02 6622 6098 for details on the product.

The high end environmentally friendly Moonochoo is available for $169 plus GST.

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Chance find brings military memories flowing back

by Halden Boyd A CHANCE find by a military memorabilia enthusiast in Sydney has reunited a Mid Richmond family with a World War II decoration which was lost 75 years ago in Sydney.

The recipient would have been 101 this year, and his immediate family in Coorabell and Evans Head say they are thrilled with the find.

Luke Thomas from St Mary’s in Sydney came across the Australian Service Medal which belonged to the late John Crisp who was born in Coraki in 1920, and who settled at Evans Head after World War Two. “My dad and I both had metal detectors and we decided to scan a park at Ruchcutters Bay where used to be an old Australian Navy establishment there,” Luke said.

“Turned on the detector and immediately got a tone and dug down about 8 inches (20 centimetres) and there it was.”

“I checked the Service Number on the back of the

A happy and emotional return of a War Service badge at Evans Head.

From left Gary MacDonald, Justin Crisp, Lorraine Goodwin, and Luke Thomas who came across the precious badge in Sydney. badge and looked it up on the National Archives website and up popped the name John William Crisp who was born at Coraki.”

“I then looked up Coraki on Facebook and found the

Coraki Information Exchange site, and so I put up a post and I immediately got a response which was great, and in fact the post went right around Australia on other military type pages.”

“I received over 600 hits which was amazing, but the exercise really does show Social Media can be a positive thing.”

Word travelled fast locally, and Gary MacDonald from

Evans Head was right on the ball and contacted John Crisp’s daughter Lorraine Goodwin from Coorabell.

“I immediately contacted my brother Justin from Evans Head and we managed to get a message to Luke to get in touch,” Lorraine said.

“Getting something back like this was just so unexpected and really quite emotional for us, and we’re are just so thrilled.”

John William Crisp, who would have turned 101 this year, was in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve and was called up for Active Service on the 26th March 1941.

John sailed on many Naval ships including the HMAS Ruchcutter taking troops to Malaya and Borneo to war.

John stayed on with the Royal Australian Navy for three and a half years after the end of WW2.

He was awarded the 19391945 Star, the Pacific Star, the Australian War Medal 1939-1945, the Australian Service Medal 1939-1945, and the Australian Defence Medal for his war service.

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Citizen of the Year says change the date to include all in Australia’s story

By Tim Howard THE Clarence Valley’s Citizen of the Year for 2021 has made a passionate plea to change the date of Australia Day during her acceptance speech at the Grafton District Services Club on Tuesday.

Adventurer, writer, businesswoman, wife and mother Hayley Talbot channelled US Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, whose poem The Hill We Climb electrified the world when she read it at the inauguration ceremony for President Joe Biden.

Ms Talbot chose to read her work, We Are All Part of the Story as a conclusion to her acceptance speech, to make her case for changing the date of Australia Day. “I’m privileged to be standing here today,” she began. “I’m standing here today, because I’m privileged.

“Not because I haven’t worked hard to uplift others and to do better in my community.

“I have. I love the Clarence and its people and I’m grateful to be honoured for my contribution, but in good conscience I have to say we should be doing this on another day.

“I have many aboriginal friends that I don’t want to

feel betrayed because by being here, purportedly celebrating Australia Day on an Australia Day they feel excluded from.

“For many Australians today is a day, not ribboned but chained.”

It was an explosive beginning to a piece in which she unravelled the lie of the claim Australians share equally in their country’s story.

“Because the story is still written devoid of colour, still written in the running writing of the white fulla,” she said.

“I cannot stand here today wholly with joy in my heart, knowing that the neighbours I love are shattered apart.”

Her poem also found hope for the future. She also acknowledged changing the date was just a small step on the way.

Later she invoked the newly awarded Senior Australian of the Year, Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Bauman, who reminded Australians “No-one owns the land, we belong to it.”

Ms Talbot said performing her piece on Tuesday had cost her a sleepless night on Monday.

“It would have been quite easy to say thanks and accept the award and no-one would ever know anything different,” she said.

“But it would have been

Clarence Valley Citizen of the Year Hayley Talbot calls for the date of Australia Day to change. a missed opportunity to say some things that needed to be said. These are things that we need to change as a nation.”

Clarence Valley Council general manager Ashley Lindsay backed Ms Talbot’s decision to use the occasion for such a speech.

“It’s not my place to agree or disagree but it’s certainly an issue that warrants discussion and her speech will be a valuable part of that discussion,” he said.

For a member of the Citizen of the Year selection committee, the Dean of Christchurch Cathedral, Dr Greg Jenks, her speech was a vindication of the decision to give the award to Ms Talbot.

“I thought we made a good decision awarding the Citizen of the Year title to Hayley,” he said.

“I just didn’t know how good it was going to be.”

The audience, limited because of COVID-19 restrictions to invited guests, family of the award nominees and the families of the nine people granted Australian citizenship, applauded her speech warmly.

The next speaker, Clarence Valley Local Hero award winner, Scott Campbell, also praised Ms Talbot for her speech and having the courage to deliver it.

Ms Talbot was named the Valley’s top citizen for the year for her work in environmental protection, helping her community battle the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and other community work.

Ms Talbot, who became the first person to solo navigate more than 400km of the Clarence River in her 2017 kayak, has made advocacy for indigenous people are strong part of her life.

Ms Talbot decided it was right for her to use the platform of the Clarence Valley Citizen of the Year Awards to explain why the date for Australia Day needs to change.

Ms Talbot began formally,

paying respect to the Bundjalung and North Gumbaynggir people, thanking the award organisers and her family for their support and praising the work of the other nominees.

She it was a reminder to people that anyone of the 52,000 residents in the Clarence Valley could make a difference.

But her speech changed gear when she read a prose poem called We are All Part of the Story, which she wrote for the occasion.

Hayley is a passionate advocate for all things good in the Clarence Valley, its people and environment, and future generations. She applied for a grant to plant 5000 native and nectar feeding trees for the fire ravaged areas of Ashby, Mororo, Iluka and surrounds to help the local koala population. After securing this grant, the trees were planted by the community postbushfires to help regenerate koala habitat and bring people together who had lost their jobs through COVID-19.

Hayley runs a free volunteer safe space in Yamba where young women are encouraged to call in and enjoy a safe and relaxed atmosphere to create, learn and converse openly with each other.

BALLINA SHIRE AUSTRALIA DAY AWARD WINNERS THERE were 35 nominees in the Ballina Shire Australia Day Awards which were announced at the official celebrations at the Lennox Head Cultural Centre.

Mayor David Wright with special guest James Bracey and Master of Ceremonies Liz Ellis presented the awards.

Anne Thompson, the 2020 Citizen of the Year, was called on to announce the 2021 Citizen of the Year, Barbara Swain (pictured).

Twenty five years ago sadly Barbara’s son Barry lost his battle with depression. Two years later Barbara started providing toiletry packs and clothing to people in Lismore Base Mental Health Unit who didn’t have family or friends to provide for them. Barbara did this single-handedly for two years. Then when she got the opportunity to speak at a Rotary Heath Mental Forum, she asked for help. This was the birth of the ‘Mental Health Support Group’ (MHSG).

This volunteer group is now a registered charity that supports people with mental illness by providing housing, clothing, furniture and other

necessities. Barbara believes that the Mental Health Support Group is the only organisation providing this service in the Northern Rivers. It is run by volunteers and receives no government funding.

The Sporting Achievement Award was presented to Clare Southwell.

Having sailed competitively in her youth, Clare had a 20-year break from sailing.

She is now proving to herself, her daughter, and others especially female sailors that you can fulfil your dreams at any time in life. Clare is one of only two female sailors to sail the powerful 18-foot skiffs in Australia and one of only three in the world. She recently won the 18-foot skiff State Titles in Queensland as part of a three-person crew. She also competed in the prestigious Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in 2019.

The Arts and Cultural Award was presented to Lachlan Mumford, who completed his HSC year at Emmanuel Anglican College in 2020.

Lachlan’s observant eye in developing his visual art

Year Award.

John Beasley OAM, or ‘Beas’ as he is known, is the Secretary of Lennox HeadAlstonville Surf Lifesaving Club. He has held this role since 2011 and has been involved in the surf lifesaving movement for an incredible 66 years. Beas is also an official for the club which is a role he has proudly occupied for more than 60 years. skills produced a beautiful Geoff Harris has been the and moving major work that president of the Lennox Headhas been chosen for the HSC Alstonville Surf Life Saving Art Express. Lachlan is also Club for many years. He is an avid violinist and has present at all events and works performed with the Lismore tirelessly as a volunteer to keep Symphony Orchestra. the club running.

The Young Citizen Of The The Late Pat Kennedy Year was Ryan Webb. received a Posthumous Award.

Ryan has a big heart and is For 27 years Pat and Jeanette passionate about helping others including the elderly, homeless, Kennedy have been delighting lonely and less fortunate. Ryan the young and old with their Christmas light display at donates to many charities their home in West Ballina. and volunteers his time with Each year Pat has erected up Five Loaves and the North to 100,000 lights to form an Coast Mental Health Support impressive festive display.

Group. Ryan hates injustice Two groups received the and he wants to make his local Volunteer Organisation Of The community a better place.

Year Award.

There were three people The Jet Boat Surf Rescue chosen to receive the Ballina and Rotary Club of BallinaShire Senior Citizen Of The

on-Richmond were recognised for the tireless behind the scenes work to support the community.

The Community Event Of The Year Award went to Paradise FM for their 2020 ANZAC Day Live Broadcast.

Throughout 2020 Paradise FM kept community groups and the wider community connected during COVID. The station broadcast late into the night and throughout the day, which was beneficial for residents who were isolated at home. Paradise FM’s live broadcast for Anzac Day encouraged residents to come out of their homes and commemorate the Anzacs in their streets and with their neighbours. The live broadcast and interviews throughout the day helped the community to commemorate and be a part of the tradition of Anzac Day. The Environmental Award was presented to Maria Mathes, who has been a threatened species ecologist for more than 30 years. She has a particular interest in koalas, threatened plants, and ecological communities including koala habitat and fire ecology.

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CLARENCE VALLEY AWARDS RECOGNISE BUSHFIRE HEROISM

By Tim Howard LAWRENCE Rural Fire Service brigade captain, Scott Campbell, capped his award as the Clarence Valley’s Local Hero with a call for more people to volunteer.

Mr Campbell, whose heroics on the night of November 8, 2019, when a fire storm swept through Nymboida, made him a certainty for the award, did not miss the opportunity of the Clarence Valley Australia Day Awards and Citizenship Ceremony to find more members.

During his acceptance speech he turned to the two tables of new citizens and their families with a plea for them to join an RFS brigade or other volunteer organisation.

Mr Campbell story on that harrowing night at Nymboida is one of unbridled heroism.

Tasked to fight a massive firestorm sweeping towards Nymboida, brigade facing the wall of fire chose to retreat.

All except Mr Campbell, who chose to stay with a resident to help to defend their home.

Together they fought the

Above: Pamela Denise makes the acceptance speech on behalf of the Rebuild Nymboida Community group, which won the Clarence Valley Community Achievement award. Also on stage, from left, are: Mayor Jim Simmons, Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis, group member Gary Stride, Fiona Passmore and baby Hal. Right: Clarence Valley Local Hero for 2021, Lawrence RFS Brigade captain Scott Campbell. fire until all resources were spent and they were forced to evacuate.

While leaving the property, the fire caused their vehicle to break down and the fire swept over them while they were trapped in the car.

Mr Campbell managed to get the car going again and delivered the resident to waiting ambulance medics.

But his night was not over and he rejoined his crew to continue bringing aid to residents throughout the night.

Mr Campbell said volunteering was an quintessential part of

Australian life and history.

“Think of World War I and II, that was all volunteering,” he said.

But he said volunteers did not receive the recognition they deserve.

“It’s not why we volunteer,” he said. “But receiving an award like this feels good and helps us get the message about what we do out there.”

Mr Campbell said the 2019/20 fires had led to a membership surge in the RFS, with people keen to help fight fires.

“There was 300 new volunteers after the 2019-20

Each month Caring for You Nursing Agency nominates a member of the month FROM several thousand members, Emma Stammer is delighted to award Jude Guerin, our “Member of the Month Certificate and a gift voucher. Jude joined the Caring for You team in January 2020.

In just 12 months Jude has completed over 250 shifts with Caring for You. Jude is very well known and a highly regarded Registered Nurse to Newcastle Facilities and she is often booked out well in advance.

Known for her warm, friendly and kind manner, Jude is always professional as she works through her assigned shifts.

In the photo is our Operations Team Leader for NSW, Emma Stammer, who expressed she was proud and happy to present Jude with the Member of the Month Award; it is so well deserved.

Emma thanked Jude for

being a perfect example of Caring for You Core Values.

Caring for You, Australia’s largest Nurse owned agency, provides exceptional personnel to a variety of Healthcare settings including Private & Public Hospitals, Aged

Care, and the Community.

Our service promise of “Simply the Best” is at the heart of everything we do. With 4,500 members nationally, Emma would love to have more members like Jude join her NSW Team.

fire season,” he said.

“They joined up to fight fires, but how do you keep them entertained when there aren’t fires to fight.”

He said there would be an inevitable drop off of new recruits, but he said they would miss one of the best parts of being in a volunteer group.

“As an RFS volunteer you’re part of a big family, that’s what it is,” he said.

“You do the training, there’s barbecues and other social stuff that builds comradeship and friendships.

“You become part of a

group of people who will do anything they can to help each other, from doing some shopping if you feel crook, to saving your life in a fire.”

The winner of the Clarence Valley Community Achievement Award for a group also came from the the horrendous fires, wth the Rebuild Nymboida Community taking the award.

The team, formed days after fire destroyed more than 90 houses co-ordinated the early days of the response and the eventual community recovery.

Gray Stride at the Canoe Centre with Georgia FosterEyles, Fiona Passmore and Pamela Denise as the primary go to people, received help from numerous others as Nymboida sought to recover.

The other major award winner, the Junior Citizen of the Year, Kalani Ives, was unable to attend the ceremony.

Clarence Valley Mayor Jim Simmons thanked Cr Karen Toms for work as the council’s representative on the committee and for acting as MC for the ceremony. He presented her with flowers as a gesture of thanks.

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Glorious weather welcomes Richmond Valley Australia Day PERFECT weather and a glorious backdrop of the picturesque Richmond River saw hundreds of people gather at the Coraki to celebrate Australia Day 2021 in the Richmond Valley.

Three local residents were recognised for their contributions and achievements at the official Richmond Valley Australia Day celebrations at Coraki Memorial Park on Tuesday 26th January.

At the ceremony the Mayor Robert Mustow recognised all nominees including SkyMaree Oldham, Ella Keep, Connor Turner, Paul Cowles, Michelle Pagotto, Trish Brims and Gwendolyn Gray.

Paul Bengtson was announced Citizen of The Year for his impressive record of service to the community, which included local swimming, the Casino Men’s Shed, Casino Legacy, and St Mary’s Parish Parents and Friends Association.

“Through these organisations the award gathering was told that Paul has given generously for more than 15 years,” Richmond Valley Council Australia Day Ambassador George Thompson said.

“Paul is a life member of the Casino Amateur Swimming Club and it was his dedication, leadership, calm, and professionalism which helped steward the club through a period of low membership to become the healthy powerhouse it is today, with 130 children attending each week during the season and a full committee.”

“During his 15 years of service to the club, Paul has been president for eight years, vice president for a year and treasurer for a year.”

“While his children finished swimming long ago, but he had an unwavering commitment to young people in his community and a deep set desire that the club wouldn’t fold due to its inability to form an executive committee.”

“The club has since grown from strength to strength, and Paul has enhanced his knowledge of swimming and is now a technical officer.”

“With this skill he attends swimming carnivals across the Northern Rivers as a judge of stroke.”

“He is also the meet director of the swimming carnivals held by the Casino Amateur Swimming Club.”

Australia Day award nominees Skye-Maree Oldham, Ella Keep, Connor Turner, Paul Cowles, Michelle Pagotto, Trish Brims, and Gwendolyn Gray with the Member for Page Kevin Hogan and Richmond Valley Council Mayor Robert Mustow.

Richmond Valley Council Australia Day award winners (from left) Stuart Holm, Paul Bengston, and Lachlan Coe. “Pre COVID, Paul assisted regularly with the club fundraising activities and is part of a small group which runs raffles at the Charcoal Inn not only for the swimming club but for the charity club associated with the hotel.”

“Paul is at the pool every Thursday night, after spending Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Casino Men’s Shed where he has been a volunteer member for eight years.”

“He is present the three days each week the Casino Men’s Shed is open, and leads and encourages other members to be actively involved. He worked with Council to coordinate the shed fit out and attends fundraisers for the Men’s Shed to help keep it running and providing a place for people to have a social connection.”

“Fundraisers include attending Bunnings sausage sizzles, Northern Rivers Drag Racing days, raffles, Casino Christmas Street Party and the Rappville Christmas celebration after the bushfires in 2019.”

“Paul has also been involved with Casino Legacy as a legatee for 10 years.”

“Legatees work directly with Legacy families to provide support and friendship to ensure Legacy’s promise to care for the families of deceased or seriously injured veterans is kept.”

“Paul is dedicated to caring for the welfare of widows and he is always aware of their needs, whether they be of a practical or emotional nature.”

Paul is also the longest volunteer service is the St Mary’s Parish Parents and Friends Association.”

“During his service he was president from 2006 through to 2015 and Treasurer from 2017 through to 2021.”

“Paul has happily assisted with events at a school level from speaking at parent information evenings, running barbeques, delivering the parent address at senior graduation formals and more.”

“Through his service to the school, and more importantly the children, he epitomises community spirit and service, and you can see, Paul

embodies community values and civic pride.”

“His involvement is diverse and reaches all age groups and this nomination honours his selfless giving,” George said.

Stuart Holm from Coraki was announced the Richmond Valley Volunteer Of The Year for his selfless and dedicated contribution to the community.

“Stuart is a wonderful advocate of the beautiful Coraki. He volunteered his time to the Healthy Towns Challenge working with others to create activities and resources which made healthier eating and physical activity easier in Coraki.”

“Stuart has volunteered for the local SES for two years and gave many hours to the community during the 20192020 bushfires.”

“Stuart has received a service medal from Defence and a commendation from the NSW Premier for his contributions during the bushfires.”

“Stuart assists with community engagement encouraging others to get involved with town

happenings, and often puts his hand up to help with events, including marshalling for the boat races along the river.”

The Young Sportsperson Of The Year was Lachlan Coe. Lachlan has excelled in both softball and baseball over the past two years, which has seen him grow into a wonderful sportsperson and gain selection at a national level within his age group.

“Lachlan was selected to play for the Australian softball team in the under 14s International Friendship Series.”

“He was selected after competing in the national championships in Canberra where he played for NSW Country.”

“Recently Lachlan was named in the NSW state squad for national competition for 2021.”

“Last year Lachlan was selected to play baseball for NSW after trialling for NSW Showcase, which is a pool of up and coming baseballers in the state.”

“This achievement would have seen Lachlan compete at an international level in America which is an amazing feat for a young rural kid, but due to COVID the team is currently on hold.”

“The past two years Lachlan was named the Most Valuable Player for Lismore Workers Baseball Club in the Far North Coast division and was awarded the Reg Baxter Medal for player of the year.”

“Lachlan also plays many other sports and is an all rounder and loves his sport, from softball, baseball, netball, basketball, cricket, swimming and fishing.”

“He trains hard and is selfmotivated to be better each time he plays, and he often has to train by himself as his team mates are metro based.”

“Lachlan puts back into his sport by umpiring, coaching and inspiring juniors.”

“In 2020 Lachlan was the assistance coach of the division two women’s softball team in the Far North Coast competition, which he is enjoying.”

“Lachlan is achieving at a local, state and national level through a strong desire to achieve.”

“Through all this and while still at school, he still finds time to give back and help grow softball and baseball locally,” George Thompson said.

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Coraki gets a butcher back

By Halden Boyd A BUTCHER shop has re-opened its doors at Coraki, and it is the talk of the town and local district.

Back in March 2018 River Meats in Coraki ceased trading leaving the town without a butcher.

At the time Sam Martin who was the butcher moved to another job, and the business owners decided to close the store.

However mother and son Fiona and Travis White have kicked off the new business called Riverside Butchery and there has been a roaring trade.

“We even had people coming in for two weeks before we opened asking if they could buy meat which was amazing,” Fiona said.

“Everyone has commented how great it is to have a butcher back in town”.

Fiona said the Riverside Butchery would also be supplying through deliveries to Woodburn, which has not had a butcher since Merv Morgan closed down his River Street shop over a decade ago.

“The interest has been great in Woodburn and we will be home delivering there, and we are in talks with the IGA store there too about selling our fresh meats and products”, Fiona said.

“We are also soon setting up our webpage so that people can order and click and collect which is exciting”.

“We also have a Facebook Page which has been getting so many hits.”

“But what I really wanted to say is that what we want the community to know is that we are here for them and that we will make sure that they have the best quality meat and that we will be here for everyone.”

Travis White started butchery at age 12 in a shop in Lismore.

I did my apprenticeship with Coles, and then I decided to get serious and I worked at a number of shops up and down the Coast, and I haven’t look back since.”

“All I want to say is that the feedback from the community has just been great and as mum said we are here for the community.”

The Riverside Butchery will be open seven days a week: Monday to Friday 6.00am to 6.00pm, Saturday from 6.00am to 3.00pm and Sunday 7.00am to 1.00pm.

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GONG FOR CLUNES’ GUIDING LIGHT

A CLUNES Girl Guide leader has been awarded an Order Of Australia Medal for her service to the movement.

Helen Hargreaves has been an inspiration to many young women in Clunes over many years as a Guiding leader and she became a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her tireless service.

Helen was the Guide Leader of 1st Clunes for thirty years from 1988 to 2017 and is remembered as a passionate and engaging leader by over 175 Girl Guides.

“Seeing girls achieve their goals has been the highlight of my time as leader,” Helen said.

Starting in Canberra, continuing her Guiding in Peru, Venezuela and Singapore and now retired, Helen has seen many changes.

Science and technology now play

a bigger role in the Guiding life, enabling young women remain connected and engaged, especially in 2020.

However, she thinks the social, face-to-face activities in Guiding are the most important.

Organising 74-unit camps with the Clunes Guides and mothers, sometimes as many as eight times a year, was one of Helen’s favourite activities.

“When I arrived, I realised at once that the Clunes girls were outdoor girls. They would be packing up one camp, asking ‘When is our next one?’”

For Helen the recognition is a bit overwhelming, but a huge honour.

“It’s a strange thing to be acknowledged for doing something which was so much fun.”

Helen regularly organised to take guides to gatherings around Australia, including the Northern Territory and overseas to New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Korea, the United States and the UK. Helen served in many roles within Guiding, including the role of Australian International Commissioner.

So when asked if she would she do it all again?

“Absolutely! Only I’d try to do twice as much, to fit in more,” Helen said.

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Byron Aus Day awards NATURAL Death Care Centre founder Zenith Virago is the 2021 Byron Shire Citizen of the year.

Zenith, who for 15 years has facilitated the annual Day of the Dead ceremony to honour all the communities much-loved people who have died, was among five Byron Shire community members honoured at the Council’s Australia awards.

The ceremony, held at the Cavanbah Centre on 25 January, also saw retired police officer and 49-year SES veteran Peter Mair, named Volunteer of the Year.

Creative Artist of the Year was Arakwal woman and lead artist on the Byron Bay Railway Park Nickolla Clarke.

Young Citizen of the Year is Mia Thom, a winner in the 2019 and 2020 BASE Leadership Awards instituted

by Tweed 2020 citizen of the year Bec Hogan, Mia is committed to social change and advocating on human rights issues and climate change.

While the senior citizen of the year is Pamela Wark, a highly regarded teacher who taught at Mullumbimby High for more than 45 years.

Byron Shire Mayor Simon Richardson was full of praise for Zenith Virago and all of the winners.

“On behalf of Byron Shire Council and the broader community I congratulate the winners of the 2021

Byron Shire Australia Day Awards,” Mayor Richardson said.

“Zenith has had a profound impact on our community in so many ways and it really is an enormous honour to present her with the Citizen of the Year award,” Mayor Richardson told the gathering.

“Zenith is a pioneer and leader in her approach to dying; to helping people prepare for death and guiding them, and their families, through the end of life process which is frightening, uncertain and sad,” he said.

Zenith Virago has raised community awareness on issues of gender equality and violence against women and her annual V-Day event and Vagina Conversations production have raised more than $40,000 for the Women’s Escape Fund which provides emergency financial support to women when it’s most required to assist them and their children to remain safe.

On-hand to help with the ceremony was this year’s Byron Bay Australia Day Ambassador Surf conservation heavyweight Brad Farmer.

Farmer, from the Gold Coast, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his lifetime of distinguished voluntary service to communities, conservation and coasts and has the enviable title of Australia’s Beach Ambassador, bestowed by Tourism Australia.

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“Leemo’s View” “LEEMO has views on just about anything”

Try a Little Mindfulness...

Purrsy Purrsy... ‘Leemo’ Cat again. I was pretty angry and hissy with ‘Mum Jane’ when I was served Turkey in Jelly (instead of the Trout & Catfish pate I had been dreaming about) for lunch. Mum Jane informed me that it was nonsensical and quite idiotic for me to be angry, just because something didn’t go my way, and told me to sit and listen.

OMG...she’s going to read to me. As you know, I grumble & growl and tail swish big time when she reads to me, but to-day was different. She is reading to me from a book called ‘The Dalai Lama’s Cat’...(aka HHC, His Holinesses’ Cat and ‘Snow Lion’) and, of COURSE I’m going to listen ‘cos it has been written, albeit, by a very far flung, but much highly esteemed relative. ‘HHC Snow Lion’ wrote that he heard the Dalai Lama explain that whilst “it can be good to acknowledge a problem with anger, the first person (or cat) to suffer is themself, and that no-one who is angry has a happy peaceful mind”. His Holiness went on to say that ‘anger doesn’t come from an incident (such as MY WRONG MEAL).. it comes from our mind.”

I told Mum that “in my case it was my tummy.. is that controlled by my mind?” (she glared at

me). He continued that “when we hiss and say or write indelicate things in anger, we can create deep wounds that can’t be healed. Think about rifts between friends and within families, divisions that have led to complete relationship breakdown because of angry outbursts”. Hmmm...I had to think about this and started wishing I hadn’t been angry with Mum. But there is hope for me...the Dalai Lama also said “that anger is a good thing because whilst we cannot control everything in the world around us, we can, with practice, control our own mind.” ‘Mum Jane’ told me she has been working on this herself for a few month dealing with her back pain, and day to day situations she confronts, and has found that it is really helping. She also confessed to me how sad she felt about herself a couple of weeks back when she DID get angry, because she had let the anger control her, and concluded she needed more practice... every single day. I was cordially invited by Mum to participate in these practice sessions.

(Crikey!!) I’ve not committed myself...my life is very very busy... sleeping, frisking, climbing trees, eating, tail swishing under the birdbath, grooming, being brushed, watching movies, playing feathers on a stick games, meeting with buddies.... you know, all that stuff we cats do to fill in our days.

I do believe I would be far too exhausted to practice mindfulness.

As usual, Mum had the last say...”well Leemo, Mindfulness, is when you focus on being intensely aware of what you’re sensing, and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment.” Hmmm...I DO believe this will assist me in “sensing’ what my next meal will be? OK, I’ve signed up.

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Rise of the ebabies: kids born to Aussie couples who met online will be in the majority by 2038 WITHIN 18 years, babies born to parents who met online will be more common than babies born to couples who met via traditional means, according to a new report by eharmony and Monash University.

Meeting through technology will increasingly be the norm, with projections suggesting 2040 as the year when more Aussie couples will meet online than offline.

This new report by experts at eharmony and researchers from Monash Business School and the University’s Faculty of Information Technology, shines a light on the many meaningful connections online dating creates.

Some of the report’s key findings include: 1. ebabies and the future of starting a family Using a nationally representative survey of over 2,000 Australians and projections from current trends in online dating, the authors of the report pinpoint 2038 as the year when more than half of babies born will be born to online couples.

Furthermore, by 2030, over a third of babies will be ebabies, which is huge leap forward considering just two decades ago online dating was very much in its infancy. In fact, even just a decade ago, few couples openly admitted they met online.

Interestingly enough, the report also finds that couples who met online in more recent years (2014-2020), on average have 2.3% more babies than those who met face-to-face (1.38 vs. 1.35).

This suggests a key group of singles use technology to seek family-inclined commitments.

The team of researchers were able to forecast future relationship trends with the Markov model, which measures probabilities and can be used to recognise patterns in a bid to make predictions, such as those in the findings.

The report then considered current trends, finding that based on the share of births that are ebabies, an estimated 20% of all babies born in this millennium are ebabies. Further, the report reveals that 21% of online couples that had a baby did so within a year of meeting.

Aussie couples who meet online most commonly have one child (21%), with over one in eight (13%) welcoming two children. Men are also slightly more likely than women to have children with a partner they met online (38.9% v 35.4%).

2. Defining the ‘Tipping Point’ In the second part of their report, the Monash team estimated the year when more couples will meet online than offline.

Using a combination of nationally representative data and statistical probabilities, they conclude that 2040 will be the so-called Tipping Point, when just over half (50%) of relationships begin online.

This growth in online dating has particularly accelerated over the past few years, with over a third (34%) starting between 2016 and the present day, making it ever more mainstream.

Interestingly enough, whereas historic research suggests that one in five couples met in the pub back in the early-1980’s, nowadays only 6% do so.

The most common methods of single people meeting between the years of 2015 and 2020 were dating apps (29.4%), via a mutual friend (17.1%), at work (15.9%), at a bar, pub or club (6.3%), at school (6%) and via social media (4.8%).

In recognition of the huge benefits of online dating, almost half of Aussies (48%) believe it makes it easier to find someone compatible, and a similar number think it allows for ‘better matching’.

Two thirds of Aussies (69%) agree online dating has become more normalized – meaning the stigma has long since gone – and an inspired one in two Aussies (51%) say the internet makes it easier for introverts to find love.

Romain Bertrand, VP International at eharmony comments: “In our first ‘Future of Dating’ report with Monash University, we’re delighted to see that online dating has created so many Australian families, and that it will continue to increase this wonderful legacy.

“It’s really important that

people recognize the many benefits that online dating can bring, with many singles looking to technology to find real and meaningful relationships.

“At eharmony, we match singles according to high compatibility which means they are more likely to have long-lasting relationships, and even families if they so choose.”

Sharon Draper, relationship expert at eharmony adds: “Online dating often gets a bad rap for encouraging casual dating and swipe culture. But our report with Monash University, demonstrates that there are countless people who look to technology to find life-long partners and start families.

“Online dating is ever more prevalent, particularly since the challenges we’ve seen recently via the COVID 19 virus, and its restraints upon normal socializing.

This new research clearly indicates that more and more Aussie families will originate from dating platforms like eharmony and that can only be a good thing.

“That said, if you’re new to online dating and you want to find a serious relationship, think carefully about the type of person you want to attract. Avoid endless cycles of casual dating by looking for a person who shares your values, personality traits and, most importantly, your goals.”

Project Lead, Yelena Tsarenko, Professor at Monash School of Business comments: “Through this collaboration, we used a combination of statistical modelling and nationally representative research data to determine the year in which more couples will meet online than offline.

“We also identified alternative ways that tailored matching between two parties online may change in the future.”

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All of this year’s winners.

Koala advocate wins top gong for Tweed KOALA advocate Jenny Hayes led a group of seven Tweed residents honoured at this year’s Australia Day Awards and Citizenship awards held at Twin Towns on Australia Day morning.

Ms Hayes, a Murwillumbah-based teacher, was named Tweed Shire Citizen of the Year for her tireless work in the community over many years in education and animal protection, particularly working to protect the Tweed’s endangered Tweed Coast Koala population.

The co-founder of Team Koala back in 2009, Ms Hayes, with her group, has worked tirelessly to see the implementation of koala-friendly development restrictions.

“I’m really grateful and thrilled for this award because I think the Australia Day committee and the Tweed Shire Council are doing a tremendous job casting a light on so many achievements by so many amazing people and organisations,” Ms Hayes told the crowd of invited guests. ““What I am really touched and appreciative about is how much the community has come together to protect our Tweed koalas. Just arrived, or been here for many generations, young and old, everyone joined together and that is so special.

“Team Koala is a very diverse group and lots of different people contribute lots of different things - together I

Young Achiever in Community Service Tj Kleeman.

think we make a really great team to try to give our koalas a voice in our Shire.”

Ms Hayes was one of seven local champions honoured at the official Australia Day Awards ceremony, where 33 residents from 12 countries as far afield as Colombia, Thailand and The Netherlands, also became Australian citizens.

The awards were hosted by Tweed Shire Ambassador of the Year Rebecca Hogan, who was the 2020 citizen of the year for her work teenagers on the Northern Rivers.

The 2020 Individual Volunteer of the Year Award split between Michael Reid and Les Hardy. Michael was chosen for his dedicated work at Agape Outreach Incorporated, where he is known to cook up to 60 litres of food at a time - at his own expense supporting the homeless and needy of the Tweed.

Long-time Pottsville resident Les Hardy was the other Volunteer award for the number of charities and community organisations he supports.

Les, whose family built the third house in Pottsville, and is often found selling raffle tickets to benefit these organisations.

The 2020 Group Volunteer of the Year Award went to the Murwillumbah Hospital Coffee Shop Volunteers who for the past 11 years have provided their helpful service five days a week, 52 weeks a year, to benefit the sick and frail and those that care for them. During that time, the group has raised more than $580,000 towards equipment for the hospital.

The 2020 Community Event of the Year Award was given to the Tweed Valley Equestrian Group, whose annual Power of Pink Fundraiser has raised much-needed awareness and more than $125,000 towards breast cancer research.

The 2020 Sporting Achievement Award went to tennis coach Gemma Eaton for her outstanding work particularly with disadvantaged young players and children with a disability.

The 2020 Young Achiever in Community Service Award was taken out by 12-year-old Tj Kleeman, who can be found most weeks at her local cemetery, tending to the graves of people unknown to her. Two additional young nominees received honourable mentions in this category - Shantel Gregoraci and Alyce Togo.

Tweed Citizen of the year Jenny Hayes (pink) with this year’s ceremony host and last year’s citizen of the year Rebecca Hogan.

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Fire captain wins top Coffs honour NANA Glen Rural Fire Service Brigade captain John Lardner is the Coffs Harbour Citizen of the year in recognition for his work during the 2020 fires.

Mr Lardner was nominated by a local resident for helping protect homes property and people threatened by the bushfires in the Orara Valley.

In her submission the resident summed up Mr Lardner’s contribution to his community.

“As the fire was heading towards my home I watched John Lardner and his crew fighting the fire in the hills behind my house, suddenly there was a wall of fire and I could not see the fire truck,” she said.

“That was one of two incidents that nearly cost John and his crew their lives to save the Nana Glen community.

“In September 2020 I could not bring myself to do a hazard reduction burn before the summer due to the impact of the Bees Nest fire (the previous year), John Lardner said the fire brigade would come and do it for me, and

Pictured at a group photo-call are: (Back left to right) Beth Rogers, Michael Bourne, John Lardner. (Middle) John Higgins. (Front) Julie Ferguson, Rosie Smart.

I believe they are doing this for other property owners as well. He never stops helping.

I feel my words do not show the care and love John Lardner

has for our community.”

Five Coffs residents were recognised for their achievements and community spirit at the annual Australia

Day Awards.

The winners were announced at a ceremony at the Botanic Garden where nearly 100 new Australians

also received their Citizenship according to Mayor Councillor Denise Knight..

“Australia Day gives us the chance to reflect on what it means to each of us to be an Australian including our past, our present and how we want our country to progress and I’d like to congratulate Coffs Harbour’s newest Australian Citizens,” she said.

“Today we also had the opportunity to honour and congratulate those absolute heroes who do so much for our community and were nominated by their peers for an Australia Day Award.

No Award Nominee is the kind of person to blow their own trumpet, so it’s always fabulous to see them getting the kind of recognition they really deserve,” she said.

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THE Australian Bureau of Statistics has announced that night for the next Census will be the 10th of August in 2021.

The Census measures the number of people in Australia and their key characteristics.

Census data is used extensively by governments, organisations and the community to plan for services and infrastructure such as roads, childcare, hospitals and schools across the nation.

The Australian Parliament, through the tabling of Regulations, approves the topics to be included in the Census.

For the 2021 Census, the ABS will add new questions on health conditions, and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) service.

Questions on internet access in households will no longer be asked, given increased mobile internet usage

on personal devices outside the home.

These are the first significant changes to the information collected in the Census since 2006.

The changes allow the Census to collect data on long-term health conditions, such as arthritis and diabetes, to inform health policy, and also planning for community services.

The ABS says information about ADF service in the 2021 Census will provide a better understanding of the circumstances of Australia’s veteran community and support better provision of services for this group.

The ABS keeps all information collected in the Census private and confidential. Under the Census and Statistics Act 1905, no identifiable information can be released.

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Gold Coast icon is Coast’s top citizen An iconic Gold Coaster will end an illustrious career an on a high note after being named Citizen of the Year at the annual City of Gold Coast Australia Day Awards.

Chief Lifeguard Warren Young, 70, who will step down from his role at the end of this month, took out the award at a ceremony on the Gold Coast on January 22.

One of the city’s most recognized residents (particularly for his daily surf reports) Young joined the professional lifeguard service in 1973 and is credited with introducing jet skis for rescues at Australian beaches.

Mayor Tom Tate said the award celebrated the beloved lifeguard’s long and impressive career.

“He is a dead-set Gold Coast legend. There are few Gold Coasters more loved or recognised than Warren. His contribution to our city is significant,” Mayor Tate said.

The awards recognise excellence in community service, sporting, environmental and cultural endeavours, as well as Gold Coast Citizen of the Year and Gold Coast Young Citizen of the Year.

“Each of these citizens has helped make the Gold Coast an even greater place to live.

“This is our way of thanking these local legends for their ongoing commitment to the coast – your hard work and dedication to our city does not go unnoticed.”

Gold Coast Australia day winners.

Teenager Elijah Palmer was named Young Citizen of the Year. The 16-year-old, who attends Mudgeeraba State Special School, was recognised for his commitment to wheelchair racing.

Palmer received five gold medals at the Queensland Schools Championships in 2019, and despite Covid restrictions last year, continued to train vigorously, setting numerous personal best times, and staying connected with the wheelchair racing community via Zoom.

The Community Service award went to veteran and North Gold Coast RSL Sub-Branch secretary Melanie Annand. Ms Annand provides administrative and life support for the veterans in the Northern Gold Coast community.

As someone who lives with injuries from active service, she understands the importance of activities designed to encourage social interactions, peer and family support.

Gold Coast Titans Community and Game Development general manager Renee Cohen

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took out the Sports Achievement award for her commitment to celebrating diversity within the Gold Coast sporting community.

Through collaborating with Down Syndrome Queensland, Ms Cohen has provided young Australians living with Down’s Syndrome the opportunity to live the dream and escort their favourite Titans players onto the field before the game.

Friends of the Gold Coast Botanic Gardens was awarded the Environmental Achievement Awards for the work the group has done over the years, first in establishing and now continuing to care for and improve the City’s premier garden and making it a place that everyone can enjoy.

While the Cultural Achievement Award went to Ken Dinh, a Vietnamese student who came to Australia two years ago to study and now works at the Gold Coast Student Hub and is a strong advocate for Southern Cross University. He has been a supporter of international students in Australia during the past year.

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Thankfully they are back tonight for the 27th(!!) season and the good ideas just keep coming. While some fashion trends may appear to be on a cycle, home fashions – particularly gaudy 1980s-era exteriors – should be put to pasture for good. Tonight, Johanna, Charlie and James make over the front of a house that is unfortunately stuck in the most unfashionable of decades. They show how with a few affordable tweaks to the garden, the fence and the front door, the garish can be glorious once more.

The clever casting crew behind this crime-drama did an excellent job of nabbing British heartthrob Ioan Gruffudd to play the lead. Sometimes you just need a wildcard to be the point of difference among all the other crime-dramas out there (and let’s face it, his smile doesn’t hurt, either). Not that you’ll see much smiling in this season three return as Dr Daniel Harrow (Gruffudd) investigates the death of a young man who claimed to be his son.

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Michael Palin – who will forever and always be referred to as ‘ex-Monty Python comic Michael Palin’ – took a chance on a ground-breaking travel series that changed both his life and the way travel shows have been presented since. In a nod to Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days, Palin accepted the challenge of following that novel’s route around the globe and we get to join him for a look back at that journey. Tonight’s premiere begins in London before taking in the stinky side of Venice and ending in Egypt. Some big name fans, friends and fellow travellers – Sir David Attenborough and Joanna Lumley – reflect on his achievements, too.

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FRIDAY, February 5 ABC TV (2) 6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings.

10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.00 The Pacific: In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 1.30 The Ex-PM. (Ml, R) 2.10 Unforgotten. (Final, Mal, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.30 Back Roads. (R) 5.00 Escape From The City.

(Final, R) 6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. (Final) Nigella Lawson prepares mac ‘n’ cheese.

8.05 Vera. (Mv, R) DCI Vera Stanhope and her team investigate a 30-year old mystery.

9.35 Mystery Road. (Final, Mdlv, R) Jay and Emma have to prove who really murdered Reese, before Marley is jailed for a crime he did not commit.

10.30 State Of The Union. (Ml, R) Tom puts Louise in an awkward position.

10.40 ABC Late News.

10.55 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) 11.25 Aftertaste. (Mls, R) 11.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 WorldWatch. 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 Where Are You Really From? (PG, R) 2.30 Railway Journeys UK. (PG, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 5.05 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.35 Jeopardy! (PG)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Runaway Millionaires. (2019, Mal, R) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 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 MOVIE: Fierce Creatures. (1997, Mls, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 Jamie & The Nonnas. (R) 2.00 10 Travlr Northern Territory.

(R) 2.30 Ent. Tonight.

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 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Jennifer Byrne.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Uncovering France’s Roman City. A look at the city of Nemausus.

8.35 Who Do You Think You Are? Jack And Michael Whitehall. (PG) Fatherand-son comedians Jack and Michael Whitehall investigate their family tree.

9.45 My Grandparents’ War: Helena Bonham Carter. (PG, R) Part 1 of 4.

10.40 SBS World News Late.

11.10 8 Out Of 10 Cats. (Mals, R) 12.00 Twin. (Mal, R) 3.30 MOVIE: Alias Ruby Blade. (2012, Malv, 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.

(Return) Host Johanna Griggs and the team demonstrate some terrific ideas for the house, garden and the kitchen, as well as effective and appealing ways to renovate, cook and decorate.

8.30 To Be Advised.

1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 4. Night session. From Melbourne Park.

11.30 MOVIE: Double Jeopardy.

(1999, Mlsv, R) A woman who was convicted of murdering her husband learns he staged his own death, in the process framing her for a crime she did not commit. Determined to make him pay for what he did, she breaks her parole and sets off in search of him with authorities close behind. Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Global Shop. Home shopping.

4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 A Current Affair. (R)

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 The Living Room. (PGl, R) Miguel Maestre makes two Japanese-inspired meals. Dr Chris Brown meets a wombat.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show.

Graham Norton chats with Hollywood star Sam Neill, actor Billie Piper, Cold Feet star James Nesbitt, comedian Andi Osho, and music legend Tom Jones who also performs his song No Hole In My Head.

10.30 The Project. (R) The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert.

1.30 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 TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.45pm Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Cinderella. 10.40 Brush With Fame. 11.10 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

Midnight Catalyst. 12.55 Parks And Recreation.

1.20 Reno 911! 1.40 The IT Crowd. (Final) 2.05 Brassic. 2.55 News Update. 3.00 Close. 5.00 The Day Henry Met. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Basketball. NBA. Atlanta Hawks v Los Angeles Lakers. Replay. 2.00 Post Radical. 2.50 Hunting Hitler. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Only Connect. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Abandoned Engineering.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 City Porn. 10.10 Housos. 11.10 Monogamish. 12.10am News. 12.35 MOVIE: Cellar Dweller. (1988, M) 2.00 The Movie Show. 2.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Easy Eats. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Till Death Us Do Part. (1969, PG) 5.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 4. Night session. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Seven Worlds, One Planet. 8.40 MOVIE: The Lady In The Van. (2015, M) 10.50 MOVIE: The Big Chill. (1983, M) 1am Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman.

Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 L.A.’s Finest. 3.00 Bondi Rescue.

3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30am Shopping.

2.00 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

2.35pm Make It Pop! 3.05 Junior Vets. 3.35 Horrible Histories. 4.05 How To Do Stuff Good.

4.30 Malory Towers. 5.00 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.25 School Of Rock. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 MOVIE: Bruno & Boots: Go Jump In The Pool.

(2016, PG) 8.25 Operation Ouch! 8.55 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.20 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 9.40 Radiant. 10.10 The Legend Of Korra. 10.30 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Tree Of Life.

Continued. (2011, PG) 7.55 Complicity. (2018, PG, Japanese) 10.05 The Nutty Professor. (1963, PG) 12.05pm Death Defying Acts. (2007, PG) 1.55 The Castle Of Cagliostro. (1979, PG) 3.55 My Brilliant Career. (1979) 5.50 Dilili In Paris. (2018, PG, French) 7.30 I Heart Huckabees. (2004, M) 9.30 Big Fish.

(2003, PG) 11.50 Tsotsi. (2005, M, Tsotsitaal) 1.35am Gauguin: Voyage To Tahiti. (2017, M, French) 3.30 Jealous. (2017, M, French) 5.30 Death Defying Acts. (2007, PG)

7MATE (63) 6am Shopping. 6.30 Fishing

Addiction. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 Hellfire Heroes. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Swamp People.

1.00 Storage Wars Canada. 2.00 Back Country Rescue. 3.00 Storage Wars. 3.30 Pawn Stars. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Hellfire Heroes. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars.

7.30 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 2. Western Bulldogs v Carlton. 9.30 MOVIE: Need For Speed.

(2014, M) 12.15am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

10.00 Ninjago. 10.30 Pokémon Journeys. 11.00 Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Day 6. Day session. 6pm Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series.

Day 6. Night session. 11.00 Police Ten 7. Midnight Quantum Leap. 1.00 Rivals. 2.00 Soapbox Racing.

Red Bull Series. Round 5. Replay. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu.

4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel. 5.10 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic.

PEACH (52) 6am Judging Amy. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Fam. 8.30 Becker.

9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 2.00 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 MOVIE: Runaway Bride. (1999, PG) 11.45 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. 8.00 Planet America. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Close Of Business. 10.00 The World.

11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 Planet America. 1.10 ABC Late News. 1.30 Friday Briefing. 2.00 DW News. 2.15 ABC Late News. 2.30 The Drum. 3.30 DW Conflict Zone. 4.00 The World.

5.00 Planet America.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Skindigenous. 11.00 The Panther Within. Noon From The Heart Of Our Nation: The Sunset Concert.

2.00 NITV On The Road: Laura Festival. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style.

5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Cooking Hawaiian Style.

6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 News. 7.30 MOVIE: Hunt For The Wilderpeople. (2016, PG) 9.15 Bedtime Stories. 9.25 Big Name, No Blanket. 10.25 Heart Coming Home. 11.25 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.00 Barnwood Builders. 8.00 Garden Gurus. 8.30 The Block. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 Open Homes Australia. 11.30 Fixer Upper. 12.30pm House Hunters Int. 1.30 Fixer To Fabulous. 2.30 The Block. 4.00 We Bought The Farm. 4.30 House Hunters. 5.00 Raising House.

6.00 House Hunters International. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Stay Or Sell. 8.30 Instant Dream House. 9.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 10.30 Pool Kings. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Headline News. 8.30

9.30 Jamie’s Great Italian Escape. 10.00 Food Heroes. 10.30 River Cottage Aust. 11.30 Ready Steady Cook UK. 12.30pm Come Dine With Me UK. 1.30 Kitchen Hero. 2.00 Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Lidia’s Italy. 3.00 Wok X Pot. 3.30 How To Cook.

4.00 Sarah Graham: Food Safari. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 6.30 Food Fight Club. 7.30 Made In Britain. 8.30 Rick Stein’s German Bite. 9.35 River Cottage Australia. 10.35 Food Fight Club. 11.35 Late Programs.

8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute.

9.30 NBC Today. Noon Room For Improvement.

12.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes. 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 Property Ladder UK. 11.45 Late Programs.

Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 The Friday Showdown.

(Premiere) 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin.

7.00 Bernardi. 8.00 Kenny On Media. 8.30 The McGregor Angle. 9.00 Hardgrave. 10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs.

Please Note: Programs are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by the Networks.

SATURDAY, February 6 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News.

12.30 Employable Me Australia. (Mal, R) 1.30 Miniseries: Agatha Christie’s The Witness For The Prosecution. (R) 2.20 Making Child Prodigies. (R) 3.00 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. (Final, R) 3.30 Dream Gardens. (R) 4.00 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline Summer. (R) 5.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 7.

Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory.

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 Cycling. Road National C’ships. Criterium. H’lights. 4.00 Travel Man. (PG, R) 4.30 Remarkable Places To Eat. (PG, R) 5.40 Secret Nazi Bases. (Premiere)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Beach Cops. (PG, R) 12.30 Horse Racing. CF Orr Stakes Family Day and Inglis Millennium Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) Presented by David Campbell.

11.00 Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Day 7. Day session.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 RBT. (PGdl, R) Follows the activities of police units.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 4x4 Adventures. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Beyond The Fire. 12.30 GCBC. (R) 1.00 10 Minute Kitchen. 1.30 Destination Dessert. (R) 2.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGlm, R) 2.30 Australia

By Design: Innovations. (PG) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 4.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 5.00 News.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 Death In Paradise. (Return, Mv) A masked man stabs a woman in her home.

8.30 Call The Midwife. (Return, PG) Mother Mildred seeks to help a distraught woman who abandoned her newborn.

9.30 Endeavour. (Madv, R) Part 3 of 4. The murder of a chocolate factory owner leads Morse to the sleepy village of Chigton Green.

11.00 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 12.00 Deep Water. (Final, Mal, R) 12.50 Rage Retro Month.

(MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo.

(PG) Ernie Dingo explores the Mary River.

8.05 Michael Portillo’s Abandoned Britain. (PG, R) Part 2 of 4.

9.00 MOVIE: Hannibal. (2001, MA15+v, R) A serial killer is tracked by an FBI agent. Anthony Hopkins.

11.20 MOVIE: Love And Friendship.

(2016, PGa, R) A widow plays matchmaker. Kate Beckinsale.

1.00 Atlanta. (Madlv, R) 4.00 Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 2020 Cricket Australia Awards.

Australian cricket’s annual awards ceremony, including the Allan Border Medal and Belinda Clark Award, which are presented to the most outstanding male and female players of the past year.

7.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. Grand Final.

11.30 To Be Advised.

1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 5. Night session. From Melbourne Park.

11.30 MOVIE: The Thomas Crown Affair. (1999, Mls, R) After a billionaire who feels life poses no more challenges decides to steal a Monet from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, he is hounded by an insurance agent determined to expose him.

Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary.

2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. Home shopping.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact. (R) Religious program.

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) The tower on Bondi Beach is on high alert when a swimmer’s quick dip results in a possible spinal injury.

7.00 Toddlers Behaving (Very) Badly. Part 3 of 3.

8.00 MOVIE: The Help. (2011, Ma, R) During the civil rights movement of the ’60s, an aspiring author decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids’ point of view on the white families they work for and the hardships they experience.

Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer.

10.55 Bull. (Mv, R) Bull defends an old friend.

12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

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 TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.30pm Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Jayde Adams: Serious Black Jumper. 9.35 Live At The Apollo. 10.20 Would I Lie To You? 10.55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.15 Mock The Week.

11.50 Kitty Flanagan: Charming And Alarming.

12.55am Escape From The City. 1.50 Comedy Up Late. 2.20 News Update. 2.25 Close. 5.00 The Day Henry Met. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Fade To Black: Fight To The Death. 1.30 Atlanta. 2.30 New Girl. 3.00 Insight. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.30 Basketball. NBL. Cairns Taipans v Brisbane Bullets. 7.30 The Last Man On Earth.

7.55 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The X-Files. 11.00 Tent And Sex. 11.30 7 Days Of Sex. 12.20am MOVIE: Network. (1976, M) 2.30 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping.

8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 NBC Today. 12.30pm ICU. 1.00 Sydney Weekender. 1.30 Creek To Coast.

2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Property Ladder UK. 5.00 Horse Racing. CF Orr Stakes Family Day and Inglis Millennium Day. 6.00 Border Security: International. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 12.30am Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.15 MOVIE: Victoria The Great. (1937) 12.30pm MOVIE: The Raging Moon. (1971, PG) 2.45 MOVIE: The Pride And The Passion. (1957, PG) 5.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 5.

Night session. 7.30 MOVIE: The Bridge On The River Kwai. (1957, PG) 10.45 MOVIE: A Fistful Of Dollars. (1964, MA15+) 12.45am Garden Gurus Moments. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 11.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. Noon Diagnosis Murder. 1.00 The Doctors. 2.00 iFish.

2.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 3.30 All 4 Adventure. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 Hawaii Five-0. 11.20 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

4.05pm How To Do Stuff Good. 4.20 Detention Adventure. 4.35 Malory Towers. 5.05 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.25 School Of Rock. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Robot Wars. 7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.55 Total DramaRama. 9.10 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra.

9.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Death Defying Acts. Continued. (2007, PG) 7.20 My Brilliant Career. (1979) 9.15 Dilili In Paris. (2018, PG, French) 10.55 The Castle Of Cagliostro. (1979, PG) 12.55pm Bill. (2015, PG) 2.40 Big Fish. (2003, PG) 5.00 Cheerful Weather For The Wedding. (2012, PG) 6.50 Love And Friendship. (2016, PG) 8.30 The Squid And The Whale. (2005) 10.00 At Eternity’s Gate. (2018, M) 12.05am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 Mudslingers. 11.30 Your 4x4. Noon On Tour With Allan Border. (Premiere) 12.30 Timbersports.

1.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 2. GWS Giants v West Coast. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Desert Collectors. 6.00 Ultimate Factories. 7.00 Building Giants. 8.00 Mighty Ships. 9.00 Mighty Cruise Ships. 10.00 Air Crash Investigation. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

2pm Peaking. 2.20 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.20 MOVIE: Open Season: Scared Silly. (2015, PG) 5.00 Tennis.

Melbourne Summer Series. Night session. 11.00 MOVIE: Blown Away. (1994, M) 1.30am No Man’s Land: Expedition Antarctica. 3.00 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Pokémon: BW Adventures In Unova And Beyond.

4.50 Rev & Roll. 5.10 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Judging Amy. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Fam. 8.30 Becker.

9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.00 Frasier. Noon To Be Advised.

4.30 Friends. 6.00 Columbo. 8.00 Kojak. 9.00 Spyforce. 10.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 The Middle. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 2 Broke Girls. 3.30 Becker. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 The Brady Bunch.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News. 3.30 Q+A Highlights.

(Premiere) 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 The Mix. 5.00 ABC News. 5.05 Planet America. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 Back Roads. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.10 Four Corners. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 ABC News Weekend. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Nigella Bites. 2.00 Gourmet Express. 3.00 Cellar Door: NZ. 3.30 Secret Meat Business. 4.00 A Gondola On The Murray. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Cheese Slices. 6.30 The Big Family Cooking Showdown. 7.35 Pacific Island Food Revolution. 8.35 Ainsley’s Mediterranean Cookbook. 9.30 Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour Of Britain.

10.25 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2.30pm Touch Football. WA Super League. 4.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. 2019. Men’s.

Newcastle All Blacks v Googars. Replay. 5.00 On The Road. 6.00 Going Places. 7.00 Everyday Brave.

7.30 News. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Adam Goodes: The Final Quarter. 10.00 MOVIE: Once Were Warriors. (1994, MA15+) 11.50 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 We Bought The Farm. Noon House Hunters.

12.30 Getaway. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 1.30 Barnwood Builders. 2.30 Instant Dream House.

3.30 Pool Kings. 4.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 5.30 Stay Or Sell. 6.30 Texas Flip And Move. 7.30 Open Homes Australia. 8.30 House Hunters. 9.30 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 Fox Sports News.

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 Fox Sports News. 7.00 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, February 7 ABC TV (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. (R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline Summer. (Final) 1.00 Everyone’s A Critic. (PG, R) 1.30 Aftermath: Beyond Black Saturday. (PG, R) 2.30 War On Waste: The Battle Continues. (PG, R) 3.30 The Mix. (R) 4.00 Soccer. W-League. Round 7.

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. 10.00 Cycling. Road National C’ships.

Women’s Race.

12.00 Road National Preview.

1.00 Cycling. Road National Championships. Men’s Race.

5.35 Secret Nazi Bases. (PG)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 1.00 To Be Advised.

4.00 Better Homes: Australia’s Most Amazing Homes. (PG, R) 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Surfing Australia TV. 10.30 The Xtreme Collxtion. (PG, R) 11.00 Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Day 8. Day session.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Territory Cops. (PGdln, R) Alecia and Mitch go on a weekend night patrol.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. (PG, R) 9.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient. 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 10 Minute Kitchen. (R) 12.30 Left Off The Map. (R) 1.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 1.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 2.00 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. (R) 2.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 3.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) 3.30 To Be Advised.

5.00 News.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (Final, PG) Part 4 of 4.

8.30 Harrow. (Return, Mav) After a young man who claimed to be his son turns up dead, a troubled Harrow tries to distract himself with work.

9.25 Stateless. (Final, Malsv, R) Cam faces the repercussions of his decisions.

10.20 Killing Eve. (PG, R) 11.05 Wentworth. (MA15+dsv, R) 11.50 Endeavour. (Madv, R) 1.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.10 Wentworth. (MA15+dsv, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Last Hours Of Pompeii: New Discoveries. (PG) 9.30 Bruce Lee: Be Water. (M) Documents the life of Bruce Lee. 11.20 Filthy Rich And Homeless. (Ml, R) 12.25 24 Hours In Police Custody. (Mal, R) 1.20 Mary Beard’s Shock Of The Nude. (MA15+ans, R) 3.30 Depression And Me. (Madl, 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 Holey Moley Australia. (PG) Contestants tackle a mini golf course.

8.30 MOVIE: Captain America: The Winter Soldier. (2014, Mv, R) Captain America struggles to embrace his role in the modern world as he teams up with Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, to battle a powerful yet shadowy enemy in present-day Washington, D.C. Chris Evans, Samuel L Jackson, Scarlett Johansson.

11.15 World’s Most Shocking Emergency Calls. (MA15+av, R) 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 60 Minutes.

8.10 The Trump Show: Downfall. (Mlv) 9.25 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

9.55 Outbreak: The Virus That Shook The World. (PGa) Documents the COVID-19 pandemic.

11.30 5 Mistakes That Caught A Killer. (MA15+av) 12.30 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. (MA15+adlv) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project. Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics.

7.30 The Amazing Race Australia.

The teams take on new heights when they touch down in Townsville, Queensland.

9.00 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mav) The team searches for a young woman who is heading down a deadly path of vengeance, using ties to an online radical conspiracy organisation to further her cause. Barnes must make a life-changing decision.

11.00 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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 TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids. 9.30 Enslaved. 10.30 Catalyst.

11.30 Designing A Legacy. 12.30am You Can’t Ask That. 12.50 Restoration Australia. 1.50 Comedy Up Late. (Final) 2.20 News Update. 2.25 Close. 5.00 The Day Henry Met. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.30 SBS Courtside. 11.00 Basketball. NBA. 76ers v Nets. 1.30pm New Girl. 2.30 WorldWatch. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. South East Melbourne Phoenix v Illawarra Hawks. 5.00 Basketball. NBL. Melbourne United v Perth Wildcats. 7.00 Abandoned Places.

7.35 The Last Man On Earth. 8.00 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.35 Why Women Kill. 9.35 United Shades Of America. 10.20 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 10.00 Australia: The Story Of Us. 11.00 NBC Today. Noon The Surgery Ship. 1.30 Her Majesty’s Theatre. 2.00 All The Things. 2.30 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Highlights. 3.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 Wild Bill. 9.30 Miniseries: Bancroft. 11.30 World’s Most Amazing Videos.

1.30am ICU. 2.00 Brit Cops. 4.00 Harry’s Practice.

4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 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. 10.05 My Favorite Martian.

10.35 MOVIE: Mr Forbush And The Penguins. (1971, PG) 12.40pm MOVIE: Sailors Three. (1940) 2.25 MOVIE: Bikini Beach. (1964, PG) 4.30 MOVIE: Irma La Douce. (1963, PG) 7.30 Death In Paradise.

8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire. 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Roads Less Travelled. 8.30 Mega Mechanics. 9.30 One Strange Rock. 10.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.00 Scorpion. 1pm The Doctors. 2.00 Beyond The Fire. 2.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. 3.30 Reel Action. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 iFish. 5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise.

6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 48 Hours. 11.20 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

3.05pm Teenage Boss. 3.35 Horrible Histories.

4.05 How To Do Stuff Good. 4.30 Malory Towers.

4.55 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.20 School Of Rock. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge.

6.30 Robot Wars. 7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.30 Camp Lakebottom. 9.05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra.

9.55 Rage. 1.55am Close. 5.30 Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Castle Of Cagliostro. (1979, PG) 8.00 Big Fish. (2003, PG) 10.20 My Brilliant Career. (1979) 12.15pm Cheerful Weather For The Wedding. (2012, PG) 2.00 The Man Who Knew Infinity. (2015, PG) 4.05 Bill. (2015, PG) 5.50 Looking Up. (2019, PG, Mandarin) 8.30 Biutiful. (2010, MA15+, Spanish) 11.10 Gauguin: Voyage To Tahiti. (2017, M, French) 1.05am Pioneer.

(2013, M, Norwegian) 3.10 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.30 Off The Grid With The Badger. 11.30 River To Reef: Retro. Noon The Fishing Show. 1.00 Football.

AFL Women’s. Round 2. North Melbourne v St Kilda.

3.00 Mighty Ships. 4.00 Shipping Wars. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 5.30 Counting Cars. 6.00 Last Car Garage. 6.30 Border Patrol. 7.00 Border Security.

8.30 MOVIE: Remember The Titans. (2000, PG) 10.55 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Liquid Science. 2.00 Dance Moms. 4.00 MOVIE: Look Who’s Talking Too. (1990, PG) 5.30 MOVIE: Three Amigos! (1986, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Terminator. (1984, M) 9.40 MOVIE: Mad Max. (1979, MA15+) 11.40 Lethal Weapon. 1.30am Liquid Science. 2.00 Mike Tyson Mysteries. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers.

3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Fam. 8.00 Becker.

9.00 Neighbours. 11.30 The Neighborhood. 1pm Becker. 2.00 The Middle. 3.30 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Friends. 10.30 2 Broke Girls.

Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Mom. 3.30 The Neighborhood. 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 One Plus One. 3.00 ABC News. 3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 Landline Summer.

5.00 ABC News. 5.30 World This Week. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Foreign Correspondent. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Drum Beat. 8.00 Insiders.

9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.25 Australian Story.

10.00 ABC News Weekend. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.00pm Gourmet Express. 3.00 Cellar Door: NZ. 3.30 Secret Meat Business. 4.00 A Gondola On The Murray. 4.30 Cook And The Chef.

6.00 In Search Of Umami. (Premiere) 6.30 Bill’s Kitchen: Notting Hill. 7.00 Asia Unplated. 7.30 Cook Like An Italian. 8.00 Heart And Soul. 8.30 Rick Stein: From Venice To Istanbul. 9.40 Gino’s Italian Escape. 10.05 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Netball. SA Premier League. 12.40pm Rugby Union.

Ella 7s. Replay. 1.00 Bowls. SA Super League. 1.30 Soccer. African Cup NSW. Grand Final. Ghana v South Sudan. 3.45 Football. Monsoon AFL. 5.45 African News. 6.00 APTN National News. 6.30 Artefact. 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.40 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.40 She Shears. 10.05 Intune 08. 11.05 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Fixer Upper. 11.00 Maine Cabin Masters.

Noon House Hunters Reno. 1.00 Home Town. 2.00 House Hunters. 2.30 Texas Flip And Move. 3.30 Fixer Upper. 4.30 Country House Hunters Australia.

5.30 House Hunters. 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 Restored By The Fords. 8.30 Scott’s Vacation House Rules. 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 Tonight.

8.00 In My View. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Late Programs.

MONDAY, February 8 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 11.00 To Be Advised.

12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) 2.00 Rake. (Madl, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 5.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 Destination Flavour China. (R) 2.30 The Story Of God With Morgan Freeman. (PGav, R) 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 4.35 Railway Journeys UK. (PGa, R) 5.05 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.35 Jeopardy! (PG)

6.00 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

10.00 NFL. Super Bowl LV. Tampa Bay Buccaneers v Kansas City Chiefs. From Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia. Contestants race to answer quiz questions correctly to avoid being caught by The Chaser. Hosted by Andrew O’Keefe.

6.00 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.

10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. Reviews, previews, interviews, highlights and opinions from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

11.00 Tennis. Australian Open.

Day 1. From Melbourne Park.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil.

1.00 To Be Advised.

2.30 Entertainment Tonight.

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 Four Corners. (Return) 9.15 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 The Pacific: In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill. (PG) 10.25 You Can’t Ask That. (MA15+n, R) 10.55 ABC Late News.

11.25 Waltzing The Dragon With Benjamin Law. (PG, R) 12.25 Wentworth. (MA15+dv, R) 1.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (MA15+dv, R) 4.30 Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 The Architecture The Railways Built. (PG) 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) 9.25 The Story Of The Songs. (M) 10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 Agent Hamilton. (MA15+v, R) 11.40 Outlander. (MA15+av, R) 1.50 Cocaine Trade Exposed: The Invisibles. (Mad, R) 3.30 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.45 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 4.55 Poh & Co. Bitesize. (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. (PG) 7.30 Holey Moley Australia. (PG) 9.00 9-1-1. (M) In the aftermath of the dam break, massive mudslides wreak havoc throughout Los Angeles.

10.00 The Rookie. (Mv) National security issues arise.

11.00 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera. (PGa) 12.00 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Highlights.

1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open.

Night 1. From Melbourne Park.

12.00 Chicago Med. (Mam, R) Bekker takes drastic action to keep Rhodes from leaving Med for good. Charles mourns a loss.

1.00 Destination WA. (PG, R) Trevor Cochrane goes on a tropical island getaway that is only accessible from Perth.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. Home shopping.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) Home shopping.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today. The latest in news and current affairs.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Amazing Race Australia.

Hosted by Beau Ryan.

8.30 Hughesy, We Have A Problem.

(Return) Dave Hughes is joined by celebrities to discuss solutions to problems experienced in modern life.

9.30 The Graham Norton Show.

(R) Guests include Sam Neill.

10.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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 TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.50 David Attenborough’s Rise Of Animals. 9.50 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.40 Escape From The City. 11.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 12.15am Would I Lie To You? 12.45 Parks And Recreation. 1.10 Reno 911! 1.30 Brassic. 2.15 News Update. 2.20 Close.

5.00 The Day Henry Met. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Basketball. NBA. Philadelphia 76ers v Brooklyn Nets. Replay. 2.00 The Curse Of Oak Island. 2.50 Hunting Hitler. 3.45 WorldWatch. 4.10 This Week. 5.05 Only Connect. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Abandoned Engineering. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 RocKwiz. 10.15 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 MOVIE: The Falcon Strikes Back. (1943, PG) Noon House Of Wellness.

1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.40 Code Blue: Murder. 11.50 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. 11.00 Tennis.

Australian Open. Day 1. 6pm Tennis. Australian Open. Night 1. 11.00 Law & Order. Midnight Timeless. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 1.30 Gideon’s Way. 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder.

10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Nash Bridges.

1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 CSI: Miami.

3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder.

4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 To Be Advised. 12.10am Shopping. 2.10 VF Confidential. 3.10 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

4.05pm How To Do Stuff Good. 4.30 Malory Towers. 4.55 100 Things To Do Before High School.

5.20 School Of Rock. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss.

7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.30 Camp Lakebottom. 9.05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close.

5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 6.50 Love And Friendship. (2016, PG) 8.30 Looking Up. (2019, PG, Mandarin) 11.10 Bill.

(2015, PG) 12.55pm Ernest & Celestine. (2012, PG) 2.25 The Thief Of Bagdad. (1940, PG) 4.25 Amazonia. (2013, No dialogue) 5.55 The Man Who Knew Infinity. (2015, PG) 7.55 Cold War. (2018, M, Polish) 9.30 Song Lang. (2018, M, Vietnamese) 11.20 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Graveyard Carz. 11.00 Last Car Garage.

11.30 Counting Cars. Noon Swamp People. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Reluctant Outdoorsman. 3.00 Aussie Dreamlivers Texas. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Shipping Wars. 4.30 Hellfire Heroes. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars.

7.30 Restoration Workshop. 8.30 MOVIE: Man Of Steel. (2013, M) 11.25 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Monster Croc Wrangler. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 The A-Team. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Tennis. Austn Open. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Sahara. (2005, M) 11.00 Paranormal Caught On Camera. Midnight Quantum Leap. 1.00 Bromans. 2.00 Mike Tyson Mysteries. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Judging Amy. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 The Neighborhood.

9.00 Friends. 10.00 The Big Bang Theory. 11.00 Becker. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 1.30 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 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 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 One Plus One. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.15 The Business. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Heart And Soul. 1.30 Kitchen Hero.

2.00 Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Lidia’s Italy. 3.00 Gok Cooks Chinese. 3.30 Home Cooking Made Easy.

4.00 Sarah Graham: Food Safari. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 6.30 Food Fight Club. 7.30 Bourdain: Parts Unknown. 8.30 Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted. 9.40 River Cottage Australia. 10.35 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2.25pm Bamay. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories.

7.20 News. 7.30 Follow The Rock. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Living Black Conversations. 9.00 Blood Brothers. 10.00 News. 10.10 My Survival As An Aboriginal. 11.05 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Scott’s Vacation House Rules. 10.00 Raising House. 11.00 We Bought The Farm. 11.30 Restored.

12.30pm My Lottery Dream Home. 1.30 Restored

By The Fords. 2.30 The Block. 4.00 We Bought The Farm. 4.30 House Hunters. 5.00 Scott’s Vacation House Rules. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 8.30 Fixer Upper. 9.30 Celebrity IOU. 10.30 Flipping Virgins. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda.

11.00 NewsDay. 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 Fox Sports News. 7.30 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 Fox Sports News. 11.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, February 9 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings.

10.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.00 To Be Advised.

12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 2.00 Rake. (Mal, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.05 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.35 Back Roads. (R) 5.05 Restoration Australia. (PG, R)

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 Destination Flavour China. (R) 2.30 The Story Of God With Morgan Freeman.

(PGa, R) 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 4.35 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 5.05 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.35 Jeopardy! (PG)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Watch Your Back. (2015, Mlv, R) 2.00 What The Killer Did Next. (Malv, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.

10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. Reviews, previews, interviews, highlights and opinions from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

11.00 Tennis. Australian Open.

Day 2. From Melbourne Park.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (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 News.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Foreign Correspondent.

8.30 Australia Remastered: Wetlands. Presented by Aaron Pedersen.

9.30 Our Dementia Choir. (PG) People with dementia form a choir.

10.30 To Be Advised.

11.00 ABC Late News.

11.30 Q+A. (R) 12.35 Wentworth. (MA15+ads, R) 1.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.45 Wentworth. (MA15+ads, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PG) 8.35 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) 9.30 Cat Tales. (PGa, R) 10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 The A Word. (Final, Mal) 12.05 The Pier. (Malnsv, R) 1.00 Deep State. (Mlv, R) 3.00 Wasted! The Story Of Food Waste. (Ml, R) 4.30 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, 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. (PG) 7.30 Holey Moley Australia. (PG) Contestants tackle a mini golf course.

9.00 The Good Doctor. (Ma) Shaun has a hard time balancing his fears and concerns about potentially jeopardising Lea’s health.

10.00 The Resident. (Ma) Cain’s elective surgery patient returns.

11.00 Station 19. (Ma) A young boy falls into water pipes.

12.00 Splitting Up Together. (PGas, R) 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open.

Night 2. From Melbourne Park.

12.00 Chicago Med. (Mam, R) The doctors and nurses are on high alert when an overflow of patients are rushed into Chicago Med. 1.00 Destination WA. (R) Nikki Parkinson discovers all the family-friendly fun that Whiteman Park has to offer.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) Home shopping.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Amazing Race Australia.

Hosted by Beau Ryan.

8.30 NCIS. (Mv) Gibbs and Fornell’s crusade to find the head of the drug ring comes to a climax.

9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mv) The NCIS team must track down an organised crime leader who is trying to buy stolen defence technology.

10.30 The Project. (R) 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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 TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 9.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.45 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Final) 10.05 The IT Crowd. 10.55 Frontline. (Final) 11.30 Jayde Adams: Serious Black Jumper. 12.30am Live At The Apollo. 1.15 Parks And Recreation. 1.40 Reno 911! 2.00 Brassic. 2.45 News Update. 2.50 Close.

5.00 The Day Henry Met. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon SBS Courtside. 12.30 Basketball. NBA. San Antonio Spurs v Golden State Warriors. 3.00 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.10 VICE World Of Sports. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Only Connect. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Abandoned Engineering. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 The Rise And Fall Of Nokia Mobile. 9.35 The 2000s. 10.25 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness.

1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Sydney Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.40 The Bay. 11.40 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. 11.00 Tennis.

Australian Open. Day 2. 6pm Tennis. Australian Open. Night 2. 11.00 Law & Order. Midnight Timeless. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (51) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 CSI: Miami. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 10.25 CSI: Miami. 11.20 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

4.05pm How To Do Stuff Good. 4.30 Malory Towers. 4.55 100 Things To Do Before High School.

5.20 School Of Rock. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss.

7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.30 Camp Lakebottom. 9.05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close.

5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Thief Of Bagdad. Continued. (1940, PG) 7.45 Asterix And Obelix In Britain. (2012, PG, French) 9.50 The Man Who Knew Infinity. (2015, PG) 11.50 Amazonia.

(2013, No dialogue) 1.25pm Looking Up. (2019, PG, Mandarin) 4.00 Coming Home. (2014, PG, Mandarin) 6.00 Ernest & Celestine. (2012, PG) 7.30 Lola And Her Brothers. (2018, M, French) 9.30 I Am Love. (2009, MA15+, Italian) 11.40 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game.

11.00 A Football Life. Noon Swamp People. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Reluctant Outdoorsman. 3.00 Restoration Workshop. 4.00 Fish’n With Mates.

4.30 Hellfire Heroes. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 10.30 Yukon Gold. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 The A-Team. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Tennis.

Austn Open. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: RoboCop. (2014, M) 9.45 MOVIE: Shaft. (2000, MA15+) 11.45 The Nanny. 12.15am Quantum Leap.

1.10 Urbex: Enter At Your Own Risk. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Judging Amy. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 2.00 The King Of Queens.

3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 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 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 Aust Story.

1.00 ABC Late News. 1.15 The Business. 1.30 7.30.

2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.00pm Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Lidia’s Italy.

3.00 Gok Cooks Chinese. 3.30 Home Cooking Made Easy. 4.00 Sarah Graham: Food Safari. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 6.30 Food Fight Club. 7.30 Food Safari. 8.00 Indian Food Made Easy. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Seafood Odyssey.

9.00 Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail. 9.30 River Cottage Aust. 10.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.30pm Wild Kai Legends. 2.00 Nyami NgaarluGundi Woman Of The Water. 2.30 Water Is Life.

3.00 Jarjums. 6.00 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News.

7.30 African American: Many Rivers To Cross.

8.30 Superstition. 9.20 NITV News Update. 9.30 Hunting Aotearoa. 10.00 Football. Monsoon AFL. Replay. Midnight Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon House Hunters. 1.00 Flipping Virgins. 2.00 Fixer Upper. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 We Bought The Farm. 4.30 House Hunters. 5.00 Celebrity IOU. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters.

7.30 Escape To The Farm With Kate Humble. 8.30 Escape To The Chateau: Make Do And Mend. 9.30 Building Off The Grid. 10.30 Maine Cabin Masters.

11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda.

11.00 NewsDay. 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 Fox Sports News. 7.30 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 Fox Sports News. 11.00 Late Programs.

WEDNESDAY, February 10 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings.

10.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.30 Stan Grant’s One Plus One. (R) 11.00 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Press Club. 1.55 Rake. (Mlsv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.30 Back Roads. (R) 5.00 Restoration Australia. (R)

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 Destination Flavour China. (R) 2.30 The Story Of God With Morgan Freeman.

(PGa, R) 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.35 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 5.05 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.35 Jeopardy! (PG)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: My Life As A Dead Girl. (2015, Masv, R) 2.00 What The Killer Did Next. (Mav, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.

10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. Reviews, previews, interviews, highlights and opinions from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

11.00 Tennis. Australian Open.

Day 3. From Melbourne Park.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10.

(PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (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 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering.

9.00 Aftertaste. (Mls) 9.30 QI. (Ml) 10.00 To Be Advised.

10.45 ABC Late News.

11.15 Four Corners. (R) 12.00 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.20 Wentworth. (MA15+lv, R) 1.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.45 Wentworth. (MA15+lv, R) 4.30 Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Britain’s Most Historic Towns. (PG) 8.30 Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime. (Premiere, PG) 9.35 Vikings. (MA15+) 10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 24 Hours In Emergency. (Ma, R) 11.55 MOVIE: C’est La Vie. (2017, Mls, R) 2.05 Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents. (Ma, R) 3.10 Fourth Estate: The NY Times And Trump.

(Ml, R) 4.15 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.55 Poh & Co. Bitesize. (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 Ambulance: Code Red. (Premiere, Ma) Follows the work of an ambulance service.

8.30 The Bay. (Return, Mav) A new case challenges the team and gives DC Lisa Armstrong a chance to prove her worth.

10.30 Criminal Confessions: Chris Watts – Confession Untold. (Return, Mlv) 12.00 Code Black. (Mav, R) 1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open.

Night 3. From Melbourne Park.

12.00 Chicago Med. (MA15+amv, R) Natalie and Elsa treat an ill pregnant woman who is convinced that God will save her.

1.00 Destination WA. (R) Trevor Cochrane goes snorkelling in the crystal-clear waters of the Cocos Islands.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. Home shopping.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. Jamie reinvents butter chicken.

8.30 Bull. The founder of a trial consulting firm uses psychology and technology to win cases for his clients.

10.30 The Project. (R) The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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 TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7pm Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Leaving Allen Street. 9.45 Restoration Australia. 10.40 Enslaved. 11.40 Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids.

12.45am Parks And Recreation. 1.05 Reno 911! 1.25 Brassic. 2.10 News Update. 2.15 Close. 5.00 The Day Henry Met. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Basketball. NBA. San Antonio Spurs v Golden State Warriors. Replay. 2.00 The Curse Of Oak Island. 2.50 Hunting Hitler. 3.40 WorldWatch.

5.05 Only Connect. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Abandoned Engineering. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. (1996, PG) 10.05 MOVIE: Alpha. (2018, PG) 11.50 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness.

1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Make It Yours. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Frankie Drake Mysteries. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost.

10.50 Jonathan Creek. Midnight Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. 11.00 Tennis. Australian Open.

Day 3. 6pm Tennis. Australian Open. Night 3. 11.00 Law & Order. Midnight Timeless. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 1.30 Dangerman. 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder.

10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 CSI: Miami. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles.

10.20 NCIS. 11.15 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

4.05pm How To Do Stuff Good. 4.30 Malory Towers. 4.55 100 Things To Do Before High School.

5.20 School Of Rock. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss.

7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.30 Camp Lakebottom. 9.05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close.

5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Amazonia.

Continued. (2013, No dialogue) 7.15 Coming Home.

(2014, PG, Mandarin) 9.15 Ernest & Celestine.

(2012, PG) 10.45 The Thief Of Bagdad. (1940, PG) 12.45pm Maudie. (2016, PG) 2.55 Asterix And Obelix In Britain. (2012, PG, French) 5.00 The Eagle Has Landed. (1976, PG) 7.30 Love Is In The Air. (2005, M, French) 9.30 Ali’s Wedding. (2017, M) 11.35 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Swamp People. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Reluctant Outdoorsman. 2.30 Wild Ops. 3.00 Storage Wars.

3.30 Pawn Stars. 4.00 Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Hellfire Heroes. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 9.00 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 The A-Team. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Tennis.

Austn Open. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 8.30 MOVIE: Minority Report.

(2002, M) 11.30 The Nanny. Midnight Quantum Leap. 1.00 The Horn. 2.00 Mike Tyson Mysteries.

2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Friends. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Fam. 8.30 Becker.

9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 2.00 The King Of Queens.

3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 2 Broke Girls. 11.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 12.30pm Press Club. 1.35 ABC News Day. 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 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 Foreign Correspondent. 1.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Kitchen Hero. 2.00 Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Lidia’s Italy. 3.00 Gok Cooks Chinese.

3.30 Home Cooking Made Easy. 4.00 Sarah Graham: Food Safari. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 6.30 Food Fight Club. 7.30 Island Feast. 8.00 Italian Food Safari. 8.30 Let’s Brunch. 9.00 Rachel Khoo’s Cosmopolitan Cook.

9.30 River Cottage Aust. 10.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.50pm Follow The Rock. 2.00 On The Road. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style.

5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Red Chef Revival. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 First Australians. 8.30 Map To Paradise. 9.30 Living With Giants. 10.30 News.

10.40 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm We Bought The Farm. 1.30 Getaway. 2.00 Escape To The Farm With Kate Humble. 3.00 The Block.

4.00 We Bought The Farm. 4.30 House Hunters.

5.00 Escape To The Chateau: Make Do And Mend.

6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters.

7.30 Barnwood Builders. 8.30 Good Bones. 9.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 10.30 How Close Can I Beach? 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda.

11.00 NewsDay. 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 Fox Sports News. 7.30 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 Fox Sports News. 11.00 Late Programs.

THURSDAY, February 11 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Aust Story. (R) 10.30 To Be Advised. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 The Weekly. (R) 2.00 Rake. (Mlv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.30 Back Roads. (R) 5.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 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 Destination Flavour China. (PG, R) 2.30 The Great Wall Of China: The Hidden Story. (PG, R) 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGas, R) 4.35 Railway Journeys UK. (PG, R) 5.05 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.35 Jeopardy! (PG)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Hometown Killer. (2018, Mav, R) 2.00 What The Killer Did Next. (Mav, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.

10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. Reviews, previews, interviews, highlights and opinions from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

11.00 Tennis. Australian Open.

Day 4. From Melbourne Park.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10.

(PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (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 Back Roads.

8.30 Q+A. Hosted by Hamish Macdonald.

9.35 The Rise Of The Murdoch Dynasty: The Comeback. (Ms, R) 10.25 To Be Advised.

10.35 ABC Late News.

11.05 To Be Advised.

12.05 Wentworth. (MA15+as, R) 12.55 Killing Eve. (PG, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (MA15+as, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 The World’s Greatest Palaces. (PG) 8.30 Michael Mosley: The Truth About Cosmetic Treatments. (M) 9.35 World On Fire. (Final, MA15+v) 10.40 SBS World News Late.

11.10 24 Hours In Police Custody. (Malv, R) 12.10 M: The City Hunts A Murderer.

(MA15+av, R) 2.00 The Little Drummer Girl. (Mals, R) 3.40 Inside North Korea’s Dynasty. (Ma, R) 4.35 My Sister’s Wedding In War-Torn Syria. (PG, 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) 8.30 Wife Swap Australia.

(Premiere, PGal) A fitness-obsessed mum and a bus-dwelling mother of eight swap lives, turning their families upside down.

9.45 Busted In Bangkok. (MA15+as) Follows Thailand’s tourist police.

10.45 Gordon Ramsay On Cocaine. (Madl, R) 11.45 Celebrity Obsessed: Madonna. (MA15+a, R) 1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open.

Night 4. From Melbourne Park.

12.00 Chicago Med. (Mam, R) Will is backed into a corner after unknowingly making a deal with a gangster.

1.00 Destination WA. (R) Trevor Cochrane holidays on Christmas Island.

Nikki Parkinson dines in Wanneroo.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. Home shopping.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today. The latest in news, current affairs, sport, politics, entertainment, fashion, health and lifestyle.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Ambulance Australia. (Ma, R) The team attends to a newborn baby.

8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Mav) The squad spends New Year’s Eve dealing with a child abduction after an Amber Alert is sounded.

Carisi faces off against counsellor Rafael Barba in an emotional courtroom battle.

10.30 This Is Us. Kevin embarks on a stressful road trip.

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.

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 TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Mock The Week.

(Final) 9.20 Hard Quiz. 9.50 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 10.20 You Can’t Ask That. 10.40 Rise Of The Animals. 11.40 Parks And Recreation.

12.05am Reno 911! 12.25 Brassic. 1.10 W1A. 1.40 QI. 2.15 News Update. 2.20 Close. 5.00 The Day Henry Met. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Rostelecom Cup. Replay. 2.05 Post Radical. 2.55 Hunting Hitler. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 NBL: Overtime.

(Premiere) 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Abandoned Engineering. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island.

9.20 Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films. 11.10 News. 11.35 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness.

1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Creek To Coast. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 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. 10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. 11.00 Tennis. Australian Open.

Day 4. 6pm Tennis. Australian Open. Night 4. 11.00 Law & Order. Midnight Timeless. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (51) 6am Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 CSI: Miami. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 9.30 L.A.’s Finest. 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.30 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

4.05pm How To Do Stuff Good. 4.30 Malory Towers. 4.55 100 Things To Do Before High School.

5.20 Dogstar. (Premiere) 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss. 7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.30 Camp Lakebottom. 9.05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Rage.

10.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Asterix And Obelix In Britain. Continued. (2012, PG, French) 7.50 This Beautiful Fantastic. (2016, PG) 9.30 The Eagle Has Landed. (1976, PG) Noon Coming Home. (2014, PG, Mandarin) 2.00 CJ7. (2008, PG, Cantonese) 3.40 Esio Trot. (2015, PG) 5.20 Maudie. (2016, PG) 7.30 Results. (2015, M) 9.30 It’s Complicated. (2009, M) 11.45 Late Programs.

5.50am The Eagle Has Landed. (1976, PG)

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game.

11.00 A Football Life. Noon Swamp People. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Wild Ops. 3.00 The Simpsons. 4.00 Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Hellfire Heroes. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1. (2010, M) 10.25 MOVIE: Dredd.

(2012, MA15+) 12.30am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 The A-Team. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Tennis.

Austn Open. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Fear.

(1996, M) 9.30 MOVIE: The Silence Of The Lambs.

(1991, MA15+) Midnight Quantum Leap. 1.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 2.00 Mike Tyson Mysteries. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Friends. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News.

1.00 Medium. 2.00 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Friends.

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 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 Back Roads.

1.00 ABC Late News. 1.15 The Business. 1.30 7.30.

2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.00pm Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Lidia’s Italy.

3.00 Gok Cooks Chinese. 3.30 Home Cooking Made Easy. 4.00 Sarah Graham: Food Safari. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 6.30 Food Fight Club. 7.30 The Incredible Spice Men. 8.00 Asia Unplated. 8.30 Jamie’s Great Italian Escape. 9.00 Food Heroes. 9.30 River Cottage Aust. 10.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Tayamangajirri. 1.30 Red Earth Uncovered. 2.30 Bamay. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Aussie Bush Tales. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Red Chef Revival. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 MOVIE: The Namesake.

(2006, M) 10.30 News. 10.40 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Home Town. Noon Barnwood Builders. 2.00 How Close Can I Beach?

3.00 The Block. 4.00 Desert Flippers. 4.30 House Hunters. 5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters International. 8.30 Fixer Upper.

9.30 Fixer To Fabulous. 10.30 Raising House. 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 NewsDay. 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 Fox Sports News. 7.30 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 11.00 Late Programs.

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February 4, 2021

REAL ESTATE 35

1221B PADDYS FLAT ROAD, TABULAM

7041 SUMMERLAND WAY, MYRTLE CREEK

THIS ONE HAS IT ALL!

BUSH OASIS

$399,000

$245,000

Beautiful timber 3 bedroom home with a verandah on two sides providing lovely shaded area in the afternoons. A huge capacity dam sits below the house and a clean dam at the entrance. Fully off grid solar with the 3.5 kva system made up of 10 panels providing plenty of power, but should you run out, there is a back-up generator to keep the house functioning. A huge workshop area sits on the ground floor, 4 tanks allow for the catchment and storage of plenty of water and the beautiful views of the countryside with plenty of Mango trees planted and on the verge of fruiting tops it off. Semi-permanent 2 mile creek winds through the property.

40 hectares of private paradise, in 2 blocks with 2 Mile Creek dividing the 2 blocks. Plenty of trees and recreational areas. Feature of the property is 2 Mile Creek with plenty of entry points. Plenty of fish and swimming points. Fantastic variety of birds and wildlife. Property has been logged so there are plenty of tracks through both blocks. A block is about 70 acres and B block is 30 acres.

Access off main highway is to Block B. Property located 23 kms from Casino.

Property is in a 40 inch rainfall with boundary fenced. 7041 has run a few cattle on the block over a period. Located within a manageable time to coast, Ballina, Byron and Yamba. Dwelling entitlement with some excellent house sites available.

Contact Kate Morgan 0408 418 886

Contact Michael Downes 0427 012 230

1354 PLAINS STATION ROAD, TABULAM

CREATE YOUR OWN PARADISE!

PRICE ON APPLICATION

This is it! Magical views of the Clarence River from the hills of 1354 Plains Station Road, Tabulam. Overlooking the highly productive valley of Plain Station Road, where many an award winning crop has been grown sits this large land mass 17 klms S/W of Tabulam. 294.4 ha in 6 paddocks with several dams and 2 Semi Permanent Creeks with a fantastic mixture of open grazing country and treed areas, of which has not been logged for 7 years. The property would suit many rural pursuits and the country has an unique aspect to enjoy great privacy, yet is close to all amenities and plenty of trees ensure your privacy. This property is fully fenced and has been agisting a small number of cows over the last 6 years so the county is full of fertility and plenty of green grass including a mixture of native and improved species. Loads of wildlife habitat the area. Water from Mookima Wybra Creek on the western side, Cornelian Creek (Lagoon) on the Northern Side as well as 3 Dams water the property and Tabulam P.O. have recorded an average of a 40 inch rainfall over the last 30 years. Sitting on two titles, with power running through but not connected, there is excellent access to the property via Plain Station Road and it is located less than an hour from Casino and 2 hours from Byron Bay and Ballina. Truly a rare opportunity to acquire a large usable land mass so close to the Coast. Don’t miss out!

Contact Michael Downes 0427 012 230

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REAL ESTATE

12 MARTIN STREET, BALLINA

OPEN HOUSE Saturday 12noon-12:45pm

AUCTION onsite 25th Feb @ 5.30pm if not SOLD Prior

Located in the heart of Ballina you will find this rare, high set gem with infinite development possibilities. The home is set over two levels and is situated on a generous flat corner allotment of 657m2. The upstairs area features polished timber floors throughout along with period wall paneling & post-war original ceilings & cornices. The central, well-appointed kitchen opens out to a generous north facing deck where you can sit and enjoy the gentle river breezes or bathe in the winter sun. Upstairs also features 2 extra-large bedrooms, a bathroom, a separate sunroom, a formal living area, and an enclosed light-filled entrance foyer with views to the beautiful Richmond River. Downstairs is an open canvas for the new owner to let their creative juices flow. This space is open to all sorts of possibilities and currently features 2 separate shop/office spaces with access off Winton Lane. Both these spaces have been ‘cabled’ for optimum internet speed and convenience. Downstairs also features an abundance of storage spaces, an additional toilet, shower & laundry. The beautifully established landscaped gardens & fully fenced yard has plenty of space for an inground pool. Zoned Commercial 3B this unique property is surrounded (Agent declares interest) by numerous professional businesses and offers options aplenty to the astute buyer (STCA). Our vendor is committed to selling so register your interest today.

P R O P E R T Y S P E C I A L I S T S

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REAL ESTATE 37

74A CULLEN STREET, NIMBIN

66 TULSI LANE, NIMBIN

(02) 6689 1498

$1,250,000

newly-built family home with high end finishes • Stunning throughout. Four spacious bedrooms, 2 designer bathrooms,

• • •

double-sided Regency fireplace, Tasmanian Oak kitchen bench tops and Victorian Ash floorboards 4m wide wrap around veranda’s take in the exceptional views of the Nightcap Ranges and Nimbin Rocks 1.8 acres of land already planted with orchards of fruit, nut and 45 truffle inoculated trees. Seasonal creek Separate guest bedroom downstairs, a 2 bay garage with workshop space and undercover space for up to 3 cars JACQUI SMITH 0439 15 6666

2051 NIMBIN RD, COFFEE CAMP

$2,500,000

acre productive farm with two dwellings. 100 year old • 262 4 x bedroom farmhouse retaining many of its original timber

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features with high ceilings and V-Jay linings Water abundance with a 1.4 km stretch of Goolmangar Creek frontage, as well as numerous springs & dams on the property The secondary dwelling, a spacious and comfortable 3 x bed 1 x bath home was built in 1955 and is currently in the final stages of a lovely renovation.

With holding yards, silo and a dairy this productive farm is currently carrying 90 breeders.

JOHN WILCOX 0428 200 288

FORTHCOMING AUCTION

390 TERANIA CREEK ROAD, THE CHANNON 4 x bedroom, 3 bathroom Federation home with • Majestic beautiful scenic views over the Channon valley home is fully renovated throughout, featuring original • The polished timber floors, open-plan galley kitchen and 12 foot

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ceilings Spectacular European style pool fully landscaped featuring extensive stone work of local bush rock including pathways, walls, seats and fire pit 144 acres of rolling hillside with water tanks, creek as a secondary water source including water & irrigation license JOHN WILCOX 0428 200 288

FAIRVIEW

FROM $227,000 - $245,000

by name, and nature! Build your dream home with • Fairview large blocks selling fast! distance to all local amenities, these beautiful blocks • Walking come with power, mains and sewer With average size blocks 2500m set on level to slightly • undulating land Located on • Factory the edge of Nimbin Village and close to the Bush • Stunning views to Blue Knob, Nimbin Rocks and Nightcap • Be quick to secure yours!

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YVONNE CAMPBELL 0432 996 914 & SAMARA BURCHER 0429 806 288

Check out all our new listings and contact details at: www.nimbinhills.com.au

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38 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A funny thing is happening at Cherry Street AFTER a false start in January, the Cherry Street Sports Club, Ballina is finally launching it’s monthly comedy night – every second Friday.

Two hours, seven comedians and lots of laughs, that’s what host Michael Hastie is hoping for on Friday, February 12 doors open from 7pm and show from 8pm.

He said the event came about late last year after discussions with the club and now they hope to make it a monthly thing.

“I’m a Northern Riversbased comedian and I’ve co-written a show with another local comedian which has just been accepted for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival this year,” he explained.

“That show is really a showcase of eight of us – we have music, theatre games

Hayden Foote from the Gold Coast, MC Michael Hastie and Brisbane’s Nick Carr. and we also have stand-up.

Basically in the process of getting the show ready for Melbourne we tried it at different venues around the area- Cherry Street was one of them – in September or August last year. It worked really really well, the club was really happy with what happened and how it all went.

They contacted me to now do a monthly comedy night at the club.”

The show will be anywhere between two and three hours and feature comedians from the local area as well as great national talent.

“It’s not going to be the showcase that we are doing for Melbourne – not this month,” he said.

“We will do that but maybe April but mostly this will be bringing a couple of headliners from the cities as well as utilizing a lot of the

local comedians in this area and also the Gold Coast. It’s a high level of comedy, it’s all professional and keeping it low prices.

“At the moment we’re just calling it comedy at Cherry Street.”

The event was meant to start in January but Covid 19 struck again with the Brisbane Lockdown putting an end to the first event just hours before the doors opened.

“We were hoping to start last month but unfortunately we had both our headliners out – we had to cancel the show at 9am that morning because Brisbane went into lockdown,” Michael said.

“We had a fantastic show planned with Mel Buttle and Ting Ling as well as three other comedians but Brisbane went into lockdown and they couldn’t get here and they were half the show.”

This time around Comedy at Cherry Street will be headlined by Brisbane’s Nick Carr, Gold Coasters Hayden Foote and Emi Grace as well as Ballina’s Paul Mamone, Matt Sutherland and Tweed Gold Coaster Grace Hogan with Michael MCeeing the event.

The comedy night will be held 12 February – check out the Cherry Street Website for tickets.

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Mermaid trip-hop at the Shack SKY Eater is the daring ‘mermaid trip-hop dub’ story of two multiinstrumental warriors and they are coming to the Sheoak Shack in Fingal.

Sax-wielding Chelsea Skyeater, armed with dubbed-out honey vocals, powerfully vulnerable lyrics and lush keys – and dub soldier TK Bassdread with his artillery of beastly bass, beats and vocals, and of course more live dubs make up the group who will play on February 6 from 7pm.

Often vocally described as a “modern day Sade” and compared to Morcheeba, Sky Eater take their audiences on a “mesmerising and

elegant” (Nkechi – Roots n All) journey that is full of soul and jazz moments.

They released their debut EP in January 2019 and backed it up with numerous festival appearances and extensive touring throughout Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Aotearoa New Zealand’s South Island.

They are due to release their next single and have a full-length album currently in the works.

See Sky Eater at Sheoak Shack – 64 Fingal Road Fingal on February 6, from 7pm.

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AFTER his 2020 Clarence Valley concert had to be postponed like many around the country during the pandemic, one of Australia’s most exciting virtuoso violinists is finally set to arrive in Grafton this month for night of dynamic live performance.

Ian Cooper is a regular attraction at concert venues and festivals throughout Australia, Europe, Japan and New Zealand — his energetic and humorous stage show drawing on many musical styles, from the classics, jazz, gypsy, Latin, Irish, the blues, even a touch of cowboy music.

Born into a family of classical musicians, Cooper began playing the violin at the age of four. He was his mother’s first pupil and made his live television debut at age 5 when he performed “The Three Grenadiers” by Schumann on Channel

7 Australia.

His performance of his Ned Kelly inspired composition “Tin Symphony” premiered at the 2000 Sydney Olympics opening ceremony.

For his Grafton concert, the violinist will be joined by the Ian Cooper Quintet to showcase a wide variety of musical genres.

“We are very excited to have Ian back in the Clarence Valley

after several years and very grateful that Ian was able to schedule us in after last year’s postponed concert,” Conservatorium director Adam Wills said.

Don’t miss the Ian Cooper Quintet live at the Clarence Valley Conservatorium concert room (8 Villiers St, Grafton) on Friday, February 26 at 7pm.

Tickets are available online at cvcon.com.au.

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February 4, 2021

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

North Coast galleries host two years of portrait finalists

The Archibalds find temporary homes on the North Coast.

THE North Coast of NSW is the current home of The Archibald Prize with exhibitions of recent finalists currently on at either end of the region.

The 2019 finalists exhibition is currently finishing it’s regional tour at the Coffs Harbour Gallery while the 2020 exhibition is starting it’s regional run at the Tweed River Regional Art Gallery.

Both displays opened on January 22 and both are also supporting junior competitions with the regional winners and finalists of the “Young Archies” also getting a run in the galleries.

As well as the exhibition Tweed will have a special talk with Lennox Heads-based artist and filmmaker Angus McDonald who won the People’s Choice award in the 2020 Prize with his portrait of author, journalist, artist and academic Behrouz Boochani.

McDonald will be special guest on Friday 12 February, 5.30pm - 7pm DST at the Gallery, in conversation with Byron-based legendary journalist Kerry O’Brien for a special Sunset Session at the Gallery. O’Brien himself is currently in the news after handing back his Australia Day honour.

Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery spokesperson Cath Fogarty said the Archibald Prize provided a snapshot

of Australian culture, portraying significant Australian subjects from musicians and actors, to sporting heroes and authors. .

“Hosting the Archibald 2019 exhibition is a major achievement for Coffs Harbour, with this being the first time the whole exhibition has been exhibited in our community,” she said.

“Due to the limited size of the Gallery, some of the works won’t fit in the current space, so to ensure our culture-loving community can experience the entire exhibition, we’ve secured space at Culture Hub upstairs in Coffs Central, thanks to the generosity of Gowings.”

“In 2021 The Archibald Prize celebrates its centenary, coinciding with our own Regional Gallery’s 20-year anniversary. It heralds an exciting transition to the larger purpose-built gallery space planned for our city centre, as our current gallery is too small to accommodate many exhibitions.”

Amongst the works are paintings of actor David Wenham by Tessa MacKay; former ballet dancer and director of Queensland Ballet, Li Cunxin by Jun Chen; Anh Do’s portait of the artist George Gittoes and media commentator Annabel Crabb by Jordan Richardson.

RED CARPET AT ROBINA ROBINA was invaded by aliens last week when Event Cinemas Robina played host to a red carpet premiere for Occupation: Rainfall.

Taking more than three years to make and featuring more than 15,000 special effects, the movie is the highly anticipated follow-up to Occupation.

Picking up two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth where survivors in Sydney are fighting back in a desperate ground war, the movie features a multicultural ensemble cast of Australian and international talent.

Released in Australian cinemas on 28 January, the film, directed and written by Luke Sparke, opened across more than 150 screens.

The film’s cast includes Ken Jeong (Crazy Rich Asians, The Hangover Trilogy), Daniel Gillies (The Originals, Vampire Diaries), Dan Ewing (Love and Monsters), Dena Kaplan (Dance Academy), Temuera Morrison (Aquaman), Mark Coles Smith (Last Cab To Darwin), Jet Tranter (Thor: Ragnarök), Lawrence Makoare (The Lord Of The Rings), David

Roberts (The Matrix 2 & 3), Vince Colosimo (Chopper), Zac Garred (General Hospital ) and Trystan Go (The Family Law), as well as Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter) as the voice of Steve the alien.

Walking one of the first red carpets in Australia in a year were Zachary Garred, Jet Tranter, Dena Kaplan, Tara Wraith, John Reynolds, Eliza Matengu and guests.

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MOTORING NEWS 41

NEW JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE: FIRST DETAILS

Jeep design cues in the new Grand Cherokee are headed by a seven-slot grille

arrives in Jeep dealerships in the USA in the second quarter of 2021. The all-new Jeep Grand Cherokee two-row and its 4xe electrified version are scheduled to debut later in 2021

By Ewan Kennedy THE 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee has all-new vehicle architecture, independent front and rear suspensions and Quadra-Lift air suspension with electronic adaptive damping to deliver what Jeep

says describes as premium on-road driving dynamics Naturally it has signature Jeep design cues, including the seven-slot grille, aggressive front approach angle and trapezoidal wheel arches The spacious interior has

10-inch display screens across the instrument panel, including a frameless digital gauge cluster and touchscreen in-car entertainment.

Hand-wrapped, quilted Palermo leather, open-pore Waxed Walnut wood in the Summit Reserve Package give

it the highest levels of luxury Next-generation technologies, including a Uconnect system with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. It has premium 960-Watt, 19-speaker McIntosh audio sound system.

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BMW FIRST EDITION X5 M AND X6 M COMPETITION

This information relates to vehicles to be sold in the North American market. Full specifications and equipment for Australia-bound vehicles will be revealed later this year.

Stay tuned and we will publish them as soon as we are notified by the local importer.

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By Ewan Kennedy BMW enthusiasts can place their order exclusively online for the all-new, First Edition variants of the X5 M and X6 M Competition.

But you should move quickly as BMW Australia has secured only four of each variant from a global build of 250 units per model with local deliveries commencing in Q1, 2021.

BMW Shop facilitates the reservation by requesting a $5,000 deposit, after which the order is placed and customer’s preferred dealer informed to carry out consultation and hand over and delivery next year.

Special paint finishes are

BMW Individual Frozen Marina Bay Blue and Frozen Dark Silver are offered solely for the First Edition X5 M and X6 M Competition First Edition models.

They ride on M light-alloy wheels (21-inch front and 22inch rear) in star-spoke design with a Jet Black, high-gloss finish that is exclusive to the First Edition variants.

An M Carbon engine compartment cover is also part of First Edition specification line-up.

BMW Individual Merino full leather trim in model specific bi-colour Silverstone/Night Blue. Black Alcantara inserts in the seat bolsters and contrast

stitching in Sakhir Orange emphasise the sporting contours of the M Multifunction seats.

The eye-catching contrast stitching also bring distinctive flourishes to the door panel trim and instrument panel.

The silver-toned “First Edition 1/250” lettering, which is applied to the carbon fibre strip before the clear coat seal, highlights the exclusive character of the models.

The model badge on the cover for the cup holders also carries the same design feature.

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42 MOTORINGTEST DRIVE

POWER SHIFT A TWO-WAY STREET FOR MAZDA BT-50

A minimalist exterior is in sharp contrast to the extensive suite of safety technology in the new Mazda BT-50 pickup.

By DEREK OGDEN For almost 30 years Ford and Mazda buddied up, building one-tonne utes, but now with the latest BT-50, the manufacturers have gone separate ways, the latter palling up with fellow Japanese auto maker Isuzu and its new D-Max one-tonner for 2021.

With it come gains in safety, reduced fuel consumption and reliability but setbacks occur in the drive department – 140kW / 450 Nm, compared to Ranger’s 149 kW / 470 Nm – and fewer design features.

In a range of 17 manual or automatic models, the new BT-50 carries on the tradition of the dual-cab pickup with eight variants in three equipment grades – XT, XTR and GT. Pickup prices start at $45,490 for the XT Dual Cab 4x2, rising to $53,260 for the XT

Dual Cab 4x4 (auto, the test vehicle), $57,210 the XTR Dual Cab 4x4 (auto) and on to $59,990 the range-topping GT Dual Cab (auto), all plus ORCs. STYLING Plain and simple is the best way to describe the new BT-50 from the outside, no go-faster visuals here. Mazda says its goal was to fuse Kodo design – a blend of pure movement and attention to detail – with truck-like robustness.

The pickup presents its modern-day design credentials with a characteristic four-slat radiator grille flanked by slimline LED headlamps set into prominent front guards. A robust road presence is supported by a bold bumper below and 17-inch alloy wheels.

Solid crease lines flow in an unbroken fashion from the grille to the windscreen, adding

a feeling of (Kodo) movement to the truck.

This is repeated at the rear with a practical gate sitting between large taillights which wrap around the tub sides giving the vehicle a sense of width.

INTERIOR Black cloth seat trim is joined by improved floor carpeting manufactured by moulding the bottom and insulation layers to ensure a close fit with the floor space.

The Dual Cab doors have wide openings and indents in the lower trim and B-pillars, giving ample space for occupant toes and knees. Getting in and out of the back seats is given a lift by B-pillarmounted grips which help support occupants.

A 60 / 40 folding rear seat base gives access to under-seat storage. A second glovebox above the main dash storage space has been added for the first time on BT-50.

INFOTAINMENT The XT includes a 7-inch full-colour infotainment touchscreen that supplies access to Apple CarPlay (wireless or via USB) and Android Auto (USB) and Bluetooth hands-free telephone and audio with DAB+ digital radio.

A reversing camera image is displayed on screen, while rear-seat occupants have a USB charging point.

ENGINES / TRANSMISSIONS The generation BT-50 features a new 3-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine delivers 140 kW power peak at 3600 rpm and a 450 Nm peak torque, from 1600 rpm to 2600 rpm.

The new engine’s improved torque spread is matched by a choice of more efficient six-speed automatic or manual transmissions.

SAFETY The BT-50 gained the top five-star safety rating from the latest stringent standards of the Australasian New Car Assessment Program designed for 2020 and beyond.

Standard features across the range include blind spot monitor, autonomous emergency braking, automatic high beam, dynamic stability control, emergency lane keeping, lane departure warning and prevention, lane-keep assist, rear cross-traffic alert, roll-over protection and traction control.

On top of this are eight airbags – driver, front passenger, side, curtain, driver’s knee and driver’s far side. Seatbelt reminders are fitted to ensure occupants are strapped in.

DRIVING The driver is well serviced by a tilt-andreach adjustable steering wheel. The seats are adjustable for rake, slide, height and lumbar support. Movable head rests add further comfort.

Passenger comfort extends to cabin noise (or lack of it) with improvements to cabin insulation from engine and road noise.

Pulling relatively smoothly, the engine is not a class leader but leaves the Ranger 3.2-litre five-cylinder unit in the shade on fuel consumption.

A claimed 8 litres per 100 kilometres combined urban / highway fuel consumption (Ranger 8.9) was well supported by test-car figures of 9.6 litres per 100 kilometres around town and 6.1 litres per 100 kilometres on the open road.

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From memory, the Mazda BT-50 did not get off to a good start when it first appeared Down Under. The six-speed manual transmission on offer was clunky and most uncomfortable to operate.

The auto version had no such hiccups and this has continued through to the 2021 model.

Suspension and steering are straight out of the one-tonner playbook.

The suspension picks up even minor blemishes in the bitumen, while the latter is on the light side, an advantage in off-road tough going but tricky in smoother stuff.

The BT-50 is a truck, after all, so on-road ride and handling improve markedly with a load up the back.

A switchable on / off locking rear differential plays a welcome part off road.

A 4.2-inch colour LCD multi-information display is situated between the instrument cluster’s two main gauges, allowing drivers to monitor key systems without the need to take their eyes off the road for too long.

I do miss the old multi-function Command Control on the centre console, dropped in favour of the dashmounted touchscreen.

Satellite navigation is a sad omission in the XT. SUMMARY Having not yet driven the latest D-Max, XT comparisons can only be related to the “Rangered” BT-50 and they are mixed, with less power to call on and blander looks.

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February 4, 2021

MOTORING TEST DRIVE 43 local Audi dealer for drive-away prices.

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SPECIFICATIONS (Audi S4 3.0-litre turbopetrol five-door wagon) ENGINE: Capacity: 2.995 litres Configuration: Turbo V6 Maximum Power: 260 kW @ 5400 rpm Maximum Torque: 500 Nm @ 1370 rpm Fuel Type: Premier unleaded Combined Fuel Cycle (ADR 81/02): 8.8 L/100km CO2 Emissions: 201 g/ km DRIVELINE: Eightspeed automatic

Double twin tailpipes and red brake calipers add to the sporty appearance of upgraded Audi S4.

By Ewan Kennedy AUDI has introduced upgraded versions of its sporty S4 and S5 ranges.

Our test vehicle was the S4 Avant wagon.

STYLING The refreshed S4 sedan gets new lights, grille and fairly significant bodywork changes. It has different bumpers, air inlets, side sills and rear spoiler and diffuser trim. Double twin tailpipes and red brake calipers add to the sporty appearance.

S4 Avant wagon adds aluminium roof rails and powered tailgate, and luggage cover.

INTERIOR The S4 front seats are of soft Nappa leather and are heated. They feature adjustable side support and a choice of three different massage modes.

The interior is stylish with a driver-friendly centre console and virtual cockpit. There are matt brushed aluminium inlays and stainless-steel pedals.

ENGINE / TRANSMISSION Audi S4 is powered by a turbo-petrol 3.0-litre V6 which can deliver 260kW of power and 500Nm of torque.

It drives through an eight-speed automatic to the permanent quattro all-wheel-drive system.

It has a self-locking centre differential and adaptive damper control.

The standard 60/40 rear-wheel bias can send up to 85 per cent of the power in either direction as needed.

The optional quattro sport rear differential can split torque between the wheels of the rear axle.

SAFETY Active and passive safety features include eight airbags; autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian detection; active bonnet; hill hold; side assist lane; change warning; exit warning; rear cross traffic alert; parking sensors; driver inattention alert; reversing camera; pre-sense rear and tyre pressure warning.

Standard in the ‘S’ models are adaptive cruise control; active lane assist; Audi presense front; collision avoidance assist; swerve assist; high beam assist; head up display, park assist and a 360-degree camera.

INFOTAINMENT The latest 10.1-inch high-resolution MMI touchscreen features Audi’s Google Earth satellite navigation display.

Operated through a touchscreen, Audi connect plus has 10-times the computing power of the previous models. Audi connect plus has online traffic information, weather reports, fuel prices, parking information, automatic emergency

contact, online roadside assistance, remote lock and unlock, car finder and vehicle status report.

Not all of these features are offered in Australia but things are getting better almost by the day.

A Bang and Olufsen 3D premium sound system with 19 speakers and a 755W subwoofer is standard.

DRIVING There is good head and legroom, even for taller backseat passengers, with the larger than normal door openings allowing for easy entry and exit.

The instrument cluster display can be switched between a ‘hockey stick’ rev counter with a digital speedometer or standard twin conventional dials.

The V6 engine is responsive and the peak torque of 500 Nm is there over a very wide rev range, from 1370 to 4500 rpm.

Adaptive dampers let the driver choose from Comfort, Auto and Dynamic settings.

Braking is excellent with more ability than you will probably ever need in everyday situations. It could even be regarded as semitrack in the way it hauls off speed. Not that we expect many owners to take on track - but you never know…

Ride quality is a good balance between comfort and performance, with a slight lean towards performance as this is a

semi sporty model.

Motorway running is relaxed, but there’s a bit of bump thump on the strips between concrete sections on bridges.

Rural roads mean there is a fair bit of tyre noise at times but we have heard worse in European cars in this class.

SUMMING UP Audi S4 Avant is an attractive family wagon that’s offers the usability of a light duty SUV, albeit with less load capacity. It’s most

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Dairy farmers can seek help without fear of retribution THE Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell says dairy farmers in dispute can get in touch with her office for initial guidance, without fear of retribution.

Ms Carnell is encouraging dairy farmers to contact her office for information about the Dairy Code of Conduct or advice regarding how to handle a dispute under the Code.

“My office understands that it can be very daunting when a small or family business finds themselves in dispute with a large business - especially when they rely on that business relationship for their income,” Ms Carnell says.

“We are here to help. The first step when a small or family business comes to our office is to talk about their situation. We can provide guidance on how to resolve disputes, even in the early stages.

“Rest assured that my office will not contact the other party involved, unless the dispute resolution process is formally

entered into.”

The Dairy Code of Conduct applies to all milk supply agreements entered into, or amended, on or after 1 January 2020.

“Under the Dairy Code, it is mandatory for processors and farmers to deal with each other in good faith,” Ms Carnell says.

“Milk supply agreements are required to have an internal complaints handling procedure and a mediation process. A milk supply agreement may also have an arbitration option.

My office can assist with mediation or arbitration if required.

“We understand how important the farmer-processor

relationship is and we work hard to assist with the dispute, while also respecting the business relationship.

“I want to remind dairy farmers in dispute that they don’t have to go it alone.

Please reach out for help by calling my office.

“In addition to the Dairy Code, my office can provide

broader assistance to small and family businesses that need help with general business disputes, including issues with banks, or the ATO.” More information is available about ASBFEO’s dispute resolution services at asbfeo.gov.au - Phone: 1300 650 460 - Email: info@asbfeo. gov.au

GRANTS TO DRIVE INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR AUSSIE PRODUCERS AUSTRALIAN farmers, producers and manufacturers can now apply for financial support from the Coles Nurture Fund to help them innovate and grow.

Coles has opened a new round of the Coles Nurture Fund to provide grants of up to $500,000 for small and medium sized businesses to develop new products, technologies and processes.

Coles CEO Steven Cain (pictured) encouraged businesses to apply for financial support in Round 9 of the Coles Nurture Fund.

“At Coles, we want to

win together with Australian producers by funding projects which drive innovation to inspire customers or improve sustainability on Aussie farms and production facilities,” he said.

“Together we hope to drive differentiation, sustainable practices, extend growing seasons and improve productivity.”

Businesses with innovative ideas, fewer than 50 full time employees and turnover of less than $25 million in annual revenue are eligible to apply.

Since it was established in 2015, the Coles Nurture Fund

has awarded more than $24 million in financial support to over 60 Australian businesses to help them introduce ground-breaking technology, improve sustainability, establish new products and

drive productivity.

Previous Nurture Fund projects include Australia’s first quinoa processing plant; an automated indoor facility that grows highly nutritious cattle fodder in just six days; and fence posts made from recycled soft plastic.

National Farmers Federation CEO Tony Mahar said Australian farmers are amongst the most innovative in the world.

“For five years the Coles Nurture Fund has recognised and rewarded Aussie farmers who are leading the way in ingenuity and

innovation. Each round of the Nurture Fund uncovers inspiring farm businesses pushing the boundaries when it comes to processes, technologies and valueadding.

“The Fund’s focus on sustainability and increased efficiencies is in direct alignment with the NFF’s vision to grow Australia’s overall farm gate output to $100 billion by 2030, up from $60 billion today,” Tony said.

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February 4, 2021

RURAL NEWS 45

Red Cross delivers for bushfire survivors - but the job’s not done yet NEARLY 6,000 bushfire survivors have received financial grants and more than 21,000 have been supported by a large-scale recovery program, thanks to the extraordinary donations received by Australian Red Cross.

Releasing its Australian Bushfires Report: January-December 2020 today, Australian Red Cross said it has now disbursed or spent $207 million of the $240m donated to it, helping to provide direct support to tens of thousands of people affected by bushfires last year.

To coincide with the report, Australian Red Cross is releasing a tribute written by

author and historian Thomas Keneally AO in recognition of the humanity shown by Australians in the 2020 bushfire response and recovery.

“People were helping others in danger. It is a change from what

sometimes divides us – Australians stood together and supported each other, celebrating our shared humanity,” said Mr Keneally.

A further round of financial assistance will begin in the coming weeks.

LOCAL LAND SERVICES AND LANDCARE STRONGER TOGETHER LANDCARERS across NSW will continue to benefit from the thriving partnership between Local Land Services (LLS) and Landcare NSW, after the two organisations refreshed and re-signed their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

Following a year of drought, bushfires and floods, in 2021 the organisations are committed to empowering local communities and Landcare groups to deliver sustainable agriculture and to best manage the state’s natural resources.

LLS Chair Richard Bull said the MOU cements the collaboration between LLS and Landcare NSW and will ensure relationships between the organisations’ vast regional networks will go from strength to strength.

“The relationship between LLS and Landcare NSW has been extremely fruitful and rewarding, and we certainly look forward to building on that success in the future,” Mr Bull said.

“By recommitting to this partnership we are not only working together to achieve better landscape outcomes, but we are putting ourselves in the best position to adapt and build on the success of our various projects.

“Both organisations have a common aim to improve our state’s natural resources and better manage our landscapes – this MOU gives us that delivery vehicle.”

Landcare NSW Chairperson Stephanie Cameron said signing the new MOU is an important step for the organisations, which first committed to the partnership in 2015.

“The MOU plays an important role in guiding the collegiate

Australian Red Cross is committed to continue its recovery program, supporting communities in 46 local government areas across four states.

Noel Clement, Australian Red Cross Director Australian Programs, said while progress is being made, there is still more to be done.

“Communities are recovering at their own pace,” said Mr Clement. “We want to thank everyone who generously donated.

It has made a huge difference to people’s lives.

“Community members have told us that this generosity helped them find somewhere safe to live, make urgent repairs to their homes or meet medical expenses.

“The resilience shown by people has been remarkable, but we must remember many people are still traumatised and some are surviving day to day. We know many have been unable to even begin rebuilding their homes and are doing their best to cope with consecutive crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Over the course of the

past year: • 5,914 people received one or more grants; • 21,563 received psychosocial support and other assistance through the recovery program; • 49,718 people were supported by Red Cross during the fires in evacuation and relief centres, as part of the response to 37 fires across the country.

The report also highlights the experiences of people and communities impacted by those bushfires and the work being done to help them get back on their feet.

A further $33m will be spent on further financial support and long-term recovery work, including $18m for final grant payments, to meet unmet needs within bushfireaffected communities and essential support costs.

Most will be spent in early 2021, and $15m will be used to continue the community recovery program.

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“Landcare NSW is incredibly proud of the partnership to date with extensive outcomes achieved across the state to better care for our lands.”

The NSW Government’s NSW Landcare Program continues to underpin the partnership, supporting the organisational capacity of Landcare NSW by investing $22.4 million over four years to expand the highly successful Local Landcare Coordinator Initiative.

The program employs 12 Regional Landcare Coordinators and 72 Local Landcare Coordinators across NSW that work directly with Landcare groups to improve their governance, communication, partnerships and ability to coordinate on ground activities.

Around 60,000 people in NSW identify as being Landcarers, and they are supported by almost 3,000 Landcare Groups.

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The show will go on in Alstonville AFTER a tough year for the local community, the Alstonville Show Society is set to help on the path to recovery thanks to $97,746 in funding from the NSW Government through the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund.

This support will provide a much-needed boost to the community after the impacts of last year’s bushfires and COVID-19 and will help create jobs for local trades and materials suppliers and great facilities for the community to enjoy at the next show.

Local Nationals Member of the Legislative Council Ben Franklin said it was wonderful to be able to announce the funding.

“It’s fantastic that the Alstonville Showground has been recognised as an important space in the community and that it will now be able to offer more events and opportunities for locals and visitors to the area,” Mr Franklin said.

“People will soon be able to enjoy more events at the grounds from the new grandstands and upgrades to existing stands.”

OUTDOOR LEISURE SHOW TO PARTNER WITH PRIMEX

THE Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service is formally announcing that its Outdoor Leisure Show event will not be proceeding as planned in 2021 at the Bangalow Showgrounds.

In light of the various COVID-19 impacts that have occurred this year, the Rescue Helicopter Service looked at various opportunities for the event to relaunch in 2021.

With a focus on supporting local events in the community the Rescue Helicopter Service (L-R) Keith Morrow – treasurer, Donna Johnston – vice is delighted to announce an president, Zac Convery – president, Ben Franklin MLC (front) exciting new partnership with and Graham Gooding – vice president. the renowned Norco Primex Field Days event held in “Most excitingly, a “The local show is the new rodeo arena will be event of the year on the local Casino. This partnership will constructed bringing all the calendar and the whole town see past Outdoor Leisure Show fun of events such as barrel was devastated that the 2020 exhibitors given the chance to exhibit at Primex with a racing and bull riding for all show couldn’t go ahead. contribution from their site fees ages to enjoy.”

The Society works so hard to be donated directly to support Zac Convery, president of to put on the best events the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. the Alstonville Agricultural possible and now we have “The opportunity to partner Society, warmly welcomed the opportunity to offer more with Primex and to become the funding. to the community all year one of their tier one charities of “These improvements round.” choice is very significant and will be utilised for a This funding is part of a range of events held at the record $51.7 million through we thank the organisers for their showground. It will be great Crown Reserves Improvement support,” regional marketing to be able to give back even Fund (CRIF) to maintain and manager for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, Zeke Huish said. more to the local sporting and upgrade Crown reserves and “As part of this transition community groups with these community facilities across we hope that many of our upgraded facilities.” the State.

past Outdoor Leisure Show exhibitors will welcome the opportunity to display their products at the highly regarded Primex event which attracted 22,500 visitors in 2018.”

Primex, along with a number of other NSW Field Days, has been working closely with the NSW Government including NSW Health to enable the events to be delivered in 2021 and provide a safe environment for all exhibitors and visitors operating under an approved CovidSafe Plan.

“We are pleased to be in a position to ‘answer the call’ and increase the already well established support Primex offers Westpac Rescue Helicopter, which is one of the most critical community service providers for the North Coast,” Primex organiser Bruce Wright said.

With planning for the 2021 event well underway, Expressions of Interest are now open for the Norco Primex event, scheduled for MAY 20-22 at the Richmond Valley Events Centre. Exhibitor prospectus will be available soon with more information available at www.primex.net.au

Cattle Market Report FROM WEDNESDAY 27 JANUARY AGENTS yarded a total of 1250 head at Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange Prime Sale on Wednesday 27 January. The yarding consisted of a good supply of both young and grown cattle and grown cattle.

Most steers and heifers yarded went to restockers and backgrounders with only a small percentage going to the trade. The largest percentage of restocker cattle went to Southern and Western areas.

Cows overall sold well with an average of 290.3c/kg where they topped at 568.2c/ kg. 2 Hereford cows sold for a top return

of $2,129.40. Cows and calves topped their market at $2,550.00. Heifer prices reached 640.0c/kg where they averaged at 458.2c/kg and 283kg. 1 heifer sold achieved a return of $1,904.00.

Steer and bullock prices held firm with a yarding of 244 head. Steers sold to a top of 640.2c/kg, averaged at 501.7c/kg and 268kg with 2 head selling for a return of $2,312.50. Bullocks topped at 362.2c/kg with averages of 334.7c/kg and 606kg. 1 Angus cross bullock achieved a return of $3,022.90.

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605 head of veal yarded consisted of a good supply of well-bred cattle in good condition. The veal market held strong with a top of 690.2c/kg with averages of 526.0c/ kg and 239kg. 2 head sold saw a return of $1,686.60. Yearlings sold to 464.2c/kg, yearling heifers topped at 468.2c/kg with yearling steers selling to 446.2c/kg. 3 head of yearlings achieved a return of $1,717.54.

Friday 29 January saw a combined Ramsey & Bulmer and T&W McCormack Store Sale where 2283 head were yarded. A strong crowd of buyers ensured a continued

solid market with an overall average for the sale of $1,675.81 per head. 7 cows sold topped their market with a return of $2,400.00. 312 cows and calves were yarded where 2 head achieved a return of $3,180.00. Steer prices topped at 698.2c/ kg with averages of 500.5c/kg and 305kg.

Heifer prices followed suite with prices reaching 598.2c/kg and averages of 516.3c/ kg and 243kg.

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February 4, 2021

RURAL NEWS 47

Yulgilbar to Offer 700 Breeders

By Rob Sinnamon

of 10 “like type” females. Particular attention will be paid to penning cattle of a similar YULGILBAR Pastoral Company is excited to phenotype and pregnancy status to enable offer for sale by public auction on Thursday buyers requiring either smaller lines or 18th February some 700 females at the equally those buyers looking for larger lines “Yulgilbar Genetics Commercial Female Sale of like-type breeder cattle. to be held at the Northern Rivers Livestock A stringent animal health program has Exchange in Casino NSW. been observed with All females being The sale will commence at 10 am and vaccinated with 7in 1 and peste-guard will be interfaced live with the online sale vaccine along with Fluke Care C, Dectomax platform - “Stocklive”. injectable and recently treated with a Buffalo These Industry Focussed and fly tag to ensure the well-being of the sale Commercially Relevant Cattle are likely to draft. be one of the larger offerings of top-quality Prior to the sale, all females will be breeding females offered in recent times in pregnancy scanned and vet tagged by Dr North Eastern New South Wales by a single Phillip Sharman from Casino Veterinary vendor.

Surgery.

Most of the draft will be EU Accredited.

Red tail tags will represent females over Located 100 km North West of Grafton 4 months in calf, while blue tail tag females and 100 km South West of Casino, Yulgilbar will represent those heifers under 4 months Station was settled some 181 years ago in in calf; while green tail tags will denote 1840 and today remains a larger holding heifers not detected pregnant. (empty). of 35,000 acres (14,170 hectares) in the Some 500 top quality weaner heifers were Northern Rivers of NSW on the Clarence sourced early in 2020 mainly from valued River. clients and users of Yulgilbar genetics. These Yulgilbar Station is owned by Sarah and exceptional quality heifers were subsequently Baillieu Myer and has been so since 1960 backgrounded on oats and rye grass, and when Sarah Myer inherited the property “grown out” on both native and improved from her father Sam Hordern. Yulgilbar pasture country, before being mated back to Santa Gertrudis stud was founded in 1954 Yulgilbar Santa Gertrudis Sires from Midand today continues as the 3rd oldest Santa August.

Gertrudis Seedstock operation in Australia The circa 400 Santa Hereford cross females and one of the largest operating in New are bred from some of the best Hereford cow South Wales. herds in the Northern Rivers of New South The performance of these Yulgilbar bred Wales with the majority of these heifers also cattle are benchmarked by the continued being sired by Yulgilbar Poll Santa Gertrudis success in steer and carcass competitions Bulls. across Eastern Australia, with Yulgilbar The younger heifers of the draft were genetics continuing now for the past decade exposed to bulls from early October. or more; to be consistently in the winner’s The line of heifers will range from 20-24 circle of the most elite of these Competitions conducted, with ongoing success in the RNA months in age.

A quality run of 75 black Sangus females Paddock to Palate Competition, RAS Royal (sired by Yulgilbar Santa Bulls and bred from Beef Challenge, The National Steer show based at Orange, and several other QLD and Angus cows) have been mated back to Santa Bulls to round out the Santa Cross Cattle NSW based competitions.

An Annual Production Sale is conducted being offered for sale on February 18th. the first Friday in September every year These heifers will also be rising 20 months to when 100 Top quality mainly Poll Classified 2-year-old on sale day. A further run of Red Santa Gertrudis bulls and some elite stud Angus Cross females will complement the females are offered for sale by public Sangus Draft (also mated to Santa Bulls).

Auction.

The 700 females will be headed by 50 Historically circa 200 commercial Sangus Purebred Commercial Santa Gertrudis females would also be offered at this sale.

Females, with the Yulgilbar Station bred Last Year Management made the females to calve mainly to Angus bulls while decision to hold these females over to the balance will calve to Santa Bulls. head the upcoming sale Yulgilbar Genetics With seasonal breaking rains over much Commercial Female Sale on the 18th of of the East Coast, The Yulgilbar Genetics February. The 175 Sangus Females are all Commercial Female Sale offers Commercial Yulgilbar Station bred, being the progeny Cattlemen and women a unique opportunity of maiden Purebred Commercial Santa to source significant numbers of even lines Gertrudis heifers and sired by top quality of top- quality genetics rarely offered.

Angus bulls who have been purchased for an These proven performance bloodlines average of $10,000. These Angus sires were have previously sold successfully as far South sourced from Dulverton, Prime Time, and as the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria and Glen Isa studs. These Sangus heifers have North into Central Queensland, offering a in turn been mated to Texas, Booramooka great opportunity for Producers from a wide and Prime Time Angus Sires, purchased geographical area to source larger lines of

by Yulgilbar for an average of $12,000 replacement breeders to Restock. representing top quality Angus bloodlines.

Darren Perkins from George and The Santa Gertrudis mothers of these Fuhrmann will be conducting the sale heifers represent some of the most elite and as Agents and he can be contacted on performance orientated Santa Gertrudis 0428660324 while (Rob Sinnamon General bloodlines available globally today in Manager Yulgilbar) can be contacted on the Santa Gertrudis breed. Yulgilbar has 0428472101. continually purchased Record priced Santa Please see the attached link for a video on Gertrudis bulls here in Australia paying the Sale offeringup to $110,000; and, recently acquiring the https://www.facebook.com/Yulgilbar/ Australia Semen rights in an American sire videos/410905566852020/ who sold in the US last year for $197,000 Also follow see the following links for Australian dollars. further information on Yulgilbar A significant number of these rising www.yulgilbar.com.au 30-month-old Sangus heifers will be heavy https://www.facebook.com/Yulgilbar/ in calf (red tag) on sale day, with a number of calves already at foot. The milking ability, https://www.instagram.com/yulgilbar_ pastoral_company/ femininity and constitution of these heifers https://twitter.com/rjsinnamon is evident on inspection, backed by the https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-sinnamonknowledge that these future breeders have been bred in tough Eastern Fall Coastal type https://www.stocklive.com. au/?page=2#modal-91466 country and have been bred and exposed to significant weeds and high levels of parasites. http://www.gnfcasino.com.au/ Most of the lines will be drafted into pens Content?p=livestock

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Mated back in calf to Yulgilbar Santa Bulls 400 Santa Hereford females (poll or dehorned).

Mainly PTIC to Yulgilbar Santa Bulls) 50 Commercial Santa Gertrudis females PTIC to Mainly Angus Bulls

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February 4, 2021

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Larger feature trees for your native garden LARGER trees in your garden provide perspective and a wonderful background for smaller shrubs.

Archidendron hendersonii or white lace flower has a vulnerable status in NSW, as its coastal and rainforest environment is being removed for development and agriculture. It is found only in the north-eastern corner of NSW and Queensland, so is an excellent choice of native plant to consider as a feature in a larger garden in the Northern Rivers. White lace flower is a tree which will grow to 18m tall. It has light-brown bark and beautifully scented, fluffy creamy-white flowers bunched in heads. The woody bright-orange pods open and curl into attractive spirals full of glossy black seeds (pictured, top right). These look stunning against the red or yellow inside of the pod.

Silky oak or Grevillia robusta is a fast-growing tree which can grow from 5 to 20 metres tall. Its leaves are a silvery grey green and fernlike in shape. From September to November, the stunning yellow-orange flower heads can be seen in countryside and parks throughout the Northern Rivers, When young, it can

be grown as a houseplant and can tolerate light shade, but it prefers full sun and it grows best in warm areas of the garden. It will tolerate light frost when established and is quite drought-resistant.

The golden bottlebrush-like flowers (pictured, below right) are full of nectar which attracts singing honeyeaters, red wattlebirds, purplecrowned lorikeets, Carnaby’s black-cockatoos, possums,

bees, butterflies and other insects.

Melaleuca quinquenervia (broad-leaved paperbark) and Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) (pictured, above) are small to medium-sized trees. They grow with a shady spread up to 20 metres tall, but stay about 7 to 12 metres in a cultivated site. Their trunk is covered by a beautifully textured white, beige or grey thick papery bark. They have

grey-green leaves, and cream or white bottlebrush-like flowers which appear from late spring to autumn. They usually grow in swamps, on floodplains and near rivers and

estuaries. They are beautiful trees to encourage native birds and insects into your garden, a protective tree for other smaller plants and an effective screening plant.

GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A BOTANIC GARDENS GUIDE? DID you know the people of Lismore have their very own Botanic Gardens? It’s three kilometres from the CBD along Wyrallah Road.

As is the fashion these days, it is a natural style of Botanic Garden, featuring only dry rainforest plants from within 200 kilometres of Lismore.

The Gardens are run by a volunteer group of friends and workdays are held every Wednesday morning from 8am to 11am. There are also an enthusiastic group of guides welcoming visitors every last Sunday of the month at 9.30am. Groups are limited to ten people, but as bookings are essential, several walks can be organised to cater for demand.

The guiding team is about to begin training a new group of guides and this free three-day course is suitable for experienced nature lovers or beginners. Supported by mentors, new guides are encouraged to choose a part of the Gardens they enjoy and design their own one hour

walk over a period of about six weeks. This may include the history of the Gardens, plant uses, wildlife, basic botanical information or plants suitable for the home garden.

The Useful Plants Garden,

Hoop Pine Forest, main rainforest walk, Sensory Garden, Wilson’s Park Species Garden Walk, Butterfly Plant Walk and Rare Plants Walk are just a few of the different walks visitors enjoy. There is a wealth of

information readily available to assist new guides.

The Gardens now has a Palm Gully planting and an Encounters 2020 Garden, which are waiting for new guides to show visitors around. The Encounters

Garden was designed with the help of a grant from the National Maritime Museum and features plants collected by Banks and Solander in 1770. There are new educational materials available for this garden For schools, the education team welcomes bookings from teachers of pre-school to Year 12 students and is also looking for more guides. Join this team to help promote World Environment Day or Science Week at the Gardens.

Guides must have a Working with Children check for these walks. This check is free for volunteers and available online through Services NSW. The first day of training will be Saturday 20th March at the Gardens from 10am to 2.30pm, followed by two more Saturdays (dates to be confirmed), about two and six weeks apart. Contact publicity@friendslrbg.com. au for more information or to enrol. It’s free. Covid safe practices are in place for all walks and training days.

The Northern Rivers Times

February 4, 2021

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INGREDIENTS • 125ml (1/2 cup) sweet chilli sauce • 2 tablesppons soy sauce • 1 tablesppon finely grated fresh ginger.

• 4 x 200g skinless salmon fillets.

HONEY SESAME COLESLAW • 80ml (1/3 cup) apple cider vinger.

• 2 tablespoons honey • 2 tablespoons sesame oil • 1 teaspoon sea salt • 200g (3 cups) finely shredded green cabbage • 120g (2 cups) finely shredded purple cabbage • 1 carrot, julienned into long strips • 1 cup fresh mint leaves, plus extra 2 tablespoons to serve.

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STEP 2 For the honey sesame coleslaw, whisk the vinegar, honey, sesame oil and salt in a small bowl. Place the cabbage, carrot and mint in a large bowl.

STEP3 Line a baking tray with foil and lightly brush or spray with oil. Remove salmon from bowl and shake off excess marinade, reserving for later. Place the salmon

on the prepared tray. Cook under the grill, without turning, for 8-10 minutes or until just starting to char at edges and flake when tested with a fork.

STEP 4 Meanwhile, place the reserved marinade in a small saucepan over medium heat.

Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3-4 minutes.

STEP 5 Lightly whisk the dressing again and pour over the cabbage mixture. Toss until well combined. Divide the salmon among serving plates, drizzle over the reduced marinade and serve with the coleslaw and extra mint.

ICED RASPBERRY SHORTBREAD SLICE INGREDIENTS 150g butter, chopped, at room temperature 215g (1 cup) caster sugar 2 egg yolks 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 300g (2 cups) plain flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 160g (1/2 cup) raspberry jam ICING 230g (1 1/2 cups) icing sugar mixture 25g butter, at room temperature 1 1/2 tablespoons boiling water Pink food colouring, to tint METHOD STEP 1 Preheat oven to 170C/150C fan forced. Spray a square 20cm cake pan with oil and line with baking paper, allowing paper to overhang the sides. Spray the paper with oil and line with another sheet, allowing both sheets to overhang.

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Consider your child’s spine this back to school season IN late January, millions of Australian children get ready to go back to school. With kids spending nearly 200 days at school each year, it is important they are mindful of their health when in school, especially their spine.

The Australian Chiropractors Association (ACA) have developed a ‘Back to School Health Checklist’ to remind both children and their parents of the healthy habits that they should be practising all year round. Local ACA chiropractor Dr Bridie Cullinane is encouraging people to collect the checklist so they can not only tick off their school supplies list but their health one as well.

“This checklist is a great way to remind kids of the importance of building healthy habits at school. They are simple to incorporate

and easily fit into a child’s everyday routine. For instance, packing a healthy lunch, getting 60 minutes of daily physical activity and wearing the backpack correctly,” Dr Bridie said.

The Health Checklist also reminds kids to reduce their recreational screen time, sit correctly in the classroom and consider chiropractic care.

“We are asking parents if they are concerned about their child’s spine or would like advice on any other back to school related issues, like sizing the backpack or how to sit at desks to consider our chiropractic services.”

This comes as the ACA launch their annual Back to School campaign, which seeks to educate Aussie kids of the importance of maintaining their spinal health and wellbeing throughout the year, but

especially in school.

“Kids aren’t often aware of the impact that common activities like sitting in a classroom, carrying a heavy bag and excessive screen time, can have on their overall health and wellbeing.”

“Chiropractors are well placed to assess and manage disorders of the musculoskeletal system and offer solutions and advice regarding your existing spinal health issues or how to improve overall health and wellbeing.”

If you’re concerned about your child’s spine or any other back to school related activities, book an appointment with Dr Bridie at Goonellabah Family Chiropractic, by calling 02 66244405, or for more information on Back to School, visit backtoschool. org.au .

New PBS listing brings greater hope Rural health policy in a changing climate for Australians with pulmonary PEOPLE in rural, regional and remote health care and are more susceptible communities bear the brunt of health to poor health outcomes,” Ms O’Kane arterial hypertension effects from our changing climate, said.

AUSTRALIANS with a rare, fatal heart condition will soon have subsidised access to a ground-breaking medicine for the first time, thanks to its new listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said from today Uptravi® (selexipag) will be PBS listed for the first time to treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), for use in combination with existing PAH therapies.

“It is estimated over 700 Australians could access Uptravi® for PAH through the PBS each year,” Mr Hogan said.

“Without subsidy, patients might pay more than $41,000 per year to access this medicine. As a result of this listing, patients will now only pay $41.30 per script or $6.60 for concessional patients.”

“This listing can provide some patients with improvement in daily activities and quality of life, as well

as delaying the need for injectable treatments and reducing the risks associated with IV infusions.”

“PAH is caused by narrowing or blockage of the arteries that carry blood from the heart to the lungs.

The heart needs to pump against this higher pressure to keep blood flowing through the lungs, making it work harder which can eventually cause heart failure.”

The Australian Government continues to make important medicines available to Australians at affordable prices.

This listing has been recommended by the independent Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee.

Since 2013, the Australian Government has approved more than 2,550 new or amended listings on the PBS. This represents an average of around 30 listings or amendments per month – or one each day – at an overall investment by the Government of $12.4 billion.

prompting the National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) to recommend tangible government measures.

The Position paper: Rural health policy in a changing climate – three key issues, discusses specific impacts and risk factors facing the 7 million people living in rural, regional and remote areas of Australia in relation to extreme weather events; impacts on agricultural output and food security; and debilitating insect-borne diseases.

Alliance CEO Gabrielle O’Kane says, “The paper provides a timely perspective on the trauma and other health impacts rural people experience from the effects of climate change, as well as the cost to society.”

The Alliance’s Position paper joins the groundswell of calls to address the consequences of our changing climate, including a report recently released by the Climate Council which says the cost of extreme weather in Australia has more than doubled since the 1970s, totalling $35 billion over the past decade. Also, a new body called the Climate Targets Panel, including former Liberal leader John Hewson, have released a separate paper saying Australia needs a 2030 emissions reduction target of between 50 per cent and 74 per cent to comply with goals of limiting global heating to 2C and 1.5C respectively.

“Climate change is a significant threat to health, and the adverse health risks are generally greater in rural, regional and remote communities where people are already at a disadvantage from unequal access to

“Additionally, rural, regional and remote communities are also particularly prone to the healthrelated impacts of climate change, including extreme weather events, increases in pest and disease issues, and poorer health in terms of chronic disease, comorbidity and mental health.

“The Alliance is calling for the inclusion of climate-driven impacts on rural health in all future health planning, as well as research and transition plans to help communities mitigate the short and long- term health effects of climate change.

“The Alliance supports government action against the National Strategy for Climate, Health and Well- Being and recommends measures to address three rural-specific risks: extreme weather events; impacts on agricultural output and food security; and debilitating insect-borne diseases.”

The Alliance is calling for national and state/territory governments to: • Develop rural-specific transition plans as part of Australia’s shift to a sustainable economy; • Prioritise research that assists rural, regional and remote communities to better adapt to and mitigate climate-related impacts: Extreme weather, risks to agriculture and food security, and increased threat of vector-borne diseases; and • Include climate change risks in all healthcare planning, including the additional cost to health systems from climate change impacts.

The Northern Rivers Times

February 4, 2021

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Theories of triggers, behaviours, and reward

By David Hoffmann HAVING insight into how we behave in specific ways can help address habits that may affect our health. Over the years, there have been many books, courses, self-help guides, and gurus that steer us on breaking habits we do not want. To change behavior, which has become a habit, we need to know what started it, understand it in detail, and know what we receive when it is acted out. If you have that understanding, you can manage change.

Choices and behaviours can be predicted from habit.

Jager (2003) defined habits as “Behaviours, as such, where actions are being repeatedly performed without deliberating too much, can be grouped under the concept of habits.”

An example may be choosing to sit in the same spot each day on public transport or the sequence of how we may

eat our favorite meals. The question we ask ourselves often is how do they form and how can we make change?

Judson Brewer gave an interesting TED talk (link below) on the motivations of behavior and the transcription of the rewards for this behavior to other triggers. He then theorised this might lead to reinforcement of that behavior, creating a detrimental habit to our health. The theory used triggers that initiate us to undertake behavior for a specific reward. The example he gave was smoking (yuck).

The trigger for smoking came from our inside voices wanting acceptance and to be happy. Cigarette smoking was portrayed in advertising as cool, making us feel

great and part of a group.

Smoking cigarettes started (the behavior), making us feel accepted, happier, and recognised in a party of smokers (the reward). In other circumstances, when we have the same feelings, our inner voice says a smoke will help us feel better again. And so, we do. After time, this then becomes a subconscious habit.

We can begin change with an alteration of perception.

How we see or feel about the behavior can make a difference. If smoking or drinking alcohol, changing the perception from an action to relax to an unnecessary activity may reduce or stop the usage. As Judson Brewer stated, be in that moment when you conduct the behavior and listen, feel, and taste what you are doing. It may not be so good. Looking for an alternative action that

elicits the same feelings as the original behavior is another strategy. If stress is a trigger, practicing a simple breathing technique, going outside into the garden, or taking a few moments to read a book, can all help you.

Do not feel helpless if you have been unsuccessful in breaking a behavior that has become a habit detrimental to your health. You can make a change. It does take time, patience, and resistance.

Talking to a professional, researching literature, and just trying simple practices to understand triggers, behaviors, and the rewards may be your start point.

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Weekly wise words: “I do not need more to be happy, and I am good enough as I am. And, I am grateful.”

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Boost primary care to help patients in need THE Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is urging government to invest in primary care so that GPs can better help patients affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and 2019-20 bushfires.

In its 2021-22 federal pre-budget submission, the RACGP has called on government to: · improve patient access to general practice services through increasing annual indexation of Medicare rebates · introduce new rebates for longer consultations, something that would be particularly beneficial for people with mental health issues, as well as chronic and complex health needs · continue availability of Medicare-subsidised telehealth consultations via telephone and video · introduce innovative new ways of funding GPs to support patients with complex health needs.

RACGP President Dr Karen Price said that general practice needed an extra hand to help patients across

Australia.

“2020 was an incredibly trying year and the health implications of the bushfires and COVID-19 pandemic will have to be very carefully managed in the months and years ahead,” she said.

“During the pandemic some patients, including older people and those with chronic conditions and multi-morbidities, delayed or avoided consulting with their GP. Mental health issues soared as people were plunged into a world of uncertainty and separated from loved ones.

“GPs in communities hit by the bushfires are still doing all they can to help people who have lost homes and suffered significant trauma. The job is far from complete and that is why it is vital that general practice has the backing to provide the highest possible standard of care to our patients.”

The RACGP President warned that immediate action was needed to boost primary care.

“GPs and general practice staff have

done an incredible job holding the front line, but more help is urgently required,” Dr Price said.

“The unfortunate reality is that the percentage of total government health expenditure on hospitals continues to increase each year, while the percentage spent on primary care has gradually declined.[i] “The average patient out-of-pocket cost to consult with a GP is now higher than the Medicare rebate for the most commonly used general practice item.

Years of inadequate Medicare Benefits Schedule funding has caught up with us.

“The time to act is now. We are managing patients affected by twin public health crises and unless we invest in primary care costs access to healthcare will be severely compromised.

Government must act decisively to provide superior support for GPs working tirelessly on the frontline.”

Dr Price said something as simple as facilitating longer

GP consultations could make all the difference.

“When patients present with mental health issues it takes time for us to get to the bottom of what they are experiencing,” she said.

“We simply cannot rush this process; however, the reality facing GPs is that the patient’s rebate reduces dramatically per minute if they need to spend more time with us. As things currently stand. there is no unrestricted item for patients to spend more than 40 minutes with their GP discussing their mental health and that is simply not good enough.

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“The solution is right in front of us, we must increase patient rebates for longer general practice consultations so that people with concerns about their mental health have the best possible chance of getting the help and support they need.

Longer consultations will be so important for these patients as well as those with chronic and complex health needs.”

The RACGP’s Vision for general practice and a sustainable healthcare system (Vision) outlines the urgent need to restructure the healthcare system into one that provides the

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right care for patients at the right time and in the right place, and that is sustainably funded into the future. It will also promote health equity for demographic groups who disproportionately rely on secondary care including treatment in hospitals.

Last year, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting found that implementing The Vision would create substantial economic benefits by reducing the need for more expensive secondary care and improving the nation’s productivity through a healthier workforce.

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ANSWERS: 1B, 2C, 3D, 4D.

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WORD FIND Secret message: Northern warriors

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The Northern Rivers Times

February 4, 2021

54 STARS Aries Mar 21 - Apr 20

Cancer Jun 24 - Jul 22

Your forays into business are going to be an adventure, to say the least. Keep in mind that it takes time for any new venture to take off and flourish. Any possessions you’re trying to sell are moving slowly, and it’s going to take some better advertising to move things along. Get your creativity involved and you’ll see some impressive results soon. Your entrepreneurial spirit is inspiring people around you, so it’s important to show them you can make it.

Taurus Apr 21 - May 21

You’re prone to deeper expressions and solid commitments now.

This extends to platonic relationships too, so strengthening a friendship is a good possibility. Relationships with co-workers and business partners should get easier. You relate well to people who share the same drive as you, so networking is especially advantageous.

You need to deal with some serious emo energy today -- and while some of it’s a little dark, most of it is positive.

Leo Jul 23 - Aug 23

You’re feeling pretty good today, fed by the positive comments you’ve been getting about your appearance and style. Build on that momentum and get ready to take a few more fashion risks.

It’s a great time to unleash your artistic impulses, preferably in a joint venture with someone you can relate to. Get together with a favorite friend and build your wardrobe, exercise your creativity, and have fun!

Gemini May 22 - June 23

Every one of your questions deserves an answer, but you’ll have to go and find them yourself. Today, heed your curiosity and seek the source of the mystery. Ask that person why they value you in their life, and then you will get a better idea of why they are in yours. Then ask yourself what you’re most interested in. Whatever captures your imagination is something that deserves further exploration.

Your tenacity is a powerful force, and it will help you make lots of progress. Just be sure to fold in some fun and make time to touch base with a friend you haven’t seen in a while. You will have time to finish what you’ve already started without having to shut yourself off from the real world.

It’s important to keep a balance in your life between using your brain and using your heart.

FARMERS MARKETS

Casino Golf Club Markets – 2nd Sunday of every 2nd month.

Ballina Farmers’ Market – Sundays 6am till 1pm at Commemoration Park Ballina.

The Channon Craft Markets – 2nd Sunday of the month.

Ballina Markets – 3rd Sunday of the month.

Mullumbimby Community Market – 3rd Saturday of the month.

Bangalow Farmers Market – Saturdays 7am till 11am at Bangalow Hotel Carpark.

Blue Knob Farmers Markets – Saturdays 8.30am till 12pm at Blue Knob Café, Lillian Rock.

Byron Bay Farmers Market – Thursdays 7am till 11am at Cavanbah Centre Byron Bay.

Capricorn Dec 22 - Jan 20

It’s an excellent day to lead people to new places in their lives. You’re feeling restless today. You have been good long enough, and you’re itching to break out and run. This could be the start of a long phase in which you’ll want to test your boundaries and see how far you can push things. The good news is your irreverence will help give other people a reason to rebel and make changes for the better

Scorpio Oct 24 - Nov 2

You love to be daring as much as the next person, so why not kick things up a notch? Fuel the excitement growing in one of your newer relationships by pushing the envelope. Go the extra step of making your desires not only known but also irresistible. Your partner is ready, willing, and able to fulfill all your wishes. But beware: when you dare them, they have every right to double-dog dare you right back!

Virgo Aug 24 - Sep 22

You can’t be everyone’s best friend. In fact, you can’t even expect everyone to like you. So stop putting so much effort into pleasing someone who clearly can’t be pleased, at least by you. You two are just not compatible, and there’s nothing wrong with that. If everyone liked everyone, the world would be a very boring place. Be grateful for the friends you do have and stop worrying about the ones you don’t.

MARKETS

Lismore Car boot Markets – now at Lismore Showground – 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month.

Libra Sep 23 - Oct 23

You are more attractive than you realize, and someone is going to make it their job to help you understand that today. Be happy and gracious when someone calls you beautiful. You should believe them. After all, why would they lie? Your self-esteem has been taking a hit lately, mostly because you’re listening to the tiny voice of doubt in your head. Stop it! Those voices are full of lies..

Aquarius Jan 21 - Feb 18

Interesting news could come from some unexpected places today, and surprises could come from many different directions. These treats have a wonderful way of speeding up the day and reminding you that you just never know what the universe has in store for you. So get ready for just about anything. You’ll be surprised by what comes out of peoples’ mouths when you’re really listening.

Sagittarius Nov 22 - Dec 21

You can oblige people today if you must, but don’t be an out-and-out doormat. Make sure your opinions are clear.

They need to know where you stand. You can go along with the group plans, and it might be in your best interests to do so right now, but that doesn’t mean you should keep quiet about how you would do things differently.

Kyogle Farmer’s Market Saturday mornings Stratheden Street, Kyogle.

Lismore Farmers Market – Saturdays 8am till 11am at Lismore Showgrounds.

Lismore Produce Market – Thursdays 2.30pm till 6.30pm at Magellan & Carrington streets. Contact Tom on 0450 688 900.

Mullumbimby Farmers Market – Fridays 7am till 11am at Mullumbimby Showground. Contact Allie on 02 6677 1345

Pisces Feb 19 - Mar 20

Get clear about what you see. Just because illusions aren’t real doesn’t mean they’re not powerful. To get the motivation you need right now, picture your success. Imagine what your life will be like once you have reached that summit.

Visualize the future, and be sure to picture a beautiful one! Sometimes your subconscious needs your conscious mind to provide it with a map.

Murwillumbah Farmers Market – Wednesdays 7am till 11am at Murwillumbah Showgrounds. Contact Sue on 0498 733 766.

Nimbin Farmers Market – Wednesdays 3pm till 6pm at Green Bank Carpark.

Contact Jason on 02 6689 1512 Rainbow Region Organic Market – Tuesdays 7.30am till 11am at Lismore Showgrounds.

Uki Farmers Market – Saturdays 8am till 12.30pm at Uki Hall.

Yamba Farmers Market – Wednesdays 7am till 1pm at Whiting Beach carpark.

Contact Debra on 0402 404 606

The Northern Rivers Times

February 4, 2021

IN MEMORIAM 55 Thank You

In Memoriam

WILLIAM OWEN McGEARY 5.5.36 - 22.12.20

Marie, Rodney, Dean and family would like to thank relatives and friends for flowers, cards, phone calls and acts of kindness following the loss of our beloved husband, father and grandfather.

A special thank you to staff at Bupa Aged Care Ballina., Ballina Hospital and Evans Head Medical Centre.

Please accept this as our personal thanks.

ALLAN ROBERT OLIVER VIRTUE 1/1/1944 - 7/2/2019

Loving you is easy we do it every day missing you is the heartache that doesn’t go away

Dawn , Allan, Jayne, Nathan, Craig, Carolyn, Mark , Janice and family

Death Notice

McGILVRAY (nee WILLIAMS) Muriel G.E. 09.09.1915 ~ 29.01.2021

Formerly of Goulburn and Durras South.

Late of Crowley Village Ballina.

Passed away at the age of 105 with her loving family by her side.

Dearly loved wife of Mick (dec).

Loving Mother and Mother-InLaw of Bill and Jill, Susan, and Tony (Dec) Helen and Greg and Margaret and Peter and their families.

Proud Grandma, Great Grandma and Great-Great Grandma. Loving sister of Judith.

In accordance with Muriel’s wishes a private cremation has taken place.

B allina

Funeral Notice

CHAPPELL, Elizabeth “Helen” Helen went to be with the Lord Jesus peacefully on

30 January 2021 aged 86.

Dearly loved wife of Dr Brian (dec).

Beloved mother & mother-in-law of David, Elizabeth, Anita, Stephanie & Andrew Buhagiar and Jonathan.

Loyal Grandma of Darren (dec), Rebecca, Victoria, Brenten (dec), Katherine, Brian, Bethany, Joseph and their spouses. Treasured Great-Grandma to all of their children. Much loved sister & sister-in-law to Ailsa and Ian & Emma.

Fond Aunty to all of their children.

“Absent from the body, present with the Lord” 2Cor 5:8

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In Memoriam

Death Notice

James (Jim) Patrick Hogan 1/10/1943 – 30/10/2020

Jim’s wife Margaret and his children David and Laura offer their sincere thanks for all the kindness, care and compassion, prayers, flowers and practical help and support shown to us throughout Jim’s illness and afterwards.

We would like to especially mention the McAnelly and Hogan families, all our dear friends; Drs. Vinay, Boyce and Dwyer; special thanks to all the staff at Kyogle Aged Care and Hospital; Frs. Erick, Jim and Max and Hope and Sigourney from Riverview Funerals.

SMYTHE, BETTY EDITH 01.04.1927 ~ 29.01.2021

Passed away peacefully on Friday 29/01/2021 at St Andrews Nursing Home Ballina.

Much loved by all of her family and friends and will be sorely missed by all those that knew her.

Special thanks to all the staff at St Andrews Nursing Home for their loving care of Betty.

A funeral service will be held Friday, 5 February 2021 at 11.30am at the Uniting Church Lismore.

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Death Notice

PAINTER, Marion (nee Fletcher) Passed away peacefully 19th January, 2021 at Bonalbo MPS. Late of Cedar Point (Kyogle).

Aged 86.

Dearly loved wife of Gordon (Dec’d).

Much loved mother and mother-law of Peter & Raelee, Wendy & Terry, David & Debby, Susan & Don, Jillian & Geoff.

Loved Grandmother, Great Grandmother, GG & Aunty.

A faithful friend too many. Beloved sister & sister-in-law of Joan (Fletcher)& Tom Dodd, Jean & Tom, Hazel & Vic, Les, Cliff, Allan (all dec’d), Mervyn (Dec’d) & Joan, John (Dec’d) & Lyn, Joyce & John, Helen & Noel.

At Peace with Dad. Funeral Service and Cremation has been held.

Family wishes to thank Dr Mark Byrnes and staff Bonalbo MPS, for the care and friendship given to Mum since June 2019. Also Jenna and staff of AC Raymond Funerals for helping us fulfill Mums wishes for a beautiful service.

Thank you to all who have contacted us, conveyed their condolences, support or attended funeral, very much appreciated.

Peter, Wendy, David, Susan, Jillian & families

B allina

Death Notice

John Lyndon Rose

Passed away peacefully, from natural causes on the 23rd January 2021.

Much Loved Husband to Susan (Dec).

Loved Father & Father-In-Law to Michael & Emma, Matthew & Ashleigh and Daniel & Tamyka.

Cherished Grandad to Oliver, Joshua, Lucy and Harrison.

Funeral Directors and Services

Aged 63 Years.

John will be sadly missed by all his family and friends.

Relatives and Friends are invited to attend John’s funeral service to be held at St. Andrews Anglican Church, Zadoc Street Lismore on Monday the 8th February 2021, commencing at 10.30 am.

Following the church service, burial will take place at the Lismore Memorial Gardens, Skyline Road Goonellabah.

All guests will be required to comply with the COVID-19 mandatory QR code sign-in for contact tracing purposes, must remain seated during the service where possible and ensure social distancing is maintained. Livestreaming will be available through the Funeral Livestreaming Northern Rivers Facebook page.

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February 4, 2021

56 CLASSIFIEDS Funerals Directors & Services

BECKINSALES Monumental Masons Pty Ltd

We have the largest range of monuments on the North Coast or custom-made to your requirements A member of NSW Monumental Masons’ Association

Servicing 300km radius from Lismore Call for an appointment

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Since 1935

Cnr Bridge & Baillie Sts North Lismore www.stoneagenow.com.au info@stoneagenow.com.au

Wanted

Auction / Clearing Sale

WA N T E D

CLEARING SALE

Records, Old Record Players, Amplifiers and Speakers, as well as CDs and Tapes.

Call Adam anytime

0416 225 376 Garage Sales

3 Riverview Ave, West Ballina

6th & 7th February

Tools, Kitchenware & Clothes YOU NAME IT - 7AM TIL SOLD Ballina-Lismore-Casino

1800 809 336

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Beautiful Sanctuary funerals - $5800 All funerals & vigils traditional,church, outdoor or at home.

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with exceptional TWEED to care - $2800 LISMORE Independant Compassionate & Local Community - Sustainable Warwick Binney

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TO ADVERTISE HERE FOR AS LITTLE AS $33 A WEEK Call 6662 6222 NOW Personal Column LADIES DON’T BE SHY Single male pensioner looking to meet mature single lady.

Ring (07) 5590 9292 TWEED HEADS

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Readings will be done in Tweed Heads, Byron Bay, Lismore, Grafton, Coffs Harbour and all surronding areas For bookings phone

0401 370 844

TO ADVERTISE CALL 6662 6222 Position Vacant

LIGHT VEHICLE MECHANIC/TECHNICIAN Ken Casson Motors is a locally owned Mazda Dealership located in Grafton Overview: This role reports to the Service Manager and involves the systematic diagnoses and repair of vehicles, testing, inspections and the completion of paperwork and other record keeping requirements including logbook entries and job cards. The employee will have completed an Australian Apprentice or international equivalent to hold a tradesperson certificate. This is a full time position working 8:00am – 5:00pm Monday to Friday.

Duties: • Conducts a complete range of motor vehicle diagnoses and fault finding in accordance with the Australian industry Standards and Practice • Applies knowledge and skills to select the correct part to complete the repair • Applies knowledge and skills to make repairs and undertake services to benchmark industry standards and to comply expectations on quality and cost-effectiveness • Test drive vehicles to ensure the problem has been identified and/or fixed • Carries out a range of detailed vehicle inspections • Read and interpret fault reports, maintenance and inspection forms • Maintain workshop tools and equipment, including hoists and wheel-balancing equipment • Fill out and maintain job cards as supplied • Assist new and existing apprentices. Help further their skills and knowledge, and provide supervision • Adhere to all Workplace Health and Safety obligations in accordance with the laws and rules of NSW • Hold a valid NSW Class C (minimum) license Qualifications and skills required: • Certificate III in Light or Heavy Engine Mechanics (or equivalent) and have completed and Australian Apprenticeship (or equivalent) and hold a Tradesperson license Not essential but preferable qualifications: • Pink slip certificate • Automotive air conditioning license Please email all applications to: maddy@kencasson.com.au

A/c Harold & Dianne Biffin

Cnr Spring & Wharf Streets, South Grafton

Saturday 6th February 2021, 10:00am Vehicles: 1976 13½ft Viscount Ambassador Retro Caravan (Restored with New & Original Annexes), 1978 120Y Datsun 195,500km Original Condition & Plates.

Service Station Equipment: 1970’s Vane Electronic Tune Scope 3075-SS, 1960’s Replex Bubble Centre Wheel Balancer & Wheel Spinner, Wheel Changer, 1960 Battery Charger, Astra Bulb Display Box, Engine Stand, Gear Box & Engine Lift, Jacks x 3 (not working), Pullers, Large Vice, Toolbox & Assort. Tools, Endless Chain Block n Tackle.

Golden Fleece Memorabilia: Top Bowser Light Rams x 2, Golden Fleece Supreme Oil Bottle Stand, Oil Bottles & Tops, 1 Gal. Oil Tins, Quart Oil Tins, Oil Bottle Collection, Golden Fleece Oil & Lubricant Book, Golden Fleece Lubrication & Service Guidebooks x 2, Ram Embossed Plastic Funnel, Golden Guard Service Plan Board (ABC Service Guide), 1970’s to 1980’s Golden Fleece Litter Bags, Large Ram Sticker, Small Stickers, Bags of Advertising Price Rams x 2, Golden Fleece Cigarette Lighters, Australian Flag & Flagpole from Golden Fleece ‘Bridge’ Service Station Grafton, Golden Fleece Daily Controller, Golden Fleece Bottle & Can Openers x 3, Golden Fleece QLD Road Maps.

Antiques & Collectables: 1950’s South Grafton Railway Office Desk, 1950’s Infant School Desks x 2, Original Office Furniture & Retro Blue Top Morning Tea Table from Service Station Restaurant, 1962 Ron Surfboard (fin missing), Maxis 8 Track Cassette Player & 5 Cassettes (Inc. Beatles & John Denver), Ant. Record Player, Ant. Heater, Vintage Suitcases, Wooden Table, Rain Oil Lamps x 2, Glass Buoy, Handcrafted Wooden Rocking Horse, Cast Iron Ornamental Fencing Panels x 5, Cast Iron Posts x 2, Ant. Ladder, Enamel Plume Pump Sign, Wooden Holden Sign, Lanes Wooden Box, Pink Metal Pedal Car, Red Peugeot Cabriolet 306 Pedal Car, Old NSW Wall Map, Hardi Tyre Ash Trays, Penrite Collection, Toy Box, 70’s & 80’s Car Magazines, Early Car Manuals (Volvo, Chevs etc), Holden Memorabilia Books, 50th Anniversary Holden Memorabilia, 1940’s Singer Treadle Sewing Machine.

Household & Sundry Items: Double Cast Iron Bed, Single Cast Iron Bed, Front Load Washing Machine, Clothes Dryer, 4 Burner Gas BBQ, Outdoor LPG Gas Heater, Dimplex Portable Air Conditioner, Wooden Stool, Glass Top Outdoor Setting, 2-Seater Lounge, Coffee Table & Chairs, Cupboards, Tables, Tonka Toys, Display Cabinets x 2, Bar Butler, Bar Fridge, Microwave Cookware, Cane Fishing Baskets, Crab Pots, Numerous Figurines & China, Pro-Rack Luggage Pod, Water Skis, 10ft Trampoline with Safety Net, Water Bearing Statue, Numerous Garden Statues & Pots, Pedestal Planters x 2, Plant Stands, Cane Plant Stand, Wrought Iron Bench Seat, 2-Seater Cane Chair, Cane Chairs, 2 Stroke Victor Mower, Wheelchair, Thomas Tank Engine Toy Box, Tiles, Oil Painting, Gordon Handley Pit Stop Print, Pictures & Print.

Light Refreshments Available - Bidding card system will apply Terms strictly Cash/Cheque or Eftpos NO SPECTATORS – NO CHILDREN Held in accordance with COVID-19 Government Physical Distancing Rules

50 Armidale Street, SOUTH GRAFTON, NSW 2460 Ph: 02 6643 4411 - Mitch: 0428 470 132 or Jonny: 0438 735 061 Photos Online www.raydonovan.com.au

Livestock For Sale

500 HEAD

LISMORE BREEDER SALE A/c Hannigan Family Lismore Saleyards Saturday, 6th February 2021 10:00am DST

KenCassonMotors LIC No: MD12150 & MVRL23792 ABN: 32 003 933 695

500 Qual ity Fema les On Of fer Including 300 Angus

PTY LTD

THE PROVEN NAME IN THE MOTOR GAME

Tractors For Sale

TRACTOR Daedong Kioti 55hp 4WD, 4-in-1 bucket, hay spike, low hours. $27,000

Ph: 6663 1530 Livestock Wanted

ALL TYPES OF HORSES WANTED TO BUY Cash paid PHONE 0413 063 757

Calves At Foot: 15x15 F1 Brahman Hereford x heifers 20x20 Brangus heifers 6x6 Brangus Hereford x heifers 30x30 Angus heifers 15x15 Angus Hereford x heifers 30x30 10x10 15x15 Angus cows, 2 nd & 3 rd calvers Bulls: 1 Charolais bull 3yrs - Palgrove bred 1 Charolais bull 4yrs - Ascot bred

PTIC: 40 F1 Brahman Hereford x heifers, PTIC 40 Brangus heifers, PTIC 60 Angus heifers, PTIC - Cluney bred 140 Angus heifers, PTIC 20 Angus Hereford x heifers, PTIC 15 Hereford x heifers, PTIC 15 Brahman x heifers, PTIC 15 Angus Shorthorn cows, PTIC 2 nd & 3 rd calvers, (Blueroans) 30 Angus cows, PTIC 2 nd & 3 rd calvers 10 Angus Hereford x cows, PTIC 2 nd & 3 rd calvers

Agents Comment: Year after year the Hannigan family present to the area top quality, young breeders.

This year is no different with a line up of exceptionally well bred females. This sale has top quality heifers & young breeders that will perform anywhere, a great selection for any breeding herd operation.

Jasen Somerville 0429 660 657

Glenn Weir 0427 299 104 Dick Osborne 02 6628 4317

The Northern Rivers Times

February 4, 2021

CLASSIFIEDS 57 Livestock For Sale

Livestock For Sale

CATTLE SALE LISMORE SALEYARDS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 10AM

Please book in any cattle you wish to sell COVID LAWS APPLY

74 WOODLARK ST, LISMORE p: office (02) 6621 2768 e: auctions@weirandson.com.au Kevin Cocciola 0427 653 450 Glenn Weir 0427 299 104 Neil Short 0410 451 000 Dick Osborne 0413 337 668 Mark Noble 0400 655 228 Jake Noble 0424 470 095

TO ADVERTISE CALL 6662 6222

COVID LAWS APPLY

www.ianweirandson.com.au 74 WOODLARK ST, LISMORE p: office (02) 6621 2768 e: auctions@weirandson.com.au EVERY TUESDAY: FAT CATTLE SALE LISMORE SALEYARDS 7.30AM EVERY WEDNESDAY: CASINO CATTLE SALE 7.30AM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 CATTLE SALE LISMORE SALEYARDS 10AM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 FARM MACHINERY & SUNDRIES AUCTION A/C P & R BENHAM BOATHARBOUR 10AM

Livestock For Sale

* T W O DAY S * Thursday 11th February

Feature Weaner & Feeder Sale Casino Saleyards @ 10am 1800 HEAD BOOKED

A/C C & K Dwyer – Backmede 20 Angus Weaner Steers A/C NJ Summerville – Sextonville 30 Santa/Hereford Steers – EU A/C Bowkett Family – Murwillumbah 15 Angus X Weaner Steers 15 Angus X Weaner Heifers A/C S & K Bell – Bonalbo 43 Hereford & Hereford S/Horn Weaner Steers A/C Redgum Pastoral – Kyogle 20 Angus Weaner Steers A/C Bella Valley Limousins – Wyrallah 3 Apricot Weaner Heifers 1 Black Weaner Heifer A/C Chris Theron - Eden Creek 44 Angus & Angus Gelbvieh Weaner Heifers A/C Trouser Point Pastoral - Murwillumbah 30 Angus Weaner Steers A/C Owner 71 F1 Grower/Feeder Steers

Friday 12th February

Herd Rebuilder Feature Breeder Sale Casino Saleyards @ 10am 800 HEAD BOOKED

SPECIAL LINES: A/C KW Properties – Kyogle 20 Angus PTIC Heifers 40 Angus Baldy PTIC Heifers 40 Ultra Black PTIC Heifers 40 Brangus PTIC Heifers 10 Hereford PTIC Heifers (PTIC to Prime Time Angus Bulls) A/C T & A McKenna – Bentley 60 Brangus & Brangus Baldy PTIC Heifers (PTIC to Brookvale Brangus Bulls) A/C Redgum Pastoral – Kyogle 40 Angus & Angus X PTIC Heifers (PTIC to Alumy Creek Angus Bulls) A/C GJ Patison – Alstonville 8 Angus PTIC Heifers 4 Brangus PTIC Heifers 2 Black Baldy PTIC Heifers A/C CRME Holdings - Gore 20 x 20 Angus & Brangus Cows & Calves A/C Horseshoe Pastoral – Kyogle 15 Charbray PTIC Heifers

A/C Bottle Creek Beef – Bonalbo 85 Droughtmaster PTIC Cows (PTIC to Angus Bulls) A/C Joker Downs – Warwick 55 Brangus PTIC Heifers 7 Angus PTIC Heifers (PTIC to Angus Bulls) A/C Civil Tech Soil Testing – Bonalbo 30x30 Brangus Cows & Calves (Sired by Prime Time & Inglebrae Angus Bulls) 20x20 Angus Cows 15x15 Crossbred Cows A/C A & M Boyd - Tabulam 7 x 7 Brahman X Cows & Calves A/C I & J Walters – Kyogle 20 x 20 Brangus Heifers & Calves 20 x 20 Charbray Heifers & Calves 10 x 10 Santa Heifers & Calves A/C RJ Auckram - Edenville 20 x 20 Angus / Brangus Cows & Calves (Big cows) A/C Owner 18x 14 Angus Cows & Calves

Strict curfew 8pm - Contact RAY WHITE RURAL Casino/Kyogle

Air-Conditioning Services

Casino Saleyards Head

SATURDAY, FEBUARY 20 BEEF BREEDER SALE LISMORE SALEYARDS 10AM

500 Feeder & Grower Steers 800 Weaner Steers 500 Weaner Heifers LINES INCLUDE: 400 Angus & Angus X Weaner Steers 200 Santa & Brangus Weaner Steers 80 Hereford & Hereford X Weaner Steers 120 Euro & Euro X Weaner Steers 250 Angus & Angus X Weaner Heifers 100 Euro & Euro X Weaner Heifers 150 Bos-Indicus X Weaner Heifers SPECIAL LINES: A/C Civil Tech Soil Testing – Bonalbo 60 Angus/Brangus X Feeder Steers 70 Angus/Brangus X Weaner Steers 70 Angus/Brangus X Weaner Heifers A/C McNamara & Tierney Pty Ltd– Rukenvale 20 Angus Weaner Steers A/C Bottle Creek Beef – Bonalbo 40 Euro X Weaner Steers 40 Euro X Weaner Heifers

Livestock For Sale

10:00am DST

Head

Special Lines Include; A/c BJ & LJ Warne, Leeville 14 Droughtmaster steers, milk tooth 6 Droughtmaster heifers, 14-16mths A/c B & B Hannigan, Woodlawn

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10.00am Murwillumbah, ConXions Ch,19 Prince St, 0412092497 Kevin ZOOM 246715814 Pwd UKI 10.30am Mullumbimby, Uniting Ch Hall Cnr Dalley & Whian Sts 5.00pm Tabulum, CWA Hall, 16 Court St, 1hr, Sarah 0457812962 5:30pm Bangalow, Ch hall Cnr Market & Byron Sts 7.00pm Online Only, Northern Rivers Promises – ZOOM 83159091987 Pwd AA 7.30pm Tweed Hds, ZOOM 82827792107 Pwd 895224 Mens Mtg Wednesday

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8.00am Ballina, BBQ area near skate park, Kingsford smith Dr roundabout 9.00am Sth Golden Beach Sth Golden Bch hall Pacific Espl.

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9 00am Ballina, St Marys Church Cnr Burnet & Norton Sts 1hr 10.00am Lismore, Uniting Ch Hall, Cnr Woodlark St & Church Ln (entry at back) 66213745 Ina 12.15pm Alstonville, ch hall, The Avenue (entry via car park at back) alstonvillesundaybbs@gmail.com 6.30pm Yamba, Community Ctr, Treelands Dr 7.00pm Brunswick Hds, Uniting Ch, Cnr Fingal & Byron Sts, 1hr, Leah 0438188391, & ZOOM 9875553 164 PW 645162 AA CONTACTS Northern Rivers Central District – 0468360160 nrcdofaa@gmail.com Byron Shire District 1800423431 or 0401945671 Iluka 0428303074 (Di) / Tabulum 0457812962 (Sarah) National Website http://www.aa.org.au

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ALSTONVILLE

ALSTONVILLE

CRAWFORD HOUSE MUSEUM The latest exhibition at Crawford House Museum is “At Home with the Crawfords”. It’s the story of the William Ambrose Crawford family who lived in “Olivene” (now Crawford House Museum) and features family objects, memorabilia and photographs which give an insight into the larger history of the period from 1910 ‘til 1980. It runs ‘til 25/4/21. 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.

SQUARE DANCING Alstonville Squares, Friday 5 February, 2021 at Uniting Church Hall, 59 Main Street. Contact 0407 663 017 for further information.

BALLINA BALLINA THE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT RETIREES FAR NORTH COAST BRANCH (AIR) The next meeting will be held at Ballina RSL Club on Friday the 5th of February, 9.30am for a 10.00am start.

BALLINA COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB Happily announces that our Live Social Music Days have returned to the Ballina RSL Club Auditorium. When COVID19 attempted to infest our lands we had to cancel all scheduled music days since March 2020. Now we ready to re-start our music days and welcome you all on Sunday 7th February, 2021 starting at 10.45 am to 5pm. Band for the day will be the ever popular musos of “Ann, Bill, Jim & John” plus many very talented walk-up artists. Free entry, lucky door prizes, raffles and low membership fees. Covid19 restrictions apply on the day and your cooperation would be appreciated. Contact our Secretary Keith 6686 7956/0400 867 956 for further details.

TENTH ANNUAL GRACE CRUICE MEMORIAL ART EXHIBITION Northern Rivers Community Gallery Cnr Cherry & Crane Sts Ballina.

Exhibition by members of Ballina’s Arts and Crafts Centre Inc. Covering many art styles from contemporary to traditional. Funds benefit local charities Support your local Arts. Find us on facebook.

BRUNSWICK HEADS BRUNSWICK HEADS BRUNSWICK HEADS CWA Brunswick Heads CWA monthly meeting on Friday 5th February 9am in CWA rooms, Corner of Park & Booyun Streets, Brunswick Heads.

All members invited new members welcome. Craft morning every Friday from 10am to 2pm. For more information contact 0431 908063.

BRUNSWICK VALLEY VIEW CLUB Our first luncheon for 2021 is the annual general meeting on Thursday, February 11 at 10.30am. The venue is the Brunswick Heads Bowling Club.

Please book with Wenda on 0449 563 580 or email wjhunt@yahoo.com. au no later than the Monday before.

Brunswick Valley VIEW Club has provided district schools with hundreds of library bags and The Pocket Public School received a $50 book voucher.

The members are proud of pastpresident Brenda Caligeros who has been appointed a National Councillor of VIEW. The club continues to support seven disadvantaged students in The Smith Family’s Learning for Life program. For fun and friendship, and to support students who need help, come and join us! For more information, call president Margaret Alderton on 0429 966 894.

CASINO CASINO MEALS ON WHEELS - WEEK 2 MONDAY: B McInerney, C Moulden; TUESDAY: D Coleman, K O’Rielly, L & N O’Rielly; WEDNESDAY: M & M Ayshford, J & J Schneider: THURSDAY: J Crooks, S & B Garrard FRIDAY: T Micallef, P Mackney.

CASINO RICHMOND MUSIC CLUB We will hold our next singalong on Sunday 21st February at the Casino RSM Club upstairs main auditorium starting 10am. All welcome, free entry, lots of singers and musicians. I’m sure you will enjoy the day. Call Gloria on 6662 2625 or 0412 910 884

GRAFTON GRAFTON GRAFTON U3A Will hold the first Jabberfest for the year on Monday 8th February at 10am.

Previous notifications were in error (not ours) and referred to the situation in 2020. We look forward to seeing all of our members at the New Life Church in Arthur St next Monday and on the second Mondays of each month for the rest of the year. Monday’s programme will take the form of an information session and Kevin Dixon will present a Heads and Tails quiz and a History of Comics in Australia KYOGLE KYOGLE KYOGLE COUNTRY MUSIC Kicks off for 2021 with our AGM then music at 11am on 14th February at KYOGLE GOLF CLUB as this is our 40th Year we are looking forward to a great year. This is a fully catered event LENNOXHEAD HEAD LENNOX LENNOX HEAD EVENING VIEW CLUB is holding their Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 9 February 2021 at the Beef and Beach (Lennox Hotel) from 6.30pm. Cost $30. Lennox Head Evening VIEW Club currently sponsor two Learning for Life students. If you wish to attend please ensure you advise Sue Brennan no later than Monday 8 February (0409 728 814) to book your place.

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60 COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD / SPORT

n 0449 563 PROBUS CLUB OF LENNOX HEAD The Probus Club of Lennox Head o.com. meets 9.30 for 10.00 a.m. at Club y before.

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noon. Air Rifle shooting for .22 & 177 air rifles will also be available at the Saturday shoots. For more info please phone Derek on 66282082 (AH).

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February 4, 2021

CAROONA STAFF REUNION Past & Present Caroona Staff - All areas Friday 12th February 12noon.

Lunch: 12:30pm Lismore Sports Club, Oliver Ave, Goonellabah. Ph Jane: 6629 0211 ROTARY CLUB OF LISMORE NETWORKING ‘Want to be part of an innovative, interesting and inclusive networking group who meet fortnightly to share ideas, meet other professionals and work together to make a difference in your community? Then Rotary Club of Lismore Networking could be the answer for you! Meets fortnightly on Wednesdays at the Rous Hotel, Keen Street, Lismore at 5.30pm. For more information contact Rita on 0413 300 578 or Gae 0412 742 095 LISMORE HOME GARDEN EDUCATION CLUB Will hold its first meeting for 2021 at the Lismore Workers Club at 1pm.

Plant of month Cacti or Succulent. New Members Welcome. Info Contact Sec Dawn Coles 0448 294 496 Email dcoles39@outlook .com THE GOONELLABAH PROBUS CLUB Meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month at the Workers Sports Club Oliver ave Goonellabah at 10 am Next meeting is the 18th Febuary. New members welcome. Please contact Gloria Francis on 66291442.

MULLUMBIMBY MULLUMBIMBY CWA Mullumbimby Country Women’s Association (CWA) next branch meeting is at 10 am on Wednesday 10 February at the CWA rooms (on the corner of Tincogan and Gordon Streets). New members are very welcome. For more information call 0427 847 282.

POTTSVILLE POTTSVILLE POTTSVILLE FUN CROQUET CLUB INC Meets at Blackrocks Sports Fields on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8.30am. We will recommence playing on Tuesday, 9th February after our short summer break. We look forward to seeing you all again. For any further enquires please call Pat on 0427 976 436 or Jean on 0431 606 376.

WOLLONGBAR WOLLONGBAR THE PROBUS CLUB OF WOLLONGBAR “A wonderful rollup of members enjoyed a nicely cooked and presented array of meals for a lunch at the Wollongbar Tavern on Thursday January 21 preceded by very meticulous recording of personal details consistent with the State’s requirements to maintain control of this intruding villain to our lives, the COVID-19. This challenge at the

entrance didn’t inhibit the enthusiasm on meeting our Probus friends again.

The sight of the busy wagging tongues and happy faces was a sight for sore eyes, as they say. The club’s committee are arranging another get together, no bus this time so a need to go by own transport down to Ballina Town on Thursday February 25th firstly to the Ballina Community Gallery - where there will be a group exhibition entitled “Impressions of Nature” followed by a morning tea at the Gallery Cafe. Then off to the Maritime Museum, a must see. For further details will follow.

Phone Ron at 6628 3381 or Keith at 6628 0393.

FOR ALL NORTHERN RIVERS COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES NORTHERN NSW: CAFE CATCH UP Mezza at the Point, at the Ramada Hotel and Suites, Ballina, 10-11am on Tuesday 9 February. Do you love a coffee? Or is tea, hot chocolate or chai your favourite brew? Whatever your choice, it is good to get out and have a chat over a cup of something. Maybe you are new to the area and don’t have friends to meet up with yet, or none of your friends are available? Do you have something on your mind? Would you like to meet some new people without any agenda? We’d love you to join us!

There may be one person or 10 turn up, who knows? Contact Jane on 0438 814 552 for more information.

FEMALE FRIENDLY FACILITIES LONG OVER DUE, BUT VERY WELCOME

By Tim Howard

Ms Powell said these facilities would add to the FORMER Matilda and Grafton number of girls wanting to football star Jo Powell said a play all sports. share of a $50 million initiative “We’ve already got girls to make change rooms at turning up to play even though Clarence and Richmond valley there is nowhere for them to sports fields female-friendly change or shower,” she said. was long overdue.

“Once these facilities are Ms Powell, who played for there, there will be feeling of the national team between inclusiveness. After all, we’re 1996 and 2000 and still played all footballers who love the and coached at local level, game.” said it would make a massive She said the game had difference for girls coming come a long since her days into the game. playing for the under-11s boys “To be honest you would representative team. have to wonder why it’s taken “We had to get a special so long” she said. dispensation from the Football Ms Powell said it was Federation to allow me to more than young girls who play,” she said. “And we had found the lack of facilities for to notify the other team ahead women a problem. of time there would be a girl in “I work with the Kick-On our team.” for Women program, a Member for Clarence Chris initiative that gets women of Gulaptis said the successful all ages who have little or no Australia-New Zealand bid experience with football to get for the 2023 Women’s Soccer involved in a healthy activity,” World Cup had also provided Ms Powell said. a spur to give girls and women “We’ve got ladies turning in the Clarence and Richmond up who have no access to Valley fairer access to sporting facilities to get changed or facilities. shower after their session.

He said elite players would “It’s something that just also benefit from access to makes it harder to keep people a $150,000 Northern NSW coming back.” training hub.

be available on the Regional Growth Fund website in coming months.

The State Government has also invested $750,000 for five regional NSW soccer training hubs, including one in Northern NSW, to foster talent ahead of the Women’s World Cup in Australia in two years’ time.

Ms Powell recalled when she rose to the elite levels of her sport in the mid-1990s, she was forced to travel to Newcastle continuously for training and matches.

“Eventually I had to move down there to follow my sport and have a chance to play at the top level,” she said.

“The success of women’s be remedied with a $50 Mr Gulaptis noted the AFL and the women’s Big million injection of cash from Matildas had historically Bash League prove that the NSW Government. performed better than women can and want to He said the $50 million their male counterparts compete in the same team would be made available at the international level sports as men at the highest through the Stronger Country and that dominance was level,” Mr Gulaptis said.

Communities Fund Round set to continue with the “But they have all too often four to meet strong demand development of the female been held back by facilities for further high quality soccer stars of the future. largely geared towards men. community and sports-related “In the FIFA world The lack of female changing infrastructure projects. rankings, the Australian men facilities at regional NSW Further details about are 41st but the Matildas are sports venues is a particular Round Four of the program, seventh and a real chance of problem.” including guidelines and winning the World Cup on Mr Gulaptis said that would eligible applicants, would home soil,” Mr Gulaptis said.

The Northern Rivers Times

February 4, 2021

FISHING / TIDES/ WEATHER 61 BALLINA The larger tides around the full moon have been pushing the clearer water up to Pimlico Island on the run in tides. This has allowed the fish to move further up the river towards Wardell. The bream have been spread out, with most of the fish coming from the rock walls between the mouth of the river and Wardell. Prawns and mullet have been the best baits, and lightly weighted

FISHING NEWS

METRO E10 Unlead91 U95 U98 Diesel

112.9 113.9 124.9 132.9 113.9

soft plastics in more natural colors have worked for the lure brigade.

The flathead are still in better numbers in some of the deeper sections. Live baits have been a little difficult to find, so try some cut baits or pilchards instead. The larger tides have been good for the crabs with some better quality crabs coming from further up Emigrant Creek and the main river. Offshore is looking a

WOOLWORTHS CALTEX 123.9 124.9 137.9 145.9 122.9

UNITED 118.9 120.9 141.9 123.7

UNITED STH 119.9 121.9 142.9 122.9

little tough this week with some swell, wind and a little rain. There are a few more mackerel showing up on the close reefs, but getting live bait has been hard so make sure you have some troll baits or lures ready just in case. The current has slowed up a little out wide with some quality pearl perch wide of the 48’s and some small kingfish on the 42’s.

The beaches have been

holding some nice flathead, dart and whiting. White pilchards and worms have been the pick of the baits. We have also had some reports of a small number of tailor on the beaches, with the better quality fish showing up late afternoon and into the night on pilchards and mullet. The beaches north of the river mouth have been producing a few more fish of late.

Tight lines. Brett

UNITED 115.9

CALTEX BANORA BAIT PLACE

BP 139.9 153.9 159.9 134.9

117.9 130.9 138.9 119.9

149.9 151.9 164.5 172.5 125.9

123.9 132.9 144.9 128.9

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

NORTHERN RIVERS TEMPERATURE & RAINFALL PREDICTIONS AREA GRAFTON EVANS KYOGLE BALLINA MULLUM TWEED

Thurs 4th Feb 30o - 18o 26 - 21o 30o - 19o 26o - 21o 26o - 21o 26o - 21o

70% 96% 99% 96% 99% 99%

Fri 5th Feb

Sat 6th Feb

Sun 7th Feb

Mon 8th Feb

Tues 9th Feb

Wed 10th Feb

29o - 20o 46% 26 - 21o 44% 30o - 19o 46% 26o - 21o 44% 26o - 22o 44% 26o - 21o 41%

32o - 20o 26o - 21o 32o - 20o 26o - 21o 27o - 22o 27o - 21o

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The Northern Rivers Times

February 4, 2021

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YOUNG SPEEDWAY DRIVERS GOING PLACES

Photo: Shaq’s Speedway Pics

Ryley Smith in the Channon Tavern #15 RSA Junior Sedan racecar which won him the All Stars feature event at Grafton Speedway recently.

The young 16-year-old

Photo: Shaq’s Speedway Pics

competitor from Lismore has racked up four wins in succession at Grafton, Archerfield (Brisbane), Grafton and January 16, winning at Oakbank Park Raceway (Tamworth).

The A1 Signs/Channon Tavern #16 RSA racecar 18-year-old Shanae Smith and 13-year-old Daisy Smith share in separate divisions during a speedway race meeting. Shanae Smith

MAX PERROT SURF COLUMN

Pictured: Carissa Moore Photographer: Ryan Miller

Hawaiian surfers Carissa Moore and John John Florence have claimed victory in the digital version of the Triple Crown of Surfing.

It’s a specialty series of professional surfing

events that have been held annually since 1983 on the North Shore of Oahu.

The three unique venues of Haleiwa, Sunset, and Pipeline are usually the last

three major events of the professional surfing season; the Pipe Masters being the final event of the World Surf League Championship Tour up until 2020 when it became the first event

KILLER WHALES COACHES LOCKED IN!

Photo: Shaq’s Speedway Pics

finished first in the RSA 4 Cylinders feature event and Daisy Smith finished second in the RSA Junior Sedans New Stars feature event at Grafton Speedway.

WASP Racing RSA Street Stockers sedan driver Jamie Smith (#68) competes in a qualifying heat race at Grafton Speedway finishing second in his feature event and getting

in some useful practice time in preparation for the RSA Street Stockers Australian Championship to be held at the track on February 13. Photos: Shaq’s Speedway Pics

of the 2021 season (although still held in December of 2020).

In 2020, under challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the series went fully digital. Surfers had from December 21, 2020, to January 15, 2021, to upload their two best video clips from each of the three iconic venues.

One of the high points of the digital Vans Triple Crown of Surfing series was the return of the women’s division, and the return of women to Pipeline.

The digital Vans Triple Crown of Surfing awarded individual location titles for Haleiwa, Sunset and Pipeline, as well as

overall Vans Triple Crown champion titles to the top performing man and woman across all three locations, with a total prize purse of $200,000 split equally among men and women.

Moore and Florence, of course, were likely winners, the pair are world champions and know Hawaiian waves extraordinarily well, but the event format made their wins even more impressive.

Instead of three events in the water, competitors filmed their sessions and sent in their best waves from Haleiwa, Pipeline, and Sunset to be judged.

“It’s a really cool event,” Florence told the WSL, “because it allows so

much freedom and it really allows the surfers to go above and beyond on their waves rather than building a heat structure in that short 30 minutes and trying to get the best waves you can in 30 minutes.” Moore, who has been pushing the boundaries of women’s surfing hard this year, spent just as much time in the water on the North Shore as anyone, despite the fact that she doesn’t live there.

“I was pretty much surfing the North Shore almost every day,” Moore told the WSL. “I live in town but I was making the drive up probably five to six times a week.”

The Evans River Killer Whales Rugby preseason training started Wednesday 27th January at Stan Payne Oval. The exciting news is the Killer Whales have been fortunate in acquiring the services of a talented and well credentialed senior Men’s coach Darren Winkler.

Darren has played the game, coached and refereed so there’s no doubt he knows his way around the game.

He is a Level 2 Rugby Coach having coached juniors and senior teams at both club and Representative level. Darren, a Life member of the Casino Rugby Club moved to Evans Head over 12 months ago and after a break from rugby has got the itch again

and decided it was time to get involved again.

It’s not all about Darren either with the signing of experienced Ex Killer whale player Chris Barnard taking on the role of senior Women’s Coach. Chris played his twilight years with the killer whales and since rugby retirement has decided to share his knowledge in a Coaching role.

Chris’s lifetime of rugby experience playing for both Casino Bulls and Kyogle Cockies will put the Killer Whales Women in good stead for their upcoming season with training starting in early February at Stan Payne Oval Wednesdays from 6:30pm.

The official season launch is on Sat 6th February with our faithful major sponsor Dan Simpson and the Illawong Hotel Evans Head. Starting at 4pm there will be some formalities’ awards and presentations from 2020.

New coaches Darren Winkler and Chris Barnard will be explaining their Rugby philosophy and they will be well supported by the core of experienced Rugby players and officials that the Killer Whales can boast.

As always the Killer Whales are welcoming new players and volunteers to the club and all teams so please contact via the Facebook page for more information.

The Northern Rivers Times

February 4, 2021

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SEAGULLS TO LAUNCH SEASON WITH BREAKFAST continued from back page

It will be full steam ahead for the Tweed Seagulls Rugby League club in 2021 as they return to the field in full force this year.

Club CEO Matt Francis said it was the women who flew the flag for the club last year with the rest of the teams playing just one game before Covid 19 struck.

Seagulls will celebrate the start of the new season with their Seagulls to Heroes Business Breakfast at the club on February 10.

The event featuring Foxtel presenter Ben Ikin will include guestspeakers Titans head coach Justin Holbrook, NRL Legend Preston Campbell and last year’s QLD NRLW Origin player of the Match, Seagull’s own Tarryn Aiken.

Francis said proceeds from the event will go towards supporting the Tom Searle Scholarships and Seagulls to Heroes Pathway Program.

“We’re eager to have a full season of football after last year,” Francis said.

“At the moment we’ve got our five teams in full preparation for the upcoming season.”

The club compete in the QRL Intrust Super Cup against the top clubs in Queensland, also fielding sides in the Colts (20s-21), Under 18s, Under 16 boys and the women’s premiership team.

“This is the third year that we have a women’s side,” he said.

“It’s a growing area of the game but we are pretty fortunate to have the Gold Coast airport to sponsor which enables us to put our hands up to be in the State-wide competition. There have been some great success stories in that.

“Probably the biggest success stories – as you can see on our breakfast list – we have one of the women highlighted at the breakfast, that’s Tarryn Aiken.

“Tarryn Aiken was a local girl, went to Tweed River High and was an excellent touch football player who decided to give the contact version of the game a crack.”

Over the past two years Aiken has rapidly

developed to the point where she was player of the match in the recent State of Origin for Queensland.

“She has been a great inspiration for the younger girls in the district who are looking to have that same experience in contact rugby league,” Francis said.

“Last year our women’s side played the most football of all our sides. After round one all the competitions were suspended and then cancelled but then during the season when the NRL started to play and community football started to play the NRL announced there would be a women’s state of origin team and the NRLW played at the end of the NRL season.

“That meant there was a lot of players out there who would have had no game time or preparation. So there was a five-team competition constructed Holsom Cup and we spoke to the girls and they were all committed. We got the squad back together, of course then after round one the border closed

Zara Canfield. but we found around that and even though we lost more players the girls went really well.

“The ended up being third in the competition.”

The result has given the club a great platform to build on for the future with four players selected in the NRLW including Broncos

Tarryn Aiken and Jessika Elliston, Caitlin Phillips in the Roosters and Zara Canfield a young Currumbin player was picked as a development player in the Broncos team.

“We’re fairly confident we have nucleus of a great team we are very fortunate to pick

up some additional good players including Georgia Hale who was the Warriors NRLW captain,” he said.

For more information on the breakfast as well as obtaining tickets head to: https://www. tweedseagulls.com.au/ shop/

The Jacaranda Hotel Social Golf Club Clarence District Branch

“The Jacaranda Hotel Social Golf Club’s next game of golf is on this Sunday 7th February, 2021, at the Grafton District Golf Club.

Tee Off Time is

9.30am, for a two person ambrose event, sponsored by the Jacaranda Hotel Social Golf Club. Names are required to be in at the Jaca by 4.00 pm Friday 5th February,

2021, if unable to get to the Jaca, please contact Strap, (Mob. 0429 462 036) he will certainly help you out.

After the game back at the Jaca you will be well

looked after with, coldies, treats, the presentation and A. G. M. New members are welcome, so it will be great to see Ya all there this Sunday. Be There.”

Welcome back to bowling to all the Clarence District Branch of the NSW Bowls Past Presidents Association.

We hope that everyone had a lovely Christmas and is now ready to tackle a brand new year of bowls. May 2021 be a year full of good health, fun bowls and friendship.

Our first meeting of the year will be held 7th of February, 2021, at the Wooli Bowling and Recreation Club.

Thank you Wooli Club for hosting this day as we all look forward to catching up with those people we have not been able to meet on the green for a while. We will begin the day at 10am with a game of mixed bowls and lots of fun before enjoying

lunch at approximately 12.30pm. After lunch wil be our quarterly meeting.

We love to have new members along to join us and we invite all Wooli members to come along for a fun day.

Existing members are invited to bring a friend along as everyone is welcome. The good news is that people wanting to join our happy group, may now do so online with internet banking. Full membership, (actual past presidents), is $15.00 and Social members, who are a registered member of a bowling club, at the very small cost of $10.00.

Payment to be made to The Past Presidents Clarence Bowling Association,

National Australia Bank, BSB 082-631, Account Number 509709362. Please make sure you put your name on the transaction .

Our AGM was held last November at Red Rock and we were fortunate to have all executives return to office.

All of these people have done an outstanding job for the past year and we are looking forward to a great, fun filled year ahead.

Looking forward to seeing lots of members at Wooli 7th February, and don’t forget to bring a friend to share in the fun and antics on the green.

The Executive for 2021 are pictured, from left to right, Alan Stichbury,Col Milne, Phil Bond,Owen Kesby, and Brian Hall.

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It will be full steam ahead for the Tweed Seagulls Rugby League club in 2021 as they return to the field in full force this year.

Club CEO Matt Francis said it was the women who flew the flag for the club last year with the rest of the teams playing just one game before Covid 19 struck.

Seagulls will celebrate the start of the new season with their Seagulls to Heroes Business Breakfast at the club on February 10.

The event featuring Foxtel presenter Ben Ikin will include guest-speakers Titans head coach Justin Holbrook, NRL Legend Preston Campbell and last year’s QLD NRLW Origin player of the Match, Seagull’s own Tarryn Aiken.

Francis said proceeds from the event will go towards supporting the Tom Searle Scholarships and Seagulls to Heroes Pathway Program.

The event featuring Foxtel presenter Ben Ikin will include guest-speakers Titans head coach Justin Holbrook, NRL Legend Preston Campbell and last year’s QLD NRLW Origin player of the Match, Seagull’s own Tarryn Aiken.

Francis said proceeds from the event will go towards supporting the Tom Searle Scholarships and Seagulls to Heroes Pathway Program. continued page 63

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