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July 1, 2021

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COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS TIGHTEN

By Margaret Dekker REGIONAL New South Wales is coming to grips with tighter social distancing restrictions as residents of Greater Sydney including those in the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour, continue a 14-day lockdown to try and stem the state’s growing COVID-19 outbreak.

Earlier in the week, Premier Gladys Berejiklian advised New South Wales residents, “We have to be prepared for the numbers to bounce around and we have to be prepared for the numbers to go up

considerably,” she said.

From now until at least 11.59pm on Friday, July 9, people across all NSW regions including the Northern Rivers must wear face masks in all indoor non-residential settings including workplaces; at organised outdoor gatherings; on public transport, and during gym and dance classes which are capped at 20 participants per class.

Visitor numbers to the home are also capped at five visitors at any one time to a household, and for those aged over 70 or who have a pre-existing medical condition, further

limits on home visitors are recommended.

The one person per 4m2 rule has been re-introduced for all indoor and outdoor settings including weddings and funerals.

Tweed Shire Council was among the first Northern Rivers municipalities to issue a statement advising face masks are now compulsory at Council offices in Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads and at all TSC facilities including the Tweed Regional Aquatic Centres, Tweed Regional Museum, Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre

and the Tweed Tip shop where capacity limits are now being enforced together with QR Code entry requirements.

Tweed Mayor, Chris Cherry, backed the restrictions.

“These measures have been introduced to stop the spread of COVID-19 and to protect residents from this evolving outbreak,” Cr Cherry said.

“Everyone attending Council facilities needs to wear a mask and we remind people to practice social distancing, ensure good hygiene and please stay home if you feel unwell. We know the community will support each

other through this challenging time and we appreciate your cooperation.”

Tweed Heads resident John Wayne (pictured) is among those adjusting to the snap restrictions. He told the Northern Rivers Times he was happy to wear a mask but noted not everyone was complying, “It’s really an honesty system with people as no one is enforcing the masks.

You’ve got to wear them, it’s a different world today, we’ve all got to work together,” he said.

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Interesting results from Covid vaccine survey

By Tonia Dynan TO find out why people on the Northern Rivers are hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccination, Healthy North Coast has conducted an online survey of more than 1000 people over the past few weeks.

Sixty per cent of North Coast residents who responded to the community consultation either plan to be vaccinated or have been already.

A further 18% said they would probably have the vaccine, 10% said they probably wouldn’t and 12% rejected the idea of COVID-19 vaccination.

Healthy North Coast CEO, Julie Sturgess (pictured), said they were keen to understand community perceptions about the vaccination program.

“What’s really interesting for us is we want to understand the things that they’d like to know about so that they feel more confident getting vaccinated,” she said.

“Obviously, that’s a great result for the North Coast thinking that about 80% of people are keen to get vaccinated. That’s important for us because we have a lot of vulnerable groups on the North Coast, and we know that the best protection for all those vulnerable groups, is making sure that the majority of the population is vaccinated.

“To be honest, sometimes on the North Coast there is a perception that we are not quite so positive around vaccination, so I think it’s been very positive for us.

“The best people to talk to for those people that want to understand more about vaccination and its safety is to make an appointment with their GP, their health provider who can give them all the latest advice about the safety of vaccination, what their risk with COVID is, and help them make a really informed choice.”

Ms Sturgess said the organisation was happy that around four out of every five people were keen to get the vaccine, but they still wanted

to do more work around how they could push that percentage even higher.

“The reality is that herd immunity is achieved at different percentage rates for different viruses or diseases so at this point in time we don’t know what that percentage has to be achieved, to achieve herd immunity for COVID-19,” she said.

The survey found 22% of 35–44-year-olds say they would ‘definitely not’ get the COVID-19 vaccine, whereas healthcare workers are more likely to be ‘vaccine champions’ (43%), as are over 65s.

More than 30% of respondents from the local government areas of Bellingen, Kyogle, Richmond Valley and Tweed said they probably wouldn’t or definitely wouldn’t get a vaccine.

“As of last week, we delivered 210,000 vaccinations across the North Coast, which is really positive,” Ms Sturgess said.

“On the North Coast at the moment we’re receiving around 26,000 vaccinations a week, probably a bit more, and we’re delivering probably about 10,000 vaccinations a week, so there is definitely room for improvement.

“Now that Pfizer is recommended for people under 60, and now it’s available for vaccines for 40 to 59 year olds, then we’re going to see a big uptake of them for those expanded age groups, and also the expanded availability of vaccine.”

Ms Sturgess said the supply of the AstraZeneca vaccine

was available across the region and from July 5 about 20 GP practices would be delivering the Pfizer vaccine.

“Each week we are bringing on additional practices so, with that, we will see an increase in the availability of Pfizer as well,” she said.

GP Dr Tonya Coren, from First Light Healthcare in Ballina, said COVID was an evolving space but having 80% of people vaccinated would not be enough to reach herd immunity.

“We are really encouraging all those who are wanting to get vaccinated, considering it, to come forward and to get vaccinated,” Dr Coren said.

“I think if anything that 20% shows that we’ve got work to do to educate them. This is such an evolving space with COVID, each week there’s different health advice. We really have to learn to, evolve with this, and we have to go okay, well what are your reasons.

“This is why the survey has been done to identify their concerns, and then we have to go out and make sure that we are clearly answering those questions and making sure that they are confident and comfortable in their decision to be vaccinated.

“You are not going to

change everyone’s opinion but there is a proportion of people where you are able to have a conversation with them and get them to understand our health concerns, and it is very difficult for people when you don’t have high rates of COVID circulating in the community, but that can easily change as we can see with what’s happening in Sydney.”

Dr Coren said fear of the unknown was the main concern about the COVID vaccination.

“People are concerned that it has been rushed through but when you sit down and go actually, it hasn’t, all the threephase trials have taken place, but they’ve been expedited

because we are under such huge time pressures,” she said.

The availability of the vaccine was not the only obstacle clinics were facing.

“We also have to ensure that all our nurses are trained, that we have enough nurses,” Dr Coren said.

“It’s not necessarily just about how many vaccines we have. We have got huge staffing issues we are trying to get more nurses; it has not been an easy job to man the clinic either.”

The best way for people to find out when and where to book a vaccination is by using the online Vaccine Eligibility Checker and clinic finder at www.health.gov.au.

COVID RESTRICTIONS TIGHTEN Continued from p1 He believes it’s only a matter of time before the Queensland Government erects a barricade at the New South Wales – Queensland border at Tweed Heads.

Border zone residents are not exempt from completing the Queensland Government’s Travel Declaration pass to enter Queensland, which is valid for 14 days.

NSW Police will continue to perform random checks of number plates in the border region to ensure drivers are complying with the declaration process.

Regional NSW residents are also being advised not to enter Greater Sydney without a reasonable excuse nor plan a holiday there.

For full details of restrictions go to New South Wales government website www.nsw.gov.au

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July 1, 2021

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GULAPTIS IN SELF-ISOLATION

By Tonia Dynan WHILE new Covid restrictions have come into effect on the Northern Rivers, Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis is in self-isolation in his accommodation in Sydney after being considered a close contact of a positive case.

Mr Gulaptis was contacted by NSW Health last week and advised to get tested and isolate. His first test came back negative.

The contact occurred while in Sydney attending Parliament this week.

“I am required to be tested again on days seven and 12, and isolate until midnight July 6,” he said.

“This is a timely reminder that the pandemic is not over, that social isolation is critically important and that it is vital to get vaccinated as soon as possible once you

become eligible.

“I am sorry that back home we have to put up with temporary restrictions, but they are very important to keep us safe.”

Mr Gulatpis was in Sydney for a Nationals budget dinner at parliament attended by dozens of politicians and staffers, including agriculture minister Adam Marshall who later tested positive for Covid-19.

The function went ahead on Tuesday night despite warnings by the premier to avoid large social gatherings.

The dinner was attended by 60 to 70 people including several

ministers and briefly by the premier herself.

All face-to-face meetings with Mr Gulaptis have been cancelled, but he said he was still available to answer emails and phone calls if his constituents needed anything from him.

Mr Gulatpis recently had his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccination and said this new outbreak demonstrated the need for everybody to vaccinate.

“We can live with this for a while, there’s no doubt about it, but until we are all vaccinated, as a nation, we’re not going to be able to get back to any sense of normality, we’re not going to be able to travel internationally,” he said.

“I’ve got two kids overseas and I’m not going to be able to see them. We just need to do this so that we can go back to some sense of normality.”

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While the University Libraries and Student Hubs will remain open in a scaled-back capacity, students are encouraged to engage online with those services where ever possible.

The University was also planning to welcome new students in person for Orientation Week (June 28 to July 2).

These social and academic activities, designed to introduce students to life and study at University, will now proceed online. For more information and latest updates, go to scu.edu.au/ orientation At this stage the University expects normal activity to resume on Monday 12 July, subject to NSW Health Department advice at the time.

“Since COVID-19 first appeared last year, the University has always put the safety of our students and staff as the highest priority,” said Mr Allan Morris, Vice President (Operations).

“With that in mind, and given the escalating situation with COVID in NSW and QLD, the University has decided to revert to a ‘study/work from

home’ environment for students and staff at the Lismore, Coffs Harbour and Gold Coast campuses, with attendance on campus limited to essential activity only.

“We appreciate the flexibility of students and staff as we respond to this situation. Please take care and always follow the relevant state health department advice.”

The following restrictions now apply in NSW in response to the increasing number of COVID cases: • Masks must be worn indoors, including workplaces, across all of NSW, including Lismore and Coffs Harbour campuses; • Border Passes are now required to enter Queensland; the previous ‘cross border bubble’ arrangements no longer apply; and • Anyone who has been in Greater Sydney (including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour) since Monday June 21 must follow the current ‘stay-at-home’ order for 14 days after you left Greater Sydney.

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HOUSING FOCUS FOR NR JOINT ORGANISATION THE housing crisis facing the Northern Rivers was the focus of the workshop held by the Northern Rivers Joint Organisation on Friday, June 18 at the Tweed Shire Council Chambers in Murwillumbah.

The Board of the NRJO heard presentations from both the public and private sector that examined the extent of the issue, the way it affected different segments of society and the potential long and short-term solutions.

NRJO Chair Cr Danielle Mulholland said social housing had always been a key priority of the NRJO, but that the lack of availability of housing generally had now reached a crisis level.

So much so three of its six councils – Byron, Tweed and Lismore – have declared a

Housing Emergency.

“One of the unforeseen consequences of the pandemic has been the pressure on the housing market created by the return of hundreds of thousands of Australians from overseas and the unprecedented regional

migration.

“The communities within the Northern Rivers have borne the brunt of the situation and have been subject to some of the largest increases in both rents and house prices in NSW, which has resulted in many

people struggling to keep or find accommodation,” Cr Mulholland said.

The workshop heard that amongst the barriers were a lack of diversity in the size and type of housing available, the availability of suitable land and the supply effect of

holiday letting on the overall housing stock.

“The NRJO will now look to work with the Regional Housing Taskforce announced by the Minister Stokes last week to fast track both longand short-term solutions,” Cr Mulholland said.

Ballina Council wants Crown Land for housing

By Tonia Dynan TO try and ease the housing crisis and homelessness on the Northern Rivers, Ballina Shire Council will, in conjunction with community-based housing providers, liaise with the State Government to investigate ways to convert suitable Crown Land into affordable or community housing.

Cr Jeff Johnson said the issue needed to be acknowledged as there has been a dramatic increase in rents in the shire over the last couple of years.

“This has been driven by a few factors including an increase in property prices, property owners seeking a greater return on their investments, the rise in properties being made available for holiday rentals

(site such as air BnB), and more people wanting to move to our area since the COVID pandemic began early last year,” Cr Johnson said.

“This has created a critical shortage in affordable rental properties that are available and a greater sense of insecurity for those currently renting.

“Recent statistics highlight this with a rental vacancy rate of less than 1%. Increasingly, when a home does become available for rent it is not uncommon for up to 50 applicants to apply. Often people are offering to pay over and above the listed rental price in order to secure the property, which drives the market increasingly higher.

“The COVID pandemic in particular has increased the number of people moving to our area from the capital cities.

This has led to this perfect storm which is resulting in couples and families who have stable employment and a long rental history suddenly being pushed out of the market.”

Cr Johnson said this was causing an increase in not only rental stress, but also an inability of many local businesses to find staff, simply because there is no affordable housing available.

“To highlight this point, the Ballina post code (2478) recorded among the lowest private rental market vacancy rate in the SQM Research survey at 0.2% in January 2021,” he said.

“When local businesses and organisations that work in the health, hospitality and service industries can’t find staff due to there being no affordable housing then we know the situation has reached a crisis

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“Following a workshop on this issue with council representatives and local housing and support providers Social Futures and North Coast Community Housing, the idea of working collaboratively with these organisations and the State Government to search for a meaningful solution was proposed.

“One possible solution that needs to be explored further is for the use of appropriate Crown Land holdings within the Ballina Shire (and beyond) to be converted into affordable or community housing.”

North Coast Community Housing CEO John McKenna said he had probably stood before five local councils on the issue of affordable housing in recent weeks and said he didn’t see any solution coming

from the State Government.

“There was a lack of any resolve from the State Government in Tuesday’s budget to address it which makes it even more dire,” Mr McKenna said.

Meanwhile, in State Parliament last week, Lismore MP Janelle Saffin called on the government to invest more in social housing in ruralregional NSW. “The waiting time for public housing in Lismore is between five and 10 years,” Ms Saffin said.

“The NSW Government only announced 800 new social housing dwellings.

That is not enough to meet the high demand for housing in rural-regional New South Wales. I call on the NSW Government to invest more in social housing in ruralregional NSW.”

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PREFERRED CANDIDATE FOR LISMORE GM NAMED MICHAEL Donnelly has been named as the preferred candidate for the role of Lismore City Council’s general manager.

Mayor Vanessa Ekins said Mr Donnelly was the stand-out candidate for the job and the decision of councillors was unanimous.

“Council has now officially made the offer to Michael and he will be officially appointed once the necessary recruitment process is complete,” she said.

“It was an exhaustive recruitment process and one that we took our time with to ensure we got the right person for the job, and we did.

“It has been a tough four years at Council with the fire at the waste facility, COVID-19, floods and bushfires, but now is the time to focus on the future.

“Since Michael took up the

role of acting general manager earlier this year, he has ‘steadied the ship’ and ensured Council delivers the services our community needs in a cost-effective way.

“He also oversaw the most transparent budget and budget process that I have been part of in 17 years on Council.

This has helped to restore the community’s faith in our Council, and I thank him for that.

“Michael will now implement Council’s continuous improvement process that we can better meet the needs of our community.”

RVC budget changes

By Tonia Dynan LAST minute changes to the budget for Richmond Valley Council included an increase of $360,000 for desludging of the Casino Sewerage Treatment Plant tertiary ponds, which is now estimated to cost $700,000.

Other changes included a decrease in the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange capital works budget of $74,000, and as livestock dropped from 130,000 to 110,000 head, operating income was also down by $81,033, which also decreased the capital works levy to $37,200.

There was a decrease of $23,000 in water fund capital works due to the Casino Water Treatment Plant lunchroom extension being completed in the 2020/2021 financial year.

Capital expenditure did increase as the council obtained grant funding of $454,545 towards construction of the Rappville Hall.

Updated supplementary land values and the number of assessments and services resulted in a net increase

in rates and annual charges of $30,183.

And the recent pay increase for the mayor and councillors was under budget by $2804.

The Draft Revenue Policy the Statement of Rates and Charges was updated with the latest supplementary land values along with movements in the number of assessments and services. In addition, the total permissible income was revised upwards by $23,000 to $14,727,497.

Annual charges for waste, water, sewerage, and stormwater increased by $7183.

Mayor Robert Mustow said this was the fifth and final budget of the current council and was the largest ever of the Richmond Valley Council at $67.6 million, and a capital works program of $46.8 million.

“Council advertised draft documents for 28

days and I note there were no submissions. I will take this as a vote of endorsement from our residents,” Cr Mustow said.

“When council adopted the Richmond Valley Community Strategic Plan in June 2017 it was great community support, and I quote, ‘for council to manage financial services and procurement practice to enable council’s financial sustainability’.

“This council has followed their wishes and delivered an unrestricted surplus for five years, including this budget of $306,000 and estimates to continue and coming in.

“I believe this current council is handing over financially stable and fit for the future organisation to the incoming council after the September elections and I just want to say well done to everyone.”

years. I know this area well as I grew up here and I look forward to this role,” he said.

“Since I took up the acting position in February, as a Council we have achieved a lot but there is still more to be done to provide better services and meet the community’s expectations.

“I would also like to thank Council staff who I have found to be very professional and who want to do the best they can for Council and our community.

Mr Donnelly is an engineer Mr Donnelly will be and holds a Master of Law appointed on a four-year degree. contract.

He has previously been the Mr Donnelly said he was chief executive of a statelooking forward to introducing owned trading corporation more efficiencies at Lismore which had a 3000-strong City Council. workforce and revenues of “I am very humbled to be $500 million, as well as the the preferred candidate and regional director of NSW look forward to the next four Public.

RVC BRIEFS RICHMOND Valley councillors voted to give themselves a pay increase last week.

Council has set the Mayoral Allowance for the 2021/2022 financial year effective from July 1 at $45,140 per annum or $3761.67 per month.

The Councillor Fee for the 2021/2022 financial year will be $20,690 per annum or $1724.17 per month.

Each financial year, the Local Government Remuneration Tribunal determines the minimum and maximum remuneration payable to mayors and councillors for carrying out their duties.

The Local Government Remuneration Tribunal has determined that the mayoral and councillor fees are to increase by 2% for the 2021/2022 financial year.

Due to the 2020/2021 economic climate and the global pandemic, neither councillors nor the mayor received an increase in their fees for that financial year period.

The recommended increase from the last two years will see the mayor receive an additional $1300 and each councillor an additional $410.

RICHMOND Valley Council showed their support for local events last week, allocating $17,050 cash and $8014 in-kind support from the Event Support Scheme for several local events.

Funding was granted for this year’s Community Christmas Carols, with the Casino RSM Club proposing to partner with the Casino Lions Club to host their annual carols event.

The COW FM Country Music Festival also received financial support as did the Evans Head Malibu Classic, the Riley’s Hill Community Twilight Market, Woodburn Riverside Festival, Casino Quota Club and the Casino

Show Society.

The council provides community groups and organisations with an annual opportunity to apply for financial assistance towards the cost of funding a variety of events within the Richmond Valley area.

The Event Support Scheme has been operating for a few years.

The opportunity to apply for the Event Support Scheme was advertised through Facebook, Richmond Valley Council website as well as emailing an extensive list of event stakeholders within the Richmond Valley.

One application was removed due to receiving event sponsorship through the Bush Fire Recovery Fund.

FIVE grants have been approved across the Richmond Valley Council area and funding has been received for 11 grants.

The Casino Library has been granted $204,857 to extend the library floor space utilising the external courtyard complete with educational gardens, seating, and access to the existing free WiFi. The mobile library has been granted $73,809 to provide solar panels on the truck and the Broadwater Community Hall was granted $5636 to install solar panels at the hall.

The Rappville Community Hall project was granted $1,454,545 to fund the design, contract documentation, procurement, and construction of the hall.

Woodburn Public School was granted $9350 to improve safety around the school by removing vegetation around the perimeter of the school footpaths.

Highlights in the funding received were $10 million for the WoodburnCoraki Road major upgrade, $5 million for the Roads to Recovery program and $5 million for a financial assistance grant.

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Corky served family, community and country

By Tim Howard THE Clarence Valley farewelled one of its few remaining World War II veterans with the funeral of 101-year-old Henry Elworthy Caldwell, known to most as Corky, in Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton.

The Cathedral was filled with mourners last Wednesday as family, friends and members of organisations he had served in during his long life, gathered to send him off.

Grafton RSL members, the Grafton Fire and Rescue and Rural Fire Service members all paid tribute to his years of service in their organisations by creating a Guard of Honour for his coffin as it left the cathedral.

Most moving was the eulogy delivered by Corky’s daughters Suzanne Lofts and Glenda Chappel and grand daughter Toni Borthwick.

Amid tears and smiles all three gave the congregation an insight into the kind of man who selflessly devoted his life

Mourners pay their final respects to Henry ‘Corky’ Caldwell as he leaves Christ Church Cathedral following his funeral service last week.

Henry ‘Corky’ Caldwell ready an Anzac Day parade. He never missed a march in 76 years. to the people he loved and the community he cared for.

Grafton RSL sub Branch secretary Dennis Benfield recalled his trepidation when he first became secretary.

“At the first meeting I was involved with at the desk, in front of where I was situated, were three World War 2 veterans: Reg Hackett, Henry Landenberger and Corky Caldwell,” he said.

“I thought, well, now I have to lift my game, and understand I have to put my best foot forward and honour the sacrifices they made and others made in the second world war.

“After that very first meeting I was approached by the three vets and told I was going to go all right.

“I continued to consult with the three vets and it was my privilege to consider all three friends.”

Mr Benfield said he had

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Henry ‘Corky’ Caldwell’s daughter Suzanne Lofts delivers her part of the eulogy for her father. Her sister, Glenda Chappel and Corky’s grand daughter Toni Borthwick also spoke. been asked by the President of RSL NSW, Ray James, to apologise for being unable to attend and convey his condolences to Corky’s family and friends.

Grafton RSL sub Branch president Brian Bultitude recalled Corky’s years of service in the Australian army, from September 5 1941 to April 8, 1946. He served overseas in the Middle East in 1941 and 1942 and then in Darwin from 1944 until the end of the war.

Befitting a man of Corky’s years and experience, it took

three two daughters and a grand daughter to cover it.

They told of a man who returned from serving a country in a war, raised a family and served his community as best he could.

His love for his wife Gloria, who died just before his 100th birthday, was shining example to his family.

He was a fine sportsman, whose cycling ability was legend. In other pursuit where his experience was lacking, like when he coached his daughter’s hockey teams and others that followed, he

threw himself into and let his enthusiasm take the lead.

His love of fishing passed down through family generations and even when he became too old to fish himself, made sure some of any family member’s catch came to him.

The Dean of Grafton, Dr Greg Jenks’ homily on Corky’s life came from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. Most would know it as a song, first performed by Pete Seeger and later the Byrds, Turn, Turn, Turn.

But after better known list of seasons, the writer of Ecclesiastes summed up their purpose.

He said verses 12 and 13 could sum up Corky’s life.

“I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

“And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.”

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July 1, 2021

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We have a winner! Casino water tank mural selected

By Tonia Dynan THE design for the Casino water tower mural has been selected by Richmond Valley Council.

Queensland-based The Brightsiders’ design was the most popular on social media and is the concept adopted by council.

Mayor Robert Mustow said there had been a lot of community input on the design via social media and he was happy with the recommendation.

“This artwork, I think, really typifies Casino’s history and that’s what part of the brief was, to develop a large mural around the top section of the reservoir to

create a unique statement about the evolving identity of Casino and its community, and I believe it does that very well,” Cr Mustow said.

“It has got some Aboriginal heritage there, it’s got some, as we know the platypus pool is in the river. It’s also got some wildlife from the wetlands, and I’ve had a comment that there’s no black swans around here. When I actually personally drove out and the first couple of birds I came across were some black swans at the wetlands.

“There’s also some history of European settlement. We have some cropping, and for many, many years cropping has been a big part of our regional community. The

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sunflowers haven’t been here long, but they’re a really good picture and so I think that will lighten it up too.”

Cr Mustow said he was keen to see how the mural worked in with the scenic and heritage trail.

“It hasn’t gotten much publicity, but I think that is going to be really, really beneficial for our region,” he said.

“I just think this will be a big attraction for visitors to our area.”

The mural will be the largest public art project in the history of the Richmond Valley.

Through careful planning and consideration to technique and materials - and

noting the mural will need regular maintenance - council anticipates the design could last as long as 15 to 20 years, with a minimum projected life span of 10 years.

The Water and Sewer team has allocated $136,875 to complete associated site works and essential maintenance and safety improvements in advance of the mural works starting in mid-July. Grant funding of $90,000 has been secured to support delivery of this project.

Richmond Valley Council successfully applied for a $125,000 grant from the Regional Tourism Bushfire Recovery grants program, an Australian Government

bushfire recovery initiative to support tourism projects in local government areas impacted by the “Black Summer” bushfires.

Around $90,000 of the funding will be used for the planning, consultation, and commissioning of a mural for the iconic Casino water tower, with an additional $35,000 invested into signage for scenic and heritage walks and promotional activities.

Local Aboriginal artist Charlie Caldwell was commissioned to provide a painting to be an integrated piece of the signage for the heritage walk.

It is hoped work on the mural will be finished by the end of August.

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10 CRIME

LOCAL POLICE BEAT

Charges laid following drug operation – Coffs/Clarence Four people have been charged during a police operation targeting illicit drug supply on the North Coast.

In November 2020, detectives attached to Coffs/Clarence Police District established Strike Force Goodparla to investigate the distribution of illicit drugs including methylamphetamine and cocaine in the region.

During the course of the investigation, police have seized cocaine and methylamphetamine, with an estimated potential street value of nearly $400,000.

Following inquiries, strike force detectives, assisted by officers from State Crime Command’s the Raptor Squad, executed seven search warrants and conducted two Firearms Prohibition Orders (FPOs) within the Coffs Harbour area from 6am on 23 June.

During the searches, police seized three cars, a Harley Davidson motorcycle, jet ski, two trail bikes, jewellery, cannabis, prohibited weapons, mobile phones, and other items relevant to the investigation.

Four people, including three men – 29, 41 and 53 – and a 46-year-old woman were arrested during the operation and taken to Coffs Harbour Police Station.

The 29-year-old man, who is a member of the Lone Wolf Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) Coffs Harbour Chapter, was charged with supply prohibited drug (large commercial quantity).

The 53-year-old man was charged with supply prohibited drug (large commercial quantity).

Both were refused bail to appear at Coffs Harbour Local Court on 24 June.

The 41-year-old man was charged with four counts of supply prohibited drug (between indictable and commercial quantity), two counts of supply prohibited drug (between small and indictable quantity), and supply

prohibited drugs on an ongoing basis.

The 46-year-old woman was charged with supply prohibited drug (between indictable and commercial quantity).

The man and woman were granted conditional bail to appear at Coffs Harbour Local Court on Monday 12 July.

Investigations under Strike Force Goodparla are continuing with more arrests expected.

$250k reward for info on Marion Barter A $250,000 reward has been offered for information into the 1997 suspicious disappearance of Marion Barter.

Marion Barter, aged 51, was last seen at a bus depot on Scarborough Street, near Railway Street, at Southport, Queensland, on Sunday 22 June 1997.

Family members reported Ms Barter missing to police at Byron Bay in October 1997, with detectives from the Tweed-Byron Local Area Command commencing an investigation into her whereabouts.

In July 2019, a formal review of the case was conducted by the TweedByron Police District, the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad and the NSW Department of Communities and Justice.

The Homicide Squad’s Unsolved Homicide Unit subsequently established Strike Force Jurunga to re-investigate Marion’s disappearance.

A coronial inquest, presided by the NSW State Coroner, began in Sydney

on Monday 21 June 2021, and will continue at Ballina and Byron Bay next week.

A NSW Government reward of $250,000 for information which leads to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons responsible for Marion’s suspicious disappearance has been announced.

As inquiries continue, police are renewing their appeal to the community to come forward with any information that may assist detectives with their inquiries.

Body of missing woman located – Ballina A body, believed to be that of a missing woman, has been located on the Far North Coast.

The 88-year-old woman was last seen at her home on Camden Street, Ballina, about 4pm on 21 June.

She was reported missing to officers from Richmond Police District, who commenced inquiries into her whereabouts.

Following extensive land and air searches of the surrounding area, the body of a woman was located in North Creek River, Ballina, about 7am on Wednesday 23 June.

While the body is yet to be formally identified, it is believed to be that of the missing woman.

The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.

Missing man located – Cudgen, near Kingscliff A man reported missing from Cudgen has been located safe and well.

The 57-year-old man was last seen at his care home on Cudgen Road, Cudgen, about 10pm on Saturday 19 June and reported missing to Officers from Tweed Byron Police District on Sunday 20 June, who commenced an investigation into his whereabouts.

Following extensive inquiries, the man returned to the care home just after 4.30pm on Monday 21 June and was checked over by NSW Ambulance as a precaution.

Anyone with information about these incidents are urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au.

Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.

Dispose of household batteries properly A FIRE in a Byron Shire Council waste truck last week is a reminder to everyone to think carefully about what they are putting into their wheelie bins.

The driver of council’s waste collection truck noticed smoke coming from the back of the truck while emptying wheelie bins at Billinudgel on Tuesday.

The fire brigade was called, and the contents of the truck emptied to ensure the fire could be extinguished at the source.

Fortunately, no one was hurt, however the truck was badly damaged.

At this stage it is believed the cause of the fire was household batteries, as they are a common cause of fires in bin collection trucks.

A gas bottle was also found in the waste load.

Acting manager resource recovery Danielle Hanigan said it’s a reminder to everyone to think carefully about what they put into their bins.

“Household batteries not only have the potential to start fires, but they also contain toxic substances such as mercury, cadmium, lithium and lead

which should not go into landfill,” Ms Hanigan said.

“Importantly – these substances can be recycled and used in other products, so we urge people to recycle their household batteries.”

“There have been 700 fires in waste trucks in Australia in the last year, most of which are believed to have been started by household batteries and other materials which should not have been put into household bins in the first place.

“We were also very concerned to see the gas bottle that had been put into the waste bin because this also has the potential to be very dangerous.”

Residents can dispose of house and car batteries, gas bottles and other problem items such as smoke detectors and fluro globes for free at the Community Recycling Centre at the Byron Resource Recovery Centre.

There are also specialty recycling stations for the disposal of batteries, mobile phones and fluro globes at: • Council offices at Mullumbimby; • Cavanbah Centre; • Bunnings Byron Bay; and • Bangalow Bowls Club.

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LETTERS, FEEDBACK AND OPINION

We’d love to hear from you! letters@nrtimes.com.au Please keep under 200 words & include address and phone

Old fossils So Barnaby’s back, LOL. Leopards don’t change their spots, neither do the Nationals, so we can expect more of the same – if it moves, shoot it, if it doesn’t, chop it down.

They don’t care about the environment, that’s why they got rid of quails and Tassie devils off the mainland that would help rid the country side of the mouse plague. If they want to shoot stuff and chop stuff down well it should be the feral cats, pigs, foxes, rabbits etc and the introduced tree species like lantana and camphor laurel. They want to support fossil fuels because they are fossils and they will go the way of the dinosaur as the rest of the world gets on with renewables and the poor old Nationals get left in the dark ages.

Alan Mosley Yamba

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With the possibility of an early Federal election the voters of the Northern Rivers need to seriously consider the appalling record of ministerial accountability, allegations of rorting, corruption,

sexual misconduct and self-indulgence displayed by this Lib/Nat. Govt.

In 2015 we had ‘Choppergate’, speaker Bronwyn Bishop’s infamous misuse of publicly funded helicopters leading to her resignation.

In 2017 Susan Ley had an affliction for taxpayerfunded trips to the Gold Coast to buy luxury apartments causing her to eventually resign as health minister.

In 2018, Stuart Robert, (responsible for Australia’s third-rate internet service, and the illegal robodebt, amongst other indiscretions), had to repay $38,000 he rorted taxpayers for home internet bills and has since been promoted.

Angus Taylor’s office, in 2018, sent the Daily Telegraph a fraudulent document about Clover Moore, then refused to be interviewed by the Australian Federal Police.

He is still in the Cabinet as Minister for Energy and Emissions.

Now the Federal Attorney General, Michaelia Cash, at the time refused to co-operate with the Australian Federal Police after the police had raided the Melbourne office of the Australian Workers Union and with the assembled presence of a media scrum. Further more and over allegations of leaking documents, Bridget McKenzie, as Sports Minister, took the fall for the sports rorts fiasco leading to her resignation as minister and as deputy leader of

the Nationals.

Morrison as usual denied any knowledge, despite over 100 emails being exchanged between their offices. The investigation is ongoing.

George Christensen of the LNP was warned by the Australian Federal Police that he could be vulnerable to blackmail after at least 28 trips to red-light districts in Manila. He is still there.

Adding to the above sorry saga we have Craig Kelly spreading disinformation and now sits on the cross bench having resigned from the LNP, and with Christian Porter, Allan Tudge, and Andrew Lamming facing allegations of sexual misconduct. All still siting MPs, with Porter a minister.

When is enough enough?

Alan Veacock Cumbalum

Fresh faces please I see that Cr Darlene Cook is not following her ALP colleagues Eddie Lloyd and Isaac Smith into ignominious retirement and is presenting herself for re-election.

This last council has distinguished itself as the worst managers of council affairs in my memory as a ratepayer of some 47 years.

I do not believe that any member of the current council deserves the support of any long suffering residents and especially ratepayers.

That this council has allocated no funds from rate income to roads shows in the potholes in every part of its neglected road network.

Time for a clean sweep and a complete new team.

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Could I have the temerity to make a suggestion to your readers?

If you have young people in your household please introduce them to this newspaper and encourage them to become regular browsers.

Usually wedded to their

devices, the younger generation has lost contact with the concept of a ‘good’ newspaper.

It has hardly been their fault, the quality of what they have had to put up with given the heavy hand of our monopoly media ownership has been parlous. Independents have fought on bravely and in some areas such as the Clarence, with distinction.

However in this exemplary publication we have all the features of fine local journalism and younger readers should get to know about it and use it. Photographic coverage of schools and sport, the environment, the motoring section, local coverage and entertainment all have an intrinsic interest for students and young people.

Give them the opportunity to experience a quality newspaper.

Gus Plater Brooms Head

Whales trapped The count for whales getting caught up and entangled in shark nets and rope and fish nets discarded by irresponsible trawlers is eight so far in the 2021 migration. It won’t stop in 21 until the whales are safe in the southern ocean.

The shark nets don’t work. All they do is catch marine life and it’s about time the Department of Primary Industries and trawlers got their act together and stop putting nets at beaches and trawlers stop dumping nets and ropes into the ocean.

This goes on every whale migration season and has to stop. It won’t until irresponsible people stop doing what they are doing and let the whales migrate in peace.

Paul Brecht Evans Head

Quiet Kevin I have been expecting to hear that Kevin Hogan MHR has moved to the cross bench to protest against the wacky

leadership change in his own National Party.

Instead, he has sent out a semi glossy, taxpayer funded, mail-out boasting of his pork barreling achievements.

It seems Kevin was untroubled to let the ‘reformed’ pants man and climate change denier take back the leadership of his party while his government stuffs up the vaccine roll out. Why the change? Why no comment or protest from Kevin?

John Drysdale Clunes

Sky the limit?

Never before in human history has the very fabric of what constitutes the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth come under such sustained attack from powerful neoconservative forces.

There is no doubt that this war on reality itself can be directly attributed to the rise of Trumpism in the US; when a rampant, morally bankrupted sociopath was illegitimately elected to the most powerful position on earth, and relentlessly attacked truth and democracy itself.

There was only ever going be one catastrophic outcome.

Donald Trump shamelessly praised the rise of the treacherous terrorist cult QAnon, that insanely claims that Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats are blood-sucking Luciferian pedophiles taking over the world, and Trump has been sent by God to stop them – seriously, you just can’t make this stuff up.

These anomalies in history rarely happen without powerful backers. In the US the powerful Murdoch media empire and their extreme right-wing outlets like Fox News, must accept responsibility for the devil they unleashed on the world, and thankfully, the US legal system is well on the way to holding them to account.

In Australia we have seen the rise of the pretentious child of Fox

News, Sky News, and are now being subjected to the same extreme right propaganda campaigns as our American allies.

However, thankfully there is a difference, Australians are not as religiously fanatical, and most are less gullible; thus, Sky News after dark will always struggle to convince the more astute viewing majority.

Keith Duncan Pimlico

In plane sight Re: ‘Flying high’ (NRT letters 24/6).

A big thanks to Col Baker from Modanville. A niftily written and beautifully detailed articulate response to the nonsense letter and ‘petition’ being circulated re the flying school in Lismore introduced via Airways Aviation Australia.

As a resident of Girard’s Hill, I hear and see the small Cessna’s daily. They have never been of concern to me, nor most of my neighbours.

Thank you Col, much appreciated.

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Fair tax Norway and Finland have a very high taxation system. A recent survey finds the Fins and Norwegians are the happiest people on the planet. Is this because they are idiots who enjoy paying taxes? No, it is because their taxation system is fair, where those who can afford it pay the most tax. They also have leaders who allow these taxes to be spent in a way that will benefit the whole community.

The penny has dropped in the UK and the USA where they intend to increase taxes on those who can afford it.

Prime Minister Morrison will introduce tax cuts so people can have more. Sounds great, this means individuals can spend this extra money on non-essentials luxury items. However, these tax cuts won’t

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July 1, 2021

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LETTERS, FEEDBACK AND OPINION help fund aged care, our hospitals or schools.

We need a statesperson with the guts to fix our taxation system with no loopholes to help the wealthy avoid paying their share of tax.

Then we too will have a fair taxation system.

L Clarke Ballina

Save the planet The overarching moral challenge for us all is to save the planet. The ideal is for all of us to work together on this challenge.

Barnaby Joyce and Matt Canavan are doing a massive disservice to farming and mining communities. They use aggressive “us and them” almost abusive language pushing back on the need to meet the challenge. It’s not other Australians attacking farming and mining communities. Everybody looses when climate change goes passed various tipping points.

In cooperation together we can solve and produce the necessary changes. Obviously farming and mining communities will need special plans to help them. It’s pointless Barnaby and Matt saying we don’t agree to the net zero emissions goal by 2050. 2050 is already a brinkmanship goal. The planet has to be saved first or there will be no economies.

The planet will be saved by massive cooperation between people of good will as individuals in parties, nations and continents.

In Australia’s case a definite plan that encourages investment in development of green energies and its storage will go a long towards helping save the planet. This investment and development is where many jobs lie presently discouraged.

We’ve already had thirty five years of

attempts to reach some sort of agreement on the urgent need for change. We’ve had missed opportunities and subsequent damage. Things like drought preparedness and good management of the Murray Darling Basin, Great Barrier Reef protection and bushfire prevention would be further down the track if progressive planning had been allowed to take place.

Let’s save the planet and it’s humanity. Farming and mining communities will be part of that.

Barry Campey Alstonville

Buffoon Barnaby Just when you think the National Party can’t sink any lower, they do exactly that. If the return of that buffoon Barnaby Joyce was scraping the bottom of the barrel, the return of Bridget McKenzie has gone right through the bottom

of the barrel. Remember “sports rorts Bridget”, who used to be sports minister, illegally used millions of taxpayer dollars to shore up marginal seats at the 2019 Federal election (pork-barrelling on steroids) and because of her gross incompetence, was forensically caught out by the auditorgeneral and was forced to embarrassingly resign for not declaring a conflict of interest?

In one of the most corrupt Federal governments in history that lurches from one disaster to another and regards pork-barrelling as standard practice and is led by a man with a frequent compulsion to sidestep the truth whenever necessary – imagine being so bad that you actually have to resign amidst a govt policy where nobody even accepts responsibility for wrongdoing, let alone resigns. That’s Bridget

McKenzie.

And for Barnaby Joyce, to replace Darren Chester, one of the few decent and competent National Party Ministers in a govt bereft of front-bench talent, with a recycled incompetent rorter (McKenzie), is an act of petty, rancorous, vindictiveness by an extremely unhinged individual, who is part of an increasingly incompetent govt.

I wonder what role Kevin Hogan played in this sordid affair to be promoted, and does he support setting a net-zero emissions target by 2050? As usual the silence from Kevin will probably be deafening.

Steven McGuiness Wardell

Bravo Barnaby Congratulations on the Nationals returning Barnaby Joyce to the leadership. Let’s hope he gets something like the Bradfield Scheme built so that little dams

like Dunoon’s Rocky Creek Dam don’t have to be enlarged. But that may be a long way off now as we’ve spent a lot of money on wind and solar farms that don’t last.

We are going downhill not because of climate change and old fashioned Judeo Christian values but because of what we’ve allowed to be taught in our schools. Our young people have been so indoctrinated with opposite thinking that they don’t know whether they are Arthur or Martha anymore.

If you want to do something about changing the course we are going may I suggest you look up the AustraliaOneParty. com website. Otherwise we may end up with forced vaccinations or shackles on our legs for not obeying all the covid rules and regulations.

Lynette Evans Numulgi

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July 1, 2021

14 NEWS

Saffin secures major Budget wins from the backbench

By Janelle Saffin MP State Member for Lismore I’M pleased and proud to report that I have secured major wins for local communities in our Electorate of Lismore and across New South Wales in the NSW Budget 2021-2022 handed down in Parliament last month.

Firstly, the Budget includes an additional $18.6 million for the Community Building Partnership (CBP) program over the next two years, meaning that the allocation for each State electorate will increase from $300,000 to $400,000.

Over the past two years, I have consistently advocated for a more generous $600,000 to $1million allocation per electorate, but $400,000 is a good start and will ensure that more very worthy small grants projects will get the tick of approval.

Another major win is NSW Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole’s announcement that the $250 Regional Seniors Travel Card will be extended fully to eligible seniors on a Disability Support Pension or a Carer Payment from Services Australia.

Minister Toole kindly acknowledged my advocacy

on this issue in the Chamber, and for me, this has always been about fairness and equity for all seniors. Early on, I successfully lobbied for veterans and war widows to be included and then kept up the pressure for the most vulnerable of our seniors not to be shut out.

While the Government’s two-year trial of Regional Seniors Travel Card has been extended by another two years, I shall continue my campaign to make this program a permanent one.

As co-patron of Lismore Parkinson’s Support Group, I warmly welcome NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet’s announcement of a $8.6-million package over four years to boost specialist nurses and allied health staff to improve quality of life for patients with movement disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease.

I have of course put in a bid for a Parkinson’s nurse to be based here in Lismore, and will continue to urge NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard to lock in this vital resource for the growing number of locals diagnosed with Parkinson’s.

Parkinson’s NSW will receive $650,000 for training and teaching, and increased services.

These positive Budgetary measures prove that strong advocacy from the Opposition backbench, advocacy which is determined, researched, evidence-based and sustained, can achieve solid results on the ground.

I also welcome the Government’s budget allocations of $28.4 million towards the Lismore Base Hospital Redevelopment, $2.7 million to complete the Tabulam Bride upgrade and $200,000 for Tabulam Racecourse infrastructure improvements.

I recently had a productive meeting in Sydney with NSW Farmers president James Jackson. I note an article in The Land last week where Mr Jackson’s Association welcomed health and education spending, but was disappointed the budget did not include additional funding for ag specific initiatives that

would help farmers reach the growth goal of becoming a $30-billion industry by 2030.

Last Wednesday, I led a Public Interest Debate on the State Budget and government charges, moving that this particular budget also delivers higher tolls, taxes, fines and fees, and is built on picking the pockets of working families.

Here is an excerpt from my speech: “There is one key thing missing from the budget, and that is housing. We know a lot about housing and when we read the 2021-22 NSW Intergenerational Report – this is the one that the Treasurer really likes to tout and display – it tells us housing matters for the economy and for people’s living standards. “… We know that to attack and address housing in New South Wales we need 42,000 additional homes to be added to the housing stock every

year. I think there were 800 social housing dwellings provided in the budget, which goes nowhere near to addressing that need.

“It is not all the Government; it is also the private sector. But the Government has to own its role in housing supply, housing affordability and attacking homelessness. …

In my area alone we have a waiting list of up to 10 years for housing.”

This month in Parliament I lodged 17 Questions on Notice to NSW Housing Minister Melinda Pavey and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on housing supply and affordability, and moved that the Legislative Assembly notes that: 1. Rural and regional NSW is currently facing a housing crisis; 2. The waiting time for public housing in Lismore is between five and 10 years; 3. That the NSW Government only announced 800 new social housing dwellings in the budget; 4. This is not enough to meet the high demand for housing in rural and regional NSW; and 5. Calls on the NSW Government to invest more in social housing in rural and regional NSW.

JAPANESE DELEGATION VISITS LISMORE

By Tonia Dynan ANOTHER boost of strength was added to Lismore’s relationship with Japan recently when the Australian Consul-General of Japan Masahiko Kiya and Consul Shinichi Murata visited the Northern Rivers with a delegation from Sydney.

The Mr Kiya and Mr Murata were joined by Hiromoto Akaiwa, executive director of CLAIR (the Japanese Local Government Centre) and his assistant director Taiki Ito. The delegation made a special visit to the Fr Tony Glynn Gallery at the Southern Cross University Japan Centre, the Friends of Koala headquarters and also marched in the Lismore Lantern Parade with Lismore’s sister city Yamato Takada’s mascot lantern.

SCU vice chancellor

Tyrone Carlin joined Lismore MP Janelle Saffin in welcoming the visitors to the Japan Centre.

“For us, this relationship is incredibly meaningful and important. The opportunity for us to welcome young people from Japan to the university is something we’ve done over decades, and to send young students from Australia to Japan is just something that is very much in the DNA of the

institution,” Mr Carlin said.

Ms Saffin said the relationship with Japan was an old one, which had stood the test of time.

“Japan has taken a very strong lead in peacebuilding worldwide and at the United Nations, and I was there when Japan stepped up and took that big lead, so I do want to acknowledge that and maintain that link,” she said.

“The university has long

outreach to Japan, you’ve outreach to the university and as we move through COVID, I hope we can reinvigorate our linkages and anything I can do, I’m really happy to do that as a local member, and also with some of the particular relationships I have with Japan as well.”

Lismore born priest, the late Fr Tony Glynn, and his brother Fr Paul Glynn, travelled to Japan after the war and helped establish

schools, orphanages and a church in Yamato Takada City and surrounds, which led to Lismore becoming Australia’s first sister city with Japan in 1963.

The delegation also visited Lismore City Council chambers, where Mr Kiya read out a message of friendship from the Mayor of Yamato Takada and the Lismore Ikebana group, the oldest in the country, created a beautiful floral display.

BUDGET WINS FOR OUR COMMUNITY Every electorate will be allocated $400,000 under the Community Building Partnership (CBP) small grants program, allowing more worthy local projects to be funded this year and next year.

Our most vulnerable seniors on a Disability Support Pension or a Carer Payment from Services Australia or Department of Veterans’ Affairs now will be eligible for the $250 Regional Seniors Travel Card for two years from 2022.

I welcome these positive Budget announcements which show how my strong and sustained advocacy from the Opposition backbench can deliver real results on the ground.

GETTING THINGS DONE

Janelle Saffin MP MEMBER FOR LISMORE

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Byron Markets awarded 5-year leases BYRON Markets, managed by the Byron Community Centre, has been granted 5-year leases by Byron Shire Council. The Byron Bay Community Association (BBCA) has been awarded all three markets tendered for, including: Byron Community Market, Byron Twilight Artisan Market and Byron Beachside Artisan Market.

“We are happy to keep supporting local businesses,” Kate Hardman, Byron Markets manager said.

“Having done it for over 30 years, we have the expertise to keep improving the markets and supporting our micro business community.”

Offering unique experiences through each market, the Beachside, Twilight and Community markets provide income for hundreds of small local businesses and their families, and a way for stallholders to connect with visitors and the community.

“We love Byron Markets because of the incredible creativity and quality we can see in each and every stall, it’s an inspiring environment,” Byron Snack Company stallholder, Alina Avotina said. “We offer free tastings at the markets, and we love to hear each and every customer be like: Oh, this is so good!”

“Through COVID when we were forced

to close down for four months, we noticed how important markets are to the local economy.

We are passionate about making Byron’s most iconic markets as sustainable and successful as possible,” adds Kate.

Byron Markets aim to support the needs of the local community, with all funds raised from stallholder fees used to keep the Byron Community Centre operational and cover those costs not included in grants, funding and donations.

“As a social enterprise, Byron Markets help to support community projects at the Byron Community Centre, so we have again secured this income source for assisting the disadvantaged in our community, including homeless breakfast and showers,” Graham Double, Byron Community Market manager said.

Council has recently been seeking community feedback on a proposal to permanently relocate the monthly Byron Community Market

from the Main Beach foreshore to Railway Park and surrounds in the centre of town.

“We know that Council have agreed to have car-free Sundays once a month,” Kate said. “The markets can fill that space with people, life and activity, contributing to the vibrancy of the town centre on those days. CBD markets bring customers to not only the market themselves, but to the local retailers as well.”

The current license for the Community Market is for Butler Street Reserve with no option to stay at the Main Beach foreshore. The beachside location has always been temporary as the community and the long-term environmental impacts at the site are unknown.

“We are excited about the prospect of moving into the town centre but this is still very much in the early planning stages,” explains Kate. “Right now, we are grateful to have the opportunity to continue to provide amazing markets for our community.”

The Northern Rivers Times

July 1, 2021

NEWS 17

Living memorial marks final resting place for artist MARGARET Olley’s famous Duxford Street home studio featured a beautiful garden which reflected her love of flowers and plants as subject matter of her painting.

This has inspired the development of the Margaret Olley Memorial Garden (MOMG) at the Tweed Regional Gallery.

Situated in the grounds of the Gallery and capitalising the stunning location, the Memorial Garden is a living tribute to the artist and a wonderful compliment to the Margaret Olley Art Centre.

In launching the MOMG, the Gallery can share the news that Margaret’s ashes are interred here in the Garden, marking a fitting final resting place in the grounds of the Gallery’s Margaret Olley Art Centre.

Designed by two local landscape designers, Dan Plummer and Belinda Smith, of Plummer & Smith, the MOMG cleverly incorporates aspects of Margaret’s home studio, including the paved terraces which mimic the patterns of the many kilims in her studio.

There are seating areas for reflection near the memorial site/plaque marking the location of Margaret’s final resting place.

The MOMG provides additional usable outdoor space for the many visitors to enjoy the views of the Tweed landscape from the Gallery site.

Margaret held the Tweed close to her heart and the thoughtful construction of the garden will have patrons easily imagine what the artist appreciated in this magnificent region.

It is 10 years since Margaret’s passing and this Memorial Garden is wonderful way to celebrate her extraordinary life.

The Honourable Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO will officially open the MOMG. Dame Bryce also opened the Margaret Olley Art Centre in March 2014, as her final public duty during her term as Governor General so it is fitting that she open the new addition the Gallery.

Margaret’s birthday is 24 June, so this was a lovely date to celebrate all that Margaret

gave to the arts and regional galleries in particular.

The Gallery and Tweed Shire Council acknowledge the generosity of the Margaret Olley Art Trust, and the Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation Ltd in funding the Margaret Olley Memorial Garden.

The MOMG is adjacent to the Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence Studio, which continues to host and inspire artists from across the country, including the successful recipients of the Master Fine Arts (Painting) National Art School (NAS) graduates who benefit from the Gallery’s partnership with the NAS. Artist Nicholas Harding will attend the opening and speak of his experiences at Tweed Regional Gallery, participating in our AIR Studio program and responding to the recreation of Margaret’s home studio here.

Right: A memorial plaque indicates the location of Margaret Olley’s final resting place in the grounds of the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre.

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July 1, 2021

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LOCAL TESTING NUMBERS JUMP AFTER COVID OUTBREAK IN SYDNEY The Sydney COVID-19 outbreak has provoked a jump in testing numbers in the Northern NSW health district.

The Acting Chief Executive, Northern NSW Local Health District, Lynne Weir, thanked residents of Northern NSW for responding positively to calls for testing as part of the response to the evolving COVID-19 outbreak in Greater Sydney.

She said in the week tp June 19, there were 2,584 COVID tests in the district but in the following week, that number jumped to 3,611 tests.

On Sunday another 580 tests were conducted at our four hospital testing clinics in Tweed Heads, Lismore, Byron Bay and Grafton.

Ms Weir said anyone experiencing even the mildest of cold-like symptoms should get a test and then isolate until a negative result is received.

“We thank people for their patience as there have been some delays at the Byron and Lismore testing clinics,” she said.

“The LHD is allocating additional staff to the clinics to reduce waiting times. Please bring a hat or sun protection and water.

She said there are also other testing options available in the area.

A full list of your nearby testing locations can be found here https://www.health.nsw. gov.au/Infectious/covid- 19/ Pages/clinics.aspx Ms Weir warned there additional precautions in place.

She said all visitors to Northern NSW hospitals must wear a mask before entering facilities and the follow these visitor restriction: • Patients can have two

visitors twice a day for one hour. The visitors can be four different people.

• Visiting arrangements for Maternity patients are unchanged.

For outpatient appointments and community services, telehealth appointments were the most desirable option.

She said visitors to Northern NSW who arrived via Gold Coast Airport or Brisbane

The $1 million attraction at this year’s Grafton Aero Club’s Wings & Wheels, a Cirrus single engine aircraft.

Airport on the following flights are advised that they must immediately call NSW Health on 1800 943 553, get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result.

A Sydney-based cabin crew member on these flights has been diagnosed with COVID-19. All passengers on affected flights are being contacted.

Anyone who attended the

Sydney Airport T2 domestic terminal food court on Thursday June 24 between 5am and 10am is a close contact and must immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result, and call 1800 943 553 unless they have already been contacted by NSW Health.

Anyone who attended the T2 domestic terminal in all areas except the food court on Thursday, June 24 between 5am and 10am is a casual contact and must immediately get tested and self-isolate until a negative result is received.

Please continue to monitor for symptoms and immediately isolate and get tested if they develop.

The health district has expanded its capacity to provide COVID-19 vaccinations in the region, extending opening hours for the three clinics located at Tweed Mall, Lismore Square Shopping Centre, and Link Arcade Grafton.

The Tweed and Lismore clinics are now operating seven days a week, while the Grafton clinic will be open six days a week, MondaySaturday.

It was not just the aeroplanes that had some aerodynamic appeal.

Spectators loved the display of lovingly restored cars as well.

Wings and Wheels goes back to the future

By Tim Howard THE lure of technology ranging from ancient stationary engines to the latest $1 million aircraft proved irresistible for hundreds of visitors to South Grafton last Sunday for the eighth instalment of Wings and Wheels.

The Grafton Aero Club’s celebration of all things mechanical returned to the events calendar this year, after a COVID-19 enforced lay off, but organiser Kevin Wilson said this had done nothing

to dampen enthusiasm or the appetites.

“We’ve sold just about all the sausages and buns we had for the day, which indicates we’ve had one of our best events,” he said as club members packed up late on Sunday afternoon.

“We are a free event, so entry is by donation, and I have to say those tins were pretty heavy, which is pretty good considering I saw a lot of people stuffing notes into them.”

He said the event, which began as a humble morning

tea for a Coffs Harbour car club in 2013 has grown to become a major attraction along the North Coast and into Queensland.

“We have had people fly in today to bring their planes from Casino, Ballina and we had one come from Caboolture, north of Brisbane,” Mr Wilson said.

He said Coffs Harbour helicopter company, Precision Helicopters, had been the star attraction for the day, flying joy flights constantly throughout the day.

“They’ve been the most

popular attraction you’d have to say,” he said. “They’ve been taking off and landing without a break all day, with seven people at a time going on their joy flights.”

But he said the displays of winged and wheeled technology had their share of devotees.

“We had the best display of stationary engines this year and people were fascinated by them,” he said.

But he said the latest and greatest in recreational aircraft, two million dollar-plus Cirrus single engine aeroplanes had

been standouts.

“People just loved sitting in it and seeing what you can get in an aircraft for a million bucks,” Mr Wilson said.

He said the profits from the day would go to the Grafton Base Hospital Oncology Unity.

“Each year we choose a local charity and we have donated to the Oncology Unit before,” he said.

“A number of club members have been patients there and they have received wonderful care, so it’s a way for us to say thanks on behalf of our members.”

The Northern Rivers Times

July 1, 2021

NEWS 19

BOOZE RUNNING DRY AT OUR HOUSE JULY is upon us and that means livers across Australia a breathing a sigh of relief.

For over 10 years the month of July has been known Dry July, particular in the Northern Rivers where the team at Our House has been going dry in July.

With no alcohol for the whole month of July, directors Dr Chris Ingall, Brian Henry and Rebekka Battista have led this charge since 2010 with not only giving their livers a break but rallying the community to join with them to raise funds for cancer.

Dry July is a national campaign which started with a group of mates, one who had cancer, the others decided to ‘dare’ each other to go dry to raise funds. Since then, Dry July has inspired more than 250,000 Aussies to go dry, raising $60 million for people affected by cancer, and funding projects at more than 80 cancer organisations across Australia. Our House being one of these projects.

Last year was a particular hard year however the Our

House Dry July team raised over $8,000 and along with a grant from the Dry July foundation were able to re cover each of the sofa beds in the 20 rooms.

“There was significant wear and tear and monies from Dry July grant will allow us to finance this huge job” Rebekka Battista, Our House director said.

“July is always a fun month and we would love the community to either join or sponsor us going dry” Rebekka said.

Many may not be aware what an important role Dry July played in funding the Our House facility.

It all started back in 2010 when the ABC North Coast highlighted the Our House project to the Dry July team from Sydney. They were enthusiastically supportive and Our House became one of the beneficiaries receiving over $250,000 in three years.

11 years on and the connection between Dry July and Our House remains strong. Our House has now become a guaranteed

beneficiary of Dry July which means that the money raised this year by the Dry July Our House team goes directly to another ‘Keep our house beautiful’ project; replacing

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July 1, 2021

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RESIDENT ATHLETE MAKES PNG OLYMPICS TEAM

By Samantha Elley KINGSCLIFF locals will have their very own resident Olympian to cheer for when the Japanese Olympics get under way in just over a month’s time.

Rellie Kaputin has recently qualified for the Olympics in long jump and will be competing for the Papua New Guinea team.

She has, however, been training in Australia in the Kingscliff area.

“I arrived last year on February 21, 2020,” said Rellie.

“The plan was to stay until the Olympics which were meant to be held in July 2020.”

As world events changed and COVID saw the postponement of the international event, Rellie was unable to make it home.

“I am happy to be here as it’s not really far from home and I am living with people that can love me,” she said.

Rellie has been living with her coach Phillip Newton and his family and is very thankful for the training she has still been able to undergo, but misses her family.

“I miss my mum so much, but we get to talk during the

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Mr Newton said the postponement of the Olympics was actually a god send for Rellie.

“In August 2019, she went home to fix up her visa requirements but broke her leg in a high jump demonstration,” he said.

“She was out of the cast by December 2019 and could walk and jog, but what we did in competition last year, she would never have made it (on the Olympic team), so it worked

out very well.”

Training has been regular and fast-paced for Rellie.

“She needs a whip to get her up in the morning,” laughed Mr Newton.

“She doesn’t like our cold Winter mornings. Middle of the day and afternoon sessions are no problem.”

Rellie has become a regular fixture on the Kingscliff streets with many residents asking her about her training, which includes a stair well session at 6am, often with a weighted vest.

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Rellie will finally make it home after the Olympics but will be back next year to train for both or either of the World Championships in Oregon, USA in July 2022 and the Commonwealth Games, Birmingham in August.

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July 1, 2021

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Grafton inmate takes out $5000 Indigenous art prize

By Lesley Apps AN inmate in the Clarence Correctional Centre near Grafton has been awarded the council area’s $5000 Indigenous art prize.

Dunghutti/Bundgalung man Wes* took out the 2021 Clarence Valley Indigenous Art Award for his work Yabbies Dreaming (pictured, top right), one of the 21 entries that came from the arts program at the Serco-operated facility.

The artist said his winning work focused on places and people that tell the story of his childhood, his family and his country — water animals and spirits featuring predominately to tell the story of memories he had as a child.

“We were taught to paint what we saw,” Wes said.

“Growing up I was always yabbie dreaming. Others who have experienced this, will see this painting and will know what it is about and where it is from.”

Wes said yabbies were the animals they used to hunt and eat as children.

“The platypus is a native animal in the area that my family use to swim with and share the yabbies with. So food sources for both.”

He said the circles represented all the swimming holes he used to go with his family where “we were taught to swim”.

“The lines are all the creeks and rivers that connect all the waterholes in the area while the dots represent the earth and all the rocks amongst the water and on the land.”

Now in its 8th year, the Clarence Valley Indigenous Art Award (CVIAA) is a biennial open Acquisitive Prize, open to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island artists residing in the council area.

This is the first time inmates from the newly opened correctional centre north of Grafton have entered the award which was this year judged by Katina Davidson, curator, Indigenous Australian Art, Queensland Art Gallery/ Gallery of Modern Art. Serco’s manager Inmate Services Cherie Goodwin accepted the award on Wes’s behalf at the official opening held at the Grafton Regional Gallery on June 19 and said she had seen the difference sense of connection to community through creative and culture-

based programs can make to the success of an inmate’s rehabilitation and reintegration.

“Our staff have worked with Corrective Services NSW to develop a series of creative and culture-based programs to innovatively address an individual’s rehabilitation needs. Pride, sense of personal value and linkage to culture are all foundation activities that can be enhanced through art,” Ms Goodwin said.

Gallery director Niomi Sands this year’s CVIAA had been the strongest yet, with a “wonderful selection of artworks celebrating the creative talent of First Nations Artists who live within the Clarence Valley.”

Aunty Jannay Daley performed the Welcome to Country at the official opening impressing the importance of truth-telling in our stories which included having hard conversations about our country’s history, before sharing her own story.

She spoke about recently turning 66 and how, when she was born in 1955, her mother had to give birth on the hospital verandah because Aboriginal women were not allowed inside.

“I don’t think many people realise that something like that happened in my lifetime. They really need to know there are a lot of stories like this. Which is why I tell mine. I really believe people need to know that these things happened. It’s not something you make up, it’s not something you get over very easily.

“I say things that can make people feel uncomfortable but I do it in a way that I’m not discriminating against anybody, it comes from the heart. That’s the most important thing. It’s not to shame or put fear in anybody. Little things add up to make a lot of big changes eventually.”

Aunty Jannay said she was supportive of arts programs and opportunities like the CVIAA that can help to rehabilitate inmates like *Wes. “If they have a chance to do something with their art, that’s part of their rehabilitation and what they are painting can relieve some of the pressure of what they’re feeling inside by being inside, I don’t have a problem with that.”

But she was also aware of the bigger issue in the high rates of Aboriginal incarceration in the system.

Masie Monaghan (above) receiving her Youth award and (right) Jara’na Dutton with his award and artwork; Waarru – biin jagun, 2021 “That’s a whole other story but what I’d like to see happen out of this is if the Healing Centre here could put on a forum for local Aboriginal people to attend, for Serco to attend, somebody from Probation and Parole to attend, anyone involved in the justice system to come along, whether it’s solicitors, judges or whoever can sit down and talk to community as to why this is happening,” Aunty Jannay said.

“Have data which shows how many Aboriginal men, how many Aboriginal women, how many of our youth are actually in custody and incarcerated and have a look at the programs out there to see if they’re working.

I think that would be a starting point.” *Not his real name.

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July 1, 2021

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Paul proudly Holden on to his Ford

By Samantha Elley

PAUL Connolly is normally a Holden man, but his latest project was the restoration of an EA Falcon TSS (Twin Screw Supercharger) which was seen as the car with loads of potential in the late 1980s.

The Evans Head resident has completely restored the unique car back to its original condition using all original parts.

“It was a very big job,” he said.

“Out of all the cars I’ve worked on this is the hardest.”

“That’s because it was a Ford and you are a Holden man,” interjected his wife Allie.

Paul said he wanted something different to work on.

“It is one of seven and this is number five build,” he said.

“To date it is the only one in existence, as no one has come forward yet to say differently.

“A friend of mine told me about it, as it was being kept in a trucking yard on top of a shipping container and was in very poor condition.”

The Ford, which has parts that were sourced from New

Zealand, Lithuania and all over Australia, including JJD twin tyres that were bought from England as 1986 stock and never used, now sits in Paul’s very extensive car collection in his temperature controlled industrial shed on the Northern Rivers.

Paul’s unique collection includes the full range of anniversary Holden HSVs and

the full collection of FX and FJs. “The HSVs are a very unique collection as one of the cars is a one off,” said Paul.

“There is no collection like it in the world.”

The Ford, which took 18 months to restore, stands out amongst the Holden collection.

“We show the collection to car clubs and selected interested

love interest) and the kids love it.”

Each of the cars have their own names.

“One year Allie wanted a ruby ring, so I bought a KB2 47 International tow truck, coloured red and rebuilt it,” said Paul.

You guessed it. It was christened Ruby.

“It has a Jaguar front, a Holden rear end and a Chevy motor,” Paul laughed.

COVID 19 slowed the couple down as all car shows were cancelled last year, but that gave Paul time to do up the shed that houses his car collection.

“It wasn’t ideal as we couldn’t go to any shows, but I didn’t mind,” he said. people,” he said.

Now the Ford, named Henry Paul and Allie have plenty of for obvious reasons, has been fun with their cars, often going unveiled, keep an eye out at to car shows at least once a the local car shows for the month, for the public to view Connollys. whichever vehicle they’ve “We had a great team of chosen to take with them. people to work on the car and “We have a big green Bedford we can’t thank them enough for truck that we often take out, what they did for us,” Paul said. called Shrek,” said Paul.

“I think I am getting to like “When we do that, Allie this car, even though it’s a dresses up as Fiona (Shrek’s Ford.”

His death created a community meeting place in his home town

By Samantha Elley RECENTLY at Broken Head near Byron Bay, the little wooden church of St Oswalds held its final service. It was a sombre experience. No less for the fact the church had been established starting with a bequest from Arthur Beaumont Goard, a soldier killed in World War One. The bequest from his will of 50 pounds was the start of a community effort to build the small church. It was eventually dedicated in 1922 to Goard and two other soldiers who lost their lives in the same war: Jacob Frederick Flick and Frank Kimpton.

Born in Murrurundi, NSW in 1888 to school principal William Samuel and his wife Selina, Arthur signed up in 1916. He had studied agriculture at Hawkesbury College and after graduating, obtained land near Byron Bay and took up dairy and pig farming. His boyish looks and easy-going nature afforded him many friends in his farming and church community.

Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 22nd Reinforcements he embarked on the SS PT Nicholson from Sydney in

St Oswalds Church November 1916 and arrived in Devonport two months later.

He qualified first class when he completed the 8th Rifle Course held at the School of Musketry, Tidworth and had a good working knowledge of a Lewis gun, a light machine gun used prolifically through World War One. From England, Goard and his unit went to France.

He was promoted to Lance Corporal in July of 1917, but it was only a few months later he was killed in action at Passchendaele in Ypres, Belgium. The family was

Arthur Beaumont Goard.

Courtesy Australian War Memorial. devastated.

A fellow soldier stated Goard was killed by a shellburst in the jumping-off trench, and was to have gone for a commission after the attack.

He was buried at Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.

The story doesn’t end there though, as when his will was read, it was found he had

left large portions of money for his siblings and the farm, including stock and plant, to his parents. Arthur also included “50 pounds to the Trustees of the Church of England Broken Head, Byron Bay, such sum to be expended in the erection of a Church of England at Broken Head,

Byron Bay”.

The land the church is built on is one acre and was also donated by Mr Goard. His family donated the lectern and altar and Mr and Mrs Flick, parents of Frederick, donated the baptismal font. The name St Oswald came from the first English king to be canonised.

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July 1, 2021

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BOOST FOR THREATENED FISH ACROSS NSW THREATENED native fish species including olive perchlet, oxleyan pygmy perch and southern purple spotted gudgeon have received a critical boost to their populations following conservation stocking efforts across NSW. In 2019, at the height of the drought, NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Fisheries staff rescued several of these small bodied freshwater native fish from drying pools and relocated them to the DPI hatcheries at Grafton and Narrandera where they are now being used as breeding stock to help future recovery efforts.

DPI Senior Fisheries Manager Threatened Species, Dr Trevor Daly, said that these rescues were a critical

action in response to the significant threats posed to these species by the severe drought and bushfires over the 2019-20 summer period.

“The threatened fish we have at our hatcheries are an ‘insurance population’ we are using to breed and support the recovery of the species in the wild now that conditions have improved,” Dr Daly said.

“Over 270 oxelyan pygmy perch juveniles were stocked

by DPI Fisheries into the Brunswick River catchment, over 7,000 olive perchlet stocked into the Macquarie River catchment, and over 8,200 southern purple spotted gudgeon into Tenterfield Creek.”

DPI will conduct ongoing monitoring to determine if the conservation stocking

program is successful in bolstering the populations of these rare fish in these key areas.

“Over the coming years, these small bodied, native fish will continue to be part of our conservation stocking program to increase the species’ distribution and abundance which is key to their long-term recovery,” Dr Daly said.

“This is a small step in a long journey towards the conservation and recovery of these threatened species.”

For more information on the captive breeding and release of these iconic fish and other threatened fish recovery projects, visit the DPI website at www.dpi.nsw. gov.au/fishing/threatenedspecies

RVC considers availability of beach access keys BEACH access keys seem to be a hot commodity on the coast at the moment, with one commercial fisherman admitting to Richmond Valley Council that he had been pressured to cut a duplicate key for a third party.

During the May 26 inspection of beach access points, council officers spoke to a commercial fisher on the beach who commented he had already been pressured to have a key cut for someone else.

This confirmed council staff’s concern as to how to ensure access keys are not distributed to other users and how the access arrangements could be regulated at a reasonable cost to council.

At the May meeting, council resolved to review and consider alternate arrangements for four-wheel drive access to the recently closed areas on Airforce Beach, from Boundary

Creek towards the South to the black rocks, so that local “senior” beach fishers could gain entry to this area on a regular basis.

The Boundary Creek Beach access was closed in February.

A padlocked gate was installed, and keys were issued to emergency services, approved commercial fishers and indigenous representatives.

Ballina Shire Council and National Parks and Wildlife Services have also issued keys to similar groups for accesses to the north under their respective control.

Richmond Valley Council is now looking for written advice from Ballina Shire Council, the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (Crown Lands) and National Parks and Wildlife Services on their proposed arrangements for managing beach access exemptions.

They are also calling for an agreed position in a proposed management strategy between the four land managers for addressing future exemption requests.

“The potential for the access keys to be cut and further distributed without council approval has been raised,” the report stated.

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July 1, 2021

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BALLINA SEAGULLS DEBT WRITE-OFF THE Ballina Seagulls Rugby League Football Club Ltd has been given a chance to pay off some of their rates and charges arrears to Ballina Shire Council.

The council approved a write-off of $6971.48, conditionally on receipt of a payment of $8515.98 from the club.

If the club fails to pay the $8515.98, council will proceed with formal debt recovery.

This matter was previously reported to the Finance Committee Meeting in April where it was recommended

council approved a write-off of interest charges only, being $92.24, with the general manager authorised to provide the club with the opportunity to enter into a suitable payment plan, including possible debt write-off.

Following the incorporation of a not-forprofit entity, the Ballina Seagulls Football Club Incorporated, all functions previously undertaken by the Ballina Seagulls Rugby League Football Club Ltd have been undertaken by the new entity since the start of

the year.

The cash assets available to the Ballina Seagulls Rugby League Football Club Ltd are $8515.98, which includes

the bank account balance of $7601.27 and a GST refund due to the club of $914.71.

The accounts payable represents the rates and

charges owed to council, with the amount of $15,579.70 prior to the writeoff of interest of $92.24.

Council also wrote-off a private works debt for $1026.72. In November 2019, council responded to a motor vehicle accident on Headlands Drive in Skennars Head, where street signs had been damaged by the driver.

Council issued a private works invoice for the replacement of the street signs, but the invoice remains unpaid. Council staff have been unsuccessful in attempts to recover this debt.

Covid hampers NAIDOC Week celebrations

By Tonia Dynan HEAL Country, heal our nation is the theme of this year’s NAIDOC Week and events and activities are happening across the Northern Rivers to celebrate.

NAIDOC Week runs from July 4-11 to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee’. This committee was once responsible for organising national activities during NAIDOC Week and its acronym has since become the name of the week itself.

Local community celebrations during NAIDOC Week are encouraged and often organised by communities, government agencies, local councils, schools and workplaces.

Unfortunately, due to the recent outbreaks in Sydney and new COVID restrictions placed on NSW, the Tweed Heads NAIDOC Committee have made the decision to postpone the local 2021 Tweed NAIDOC Committee led events until September.

The new date, depending on all things COVID-19, will be from September 19 to 24.

The Tweed Heads NAIDOC Committee said it was a difficult decision, but in the best interests of keeping people safe and in alignment with the latest Public Health Order, the committee felt this is the right thing to do.

The date will change but the program will remain the same.

The NAIDOC Dinner Dance will be held on Friday,

September 24 and tickets already purchased will remain valid.

Due to the new COVID restrictions, some of the following events may be cancelled:

Ball will be a COVID planned event. This event is an 18+ event.

RICHMOND VALLEY

BALLINA Annual Celebration Walk Monday, July 5 from 10am The annual Celebration Walk starts from the Ballina RSL Club and proceeds along River Street to the Ballina Visitor Information Centre for the official flag raising ceremony.

Refreshments, barbecue, stalls and games are staged in the carpark behind the Visitor Information Centre, and morning tea will be provided for community Elders in the Richmond Room.

Please note there will be a temporary road closure for vehicle access to River Street, from Grant Street, Moon Street, Cherry Street, Martin Street and Las Balsas Plaza from 9.30am to 11.30am.

Cultural Day Tuesday, July from 10am–3pm Missingham Park Amphitheatre Cultural family celebration day with food, activities and performances.

NAIDOC and join us through the streets of Lismore finishing at the Quad for a welcome and speeches.

Bundjalung Arts Day Thursday, July 8 from 10am3pm Ngulingah Local Aboriginal Land Council, 53 Conway Street, Lismore.

Join local Widjabul Wyabul artist to build your skills in clay work, wood work, lino prints, and canvas artworks.

Free morning tea and sausage sizzle.

Bundjalung NAIDOC Community Day Friday, July 9 from 9am All mob invited to come together at The Lismore Quad.

The Koori Mail is super proud to host this year’s day of LISMORE deadly music, performances, Flag Raising dance, stalls, kids’ activities, Monday, July 5 at 9am cultural and arts workshops. An Lismore City Council Corporate Elders’ space will be available, Centre with complimentary tea, coffee and lunch.

NAIDOC March Free Jarjums activities: native Monday, July 5, arrive 9.30am garden beds, jumping castle, Meet at Clyde Campbell footy station, scavenger hunt. carpark, Molesworth Street, This event is a COVID safe Lismore to be ready for a 10am event and strictly drug and start. alcohol free.

Commemorate the history of

Bundjalung Blak Market Saturday, July 10 from 8.30am2pm Bring your mob and join us at The Quad - Lismore.

Come browse all the amazing artworks, art pieces, weavings whilst supporting Bundjalung artists and Indigenous artists that have a connection to Bundjalung country.

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet artists and purchase some deadly art.

The Bundjalung Blak Market is a free event hosted by the Koori Mail. This event is a COVID safe event and is strictly drug and alcohol free.

Bundjalung NAIDOC ball Saturday, July 10 from 6pm-late To wrap up a deadly week of celebrations, the Koori Mail presents the Bundjalung NAIDOC Ball. Join us at the Lismore Workers Club for a glitzy and fabulous night to bring our communities together to celebrate NAIDOC Week and acknowledge our community members. Tickets are $80 per person, which includes a three-course meal, live musical performances, NAIDOC awards and a celebration of our beautiful Bundjalung country.

The Bundjalung NAIDOC

Casino Monday, July 5 at 10am A flag raising ceremony will be held in front of the council chambers in Graham Place, followed by a NAIDOC Week march along Walker Street.

The Casino NAIDOC Week Family Fun Day will kick off at 11am at Queen Elizabeth Park with live entertainment, amusement rides, information stalls, a free barbecue lunch and more.

During the fun day there will be the Water is Life Project opening by the riverbank at 1.30pm, as well as the planting of two bush tucker plants.

Tuesday, July 6 from 11am-2pm Mid Richmond Neighbourhood Centre is organising a family fun day along the riverfront near the kiosk. Contact 6682 4334 for more.

Coraki Monday, July 5 at 10am A NAIDOC march from the corner of Adams Street and Richmond Terrace will end with a flag raising ceremony in the park.

Box Ridge Wednesday, July 7 from 9.30am2.30pm A family fun day will include arts and crafts, face painting, barbecue lunch, bush tucker, kids rides and more. For more, contact Janice at Kurrachee via kurrachee@gmail.com.

Check for the latest at naidoc. org.au.

The Northern Rivers Times

July 1, 2021

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Clarence kerbside clean up goes into overtime

By Tim Howard THE annual Clarence Valley kerbside cleanup has lingered well past its scheduled finish date, but will wrap up in Grafton before visitors start arriving for the annual July Racing Carnival starting on the weekend.

The council’s waste and sustainability coordinator, Ken Wilson, said it was unfortunate the clean up had taken longer than planned after the 2020 event was cancelled due to COVID-19 restriction.

“We are expecting to collect around 2,200 tonnes which is close to double the tonnes of the normal clean up,” he said.

“The huge quantity of waste means we do not expect to be complected until July 16.”

But he said the council realised the importance of getting Grafton’s streets in top shape for the carnival as thousands of visitors arrived to

enjoy the fortnight of racing.

“The Grafton region will however be completed well before the July carnival,” he said.

Mr Wilson said the cleanup had proved to be a recycling bonanza.

“Scrap metal is recovered for recycling (this could be over 250 tonne) and there is considerable reuse scavenging occurring at the kerbside,” he said.

“All other collected material will go to landfill.”

He said council’s waste collectors had been working hard to clear the piles of rubbish left on city streets over the past month or more.

“Unfortunately many households have ignored the limitation on the quantity of waste allowed to be placed out for collection resulting in the extra waste and the delay in completing the clean-up,” he said.

NATIONAL RECOGNITION OF ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY-CONTROLLED COUNCILS A STEP CLOSER DELEGATES to the 27th National General Assembly of Local Government have backed moves to give Indigenous Australians a greater say in how they address entrenched disadvantage in their local communities.

A motion put forward by East Arnhem Regional Council to support nationally consistent recognition of Aboriginal controlled councils was carried unanimously at yesterday’s session of the NGA. Djuwalpi Marika, the deputy president of East Arnhem Regional Council, hailed the unanimous support for the motion, saying it aligns with and further strengthens the recognition of Local Government in the Closing the Gap National Partnership Agreement.

“Council is the arm of the people of East Arnhem Land,” he said yesterday.

“We are working to bring empowerment to our Yolngu and Anindilyakwa Yolngu of East Arnhem Land, and look forward to working more with the two ‘Balanda’ western levels of government.”

The successful motion will now be considered by

the ALGA Board for adoption as part of its national advocacy platform. ALGA is already working to promote improved coordination and engagement with local government. It is a full member of the joint council on Closing the Gap and an active participant in partnership working groups.

It also supports local government representatives engaged in the co-design of the Indigenous Voice which is providing a way for Indigenous Australians to give advice and have input on matters that are important to improve their lives.

ALGA President Linda Scott welcomed the overwhelming support for East Arnhem’s motion.

“Indigenous councils are invariably constrained in how they provide adequate services and infrastructure, as they do not have access to resources, including own-source rate revenue.

“Yesterday’s motion shows the strong commitment of local government to supporting the very real desire of Indigenous Councils to give their communities life outcomes that are equal to those enjoyed by all Australians,” Cr Scott said.

Tenterfield heritage funding A LOCAL Heritage Places Fund has been established

by Tenterfield Shire Council with partially matching funds from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage.

The aim of the fund is to encourage as much positive work on heritage items in the area as possible.

The fund will enable applicants to undertake sympathetic repairs to their properties which are consistent with generally accepted heritage principles.

Replacing like with like, repainting properties in their original colours, using recycled or traditional materials where possible and undertaking research on the history of a property before undertaking repairs are key ideas which are encouraged by the program.

This year council is calling for applications from across the shire, with submissions closing on August 13.

Application forms and guidelines can be downloaded from the council website or obtained by visiting council’s customer service staff at the visitor information centre.

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The Northern Rivers Times

July 1, 2021

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

A ‘WILL’ isn’t ALWAYS the WAY! ‘Leemo Cat’ reporting.

Being aware of how old ‘Mum Jane’ is I asked what to do if she passed away before me. My question, ‘of serious and loving’ concern, was met with a death look from somewhere awful...

Mum’s face. EEEK!!!

“Well Mum, I was just being organised, ‘cos I heard a show on the radio saying that a huge % of people fail to put their affairs in order in before they go to Heaven & places. The evil ‘Darth Vaderess’ look continued. Hmmm. I went on with gusto.

“Mum, have you made a Will & stuff.

A cremation or be buried in a worm box in the ground? (YUK!) Your funeral? Any SPECIAL music at the service? Make a list please. Party after the burial biz? Treats?

As your only child it’s time I knew this stuff Mum, so I am prepared. Oh, and I’ll need your debit card PIN number to pay for things”. If you think the ‘wounded dinosaur’ look on Mum’s face evaporated to a benevolent smile,

well, you’re WRONG. I KNEW I was in strife. I tried to sneak off, keeping as close to the floor as possible... aiming for a plump snakey furry SMOOTH slither. It didn’t work... aaargheek!!!! I was ‘gruffly’ plopped in a chair, and told to listen. “Firstly, Leemo, like some offspring, you are a selfish, money grabbing conniving child, wanting to turn ‘our’ nifty home into a ‘Cat AirBNB’ called “Pussies Galore” the moment I pass.

Yep, I’ve heard the gossip. Come on, be honest, and look me in the eye”. Ooohoo... crikey, errrr, eeek. “Oh Mum BELOVED, the ‘venture’ HAD crossed my mind, but truly really only fleetingly.”

Mum wasn’t buying it and told me to ‘stop sucking up’.

“Secondly, Leemo… here’s news. IF I pass BEFORE you, most unlikely, I have a plan.

I have siblings. You will be sent to stay with EACH ONE on a ‘trial’ basis.” TERROR crept over me. Mum continued. “WILL you cope living in Bath, UK...minus 5 degrees?

OR a poshie Sydney suburb where ALL cats have 6 pedigrees, servants, read papers, wear bowties, & have catacinnos? WILL you cope with mozzies & dingoes in Sthrn.

Qld. by beaches, with cat Cousin ‘Oskar’ or fierce ‘Milo’ puppy?

WHAT ABOUT Brissie...“Cats NOT welcome” sign on door? OMG...she went on. Hiding under the eaves to meditate was my plan so I grabbed plush blue blankie and ran off. I’m still here...

(IT’S RAINING) but I hope to write next week. Distressed and COLD & hungry purrsies...Leemo.

$30 million fund to activate regional tourism BIG ticket tourism attractions that will put regional towns on the map and improve accessibility for people with disability are set to receive a significant funding boost.

Deputy Premier John Barilaro, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet and Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh were in Coffs Harbour recently to announce the new $30 million Regional Tourism Activation Fund which will deliver new or upgraded tourism infrastructure as well as improve accessibility and inclusion for people with disability.

“This brand new fund will support the construction of new iconic visitor experiences, such as cliff-top walks or unique event spaces, boosting the profile of regional NSW towns and giving people even more reasons to take a holiday in the regions,” Mr Barilaro said.

“We are also supporting accessibility and inclusion improvements by funding upgrades such as a lift in a multi-level venue and clear access pathways to give more people with disability the opportunity to experience what our regions have to offer.”

Mr Perrottet said supporting

tourism also supports local jobs and expands local economies, creating beneficial flow-on effects for traders and creates new opportunities for investment.

“With few overseas travel options available, the NSW Government is strengthening tourism in regional NSW. This funding will ensure the industry prospers and continues to play an important role in our economy,” Mr Perrottet said.

Mr Singh welcomed the funding announcement which happened today at the Coffs Harbour Forest Sky Pier, saying the funding will bring even more visitors to regional NSW each year.

“Coffs Harbour recently held the Sharks VS Titans NRL match and next week the Super W Rugby tournament starts, putting

the North Coast on the map, not only as a place to host word class events, but as a place to come enjoy your holidays,” Mr Singh said.

Under Stream One, grants between $200,000 and $5 million are available for projects delivering unique and high impact visitor experiences, while Stream Two provides grants between $50,000 to $500,000 for projects that will improve the accessibility and inclusion of tourism experiences for people with disability.

The $30 million Regional Tourism Activation Fund is part of the $2 billion Regional Growth Fund. Applications open 16 June and close on 11 August 2021. For more information, go to: www. nsw.gov.au/RTAFund.

Rappville dog trials in July

LESS than two years after a bushfire devasted the Rappville and district community, the village will host the 2021 NSW Working Cattle Dog Championships.

The Rappville Rebounds NSW Championships are expected to attract the State’s best cattle dog triallers and will be held over three days from July 16-18 at the Rappville Sports Ground.

The event is being organised by the Rappville Sporting Facilities Committee with the support of Resilience NSW, Richmond Valley Council and some incredible local sponsors including the Casino Food Co-op.

Rappville Sporting Facilities Committee spokesman Geoff McLennan said the committee hoped the event would shine a spotlight on the Rappville community’s recovery, while celebrating its resilience and strength.

“And we are hoping the wider Northern Rivers community will take a trip to Rappville, enjoy the great program of dog trialling and entertainment we’ve put together and in doing so give this incredible little community a much-needed boost.”

The program will include the Casino Food Co-op Open Dog Trial Championship, the T and W McCormack Novice

Championship and the Rappville Timbers Maiden Championship which will be run over the full three days.

There will also be dog high jump demonstrations by the highly acclaimed Back Track team from Armidale, kids shows

by Farmer Dave (of television fame) and his muttley crew of working dogs, free entertainment on Saturday night by the popular Billy Gudgeon Band and a Make It, Bake It, Create It Market Day on Sunday.

On Saturday evening before the music starts there will also be the Casino Veterinary Service Dog High Jump competition, which

will offer combined prizemoney totalling $500 in open and junior categories. The competition is open to anyone with a dog of any breed that is happy to jump.

There will be a small entry fee.

Admission to Rappville Rebounds is free, with the committee running a canteen and bar.

“In the past two years, Rappville has experienced severe drought, a truly devastating bushfire, and two floods as well as a pandemic – yet still this community endures,” Geoff said.

“Please, come and celebrate the bravery, strength and resilience of the community as Rappville Rebounds.”

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IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? NO

By Tonia Dynan AT least 16 or 17 registered nurses have resigned from Tenterfield Hospital in the last two years, and now Tenterfield Shire Council is calling for an independent investigation into the management of the hospital.

Cr Bronwyn Petrie made the motion which also asked for interviews with all staff that had resigned in the last few years to find out what the problem was.

“Yet again we have had no doctor for a period of four days,” she said.

“The doctor is still up there

doing the GP clinic, not in the hospital. Whatever has transpired has left us, yet again, with no doctor.

“We’ve had at least 16-17 registered nurses resign in the last 18 months to two years and this indicates there is something wrong.”

Cr Petrie said whatever the

problems were, they needed to be addressed so the town did not lose any more people.

She said the current doctor assigned to the GP clinic had worked 30 days straight.

“Enough is enough.

We need to show to our community that we do care.”

Cr John Macnish said he received a call from a gentleman the other day, who had presented to the hospital at 8am.

“He pressed the button, pressed the button again.

Finally, another gentleman came up with a suspected heart attack and pressed the button,” he said.

“When he finally got inside, he said he was abused by the staff.

“It all comes back to management. We’re the only body that can do anything about it. I hope something comes from this.”

The motion for the investigation was carried unanimously.

Green light for massive manufactured home estate in village

By Tim Howard CLARENCE Valley Council has backed away from recommending onsite construction for a 250-lot manufactured housing estate at Gulmarrad, which it green lighted at its last meeting.

Last Tuesday councillors were faced with a committee recommendation to approve a DA lodged on behalf of the owners of Lot 2 Brooms Head Rd, Jim Bricknell Chiropractor Pty Ltd and advise the developer council would support the manufacture of the homes for the site at an on-site facility, despite a condition of development ruling it out.

Cr Andrew Baker’s committee motion wanted the condition deleted, but this

alarmed some councillors who said it was not lawful.

In a point of order Cr Greg Clancy said council advising a developer to undertake an action before allowing the due process for that action to be followed, would be unlawful.

Cr Peter Ellem raised another point of order soon after, pointing out the regulation of manufactured housing estates was part of a State Government planning control.

“The council should not be leading the developer to do anything,” he said.

“It appears this council wants to write its own rule book to get around a State planning control.”

When Mayor Jim Simmons ruled against points of order,

Cr Clancy moved dissent.

He said a developer who wanted to build on site should put in an objection to the regulation and council could then consider it.

“Councillors encouraging a developer to build on site is not in order, the State has a process and it has to be done by procedure.”

But Cr Simmons could not see what the fuss was about.

He said Cr Baker had agreed to retain Condition 83, forbidding onsite construction, but advise the developer of the possibility of manufacturing onsite.

The dissent motion was lost 5-4, but later in the meeting Cr Baker agreed to drop part 2 of his motion recommending onsite construction to the developer, when assured the

developer was well aware he could lodge an objection to the condition banning onsite manufacture later.

Cr Baker, said the development, along with another nearby development for a neighbourhood shopping centre and tavern would give the village of Gulmarrad a heart.

He described the process as “back to front” as villages normally radiated out from a central location.

He pointed out the rezoning which allowed the development had begun in 2004 and become part of the Clarence Valley Local Environment Plan in 2011.

“It really started in 2003 to get to that point,” he said.

“There were public meetings

at the school with large attendances.

“They saw the benefit of Gulmarrad having a heart as its central component.”

Cr Clancy argued against the development being out of character with the area, which was composed mainly of large lot rural residential development.

Cr Peter Ellem largely supported the development and warned against listening to “hyperbole” from opponents using terms like “instant slum”.

He said the the costs of the development would lift prices out of the low cost housing market.

The council approved the development 8-1 with Cr Clancy the lone vote.

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Rebecca to lose locks for breast cancer fundraiser

By Tonia Dynan REBECCA Mulholland (pictured) has seen her mum survive breast cancer and was diagnosed with the disease herself when she was 45.

“I underwent a double mastectomy in 2020 and am about to undergo further surgery in just a few weeks’ time,” she said.

“My mother-in-law received her diagnosis within days of my initial diagnosis. We laughed about how we were ‘bosom buddies’.

“Despite a lumpectomy and radiation treatment we have recently discovered that her cancer has metastasised to her spine and she has begun a round of radiation and chemotherapy.

“So many people I have talked to since my diagnosis have been affected by breast cancer. It is extraordinary and terrifying how pervasive this disease is when you start to have conversations about it.”

Rebecca and her husband are now providing care for his mum.

“I realised how helpless I felt in the face of this disease.

And angry. It invades your life

and that of your family,” she said.

“Every time you feel a ‘weird’ lump you are filled with dread. Your days become consumed by thinking about your next GP, oncologist, surgeon, physio appointment.”

But Rebecca said the research that was currently going on was something to be optimistic and hopeful about.

So, she is lopping off her long locks to raise money for breast cancer research on July 3.

“It is a tiny way in which I am able to, quite bluntly, say F-you to breast cancer but more importantly raise money for research that will one day eradicate this scourge on families,” she said.

“I’m going for a full buzzcut which my dear sister and mum will have great glee in performing.

“I hope to raise $5000. I know it’s ambitious but hey, reach for the stars, right?”

Rebecca admits to being the family recluse, with sister Danielle more well-known on the Northern Rivers as the mayor of Kyogle.

“I was asked once who were my female heroes or women

who inspire me, and I had to think about that one a bit.

I don’t have to think about it anymore - I have always known my sister was a special soul but to be so generous when she’s on her own journey truly humbles me,” Danielle said.

“Bec has already shared her story and since then, I’ve received over a dozen calls from different women, all older, who had never had a mammogram but had toddled off to have one after hearing of Bec’s journey. Several of them tested positive but because it has been caught early, they will be survivors of breast cancer, not victims.

“Bec is hoping by shining

a light on the issue, women will take their health more seriously and recognise that by being proactive, they may just save a life - their own, that of a loved one, etc.

“I think this is an important issue and one that is not talked enough about. I’m so very proud of Bec for the way she has conducted herself during this ordeal and the fact that she is thinking of others before

her journey is even over.”

Rebecca has chosen fundraising platform Fundrzr because they offer donations via PayPal. All funds raised will go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation where they are aiming for zero deaths by 2030.

You can donate at fundrazr. com for Bec’s Buzzcut for Breast Cancer.

National Museum’s historic collection tells stories of Australian childhood A SUMPTUOUS hand-crafted doll’s house, cowboys and horses made from discarded wire and fabric, coins painted with imaginary figures, and a stuffed koala covered with kangaroo fur are among the toys from the National Museum of Australia’s collection that will go on display in Canberra for the first time.

On display in showcases throughout the National Museum’s Gandel Atrium, the toys in Play reveal how 14 Australian children played at different times and in different circumstances – of privilege or deprivation, in the city or in the outback.

National Museum of Australia director, Dr Mathew Trinca, said, “The Museum performs a vital role in engaging children from an early age in the stories, culture and history of our country. Play has changed in some ways over time, but I hope our visitors will still warmly recognise many of these objects from childhoods past and present.

Exhibition curator Dr Laura Cook said, “Children will always find a way to play, whatever their circumstances.

Playing games, making and sharing toys, and telling stories is how they learn about the world around them.

“These are modest but magical stories that give us a fresh view on the wonder and absorption of play and the diverse experience of Australian childhood across time and space,” Dr Cook said.

There are several hundred toys or children’s objects in the National Historical Collection, including tiny paper dolls, commercially produced dress-up costumes, handmade bush toys, pedal cars, board games and even a full-size jungle gym.

The objects selected for Play were chosen based on their compelling histories and strong

associations with a particular child. Each toy provides a glimpse into the imaginative world of the child who cherished it.

One of the displays centres on Lindsay’s Toy Factory, which was established in Sydney in the 1930s and became renowned for manufacturing cowboy outfits as the Wild West dominated popular culture in the following decades.

Andrew Lindsay, grandson of factory founder Albert Lindsay, said the family motto was “dress up and play the Lindsay way”.

“As a kid I, didn’t have a lot of toys. What I had was a box full of bits of outfits.

After school, my friends and

I would raid the box. I If you were lucky, you might get a bow and arrow, a cowboy hat, or a cap gun and holster, and then we’d head into the bush or hide behind the pumpkin vines in the backyard as we staged our mock battles,” Mr Lindsay said.

“It’s a child’s dream, growing up in a toy factory, running amok after hours, firing cap guns or shooting bows and arrows into cardboard boxes.

However, from an early age

I also became aware of the realities of factory life.

“When we were old enough, we would be suited up, working the stand at toy fairs, and when I hit my teens, my holiday job would be on the factory floor, or helping load the delivery truck as the boxes rolled down the conveyor belt.

The cowboy tents had metal frames, and they were heavy!”

Mr Lindsay said.

Play will be on display in the Gandel Atrium until February.

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LOCAL ORGANISATIONS HELPING EACH OTHER

By Samantha Elley A RECENT donation by Evans Head CWA to the Evans Head Landcare Group has been a big help in keeping bushland area around south Evans Head free, as much as possible, from weeds.

“We’ve been going since 2010, so 11 years,” said EH Landcare member Michelle Pagotto.

“We have nine working members and about 16 members all up.

“We look after the dog

park, the reserve, Shark Bay, Kalmina Park and the lookout.”

Ms Pagotto said the $500 will go towards planting, soil, stakes, diggers and general gear that needs replacing.

“It is very much appreciated,” she said.

“Most of our work is removing weeds and it’s a big job.

“That includes removing asparagus fern, bitou bush and mother of millions.”

For people interested in joining Evans Head Landcare,

you can contact Michelle Pagotto on 0428 662 500.

Roz Redwood of Evans Head CWA said the local volunteer organisations all help each other.

“Over the last five years we have been giving to local organisations such as the preschool and (Marine Rescue),” she said.

“Landcare don’t get much

publicity so we thought they could do with the money.”

The ladies of the CWA in the past have raised the money with their street stalls but were unable to do that with last year’s COVID restrictions.

“In the last 12 months we have had two monster garage sales, at Easter and the October long weekend,” Ms

Redwood said.

“They are our fund-raisers for the year.

“All credit goes to our hard-working members who collect items throughout the year, organise and run the garage sales.”

If you are interested in joining the Evans Head CWA, you can contact Roz Redwood on 0427 825 560.

Clubgrants provide boost to communities THE Byron Bay Community Association, Lifebridge Australia at Kingscliff, Marine Rescue NSW – Brunswick and the Alstonville Tennis Club has received a share in more than $6 million, thanks to the latest round of the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants Program.

The four local projects are a part of the 56 community projects funding through the program.

The Byron Bay Community Association was granted $51,387 for refurbishment and

replacement projects including dimmable in-house lighting, a new stage back wall, increased storage side-stage, and an improved courtyard.

Lifebridge Australia at Kingscliff was granted $55,500 to purchase a van for ‘pop up’ outreach services, Marine Rescue NSW – Brunswick at Brunwsick Heads was granted $16,455 to purchase a rescue watercraft and the Alstonville Tennis Club received $68,300 to replace two tennis courts.

Minister for Digital and Minister for Customer Service

Victor Dominello said the funding would go towards projects across sport and recreation, arts and culture, disaster readiness and essential community infrastructure.

“This is an opportunity to provide a boost to local economies and grassroots organisations who perform invaluable work for their communities. We are pleased to be able to provide this muchneeded support,” Mr Dominello said.

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July 1, 2021

30 NEWS

Budget delivers healthier, smarter and safer Tweed – Provest LOCAL Nationals MPs are touting last week’s State Budget as a healthy budget for young and old in the region.

Tweed MP Geoff Provest (pictured) said the budget was for a healthier, smarter and safer Tweed.

“A healthier Tweed because this budget accelerates the construction of the new Tweed Valley Hospital, which at $673 million, is the most expensive regional health infrastructure project ever built in New South Wales,” Mr Provest said.

“We will have a smarter Tweed, with funding to complete the major upgrades of public schools in Tweed Heads, Tweed Heads South and Kingscliff. This includes a first ever trade school at Tweed River High School that is set to benefit students from across the Tweed.

“In a very big win that will save parents up to $4000 per year for each of their younger children.

“We are also launching $100 Learn to Swim vouchers for

every preschool child aged three to six in NSW.” Mr Provest said the budget made the Tweed safer by funding the continued commitment to increasing police numbers, fulfilling the government’s commitment to boost the force by 1500 officers, the largest increase in 30 years.

“There is also continued funding for the social housing development at Tweed Heads and required upgrades, a two-year extension of the $250 Regional Seniors Travel Card, which will be available to more people from next year, and the community will also see an increase in the Community Building Partnership program that will allow more community/ sporting organisations the opportunity to apply for funding to improve their facilities.”

But Ballina Greens MP Tamara Smith said the budget was just a “band aid over some deep inequities in our society”.

“Given the massive property

boom and billions in stamp duty that the Macquarie Street coffers have reaped through Covid it is shocking that the phrase ‘affordable housing’ does not appear in the budget,” she said.

“The whole of regional NSW is in an extreme housing crisis and there is no relief in sight. Where are the economic levers and investment to see secure rentals and attainable housing for low to middle income earners?

“The other shocking omission was that climate

change was not mentioned.

How exactly are we getting to our net zero target by 2030 in NSW with no investment in emissions reduction actually in the budget?

“Insurance companies are laughing all the way to the bank because the floods and fires that are symptomatic of climate warming mean premiums of over 10K a year are the new norm for households.

“Doing nothing to lower our emissions and offering no relief for the extreme weather

events that will continue is irresponsible in the extreme.”

Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis said the Clarence and Richmond Valley’s younger and older citizens as well as anyone concerned about health, were the local winners from the budget.

“After a major focus on roads and bridges in recent years and despite ongoing funding for important projects like the Woodburn to Coraki Road upgrade, the spotlight is more on health, children and seniors this time,” he said.

“There is funding to continue preparations for the major expansion of Grafton Base Hospital, new ambulance stations in Casino and Iluka and the refurbishment of the station in Evans Head.

“There is also more for key regional health priorities including mental health, palliative care and ADHD. “There is additional funding for social housing, and I expect that to translate into announcements of local projects in the near future.”

PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY ROLES REFRESHED CLARENCE MP Chris Gulaptis and Tweed MP Geoff Provest have been appointed to new Parliamentary Secretary roles.

Mr Gulaptis will be Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry and Mr Provest will be Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Tourism and

Hospitality.

Deputy Premier John Barilaro announced the new appointments last week and said Parliamentary Secretary roles and responsibilities had been revised to reflect the current needs of regional NSW following drought, bushfires, floods and COVID-19, and to ensure

regional NSW is at the heart of decision making within the NSW Government.

“Our Parliamentary Secretaries are integral in helping to serve regional and rural communities across the state and representing regional towns by highlighting their unique issues in the NSW

Energy deals to help seniors stay warm this winter THE weather is getting cooler but NSW Seniors Card deals are warming up with savings available on energy costs this winter.

Minister for Seniors Natalie Ward said an exclusive EnergyAustralia deal will help ensure seniors have more money left over for doing the things they love.

“NSW Seniors Card and NSW Senior Savers Card members who sign up for EnergyAustralia’s ‘Total Plan’, receive 27 per cent off electricity, 25 per cent off gas and up to a $100 energy credit,” Mrs Ward said.

“Saving on basic living costs leaves more in the wallet for things that stave off social isolation, such as catching the train to see friends, groceries for a family dinner or buying a four-legged companion.”

Mark Brownfield, EnergyAustralia residential executive, said seniors can

also call for a free ‘Energy Health Check’.

“We’ll review your current energy bills to ensure you’re getting a fair price and see if you’ll be better off with our exclusive offer,” Mr Brownfield said.

“We understand getting value for money matters, so we’re pleased to give seniors this great discount and up-front credit on their gas and electricity.”

EnergyAustralia is among more than 7,500 NSW businesses offering deals for seniors. Other offers include half-price RSPCA senior pet adoptions and 50 per cent off metro to regional NSW TrainLink fares and five per cent off IGA gift cards.

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Parliament,” Mr Barilaro said.

“Today I can announce that moving forward there will be six Parliamentary Secretaries spanning responsibilities including water infrastructure, regional health, regional housing, agriculture, forestry, regional tourism, energy and the arts.

“There has never been

a more important time to focus on regional health and so it makes sense to have a dedicated Parliamentary Secretary to assist and support this agenda.

“These Members of Parliament already have a proven track record of serving as dedicated and effective Parliamentary Secretaries.”

Joyce must step up to save regional rail jobs RAIL workers have called on new Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Minister Barnaby Joyce to block moves to shift the transport of domestic containerised freight from Australian trains onto foreign flagged ships.

Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) National Secretary Mark Diamond said thousands of jobs in regional areas were at risk from a departmental proposal to further deregulate coastal trading laws, which would allow overseas-based ships to compete directly for domestic freight work.

“Barnaby Joyce has been returned to leadership of the National Party with a mandate to stand up for jobs in regional Australia. As Minister for Transport, the jobs of regional rail workers are his responsibility.

“The proposals put forward by his new department will make it easier for foreign-flagged vessels to operate in the Australian domestic freight market and compete directly with local rail operators.

“But it will be far from a level playing field: overseas shippers don’t have to pay Australian wages or meet Australian workplace standards.

“We are concerned these reforms, if adopted, could see the end trains carrying containerised freight in Australia.

“That means the National Party’s flagship infrastructure project, Inland Rail, is at risk of becoming a massive white elephant before it’s even built.”

Mr Diamond said Mr Joyce should start by ruling out any changes to coastal shipping that undermine the rail industry.

The Northern Rivers Times

July 1, 2021

FEATURE 31

Hereford ‘white face’ bull sets new NRLX record A HEREFORD bull has smashed a Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange (NRLX) sales record today when it fetched $16,000 at the annual Ramsey & Bulmer Bull and Female auction, $7000 more than last year’s top-priced seller.

The well-attended live auction, known as the white face sale, featured an outstanding selection of Santa Gertrudis and Hereford bulls and females, with vendors travelling from as far afield as Theodore, Queensland, and Little Plain, near Inverell.

Fifty five lots went under the hammer, with bulls averaging $7083.33. The toppriced bull sold for McPherson Herefords, Koreelah, at $16,000.

The top-priced heifer was a Santa Gertrudis sold by Gryanda Pastoral Co at $5000, with heifers averaging $4000.

Top-priced cow and calf were Santa Gertrudis sold by Avalon for $6000. Cows and calves averaged $5000.

NRLX operations manager Brad Willis said today’s bidding indicated producers were still seeking top-quality

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“McPherson Herefords, owned by George and Shirley Hardcastle, sold 12 bulls at an average of $9833 and led today’s sale,” he said.

“Rodger Kneipp, of Dundee Echo Park Herefords, sold six bulls, while Chris Whitney

of Old Bonalbo sold five Hereford bulls at an average of $6800.”

Mr Willis said with cattle prices showing no signs of dropping, vendors and buyers could continue to rely on the NRLX to get best value for money.

He said an increase in the number of sales due to strong growth in throughput saw the

NRLX move into the top 10 saleyards in the country, and number four in NSW. “The NRLX continues to be a pivotal leader for the beef industry of northern NSW,” Mr Willis said.

“The facility has experienced really great prices over the past couple of years and we’re expecting that to continue for some time yet.”

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He said as demonstrated by the rising prices being paid per head through the NRLX over the past 12 months, demand for cattle remained high.

He said today’s white face sale was preceded by the regular Wednesday prime sale which saw 1077 head sold, resulting in just over $1.4 million for the day.

“We are obviously doing something right with NRLX cattle prices maintaining a level of strength over the past 12 months,” Mr Willis said.

“There’s a lot of confidence in the market and increased competition from restocker buyers has continued to support prices as producers look to rebuild numbers.

“It’s a good position to be in - people are buying betterquality cattle because they’re getting paid well for their livestock.”

Auctioneer Allen Ramsey said the sale was very successful on the back of a strong market and exceptional quality cattle, saying the Hereford and Poll Herefords sold particularly well.

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July 1, 2021

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GRAFTON JACARANDA FESTIVAL 2021 Matron of Honour elect and Queen candidates INTRODUCING the 2021 Jacaranda Matron of Honour elect and Queen candidates.

All six candidates have been working hard behind the scenes to bring exciting, innovative events to the Clarence Valley community to raise funds for the 2021 Jacaranda Festival.

Enid McKew Matron of Honour elect Enid McKew has been proudly nominated as the 2021 Matron of Honour Elect by her fellow members of the South Grafton Bowling Sports and Recreation Club, where she has been an active member for twenty years.

Speaking on her nomination Enid says, “I consider it to be a great honour to have been selected as Matron of Honour Elect for this 2021 Jacaranda Festival. I look forward to getting to know the candidates and being part of their amazing Jacaranda journeys which I believe they will always treasure. Having been part of the sub-committee for the Junior Jacaranda Queen candidates for seven years it has been a wonderful experience to be involved with the Jacaranda Festival. I am very much looking forward to the year ahead and having the opportunity to support our wonderful 2021 Jacaranda Queen candidates.”

Hanna Craig Hanna Craig’s love of the Clarence Valley community is her number one reason for signing up as a Jacaranda Queen candidate. Sponsored

by BCU, Hanna is looking forward to the challenges she’ll face over the next few months.

“I entered the quest to explore and connect with more areas of our town and to allow myself to grow and pursue things I never imagined I would be doing,” she says.

Hanna is already an enthusiastic volunteer and supporter of the New School of Arts Neighbourhood House Inc. “Their innovative and out-of-the-box thinking inspires me and has been one of the many reasons I choose to volunteer my time at their events,” she says.

Hanna can’t wait to experience all aspects of the Festival. “I love that

Clockwise from top left are Matron of Honour elect Enid McKew and Queen candidates Hanna Craig, Ella Gilbert, Jess Munro, Natalie Van Der Klei, Ella Sear and Breeze Paine. our community welcomes everyone to come along and celebrate our Queen candidates, our beautiful trees and most importantly our local businesses.”

Ella Gilbert Ella Gilbert is proudly sponsored by Brewhouse Café.

Her drive to promote equal opportunity motivated her to participate in the Jacaranda Queen Quest. She is passionate about equality, saying “no matter your gender, age, nationality or sexuality, everyone should be able to have equal access to work and education.”

Ella also hopes that through her candidacy she will gain more confidence in herself and be able to actively engage with the Clarence Valley community. She says, “This journey is about gaining confidence within myself, showing the community (and myself) the best me”.

Ella is a second-year nursing student and cannot wait to graduate and commence work as a registered nurse.

Jess Munro Jess Munro is a proud Gamilaraay woman. She is thrilled to be sponsored by her employer Caringa Australia.

Jess, who works as a support worker for people with disability, says, “I have always wanted a job that I enjoy going to everyday and I have found one!”

Through her candidacy Jess hopes to encourage inclusivity. She says, “I want to motivate all Indigenous and

ethnically diverse groups in the Clarence Valley to encourage one another to participate in this festival, get amongst the community and show how culturally diverse our town is”.

Through her candidacy Jess aims to make connections with community and engage in meaningful conversations, she says, “I want to ask insightful questions when speaking with others, to not only understand their way of thinking, but to get them to think in a new way that helps them grow.”

Breeze Paine Breeze Paine, proudly sponsored by Summerland Credit Union, is new to the Clarence Valley and is looking forward to being more involved in the community through her Jacaranda Queen candidacy.

As a nurse, Breeze is passionate about promoting health and wellbeing. Through her candidacy, Breeze hopes to promote open and honest conversations about typically taboo topics such as miscarriage, infertility, mental health and death and dying.

“I want to encourage people, particularly our future leaders, to promote healthy and open conversation around these topics, to negate a lot of the common misconceptions associated with them,” she says.

Breeze works at Grafton Base Hospital where she is undertaking further education in the field of Acute Care.

She hopes to utilise the interpersonal and public speaking skills developed through her candidacy to advocate for quality health care services in regional and remote Australia.

Ella Sear Ella is proudly sponsored by Toast Espresso. She hopes that her involvement in the Jacaranda Queen Quest will encourage others to be involved. She says, “I think that by entering the Jacaranda Festival I can show that anyone and everyone can be part of Jacaranda Festival family.

I’m all for individuality and embracing who you are, and I hope that by entering I can inspire other young women in the community to become involved with our amazing festival.”

Ella is passionate about helping the young people of the Clarence Valley, particularly with mental health issues. She says, “All I really want is to bring people together and put smiles on people’s faces.”

She also loves how the Jacaranda Festival brings everyone together, not only from the Clarence Valley community but from all over Australia and around the

world, Ella says “it’s a great opportunity to learn about other people, their cultures and their experiences.”

Natalie Van Der Klei Natalie Van Der Klei is proudly sponsored by her employer CRANES Community Support Programs.

Natalie is a passionate advocate for mental health and disability and hopes to further her advocacy in this area through Jacaranda Queen candidacy. She says “as a person with multiple disabilities and a chronic illness warrior, I am extremely passionate about medical and health care accessibility in regional areas such as the Clarence Valley.”

Natalie also has a love of music having trained and performed as a vocalist. In the future Natalie hopes to employ her musical background to promote positive mental health outcomes.

She says “I would love to utilise my experience and education to mesh music and mental health to promote awareness and improved health for members of our community.” Natalie is looking forward to the opportunities, experiences and friendships that being a Jacaranda Queen Candidate will bring.

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July 1, 2021

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Help set the Jetty Memorial Theatre’s future direction A DRAFT Strategy to guide Coffs Harbour’s much-loved Jetty Memorial Theatre’s development and direction for the next five years is going on public display for community input from Friday, 25 June, until Sunday, 25 July 2021.

The Draft Jetty Memorial Theatre (JMT) Strategic Plan 2022-2026 includes goals, priorities and activities aimed at enhancing the services on offer at the venue and proposed capital improvements to meet anticipated increased community needs and industry trends.

“A recent survey of Theatre patrons showed that over 90% agreed with the statement that the JMT makes a contribution to their life that goes beyond the cost of a ticket, which underlines the prevailing view that the Theatre is a highly valued community venue,” said Enzo Accadia, Council’s Section Leader

Community Programs.

“It is one of the only venues in Coffs Harbour to offer a regular series of performing arts-based shows and performances and the only one to be professionally programmed. It also offers a regular series of movie

NEWS IN BRIEF Hogan on Barnaby ASKED for comment about the elevation of Barnaby Joyce to leader of the Nationals, Hevin Hogan said: “I have a principle that I will always support the leader. I thank Michael McCormack for his service as Deputy Prime Minister and for the opportunity to serve as his Assistant Minister.

I am now looking forward to working with Barnaby and continuing to advocate for our region in Canberra.

We continue to work on protecting people’s jobs and keeping them safe.”

EV charging stations for Kyogle?

KYOGLE council will investigate the cost of purchasing and installing electronic vehicle chargers.

Mayor Danielle Mulholland said with electronic vehicles (EVs) becoming available on the market, council needed to be prepared for the transition from fuel driven vehicles to EVs. “The lack of charging stations in our local government area (LGA) will hinder our ability to activate tourism in the area in the future as electronic vehicles become more commonplace,” she said.

“The Bonalbo Progress Association has specifically requested one be installed in Bonalbo and previous council discussions have been around the installation of an EV charging station in Kyogle.

“A report on the cost of purchasing and installing the charging stations will better inform our decision making, particularly with budgetary implications.”

Cr Lindsay Passfield said the idea might need some leadership and some incentives from local government to get these charging ports in place.

Cr Maggie May said the plan would be relatively cost neutral for council and could create some revenue for council in return.

The neighs have it HORSE riding for Clarence kids could become more accessible following the awarding of a $120,000 Nationals in NSW Government grant to the Glenreagh Kings Park Equestrian Club, according to Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis.

“The new Kings Park Equestrian Club on the banks of the Tallawudjah Creek is an Equestrian NSW affiliated club that aims to be inclusive of all equestrian activities with a calendar that includes

screenings, community arts organisations’ shows and commercial events.

“It plays a key role in promoting local and visitor connection, experience and appreciation for the performing arts industry, and is an important contributor to

the local cultural and tourism economies.”

The key objectives of the Draft Strategic Plan are to: • Increase the overall use of the JMT; • Increase attendance at all events, activities and performances; and

kids camps, training days, clinics and competitions,” Mr Gulaptis said.

“The $120,000 will be used to build a roof for the newly developed main arena, which will make it more fit for purpose for activities such as equestrian events, equine therapy, equestrian school excursions, ladies days and other recreational activities.”

The funding comes from the Nationals in NSW Government’s Clubgrants Category 3 Fund, which reinvests part of the tax collected from pokie machines into community projects.

the kelpie and its owner, who was carrying the injured animal.

The kelpie was taken to the vet but had to be euthanised about two weeks after the attack, partly due its injuries.

Legal counsel, Ralph James, said Council declared the American Staffordshire terrier a dangerous dog after the attack, while City of Gold Coast made the same declaration.

“This attack was in 2019 and it has taken a long time to get to court, mainly because of COVID-19,” Mr James said.

“Council is grateful to the Byron Shire community members who witnessed the attack, provided Council with evidence, and, prior to the defendant pleading guilty, were willing to attend Court to give their evidence at a hearing.

“The defendant’s guilty plea would likely not have been made without them,” Mr James said.

“The owner of the American Staffordshire terrier has to pay $9,200 and this figure is comprised of vet bills and expenses for the owner of the dog that was attacked, and Council’s expenses in bringing this matter to court.

“The owner also received a 12-month conditional release order and now has a conviction recorded against them.

“This event was extremely traumatic for everyone

Dog owner ordered to pay $9,200 A GOLD Coast resident has been ordered to pay $9,200 after a dog attack in Byron Bay. The incident happened in October 2019 when an 11-year-old kelpie being walked by its owner was attacked by an American Staffordshire terrier.

The terrier and its owner were from the Gold Coast and staying in a nearby house when the attack occurred.

Four people, including the terrier’s owner, eventually managed to stop a first attack, but not before it severely injured the kelpie, including breaking its leg.

The terrier then attacked again, continuing to menace

• Increase the revenue from services offered including technical, ticketing and bar/ kiosk.

The Draft Strategy explores the opportunities of the proposed expansion of the JMT to provide a new rehearsal/community space, workshop and a set assembly area for the building of theatrical sets. The expansion project would also provide an expanded kiosk and foyer, additional toilet and shower amenities and some additional car parking.

The $4.2m project has already been endorsed by Council to be made shovelready for future external funding opportunities.

People can view the Draft Strategy and supporting information at haveyoursay. coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/ jmt-strategic-business-planupdate where they can also provide their feedback. The submissions portal will be open until 25 July.

involved and while it resulted in the death of one animal, it could have resulted in the serious injury of one or more of the people who were trying to save the dog,” Mr James said.

Heritage funding A LOCAL Heritage Places Fund has been established

by Tenterfield Shire Council with partially matching funds from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage.

The aim of the fund is to encourage as much positive work on heritage items in the area as possible.

The fund will enable applicants to undertake sympathetic repairs to their properties which are consistent with generally accepted heritage principles.

Replacing like with like, repainting properties in their original colours, using recycled or traditional materials where possible and undertaking research on the history of a property before undertaking repairs are key ideas which are encouraged by the program.

This year council is calling for applications from across the shire, with submissions closing on August 13.

Application forms and guidelines can be downloaded from the council website or obtained by visiting council’s customer service staff at the visitor information centre.

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12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 MOVIE: The Cutting Edge. (1992, PGl, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (av, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 1.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Movin’ To The Country. (Premiere) Craig Quartermaine visits Orana.

8.00 Dream Gardens. Michael McCoy meets a family who recently acquired a home with a spacious garden in Woodend, Victoria.

8.30 Vera. (Ma, R) DCI Vera Stanhope must piece together a cleaner’s final hours to investigate his murder.

10.05 Doc Martin. (Final, Ma, R) Martin rushes to Ruth’s for a medical emergency.

10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 The Vaccine. (R) 11.25 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (R) 11.55 Starstruck. (Ml, R) 12.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Jennifer Byrne.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Secrets Of The Angkor Empire.

(PGaw, R) Peter Lee takes a look at the Khmer civilisation and how some of the same challenges resound today.

8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 7.

Vierzon to Le Creusot. 249.1km hilly stage. From France.

1.40 French Food Safari. (PG, R) Maeve and Guillaume search for truffles.

2.10 Food Safari. (R) 2.40 Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes. (R) 3.50 Rick Stein’s India. (PG, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

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.

Johanna Griggs and Karen Martini visit some towns on the Grand Pacific Drive recipe road trip.

8.30 MOVIE: Pretty Woman.

(1990, Mls, R) In need of an escort for social events while visiting Los Angeles, a ruthless, workaholic businessman gives a prostitute a first-hand look at the lives of the rich when he hires her to be his companion for a week. Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Hector Elizondo.

11.05 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: The Donald Mackay Disappearance. (Madv, R) A look at the murder of Donald Mackay.

12.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 16.

Penrith Panthers v Parramatta Eels.

From BlueBet stadium, Penrith.

9.50 Golden Point. Presenter James Bracey is joined by Peter Sterling, Paul Vautin, Andrew Johns and Billy Slater Slater for a post-Panthers versus Eels match wrap-up, with access to players and coaches.

10.35 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 5.

Continued. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England.

5.00 Explore TV: Norfolk Island. (R) Part 1 of 4. Explores Norfolk Island’s history, environment, food, and adventures.

5.30 A Current Affair. (R)

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Living Room. Baz designs a driftwood-inspired table lamp. Miguel takes barbecued snapper to a new level.

8.30 To Be Advised.

9.30 The Graham Norton Show.

(Mal, R) A compilation of highlights from episodes from before the coronavirus lockdown, with guests including Daniel Radcliffe, Jamie Foxx, Michael B. Jordan, Robert Downey Jr, Justin Timberlake, Jim Carrey and Margot Robbie.

10.20 Luke Heggie: Tiprat. (MA15+ls, R) A performance by comedian Luke Heggie.

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

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late night talk show.

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. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 MOVIE: I’m Not There. (2007, M) 10.40 Doctor Who. 11.40 Art Works. 12.10am Brush With Fame. 12.40 Insert Name Here. 1.10 Catalyst. 2.10 QI. 2.40 Parks And Recreation. 3.00 30 Rock. 3.20 Alan Partridge’s Mid-Morning Matters. 3.50 Great News. 4.10 News Update. 4.15 Close. 5.00 Rainbow Chicks. 5.05 Timmy Time. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon The X-Files. 12.50 Rex In Rome. 1.40 WorldWatch.

2.05 Cycling. Tour de France. Replay. 4.05 WorldWatch. 5.05 Joy Of Painting. 5.35 Shortland Street. 6.05 Forged In Fire. 7.00 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Dynamo: Magician Impossible. 9.20 Sex Tape Germany.

10.25 Fear The Walking Dead. (Return) 12.25am Yokayi Footy. 1.00 News. 1.25 South Park. 2.40 NHK World English News. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon World’s Greatest Journeys. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless.

2.55 MOVIE: Henry VIII And His Six Wives. (1972, PG) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Wimbledon Tennis Pre-Show. 8.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 5. 10.35 MOVIE: In The Name Of The Father. (1993, M) 1am Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 8. Styrian Grand Prix.

Highlights. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Star Trek: The Next Generation.

2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 11.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Hawaii Five-0. 5.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Operation Arctic.

Continued. (2014, PG, Norwegian) 6.20 Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety. (2018, PG, Hindi) 8.55 Wadjda.

(2012, PG, Arabic) 10.40 Long Way North. (2015, PG) 12.10pm Till The End Of The World. (2018, PG, Mandarin) 2.20 Operation Arctic. (2014, PG, Norwegian) 4.00 Ernest & Celestine. (2012, PG) 5.30 The Lunchbox. (2013, PG, Hindi) 7.30 A Silent Voice. (2016) 9.55 Bend It Like Beckham. (2002, PG) Midnight Amour. (2012, M, French) 2.20 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 The Fishing Show. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 American Pickers. 9.00 Doomsday Preppers. 10.00 A Football Life. 11.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Boy To Man. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Pawn Stars.

3.30 Rodeo. Coonamble Rodeo. Highlights. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Road Hauks. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 To Be Advised.

11.30 Hardcore Pawn. Midnight Pawn Stars. 12.30 Storage Wars. 1.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 MOVIE: Pokémon: The Rise Of Darkrai. (2007) 12.45pm Surfing Australia TV. 1.15 Peaking. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Malcolm. 3.30 The Nanny.

4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show.

5.00 Malcolm. 5.30 MOVIE: Harriet The Spy. (1996) 7.30 MOVIE: Despicable Me 2. (2013, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Central Intelligence. (2016, M) 11.40 Malcolm. 12.10am Love Island. 1.10 Fresh Eggs.

2.05 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo.

3.30 Nexo Knights. 4.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Seinfeld. 7.00 Rules Of Engagement. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. Noon Charmed. 1.00 The Conners. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Friends. 10.30 Charmed. 11.30 Big Bang. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. 2.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs.

3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 4.30 Friday Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour.

6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News.

7.15 The Vaccine. 7.30 ABC News Update. 8.45 Road To Tokyo. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Close Of Business. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum.

Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 The Vaccine. 12.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. 1.00 ABC Late News.

1.15 Friday Briefing. 1.40 Drum Beat. 2.00 DW News. 2.15 The Vaccine. 2.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 9.05 Kagagi. 9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 First Footprints.

11.00 Fusion. Noon Boxing For Palm Island. 1.00 Who Killed Malcolm Smith? 2.00 On The Road.

3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Kriol Kitchen. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 NITV News: Nula. 7.30 MOVIE: Drop Dead Fred. (1991, PG) 9.15 Bedtime Stories. 9.25 Torres To The Thames. 10.30 The Big Wet. 11.30 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.00 Fixer Upper. 8.00 Inspiring Rooms. 8.30 The Block. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Flip Wars: Buying Blind. Noon House Hunters Int. 1.00 Fixer Upper.

2.00 Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Texas Flip And Move. 5.00 Flip Or Flop.

6.00 House Hunters International. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Maine Cabin Masters. 8.30 Island Life. 9.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt Renovation.

10.30 Supersize My Pool. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Headline News. 8.30

1.05pm School Of Rock. 1.50 Secret Life Of Boys.

2.35 Prank You Very Much. 3.00 How To Do Stuff Good. 3.30 Mikki Vs The World. 4.00 The Dengineers. 4.30 Hardball. 5.00 Malory Towers.

5.25 Droners. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Miraculous World: New York, United Heroez. 8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.30 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.50 Fruits Basket. 9.10 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 9.35 Radiant. 10.00 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

11.30 Taste Of The Territory. Noon French Odyssey.

12.30 French Food Safari. 1.00 Mystery Diners.

1.30 Food Lover’s Guide. 2.00 Cook’s Pantry With Matt Sinclair. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Chefs’ Line.

3.30 Lidia’s Italy. 4.00 Cocoa: Beyond The Bean.

5.00 Africa On A Plate. 5.30 Food Safari. 6.30 Luke Nguyen’s France. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 River Cottage Australia. 8.30 Jamie’s Food Escapes. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 10.30 Food Safari. 11.00 Late Programs.

House Calls To The Rescue. 8.00 Harry’s Practice.

8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute.

2.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 3.30 Crash Investigation Unit. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Vintage Roads: Great And Small. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 11.30 Late Programs.

Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 The Friday Showdown. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Bernardi. 8.00 The Media Show. (Premiere) 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, July 3 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

(R) 1.20 Finding The Archibald. (Ml, R) 2.15 Freeman. (R) 3.15 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 3.45 Back Roads. (PG, R) 4.20 Landline.

4.50 Scottish Vets Down Under. (PG, R) 5.20 Secrets Of The Museum. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Tour De France: Morning Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France.

Stage 7. Replay. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Rome: What Lies Beneath. (PG, R) 3.30 Cycling. Giro d’Italia Donne. Stage 1. H’lights. 4.35 Hitler’s World: The Post War Plan. (PG, R) 5.30 Tour De France Preview Show.

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 To Be Advised.

4.30 Dog Patrol. (PGa, R) 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) 12.00 Our State On A Plate. 12.30 Rebound.

1.00 Explore.

1.10 Australian Ninja Warrior. (PG, R) 3.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 9.

NSW Swifts v West Coast Fever.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6.00 WhichCar. (PG, R) 6.30 Leading The Way. 7.00 Escape Fishing. (R) 7.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R) 8.30 All 4 Adventure. (PGl, R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 The Living Room. (R) 1.10 The Dog House. (PG, R) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Taste Of Australia. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 4.30 Three Blue Ducks. (PGl, R) 5.00 10 News First.

6.10 Extraordinary Escapes: Prue Leith. (Final, PG) Hosted by Sandi Toksvig.

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

7.30 The Durrells. (PGls) Aunt Hermione dies suddenly.

8.20 Sanditon. (Final, PG) The fate of Sanditon hangs in the balance as the night of the midsummer ball arrives.

9.10 Jack Irish. (Malsv, R) The countdown to payday begins as Jack hunts down a killer.

10.05 MotherFatherSon. (Mlv, R) Max collects a dossier of evidence.

11.05 Miniseries: Delicious.

(Ml, R) Part 1 of 4.

11.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Walking Britain’s Lost Railways: Devon. (Return) Rob Bell discovers the now-abandoned lines that unlocked the wild coastline of north Devon.

8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 8.

Oyonnax to Le Grand-Bornand. 150.8km mountain stage. From France.

1.40 French Food Safari. (R) Maeve learns about butchers.

2.10 Food Safari. (R) 2.40 Rick Stein’s Spain. (R) 3.50 Rick Stein’s India. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Surveillance Oz. (PGa) A passionate reptile keeper gets ripped off in his home. Thieves manipulate an outdated security system.

7.30 MOVIE: Captain America: Civil War. (2016, Malv, R) Iron Man and Captain America clash over the response to an incident involving the Avengers. Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson.

10.30 MOVIE: Eraser. (1996, MA15+v, R) A witness-protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers in a case involving hi-tech weapons. Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan.

1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 David Attenborough’s Life In Colour: Seeing In Colour. (PG) Takes a look at the vital role that colour plays in the daily lives of many species.

8.30 MOVIE: Bumblebee. (2018, Mv) After the fall of Cybertron, transformer Bumblebee is dispatched to regroup and form a base in California in the 1980s, but he instead befriends a troubled teenage girl.

Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Pamela Adlon.

10.50 Tennis. Wimbledon.

Day 6. Continued.

5.00 A Current Affair. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact. (PG)

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGd, R) Follows the work of elite lifeguards.

7.00 The Dog House. (PG, R) Dogs are matched with companions.

8.00 Ambulance Australia. (Mal, R) The importance of first aid is shown when the paramedics struggle with the logistics of extricating a man at a train station. First responders are dispatched to help a man who has been struck in the groin by a javelin.

9.00 To Be Advised.

11.00 Bull. (Ma, R) A woman is on trial for her husband’s murder.

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

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 QI. 8.30 Unprotected Sets. 9.15 Black Mirror. 10.10 Live At The Apollo. 10.55 Insert Name Here. 11.30 Fleabag. 11.55 The Moaning Of Life.

12.40am The Stand Up Sketch Show. (Final) 1.05 Carl Barron: One Ended Stick. 2.30 Would I Lie To You? The Unseen Bits. 3.00 News Update. 3.05 Close. 5.00 Rainbow Chicks. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Letterkenny. 1.30 WorldWatch. 1.55 Cycling.

Tour de France. Replay. 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.55 Magic Alps. 5.10 Seconds From Disaster. 7.00 Australia’s Forgotten Islands. 7.55 Robbie Hood.

9.00 The X-Files. 10.50 Sex In The World’s Cities.

1am Australiana: Island Queens. 1.40 Epicly Later’d.

2.30 France 24. 3.00 Basketball. WNBA. New York Liberty v Washington Mystics. 5.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 10.30 Mystic. 11.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special.

Noon The Great Australian Doorstep. 12.45 House Of Wellness. 1.45 MOVIE: Ben-Hur. (1959, PG) 6.30 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Home Rescue. (Premiere) Midnight Before And After.

12.30 The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 Dangerman.

11.00 My Favorite Martian. 11.30 MOVIE: The Brigand Of Kandahar. (1965, PG) 1.10pm MOVIE: Suspect. (1960, PG) 2.50 MOVIE: Sitting Bull.

(1954, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: Gunfight At The O.K. Corral. (1957, PG) 7.30 Wimbledon Tennis Pre-Show.

8.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 6. 10.50 MOVIE: Misery. (1990, M) 1am TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. Noon JAG. 2.00 The Doctors. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder.

4.00 Bondi Rescue. 4.30 iFish. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 Hawaii Five-0. 12.15am 48 Hours.

2.10 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 9. Dutch Grand Prix. Highlights. 3.40 Escape Fishing With ET. 4.05 The Doctors. 5.00 Home Shopping.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

4pm The Dengineers. 4.30 Hardball. 5.00 Malory Towers. 5.25 Droners. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness. 8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.25 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.50 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Mary Shelley. Continued. (2017, PG) 6.15 Flash Gordon.

(1980, PG) 8.20 Bend It Like Beckham. (2002, PG) 10.25 The Nightingale. (2013, Mandarin) 12.20pm The Lunchbox. (2013, PG, Hindi) 2.20 Mary Shelley.

(2017, PG) 4.35 Lassie. (2005, PG) 6.30 The Young Victoria. (2009) 8.30 The Keeper. (2018) 10.40 Rams. (2015, M, Icelandic) 12.20am Late Programs.

5.40 The Lunchbox. (2013, PG, Hindi)

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

8.30 Shopping. 10.00 Step Outside. 10.30 Fish’n With Mates. 11.00 My Road To Adventure.

11.30 Road Hauks. 12.30pm Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Storage Wars. 2.00 Powerboats.

3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Storage Wars Canada. 5.00 Caught On Dashcam.

5.30 American Restoration. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 To Be Advised. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Social Fabric. 2.00 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Replay. 3.00 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: White – Victini And Zekrom. (2011) 5.00 MOVIE: Inkheart. (2008, PG) 7.05 MOVIE: Journey To The Centre Of The Earth. (2008, PG) 9.05 MOVIE: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1.

(2014, M) 11.30 Police Ten 7. Midnight Love Island: Unseen Bits. 1.00 Westside. 2.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 Charmed. 8.00 Rules Of Engagement.

9.00 Becker. 10.00 Broke. 11.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.30pm Frasier. 3.30 The Conners. 4.30 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.45 2 Broke Girls. 10.45 MOVIE: What If It Works? (2017, M) 12.45am Home Shopping. 1.45 Charmed. 2.35 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. 3.30 100% Hotter. 4.30 Home Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 2.15pm Drum Beat. 2.30 ABC News.

3.00 The Breakfast Couch. 3.30 ABC News. 4.00 Q+A Highlights. 4.30 ABC News. 5.30 ABC News Regional. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Back Roads. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 One Plus One. 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 Mystery Diners. 1.30 Africa On A Plate. 2.00 Living On The Veg. 3.00 Beautiful Baking. 4.00 Secret Meat Business. 5.00 Pacific Island Food Revolution. 6.00 Cheese Slices. 6.30 Rick Stein’s German Bite. 7.35 Remarkable Places To Eat. 8.40 Ainsley’s Mediterranean Cookbook.

9.30 The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British. 10.40 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.45 Torres To The Thames. 12.50pm Rugby Union.

South Australia League. 2.20 Rugby Union. WA Premier Grade. 3.50 Bowls. SA Super League. 4.50 Indian Country Today. 5.20 News. 5.50 NITV News: Nula. 6.20 Welcome To Country. 6.30 Bamay.

7.30 Stand Up And Be Counted: A NAIDOC Concert Special. 9.30 Celebrating The NAIDOC Awards.

11.30 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 Postcards. Noon Explore TV: Norfolk Island.

12.30 Getaway. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 1.30 Flip Or Flop. 2.30 Island Life. 3.30 Supersize My Pool.

4.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt Renovation. 5.30 Maine Cabin Masters. 6.30 Log Cabin Living. 7.30 House Hunters Family. 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 News. Noon News.

12.30 News. 1.00 News. 1.30 News. 2.00 News.

2.30 News. 3.00 News. 3.30 News. 4.00 News.

4.30 The People Who Built Australia. 5.00 News.

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

SUNDAY, July 4 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Insiders.

10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PGan, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline.

1.30 Movin’ To The Country. (R) 2.00 Dream Gardens. (R) 2.30 Doc Martin. (Final, PGa, R) 3.20 Scottish Vets Down Under. (PG, R) 3.50 Australia Remastered. (PG, R) 5.00 Art Works.

(PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 Tour De France: Morning Update. 8.00 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News.

9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News.

11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 8. Replay.

1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Sportswoman. 3.35 Cycling. Giro d’Italia Donne. Stage 2. H’lights.

4.35 Hitler’s World: The Post War Plan. (PG, R) 5.30 Tour De France Preview Show.

6.00 Home 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 And Gardens. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 1.00 Netball. Super Netball.

Round 9. Sunshine Coast Lightning v Melbourne Vixens.

3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 16.

Wests Tigers v South Sydney Rabbitohs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Destination Dessert. (R) 8.30 Freshly Picked. (R) 9.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. (PG, R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Left Off The Map. (R) 12.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 1.00 GCBC. (R) 1.30 Three Veg And Meat. (R) 2.00 Buy To Build.

(R) 2.30 MasterChef Aust. (R) 3.30 Hotels By Design. (PG, R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.30 Three Blue Ducks. (PGls, R) 5.00 News.

6.30 Compass. (R) 7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Grand Designs. (PG) Hosted by Kevin McCloud.

8.30 Jack Irish. (Final, Malv) As the Great White payday approaches, Jack must lay to rest the ghosts of the past.

9.30 Miniseries: Agatha Christie’s The Pale Horse. (Mal, R) Part 1 of 2.

10.30 Operation Buffalo. (Mal, R) 11.25 Line Of Duty. (Mav, R) 12.25 The Real Diana. (PG, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.55 Miniseries: Agatha Christie’s The Pale Horse. (Mal, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Treasures Of Malta. (PG) Bettany Hughes explores Malta, a cultural hub laden with some of the world’s most precious treasures.

8.30 Cycling. Tour de France.

Stage 9. Cluses to Tignes. 144.9km mountain stage. From France.

1.40 French Food Safari. (R) Maeve and Guillaume meet chef Guy Savoy.

2.10 Food Safari. (R) 2.40 Rick Stein’s Spain. (R) 3.50 Rick Stein’s India. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Farmer Wants A Wife.

(Return, PGal) Hosted by Natalie Gruzlewski.

8.45 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: The Night Caller – Eric Edgar Cooke. (MA15+av) A look at the case of Eric Edgar Cooke.

10.00 The Real Manhunter: The Murder Of Bridie Skehan. (Mav) Details the murder of Bridget “Bridie” Skehan.

11.00 Criminal Confessions. (Malv) 12.00 The Blacklist. (MA15+av) 1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Australian Ninja Warrior. (PG) 8.50 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.

9.50 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

10.20 Australian Crime Stories: The Hunter. (Ml, R) A look at the case of David Prideaux.

11.25 Killed By My Stalker. (Mal, R) 12.15 Dr Christian Jessen Will See You Now. (MA15+al, R) 1.05 Postcards. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project. Joins panellists for a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. Contestants must choose an ingredient and cook it in two different styles: fast-food and fancy.

9.10 FBI. (Mv) A father’s deadly past comes back to haunt him as the FBI search for his daughter, who was kidnapped during a family holiday. Maggie learns Nestor has been hiding an important secret.

12.00 The Sunday Project.

(R) A look at the day’s news.

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

Morning news and talk show.

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. 9.30 Finding The Archibald. 10.30 Catalyst. 11.25 Ballet Now. 12.25am Black Mirror. 1.20 Live At The Apollo.

2.05 Carl Barron: One Ended Stick. 3.30 News Update. 3.35 Close. 5.05 Miffy’s Adventures Big And Small. 5.15 The Furchester Hotel. 5.25 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Chinese Dating With The Parents. 2.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Replay. 4.00 WorldWatch.

4.30 New Girl. 6.00 Life After People. 7.40 The Buildings That Fought Hitler. 8.30 WWE Legends.

10.10 Dark Side Of The Ring. 11.00 VICE. 12.05am Jackson: The Last Abortion Clinic. 1.50 Student Sex Workers. 2.40 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 7.30 Leading The Way. 8.00 David Jeremiah. 8.30 Shopping.

10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 The Surgery Ship.

Noon Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. 1.00 Creek To Coast. 1.30 Travel And Eat With Dan & Steph.

2.00 The Bowls Show. 3.00 My Greek Odyssey.

4.00 Escape To The Country. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 9.00 Harbour Cops. 9.30 Air Crash Investigation. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. Noon Getaway. 12.30 MOVIE: Treasure Island. (1972) 2.30 MOVIE: The Divided Heart. (1954, PG) 4.30 MOVIE: Solomon And Sheba. (1959, PG) 7.30 Death In Paradise.

8.40 Grantchester. 9.40 Chicago P.D. 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.00 Scorpion. 1pm The Doctors. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder.

3.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 4.00 Pooches At Play. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 iFish.

5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 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.

3.30pm Junior Vets. 4.00 The Dengineers. 4.30 Hardball. 5.00 Malory Towers. 5.25 Droners. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness. 8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.25 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.50 Rage. 10.50 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Lunchbox. Continued. (2013, PG, Hindi) 7.40 Long Way North. (2015, PG) 9.10 Lassie. (2005, PG) 11.05 Ernest & Celestine. (2012, PG) 12.35pm The Young Victoria. (2009, PG) 2.35 The Nightingale. (2013, Mandarin) 4.30 Bend It Like Beckham. (2002, PG) 6.35 Boychoir. (2014, PG) 8.30 Public Enemies.

(2009, MA15+) 11.05 The Skin I Live In. (2011, MA15+, Spanish) 1.20am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 River To Reef: Retro. 11.30 Step Outside.

Noon The Fishing Show. 1.00 Fish’n With Mates.

1.30 Fishing. Australian Championships. AFC Barra. Replay. 2.00 Fishing And Adventure. 2.30 Merv Hughes Fishing. 3.00 To Be Advised. 6.00 American Restoration. 6.30 MOVIE: Godzilla.

(2014, PG) 9.00 MOVIE: Godzilla: King Of The Monsters. (2019, M) 11.50 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Malcolm. 2.00 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 3.00 Hollywood Medium. 4.00 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 5.00 MOVIE: Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. (2000, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Back To The Future Part III. (1990, PG) 9.20 MOVIE: The Bourne Ultimatum. (2007, M) 11.30 Police Ten 7. Midnight Love Island. 1.10 Westside. 2.10 Hollywood Medium. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 Broke. 8.00 Neighbours. 10.30 MasterChef Australia. 12.30pm 100% Hotter. 1.30 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 2.00 The Conners.

3.00 The Middle. 4.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 The Neighborhood. 9.30 2 Broke Girls. 11.30 Mom. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Funny Girls. 2.20 MOVIE: Friends With Kids. (2011, MA15+) 4.30 Home Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 2pm ABC News. 2.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. 3.00 ABC News. 3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 Landline. 5.00 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. 9.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. 10.00 ABC News Weekend.

10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 11.40 Living On The Veg. 12.35pm Beautiful Baking. 1.30 Secret Meat Business. 2.00 The Cook Up. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.00 Food Fight Club. 6.00 New Caledonia. 6.30 Australia’s Food Bowl. 7.00 Middle East Feast With Shane Delia. 7.30 Made In Britain. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends. 9.35 The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British.

10.45 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.45 Football. AFL. Heartland Footy. Murray League.

1.30pm Rugby League. NRL NT. 3.00 Ice Hockey.

SA Premier League. 4.30 Football. NT Women’s Premier League. 6.00 NITV News: Nula. 6.25 First Australians. 7.35 NITV News Update. 7.45 When The River Runs Dry. 8.45 Gifts Of The Maarga.

9.30 MOVIE: Sweet Country. (2017, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Maine Cabin Masters. 11.00 Flip Wars: Buying Blind. Noon House Hunters Reno. 1.00 He Shed She Shed. 2.00 Find Me A Dream Home Australia. 2.30 Log Cabin Living. 3.30 Fixer Upper.

4.30 House Hunters Family. 5.30 House Hunters.

6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 Good Bones. 8.30 The Jennie Garth Project. 9.30 My Lottery Dream Home. 10.30 To Be Advised. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Sunday Agenda.

9.00 Outsiders. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Business Weekend. Noon News. 1.00 News. 1.30 News.

2.00 News. 2.30 News. 3.00 News. 3.30 News.

4.00 News. 4.30 News. 5.00 News. 5.30 The People Who Built Australia. 6.00 Sharri. 7.00 Chris Smith Tonight. 8.00 The Alliance. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Late Programs.

MONDAY, July 5 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Durrells.

(PGls, R) 2.00 Mystery Road. (Mdl, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Think Tank. (R) 5.00 Stan Grant’s One Plus One. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 Tour De France: Morning Update. 7.30 Big Mob Brekky. 8.30 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 9. Replay. 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 Going Places. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.00 Cycling. Giro d’Italia Donne. Stage 3. H’lights. 5.00 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

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

12.00 To Be Advised.

1.30 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera. (PGa, R) 2.30 Highway Cops. (PG) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.10 Australian Ninja Warrior. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 1.00 MasterChef Aust. (R) 2.40 Ent. Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen.

4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

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 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. 8.30 Four Corners.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 Murder 24/7. (Mdlv) 10.35 ABC Late News.

11.05 Finding The Archibald.

(Final, Ml, R) 12.05 MOVIE: The Australian Dream. (2019, MA15+l, R) 1.10 MotherFatherSon. (Mlv, R) 2.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. (PG, R) 8.30 Secret Scotland. (Final, PG) 9.25 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) 10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 The Investigation. (Premiere, Mal) 11.45 MOVIE: Sweet Country.

(2017, Mav, R) 1.50 Stand Up And Be Counted: A NAIDOC Concert Special. (PG) 3.50 Going Places. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 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 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PGal) Hosted by Natalie Gruzlewski.

9.00 9-1-1: Lone Star. (Mas) The 126 are on the scene when a disastrous wedding comes crumbling down.

10.00 S.W.A.T. (Mav) A war lord is targeted by assassins.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 Filthy Rich. (Mav) Reverend Paul and Eric appear in a commercial.

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Australian Ninja Warrior.

(PG) The Ninjas are challenged in new and unexpected ways on the toughest course ever designed.

9.20 Emergency. (Mam) Follows a team of medical professionals as they fight to save patients suffering life-threatening injuries.

10.20 100% Footy. (M) Features the latest rugby league news.

11.20 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

11.50 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 7. Continued.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. Contestants visit Martin Benn’s new restaurant.

8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panelists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week.

9.40 Steph Tisdell: Identity Steft. (MA15+l) A performance by Indigenous comedian Steph Tisdell.

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

11.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.30 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 QI. 8.30 Australia’s Ocean Odyssey: A Journey Down The East Australian Current. 9.30 Doctor Who. 10.20 Further Back In Time For Dinner.

11.20 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. Midnight QI. 12.30 Escape From The City. 1.30 Parks And Recreation.

1.50 30 Rock. 2.10 Alan Partridge’s Mid-Morning Matters. 2.40 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Big Mob Brekky. 1.00 The X-Files. 1.50 WorldWatch. 2.15 Cycling. Tour de France. Replay.

4.15 This Week. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster.

10.10 Black Lives Matter: A Global Reckoning. 11.00 Savages. (Premiere) 12.05am MOVIE: Land Of Mine. (2015, MA15+) 1.55 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute.

9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Business Builders. 11.00 The Bowls Show. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 1.45 The Surgery Ship. 2.45 To Be Advised. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Judge John Deed. 10.30 MOVIE: Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie. (2014, M) 12.30am Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon World’s Greatest Natural Wonders. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Fear Is The Key. (1972, PG) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 Wimbledon Tennis Pre-Show. 8.00 Tennis.

Wimbledon. Day 7. 11.50 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Star Trek: The Next Generation.

2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Motor Racing. Formula 1.

Austrian Grand Prix. Highlights. 11.20 Blue Bloods.

12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Elementary. 3.15 JAG. 4.10 Hawaii Five-0. 5.05 Star Trek: Voyager.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

4pm Gym Stars. 4.40 The Inbestigators. 5.00 Malory Towers. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 6.55 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.25 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.50 Rage. 10.50 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Nightingale. Continued. (2013, Mandarin) 6.55 The Young Victoria. (2009, PG) 8.55 Boychoir. (2014, PG) 10.50 The Importance Of Being Earnest. (1952) 12.40pm Lassie. (2005, PG) 2.35 Wadjda. (2012, PG, Arabic) 4.20 The Circle. (2000, PG, Farsi) 6.00 Roxane. (2019, PG, French) 7.35 Win My Baby Back.

(2019, M, Vietnamese) 9.30 Rabbit-Proof Fence.

(2002, PG) 11.10 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Road Hauks. 10.00 A Football Life. 11.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Doomsday Preppers. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 American Restoration. 3.30 Road Hauks. 4.30 Off The Grid With The Badger. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Aussie Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: U-571.

(2000, M) 10.50 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 MOVIE: Pokémon: Giratina And The Sky Warrior. (2008) 1pm Surfing Australia TV. 1.30 Peaking. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Malcolm.

4.00 The Incredible Hulk. 5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. (2019, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 6.30 100% Hotter. 7.30 Friends.

9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 10.00 Cheers.

11.00 The Neighborhood. Noon Charmed. 1.00 Broke. 2.00 The Big Bang Theory. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 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 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Q+A Highlights. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Mexican Table. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Italy. 4.00 Indian Kitchen. 5.00 In Search Of Umami. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 Giada Entertains. (Return) 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Asia Unplated. 8.00 John Torode’s Asia. 8.30 Amy Schumer Learns To Cook. (Premiere) 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.30pm Hand Talk. 2.00 Nyami Ngaarlu-Gundi Woman Of The Water. 2.30 The 77 Percent. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.55 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Musomagic.

4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Talking Language. 6.30 Utopia Generations. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Buwarrala Aryah. 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 Our Law. 9.30 MOVIE: Tudawali.

(1987, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

8.00 To Be Advised. 9.00 Flip Wars: Buying Blind.

10.00 Flip Or Flop. 11.00 Postcards. 11.30 Good Bones. 12.30pm My Lottery Dream Home. 1.30 The Jennie Garth Project. 2.30 The Block. 4.00 Texas Flip And Move. 5.00 Good Bones. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 8.30 Home Again With The Fords. 9.30 Bargain Mansions. 10.30 Who’s Lived In My House. 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 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda.

4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 5.30 The Serve. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 AFL Tonight. 7.30 NRL Tonight. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 AFL Tonight.

11.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, July 6 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Sanditon.

(Final, PG, R) 2.00 Mystery Road. (Mal, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.00 Stan Grant’s One Plus One. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Big Mob Brekky.

8.30 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Djarn Djarns. (PG, R) 2.30 Living Black. (R) 3.00 Jeopardy! (PG) 3.25 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.00 Cycling. Giro d’Italia Donne. Stage 4.

H’lights. 5.00 Tour De France Preview Show.

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

12.00 To Be Advised.

1.30 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera. (PGa, R) 2.30 Highway Cops. (PG) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Explore.

1.10 Australian Ninja Warrior. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 1.00 MasterChef Aust. (R) 2.10 Entertainment Tonight.

2.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen.

4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (Final, PG) 8.30 Firestarter: The Story Of Bangarra. (Ml) 10.05 You Can’t Ask That. (PG, R) 10.25 China Tonight. (R) 10.55 ABC Late News.

11.25 Q+A. (R) 12.30 Blue Water Empire. (Mav, R) 1.20 Black Comedy. (Ml, R) 2.20 Australia Debates. (Ms, R) 3.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Uncle Jack Charles. (PG) Uncle Jack Charles explores his roots.

8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 10.

Albertville to Valence. 190.7km flat stage. From France.

1.50 Italian Food Safari. (R) 2.20 Food Safari. (R) 2.50 Rick Stein’s Spain. (R) 4.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGas) 7.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PGal) Hosted by Natalie Gruzlewski.

9.00 The Rookie. (Return, Mav) Nearing the end of his training, Nolan faces his biggest challenge as a police officer.

10.00 Police Code Zero: Officer Under Attack. (Malv) Explores dangerous situations.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 Filthy Rich. (Mas) 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Australian Ninja Warrior. (PG) Australians tackle an obstacle course.

9.20 The Weakest Link. (PG) Hosted by Magda Szubanski.

10.20 Kath & Kim Kountdown “The Glitz & The Glama”. (PGlns, R) 11.20 Nine News Late.

11.50 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 8. Continued.

2.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 2.30 A Current Affair. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. Chef Hugh Allen, from Vue de monde restaurant, challenges contestants to recreate his dish.

8.30 NCIS. (Mv, R) Ziva surprises Gibbs with a cryptic warning, prompting him to question why she remained on the run and underground for years while being presumed dead by family and friends, and what led to her return.

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

11.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late night talk show.

12.30 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. 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 Intelligence. (Return) 9.35 Doctor Who. 10.20 Superwog. 10.45 Starstruck. 11.10 Fleabag. 11.35 The Games. (Final) 12.05am Would I Lie To You? 12.35 Live At The Apollo. 1.20 Unprotected Sets.

2.00 Parks And Recreation. 2.25 30 Rock. 2.45 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Big Mob Brekky. 1.00 The X-Files. 1.55 Rex In Rome. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Joy Of Painting.

5.40 Shortland Street. 6.05 Forged In Fire. 7.00 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 The Surrogates. 9.25 Couples Therapy. 10.25 Counter Space. 11.25 No Man’s Land. 12.25am Curse Of Oak Island. 2.05 The Therapist. 2.35 RT News In English From Moscow. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 House Calls To The Rescue. 8.00 Harry’s Practice.

8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 1.30 To Be Advised. 3.00 My Greek Odyssey. 4.00 Surf Patrol. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 MOVIE: The Bucket List. (2007, PG) 12.30am Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon World’s Greatest Natural Wonders. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow.

3.35 MOVIE: Went The Day Well? (1942, PG) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.30 The Closer.

9.30 Wimbledon Tennis Pre-Show. 10.00 Tennis.

Wimbledon. Day 8. 11.50 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Star Trek: The Next Generation.

2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Blue Bloods. 10.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 The Curse Of The Dragon. 4.10 SEAL Team. 5.05 JAG.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

4.30pm Odd Squad. 4.45 The Inbestigators. 5.00 Malory Towers. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.25 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.50 Rage. 10.50 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Roxane.

Continued. (2019, PG, French) 6.30 Belle. (2013, PG) 8.25 Date With An Angel. (1987, PG) 10.25 The Circle. (2000, PG, Farsi) 12.05pm Boychoir. (2014, PG) 2.00 The Importance Of Being Earnest. (1952) 3.50 Sissi: The Fateful Years. (1957, PG, German) 5.50 Broken Hill. (2009, PG) 7.50 My Best Friend.

(2018, M, Spanish) 9.30 Jasper Jones. (2017, M) 11.25 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 A Football Life. 11.00 America’s Game. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Doomsday Preppers. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Road Hauks. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Storage Wars Canada. 5.00 The Mike & Cole Show. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Towies. 10.30 Supertruckers. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 MOVIE: Pokémon: Arceus And The Jewel Of Life. (2009) 12.55pm Surfing Australia TV. 1.25 Peaking. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Malcolm.

3.30 The Nanny. 4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show. 5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 MOVIE: The Negotiator. (1998, M) 10.15 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Cheers. 7.00 Rules Of Engagement. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. Noon Charmed. 1.00 The Conners. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 11.35 Frasier. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Sabrina.

2.00 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 China Tonight. (Final) 8.30 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30.

10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 China Tonight.

(Final) 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.00pm Cook’s Pantry With Matt Sinclair. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Italy. 4.00 Indian Kitchen. 5.00 In Search Of Umami. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 Giada Entertains. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Food Safari. 8.00 David Rocco’s Dolce South East Asia. 8.30 Jamie’s Kitchen. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.30pm Buwarrala Aryah. 2.30 Talking Language.

3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Talking Language. 6.30 Saving Seagrass. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update.

7.30 Lagau Danalaig: An Island Life. 8.30 Island Paradise: Living In The Torres Straits. 9.30 MOVIE: Manganinnie. (1980, PG) 11.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Zombie House Flipping. Noon House Hunters. 1.00 Who’s Lived In My House. 2.00 Home Again With The Fords. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Texas Flip And Move. 5.00 Bargain Mansions. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Country Life For Half The Price. 8.30 Restoration Man. 9.30 Building Off The Grid. 10.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Fox Sports News.

3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live.

5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 AFL Tonight. 7.30 NRL Tonight. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 AFL Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

WEDNESDAY, July 7 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 11.00 Extraordinary Escapes. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Mystery Road. (Mal, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Think Tank. (R) 5.00 Stan Grant’s One Plus One. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 Tour De France: Morning Update. 7.30 Big Mob Brekky. 8.30 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Cycling.

Tour de France. Stage 10. Replay. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Going Places. (R) 3.00 Jeopardy!

(PG) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.00 Cycling.

Giro d’Italia Donne. Stage 5. H’lights. 5.00 Tour De France Preview Show.

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

12.00 To Be Advised.

1.30 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera. (PGa, R) 2.30 Highway Cops. (PGl) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.10 Australian Ninja Warrior. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 1.00 MasterChef Aust. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet.

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 Win The Week.

8.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 9.00 Starstruck. (Ml) 9.25 Superwog. (MA15+l) 9.50 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 10.30 ABC Late News.

11.00 Four Corners. (R) 11.50 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.05 Blue Water Empire. (Mav, R) 1.00 Black Comedy. (Mls, R) 1.55 Murder 24/7. (Mdlv, R) 3.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Britain’s Cathedrals With Tony Robinson: Winchester Cathedral. (PGav, R) 8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 11.

2.00 Italian Food Safari. (R) 2.30 Food Safari. (R) 3.00 Rick Stein’s Spain. (R) 4.10 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 4.40 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Farmer Wants A Wife. (PGal) Hosted by Natalie Gruzlewski.

9.00 10 Years Younger In 10 Days. (PGa) The team helps a party lover whose face tells the tale of one too many late nights.

10.00 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back. (Ml, R) 11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 The Front Bar. (M) 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Australian Ninja Warrior. (PG) Looks at some of record breaking moments.

9.40 Deadly Drops: Eaten By An Escalator. (M) Examines footage and stories of those who have been trapped or injured by escalators.

10.40 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

11.10 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 9. Continued.

3.00 Destination WA. 3.30 A Current Affair. (R) 4.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. The finalists enter the MasterChef kitchen to discover the winner of the advantage challenge will be cooking in the finale.

8.30 Bull. (Ma, R) Bull takes on a seemingly impossible task when he is called on to defend a grief-stricken teenager who has already confessed to accidentally killing the doctor he blames for his mother’s death.

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

11.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late night talk show.

12.30 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 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Art Works.

9.00 Dubboo: Life Of A Songman. 10.00 Doctor Who. 10.45 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds.

11.45 Back Roads. 12.15am Louis Theroux. 1.15 Parks And Recreation. 1.40 30 Rock. 2.00 Alan Partridge’s Mid-Morning Matters. 2.30 Great News.

2.50 News Update. 2.55 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Big Mob Brekky. 1.00 Balls Deep. 1.30 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 1.40 WorldWatch. 2.05 Cycling. Tour de France. Replay. 4.05 WorldWatch.

5.05 Joy Of Painting. 5.35 Shortland Street. 6.05 Forged In Fire. 7.00 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Act. (Premiere) 9.30 MOVIE: The Godfather. (1972, MA15+) 12.40am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 7.00 House Calls To The Rescue. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 1.30 To Be Advised. 3.00 Travel And Eat With Dan & Steph.

3.30 Business Builders. 4.00 Surf Patrol. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Coroner. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost.

10.15 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.15 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

1pm Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Sands Of The Desert. (1960) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Rugby Union. International Test Series. Game 1. Australia v France. 10.00 France Test Series Post-Match. 10.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible II. (2000, M) 1am Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Star Trek: The Next Generation.

2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 SEAL Team. 12.10am Home Shopping. 2.10 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Austrian Grand Prix. Highlights.

3.10 Elementary. 4.10 Diagnosis Murder. 5.05 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

4.30pm Odd Squad. 4.45 The Inbestigators. 5.00 Malory Towers. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.25 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.50 Rage. 10.50 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 6.35 The Importance Of Being Earnest.

(1952) 8.25 Broken Hill. (2009, PG) 10.25 Roxane.

(2019, PG, French) Noon Sissi: The Fateful Years.

(1957, PG, German) 2.00 White Tuft, The Little Beaver. (2008) 3.25 Date With An Angel. (1987, PG) 5.25 Belle. (2013, PG) 7.20 Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982.

(2019, PG, Korean) 9.30 Ten Canoes. (2006, M, Ganalbingu) 11.00 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Supertruckers. 10.00 A Football Life. 11.00 America’s Game. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Doomsday Preppers. 2.00 Boy To Man. 3.00 Pawn Stars. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Mega Marine Machines. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 9.00 American Dad! 10.00 Family Guy. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 MOVIE: Pokémon: Zoroark – Master Of Illusions. (2010) 12.55pm Surfing Australia TV. 1.25 Peaking. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Malcolm.

3.30 The Nanny. 4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show. 5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 MOVIE: Uncle Buck. (1989, PG) 9.30 Wimbledon Tennis Pre-Show. 10.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Broke. 7.00 Rules Of Engagement. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. Noon Charmed. 1.00 The Conners.

1.30 The Middle. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.20 2 Broke Girls. 11.35 Rules Of Engagement. Midnight Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1.35pm 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 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. 1.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Food Lover’s Guide. 2.00 Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Italy. 4.00 Indian Kitchen. 5.00 In Search Of Umami. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 Giada Entertains. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Nigella Kitchen. 8.00 Poh & Co. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Cornwall. 9.00 Rick Stein’s Fruits Of The Sea. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.30pm Island Paradise: Living In The Torres Straits.

2.30 Talking Language. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.55 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller.

5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Talking Language. 6.30 Mparntwe: Sacred Sites. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Remaking The Pathway. 8.00 Yokayi Footy. 8.35 Over The Black Dot. 9.30 MOVIE: Jedda. (1955, PG) 11.05 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon Building Off The Grid. 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 Find Me A Dream Home Australia. 2.00 Restoration Man. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Texas Flip And Move.

5.00 Country Life For Half The Price. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House In A Hurry. 8.30 Home Town. 9.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 10.30 To Be Advised. 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 Fox Sports News.

3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live.

5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 AFL Tonight. 7.30 NRL Tonight. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 11.00 Late Programs.

THURSDAY, July 8 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. (R) 10.30 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 11.00 Secrets Of The Museum. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Win The Week. (R) 1.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (R) 2.00 Mystery Road. (Mdlv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank.

(PG, R) 5.00 Stan Grant’s One Plus One. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 Tour De France: Morning Update. 7.30 Big Mob Brekky. 8.30 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Cycling.

Tour de France. Stage 11. Replay. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Going Places. (R) 3.00 Jeopardy!

(PG) 3.25 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.00 Cycling.

Giro d’Italia Donne. Stage 6. H’lights. 5.00 Tour De France Preview Show.

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

12.00 To Be Advised.

1.30 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera. (PGa, R) 2.30 Highway Cops. (PGl) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Australian Ninja Warrior. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 1.00 MasterChef Australia. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Bold. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

6.55 Sammy J. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Foreign Correspondent.

8.30 Q+A. Hosted by Hamish Macdonald.

9.35 Australia Debates. (Ml, R) 10.20 ABC Late News.

10.55 Barrenjoey Road. (Mal, R) 11.55 Blue Water Empire. (Mav, R) 12.50 Black Comedy. (Mal, R) 1.45 Line Of Duty. (Mav, R) 2.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.20 Sammy J. (PG, R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Great Asian Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 8.30 The Good Fight. (M) 9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 12.

1.45 Italian Food Safari. (R) 2.15 Food Safari. (R) 2.45 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends. (R) 3.55 Cruising With Jane McDonald. (PG, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGas) 8.30 MOVIE: The Other Woman.

(2014, Mals, R) After discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman tries to get her ruined life back on track. However, when she accidentally meets the wife he has been cheating on, she realises they have much in common. Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton.

10.45 The Latest: Seven News.

11.15 Busted In Bangkok. (Mal, R) 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 17.

Manly Sea Eagles v Canberra Raiders.

9.45 Thursday Night Knock Off. Post-match NRL news and analysis of the Manly Sea Eagles versus Canberra Raiders match.

10.30 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

11.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 10.

3.00 Destination WA. (PG) 3.30 A Current Affair. (R) 4.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Diana’s Decades. (Premiere, PGasv) Takes a look at the life of Princess Diana.

8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Msv, R) The SVU detectives join an undercover taskforce in busting a human trafficking ring that has been forcing undocumented immigrants into slavery as a way of repaying their family’s debts.

10.30 Blue Bloods. (Mv) A man is found dead in Baez’s yard.

11.30 The Project. (R) 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. 8.30 Would I Lie To You? 9.00 Win The Week. 9.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.00 Doctor Who. 10.45 You Can’t Ask That. 11.15 Australia’s Ocean Odyssey. 12.15am Intelligence.

12.40 Parks And Recreation. (Final) 1.00 30 Rock.

1.20 Live At The Apollo. 2.05 Alan Partridge’s MidMorning Matters. 2.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Big Mob Brekky. 12.55 Balls Deep. (Return) 1.25 WorldWatch. 1.50 Cycling. Tour de France.

Replay. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.50 New Girl. 5.20 Joy Of Painting. 5.50 Shortland Street. 6.20 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 10.10 Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish. 11.10 Over The Black Dot. 12.05am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 House Calls To The Rescue. 8.00 Harry’s Practice.

8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 1.30 To Be Advised. 3.00 Weekender. 3.30 Creek To Coast. 4.00 Surf Patrol. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.50 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon World’s Greatest Natural Wonders. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow.

3.20 MOVIE: State Secret. (1950) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 To Be Advised. 8.00 Paramedics. 9.00 Kings Cross ER. 10.00 Wimbledon Tennis Pre-Show. 10.30 Tennis.

Wimbledon. Day 10. 11.00 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Star Trek: The Next Generation.

2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 SEAL Team. 11.30 FBI. 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 Elementary. 4.00 JAG. 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager.

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6am Children’s Programs.

4.30pm Odd Squad. 4.45 The Inbestigators. 5.00 Malory Towers. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.25 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.50 Rage. 10.50 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Date With An Angel. (1987, PG) 8.00 Sissi: The Fateful Years.

(1957, PG, German) 10.00 Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982.

(2019, PG, Korean) 12.10pm Song Of Granite. (2017, PG, Gaelic) 2.00 Broken Hill. (2009, PG) 4.00 Dean Spanley. (2008, PG) 5.55 The Falcons. (2018, PG, Icelandic) 7.50 Teen Spirit. (2018, PG) 9.30 Samson And Delilah. (2009, M) 11.20 Black Kite. (2017, M, Dari) 1am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Shopping. 6.30 The Fishing Show. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 American Pickers. 9.00 Mega Marine Machines. 10.00 A Football Life. 11.00 America’s Game. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Doomsday Preppers. 2.00 Boy To Man. 3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Mega Marine Machines.

5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 To Be Advised. 10.45 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Black – Victini And Reshiram. (2011) 1pm Road Trick. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Malcolm. 3.30 The Nanny. 4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show. 5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 America’s Top Dog. (Premiere) 8.30 MOVIE: The Hitman’s Bodyguard.

(2017, MA15+) 10.50 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Frasier. 7.00 Rules Of Engagement. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. Noon Charmed. 1.00 The Conners.

1.30 The Middle. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 The Neighborhood.

Midnight Shopping. 1.30 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. 7.45 Road To Tokyo. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Road To Tokyo.

12.45 Bee Cause. 1.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 3.00pm Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Italy.

4.00 Indian Kitchen. 5.00 In Search Of Umami.

5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 Giada Entertains.

6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Australia’s Food Bowl. 8.00 Middle East Feast With Shane Delia. 8.30 Taste Of The Territory. 9.00 French Odyssey. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.30pm Mparntwe: Sacred Sites. 2.00 Remaking The Pathway. 2.30 Talking Language. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Talking Language. 6.30 Lost Diamonds.

7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Connection To Country. 8.30 Coniston. 9.30 MOVIE: The Tracker.

(2002, M) 11.10 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.30 He Shed She Shed. 11.30 House In A Hurry.

12.30pm Home Town. 1.30 To Be Advised. 2.30 The Block. 4.00 Texas Flip And Move. 5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters International. 8.30 Fixer Upper. 9.30 Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa. 10.30 Flip Or Flop. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Fox Sports News.

3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live.

5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 11.00 The Front Page.

11.30 NewsNight. Midnight Late Programs.

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July 1, 2021

BUSINESS 39

WOMEN RECOGNISED AS KEY DRIVERS OF BUSINESS GROWTH ON WORLD MSME DAY

The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson has recognised the rise of ‘womenpreneurs’ and the key role women will play in driving future business growth on World MSME Day (Sunday 27 June, 2021).

World MSME Day 2021, declared by the UN, has identified the evolution of womenpreneurs as one of the Top 10 Trends of the year.

Mr Billson says this is also an emerging trend in Australia, with women-owned womenled enterprises increasing at a faster rate than male-owned businesses.

“On World MSME Day I want to thank all small and family businesses for their vital contribution to Australia’s prosperity, wellbeing and

community,” Mr Billson says.

“Female entrepreneurs have been acknowledged on World MSME Day as being a crucial part of the global SME ecosystem who are looking for new growth opportunities.

“In Australia, about 38% of small businesses are owned by women and we are likely to see that number continue to grow.

“In the decade to 2019, of the 171,000 newly established businesses in Australia, two-thirds were led by women.

“Research has found the economic opportunity for Australia by boosting the number of female entrepreneurs to parity with men would be worth between $71 billion and $135 billion to the nation’s economy.”

Resilience has also been listed as one of the Top 10 Trends of 2021

as part of World MSME Day. “The past 18 months has been incredibly challenging for small businesses, but I have been inspired by the courage and agility shown by our small business community,” Mr Billson says.

“Our Small Business Counts report noted ABS data revealing 40% of small businesses have changed the way they provided products and services as a result of the pandemic.

“More than ever we have seen the deep personal commitment it takes to run a small business and I thank Australian small and family businesses for their fighting spirit, hard work and determination.”

ONLINE RETAIL SHARES GAIN FROM LOCKDOWNS.

more than four per cent.

The benchmark S&P/ ASX200 index closed lower by 0.7 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 7307.3 on Monday.

The All Ordinaries closed down by 6.1 points, or 0.08 per cent, to 7572.5.

The results were largely consistent with markets in Asia, where several countries are verging on more virus restrictions.

Indonesia is battling record high cases. A lockdown in Malaysia is set to be extended. Thailand set new virus rules for Bangkok.

A good lead from the US may have prevented noteable losses.

The S&P 500 ended last week at a record high after weaker-than-expected inflation data.

Investors may have been less worried about the Federal Reserve winding

back support for the economy.

US payrolls data for June, due at the end of the week, will be closely watched.

Analysts expect unemployment to drop to 5.7 per cent, which could raise investor fears that the central bank may ease support.

On the ASX, Woolworths rose 2.91 per cent to $37.85 after shoppers in NSW and the Northern Territory filled supermarkets in panic buying.

The retail giant’s gains helped consumer staples shares be the best performers. They rose 1.48 per cent.

Cettire was best of the online retailers and gained 14.04 per cent to $2.68.

Kogan, which had roaring success last year from people shopping at home, rose 6.56 per cent to $13.00.

Investors piled into online retail and supermarket stocks tipped to profit from new coronavirus lockdowns in Australia, and abandoned travel providers.

Luxury goods trader Cettire and furniture provider Temple & Webster gained more than 10 per cent on the first day of trading in a two-week lockdown for Sydney and surrounds.

Darwin and nearby regions had a lockdown extended to five days, while mask and capacity limits were raised elsewhere on fears the Sydney outbreak has spread.

Investors bailed on travel stocks, expecting travel restrictions to decimate sales.

Qantas and Webjet lost

ONLINE TOOL A RED-TAPE BUSTER FOR SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYERS

The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson has welcomed a new online tool for small business owners, designed to take the stress out of hiring their first employee.

The Employment Contract Tool – recently launched by the Australian Government – guides small business owners through a series of questions to generate an employment contract based on the specific terms and conditions of the relevant award.

Mr Billson says the tool will significantly reduce red tape for small business owners who want to expand their business, saving time and money.

“This technology has been developed in close consultation with small business owners to ensure it meets their needs in regards

to making the hiring process far simpler,” Mr Billson says.

“We know that small business owners have found the experience of hiring their first staff member to be overwhelming.

“Research published

by NAB shows a small business hiring its first worker can spend up to 18 hours understanding awards and pay rates and complying with taxation, OH&S and recordkeeping obligations.

That’s about five times more than a large business with more than 200 employees, when hiring additional staff.

“Unfortunately this can lead small business owners to delay their hiring plans or put it off altogether because they are afraid of making a mistake.

“The Employment Contract Tool aims to remove those headwinds

by taking the employer through the process step-by-step giving them confidence they are meeting their legal obligations.

“Ultimately it is smart technological solutions like this that will cut red tape and reduce the regulatory burden on small business owners to make Australia the best place to start, grow and transform a business.

“The tool provides another support to help small business employers navigate this difficult space, alongside the valuable role that industry and professional associations continue to play in this complex area.”

To access the Employment Contract Tool and explore hiring options for your business visit https://employ. business.gov.au/

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40 HEALTH

A healthy budget for young and old THE Clarence and Richmond Valley’s younger and older citizens as well as anyone concerned about health are the local winners from the NSW Government’s latest State Budget, delivered on Tuesday

by Treasurer Dom Perrottet, according to Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis.

“After a major focus on roads and bridges in recent years and despite ongoing funding for important projects like the Woodburn to Coraki Road upgrade, the spotlight is more on health, children and seniors this time,” Mr Gulaptis said.

“There is funding to continue preparations for the major expansion of Grafton base Hospital, new ambulance stations in Casino and Iluka and the refurbishment of the Station in Evans Head.

“There is also more for key regional health priorities including mental health, palliative care and ADHD. “There is additional funding for social housing

and I expect that to translate into announcements of local projects in the near future.”

Mr Gulaptis welcomed particular attention to the needs of younger children from the Treasurer.

“In a very big win that will save parents up to $4000 per

year for each of their younger children, the Government is investing $150 million into a new Start Strong Free Preschool program and we are also launching $100 Learn to Swim vouchers for every preschool child aged three to six in NSW.” Mr Gulaptis

WALKING AWAY FROM DEMENTIA IT’S been named the world’s best diet for weight loss, but now researchers at the University of South Australia are confident that the Mediterranean diet – combined with a daily bout of exercise – can also stave off dementia, slowing the decline in brain function that is commonly associated with older age.

In the world-first study, researchers at the University of South Australia and Swinburne University will explore the health benefits of older people adhering to a Mediterranean diet, while also undertaking daily walking.

Termed the MedWalk Trial, the two-year, $1.8 million study will recruit 364 older Australians – aged 60-90 years, living independently in a residential village, and without cognitive impairment.

Lead UniSA researcher, Associate Professor Karen Murphy, says combining the dietary benefits of the Mediterranean Diet with the health benefits of an exercise intervention could deliver significant benefits.

“Dementia is a condition that affects a person’s thinking, behaviour and ability to perform everyday tasks.

While it is more common in older Australians, it’s not a normal part of ageing,” Assoc Prof Murphy says.

“In Australia, around 472,000 people are living with dementia.

Each year it costs the economy more than $14 billion which is expected to balloon to more than $1 trillion over the next 40 years.

“While there is currently no prevention or cure for dementia, there is growing consensus that a focus on risk reduction can have positive outcomes. That’s where our study comes in.

“Early pilots of our MedWalk intervention show improved memory and thinking in a sub-group of older participants adhering to a combination of Mediterranean diet and daily walking for six months.

“We’re now extending this study across a broader group of older Australians, using carefully-designed behavioural change and maintenance strategies in the hope of substantially reducing the incidence of dementia across Australia.”

A Mediterranean diet is high in fruit, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, and fish, while being low in saturated fats, red meat, and alcohol.

The 24-month study will randomly assign residential community sites the MedWalk intervention, or their usual lifestyle (the control group), so that all participants who live at one facility will be in the same group. Changes to diet and walking will be supported through organised and regular motivational, dietary and exercise sessions.

Head of Neurocognitive Ageing Research at Swinburne’s Centre for Human Psychopharmacology and Chief Investigator, Professor Andrew Pipingas, says this trial is about trying to prevent the onset of dementia.

said.

The new vouchers are in addition to the $100 Active Kids and Creative Kids vouchers which will also continue.

Mr Gulaptis said the Budget makes the region safer by funding the continued

expansion of NSW Police numbers, fulfilling the Government’s commitment to boost the force by 1500 officers, the largest increase in thirty years.

“The environment too is again a winner in this Budget, with the Nationals in NSW Government declaring a $356 million war on plastics and waste,” Mr Gulaptis said.

“This is a win for the whole community as is the decision to increase the funding available to the Clarence and Richmond Valleys for the popular Community Building Partnership program from $300,000 to $400,000 a year.”

Mr Gulaptis added that many more local seniors could benefit from the two year extension of the Nationals in Government’s signature $250 Regional Seniors Travel Card, which will be available to more people from next year.

For detailed information about the NSW Budget go to www.budget.nsw.gov.au.

Ombudsman launches mental health program awareness campaign A NATIONAL awareness campaign about a free tailored mental health support service for small business owners has begun, amid new research revealing the emotional toll on small business owners during the past year.

The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson says the awareness campaign will raise awareness about Beyond Blue’s New Access for Small Business Owners program, which offers free one-on-one telehealth sessions with specially trained mental health coaches.

“It is vital small business owners know that help is available if they need it” Mr Billson says.

“New Access for Small Business Owners offers free one-on-one telehealth sessions with specially trained mental health coaches providing evidence-based advice on strategies for managing stress.

“Crucially, the New Access for Small Business Owners program is delivered by coaches that have experience in small business. It really helps to know that the person you’re speaking with understands what it takes to run a small business.

“We know many small business owners have been hit hard throughout

the pandemic, particularly with going in and out of lockdowns and restrictions, and that has understandably taken a toll.

“New research released by Xero has found almost 7 out of 10 (68%) of 500 small business owners surveyed reported the past 12 months have been more emotionally draining than any other year they’ve been in business.

“It also found small business leaders have collectively lost more than eight million hours of sleep each week due to the demands of running their small business. Trouble sleeping can be a sign of stress.

“It’s important small business owners understand if they look after their mental health, they can also help their business.

“Our My Business Health web portal is an excellent support tool for small business owners and it links with the New Access for Small Business Owners program, while also providing easy-to-read, practical tips on the day-to-day tasks of running a small business.”

Beyond Blue’s New Access for Small Business Owners program is available now. Visit My Business Health at mybusinesshealth.gov.au

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July 1, 2021

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Upcoming Sales Friday, 23rd July

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July 1, 2021

42 RURAL NEWS

Management agreement permits now available LIVESTOCK producers across the North Coast Local Land Services region have been invited to apply for Management Agreement Permts for a number of Travelling Stock Reserves (TSRs).

Travelling Stock Reserves Coordinator for North Coast Local Land Services Sam Hand, said producers can now submit an application for a Management Agreement Permit, which will provide them with certainty of TSR access for the next four years.

“Everybody benefits from a viable, well-maintained and connected TSR network, and these permits help deliver that,” Sam said.

“The permits will give confidence to livestock producers to make long-term

business decisions and allow them to also play a key role in securing the future productivity of our local TSRs.” While a number of carefully assessed TSRs in the region will be available for Management Agreement Permits, all TSRs remain available by application for short-term access permits such as walking stock, as well as recreational activities.

Under measures introduced in 2020 by Local Land Services, Management Agreement Permits across NSW are now standardised, and the process of assessing applications is more robust.

Sam said successful applicants are selected using comprehensive criteria, which ensures the region’s

TSR network is looked after properly.

“TSRs have a storied history in NSW and they are not only important for agricultural productivity, but they also play crucial role in supporting threatened species and habitats,” Sam said.

“Whether it’s proposed grazing practices, experience, or how pests and weeds will be managed, we need to make sure applicants can effectively manage a TSR, so our industries, and the communities they support can prosper.”

North Coast region applications are now open and close on Friday 30 July 2021 at 5 pm For more information on Management Agreement Permits, producers can: • Visit the North Coast Local Land Services • View a map of available TSRs • Submit an application for a permit.

Anyone considering submitting an application should read and understand the TSR State-wide Plan of Management and the Best Environmental Management Practice Toolkit for TSRs, which are both available on the Local Land Services website: https://www.lls.nsw. gov.au/.

State Budget strong on regional communities, light on ag sector growth NSW FARMERS welcomes the NSW Government’s commitment to building strong regions with special emphasis on health and education in the 2021-2022 State Budget, and acknowledges the commitment to date to support farmers.

President of NSW Farmers, James Jackson, said it was pleasing to see a focus on building strong regional communities following drought, bushfires, floods, covid-19 and the mouse plague.

“We welcome $1.9 billion to build and repair regional schools and hospitals. In order to have thriving regional towns, health and education infrastructure needs to be up to scratch.”

“It’s also great to see the state government matching the federal government’s commitment to improving the Great Western Highway with $2 billion allocated to the

President of NSW Farmers, James Jackson

project.”

“NSW Farmers was also pleased to see additional funding of $268.2 million (co-funded with the

Commonwealth Government) in response to the NSW bushfire inquiry,” Mr Jackson said.

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2021-2022 include: • $176.9 million to address biosecurity risks, including $35 million for fighting exotic biosecurity threats; • $79.5m from the Regional Job Creation Fund to incentivise and attract business and job creation in regions; • $50 million for mobile coverage; • $47.9 million for the Farms of the Future Program; • $40 million for Local Land Services initiatives; • $38.2 million for round two of the Commonwealth

Government’s Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Program; and • $36.4 million for 57 mental health specialists for regional NSW. However, NSW Farmers was disappointed the Budget didn’t include additional funding for some farming and agricultural specific initiatives that would help us reach our growth goal of becoming a $30 billion industry by 2030.

“The good news is this has been a regionally-focused Budget which will see country communities benefit with improved infrastructure and services, however, it would have been great to see more ag sector initiatives including funding for pest netting, development support to attract and retain young farmers and immediate workforce solutions,” Mr Jackson said.

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July 1, 2021

RURAL NEWS 43

BROOKLYN’S FORGING A CAREER IN AGRICULTURE A TAFE NSW student scorching a trail for young women in agriculture is on a mission to inspire other young people to enter the industry.

Twenty-year-old Brooklyn Hanford is studying a Certificate IV in Leadership and Management and is working towards a leadership role in the Agribusiness sector.

Already well on her way to achieving her goals, Ms Hanford was crowned Casino Showgirl in 2019 and 2020, and just last month, 2021 Miss Beef Week Casino.

Ms Hanford, has farming in her DNA, working on the family’s stock horse farm in Sooty Hill from a young age.

According to Department of Agriculture ABARES figures, women account for less than a third of Australia’s agricultural workforce and only 2 per cent of the industry’s senior leaders.

“I always enjoyed helping my parents on the farm and after working in beauty, I decided agriculture is where my passion lies,” Ms Hanford said.

“I have a lot of knowledge

about the agriculture industry and in order to have a lasting career in the industry, I want to develop broader business and leadership knowledge.

Studying the Certificate IV in Leadership and Management has helped me to understand what is necessary to run a successful business at all levels.”

Currently working in Administration and Sales at Nutrient Ag Solution, Ms Hanford hopes to encourage other

women to consider a career in the industry.

“People will support you when show that you are willing to learn and want to be taken seriously,” she said. “TAFE NSW has given me the skills I need to progress through my career and it’s helped me to future-proof my career.”

To find out more about business and leadership courses available at TAFE NSW visit www. tafensw.edu.au or phone 131 601 for more information.

Gulaptis appointed parliamentary secretary for agriculture and forestry CLARENCE Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis has welcomed his appointment as Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry.

He had until now been Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Roads and Infrastructure.

“These aren’t huge responsibilities that take me away from the main job of representing the Clarence and Richmond Valleys, but it keeps me close to the circles of power

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“I have an excellent relationship with the Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall and I wish him a speedy recovery from COVID-19.”

Mr Gulaptis also congratulated his Northern Rivers colleagues Geoff Provest MP who has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Tourism and Hospitality and Ben Franklin

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44 RURAL NEWS

Grafton Cattle Market Report THERE were 394 head yarded at Grafton Fat Cattle Sale 22nd June 2021.

Numbers were up for this week’s Fat Cattle Sale with all categories well represented. The small penning of bullocks sold similar to recent weeks, with one major processor still not operating, while cows sold to a dearer trend with competition coming from various buyers. Restockers couldn’t hold the highs of last weeks store sale, however good quality cattle still saw some strong competition.

Sale Highlights include: A/c DW & LC Makejev sold Charolais Cross Bullocks 290c/kg averaged 956.7kg $2,774.33 p/hd.

A/c EJ & M Howlett sold Santa Cross

Bullocks 335c/kg averaged 678.3kg $2,272.42 p/hd.

A/c MD Relf & SL Hansen sold an Angus Steer 422.2c/kg weighed 530kg - $2,237.66.

A/c Trevor Henderson sold an Angus Steer 400c/kg weighed 555kg - $2,220.00.

A/c Daniel Wall sold Angus Cross Steers 346.2c/kg averaged 583.8kg - $2,020.94 p/hd.

A/c South Cross Angus sold Angus Steers 450c/kg averaged 453.3kg - $2,040.00 p/hd.

A/c P & J Parr sold a Charolais Heifer 326.2c/kg weighed 570kg - $1,859.34.

A/c Wills Partnership sold a Charolais Cow 315c/kg weighed 695kg - $2,189.25.

A/c Mount Jackadgery Cattle Station sold a Charolais Cow 315.2c/kg weighed 685kg

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- $2,159.12 p/hd.

A/c PN & PD Lindsay sold Limousin Cross Cows 316.2 c/kg averaged 621.7kg $1,965.71 p/hd.

A/c B & W Borsato & R Caldieraro sold Angus Cows 313.2c/kg averaged 624.3kg $1,955.26 p/hd.

A/c WG & JA Weick sold Angus

Vealer Steers 648.2c/kg averaged 215kg $1,393.63 p/hd.

A/c AS & KM Bennett sold an Angus Vealer Steer 664.2c/kg weighed 208.3kg $1,383.53.

A/c Bundilla Farm sold Angus Vealer Steers 736.2c/kg averaged 149.5kg $1,100.62 p/hd.

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Lismore Cattle Market Report Casino Cattle Market Report FROM WED 23 & FRI 25 JUNE AGENTS yarded an increased total of 1,074 head at the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange regular prime sale on Wednesday 23 June.

Most exporters were in attendance driving cow prices upwards. Regular restockers, backgrounders and feeders were all in attendance competing for the younger cattle.

Prices across these categories varied from no change to cheaper trends.

Cow prices were slightly up this week averaging 289.6c/kg and reaching a top price of 324.2c/kg. 1 head sold for a top return of $2,262.00.

Heifer prices were down on last week topping their category at 596.2c/kg and averaging 398.4c/kg and 331kg. 1 heifer sold achieved a return of $2,170.00.

Bull prices and numbers remained steady this week with 1 head sold reaching a top of 293.2c/kg and average of 263.9c/kg and 727kg.

Steer and bullock prices remained firm on last week with 303 head sold.

Steers sold to a top of 726.2c/kg and averaged 471.3c/kg and 292kg with 1 head selling for a return of $2,320.00.

Bullocks averaged 342.9c/kg and 629kg with 4 head selling for $2,630.75.

Vealer prices saw a drop this week with 365 head yarded. Prices reached 728.2c/kg and averaged 518.5c/kg and 217kg. 1 head sold achieved a top return of $1,848.70.

Ramsey & Bulmer held their annual Casino Bull & Female sale at the NRLX on Friday 25 June with record breaking prices seen on the day. The top priced bull sold for $16,000 by McPherson Herefords, Koreelah.

The top priced heifer was sold by Gyranda Pastoral Co, Theodore for $5,000 whilst the top priced cow & calf was sold by Avalon for $5,000.

Ramsey & Bulmer and T&W McCormack will be holding a joint store sale at the NRLX on Friday 9 July with over 1000 head already booked.

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FROM TUES 22 & SAT 26 JUNE 170 CATTLE were sold at the Lismore Saleyards on Tuesday 22nd June.

A typical winter yarding of mixed cattle sold for great returns.

Lightweight weaner steers topped at $7.25c/kg with most $6.40 to $6.60c/kg.

Most medium and heavy weaners sold from $5.10 to $5.50c/kg for heifers and steers.

Daryl and Julie Spencer’s black Santa Steers sold for $5.26c/kg, $1670.

Bill Elliots Hereford steers $5.20, $1534.

In the export section heavy heifers sold for $3.18c/kg, $1809.

Only a handful of heavy cows were on offer and sold from $2.80 to 2.98c/kg.

Reminder cattle sale this Saturday 300 weaners, 40 feeder steers, 30 cows and calves, 12 Angus heifers (PTIC Angus Bull) and 1 Charolais Bull (2 Years).

700 HEAD at the Lismore store sale 26th June for a very strong sale.

Feeder steers 380 to 450kg sold to 460c/kg to top at $1876.

Heavy steers 480 to 530kg made to $2,200.

In the weaner steers prices ranged from 482-584c/kg for calves weighing 250-350kg Whilst lighter steers ranged from 640-724c/kg In the heifer section heavy heifers ranged from 488-525c/kg and 530-610c/kg for the lighter end calves.

Heifers 16- 24 months PTIC topped at $2800.

It was mainly a secondary yarding of cows and calves with the better end units ranging from $2200 to $2650 and $1400 to $2000 for the plainer types.

Reminder our next store sale will be on the 17th of July.

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July 1, 2021

RURAL NEWS 45

COMMODITY PRICE BOOM RUBBING OFF ON WOOL

The commodity price boom – which has seen some agricultural commodities rise to seven-year highs in recent months – has “rubbed off” on the wool market with prices recovering from last year’s lows, albeit not to the same heady highs, according to agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank.

Speaking on RaboResearch podcast Booming commodity prices rubbing off on wool, Rabobank analyst Dennis Voznesenski said while some of the factors driving soft commodity prices higher – such as speculative fund activity and government intervention – did not apply to the wool market, the broader global economic recovery was driving demand for commodities and this was having a knock-on effect on wool.

“These factors are having an impact on the price of other fibres, including cotton, while synthetic fibres, which are derived from oil, and have also been part of the commodity boom,” Mr Voznesenski said.

Cotton prices have increased by 15 per cent this year, with oil up by 47 per cent in the year to date, he said.

While cotton is not a direct substitute for wool, “cotton prices have a positive relationship to wool in Rabobank’s wool price model, reflecting general demand for apparel, with moves in cotton commonly associated with similar direction moves in wool”, Mr Voznesenski

Rabobank analyst Dennis Voznesenski

said.

“Even though cotton prices have been rising, we have actually seen wool prices rise faster.

The price spread between wool and cotton in US dollar terms has been increasing since late last year, indicating wool is becoming more expensive relative to cotton.

“That said, it was starting from a low base, with the smallest spreads in over a decade recorded in August last year, and it is yet to reach the five-year average.”

Mr Voznesenski said while wool prices had not risen to seven-year highs like some other soft commodities, the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) was 27 per cent higher than the beginning of the year and had “cracked through the 1400 cent mark for the first time in over a year”.

“Super-fine wool micron prices have left coarser wool behind, recovering the price drops from last year and now exceeding prices from early 2020,” he said, “with 17 micron

wools rising by 88 per cent since last year’s September low.

“While medium wools have recovered, they have not seen the same rise in prices, with 20 micron wool increasing by 62 per cent over the same period.”

Improving apparel sales in key end markets, particularly for knitwear and the close-to-skin sectors, together with the associated improvement in processor sentiment was largely behind the upswing, Mr Voznesenski said.

Rabobank’s latest forecast has the EMI trading between the 1450/kg to 1600/kg range through to June 2022.

“Demand indicators for wool are positive almost across the board,” he

“While suits aren’t back yet, wool is finding other avenues – such as the knitwear and activewear categories – and the growth in prices is coming back,” he said.

Looking forward, Mr

said.

“US retail apparel sales are 9.2 per cent higher in April this year than 2019, and over 700 per cent higher than the lows reached during the main pandemic period of April 2020.”

The situation is similar in China, he said, with retail apparel sales up 2.5 per cent on pre-pandemic April 2019 figures. While in the UK, sales are now only marginally down on pre-pandemic levels, with a drop of 6.2 per cent on April 2019.

Mr Voznesenski said although suits were in “a bit of a different situation because people aren’t going back into the office just yet”, US woollen suit imports are at their highest level since the pandemic – albeit still 74 per cent below 2019 pre-pandemic levels.

Voznesenski said, the high commodity price environment was likely to maintain a positive, albeit conservative, influence on wool prices.

“No matter which spectrum of the commodity range you look at – oilseeds, cotton or grain, or even if you look at oil – although Rabobank is forecasting they will not stay at these very strong levels, they will be supported over the coming year by solid fundamentals,” he said.

“We are seeing improvements and opening up in economies – which is leading to increased sales for garments.

“There are some positive signs there. But generally we expect it will be a slow upward tick for wool prices.”

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July 1, 2021

46 ENTERTAINMENT

Youth Orchestra in concert

IN the second week of the July school holidays, scores of young musicians from across the region will converge on the Northern Rivers Conservatorium to become the Northern Rivers Youth Orchestra 2021. The three-day orchestral workshop will culminate in a finale concert at Lismore City Hall at 6.30pm on Thursday 8th July.

Now in its ninth year, after a Covid-enforced hiatus in 2020, the Northern Rivers Youth Orchestra 2021 program will extend regional music students by providing the opportunity to experience the social and educational benefits of playing together in a large ensemble.

NRC is thrilled to announce that Sean O’Boyle AM, will be conducting both the senior and junior orchestras. Sean said:

“I am delighted to be part of the 2021 Northern Rivers Youth Orchestra program. My colleagues and I are selecting diverse music that will thrill musicians and audience alike.

Playing and performing with the Northern Rivers Youth Orchestra is a marvellous opportunity and I encourage all to apply and participate in this brilliant program.

I’ll see you in rehearsal and on stage.”

NRYO 2021 will bring a wide range of music from the high energy to the sublime sourced from the movies, iconic bands and the great symphonies.

Musical director Michael McCabe said, “This will be my seventh NRYO workshop and my third as musical director. Some of the students who were in the

orchestra when I started are now finishing their performance and teaching degrees while the younger ones are now leaders in their sections. It has been wonderful to see students grow and become mature musicians, in some cases, beyond their years. I know the students have found this orchestra and ensemble workshop to be a very positive experience, both in their musical development and the social network that it creates.”

Be sure to pre-order a tasty meal with the Secret Chef pop-up diner when you book your tickets.

Thursday 8th July, 6.30pm, Lismore City Hall. Pop-up diner with the Secret Chef from 5pm.

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July 1, 2021

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 47

BYRON WRITERS FESTIVAL REVEALS FULL PROGRAM A FESTIVAL of ideas, conversation and storytelling in one of the world’s most beautiful coastal settings.

Featuring more than 150 writers, thinkers and commentators including Archie Roach, Julia Baird, Richard Flanagan, Judith Lucy, Kate Grenville, Bryan Brown, Marcia Langton, The Betoota Advocate, Alice Pung, Raina MacIntyre, Nevo Zisin, Evelyn Araluen and many, many more…

Byron Writers Festival 2021 (6-8 August) has revealed a program of celebrated authors and commentators as well as powerful new voices to mark its 25th anniversary. More than 150 writers and thinkers will gather in Byron Bay to celebrate the power of words and share inspiring stories with Festival audiences. The Festival also offers writers’ workshops, an engaging program for children and a large range of Satellite

Events in venues across the Northern Rivers region.

Festival director Edwina Johnson says “Now more than ever our world needs writers and stories for healing. At the core of our Festival is the belief in the power of story as a means to connect, heal and make change. Story provides the framework for understanding.

Never more so than when we are faced with the shock of a pandemic that has insisted we learn new ways of being and engaging.”

The Festival program features memoirists, poets, medicos, environmentalists, commentators, politicians and artists who together shape narratives of hope, courage and change. Some of the themes examined include loneliness and the importance of cultivating an inner life, satire, Canberra culture, disability and the many ways people experience the world, connection to community, homelands and nature.

Day Passes are available

Top Row L-R: Archie Roach, Julia Baird, Richard Flanagan, Judith Lucy. Middle: Kate Grenville, Bryan Brown, Marcia Langton, The Betoota Advocate. Bottom: Alice Pung, Raina MacIntyre, Nevo Zisin, Evelyn Araluen. for each day of the Festival, with writers often appearing in multiple panels across the program.

Byron Writers

Festival 2021 takes place 6-8 August in the grounds of Elements of Byron Resort and in venues throughout the region. Passes to each day

of the Festival and tickets to all satellite events and workshops are now on sale at www.byronwritersfestival. com/festival.

14th Arakwal NAIDOC Week short films screening

THE Arakwal Corporation, Flickerfest and iQ Inc are thrilled to present their annual evening of inspiring aboriginal storytelling celebrating NAIDOC Week 2021 and this years theme ‘Heal Country’.

This year’s programme curated from recent Flickerfest favourites will take you on a special journey with some incredibly strong and powerful stories, who’s compelling voices will inspire, move and delight.

The filmmakers featuring in the 14th Arakwal NAIDOC week screening are some of the leading lights in indigenous filmmaking today, blazing brightly on Australian screens and stage.

The programme includes,

10 multi award winning short films with highlights including thrilling short The Moogai by Casino writer/director Jon Bell, Closed Doors by award winning Australian actor Hunter PageLochard (Cleverman); starring Wayne Blair, the delightful and inspiring documentary Djuwalpada, from Wagilak songman Daniel Wilfred all the way from North East Arnhem Land, moving sibling story Bala, the first short film

by Bangarra Dance Theatre’s former senior choreographer Deborah Brown and Bama by local emerging filmmaker Jahvis Loveday winner of the jury and audience award at this years iQ/ Flickerfest Byron All Shorts.

Local Arakwal women Delta Kay will welcome us all to

country on the night and share the local film Break It Down Bunyarra by Desert Pea media in which she stars.

Come along and enjoy these unique stories from incredible First Nations filmmakers championing aboriginal voices

through this years NAIDOC theme ‘Heal Country’; & support the celebration of aboriginal culture during NAIDOC Week.

A fundraiser for the Arakwal Corporation and supported by the Indigenous Coordination

Centre.

Wednesday 7th July, 6.30pm, Byron Theatre.

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The Northern Rivers Times

July 1, 2021

48 ENTERTAINMENT

Go with the Flow at NORPA

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July 1, 2021

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 49

INAUGURAL BYRON MUSIC FESTIVAL A SUCCESS THE Byron Bay community came alive with music last weekend thanks to the soldout inaugural Byron Music Festival.

Boasting twelve separate events held over three days across eleven venues, the grass-roots event presented by the beloved local music shop Byron Music aimed to create a family friendly music festival that the local community could enjoy.

And from all accounts the goal was achieved, with the majority of attendees coming from the immediate Byron Bay region (Arakwal Country) and the wider Bunjalung nation, followed by visitors from Sydney, Gold Coast and Brisbane.

“We’re so glad our vision for the local community came to fruition,” festival director Nick Sergi said.

“The whole town really helped us make this happen, and as we always wanted this was a festival for the Byron Bay community, businesses and artists”.

Locals were the main beneficiaries of a local music festival that kept it’s admission prices as accessible as possible, whilst businesses concurrently benefited from an increase in winter trade and overnight visitors in one of the predominantly quietest weeks of the year for the town.

Jodi Sharpe from official festival venue The Northern said, “it was the biggest weekend we’ve had since COVID hit”.

Artists were wrapped to be

performing to a live audience and music professionals were ecstatic to be amongst their industry family creating magic together again.

Ham from Drop Legs beamed, “It was one of the best gigs of our lives – a definite career highlight”.

Kyle Lionhart wrote on Instagram, “That was one hell of a way to celebrate being able to sing, dance & huddle together, with our fellow human family… I got pretty overwhelmed not only by the response but to have everyone including friends and family

from my greater Byron community singing to each other “isn’t this a beautiful life” after the year we’ve had, was beyond heart-warming & then to top it off there was a marriage proposal at the end of the song - this was a show for the books”.

Participants in Byron’s first music industry conference open to the public were thrilled with the calibre of speakers and content – all amazing each other with intelligent and inspiring knowledge sharing across a diverse range of topics that affect the industry and it’s audiences.

Local multi-talent Nathan Kaye said “It was an honour to be a part of the Byron Music Festival Industry Conference. Each panel discussed vital issues that our local music industry and community face including the importance of arts in the community. And it’s the small to mid-level artists that struggle the most, get the least credit, but upon whose shoulders the whole music industry stands”.

ABC Radio’s Sarah Howells said “Byron Music Festival was so incredible …

I already can’t wait for next year”!

Danny Salfield from Bay FM said it was, “the best local festival ever”!

Major event partner Lucy Burns from Lion Co. said “It was a great partnership. Byron Bay Brewery was pleased to come on board and support this local festival in its first year and look forward to many more”.

BMF 2021 programming and marketing manager Alain De Carne thanked everyone involved from artists to suppliers and crew and said, “the biggest thanks goes out to all the punters who came out to support live music.”

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July 1, 2021

50 LET’S COOK

Kahlúa Cupcakes

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packed 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3/4 cup sugar 1/4 light brown sugar, packed 2 large eggs + 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 tablespoons Kahlua 1/2 cup full-fat sour cream, at room temperature 1/2 cup hot coffee

For the Kahlua Buttercream: • • • • •

Prep: 0.20

1:45 Total time

INGREDIENTS • For the Kahlua Chocolate Cupcakes:

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2 tablespoons canola oil OR coconut oil 1 stick (120 grams)

24 Servings

unsalted butter 100 grams semi-sweet chocolate, chopped 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons allpurpose flour, not

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1 stick unsalted butter 3 cups confectioners sugar, sifted 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2 tablespoons Kahlua 3 tablespoons whole milk or half and half, more if needed 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla

For the Kahlua Ganache: • • •

120 grams bittersweet chocolate, chopped into small pieces 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream 2 teaspoons Kahlua

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Instructions For the Kahlua Chocolate Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F)/180 degree Celcius. Line a 12-cup cupcake/muffin tin with cupcake liners and lightly spray the liners with non-stick spray (optional, but it helps them peel right off).

Combine the the oil, butter, chocolate, and espresso powder in a large microwave safe bowl; melt in the microwave, heating in 30 second increments, stirring between each increment, until chocolate is completely melted. You can also do this on the stove top using a double boiler, but I find the microwave to be much easier. Whisk mixture completely smooth and set aside to cool.

In a medium-sized bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder, salt, and cinnamon; whisk together until thoroughly combined and set aside.

In a large bowl combine the granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, egg yolk, vanilla. and kahlua; whisk smooth.

Stir in the cooled chocolate mixture and

whisk until smooth. Add half of the flour mixture, then half of the sour cream. Repeat the process until everything is added, and be sure to mix until JUST combined - then quickly stir in the hot coffee. It’s important not to over mix, here! Just stir until evenly combined.

Fill the prepared tins 3/4 of the way full (you’ll have enough leftover batter to bake 6 more cupcakes). Bake for 16-18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool completely before frosting.

For the Kahlua Buttercream: Sift together the confectioners sugar and cocoa powder, whisking well to ensure it’s bump free; set aside.

Using a handheld mixer OR a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium-high speed until creamy; about 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low and slowly add the sifted sugar/cocoa powder, alternating with the Kahlua and milk, then add the salt and vanilla. Once all of the ingredients have been added, beat on medium-

high speed until light and creamy; beat for at least 2 minutes on medium-high.

Frost cooled cupcakes and top with Kahlua ganache.

Cupcakes stay fresh, stored in an airtight container in the fridge, for up to 3 days.

For the Kahlua Ganache: Place chocolate in a medium-sized heat-proof bowl; set aside.

In a small saucepan over medium heat, warm the heavy cream until very hot, but not boiling.

Pour the hot cream over the chopped chocolate and set it aside for 2-3 minutes. Whisk the cream and chocolate completely smooth; whisk in Kahlua.

Allow the chocolate to cool for about 5 minutes before spooning the on the top of each frosted cupcake. Notes Don’t let the chocolate ganache sit for more than 5 minutes or it will harden up and become very difficult to spoon over the frosting. Also, be sure not to add too much chocolate ganache on top of the cupcakes or it will drip all over your liners making it very messy to pick up.

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LET’S COOK 51

CAULIFLOWER CREAM OF CHICKEN SOUP •

breasts Micro coriander, to serve

SPICY CAULIFLOWER SPRINKLE

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1/2 tsp coriander seeds, toasted 1 jalapeno, finely chopped 2 cauliflower florets, finely chopped 2 tbs toasted cashews, finely chopped

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Liquid Stock 1kg cauliflower (about 1 medium head, trimmed), cut

4 Servings

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Easy butter chicken INGREDIENTS

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1/2 cup Greek-style yoghurt 2 garlic cloves, crushed 3cm piece ginger, peeled, finely grated 2 tsp ground cumin 2 tsp ground coriander 1 tsp garam masala 1/4 tsp chilli powder 600g Lilydale Free Range Chicken Thigh, cut into 3cm pieces 1 tbsp vegetable oil 20g butter 1 brown onion, halved, thickly sliced 410g can tomato puree 1/2 cup Massel chicken style liquid stock 1/2 cup thickened cream

Basmati rice, to serve Coriander leaves, to serve

METHOD Step 1 Place yoghurt, garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, garam masala and chilli powder in a glass or ceramic dish. Add chicken. Stir to coat.

Cover. Refrigerate for 2 hours.

Step 2 Heat oil and butter in a heavy-based saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 4 minutes or until softened. Add chicken mixture to pan. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until chicken just starts to change colour.

Add tomato puree and stock. Cover. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until chicken is tender and mixture has thickened slightly.

Step 3 Stir in cream.

Simmer for a further 5 minutes or until heated through. Serve with steamed rice and coriander leaves.

Ratio of water to rice?

The basic water to white rice ratio is 2 cups water to 1 cup rice. You can easily, double and even triple the recipe; just make sure you are using a pot large enough to hold the rice as it cooks and expands.

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saucepan with a lid over high heat and bring to boil. Add cauliflower and cook, covered, for

Prep: 0.10

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10-12 minutes or until cauliflower is tender. In batches, transfer to a blender and whiz until smooth.

Return soup base to a clean saucepan with a lid over medium heat and add cream and chicken. Cover and simmer gently for 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

Remove chicken using a slotted spoon and cut into thick slices. Return chicken to the soup

0:25 Cook time

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and keep warm over low heat until ready to serve.

Meanwhile, for the spicy cauliflower sprinkle, using a mortar and pestle, pound coriander seeds until coarsely ground. Transfer to a bowl and add jalapeno, cauliflower and cashews. Stir to combine.

Divide soup among bowls and top with the spiced cauliflower sprinkle.

Scatter with micro coriander to serve.

4 Servings

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July 1, 2021

52 GARDENING

Rainforest plants for your home garden THIS week we have three interesting and attractive local rainforest plants - small trees/ shrubs - all of which are suitable for the home garden.

tough and durable. Harpullias are part of a family of 26 trees that scientists are studying for their naturally occurring and beneficial chemical properties.

Tulipwood Harpullia pendula is a small to mediumsized rainforest tree with an attractive and shapely crown. While it can grow to 20 metres in the rainforest, where it needs to reach up high amongst other trees to get to the light, in cultivation it is much smaller, rarely growing beyond 6 metres. Its neat shape with attractive pale green foliage and colourful fruit makes it an excellent ornamental tree. For these reasons is often used as a shade and street tree. The bronzey-green colour of its new leaves is an added feature.

The trunk is fluted with grey scaly bark. The greenish yellow flowers appear in panicles from late spring into summer and are followed from late winter through to October by very attractive fruit. The fruit is round, 5mm across, bright yellow/red in colour and comes in quite large numbers. In time it splits to reveal one or two black shiny seeds. Tulipwood will tolerate dry conditions and most soil types and can cope with less than ideal environmental conditions. As it is tolerant of salt laden sea breeze it will do OK on the coast. An added feature is that its roots are not invasive, and it rarely grows high enough to interfere with overhead wires or other structures. This tree has a lot to recommend it on many levels and could be a great addition to any reasonably sized garden or acreage. This plant produces a very useful cabinet timber – fine grained,

Prickly pine Bursaria incana In spite of its common name this plant is not a pine and it is in fact more closely related to pittosporum and native frangipani. It is a small hardy shrub usually about 3 to 4m tall which produces abundant small white flowers through summer. It is native to the east coast and the form in the wild varies greatly depending on habitat, ranging from a prostate shrub to a small tree. In cultivation it is usually grown as a small to medium shrub. Its hardiness and size make it a good choice for garden and landscape use.

It thrives best in well-drained soil and will take conditions varying from full sun to partial shade. It is fast growing and requires little maintenance; however yearly pruning will prevent it becoming leggy and sparse. It is drought resistant and will grow OK in a coastal situation. It will tolerate a light frost. Its leaves are tiny and have white hairs on the underside giving the foliage a bi-colour appearance. The new shoots produce thorns all along the stems which are reduced in number as the tree matures. The creamy-white flowers appear in summer and are sweetly perfumed making this shrub a lovely feature plant. The flowers are followed by round pods that remain on the tree for months, eventually cracking open to reveal tiny brown seeds.

Because of its dense prickly growth habit prickly pine is a wonderful plant for small birds and other small wildlife

Tulipwood Harpullia pendula

Prickly pine Bursaria incana

Prickly ash Orites excelsus both as shelter and for nesting.

The flowers are an added attraction for the birds and are host to fiery and bright copper butterflies and other insects.

Prickly ash Orites excelsus is a shrub or small tree which grows naturally in mountain habitat. Its leaves are shiny green, often lobed and up to 180 mm in length, with coarsely serrated edges. The underside of the leaves are light grey to almost white in colour. New shoots are covered with rust-coloured hairs. The flowers are creamy-

white and fragrant growing on slender axillary spikes up to 110 mm long with individual flowers being around 6mm in length. Flowering occurs from winter to early spring.

The seed follicle follows from February and is boat shaped up to 25mm containing two triangular seeds. This plant has smooth brown or grey bark, often with tiny scales which develop into fine fissures as it gets older. In the wild, prickly ash is found in cool mountain rainforests from Barrington Tops in New South Wales north to south-eastern

Queensland. It grows in warm temperate rainforest in poor quality sedimentary soil or cool sub-tropical rainforest in volcanic soil, usually above an elevation of 750 metres but does all right at lower levels.

The timber is described as being similar to the silky oak and has been used for shingles, casks, furniture and joinery.

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MOTORING - USED CAR CHECKOUT 53

MAZDA RX-8 2003 - 2113

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2003 Mazda RX-8

Want to own a car that’s exciting to drive, great to look at and pretty modestly priced?

Then the Mazda RX-8 is well worth a place on your short list.

It’s a sleek four-door coupe powered by a silky-smooth rotary engine with outstanding performance.

The RX-8 is powered by a Mazda 13B powerplant.

However, after problems in the early 13Bs the RX-8’s unit was modified in so many ways it can almost be regarded as a different unit. It also has a different name - the Renesis rotary.

The side-port Wankel engine had advanced electronic control. Its inlet tract is varied according to engine revs and throttle position. Low down torque has always been a problem in any Wankel. It’s not too bad in the original Renesis, and the July 2008 refresh of the RX-8 saw it further improved.

However, to keep the engine giving its best you have to keep it at high revs. Then it’s a real delight to drive with exceptional smoothness and a willingness to seem to want to go higher and higher on the tacho. Love to drive and happy to put plenty of work into getting the best from it? Then you will love it.

The RX-8 with a six-speed

in front of at four-speed automatic had to be detuned because the Mazda automatic couldn’t cope with the big revs of the rotary engine. Try an auto for yourself if you can’t drive a manual or are confronted with heavy-duty commuting on a daily basis.

Though not as bad as in the early Mazda rotaries he RX-8 does like a drink. You can expect it to use about 16 to 18 litres of unleaded for each 100 kilometres around town. On long easy paced trips the consumption drops considerably, perhaps by half if you drive for economy.

Anyhow, owners of RX-8s say, “stop whingeing about fuel use - because you’re getting V8 performance and old-style V8 levels of fuel consumption.”

small, light engine sits behind the front wheels, making this Mazda a mid-engined sports machine with excellent balance. There’s very good steering and chassis feel. Some may find the steering slightly too quick at first acquaintance, but owners you soon adapt to it.

Comfort is good for a full-on sports machine and only rough roads will cause it be bounced around. Despite the sports tyres there’s less road roar than is common on quite a few other machines in this same class.

The small rear doors are certainly better than having to clamber past folded front seats. The front doors have to be opened before the back ones can be unlatched. The doors are a real pain when parked alongside another car, such as in a carpark, because you can only use a front door or a back, not both at the same time. The rear seats are on the small side for adults, and children may find them slightly claustrophobic due to the high-set windows.

A surprisingly spacious boot and the little Mazda sports car makes a reasonably practical daily driver.

These days Mazda is a major player in the sales scene in Australia and has a strong, well regarded dealer

2009 Mazda RX-8

Handling is very good as the

network. There are obviously

more dealers in metropolitan areas than in the country areas, but an increasing number of country cities and major towns have representation.

2009 Mazda RX-8 Limited Edition This isn’t the sort of car to tinker with if you don’t know what you’re doing so we suggest leaving all but the simplest of work to professionals trained in the brand and/or in rotary engines.

Check carefully into insurance costs as some companies have had bad experiences with the Mazda RX-8 and charge high prices accordingly.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR Look for uneven wear on the front tyres as it probably indicates harsh driving. Also check for severe brake dust on the inside of the wheels.

Added gauges may simply be there to make the cabin look impressive, but may also be an indication of hard driving, perhaps even track days as the RX-8 is the sort of car that appeals to quick drivers.

Have a look throughout the cabin and boot for signs of wear and tear. But don’t be too tough in your expectations if the Mazda is getting on in years.

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equipment which is different to that on a conventional piston engine.

Changes in the six-speed manual should be light and

easy.

Dip the clutch without backing off the accelerator and make sure it engages without slip when re-engaged quickly.

The automatic transmission is a fairly old design but should work without flaring and always be in the correct gear for the situation. Any problems should make you very wary.

HOW MUCH? Expect to pay from $3000 to $6000 for a 2003 Mazda RX-8; $6000 to $8000 for a 2006 Revelation; $7000 to $11,000 for a 2008 40th Anniversary; $8000 to $12,000 for a 2009 Luxury; $10,000 to $15,000 for a 2010 Luxury; and $11,000 to $16,000 for a 2012 GT or Luxury.

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July 1, 2021

54 MOTORING NEWS

SECOND GENERATION BMW 4 SERIES GRAN COUPÉ

By EWAN KENNEDY

BMW Australia will introduce the second generation 4 Series Gran Coupé to the Australian market at a date yet to be announced, other than it’s towards the end of the year.

Though it has four doors BMW tells us it can be classed as a coupé due to its sleek shape.

This is quite a large vehicle with a length of 4,783 millimetres, 1,852mm in width and 1,442mm in height. It’s said it can carry five adults in comfort. We will have to verify, or otherwise, when we get to sit inside one.

It certainly has style: the very large and vertically prominent BMW kidney grille sits inside slim full-LED headlights. Frameless windows, flush-fitting door handles and powerful shoulders and a long roofline that culminates in a pronounced spoiler on the tailgate certainly draw attention.

The M Sport package, which will be standard on both the 420i and

430i. The BMW M Performance model is sure to make a bold impression.

Sport seats and a sport leather steering wheel meanwhile are fitted as standard.

The BMW M440i xDrive Gran Coupé is powered by a sixcylinder in-line petrol engine TwinPower Turbo that develops 285kW and 500Nm. The TwinPower four-cylinder engine of the BMW 430i Gran

Coupé develops 190kW and 400Nm, while the 420i produces 135kW and 300Nm.

wheel or by a selector in the centre console.

New BMW 4 Series Gran Coupé has a low

Sleek shape of new BMW Gran Coupé houses a multitude of high-tech features.

All engines for the Australian imports will have an eightspeed Steptronic Sport transmission behind them. It can be controlled via shift paddles on the steering

centre of gravity and almost 50:50 weight distribution.

Adaptive M suspension is standard on the 430i and M440i xDrive. Variable sport steering is standard

equipment on all Australian models.

BMW M Sport brakes are fitted as standard on the 430i and M440i xDrive and can be optioned on the 420i.

Standard safety assist equipment systems include lane departure warning, lane change warning, front collision warning with brake intervention, rear crossing traffic warning and rear collision prevention.

The standard-fitment

BMW Live Cockpit Professional features a fully digital screen grouping including a high-resolution instrument cluster with a screen diagonal of 12.3 inches behind the steering wheel and a 10.25-inch control display.

Smartphone integration is standard, so owners can use Apple CarPlay and Android Auto via the car’s operating system.

The Remote Software Upgrades function also allows improved vehicle functions and additional digital services to be imported into the car over the air.

For the first time BMW will offer the M440i xDrive at the same time as the rest to the range, rather than holding it off for up for quite some time.

VOLVO XC40 RECHARGE PURE ELECTRIC: PRICE ANNOUNCED

By EWAN KENNEDY

Volvo has announced the Australian pricing for its XC40 Recharge Pure Electric compact SUV. This is Volvo’s first all-electric vehicle and reinforces the Swedish company’s commitment to electrifying its entire car range by 2025. That is, with full electric or plug-in hybrid models.

The Volvo XC40 Recharge Pure Electric

will be available in one luxury specification at $76,990 MRRP. It has 400+ km range and many of the latest safety and infotainment features.

It’s powered by twin 150 kW electric motors, one the front axle the other on the rear axle, which provides all wheel drive and power output of 300 kW, and 660Nm of torque. A 78kWh lithium-ion battery pack

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MOTORING NEWS

55

KIA SPORTAGE: VERY MUCH A GLOBAL SUV

By EWAN KENNEDY

Kia Corporation has revealed the official images of its all-new Sportage.

“Reinventing the Sportage gave our talented design teams a tremendous opportunity to do something new; to take inspiration from the recent brand relaunch and introduction of EV6 to inspire customers through modern and innovative SUV design,” commented Karim Habib, Senior Vice President and Head of Global Design Centre.

The all-new Sportage is the result of a collaborative effort between Kia’s main global design network in Korea, Germany, the US, and China.

The front of the Sportage has a black grille graphic stretching across the width of the face. The elongated grille links Kia’s modern signature Tiger Nose grille to the boomerang-shaped daytime running lamps. Yes, boomerang shaped - one of the world’s oldest cultures has provided a shape developed tens of thousands of years ago.

At the rear, Sportage has been given what Kia describes as strength and

stability. The razor rear lamps Sportage. soft-touch switches. There’s are connected by a slim a shift-by-wire transmission The centre console is horizontal design to dial.

Kia Sportage has looks of give a wide impression The driver and front from the back. passenger seats are in strength and stability.

Inside, a curved “sporting slim shell finished with a high-end display with a slim design” according to Kia. We touchscreen pad and air vents gloss and has storage, hope these aren’t too slim as forms a curved display which operating system Aussie males tend to be a fair sweeps across the front of the configuration, cupholders and bit broader in the beam than

Korean males…

A sportier Sportage model, tagged as X-Line features a unique bumper, side sill and a curved roof rack. Inside there is sage green or black seating, as well as bold quilting and black metal wood.

Due for global market launch later this year, more information on the all-new Sportage will be made available in due course.

Kia advises that the specifications and features in its news release may vary depending on country and region. When the new Sportage comes to Australia we will publish a further news story with full specs and pricing, and follow that up with a comprehensive road test.

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July 1, 2021

58 YOUR WEEKLY HOROSCOPE Aries Mar 21 - Apr 20

Cancer Jun 24 - Jul 22

This week, you find new things to enjoy. Aries, you can have fun exploring possibilities.

The week begins on Monday, July 5, with Mars in Leo, in your house of fun, making a sextile to the North Node in your house of movement. This is a good day to rent a bicycle and ride down to the beach. Take a horseback riding lesson and trot along the trail. Or consider taking the train to the next town just for a little sightseeing. As you are in motion, many thoughts and ideas will come to mind, sent to you by the Universe.

Cancer, a windfall is possible this week. This may come as a surprise from a close friend.

The week begins on Monday, July 5, with Mars in Leo, in your house of money, making a sextile to the North Node in Gemini. Today, you can get hold of a revenue-producing opportunity. This could be in the form of a promotion or a new job opportunity. But you must take action. You need to make the phone call, send the email, or put in the application. Cancer, don’t let this great aspect go to waste.

Leo Jul 23 - Aug 23

Taurus Apr 21 - May 21

This week, you may discover joys at home. Taurus, sometimes the simple things are the best.

The week begins on Monday, July 5, with Mars in Leo, in your house of family, making a sextile to the North Node in your house of money. Today, with the help of at least one family member, you could find a new revenue stream. This could involve a home business that deals in collectibles or furniture you find at garage sales.

Or you might consider renting out a room and pocketing a big chunk of change every month.

Gemini May 22 - June 23

This week, someone could give you the sweetest compliment. Gemini, allow yourself to receive it.

The week begins on Monday, July 5, with Mars in Leo, in your house of communication, making a sextile to the North Node in your own sign of Gemini. Today, it’s important to speak your truth. Let others know what’s in your heart. You’re likely to get support today when you’re upfront with people about what you really want. There could be some friction with a sibling or close relative, especially around vehicles and auto maintenance.

All eyes are on you this week.

Leo, you are looking good.

The week begins on Monday, July 5, with Mars, in your own sign of Leo, traveling through your house of confidence and making a sextile to the North Node in Gemini. Today, you can climb the ranks and gain a new position of power and authority. This could mean a promotion at work or a board position in an organization you belong to. Try for a whale of a sale or post your resume for a great new job.

Virgo Aug 24 - Sep 22

This week, it feels good just to sit. Virgo, consider restarting your meditation practice.

The week begins on Monday, July 5, with Mars in Leo, in your house of working behind the scenes, making a sextile to the North Node in Gemini. Today consider closing your office door, turning off your phone, and getting down to some serious work.

You could be finishing up a project for your supervisor or working on your resume to find your way out of a job you’re not happy with. Today’s a good day to work in secret.

Happiness – Pure and Simple.

by Nigel Dawe

WITH words for ‘happiness’ like ‘ulonwabo’ and ‘injabulo’, out of all the places on earth, it seems Africa has by far the most apt

reflective take (at least from a phonetical perspective) on the one word that rarely fails to make us smile at its very mention, and that is

Libra Sep 23 - Oct 23

Libra, a friend goes out of their way to show you kindness. This week, you realize how great your friends are.

The week begins on Monday, July 5, with Mars in Leo, in your house of community, making a sextile to the North Node in Gemini. Today, if you take the time to expand your circle, find your tribe, or join up with like-minded people, the ripple effect in your life could be extraordinarily positive.

But this is a sextile, and a sextile does require you to take some action.

Capricorn Dec 22 - Jan 20

A financial gain is possible for Capricorns. This week, you have keys to the bank vault.

The week begins on Monday, July 5, with Mars in Leo, in your house of investments, making a sextile to the North Node in your house of work. Today you can find a potential passive income stream. A coworker may mention an idea to you that triggers your curiosity and opens a whole new world of money ideas.

Follow the trail of breadcrumbs left by the Universe.

Scorpio Oct 24 - Nov 20

Scorpio, this week, you get a feather in your cap. There is likely favorable notice from a client or a supervisor.

The week begins on Monday, July 5, with Mars in Leo, in your house of career, making a sextile to the North Node in Gemini. Today, you have access to more resources than usual. If you’re looking for a job, you can make a good connection, especially through a professional website like LinkedIn. If you want to stay in your current job, this is an excellent day to talk to your manager about your career track.

Aquarius Jan 21 - Feb 18

This week, your charisma is set on high. Aquarius, you are attracting a lot of interest from others.

The week begins on Monday, July 5, with Mars in Leo, in your house of relationships, making a sextile to the North Node in your house of pleasure. You can hit the jackpot in the area of love today. If you’re already in a love relationship, this could mean an afternoon filled with delight. If you’re looking for love, today’s a good day to be very active on online dating websites or let a friend fix you up on a blind date.

Sagittarius Nov 22 - Dec 21

You’re the smartest person in the room this week.

Sagittarius, people come to you for the answers.

The week begins on Monday, July 5, with Mars in Leo, in your house of adventure, making a sextile to the North Node in Gemini. Today’s a good day to take a drive or go on a hike on a trail you haven’t been before. Take someone special as you have an opportunity to discuss bigger plans for the two of you.

Today you can receive support. Sagittarius, you could become easily irritated with some proviso or addendum.

‘happiness’.

The ancient Chinese sage, Chuang Tzu once suggested: “Joy is feather light but who can carry it?” And all these centuries later, the answer remains – ‘Not many of us’; at least not all of the time, because often there seems to be something that simply dampens your mood or situation.

Similarly, once you sit down and try to capture or clearly define ‘happiness’, like many of life’s most consequential topics: they quietly slink and slip away seemingly delighted at not having left too much of themselves behind for rational dissection.

As such, I once heard a French proverb: “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.” Which provides the faint glimmer of a window, or a suggestive by-road of sorts to pursue this glistening jewel in the overall crown of life.

Relatedly (on the topic of proverbs and the undull-able insights they convey) another clue as to where happiness

Pisces Feb 19 - Mar 20

Pisces, be mindful of your routines and habits this week. Joy comes from the awareness of simple things.

The week begins on Monday, July 5, with Mars in Leo, in your house of healthy routines, making a sextile to the North Node in your house of homemaking. You have an opportunity today to find new ways to make healthy cooking easy. You may discover that one of your kids likes to cook or you could find a great meal prep service. The best use of this aspect is to learn to make something from scratch, just like your grandma used to make.

‘resides’, seems to loudly cackle from within the old Roman line: “Ride si sapis”, or ‘Laugh if you are wise.’

And I find it fantastically apt, that we derive our modernday word ‘ride’ from the ancient word for ‘laugh’.

Not to digress, or take you on a trip that is too far-reaching in its attempted reach; our word and concept ‘happiness’ is believed to have come from the Old Norse term ‘happ’, which means ‘luck’ or ‘chance’, it is also suggested that it derives from an early English word ‘haepic’, meaning ‘equal’.

Which directly harks upon a truly insightful comment made by the Ancient Greek – Heraclitus: ‘Harmony comes through the strain of binding opposites.’

Keeping the same stellar trajectory of the above thought-line; none other than Mahatma Gandhi whole-heartedly, albeit rather level-headedly once made claim: “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” Which is another

wonderful way of expressing what the great Albert Camus also alluded to, when he reflected: “But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a person and the life they lead?”

Being the complex and perhaps ever hard to impress creatures we are, it’s interesting that two of the harshest criticisms we could ever receive, arise from opposite ends of the same mirth spectrum. For example, if I were told: ‘you take yourself way too seriously’, followed by ‘what you’ve just done is outright hap-hazard’ – they both mean very different things, but neither of them are flattering or good.

Without over-thinking something that clearly outsmarts and pretty much leaves our logical self and side for dead (every day of our lives) the ‘feather-weight’ essence of happiness, is aptly treated by Gabriel García Márquez, when he once prescribed, albeit fully diagnosed: “No medicine cures what happiness cannot.”

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July 1, 2021

IN MEMORIAM 59 Death Notice

Death Notice

FERSTAT (Haydon) Beryl Inez

28.10.1927 – 10.06.2021 Passed away peacefully at Nimbin Aged Care, aged 93 years.

Loved wife of Geoffrey Ferstat (Dec’d) and Roy Haydon (Dec’d).

Loved mother & mother in-law of Ian & Shirley, Donna & Gary Jarrett, and Tracey.

Cherished Nanna of Ben, Amie; Luke, James, Tom, and Abbie.

Great nanna of Matilda, William, Henry, and Blake.

Loved sister and sister in-law of Barry & Esther and Peter & Barb.

Fond Aunt of their families.

In keeping with the families wishes a private family cremation service has been held.

Cliff Davis 83 Years Margaret and family wish to advise that Cliff went home to be with the Lord on 19th June 2021.

A loving husband, father and grandfather.

‘Well done good and faithful servant.’

A private service has been held.

The family wish to thank the staff at Nimbin Aged Care for their love, support, and care, extended to Beryl during her time of residence.

Death Notice

GRAEME ALLAN BROWNING 22/08/1956 – 22/06/2021

Formally from the Northern Rivers.

Passed away peacefully in the presence of his family.

Dearly loved husband of Susan.

Loving father and father-in-law of twins Matthew and Robert (both dec), James and Juliet, Ben and Cas, Rebecca and Cassie.

Much loved son of Ted and Marie (dec) Loved brother and brother-in-law of Beverley, Norelle and David.

Privately cremated in Sydney.

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LOCAL MARKETS BALLINA MARKETS 3rd Sunday of the month.

BALLINA FARMER’S MARKET Sundays 6am till 1pm at Commemoration Park Ballina.

BANGALOW FARMER’S MARKET Saturdays 7am till 11am at Bangalow Hotel Carpark.

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BYRON BAY FARMER’S MARKET Thursdays 7am till 11am at Cavanbah Centre Byron Bay. CASINO GOLF CLUB MARKETS 2nd Sunday of every 2nd month.

KYOGLE FARMER’S MARKET Saturday mornings Stratheden Street, Kyogle.

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LISMORE PRODUCE MARKET Thursdays 2.30pm till 6.30pm at Magellan & Carrington Streets.

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LISMORE RAINBOW REGION ORGANIC MARKET Tuesdays 7.30am till 11am at Lismore Showgrounds.

MULLUMBIMBY COMMUNITY MARKET 3rd Saturday of the month.

MULLUMBIMBY FARMER’S MARKET Fridays 7am till 11am at Mullumbimby Showground.

Contact Allie on 66771345.

MURWILLUMBAH FARMER’S MARKET Wednesdays 7am till 11am at Murwillumbah Showgrounds.

Contact Sue on 0498733766.

NEW BRIGHTON FARMER’S MARKET Tuesday 8am-11am at New Brighton Oval - River Street.

Contact Allie on 66771345.

NIMBIN FARMERS MARKET Wednesdays 3pm till 6pm at Green Bank Carpark.

Contact Jason on 66891512.

THE CHANNON CRAFT MARKETS 2nd Sunday of the month.

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ALSTONVILLE INNER WHEEL CLUB Meet socially 3rd Wednesday of every month. Contact President Carol Vidal 0427326832.

CRAWFORD HOUSE MUSEUM At Crawford House Museum there are many interesting household objects dating from the turn of the century till 1960 and local historical items and documents, as well as research facilities for the descendants of Ballina Shire families. You can also buy fascinating books about the Shire’s history. The museum is at 10 Wardell Road Alstonville and is open Fridays 10am-4pm and Sundays 1pm-4pm.

The Community Resource Centre is open for research Fridays only – prior bookings essential. Enquiries 6628 1829, aphs2477@yahoo.com.au or www.aphsmuseum.org.au ALSTONVILLE PLATEAU HISTORICAL SOCIETY This year is the 20th anniversary of Alstonville Plateau Historical Society and they are going to celebrate the occasion on Saturday, October 2.

All past and present members are welcome. The group will be looking back over the years and launching Ian Kirkland’s book on the history of the society. Inside the museum there will be photos and videos of functions and exhibitions showing the history over the years. RVSP by email at aphs2477@yahoo.com.au or phone 66281829.

SQUARE DANCING Summerland Larrikins Squares Alstonville, Fridays 7.30pm-9.30pm at Uniting Church Hall, 59 Main Street, Alstonville. Contact 0407663017 for further information. New dancers welcome.

BALLINA BALLINA THE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT RETIREES (AIR), FAR NORTH COAST BRANCH The next meeting will be held at Ballina RSL Club on Friday the 2nd of July, 9.30am for a 10.00am start, this meeting will be followed by our AGM. Morning tea will be available at this meeting. Enquiries to 0437509618.

THE RICHMOND-TWEED FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Next monthly meeting will be held on Saturday, 3rd of July at 2:00pm4:00pm in the Players Theatre, 24 Swift Street Ballina. The guest speakers will be Eric and Rosemary Kopittke who will be presenting the topics The Genealogist: What’s the difference, and A 19th Century German’s voyage to the other side of the world. These speakers are accomplished international genealogy speakers. For further enquiries contact Kerrie Alexander on 66281324.

BACCI GROUP A local Arts based group meet each first Monday of each month. Meet with other local artisans and makers and participate in group exhibitions as they occur. Time 5pm for 5.30pm.

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COMMUNITY NOTICES 63 Place Cherry St Sports. Meet beforehand in the club for social time before the meeting – contact ballinaartsandcraftscentreinc@gmail. com BALLINA CWA BRANCH MARKET - CANCELLED Market day Saturday 3rd July. For further information please contact Gai Mason: gaimason881@gmail. com 0433129339. Future Market Day: Saturday 4 December 2021.

BALLINA SCOPE CLUB We are a group of ladies who do fund raising with all money going to local charities. We meet the 1st Monday of the month at the Ballina RSL Club at 7pm. Any enquiries to Ruth on 0429877733.

BALLINA HOSPITAL AUXILLIARY Our Craft Show this past weekend was a resounding success and we made a profit of just under $15,600.

We are delighted with this and would like to thank everyone who attended and all who helped to make this the success that it was. Raffles were won as follows: Quilt raffle: 1st prize won

by C Lewis, ticket number F88231.

2nd prize won by V. Battistuzzi, ticket number F88257Box Raffles: Denise G03761, C.Flanagan G03570, M.Dwight G03921, Mary G03949. Our next stall is a Ladies Golf Charity Day where we will have a Cake and Craft Stall at the invitation of Ballina Ladies Golf at the East Ballina Golf Club on Tuesday 29th June.We will also be having a Craft Stall at the CWA event at The Masonic Hall on Saturday 3rd July. Our next meeting will be at the RSL on Tuesday 21st July at 12.30 followed by our AGM at 1.30pm.

IN FOCUS TOASTMASTERS CLUB How about trying something different?

If you would like to improve your communication and leadership skills or simply make new friends and have fun, you are warmly invited to attend the In Focus Toastmasters Club. We meet the 3rd Wednesday evening of each month. You may attend either from the comfort of your own home via zoom or join us in person at the Cherry Street Sports Club, Ballina. For more information please contact: President Udo Moerig email tmumoerig@ gmail.com or Vice President email Jan Coleman janetlcoleman@gmail. com Webpage: https://3209990. toastmastersclubs.org/ BALLINA LIFEBALL Each Tuesday (9:30-11am) at Ballina Indoor Sports Centre. Come and join us for exercise, fun and friendship.

Contact Yvonne 0448004161.

THE FREE BRUNCH CENTER It’s Back the Free Community Brekky Center is now reopening as The Free Brunch Center in Ballina, on the 1st Saturday of every month. There will be sausage sizzle available along with hot dogs, sandwiches, fruit salad, tea, coffee and take away meals also available. This will be presented under new Covid safe rules and restrictions.

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welcome. This is to be held at the Ballina Presbyterian Hall which is just behind the church, on the corner of Cherry & Crane Sts. The Brunch Center will be on the 1st Saturday of every month between 10am and 12pm.

BALLINA TOY LIBRARY Welcomes families from Ballina Shire, 9 Regatta Ave, Ballina. Open Saturday 10am-1pm, by appointment only on Tues & Wed. Phone 0411719074.

THE BALLINA COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB - CANCELLED The Ballina Country Music Club’s next “LIVE MUSIC SAY” is Sunday 4th JULY has been cancelled due to Covid 19.

BALLINA MAHJONG 25TH JUNE 2021 Wendy Thornton 1, Shirley Coleman 2, Pauline Kearney, Bev Lasater 3, Susan Allan 5, Joan Murphy 6, Annette O’Connor 7, Judy Brent 8, June Greenaway 8, Lesley Richie 10, Jeanette Henwood, Sally Lowry, Betty Penllis 11, Jan Williams 14, Jan Boardman 15, Joy Owien 16, Shirley Atkinson, Gail McDonagh 17, Margaret Bryant 19, Lorna Simpson 20, Pauline Bolte 21, Pam Farrell 22, Shirley Henry 23, Jan Small 24, Jan Henley, Janene Jarvis 25, Valda McLerie 27,Kath Hubbard 28, Gladys D’Anna, Coral Lavelle, Yvonne Weddup 29, Jenny Lang 32, Kathy Pickles 33, June Grebert 34, Lisa Wong 35, Diana Auret 36. Mahjong is played on Friday at 12:30pm at the Ballina Bridge Club North Creek Road. Enquiries for new players phone Vanessa on 66874181.

BALLINA CWA Ballina CWA Handicraft & Friendship mornings are held every Wednesday morning from 9am until 12noon in our rooms on River Street. Numbers are covid safe limited so could you please ring our Handicraft Officer Barb 0428116668 on Monday night to book a place. Ballina CWA meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of the month at 9.00am in our rooms, please ring our Secretary Janet 0435323079 for more information. Mahjong is being played once again in The Ballina CWA rooms on River Street, Wednesdays & Thursdays starting at 12.15pm. For more information please ring David 0473587412.

BRUNSWICK HEADS BRUNSWICK HEADS BRUNSWICK VALLEY VIEW CLUB Our next monthly luncheon is on 8 July at 10.30am at Brunswick Heads Bowling Club. Come along and hear an interesting guest speaker. VIEW Club supports seven disadvantaged students in the Learning for Life program. Apologies to Wenda on 0449 563 580 or email wjhunt@yahoo.com. au. Casual members please advise if you are attending. New members are welcome. Next friendship morning is Christmas In July on 15 July. Info: president Margaret 0429966894.

THE BRUNSWICK HEADS CWA Brunswick Heads CWA conducts a monthly meeting (9-10am) on

the first Friday of every month in the 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 0431908063 CASINO CASINO WINDARA’S TEA ROOM AND NURSERY Soup and Sweets Lunch including Bingo, on Wednesday 21st July starting at 11am. Covid restrictions apply and booking can be made at Cottage Collection by 16 July. Tickets $15 ea.

CASINO MEALS ON WHEELS WEEK 3 MON: V Gray, N Nowlan, M Hartley TUE: D.Coleman, M Newstead WED: J & J Boyd, N & K Ryan THU: B Bennett, FRI: L Barton, J Cornell, H Elford & own help OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS CASINO Wednesday 12noon AEST Free conference call & in-person meeting.

Free conference call (03) 8672 0101, access code 284 9437#. In person meeting Uniting Church Hall, corner Diary & Canterbury Streets (please always phone to confirm in-person meeting is attended today). For info call Angela on 67376812.

CASINO AIR RIFLE CLUB Saturdays - Rifles, Ammunition & Targets supplied, shooting starts 8am until 12noon. Call Ollie on 0414622272.

CASINO & DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP Advise we have a new phone number which is 66641118 and email casinofhg@gmail.com CASINO BRANCH CWA MEETING DATES. Meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month at the Casino Community Cultural Centre at 9.00 am. Next Meeting in on Thursday 15th July.

Join us for a Cuppa and learn more about what we do for our local community. Providing Covid allows us we are still hoping to hold a Street Stall outside DIY on the 24th July.

Planning is underway for a “We Care Cuppa” Morning Tea to assist our local Cancer Support Group for later in the year. We want to thank Pastor Stephen for our warm welcome at the Baptist Church last Sunday.

Unfortunately Covid Restrictions meant reduced attendees but we thank him for his positive message. For more information about the CWA please contact Marg. on 66621746 or Jan on 66626424 CASINO SENIOR CITIZENS All welcome, our activities currently are Wednesday afternoons at Casino RSM 1.00pm to play Hoy, Euchre. We have group play on Thurs afternoons 1.00pm. Contact Jan Danaher on 0414625680.

LISMORE-CASINO NAVAL ASSOCIATION Meets bi-monthly at Casino RSM,

new members welcome. For more information phone Chris 66293269 or Jim 0427400625.

LION’S CLUB CASINO Lion’s Club meeting is held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month at Casino RSM Club from 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start.

CASINO COMMUNITY MEN’S SHED Mon, Tues, Wed, attendance limited to 50 members, 8.00am-1.30pm. Contact 66626423 DH or casmenshed@live. com.au CASINO MINI RAIL Every Sunday 10am to 4pm. Weather permitting. West Street Casino. Phone 0472638044.

CASINO VIEW CLUB Monthly luncheon meeting at Casino RSM Club at 11am, second Thurs of every month. Contact Barbra on 66612530 or 0448969498.

CASINO CROQUET CLUB Monday & Wednesday sign in time now before 8.30am to start play by 9am. Contact Mary on 6662 1971 for further information.

CASINO LADIES & FRIENDS CRAFT GROUP Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month. Bring your own morning tea and wear a mask. Names to be in by Lunch time Monday. Phone Vivian on 66621838 or Jan on 66626424.

CASINO MIXED PROBUS CLUB Meeting 4th Thursday of the month.

For more information call the secretary on 0419886119.

THE CASINO & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM Sun, Mon, Wed and Fri 10am to 2pm.

Email casinohistorymuseum@outlook. com for further information. Check us out on Facebook.

CASINO EVENING CWA Meets first Thursday of the month.

Casino Uniting Church at 6pm and for further information please ring Alison 0400956404 or Penny 0422301799.

CASINO BRANCH CWA Casino branch CWA hold meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month at Casino Community Cultural Centre at 9.00am.

EVANS EVANSHEAD HEAD EVANS HEAD BRANCH CWA We meet over lunch, 3rd Tuesday every month, 12noon at the Illawong Hotel. New members welcome. Further info 0427825560.

GRAFTON GRAFTON GRAFTON & DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB We would love to welcome new members, come and see what we have to offer. Meeting on the 3rd Monday of every month. At the Grafton Masonic Centre, 104 Bacon St, Grafton. Gather at 3.30pm for afternoon tea, meeting starts 4.30pm. Visit private gardens,

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64 COMMUNITY NOTICES enjoy bus trips with like-minded people, buy or swap plants and have fun! For any enquiries please send an email to graftondistrictgardenclub@ gmail.com - you can also find and follow us on Facebook.

GRAFTON VIEW CLUB Meets on the 4th Tuesday each month at Grafton District Services Club, Mary Street, commencing at 10.30am.

Please come along & enjoy yourself with a tasty meal, motivated guest speaker & at the same time you will help disadvantaged children. Please phone Vorna at 66424719 for catering purposes no later than the Friday before the meeting. As well, a social outing is held each month. You are warmly invited to come along, have some fun & you will be helping others as well. See you there.

GRAFTON SENIORS Grafton Seniors recently held June Coach trip, with 42 passengers, on a fine, mild, overcast day.

A mystery trip, it began with a drive south on highway to Urunga, with picnic morning tea in park. Then a visit to historical museum, followed by an organised lunch at Hotel. Next, a short drive south to Honey Place, with opportunity to purchase products.

Following afternoon refreshments at Coffs Harbour McDonalds, final journey home on Orara Way. Sincere thanks to committee who served morning tea, Coach Captain, Alan R, for a great trip, & to all for their support. Next trip is 8 day tour to Queensland from Sat, 14 August, with final arrangements progressing. Final monies can be paid on Thur, 15 July, at Racecourse room, 9am to 11.30am.

Next day trip will be 15 October, Yamba river cruise, & it will go on sale at August meeting. Members reminded no meeting in July.

GRAFTON’S MIGHTY CLARENCE TOASTMASTERS CLUB Perhaps it’s time to find out what it’s all about! If you would like to improve your communication and leadership skills. Make new friends and have fun, you are warmly invited to attend the Mighty Clarence Toastmasters Club. We meet on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday evening of each month.

You may attend either from the comfort of your own home via zoom or join us in person at the Joan Muir Community Centre: 194 Turf Street, Grafton. For more information please contact: Vice President on email Jan Coleman janetlcoleman@gmail.com or Facebook page:https://www.facebook. com/graftontoastmasters

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KYOGLE SUNSHINE CLUB Meets every Thursday at 9.30am. For more details contact 0499824274.

LISMORE GARDEN CLUB Lismore Garden Club meeting and A.G.M. 1PM Thursday 8th July Lismore Workers Club. Subject to COVID restrictions. Info contact Dawn 0448294496. Charlie 66214100.

KYOGLE

RICHMOND RIVER BEEF PRODUCER’S ASSOCIATION Meet on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Kyogle Showgrounds in the luncheon room at 7pm. For more details Phone Jan on 0427293455.

KYOGLE COUNTRY MUSIC Will be held at Kyogle Golf Club at 11am on 11th July all food and drinks provided by the Golf Club. All Welcome LION’S CLUB OF KYOGLE Meeting is held on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month at the Kyogle Lion’s shed from 6.30–7.00pm For more information contact Neville Moon on 66322233.

LENNOX LENNOXHEAD HEAD LENNOX HEAD LIONS CLUB New members welcome to join our close-knit club where the emphasis is on community service in a fun environment. Meetings are on the first and Third Wednesday of each month at Club Lennox starting at 6.30pm.

Members do what they can, when they can to facilitate the needs of our club.

LENNOX HEAD DAY VIEW CLUB The Lennox Head Day VIEW Club meets on the first Monday of each month at the Lennox Head Community Centre. with the meeting starting at 11:00am and includes an interesting speaker and concludes with a light lunch. An informal Coffee & Chat meeting is held on the third Monday of the month. The Club sponsors three students through The Smith Family Learning for Life scholarship program that provides educational items for disadvantaged Australian children.

New members and guests are most welcome and enquiries may be made to Enid 047187511 or Dawn 0466717435.

LENNOX HEAD CWA Handy Craft Mornings on Mondays 9.30am-12noon in the community centre at Lennox Head, Call Jan on 66816150.

PROBUS CLUB OF LENNOX HEAD Meets 10.00 for 10.30am at Club Lennox, 10 Stewart Street, on the first Thursday of each month. Visitors are welcome, also retired or semi-retired people wishing to join our non-service club to hear interesting guest speakers and to join in trips and outings are invited along. Phone Jan 66876859.

LISMORE

EMBROIDERERS GROUP Meetings are 9.30am-2.30pm 1st and 3rd Wednesdays and 3rd Saturday of each month at the Red Dove Centre, Keen Street, Lismore. We welcome embroiderers of all styles and ability levels to meet, share and learn. For more information see our facebook page ‘Lismore Group – Embroiderers Guild NSW’, phone 0423337872 or simply turn up.

THE ROTARY CLUB OF SUMMERLAND SUNRISE We meet every Friday at 7.05am for a Breakfast meeting at Coffee Shots, Molesworth St, Lismore. Interested in contributing to community? Local and international? Join us at Coffee Shots please. Phone 0435990919 for more details.

LISMORE BASE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY Lismore Base Hospital Auxiliary’s Christmas in July on 24th all tickets SOLD. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets.

LISMORE TARGET RIFLE CLUB For .22 calibre rifles, meets Mon & Wed nights from 6.30 pm & the 1st & 3rd Sat of each month from 12 noon.

Air Rifle shooting for .22 & 177 air rifles will also be available at the Saturday shoots. For more info please phone Derek on 66282082 (AH).

LADIES INDOOR BOWLS Played at Lismore Workers club, Mon mornings 9am, New members welcome. Info Rosemary 0434611520 or Veronica 0417004622.

NR U3A LISMORE INC. (UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE) Retired? Make new friends, gain knowledge, laugh and learn, enjoy a richer retirement. U3A offers over 30 classes and activities each week. One yearly fee of $50 entitles you to attend all classes/activities of your choice.

Interested? Check out our webpage http://www.u3anriv.org.au for course list, times and venues or contact 66227408 Follow us on Facebook.

TABLE TENNIS AT GOONELLABAH Tuesday and Thursday mornings social playing: 9.00am-12noon; Monday and Wednesday nights social playing: 7.00-

9.00pm; Training Monday mornings: 9.00am-12noon; Junior coaching after school Wednesday 3.30pm-4.45pm, $6.00 a session. Everybody is welcome – all levels. Phone centre on 66251602 Mon-Thu 9.00am-1.00pm or visit website www.fnctabletennis.com.au JIGGI-GEORGICA RED CROSS The members of Jiggi-Georgica Branch of Red Cross would love the chance to welcome some new members to our meetings held in the Red Cross Rooms (next to Tea Rooms) in Keen St, Lismore @ 11am on the 2nd Friday of every second month. Lunch available from T/Rooms. Next meeting will be Friday 9th July, which is our AGM. Any enquiries please contact Joan on 66888127.

LISMORE GIRL GUIDES Lismore Girl Guides meet every Tuesday during school terms from 5.30 to 7.30pm at our hall, Magellan Street Lismore. Any girl aged from 7 to 17 is most welcome to attend for two nights free, but please make contact first. AND Any adult female aged 18 and over interested in becoming a volunteer with youth, are encouraged to contact Leonie on mobile number 0412866766, for further details. Our hall is also available to hire.

NORTHERN RIVERS EVENING PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP The next meeting of the Northern Rivers Evening Prostate Cancer Support Group is to be held on Wednesday 7th July 7pm until 9pm at the Lismore Workers Club, Keen Street, Lismore -Men diagnosed or newly diagnosed with prostate cancer and their partners or carers are most welcome to attend - Personal cancer stories are told which gives all present a wonderful opportunity to share, learn and benefit from other people’s experiences - Guest Speakers from various organisations are occasionally invited to these meetings - Enquiries phone Bob Johnson 66225792.

SUMMERLAND AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Meetings of the club are normally held on the second Sunday of each month at the clubrooms: 412 Richmond Hill Road, Richmond Hill at 1.00pm.

Visitors are welcome. The clubrooms are usually open on Sunday afternoons from about 1pm onwards. We are primarily amateur radio enthusiasts and welcome persons interested in radio, electronics, astronomy and similar subjects. For more details about the club and its activities see the club’s website: https://sarc.org.au/ or check us out on Facebook at https://www. facebook.com/SummerlandARC

Ph: 0434 232 538 or 0431 118 483 Email bookings@onpointbushire.com.au

The Northern Rivers Times

July 1, 2021

COMMUNITY NOTICES 65 LIFE/DEATH/GRIEF COFFEE MORNING Tuesday 6th July from 10am at Duck Pond Espresso Bar, 71 Union St, South Lismore. Are you experiencing grief or supporting someone who is. Or are you or someone you care for dealing with a life limiting illness. Maybe you have been given a diagnosis that sees you wanting to know more about getting you End of Life plans in order. Join us for a relaxed, informal, confidential chat and together we can discuss what’s on your mind. Held 1st Tuesday of each month by Compassionate Communities. For more info call Mimi 0478600778 or Cheryl 0428286753 “MAINLY MUSIC” IN LISMORE FOR 2021 An interactive session for 0-5 year olds & parents/carers using fun songs and actions to help develop co-ordination and motor skills, followed by home cooked morning tea for adults while children enjoy supervised play time.

Tuesdays 9.30-11.30am in school term. Anglican Parish Hall, Zadoc St Lismore. Enquiries 66213200 or mainlymusic.org 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 0413300578 or Gae 0412742095.

ROTARY CLUB OF LISMORE WEST INC Is in its 60th year and meets at the East Lismore Bowling Club each Thursday at 6.00pm. New members would be made most welcome. Further information available on 0428151934.

RED CROSS LISMORE BRANCH Meets the 3rd Monday of the month at 2.00pm in the Red Cross Tea Rooms in Keen Street Lismore. As well as fund raising we are also an active social group and welcome new members.

New volunteers are also required to assist in our popular Tea Rooms. If you can commit to 1 or more days a month please contact Lynn 66217642 or Rhonda 66241950.

EMBROIDERS GROUP Meetings are 9.30am-2.30pm 1st and 3rd Wednesdays and 3rd Saturday of each month, Red Dove Centre, Keen Street, Lismore. We welcome embroiderers of all ability levels from all towns and districts in the Northern Rivers.

PROBUS CLUB OF GOONELLABAH The Goonellabah Probus club meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month at Workers Sports Club Oliver Ave Goonellabah. Meetings commence at 10am. New members welcome.

Contact Gloria Francis 66291442.

MACLEAN

MACLEAN

MACLEAN VIEW CLUB Monthly meetings again, after months of lock down. It will start as usual 3rd Thursdays of each month at 11am.

Contact Ruth Toyer on 0409844212 by Mondays, no later than 7pm. Numbers are required for catering purposes.

MURWILLUMBAH MURWILLUMBAH MURWILLUMBAH COMMUNITY GARDEN Members and visitors are invited to join the group for activities and gardening tips most Sundays. Time 3-5pm (NSW time, street parking, Byo, covered footwear, comfy clothing, hat and water. Children ok with strict supervision. Covid plan operating.

Enquires: murbahcommunitygardens@ gmail.com - follow us on Facebook #MurwillumbahCommunityGarden COMMUNITY PRINTMAKERS MURWILLUMBAH Fine art printmakers. Meet at studio space 224 Stokers Rd, Stokers Siding.

Prints, gallery, workshops and more! E: cpmmurwillumbah@hotmail.com - T: Peter 0498399640 or Sue 0408493253.

Find us on Facebook & Instagram.

POTTSVILLE

POTTSVILLE

POTTSVILLE FUN CROQUET CLUB Meets at Black Rocks Sports Fields on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8.30am.

New members are welcome to come and join us for a hit and a bit of fun.

For any further enquires please call Jean on 0431606375. We will have a new starting time at the end of daylight saving. We play at Black Rocks Sports Field. New members are welcome. For further enquires please ring Jean on 0431606375.

TWEED HEADS

TWEED HEADS

SUCCESS FOR UHA’S JUMBLE SALE

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and everyone was happy to observe COVID protocols. The UHA Publicity Officer, John Mills, is hopeful that the Jumble Sale will become an annual event. The UHA would like to thank the Tweed Shire Council for its assistance and the hospital for providing security for this event.

TWIN TOWNS DAY VIEW CLUB Are having their monthly luncheon meeting on Thursday July 1st. at the South Tweed Sports Club in the ‘Secret Garden’ room at 11.00am.

New members or visitors are very welcome to attend. Please ring Freda on 07 55241357 for more information.

VIEW Clubs support the valuable work done by The Smith Family with ‘Learning for Life programme for dedicated children.

WOLLONGBAR

WOLLONGBAR

THE PROBUS CLUB OF WOLLONGBAR Will be holding the regular monthly meeting on Thursday July 15 beginning at 10am at the Alstonville Bowls and Sports Club Deegan Drive Alstonville. Our guest speaker will be Peter Boughey Who will talk on “Keeping young people out of jail.”

All Covid-19 protocols will be met.

For further details contact Ron on 0421069504 or 66283381.

YAMBA

YAMBA

YAMBA DAY VIEW CLUB Yamba Day View Club’s monthly luncheons are held at Yamba Bowling Club on 3rd Monday of month, starting 10am for 10.30am. Acceptance and apologies to President Lyn 66463164

by Friday prior to luncheon for catering purposes. We hold a monthly social outing either for lunch or morning tea and visitors are always welcome.

YAMBA LIONS CLUB Yamba Lions Club’s meetings are held 2nd & 4th Thursdays of month at Yamba Bowling Club, commencing at 7pm for 7.30pm. For further information, please contact the Secretary Peter 0417546097. Social outings also held at various time and visitors and new members welcome.

ALL NORTHERN RIVERS

ALL NORTHERN RIVERS

The Tweed Hospital branch of the United Hospital Auxiliaries had a successful Jumble Sale on Saturday 26 June. The event raised over $2500 which will support the purchase of essential medical equipment for the hospital. Volunteers spent several weeks preparing for the sale and they arrived early at the South Tweed Community Centre early Saturday morning to unload several trailers of items. While the doors were scheduled to open to the general public at 10am, there were eager buyers lining up well before then. The first few hours were hectic and volunteers were kept busy selling a wide range of goods. The atmosphere was like a country fair

MEN AND WOMEN SINGLES Over 60 Social Group. Looking for Company, companionship. We are interested to hear from you. Organised outing, get togethers. Nice people & friendship for both. Contact 0455588143.

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The Northern Rivers Times

July 1, 2021

66 FISHING / TIDES / WEATHER BALLINA The weather report is not looking favorable for the offshore contingent this week with over two meters of swell predicted for most of the week.

If you can get out I would not be going much further than the close reefs to chase some snapper, trag and mulloway.

The tides in the river are starting to drop away this week, but there should still be enough run in the tides to spark some interest from the fish.

The good numbers of bream have continued from the mouth of the river and are spread all the way up into the

FISHING NEWS

lower reaches of Emigrant Creek. Mullet, prawns and squid have all been popular bait choices for them along with small curl tail soft plastics.

The flathead have been a little on the quiet side, with a few fish being caught between Pimlico Island and Broadwater during the run out tides. Some good quality mulloway were taken last week during the high tides at night, so this week you will have to try your luck on the low tides at night.

Live baits may be difficult to find to so have some back up baits organized just in case. The luderick have been a little inconsistent in

numbers and bait has been difficult to find but there are a few fish in the usual spots such as Prospect Bridge and along the Porpoise Wall.

Tight lines! Brett

bream, flathead and whiting in the mid to lower reaches of the creeks, luderick around the rocky points and bridge pylons and mud crabs in the upper reaches.

EVANS HEAD Snapper and trag jew on Kahors Reef, pearl perch on North Ground, tailor, mulloway and Australian salmon along Airforce Beach, bream, flathead and luderick along the rock walls at the Evans River mouth and bream, flathead, whiting and trevally in the lower reaches.

TWEED COAST Bream, flathead and tailor in the mid to lower reaches of the Tweed River.

POTTSVILLE Bream, dart, tailor and school jew along the beaches,

Offshore Snapper, pearl perch, tuskfish, moses perch and flathead on the 24s and 30s NE of the Tweed.

CURRUMBIN Bream and tailor along the beaches and flathead in the middle reaches of the creeks.

NORTHERN RIVERS TEMPERATURE & RAINFALL PREDICTIONS Thurs 1st July

AREA GRAFTON EVANS KYOGLE BALLINA MULLUM TWEED

20 / 6 C 17o / 15o C 20o / 13o C 19o / 14o C 19o / 14o C 20o / 13o C o

Fri 2nd July

41% 74% 68% 70% 74% 57%

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22 / 2 C 17o / 13o C 19o / 13o C 19o / 15o C 19o / 15o C 20o / 15o C o

MOON PHASES Fri 2 July

Mon 5 July

Thu 8 July

o

5% 68% 82% 82% 93% 92%

Sat 3rd July 22 / 4 C 21o / 10o C 19o / 9o C 19o / 13o C 19o / 13o C 21o / 12o C o

o

6% 5% 54% 54% 61% 61%

Sun 4th July 18 / -2 C 20o / 10o C 18o / 9o C 18o / 11o C 19o / 12o C 19o / 11o C o

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2% 5% 52% 59% 59% 50%

Mon 5th July 19 / 2 C 19o / 11o C 20o / 6o C 20o / 9o C 21o / 9o C 21o / 8o C o

o

3% 6% 4% 4% 4% 5%

Tues 6th July 18 / -2 C 19o / 10o C 19o / 6o C 20o / 8o C 20o / 8o C 22o / 8o C o

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4% 6% 3% 3% 3% 3%

Wed 7th July 19o / 0o C 19o / 11o C 19o / 5o C 20o / 7o C 20o / 6o C 21o / 6o C

6% 72% 5% 5% 4% 5%

TIDE TIMES & HEIGHTS CLARENCE - RIVER ENTRANCE

Last Quarter 50% Visible

Waning Crescent 18% Visible

Waning Crescent 2% Visible

Sunrise & Sunset

DAY Thursday 1st July Friday 2nd July Saturday 3rd July Sunday 4th July Monday 5th July Tuesday 6th July Wednesday 7th July

DAY Thursday 1st July Friday 2nd July Saturday 3th July Sunday 4th July Monday 5th July Tuesday 6th July Wednesday 7th July

SUNRISE 6:41 am 6:41 am 6:41 am 6:41 am 6:41 am 6:41 am 6:41 am

LOW 8:01 am 0.49m 8:45 am 0.52m 9:27 am 0.52m 10:11 am 0.52m 10:54 am 0.5m 12:14 am 0.66m 1:01 am 0.6m

HIGH 2:08 pm 1.2m 3:10 pm 1.25m 4:09 pm 1.31m 5:02 pm 1.39m 5:49 pm 1.47m 6:30 pm 1.54m 7:10 pm 1.61m

LOW 7:33 pm 0.71m 8:45 pm 0.76m 10:01 pm 0.76m 11:14 pm 0.73m

LOW 7:37 am 0.5m 8:26 am 0.54m 9:14 am 0.56m 10:01 am 0.56m 10:45 am 0.54m 12:02 am 0.71m 12:49 am 0.63m

HIGH 1:43 pm 1.29m 2:49 pm 1.33m 3:54 pm 1.4m 4:49 pm 1.49m 5:36 pm 1.58m 6:16 pm 1.67m 6:55 pm 1.74m

LOW 7:26 pm 0.71m 8:35 pm 0.78m 9:54 pm 0.8m 11:05 pm 0.77m

LOW 8:01 am 0.53m 8:45 am 0.55m 9:29 am 0.56m 10:13 am 0.55m 10:57 am 0.53m 12:18 am 0.69m 1:07 am 0.61m

HIGH 2:02 pm 1.2m 3:07 pm 1.25m 4:08 pm 1.32m 5:02 pm 1.41m 5:49 pm 1.49m 6:31 pm 1.57m 7:10 pm 1.63m

LOW 7:37 pm 0.71m 8:47 pm 0.76m 10:04 pm 0.78m 11:18 pm 0.75m

LOW 7:45 am 0.47m 8:30 am 0.48m 9:15 am 0.48m 10:00 am 0.46m 10:44 am 0.44m 12:04 am 0.65m 12:53 am 0.59m

HIGH 1:54 pm 1.21m 2:59 pm 1.26m 4:01 pm 1.33m 4:55 pm 1.42m 5:42 pm 1.51m 6:24 pm 1.6m 7:03 pm 1.67m

LOW 7:23 pm 0.68m 8:37 pm 0.74m 9:55 pm 0.75m 11:06 pm 0.72m

LOW 7:39 am 0.52m 8:26 am 0.53m 9:11 am 0.53m 9:55 am 0.52m 10:37 am 0.49m 11:17 am 0.46m 12:39 am 0.64m

HIGH 2:01 pm 1.22m 3:09 pm 1.27m 4:09 pm 1.34m 4:59 pm 1.42m 5:43 pm 1.51m 6:22 pm 1.58m 7:00 pm 1.64m

LOW 7:22 pm 0.75m 8:35 pm 0.8m 9:48 pm 0.81m 10:56 pm 0.77m 11:52 pm 0.71m

11:36 am 0.48m 12:17 pm 0.46m

EVANS HEAD - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 1st July Friday 2nd July Saturday 3rd July Sunday 4th July Monday 5th July Tuesday 6th July Wednesday 7th July

NORTHERN RIVERS AREA

HIGH 1:15 am 1.52m 2:01 am 1.4m 2:52 am 1.31m 3:48 am 1.24m 4:44 am 1.19m 5:36 am 1.17m 6:23 am 1.17m

HIGH 1:02 am 1.65m 1:54 am 1.54m 2:48 am 1.44m 3:45 am 1.36m 4:41 am 1.31m 5:33 am 1.27m 6:21 am 1.26m

11:27 am 0.52m 12:06 pm 0.48m

BALLINA - RIVER ENTRANCE SUNSET 5:01 pm 5:02 pm 5:02 pm 5:02 pm 5:03 pm 5:03 pm 5:04 pm

DAY Thursday 1st July Friday 2nd July Saturday 3rd July Sunday 4th July Monday 5th July Tuesday 6th July Wednesday 7th July

HIGH 1:10 am 1.51m 1:57 am 1.39m 2:50 am 1.3m 3:47 am 1.22m 4:45 am 1.18m 5:39 am 1.16m 6:28 am 1.15m

11:39 am 0.5m 12:20 pm 0.47m

BRUNSWICK HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE

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DAY Thursday 1st July Friday 2nd July Saturday 3rd July Sunday 4th July Monday 5th July Tuesday 6th July Wednesday 7th July

HIGH 1:02 am 1.55m 1:50 am 1.43m 2:42 am 1.33m 3:38 am 1.25m 4:35 am 1.21m 5:29 am 1.18m 6:16 am 1.17m

11:25 am 0.41m 12:03 pm 0.39m

TWEED HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 1st July Friday 2nd July Saturday 3rd July Sunday 4th July Monday 5th July Tuesday 6th July Wednesday 7th July

HIGH 1:09 am 1.56m 1:57 am 1.45m 2:46 am 1.36m 3:39 am 1.29m 4:32 am 1.25m 5:22 am 1.22m 6:09 am 1.21m

11:57 am 0.44m

July 1, 2021

SPORTS RESULTS 67 SEND YOUR SPORTS RESULTS TO sports@nrtimes.com.au Please try to keep under 150 words. Photos can be sent but publishing is at the discretion of the Editor Results must be sent in word, pdf or pages format CORAKI VETERANS GOLF RESULTS THURSDAY 24/6/21 A larger field today 51 golfers played an 18 hole single stableford, Winner G Gibson, 2nd J Watt, 3rd K Rogers, free game S McDonough chicken/ ball winners D Bullock, G ,Oconnor, D Vagne, L Clark, W Lunnun, P Bruggy, M Perkins, T Newton, P Smith, B Waterson, T Beemster, B Micheal, J Nilsson, E Reddell, R Webber. Nearest pins 3rd/12th M Fairfull, 6th/15th T Doyle.

Next Thursday will be the July Monthly Medal commencing at 8.30am with a shot gun start.

AS USUAL TILL THEN GOOD GOLFING Max RESULTS OF GOLF AT CASINO OVER THE PAST WEEK. Tuesday June 22 Winners 2 Person Ambrose Barry Patch & Trevor Wood, Gary Robbins & Warwick Sweeney, Dave Mudford & Terry Mortimer, Jeff Lassig & Ian Spenser, Bob Betts & Greg Petty then Geoff Gibson & Peter Brophy.

Wednesday June 23 Kwong Sings & Country Crumbs 3 Person Team event.

Loretta Transton Margaret King & Nora Viel 78pts, Sue Leeson Helen Olive & Linda Dean 77pts, Kylie Walker Claire Barnes & Lorraine Pratt.

Thursday June 24 Winners Ted Fogarty 40, Peter Rogerson 39; ball rundown to 33, NTPs Ron Porter 5th, Fred Imeson 17th.

Friday June 25 Winners Helen Olive 36 on a c/b from Heather McAndrew; Reinie Kinsley with 34; ball rundown to 30, NTP’s Nora Viel 5th, Carolyn Ross 9th & Reinie Kinsley 17th.

Saturday June 26 MexicanBB Stableford Sponsored by Jo’s Café & Casino Roadhouse Winners Brendon Eyears & Dennis Westerman 52pts, Terry Llewellyn & Brad Hall 50 pts on c/b from Hulky Rankin & Matt Rankin. Congratulations to Luke Clarke scoring the Eagles Nest on the 12th with a Hole in One. Ball rundown went to 46 pts.

Joan Rose E Reberd, L church d JQuinlan, L Church 12/6 Friday 25/6 E Bullman, B Hutchinson, A Wilson d J Ackers, G Rose c Vanderwall 21/16 Jane Rose, Fowler, J Kennedy d JDavis, RWalker , S Savings 20/13 Joan Rose, W Davis, D Smart d LTaylor , N Nugent ,R Moss 19/15 Saturday 26/6 Social K Hoffman, S Roberts d R Campbell 28/19 D Morrow, Jane Rose J Piper, d G Rose, M Rose d NEdgar21/18 R Hoskin, N McDonald, R Walker d J Davis ,C Vanderwall, L Church 28/8 minor SinglesJ Fowler d M Taylor 31/11 G Vanderwall d W Woods 31/26 G Clarke. d G Cox 31/24_ Major Pairs R Fowler, S Smart d W Davis N Nugent 22/18 SOUTH TWEED SPORTS (BOWLS SECTION) AKA SOUTH TWEED SHARKS BOWLS RESULTS Week Date: Saturday…19th June to Friday 26th June 2021 Saturday Open Bowls Winners: Ted Robinson, Peter Johnston, Ian Whitehall Runner Up: Judy Sharpe & David Sharpe Saturday Open Pairs: Winners: Miro Perovic & Jason Little Runners Up: Robyn Charles & Ken Lewis Tuesday Open Bowls: Winner: Alex Christy & Pauline Howlett Runner Up: Sue Johnston & Robyn Charles Wednesday Morning Open Pairs: Winners: Jason Preo & Morrie Penfold Runner Up: Sue Johnston & John Brown Wednesday Open Bowls: Winners: Don Bateson, Charlie Fysh, Peter Johnston Runners Up: Ted Robinson, Keith Ward, Ian Whitehall Thursday Sharkies Singles: Winner of Winners: Keith Fairhurst Runner Up of Winners: Tony Middlemiss Winner of Losers: Lee Reeves Runner Up Winner of Losers: Geoff Mitchell Friday 2 Bowl Triples: Winners: Ron Moloney, Ellen Joselin, Shane O’Toole Runners Up: Martin Fletcher, Keith Fairhurst, Michael Mastroianni Third Place: Rod Davis, Adam Kitchener, Norm Pritchard

LISMORE SPORTS BOWLING CLUB Social bowls 2/6 B Turner,G Clarke 18 d J Fowler, L Men in 14 A Wilson,S Savings Gary Rose 13/11

L to R Geoff Mitchell Lee Reeves Keith Fairhurst Tony Middlemiss

CHERRY STREET CROQUET CLUB SPORTS RESULTS

CPL ROUND 11 REVIEW GARANG HAT-TRICK WEATHERS STORM AS LIONS ROAR AGAIN Who can beat Coffs City United?

Singles handicap golf croquet winner and runner up.

Gail Frederiksen Roybn Poynting Golf : C.Edlund J.OSullivan 7 d F.Duncan B.Wellings 5 R.Allen J.Copeland 7 d G.Patch L.Whiteman 2 M.Russell J.Copeland 6 d J.OSullivan J.Hannigan 4 J.Saunders R.Allen 4 d B.Wellings J. Dorward 4 G.Patch J.Dorward 8 d F.Frederiksen C.Edlund 4 J.Saunders M.Russell 5 d F.Duncan J.Hannigan 3.

Club Handicap Championships: Gail Frederiksen 7 d Roybn Poynting 4 Ricochet : P.Bolte B.Wellings 24 d J.Hannigan 17 R.Poynting P.Doyle 11 d J.Doust G.Kerr 9 P.Scott 12 d N.Watts N.Poynting 9 A.Kelly M.Russell 21 d M.Field J.Murphy 18 B.Waters R.Chapman 16 d P.Waters P.Doyle 15 J.Doust P.Bolte 20 d P.Scott J.Murphy 8 B.Wellings 15 d R.Allen 13 Club championships play : Handicap Singles N.Poynting 18 d G.Drew 13 Handicap Doubles R.Poynting D.Scott 23 d M.Russell J.Hannigan 7.

Association : J.Payne E.Thorman 24 d P.Payne S.Keen 14 R.Poynting L.Turner 26 d R.Chapman N.Poynting 13 L.Turner 26 d G.Porter 12 P.Payne N.Poynting 12 d G.Drew J.Payne 11 Northern Rivers Golf Croquet Tournament : Singles Winner David Scott Cherry Street Runner up Ray Chapman Cherry Street Crusader Cup Level Doubles Play : Winner Phyllis Waters, Barry Waters, Lismore.

Runner up Ray Chapman, David Scott Cherry St. Club Medal Tally Lismore 5, Cherry Street 5, Alstonville 2, Byron Bay 1, Casino1.

Individual Player Tally: S.Hambly 3, R.Chapman 3, D.Scott 3, J.Doust 1, N.Watts 1, L.Condon 1, M.Ayshford 1, M.Cleaver 1, P.Waters 1, B.Waters 1, J.Bate 1, B.Ryan 1, B.Duncan 1, S.Munroe 1, M.Dalton 1, C.Wyer 1.

Tournaments : David Scott has been selected in the 2021 NSW Golf Croquet Squad to tour Launceston in September.

That question will again swirl around the grounds in the Coastal Premier League after the Lions found the back of the net five times in a comfortable 5-0 win over third-placed Northern Storm on Sunday.

The Storm was riding their own wave of success having tasted defeat just once in their previous seven fixtures ahead of the top-of-the-table clash.

They had no answers for Lions marksman Mabior Garang who scored a hat-trick as Glenn Williams’ men went on with the job in the second half after they led 1-0 at the break.

“He had their defence doing cartwheels and running in circles. He was pretty tough to mark and handle, but it was a good result,” Williams said.

“I’m not going to say we dominated the game because I want to stay fairly level-headed, but at no stage did I think they were going to threaten us particularly in the second half.”

The win was the Lions’ seventh-straight and they have not conceded a goal in their last four matches.

They have scored 13 goals in their last 360 minutes of football, but could have scored a few more.

“Even though it was frustrating we didn’t score goals (in the first half) because their ‘keeper made a couple of cracking saves, we kept grinding and that was the pleasing thing,” Williams said.

“If you have a bit of arrogance it could frustrate you if things don’t go your way.”

Storm coach Eric McCarthy said his side were simply outplayed, especially in the second half.

“I don’t think we had a chance in the second half because we pushed on, but play broke down and they’re devastating on the counter-attack,” he said.

“Our midfield and our attack were off the pace. You can’t be relying on a back four and a ‘keeper to be keeping you in the game. There are eleven guys on the field and too many didn’t perform.”

They had no answers to Garang’s pace and strength on the ball.

“Mabior is skilful, fast, and surprisingly strong for an 18-year-old and there’s a bit of steel in him. He loves the physicality and he’s good at it,” McCarthy said.

“He has to be leading the golden boot.

The kid is a freak. He’s brilliant.”

In other matches, Port United slipped to seventh spot as they slumped to a fourth loss from the last five matches in a shock 4-1 defeat to Coffs City Tigers at Dixie Park.

Kempsey Saints moved into fourth spot following a 4-1 win over Macleay Valley.

Port Saints conceded in the opening five minutes before they sparked into action to register a much-needed 3-1 win over Taree Wildcats to stay within sight of finals contention.

Boambee cruised past Sawtell in a comfortable 5-1 win to consolidate second position.

July 1, 2021

68 SPORTS

CABARITA TWEED PRO LOCAL WINNERS Molly Picklum and Callum Robson have claimed the biggest victories of their careers at the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro Qualifying Series 5,000 event in tricky two foot conditions at Cabarita Beach. With Challenger Series qualification on the line, the stakes were high for a number of surfers which added to the drama on an already actionpacked finals day.

The women’s Final saw two of Australia’s most promising young talents go toe-to-toe with eventual winner Molly Picklum coming up against Cabarita local Zahli Kelly in a battle that is sure to continue for years to come. Picklum came into the event as the second-highest seed and performed well all week but saved her best performance until last, winning the heat with an excellent two-wave total of 17.10. Picklum’s powerful rail game and smooth transitions between turns was rewarded by the judges as the 18-year-old Central Coaster earned the highest two-wave combination of the women’s event in the final. Picklum will finish the season in top spot on the regional rankings and now shift her focus to CT qualification through the Challenger Series.

“I’m over the moon,” Picklum said. “I had a bit of a rusty start to the heat but was able to refocus on the little fine details then reset and go at it. When I struggled a little bit at the start I focussed on not getting down on myself because it’s surfing and anything can happen. Once I felt like I had reset I still had 15 minutes left which was plenty of time to get my feet in the wax and find a rhythm. Now it’s time for the

and am now standing here on the podium,” Parkinson said.

“It’s been a fun week and to finish it off in the Final with Callum was awesome. I’ve watched him develop over the last few years and he is such a great surfer so to see him here today is awesome. I’m not sure what this result means for me -- maybe I should reconsider the QS -- I’m not sure. I’m just going to enjoy today for now.”

With 5,000 points on offer at the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro it was the biggest and final opportunity this season for competitors to grab a spot in the Challenger Series to be

Callum Robson Pro21 Dunbar Challenger Series, I just want to hold onto this confidence and form for the second half of the year. ” Evans Head competitor Callum Robson came into the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro sitting at 19 on the Australia / Oceania Regional QS Rankings and in need of a solid result at Cabarita if he wanted to find himself a spot on the CS in 2021. The pressure never seemed to phase the powerful young natural-footer as he carved through the field to set up his first QS final against good mate Mitch Parkinson. In the Final, Robson continued his form, never looking in doubt as he built towards his winning total of 12.94 and moved from 19th to 4th on the rankings.

“This has been such an incredible week with so many different emotions,” Robson said. “From getting here and being so focused on the Challenger Series to then realising I was locked in and

refocusing on looking to win, I’ve been so happy with my performance all round here at Cabarita. It was awesome to share a final with Mitch. We surf a lot with each other and he has been on fire here so I was definitely nervous coming up against him. I’m looking forward to seeing how I go on the CS now against all the best internationals.”

Although local surfer Zahli Kelly wasn’t able to get the job done in the final, her performance all week was impressive, with the teenager locking herself in at 4th on the Australia / Oceania QS Rankings and with that, a spot on the Challenger Series.

“It has been a really cool experience competing in an event of this size at my home break,” Kelly said. “It’s felt like my normal routine each day coming down here to freesurf but I end up surfing heats. This is definitely the best QS result I’ve had so I’m really happy with how I’ve performed. I now have to work

out if I’m going to compete in the Challenger Series or focus on my last few school exams so a few big decisions have to be made.”

Event Winners Tweed Coast Pro21 Dunbar Regardless of his struggle to held later this year. From the find two waves of substance in Australia / Oceania region, the the Final, Coolangatta’s Mitch top 10 men and top 8 women Parkinson was a clear standout will be allocated a spot on the on Finals Day, posting the global series. highest single wave score and On the men’s side Kalani two-wave combination of the Ball, event winner Robson entire event in his Semifinal and New Zealand’s Billy matchup. Parkison put on Stairmand were able to move an air-reverse clinic to earn up into the top 10 while a near-perfect 9.87 and heat Mitch Crews, Kehu Butler total of 17.10 on his way to and Dakoda Walters were all the final. A week ago, Parkison knocked out. wasn’t even entered in the The women’s top 8 didn’t event and was sitting in 52nd change but there was some spot on the rankings. Today, movement meaning the he sits at 14th and just outside seeding some surfers will of the qualification bubble, take to the challenger series improved whilst some have giving him a great seed for made things a little harder for next season’s regional QS. themselves in the back half of “It’s cool to think I entered late to just see how I would go 2021.

Northern Rivers business Fitness Kidz has won 4 awards/ accolades at the National What’s on 4 Kids Awards Night Northern Rivers business Fitness Kidz has won 4 awards/ accolades at the National What’s on 4 Kids Awards Night.

Fitness Kidz from the Northern Rivers has been recognised as a Best Preschooler Activity & Best Kids Party Entertainer winner in the prestigious 2021 What’s On 4 Kids Awards supported

by ACAA. This awards program is one of a kind in Australia and celebrates the best in children’s activities, classes, family events and party entertainers across Australia as nominated and voted for by the experts - parents! A

judging process is also used through the process, so all winners are determined based on merit and community support.

For almost 15 years Fitness Kidz has been wowing parents, teachers & of course children through its unique brand of Active Entertainment.

Based on the Northern Rivers Fitness Kidz has also received a large following throughout the Gold Coast & Tweed Coast.

Fitness Kidz main services include our junior fitness & sports programs as well as our entertainment for children at parties & events, community events, Primary Schools &

anywhere else where small or large groups of children may reside.

We are passionate about inspiring children through sports & fitness & we are continuing to grow as a business & in popularity.

What’s been special about winning awards this year is the fact that we’ve once again won The People’s Choice awards (Also won in 2019).

Being a national event we were up against many much larger national businesses.

We believe our services have had a positive impact on over 10,000 children since we began & we’re completely humbled that so many people

have voted for us this year.

The 2021 What’s On 4 Kids Awards received nominations from all over Australia over 32 categories including Industry Leaders, Best Local Baby/ Toddler Class, Best Family Business, Best National Preschooler Activity & Best Kids Activity for Cultural Diversity.

Over 50,000 votes were made to determine the People’s Choice Awards.

The judged categories were judged by an external panel of industry leaders including Ross Gage from the Australian Children’s Activities Association.

With travel restrictions

in place this year due to Covid-19, the What’s On 4 Kids Awards went virtual and hosted over 100 finalists online via Zoom, while 2500 people watched via the live stream on their Facebook page. Live stream can be seen here: https://fb.watch/65adKexpjW/ Elise Easdown CEO of the What’s On 4 Kids Awards comments, “We feel very privileged to not only work with this industry but to also celebrate them through the What’s On 4 Kids Awards.

Winning awards gives the industry recognition and leads to more business for the nominees through family interest”.

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MAX PERROTT’S SURFING

Pictured: Callum Robson Photographer: Dunbar/WSL

Pictured: Zahli Kelly Photographer: Dunbar/WSL

by Max Perrott Northern Rivers surfers Callum Robson from Evans Head and Zahli Kelly from Cabarita had an amazing run at at the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro Qualifying Series 5,000 event held in tricky two-foot conditions at Cabarita Beach.

Robson won the men’s

and Kelly was runner-up in the women’s division.

Robson came into the Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro sitting at 19 on the Australia / Oceania Regional QS Rankings and in need of a solid result at Cabarita if he wanted to find himself a spot on the CS in 2021.

The pressure never seemed to phase the powerful young natural-

footer as he carved through the field. In the Final, Robson continued his form, never looking in doubt as he built towards his winning total of 12.94 and moved from 19th to 4th on the rankings.

“This has been such an incredible week with so many different emotions,” Robson said.

“From getting here and

being so focused on the Challenger Series to then realising I was locked in and refocusing on looking to win, I’ve been so happy with my performance all round here at Cabarita.

It was awesome to share a final with Mitch.

I’m looking forward to seeing how I go on the CS now against all the best internationals.

The women’s Final saw two of Australia’s most promising young talents go toe-to-toe with eventual winner Molly Picklum coming up against Cabarita local Zahli Kelly in a battle that is sure to continue for years to come.

Although local surfer Zahli Kelly wasn’t able to get the job done in the final, her performance all week was impressive, with the teenager locking herself in at 4th on the Australia / Oceania QS Rankings and with that, a spot on the Challenger Series.

“It has been a really cool experience competing in an event of this size at my home break,” Kelly said. “It’s felt like my normal routine each day coming down here to free surf but I end up surfing heats. This is definitely the best QS result I’ve had so I’m really happy with how I’ve performed. I now have to work out if I’m going to compete in the Challenger Series or focus on my last few school exams so a few big decisions have to be made.”

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Action from last year.

The Grafton Big River Bullrouts are hosting their “Six Pack” Rugby gala day on July 3rd at Rugby Park Grafton, with a kick off at 2pm.

Several teams from far north coast and south to Port Maquarie will be in attendance.This is a Golden Oldies Rugby event which is based on Rugby with modified rules and is open for all people, 35 yr and over, male and female.

Apart from the fun and friendships that rugby brings , there is a more serious side to the “Bullrouts”. Every year the Bullrouts donate $$ to the Cancer Council and this year we will be supporting “Men’s Health” Both of these causes are very close to a lot of people in the community and the Bullrouts are more than happy to donate to these excellent charities.

Everybody is more than welcome to attend and witness some “great” rugby. The Bullrouts are always looking for more members so those who are keen to get involved will be encouraged to do so.

The cost of the day is $30 per couple which includes a bbq and refreshments . July 3rd, kick off at 2pm. Rugby Park Grafton

TWEED’S SAVANNAH FITZPATRICK

continued her rich vein of form since being re-selected to the Hockeyroos squad with her second goal in as many games on the weekend.

Savannah helped the Hockeyroos secure a confidence-building result ahead of next month’s Tokyo Olympics, accounting for New Zealand 3-1 in their final match of the prolonged FIH Pro League 2020.

Played at an empty Perth Hockey Stadium due to enforced COVID restrictions, the Hockeyroos came from

a goal down to clinch an impressive win.

Defender Penny Squibb slotted her second Hockeyroos goal four minutes into the second half before Mariah Williams sealed the result late on.

With both sides determined to head into the Olympics with winning form, the Black Sticks made the early running and went ahead as Merry showed why she finished as the FIH Pro League’s top goal scorer.

Down early, the Hockeyroos midfield led by Steph Kershaw and captain for the day Brooke Peris started to gain some ascendancy and a minute into the second quarter, the home side had an equaliser.

Savannah reacted quickest to a deflection in the circle, producing

a clinical finish on the reverse with the shot going through the legs of Black Sticks goalkeeper Grace O’Hanlon to make it 1-1.

Then from the first penalty corner of the second half Squibb put the Hockeyroos in front, sending a perfectly placed drag flick into the bottom left hand corner.

With the minutes running out, Black Sticks Head Coach Graham Shaw removed O’Hanlon to give the visitors an extra out field player in their search for an equaliser.

But the move backfired as the Hockeyroos caused a turnover, Kaitlin Nobbs sending a pass down the channel to Williams who tucked the ball into an open net.

The signs are promising for the Hockeyroos as they prepare for their opening match of Tokyo 2020 against Spain on July 25.

STATE LEVEL AWARDS LOCAL PADDLERS

MULTI-MILLION INVESTMENT IN SPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

THE baseball fields at Albert Park in Lismore will become more accessible thanks to an $872,886 injection from the State Government to Lismore City Council.

The NSW Government announced a major investment in sports facilities across NSW awarding more than $52 million in grants under the Greater Cities and Regional Sport Facility Fund.

Eighty-nine sporting bodies and councils across NSW have shared in the investment to boost sporting infrastructure across the state.

The Lismore Workers Sports Bowls Club Inc will get $311,700 to install a synthetic mat and construct a retractable shade structure at the club and the Pottsville Beach Soccer Club Inc will get $191,250 to upgrade the lighting at Koala Park

Sporting Fields.

Mullumbimby Brunswick Valley Football Club will get $292,275 to upgrade the playing surface of one field, and $139,679 to upgrade the lighting on both home ground playing fields.

Minister for Sport Natalie Ward said the projects would keep communities healthy and active while creating a sports infrastructure construction boom.

“The NSW Government recognises investing in new and existing sports infrastructure is vital to improving the health and wellbeing of NSW residents,” Mrs Ward said.

“Over the next two years, we will continue to stimulate local economies, boost employment and importantly, facilitate healthy lifestyles by investing in sports infrastructure.

“These projects will

continue the construction boom across the State as part of the NSW Government’s multi-billion-dollar infrastructure pipeline.”

The Greater Cities and Regional Sport Facility Fund provides grants from $100,000 to $1 million to councils, local sporting bodies, NSW State Sporting Organisations, State Sporting Organisations for People with Disability, National Sporting Organisations and private enterprises.

Mrs Ward said projects aimed to improve existing accessibility, inclusion and participation opportunities for females and people with disability were a priority of the fund.

“Providing sports facilities to meet the needs and expectations of the community is a focus of the Greater Cities and Regional Sport Facility Fund,” Mrs Ward said.

Recently, two Rainbow Dragons received Dragon Boat New South Wales (DBNSW) 2021 Recognition Awards for their achievements and contributions to their dragon boat community.

Angela Smith of Byron Bay and Carmen Watson of Lennox Head were both caught by surprise when Rainbow Dragons president, Jan Wright, announced this news at a club party which coincided with DBNSW’s Awards Ceremony at the State Championships, in Sydney.

Angela was already surprised by a birthday cake celebrating her 80th birthday. Then it was announced she was DBNSWs Senior Athlete of the Year 2021. The award

recognised Angela’s paddling locally and overseas such as Florence, Vogalonga, Florida, Masters Games, Sydney’s Chinese New Year, Dragons Abreast and regional regattas.

As well, Angela is the club’s Welfare Officer since 2015; she is a witty wordsmith; an epitome of fitness and health; and regular paddler.

Carmen was awarded DBNSW Administrator of the Year 2021 as an active committee member; using her business acumen and event skills to ensure our regatta’s success and trebling our club sponsors.

Carmen has built relationships with local businesses and fined tuned Rainbow Dragons

regatta’s program to support and promote the clubs’ sponsors, all of which the sponsors appreciated. This has meant the club is more financially secure so it can invest more in the regatta, equipment and provide more benefits for the club members, such as affordable entry fees for the more expensive state and national level competitions.

Jan Wright, president said “Both Angela and Carmen are quiet achievers who paddle, are active in dragon boat club life and build camaraderie within the club and the wider community. We’re immensely proud of them.”

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COSSACK WARRIOR STILL GOING STRONG continued from back page

Leading local jockey Leah Kilner pilots Swanston to a comfortable win in the Guineas Prelude at Grafton on Sunday.

WESTLAWN DAY CUP Prelude run to purrfection

By Tim Howard THE Westlawn Day Grafton Cup Prelude Day was just about the Purrfect Deal said Clarence River Jockey Club executive officer Michael Beattie.

“The beauty of this prelude day is it did what it needs to do, with the winners of most of the races moving forward to compete in races later in the carnival,” he said.

Most notable of the these was the Michael Costa trained Purrfect Deal which won the Westlawn Finance Grafton Cup Prelude 2230m.

“The indication from the stable at this stage is they’ll enter her in the Grafton Cup, which is exactly what you want.

“We’ve also learned Brett Bellamy wants to bring Northern Knight up here for a shot at the Ramornie Handicap.”

Beattie said other winners of the main races of the July Carnival were also keen to come

back for later races.

“The winner of the guineas prelude, Greg Kilner’s Swanston is also likely to back up in the Guineas on July 7,” he said.

Swanston was also the second leg of a winning double for the trainer’s daughter, Leah Kilner.

Beattie was pleased to see other stables keen to progress at this year’s carnival.

“The winners of the 2-year-old races have also let it be known they’re likely to back up later in the Springboard to Fame.”

The emergence of heightened COVID-19 regulations just prior to the beginning of the carnival had lowered the bar around crowd expectations, but Beattie was pleased with the opening day.

“We had more than 900 through the gate on Sunday,” he said.

“With everything that’s gone on, we were delighted with that turn out. It’s far from the smallest Westlawn Day crowd I’ve seen.”

Beattie said the day showed

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people could enjoy the races even with regulations around mask wearing and social distancing.

“It’s an outdoor event so there’s not so many rules as there would be for other big occasions,” he said.

“As long as the current regulations continue, we feel confident we can run the rest of the carnival so people can safely enjoy themselves.

“Most of the people on Sunday found the rules around masks easy to live with and everyone seemed be having a good time.”

Beattie said the CRJC was preparing itself for Sunday’s South Grafton Cup Day which promised some good racing.

“From the early nominations it looks like just about all the top country trainers are coming for the day,” he said.

“I’m only looking at nine at the moment, with that sort of an indication it looks like we’ll have some good horses and strong fields.”

“I always keep the footy boots in the boot of the car just in case I might be needed,” Bradmore said after the game.

“I started playing with the Cossacks back in 1996. I thought the best way to meet people was to get involved with a local sporting side.

“I think it also helps the kids to see you out on the park playing sport and hopefully it will encourage them to do the same.”

After playing for Footscray (now the Western Bulldogs),

Bradmore moved to Western Australia where he represented the State in 1985, and in the same year was awarded the Breckler Medal, West Perth’s best and fairest award.

“I played 15-games of VFL with Footscray but failed to cement a regular spot, but in saying that I was happy to play those 15-games,” Bradmore said.

Asked how he pulled up after Saturday’s clash against the Redmen, Bradmore replied,” I feel all right at the moment, but it could be a different story tomorrow morning.”

State croquet championships CROQUET NSW 2021 Golf Croquet Division 3 Doubles and Singles Championships is being co hosted by Ballina Cherry Street Croquet and Ballina Croquet Inc in conjunction with the Byron Bay and Lismore Croquet Clubs from Wednesday 14 July until Sunday 18 July.

This is a huge win for the Northern Rivers,with players entering from all over the Northern Rivers, NSW and interstate.

The event has proved so popular that a wait list has been established for entries. Due to the significant number of entries games will be played at Ballina, Lismore and Byron croquet grounds.

Hopefully the success of this event will mean Croquet NSW will schedule more events in

the Northern Rivers in the future.

For more information please contact David Scott from Ballina Cherry Street Croquet on 0414 241 290. David is the tournament manager and has been the instigator in securing the tournament for Ballina. David has been chosen this week in the NSW State Team which demonstrates the standard of play in Ballina.

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COSSACK WARRIOR STILL GOING STRONG AT 62

By Gary Nichols FOR most men in their early 60s residing in the picturesque fishing village of Iluka, you’re

likely to find a lawn bowls bag, a set of golf clubs or the odd fishing rod in the boot of their car.

But for 62-year-old Iluka

Public School principal Phil Bradmore, he always packs one essential item in case of an emergency… a pair of footy boots.

Bradmore, a former VFL player for Footscray, answered an SOS call from the Iluka Cossacks on Saturday, who were short on numbers for

their round 10 clash against the Grafton Redmen in the Far North Coast President’s Cup competition.

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