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Former Saints player drafted by Collingwood
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and in which he was awarded best on ground in the Sturt Blues premiership win.
Before arriving in South Australia, Anderson had a decorated junior representative career where he played for the Allies at the Under 18 National Championships.
The mature-age draft pick last played in the AFL North Coast competition in 2021,
and was runner up in the best and fairest in 2020.
The inside midfielder played in an AFL practice match for the Sydney Swans in 2022, and was a part of the Sydney Swans Academy and their VFL team.
After not being drafted in 2022, the Magpies draft pick persevered and took his game to the next level while playing in South Australia, catching the eye of the powerhouse club.
Collingwood National Recruiting Manager Shane O’Bree highlighted Anderson's heart and passion for the game as a big reason for the Magpies selecting him.
“When you watch Angus play football, there is a lot of heart in his game,” he said.
“Watching his journey as a footballer has been fulfilling."
A Herald Sun article mentioned that Anderson ‘’appears right in the mix for the opening round”.
Koala death prompts call for signage
By Andrew VIVIAN
SIX koalas have now been killed on the M1 between Bonville and Repton with the latest struck almost exactly where another one died in September 2024.
A koala was also killed two months ago on the M1 near Waterfall Way.
Angela Wallace has been bringing this toll to the public’s attention for a number of years, and says appeals for warning signs have been met only with “soon”.
“There has been no signage erected since the first request to Transport for NSW (TfNSW) a year ago,” she said.
“Could Transport for NSW please ensure this happens ‘very soon’.”
Ms Wallace believes that in addition to ensuring fencing is complete and in good repair, mobile wildlife warning signs and reducing the speed limit to 100kmph along the Bongil Bongil Park boundary, could help.
She also suggested that new technology such as virtual fencing with AI sensors could
be used to deter koalas and other animals.
A spokesperson for TfNSW said they were aware of “the tragic death of a koala due to a car strike on the Pacific Highway near Bonville, about 1km north of the Archville Station Road on/off ramps.”
They added that TfNSW takes the protection of koalas very seriously and uses every reasonable measure to ensure their wellbeing.
This includes a fauna fence that was installed during the Pacific Highway upgrade. It was inspected early in November, following the latest koala’s death, and a damaged gate was identified and then made safe.
TfNSW has also carried out maintenance and repair work along the highway from near Perrys Lookout to Archville Station Road near Bonville, to help prevent koalas getting through or over the fence.
There are also two underpasses and a wildlife bridge in the area, as part of a concerted strategy to provide safe passage for fauna to cross the Pacific Highway.
Ms Wallace said, “It seems everything is about obtaining ‘funding’ and having a supportive MP or a proactive Council on board.
“Wouldn’t it be great if our local councils in Coffs Harbour and Bellingen as well as our local MP, could come on board to advocate for wildlife safety, especially as Coffs Harbour is seen as the epicentre for the Great Koala National Park.”
q Angus Anderson gets his first feel for wearing Collingwood’s black and white stripes after being drafted by the Magpies last week. Photo: Collingwood FC.
q Angus Anderson hit the track for the first time on Monday after Collingwood drafted the Sawtell/Toormina player to the club. Photo: Collingwood FC.
q The sixth koala killed between Bonville and Repton. The photo has been partly blurred to avoid distress. Photo: Alison Fizelle.
POOL PLANS
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community’s interest.
They also say they pay high rates for little in return.
Ongoing infrastructure issues include the incomplete footpath between First Avenue and the railway station; no safe cycle path out of the village;
and the Murrays Beach steps still being wired off.
Lyn Hastings has been a member of the Sawtell community since 2018 and swims at the pool at 6am alongside a coach who not only uses the facilities but, “creates and develops strong swimming skills and valuable water safety skills,
q The draft strategy includes a recommendation to replace the pool with a water-play park.
and prepares children from Sawtell and the southern towns to be strong, confident people”.
“When I swim laps at Sawtell Pool, I see mothers chatting by the wading pool, young families bonding, and learn-to-swim classes running every morning in the old portable pool (which has now been removed).”
Learn-to-swim can no longer be run at Sawtell Pool.
“I have watched, season after season, the gradual erosion of these features at our pool.
“Is the Council expecting lifesavers to drive to Coffs regularly so they can maintain fitness?
“Are we really okay with
making children learn to swim at least 12km away?”
Other residents pointed out that an $8m upgrade promised by Cowper MP Pat Conaghan and then former Mayor Denise Knight, did not eventuate.
Current Mayor Nikki Williams also stood with Mr Conaghan before the last election to announce a grant for the pool if the Coalition was voted into government.
Councillor Paul Amos said the earlier grant was returned because Council’s anticipated contribution blew out to more than double.
A recent report by Royal Life Saving Australia found that high costs are a national problem and that 40 percent
of pools in Australia will be obsolete by 2030.
Sawtell resident Madeline Fussell said she would love to use the local pool more but finds the hours very constricted.
“Given the melanoma statistics in Australia, I prefer to take my toddler grandson later in the afternoon but the pool closes at 1 or 2pm.
“I have other grandchildren who are loving the swimming club at Sawtell and it would be so sad to see this community activity lost.
“A water park sounds great but not at the cost of the pool.”
Greg Hackfath ran the Council’s Lifeguard Service
Thirteenth koala count successful
By Andrew VIVIAN
THE community koala surveys held annually in Bongil Bongil National Park have concluded for 2025.
All five surveys this year were conducted during clear, calm and relatively warm nights, in stark contrast to the previous survey season, when two nights were washed out and strong winds hampered most of the surveys.
Enthusiasm for the
surveys, which began in 2013, remained strong, with an average of just over 32 spotters in attendance each night, equalling a total of 157 person nights, equivalent to over 500 hours of volunteer effort.
Angela Wallace, who has been a koala spotter for the past eight years, said, “It’s just fabulous being out there in the stillness, being immersed in nature.
particularly when you see or hear a koala.
“I care a lot about wildlife, especially koalas, so this is a way of doing something on the local level.”
final survey on Tuckers Rocks Road, but, because it was just outside the survey transect, and not seen during the survey proper, it could not be counted.
smaller or young koalas.
for 27-years and his wife
Sharen still coaches children and adults.
He said the lifeguards frequently did their assessments and training there.
“They allowed the facilities to get more run down by not keeping up maintenance.
“The community needs this pool; the community needs 'learn to swim' services.
“The community wants afternoon squads and Swim Club to continue.
“Closing Sawtell Pool is not in the best interests of our community, we must stop the Council from doing this.”
This year’s count was below the overall average by half a koala: eight koalas were seen in total over the five nights of surveying, just below the ‘koalas seen’ average of 8.5 over 12 seasons.
“The camaraderie in the team is wonderful,
One group spotted a koala while driving to their
Fourteen koalas were heard, the lowest result for audible koalas since the drought year of 2019 (13 heard and 10 seen) and 21 percent below the average of 19 koalas heard per survey season.
Of those koalas seen, 75 percent were identified as
One of the few outliers was a female with a joey on her back, indicating that breeding success is occurring across Bongil Bongil National Park with a younger cohort of koalas becoming dominant and occupying the forest.
All koalas seen appeared healthy and alert with no visible sign of ‘wet bottom’ or pink eye evident.
q Eight koalas were spotted this year. Photo: National Parks and Wildlife Service.
'Ready to fight': first-term MP rises to leadership
By Kat WONG and Alex MITCHELL, AAP
THE Liberal party's latest leader has thrown down the gauntlet, vowing to fight with her ailing party as a crucial election looms.
First-term MP Kellie Sloane completed her meteoric ascent to the top of the NSW Liberals on Friday after her predecessor Mark Speakman gave way to mounting pressure and resigned.
With just 18 months to try turn around the party's poor polling before the state election, she said she was ready to get to work.
"I don't underestimate the challenge ahead of us," Ms Sloane told reporters on Friday.
"I am ready for the fight."
Housing, infrastructure and transport are emerging as policy priorities as Ms Sloane promised to help families and young Australians.
But she faces a significant uphill battle.
No first-term opposition has won an election in NSW or federally since the 1930s
while recent polls suggest the coalition would lose more seats to Labor if an election was held today.
"They are in a pretty dire spot at the moment," election analyst Ben Raue told AAP.
"It's a very easy mechanical change to make, to sack someone and replace them with someone else, but unless that is the specific reason why you're unpopular, it's not going to change anything."
Though Premier Chris Minns acknowledged he was in competition with Ms Sloane, he stressed their parties had a responsibility to work together.
He also refused to rest on his laurels as the NSW Liberal Party had historically been a "formidable force".
"Pretty much every election in New South Wales has been close - this one will be close too," he told reporters.
"The last thing I want voters to think is that we're counting our chickens, because that's the shortest distance between us losing the next election and where we are today."
But the greatest danger to the NSW Liberals, could come from within.
The chaotic aftermath of the federal party's election wipe-out did serious "brand damage" to the Liberal's state brands, Mr Speakman said at his resignation.
While Ms Sloane said she was not blind to the issue, she backed Opposition Leader Sussan Ley and repeatedly emphasised the "unity" of the state branch.
"I'm not going to stand here and pretend that some of the dysfunction that we've seen over time federally won't impact us at state level," she said.
"But I believe in Sussan Ley as our leader."
Ahead of the party room meeting, Ms Ley lauded the new leader as an "outstanding young woman".
Ms Sloane, a mother of three, enjoyed a decadeslong career as a journalist and news presenter before teaming up with Healthy Harold to lead not-for-profit Life Education NSW.
Beaten in pre-selection for former premier Gladys Berejiklian's Willoughby
seat in 2022, Ms Sloane was comfortably elected as MP for the eastern Sydney electorate of Vaucluse at the 2023 state election and rapidly appointed to the opposition frontbench under Mr Speakman.
As late as Thursday morning, Mr Speakman was determined to hold onto his crown, launching a media blitz where he downplayed speculation of a spill.
But when Ms Sloane - a friend and moderate faction
colleague - declared her intention to lead, he agreed to step away.
Shadow AttorneyGeneral Alister Henskens had considered challenging for the leadership but pulled out before the meeting.
Ms Sloane, 52, became the second woman this week to have deposed a male state Liberal leader after Victoria's coalition opposition dumped Brad Battin in favour of firstterm MP Jess Wilson.
Female representation
has been a recurring issue for the Liberal Party over concerns the coalition is bleeding votes from women. Standing with her deputy Natalie Ward, Ms Sloane said she hoped to inspire more women to enter politics.
Ms Sloane will steer the coalition with new Nationals leader Gurmesh Singh, who was elected unopposed last Tuesday after Dugald Saunders' shock resignation. The next NSW election will be in March 2027.
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q MP Kellie Sloane (centre) is the new leader of the NSW Liberal Party. Photo: Kellie Sloane MP FB.
Reform urged as animals face deadly spring
By Stephanie GARDINER, AAP
KOALA Azaliah and her joey Zali were hit by a car not long after 40 eucalyptus trees in their home were destroyed.
Mother and baby recovered after intensive care at Northern Rivers Koala Hospital in Lismore, NSW, and were released back into the wild in October.
But another joey, Guinevere, was not so fortunate, dying from injuries after being hit by a car along with its mother.
The pair were among an estimated 10 million native animals killed on Australian roads every year.
Though there are measures known to make roads safer for wildlife, new research has warned those optional design standards are often overlooked.
Wildlife could be protected through underpasses, canopy bridges and exclusion fencing, but their construction was usually left to the discretion of budget-conscious developers, according to
$20
a Griffith University-led analysis.
"Ten million animals... that's an insanely massive number," road ecologist and the study's lead author Christopher Johnson told AAP.
"If we treated building a wildlife bridge with the same approach as we would a pedestrian bridge, we'd have a lot better outcomes."
Queensland and Victoria are the only states with wildlife-sensitive guidelines embedded in their road designs, although their standards are voluntary.
"Those guidelines are a nice-to-have, not a need-tohave," Dr Johnson said.
"Nice-to-haves don't always make it through to the end of the project."
The study called for biodiversity to be at the core of infrastructure planning, rather than being left open to interpretation.
Dr Johnson said wildlife-sensitive road design should be a part of the government's ongoing nature law reforms.
"This is a really good opportunity to try and get more ecology advice
million to grow
THE state government launched the $20 million Aquaculture Industry Development Program on Monday, aiming to strengthen and expand the seafood industry’s economic contribution to NSW.
The program is designed to boost productivity and increase sustainability across farming operations for oysters, mussels, kelp, and algae, plus freshwater and marine fish hatcheries and bioproducts.
“By investing in sustainability and productivity, the Minns Government is helping future-proof the industry, attract investment, and
ensure regional communities continue to benefit from a strong, resilient seafood sector,” the state government said in a statement.
NSW Farmers president Xavier Martin welcomed the move.
“The NSW aquaculture industry has set a target to double its farmgate production value to $300 million by 2030, and this initiative will help achieve this through industry innovation, climate change adaptation and the diversification of products,” Mr Martin said.
“As the sector recovers, this program will help ensure industry can manage the
brought in earlier within project phases," he said.
Spring is a high-risk season for wildlife, as animals move around roadways to breed and forage.
As many as 80 koalas are killed on Northern Rivers roads each year and 80 percent of those hit by cars do not survive their injuries, according to statistics from the local koala hospital.
Drivers were warned to slow down, particularly in known habitats, and to look out for signage that indicated recent sightings.
"These incidents occur most often along major transport corridors where habitat has been cleared or fragmented, forcing koalas to cross busy roads to reach food trees, shelter or breeding partners," the hospital's superintendent vet Kate Thomas said.
"We cannot continue relying on voluntary guidelines that leave wildlife exposed in known hotspots."
q An estimated 10 million native animals are killed on Australian roads every year. Photo: Leanda Connor.
state’s aquaculture industry
risks and take advantage of opportunities in the coming years and decades, through the sustainable development of our natural resources and support for innovation.”
Under the program, the aquaculture and commercial fishing industries will have access to two targeted funding streams, offering grants from $500,000 to $2 million, for the following:
• Stream One
- Projects focused on infrastructure upgrades to support growth and productivity, such as equipment upgrades, supply chain improvements and new product development.
• Stream Two -
Projects that reduce carbon emissions and promote reuse and regeneration of materials, such as converting equipment to lower emissions or creating bioproducts and utilising waste streams such as processing of oyster shells.
This $20 million investment will help the sector address opportunities and challenges facing the industry such as:
• incoming mandatory Country-of-Origin Labelling requirements for seafood served in hospitality venues from 2026
• managing environmental and biosecurity risks in fisheries
and hatcheries
• supply chain challenges of getting produce to state, national and international markets.
Aboriginal businesses and organisations, including Aboriginal CommunityControlled Organisations, are strongly encouraged to apply.
Minister for Agriculture and Regional NSW, Tara Moriarty said the program will deliver real economic benefits and jobs to regional and coastal communities by helping seafood businesses grow and become more efficient.
“This is a great opportunity for regional aquaculture and commercial
fishing businesses to tap into the growing national and global appetite for highquality protein,” she said.
“It means the industry can innovate and look at growing the exciting new developments in seaweed, algae and freshwater and marine bioproducts.
“Ultimately it’s about boosting jobs, strengthening our seafood and emerging bioproducts sectors, and making sure we can keep enjoying the great seafood New South Wales is known for.”
Business and organisations are encouraged to apply and submit projects by the end of Sunday 18 January 2026.
Program details can be found at nsw.gov.au/aidp.
New land valuations for coastal NSW
LAND values across coastal NSW have reached a record $582 billion, marking a two percent increase from $570 billion in 2024.
The new land values were assessed based on an analysis of almost 23,000 property sales.
Coastal areas of NSW experienced an overall increase of 2.3 percent in residential land values.
The biggest increases were seen in Byron (+13.8%), Wingecarribee (+7.3%), Newcastle (+6.9%) Tweed (+6.6%) and Lismore (+5.3%).
Residential land values.increased by 3.1% in Coffs Harbour, 4.8% in Nambucca and 2.2% in Bellingen.
Commercial land values increased slightly by 1.9% across the state.
The largest increases in commercial land values were seen in Wingecarribee
Lismore (-5.1%) and Coffs Harbour (-4.2%) experienced negative growth in commercial land values.
“The coastal commercial market has slight increases overall which have generally followed increases in similar residential areas as confidence returns to these locations,” said Sally Dale, Valuer General of NSW.
“Commercial properties with mixed use potential have seen some of the largest increases across the region.”
Industrial land values in the coastal areas of NSW grew by 4.7% on average.
The largest increases in industrial land values were seen in Tweed (+19.4%), Shellharbour (+14.9%), Wollongong (+12%), Kyogle (+9.4%), Ballina (+8.7%).
Industrial land values grew by 0.2% in Bellingen, 3.8% in Coffs Harbour, and 2.2% in Nambucca.
Rural land values in the coastal regions of NSW decreased by 0.7% overall.
Wingecarribee saw the largest percentage land value increase with 6.5%, followed by Lismore (+4.3%), Bega Valley (+4.2%), Tweed (+3.8%) and Clarence Valley (+2.0%).
Rural land values increased by 0.7% in Bellingen, 1.3% in Coffs Harbour, and reduced by -1.0% in Nambucca.
The new land values will be used by Revenue NSW to calculate land tax for landowners who are liable.
Registered land tax clients will receive their assessment notice from Revenue NSW starting January 2026 for the 2026 land tax year.
Coffs artist takes out TV win
By Andrea FERRARI
COFFS Harbour artist Seabastion Toast has won the first stage of the new Portrait Artist of the Year (PAOTY) series.
Aired on the ABC on 9 November (series 1, episode 2), Ms Toast appeared as one of three artists chosen to paint the portrait of guest sitter Courtney Act live in front of an audience in just four hours.
As a long-time fan of the UK version of the show, Toast did not hesitate when she was invited to apply for the new Australian series.
“It was thrilling and surreal,” she told News Of The Area.
“PAOTY has been such a big part of my creative imagination that the invitation felt like a sign.”
There was only one catch: Toast is not an alla prima (in one sitting) painter.
Her usual method relies on slow layers, scraping back, and days of revision.
“The idea of finishing a portrait in a single four-hour sitting terrified me,” she said.
With a background in running she adopted that mindset and went into training.
Supported by her recent win of the $40,000 Percival Portrait Prize, she “went all in”.
With 11 weeks until the show, Toast set about doing one painting per day, taking just four hours.
“It was only the week before the show when I thought I was actually getting somewhere adapting my process to this faster format,” she said.
It was not until filming day that Toast met her sitter, media personality Courtney Act.
“I love painting extraordinary features, but I was nervous: how do you add depth to someone young, glamorous, and wearing heavy makeup?”
Their conversation became the anchor.
“I was struck by her sharp wit and intelligence and deeper more philosophical side… this gave me the entry way I needed to get into the painting.
“I asked her to imagine a moment when she felt most brave and aimed for a pose with ‘stars in her eyes’; theatrical, but with a thinker
beneath.”
Still, the pressure hit hard.
“My hand was shaking uncontrollably at first,” Toast said.
“I could barely get a line down.”
After putting on her headphones, picking a song and starting to dance, she said everything “suddenly clicked”.
“It felt like I had magic brushes; the paint mixed itself; Courtney’s makeup gave me all the structure I needed; the audience faded into this hum of support behind me.”
Toast said it was one of the most profound moments of flow she has ever had.
“It pushed me out of every comfort zone.
“It was extraordinary, exhilarating and I know I’ll be chasing that feeling for the rest of my life.”
Portrait Artist of the Year screens on ABC TV on Sundays at 8pm, with all episodes available to stream on ABC iview.
Seabastion Toast is exhibiting all the preparation portraits (and other works) in a showcase called "Seeing other People" from 19 March to 19 April 2026 at YAM gallery in Coffs.
q Courtney Act.
q The moment Courtney Act announced Seabastion Toast’s portrait as her favourite.
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Marchers step up to Reclaim the Night
By Andrea FERRARI
THE Coffs Harbour “Reclaim the Night” march was well supported on Friday, 21 November, with more than 50 locals taking to the streets to demand an end to all forms of violence against women and children.
The march was organised by Coffs Coast domestic and family violence (DFV) action group
GRACE (Growing Respect, Awareness and Community Empowerment).
Held annually across the globe, Reclaim the Night marches aim to create a space where women and the wider community can feel free to celebrate women's right to safety.
“There was a fabulous turnout from the Coffs Harbour community,” said Cassie Valentino,
a Domestic Violence Caseworker at Warrina Women's and Children's Refuge.
Community members of all ages came together in solidarity to march from the Coffs Harbour CBD through to the Park Beach Twilight Market, chanting “Safety should be a right, day or night.”
At the conclusion of the march, which had been
postponed a week due to weather, the group was joined by guest speakers who highlighted the ongoing importance of women’s safety and the need for collective action.
“A particularly powerful moment came from a lady speaker with lived experience who shared her personal story of surviving domestic violence and the strength and hope she has
found on the other side.”
Ms Valentino said the march was a momentous and uplifting event that showcased the unity, courage, and determination within our community to stand against gender-based violence and advocate for safety for all women.
The first Reclaim the Night marches in the UK were held in Leeds on November 12, 1977, in
q Community members came together to raise awareness of nighttime safety.
response to police advice for women to stay indoors due to the Yorkshire Ripper murders.
The event quickly became a global movement, with the first marches in Australia occurring in Sydney and Perth in 1978, and "Take Back the Night" marches taking place across the US around the same time.
q The Reclaim the Night march in Coffs Harbour.
The harrowing statistics behind Reclaim the Night march
By Andrew VIVIAN
THE recent Reclaim the Night march in Coffs Harbour served as= a harrowing reminder of the extent and impact of gender-based violence in the community.
The statistics are wholly alarming.
The Facebook page ‘Counting Dead Women’ has recorded 43 violent deaths of women so far this year in Australia and the NSW Rape Crisis Centre reports that one in five women in Australia will experience sexual assault in their lifetime.
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, one in six women in 2021–22 had
experienced physical and/or sexual violence by a current or previous cohabiting partner since the age of 15.
Data from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOSCAR) indicates that domestic violence is much more prevalent in regional areas than in Sydney and areas towards Newcastle, and NSW Police are called to a domestic violence incident every three minutes.
A NSW Police spokesperson told NOTA that around “60 percent of police time is spent on domestic and family violence incidents”.
“It’s a confronting reality that at some point in their lives, almost every Australian will be touched by domestic
and family violence, whether as a victim, a loved one, or a witness,” they said.
“Domestic and family violence doesn’t discriminate.
“It affects people of all ages, genders, sexualities, backgrounds, and relationships.”
Speakers at last Friday’s Reclaim the Night event talked about how domestic violence affects people from all sections of society, and offered inspiring accounts of surviving it.
In attendance was Celeste Abell, a member of Growing Respect Awareness and Community Engagement (GRACE).
“It was wonderful that many people beeped their
horns in support,” she said.
“One walker said she had been wanting to march for years and, this year, felt safe enough to march, which shows the importance of having events like this annually.”
The march is not the only action being taken by GRACE.
“We deliver a range of community engagement campaigns annually,” Celeste said.
One of them, ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence’, began on Tuesday, on the International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls.
It will last until 10 December, which is International Human Rights Day.
Displays marking the 16 Days of Activism can be found in Park Beach Plaza and Toormina Shopping Centre.
Coffs Harbour police had a domestic violence and Crime Stoppers pop-up stall at Park Beach Plaza on Wednesday.
“Whether it’s through your local police station, Crime Stoppers, or the Police Assistance Line on 131 444, help is available, and we will listen,” the NSW Police spokesperson said.
“In an emergency, always call Triple Zero (000).”
Walk Against Gambling in Coffs Harbour
By Leigh WATSON
SEVENTY days and more than 2,000 kilometres into his bold walk around Australia to raise awareness of gambling harm, Andy Hope is heading back to Coffs Harbour - not because he’s giving up, but because he’s been advised to begin treatment for a prostate cancer diagnosis he received during his journey.
He’s not down nor out however, as he’s bringing the Walk Against Gambling (WAG) back home.
In true Andy fashion, he’s turning his setback into another opportunity to raise funds and shine a light on the impacts of gambling.
From 9am Saturday 6 December to 9am Sunday, Andy will take on a gruelling 24-hour non-stop walk from the North Wall to the South Wall and back - each loop a five-kilometre lap.
He’s aiming for at least 20 laps and is inviting the entire community to join him for one loop, a few loops, or as many as they can manage.
All funds raised will support Lifeline North Coast and participants can ask friends, family, or workplaces to sponsor their laps. Dogs are very welcome, and in the spirit of the season, Andy invites walkers to wear a touch of tinsel for some festive
q Crossing Sydney Harbour Bridge had its own challenges.
“I’m not expecting anyone to walk the whole 24 hours with me,” Andy said.
“People can do as much as they can.”
NOTA first reported on Andy’s story in July as he set out from Coffs to begin his mission of walking unaided around mainland Australia to raise awareness about gambling harm and support Lifeline.
Since then, while the journey itself has been relatively smooth, he has encountered some personal curve balls.
Andy first paused his walk back in September when his elderly father suffered a serious accident at his home on the North Coast and he travelled back to be with him.
After a few weeks his father was recovering and Andy resumed his walk.
Sadly, his father’s health rapidly declined, and he passed away some weeks later.
Andy returned home for his funeral.
“Before I embarked on this journey, a friend said to me, ‘What if something goes wrong?’ And I said, ‘Not if - when’,” Andy said.
“And these things have come at me thick and fast.
“Dad’s accident, then losing him, and now the cancer.
“But I’m a glass-half-full person. I always try to find the positive.”
After 70 days and 2000 kilometres, Andy said he is feeling “better than ever”.
“I’m frustrated to have to come back, but I’m looking forward to crossing the Nullarbor once treatment is over,” he said.
“I don’t want to lose momentum - I just want to get it done and keep going.”
Before returning home to Coffs for treatment, Andy is squeezing in a high-profile advocacy event in Melbourne, hosted by outspoken antigambling advocate for the Alliance for Gambling Reform, Tim Costello.
The event will start with a community walk across St Kilda Road Bridge, followed by a public talk at the Collins Street Baptist Church.
“Meeting Tim will be a highlight of this journey,” Andy said.
“He’s been fighting gambling harm for decades, and to have
him walk beside me will feel like a huge endorsement and a reminder that what I’m doing matters and I’m not doing it alone.”
If that isn’t enough star power, famous cancer campaigner and actor Samuel Johnson will also join the event. Andy reached out to the “Love My Sister” campaigner, offering to walk the extra 100 kilometres to where Sam lives to meet him.
“But instead, he called and said he’d come to me,” Andy said.
“We have so many synergies and I’m humbled by his example.”
As part of his cancer campaign to support his sister, Sam unicycled around Australia and raised over $20 million for cancer research.
Like Andy, Sam has experienced addiction and mental health struggles, creating an immediate sense of connection between them.
To support Andy’s Wall-toWall Walk and donate to Lifeline, search Andy & Scrubby’s Big WAG.
– Park Beach Plaza, Coffs Harbour.
Inclusive filmmaking returns to Key
By Andrea FERRARI
BUS Stop Films, the awardwinning social enterprise disrupting the film industry, has renewed its partnership with Key Community Group to continue delivering its transformative Accessible Filmmaking Program in Coffs Harbour from 2026.
The Saturday filmmaking classes will start in late January at Key Community Group's extensive,
accessible premises on West High Street.
Since establishing in Coffs Harbour in 2023 with the support of TAFE NSW and resourcing from Coffs Coast Autism, Bus Stop Films has had a significant impact on the region's creative landscape.
The program has produced two compelling films, created employment opportunities for local cast and crew, and been warmly embraced by the disability community.
The new partnership with Key Community Group, a respected disability service provider operating across the Mid North Coast since 1991, represents the next chapter in the program's growth, offering participants access to purpose-built accessible facilities and deeper connections to community support networks.
Commenting on the partnership, General Manager of Programs at Bus Stop Films Laura Imbruglia said, “[Key’s]
accessible facilities and deep commitment to employment and community participation for people with disability make them ideal partners for our program.
“Together, we've enriched the cultural landscape of the region and opened new creative pathways for people with disabilities."
Key Community Group CEO Jodi Woods said, “Partnering with Bus Stop Films is a natural extension of [our] mission; it allows us to open doors to creative industries, nurture new talents and celebrate diverse stories from our region.
“We’re proud to support a program that not only builds film skills but also confidence, friendships, and belonging within our community."
The program delivers a film school-like experience over 40 weeks.
Participants don't just learn filmmaking, they live it - mastering both theory
and practice while creating award-winning films that screen at Oscar-qualifying festivals, worldwide.
Program participants nationally have worked on Netflix's Heartbreak High, ABC's The Assembly, Sony's Anyone But You, Marvel's Thor: Love and Thunder, and Bus Stop's own feature film Boss Cat.
The numbers tell the story: 100 percent of participants make new connections, and over 70 percent report significant improvements in confidence and workreadiness.
Enrolments for the Saturday classes are now open for young adults aged 17-plus, with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities or autism, who are passionate about filmmaking.
The Class of 2025's films will premiere at the National Showcase Tour on Friday, 12 December at TAFE Coffs Harbour.
For more, visit busstopfilms.com.au.
q Enrolments for the Accessible Filmmaking Program in Coffs Harbour are open now.
Cicadas emerge decidedly ‘demur’
q Spotted in Nana Glen, a psaltoda plaga cicada.
Proposed redevelopment of Shops 20 and 21/20 Gordon Street Coffs Harbour. This proposed update of the premises will provide one large
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By Andrea FERRARI
THE cicadas have woken up on the Coffs Coast and have started chittering, albeit quietly this year.
Last year, a deafening cacophony pulsated across the region, with human ears becoming attuned to the night-club-like volume that registered up to 120 decibels.
However, this year’s annual pre-Christmas cicada concert is proving easier on the ear.
News Of The Area asked cicada expert Professor David Emery why the cicadas have a softer song this year.
“After a massive plague of cicadas emerged in 2024
and their chorus deafened our barbecues and evening celebrations over the school holidays and festive season, this year is comparatively demure,” Prof. Emery said.
“We had a feeling that they had ‘overdone their celebrations’ last year, and this appears to be the case.
“Maybe they exhausted their stores of all those underground nymphs that were awaiting just the right climatic conditions to emerge and mate?
“Perhaps too, the fickle weather this Spring with its fluctuations of hot, stormy episodes for the northwest and then cold and blustery southerlies has discouraged them from tempting fate with these extremes?”
Prof. Emery reckons both reasons are likely.
So far, this season has seen fewer numbers of mostly smaller cicadas.
“Those hordes of larger noisy ones are also emerging more slowly but nowhere near the numbers seen last year.”
The scientist believes it is possible more will emerge if the weather settles into a relatively “normal” format over December and January, but the feeling from “reading the tea leaves” is “don’t count on it”.
“Many will be relieved that the cicada cacophony is absent this season and may be for several years to come, but they will return one day.”
Lunch 4 U on Christmas Day
By Andrea FERRARI
ALL are welcome to join in the free fun, festivities and food at the annual Coffs Christmas Lunch 4 U. Held in the Exhibition Hall at Coffs Harbour Showground, doors open at 10am on Christmas Day (25 December), lunch service starts at 11:30am and doors close at 1:30pm.
Organisers Ange Anderson and Nick Newling are steaming ahead with backing from sponsors including the City of Coffs Harbour, TCA IT Services and Rotary Daybreak.
“We want everyone to know this year that the
focus is not purely homeless and disadvantaged people; we are inviting community members to attend –solos, families, seniors, carers – anyone in need of some Christmas cheer,” Ms Anderson told News Of The Area.
“Families doing it tough are welcome with all ages as well as people by themselves.”
Registrations are encouraged but won't be mandatory as walk-ins will be welcomed this year.
After moving to the expansive Exhibition Hall venue at Coffs Harbour Showground last year there was plenty of room for more
people.
This year’s event will cater for 200 people.
“We didn't fill the space last year and we know more people are doing it tough than turned up,” Ms Anderson said.
“So that’s the call out this year - we want nursing home and NDIS clients to spread the word.
“Nobody should miss out.”
As in previous years, Nick is head chef, leading the kitchen to whip up a storm, with a sausage sizzle for guests on arrival, followed by a cold buffet lunch and delicious desserts.
He’s looking forward to feeding as many community members as possible.
Ange will be looking after the logistics and trying to keep things running smoothly throughout the day.
Santa will make an appearance, while visitors will have the chance to win vouchers and handmade quilts crafted by Margaret McGrath, who kindly donates her time and efforts into making them each year.
Hamper bags will be given out at the end of the day containing nonperishable items.
“There’s always a blessing of volunteers and anyone wanting to lend a hand this year is encouraged to email or call us.”
Registrations can be made to the Coffs Neighbourhood Centre, 2AirFM (66521071), The Soup Kitchen or Ange on 0434 080174.
Ange and Nick are happy to be contacted with any questions, donations or sponsorship enquiries at coffschristmaslunchforu@ gmail.com.
Feral deer community information sessions
LOCAL Land Services is inviting community members and landholders to attend a feral deer information session to learn more about the growing impact of feral deer in the Coffs Harbour,
Orara Valley, Sandy Beach and Woolgoolga areas.
Feral deer are becoming an increasing concern, damaging native vegetation, threatening wildlife, and reducing agricultural productivity.
The sessions will help participants identify the different feral deer species found in the area and understand the environmental and agricultural risks they create.
Attendees will also learn how Local Land Services is supporting landholders to manage feral deer and explore practical control options, including ways the wider community can help protect the region from their impacts.
The sessions will also explore practical management options and
outline how the community can help protect the region from the impacts of feral deer.
Landholders and residents can choose from the following sessions:
• Wednesday 3
December, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm at Wiilgulga Sports Complex, Solitary Islands Way
• Thursday 4 December, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm at Upper Orara Hall, 610 Upper Orara Road, Upper Orara.
North Coast Local Land Services Team Leader Operational Invasive Pests, Dean Chamberlain, is
encouraging all community members and landholders to attend, regardless of whether they are familiar with feral deer or have minimal knowledge of them and their impacts.
“We all need to work together to limit the impacts of feral deer and prevent further damage from being done,” Dean said.
“The Coffs Harbour region is widely known for its pristine sub-tropical natural environment and agricultural productivity, and we know feral deer are causing damage to both native ecosystems and crops in the area.
“The more people who have knowledge of feral deer and can assist in reporting sightings and impacts or be involved in monitoring and control activities on their properties, is a positive for the community, the environment and agriculture.”
Light refreshments will be provided and attendees will have the chance to speak directly with North Coast Local Land Services biosecurity officers.
Visit the Local Land Services events page for more information or speak with a local biosecurity officer via 1300 795 299.
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q Coffs Christmas Lunch 4 U organisers Ange Anderson and Nick Newling.
q Plenty of room for everyone at Coffs Showground Exhibition Hall.
q Feral deer are an increasing concern on the North Coast.
Cinema Under the Stars is back
By Andrea FERRARI
NEWCASTLE Permanent’s Cinema Under the Stars is back in Coffs Harbour for its 17th season.
Taking place on Saturday 29 November at Coffs Harbour Showground, this year’s film is the Oscar-nominated animation The Wild Robot (PG, 2024) and is free for everyone to attend.
Live entertainment starts from 5:30pm, with the film showing at sundown.
Newcastle Permanent Regional Manager Adam Power told News Of The Area, "As a customer-owned organisation we are incredibly proud to see the return of our Cinema Under the Stars event to Coffs Harbour.
q A previous Cinema Under the Stars event.
Book launch a hoot
By Kim SATCHELL
THE launch of Michel Vimal Du Monteil’s action/mystery thriller “Where to Now” on Friday 7 November at the Coffs Harbour Golf Club, was both informative and entertaining.
A short promotional video set the tone for the intriguing tale of a jaded Australian investment banker with a cosmopolitan background flush with hijinks, subterfuge, double crossing and drama on the high seas - spanning Pittwater to the flood-bound Northern Rivers and through Sumatran jungles to the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean.
The cast of characters plumb the vagaries of the human condition from villains to heartless opportunists, flawed heroes and
everyday punters - all trying to make sense of their circumstances.
The playful repartee between the MC Peter Donkin (former investment banker with only scant resemblance to any character in the book) and the author (a former investment banking colleague and close friend) gave the afternoon a festive tone.
Leola Gilliland told News Of The Area, “It was an absolutely wonderful book launch, a time of light heartedness, positive vibes and fun for everyone. The loveliest book launch I have been to anywhere in the country”.
Over 80 guests were suitably engaged in the lively exchange, which included the publisher’s glowing endorsement.
Carolyn Martinez, director of Hawkeye Publishing, affirmed Michel as a marketable
“We have loved hosting events in this region for over a decade and connecting with the local community.
"This year's event will be action-packed with delicious food, local music, fun and activities before we settle in to enjoy a familyfavourite movie.
Stroll
“This year’s film is the perfect opportunity for the whole family to come together and recharge their batteries under the stars."
Food vendors will be selling ice cream, Fairy Floss, pizza, spiral potato and nonalcoholic drinks.
"The adventures of Roz the robot and her quest to survive and build friendships in The Wild Robot is set to spark your emotions and warm your heart.
This is an alcohol-free event.
writer with rousing reviews on Amazon and Good Reads for both his debut novel and this recent release.
Julie and Jiya Cameron from Coffs Harbour Book Warehouse (where the book is available locally) were in attendance, with the author signing sold copies of his work.
Michel told News Of The Area, “I felt
humbled by the support of the guests attending the launch; I was so happy with the way things turned out even better than expected.”
He also gave a heartfelt tribute to wife Annemieke for her contribution to the proofing and editing process, as well as her flair for organising events.
q The feature film shows at sundown.
q Annemieke, Gumbaynggirr elder Auntie Bea and Michel.
Coffs tops species spotted in Bioblitz
By Andrea FERRARI
THE Coffs Harbour region has come first for the number of species sightings (2555) in the Great Southern Bioblitz (GSB), which was held over four days at the end of October.
In second place was Cape Town (2189 species).
For the number of sightings (9453) the region came seventh,
behind the South Africans from Overstrand who managed more than 15,000 observations.
The result is testament to the region’s incredible biodiversity and motivated local naturalists.
“Our region has chalked up its best performance ever in this 6th iteration of the Great Southern BioBlitz (GSB) with improvements across the board,” BioBlitz
coordinator for the Coffs Coast Nick Lambert said.
“We have finished top of the ladder with the most species observed over the four-day event.
“We didn’t just creep into the top position either; we blew them out of the water, beating our next closest competitor by more than 500
species.”
Taxonomically, there were disproportionately strong numbers of insects, molluscs, arachnids, rayfinned fishes, Chromista (algae and relatives), and other invertebrates, but under-representation of fungi, amphibians, reptiles, and some plants and birds,
The 110 local participants, who included lots of familiar faces, were responsible for 9500 uploads to the iNaturalist app.
More than 10,500 participants from around the Southern Hemisphere took part this year, reaching a total of almost 300,000 sightings. So far, nearly 30,000 different species have been identified.
Dancing stars sashay for Cancer Council
By Andrea FERRARI
CANCER Council NSW’s annual fundraiser, Stars of Coffs Coast, has officially
launched with an event attended by the dancing ‘stars’ and their partners.
The local participants, prominent community
members from across the Coffs Coast, will now step out of their comfort zones as they train with dance teachers in preparation for a live performance on Friday 27 March 2026 in the C.ex Coffs Auditorium.
Funds raised through Stars of Coffs Coast support services that help people affected by cancer.
This includes free and confidential information and counselling through Cancer Council’s 13 11 20 line, practical support such as transport and accommodation assistance, prevention programs and research.
Unable to attend the launch in person, Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan is dancing in the 2026 event and will be taught by his wife Ilona.
Their pairing has already generated strong community interest and a wave of support.
“My father was a GP who spent his life caring for others but ultimately lost his to melanoma when I was 18-years-old,” Mr
Conaghan said.
“We will always need institutions like the Cancer Council to help build awareness of early signs and symptoms, to fund critical research and to promote ways to reduce our risk of developing cancer.
“I am thrilled to be a part of this year’s Stars of the Coffs Coast, raising money for this great cause and having a bit of fun with my talented wife Ilona along the way.
“I just hope that I can keep up with her.”
This year’s ‘Stars’ come from a wide range of industries including health, small business, financial services, real estate and coaching.
Their reasons for dancing range from honouring loved ones to giving back to the community that has supported them.
HQB Accountants partner Catherine Stojcevska said taking part is her way of giving back after she went through her own cancer treatment.
“The support I received locally was incredible,” she said.
“If I can help even one person feel supported on their journey, then every rehearsal and every step on stage is worth it.”
For Cancer Council Community Fundraising Specialist Lauren Fraser, the Stars event is when Coffs Harbour “shows up”.
“Every year this event reminds us what happens when people rally around a cause with heart,” she said.
“The Stars give their time and courage to raise
funds that support locals facing cancer.
“Every ticket sold and every donation makes a real difference.”
People can follow the journey, support their favourite Star or donate through the official event website: https://stars. cancercouncil.com.au/ event/stars-of-coffs-coast/.
Community members can also join the Stars of Coffs Coast Facebook group for updates and behind-thescenes moments: https:// www.facebook.com/ groups/starsofcoffscoast.
observed GSB coordinator Dr Matt Nimbs.
q This Bumblebee Shrimp was spotted in the Woolgoolga rockpools. Photo Lillian Clementine.
q An uncommon small-headed fly (Pterodontia davisi) at Never Never. There have been only eight recorded sightings in Australia. Photo Nick Lambert.
q This Bolas Spider was found in a Boambee backyard. Photo Alesha Teitzel.
q This Hermit Crab from Sandy Beach is only known by its scientific name Pagurus pitagsaleei. Photo Steve Smith.
q A golden huntsman spider found in a backyard in Bucca. This is the first one recorded in the Coffs region.
Photo Matt Nimbs.
q This year’s Stars of the Coffs Coast.
q Committee members Joanne Vines, Vicky Bamford and Lauren Fraser.
It’s Salvos Toy Run time
By Andrea FERRARI
THE 32nd Coffs Harbour Salvation Army Toy Run, hosted by the Mid North Coast NSW Harley Owners Group (HOG), is revving up for its ride on Sunday 7 December.
Open to all motorcycle models, riders and pillions, the event serves as a collection point for toys, gift cards, food and cash to give as Christmas gifts for those who may not otherwise have a present to open on
Christmas Day.
This annual tradition is a highlight on the local motorcycling calendar.
“Let's help put smiles on the faces of our Coffs Coast children, teenagers and their families this Christmas by supporting our local Salvation Army in Coffs Harbour,” Mid North Coast NSW HOG Director/Secretary Justin Owens said.
“It’s been a critical year financially for a lot of the Coffs community.”
Participants meet at the start point in the main carpark of the North Beach Recreational & Bowling Club.
The club will be open at 10am for cold drinks.
At 11.30am riders depart along the route, finishing up on Jordan Esplanade on the Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore where the Salvation Army will provide a BBQ (gold coin donation).
This is also the Salvation Army collection point for toys, gift cards, food and money
YAM’s brazen enterprise
By KIM SATCHELL
YARRILA Arts and Museum is showing some bold summer exhibitions in a bid to stimulate and provoke audiences.
donations.
“Anyone can come along and make a donation, you don’t have to be a motorcyclist, just pop down and give what you can,” Mr Owens said.
Riders Toy Run patches ($7.00) will be available on the day from the Mid North Coast NSW HOG at North Beach Recreational & Bowling Club carpark.
For information email justinpowens@ hotmail.com.
Open now is “CREATION”, the brainchild of contemporary artist Deborah Kelly, who claims to have started her own religion as a response to the lunacy of politics, greed and pandemic fever.
The multi-faceted, multi-disciplinary work is the subject of a documentary on ABC Compass exploring the Australian soul and various forms of spirituality.
Kelly told News Of The Area that, “CREATION is a manifestation of an apocalyptic, gothic, queer, climate-change, science fiction religion (or an art work in the form of a religion).”
She concedes the work is blasphemous, absurd and farcical, but remains unrepentant in her ambition to mimic the church.
What comes off as surrealistic is considered by the artist as ritualistic.
The jet black gallery walls are a statement in themselves and the hanging costumes are like disembodied spirits.
Speaking to the media, Kelly donned a length of fabric not unlike a Persian carpet and wrapped herself in what she called her “guru outfit” ready for an audience.
A feature of the travelling exhibition is the visual animation shown in the CUBE, and its haunting representations somewhere between Bosch, Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Donna Harraway’s Cyborg Manifesto.
The CUBE beckoned and she threw off the artifice and stepped into the projection room, emboldened by her own visual montage.
CREATION is showing at YAM until 15 March 2026.
q Deborah Kelly outlines the parameters of an imagined art work as religion.
q Deborah Kelly emboldened by her own visual montage.
q Newly elected NSW Nationals leader Gurmesh Singh addresses the media.
q Newly elected NSW Nationals leader Gurmesh Singh addresses the media.
Carols By The Sea returns
By Andrea FERRARI
THE much-loved Carols
By The Sea returns to the Woolgoolga Beach Reserve on Friday, 19 December.
Billed as festive fun and
an unforgettable evening celebrating community, the Christmas event is bursting with coastal charm. Run annually by Woolgoolga & Northern Beaches Chamber of
Commerce, the evening brings together families, friends, and visitors for a night filled with all the Christmas holiday favourites.
Highlights include Santa’s grand arrival on the fire truck
q Woolgoolga Beach Reserve fills up for a festive sing-song.
No plan to make electricity cheaper
DEAR News Of The Area,
THE COALition seems desperate to live in a fact free zone.
Let us dissect their decision to abandon their Net Zero policy to concentrate on power prices.
What options are available to any government to lower electricity prices?
To make this simpler, let us ignore any commitment to lower carbon emissions or to slow global warming, as important as these are to what is an existential threat.
The cheapest ways to
generate electricity today are photovoltaic solar and wind turbines combined with battery storage.
It has now become cheaper to build a new solar plant than to keep an existing, amortised, coal plant running.
Our existing coal plants are old and due to be retired over the next fifteen years.
As they age, like an old car, they become unreliable and putting money in to fix them only makes them more expensive.
One would only do this if there was no alternative to stop the lights going out.
So, what about gas?
Gas turbine plants can be built quickly and can power up and down quickly to meet a changing demand, unlike coal or nuclear.
This makes them useful as peaker plants.
But, over the last few years the price of gas has trebled, making them very expensive.
The international situation is also to blame for our current situation.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has pushed up coal and gas prices.
This is the main reason our electricity prices have
increased, not the increase in renewables, which have prevented them from rising even higher.
The rise of Artificial Intelligence data centres has placed a great strain on equipment supply chains as demand for electricity has started to grow.
The wait time for transformers has grown from one year to three years.
This is one of the reasons why the renewable energy roll out has not happened as fast as is needed.
We need to replace all our ageing coal plants over
Misguided development plan
IT is sad to see that Bellingen Council is on course to set a new low bench-mark for housing development, by recommending that the last little piece of accessible bushland in suburban Urunga, Lot 1 Ferry Street, be given to a local affordable-housing group as the site for a multidwelling social housing experiment consisting of cheaply-built houses totally out-of-character with the surrounding area.
This will entail the
Would
I WAS reading about the disgusting mess left by people dumping their rubbish/donations in the
destruction of dozens of trees, including magnificent towering blackbutts, all part of a healthy little ecosystem supporting local plants and wildlife in a suburban setting.
If this regressive plan proceeds, it will mark a watershed moment in the development of Urunga, taking it down a path based on the obsolete 1960s mentality of "clear and build", rather than one based on contemporary experience that small suburban green-spaces are critical in providing a
modern high-quality living environment for residents, encouraging both healthy physical lifestyles and mental well-being.
Urunga is so lucky to already have this precious asset, which should be treasured for its value to our community; and not just for now, but as a gift that we can proudly pass on to future generations, when Urunga will be much more densely populated.
as a sub-standard housing development.
the next fifteen years.
Would nuclear power be able to address this?
Even if we changed the law to allow nuclear power plants to be built there is no way that a plant would be able to be operational before 2040.
By then all our electricity demand will be met by solar and wind and not only would the nuclear plant be redundant but it would be unable to compete economically with renewables.
Nuclear power is very expensive.
To summarise, building appreciated every day by the many who live near, and the many who daily pass by on one of Urunga's most popular recreational walks.
q The family-friendly event is always a hit with locals.
new coal plants will make electricity more expensive.
Building more gas plants will make electricity more expensive.
Building nuclear plants will make electricity very expensive.
But, more than this, policy uncertainty will stall the investment in renewables.
It is almost as if the COALition seems intent on sabotaging the policy of investing in the cheapest form of electricity.
They certainly have no plan to make electricity cheaper.
Peter SOBEY, Valla.
everyone supports, but we believe that it should not be used as an excuse for irreversibly bad policy.
There are better ways to address this issue.
As there is already an application to build a 14room affordable boarding house on the neighbouring block to Lot 1, it would mean that the whole northern side of Ferry Street, which is just a short street, would become a socialhousing precinct, housing around 30-40 people, compared to presently being a quiet residential area of established family homes, featuring the calm and shady presence of Lot 1, much loved and
If this recommendation by Council proceeds, we believe it will be looked back on as the worst townplanning decision made in Urunga for decades, marking the moment when our town's standing as a a modern, progressive, forward-looking place to live, was downgraded and captured by the shortterm, housing-at-any-costanywhere lobby, which is so powerful at present. The provision of affordable housing is something which
To speak against, let alone vote against, this proposal takes some courage, as superficial popular sentiment construes this as a vote against affordable housing.
It is not.
It is a vote to support a dynamic and sustainable future for the town we love.
Yours Sincerely, Peter DINGLE, Urunga, For the Friends of Ferry Street group.
cameras and fines deter dumpers?
doorway of Vinnies in Toormina.
Just a thought that if cameras were installed and notices put up that they will be identified might be a
Council could be embracing this piece of land for the whole community, rather than letting it be used deterrent.
Even if the police could fine them it would be a good thing.
They are obviously locals so would be easily
recognised and called out for their behaviour.
As a volunteer myself I know the cost of getting rid of this rubbish is undermining all the good work these
volunteers do to help people in need.
Some of these people dumping might one day need the services of Vinnies and they will no longer
be there because of their thoughtlessness.
Regards, Jan KNIGHT, Boambee East.
DEAR News Of The Area,
DEAR News Of The Area,
BUSINESS SHOWCASE
Give the gift of music this Christmas
IN a world that often feels hurried and uncertain, there are few gifts as enduring, uplifting, and transformative as the gift of music.
At the Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium, this truth can be seen unfolding every day - in the quiet determination of students mastering their first notes, in the confidence that blossoms on stage, and in the joy shared when a musical moment connects us all.
“Music is not simply a pastime; it is a lifelong companion,” the team told NOTA.
“It nurtures creativity, builds resilience, strengthens cognitive skills, and opens the door to self-expression in a way nothing else can.
“When you give the gift of music - whether it’s lessons,
This festive season, the Coffs Con is inviting the community to think beyond the traditional gift and consider something more meaningful.
ensemble participation, concert experiences, or support for our programsyou are giving someone the opportunity to discover their voice.
“For young people, this gift can be life-changing.
“It can ignite a spark that shapes a future career or simply provide a safe and inspiring space to grow.
“For adults, it can rekindle a long-lost passion or open a new chapter of personal enrichment.
q This year, consider giving something that resonates long after the festive season ends. Give the gift of discovery, confidence, creativity, and connection.
“At the Conservatorium, our dedicated teachers and welcoming community ensure that students of all ages and abilities feel supported, inspired, and challenged to reach their full potential.”
What is the Coffs Con?
At its core, the Conservatorium exists to provide high-quality music education across all ages, skill levels and musical styles. From young beginners discovering rhythm for the first time to advanced students preparing
for tertiary study, and adults returning to music after years away, the organisation is committed to meeting learners exactly where they are.
Its teaching philosophy centres on encouragement, curiosity, and excellenceensuring students receive both the technical foundation and the artistic confidence they need to truly grow.
But education is only one part of the story.
The Conservatorium also
plays an essential cultural role, fostering live performance, supporting local artists, and collaborating with schools, ensembles, and community groups throughout the region. Through concerts, workshops, masterclasses, and outreach initiatives, it brings world-class music experiences directly to the Coffs Coast, enriching the artistic landscape and creating opportunities that might otherwise be out of reach.
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Expert skin care arrives on the Mid North Coast
A NEW chapter in expert skin care begins with the opening of neoSKN Dermatology & Laser, a specialist clinic offering advanced treatment programs for acne, rosacea, pigmentation and skin rejuvenation in Coffs Harbour.
Founded by Dr Jessica Bale and Dr Rashi Malesu, Fellows of the Australasian College of Dermatologists
and directors of the highly regarded Hunter Coast Dermatology & Laser in Newcastle, neoSKN brings evidence-based, integrated care to a region long underserved in specialist dermatology services.
“We have seen outstanding outcomes through our advanced programs in Newcastle
- combining medical expertise with targeted laser therapies,” says Dr Bale.
“By expanding to Coffs Harbour, we’re bringing that same proven care model to the Mid North Coast to increase access to highquality, specialist-led skin care.”
neoSKN offers a full range of services, including:
• Dermatologist-led programs for acne, rosacea, and skin rejuvenation
• Advanced proprietary protocols that combine medical therapy with advanced medical grade laser technologies
• Supportive care delivered by an experienced team of nurses under dermatology supervision
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“Many patients in regional areas have limited access to specialist treatments. Our goal is to bridge that gap,” adds Dr Malesu.
“We’re passionate about providing patients with longterm solutions that go beyond symptom control - especially in complex skin conditions like acne and rosacea where inflammation, oil production
and scarring all need to be addressed together.”
The clinic will also host educational sessions for GPs and practice nurses beginning in 2026, supporting broader community awareness around skin health.
neoSKN welcomes GP referrals for patients, with fast-tracked triage available for urgent cases.
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q Dr Jessica Bale.
q Dr Rashi Malesu.
q Before neoSKN treatment.
q After neoSKN treatment.
WHAT'SVIBIN'
A show for a good cause
A LONG time advocate for social equity, in particular housing security, singer-songwriter
Liz Stringer’s Bowraville show on Saturday will serve as a fundraiser for the Nambucca Youthie.
Officially the Nambucca Valley Youth Services Centre, the Youthie has been a vital community hub in Nambucca Heads for more than 20 years.
The Youthie is a grassroots not-for-profit youth centre that caters for young people across the Nambucca Valley, providing youth programs, advocacy and referral.
Beginning a 17-date tour in October, Stringer has partnered with a host of charities - including the Youthie, encouraging gig
to our
SAWTELL BEACH
attendees to donate funds to support their operations.
Her mission for this tour was to “find local champions, powered by volunteers with big hearts, who understand the needs of their communities intimately”.
Stringer’s team said she was “stoked” to discover the Nambucca Youthie team and the work they are doing despite many challenges.
One of Australia’s most admired and versatile songwriters and instrumentalists, Stringer’s career spans seven studio albums
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By Andrea FERRARI
and a slew of honours including Port Fairy Folk Festival's 2023 Artist of the Year and the Woodford Folk Festival 'Emerging Legend of Australian Song' in 2020.
Stringer is a venerated guitarist and vocalist, her notoriously powerful live performances and melodically rich, storybased songs earning her a unique place among the most important Australian songwriters of the modern era.
She will perform in Bowraville with her full band, and will be supported by Bellingen local Maddi O'Brien.
The show is scheduled for Saturday 29 November from 6:30-10:00pm at the
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to close out concert season
INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed piano recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician Alex Raineri will perform at the Coffs Harbour Music Society’s last concert of the year at John Paul Theatre.
“Many of our music loving patrons were bitterly disappointed when Cyclone Alfred prevented Alex Raineri from performing in Coffs Harbour earlier this year,” Society President Dr Leigh Summers told News Of The Area.
“Now we are thrilled to announce that Alex will present a magnificent recital on Saturday 6 December 2025.”
Mr Raineri will play on the Music Society’s Kawai RX-7 grand piano, which is considered one of the best pianos in the region.
His program includes Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit, described as ‘fiendishly difficult’, Claude Debussy’s deeply romantic Suite Bergamasque and other gems composed by Giacomo Puccini, Sergei Rachmaninoff,
Mikhail Glinka and contemporary Australian composer Melody Eötvös.
Beyond being an astoundingly accomplished pianist, Mr Raineri is also an entertaining communicator.
He frequently undertakes international tours as well as appearances within Australia.
While Raineri is widely known for classical music recitals, he is also a passionate advocate for contemporary music.
He has commissioned over 80 works and given over 140 world premieres and over 170 Australian premieres to date.
His impressive radio broadcast list includes BBC Radio 3, Radio NZ, California Capital Public Radio, Chicago’s WFMT, ABC Classic FM and all the Australian MBS Networks.
Mr Raineri has won major piano awards including the Australian National Piano Award, ANAM Concerto Competition and New Zealand’s Kerikeri International Piano Competition.
In 2021 he won the Queensland Luminary Award in the APRA/AMCOS Art Music Awards.
In 2023 he was awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship.
The Alex Raineri concert begins at 7.30pm preceded by a free-to-attend concert talk at 6.60pm where Renate Turrini will reveal key information about the Debussy and Ravel masterworks on the program.
The Music Society’s 2025 program is available at www.coffsmusicsociety.com.au.
q Acclaimed pianist Alex Raineri.
Chrysalis: Behaviour support and accommodation you can trust
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centred services that make a real difference.
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Coffs Neuro Physio: Helping you
NAVIGATING life with a neurological condition can be overwhelming - but support is closer than you think.
At Coffs Neuro Physio, a dedicated team of neurological and vestibular physiotherapists is helping locals move, recover, and thrive after diagnosis.
Whether it's stroke, Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neuron Disease or vestibular conditions with vertigo and dizziness, their team delivers therapy grounded in expertise and driven by compassion.
“Every person’s journey is different, so our care is never one-size-fits-all.
Founder and physiotherapist Amanda O’Neill says the focus is always on the individual.
“We meet people where they are, and help them build the confidence and strength to take the next step,” Amanda explains.
Coffs Neuro Physio offers tailored one-on-one therapy, group programs like PD Warrior and MS Get a Head Start, hydrotherapy,
gait retraining, and access to support from Allied Health Assistants and Speech Pathology.
Their clinic, based at the Jetty, is purpose-built for neurological rehab - with equipment, access, and energy to match.
“We have a deep commitment to working alongside each person, helping them return to the
activities and independence that matter most,” says Amanda.
“For some, it’s getting back to gardening or walking at the beach. For others, it’s standing again after a serious injury.”
Coffs Neuro Physio is proudly local, privately run, and passionate about changing lives through movement.
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Life Skills development tailored to individual NDIS goals
BUILDING independence and confidence is at the heart of every NDIS journey, and The Education Centre is proud to support local participants through highquality Life Skills programs across Coffs Harbour, Woolgoolga and Grafton.
With more than 20 years supporting families in the region, The Education Centre has expanded its services to include one-onone Life Skills development tailored to individual NDIS goals.
Participants learn
practical skills that make everyday life easier - such as budgeting, managing money, planning, organisation, communication, problemsolving and social connection.
Programs also incorporate emotional
q Participants learn practical skills that make everyday life easier - such as budgeting, managing money, planning, organisation, communication, problem-solving and social connection.
regulation strategies, confidence building and activities that help individuals participate more fully in their community.
Each plan is personalised.
“Our qualified staff take the time to understand every participant’s goals,
For over 30 years, our organisation has proudly served the Coffs Coast community, as a trusted and experienced provider of disability support. As a Registered Provider under the NDIS, we offer a comprehensive suite of services including Support Coordination, Plan Management, and direct service delivery, tailored to meet the diverse needs of individuals and families navigating the NDIS.
Our status as a not-for-profit organisation reflects our commitment to community wellbeing over commercial interests. Every aspect of our service delivery is designed to uphold the principles of participant empowerment, transparency and accountability. We maintain rigorous compliance with all NDIS regulatory requirements, ensuring that our participants receive safe, high-quality, and person-centred support.
strengths and challenges,” the team told NOTA.
“Together, we design sessions that are engaging, achievable and genuinely meaningful.
“For school-aged children, this may involve developing communication
tools, following multi-step directions or building social and emotional skills.
“For adults, it may focus on independent living, digital literacy, community engagement or strengthening functional literacy and numeracy.”
Operating locally for more than three decades enables us to provide participants unmatched regional insight and continuity of care. Our reputation as a trusted provider is built on integrity, responsiveness, and a genuine dedication to improving lives and supporting participants to achieve positive outcomes. With current capacity across all service areas, we are well-positioned to support new participants and collaborate meaningfully with them in their NDIS journey.
For individuals and families seeking a reliable, compliant, and community-focused NDIS provider, we offer a proven track record. Whether you’re seeking support to navigate the NDIS, looking for a reliable Plan Manager, or in need of hands-on support, we’re herelocal, experienced, and motivated by care. If you or someone you love needs support, we’re here to help.
Experienced, high-quality and compliant supports
THERE are a number of things to consider when selecting your NDIS provider and it's important to choose the model and provider or combination of providers that are right for you.
There are advantages to both registered and non registered providers so it’s important to think about the benefits each may offer in your unique circumstances.
Community Care Options is a Registered NDIS Provider.
This means they are accredited under the National Disability Insurance Scheme and are required to comply with the NDIS Practice Standards and the NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Framework, ensuring that services are delivered with a high level of professionalism, safety, and accountability.
“Importantly, as a registered provider we are equipped to offer continuity of care, supporting you consistently throughout your NDIS journey and enabling us to foster
a trusting and long-term relationship,” the team told NOTA.
“As a registered provider, our organisation engages qualified and experienced professionals who each possess in-depth knowledge of the NDIS system, including areas such as plan management, support coordination, and direct service delivery.
“As we offer all forms of NDIS support, we adhere to strict Conflict of Interest measures to ensure transparency whilst still reflecting your individual choices.
“Our team’s expertise enables meaningful collaboration with you and supports informed decision-making, equipping you to engage with the scheme confidently and with a clear understanding of your options.
“By choosing a Registered NDIS Provider such as we are, you are ensuring you have access to high-quality, compliant,
and person-centred services delivered by a knowledgeable team.
“Our goal is to ensure you receive
the right supports to enhance your independence, wellbeing, and inclusion within our community.”
q The Community Care Options goal is to ensure people with disability receive the right support to enhance their independence, wellbeing, and inclusion within the community.
Compass Independent: Your local specialist in NDIS Support Coordination
COMPASS Independent Pty Ltd provides dedicated and personalised NDIS Support Coordination to individuals and families across the Mid-North Coast.
Recently welcomed under the new leadership of director Juliet Stewart, Compass brings extensive experience supporting people with disability, with a
strong focus on clarity, dignity and practical outcomes.
As a fully independent service, Compass is not connected to any support provider.
“This ensures every recommendation is unbiased, transparent and centred solely on each participant’s needs, strengths and goals,” the team told NOTA.
“Compass supports people across a broad spectrum of disabilities, including psychosocial disability, intellectual disability, physical disability and neurodiversity, to name a few.
“With specialised experience in complex support needs, Compass works closely with participants, families and their networks to ensure the right supports are in place and the NDIS feels easier to navigate.”
Whether it’s understanding your plan,
coordinating services, advocating for essential supports or resolving challenging NDIS issues, Compass NDIS Support Coordination works in partnership with participants to navigate the NDIS with confidence.
“With local community roots, professional integrity and a warm, personcentred approach, Compass Independent empowers people to build capacity, live well and feel genuinely supported.”
COFFS NEURO PHYSIO
By Manny WOOD
Painted into a corner
MARY is interested in purchasing a unit in a local housing development. The unit is yet to be constructed, so she proposes to purchase the unit “off the plan”.
Mary negotiates a price with the real estate agent and a draft contract is soon sent to her conveyancer of choice.
The contract states that Mary has a choice of interior styles for her unit. Mary decides to proceed with the white colour scheme as opposed to the green colour scheme.
Contracts are exchanged and settlement is scheduled to occur after the unit has been constructed.
Unfortunately, after the unit is constructed, Mary attends a prepurchase inspection and discovers that the green colour scheme is installed.
Mary is unhappy with the green colour scheme and refuses to proceed to settlement of her purchase. She seeks the return of her $100,000 deposit.
The developer states that the difference in colour is an “inconsequential matter” and refuses to change the colour scheme. The developer insists that settlement is to proceed.
Mary’s conveyancer terminates the contract, stating that the developer has “repudiated” the contract by not complying with their contractual obligations.
The dispute proceeds to determination in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
The Court conducts a careful analysis of the contract and the relevant case law.
The Court notes that under the contract, the vendor is permitted to alter “any manner finish of at least equivalent quality” and further, that a purchaser cannot terminate the contract only due to the “quality of the inclusions”.
The Court further notes that under the contract, after settlement, Mary could seek compensation as determined by an arbitrator.
Ultimately, the Court rules that in circumstances where the developer was “ready, willing and able” to complete the contract and based on a finding that the colour change was not a “substantial defect”, Mary is ordered to proceed to settlement of the purchase of her unit.
Mary is also ordered to pay the developer’s legal costs and is liable to pay “penalty interest” due to the delay.
Email Manny Wood, Principal Solicitor and Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates at TB Law at manny@tblaw.net.au or call him on (02) 66 487 487. This fictional column is not legal advice.
The Nationals’ views on Net Zero
DEAR
News Of The Area,
THE matters raised by Harry Creamer and Jake Little in a recent edition of your paper in relation to the National Party’s attitude to the policy of “Net Zero” require some response.
The Nationals are as eager as anyone else to reduce carbon emissions and if we ever reached a point of zero emissions that would be an excellent outcome.
The Nationals (along with many other members of the community) have reservations about the costs and other social impacts of getting there.
Even if we achieve such an outcome there is not going to be a bubble forming over Australia that will isolate us from the excesses of other countries.
The Nationals (together with others in the community) still have some reservations about the urgency of all this, brought about by at least the following considerations:
1. Many of the predictions of dire consequences made years ago have not occurred.
2. If you go looking you can find equally qualified, equally credible experts who will say that the outcome of increased carbon emissions is not as dire as other experts say and that the methodology of those climate experts is flawed. These sceptics just don’t get the airplay that the doomsayers get. Who amongst us is really able to make a judgement about who is correct?
3. There seem to be a lot of people (some already inappropriately wealthy) who are making a lot of money out of this and a lot of people who are making a career out of it. The old adage of “follow the money” is probably just as applicable here.
The primary issues that concern the Nationals though are the massive costs that have been revealed in the attempts to establish the renewables hardware, the perception that all of this is going to have to be constantly and expensively replaced (ten years for a solar farm and twenty for a wind farm) and a perception that it is simply not going to work.
Those of us that have dabbled in agriculture quickly learn that mother nature tends to let you down when you most need her and she is not likely to be kinder to electricity producers.
Consider how you fare when the power goes off – your house and your life grind to a halt.
Consider how industry requiring cheap and reliable power will cope.
Consider how your local supermarket will deal with its fridges and freezers going off for
half a day. Do we want to run the risks of regular power outages?
For this reason the Nationals have looked favourably on nuclear energy and carbon capture.
We can hardly be seen to be pioneers with nuclear power stations since there are already over 400 of them operating across the globe and another 70 or so in the course of construction.
All they do is create heat to boil water to produce steam to drive the turbines that produce electricity - just like burning coal.
Yes they are expensive to set up and can take some years to establish (even longer at the end of their life with estimates of 12-15 years to close one down).
But they produce for at least 80 years and with improvements in technology over that time it is likely that this time will be extended.
The technology of carbon capture is still relatively new but other countries are setting up new coal fired power stations containing carbon capture mechanisms which emit little or no objectionable gases.
It has the advantages of being able to be inserted into existing power stations and one imagines that we could continue to mine and burn coal and gas with all the employment and tax advantages that this brings while not making any appreciable contribution to greenhouse gases.
The Nationals do believe it is desirable to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas production.
We just don’t believe that it is as urgent as the community has been and still is being led to believe. We further believe that when considering the expense involved we can get a cheaper and more reliable system for production of electricity than is currently being proposed by our political opponents.
The Nationals accept that some of our electricity supply should come from renewables.
We do believe that total reliance on renewables will be catastrophic.
Incidentally, the Nationals welcome a diversity of members and a diversity of views.
You can join the party and express dissenting views without penalty.
In fact you don’t even have to be a member – you can come along to a meeting as a guest speaker and try to persuade us we are wrong.
We like to obtain as much information as possible from the widest range of sources before we commit to a course of action.
Regards, Brian FINLAYSON, Nambucca Heads.
On theCouch
Email Jasminda: media@newsofthearea.com.au
DEAR Jasminda,
FOR five years, I have been minding a friend's dog (Minty) while they go on holidays.
This is usually no problem; the dog and I get on very well.
This time, though, I was left with instructions that Minty (who is 15) now eats breakfast at 4.30am and dinner at 3.00pm every day, and that she gets upset when she isn't fed at those times.
Despite this, Minty slept in until 7.00am, which is when I fed her.
I was also told that Minty whines if she doesn't get her walk at 9am, however we walked every evening at 6.00pm and she was just fine.
The other instruction was that she was very frail and so could only walk to the end of the street, however, she had boundless energy, so we walked to the next suburb.
Should I tell the owner?
Dear Rosie,
Rosie P.
Dogs are very much like children. They develop certain behaviours with their parents, but will respond to other people in an entirely different way.
I think a lot of it comes down to boundaries and expectations from all involved parties.
I know this, because I own a show dog.
Now, in the ring, with his show handler, he will trot around in a square, and stand to attention, and let a stranger *throat clear* check his testicles to make sure they are present and of equal size (I don't make the rules, Rosie), and he has done this so many times that he is now a champion.
At home, however, he is more like Jake the Muss out of Once Were Warriors. He gets in people's faces.
He brawls with dogs that don't look like him (so he's also apparently a racist).
To make matters worse, he likes to watch moments of intimacy (giving off serious Jeffrey Epstein vibes).
It's all very worrisome.
The point I'm trying to make, though, is that dogs (like children) are very adaptable (and very manipulative).
In this instance, Rosie, I think you should just keep quiet about Minty's change in routine.
It's not like she's going to report back that you've not followed the dog-sitting checklist.
As long as you handed her back with a similar disposition and physicality as you received her, I think you've done well.
You may have even taught Minty a few important lessons.
That 4.30am nonsense isn't sustainable.
I'm pretty sure she knew you were onto her.
If Minty has now gone back to her old ways, so be it.
It's not for you to deal with.
And at age 15, there may not be many more opportunities for you and Minty to conspire together. Possibly none, if her owner reads News Of The Area.
Carpe diem, Jasminda.
Setting the record straight on the Dismissal
DEAR News Of The Area,
I HAVE read the article of Friday 14 November 2025 by Greg Mclntosh entitled "Reflections on the 1975 constitutional crisis".
lt contains excellent research concerning his views on Senate elections and the dramas that preceded his analysis of that dramatic event.
However, he speaks from hindsight which is a valuable tool that many of us mere mortals don't possess as we get the news from journalists whose prejudices are alarmingly incorrect.
So let me highlight the Whitlam myth starting with the saying the 'Emperor has no clothes' and where there are no spin doctors to massage or manipulate the falsehoods from a first edition perspective and free from media interference.
The below are excerpts from John Kerr's autobiography "Matters of Judgment" (pages 358-360).
“ln the morning of the 11th 'November 1975 the Governor General, John Kerr asks Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, if he still intended 'to govern without parliamentary supply.' He said, 'Yes.' I replied that in my view he had to have parliamentary supply to govern and as he had failed to obtain it and was not prepared to go to the people, I had decided to withdraw his commission.
“Things then happened as I had then foreseen. Mr Whitlam jumped up, looked
urgently around the room, looked at the telephones, and said sharply, 'l must get in touch with the palace at once', I replied 'lt is too late.' He said ‘why?’ and I told him, 'Because you are no longer Prime Minister.'”
You will notice the Queen was not involved at all, the decision was Kerr's alone in accordance with Section 74 of The Australian Constitution.
All of this is reaffirmed in a summary of the crisis reported by The Institute of Public Affairs, NSW on pages 1-24.
Sir David Smith's 1975 lecture titled "The Dismissal: Setting the Record Straight', regarding the Senate's position, stated on Page 11 "that Whitlam himself tried to use the Senate to force a Government to an early election on two occasions, and with his Party having tried to do it 170 times over the previous twenty-five years, did it never occur to him that his opponents might one day try to use the same tactics against him?".
Now that the tables were turned on him, what did Whitlam do?
On leaving Government House, with his commission as Prime Minister withdrawn, Whitlam went back to the Lodge and ordered a steak for lunch, failing to tell his party leader in the Senate of what had transpired.
It was sometime later that the Governor General activated Section 128 of the Constitution and let the people decide by way of an election.
The result of course was that on 13
The lesson still not
LAST week’s informative article in NOTA by Mr Andrew Vivian again highlights that we are still fighting the climate wars of the past decade and a half.
I am amazed and embarrassed that so many of our parliamentarians, supposedly well educated, still deny the existence of climate change.
It was explained to us in high school science and my high school grandchildren have confirmed that the science still has not changed since I went to school.
It seems that the National Party and many in the Liberal party are still rejecting the science and the need to seriously reduce emissions.
In particular our two local National Party representatives (Pat Conaghan and Kevin Hogan) have rejected Labor’s net zero strategy and the introduction of renewable energy to achieve this.
Both are maintaining that this strategy is resulting in higher electricity costs.
Both are strongly maintaining that the Nationals will provide lower energy prices, but they do not explain how.
The Libs/Nats have not had a constructive energy or climate change policy in the last 10 years, and after three years in opposition have still not developed a policy or plan.
Dan Tehan, the Shadow Energy minister, promises to have a policy/plan by March of next year. Really?
However, the Coalition is already promising cheaper prices.
December 1975 the Coalition won in a landslide victory, which makes a mockery of Prime Minister Albanese's recent demonising of Governor General Kerr when he was only 12 in 1975.
To give you some idea of the character of Whitlam one has to go back to 1972, just one month after he won that election.
He and his mate Lionel Murphy went over to the UK and spoke to the UK Prime Minister, Edward Heath, stating that Australian's (us) wanted to sever links between the Parliament of Westminster and the Parliaments and Governments of this nation.
The Premiers of every state caught wind of it and also travelled to the UK in a delegation headed by Labor Premier of WA The Honourable John Tonkin.
They all insisted that Whitlam did not represent the peoples of Australia.
Heath then said he would not undo these things that had happened since Federation.
Finally, first the eleventh of November and then the thirteenth of December, 1975, undoubtedly will be remembered as two of the most significant days in our history calendar, justifying in such an overwhelming manner the foresight of both our English and Australian founding fathers.
The genius of our British system of things whereby 'Power at the Top' is amazingly shared between the people's representatives, the states’ representatives, the Vice-Regal authority and the High Court,
learnt
Their plan proposes to extend (“sweat”) the existing coal power plants for a longer period.
This is in spite of the majority of our coal fired power stations being over 40 years old and have suffered from serious unplanned outages over the past seven years, which resulted in severe power price spikes.
Our largest, the 43 year old Earing power Station in NSW, had more than 6000 hours of outages in 2024, equivalent to each of its four units being down for two months on average.
The Australian Energy Market Operator expects that 90 percent of coal fired power stations will be shut down over the next 10 years.
If closure of these is delayed it would increase the risk of unreliability and a further injection of tax payer funds to stay open past their planned closure dates, as well as retail price increases for electricity.
To build a new coal fired power station, as the Nationals are advocating, will take 8-10 years to build at a cost of up to $5B, which will be picked up by the consumer.
However, construction of a new coal fired power station will be unlikely as investors would be reluctant to back such a high risk venture.
The Liberal leader has advocated greater use of gas powered generators and that her government would reduce the cost of gas by increasing its production.
Australia has tripled gas production in a decade and we are still paying high prices.
Gas prices drive 50-90 percent of pricing periods in the national electricity market.
The Albanese government in 2022 introduced a wholesale gas price cap which was opposed by the Liberals.
It is therefore hard to believe that the Coalition will achieve the promised cost reduction in energy by the further adoption of gas powered generators.
The reliance on coal and gas has made electricity prices vulnerable to global market fluctuations.
The wholesale gas prices surged over 400 percent due to international shortages in 2021 as a result of the Ukraine war, and coal costs rose 500 percent in 2022 causing electricity prices to spike 300 percent.
Consequently, the increase in electricity prices referred to by Pat Conaghan was not caused by the cost of renewables as implied.
There is a lot of misinformation about what to blame for high electricity costs, but the truth is that polluting and expensive fuels like coal and gas are the main culprits.
Renewables by contrast offer a more stable and cost effective alternative.
Data from Australia’s energy and science bodies consistently show that renewable power backed by storage is the cheapest form of new energy and building more will help keep power bills in check. This week the energy chiefs warned that abandoning the energy transition was untenable and that renewable energy was still the least costly way of replacing coal.
In 2024 electricity from fossil fuels was twice the average price compared with renewables.
The wholesale electricity prices in the
Who's paying at the foreshore?
A SUBMISSION was made to Council at the time of the State Government’s advertising of its foreshore rezoning proposal pointing out that the business plan for the proposed development had not been made public.
Without this there is nothing to explain
how the roads and services infrastructures for the project are to be funded or how the promised upgrades to community facilities are to be procured.
In short, what was actually in it, if anything, for Coffs Harbour?
Cynics among us suspected this might be because the government’s business plan
is to rezone the land, sell it for as much as they can get and bank the proceeds as consolidated revenue.
This unworthy thought could have been laid to rest by the Department of Development or their supporters in Council clarifying these central issues.
Months later a deafening silence
offering such a safe guard to our freedoms.
It recognises intrinsic value of the dictator type who with all his imbalance represents an aspect of a notion which must be expressed, but must equally be terminated if his "contribution" is to be incorporated in a balanced whole.
lf a revolution had been the only way of terminating J T Lang or even Mr Whitlam, their contribution would almost surely have been despised by the victors.
I well remember the press describing J T Lang as 'the great Australian carbuncle' (heads up all evil), grasping of course only part of his contribution now we can see it more in perspective.
However that contribution amply justifies Sir Phillip Game's statement to J T Lang when he said "You hold your authority through me - I withdraw that authority''. For no dictator type has the insight to terminate his own leadership.
Mr Mclntosh's attempts to pontificate on such a complex subject, dictates that he still has further research to undertake.
Hopefully he will continue to read widely and by dint of effort arrive at that moment of enlightenment when he will discover that Section 64 (The Governor General) and Section 128 (we the people) remain unbroken.
Regards,
Paul L OWENS JP (Rtd.), Formerly of Coffs Harbour.
national electricity market fell 27 percent in the September quarter compared with the previous year, which should flow down to lower retail energy prices.
In the USA Donald Trump promised to slash US electricity bills, but they have increased by 11 percent since he retook the White House.
He waged war on inexpensive solar and wind and pursued the use of fossil fuels.
Pat Conaghan and the Nationals are maintaining that the cost of net zero will be $7 to $9 trillion to the Australian consumer.
However, this figure in the Net Zero Australia report was the investment or capital outlay, and not the cost to the consumer.
The Nationals should really be looking at the cost of not taking action, particularly in its impact on their farming electorate who will be most heavily hit by the consequences of climate change. However, climate change deniers, such as those in the LNP, are apparently unconcerned regarding the impact of climate change on agriculture and the prospect of food insecurity.
The Liberal and Nationals readiness to undermine energy project investment by creating uncertainty on targets, is grossly irresponsible.
In the last two elections the electorate expressed its strong belief in the inevitability of climate change. This Coalition government will never be a viable contender for government until they start listening to the electorate and start to be a bit more honest with their facts.
Regards, Pieter DE VISSER, Korora.
prevails.
Why does the State Government want the dividends for the City to remain in the realm of politicians’ promises?
And do we face the double indignity of losing much of our foreshore to a property developer and underwriting that developer’s profit?
Regards, Frank SCAHILL, Coffs Harbour.
DEAR News Of The Area,
DEAR News Of The Area,
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Sited on a corner block with views to the Hinterland, the home offers an oasis from the hustle and bustle of life.
Formal entry that flows to the kitchen and dining room, with a lounge room with feature windows that bring the views inside.
A small conservatory then opens up onto the large rear deck which is screened with retractable patio screens on one side allowing the private garden to become part of the outdoor entertaining area.
A hallway leads to the main bedroom, suite sized, with walk-through robe to ensuite, whilst two other bedrooms and a bathroom run off the hallway.
Both bedrooms have built-in robes as well as ducted air conditioning throughout the entire upstairs area.
Downstairs is the laundry and an additional
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Also downstairs is a double lock up garage and separate workshop/ storage area as well as an additional single garage to the side of the home.
Out the back is a concreted utility area, great for drying clothes, or perhaps setting up a semi outdoor gym.
The home needs a little tender loving care to bring it back to its prior glory, but certainly not what you would describe as a doer upper.
Agents: Chris Hines (0439 667 719) and Kim McGinty (0432 953 796).
Benji on the world stage
By Kim SATCHELL
PERU is hosting the premier international junior surfing competition, the ISA World Junior Surfing Championship (WJSC), from 5-14 December 2025.
Emerald Beach local and popular Kiwi transplant Benji Lowen will be representing New Zealand in the U16 division at Punta Rocas and will be
carrying the support of the Coffs Harbour Boardriders Club and the whole surfing community of the Coffs Coast.
The road to the WJSC is the most direct pathway to Olympic glory. It is a vital testing ground for any young aspiring surfer seeking a professional career beginning in the World Qualifying Series, then
the Challenger Series, and the ultimate prize of the Championship Tour.
The international event brings teams from surfing nations all over the world with the groups of 12 consisting of three boys and three girls in u16 and u18 divisions.
When Benji first arrived at Emerald Beach several years ago as a grom, his potential was clear.
He has blossomed into a potent surfing weapon, featuring in the winning Coffs Harbour team in the Australian Boardriders Battle (ABB) NSW Northern Qualifier on 15 November, which provides entrance into the ABB Grand Final in March 2026.
In July, Benji dominated his division with a convincing win at Park Beach in solid conditions to
Coffs junior cricket wrap
By Aiden BURGESS
SIXERS Cricket League Coffs Harbour’s junior season continued with the latest round of matches played across the Coffs Coast.
Under 16s
Sawtell Sloggers continued their undefeated start to the season with an eight-wicket win against Bellingen/Dorrigo in Urunga.
The home side finished at 8/55 from 18 overs after winning the toss and electing to bat.
Jude Aspden took 2-2 from two overs for Sawtell, and Cooper Meadows took 2-8 from three overs.
Sawtell reached the target in the 13th over with Cooper Meadows leading his side home on 27 not out.
Mollie Young took 2-6 from two overs for Bellingen/Dorrigo.
The Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels consolidated second spot on the ladder with a seven wicket win
against Diggers Cricket Club at Reg Ryan Oval.
Diggers posted 8/88 from 18.4 overs, after the Rebels won the toss and elected to bowl.
Jacka Britton top scored for his side with 50, and Manat Singh had a great spell taking 3-0 from two overs for the Rebels.
Prabhjot Virk took 3-5 from two overs, and Balkaran Singh Johal took 2-3 from 1.4 overs.
The Rebels chased down the total in the 10th over.
Prabhjot Virk led his side home smashing 44 not out off 20 balls.
Under 14s
The Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels Lions continued their undefeated start to the season, accounting for the Sawtell Storm by five wickets in Woolgoolga.
Sawtell won the toss and elected to bat, finishing at 6/73 from 20 overs.
Liam Watson retired on 18 not out, and Digby Kelsall took 2-5 from one over for
the Rebels.
The Rebels reached the target in the 14th over, William Jamieson top scored with 20, and Liam Watson took 2-4 from one over for the Storm.
Diggers Cricket Club defeated the Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels Hawks by 84 runs at Reg Ryan Oval.
Diggers posted 4/139 from 20 overs, after the Rebels won the toss and elected to bowl.
Sejal Singh Mahal retired on 43 not out off 20 balls and Benjamin Walsh was next best with 25.
Byron Dawson took 2-9 from two overs for the Rebels.
Diggers defended their total keeping the Rebels to 9/55 from 18 overs.
Divan Biro took 3-6 from two overs, and Benjamin Walsh took 2-7 from two overs.
The Nana Glen Lizards were also winners in Round 5, edging out Coffs Colts Cricket Club by two runs at
Jetty Oval.
The Lizards scored 6/69 from their 20 overs after winning the toss and electing to bat.
Jack O'Connor finished on 21 not out for the Lizards.
Nana Glen did well defending a smaller total, restricting the Colts to 6/67 from 20 overs.
Luke Garnett took 2-4 from two overs for the Lizards, and Kaelan McInerney took 2-7 from two overs.
The Macksville Bulls consolidated second spot on the ladder with a 59-run win against Coffs Colts Cricket Club at Forsyth Park.
The Bulls won the toss and elected to bat, going on to finish at 3/134 from 20 overs.
Nate Brownhill finished on 36 not out, and John Bell retired on 32 not out.
The Bulls defended their total keeping the Colts to 6/75 from 20 overs.
William Byron finished unbeaten on 37, and Ark
take out the Rip Curl Grom Search OZ Cup, displaying an impressive ability to handle difficult conditions and posting excellent scores to seal the win.
Benji told News Of The Area that his favourite competitive highlight was “winning NZ Nationals in 2024 because all my friends and fam were there, which made the competition so fun and the win even
Gillett took 3-7 from three overs for the Bulls.
Under 12s
Diggers Cricket Club continued their undefeated start to the season with a 47-run win against Urunga Cricket Club at Reg Ryan Oval.
Diggers scored 5/109 from 20 overs after Urunga won the toss and elected to bowl.
Sejal Singh Mahal finished on 28 not out, Dominic Gee took 2-7 from three overs for Urunga, and Lennox Cantrill took 2-8 from three overs.
Diggers restricted Urunga to 3/62 from 20 overs.
Sawtell Sixers consolidated second spot on the ladder with a 60-run win against the Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels Dolphins in Woolgoolga.
The Sixers won the toss and elected to bat, setting a target of 7/97 from their 20 overs.
Percy Martin top scored with 20, and Angad Singh Atwal had a great spell for the Rebels taking 4-3 from
better”.
He has a range of sponsors supporting his aspirations including Volcom, Lost Australia, FSC, Dragon, Reef and Coopers. When asked by News Of The Area about his dream conditions and dream spot, he said “it would be pumping offshore Speedies at G-Land with a perfect roll into the tube”.
three overs.
The visitors defended their total keeping the home side to 7/37 from 13 overs.
Otis Jones took 2-0 from one over for Sawtell, and Walter Martin took 2-5 from two overs.
Macksville Bulls Blue had a 40-run win at home against Bellingen.
The home side scored 3/95 from 20 overs after winning the toss and electing to bat.
Ashton Grace top scored with 29, and Jaxzon Welsh finished on 24 not out.
The Bulls restricted Bellingen to 7/55 in the 11th over.
The Dorrigo Buzzards recorded their first win of the season, beating the Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels Sharks by three wickets in Woolgoolga.
The home side finished at 6/83 from 20 overs after winning the toss and electing to bat, Arlo Browne retired on 19 not out.
The Buzzards chased down the total with one over to spare, Sky Kitley finished on 15 not out.
q Benji Lowen surfing with style.
q Benji does a beach interview after the final of the Rip Curl Grom Search OZ Cup.
Nana Glen start T20 Cup title defence with a win
By Aiden BURGESS
THEY went through undefeated to win last season’s T20 Cup title. And the Nana Glen Lizards have continued their domination of the short form of the game, getting their premiership defence off to a winning start with a nine-wicket victory against Diggers Cricket Club at Fitzroy Oval.
Diggers were bowled out for 78 in the 19th over, after winning the toss and electing to bat.
Riley Dagger did the bulk of the damage taking 4-18 from four overs, Lizards captain Josh Bartlett took 2-7 from three overs, and Ty Adams took 2-10 from 2.3 overs.
Nana Glen made light work of the run chase reaching the target in the
eighth over, led home by Matt Giri on 47 not out off 27 balls.
Nicklaus Stanlan-Velt was next best with 27.
Sawtell Cricket Club Gold started their T20 Cup campaign with a 34-run win against Sawtell Cricket Club Blue at Richardson Park.
Sawtell Gold won the toss and elected to bat. scoring 8/157 from their 20 overs as Tom Rawding top
scored with 48.
Elijah Carle took 3-34 from four overs for Sawtell Blue, Joy D’Souza took 2-21 from four overs, and Joshua de Groot took 2-18 from two overs.
Sawtell Gold restricted Sawtell Blue to 8/123 from their 20 overs, Richie Gallichan took 2-24 from four overs, Tyh Murphy took 2-8 from two overs, and Jaybien Johnson took 2-10
Coffs cricketers bowl out gender-based violence
By Andrea FERRARI
THE Coffs Harbour Cricket Association is teaming up with domestic family violence action group GRACE (Growing Respect, Awareness and Community Empowerment) to take part in the Bowling Out Violence (BOV) campaign.
In alignment with the global 16 Days of Activism
Against Gender-Based Violence, the campaign runs from 25 November to 10 December.
To raise awareness and spark conversations about respect, equality, and safety in our community, the players will wear orange hats, symbolising a brighter future free from gender-based violence.
Coffs Harbour Cricket
Association President Aaron Singh said, “We’re happy to be collaborating with GRACE for 16 Days of Activism to raise awareness and promote zero tolerance of violence against women and girls.
“Sport has the potential to be a powerful space for cultural change by challenging sexist behaviours, language and promoting safety and respect for everyone.”
from two overs.
Alexander Cheers Flavell top scored for Sawtell Blue with 40 off 26 balls.
Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels Blue were also winners in the opening round, beating the Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels Rhinos by 43-runs at the Wiigulga Sports Complex.
Rebels Blue batted first and were all out for 156
after 19 overs, Lachlan Rook top scored with 48 and Prabhjot Singh was next best with 30.
Muhammad Shayan Khan took 4-27 from four overs for the Rhinos, and Kapil Dev took 3-20 from four overs.
Rebels Blue defended their total, bowling out the Rhinos for 113 in the 12th over.
Jashan Veerpal took 3-17 from three overs.
In the Coffs Harbour area over the last 12 months, there were 744 reports of domestic violence to the police, with many more incidents going unreported.
The cricketers believe we all have a role to play in our communities.
play in promoting positive attitudes towards women and girls, and challenging beliefs and behaviours that lead to violence,” Aaron said.
By uniting players, families, and supporters under a common cause, this collaboration aims to challenge attitudes that normalise violence and to call on men to be role models for change in our community.
The GRACE Committee and the cricket association invite all members of the community to show their support by wearing orange and joining the conversation about ending gender-based violence.
“Together, the Coffs Harbour community can be a strong advocate for change and champion respect for all,” Aaron said.
Wins to Sawtell and Woolgoolga in Round 7
By Aiden BURGESS
SAWTELL Cricket Club and the Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels have been victorious during Round 7 of the Sixers Cricket League - Coffs Harbour first grade season.
Sawtell Cricket Club continued their undefeated start to the season, defeating Diggers Cricket Club by 96 runs at Richardson Park.
The home side scored 9/200 from 40 overs after winning the toss and electing to bat.
Richie Gallichan top
scored for Sawtell with 36, and Tom Rawding was next best with 33.
Will Townsend took 3-37 from eight overs for Diggers, Ryan Smoothy took 3-42 from seven overs, and Cody Britnell took 2-31 from six overs.
Sawtell bowled out Diggers for 104 in the 39th over, Richie Gallichan took 3-10 from eight overs, Will Bailey took 2-20 from eight overs, and Flynn Taylor took 2-26 from 6.1 overs.
The Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels also got the
job done at home, beating the Nana Glen Lizards by five wickets at the Wiigulga Sports Complex.
The Rebels bowled out the Lizards for 165 in the 39th over, after the home side won the toss and elected to bowl.
Aaron Singh took 3-18 from four overs, Ian Holder took 2-11 from eight overs, Nicholas Dosanjh took 2-22 from eight overs, and Buta Singh took 2-24 from 4.1 overs.
Matt Giri top scored for the Lizards with a knock of
“Coaches and captains will deliver messages to their teams highlighting the important role that sport can 39.
The Rebels chased down the target in the 39th over.
Taj Dosanjh had a captain’s knock leading home his side on 52 not out, while Ian Holder was next best with 36.
Jonathon Paff took 2-23 from eight overs for the Lizards, and Zane Guthrie took 2-36 from 6.5 overs.
Round 8
The first-grade season continues this weekend with Round 8 matches in Dorrigo, Sawtell, and Woolgoolga.
Sawtell Cricket Club
host the Nana Glen Lizards in their top of the ladder showdown at Richardson Park.
Sawtell had a 62-run win against the Lizards when they last met in Round 3.
Bellingen District Cricket Club host Diggers Cricket Club in Dorrigo.
Bellingen had a sixwicket win when they last played in Round 3. Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels host Coffs Colts Cricket Club at the Wiigulga Sports Complex.
q Bright orange Bowling Out Violence hats invite conversations.
q Members of the GRACE action group and Blue Sky Community Services staff Oonagh Connor, Sue Currie and Tessa Douglas sporting the orange BOV hats.
Nana Glen play in Community Cup
By Aiden BURGESS
NANA Glen Lizards have taken part in this season’s NSW Community Cup; a T20 knockout competition for senior cricket clubs across NSW.
They had a busy
Sunday playing two games at Fitzroy Oval, against teams from Kempsey and Tamworth.
Nana Glen started their Community Cup campaign with an eight-wicket win against Nulla Cricket Club, in their opening round match.
The home side won the toss and elected to bowl to the Kempsey-based side.
Nulla finished at 5/110 from 20 overs, Joshua Murray top scored with 33, and Taylor Gilbert took 2-11 from four overs for the Lizards.
Nana Glen chased down the visitors’ total in the 13th over, Taylor Gilbert and Ty Adams leading their side home with Gilbert smashing 44 not out off 29 balls, and Adams finishing on 34 not out.
Matt Giri was next best for the Lizards belting 32 off 13 balls.
Nana Glen backed up for a second game on Sunday at Fitzroy Oval, taking on North Tamworth Cricket Club in the first round of the finals.
Coffs Suns women win in Ballina
By Aiden BURGESS
COFFS Harbour Suns women have been victorious during the final round of their Sunshine Basketball Conference representative season.
The Suns women will take some winning form into this season’s finals series, after beating the Ballina Breakers 84-65 in Ballina.
Kira Juffermans was on fire for the Suns having a game high 36 points.
The Suns women finished on top of the ladder with six wins and one loss.
The Suns men finished their season in Ballina, going down 82-67 to the Breakers.
This season’s finals series gets underway in Lismore
this weekend, with the Coffs Harbour Suns women playing off against the Lismore Storm for a grand final spot.
If the Suns lose, they play the winner of the Ballina Breakers vs Byron Bay Beez semi-final for a second chance
of making the grand final.
This season’s grand finals will be played during the Bronwyn Vigors Pacific Challenge, on 6-7 December at Sportz Central.
THE VALLEY Braves Division 1 men’s team
The home side were knocked out of this year's competition, with North Tamworth having a 21-run win.
The visitors set a target of 2/179 from 20 overs, after Nana Glen won the toss and elected to bowl.
Brendan Rixon finished on 68 not out off 42 balls, and Blake Scicluna finished on 59 not out.
Chasing 180 to progress to the next round, the Lizards finished at 7/158 from their 20 overs.
Matt Giri top scored with 58 off 41 balls and Brodie Bartlett smashed 55 off 38 balls.
Sawtell Cricket Club still remain in the competition, and play their first finals game against a yet to be confirmed team on Sunday, 7 December at Long Jetty.
finished their regular season undefeated, beating the Lismore Storm 94-51 during the final round at the Wiigulga Sports Complex. Cooper Patricks top scored for the Braves with 19 points. The Braves now play the Lismore Storm this weekend for a grand final spot.
Wins to Nana Glen and Woolgoolga in second grade
By Aiden BURGESS
NANA Glen Lizards and the Woolgoolga Cricket Club Rebels have both had wins during the latest round of the second-grade season.
Woolgoolga continued their undefeated start to the season with a 35-run win against Diggers Cricket Club at Fitzroy Oval.
The Rebels were bowled out for 107 in the 38th over, after Diggers won the toss and elected to bowl.
Diggers captain William Swan was the pick of his side's bowlers taking 4-19 from eight overs.
The Rebels bowlers stood up when it counted to defend their total,
Court stars
STORY STARTS on BACK COVER, Page 44 against Dunkin Disorderly. Charlotte Sommers had a game high 17 points. Mantas Mermaids also remained undefeated, beating Ring Ins 32-23 as Lisa Austin top scored with 16 points.
The Chihuahuas beat Can’t Catch A Breath 63-47, Phillip Ely, Clarke Simpson, and Oscar Taylor were joint top scorers with 18 points each.
Walsh’s Plumbing had a 56-51 win against Narwhals Net Ninjas, during the fourth round of the Men’s C Grade season.
Arjay Robinson had a game high 30 points for the winners.
Women’s
Women’s social competition ladder leaders Mantas Mystics continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 42-29 win
Mantas Mummas beat The Young Ones 45-22. Juniors
Boys. Under 17s: Seahorses Bello 58 def. Mantas Evo 48. Mantas Yes Kings 45 def. Seahorses Champs 42. Under 15s: Narwhals Tropics 56 def. Narwhals Woopi Ballers 42. Mantas Shrimp 88 def. Mantas Maniacs 47. Seahorses Warriors 54 def. Mantas Pacers 45. Under 13s: Seahorses Hippos
dismissing Diggers for 72 in the 22nd over.
Sahibjit Singh had a super spell taking 4-2 from five overs, and Scott Jennings took 3-22 from six overs.
The Nana Glen Lizards moved into second spot on the ladder with a four wicket win against Sawtell Cricket Club at Richardson
Pairs was held at Sawtell Bowling Club on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th where 26 teams competed. Thanks to all the Players Sponsors and Organisers who supported this great event. The date for next year’s event will be announced shortly.
MONDAY Twilight Bowls 17/11/25
P Day, I Connors, L Mitchell DEF R Redman, B Connors, G Hampson G Staunton-Latimer,T Tink, A Day DEF K Mason, H Dodd, N Elford
R Avery, J Cherne, N Harvey DEF
Sawtell Golf Results
By Janet O’DOWD
18/11 MEDLEY Stableford A: Josh Siebert 39, Joey Franck 38c/b. B: Wayne Parkin 40, Chris Ryan 39. C: Jackson Hordern 40, Wayne Edwards 39. Balls to 34c/b. NTP 7 A: Oliver Brearley, B: Alistair Lane, C: Martin Linehan. NTP 11 A: Kelvin Wilton (pro pin), B: Peter McDonald, C: Geoff Pratt
Sawtell Veterans Golf
By Ian REYNOLDS
RESULTS for 24th November2025
9 Hole Stroke Net 20 Starters
Ladies
Heather Snow 33, Jean Beby 34
Men
Ken Towerton 30, Brian Bayliss 31 c/b, Mal Jensen 31 c/b
Woopi Monday Vets Golf
By Shirley STRAUCH
MONDAY 24th. November 23
starters
E Korchma, L Kratz, C Hill
R Hampson, F Sharpe, C Christian DEF J Chapman, N Foy, K Taylor
K Badoino, G Davidson, C Badonio DEF D Bonnell, B Tremayne, L Bonnell
TUESDAY Ladies Social Bowls 18/11/25
J Wheeler, T Goninan, N Foy
DEF M Masters, L Read. E Tindall
L Kratz, A Day DEF N Elford, C Weir
M McDonald, M Friend, N Harvey DEF J Cox, G StauntonLatimer, S Brandenburg
H Muir, L Savage, K Lewis DEF H Muir, B Connors, M Baguley
H Dodd – R Cook, N Feltrin, L North DEF S Mason, C Dodd, D
19/11 Final Round Stroke Paula Sercombe 67, Heather Snow 69, Lyn Lightfoot 71, Trish Bailey 72c/b, Linda Wood 72, Vicki Mcnamara 73c/b, Elaine Everitt 73, Sandra Guymer 74, Kate Thornborough 75, Brenda Connors 75c/b. Pro pin 7
Urunga Men's Veterans Golf
By Ross HARDAKER
NOVEMBER 24
Rod Fussell Memorial Trophy
Stroke and putts
30 players contested today's Annual Rod Fussell Memorial Trophy , commemorating the passing of one our great mates. Winner, with a nett 70, Gary Teale, 2nd Jock Howarth, 3rd Wozz Rawlings, 73 c/b.
Run-down Grant Cardow 73, Garry Matthews, Paul Bastick 74, Arthur Hassett, Brett Bosbach, Don
Winner Chris Robinson
24
R/U c/b Mark Ashcroft
2nd. R/U Trev Kempnich 26
NTP 4th. Roy Spencer
SPORT RESULTS
S Ward, S Butcher, D Condob
d C Weatherall, D Valentine, V Valentine 16 – 12
K Frost, T Tink, R Dougles d G Adams, M Miller, J Barker 19 – 12
B Smith, J Clarke, S Jones d L Clancy, B Fane, S Willis 26 – 13
A Stone, A Orr, P Lilly d B Worboys, I Trengove, N McVicar 27 -11
P Moore, J Robinson, C Jones d G Meyer, M Finn, C Hansen 22 – 18
M Star, R Wisely, D Catling d C McLeod, C Keogh, D Hull 25 – 11
R Beaumont, S Clouten, A Campbell d K Biendfelt, M Baker, P Wroe 26 -10
M England, J Long, C England d K Raymond, A Worboys, J Murtas 21 – 15
Park Beach Women's Bowls Club
By Anne ORR
SOCIAL Bowls Wednesday 19.11.25. V Maher, C Garrett, L Clancy def M Trengrove/A McConnechy, M Gudgeon, R Jupp 1513; M England, J Clarke, S Wilson def S Myers, L McLean, J Slater 16-11; F Gaunt, J Rodwell, A Worboys
Grebert
WEDNESDAY Men’s Social Bowls19/11/25
P Obrien, G Burns, R Southam DEF R McLellan, G Hitchin, S Wilkinson
P Swain, G Peel, L Preston DEF T Brooks, R Cridge, G Denniss
T Lavelle, D Melia, B Blight DEF L Zecchinati, W Vaughn, J Townsend
M Aujard, G Campbell, B Newling DEF W Hall, D Anderson, A Sorbello
A Jones, D Hyde, S Sillar DEF R Williams, B Martin, P Collins
A Baker, C Christian, M Sharpe DEF I Maderic, G Walsh, M Jenkins
B Pemberton, D Bond, W Meadows DEF G Fisher, D Frost, N
Rebecca Goldsmith. 21/11 Medley Stableford
John Gordon 38, Judith Woodfield (Ocean Shores) 33c/b. Balls to 32 22/11 Men's 4BBB
Championship Final Round
Michael Hart & Kevin Shipley 48, Archie & Aussie Foy 46c/b,
Adams, Selwyn Newby, all with 75 c/b. Bradmans John Anselmi 92. NTPs 3rd Grant Cardow, 18th Bob Jones.
Longest Putt Tom Faulkner. Slab Winner Tony Shields. The winner of the prestigious Rod Fussell Trophy, Dave Baldock, with 38 Putts.
Well done Dave, look forward to sharing that Red with you.
Unfortunately Rod's son, Charlie was not able to join us this year. In his absence, the Trophy was presented by Dave McGilvray, who, incidentally celebrated his 85th birthday on Sunday.
Sue Kempnich
NTP 7th. Chris Robbo Di
Richards
NTP 9th. Pete Smart Di Richards
Putting Chris Robbo 14
W Moore, A Oakley, L Morris
d P Booth, J Dunn, M Berube 31 – 11
H Major, C Domjohn, K Morrison d K Elliot, Y Hindsley, G Hindsley 21 – 12
D Wilson, B Nicholson, S McInereny d J Phillips, P Wirth, G Stanford 20 – 12
Thursday Mens Triples 20/11/2025
B Garner, B Trotman, D Catling d R Beaumont, S Bailey, D Campbell 23 – 18
D Burridge, T Wisely, M McCabe d R Kelly, R Host, G Stamford 20 – 16
C Weatherall, D Valentine, T Erskine d J kindred, C Kindred, S Kindred 21- 10
def K Elliott, B Bodel, L Loadsman 27-4; K Wilson, M Long, A Orr D Futcher
def M Webb, J Farrell, K Dunn, J Pearce-Kennedy 189-18; T Sullivan, Y Hinsley, M Watt def S Betts, D Doyle, V Slater 26-10. Social Bowls Friday 1911-24. N Lumley, G Duffey def C McVicar, N McVicar 17-15; J Phillips, M Star def S Bailey, D Walsh 23-11; M England, C England def T Sillar
R Mitchell, A Birse, P Cook DEF R Smithers, S Shaw, R Petterson
M Hastings, I Muller, A Vivian DEF N McClelland, J Richardson, J Urge
THURSDAY 20/11/25 Ladies Triples Championships
H Muir, L Kratz, L North DEF J Wheeler, N Staff, K Stirling
B Connors, B Pyke, N Foy DEF M Friend, M Baguley, C Dodds
N Elford, L Savage, N Harvey DEF N Feltrin, A Day, C Weir
FRIDAY Mixed Social Bowls 21/11/25
W Masters, M Masters, K Stirling DEF D Frost, S Sillar, N Sillar
J Wills, A Baker, B Blight DEF G
Cameron & James Murdoch 46, Aaron Taylor & Benjamin Foy 45c/b. Balls to 42c/b. NTP 7 A: Lochie Smith, B: John Arnold, C: Phillip O'Dwyer. NTP 11 A: Mark Flint (pro pin), B: Marc Carroll, C: Joe Cavallaro Ladies Stableford
A Dorrington, B Worboys, H Major d M Miller, S Jones, W Moore 17 – 16
J Lownes, B Smith, C Hansen d P North, P Booth, J Dunn 18 – 15
P Wirth, R Douglas, I Rose d W Grimshaw, J Robinson, G Hinsley 38 – 11
D Hull, S Butcher, D Condon d M Lee, P Moore, K Morrison 19 – 18
C Bryant, G Adams, R Alford d K Crooks, J Long, P Rambow 18 – 14
J Eddy, B Walmsley, G Coleman d R Wisely, I Trengove, K Kaaden 16 – 15
M Hodge, R Ryan, G Cunningham d C Lloyd, L Goodacre, P Toy 24 – 14
Sullivan, L Loadsman 15-11; A Stone, K Read def Elaine and Tony 17-14; M Monck, R Jupp def A Crawford, S Crawford 22-15; L Clancy, C Venturi def C Nightingale, R Oakley 14-13; K Blow, T Blow def N Barker, J Barker 31-4; D Hargraves, C Cutt, E Schmidt def P Webb, S Jones, A Worboys 27-10; R DeMeio, J Woodford def D Futcher, J Slater 21-18; K Elliott, J Farrell, def K Raymond, J Murtas 19-14.
Staunton-Latimer, K Byers, E Byers
N Kotrozos, R Williams, Jon Townsend DEF E Tindall, J Hall, N Staff
W Vaughn, N McLelland, D Anderson DEF A Day, C Weir, P Weir G Hampson, N Elford, Ken Taylor DEF D Isaacs, R Stock, W Meadows R Moros, A Sorbello DEF G Peel, L Preston D Hyde, G Flynn, J Flynn DEF T Brooks, R Cridge, A Taylor H Muir, N Foy, R Flynn DEF R Avery, F Sharpe, M Sharpe J Urge, G Dennis, T Karam DEF Kev Taylor, Jan Townsend, B Penfold
P Day, J Chapman, C Christian DEF J Brown, J Smithers, R Morris
Vicki Macnamara 38 Ladies 9 hole Stableford Jean Dummer 16c/b. Saturday Sal Brenda Connors 23/11 American Foursomes Ruth & Lochie Smith 62.875, Emma & Josh De Groot (Coffs Harbour) 71.25. Balls to 75.25
Paul
The
went to its
Col Cafferky with 22 putts.
No birdies to mention but Chris shot a 4 over which is pretty good for an old retired schoolteacher.
Macrea is in a winning mood, last week for a win, this week the NAGA to collect a dozen reclaimed balls.
Frog
creator
The Xmas do will be on 22nd. December.
q Cindy Domjahn and Val Valentine.
q Dave McGilvray, right, presenting Dave Baldock with his Trophy.
Unrealestate Agent
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IGA Supermarket
Spar Supermarket Urunga
Foodworks Urunga
Urunga Bowling Club
Welcome Dental Urunga
Lindsay’s Oysters Kombu Wholefoods
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Bellingen Golf
Cardows Urunga
Bellingen Diggers Swimming Club
By Lois LANE
20.11.25
WE HAD swimmers tonight. RACE 1 $ 75m Freestyle HEAT 1
Peter Allison went for hell to leather coming first and in second was Jill Williams HEAT 2
Amanda Vockler put the pedal
CEX Woolgoolga Lawn Bowls
By Sue BRACHER
TUESDAY 11/25. Rink 1: J Lynn, H Katala (D) A Plain, B Merchant. (16/14)
Coffs CEX Social Golf
By Steve ROBINSON
16 NOVEMBER 2025
Coffs CEX Social Golf Club played on Sunday 16 November 2025 at Macksville, Single
Coffs Harbour District Darts
By Ray BEASLEY
SAWTELL RSL Club
Coffs Harbour Golf Club
By Vicki SILVER
MONDAY Vets ResultsMonday 24th November 2025
46 Members and visitors played a single stableford with
Coffs Harbour Ladies Golf Club
By Leah RAY
TUESDAY 18th NOVEMBER 9
HOLE PAR A GRADE WINNERS - 1. Sandra Dollin +3, 2. Suzanne McOrist +2 B GRADE WINNERS
Coffs Harbour Rifle Club
By Geoffrey HART
NOVEMBER 19 - Howard St Rimfire Range. The 30m Field Class match was conducted with 28 participants. Master Grade:
Daniel Finlay 94.8, Ben R 93.7, Jake Buckley 92.10, Stuart D 89.7, A Grade: Cherelle Steinhardt 91.8, Johan Greyling 88.3, Alan Newey 87.4, Matt Walsh 85.3, Kieren Ward 83.6, Lindsay
Coffs Table Tennis Results
By Margaret ILES
FRIDAY 21st November, 2025
Mid North Coast Veterans Golfers Association
By Colin CUTT
TUESDAY, 18th November, 37
MNC Veteran golfers competed in a single stableford at Bellingen Golf Course. This was also the final round of the championships
SPORT RESULTS
to the metal coming first, in second was Elizabeth Casey and in third was Colin Redman.
FINAL
Peter Allison swam like the wind coming first, in second was Jill Williams and in third was Colin Redman.
RACE 2 25m Breaststroke
HEAT 1
Peter Allison had his froggy legs on coming first, in second was Jill Williams and in third was Jim Baird.
Rink 2: R Gurber, A Wroe, (D) H Pallister, J Weston (24/14)
Rink 3: T McKenzie, P Buck (D) S Oliver, R Shaw (20/19) Rink 4: H Schultz, J Taylor (D) S Barnard, L Walsh (20\13). Rink 5 : Fred C, K Costelloe (D) Mark, , J Weston. (18/16). J Hampstead, R Bennell
Stableford. Sponsor Cex Intra Golf Club.
Results were as follows:
Winner: Amrik Thandi (44pts)
Runner Up: Dave Turnbull (44pts c/b)
Ball Winners: Ben Gately (43), Ron McDonald (40), Maurice Tate
GRADE WINNERS - 1. Romana Murphy 40, 2. Tracey Kean 38, B GRADE WINNERS - 1. Margot
McConachy 79.3, Phillip Payne
69.1, B Grade: Carl P 88.2, Sarah Jones 84.3, Michelle D 78.5, Gary McKinnon 75.3, Member-832 73.3, C Grade: Matt Hoy 74.4, Member-952 73.3, Michael Walker 73.2, Kevin Mackay 72.5, Member-926 70.2, Phillip Ward
69.0, Phil Hartmann 62.1, Mitch Upton 49.0, Andrea Ward 45.0, Michael F 42.0, Visitors: Peta Veitch 75.4, Nathan Cooper 53.0
The 50m F-Class match was conducted with 11 participants.
Group A (Division 1 & 2)
Reece Baker d Dominic Arjona 3/0, Lachlan Dierkx d Char Berglund 3/0, Paul Hendriks d Nick Jankovic 3/0, King McKie d Bo Zhang 3/0.
Division 1
for A & B grades.
It was great to be back playing at Bellingen, which is due to the perseverance and very hard work of the members and the new owners.
Winner: Gavin Brown 36, 1st runner-up Col Osland 35 c/b, 2nd runner-up Stan McCabe 35 c/b, 3rd runner up Matt Lark 35.
HEAT 2
Colin Redman held on by the skin of his teeth coming first, closely followed by Amanda Vockler and in third was Elizabeth Casey.
RACE 3 50m Freestyle
HEAT 1
Jill Williams made this her race coming first, in second was Jim Baird and in third was Peter Allison.
HEAT 2
Colin Redman went like a
(D) Cheryl, R Ryan (18/15) Rink 7: G McInnerney, C Davis (D) D Barnard, G Pallister, (34/11)
Friday 21//11/25, (Rink1) C Boyden, C Davis (D) Jen Gibbon, R Whelan (21/18) Rink 2: Helmut Schulz, Rick B (D) John S Rod S. (20/16) Rink 3: H Pallister. G
(40), Courtney Robinson (39), Troy Henderson (38), Mike Watkin (38), Kel Wilton (37), Carmel Hill (37), Mitchell Howe (37).
NTP’s: Carmel Hill (3rd), Wayne Edwards (5th),Denise Turnbull (12th), Kel Wilton (17th &10th in two).
Daniel Finlay 195.11, Ben R 194.10, Phil Hartmann 194.8, Cherelle Steinhardt 193.7, Carl P 190.7, Johan Greyling 190.5, Michael F 185.4, Member-952 184.2, Daniel Rees 182.4, Member-926 181.3, Mitch Upton 180.2, Brianna Rees 172.2
November 22 - Dairyville Rifle Range, 400m Long Range match. F-OPEN (from a possible 120): Mykel Watson 120.13, Greg Roberts 120.13, Theo G 118.10, Joel Walker 114.6, F-TR (from
Reece Baker d King McKie 3/0, Lachlan Dierkx d Paul Hendriks 3/2, Paul Hendriks d King McKie 3/1, Reece Baker d Lachlan Dierkx 3/2. WINNER: Reece Baker from Lachlan Dierkx.
NTP’s: 3rd – Terry Noble, 12th – Linne Street, 7th – Joe Street, 16th – No winner. Ball run to 32 pts. Col Osland had a fine Eagle on the 14th hole (2/4)! Well done!
Also, on Tuesday 18/11/2025), 27 MNC Veteran golfers competed in a single stableford at CEX Urunga Golf
torpedo coming first, in second was Amanda Vockler and in third was Elizabeth Casey.
RACE 4 Brace Relay
Elizabeth Casey and Jill Williams showed them how it was done coming first, in second was Jim Baird and Peter Allison and in third was Colin Redman and Amanda Vockler.
A great night had by all, come and join us for some fun and laughter at Macksville Pool on Thursday night at 5.45.
Pallister(D) J Taylor, P Buck (16/13) Rink 4: L Walsh, H Katala (D) Richard, Julie Lynn ( 24/13) Rink 5: G Lane, B Parker (D) R Gurber, B Merchant. (18/16). Rink 6: L Walsh, A Plain (D) J Burgess, K Costello (26/21). Rink 7: Jeff M, S Oliver (D) P Diamond, J Hampstead.
Chip In’s: Wayne Edwards, Courtney Robinson, Troy Henderson, Mitchell Howe, Amrik Thandi, Dave Turnbull & Denise Turnbull.
Next Game is at Bellingen on Sunday 30 November 2025, 7.30 am Tee Time. All Welcome.
Men C Grade
Winners: Asttan & Kurt Runners up: Trevor & Cameron 180s
Kurt (1)
Sandy Skinner 18 c/b Nearest the Pins: 3rd Hole: Kirsty Arthur & Jeff Howett
6th Hole: Lois Elworthy & Chris Oddy
Next week is PICNIC DAY - bring a champagne glass !!
Bath, 26th - Karen Brown, Sue Morgan, Emma Mayfield-Smith SATURDAY 22nd NOVEMBER
SINGLE STABLEFORD OVERALL WINNERS 1. Joanne Hickey 47 2. Jo Symons 43 (CB) 3. Natalie Heckenberg 43 NTPs - 3rd hole - Joanne Hickey, 22nd -Lindy Ingham, 26th - Trish Nance a possible 120): Al Phillips 119.9, Tony Queitzsch 96.1, F-STANDARD A Grade (from a possible 120): Daniel Finlay 112.3, Robert Ramsey 110.3, SPORTER (from a possible 100): Max Archer 99.10, Noah Finlay 98.10, Mitch Upton 93.3, Wendi Holl 83.2, The Bisley Match: F-OPEN (from a possible 60): Mykel Watson 60.6, Greg Roberts 59.4, Al Phillips 58.4, SPORTER (from a possible 50): Theo G 48.5
Division 2
Bo Zhang d Dominic Arjona 3/1, Nick Jankovic d Char Berglund 3/1, Dominic Arjona d Char Berglund 3/0, Bo Zhang d Nick Jankovic 3/2. WINNER: Bo Zhang from Nick Jankovic.
Course, which also was the final round of the championships for C grade players.
Winner – Robert Rose 37, 1st runner-up Michael Bellew 36, 2nd runner-up Geoff Sheridan 35.
NTP’s: 3rd – Robert Potts, 9th – Alan Guthrie, 16th John Clancy, 18th – Shadley Fataar.
Ball run to 32 pts.
WHITTERON Abigail (nee Gail SCOLARI)
13th November 2025, passed peacefully at RFBI Bellingen Masonic Village (Bellorana). Late of Boambee East, formerly of Urunga. Daughter of Ken & Betty Scolari (both dec’d) of Urunga. Loving mother of Rowan Scolari and partner Nicole. Adored nona of Seth and Ruby Scolari. Cherished sister of Sheryn, Peter and Rodney Scolari. Abigail will be sadly missed by all her family and friends.
Aged 75 Years Till We Meet Again
Abigail was privately cremated at Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour.
Family and friends are kindly invited to attend a Celebration of Abigail’s Life to be held at Urunga Bowling Club, Orana Street, Urunga on Wednesday 3rd December 2025 commencing at 11.00am.
KEITH LOGUE & SONS
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Coffs Harbour 6652 1999
Death Notice
O’Neill, Shirley Joy
CARSON
William Hugh ‘Bill’
10th November 2025, passed unexpectedly with family by his side. Late of Coffs Harbour. Dearly beloved husband of Nancy. Adored father of Julie, Steven, Peter and Tony. Fond grandfather of his many grandchildren.
Aged 81 Years
Resting In Peace
A private family Graveside Service was held for Bill at Coffs Harbour Lawn Cemetery, Karangi.
KEITH LOGUE & SONS
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Coffs Harbour 6652 1999
Passed away aged 99 at RFBI Masonic Village, Coffs Harbour. A loving, incredible mother to Jon, Karl, Eon & Howard (dec), Yes, but there are stories! Adoring each grandchild with boundless love, Scott, Craig, Markeeta, Christian, Nathan, Kahn, Noah, Violet & Lauren and the great (& great-great!) grandkids with equal devotion. Jeanie’s life was filled with an incredible extended family, friends, love, food, laughter and happiness. (And the occasional wicked joke!). To all, thank you.
From the family, a deeply personal thankyou to Jeanie’s carers at the RFBI Masonic Village, Coffs Harbour. To share the last few years of her life and passing of our beloved mother with you has been an extraordinary experience. Your professionalism, care & friendship is outstanding.
Passed peacefully 14th November 2025
Aged 89 years
Beloved wife of Kevin. Loving mother and mother-in-law of Dell & Karl and Ross & Trish. Treasured grandmother of her six grandchildren. Adored great-grandmother of her 12 great-grandchildren.
Absent from the body, home with the Lord
~ As per the family wishes, Shirley has been privately cremated ~
Save the date:
We will be holding a celebration of Jean’s life on what would have been her 100th birthday. Wednesday 13th May 2026 at 11am At Cartmill Park, NYMBOIDA.
ANDERSON
Dennis Geoffrey ‘DA’ 20th November 2025, passed peacefully at Coffs Harbour Health Campus, surrounded by his loving family. Late of Toormina. Dearly beloved husband of Christina ‘Chris’. Loving father and father-in-law of Nikki & Peter, Kim and Cahn. Cherished grandfather.
Aged 78 Years
He Shaped Dreams And Waves Leaving Behind A Legacy Of Craftsmanship And His Love For The Ocean
A private family Funeral Service will be held for Dennis at Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour.
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Dennis’ Memorial Service to be held at Sawtell Golf Club on Thursday 11th December 2025 commencing at 11.30 am.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS Coffs Harbour 6652 1999
BROWN
Lee-Anne ‘Lee’
24th November 2025, passed away peacefully at The Grange Aged Care. Late of Coffs Harbour. Much loved sister of Adrian and Barry. Remembered fondly by all her extended family and friends.
Aged 90 Years Forever In Our Hearts And Never Forgotten
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Lee’s Funeral Service to be held in the Chapel of Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour on Tuesday 2nd December 2025 commencing at 2.30 pm.
KEITH LOGUE & SONS
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Coffs Harbour
6652 1999
GALL, Phillip Brian ‘Phil’
21st November 2025, passed away at home, late of Sapphire Beach. Dearly beloved husband of Glenda. Much loved father of Erin, Claire, Jennifer and Phillipa.
Out For 71 An Incredible Innings For The Great Man
A private Family Funeral Service was held for Phil, followed by private cremation at Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour.
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend a Celebration of Phil’s Life to be held in the Lakeside Bungalow, The Link, Toormina on Wednesday 3rd December 2025 between 1.00 pm and 4.00 pm.
In lieu of floral tributes the family would appreciate donations be made to https://careflight.org/.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Coffs Harbour
6652 1999
LAND
Dennis Colin
25th November 2025, passed away peacefully at St. Joseph’s Aged Care Coffs Harbour. Dearly beloved husband of Kay (dec’d). Much loved father and father-in-law of Dennis, Daryl & Andrew, Karen & Bruce and Mel & Pete. Adored grandpa and great-grandpa of their children.
Aged 93 Years Reunited With Kay
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Dennis’ Funeral Service to be held in the Chapel of Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour on Friday 5th December 2025 commencing at 10.00 am.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Coffs Harbour 6652 1999
John Lucas
25th November 2025
Passed away peacefully at the Coffs Harbour Health Campus. Late of The Lakes Village. A much loved husband of Fay, loving father and father-in-law of Bob & Chris and Donna (Dec). Loved grandfather of Ben, Toby, Sarah and Jack and greatgrandfather of Mel, Tess, Chloe, Logan, Tommi, Lilly and Jason.
Aged 87 Years
Gone Fishing
Family and friends are warmly invited to attend John’s farewell service to be held on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025 at 11am in the chapel of the Coffs Harbour Crematorium, Coramba Road, Karangi. Livestreaming is available from our website.
VICTOR RULLIS
FUNERAL SERVICES
(02) 6651 5007 www.funeralcoffsharbour.com.au
PRINCE, Wayne John
19th November 2025, passed away peacefully at Coffs Harbour Health Campus, surrounded by his loving family. Late of Toormina. Dearly beloved husband of Jean. Much loved father and father-in-law of Shane & Wendy. Adored poppy of Audrey and Jack.
Aged 81 Years Now At Rest
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Wayne’s Funeral Service to be held in St. Nicholas’ Anglican Church, Sawtell on Thursday 4th December 2025 commencing at 10.30 am, thence for interment in Woolgoolga Cemetery, Woolgoolga.
Please find livestream details on Keith Logue & Sons website.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Coffs Harbour 6652 1999
ROGAN, Ruth Inez
02.04.1934 - 21.11.2025
Passed away peacefully. Late of Wahroonga, Coffs Harbour, Coolah, Dorrigo.
Loving wife of Jack (deceased). Much loved & will be greatly missed. Family & friends are warmly invited to celebrate Ruth’s life at Rose Chapel, Macquarie Park Crematorium 11:45am Friday 12th December 2025. https://gregoryandcarr.com.au/
SIMPSON
Herbert Richard ‘Herb’ 20th November 2025, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family. Late of Urunga. Dearly beloved husband of Margaret (dec’d). Loving father and father-in-law of David & Melissa, Karen and Peter. Adored granddad and ’Matey’. Herb was a cherished member of the Urunga Community.
Aged 85 Years Deeply Missed By His Family And Friends
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Herb’s Funeral Prayers to be celebrated in Holy Name Catholic Church, Urunga on Tuesday 2nd December 2025 commencing at 2.00 pm, followed by private cremation at Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Coffs Harbour 6652 1999
More Funeral Notices over the page. See Page 36
Marcus Franklin Sims
Passed away peacefully on Saturday, 22nd November 2025 at his home in Valla surrounded by his family & friends, aged 77 years. Beloved husband of Val. Loved dad of Justin and Kynan (dec), father-in-law to Colleen and grandfather to Zoe & Harrison (who fondly called him Gramps). Loved stepdad of Caterina, Sabrina and Sophia. Dog father to Bundie, Chiko and Buddy (dec). Our lives are forever changed and we will feel his loss deeply as he was an incredible man, talented, resourceful, innovative & artistic as well as self-taught plumber, builder, tiler, boat builder, renovator of old houses & a passionate rock climber. There was nothing he couldn’t do and his problem solving skills were amazing.
Family and friends are invited to attend Marcus’s funeral service to be held at 11am on Friday, 5th December 2025 in the Chapel of the Coffs Harbour Crematorium, Coramba Road, Karangi.
Livestreaming is available from our website.
VICTOR
RULLIS
(02) 6651 5007 www.funeralcoffsharbour.com.au
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Edward ‘Ed’
21st November 2025, peacefully at Coffs Harbour Health Campus surrounded by family. Late of Glenreagh, formerly of Coffs Harbour. Dearly beloved husband of Anne. Loving father of Tracy, Yvonne and Simon. Adored grandfather of Leigh, Claire, Bianca, Reece and great-grandfather of Tyler, Kai, Grace, Luka and Griffin.
Aged 83 Years
Ed lived with a storyteller’s soul and a comedian’s heart, leaving us with stories to cherish and laughter to carry us through.
Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend Ed’s Funeral Service to be held in the Chapel of Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour on Tuesday 2nd December 2025 commencing at 1.00 pm.
In lieu of floral tributes the family would appreciate donations to Coffs Harbour Oncology. A collection box will be available at the Chapel.
Please find livestream details on Keith Logue & Sons website.
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SPICKS AND SPECKS
ABC TV, 7.30pm
With a fan base as devoted as any rock band, this music trivia show is still entertaining audiences 20 years after it first burst onto the scene. Tonight, host Adam Hills and team captains Alan Brough and Myf Warhurst welcome another OG back to the panel: Angie Hart (pictured, middle), the lead singer of pop band Frente! who appeared on the show’s pilot episode in 2005. In fact, Hart was a pioneer of the show’s “Substitute” round, singing from the Torana 1600 service manual. She’s on the mic again this time, hoping teammates Brough and Zoë Coombs Marr (pictured, with Hart) can decode lyrics from a table tennis strategy guide.
FRIDAY, November 28
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Gardening Australia. Celebrates Jane Edmanson’s 38 years on the ABC.
8.30 Maigret. (Mav) Maigret grapples with his failure and tries to understand the man whom he failed to protect.
9.20 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) Hosted by Tom Gleeson.
9.55 Crime Night! (PG, R) Hosted by Julia Zemiro.
10.25 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R)
10.55 ABC Late News.
11.10 Silent Witness. (M, R)
12.15 Rage New Music. (MA15+dhlnsv)
5.00 Rage. (PG)
MONDAY
THE ROOKIE
SEVEN, 8.30pm
One of this police procedural’s most elusive villains returns for Monday’s compelling season seven finale. Affable sociopath Oscar Hutchinson (Matthew Glave) has been on the run since escaping from prison at the end of season six, but seasoned cop John Nolan (Nathan Fillion, pictured) is hot on the fugitive’s tail. Nolan heads to Las Vegas with fellow detective Nyla Harper (Mekia Cox) in a determined bid to catch Hutchinson while the crook recovers some stolen diamonds buried in the desert, but the criminal always seems to be one step ahead. Elsewhere, Lopez (Alyssa Diaz) looks into a mysterious bank robbery, while couple Chen (Melissa O’Neil) and Bradford (Eric Winter) adjust to her new work schedule.
THURSDAY
TOPKNOTZ
NBN, 8.30pm
“Who’s ready to holiday?” asks an excitable Grant Denyer in this action-packed aquatic adventure series. The Gold Logie-winning presenter tries out the best
marine leisure experiences the world has to offer – think helicopter rides, superyachts, snorkelling, speedboats, electric surfboards, jet skis and more – alongside culinary legend Miguel Maestre, stuntman Rob Palmer, surfer Felicity Palmateer and presenter Tom Williams (all pictured) in this 10-part travelogue. In Thursday’s second episode, the crew are in New Zealand, where they’re invited to take part in a haka, pilot a racing boat, prepare delicacies in a glacier kitchen and take on river rapids on a giant inflatable unicorn. It’s not for the faint of heart.
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Discovering Film: Robert Redford.
8.30 MOVIE: Thelma And Louise: Born To Live. (2025, M, R)
9.30 Discovering Film: Maggie Smith. (PG, R)
10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Sisi. (MA15+a, R) 11.55 Tokyo Vice. (MA15+asv, R) 2.15 Stutter School: Untold Australia. (PGa, R) 3.15 The Story Of Cheese. (R) 4.15 Home Of The Year: Scotland. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Hosted by Johanna Griggs. 8.30 MOVIE: Love Actually. (2003, Mlns, R) Explores a series of interlocking vignettes about love and romance in Britain in the weeks before Christmas. Hugh Grant, Colin Firth.
11.15 MOVIE: Firestarter. (2022, MA15+av, R) A girl gains the power to set things on fire. Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong.
1.15 In Plain Sight. (Madv)
2.30 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
5.00 NBC Today.
6.00 NBN News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Find My Beach House Australia. (Return)
8.30 MOVIE: Aquaman. (2018, Mav, R) A half-human, half-Atlantean goes on a quest. Jason Momoa, Amber Heard.
11.15 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (MA15+av, R)
12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
1.00 Drive TV: Launch Pad. (R)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)
4.30 Global Shop. (R)
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
5.30
SATURDAY, November 29
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6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 7.00 Wknd Brekky.
9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.
12.30 Return To Paradise. (PG, R) 1.25 Maigret. (Mav, R) 2.20 All Creatures Great And Small. (PG, R) 3.10 Queensland Symphony Orchestra. 4.45 Mamirnikuwi. (PG, R) 4.55 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 5.30 Landline. (R)
6.00 Australian Story: Peter Garrett. (R) Presented by Leigh Sales.
6.30 Stateline. (R) An analysis of politics and local issues.
7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.
7.30 Return To Paradise. (PG) A CEO is poisoned at a corporate retreat.
8.30 Vera. (Mav, R) Vera and her team investigate a hit-and-run and a stabbing death in a remote Northumberland valley.
10.00 The Forsytes. (PG, R) James attempts to sabotage Joylon.
10.55 Bergerac. (Mal, R) Bergerac goes rogue with a new lead. 11.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
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6am Children’s Programs. 6pm Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.10 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Paddington. 6.45 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Andy And The Band. 7.10 Piripenguins. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Hard Quiz Kids. 8.00 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament Of Houses. 8.40 Chopped Junior. 9.25 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.05 Abbott Elementary. 10.25 Speechless. 10.50 Late Programs.
6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 DD India News Hour. 9.00 The Point. (R) 9.10 Matched. (PG, R) 10.00 Puppy Secrets: The First Six Months. (R) 11.00 Shepherdess. (PG, R) 12.00 BBC News At Ten. 12.30 Soccer. Australian Championship. Semi-final 1. 3.30 Soccer. Australian Championship. Semi-final 2.
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 A Royal Guide To Christmas.
8.25 Christmas In The Cotswolds. (R) A look at The Cotswolds at Christmas.
8.00 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (PG) Heat five features an array of unique talent.
8.50 The Forsytes. (PG) Jolyon recommits to his family.
9.45 Return To Paradise. (PGa, R)
10.45 When The War Is Over. (PGa, R)
11.15 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R)
11.40 Nigella’s Christmas Bites. (R)
12.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.00 Dream Gardens. (R)
3.30 The Art Of. (Ml, R)
4.00 Gardening Australia. (R)
5.00 Insiders. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Bitesize. (PGaw, R) 9.10 Matched. (PG, R) 10.00 Puppy Secrets: The First Six Months. (R) 11.00 Ireland’s Secrets From Above. (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 When The World Watched. (Premiere) 4.00 My Rembetika Blues. (R) 5.35 Blood Money: Inside The Nazi Economy. (PGaw, R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Pearl Harbor: Battle In The Pacific.
8.30 Troy Story. 10.15 Bronze Age Apocalypse. (R) 11.55 Peter O’Toole: Along Sky Roads To Aqaba. (MA15+l, R)
1.35 Franklin. (MA15+l, R)
3.15 Tutankhamun. (PG, R)
4.20 Home Of The Year: Scotland. (Ml, R)
4.55 Japan Bitesize. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning.
5.15 France 24 Feature.
5.30 APAC Weekly.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Jabba’s Movies. (PGv, R) 12.30 Border Security. (PG, R) 1.00 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Round 13. Adelaide Grand Final. Day 1. Qualifying and support races. 3.00 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Round 13. Adelaide Grand Final. Day 1. Pre-race and race 33.
9.10 MOVIE: Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit. (1993, G, R) A group of nuns attempts to save a school. Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith. 11.25 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 13. Adelaide Grand Final. Day 1. Highlights.
12.25 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. (PG, R)
1.25 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 It’s Academic. (R)
5.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R)
6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG)
of Australasia.
6.00 NBN News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 MOVIE: Barbie. (2023, PGlv, R) Barbie leaves Barbieland for the first time. Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling.
9.50 MOVIE: Hairspray. (2007, PGls, R)
A teen auditions for a TV dance show. Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron.
12.00 MOVIE: Suburbicon. (2017, MA15+alv, R)
2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PG)
2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 Global Shop. (R)
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Mark Coles Smith. 7.30 Selling Houses Australia. A couple want to travel in a converted bus.
8.40 Location, Location, Location Australia. (R) Follows property experts Mitch Edwards and Mark McKie as they search for the perfect home for two sets of buyers.
9.50 Harry And Meghan: The Rise And Fall. (PGa) Looks at Harry and Meghan’s life. 10.50 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mv, R) The team hunts down a team of killers. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.
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ABC FAMILY (22) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Ice Hockey. NHL. Columbus Blue Jackets v Pittsburgh Penguins. 1.40pm Soccer. English Premier League. Newcastle United v Manchester City. Replay. 3.40 Surfing Australia. 4.40 Young Sheldon. 5.10 MOVIE: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. (2005, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers. (2002,
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 1.00 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Round 13. Adelaide 500. Day 2. Qualifying and support races. 3.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 13. Adelaide 500. Day 2. Pre-race and race 34.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 7NEWS Spotlight. 8.00 Ultimate Crash Test. (Premiere, PGal) Looks at what happens in a multi-vehicle pileup.
10.00 MOVIE: Green Book. (2018, Ml, R) A pianist hires a tough-talking chauffeur. Viggo Mortensen.
12.40 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 13. Adelaide 500. Day 2. Highlights.
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News.
5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 NBN News.
7.00 60 Minutes.
8.00 Live Aid: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took On The World. (Ml) 10.00 Essex Millionaire Murders. (Mdv) 11.00 Mobsters. (Madv) 11.50 World’s Most Dangerous Prisoners. (MA15+av, R)
12.40 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PG, R)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa)
4.30 The Garden Gurus. (R)
5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
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6.00 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 Big Brother Australia. (PGalns) Hosted by Mel Tracina. 8.10 Ghosts Australia. (PGalv) Kate and Sean meet their wealthy neighbours, and a dispute quickly escalates. 8.40 FBI. (Mv, R) Jubal’s long-time confidential informant brings intel of an impending large-scale terror attack to the team. 10.40 10 News+. (R) Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace.
ABC FAMILY
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MONDAY, December 1
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 Take 5. (PG, R) 10.30 Vera. (Mav, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Landline. (Final, R) 2.00 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) 3.00 QI. (PG, R) 3.30 Forever Summer With Nigella. (R) 3.55 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 The Point. (R) 9.05
Bitesize. (PG, R) 9.15 Outta Town Adventures. (R) 10.10 Leave No Trace. (Premiere) 11.05 The Isle Of Rum. (PGaw) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 Imagined Touch. (PGl, R) 2.35 Larapinta: End To End. (PG) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.10 We Hear You. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Bill Bailey’s Vietnam Adventure. (PG)
8.30 Never Mind The Buzzcocks Christmas. (Mls, R)
9.25 Jimmy Carr’s I Literally Just Told You. (M)
10.20 SBS News. 10.50 The Man Who Died. (Mav) 11.40 A Criminal Affair. (Mals, R) 1.20
Bowled Over: Untold Australia. (Mal, R) 2.25 Looking For Rembrandt. (PGa, R) 3.30 Boswell And Johnson’s Scottish Road Trip. (PGal, R) 4.25 Growing A Greener World. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6am Children’s Programs. 2.45pm TBA. 3.00 Children’s Programs. 5.55 Knee High Spies. 6.05 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Paddington. 6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Batwheels. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Operation Ouch! 8.30 BTN Newsbreak. 8.35 Gladiators UK. 9.35 The Crystal Maze. 10.20 Merlin. 11.05 Late Programs.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 MOVIE: Sweet Navidad. (2021, PGa, R) 2.00 Bridge Of Lies. 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Border Patrol. (PG)
7.30 Queen: In Their Own Words. (Mal, R)
8.30 The Rookie. (Final, Mav) Lopez investigates a bank robbery.
9.30 Alert: Missing Persons Unit. (Mav) A brewery foreman is kidnapped. 11.30 Autopsy USA. (Ma, R)
12.30 Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce. (MA15+s)
1.30 Harry’s Practice. (R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News.
5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 NBN News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Travel Guides. (PGl, R)
8.40 MOVIE: The Castle. (1997, Ml, R) A family’s life is disrupted. Michael Caton.
10.35 The Equalizer. (Mav)
11.25 Transplant. (MA15+m, R)
12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
1.05 Hello SA. (PG)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa)
6.00 10 News+. 7.00
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6am Finding
You. Continued. (2020, PG) 6.35 Dean Spanley. (2008, PG) 8.25 The Man Who Knew Too Little. (1997, PG) 10.10 On The Basis Of Sex. (2018, M) 12.20pm 5 To 7. (2014, M) 2.10 Music & Lyrics. (2007, PG) 4.05 The Final Countdown. (1980, PG) 6.00 Manganinnie.
TUESDAY, December 2
6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 News. 10.00 The Art Of... (PG, R) 10.30 Call The Midwife. (PGa, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Forsytes. (PG, R) 2.00 Death In Paradise. (Ma, R) 3.00 QI. (PG, R) 3.30 Forever Summer With Nigella. (R) 3.55 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
Bitesize. (R) 9.15 Outta Town Adventures. (PG, R) 10.15 Leave No Trace. 11.10 Who Do You Think You Are? US. (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.55 Changing Channels. 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Stutter School: Untold Australia. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Great British Railway Journeys. (PGa, R)
8.30 Who Do You Think You Are?
9.35 Australia: An Unofficial History. (Mals, R)
10.40 SBS World News Late.
11.10 Families Like Ours. (Malv)
12.10 Carmen Curlers. (Malsv, R)
2.30 Looking For Rembrandt. (Ms, R)
3.35 Boswell And Johnson’s Scottish Road Trip. (PG, R)
4.25 Growing A Greener World. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
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6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Patrol. (PG)
7.30 Highway Patrol. (PGa, R) Officers spot some dodgy activity.
8.30 Murder In A Small Town. (Mav) Mayor Holman is attacked. 9.30 Homicide: With Ron Iddles: Terry Floyd. (PGa, R) A look at the case of Terry Floyd. 10.30 MOVIE: The Social Network. (2010, Ml, R)
1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News.
5.30 Sunrise.
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A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today. 6.00 NBN News.
A Current Affair.
Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PG)
Jamie Durie’s Future House. (PG)
Beyond The Build. (PG)
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WEDNESDAY, December 3
TV (2)
6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 MOVIE: Songs Inside. (2024, Ml, R) 11.25 Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club. (R) 1.35 You Can’t Ask That. (Ml, R) 2.00 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) 3.00 QI. (PG, R) 3.30 Forever Summer With Nigella. (PG, R) 3.55 Grand Designs NZ. (R) 4.45 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Focus On Ability Film Festival 2025. (Premiere, PG) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 MOVIE: When Love Is In Your Eyes. (2024, PGa, R) 2.50 I Am Not A Number. (PGa, R) 3.10 Rehabilitating. (PGa) 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.00 Focus On Ability Film Festival 2025. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Michael Palin In North Korea. (R)
8.30 Reckless. (Final, MA15+l)
9.35 Scotland’s Poshest Train: Alan Cumming. (PG, R)
10.30 SBS World News Late.
11.00 Crime. (MA15+av, R)
1.55 Looking For Rembrandt. (PGa, R)
3.00 Boswell And Johnson’s Scottish Road Trip. (PGal, R)
3.55 Home Of The Year: Scotland. (PG, R)
5.00 NHK World English News.
5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Patrol. (PG)
7.30 The 1% Club UK. (PG, R) Hosted by Lee Mack.
8.30 MOVIE: 1917. (2019, MA15+av, R) During World War I, two British soldiers are assigned the critical task of delivering a life-saving message. George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman.
11.00 Chicago Fire. (Ma)
12.00 MOVIE: Secrets On Campus. (2022, Mav, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News.
5.30 Sunrise.
THURSDAY,
TV (2)
6am The Orator.
Continued. (2011, PG, Samoan) 7.40 The Movie Show. 8.20 Darling Companion. (2012, PG) 10.15 Infinite Storm. (2022, M) 12.05pm Bliss. (2021, M) 2.00 Another Mother’s Son. (2017, PG) 3.55 The Legend Of The Christmas Witch. (2018, PG, Italian) 5.45
December 4
6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 The Piano UK. (PG, R) 11.15 Tech Smart Agriculture. (R) 11.30 Crime Night! (PG, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Silent Witness. (Ma, R) 2.00 Death In Paradise. (Mv, R) 3.00 QI. (PG, R) 3.30 Forever Summer With Nigella. (R) 3.55 Grand Designs NZ. (R) 4.40 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
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6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Chef Antonio’s Recipes For Revolution. (Ml, R) 3.00 Sugar Bird Lady. 3.05 Deus Ex Machina. 3.10 Hindsight. (PGls) 3.15 Standard Drink. 3.20 Return To Lullumb. 3.25 Imposter. (PGa) 3.30 La Echolalia. 3.35 Theatricality. 3.45 The Cook Up. (R) 4.15 Everywhere. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Eva Longoria: Searching For Spain. (PGalw)
8.25 Britain’s Railway Empire In Colour. (PGav)
9.20 Vigil. (Malv)
10.25 SBS World News Late.
10.55 Vienna Blood. (MA15+a, R)
12.50 House Of Promises. (Mans, R)
3.30 Home Of The Year: Scotland. (R)
4.35 Bamay. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning.
5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
Bamay. 2.40 Insight. 3.40 News. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.45 Mysteries From Above. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 History’s Greatest Mysteries. 10.10 The UnXplained. (Return) 11.00 Homicide. 11.50 Late Programs.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 1. Evening session.
7.40 The Ashes: Dinner Break. Takes a look at the day’s play so far. 8.00 Cricket. The Ashes. Second Test. Australia v England. Day 1. Late evening session.
10.30 Seven’s Cricket: The Spin. (Return)
11.15 The Amazing Race. (PG)
12.45 Life. (Malsv, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 RBT. (Mdl, R) 8.30 Paramedics. (Mm, R) 9.30 Parole. (MA15+alv)
American Crime Story. (Premiere, Madlsv)
Resident Alien. (Mav)
Tipping Point. (PG, R)
TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
Global Shop. (R)
By Aiden BURGESS
COFFS Harbour Basketball
Association’s senior summer season continued with Round 4 games played at Sportz Central.
Men’s A Grade ladder leaders We Can’t Dunk had a 40-32 win against All Washed Up, Angus Glendinning had a game high 14 points.
Narwhals Stingers edged out White Chocolate 61-59, Spencer Skinner had a game high 29 points.
q Narwhals Bolts and Narwhals Thunder girls teams.
