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By Andrew VIVIAN THE ‘Insure Our Future’ network is a global coalition of NGO’s and social movements that is pressuring insurance companies to get out of the coal, oil and gas business and support the transition to clean energy.

The Coffs Coast Climate Action Group, as part of the ‘StopAdani’ movement, is part of this network, and has had a big campaign win with the insurance company Brit withdrawing its support for the Carmichael mine.

The StopAdani movement as a whole has been targeting the insurance industry to dissuade it from supporting the coal project.

Brit operates under the umbrella of Lloyds of London and is the sixth insurance company to stop underwriting Adani’s coal

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The Coffs Harbour #StopAdani campaign has had a win.

Cultural and Civic Space cost blows out to $80+m

AFTER three hours of contentious debate, Coffs Harbour City councillors narrowly approved progression of the controversial Cultural and Civic Space (CCS) project to the Design and Construction contract stage, with Mayor Denise Knight using her casting CONTINUED Page 5

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Coffs Coast Climate Action Group celebrate win against Adani mine, rail line and port online tactics.

Harbour group focused on as a consequence, saying that this coal project coal entail.

The small, but persistent, Brit. presents considerable economic FROM Page 1

project.

As insurers increasingly turn their backs on the mine, Adani has to explain to its investors, bankers and contractors how it plans to deal with the significant risks that running a massive

The Coffs group ‘adopted’ Brit Insurance last year in August and have been focused on them since then.

Members have been getting together for pizza nights to make phone calls and send emails to Brit staff, as well as other creative

actions of ordinary local Coffs Harbour people have sent ripples through the global insurance and coal industries.

Local StopAdani campaigner, Liisa Rusanen said that about 20 other groups are working on insurance companies and the Coffs

“Any business that ignores climate risks is being environmentally and economically irresponsible,” she said.

Ms Rusanen highlighted the recent setback to Adani by recent floods and legal action by the Queensland government

ADVOCATING for more resources for the state’s courts and tribunals including additional Local Court Magistrates in regional areas, is a key priority in 2021 for the Law Society of NSW President, Juliana Warner.

Ms Warner, who met with local solicitors from the Clarence River & Coffs Harbour Regional Law Society on Monday 22 February 2021, said the NSW Local Court is the busiest jurisdiction in both the state and the Commonwealth.

“The Local Court has been described by the NSW Attorney General as the ‘backbone of the legal system’, dealing with 96% of all criminal prosecutions and 90% of all civil litigation,” Ms Warner said.

“In addition to the timely replacement of retiring magistrates, it’s

been estimated that at least 10 new magistrates are needed for the state’s Local Courts and Coroner’s Court, including an additional magistrate for Coffs Harbour Local Court,” Ms Warner said.

“The lack of additional magistrates increases the workload on our judiciary and court staff, which inevitably leads to pressured court sittings – this in turn impacts victims, witnesses, the accused and members of the public, particularly in rural areas.”

The Local Court clears some 78,000 civil cases and more than 340,000 criminal cases a year.

In 2019, NSW had 139 magistrates who presided in the Local Court and Children’s Court (of which 118 were solely engaged in its core criminal and civil jurisdiction).

As of February 2021, that number has increased by just one magistrate to 140.

In 2019, Coffs Harbour Local Court had 4,601 new general criminal matters and 4,625 finalised criminal matters.

Ms Warner said the situation has become more pressing due to the unintended consequences of new laws allowing domestic violence complainants to give evidence by Audio Visual Link (AVL) in a closed court.

“The Chief Magistrate has advised the Law Society that the Local Court does not have the AVL resources to give effect to the new legislation without exacerbating delays,” she said.

“This means the time standard for listing and finalising domestic violence matters in the court will increase from three months to six months.

“I acknowledge the $150 million investment the NSW government has made in the latest budget to maintain and upgrade our courts and other justice infrastructure including $54 million invested over three years to deliver a digital transformation of NSW courts – from upgrading or installing new audio-visual links to digitising court files.

“Much good will come out of this ‘innovative and flexible future’ but one thing hasn’t changed – the need for adequate court resources and support of the ‘human’ kind.

“The Law Society has raised concerns about the resourcing inadequacies in our local courts with the Attorney General and we intend to continue to politely but firmly call on the government for more magistrates.”

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She said the Coffs Coast Climate Action Group has set up a ‘Chuffed’ crowdfunding page to support their campaign.

“The actions of local groups can make a difference and the time for new coal is over,” Ms Rusanen said.

her tenure travelling across NSW, advocating for more resources for the state’s courts and tribunals, engaging with solicitors, and promoting the good work that they are undertaking in the community.

“It is the goodwill and effort of the profession that ensures that vulnerable people in our state receive proper representation and the access to justice that they require,” Ms Warner said.

“Solicitors are an important part of a local community, volunteering time, energy and expertise to make our society better.

“You only have to look at the way our profession responded in wake of the 2019 and 2020 summer bushfires; providing hundreds of hours of pro bono legal work to help families, individuals, small businesses and farmers,” she said.

The Law Society of NSW is the peak body for the state’s 36,000 solicitors which equates to almost half of lawyers in Australia.

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Commonwealth Scholarships Recipients Pat Conaghan meets Commonwealth Scholarships Meet Pat Conaghan Recipients To Discuss Their Experiences

By Andrew VIVIAN

THE Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan met recently with past and current recipients of the Commonwealth Scholarships Program.

Mr Conaghan is encouraging young residents and ex-Australian Defence Force personnel in the Coffs Coast and Grafton region to apply for the Commonwealth Scholarships Program.

He praised the work of BUSY At Work, a not for profit organisation providing apprenticeships, employment and community programs in the region.

Mr Conaghan said, “BUSY At Work is contracted by the Federal Government to coordinate and deliver the scholarships program in the Coffs Coast region.”

The scholarships are up to $13,000 to undertake an eligible VET qualification from Certificate III through to Advanced Diploma.

Recipients can choose to study part-time or full-time and can receive up to $5,000 per year for up to two years of study and up to an additional $3,000 for completing a 20-

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day paid internship.

Thirty-two applicants have been approved this year in the Coffs-Grafton area.

Dane Cornish and Evan Mcdonald shared their experiences as scholarship recipients.

Dane received the scholarship last year to study a Certificate III in Information, Digital Media and Technology at TAFE and is currently completing a paid internship with Tech Addicts in Coffs Harbour where he is getting a feel for the industry.

Evan received the scholarship in 2020 to study a Certificate IV in Digital and Interactive Games and has just reapplied to do the Diploma.

He is currently doing a paid internship, working on social media presence, photography styling and website design with The Woodcraft Gallery in Bellingen.

Mr Conaghan stressed the importance of technology in modern society as he chatted with the visitors.

Two of this year’s recipients in attendance were 16-year old Emma Aldridge, who has just been awarded the scholarship to study a Certificate IV in Community

q Pat Conaghan meets with scholarship recipients and their supporters.

Services at TAFE and Innocent Mbuto who is studying Allied Health.

The program is open to young Australians aged 15 to 24 years, or ex-Australian Defence Force personnel (of any age and who have exited in

the last two years).

Applicants must be in fulltime work or school at the time of applying and must be living in one of the nominated regional areas.

Applications are encouraged from Indigenous residents or

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people living with an illness, injury or disability, or are from a culturally or linguistically diverse background.

To date the Commonwealth Scholarships Program for young Australians has assisted 54

participants in the Coffs Coast and Grafton region.

More information, including how to apply online, can be found at https:// www.busyatwork.com.au/ scholarships-program-foryoung-australians.

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Attention Blood Donors COVID-19 saw an increase in blood and plasma availability as elective surgeries were postponed but now with elective surgeries back in full swing there is a seven percent increase in demand for more blood and plasma donors.

There has also been a decline in donors and the combination is driving the red cross to urgently call for more donors in the next few weeks to keep up with demand.

Ruth Harrison, Group Account Manager of Red Cross Regional Partnerships said, “In Coffs, we are urgently looking for 170 additional donors over the next few weeks.”

According to Ms Harrison the Coffs Harbour City Council just took out the top donor team for Coffs Harbour 2020, with 174 donations for the year

– a 64% increase in donations from 2019.

“They are hoping to top 200 donations this year,” she said, which will be a boost for the region.

The Australian Red Cross Lifeblood appeal has been issued immediately for 22,000 extra people to donate blood or plasma in the next fortnight.

All blood and plasma types are needed, but in particular O-, A-, A+ and B- blood types are all running low.

Lifeblood Executive Director Cath Stone said elective surgery is driving the increase, as busy hospitals tackle a pandemic-driven backlog, alongside declining donor numbers.

“Hospital demand is up 7 per cent compared to this time last year and we have around 10,000 fewer people donating now than we saw at the peak of the pandemic,” Ms Stone said.

“We need more donors to roll up their sleeves to ensure fridges are well stocked.

POLICE are appealing for public assistance following a robbery at a Coffs Harbour business.

About 2.25am on Monday 1 March 2021, four people, two armed with an axe and a

mattock, forced entry to a jewellery store on Harbour Drive, Coffs Harbour, where they stole several items before fleeing the scene.

It’s understood the estimated value of the stolen items is up to

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Officers from Coffs/ Clarence Police District attended a short time later and established a crime scene.

As investigations

continue, anyone who may have dashcam footage from the surrounding area between 2am and 3am or who may have CCTV nearby is urged to contact Coffs Harbour Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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q Ruth Harrison at a Red Cross stand last week at Coffs Harbour Education Campus.

“We have 22,000 extra appointments to fill during the next two weeks.

“Even if you don’t know what blood type you have, we still need you – we need all blood types every day,” Ms Stone said.

“31,000 donations are needed every week across Australia to help patients in times of trauma, major surgery, cancer treatment, pregnancy

and a host of other situations,” she said.

“As we continue to ride the wave of changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s essential that blood and plasma donations continue.”

New and existing donors are welcome.

To donate visit lifeblood. com.au, call 13 14 95 or download the Donate Blood app.

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Cultural and Civic Space cost now upwards of $80m FROM Page 1

received for the contract for Design and Construction Services for the Cultural and Civic Space Project, associated considerations and adopted the recommendations in the lump sum offer Confidential Attachment.

The Council vote was split four-four between councillors, with Cr Denise Knight, Cr Michael Adendorff, Cr George Cecato and Cr Sally Townley voting for the motion, and Cr Paul Amos, Cr John Arkan, Cr Keith Rhoades and Cr Tegan Swan voting against the motion.

Mayor Denise Knight once again used her casting vote to progress the project, as she has done in the past with the project continuing to divide Council.

This division forced Crs Rhoades, Swan and Amos to lodge a Rescission Motion to the above motion, with an Extraordinary Council Meeting held on Thursday 4 March to once again debate the controversial project.

“To say the cost of this building hasn’t blown out to a level that’s not acceptable is a cop out, it really is a cop out, it’s over the estimates, it’s over a lot,” Cr Amos said at last Thursday’s ordinary Council meeting.

“We can’t take this project on and risk Council to remain sustainable in the future in my eyes.”

Cr Rhoades raised a lack of public transparency by Council around the new cost of the Cultural and Civic Space project.

“For a couple of years now we’ve been putting out there a figure of $76.5 million

q The controversial Cultural and Civic Space Project continues to divide Coffs Harbour City councillors, with a Rescission Motion on the recently approved progression of the project to contract stage debated this week. dollars as the cost, well we now know it’s in excess of $80 million dollars, why are we not making this new figure public so as our ratepayers are aware of what this first of possibly many increases is going to be, and what the price that councillors are being asked tonight to accept, why haven’t we made it public?” Cr Rhoades asked of Council.

Cr Rhoades said he supported the construction of cultural facilities in Coffs Harbour city including the library, the museum and the art gallery.

“Where this project lost me was when half way through the process we decided that we would take the costs out from in the vicinity of $36 million dollars out to $76.5 and add in Council Chambers.

“Not only did that really get me offside, but it got so many of our community offside as well, totally offside and they’re still offside.”

Councillors also questioned why only one tenderer was approached

by Council to undertake the CCS Design and Construction contract.

“Even if we head to the next stage, why are we pinning our hopes on one particular person?” Cr Arkan asked.

“Maybe it’s also advisable to look for putting it on to the open market and seeing if we can get a better deal at that point.

“If we hang around a little longer maybe we will get a lot more money which will get this fantastic project that we’re all trying to get going a better chance at winning.”

At last week’s meeting, Cr Swan quoted from the NSW Local Government Act which stated that local councils aren’t able to run a single ECI process with only one proponent.

“According to the Act, we shouldn’t have been able to engage in that ECI process with only one person, the Act requires two,” Cr Swan stated.

“So, I don’t know how we can vote for that (the motion), if it’s against the Act.”

Upon hearing this information, Cr Amos stated, “It makes all the sense in the world to me now that there could be some fire where this spark is."

“I really think now it’s time to look at going to the open market to bring our costs down by having a competitive process,” Cr Amos said.

“It hasn’t been ultra competitive to this stage.

“I think that we could have got a lot better outcome for a lot less money, I think we really need to make sure we bring this in on the budget.”

Cr Amos also said he would support the Cultural and Civic Space project if it was undertaken properly.

“We’ve got to do it properly, go to the open market and come back and I will support it,” Cr Amos confirmed.

Council’s General Manager Steve McGrath said Council undertook consultation about best practice in the ECI process, and Council’s Independent Probity Advisor looked at each step of the process and Council’s procurement steps have been signed off by the relevant authorities.

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If this week’s Rescission Motion is successful, Crs Rhoades, Swan and Amos intend to move that the project be deferred until Council provides full costing of the project in line with Council’s usual project inclusion process, current anticipated additional costs of all items listed under Sect.

10 Exclusions of the Cultural and Civic Space project cost plan, clarity and detail the inclusions of furniture fittings and equipment and IT and AV budget allocations for the project and a comparison to other projects of similar scope and size, and clarification of methodology used to determine project percentages for spaces within the building.

The councillors also intend as part of their motion to undertake a poll to provide official indication of community support or otherwise of the current proposed Cultural and Civic Space project.

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vote to progress the project.

During the three hours of toing and froing between councillors on the project at Council’s Ordinary Meeting on Thursday 25 February, it was revealed that the $76.5m project has now risen in price to $81.27 million, due to an escalation in the construction market and a delay in the project by Council.

A Council report on the project stated that “following the detailed design to 80% stage and ECI trade pricing process it is estimated that the CCS Project total end cost will be approximately $4.75m (6.2%) over the currently established budget of $76.52”.

Implementation of the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract for the Cultural and Civic Space Project has reached the stage of delivering a Design & Construction lump sum offer for the project.

The ECI builder, Lipman Pty Ltd, has worked with Council’s Design Team to achieve the 80% detailed design milestone which has enabled the lump sum offer.

The lump sum offer was concealed in a Confidential Council document under the Local Government Act as “it contains information that would, if disclosed, confer a commercial advantage on a person with whom the Council is conducting (or proposes to conduct) business, and information that would, if disclosed, reveal a trade secret”.

Council’s associated report from the project’s Independent Probity Advisor, and report from the project’s independent cost manager, Altus Group, were also listed as confidential and were off limits to the public.

Following extensive debate, Council moved to consider the Design and Construction lump sum offer

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Time to Clean Up Australia

By Emma DARBIN

IT’S time to don the gardening gloves and get out the garbage bags as Coffs Harbour residents come together to clean up the region this weekend for the annual Clean Up Australia Day. Clean Up Australia commenced 30 years ago, and has now become the nation’s largest communitybased environmental event.

It inspires and empowers communities to clean up, fix up and conserve their local environment, with more than 380,000 ute loads of rubbish removed from the environment as part of Clean Up Australia activities.

Around 30 sites have registered in the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area to clean up a particular patch of our beautiful region.

Coffs Harbour City Council is encouraging everyone who wants to take part in the clean up day to do so, whether they are a business, school, local group or individuals.

To register, head to the Clean Up Australia Day website at https://www.cleanupaustraliaday. org.au/ to organise an event or to join a local one.

Local events that can be joined include the Coffs Harbour Tafe/Coffs Creek clean up with participants meeting on Thursday 4 March at 8.30am on the corner of the northern end of Hardacre St and the Botanic Gardens carpark, on Sunday 7 March at 7.30am participants will meet at Jetty Dunecare shed in Jordan

q Some of the rubbish to be collected from Coffs Harbour’s waterways and reserves as part of Clean Up Australia Day activities across the region this weekend. Photo: Karen Dallas.

Driver four times over alcohol limit A COFFS Harbour man has been charged after he was caught driving allegedly more than four times over the legal alcohol limit at Coffs Harbour.

Around 4.30pm on Friday 26 February a silver Toyota Corolla crashed into a kerb and gutter along Orlando Street, Coffs Harbour.

Witnesses removed the driver, a 27-year-old man, from the vehicle and contacted police.

Officers attached to CoffsClarence Police District attended and the driver was breath tested at the scene, allegedly returning a positive reading.

The man was arrested and taken to Coffs Harbour Police

Esplanade, on Sunday 7 March at 8am participants will meet opposite the High St playing fields in Woolgoolga, on Sunday 7 March at 8am participants will meet at Woolgoolga Lake Reserve, on Sunday 7 March at 9am participants will meet at Coffs Harbour Scout Hall in Harbour Drive, on Sunday 7 March at 9am Toormina Community Group will meet at Dews Avenue to start their clean up, and on Sunday 7 March at 10am participants will meet under Bangalor Bridge on the north side of the creek.

On Monday 8 March at 8.30am participants will meet at the western end of Lawson Crescent, Coffs Harbour, and on Friday 12 March Woolgoolga Main Beach Landcare group will meet at 8am at Woolgoolga Lake car park.

Many local schools are also participating in the clean up over the week.

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He was charged with drive with high range PCA. The Coffs Harbour man was refused bail and appeared in Coffs Harbour Local Court on Monday 1 March.

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Bellingen Residents And Environmentalists Unite

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BELLINGEN folk are angry that prime koala habitat is still under threat and more than 150 of them met last Wednesday night, despite the heavy rain.

Bellingen Shire Mayor, Dominic King, introduced the list of speakers who included Uncle Bernard Kelly Evans, Uncle Roger Jarrett, Councillor Susan Jenvey, ecologist and filmmaker Mark Graham, Caitlin Hockey from the Great Koala National Park Steering Committee and citizen scientist Jonas Bellchambers.

The meeting unanimously agreed to call on the NSW Government to instruct Forestry Corporation NSW to stop logging prime koala habitat and ask Forestry Corporation to stop aerial spraying of weeds in state forests in the area.

Cr King told the meeting that despite the huge loss of animals in the Black Summer Fires, logging had intensified and that forests were being cut down and burnt as ‘biofuel’.

The Bellingen Environment Centre (BEC) claims that areas of prime koala habitat within Newry State

q Uncle Roger Jarrett talks about the importance of local forests to Gumbaynggirr people.

Photo supplied: BEC. Forest are about to be logged and that, despite Forestry Corporation promising the Bellingen community it would not use chemical aerial sprays, spraying has recommenced.

The BEC says the local community values resilient and vibrant biodiversity, maintaining thriving living forests and healthy waterways.

It says local economies can be ‘future proofed’ through nature tourism, maintaining healthy forests and clean and abundant water supplies which will also help protect the area against future climate change disasters, such as last year’s fires.

Caroline Joseph, Public Officer for the BEC said, “It is almost certain that if there are wild koalas in the forest there is bound to be a treasure trove of other threatened

and endangered precious and extraordinary native animals and plants.”

Another group at the meeting, the Forest Ecology Alliance (FEA), a group of ecologists and citizen scientists concerned with the conservation of native forests on Gumbaynggirr homelands, has carried out numerous surveys in the state forest.

According to FEA member, Mark Daniels, environment protection laws now allow logging in highly sensitive areas such as threatened species habitat, steep slopes and within five metres of exclusion zones.

Local environmentalist Mark Graham told News Of The Area, “It was a really heartening cross-section of the community that are united in opposition to the Forestry Corporation’s proposed industrial logging.”

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Clear felling in Newry State Forest. Photo supplied: FEA.

Mr Graham said even when there is no clear felling, the use of large machines and the roads to give them access create significant problems.

“We’ve seen giant trees illegally felled at Wild Cattle Creek.”

The BEC also pointed out that logging at Kalang Headwaters has previously resulted in three serious breaches which went before the courts, but even when there are convictions, the community knows that creeks and forests cannot be restored once they have been damaged by heavy industrial machinery.

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by News Of The Area, a Forestry Corporation (FC) spokesperson said that care is taken to selectively log and that replanting is carried out after logging.

The spokesperson also said that aerial spraying is carried out by qualified contractors after communities have been notified.

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By Emma DARBIN

PEDESTRIAN safety concerns in River Street, Woolgoolga were raised by Coffs Harbour City councillor John Arkan at Council’s ordinary meeting last week, following his son being hit by a car in the street.

Cr Arkan asked Council to bring its ‘Matters of an Urgent Nature’ forward from the end of the meeting to the second item of the night, so he could express his concerns

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q A lack of pedestrian safety crossings in River Street, Woolgoolga has been highlighted by Cr John Arkan, after his son was recently hit by a car at these steps located in the busy street.

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“I just want to bring some imagery to River Street in Woolgoolga, it's a very, very busy street,” Cr Arkan stressed to Council.

“The Monday before, my son, my 18-year-old Down Syndrome boy, got knocked over by a car and is very lucky to be here with us now.

“There is no safety pedestrian crossing in all of River Street, there’s an island at the front of River Street at the temple, other than that there is nothing to go from the Western side to the Eastern side.

“There is however a set of stairs that are in the bank, and you step on to the road, and that’s what he did.”

Mr Arkan emailed

Council about his concerns, which have been referred to Council’s Traffic Committee for consideration.

Council’s General Manager Steve McGrath confirmed

that an open report would go to the Traffic Committee for consideration.

After addressing Council on the matter, Cr Arkan left the Council meeting to be with his

vehicles, what infrastructure will we need to install in depots to make it work

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q The new Electric Bus that will be seen on Coffs streets for its first regional NSW trial. Photo: David Tune

By David TUNE

BUSWAYS has commenced it’s very first trial of an electric bus in regional NSW on March 1 here in Coffs Harbour.

The trial will run for three weeks with the bus being used on both school and route services to test the vehicle and charging technology in a regional environment.

The bus has a 374kwh battery capacity which gives it a range of up to 400km on a single charge and delivers zero emissions from its operation.

Busways Special Projects Manager Tim Reid told News Of The Area, “This trial will give us information that we will use to plan future rollouts of electric buses across the state.

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The bus can be recharged in three hours and has real time monitoring of power levels to ensure reliability of service, in eighteen months of service in Sydney no electric buses have yet run out of charge.

The vehicle has wheelchair access via a ramp and two wheelchair bays with back stops and safety belts, is air-conditioned and accelerates smoothly and quickly, and is extremely quiet inside with no engine sounds either inside or out.

Busways advised that the fare for the electric vehicle will be the same as currently charged for their regular fleet.

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Bluett for Bello

By Sandra MOON

BELLINGEN Shire Council’s coveted “Most Progressive Council” Bluett Award has arrived and been presented.

Bellingen Shire Councillors were delighted to welcome the three A.R. Bluett Trustees, Les McMahon, Trust Chairman, Genia McCaffrey and Paul Braybrooks OAM to the Shire recently to officially receive the prestigious award.

The award was won last year by Bellingen Shire Council in the Rural Category of the 2020 Local Government NSW A.R. Bluett Memorial Awards.

The A.R. Bluett Memorial Award has been awarded annually since 1945 and the recognition is considered to be the pinnacle of local government achievement.

The award is contested each year by councils in

NSW who would like to be recognised as being the most progressive in the state.

Bellingen Shire Council Mayor, Cr Dominic King, said the A.R. Bluett Memorial Awards celebrate examples of exceptional achievement by progressive regional and metropolitan councils that encourage and foster innovation and continuous improvement.

“These awards are recognised as the pinnacle of local government achievement and it was wonderful to host the A.R. Bluett Trustees in our Shire once again to be presented with the official winners brass plaque which acknowledges Council’s work with our community to discover our Shire’s true potential.”

Cr King said Bellingen Shire Council’s awards submission

detailed the council's and the community’s continued efforts and progress towards addressing the opportunities and challenges identified in the Shire’s Community Vision.

“Council as the custodian of our Community Vision has worked together with our community to create a shared vision on how to sustainably manage growth in our Shire, maintain its natural beauty and uniqueness and remain an inclusive and connected community.

“In doing so we have had to be innovative, brave and resourceful to balance the needs of the organisation with community aspirations and I think it’s satisfying to see what can be achieved when we all work together,” Cr King said.

Entries for this year’s awards will open on 1 June 2021.

Entry is open to all NSW councils irrespective of size or resources.

The awards trustees encourage NSW councils to enter these prestigious awards

and are interested in all aspects of council operations and services.

MORE incentives to attract quality teachers to live and work in regional NSW may soon be in place, with the NSW Department of Education undertaking a review of its rural incentives scheme.

NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro and Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said the Rural and Remote

Incentives Review was part of the new Rural and Remote Education Strategy, to attract and retain the best and brightest teachers for regional NSW. “Teachers in regional NSW play a crucial role in determining our students’ future, so it is imperative that we have the best of the best in the bush,” Mr Barilaro said.

“By providing better incentives for teachers to move to the regions, we are bringing valuable jobs to these communities while giving our students the best possible start in life.”

Ms Mitchell said the NSW Government was revolutionising regional education by reviewing incentives to attract more of

the best teachers to the bush.

“The incentives scheme hasn’t been properly reviewed since the early 1900s,” Ms Mitchell said.

“Regional NSW is evolving and modernising, and so must our policies.

“I want every student to enjoy the same educational opportunities no matter where they live and that

means attracting and keeping great teachers at our regional and remote schools.”

Ms Mitchell said schools were at the centre of regional communities, and she wanted to see how improving incentives could build regional communities.

“I want to explore options like encouraging

school leavers to take a gap year in regional and remote schools, supporting partners of teachers to find a job in the same area, assisting families in buying a property to start a home and also looking at what we can do to encourage those already living and working in the regions to consider teaching as a career.”

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Some Not Happy With Deputy Premier's Comments

By Andrew VIVIAN

THE Deputy Premier of New South Wales, the Honourable John Barilaro, has been criticised for being insensitive to the realities of the Coffs Harbour housing crisis.

Mr Barilaro has been quoted as saying that the housing shortage in a number of regional areas is a ‘champagne problem’ because it shows that people want to

move away from the cities to the regions.

However, while he appears to be linking increased population to economic recovery, some people view his comments as insensitive because of the lack of availability of affordable housing for purchase or rent in Coffs Harbour.

Tony Judge, who will be a candidate at the next council elections, told News Of The

Area, “When I look at a tent city of homeless people, those sorts of comments show a lack of understanding of the housing affordability problem here.”

Mr Judge has worked with support services for people in distress and is well aware of the housing crisis, particularly with older women.

He said Federal government policies are pushing the prices of housing beyond the reach of average people and the state government is not building

social housing.

Mr Judge argued there is a billion dollars in recurrent funds for maintenance to social housing in the state budget, but only $8m has been spent on new social housing.

He said that for Mr Barilaro to put the responsibility for social housing problems on council is disingenuous because the provision of social housing requires federal and state funding.

He claims Mr Barilaro’s ‘solution’ of handing responsibility for increasing

housing stocks to developers encourages people to build more high end housing to take advantage of proximity and water views when what is needed is affordable housing for people on median incomes, such as nurses, policemen and teachers.

People on lower incomes currently have little hope of finding affordable accommodation in Coffs Harbour.

According to Mr Judge, “People are sleeping in cars and couch surfing and others

Dolphin Marine support captivity changes

q Dolphin Marine Conservation Park staff rescuing a juvenile dolphin at Trial Bay in South West Rocks. Photo: Dolphin Marine Conservation Park.

By Emma DARBIN DOLPHIN Marine Conservation Park has come out in support of recent changes to marine captivity laws and the importation of marine animals into NSW. The NSW Government has released an update to the Biodiversity Conservation Act, ending the breeding of Cetacea in captivity and importation of Cetacea into NSW. Cetaceans are aquatic mammals including whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Dolphin Marine Conservation Park actively participated in the Parliamentary Inquiry that resulted in the recent amendment, and supports the wording and intent of the changes to the Act. “As an organisation we have publicly stated that we do not intend to breed dolphins,” Dolphin Marine Conservation Park Managing Director Terry Goodall said.

“In fact, we have not bred dolphins for many years.

“Dolphin Marine Conservation Park is opposed to the removal of Cetacea from the wild for the express purpose of exhibition and/or breeding.”

Mr Goodall said the conservation law has

operated in Australia since 1999, “Australia leads the world in this respect".

“However, we will continue to rescue and rehabilitate stranded Cetacea and provide ongoing care if they are deemed unsuitable for release back to the wild,” Mr Goodall said.

Dolphin Marine Conservation Park has rescued thousands of marine animals and other wildlife over the past 50 years.

“We are committed to rescuing and caring for injured and sick marine life as much of the harm and stress inflicted on these animals in

the wild is caused by humans and their disregard for the marine environment and its inhabitants,” Mr Goodall said.

“We hope this amendment does not create bureaucratic barriers to our important rescue, rehabilitation and conservation work.”

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“These are not just young people, but are older people, particularly women, and families.”

He said that as well as social housing, the state and federal governments should provide more funding for mental health services and more hospital beds.

Mr Judge told News Of The Area that one older woman asked him, “Where do you put your family photos when you are living in your car?”

Government’s Biodiversity Conservation Act – Amendment (Cetacea) Regulation 2021 in relation to the breeding or importing of Cetacea animals, a person must not, in relation to an animal of the order Cetacea, import the animal into New South Wales, or cause or permit the animal under the control of the person to breed.

The objects of this Regulation are to prohibit the breeding or importation of certain marine mammals, and to constitute the breeding or importation of the marine animals as harm for the purposes of the Act. Under the Act, a biodiversity conservation licence is not to be issued to authorise a person to harm or obtain a marine mammal for exhibition or other purposes unless the person issuing the licence is satisfied that it is necessary for genuine scientific or educational purposes, or any other purpose connected with the conservation or protection of marine mammals.

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White Bluff Project

By Sandra MOON

ARTISTS of different mediums and marine scientists are currently collaborating on a project set to open at the Regional Gallery in March.

The White Bluff Project. explores the headland off Headland Road, Sapphire Beach which has a white portion and is the eastern point where Split Solitary Island was connected to the mainland.

The project originated with Ray Rixon and Sarah Mufford.

Mr Rixon lived near the headland for 40 years, surf, swam and painted there.

Sarah Mufford told News Of The Area there are so many extraordinary points to what was considered ordinary.

The collaboration brings together different creatives from writers, filmmakers, musicians and visual artists.

Ms Mufford is currently collaborating with poet Chris Armstrong and Gumbaynggirr artist Tory Donelly on a diptych.

“The poem is translated into Gumbaynggirr and the work references the geology and the post colonial history.

"We have used a community sourced typography from the Coffs Harbour Museum used on the

q Julie Nash, Jo Elliott looking at their phytoplanktic find. Photo: Dr Karina Hall.

q Chris Armstrong drawing inspiration on White Bluff. Photo: Mark George. banana packing cases as White Bluff was the first site for growing bananas in the area,” she said.

“The project has a great crossover from the arts and sciences,” said Ms Mufford.

Artists and scientists involved in research and fieldwork for The White Bluff Project have stumbled on a rare find in the water off White Bluff.

Marine Biologist, Dr Karina Hall, and artists Jo Elliott and Julie Nash joined forces to study, explore and sample the microscopic life found in the seawater off White Bluff's coastline.

The group made two excursions to collect seawater samples with the idea of

investigating the microscopic phyto (algae) and zooplankton (animal larvae) that provide the foundation of the marine food chain.

"Our first trip involved all three of us armed with buckets and funnels sampling the seawater from the rockpools at Sawtell Headland," explains Marine Biologist Dr Karina Hall.

"And the second trip I completed on my own because of Covid restrictions.

“On that trip I took samples from the rockpools at White Bluff having obtained permission from the marine parks manager."

Artist Jo Elliott describes how they collected a combination of seawater and

surface scum as they were all interested in what critters may reside in both.

"We used funnels and buckets to collect a large quantity of seawater which we carried back to our cars in large plastic tubs to be analysed at the Marine Science Centre.

"We also found some structural phytoplanktons with groovy shapes.

“But our favourite by far was the discarded exoskeletons (known technically as exuviae) of the rock barnacles.

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Ms Elliott was surprised to find out exactly what it was.

“It turned out to be the covering of the male barnacle's reproductive appendage,” she said.

“Apparently, barnacles have the longest penis relative to body size in the animal

kingdom, which they use to pass sperm from the male to a female nearby, while remaining fixed to the rock!

“According to the planktologist this was quite a rare find and he asked if he could use the image in the next edition of his book."

Apart from this unique find, Dr Hall and the two artists were amazed at the wide diversity of creatures they found.

For all the artists collaborating it has been a treasure trove of secret and magical forms that have informed their final artworks for the White Bluff Project exhibition which is due to open on 12 March 2021.

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Dance for Parkinson’s Australia invigorating the community

q David Gow passing the Mexican wave smile onto Assistant Volunteer Rowan Lunney.

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q Hands in the air to song favourite ‘Tequila’ with Judy Brooks, Anette Snashal, Fred Snashall and Suzanne McCarty.

q Elizabeth Hawkin passing the smile through the Zoom lens to Evelyn Shinn who participates in the class from her home in Grafton.

q Julie Ross, Bev Martin, Elizabeth Hawkins swinging to Louis Armstrong’s ‘Wonderful World’. in Grafton.

Elizabeth, who is 89-years-old, explained to News Of The Area the personal benefits from the weekly class.

“It’s the highlight of my week.

“I love the music and I’ve always loved dancing.

“I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s three years ago and my Doctor recommended dance so I’ve been coming to this class now for two years.

“It’s really helped me, it inspires me, do you know I’m ninety in July?” she laughed.

“There’s a wonderful Camaraderie here, a strong bond, we are all on the same page because we all have the same thing (Parkinson’s),” said Elizabeth.

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where each person gave a huge smile to the person sitting next to them and the gratuitous gesture flowed around the circle like a Mexican wave.

Distance was not a problem for this happiness tonic as Elizabeth Hawkin from Toormina passed the smile down the Zoom lens to Evelyn Shinn who participated from her home

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“Dancing to music stimulates the brain, all of your body parts and senses are coordinating together to the sound of the music, that’s what makes it so powerful,“ said Suzanne.

“We encourage anyone to this class who would benefit from it, not only those with Parkinsons, we invite anyone with a neurological condition or anyone who would benefit from a seated dance class, dance is the hidden language of the soul,” she said.

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arms in the air and laughs when they hear that iconic call of ‘Tequila’.

Different songs have different purposes, after the invigorating ‘Tequila’ song, Suzanne took the class through a slow movement dance that resembled a moving meditation or Tai Chi routine.

The class finished off with a Mexican wave of smiles

Australia rejuvenated teacher Suzanne McCarty’s dance career.

“I was a professional dancer but then I stopped abruptly.

“Then when myself and Julie Ross went to Melbourne to attend the Dance for Parkinson’s Australia teacher training it reignited my passion for Ballet and I am loving teaching again, the movement and course is very powerful on multiple levels.

“Dance for Parkinson’s started in the Mark Morris Dance company in New York and as the results based benefits became more visible it kept growing and spread

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THERE was a carnival atmosphere at the Dance for Parkinson’s Australia class on Monday afternoon in Coffs Harbour as participants grooved to timeless classics at the Julie Ross Dance Studio on Isles Drive.

Dance for Parkinson’s invites people with Parkinson’s to experience the joys and benefits of dance while creatively addressing symptom-specific concerns related to balance, cognition, motor skill, depression and physical confidence.

The program’s fundamental working principle is that professionally-trained dancers are movement experts whose knowledge about balance, sequencing, rhythm and aesthetic awareness is useful to persons with Parkinson’s.

In class, teaching artists integrate movement from modern, ballet, tap, folk and social dancing, and choreographic repertory to engage participants’ minds and bodies and create an enjoyable, social environment for artistic exploration.

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State Government and Council fund wooden bridge upgrades

By David TUNE UP to eleven wooden bridges in the Coffs Coast area will be replaced at a cost of $5.7million over the next 24 months thanks to $4.5M from the NSW Government’s $500 million Fixing Country Bridges program and another $1.2M from the Coffs Harbour City Council (CHCC).

They are Bobo Bridge, Archers, Hosche, Cassidys, Becketts, Craiges, Mardells, Little Nymboida, Williams, Hallgaths, McClellands.

Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said replacing old timber bridges means improved community connections to schools, towns, and jobs, allowing easier movement of freight and delivering better outcomes for road safety.

“On top of easing the financial burden on councils, this program will create thousands of local jobs throughout regional communities at a time when they’re needed most,” Mr Singh said.

“I’m glad that in my electorate, we’re going to see

new bridges under this new round of funding because I know what a difference they’ll make to entire communities.”

Coffs Harbour Mayor Councillor Denise Knight said, “While many of our older timber bridges are not usually on the busiest local roads, they are very important links for the residents and businesses who use them regularly.

“They will be replaced with concrete and steel bridges that will improve safety and communications for residents and businesses and should last for up to one hundred years.”

CHCC Director of Sustainable Infrastructure Mick Raby told News Of The Area, “We are thrilled that the issue has been recognised and this funding will give us an opportunity to get ahead of the game with upgrading and improving these bridges, and it will have a massive positive impact for local communities.”

With around 52 wooden and hybrid wood and steel bridges in the local government area, it is hoped further support can be obtained from future rounds of the state government program.

q (R to L) CHCC Mayor Denise Knight, CHCC Director of Sustainable Infrastructure Mick Raby, Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh and CHCC Transport Strategist Tom Handel at Hosche Bridge at Fridays Creek. Photo: David Tune.

The Bunker Gallery welcomes new Behind The Lines exhibition

By David TUNE

WITH the opening of the new extension to the National Cartoon gallery, some people have wondered if this meant the original and much-loved Bunker Gallery would no longer be used.

These concerns can be allayed with the announcement the Bunker gallery will once again be hosting the bi-annual Behind The Lines exhibition.

Celebrating the role of political cartoonists in Australia, the travelling exhibition is sourced from the Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD) at Old Parliament House in Canberra and shows the power cartoons can have in stimulating our thoughts and views on political and social issues.

Curated to the theme of 'A dog’s breakfast’, the collection of 104 cartoons from 36 cartoonists examines the trials

and tribulations of the past year with humour and clarity.

MoAD Director Daryl Karp explains, “Nothing about 2020 has been ‘business as usual’.

“Never has a free and accurate media seemed more important, and never have we needed our cartoonists so much.”

The exhibition has some new elements this year including an AV component and an interactive game for all the family as well as digital gif

cartoons.

A highlight of the exhibition will be the official opening on Friday 5 March

by Cathy Wilcox, this year’s Political Cartoonist of the Year award recipient, who has entries in the exhibit as well.

Tickets for the opening event are $10 and are available from the gallery, via the website, through Eventbrite and on the night.

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Uniting Heart Award

By Sandra MOON

COFFS Harbour Uniting Living Skills, Employment and Education Mentor Nicolle Fielding has won a Uniting With Heart Award for her work with young people.

The awards demonstrate how much Uniting value their staff for being at the heart of everything they do.

Nicolle was nominated by a co-worker for going above and beyond their role.

Ms Fielding said, “Uniting’s people are achieving some inspiring things during this unprecedented time and it's important to recognise it!” q Award winner Nicolle FIelding The 2020 awards and Niki Gill from Uniting. were Uniting’s most

successful year yet, receiving 1,348 nominations across the nine award categories.

“I was a finalist who went on to win the award in the BOLD category.

“I was recognised for the work I do as a mentor in the Premiers Youth Initiative (PYI).

“My nomination focussed on my strong advocacy around ensuring my young people receive all the support needed now and into the future,” she told News Of The Area.

The Premier’s Youth initiative is a program which supports young people who have grown up in Out of Home Care and are at risk of homelessness once they reach 18 years of age.

PYI works with young people from 18 to 21 years of age assisting and coaching them during their transition from care to independent living.

PYI was a pilot program

Tutor’s 20th Year

By Sandra MOON

COFFS Harbour Education and Recreation Program (CHERP), a not-for-profit organisation, has reopened for classes this year and welcomes back Tai Chi Qi

Gong tutor Joan Sutcliffe who is holding her class for the twentieth year.

Mrs Sutcliffe recently turned 80 but according to CHERP’s honorary treasurer Wendy Johnstone, is still going strong.

Mrs Sutcliffe runs a class that is a mixture of Tai Chi and Qi Gong, reflecting her life long interest in all things healing, including Reiki and meditation.

Mrs Sutcliffe and her husband are originally from

which started three years ago and has just been extended by another three years.

“On the North Coast PYI is a group of nine extremely passionate and dedicated people who have extensive experience working with today’s youth,” Ms Fielding explained.

“Their region covers from Tweed Heads to Port Macquarie and they have 40 young people in their program.”

The team consists of personal advisors, living skills, Yorkshire, and they emigrated to Sydney and then moved to Coffs Harbour 40 years ago.

“The Craft group has also been going for 20 years every Monday morning and are looking for new members,” Ms Johnstone said.

“They have lots of laughs and morning tea as they do their craft.

Due to the aging nature of some of the class tutors Ms Johnstone said CHERP would love to not only get new members but anyone who would like to

employment and education mentors and a tenancy and lease hold manager, who are all supported by team manager Niki Gill.

The goal of the program is for each of the young people to be living independently in stable and sustainable accommodation which is within their own budget.

This includes the private rental market which the young people are taught and assisted through the process of applying for and maintaining long term lease agreements. become a tutor.

Previous classes included calligraphy, line dancing, ballroom dancing, mature movers and a discussion group.

“Over the last few years the number of our classes has dwindled, mainly due to tutors

q Mrs Joan Sutcliffe and her dog Molly. Joan teaches Tai Chi and Qi Gong.

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The young people are also working or studying.

“I absolutely love my job and the team I work with.

“I get to see the young people right through into adulthood and out into the real world.

“I get to show them that they are able and worthy of living a successful, fulfilling and healthy lifestyle despite their unfortunate pasts.

“Watching their selfperception change from victim to warrior makes my heart swell,” she said. getting too old or frail, or passing away, and not being replaced.

“Then last year we had almost no classes, just like everybody else, and while many of them have restarted this year we have lost all our Aqua Fitness classes that we used to run at the base hospital pool due to the hospital renovations,” she said.

CHERP membership costs $10 per year and there is a small charge for each class – currently Joan Sutcliffe’s Tai Chi classes cost $25 covering a 10 week school term.

Payments and enquiries can be made at the Coffs Harbour Neighbourhood Centre in the Community Village at 22 Earl St or on 6648-3694.

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By Emma DARBIN

THE prestigious Archibald Prize portraiture exhibition will farewell Coffs Harbour on Saturday 6 March, with thousands of people visiting the highly anticipated exhibition since its opening on 23 January.

The Archibald Prize is one of the nation’s most popular, prestigious and oldest art awards, and its artworks reflect a who’s who of Australian life and showcase the artistic works of the country’s finest creative talents.

This is the first year the entire Archibald Prize exhibition has been on display at Coffs Harbour, with artworks hung at both Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery and at the Culture Hub upstairs at Coffs Central Shopping Centre.

The decision to split the exhibition across two locations was due to the limited size of the Gallery for the exhibition.

Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery’s Cath Fogarty said the determination of the gallery team to ensure the

q Thousands of people have visited the prestigious Archibald Prize exhibition over the past six weeks, while it was on display in Coffs Harbour. Photos: Emma Darbin. community could experience the entire exhibition this year has paid off, with more than 8,000 people visiting the exhibition through the Culture Hub and more than 2,500 through the gallery.

“I’m sure that most of the 2,500 would have been through both locations,” Ms Fogarty said.

“The numbers are a great confirmation that our community and visitors want to experience more arts and culture here in the city centre.”

The Archibald Prize

finalists were exhibited at the Art Gallery of NSW before embarking on a yearlong regional tour, stopping in Coffs Harbour.

Among the 2019 Archibald artworks on display were a magnificent painting of actor David Wenham titled ‘Through the looking glass’ which was awarded the 2019 Archibald Packing Room Prize, Ahn Do’s amazing portrait of artist George Gittoes which featured many individual painted scenes within his

portrait, a contemplative portrait of Australian wheelchair tennis champion Dylan Alcott, and a portrait of media commentator Annabel Crabb.

Also giving the exhibition a fresh local flavour were portraits by the Coffs Coast’s next generation of artists, who entered the Coffs Harbour Young Archie Competition and were lucky enough to have their artworks displayed right alongside the famous Archibald finalists.

Red Cross fundraiser underway

By Robyn ROOTH AUSTRALIAN Red Cross has been reaching out to Australians for more than 70 years during the month of March to help support the humanitarian work of the organisation in local communities.

This year the Woolgoolga and Coffs Harbour Red Cross Branches will again be fundraising and seeking help with slight changes due to COVID-19 restrictions.

The usual Doorknock Campaign will be very limited but volunteers will be conducting street collections and various fundraising initiatives.

Red Cross volunteers have had a particularly busy year

q Woolgoolga Red Cross Branch members.

with responses to bushfires and floods.

The ongoing support to victims of these disasters has seen home visits, support dealing with grant applications,

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assisting with mental health issues and providing advice in seeking support for animals.

They are currently providing assistance in the Corindi flood area.

Woolgoolga Branch members are manning street stalls at shopping centres and markets to appeal for your help.

They ask that you give generously to support their

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entertaining and home-baked friendship afternoon tea for seniors.

If you would like to know more about the work of the Red Cross please call 0418646801 or speak to one of our local volunteers.

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Multicultural Surf Awareness Day at Jetty Beach A MULTICULTURAL Surf Awareness Day was held on Saturday 27 February at Jetty Beach to educate migrant communities and refugees living on the Coffs Coast about surf safety.

Attendees from migrant and refugee backgrounds were taught about the significance of the red and yellow flags, patrolled beaches in the local area, general surf safety and how to enjoy the beach safely.

They were given the opportunity to swim in the water, have a surf, talk and mingle with local lifeguards, lifesavers and police officers, and gain invaluable knowledge about beach safety while having fun.

The event was a collaboration of support

agencies including Coffs Harbour City Council lifeguards, Surf Lifesaving NSW, Aquatic Tutoring Australia, Settlement Services International and North Coast Settlement Services, and the Coffs-Clarence Police District.

q Members of local multicultural communities were provided with lifesaving knowledge about beach safety at a Multicultural Surf Awareness Day at Jetty Beach on Saturday 27 February. Photos: CoffsClarence Police District.

Sea Slug Census reveals 29 new species THE recent Coffs Coast Sea Slug Census has been deemed a success, with 106 sea slug species identified by the community.

The third annual Coffs Coast Sea Slug Census was held over three days from January 29-31, with participants scouring local coastal rock pools and diving into the ocean to photographically document the sea slug species calling the region home.

“There were some very interesting finds and we recorded 29 species that weren’t seen in the previous 2 censuses (2019, 2020),” organiser and Southern Cross University Marine Science Professor Stephen Smith said.

“It was a great effort all round!”

This is the third year in a row that the census has

been held, with conditions this year less than ideal.

“While visibility was great offshore, the swell limited opportunities for searching productive shallow habitats around the islands,” Mr Smith said.

“Conditions were calmer at Muttonbird Island, but the trade-off was visibility of around 1 metre.

“Fortunately, our rocky shores were once again highly productive and participants covered a large number of locations through the census area.”

The census documented 106 species of sea slugs over the three days of the census across the entire search area.

Of these species, 29 had not previously been recorded in Coffs Coast Sea Slug Census events.

This year, the side-gilled slug Pleurobranchus peronii and Hydatina physis were

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Live Music Continues In The City Square Throughout March

By Andrew VIVIAN

THE success of live music in City Square has resulted in the musical line-up being extended for the rest of March.

Since mid-January the Coffs Harbour City Council and the City Centre Masterplan Committee have been supporting local and visiting artists by commissioning a live music series in City Square.

Community feedback has been extremely positive towards the arts and culture buzz that has taken off in the city centre.

City centre businesses are also enjoying having more customers sitting down to eat, drink and stay longer

to enjoy the free live music.

Musicians will be scheduled every Wednesday at 10.30am in City Square, with the line-up including Raku One O’Gaia (10 March), Sam Dyball (17 March), Looking for Lucy (24 March) and Alicia Parry (31 March).

Sam Dyball is a young singer songwriter from Nana Glen who has been performing with family trio “D’boyzos” for the past five years and has now decided to try performing solo.

He has performed over 450 shows, including supporting bands and artists such as The Black Sorrows, Wendy Matthews, Kasey Chambers and Troy CassarDaley.

“Having this opportunity that gets me into a local and outdoor live space is perfect,”

Sam said.

“I can put myself out there and try out some of the new songs I’ve been writing.

“I like to be able to reach more people and share the tunes and good vibes with Coffs Harbour locals,” he said.

In the event of wet weather Live and Local performers will be situated undercover in the Food Court on Level 1 of Coffs Central.

Busking is also back in the Coffs City Centre and is free for locals to book a spot in the City Centre.

The council manages busking that occurs in public spaces with designated sites but not busking that occurs on private property.

For more info visit https://www.coffsharbour. nsw.gov.au/ and search ‘busking’.

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the most sighted species.

Census participants Craig Lewis and Elizabeth Hardaker tied for the most species found, with both locating 29 different species of sea slugs, closely followed

by Brett Touzell who found 28 species.

“There were lots of very interesting species photographed including some that have been seen only sporadically in the region,” Mr Smith said.

“The standout, however, was the small and spectacular Okenia mellita which was photographed at South Solitary Island.

“This SE Australian endemic species is usually found in cooler waters and rarely in the subtropics with very few records from the region.”

The sea slug images gathered during the census will help marine scientists to update information about the diversity and distribution of this particular group of molluscs.

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Bello Vegetation Vandals

By Sandra MOON

BELLINGEN Shire residents are well known for being environmentally aware and holding its vegetation in high regard, so it is surprising that the town is suffering a spate of vegetation vandalism.

Bellingen Shire Council have issued a statement in regards to the vandalism and what they describe as a new low.

A Bellingen Shire Council spokesperson said, “Reports of vegetation vandalism in and around our Shire are traditionally rare and isolated instances, because we are a community that wants to protect and enhance the beauty of the natural environment we are lucky to share and call home.

“Unfortunately, there has recently been numerous examples of vegetation vandalism to public and private property, which is very disappointing because the bad behaviour of a few people directly affects us as a community and reflects poorly on our town.”

Specifically, vandals have been targeting public gardens and landscaping works in Main Street, Church Street, Oak Street and north Bellingen’s Wheatley Street Roundabout with feature trees, plants and shrubs either

destroyed or ripped out of garden beds.

One of the areas that has been damaged is the grape vine planted to create shade where the camphor laurel trees were removed in 2017 with much controversy.

The grape vine, planted as part of the Main Street Outdoor Upgrade was well on its way to creating the much

needed shade but is now dying.

Numerous instances of plant poisonings have also been observed, and the illegal dumping of garden waste, lawn and pruning clippings in public gardens and landscaping works has unfortunately become a regular occurrence.

Council crews, community

q Before: the established grape vine growing up a trellis designed to provide a canopy.

q

After: the grape vine damaged at its stem is now dying.

q members and Main Street traders have collectively cleaned up the mess left

behind by these careless vandals and private and public surveillance cameras are

currently being checked to try and identify the culprits.

The spokesperson said,

Coffs Harbour and Bellingen Local Government Areas.

Acting Team Manager Rachael Eggins said the statutory BFDP ends on 31 March each year but a decision had been made, in consultation with local authorities and stakeholders, to end the season one month

early due to mild weather.

Ms Eggins said all members of the public must still abide by the law when conducting burning activities.

“Even though a fire permit is no longer required, residents must still notify their neighbours and the local fire authority 24 hours before

burning,” Ms Eggins said.

“Notification to the NSW RFS can now be done online at www.rfs.nsw.gov. au/notify, or by phoning the Coffs Harbour Fire Control Centre on 6651 6133 during business hours.

“Before lighting up, people should also check

Bush Fire Danger Period ends early

THE NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) will declare an early end to the statutory Bush Fire Danger Period (BFDP) for the Mid North Coast Team, due to wet conditions.

From Monday 1 March 2021, fire permits will no longer be required for the

Rex returns to Coffs Airport

By Emma DARBIN

AVIATION company Rex Airlines (Regional Express) will commence direct flights between Coffs Harbour and Sydney from Sunday 28 March, offering Coffs Harbour passengers more choice on the region’s busiest air route.

The company recently removed its services from five regional routes, including Grafton and Lismore airports.

The move by Rex is in response to “aggressive predatory moves by Qantas into thin regional routes serviced by Rex”.

“Qantas has clearly embarked on a deliberate strategy of moving into Rex’s routes that can only support one regional carrier in an attempt to intimidate and damage Rex in its traditional regional market, hoping that Rex would be a less formidable competitor in the domestic market,” Rex Deputy Chairman

q Increased services at Coffs Harbour Airport continue since it’s lease to Palisades Investment Partners, with Rex Airlines to conduct flights to Sydney from March 28. Photo: Emma Darbin.

John Sharp stated.

“Rex will, from April, commence new services to ports where Virgin Australia has retreated, leaving Qantas as the sole or dominant operator.

“The new services are from Sydney to Coffs Harbour (330,000 passengers preCOVID), Port Macquarie

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(190,000 passengers preCOVID).”

Rex will initially offer three daily return services from Monday to Friday, and eighteen return services in total for the week using a SAAB 340 twinengine turboprop aircraft.

This translates to almost 1,300 additional seats a week, or more than 60,000 seats a

year into the region.

Coffs Harbour Mayor Denise Knight said the announcement was a significant boost for the region as the Airport worked to rebuild capacity.

“This is another round of fabulous news for our region and another vote of confidence in Coffs Harbour Airport,” Cr

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A two year old tree has also been damaged.

“These instances of vegetation vandalism have also been referred to the Police and anyone

whether they need a Bush Fire Hazard Reduction Certificate and have sufficient equipment on hand to control and contain the fire to their property.

“Your local fire station or Fire Control Centre can provide advice on how to safely undertake hazard reduction work and how to best prepare yourself, your property and your family for the next bushfire

Knight said.

“Both Council and Palisades Investment Partners are focused on seeing passenger numbers return to pre COVID-19 levels as soon as possible.

“I’m delighted to welcome Rex back to the airport with these great new services.”

CEO of the management company that will oversee Coffs Harbour Airport, Andrew Brodie, said his team was delighted to work with Rex and Coffs Harbour City Council to offer passengers more choice and more frequency for travel between Coffs Harbour and Sydney.

“We believe by building more connections and supporting growth, Coffs Harbour Airport will play a critical role in helping the region recover from COVID-19 and reach its potential as a vibrant hub,” Mr Brodie said.

“The Rex services provide more choice and frequency for passengers travelling between Sydney and Coffs, and will provide a boost to the growing business travel market and for those keen to connect with family and friends.

with further information is urged to contact Bellingen Police on 6655 1444.”

season.”

For information on planning and preparing for fire, visit www. myfireplan.com.au.

Information on hazard reduction or volunteering can be found at www.rfs.nsw.gov.au or by contacting the Coffs Harbour Fire Control Centre on 6651 6133.

“The extra flights are great news for the local tourism industry too, giving more Sydneysiders the opportunity to explore everything the Coffs Coast region offers.”

Rex’s General Manager Network Strategy Warrick Lodge said, “Finally the residents of Coffs Harbour can have access to reliable services at affordable fares.

“Rex will be bringing its coveted Community Fare Scheme to the city with a lead-in fare of $119,” Mr Lodge said.

“Fares are now on sale on our website.

“If our services are wellsupported with over 40,000 annual passengers, we will add a fourth daily return on weekdays which will bring significant socio-economic benefits to the region.”

Rex is Australia’s largest independent regional and domestic airline, operating 1,500 weekly flights to 60 destinations throughout Australia.

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EOI for Urunga Boat Houses

By Sandra MOON

DO you fancy taking on board four iconic boat houses set on the beautiful Kalang River?

The revitalising and repurposing of iconic buildings will be of community interest to Urunga residents and all who have enjoyed the quaint historic buildings to date.

The NSW government has put out a tender for the four historic boat houses on Atherton Drive at Urunga.

The callout is an Expression of Interest campaign to lease, restore and reactivate four boathouses on the Kalang River and is part of the Atherton Drive Foreshore Master Plan released in 2018.

Minister for Water, Property and Housing and Member for Oxley Melinda Pavey said the EOI process will test the market’s interest to restore, refit and repurpose the boathouses to improve visitor amenity and activate the Atherton Drive foreshore recreation area.

The EOI process follows the adoption of the Master Plan which sets out the basis for the sustainable future use and development of this significant area of Bellinger Heads State Park.

“The Atherton Drive

foreshore is a popular recreation area and the retention and adaptive reuse of the boathouses has the potential to enhance the foreshore for locals and visitors alike,” Minister Pavey said.

“The community told us it wanted to see the foreshore activated with new attractions and things to do, so we are seeking proposals that will breathe new life into the site.

“Potential reuse would also complement other public open space improvements, offering greater opportunities for locals and visitors to enjoy the Kalang River at Urunga.”

The issue of what to do with the historic boathouses has been on the radar since 2017 when consultations began with community and interested parties.

Traditional boathouses, built between the 1930’s and 1960’s, have long been a prominent feature of the Atherton Drive foreshore.

The Master Plan states, “These boatsheds were held under permissive occupancies (a form of tenure) by individuals, many of whom converted the structures into two story

dwellings to use for holiday accommodation.

“There were once 40 such boat houses but this number has dwindled as many boat houses were demolished following the surrender of the permissive occupancies.

“It has been NSW Government policy to remove the cottages as they progressively revert to the Crown, thus adding valuable foreshore land to the adjoining recreational Reserve.”

The Atherton Drive precinct, Urunga is under the management of the Bellinger Heads State Park Trust, which is jointly administered by both the NSW Department of Industry - Lands and Bellingen Shire Council.

Following the EOI process, shortlisted applicants may be invited to submit a more detailed tender application.

The criteria used to evaluate EOIs will include economic viability, contribution to visitor amenity and the proposed planning approval pathway.

If approved, the boathouses would be leased by Crown Lands to successful applicants.

The EOI is open for eight weeks from 26 February 2021 to 23 April 2021, with further information available at www. tenders.nsw.gov.au.

Driver Licensing Program EVEN more people on the Coffs Coast who face roadblocks to obtaining a driver licence will find it easier under the expansion of the NSW Government’s $20 million Driver Licensing Access Program (DLAP).

Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said the NSW Government is doubling its investment from the last DLAP round over the next five years to better support people who face barriers to get their learner and provisional driver licences.

ACE Community College is the provider in Coffs Harbour.

“This program helps disadvantaged groups like Aboriginal communities, vulnerable youth, low socioeconomic environments and people from refugee resettlement communities get their driver licence, building upon our vision for a stronger, safer regional NSW,” Mr Singh said.

“Since the program started in 2015, DLAP has helped more than 4500 participants to gain their L-plates and more than 3000 people gain their P-plates.”

Minister for Regional Youth Bronnie Taylor said this is an issue that has consistently been raised

with her since becoming the Minister for Regional Youth.

“A driver’s licence can be a real game changer for people living in regional areas – it can be the difference between getting a job, getting to TAFE or accessing essential health services,” Mrs Taylor said.

“We want everyone to have the opportunity to be a safe and legal driver, and this program enables us to give young people in the regions a hand to unlock the barriers they may face in doing that.”

Mrs Taylor said DLAP was helping young drivers navigate the Graduated Licensing Scheme (GLS) by preparing them for the driver knowledge test to gain their Ls and helping them clock up 120 log book hours.

q Minister Melinda Pavey hopes for EOIs to activate Atherton Drive. q One of the four boat houses covered in the Expression Of Interest

Sandy Beach Reserve Active Youth Space and Community Hub Invitation to Participate in Concept Planning Young people and the wider community are invited to become involved in planning for a skate plaza and other future community facilities at Sandy Beach Reserve.

The $300,000 Active Youth Space project is financed by the Coffs Coast Regional Park and through a NSW Government Stronger Country Communities Fund grant of $150,000.

This project includes construction of a skate plaza and basketball half-court.

Sandy Beach Reserve forms part of the Coffs Coast Regional Park. The Regional Park is managed by Coffs Harbour City Council and the National Parks and Wildlife Service, under the guidance of the Coffs Coast Regional Park Trust Board, which is appointed by the NSW Government.

Consultations will assist in developing concept designs for the Active Youth Space and other elements of the Community Hub at Sandy Beach Reserve.

For details, project updates and registrations to participate, see the Sandy Beach Reserve project page at: www.haveyoursay.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au The community may participate in concept plan development through two consultation stages: Stage One – Preliminary Planning: *Register for the Community Workshop to be held on-site at Sandy Beach Reserve (barbecue and playground area), Wednesday March 10, 4pm-6pm. Community input from this workshop will inform preparation of concepts for the new Active Youth Space and Community Hub, and address parking considerations. *Registrations are required prior to the event to facilitate alternative online participation by the community, should Covid 19, weather or other unforeseen events force cancellation of the Community Workshop. Registrations will be confirmed at the event in line with relevant Covid 19 Guidelines.

Stage Two – Concept Design Development: Comment on concept designs for the Active Youth Space and Community Hub. Draft concept plans will be prepared following consideration of community input during Stage One – Preliminary Planning. The draft plans will be placed on public exhibition for a 28-day period on the Sandy Beach Reserve project page at: www.haveyoursay.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au Further information: Phone 66484000 or email to: coffs.council@chcc.nsw.gov.au * Coffs Harbour City Council is committed to openness and transparency in its decision-making processes. The Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 requires Council to provide public access to information held unless there are overriding public interest considerations against disclosure. Any submissions received will be made publicly available unless the writer can demonstrate that the release of part or all of the information would not be in the public interest.

However, Council would be obliged to release information as required by court order or other specific law.

The Coffs Coast Regional Park is jointly managed by Coffs Harbour City Council and the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service

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Public gallery set to return this month

By Emma DARBIN

LOCAL residents may be able to attend fortnightly Coffs Harbour City Council meetings some time this month, with Council investigating COVID-safe solutions to allow the return of the public gallery.

Online broadcasts of the Council meetings will continue even after the public gallery is fully back, as providing online live access was a Council resolution prior to COVID, and has been done since 2017.

The Office of Local Government is providing Council with guidance on the

return of the public gallery at Council meetings.

Under Office of Local Government directives issued in September 2020, Council has the ability to continue to hold official meetings electronically until 25 March 2021.

Also under this circular to councils, councillors and council staff may attend council meetings in person, and councils must allow councillors and staff to attend and participate in meetings by audio-visual links where it is reasonably practicable to do so.

Members of the public are also permitted to attend

Council meetings, however, councils must not allow persons to attend a meeting if the size of the meeting venue is insufficient to ensure there is four square metres of space for each person attending the meeting.

Where councils exclude members of the public from meetings, they must livestream their meetings using audio-visual links to satisfy requirements under the Local Government Act for members of the public to be permitted to “attend” meetings.

Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock said virtual meetings have been instrumental in ensuring the State’s 128 councils continue to function,

SWIFF21 Program Goes Live

By Andrew VIVIAN

q The programs for this year’s Screenwave International Film Festival.

TONIGHT, the Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival (SWIFF) will release its 2021 festival lineup at the SWIFF’21 Preview Gala.

The festival runs from April 14-29 and the full schedule of films, performances, guests, and special events are now available to peruse and book online.

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while minimising the risk of COVID-19 transmission.

“With councillors debating and determining important community issues at council meetings, it’s been vital that this decision making process has continued,” Ms Hancock said.

“During the height of the pandemic, the overwhelming majority of the State’s 128 local councils held virtual meetings, with many councils still choosing to meet electronically.

“Important public access to electronic meetings is guaranteed with councils required to livestream them so local residents can tune in and keep a recording online for at least 12 months.”

Sawtell-based boutique furniture maker Ashton Designs, became the most highly attended film festival in regional Australia with 10,000 attendees last year and with most weekend sessions selling out.

This year, presales are already more than 250% on the previous festival, which organisers attribute both to the festival maturing and to the dearth of cultural experiences due to COVID-19.

“We moved SWIFF to April this year in the hopes of Australia’s COVID situation improving, which it now has,”

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q A public gallery may soon resume at Coffs Harbour City Council meetings, with Council investigating the return of resident attendance at fortnightly Council meetings. Photo: Emma Darbin. said Festival Director Dave Horsley.

“With the NSW State Government announcing it safe for cinemas to return to 100% capacity last Friday, we are thrilled the festival will be enjoyed the way it is intended, alive and humming,” he continued.

The 2021 festival will host a record 120 different sessions, including screenings, performances, wine dinners, industry events, music performances, and the Nextwave Youth Film Awards.

There will be over 60

different feature films in the program, spanning 30 different countries – another new record.

SWIFF’21 will be hosted at the Jetty Memorial Theatre and at the 350-capacity CHEC Theatre at the Coffs Harbour Education Campus thanks to the support of TAFE NSW, Coffs Harbour Senior College, and Southern Cross University.

Presale passes are currently available until late Sunday night before reverting to full price and can be found with the program at www. swiff.com.au.

Steel Magnolias comes to the Jetty Memorial Theatre

By David TUNE COMMUNITY theatre company Coffs Harbour Amateur Theatrical Society (CHATS) are excited to be returning to the stage of the Jetty Memorial Theatre (JMT) this month with their production of “Steel Magnolias” written by Robert Harling.

The play is based on the author's real-life experience of the death of his sister, Susan Harling Robinson, in 1985 from complications from Type 1 diabetes.

Opening on 19 March, the story of six southern belles and their strength and support for each other as they go through good times and bad is well known from the 1989 movie that showcased

the talents of Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis and Julia Roberts among others.

Coffs Harbour is blessed with talented actors of all ages and this production brings together a cast of wonderful theatrical women who fit their roles to a tee.

The cast are Jenny Garratt as Truvy, Emily Cooper as Annelle, Virginia Craze as Clairee, Emily Branster as Shelby, Laura Smith as M'Lynn and Mel Winkler as Ouiser Director Donna Fairall has turned her hand from musicals (‘Beauty and the Beast’, ‘Annie’, ‘Mary Poppins’, ‘Shrek the Musical’ at JMT), to take on this funny and poignant play that delivers laughs and tears and a real

connection to the characters portrayed in it.

“As someone who had only directed and choreographed musicals with 30 or more people before, I was thrilled for the opportunity to try my hand at a straight play and work with a small cast,” Donna said.

“It has been a true delight to watch their journey from auditions and through rehearsals, as they have encouraged one another, laughed and cried with each other and developed those Southern accents, I am so proud.”

For more information and tickets call the JMT on 6648 4930 Tuesday through to Friday 12 noon to 4pm or go to https://www.jettytheatre. com/steel-magnolias/.

q The cast of CHATS Production’s Steel Magnolias (back L to front R) Virginia Craze, Emily Cooper, Mel Winkler, Laura Smith, Emily Brockett-Branster, Jenny Garratt. Photo: Donna Fairall.

CHEC’s D Block Theatre gets upgrade

By David TUNE ON Friday 25 February TAFE NSW, Southern Cross University (SCU), Coffs Harbour Senior College (CHSC) and Coffs Harbour City Council announced the completion of stage one of the major upgrades and refurbishment of the D Block theatre at the Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC).

With a grant from the NSW Government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund of $309,856 CHEC has been able to

q HSC Dance students showing off the additions to the D Block theatre at CHEC. Photo supplied.

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markedly improve the D Block theatre to make it an up to date, vibrant and connected facility that is available to all users of the campus and the wider community.

With a seating capacity of 500 the raked theatre now boasts a refurbished foyer including a new ticketing and merchandise booth, a state-of-the-art audiovisual control desk, a venue wide communications system, an accessible main lighting truss, upgraded air conditioning system, improved acoustics,

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over 9km of new cabling, an upgraded 300amp power system and a new driveway and improved external access to the stage.

One of the main people behind the design and execution of the project is CHEC’s highly experienced Senior Client Support Officer (Audio Visual) Simon Coates, who said, “This project has enabled the Campus to deliver Coffs Harbour with unique first class technical, rigging, staging and event facilities ‘in house’ for the first time in the area. “We’ve delivered the core foundations for a first-class industry

standard performing arts and events facility.”

SCU’s Vice Chancellor Professor Tyrone Carlin thanked the project team as well as Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh, Coffs Harbour City Council and the Coffs Harbour Chamber of Commerce for their commitment and support.

The facility is already host to world class performances produced by the Coffs Harbour Music Society and has several other national touring and local community performance art events booked for 2021.

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Building community through football

By David WIGLEY

RISE is a not-for-profit community association which brings people together and helps people from all backgrounds through playing football.

Ian Leach, Vice President of Rise explained to News Of The Area the purpose of the program and how it works.

“The players and coaches meet most mornings from 6:30am to 8am at the Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC) and on a Monday evening at Key Employment to play the game that binds them together.

“We welcome all local community members or groups including the vulnerable, disadvantaged, Indigenous, newly arrived migrants, refugees and people with disability, regardless of gender, to our various football and wellbeing programs.

“The Rise Community Football and Wellbeing Programme kicked-off in 2019 and is open to all socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic groups and is free of charge to participants, regardless of their background.

“The primary aim of our program is not necessarily to produce great footballers, but to help develop well balanced, resilient, community-minded young people via a variety of well-being programs facilitated

by Rise as an integral part of their participation with us, the common link is football, but the binding goal is community or as we sometimes say; football in our soul, community at our heart.

“We work closely with North Coast Football local clubs to place our members in local community football, as we do not run teams as such, except in pre and post-season tournaments.

“As of February 2021, we have over 100 members or as we like to call them our ambassadors, over half are recent refugee arrivals including many from the Yazidi community of Northern Iraq, kids from SubSaharan Africa and Myanmar, our age group ranges from 12 to 18 and in early February we kicked off a junior Rise program for the under 12’s.

“Rise recently entered teams in the postseason 2020 Gold Coast Invitational Tournament and were proud to be awarded the prize for best sportsmanship,” said Leach.

The Ambassadors at Rise also have the opportunity to give back to the community.

In return for participating in the Rise Community Football and Wellbeing Program at no expense, each participant commits to an annual minimum of 26 hours volunteer community service in Community Outreach programs, working on Rise initiatives and with organisations such as Wesley and Surf Lifesaving.

“Members families or carers also collectively commit to an annual minimum of 52 hours volunteer community service in our Community Outreach programmes,” said Leach.

“The success at CHEC has

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resulted in the expansion to Key Employment in West High Street where the under 12’s train on a Monday evening.

“The Graff Avenue Football Fun in the Park program has been a great success providing both footy coaching, fun games and weekly free home cooked meals to a large First Nation community in Toormina.

“We work closely with Aunt Kerry, a tireless and inspirational elder who has worked to improve the lives of the youth of Toormina for many years.

“All our initiatives are aimed at engaging the wider community to promote social inclusiveness together with enhancing their physical and mental well-being, especially to those within our community who for whatever reason find it difficult to participate in conventional, mainstream community or sports activities.

“In early February 2021 we started a Breakfast Club, with food provided by Woolworths for our members whose training hours are a remarkable 6:30am to 8am most mornings and we have just been awarded a NSW government transport grant to hire a bus for pick-ups and drop-offs at Jetty and Orara High Schools to and from the CHEC Campus.

“We are the proud recipients of a NSW Stronger Communities Funding Grant which has helped tremendously fund the development of Rise.

“Rise has partnered with CHEC for the use of their excellent facilities for which we thank them and Key Employment profusely for the use of their grounds and the Hub at West High Street.

“We are also currently pioneering new initiatives to assist all Rise participants with educational and employment pathways and experiences to enhance their future employment prospects.

“Rise has also recently signed off with Southern Cross University for a 3 year PHD Scholarship placement in our Rise Football Academy with a proposed start date of January 2022 to study our development, innovative practices and its potential as a model for other similar sports-based community initiatives.

“As you can see, the outreach into our community is significant and varied, the synergies created by capturing the energies and goodwill of our participants and their families provides the impetus to reach out to who knows how many throughout our community in the years to come.

“On March 18 we will hold our 2021 season Kick-Off FundRaising event at Red-C events so please join us,” said Leach.

Three junior Rise ambassadors also spoke to News Of The Area about what the organisation means to them.

“Rise is like a family that provides us with opportunity”, “We make new friends at Rise” and “Rise asks us to be giving community members,” were their three responses.

Matt Snell, President of Rise added, “Our upcoming launch for Rise 2021 is a significant milestone for a wonderful

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q Football Fun in the Park program coached by Habib Noorani and Roger Lundindi at Graff Avenue, Toormina. q Demonstrating the Rise values on the pitch, receiving the best sportsmanship award at The Gold Coast Invitational Tournament in 2020.

locally based charitable organisation with community inclusiveness at its core.

“All of our selfless volunteers, participants and

employees will celebrate our achievements to date and enjoy the opportunity to present the ground-breaking Rise projects to the community, many of

which have made a real and positive difference to local families and individuals,” said Snell Phil McMullan, Technical

Director echoed the Rise philosophy.

“Everyone wants to find their happy place, Rise provides that for all its participants.”

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HYPOTHETICAL Taking a Legal Look

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By Manny WOOD

Granny Flat Agreements JANE is a divorcee, in her midseventies.

She is very close to her daughter, Mel. In 2010, Jane’s lease runs out, allowing her and Mel to go on a sixmonth tour around Australia in her caravan.

They make it from Sydney to Emerald Beach and immediately both fall in love with the area and Mel finds the perfect two-bedroom place overlooking the beach.

Unfortunately, Mel cannot afford the deposit.

Jane has some savings and says to Mel, “I’m getting on a bit and find it more difficult to be on my own.

“If you really like this place and would be happy to let me live with you, I can give you the balance of the deposit.”

Mel accepts her mother’s offer and Jane puts $75,000 towards the deposit of the property.

In early 2020, Jane and Mel have a falling-out resulting in Jane, who is now in her early eighties, moving out.

Jane has almost no assets and asks that the $75,000 that she gave to Mel be paid back to help her relocate.

Mel refuses, arguing that the $75,000 was a gift and did not need to be repaid.

The matter eventually goes to Court.

After nearly two years of proceedings, the Court finds that in the circumstances, Jane could rely on a ‘proprietary estoppel’, entitling her to damages on the basis that it was unconscionable for Mel to resile from her promise to allow Jane to stay at the property.

If Jane and Mel had a formal Granny Flat Agreement drawn-up, clearly stating what would happen if Jane left the property, years of litigation could have been avoided.

Thank you to Jamie Visco for his assistance with this column.

If YOU would like a particular issue addressed please email Manny at manny.wood@ticliblaxland.com. au or call him on (02) 6648 7487.

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WHENEVER my teenage daughter gets in the car, she always switches the music to her playlist which raises my anxiety levels.

I admit we have very different tastes in music.

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Further marginalisation of the homeless DEAR News Of The Area,

I WANT to talk about the fence around the Neighbourhood Centre and Pete's Place with you.

I have today asked if the Neighbourhood Centre requested the fence and they did not and I asked Pete's Place if they requested it and they did not.

The staff at Pete's Place told me the people are hurting themselves trying to climb the fence to get in.

This is what the fence is designed to do isn't it?

Council has further marginalized the homeless by putting it up and this drives them further into despair and depression.

What Council did is archaic and not acceptable in this day and age.

I want to know why it was put up and what Council decided the consequences would be for the homeless.

I heard two homeless mothers talking in Pete's

CONGRATULATIONS to the new Captains and Vice Captains from our local schools who were featured in last week's edition of the Coffs Coast News of the Area.

It was surprising however, to see that one prominent local independent college has elected two boys for the position of Leadership Captain, and two girls elected as Service Captains.

Place today, both with 30 year old sons.

What did you think people like them would do after dark in the rain.

Did you think about it?

It has to come down.

You could have put some horse stables up for them with the money spent on the fence and it would have been far more humane than the fence.

Regards, Judy QUICKENDEN.

Looking after our vulnerable DEAR News Of The Area,

"A NATION’S greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members," said Mahatma Ghandi in a speech he delivered in 1931.

In Coffs Harbour we have recently built a spiked security fence around our Community Village.

Does this show compassion for those who cannot protect or fend for themselves?

With the construction of this fence, people who are

homeless, mostly not by choice, will now be locked out at night and weekends.

Within this communal space, Pete's Place has provided a service and a safe place for people in need.

OK you say, the tenants at the village have a right to feel safe.

But so do the homeless and vulnerable.

And in addition to adding to the sense of isolation, the fence will impede the arrival of help in case of emergency, accident, fire

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o you have a pressing problem, annoying anxiety or community conundrum? Jasminda Featherlight, our resident roving Agony Aunt, is here to help. Jasminda will be responding to questions from readers. SEND your concerns to Jasminda care of media@newsofthearea.com.au and include your name and suburb.

This is the same gender allocation as the captains of the previous year when these new positions were created - boys for leadership, girls for service.

Surely a school, whether government or independent, should reflect the values of our community by promoting gender equality when

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selecting females and males for both the Leadership Captains and Service Captains positions.

Michael WOLTSCHENKO, Retired Secondary School Head Teacher, Coffs Harbour.

or illness.

In today's environment of COVID-19 resulting in pressure on rental and emergency accommodation, where would YOU go if you were alone, escaping a domestic violent situation for instance, and had no money?

You can't sleep in your car (if you have one) because rangers move you on.

You can't afford to stay in a motel.

You're not safe to sleep in a doorway by yourself.

What do you do?

Where do you go?

Pete's Place needs support from all the community and the homeless need to be listened to.

We are all in this together.

Surely there is a place of refuge that can be set aside on public land?

In the meantime, the fence will remain a symbol of our moving towards a polarised society, them and us, and gated communities.

Is this the direction we want to go in, or can we come up with a solution?

Regards, Elaine SHERWOOD, Coffs Harbour.

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Dear Doug, I WISH you could have given me a bit more information about your musical tastes.

I’m going to use a bit of artistic liberty.

If you are sensitive enough to write to an agony aunt, I’m guessing you like a bit of Creedence Clearwater Revival mixed in with some Fleetwood Mac and on your more sombre and reflective days, some Cat Stevens and Simon and Garfunkel interspersed with the Ten Percent Happier podcast.

And who could blame you.

Car travel can transport your mind and body.

There’s nothing quite like a road trip, even if you’re just taking your teenager to school because she missed the bus – again.

And yet you find yourself, not only stressed at her lack of time management, but suddenly being mentally thrashed by a playlist that includes Doja Cat and Cardi B with lines such as ‘pop that like Ginkgo biloba / That booty don’t need no more soda’ and you wonder why you forked out all that cash on English tuition.

In this instance, there are a few options.

You can either alternate – song for song – so only half the trip is the mental equivalent of being stuck in a lift and verbally assaulted by an angry stranger, or you can say that the driver is the DJ (which will work until your daughter is practicing for her driver’s licence).

The other alternative is headphones (on your daughter) or some time out from music so you can ask her questions that she doesn’t want to answer under the guise of parent-child bonding.

All in all, I’d say just avoid the situation and give her a bus timetable.

Carpe diem, Jasminda.

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OPINION & LETTERS

Truth Sometimes Painful DEAR News Of The Area,

THE hypocrisy is staggering.

Three decades ago the anti-timber, anti-farming movement started to evolve in the Bellingen Shire.

Not a thought was given to the fact or any appreciation for the generation that created Bellingen.

Native forests must be locked up and switch to plantations.

Bellingen already had large areas of degrading farmland planted down to plantations.

Once harvesting commenced in these areas planted down in the sixties, all hell breaks loose, and suddenly they have evolved into native forests, no-go zones, prime koala habitat-

with predictions of ecological disaster.

The recent hot spot has been the Tarkeeth, east of Bellingen, which has seen blockades, demonstrations, and all sorts of outrageous claims via a biased and misinformed media campaign.

Some months ago I drove in to assess the operation in progress at the above, with an open mind and both eyes

engaged.

Recently, the operation at Tarkeeth was completed and following 600 to 800 mm of heavy rain I had to view the end result.

After all the propaganda, I wondered whether I would make it in my four-wheel drive, would I pass koalas begging for gum leaves, and as claimed, would all that topsoil be clogging the gullies and washing into the

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I was impressed, so well drained was that 4km dirt road, not a bucket of soil seemed lost.

In those steep clear felled sections, there was no obvious erosion, and even grass has been sown for added protection until the next generation of trees are established.

Under constant surveillance, logging practices have come a long way but are always an untidy operation.

What a shame the same doesn't apply to our green dominated Council.

Much of their rural road network which once drained is now just eroding into our waterways for lack of maintenance.

The old saying ‘tend to your own backyard before throwing rubbish into your neighbours’ applies here.

Regards, Darcey BROWNING. Thora.

Mayoral Column - Bellingen Shire Council

By Cr Dominic KING (Mayor) Bellingen Shire Council MORE than $16 million of State Government Fixing Country Bridges Program funds have been secured to help maintain, repair and rehabilitate our Shire’s ageing timber bridge network, which is the fourth

largest timber bridge network in the state by length.

Addressing the challenges our timber bridge network presents us has been an ongoing priority for Council, and our engineers have conducted detailed field assessments of 85 local timber bridges to help develop our Shire’s Timber Bridge Maintenance, Repair

and Rehabilitation Program.

The data from our Timber Bridge Program also allowed Council lodge a robust and successful funding submission, that will see $16,194,551.50 injected into our Shire’s Timber Bridge Program, which features an investment program of $29 million during the next 11 years.

This is Council’s most significant infrastructure investment to date, and these funds will contribute towards the repair and replacement of key bridges in our Shire which have previously impacted our ability to provide essential access for our community and the local agricultural, service and industrial

sectors.

Ultimately this is a great result for our community and local businesses and the Council will continue to pursue every possible opportunity to secure State and Federal funding, because every dollar we get helps us to improve the safety of our Shire’s ageing timber bridge network.

Lighting up the Coast: Construction Commences (Part 3)

By Karen FILEWOOD

WHILE 1874 saw significant progress in establishing the lighthouse, the following year’s activity was limited to the 1875 government estimates for the building, which rose dramatically from £4000 to £10,000.

Two visits to South Solitary Island in 1876 and 1877 were made to decide on the final site of the lighthouse and to survey the island.

Government advertising for tenders to build the lighthouse appeared on 27 March 1878 and were due three weeks later.

To facilitate the tendering process, the government steamer Thetis took 15 contractors to inspect the site of the

‘principle lighthouse’ on South Solitary and another five sites where lighthouses were to be constructed.

Representatives from the government’s public works and colonial architect departments, along with a well-known artist also joined the week-long, fully catered voyage.

This trip proved quite enjoyable with the fine weather allowing fishing which resulted in the catching of numerous snapper.

Messrs McLeod, McMaster and Jennings were officially awarded the tender on 24 June 1878 though, just 10 days after the trip on the Thetis, the construction plant and a crane were shipped aboard the Saxonia, followed by

the James Comrie and transported to the island.

Among the plant, specially purchased and imported by the contractors, was an Ingersoll Rock Drill.

Invented six years before for mining, excavation and tunnelling purposes, it resembled an adjustable tripod with a steel drilling-bit in the centre.

Weighing 818lb (371kg) and powered by steam transmitted through a hose from a separate boiler, it could drill a 1½ inch diameter hole to a depth of 24 inches (60cm) in under three minutes and was considered ideal to quarry stone for the lighthouse.

Over the following months the contractors, workers and supplies were transported to and from the

q Design of Lighthouse, South Solitary Island, by James Barnett 1878. Courtesy of Coffs Collections (coffs.recollect.net.au). island by steamships during their regular trips along the coast, and a system of

signalling was arranged to send messages to passing ships, to indicate that all

was well on the island and the level of progress made.

To be continued.

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Opportunity on “Tallowwood” UNDER instructions from the mortgagee, ‘Tallowwood’ is approximately 125 hectares or 308.75 acres, 10 minutes from Dorrigo.

The property is destocked with a good body of feed also presenting an opportunity

for further improvement and development of pastures.

Soils are mixed with areas of basalt and clay with pastures historically improved to kikuyu, ryes and clovers.

Water is secure with a fully approved spring fed dam of approximately 20 megalitres plus second permanent spring at the rear

of the property.

Rainfall is 60 to 65 inches or 1.5 to 1.625 metres per year in one of Australia’s most reliable high rainfall regions.

The existing three bedroom home is suitable for renovation or replacement but situated in a private position away from the road enjoying a north east aspect

and views across the dam and property.

Generally lightly undulating country, Tallowwood features one of the higher vantage points in the area providing spectacular 360 degree views across the farm, Dorrigo Plateau and surrounds.

The property benefits from good access with dual

bitumen frontage plus a network of internal roadways around the property.

Only 10 minutes to Dorrigo you will find all the conveniences and amenities you could need.

Enjoying a mild climate the Dorrigo Plateau is recognised as one of Australia’s most productive and liveable regions.

Famous for its world heritage listed national parks in 30 minutes you can be in Bellingen or under 1 hour at pristine uncrowded beaches or Coffs Harbour.

The auction of ‘Tallowwood’ will be held on Thursday 18 March.

Contact Rory Birt at Ray White Rural Dorrigo & Bellingen on 0403 913 527.

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Our beautiful Completed Home & Land Package is Open for your Inspection every Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday from 10;30am to 3pm at 124 (Lot 31) Pearl Circuit, Valla NSW 2448

LAST CHANCE TO LIVE IN PEARL AT VALLA! With all our land now sold, your LAST remaining chance to live in this idyllic enclave is our Sales Office which is located at 124 Pearl Circuit, Valla NSW 2448.

We’ve done all the hard work for you and you can simply move it and put your own finishing touches to make this brand new property your new home. It’s perfect for the downsizer or empty nester who doesn’t want to go through the entire building and landscaping process but move into a new home.

An expansive veranda welcomes you upon entry to this beautiful brand new home, which leads through to the centrally located open plan kitchen, dining and living areas. The master bedroom is complete with large walk-in robe and ensuite, and also opens out to the impressive alfresco to the rear of the home, where your outlook is stunning natural bushland. The ‘Pearl 254’ also features three additional bedrooms media room and large walk-in pantry!

Priced to sell from $845K to $875K and located on 2.5 acres of land with major of town facilities and ready to move in NOW!!!

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803m2 block with landscaped gardens & paved footpaths.

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Recently renovated & features stunning views across Richardson park/oval & the western mountain ranges.

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10 minutes with one of our property experts will make all the difference to your sale result.

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View By Appointment Sale $420,000 - $450,000

Home Open Saturday 11.00-11.45am Price $789,000

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A super affordable 1St home this is a very clever investment. This great little 3 Bedroom home, is your opportunity to get into home ownership.

Positioned at the end of a cul-de-sac, on a well drained block & is loaded with potential. Comes with a renovated kitchen, plus additional study nook, 1.5 Kw solar power plus, super efficient heat pump hot water system. So close to public transport & walking distance to local shops, schools and parks.

Located within the popular “Elements Estate”, this quality Brian Hopwood home is a must to inspect! From the moment you enter the home, you will appreciate the workmanship and easy flowing floorplan. Four bedrooms – master with ensuite and all with robes, the media room doubles as a 5th bedroom and there is an additional living space/computer area. An open butlers pantry and ESSO stone benchtops compliment the well appointed kitchen with the living area being open plan and air conditioned.

The covered entertaining area is the ideal place to relax with friends with the University, Coffs Hospital and International Stadium all being close by. For the investor, our excellent tenant pays $600 per week and is keen to stay. Arrange your inspection of this superb family residence today!

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Ideal Investment Package!!

Whether you’re seeking a solid investment, or low cost entry into the property market, this little beauty ticks all of the boxes. Positioned in a low maintenance block of six, the two bedroom design sparkles having recently been renovated throughout. A new kitchen and bathroom are accentuated by fashionable flooring, fresh paintwork, and new window coverings. Both bedrooms are a good size and have built-in robes.

This is a rare opportunity to secure Two modern homes on the one title of land. Home one has 3 bedrooms whilst the other has 4 bedrooms with both having their own garage and large fenced yards. The kitchens are modern, the living areas are open plan with both tenants keen to remain.

Current rental return $36400 (potential rental return $45760). Council rates $4933pa.

Price $920,000

View By Appointment Sale $290,000

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Coramba Charm and Character

Positioned on an elevated corner block, in an area of quality homes, this floor plan will please every member of the family. Built over two levels the main living space flows to a generous undercover deck, great for entertaining and al fresco dining. Downstairs includes a teenage retreat, with bedroom, ensuite, and a “work from home” studio.

This lovely family cottage oozes charm and character and is located in the township of historic Coramba and features; 12 ft ceilings, air conditioning, 3 bedrooms with hardwood timber flooring along with a modern kitchen and bathroom. There is rear lane access and the back verandah overlooks the yard and Orara River Reserve. With some TLC and modernising, this much loved home will become a real gem!

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7 Anniversary Pl, Coffs Harbour Positioned in a quiet cul-de-sac is this beautifully presented 4 bedroom ensuite residence, surrounded by other quality homes! Full brick construction, high ceilings and an easy flowing design puts this property on the top of any inspection list. There is separate lounge, dining and family rooms, the well-appointed kitchen overlooks the yard with the master bedroom being huge with a modernised ensuite and Walk in robe. Other selling points would be the double drive thru garage, covered entertaining area and third toilet in laundry and much much more. Arrange your inspection today!

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Designed around the pleasant outlook, this impressive family home features; 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a separate lounge, dining and family rooms. The kitchen is well-appointed with the downstairs area ideal for the extended family or guest accommodation. The alfresco deck overlooks the private yard and the double garage has internal access. NOTE - Current lease expires October 2020 with excellent tenants in place!!

Raine & Horne Coffs Harbour Agent, James Brearley, has been recognised for outstanding service at the recent Raine & Horne State Awards. James placed 9th for Top Salesman - Number of Sales, and 3rd Place for Top Salesman - Sales Dollar Value. James was also awarded the Chairmans Club Award for outstanding service and results. Well done James! If you would like to benefit from James’ experience and outstanding results, give him a call today on 0414 897 040.

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8/10-12 TROPIC LODGE PLACE, KORORA $199,000-$215,000

3 BOWER CRESCENT, TOORMINA • Fabulous undercover entertaining & through access to yard • Mediterranean-style floor tiles & lovely modern kitchen • Spacious master bedroom, solar power • Approx 3kms to beach and cafes

• Fully self-contained & furnished, this 2 bedroom villa is set in the beautiful Tropic Oasis Resort • Live in, holiday home, long term rental or holiday let – the choice is yours • Enjoy resort style living • Agents Interest Declared

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• Opportunity to purchase land in one of Coffs Harbours hottest streets • Surrounded by modern & innovated homes • Unabeted views North to the ocean, overlooking the Big Banana

• Big, private home ideal for families • Spacious lounge with wood fire, family room off kitchen • 5th bedroom or ideal home office • Parents wing with deck and tranquil outlook

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• Whisper quiet and perfectly private • Unique 40 hectare property offers multilevel income opportunities • 3 bedroom main homestead oozes with country charm • Self-contained 1 bedroom bungalow which has become a popular Air B&B

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A PRODUCTIVE, well improved farm on the Nambucca River, close to town and the beach with subdivision opportunity, ‘Copperhead’ is approximately 71.34 hectares or 176.21 acres, 3 kilometres to Macksville with approximately 20 hectares zoned Large Lot Residential providing subdivision potential including 1 hectare blocks.

Three lots are currently approved with plans drawn up and ready to be completed.

The property has benefited from recent investment over the last 18 months featuring steel cattle yards with double deck access plus covered vet crush and work area.

The majority of fencing is new with steel posts and 5 strand barb wire subdividing the property into 6 paddocks with laneway.

Currently grazing cattle the property runs from productive river flats to higher flood free grazing country with areas of wetlands.

Grazable areas have been fertilised with grasses predominantly natives, kikuyu and

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Some areas depending on the season have been cultivated and used to grow sorghum and other forage crops plus historically macadamias.

Water is assured with town water available across the property plus average annual rainfall of approximately 60 inches or 1.5 metres and multiple dams.

‘Copperhead’ is currently vacant but with building entitlement and views across the property to the Pacific Ocean, Macksville and Nambucca River mouth plus west to the Great Dividing Range.

For added convenience, plus being beneficial to future subdivision, the property has dual frontage to bitumen roads accessing the front and back of the property.

NBN, mobile reception, mains power and town water are also all

available.

Only minutes to Macksville you will find all the conveniences and amenities you could need, in under 20 minutes you can be at either Scotts Head or Nambucca Heads beaches or 45 minutes to Coffs Harbour.

The auction of ‘Copperhead’ is on Tuesday 30 March.

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VERSATILE FAMILY HOME WITH LAKE VIEWS Cardow & Partners have been instructed by NSW Trustee & Guardian to auction this well maintained family home.

Video Online Mortgagee Auction — 308.75* Acres, 10min* Dorrigo ‘Tallowwood’, 125ha* (308.75* acres), Dorrigo, NSW • 210* acres cleared and historically improved • Fully approved and compliant 20ML* dam • 60-65” (1,500–1,650mm*) rainfall average per annum plus multiple springs • Spectacular views across the plateau and property • Brick home, yards and old dairy in poor condition • Dual bitumen frontage, 10min* Dorrigo, 35min* Bellingen, 1hr 15min* Coffs Harbour

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Auction Thursday 18 March 2021 11am Dorrigo Community Centre Rory Birt 0403 913 527 John O’Leary 0412 948 700 *approx.

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Not even a pandemic was going to get in the way of the spectacular spectacle of the 2021 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. While there may be some differences to keep spectators and performers at the SCG safe, the glitz, glamour and utter fabulousness will not be compromised. Courtney Act, Joel Creasey, Narelda Jacobs (pictured) and Zoë Coombs Marr make up the fab four in the commentary box as the hosts of this year’s event.

Given the fitting theme ‘Rise’, Mardi Gras 2021 is a call to action; a celebration of compassion, respect, understanding and the power of unity to make the world a better place.

Whether you called it “tiggy”, “tag”, or “chasey”, it is highly likely you played a version of this game as a kid. It’s low-tech, often outdoors and is a good way to burn up some pent-up energy. But why should the little ones have all the fun, hey? Surely that was the reasoning for the creators of Ultimate Tag, who have taken the age-old game and jacked it up to 11. Hosted by sports presenter Abbey Gelmi and former running superstar Matt Shirvington (pictured), competitors line up to vault, dodge, dive and tumble their way around various moving courses while their opponent tries to chase them down. Sounds simple but it’s deceptively tricky and strangely addictive viewing.

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What do you do when the star of a once-famous sitcom in the infancy of its modern-day comeback lashes out on Twitter and sends studio heads reeling? Kill her off, of course, and go ahead with a tweaked version of the show. That’s the backstory to The Conners, the working-class family of which Roseanne Barr was once matriarch. In tonight’s double-header, Becky (Alicia Goranson) and Darlene (Sara Gilbert, pictured with John Goodman) scramble for extra work when the pandemic kills their business.

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FRIDAY, March 5 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.00 The Pacific: In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Back Roads. (R) 1.30 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 2.00 Rake.

(Mls, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.00 Restoration Australia. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 10.30 German News.

11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News.

12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Australia Says Yes. (Ml, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.30 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy!

(PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

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

12.00 MOVIE: Must Love Dogs. (2005, Ms, R) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Amazing Grace. (Ma, R) 2.00 Desperate Housewives. (M, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa) 1.00 The Living Room.

(R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Australia.

Millie Ross celebrates pears.

8.30 Vera. (Mv, R) Part 2 of 4. DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the mysterious death of a young man.

10.00 Mum. (Ml) Jason has something he needs to say.

10.30 State Of The Union. (PG, R) 10.45 ABC Late News.

11.00 The Vaccine. (R) 11.15 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) 11.45 Aftertaste. (Mdl, R) 12.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Viking Murder Mystery. (Mav, R) 8.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo.

(PG) Ernie Dingo takes a trip to Cooktown.

9.00 Who Do You Think You Are? UK: Boy George. (PGa, R) Boy George explores his roots.

10.10 The Royals And The Nazis. (M) 11.10 SBS World News Late.

11.30 Dolly Parton: 50 Years At The Opry. (PG, R) 1.00 Miniseries: Deep Water. (Malv, R) 5.00 CGTN English News.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

Karen Martini makes barbecue prawns.

8.30 MOVIE: Tag. (2018, Mdls) A group of five friends who have been playing tag for 30 years decides to play one last epic game, using their entire hometown as the battlefield, before the wedding of their undefeated player.

Jeremy Renner, Isla Fisher, Ed Helms.

10.30 Ambulance: Code Red. (Ma, R) Follows the work of an ambulance service.

11.30 Surveillance Oz Dashcam. (PG, R) 12.00 MOVIE: Stolen Youth.

(1996, Mas, R) Sharon Lawrence.

2.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Escape To The Chateau. Dick is determined to make sloe gin.

8.30 MOVIE: Coming To America.

(1988, Ml, R) A pampered African prince travels to New York in search of an American bride. Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Madge Sinclair.

10.50 MOVIE: Be Cool.

(2005, Mlv, R) John Travolta.

1.00 Surfing Australia TV. (PGl, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Global Shop.

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

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Living Room. (PG, R) Amanda, Dr Chris, Barry and Miguel come to the aid of the Slavins, who run a community kitchen.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show.

Graham Norton chats with Kate Winslet, Stanley Tucci, Orlando Bloom and Kingsley Ben-Adir.

9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 Just For Laughs Australia.

(Mdls, R) Hosted by Tommy Little.

11.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.00 The Project. (R) 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7pm Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 David Williamson’s Emerald City. 10.50 Brush With Fame.

11.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 12.10am Catalyst. 1.05 Parks And Recreation. 1.30 Reno 911!

1.50 Zapped. 2.20 News Update. 2.25 Close. 5.00 Bing. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

11.30 SBS Courtside. Noon Basketball. NBA. Memphis Grizzlies v Milwaukee Bucks. 2.30 The Last Lesbian Bars. 2.55 Gaycation. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 The Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.05 If You Are The One. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 Hoarders. (Final) 9.20 Mums Make Porn Germany. (Premiere) 11.05 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness.

1.00 Miniseries: Madoff. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute.

3.30 Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Highway Cops. 8.30 Escape To The Country.

9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Property Ladder UK. 11.45 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo.

7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Call The Midwife. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless.

3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Home At Seven. (1952, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Seven Worlds, One Planet. 8.40 MOVIE: Earthquake.

(1974, PG) 11.10 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 L.A.’s Finest. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 CSI: Miami. 11.30 CSI. 12.30am Shopping. 2.00 Nash Bridges. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 ST: Next Gen. 5.00 Late Programs.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Kundun.

Continued. (1997, PG) 7.45 The Straight Story.

(1999, PG) 9.50 Toast. (2010, PG) 11.35 Project A. (1983, PG, Cantonese) 1.35pm Maudie. (2016, PG) 3.45 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 5.45 City Of Ember. (2008, PG) 7.35 Alone In Berlin. (2016, M) 9.30 Call Me By Your Name. (2017, M) 11.55 Haute Cuisine. (2012, M, French) 1.40am Easy Sex, Sad Movies. (2014, M, Spanish) 3.20 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Pawn Stars. 9.30 Storage Wars. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Shipping Wars. 4.00 Timbersports.

4.30 Pawnography. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Men In Black 2. (2002, PG) 9.20 MOVIE: Predator 2. (1990, MA15+) 11.35 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 1.30 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 2.30 Malcolm. 3.30 Baywatch. 4.30 Knight Rider. 5.30 MOVIE: Kubo And The Two Strings. (2016, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Great Wall. (2016, M) 9.30 MOVIE: The Mummy. (2017, M) 11.35 Big Heads. (Premiere) 12.35am Lethal Weapon. 1.30 Rivals. 2.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Cheers. 7.00 Friends.

8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.30 Becker.

10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Cheers. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 The Conners. (Return) 10.30 Charmed. (Return) 11.30 Big Bang. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Medium. 2.30 Late Programs.

6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 The Friday Showdown. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin.

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

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SATURDAY, March 6 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8)

WIN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Rage. (PG) 11.00 Rage Mardi Gras Special. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Romeo & Juliet. (PG, R) 2.30 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. (R) 3.35 Prince Harry’s Story: Four Royal Weddings. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 11.

Brisbane Roar v Sydney FC.

6.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Figure Skating. 2019-2020 ISU European C’ships. Replay. 3.30 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 3.35 Algeria From Above. (R) 5.25 Who Do You Think You Are? UK. (Final, PG)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Super Saturday and Randwick Guineas Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5.

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

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 Award Winning Tasmania. (R) 1.00 My Way. 1.30 Driving Test. (PGl, R) 2.00 Netball.

Constellation Cup. Game 3. New Zealand Silver Ferns v Australian Diamonds. 4.00 The Pet Rescuers. (Premiere, PG) 4.30 Garden Gurus. 5.00 News. 5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) 12.30 Destination Dessert. (R) 1.00 10 Minute Kitchen. 1.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 2.00 Three Blue Ducks. (PGls, R) 2.30 Australia

By Design: Innovations. (Final, PG) 3.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 3.30 Jamie & The Nonnas.

(R) 4.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

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

7.30 Death In Paradise. (PG) A young woman is murdered.

8.30 Call The Midwife. (PG) Sister Frances is at a loss when she cares for a diabetic and recovering cancer patient.

9.30 Harrow. (Mav, R) Harrow, Fairley and Nichols conduct an impromptu murder investigation while on a hiking trip.

10.25 Miniseries: Apple Tree Yard. (MA15+av, R) Part 2 of 4.

11.20 Press. (Mls, R) 12.20 Rage Mardi Gras Special. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras 2021. Coverage of the 2021 Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras from the SCG. 11.30 MOVIE: Call Me By Your Name. (2017, Mlns, R) A teen falls for an older student. Armie Hammer.

1.55 VICE Guide To Film: New Trans Cinema. (MA15+ans, R) 2.45 MOVIE: Kiki, Love To Love.

(2016, MA15+ls, R) Natalia De Molina.

4.40 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG) Biosecurity officers make a very unusual and potentially devastating discovery in a package from China.

7.30 MOVIE: Men In Black: International. (2019, Mav) Two MIB agents uncover a sinister plot involving a traitor who is aiding an alien invasion. Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Liam Neeson.

10.00 MOVIE: Wrath Of The Titans.

(2012, Mv, R) Perseus sets out to rescue Zeus. Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson.

12.00 MOVIE: Borderline Normal. (2001, Mas, R) 2.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Space Invaders. (PG) Experts help people declutter their lives.

8.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible – Fallout. (2018, Mlv) A secret agent allows stolen plutonium to fall into the hands of an arms dealer. Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson.

11.30 MOVIE: Empire.

(2002, MA15+dlv) John Leguizamo.

1.30 My Way. (R) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop.

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

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGl, R) 6.30 To Be Advised.

7.00 Three Blue Ducks. (PGl) The chefs head to Canberra.

7.30 To Be Advised.

9.00 Ambulance. (Mals, R) It is St Patrick’s Day, one of the busiest nights on the calendar for the paramedics in Liverpool with incidents involving a fatal stabbing, alcohol poisoning, broken ankles, substance abuse and cardiac arrests.

11.20 Inside The Children’s Hospital.

(PG, R) Narrated by David Tennant.

12.00 To Be Advised.

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

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Pride: Live At The Apollo.

9.30 Ross Noble: Stand Up Series. 10.00 Sammy J. 10.05 Would I Lie To You? 10.40 Why Are You Like This. 11.05 High Fidelity. 11.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 12.15am Escape From The City. 1.10 Chris Ramsey’s Stand Up Central. (Final) 1.35 Would I Lie To You? 2.05 This Country. 2.30 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Basketball. NBA. Memphis Grizzlies v Milwaukee Bucks. Replay. 2.00 Dead Set On Life.

2.30 Front Up. 3.00 Insight. 4.00 WorldWatch.

5.30 Basketball. NBL. Adelaide 36ers v Cairns Taipans. 7.40 The Rise Of Trash TV. 8.30 The X-Files. 9.20 Romulus. 11.30 The Sunny Side Of Sex. 12.20am Vogue Williams: Wild Girls. 1.20 Gaycation. 2.05 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 Animal Rescue. Noon Weekender. 12.30 Creek To Coast. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Sydney Weekender. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.15 Animal Rescue. 3.45 Property Ladder UK. 5.00 Horse Racing. Super Saturday and Randwick Guineas Day. 5.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.30 The Baron.

12.30pm My Favorite Martian. 1.00 Hitchcock. 1.30 MOVIE: Mister Ten Per Cent. (1967) 3.20 MOVIE: West Of Zanzibar. (1954) 5.20 MOVIE: Flight From Ashiya. (1964, PG) 7.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby.

Round 3. Melbourne Rebels v ACT Brumbies. 9.45 Super Rugby Post-Match. 10.00 MOVIE: Hang ’Em High. (1968, M) 12.20am Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. Noon JAG. 1.00 The Doctors. 2.00 Jake And The Fatman.

4.00 iFish. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 To Be Advised. 11.20 L.A.’s Finest. 12.15am Hawaii Five-0. 1.10 CSI: Miami.

2.10 48 Hours. 3.10 Elementary. 4.05 The Doctors.

5.00 Home Shopping.

SKY NEWS (53)

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Toast.

Continued. (2010, PG) 6.45 Grace Of Monaco.

(2014, PG) 8.40 City Of Ember. (2008, PG) 10.30 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 12.30pm Family Law. (2006, PG, Spanish) 2.25 The Straight Story.

(1999, PG) 4.30 Project A. (1983, PG, Cantonese) 6.30 Belle. (2013, PG) 8.30 The Kids Are All Right.

(2010, MA15+) 10.30 Walk With Me. (2016, MA15+, Danish) 12.30am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

12.30pm Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Aussie Dreamlivers Texas. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Football. AFL Women’s.

Round 6. GWS Giants v Brisbane Lions. 5.00 Shipping Wars. 6.00 Megastructures. 7.00 Building Giants. 8.00 Mighty Ships. 9.00 Mighty Cruise Ships. 10.00 Air Crash Investigation. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Xtreme Collxtion. 2.30 Liquid Science.

3.30 MOVIE: Pokémon: Lucario And The Mystery Of Mew. (2005) 5.30 MOVIE: Stuart Little 2. (2002) 7.00 MOVIE: Despicable Me 2. (2013, PG) 9.00 MOVIE: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.

(2013, M) 11.30 Big Heads. 12.30am Lethal Weapon. 1.30 Surfing Australia TV. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Cheers. 6.30 Friends.

8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Becker.

10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The Middle. 11.30 The Amazing Race Australia. 2pm Everybody Loves Raymond.

3.30 Friends. 6.00 Columbo. 7.30 Kojak. 8.30 Spyforce. 9.30 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 The Middle. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 2 Broke Girls. 4.00 Mom. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 The Brady Bunch.

6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Gameday Live.

9.00 Racing Dreams. 10.00 Fox Sports News.

11.00 Fox Sports News. Noon Fox Sports News.

1.00 Fox Sports News. 2.00 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Fox Sports News. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Fox Sports News. 7.00 Bernardi.

8.00 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News.

10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, March 7 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8)

WIN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Australia Remastered. (R) 3.30 The Mix. (R) 4.00 Soccer. W-League.Round 11. Canberra United v Brisbane Roar.

6.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Spanish News.

11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24.

12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight.

1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 The Death Of Hitler.

(PGav, R) 4.00 Sportswoman. 5.05 Soccer.

Indigenous v National Premier Leagues.

Koalas v Queensland. H’lights. 5.35 Hitler And Churchill. (PG, R)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 1.00 Beach Cops. (PG, R) 1.30 Highway Patrol. (PG, R) 2.00 MOVIE: Grown Ups 2. (2013, PGlnsv, R) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) 11.00 Women’s Footy. (PG) 12.00 Xtreme Collxtion. (PG, R) 1.00 Netball.

Constellation Cup. Game 4. New Zealand Silver Ferns v Australian Diamonds. 3.00 Customs. (PGa, R) 3.30 Driving Test. (PGl, R) 4.00 David Attenborough’s Dynasties. (PG, R) 5.00 News. 5.30 Territory Cops. (PGdl, R)

6.00 Mass. 6.30 Morning Programs. 8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. (PG, R) 9.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 All 4 Adventure.

(PG, R) 1.00 The Offroad Adventure Show.

2.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 2.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. (R) 3.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGl, R) 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 4.00 To Be Advised. 5.00 News.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Grand Designs New Zealand. Hosted by Chris Moller.

8.30 Harrow. (Mav) As Harrow’s attempts to reconnect with his son are frustrated, Fern and James grow closer.

9.25 Silent Witness. (Mav) Nikki is forced to question police methods.

10.25 Miniseries: Patrick Melrose. (MA15+d, R) 11.25 Line Of Duty. (Mav, R) 12.25 Wentworth. (Mal, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.10 Wentworth. (Mal, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime. (PG) 9.20 Killer Bridges. (R) 10.20 Michael Mosley: Coronavirus Special. (PG, R) 11.20 Contagion. (Ma, R) 12.30 Travel Man. (R) 1.00 Do I Have To Take Care Of Everything? (R) 1.10 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Paris-Nice Race. Stage 1.

3.10 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.55 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Ultimate Tag. (Premiere, PG) A high-octane physical competition that takes the popular childhood game of tag to new heights.

8.40 MOVIE: Kingsman: The Secret Service. (2014, MA15+lv, R) A troubled young man must prove his mettle after he is recruited into a secret British spy organisation. Taron Egerton, Colin Firth.

11.10 World’s Deadliest: Bail Outs. (PGa) A father and son are trapped in a wildfire.

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Married At First Sight. (PGls) 8.30 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.

9.30 Nine News Late. Takes a look at the latest news and events from Australia and around the world.

10.00 Uncovered: Killed

By Hate. (Mav, R) 11.45 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. (MA15+adlv) 12.35 My Way. (R) 1.05 The Xtreme Collxtion. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project.

A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Amazing Race Australia.

The teams make their way to Australia’s first legal casino and take a gamble at building an epic house of cards.

9.00 FBI: Most Wanted. After a suspect escapes trial and goes on a murder spree, the team partners with his bail bondsperson, Jackie, in order to track him down. Jess continues to struggle with moving forward in his love life.

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

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

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Mothers On The Edge. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.25 Catalyst. 11.25 Devolution. 12.25am You Can’t Ask That. 12.55 Restoration Australia. 1.55 Would I Lie To You? 2.25 This Country. 2.55 News Update. 3.00 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon It’s A Match. 1.00 New Girl. 2.00 Basketball.

NBL. Melbourne United v Brisbane Bullets. 4.00 WorldWatch. 4.30 Basketball. NBL. Illawarra Hawks v Perth Wildcats. 6.30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 7.00 Monty Python’s Flying Circus. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 Why Women Kill. (Final) 9.30 United Shades Of America. 10.20 Letterkenny.

10.45 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 NBC Today. Noon The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 1.00 1 Man And A Bike. (Premiere) 1.30 The Zoo. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.30 Escape To The Country. 8.30 Wild Bill.

9.30 Bodyguard. 11.50 Escape To The Country.

12.50am The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Home Shopping.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 MOVIE: Seven Days To Noon. (1950, PG) Noon My Favorite Martian. 12.30 Garden Gurus. 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 Hitchcock. 2.00 MOVIE: Irma La Douce. (1963, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: The Birds. (1963, PG) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire.

10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 ST: Voyager. 9.30 One Strange Rock. 10.30 Escape Fishing. 11.00 Scorpion. 1pm The Doctors. 2.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. 2.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. 3.30 Reel Action. 4.00 Fishing Aust. 5.00 I Fish. 5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 48 Hours. 11.20 Late Programs.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Straight Story. Continued. (1999, PG) 7.00 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 9.00 Project A. (1983, PG, Cantonese) 11.00 Mosley. (2019, PG) 12.55pm Belle. (2013, PG) 2.50 City Of Ember. (2008, PG) 4.40 Family Law. (2006, PG, Spanish) 6.35 Grace Of Monaco. (2014, PG) 8.30 Who You Think I Am. (2019, MA15+, French) 10.25 Madame Bovary.

(2014, M) 12.35am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 Fish’n With Mates. 11.30 The Fishing Show.

12.30pm Football. AFL Women’s. Round 6. Carlton v Geelong. 2.30 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 6.

Collingwood v Western Bulldogs. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 5.30 Counting Cars. 6.00 Last Car Garage.

6.30 Border Patrol. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: The Hangover Part III. (2013, MA15+) 10.40 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Liquid Science. 2.00 Dance Moms. 4.00 MOVIE: Marmaduke. (2010, PG) 5.45 MOVIE: Alvin And The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. (2011) 7.30 MOVIE: The Matrix Revolutions. (2003, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Life. (2017, MA15+) Midnight Lethal Weapon. 1.00 Mike Tyson Mysteries. 1.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Brady Bunch.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 1pm The Amazing Race Australia. 2.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 3.30 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Friends.

10.30 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Home Shopping.

1.30 Mom. 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 The Brady Bunch.

6am News. 6.30 Fox Sports News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Sunday Agenda. 9.00 Outsiders. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Business Weekend. Noon Fox Sports News. 1.00 Fox Sports News. 2.00 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Fox Sports News. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Sharri. 7.00 Chris Smith Tonight.

8.00 In My View. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Late Programs.

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat

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MONDAY, March 8 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Grand Designs NZ. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Death In Paradise. (PG, R) 2.00 Rake. (Final, Mlv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.00 Restoration Australia. (Final, PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Al Jazeera. 1.55 Hillary.

(Ml, R) 3.00 Warrior Women With Lupita Nyong’o. (PGaw, R) 3.55 Vote Yes. (PGa) 4.05 Railway Journeys UK. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy!

(PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

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

12.00 To Be Advised.

2.00 Criminal Confessions. (Mlv, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (PGls, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGadl) 1.00 To Be Advised.

2.30 Ent. Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey.

4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story.

8.30 Four Corners.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 The Pacific: In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill. (Final, PG) 10.20 You Can’t Ask That. (PG, R) 10.55 ABC Late News.

11.25 Catalyst. (R) 12.25 Wentworth. (Mlv, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (Mlv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 The Secret Life Of Lighthouses. (PG) 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) 9.25 The Story Of The Songs. (M) 10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 Outlander. (MA15+av) 11.55 Butter Lamp. (PGa) 12.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Paris-Nice Race. Stage 2.

2.15 VICE Guide To Film. (Malnv, R) 3.05 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News.

5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Ultimate Tag. (PG) A high-octane physical competition that takes the popular childhood game of tag to new heights.

9.10 9-1-1. (Mav) The 118 believes their firehouse superstition has come true when they have the day from hell.

10.10 The Rookie. (Mav) John and Nyla escort four juvenile offenders.

11.10 The Latest: Seven News.

11.40 Station 19. (Ma) Andy and Sullivan are trapped in a car.

1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mals) 9.00 Under Investigation: Janine Vaughan. (Mal) Presented by Liz Hayes.

10.00 Australian Crime Stories: The Money Of The Bomb. (Mv, R) 11.10 Nine News Late.

11.40 The First 48. (Mav, R) 12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Amazing Race Australia.

Hosted by Beau Ryan.

8.30 Hughesy, We Have A Problem. Dave Hughes is assisted by celebrities to discuss solutions to problems experienced in modern life.

9.30 The Graham Norton Show.

(R) Graham chats with Kate Winslet.

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

11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 David Attenborough: Kingdom Of Plants. (Final) 9.40 To Be Advised. 10.45 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

11.35 Escape From The City. 12.30am Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 1.10 Would I Lie To You? 1.40 Parks And Recreation. 2.05 Reno 911! 2.25 Zapped. 3.00 News Update. 3.05 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Is Australia Sexist? 1.00 VICE. 1.35 Lethal Ladies: NZ Female Fighters. 2.00 Insight. 3.00 Why Do Men Earn More Than Women? 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.20 This Week. 5.15 The Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Forged In Fire Latin America. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster: Champion Of Champions. 9.25 RocKwiz. 10.20 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 MOVIE: The Falcon In Hollywood. (1944, PG) Noon House Of Wellness.

1.00 Brit Cops. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 1 Man And A Bike. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Judge John Deed.

10.30 Autopsy USA. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Garden Gurus Moments. 3.05 MOVIE: Orders To Kill. (1958, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 London Kills. 8.40 MOVIE: Agatha Raisin: The Quiche Of Death. (2014, PG) 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 To Be Advised. 12.10am Home Shopping. 2.10 CSI: Miami. 3.10 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 Instinct. 5.00 Nash Bridges.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Headline News.

8.30 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 News. 5.30 The Serve. (Return) 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Fox Sports News. 7.30 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 NRL Tonight.

(Return) 11.00 Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Grace Of Monaco. Continued. (2014, PG) 6.05 Family Law. (2006, PG, Spanish) 8.00 Belle. (2013, PG) 9.55 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 11.45 The Piano Tuner Of EarthQuakes. (2005, PG, Portuguese) 1.40pm Cutthroat Island. (1995, PG) 3.55 Mosley.

(2019, PG) 5.45 Delbaran. (2001, PG, Farsi) 7.35 Woman At War. (2018, M, Icelandic) 9.30 Happy As Lazzaro. (2018, M, Italian) 11.50 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Buccaneers & Bones. 1.30 Gold Fever. 2.30 Graveyard Carz. 3.30 Counting Cars. 4.00 Last Car Garage. 4.30 Motor Racing. Dunlop Super2 Series. Highlights. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Pawn Stars South Africa. 8.00 Pawn Stars UK. 8.30 MOVIE: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. (2016, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon MOVIE: Madeline.

(1998) 1.50 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Social Fabric.

4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm.

7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Under Siege. (1992, M) 10.40 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 11.40 The Nanny. 12.10am Lethal Weapon.

1.10 Big Heads. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Everybody Loves Raymond. 7.00 The Middle. 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 The Big Bang Theory.

11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News.

1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, March 9 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.55 Antiques Roadshow.

(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (PG, R) 2.00 Poldark. (Mav, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 1.55 Hillary.

(Ml, R) 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.00 Railway Journeys UK. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

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

12.00 MOVIE: Fugitive At 17. (2012, Madv, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. (Malv, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 The Garden Gurus. (R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (Mals, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGals) 1.00 To Be Advised.

2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet.

(R) 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey.

4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Foreign Correspondent.

8.30 Catalyst: Kill Or Cure – The Story Of Venom. (Final, PGm) A look at uses for venoms.

9.30 The Truth About Getting Fit At Home.

10.50 ABC Late News.

11.25 Q+A. (R) 12.35 Wentworth. (Malsv, R) 1.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (Malsv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Great Australian Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 8.40 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) 9.35 Michael Portillo’s Abandoned Britain. (PGa, R) 10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 The Pier. (MA15+s) 12.00 Calling. (Ml) 12.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race. Stage 3. 2.15 VICE Guide To Film. (Malv, R) 3.05 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGv) 7.30 Ultimate Tag. (PG) A high-octane physical competition that takes the popular childhood game of tag to new heights.

9.00 The Good Doctor. (Ma) Still reeling from a recent loss, Shaun declares he does not want to teach the new residents anymore.

10.00 The Resident. (M) Nic struggles with her recovery.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 Station 19. (Ma) 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mas) 9.00 Botched. (Malmn) Dr Paul Nassif has a tough case ahead of him.

10.00 Labour Of Love. (Ml) Kristy spends time in the father-to-be house.

11.00 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

11.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (Mav, R) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Amazing Race Australia.

The teams head back in time at the historic town of Ross where they must compete in a gruelling challenge.

8.30 NCIS. (Mav) When Sloane’s name is discovered in Afghanistan at the site of an abandoned bus with a dead driver, Gibbs accompanies her on a trip to find a group of girls who were kidnapped from the bus.

10.30 The Project. (R) 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Why Are You Like This. 9.10 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.50 High Fidelity. 10.20 Brassic. 11.05 Pride: Live At The Apollo. 12.05am Ross Noble: Stand Up Series. 12.35 Parks And Recreation. 1.00 Reno 911! 1.20 Zapped.

(Final) 1.55 News Update. 2.00 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Inside Heston’s World. 2.00 The Curse Of Oak Island. 2.45 Noma Australia. 3.45 WorldWatch.

5.10 The Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Shortland Street.

6.10 Asia’s Next Top Model. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 VICE Investigates. (Premiere) 10.35 Miniseries: The Salisbury Poisonings. 11.30 News. Midnight Stories From Norway: The Musical! 12.50 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness.

1.00 Brit Cops. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Sydney Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Jonathan Creek. 2.30am Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo.

7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon London Kills.

1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Dentist On The Job. (1961, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat.

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Shades Of Blue. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 10.25 CSI: Miami. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 CSI: Miami.

3.15 JAG. 4.10 ST: Voyager. 5.05 Diagnosis Murder.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Parliament Live.

3.15 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live.

5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 AFL Tonight. (Return) 7.30 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 NRL Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 9.40 White Tuft, The Little Beaver.

(2008) 11.05 Asterix: The Mansions Of The Gods.

(2014, PG, French) 12.40pm Delbaran. (2001, PG, Farsi) 2.30 The Flintstones. (1994, PG) 4.10 The Piano Tuner Of EarthQuakes. (2005, PG, Portuguese) 6.05 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 7.55 Pili. (2017, M, Swahili) 9.30 Kuessipan. (2019, M, French Canadian) 11.40 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Pawn Stars South Africa. 3.30 Pawn Stars UK. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates.

4.30 Pawnography. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 10.30 Mighty Rivers. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Sherlock Holmes. (2009, M) 10.05 MOVIE: The Dictator.

(2012, MA15+) 11.45 The Nanny. 12.15am Lethal Weapon. 1.10 Urbex: Enter At Your Own Risk. 2.10 Baywatch. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Frasier. 7.00 Friends.

8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier.

10.00 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Medium. 3.30 Frasier. 4.30 Home Shopping.

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat

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WEDNESDAY, March 10 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 10.30 One Plus One. (PGa, R) 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 1.55 Poldark. (PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow.

(PG, R) 5.10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 1.55 Hillary.

(Mav, R) 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.05 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

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

12.00 MOVIE: Dreamhouse Nightmare. (2017, Masv, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. (Mlv, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Driving Test. (PGl, R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (Mas, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Ml) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey.

4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering.

9.00 Aftertaste. (Final, Mdls) 9.30 Why Are You Like This. (Mal, R) 9.55 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 10.35 Staged. (Ml, R) 11.00 ABC Late News.

11.35 Four Corners. (R) 12.20 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.35 Wentworth. (Malsv, R) 1.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.35 Wentworth.

(Malsv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Tony Robinson: Britain’s Ancient Tracks. (PG, R) 8.30 Australia In Colour. (PG) 9.30 Departure. (Premiere, Ma) 10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 Romulus. (MA15+) 11.50 Oh Lucy! (PGl) 12.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Paris-Nice Race. Stage 4.

2.15 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+v, R) 3.05 Railway Journeys UK. (PG, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGsv) 7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG) Officers are suspicious of a couple.

8.30 Miniseries: The Pembrokeshire Murders. (Malv) Part 3 of 3.

9.30 Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching The Gameshow Killer.

(M) The true story of killer John Cooper.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 Criminal Confessions. (MA15+av) 12.00 Code Black. (Ma, R) 1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mals) The social “experiment” continues.

9.00 Amazing Grace. (Ma) Sophia makes a surprise announcement.

10.00 New Amsterdam. (M) 11.00 Nine News Late.

11.30 Chicago Med. (MA15+am) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.20 Explore.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 The Cube. Game show in which teams of two put their skills to the test by completing tasks in a perspex cube.

8.30 Bull. (Mv, R) Bull and the team help defend a police officer involved in a federal civil suit over the use of excessive force.

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

11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

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

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

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Harry Seidler: Modernist. 9.45 Restoration Australia. 10.45 To Be Advised. 11.40 Louis Theroux: Mothers On The Edge. 12.45am Parks And Recreation. 1.05 Reno 911! 1.25 Chewing Gum. 1.50 Josh. 2.20 News Update. 2.25 Close. 5.00 Grandpa Honeyant. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Inside Heston’s World. 2.00 The Curse Of Oak Island. 2.50 Noma Australia. 3.20 Stories From Norway: The Musical! 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 The Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Vs Arashi. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Wellington Paranormal. 9.05 MOVIE: The Conversation. (1974, M) 11.10 Late Programs.

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6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness.

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6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Frankie Drake Mysteries.

8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Jonathan Creek.

1.15am ICU. 2.00 Home Shopping.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon New Tricks. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives.

2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Sailors Three. (1940) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 Silent Witness. 12.10am Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 NCIS. 12.10am Home Shopping.

2.10 CSI: Miami. 3.10 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 Instinct. 5.00 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 7.15 The Piano Tuner Of EarthQuakes.

(2005, PG, Portuguese) 9.10 Delbaran. (2001, PG, Farsi) 11.00 Cutthroat Island. (1995, PG) 1.15pm White Tuft, The Little Beaver. (2008) 2.40 Black Narcissus. (1947, PG) 4.35 Asterix: The Mansions Of The Gods. (2014, PG, French) 6.10 The Flintstones.

(1994, PG) 7.50 Billy Bloom. (2017, M) 9.30 Wadjda.

(2012, PG, Arabic) 11.20 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life.

Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Classic Restos: USA Edition. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Pawnography. 5.30 Storage Wars.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 9.00 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 8.30 MOVIE: Sicario. (2015, MA15+) 11.00 Police Ten 7. 11.30 The Nanny. Midnight Lethal Weapon. 1.00 The Horn. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Frasier. 7.00 Friends.

8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier.

10.00 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 2 Broke Girls. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Medium. 3.30 Frasier. 4.30 Home Shopping.

6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Parliament Live.

3.15 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live.

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9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News.

10.30 NRL Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Aust Story. (R) 10.30 Compass. (R) 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 The Weekly. (R) 2.00 Poldark. (Mv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. (R)

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(PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

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12.00 MOVIE: Dead At 17. (2008, Mav, R) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. (Msv, R) 3.00 The Chase.

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5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Destination WA. (R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (Mals, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Mas) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey.

4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

6.55 Sammy J. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back Roads. (PG) 8.30 Q+A. 9.35 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 10.05 Aussie Inventions That Changed The World. (PG) 11.00 ABC Late News.

11.30 Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal. (PG, R) 12.25 Wentworth. (Malsv, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (Malsv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 The World’s Greatest Palaces. (Final, PG) 8.30 Michael Mosley: What’s My Diagnosis. (M) 9.35 Shadowplay. (MA15+) 10.40 SBS World News Late.

11.10 24 Hours In Police Custody. (M) 12.00 Julian. (PGa, R) 12.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Paris-Nice Race.

Stage 5. 2.15 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+av, R) 3.05 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGasv) 8.30 Wife Swap Australia. (PGl) A controlling mother-of-two swaps lives with a free-spirited mum who spends every dollar on fun.

9.45 Ant Middleton & Rebel Wilson: Straight Talking. (Mal) Ant Middleton and Rebel Wilson explore Mexico.

10.45 The Latest: Seven News.

11.15 Celebrity Obsessed: Jodie Foster. (MA15+av, R) Examines the case of John Hinckley Jr. 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 1. Melbourne Storm v South Sydney Rabbitohs.

9.55 Thursday Night Knock Off. A post-match NRL news and analysis.

10.40 Nine News Late.

11.10 Manifest. (Madv) 12.00 New Amsterdam. (Mm, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGa) Lifeguards try to enforce social distancing.

8.00 Territory Cops. A man is wanted for a domestic violence charge.

8.30 Gogglebox. TV fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows.

9.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Mav) Benson teams up with the Bronx SVU. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Project. (R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.25 Hard Quiz. 9.55 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 10.25 You Can’t Ask That. 10.55 David Attenborough: Kingdom Of Plants. (Final) 11.50 Parks And Recreation. 12.10am Reno 911! 12.30 Chewing Gum. 12.55 QI. 1.25 Brassic. 2.10 Josh.

2.40 Late Programs.

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Noon Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. 2020 NHK Trophy. Replay. 2.05 Gaycation. 2.55 Gaycation: United We Stand. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 NBL: Overtime. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Taskmaster Norway. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 American Runestone: A Viking Mystery. 10.10 Late Programs.

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6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness.

1.00 Brit Cops. 3.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Creek To Coast. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Andrew Denton’s Interview. 12.30am The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo.

7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon As Time Goes By. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.55 Antiques Roadshow. 3.25 MOVIE: The Maggie.

(1954) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 The Equalizer. 9.30 Murder For Hire. 10.30 See No Evil.

11.30 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 9.30 L.A.’s Finest. 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.30 Sherlock Holmes: Elementary.

12.30am Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 6.40 White Tuft, The Little Beaver.

(2008) 8.05 Wadjda. (2012, PG, Arabic) 9.55 Black Narcissus. (1947, PG) 11.50 The Flintstones. (1994, PG) 1.30pm The Tale Of Despereaux. (2008, PG) 3.10 The Importance Of Being Earnest. (1952) 4.55 Forever Enthralled. (2008, PG, Mandarin) 7.35 Charlie & Boots. (2009, M) 9.30 Colette. (2018) 11.35 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Billion Dollar Wreck.

2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 The Simpsons. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Pawnography.

5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Pacific Rim. (2013, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Collateral Damage. (2002, M) 12.20am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Young Sheldon.

8.30 MOVIE: The Longest Yard. (2005, M) 10.45 MOVIE: Ted. (2012, MA15+) 1am Xtreme Collxtion.

2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Frasier. 7.00 Friends.

8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier.

10.00 Becker. 11.00 Frasier. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Friends. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Medium. 3.30 Frasier. 4.30 Home Shopping.

6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Parliament Live.

3.15 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live.

5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 AFL Tonight. 7.30 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Alan Jones.

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Readers Writers Fest First Authors The Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival, being held June 11-13, has the go ahead this year and organisers are thrilled to announce their first authors.

By Sandra MOON

THE Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival, being held June 11-13, has the go ahead this year and organisers are thrilled to announce their first authors.

The festival announcement will be welcome news to audience members who missed out on the event in 2020 in what would have been its tenth year.

The six authors first announced are Favel Parrett, Bob Brown, Kate Forsyth, Julian Burnside, Jess Hill and John Marsden.

In 2011, Favel Parrett’s career was launched with her debut novel Past The Shallows.

A heart-breaking novel, it was sold internationally, shortlisted in the prestigious Miles Franklin Award and won the Dobbie Literary Award.

Favel won the ABIA Newcomer of the Year Award in 2012.

Her next novel, When The Night Comes, was also critically acclaimed and further consolidated Favel’s reputation with booksellers and readers.

Favel’s short stories have been published in various journals including Island, Griffith Review and Frankie Magazine. There Was Still Love is Favel’s eagerly awaited third novel and it was shortlisted for the Stella Prize and won Book of the Year at the 2020 Indie Book Awards.

Bob Brown is an acclaimed author, photographer and lifelong activist and rose to prominence when he led the campaign to save the Franklin River in the 1980s.

After 10 years in the Tasmanian Parliament, Bob was elected to the Senate in 1996 where he served for 16 years.

He was leader of the Australian Greens from 2005 to 2012, when he retired from

the parliament to establish the Bob Brown Foundation.

Kate Forsyth is an internationally published poet, novelist and essayist.

Her historical novels for adults include The Blue Rose, and Bitter Greens, which won the 2015 American Library Association Award for Best Historical Fiction.

Kate’s work has been translated into twenty languages.

Julian Burnside is a Melbourne barrister, human rights and refugee advocate, and author.

He has acted in many contentious cases, such as the MUA Waterfront dispute and the Cash-for-Comment enquiry.

Julian stood as a candidate for the Greens in the 2019 federal election.

Jess Hill is a Walkleyaward winning investigative journalist and author who’s been reporting exclusively on

domestic abuse since 2014.

Her first book, See What You Made Me Do, about domestic abuse in Australia, was awarded the 2020 Stella Prize and the Bookseller's Choice Award.

Prior to this, she was a Middle East correspondent, and producer/reporter with ABC radio and TV. John Marsden has written

more than 40 books, including Tomorrow When the War Began, So Much to Tell You and The Art of Growing Up. He has sold over five million books worldwide, and has won every major award in Australia for young people’s fiction. South of Darkness, written for adults, won the Christina Stead Award for Best Novel of 2015.

competition will feature seven teams in 2021, after initially scheduling for nine to feature in the pre-season competition and beyond, with both the Nambucca Roosters and Orara Valley Axemen pulling out of senior competition this year.

The Tooheys New Group 2 Rugby League pre-season kicks off on Saturday, 13 March and will be played over three weeks with the pre-season final to be played on Saturday, 10 April.

The Group 2 Rugby League first grade competition kicks off on Saturday, 17 April, with the grand final to be decided on Sunday, 5 September.

Sawtell Panthers president

Allan Bell was one of those in attendance at the Group 2 meeting, and told News Of The Area his club’s first hit out of the year would come against one of the best teams of recent seasons.

“We have our first trial on 13 March against the Coffs Harbour Comets,” he said.

“It will be good for our players to go up against the leading team over the last 5 years.”

The Panthers president was looking forward to watching his club take to the field again after a senior season lost due to COVID-19.

“We’re looking forward to getting back on track after a year off,” he said.

“It will be a good season, and we are lucky as so many sponsors have stuck with us.

“Our under 18’s and Ladies Tag teams are shaping up well too.”

In a similar fashion to the Orara Valley Axemen, the Nambucca Roosters chose not

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The first authors have been announced for the Bellingen Readers Writers Festival.

Group 2 Rugby League outlines 2021 season

By Aiden BURGESS A RECENT pre-season meeting has seen Group 2 Rugby League outline its team numbers and dates for the upcoming 2021 season.

The senior first grade

The Festival will have a new location this year at the Bellingen Showground, complete with food and coffee vans, live music, book sales, signing, and much more. Keep your eyes out for more author and speaker announcements and buy tickets online at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival from March 22. to field a first-grade team for the upcoming Group 2 Rugby League season.

In a statement on the club’s social media page, the Roosters said that ‘due to a lack of registered players Nambucca had no option but to withdraw from the 2021 Group 2 competition.’

The Coffs Harbour Comets take to the field for the first time this year when they play trial games against the Port Macquarie Sharks on Saturday 6 March at Geoff King Motors Oval.

The first-grade match kicks off at 4.30pm, with the under 18’s at 3.30pm and the women’s league tag kicking off at 2.30pm.

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Boambee Eagles women flying high

By David WIGLEY THE Boambee Eagles have been a powerhouse in women’s football on the North Coast featuring in nine consecutive grand finals and this year they continue to soar as they record their highest number of female registrations in the club’s history.

The Eagles have nominated three senior female teams for the 2021 season who are nominated to play in the first and second divisions on Saturday’s and during

q Boambee Eagles star striker Kylie Mcdonald sharing the team spirit.

the week for the over 30’s players.

Club President of Boambee FC, Fiona Clancy has been a long term advocate for women’s football and is delighted to see this translate into more registrations at the club.

“It is fantastic for a club of our size to have so much female interest in a male dominated sport.

“The Club has always been very supportive of our female players and in return we now have a great group of women nurturing and leading the way for our younger Eagles,” said Clancy.

Nippers in the 2021 State Titles

By David Wigley COFFS Harbour Surf Lifesaving Club fielded a team of 21 Nippers at last week’s 2021 State Titles hosted by Swansea Belmont Surf Life Saving Club in Lake Macquarie, south of

Newcastle.

Team Coach Amanda Hardaker was full of praise for the participants.

“For over six months our nippers have dedicated themselves to training and preparing for the pinnacle event

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q Sam Carswell in the beach sprint, flags under 13’s

q Oki Clifford competed in the under 13’s swim, board and relay events.

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of the season.

“From 8 to 14 years, individuals competed in iron person, board events and swim races, we also have our talented

Coffs Harbour 2021 State Titles team at Belmont, Swansea. youngsters fighting it out on the beach in the flags and sprint events.

“As coaches we are excited to see our teams compete against

q Larnie Mordue competed in the under 13’s swim, board and relay events.

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the best in the state in cameron relays, board relays and board rescues.

“We are proud of the effort these kids have put in, they are

true champions, their attitudes to learn, train and support one another is the best we have seen in years and we are truly proud of them,” said Hardaker.

q Holly Becker competed in the under 13’s swim, board and relay events.

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State vs State on the track

q Winning drivers celebrate in style at the NSW vs QLD event at the Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club.

State of Origin style racing came to Coffs Harbour last weekend as NSW took on QLD drivers over two days of highoctane kart racing.

By Aiden BURGESS

STATE of Origin style racing came to Coffs Harbour last weekend as NSW took on QLD drivers over two days of highoctane kart racing.

The Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club hosted Round 1 of the 2021 Project X Noisy Tour; a series where drivers from both states battle it out for the State Trophy over five rounds to see which state will reign supreme at each event.

NSW drivers won in their home state defeating Queensland 33-28 in the points system to claim the Perpetual Trophy and gain some revenge for last year’s defeat in the State of Origin rugby league series.

Podium finishers over the weekend were awarded various points in the different

categories.

The NSW vs QLD event featured five categories, including Tag Restricted Light (The Midgets), Open Performance (The Loose Units), Tag Restricted Medium (The Pie Eaters), Tag Restricted Masters (The Old Buggers), and Tag Open (The Sumos).

A new concept for this year’s series was that drivers could drop the points of their

worst round off their overall points total.

The NSW vs QLD showdown came right down to the wire in a back and forth battle for the State Trophy, as Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club president James Morrison explained to News Of The Area.

“NSW won the weekend by a slim margin and it was pretty even racing overall,” he said.

“NSW would clean sweep

one class, and then QLD would dominate another class too.

“The racing was pretty tight and it was a friendly rivalry.

“There was a lot of camaraderie between the drivers and now we’ll go up there for Round 2 and try to annoy them.”

Morrison said the weekend’s wet weather made for challenging driving conditions.

“The racing on Saturday started off fine and dry, but then rain in the afternoon meant we had to shorten the races,” he said.

“We had extra races on the Sunday to make up for it and so the Queensland drivers could get home earlier.

“It certainly was a factor as there was standing water and it started to become an issue.”

The 2021 Project X Noisy

that’s bucking the trend is AFL NSW/ACT, and in particular the AFL North Coast.

An increased demand for development programs sees AFL NSW/ACT looking for staff to conduct programs between Forster and Iluka, whilst the

rapid competition growth also means that there are more opportunities than ever for people to earn money through umpiring.

Northern NSW Development Lead Matt Crawley said that AFL experience is well regarded but not essential to fill these roles..

“The majority of our development work is with primary school aged children,

so we’re looking for people who can engage kids and provide a fun environment,” he said.

“We’ll provide training to show new staff how to run drills and teach the skills of the game so a lack of AFL experience won’t rule anyone out of the running, “The work is casual in nature so we’re looking for people with flexibility in their availability throughout the week. In the past

we’ve found that these roles have really suited university students, people who work other part time or casual roles, and mums looking to return to the workforce.”

Another season of competition growth means that umpires are needed from Port Macquarie to Lismore to officiate in matches from the Under 15 age group through to the first-grade competition.

The addition of the Lismore Swans and Casino Lions to this year’s AFL North Coast competition means there will be more games to officiate and a greater need for more umpires.

The continued growth in the women’s game on the AFL North Coast also contributes to the increasing number of games which need to be officiated.

AFL North Coast Community Football Manager Paul Taylor told News Of The Area that despite the downturn in employment due to COVID-19, the expanding nature of the AFL North Coast competitions meant more job opportunities existed in their sporting organisation.

“Increased demand for development programs and competition opportunities means that AFL NSW/ACT has opportunities for local people to work as Development Officers and/or become umpires and earn money,” he said.

“Considering the downturn in most industries has left

AFL North Coast bucks COVID-19 economic trend

By Aiden BURGESS

THE COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant business downturn, including job losses, in a number of industries across the North Coast.

However, one organisation

q The opportunity exists to umpire AFL North Coast games this season.

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Tour now heads to Cooloola for Round 2 later this month, as Queensland looks to even the series.

The Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club hosts Round 2 of its Club Championship on 11 April.

This year also sees the Coffs Harbour Racing Club host its annual Geoff King Motors Australian Kart Masters from 11-13 June. plenty of people looking for ways to earn money, these are great opportunities for anyone interested in sport from Forster through to Iluka and everywhere in between.”

Officiating AFL North Coast matches could be a lucrative prospect for potential umpires according to Crawley.

“Umpiring provides the best seat in the house and is a great chance to get fit and join a community of like-minded people,” he said.

“Best of all, umpires receive a tax-free payment for all matches and can earn several hundred dollars across a weekend.

“Our priority is to find umpires aged 18 and above to officiate in the Under 15 and older age groups, however there are also opportunities for younger people to officiate in the Under 11 and under 13 age groups.

“We’re looking for people who can make decisions, control a match, and have confidence in the way they present themselves.

“Training will be provided both online and in a face-toface session on Sunday 14 March so AFL experience isn’t essential.”

To express an interest in the role of Development Officer please email: matthew. crawley@afl.com.au.

For those interested in getting involved in umpiring, go to https://umpire.afl/becomean-umpire.

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Rising Basketball Talents

By David WIGLEY

COFFS Harbour Basketball Association has bounced back from last year’s cancelled season to field an impressive 90 teams for the start of the 2021 season.

The Association features players aged from five onwards

playing social and competitive basketball as well as 16 representative teams who play for the Coffs Harbour Suns throughout New South Wales.

Talent development is a key focus for the club.

The Suns Reprepresentative program consists of 156 players with a support team

of 40 personnel including coaches, assistant coaches and managers.

News Of The Area caught up with junior representative players and coaches at training this week, where coaches focused on team drills, passing, dribbling, defence, movement off the ball and transition up

the court.

Shooting practice included a free throw competition where Mitchell Fahey from the under 16’s Division 1 impressed with an incredible 14 baskets in a row.

Coach Chris Knight commented, "It doesn't surprise me that Mitch shot that many

q April Lees at full stretch defended

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Kaleah-Rose Ballard flying down the court.

q Mia Kelly dribbling through the defence.

q Keira Williams and Isla Juffermans, a NSW State representative.

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in a row, he lives and breathes basketball and is at the stadium all the time, participating in extra training sessions," said Knight.

Club Administrator, Steph Rickards outlined what lays ahead for the talented youngsters.

“Competitions start 13

March when five of our junior premier league teams head to Gosford to play in the highest level in the state.

“This will be the first time competing for these teams since March last year when the first tournament of the 2020 season was cancelled mid games due to Covid, this has been a long time coming for many of the players and a chance to see how the last 12 months of training will come to fruition,” concluded Rickards.

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q Keira Williams, NSW State reserve team representative.

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Cooper Gater on the rise.

q Mitchel Fahey scored 14 baskets in a row in the free throw competition.

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Upper Mid North Coast Rugby teams take part in Crescent Head 7’s STORY STARTS on BACK COVER, Page 56 their first silverware of the year with the Snappers Black team winning the Bowl final against Bowraville.

Far North Coast Rugby Union premiers Lennox Head won the overall Cup

competition defeating the SCU Marlins in the finale of the Crescent Heads 7’s.

Nelson Bay won the women’s title while event hosts the Kempsey Cannonballs took home the Men’s Plate final.

q Madison Nargar winning gold in the under 13’s girls and Joshua Walmsley with silver in the under 15’s boys.

Coffs Harbour Snappers player Zac Cross said the hard pre-season work had paid off as his side took home preseason silverware.

“Playing on such a heavy field is a big fitness test, and I was certainly happy we’d spent a couple of weeks in pre-season before we played,” he said.

“To bring home The Cup trophy was an

accomplishment, but certainly gave us something to improve on next year.”

The torrential rain and sodden playing field on the day changed the usual fast and free flowing nature of Rugby 7’s as teams adapted to the heavy field.

Adapting to the wet conditions of the day was the key to bringing home the Plate trophy, according

to Snappers 7’s coach Greg Wilson.

“It was a tough day of rugby and conditions certainly affected the way we played, though as the day went on we tweaked the style of play and results were on our side,” he said.

“The Crescent Head 7’s is an event well suited to our pre-season – the Snappers players and event organisers

Squash players take on NSW Country Championships

By David WIGLEY

Semi-final time for Coffs cricket

By Aiden BURGESS THEY have been the two best sides this season.

Now Diggers Cricket Club Inc. and Sawtell Cricket Club play off for a grand final spot during this weekend’s semifinals of the Coffs Harbour District Cricket Association’s first grade season.

Diggers finished the season as minor premiers and host the defending premiers Sawtell at Fitzroy Oval tomorrow, with the winner going through to this year’s grand final.

Diggers and Sawtell have met just once this season back in Round 5 in November, with Diggers winning a one wicket thriller.

Diggers captain Jonathon Paff expected another close contest against a champion team.

“It will be close for sure, as they have been here, done that before,” he said.

“They are always a tough team and they have been in

great form lately.

“Most of our team haven’t won a big game before so the chance to get in the grand final is good.”

Paff outlined to News Of The Area the keys to beating the defending premiers.

“I think our opening batters of Mitch Williams and Tom Wainwright could be match winners,” he said.

“Both are in good form and then our young opening bowler Rueben Carey has been on fire so hopefully he can get wickets.”

Tomorrow’s elimination semi-final will see the Northern Districts Rebels play host to Nana Glen in Woolgoolga.

The loser of this game ends its season, while the winner progresses to face the loser of Diggers v Sawtell in next week’s preliminary final.

Nana Glen have won both meetings against the Rebels this season, including the last time they met in January which was an 86-run victory.

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must be congratulated.”

Both the Coffs Harbour Snappers and SCU Marlins will now continue their preparations for the 2021 season by playing trial matches.

The Snappers travel to Ballina for their annual clash between the two clubs, while the Marlins have trials organised with Gunnedah and Casuarina.

The Upper Mid North Coast Rugby season kicks off on 24 April.

The second-grade semifinals see the minor premiers Nana Glen – Blue play the Northern Districts Rebels for a spot in this season’s grand final.

Bellingen and Urunga face off in their elimination semifinal at Bellingen.

Nana-Glen White finished as minor premiers in the third-grade competition, and will now look to book a grand final berth when they host the Northern Districts Rebels.

Dorrigo and Coffs Colts Yellow play off in their elimination semi-final in Dorrigo.

The Coffs Harbour District Cricket Association under 12’s and under 14’s junior competitions also get their finals series underway tomorrow across the region.

The under 12’s semis features the minor premiers Nana Glen-White taking on Coffs Colts, while the SawtellStars and the Sawtell-Stingers play off for a grand final spot at Toormina Oval.

Nana -Glen White also finished as minor premiers in the under 14’s as they take on Macksville Ex-Services JJC -Blue

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MEMBERS of the Korora Junior Squash Club travelled to Parkes to compete in the New South Wales Country Junior Championships where Madison Nargar brought home a gold medal in the girls under 13’s with an impressive three nil victory against Amelia Ricketts from the Australian Capital Territory with a scoreline of 11/4 11/4 11/1.

Head coach Peter Saxby praised Madison’s performance.

“She had been saving her best efforts for the final, her consistency and court placements proving too strong for her opponent,” said Saxby.

In the boys under 15 championship, Joshua Walmsley from Korora won all of his matches leading up to the final and brought home a silver medal.

“Josh produced some outstanding efforts to win all his for a spot in the grand final, while Macksville Ex-Services JCC-White play off against Dorrigo.

matches and earn a place in the final where he played Denver Field of the ACT, Josh went two nil down and put in a super effort in the third coming from behind to force a third game into a tie break but wasn’t able to convert it, with Denver taking the third game to win the under 15 championship,” said Saxby.

“The NSW Country Championships were a silver ranking event and there was great support in all age groups bringing together players from all across the state after such a long absence of events in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.

“With more NSW ranking events coming back on line in the coming months our players showed they are well in contention and the experiences will help their progress immensely, well done to all six junior players who travelled to Parkes this weekend,” concluded Saxby.

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Ford wins the 2021 Port Macquarie Squash open

By David WIGLEY JACOB Ford from Coffs Harbour won the 2021 Port Macquarie Open with a 3-1 victory over Sydney’s Brett Hyland last weekend.

The match was dominated by attacking squash where both players forced each other into the back corners to retrieve the ball.

Hyland started aggressively, volleying at every opportunity putting young Ford under constant pressure to take the first game 11/5, but Ford bounced back in the second game with tight lengths that forced Hyland away from the middle and into the back

corners.

The crowd were treated to a thrilling final two games where both players were stretched into all four corners of the court with attacking drives, drops and trickle boasts, but it was Ford who shone through to take the match 3-1.

Tournament Director, Roy Ollier from Port Macquarie was delighted how the Tournament has bounced back after the Covid whitewash of 2020.

"The 2021 Port Macquarie Open was a huge success and probably our best one so far, fantastic matches in all divisions with many five setters coming right down to the wire.

"The atmosphere for

q Brett Hyland forced into the back corners in game two.

the final built all day and it certainly was a fitting finale to a great tournament when Brett Hyland and Jacob Ford took to the court.

“Jacob came into the tournament after a squash break and after a shaky start to the tournament improved all weekend to peak in the final and have his first win over Brett 3/1 in the final and win his 3rd Port Macquarie Open," said Ollier.

Ford won the 2019 Australian Junior Open in the under 19's and was happy to receive the winners envelope stacked with fifty dollars notes.

"It's fantastic to win this tournament and it's always

q Jacob Ford receiving prize money from Tournament Director Roy Ollier. nice to get prize money, I've never beaten Brett before, last time we played he beat me 3-0, Brett's a legend on the squash circuit and has won hundreds

of tournaments so I'm really pleased with my performance.

“I'm really looking forward to playing my home tournament in Coffs Harbour on 6 May,

The North Coast Open, there's always players ranked in the World top 100, so it will be a good challenge," said Ford.

q Jacob Ford lunging into the back corners in game one.

SPORTS RESULTS Woolgoolga Athletic Club

By Steel BEVERIDGE SENIOR Track & Field Results, 1.3.21 400 Metres - (Female) : Breanna Brown 85.1, 1; Janie Mahoney 2.04.9, 2. (Male) : Ben Haagsma 97.8, 1; Steel Beveridge 2.48.6, 2; Andy Gasson 3.06.3, 3.

1500 Metres (Female) : Breanna Brown 7.12.8, 1; Janie

Coffs Harbour Golf Club Monday Vets

By Vicki SILVER

28 MEMBERS braved the boggy conditions, playing a single stableford.

Winners:

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Mahoney 8.55.0, 2. ( Male) : Steel Beveridge 13.02.2, 1; Andy Gasson 14.30.8, 2.

2,000 Metres Walk (Female) : Breanna Brown 12.42.2, 1; Janie Mahoney 17.49.5, 2 . (Male) : Ben Haagsma & Steel Beveridge 19.07.0, =1; Andy Gasson 22.00.0, 3.

Standing Long Jump - (Female) : Breanna Brown 1.82, 1 ; Janie Mahoney 1.36, 2. (Male) : Andy Gasson 1.60, 1; Ben Haagsma 1.44, 2; Steel Beveridge 1.29, 3.

Gents John Ericsson 19 Roger Martin 18 Andy Gilkes 17 Ladies Joan Levingston 17 c/b Vicki Silver 17 Margie Horne 16 Ball Comp - reduced numbers due to reduced

Email them to us: media@newsofthearea.com.au Standing Triple Jump (Female) : Breanna Brown 5.73, 1; Janie Mahoney 3.90, 2. (Male) : Ben Haagsma 4.34, 1; Andy Gasson 4.08, 2; Steel Beveridge 3.22, 3.

Shot Put - (Female) : Breanna Brown 7.45, 1; Janie Mahoney 4.99, 2.

(Male) : Bob Myers 7.35, 1; Andy Gasson 7.19, 2; Ben Haagsma 6.23, 3; Steel Beveridge 5.57, 4.

Next Week’s Events 200 metres, 600/3,000 metres, 1500 metres Walk, Long Jump, Discus Throw.

field.

Gents Les Rollins 15 c/b John Miles 15 Nev Hillenberg 13 Ladies Thelma Partridge 12 c/b Elizabeth Habgood 12 Marilyn Waterhouse 11.

Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia (SSAA)

By Rodney MADELEY SSAA Benchrest results from Dairyville range.

Event was the Rimfire 50m IRB. Results as follows: Greg Sutherland 250.14.

Robert Wells 249.16.

Ian Thompson 248.11.

Alex McMillan 248.9.

Bernie Axford 247.7.

Nearest the Pins: 3rd - Kirsten Arthur & John Miles 6th - Vicki Silver & Les Rollins.

Next week is a two person team event.

Let’s hope the ground dries out before then.

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Alistair McMillan 244.10.

Bill Buchanan 244.8.

Mark Hannaford 243.4.

Event was Centrefire 100yds Hunter.

Results as follows: Alex McMillan (Jnr) 250.18.

Gary Hunt 250.15.

Wayne Munro 250.11.

Alistair McMillan 249.11.

Rob Hamilton 237.11.

Event was Rimfire 100yds Hunter.

Results as follows:

Sawtell Women’s Bowls Results

TUESDAY 2 March Social games: E Savage G Pickard L Rogers Y Vaughan drew with C Edwards S Watson E Habgood J Lam-

Ian Thompson 249.4 (on countback).

Peter Fleming 249.4.

Bernie Axford 249.3.

Alistair McMillan 248.6.

Robert Wells 246.4.

Greg Sutherland 246.3.

Ray Fuller 243.9.

Mark Hannaford 237.4.

Bill Buchanan dnf.

Next week is the NSW Score Championships.

bert 20 all.

H Muir D McGearey J Formann d R Lucas H Dodd M McDonald 21/5 L Kratz C Anthony d B Connors M Sharman 16/15 C Edwards

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Woolgoolga RSL Women’s Golf Club competition

By Marilyn ELY WOOLGOOLGA RSL Women’s Golf Club competition Tuesday 24 February.

Well, summer is almost over, as is February, but not yet the rain.

Twenty eight ladies competed in a stableford game with a shootout qualifier on Tuesday 24 on a soggy Safety Beach golf course and scored very well.

Woolgoolga Men’s Bowling Club Results

By Glenn LANE

WOOLGOOLGA Men’s Bowling Club Results Tuesday Jackpot Pairs Results on the 23/2/21 J Taylor and B Sweedman defeated G Pallister and N Womersley 32 - 11 J Hurrell and T Allen defeated G Forbes and I Bridge 24 - 21 D Valentine and S Dodd defeated P Hemmings and K O’Sullivan 23 - 14 R Bennell and S Bailey defeated T McKenzie and P Buck 19 - 18 G McInerney and L Walsh defeated J Weston and G Lane 24 - 18 F Cacciattolo and J Coffs Table Tennis Club Results

By Dale ALLEN TABLE Tennis Results – Friday, 26 February, 2021 Group A (Divisions 1 & 2) Reece Baker d Steve Frawley 3/0, Arpit Pathak d George Ruaporo 3/0, Will Fang d Robert Campbell

Park Beach Bowling Club

By Bruce WORBOYS

PARK Beach Mens Social Thursday 25/02/21 T Welsh, T Gordon, J Murtas d P Toy, P Lilly, H Slater 29 – 11 I Trengrove, G Chalmers, R Baker d P Bischa, N Bowes, J Bennett 20 – 18 C Williamson, L Boekeman, H Betts d B Kelly, R Beaumont, G Williams 25 – 13 P North, D Catling, P Wirth d J McLeod, C Brian, G Wallace 23 – 13 P Booth, A Taylor, A Dorrington d T O’Halloran, D Hull 20 – 12 B Hardwick, G Bugden, K Morrison drew R Shephard, D Powell, B Nicholson 13 – 13 C Parker, B Maker, L Frail d M Moppett, R Pensch,

These ladies are very hard to deter from their golf.

Winner was Leanne Clark on 39pts, runner-up Karen Bellamy and third runner-up Merryl Kyburz 34pts.

NTP 7th Merryl Kyburz, th 9 Gaile Mackenzie and 11th Rose Morrow.

Balls went to Marian Brading, Yolly Gallacher, Janelle Coleman and Wendy Rogers.

Thank you Wendy for Brooks defeated J Clarke and T Marotta 20 - 6 B Merchant, D Mason and P Devine defeated W Wyatt, M Wilson and J Thompson 35 - 20 Lucky Rinks 1. D Valentine and S Dodd 2. F Cacciattolo and J Brooks 3.

R Bennell and S Bailey No Jackpot Friday Bowls 2-4-2 Mixed Pairs Results on the 26/2/21 J Barratt and D Nowak defeated R Gurber and B Sweedman 26 - 17 K Blow and T Blow defeated L Kaufmann and R Kaufmann 26 - 14 F Cacciattolo and J Brooks defeated V Valentine and D Valentine 22 - 18 S Dodd and B Merchant defeated N Haines and J Hampstead 34 - 7 H Katala and T Marotta

3/0, Gerard Martin d Yuan Zhou 3/1.

Division 1 Reece Baker d Gerard Martin 3/1, Will Fang d Arpit Pathak 3/1, Gerard Martin d Arpit Pathak 3/1, Reece Baker d Will Fang 3/1. WINNER: Reece Baker from Will Fang.

Division 2 Yuan Zhao d Steve Frawley 3/0, George Ruaporo d Robert Campbell 3/0, Steve

J Holmes 29 – 10 K Crooks, R Host, J Bishop d A Kennedy, L Goodacre, R Heinrich 17 – 16 B Odmark, D Hall, W Murray d A Long, D Burridge, M Jenkins 38 – 7 B Wellard, D Hyde, D Condon d D Johnstone, P Rambo, A Carson 30 – 14 G Power, T Duncan, R Aitken d C Thomas, J Dunn, J Trunley 27 – 15 J Robinson, W Grimshaw, R Harris d A Thompson, C Wetherall, F Tarman 19 – 14 Park Beach Open Pairs Friday 26/02/21 E Denner, G Wallace d G Chalmers, A Wroe 15 – 11 J Ellem, J Parker drew F Chetcuti, C Cutt 15 – 15 R Wisely, K Kaaden d J Clarke, K Read 34 – 11 N Lumley, G Duffey d S Campbell, D Caondon 15 – 11 D McLean, M Muscat d B Schenkel, L Loadsman 23 – 9 V Slater, R Oakley d M & C

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donating the raffle won by Joanne Elwood.

Tuesday 2 March is the Monthly Medal 1st round and Tuesday 9 March is coloured ball comp.

March is a busy month and includes the start of the Pennant comp and our Open Day. The 9 hole Wine Run is a great way to get extra competition, socially, and Pro Terry is always available for lessons, equipment and clothing.

New members and players are always welcome at our very happy club.

defeated J Kowal and B Kowal 15 - 13 G Lund and S Lund defeated H Schutz and J McGrath 25 - 21 J Martin and M Stuckings defeated V O’Brien and W Bracher 17 - 13 J Hinchley and S Bailey defeated B Richards and B Parker 29 - 19 M Brookes and T Allen defeated J Taylor and P Buck 17 - 16 G Lane and J Hurrell defeated J Lynn and S Sweeney 29 - 9 Lorna Walsh and N Womersley defeated J Wilcox and M Hopes 20 - 15 Lucky Rinks 1. H Katala and T Marotta 2. F Cacciattolo and J Brooks 3. G Lane and J Hurrell 4. J Barratt and D Nowak No Jackpot

Frawley d Robert Campbell 3/2, Yuan Zhao d George Ruaporo 3/0. WINNER: Yuan Zhao from George Ruaporo.

Group B (Divisions 3 & 4) Bo Zhang d Char Berglund 3/0, Jacob Whelan d Terry Baker 3/0, Stephen Bjerking d Hema De Zoysa 3/0, Jennen Ngiau-Keng d Troy Prystasz 3/1.

Division 3 Bo Zhang d Jennen Ngiau

England 20 – 15 T & M Monk d S Bischa, R Lane 25 – 15 L Clancy, S Bailey d C Parker, R Holloway 20 – 16 Park Beach Open Pairs Saturday 27/02/21 P North, R Lane d A Worboys, L McLeod 14 – 6 D Powell, W Grimshaw d J Kennedy, R Oakley 15 – 9 R Shephard, D Hull d B Johns, R Aitken 14 – 8 B Odmark, N McKee, D Hyde d P Wirth, R Holloway, K Cutmore 19 – 8 R Kelly, L Boekeman d N Dean, R Heinrich 13 – 8 R Hiscox, D Holland d J Holmes, G Flynn 11 - 10

Woolgoolga Vets Results

WOOLGOOLGA Vets Results 1 March 9 Hole Stroke 21 Starters Winner: Geoff Thompson Runner Up: Sue Kempnich

q First Runner-Up Karen Bellamy, Winner Leanne Clark and Second Runner-up Merryl Kyburz.

Urunga Bowls Results

By Pamela WATSON A BUSY week of bowls on Monday as two teams went to C.EX Coffs to play in the under 8’s, while our own Lynne Bradey joined with Woolgoolga and CEX to make up a mixed team and they actually won, congrats to you all.

Our ladies final of the Major Singles was also played this week, Kath McPhail defeated Helen Hoffman to win, after a very close game Helen played some beautiful shots, with Kath just finding a hole to take out Helen’s hard earned shots, making for great spectator sport.

Congratulations Kath.

Keng 3/1, Jacob Whelan d Stephen Bjerking 3/1, Stephen Bjerking d Jennen Ngiau-Keng 3/1, Jacob Whelan d Bo Zhang 3/1.

WINNER: Jacob Whelan from Bo Zhang.

Division 4 Troy Prystasz d Char Berglund 3/0, Hema De Zoysa d Terry Baker 3/1, Terry Baker d Char Berglund 3/0, Troy Prystasz d Hema

Coffs Harbour Ladies Golf Results

By Helen RHODES

TUESDAY 16 Feb 9 Hole Comp.

Single Stableford 24 starters (rain affected).

Sponsored by Hair at the Promenade Sandra Dollin 18, Pauline Cahill 17.

NTP’s - 3rd (Pro Pin) Anne Dew, Pauline Cahill.

Wednesday 17 Feb Single Stableford 18 starters (rain affected) Trish Nance 36, Jan Silvy 31.

NTP’s - 3rd (Pro Pin) Trish Nance, 26th Maureen Cotsell, Di Heath.

Saturday 20 Feb Single Stableford 14 starters (rain affected) Tracey Kean 33 c/b, Jodi Murdoch 33.

NTP’s - 22nd Trish

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Urunga sent a team to Scott’s Head Gala Day on Thursday, always a great day of fun and friendship.

Saturday and Sunday saw Urunga host the men’s zone 14 Senior Pairs.

The semi finals saw some great bowls before Nambucca’s Ray Hunt and Doug Cedelland was defeated by Urunga’s John Bradley and Stan Russ 20/16.

Park Beach’s Ron Wisley and Kim Kaaden were defeated by Nambucca’s Ken Roston and Paul Ward 25/19.

Sunday 7 March will see the final played at Urunga at 10am and we wish both teams all the best.

Congratulations also to the great games our other Urunga teams played

De Zoysa 3/1. WINNER: Troy Prystasz from Hema De Zoysa.

Group C (Divisions 5 & 6) King McKie d Abe Bjerking 3/0, Barry Cross d Jethro Mason 3/0, Sharee Templeton d Daniel Day 3/0, Lulu Zhang d Boyd McGregor 3/0.

Division 5 Lulu Zhang d King McKie 3/1, Barry Cross d Sharee

Mackay, 26th Tracey Kean, 3rd (Pro Pin) Suzanne McOrist.

Tuesday 23 Feb 9 Hole Comp. Single Stableford 50 starters Sponsored by Hair at the Promenade Overall Winner - Anita Young 21.

A Grade - Carolyn Daley 19, Jenny Shepherd 17, Sandra Dollin 16.

B Grade - Pauline Cahill 23, Cheryl Purves 21, Rozay Allwright 18.

NTP’s - 15th Sandy Skinner, 12th (Pro Pin) Narelle Turner, Pauline Cahill.

Wednesday 24 Feb Single Stableford 18 starters (rain affected) Donna Ranieri 35, Trish Nance 34.

NTP’s - 3rd (Pro Pin) Leah Ray, Narelle Turner, 6th Trish Nance, 12th Gail De Groot, Sue Seaton, 15th Carolyn Hoogervorst.

around the area over the weekend.

Please note the Urunga AGM will be conducted at the Urunga Bowling Club at 9am on Sunday 7 March.

Your attendance would be greatly appreciated, this AGM is very important with the amalgamation of both the Ladies and Men. Easter Monday Urunga is holding an Easter Carnival, check club for details.

The Ladies 4 a side started pennants on Thursday, and Saturday will see the greens full at Urunga with the start of the men’s pennants, we wish them all the best .

Hope to see you Sunday morning at the AGM.

Templeton 3/0, King McKie d Sharee Templeton 3/0, Lulu Zhang d Barry Cross 3/1. WINNER: Lulu Zhang from Barry Cross.

Division 6 Boyd McGregor d Abe Bjerking 3/0, Daniel Day d Jethro Mason 3/0, Jethro Mason d Abe Bjerking 3/0, Boyd McGregor d Daniel Day 3/2. WINNER: Boyd McGregor from Daniel Day. Saturday 27 Feb Two Ball Aggregate 49 starters Dallas Lamb & Donna Ranieri 65, Phoebe Court & Gayle Jones 64.

NTP’s - 3rd (Pro Pin) Dallas Lamb, 6th Lyndsay Smith, 12th Gayle Jones, 15th Janelle Passlow.

Sawtell Veterans Golf

By Ian REYNOLDS

RESULTS for 1 March 2021 9 Hole Stableford, 38 Starters Ladies R Hrncir 17, L Wood 16, D Gillard 15, S Stuckey 15 Men C Williamson 24, D Knudsen 23, A Carroll 22c/b, L Davis 22c/b Nearest Pins, 3rd R Hrncir, R Wellings, 7th B Connors, P Bennett

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By Helen FIELDING COFFS Pistol Club held their Standard Match Championships on Sunday.

This match is on the 25 metre Range and 60 shots (score is out of a possible 600).

Julianne W was the Match Champion with 483/600 B Grade: Leon G 450, Helen F 440, Steve K 406 C Grade: Julianne W 483, Greg W 466 D Grade: Greg F 440, Doug Y 269, John O’B DNF On the top Ranges APA Practical Pistol held an Inter Club match, with fifteen shooters.

Set up was challenging and some good scores were recorded.

Next Sunday is the Club’s ‘New Member Day’, anyone interested, please text Sam on 0478666006 for an appointment.

Member Profile: Julianne

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COFFS Harbour Men 25 February Single Stableford sponsored by Coffs Harbour Toyota (102 starters).

East: Brian May (13) 40c/b, Colin Hosie (14) 40, Matt Allan (2) 39, Alan Cameron (16) 38c/b. Balls to 35c/b. Gross: Shane Cutmore (1) 37. NTP’s 12th: Bruce Silvia 60cm; 15th (pro-pin): Bruce Silvia 39cm; 22nd: Adrian Clark 170cm; 26th (pro-pin): Matt Allan 210cm.

27 February Single Stableford sponsored by Coffs Coast Motors (233 starters).

Lakes: Ian Davie (17) 39c/b, David Riley (17) 39, Robert Corrigan (3) 36, Jim Anderson (26) 34c/b. Balls to 29c/b. East: Paul Hope (3) 41c/b, Matthew Nolan (11) 41, Dan Curzon (11) 40c/b, Brad Taylor (13) 40. Balls to 33c/b. West: Peter Brandster

CEX Woolgoolga Ladies Bowls

By Sue BRACHER

TUESDAY 23 February 2021 Today we had our first game of many as we played all clubs in the district of 4’s it was Woolgoolga Gold V Woolgoolga Green.

Teams Green S Bracher, H Pallister, J Hinchley, M Short, Gold M Campos, L Walsh, M Brookes, H Dunbar, The result was gold (D) Green.

The social games that were played on the day were two games of pairs and one triples game. Rink 11 W Bracher. L Kaufmann (D) V O’Brien/ J Womersley, C Boyden.

RINK 12 M Carruthers, R Gurber, V Valentine (D) F Streeter, S Goodsir, D Porta, Rink 13 S Sweeney, S Lund (D) J Lynn, N Haines.

Thursday 25 February 2021 We had a visiting team from

W came to the sport as a mature aged person.

She started shooting at Bellingen Pistol Club in 1994, following her husband and stepson into the sport.

She quickly came to enjoy the sport, and in particular challenging herself to do better each time. In 2000 she left Bellingen and joined Coffs Harbour Pistol Club.

Julianne has enjoyed travelling to other clubs over the years and competing in open shoots, something she hopes to continue to do, after COVID-19.

Over the years Julianne has held various positions on the Committee, including President for two years and was made a Life Member in 2019.

Julianne enjoys the Standard Match and Air Pistol, over the last month she has really hit her form and taken her scores to another level.

Julianne’s advice is “Come and investigate the sport, as it is a safe well regulated sport, with lots of opportunity to extend your skills and learn”.

(8) 40, Steve Ashdown (20) 38c/b, Reuben Van Wyngaardt (20) 38, Peter Lean (10) 37c/b.

Balls to 32c/b. Gross: Harry McMillan (+2) 40. Eagle: Paul McLean (1st). NTP’s - 3rd (propin): Ken McNally 128cm; 6th: Jason Bailey 22cm; 12th: Robert Corrigan 232cm; 15th (pro-pin): Robert Peel 132cm; 22nd: Grant Purdy 73cm; 26th (pro-pin): Micheal Whittle 195cm.

The Men’s Club Championship sponsored by Brown & Hurley has been postponed to a date to be advised.

Sawtell RSL Snooker Club

By Ken MASON

SAWTELL RSL Snooker Club 23 February 2021 Main Draw Winners: Peet Winney - R/U Ken Mason Consolation Winners: Wayne Farrell - R/U Dennis Fogarty

Park Beach they played on Rink 11 A Stone, P Russell, Y Schmidt (D) Woolgoolga S Bracher, S Goodsir, M Short.

Rink 9 S Sweeney, y Cunich H Dunbar (D) C Mitchell, L Virag, J Hampstead.

Just a reminder we are still paying Twilight bowls until Daylight Saving ends.

This is for new bowlers and Players all equipment supplied, any information required phone Meryl on 0411278289.

Next week will be the beginning of our Club Singles.

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27 FEBRUARY 2 Man Ambrose 72 Starters Sponsors Waldorf and Statler Winners J. Hagarty and T. Faint 63 R/up S.Thorn and S. Jones 64 3rd S. Ewart and I. Thorncroft 64 3/4 NTP 7th C. Cassell, 9th T. Faint, 11th C. Cassell

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Park Beach Bowling Club Mens Fours Championship

By Bruce WORBOYS PARK Beach Men’s Fours Championship 1st Round R Wisely, R Baker, P Clarke, R Farmer d P Wirth, J Phillips, B Nicholson, D Wilson 19 – 14 M Clarke, J Clarke, M Muscat, C Daley d D Powell, G Power, K Kaaden, T Blow 19 – 6 Quarter Final J Clarke, M Muscat, M Wilson, C Daley d J Eding, D Hyde, S Hall, J Swan 28 – 10 L Frail, S Bailey, D Lindner, R Cutmore d B Bain, P Toy, M Ahoy, L Morris 29 – 14 R Wisely, R Baker, P Clarke, R Farmer d R Harris, N McKee, G Colman, D Condon 23 – 15 J Long, D Orchard, R Oakley, V Watkins d G Duffey, J Thorn, N Bowes, M Wren 24 – 13 Semi Final R Wisely, R Baker, P Clarke, R Farmer d L Frail, S Bailey, D Lindner, R Cutmore 22 – 8

Coffs Harbour Rifle Club Results

By Geoffrey HART

COFFS Harbour Rifle Club February 24 - Howard St Rimfire Range.

The 30m Field match was conducted with 14 participants.

Master Grade: Ben R 94.4.

A Grade: Peter Brookes 93.4, Phillip Payne 88.4, Rod Ryan 88.2.

B Grade: Dustin Kohlhagen 89.7, Cooper Lawlor 87.3, Allan Matten 86.8, Stuart D 83.3, Leo Lawlor 82.4, Kieron Hayden 79.2, Craig Artysko 78.2, Noel Furness 77.4, Anthony Khalil 76.1, Michelle D 73.1 The 50m F-Class match was conducted with 8 participants.

Anthony Khalil 196.8, Noel Furness 194.7, Dustin Kohlhagen 193.4, Ben R 192.9, Rod Ryan 192.4, Cooper Lawlor 189.4, Leo Lawlor 188.4, Peter Brookes 188.2

Coffs Harbour District Darts Association Limited at Sawtell RSL Club

By Ray BEASLEY

COFFS Harbour District Darts Association Summer Comp Monday 1 March Warriors def Long Odds 7-2 Thunderstruck def Misfits 7-2 Fist Full of Tungsten - Bye 100s Christine (1) Ben (3) Bob (3) Chris (2) Dave (1) Dave (1) Ray (2) Ricky (1) Sam (1) Stephen (1) Trevor (1) High pegs Christine (53) Bob (68) Leader Board Warriors 18 Fist Full of Tungsten 18 Long Odds 15 Thunderstruck 14 Misfits 7

J Long, D Orchard, R Oakley, V Watkins d J Clarke, M Muscat, M Wilson, C Daley 21 – 12 Final R Wisely, R Baker, P Clarke, R Farmer d J Long, D Orchard, R Oakley, K Morrison (Sub) 26 – 10

Mid North Coast Veterans Golf Association

By Colin CUTT

MNCVGA RESULTS On Tuesday, 23 February, 32 golfers competed in a two ball stableford, with a single in conjunction, at Bellingen Golf Course.

Winners: Julie Mitchell and Glenys Bonventi with 42 points.

Good to see the ladies having a win, well done!

Runners-up: M. O’Brien and John Lavis with 40 points (c/b).

NTP’s: 3rd – Cliff Webeck, 7th – Maurice Tate, 12th – Col Hoskins.

Ball run to 34 pts.

Coffs C.ex Golf Results

By Graeme ROBERSTON

COFFS C.ex Golf on 21st February at Grafton Golf Club.

Played a Single Stableford Round.

Winner: John Hood 37.

Runner-Up: Greg Flaherty 35.

Ball Winners: Rick Paxton 33; Darren Heelis 32; Freddy Caravante 32; Warick Wallace 30; Jose Caravante 30; Peter Hill 30; Grahame Williams 29; Maria Sanford 28; Troy Henderson 28; John Gallagher27; Doug Moy 27; Jeff Harris 27.

NTP’s 1st Gavin Gilmore; 11th Troy Henderson; 17th Darren Heelis.

Chip-Ins: Mike Berube; Mark Heelis.

AUS 27.36 defeated ROW 25.5.

Next game is a 4 Ball multiply on 7 March at Sawtell Golf Club.

Sawtell golf results

By Janet O’DOWD

23/2 Medley Stableford Barry Worboyes 39, Victor Robertson 37, Wayne Parkin 36c/b, Karl Taylor 36, Alan Wallis 35c/b.

Balls to 32.

NTP 7 A: Darren Nell (pro pin), B: Frank Hulbert, C: Julie Pauling.

Visitors from Armidale, Shortland Waters 24/2 Stableford Gayle James 31. Balls to 27.

25/2 Chook Run David Knudsen 22. Balls to 18 27/2 Stableford Gary Hall 38, Craig Gardner 35c/b, John Lyall 35c/b, Barry Woods 35. Balls to 30.

NTP 7 A: Bryce Clugston, B: Wayne Parkin, C: Keith Rhoades (pro pin).

Visitors from Dunheved, Armidale, Toronto, Colac, Nelson Bay, Toukley 28/2 Medley Stableford Joseph Walan 39. Balls to 37.

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2nd March 2021, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family. Late of Toormina. Loving husband of Dawn, much loved father of Leslie, Ian, Paul, Robyn and Emily, and their extended families. Pop of 24 grandchildren and 15 greatgrandchildren. Beloved son of Leslie (dec’d) and Heather. Brother of Max, Kay and Glenda.

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A private family Funeral Service was held in the Chapel of Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour.

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John’s Funeral Prayers were celebrated in the St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Woolgoolga on Wednesday 3rd March 2021, followed by a private cremation at Hogbin Drive Crematorium.

26th February 2021, peacefully at Coffs Harbour Health Campus, late of Toormina. Much loved son of Henry & Valerie. Loving father of Kate, Dale and Wade. Dear grandfather of Oliver.

Loved brother of Sally and Amelia.

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Aged 80 Years Gone Fishing

27th February 2021, passed peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Late of Coffs Harbour, formerly of Shepparton. Loving husband of Erica.

Adored father & father-in-law of Darren & Natalie and Kerryn & Nathan.

Cherished pop of Taylor & Janine, Shareece & Matt, Chantelle & Sam and Zoe & Mitchell. Great-grandfather, uncle and brother of Thelma.

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20th February 2021, passed away peacefully at Woolgoolga Aged Care Centre. Late of Woolgoolga, formerly of Moonee Beach. Dearly beloved wife of Raymond (dec’d). Loving mother of Colin (dec’d) and Kathryn.

Aged 89 Years Well Done Good And Faithful Servant A Thanksgiving Service for Brenda’s life will be held at Northern Beaches Anglican Church, Scarborough Street, Woolgoolga on Wednesday 10th March 2021, commencing at 2.00pm.

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Father of Justin, Andrew and Ben. Father-in-law of Julie and Emily.

Grandfather of Ty, Zoe, Hayley, baby Jessica (dec’d) and Lucy.

Aged 77 Years You Will Be Forever In Our Hearts And Your Soul Will Live On With Us Forever Relatives and friends are invited to attend Algy’s Funeral Prayers to be celebrated in St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Coffs Harbour on Friday 5th March 2021, commencing at 2.00 pm, thence for interment in Coffs Harbour Lawn Cemetery, Karangi.

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Relatives and friends are invited to attend Elsie’s Funeral Service to be held in St. John’s Anglican Church, Coffs Harbour on Friday 12th March 2021, commencing at 3.00 pm, followed by private family Committal Prayers at Hogbin Drive Crematorium, Coffs Harbour.

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Smart, fun, Positive and outgoing, that’s us. What about you?

Here at Smarttek we are looking for the right person to join our team Smarttek Camping Hot Water Systems is a Coffs Harbour Based Company with over 350 retail partners across Australia and they need our support.

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School Canteen Licence

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The annual pre-season event has become a traditional opener for most Mid North Coast Rugby Union clubs.

Upper Mid North Coast Rugby clubs took on other clubs from across the North Coast in a huge day of 7’s Rugby.

The Coffs Harbour Snappers sent two teams to the pre-season competition, while the SCU Marlins sent three teams to compete in Crescent Head.

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