By Thomas O'KEEFE
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resolved to travel as much as they could.
“We saw China and Tibet, but when someone told us that Cambodia would be too hard for Owen’s condition, that was like waving a red flag in front of a bull for us,” Jan said.
“We got to the Siem Reap area, and learnt that you had to be careful about ‘pop-up orphanages’, [which] round up kids and try to scam visitors into giving donations.
“So we did our research and contacted ‘Trailblazer’, an organisation set up by an American couple.”
The Holberts soon found a village to pour their energies into: Romdoul, some 40km off the tourist route outside of Angkor Wat.
They then formed a group of like-minded
people called “Australia for Cambodia”.
“The villagers were drinking dirty water and had no toilets to speak of, and the kids needed school uniforms... and a school; their classes took place underneath a house,” Jan said.
Through their efforts and with the support of relatives, locals and former students, life in Romdoul has improved immensely over the last decade.
“Close to 200 water filters have been donated and put in, all labelled with the name of the person/group that donated [them].
“They consist of various-sized particles and sand filtration, and were utterly necessary as the village used to lose kids to dysentery and diarrhoea.
“Regular donors are not just local, but
also in Newcastle, and [there are] even some expats around the world.”
“One 9-year-old girl collected cans all around Wallsend to raise enough money to build a classroom.”
That classroom has since been extended into a building with concrete rendering, a metal roof, and tiled floor, a kitchen for kids’ breakfasts and a storehouse for rice to feed them.
Other improvements paid for by associated donations include around 85 push-pull wells for drinking water, several septic systems and toilets, a seed fund, the delivery of a useful horticulture course (which has resulted in a sizeable crop), a cow, treadle sewing machine, and basic footwear and school clothes.
By Thomas O’KEEFE
PEDESTRIANS and motorists were miraculously spared when a massive fig tree broke apart and fell over Marine Drive, Tea Gardens, around 11am on Sunday 9 November.
Closer inspection of the broken trunk, however, showed that the fig tree had serious structural issues, including a large cavity in the main trunk caused by rotting.
gigantic limbs and branches.
The fig fell atop the footpath and roadway just in front of the Tea Gardens Police Station. Thankfully, no-one was injured.
A volunteer Pindimar/Tea Gardens RFS fireman returning from Sunday morning training assisted a nearby local in clearing the
Several cars were seen squeezing through the small gap left on the far kerb - some mounting it, others copping long scratchesinstead of turning around and seeking an easy detour down Ogden or Hough streets.
MidCoast Council road and parks crews soon arrived on scene to finish clearing the roadway.
The tree was identified as a ficus obliqua, a massive native fig often favoured for its shade and stunning buttress trunk and, ironically, usually planted along avenues and parks.
“It is a massive tree and the recent heavy winds have not helped,” local tree lopper Jake Fitzroy told News Of The Area.
“This one definitely has rot and decay throughout, based on what can be seen.
“It is a shame that a mature tree like this has come to the end of its life.
“It could possibly have been salvaged by pruning, which can always be a gamble in these circumstances.
“However, for the safety of the community [members] who often walk or sit within this area, it would be safer to remove.”
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North Arm Cove Rural Fire Brigade believes they are malicious as they have occurred over four consecutive nights, all around the same timebetween 9pm and 11:30pm.
Fires have started along fire trails, including three along Tenterfield Road.
Descriptions of alleged perpetrators sighted in the area have been given to police
“At least five very suspicious fires have been responded to, and they are being investigated by
the police,” Pindimar/Tea Gardens RFS Deputy Captain Ralph Clark told News Of The Area.
Brigade members were called to fires last Thursday night and Friday morning.
Despite 2m high flames, the crew of five volunteers brought the intense blazes under control relatively quickly.
The largest bushfire, in mid-October, spread over a dozen blocks of a paper subdivision, and took three RFS crews to extinguish.
“Inspections the next day showed there were at least three ignition points along the roadside, with three
separate patches of bush on both sides of the road, burnt out,” North Arm Cove Community Association President Bob Reid said.
“It looks like there is a firebug in the area, who takes great delight in setting the bush alight, threatening the village and the paper subdivision, and killing our wildlife.
“A fire in dry weather, with a strong wind, could easily cut us off from the highway, and cause untold house and property damage and environmental destruction.
“NSW Police are now involved, with a Detective Senior Constable from the Port Stephens - Hunter
Police District actively investigating suspicious fires like this one.”
Anyone noticing a fire or smoke from a fire should call 000 as soon as possible.
If anyone is seen acting suspiciously, safely gather vehicle registration numbers and call Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.
Like much of the MidCoast RFS District, which is over 10,000 square kilometres, North Arm Cove is overdue for Hazard Reduction burns.
These have been delayed by wet weather and other factors.
In an effort to spread the word about fire safety, Pindimar/Tea Gardens is
q Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire thanks to locals raising the alarm.
By Sis HIGGINS
by Rose Laffan
The Judge’s decision is final…but what happens if they make a mistake?
Generally at the end of a Final Hearing a Judgment is delivered and the Judge’s role is over, adopting the historical Latin terminology, they are functus officio – their function is complete and they have no further input into the matter. However what happens if they have made a mistake?
Where an error arises in an order that was inadvertent, clerical or administrative in nature, the Court has the opportunity to fix this under “the slip rule”. The slip rule is available in only limited circumstances including where the order does not reflect the intention of the Court, where there is a clerical mistake in the order or where there is an error arising from an accidental
slip or omission. The cases which have applied the slip rule make it very clear that there can be no ambiguity as to the intention of the Court for the rule to be invoked.
The most common application of the rule is where a mathematical error has been made in calculating a financial order, a typographical error has occurred, or an order pronounced by the Court fails to be, or is incorrectly, recorded in the written orders.
At the end of the day Judges are human and mistakes can be made; the slip rule exists to manage those circumstances as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation
Lisa Abdoo said anyone can get involved, even without prior experience.
“They just learn on the fence line,” Ms Abdoo said.
Most of the damaged fence lines have been cleared, and the focus has now shifted to rebuilding.
“They’re clearing the debris off the fences and then helping rebuild or restore them if they can.
“We supply all of the equipment.”
The volunteer camp will remain open through
to March 2026, with both live-in and day volunteers welcome from anywhere on the Mid North Coast.
“The football and soccer season starts on 1 March next year, so we’ll be here right through to then,” Ms Abdoo said.
“Some of our volunteers live in the camp with us, but some are locals who come in the morning and go home in the afternoon.
“They can come in here (the Nabiac camp) for breakfast, make their
sandwiches, and take lunch out with them in eskies.
“It’s a fabulous community, and they’re very appreciative of BlazeAid’s help.
“If you can spare a day, a week, whatever - the crew would be so very grateful, not to mention the farmers you’re helping.”
Founded in 2009 after Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires, BlazeAid has since helped communities across Australia rebuild after fires, floods, cyclones and storms.
To volunteer, contact Lisa Abdoo on 0487 216 079.
THE Bulahdelah Show Society is gearing up for another celebration of community, local talent and agriculture on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 November.
This year’s Bulahdelah Show promises two full days of entertainment, competitions and displays at the Bulahdelah Showground.
“The Bulahdelah Show is made possible each year thanks to the incredible support of our community,” said Show Society Vice President Andrew Smith.
“We look forward to bringing everyone together again in 2025 for a bigger and better show.”
Competition schedules are now available on the Show’s website, including fan favourites such as pavilion activities, the pie eating competition, horse events and the rodeo.
The program of events showcases everything from agriculture and creativity to rides and family fun.
The popular Championship Dog Show will also return, taking place the following weekend this year.
For more information and tickets visit the Show website.
A NEW program has been launched to support local recovery efforts after the devastating May 2025 floods.
Funded by the NSW Reconstruction Authority, the program aims to strengthen the region’s ability to recover through community-led action, partnerships, practical support and the funding of a Community Recovery Officer at MidCoast Council.
MidCoast Council’s Director of Liveable Communities, Paul De Szell, said that while the scale of the May flood event was extraordinary and recovery will take years, the Reconstruction Authority funding will provide strong support for local solutions.
Part of the program includes supporting the MidCoast Community Resilience Network (CRN) - a growing alliance of
community leaders, service providers, and volunteers working together to strengthen local resilience and recovery capacity.
A range of other initiatives include:
• Workshops and events to help communities access funding, prepare for future emergencies, and support wellbeing
• Mobilising volunteers to support farm and housing clean up and
repairs, especially in more isolated areas
• Community-led activities that build social connection and long-term recovery
• Feedback and consultation processes to ensure recovery work reflects local needs
Mr De Szell said the program will be tailored to the needs of each community and will support locally driven recovery.
“This could be supporting a neighbourhood hosting a preparedness event, running a grant writing workshop, or simply connecting someone to the right service - recovery starts with connection and our program will provide that to communities in need,” he said.
Regular updates, event announcements, and resources will be available
on the MidCoast Council website, where residents can also provide feedback and learn how to get involved in recovery efforts. This project is supported by the Australian Government and NSW Government through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
To learn more, connect with Kristy Petersen, or find out how to get involved, visit www.midcoast.nsw. gov.au/recovery or email kristy.petersen@midcoast. nsw.gov.au.
THE locations for a powered vessel exclusion zone trial in Port Stephens have been announced.
The trial will run from 24 December 2025 to 26 January 2026, creating designated areas where all powered vessels – including power boats and personal watercraft such as jet skis – will be temporarily prohibited.
The trial will operate across three high-use swimming and paddling locations in Port Stephens:
• Dutchmans Beach: a 185-metre-long area on the eastern side of the beach
• Fly Point: a 230-metrelong area extending southwest from Fly Point to a pumping station midway along Nelson Bay beach
• Shoal Bay: a 430-metrelong area westward from the jetty to the pedestrian crossing.
In all locations, powered vessels will be restricted to a distance of more than 30 metres from the shoreline.
According to the state government, these areas were selected using complaints and compliance data, local knowledge, and community feedback.
“We’ve listened to concerns about jet skis and powered craft operating too close to swimmers, and we’re
acting,” said Port Stephens MP Kate Washington.
“This four-week trial will test whether temporary prohibition zones can help reduce conflict and improve safety.
“This is not about banning boats or jet skis. It’s about finding practical ways for everyone to safely share our waterways.
“There are still extensive areas across Port Stephens where powered vessels can operate safely and responsibly.
“This trial focuses only on a few high-use swimming and recreation areas.”
Maritime NSW Executive Director Mark Hutchings said boating safety officers and the NSW Police Marine Area Command will be on the water to help explain the trial and encourage compliance.
“This is a proactive step to reduce risk during our busiest season while ensuring everyone can continue to enjoy Port Stephens safely,” Mr Hutchings said.
“The trial will be independently evaluated, and feedback gathered both online and face-to-face will inform future approaches to managing high-use waterways.
“The trial zones have been selected based on clear
safety criteria and feedback from local communities and enforcement partners.”
The trial has attracted some criticism since it was announced last month, namely as it includes all powered vessels and not just jet skis, the unsafe use of which has been seen as a key safety issue impacting Port Stephens waterways in recent summers.
Port Stephens Councillor Mark Watson has called for stronger enforcement of existing maritime safety rules, rather than powered vessel exclusion zones.
“There are already rules in place when operating a vessel in a safe manner,” Cr Watson said.
“What’s needed is consistent enforcement and education to ensure all users understand and follow those rules.
“Council has long advocated for fair and balanced approaches that target unsafe or illegal activity, not sweeping measures that impact the broader boating community.”
Cr Watson also stressed the importance of meaningful consultation with those who use and understand local waterways.
“It’s vital that policymakers engage directly
with the people who know these waters best - the local boating, fishing and tourism communities,” Cr Watson said.
“It’s clear that some of the decisions being made are coming from those without firsthand experience on our waterways or a solid understanding of the existing rules.
“Genuine input from users leads to smarter, safer, and more practical outcomes.”
The Newcastle Port Stephens Game Fish Club (NPSGFC) are in agreement, describing the trial as a “poorly thought-out policy made without local consultation, understanding, or practical consideration”.
“Under this trial, the entire west side of Shoal Bay Wharf will now be out of bounds for powered vessels, cutting off one of the most popular and practical access points for families, fishers and visitors,” said NPSGFC President Troy Radford.
“It’s clear the people making these decisions don’t understand how these waters are actually used.
“Do the people behind this decision even own a boat?
“Have they ever launched at Shoal Bay or tried to navigate Nelson Bay on a busy summer’s day?” Mr Radford asked.
The club is also concerned
about the short timeframe between the announcement and implementation of the plan, raising issues of enforcement and resourcing.
“Seven weeks isn’t nearly enough time to educate the tens of thousands of boaters and visitors who use Port Stephens over summer,” Mr Radford said.
“Many families plan their holidays and boating trips months in advance - they’re not checking government websites in December for last-minute rule changes.
“We want to know if Transport for NSW is providing extra marine officers for the trial, or if the
small team already stretched thin here will be expected to manage these new zones on top of their existing workload,” Mr Radford said.
The NPSGFC is calling for the immediate suspension of the trial and for Ministers Jenny Aitchison and Kate Washington to meet directly with local boating and tourism representatives to develop a “fair and workable solution”.
Community members, local businesses and visitors are encouraged to provide feedback through Have Your Say or via QR codes on signage displayed at each trial location.
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By Thomas O'KEEFE
THE Tea Gardens Red Cross (TGRC) and Tea Gardens Family Research and Local History Group (FRLHG) have new displays this month at the recently upgraded Tea Gardens Library.
The TGRC has installed a temporary display of memorabilia from the last nine decades of the group’s active service in the area.
“A lot of our information got taken to the tip a few years back when a past President passed away,” current Red Cross Vice President Carol Hayden told News Of The Area.
“So a few of our current members got together to arrange photos, newspaper clippings and more, to let people know we have been going in this town for 90 years.”
Even the current plethora of historical material is overwhelming, so members are eager for assistance to digitise the hard copy materials.
“So, it will be there for all time,” Carol said.
“[Anyone interested] can contact our President Helen Janes, or visit our meetings at the Tea Gardens Uniting Church hall on the fourth Monday of every month.
“We also need more Trauma Teddies to be knitted, and are hoping to set up a knitting group.”
Over one million children have been comforted by a colourful, cuddly Trauma Teddy since Australian Red Cross branches first started hand-knitting them back in 1990.
They have been handed-out to kids fleeing bushfires, floods and other emergencies; inside ambulances; arriving as refugees; or in need of comfort while in hospital.
The Family History Group has a more permanent display, featuring images and artefacts from their vast depository.
Items include an elector role from Stroud Shire Council days, several images of the baths and buildings along Marine Drive, records from former and current clubs and a plane-spotting record from WWII.
“At long last we have found a permanent home at the Library, and are very pleased and appreciative of it, especially after moving around for a while,” Shirley Cox, group librarian for the last 24 years, told NOTA.
“The Tea Gardens Country Club has given us a home in their cottage for the last few years, and when you have a budget of nil, it makes a big difference.”
The FRLHG has a big job ahead for the end of the year, sorting and finding new homes for its expansive collection.
“This area has so much history that has been
ignored in the history books… starting with the Australian Agricultural Company’s time on the north side of Port Stephens,” Shirley said.
“We are very fortunate to have historian Jan Winn as a member, considering the amount of work she has put into recording the history of the area.”
Beginning in 2026, the group will meet in the library on the second Monday of every month, and are also planning to have a workshop or speaker in the library’s big new room.
By Thomas O’KEEFE
ARTISTS and supporters of the MU3A Art Show were roundly thanked at a special morning tea on Monday 3 November.
The show, held a month earlier in Hawks Nest Community Hall, was the largest and most successful to date, with over 500 people passing through the doors over the sunny long weekend.
“The annual Art Show could not have been possible without the cross-community support of groups like the Tea Gardens Red Cross, and the many husbands and men who helped set up the display stands the afternoon before,” MU3A Art Show organiser Jeanette Hart told News Of The Area.
“It was an awesome community event because it involved other local groups, and we received consistently great feedback from visitors saying the art was of a particularly high standard this year.
“The show is a great way for budding artists to develop
their skills, meet likeminded people, and occupy themselves in a productive way.
“Having a larger Art Committee made life easier,
too - Mandy Craig, Christina Reid, Carolyn Fredericks, Vivienne Boyd, Sherrie O’Keefe, Rozz Albon, Karen Piggott and Ros Jones – the whole group pulled together
By Cosette DE LORENZO
THE Hunter New England Local Health District team has been recognised for its outstanding contribution to health care at the 2025 NSW Health Awards.
The annual event celebrates the dedication, kindness, innovation and achievements of those who make a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of their communities.
“I’m incredibly proud to celebrate the people and teams in NSW Health who are enriching health in millions of ways every day,” NSW Health Secretary Susan Pearce said.
“From our steadfast
volunteers to our clinical treating teams who are there caring for patients.”
This year’s awards saw 198 nominations across 15 categories.
The Hunter New England Local Health District’s Farmgate Support Program won the mental health services award for its success supporting farmers’ emotional wellbeing.
Over 80 percent of participants in the program reported improvements.
Minister for Mental Health Rose Jackson called the program “powerful”.
“It’s fantastic to see local initiatives making a real difference in people’s lives,”
she said.
“Farmers and rural communities face pressures that most of us don’t see. This program has been there to support their mental and emotional wellbeing.”
Other standout projects included a world-first clinical study developing 3D bioprinted skin from patients’ own cells to revolutionise burn and wound care, and a program enabling people with intellectual disabilities to have blood tests outside hospital settings.
"I want to congratulate the winners and all 41 finalists for their remarkable achievements in providing the very best care to the people
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to help set up and run the show.”
While the Myall University of the Third Age has several active interest groups, the Art Group is
of NSW,” Health Minister Ryan Park said.
"It's also fantastic to see those winners from rural and
the largest, with over 50 members.
A professional artist is invited every term, covering abstract, watercolour, and a mixture of techniques
regional areas, highlighting the great care available to communities right across the state.”
like pouring, pillowcases, drawing and plaster art.
The Art Group will round out the year by creating “seasons greetings” cards for nursing home residents.
By Jennifer DUDLEYNICHOLSON, AAP
ENERGY retailers say they've been blindsided by reforms promising free electricity to hundreds of thousands of Australians during peak solar power hours.
The Solar Sharer program, announced by the federal government last Tuesday, would give consumers free access to electricity for three hours each day as part of the default offer available.
Households in NSW, southeast Queensland and South Australia will qualify to access the program from July 2026, with negotiations under way to extend it to other states in 2027.
But a group representing electricity retailers has criticised the government's
lack of consultation about the change.
The Solar Sharer program will be introduced to the Default Market Offer, which acts as a minimum standard for plans and prices offered by electricity retailers.
Free electricity will be provided during the middle of the day when solar power generation peaks and will deliver benefits across the network.
"People who are able to move electricity use into the zero-cost power period will benefit directly, whether they have solar panels or not and whether they own or rent," Energy Minister Chris Bowen said.
"The more people take up the offer and move their use, the greater the system benefits that lower costs for
all electricity users will be."
Households would need to have a smart meter installed to access the offer but could use it to power air conditioners, swimming pool cleaners, electric cars or home batteries, he said.
Analysis from the federal energy department showed a single-person household that could move 10 per cent of energy use to the threehour period could save nine per cent on bills.
Retailers including AGL, OVO and Red Energy offer free access to electricity during specified hours, and an AGL spokesperson said it would work with the government on the detailed design of the proposed reform policy.
But the announcement came as a surprise to many
retailers, even though the firms had spent five months in talks with the government on other market reforms.
"We are disappointed that the government didn't consult with us ahead of time in announcing this decision," Australian Energy Council chief executive Louisa Kinnear said.
"This lack of consultation risks damaging industry confidence as well as creating the potential for unintended consequences."
Nationals senator Matt Canavan, a key proponent of his party's recent decision to ditch net-zero emissions targets, questioned whether consumers would be better off under the Solar Sharer plan or whether retailers would make people pay more at other parts of the day.
The proposed changes will be overseen by the Australian Energy Regulator and chair Clare Savage said
the organisation would launch public consultation on the reforms and ensure fair, consistent pricing from providers.
"By establishing the proposal as part of the (Default Market Offer), more customers will have access to this type of offer but with the added confidence that they are not being overcharged
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outside the free power period," she said.
Organisations including Solar Citizens, Rewiring Australia and the Clean Energy Council welcomed the changes, with council chief executive Jackie Trad saying they would help energy users shift demand into cheaper periods and avoid high evening prices.
waters that surrounded the island
Nick Catsicas and Spiro Spathos agreed that Nelson Bay and Broughton Island in particular was that special place.
IT was early in the 1900s when two Greek merchant mariners were paid off on the docks in Melbourne and headed north searching for somewhere to start a new life, hopefully somewhere that reminded them of their homeland.
“This is the closest to the Greek Islands,” Nick Catsicas said. Using their skills and knowledge of the sea they turned to fishing and lobstering to make a living and established, with other predominantly Greek fishermen, a small settlement behind the sand dunes on North Beach.
The site, which they referred to as “Little Salonika”, being a reference to a region on the Aegean Sea in their homeland, was well chosen as it gave protection from all winds and was adjacent to safe mooring for their boats.
The calm waters off North Beach provided excellent conditions for the fishermen
to establish large floating cages essential to keep their catches of lobsters alive until they could be shipped to market.
Catsicas, who was highly respected and an unofficial leader of the Greek community, worked with Nelson Bay locals - deck hand Jacko Davis and offsider Bert Presbury - and later sold his first boat “Mahoulas” to his mate Spiro before purchasing a 40 footer built in 1924 by Holmes in Sydney which he named “Lord Byron” after his love of poetry.
Other Greek fishermen were attracted to Broughton Island and the little
community continued to grow with the arrival of Dimitrios Karageorgis, Nicholas Dennis, Hovis Kotrakis, Jack Orpanoas then Nick Vapos, Charlie Stavros, Johnny Pandaleon and, oddly enough, a Danish master seaman named Jens “Jack” Jensen.
In 1920 the North Harbour settlement was burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances however a police investigation failed to find a culprit.
Undeterred the Greeks rebuilt more permanent and comfortable shacks and continued to work the rich
Fires were a regular occurrence on Broughton, all purposefully lit by the fishermen to “clear the tracks and give the island a regrowth.”
If the fires were lit when the wind blew in a certain direction the desired effect was achieved without threatening either of the settlements.
However there are suggestions the wrong winds may have been used to light fires as a deterrent to the Greeks.
The 1920 fire that burnt out the Greeks was not to be their last experience.
In 1939 it happened again.
By Thomas O’KEEFE
Life Saving Club (TGHN SLSC) were presented with a special new rescue board by Louise and Peter Glennie, of the
Glennie Project, on Saturday 25 October.
Originally founded by Louise, the Glennie Project supports Aboriginal kids and youth with health and wellbeing projects to reconnect with culture,
Elders and their country.
The board has been beautifully decorated by Karuah-based Worimi artist Tyson Jolly and depicts aspects of Tea Gardens/ Hawks Nest.
Peter and Louise have a strong connection with Surf Life Saving, and are
members of the Merewether Surf Club, which has a strong and ongoing relationship with TGHN SLSC, including supporting patrols at Bennetts Beach when needed.
Local SLSC member and Bundjalung woman Cheryl Newton is also on the board of the Glennie Project, as
well as an active patrolling member of TGHN SLSC.
“This is the first time the Glennies have been up to our Surf Club, and they have also donated a board to Merewether,” Cheryl told NOTA.
“The partnership between TGHN and Merewether
certainly helped make this happen, and the beautiful new board will be on display in our entry foyer for a while, so many can interpret Tyson Jolly’s design.”
The board is fully usable in the surf, and will join the local Club’s equipment for use on the beach thereafter.
By John BLACKBOURN
It’s a battery, stupid
ONE of the more famous political statements of our lifetime - “It’s the economy, stupid” - was delivered by political strategist James Carville, who was working on Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 Presidential Election campaign.
The catchphrase meant that the key concern of US voters in the election was the state of the economy.
I think this statement can be applied to Chris Bowen’s latest announcement about renewable energy.
Last week the Albanese Government introduced a new retail energy offer that unlocks free solar for homes during the day, regardless of whether they have solar panels.
The initiative, Solar Sharer, will be introduced next year through the Default Market Offer, requiring retailers to offer free electricity to households for at least three hours in the middle of the day when solar generation is at its peak.
Free power in the middle of the day!
Bowen sees this as a sign his energy policies are effective.
My attitude?
Why give it away when the answer is to send it to batteries to use later.
The massive increase in the price of electricity to both domestic and commercial users is becoming more of an issue to voters, particularly when they realise that the government’s subsidy
Email Jasminda: media@newsofthearea.com.au
DEAR Jasminda,
I've been invited to the staff Christmas party but the people going are hard partiers and I always end up being the designated driver.
I'm aware there's an expectation for me to remain under-the-limit to ferry all the guests home.
I'm thinking I might not go for this reason.
Harriet L.
Dear Harriet,
Christmas parties are fraught at the best of times, but most people get through them by knowing that if they have a few strong drinks at the start of the night, they can probably cope with Jules from accounts turning into a messy drunk and reciting everyone's mental health leave accruals, or Garry the sales manager who (after downing a six-pack) is under the impression he has a six-pack, flirting outrageously and inappropriately with
on power prices paid to household consumers will be reduced and then eliminated in the near future.
This will have the effect of having electricity prices revert to the so-called market production cost, which will again increase electricity prices at an everfaster rate.
How will that go down with consumers already feeling the cold economic wind when it comes to their monthly or quarterly power bills?
How could our politicians have forgotten how and why the community needed to be heavily subsidised into getting rooftop solar in the first place?
Are they also forgetting how successful that enterprise has become?
THE likely demise of the Tomago Aluminium facility without government subsidy is due to rising electricity costs with the increasing proportion of renewables (actually weather-dependent intermittents) in the electricity grid.
The mantra: 'renewables are the cheapest form of energy' is a delusion of the energy-illiterates.
Sunbeams and breezes are there and free for the taking but the intermittent electricity derived from them is not.
Expensive equipment and facilities are required to collect the diffuse energy over vast distances leading to land use
conflicts and enormous transmission costs.
Then more facilities are required to transform the derived electricity into a form acceptable to our devices and machines and then transmit it to points of consumption.
Real world experience, such as in Germany and Spain, where electricity price hikes follow installation of renewables, is more credible than the models produced by government-dependent employees.
The Tomago situation is an example of the ongoing deindustrialisation across Australia caused by electricity prices being elevated by the addition of renewables (weather-dependent intermittents) to the
grid.
Our present energy policy together with our leading position as an exporter of coal means that we are actively contributing to CO2 emissions while at the same time aiming for net zero by 2050, very hypocritical and futile.
Even if net zero in 2050 happens, which is most unlikely, it would have a miniscule effect on any climate change, consequently our present energy policy is all pain and no gain.
Our present energy policy is arguably the worst policy ever devised by an Australian government.
Providing reliable and affordable energy while at the same reducing
the office staff.
Then there's Mira, your boss, normally a straight-laced executive, who, as the night progresses, reveals her penchant for lip synching every song from the Rocky Horror Show (complete with pelvic thrusts).
These gradual devolutions are somehow acceptable, and even entertaining, when you're a bit tipsy yourself, but when you're stone-cold sober and anticipating a car trip home that resembles the courtesy bus back from Wine Country, it's hard to stay positive.
You need to say, straight up, before anyone falls under the false pretense that you are a bodyguard, or an allied health worker, or a clinical psychologist, that you are also attending the party to enjoy yourself.
Leave your car at home. If you don't drink, furtively order some water in shot glasses and make a show of slamming them down in quick succession.
If there's any uncertainty as to your ability to be a rescuer, perhaps start a rousing rendition of Taylor Swift's The Fate of Ophelia, using whatever props you can find (a life ring would be handy).
Hopefully they will be smart enough to read the subtext that you will not be saving any of them that night.
The latest estimates are that one third of all of Australia’s residences have rooftop solar.
Have they easily forgotten what the whole deal involved?
Once you have rooftop solar installed, the next stage is to fit a battery to your array so that this excessive production of electricity, at a time when you are not consuming it, needs to be diverted to a solar battery for nighttime use.
The answer is “It’s a battery, stupid”. And isn’t there a reasonably new scheme being promoted by government for the heavily subsidised production and installation of batteries for our homes’ solar supply?
emissions are competing interests.
As there are no immaculate solutions to this conflicting interest at this time, some compromises need to be made.
According to the International Energy Agency fossil fuels still account for more than 85 percent of world energy consumption and this is corroborated by CO2 readings from Mauna Loa, which are increasing faster than ever.
The green energy transition is not happening any time soon.
That the green energy transition is inevitable and will make electricity more affordable for everyone is one of the most dangerous delusions of the rich world's energy-illiterate elites.
Regards, Charles HEMMINGS.
Tea Gardens Soccer Club
By Shayne REYNOLDS
DUE to popular demand, Tea Gardens Soccer Club have launched our Walking
Football Summer Twilight Season!
We now play every Wednesday afternoon at 5pm at Memorial Park Tea Gardens.
We are committed to keep it fun, with a relaxed
“Tea Gardens vibe” to our games and aftergame social gatherings and invite anyone over 50 years young to drop in for a look at what it’s all about and maybe even get on the field for a try!
To my memory, there
Myall Coast Vets
By Tony SMITH
6/11/2025. STABLEFORD.
TROG Cancer Charity Day.
TGCC Bowling Club
By Kay BERCZELLY
WEDNESDAY 09.11.25
Men’ Gala Day
Wednesday 5th November 2025
Sponsor today was Ray White Real Estate
Today we had 42 bowlers and both grass & synthetic surfaces were used.
Overall Winners with a total of 34 were Mark Volmer, Garry MacDonald & Gareth Cuss
Morning Winners decided by the lowest
A Grade
1. Colin Clinch 37
2. Ross Weightman 36
3. Graeme Bramley 35 c/b
4. Stewart Murphy 35 c/b
winning margin of 1 were Geoff Page, Phil Thrift & Bill Thrift.
Afternoon Winners decided by the lowest winning margin of 3 were Glenn Reinhard, Coll Fossey & Len Baker.
Garden Eatery Voucher won by Bruce Murray.
Tuesday Ladies Bowls - didn't happen this week, everyone was off to the Melbourne Cup
Thursday Mixed Bowls 6th November 2025
Today we had 16 bowlers & a perfect number for 4 rinks of 4 bowl Pairs.
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Brisbane, Adelaide and Sydney have already sold out, as well as the first two in Perth and Boxing Day in Melbourne.
Limited tickets also only remain for day four in Sydney, while both Adelaide and Brisbane are tracking well for that day.
But for any records to be broken, matches will need to go the distance.
Both the Adelaide and Sydney Tests were over inside three days last summer, while Perth was also wrapped up on the fourth day.
That continued a trend of the past four summers, with wickets becoming more bowler-friendly and only six Tests going to day five in that time.
At the same time, Australia's players have
made no secret of their desire for seaming wickets, believing it could be England's kryptonite.
Asked recently about the balance curators were facing this summer, Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg indicated his organisation would not interfere.
"If I could get the roller out myself, I'd be on it," Greenberg quipped.
"There's competing demands in Australian cricket and I understand that.
"There's the performance demands and what might suit the team's best. There's commercial returns, which are really important.
"But ultimately, I think what we want to see is in every city that the wickets play like they should and there's a great balance between bat and ball."
The average of top-six
has not been a week where we have not welcomed someone new to our ranks leading to a steady rise in numbers now with ages between early 50’s to over 80’s.
Last Wednesday we
C Grade
5. Gerry Keegan 35
B Grade
1. Phil Jones 38 c/b
2. Breton Gibbs 38
3. Glenn Byrnes 36 c/b
4. Tony Smith 36 c/b
5. Kevin Williams 36
Today's winners in a very tight tussle - with lowest score Kevin Glover & Gareth Cuss, who scraped in by 1 point !
Men’s Minor Pairs
Round 1 - Sunday 2nd
November 2025
Only one game drawn for today was Kevin Glover & John Vaughan vs Col Mowbray & Jim Rutherford. The experience of Col & Jim reigned today, final score 20-13, but a great effort from Kevin & John - well done gents
Round 2 - Saturday 8th November 2025
batters in Australia has dropped by 10 runs per player this decade, down to 31.93 from 41.47 in the 2010s and 42.39 in the 2000s.
At the same time, England have moved towards flatter wickets at home under Brendan McCullum, with a game plan geared at putting pressure back on bowlers.
"Probably the last three or four (home) summers have had a bit of life, I think," Steve Smith said last month.
"So I wouldn't be surprised if they're pretty similar to be honest.
"I think England play pretty well on the flatter wickets, the way they play.
"So if there's a bit in it like there has been in the last three or four years with our bowling attack, it certainly makes things a lot more difficult for their batters."
Australia have turned their eyes entirely towards the Ashes, with Travis Head to skip the final two T20s
1. Michael Ross 39
2. Gordon Morrison 38
3. Colin Nicholson 37
4. Ken Hill 35 c/b
5. Alan Crittenden 35 NTP. A
Four games today & 3 were very tight.
Chris Fredericks & Phil Thrift vs Graham Reynolds & Hylton Newman - any team could have won this, but that one bowl in the final end had Graham & Hylton winners with a score of 19-18 & moving onto Semi Finals on Sunday 9th
November
Dave Garcia & Craig Bengston vs John Bates & Wayne Duggan - the second of our very exciting games, with all bowlers playing well ! Once again today in the final end Dave Garcia &
against India to play in the next round of Sheffield Shield.
welcomed two newbies
Dave and Debbie (who got on the field for some fun).
We had the largest turn out so far with players sharing a full game of two 10-minute halves and then opting for another two 5 minute each
B C
3rd. Nealon, Peter Jones, Phil Collins, Barry 5th Bernardin, Peter Brown, Rod Pagett, Des
Craig Bengston took the win with 18-17.
Rob Young & Dave Perry vs Jim Rutherford & Col Mowbray - battle of the giants - some incredible experience in this four. Jim & Col took the win today with final score 18-15.
Graham Uff & Peter Campbell vs Len Baker & Glenn Reinhard - Len & Glen too strong today, took the win 19-12
Semi Finals - Sunday 9th
November 2025
Craig Bengston & Dave Garcia vs Glenn Reinhard & Len Baker - another massive
England's first batch of players also touched down in Perth on Monday, after concerns over their ability to fire on bowler-friendly wickets was exacerbated in their 3-0 ODI series loss to New Zealand.
way sessions to top off a great afternoon. Len R played a great game, perhaps spurred on by his wife Sue’s presence on the sideline, who opted to be our official time keeper.
10th Chivers, Errol Illand, Graham Hill, Ken 16th Durrance, Peter Gibbs, Breton Patfield, Des Balls to. A 30 B 32 c/b C 31 c/b
tight game - once again in the final end Craig & Dave took the win 17-16 - some very fine bowling from these gents & by the way Craig & Dave, the ‘Bowling Fairies” are looking after you guys at the moment ! Second semi saw Col Mowbray & Jim Rutherford take on Graham Reynolds & Hylton Newman. Midway through this game Graham & Hylton had a commanding lead of 13-5. But Col & Jim through pure determination fought back with a final score of 20-15. Very exciting match gentleman.
Albeit in a different format, England were bowled out for 223, 175 and 222 in the three losses, with up to five of their top seven for the Ashes playing. More worrying for the tourists will be the fact they fell to 5-33, 5-81 and 5-44 on the seaming wickets, with only the inform Harry Brook finding a way to score runs.
By Thora-Lou SMITH
A GREAT day was had on Sunday 2nd November with the running of the Judy Newman Memorial 2-person Ambrose. 29 pairs contested the event and the winners were Glenn Grainger & Marty Bramble with 59.5nett from J.Elliason & M.Kitai with
60nett. B.Bills & B.Pinch were 3rd with 61.25nett and John Barry & son Trent were 4th with 62nett. Very close scores! NTP was a hole-in-one by Peter Edwards. Thanks to Brad Newman for organising and sposoring this event. The Buladelah Tennis Club and the Bulahdelah Men's Shed were the very grateful recipients of the profits.
Wednesday 5th November was another
By John EDWARDS
Results from Hawks Nest Thursday night darts at the Golf Club on 6 November.
Winners Lyn Peirson and Daren Rapley. Lyn also had the highest finish on the night with 106.
Runners up. Graeme Bramley and Matt Peirson. Ladies highest score: Christine McKenzie-112.
Men’s highest score: Matt Peirson-140. Darts are on every Thursday night, names in by 6.45pm.
Everyone is welcome to come along and play.
catch-up Monthly Mug for the ladies and Meg South was the winner with 69nett from Barbie Gordon with 72nett. Barbie also grabbed the jackpot while Lou Smith got the 8th NTP and the putting comp with 30putts.
Thursday 6th November was the Vets Monthly Mug and the winner was Ken Hughes with 64nett (his gross score was less than his age!) from Steve Brookes with 65nett.
Michael Donnelly was next with 67nett. NTPs were Dave Johnston, visitor Scott Willcockson and Kevin Martin. Garry Willadsen got the jackpot and the raffle winners were Wayne, Glenn and Damian.
Saturday 8th November was the Ernie Squires Memorial Trophy Day that was very generously sponsored by Charlie and Sandy Shuetrim. The
By Dianne BOWES
A SMALL field of the Saturday ladies played for the Monthly Medal last week at the Hawks Nest Golf Club, including our visitors from Tuggerah GC.
In a great return to form, it was Carol Maher who came home the clear winner, four shots ahead of the field with a nett score of 68, with Sue Brownrigg runner up on 72. Well played, ladies!
Results: Saturday 1/11/25
Ladies 18 Hole Stroke Round
Overall Winners: 1st Carol Maher on 68 (best score of the day); 2nd Sue Brownrigg 72; 3rd Denise Sainty 76 C/B
Place Getters (76-78 C/B): Cheryl Foster, Antje Basson, Ann Syme
NTP Hole 5: A Grade Denise Sainty; B Grade Ann Syme
There was no Tuesday
and even though it was quite warm, some great scores were posted with almost half of the 40 players scoring under their handicaps. Lou Smith was the overall winner with 44pts. Geoff Harvey was the A grade winner with 40pts from Marty Bramble with 38pts. Dave Johnston was the B grade winner with 43pts from Al Jobson with 41pts. C grade winner was Steve
Clifford with 39pts on a c/b from Colleen Richards. NTPs were Arrin Gardiner, Stewart McNaughton, Glenn Grainger, Lou Smith, Dave Schlenert & David Shultz (birdie putt). Long drivers were Dave Schlenert, Marty Bramble, David Shultz and Lou Smith. Rob Denelzen won the jackpot.
The simulator is up and running – phone the club for bookings and details
competition due to the Melbourne Cup festivities.
The Hawks Nest Ladies Annual Presentation Lunch will be held on Tuesday 18th November at the golf club. Please RSVP to Denise Sainty by 12/11/25.
Thursday’s Lady Vets competition saw 46 players tee off in perfect spring conditions for the 9 hole event. There were chip ins galore, with no fewer than 7 ladies sinking their chips from off the green: Ann Browning chipped in for a birdie on the 16th from 35 metres away; Pam Keegan chipped in from 36 metres out on the 15th; Sue Kovacs on the 3rd, Lorraine Bragg 7th, Deb Andrews 8th, Jeanette Kemp 10th and Di Bowes 15th. Nett score honours went to Robyn Richardson (34) and Robyn Keegan (36) – well played everyone!
Results: Thursday 6/11/25
1st Sharon Barwick -7; 2nd Jeanette Kemp -2; 3rd
Marlene Stokes -1; 4th Liz Ross 0 C/B; 5th Di Smith 0 NTP Hole 3: Division 1 Liz Ross; Division 2 Sally MacDougal; Division 3 Jeanette Patfield NTP Hole 16: Division 1 Deb Matheson; Division 2 June London; Division 3 Ann Browning
As well as winning a nearest the pin prize today, June London was all smiles when she was presented with a special medal by VWGA representative, Trish Sattler, to mark a special birthday.
The Lady Vets will celebrate their year of golf on December 11th, with the last round of competition for 2025 followed by their Christmas party and presentation luncheon. Dancing shoes recommended! And finally, an update on our pocket rocket, Lucy French. In just her second 18 hole open competition, Lucy came home with a fantastic 25 points last Wednesday. Well done!
Lillian Druscilla Ethel ‘LIL’
Aged 3 Years
Of North Arm Cove
Georgeous Princess of Nathanael and Yvonne. Adored sister of Ryan, Darius, and Reginald. Beautiful granddaughter of James (dec) and Kathryn, Neil and Deborah (both dec). Loved member of the Robertson and Usher families.
The family wish to advise that a Service has taken place.
TEA GARDENS COUNTRY CLUB LTD.
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NOTICE of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the 54th Annual General Meeting of Tea Gardens Country Club Ltd will be held in the Clubhouse, Yalinbah Street, Tea Gardens on Sunday 30th November 2025 at 9 a.m. Warren Gooley General Manager
Members, please note that access to the meeting and Clubhouse will be closed from 9am. The Club will open at the conclusion of the Meeting.
Members are asked to carry proof of membership and arrive in time to sign the Members’ Attendance Register prior to the commencement of the Meeting.
Brenda Joyce
Passed away peacefully on 30.10.2025
Aged 78 years
Late of Booral
Beloved wife of Brian (dec’d). A loving mother and mother-in-law, grandmother and great grandmother, and a dear sister, sister-in-law, aunt and niece.
Family and Friends of BRENDA are warmly invited to attend her Graveside Funeral Service at Booral Cemetery, 2298 The Bucketts Way, Booral on FRIDAY 21.11.2025 at 11:00am
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SATURDAY
ABC TV, 7.30pm
This local Death in Paradise spin-off faced serious competition at the Logie Awards this year, but came out ahead of Bump, The Newsreader and The Twelve to win Most Outstanding Drama Series, so detective Mackenzie Clarke (Anna Samson, pictured) and co. must be doing something right. Despite plans to be back in the UK, Mack is reluctantly still in Dolphin Cove, where there’s plenty of seemingly impossible murder cases to solve, starting with the discovery of a poisoned scientist on a shark research facility’s runaway boat.
6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Gardening Australia. Millie Ross visits a peony farm.
8.30 Maigret. (Mv) Maigret tries to anticipate the bank robbers’ next move, while closing in on Honore’s killers.
9.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) Hosted by Tom Gleeson.
9.55 Crime Night! (PG, R) Hosted by Julia Zemiro.
10.25 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R)
10.55 ABC Late News.
11.10 Silent Witness. (Mav, R)
12.15 Rage New Music. (MA15+dhlnsv)
5.00 Rage. (PG)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Storms From Above. (PG)
TUESDAY
NBN, 8.30pm
Landscaper-turned-TV-host
Jamie Durie (pictured) puts his money where his mouth is in this new series that aims to tackle Australia’s housing crisis with savvy design, innovative building methods and environmental impact front of mind. Having recently completed the decade-long process of constructing an off-grid masterpiece in Pittwater, NSW, Durie promised partner Ameka that he was “done building”, but she laughed, “I know better”. Durie sets out to 3D-print a house on their Byron Bay farm in just three months, while also following three families facing council red tape, financial hurdles and wild weather in the process of fasttracking their own revolutionary sustainable homes.
8.30 Nick Knowles Into Death Valley. (PG, R) Presented by Nick Knowles. 9.25 The Scottish Island That Won The Lottery. (PG, R)
10.20 SBS World News Late.
10.50 Sisi. (MA15+as, R)
11.45 Tokyo Vice. (MA15+av, R)
1.55 Tutankhamun. (PG, R)
3.00 Craft It Yourself. (PG, R)
3.55 Home Of The Year: Scotland. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
THURSDAY VIGIL
SBS, 9.25pm
This exceptional British crime drama’s haunting theme song – Danish singersongwriter Agnes Obel’s Fuel to the – perfectly sets the scene for the nerve-
events that follow. Season two shifts the show’s setting from the claustrophobic confines of a submarine to the skies above, with a focus on deadly drones. When a British Air Force weapons test goes disastrously wrong and kills seven military personnel, detective Amy Silva (Suranne Jones, pictured) is called in to investigate. With the help of her similarly savvy partner Kirsten (Rose Leslie), Silva must determine if the shocking incident was the result of an unfortunate malfunction or something sinister.
6.00 NBN News.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Hosted by Johanna Griggs.
8.30 MOVIE: Jason Bourne. (2016, Mav, R) An assassin is forced out of hiding when one of his old allies uncovers information about his past. Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander.
11.00 Motorway Patrol. (PG, R) A driver gets sleepy and goes bush.
11.30 GetOn Extra.
12.00 Healthy, Wealthy & Wise. (PG, R)
1.00 In Plain Sight. (Madv)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
5.00 NBC Today.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 David Attenborough’s Asia: The Arid Heart. (PG)
8.40 MOVIE: Force Of Nature: The Dry 2. (2024, Mal) A woman goes missing during a hiking retreat. Eric Bana, Anna Torv. 11.00 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (MA15+av, R)
11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R)
12.40 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R)
TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Postcards. (PG, R)
(82) 7TWO (62)
6.00 Rage Charts. (PG) 6.55 Rage Closer. (R)
7.00 Wknd Brekky. 9.00 Rage. (PG) 11.55 Rage Closer. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Beyond Paradise. (Final, PG, R) 1.30 Maigret. (Mv, R) 2.20 All Creatures Great And Small. (PGa, R)
3.10 Signature Choir & SS0. (PG) 4.50 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 5.25 Landline. (R) 5.50 Australian Story. (R)
6.25 I Was Actually There: Fairlie Arrow Abduction Hoax. (PGs, R) Looks at the ‘abduction’ of a singer.
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Return To Paradise. (Return, PGav)
A scientist is found dead on a runaway boat.
8.30 Vera. (Mav, R) Vera investigates the death of a grandmother. An emergency call on the night of the murder and the disturbed state of her home suggest she may have been abducted by someone she knew.
10.00 The Forsytes. (PG, R) Looks at the lives of a wealthy late Victorian family.
10.55 Bergerac. (Mv, R) 11.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
6.00 Morning Programs. 9.05 Short History Of The English Garden. (R) 10.00 Beyond The Beaten Path. (PGaw, R) 10.55 Shepherdess. (PGl, R) 11.55 WorldWatch. 12.55 Soccer. Australian C’ship. Rnd 6. Avondale FC v Preston Lions FC. 3.00 Soccer. Australian C’ship. Rnd 6. Wollongong Wolves v Marconi Stallions FC. 5.30 The Irish Civil War. (PGav, R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 A Royal Guide To... (Return)
8.25 A Year At Kylemore Abbey. (PG)
9.25 1967: Summer Of Love. (PGads, R)
10.20 Reckless. (Mdls, R)
11.25 Homicide: Life On The Street. (Mv, R)
2.00 Willie Nelson: Life & Songs Of An American Outlaw. (PGad, R)
4.00 Craft It Yourself. (R)
4.55 Destination Flavour Scandinavia Bitesize. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning. (R)
5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight. (R)
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. The Newcastle Herald Hunter Race Day and Caulfield C.F. Orr Stakes. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Healthy, Wealthy & Wise. (PG) Presented by Chrissie Swan.
8.00 MOVIE: Independence Day: Resurgence. (2016, Mv, R) Humans battle an alien invasion. Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum.
10.25 MOVIE: M3GAN. (2022, Malv) Allison Williams.
12.35 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 12. Sandown 500. Day 1. Highlights.
1.35 Harry’s Practice. (R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 It’s Academic. (R)
5.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R)
6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Our State On A Plate. (R) 12.30
6.00 NBN News.
7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 MOVIE: Black Adam. (2022, Mav, R) Dwayne Johnson. 10.00 MOVIE: Blue Beetle. (2023, Mav) Xolo Maridueña.
12.20 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (Ms, R)
1.10 Cybershack. (PG, R)
1.35 The Garden Gurus. (R)
2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PG)
2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.30 Global Shop. (R)
5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)
6.30 The Dog House Australia. (PGa, R) Narrated by Dr Chris Brown. 7.30 Selling Houses Australia. (PGa) The team helps a couple in Maroubra. 8.40 Ambulance UK. (Ml, R) Paramedics respond to calls regarding an attempted suicide and an 81-year-old who has fallen off his mobility scooter.
9.55 Harry And Meghan: The Rise And Fall. (PGa) Looks at the story of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. 10.55 FBI. (Mv, R) 11.55 The Kick That United The Nation. (PGal, R) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.
6am Children’s Programs. 6pm Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.10 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Paddington. 6.45 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Andy And The Band. 7.05 Piripenguins. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Hard Quiz Kids. 8.00 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament Of Houses. 8.40 Chopped Junior. 9.25 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.05 Abbott Elementary. 10.25 Speechless. 10.50 Late Programs.
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Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 9.30 Better Homes. 11.00 Harry’s Practice. 11.30 GetOn Extra. Noon Animal Rescue. 12.30 Hornby: A Model Empire. 1.30 Our Town. 2.00 Better Homes. 4.30 Harry’s Practice. 5.00 Horse Racing. The Newcastle Herald Hunter Race Day and Caulfield C.F. Orr Stakes. 6.00 Dog Patrol. 6.30
6am The Movie Show. 6.25 The Bridge On The River Kwai. (1957, PG) 9.25 The Movie Show. 10.00 For A Few Dollars More. (1965, M) 12.25pm Animalia. (2023, M, French) 2.05 The Battle Of The River Plate. (1956, PG) 4.15 The Eagle Has Landed. (1976, M) 6.40 Brief Encounter. (1974, PG) 8.30 The Last Samurai. (2003, MA15+) 11.20 Private Desert. (2021, MA15+, Portuguese) 1.35am Late Programs.
SUNDAY, November 16
6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.30 Miriam & Alan: Lost In Scotland And Beyond… (PG, R) 3.15 Long Lost Family. (PG, R) 4.10 The Role Of A Lifetime. (Final, PGan, R) 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R)
6.00 Grand Designs Australia. (PG, R)
7.00 ABC News.
7.30 Spicks And Specks. (PG)
8.00 Portrait Artist Of The Year. (PG) Heat three features an array of unique talent.
8.50 The Forsytes. (PG) Jolyon makes a life-changing discovery.
9.45 Return To Paradise. (PGav, R) A scientist is found dead on a runaway boat.
10.40 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R)
11.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)
3.00 Ask The Doctor. (Final, PG, R)
3.25 The Art Of Money. (MA15+l, R)
4.00 Gardening Australia. (R)
5.00 Insiders. (R)
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6am Children’s Programs. 6pm Octonauts: Above And Beyond. 6.10 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 6.30 Paddington. 6.45 Hey Duggee. 6.50 Andy And The Band.
7.05 Piripenguins. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 The Mysterious Benedict Society. 8.15 Crongton. 8.40 Fresh Off The Boat. 9.20 Abbott Elementary. 10.05 Speechless. 10.25 Merlin. 11.10 Late Programs.
6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 For The Love Of Dogs: India. (PGa, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Gold Stars: The Story Of FIFA World Cups. 4.10 Motor Racing. World Rally-Raid C’ship. Rallye Du Maroc. H’lights. 4.40 Going Places. (R) 5.10 The Weedy One. (PGa, R) 5.20 Bonsai. (R) 5.30 Hitler-Stalin: A Secret Relationship. (PGavw, R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 JFK: One Day In America: Revenge. (M)
8.25 Secret Letters Of Mary, Queen Of Scots. Codebreakers decipher letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots.
9.35 Karnak: The Largest Temple In The World. (R)
10.35 Odysseus Returns. (PG, R)
11.35 Women Who Rock. (Ml, R)
3.45 Craft It Yourself. (R)
4.40 Bamay. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning.
5.15 France 24 Feature.
5.30 APAC Weekly.
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Impossible Engineering. 8.00 Beach Volleyball. World Championships. Day 2. Evening session. 11.00 Snowpiercer. 12.50am MOVIE: The Invisible Extinction. (2023, M) 2.25 Late Programs. 6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 Mastermind Australia. Noon Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure. 1.50 WWE Rivals. 2.45 Fashionista. 2.55 Jeopardy! 5.00 Fashionista. 5.10 WorldWatch. 6.10 Abandoned Engineering. 8.00 Beach Volleyball. World Championships. Day 3. Evening session. 11.00 Forbidden History. 12.40am Late Programs.
6am Morning Programs. 6.30 Brief Encounter. (1974, PG) 8.20 Percy Vs Goliath. (2020, PG) 10.05 A Thousand Lines. (2022, M, German) 11.45 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. (1966, M) 3pm Sun Children. (2020, PG, Farsi) 4.50 Bonneville. (2006, PG) 6.30 On Golden Pond. (1981, PG) 8.30 One Life. (2023, PG) 10.35 The Year Of Living Dangerously. (1982, M) 12.40am Late Programs.
6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Match 12. Adelaide Strikers v Perth Scorchers. 1.30 Cricket. Women’s Big Bash League. Match 13. Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender.
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 My Kitchen Rules. (PGl) Hosted by Colin Fassnidge and Manu Feildel.
8.55 Lip Reading The Royals. (Ma) Takes a look at pivotal moments of drama, tension and humour in recent British Royal history. 10.25 The Day Diana Died. (PGa) 12.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 12. Sandown 500. Day 2. Highlights.
1.00 Travel Oz. (PG, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News.
5.30 Sunrise.
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6.00 NBN News.
7.00 The Golden Bachelor. (Final, PGa)
8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians. 9.40 9News Late.
10.10 Social Media Murders. (Mav) 11.10 Mobsters. (Madv)
12.05 World’s Most Dangerous Prisoners. (Malv, R) 1.00 Fishing Australia. (R)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa)
4.30 The Garden Gurus. (R)
5.00 Today Early News.
5.30 Today.
6am Morning Programs. 11.00 Ice Hockey. NHL. Carolina Hurricanes v Vancouver Canucks. 1.50pm Motor Racing. FIA World Endurance C’ship. 8 Hours of Bahrain. H’lights. 3.00 Basketball. WNBL. University of Canberra Capitals v Sydney. 5.00 Young Sheldon. 5.30 MOVIE: The Nut Farm. (2024, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies. (2014, M) 10.20 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 Ed Sheeran: Full Circle. 11.00 MOVIE: The Nut Farm. (2024, PG) 1pm Soccer. English Premier League. Manchester City v Liverpool. Replay. 3.00 Big Rigs Of Oz. 3.30 Motor Racing. IndyCar Series. Grand Prix of Nashville. H’lights. 4.30 Young Sheldon. 5.00 Dinner With The Parents. 5.30 MOVIE: Monster Family 2. (2021, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Batman Returns. (1992, M) 10.05 Late Programs. 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Life Off Road. Noon Blokesworld. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Second semi-final. Melbourne v Adelaide. 3.00 Rides
6.00 10 News+. Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 7.00 Big Brother Australia. (PGalns) Hosted by Mel Tracina. 8.10 Ghosts Australia. (Ms) When Kate’s mum, Mel, invites herself to move in, Kate and Sean hatch a ghostly plan. 8.40 FBI. (Mav, R) The team tracks down a serial killer after the bodies of multiple women are found. 10.40 10 News+. (R) Hosted by Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace. 11.30 Sam Pang Tonight.
6.00
6am Children’s Programs. 5.55pm Knee High Spies. 6.05 PJ Masks. 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Paddington. 6.40 Hey Duggee. 6.45 Ben And Holly. 7.00 Supertato. 7.05 Batwheels. (Premiere) 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Shaun The Sheep. 7.35 Ninjago: Dragons Rising. 8.00 Operation Ouch! 8.30 BTN Newsbreak. 8.35 Gladiators UK. 9.35 The Crystal Maze. 10.20
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Bill Bailey’s Vietnam Adventure. (PG)
8.30 American Prince: JFK Jr. (PG)
9.20 Jimmy Carr’s I Literally Just Told You. (M)
10.15 SBS World News Late.
10.45 The Man Who Died. (Return, MA15+a)
11.35 A Criminal Affair. (MA15+s, R)
1.15 Being Beethoven. (PGa, R) 2.25 Craft It Yourself. (R) 3.20 Home Of The Year: Scotland. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
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6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGs)
7.30 Working Class Man. (Madl) Looks at rocker Jimmy Barnes’s hit book Working Class Man and the next chapter in his life.
9.55 The Rookie. (Mav) A familiar face returns hoping to prove himself.
11.00 S.W.A.T. (Mv) The team faces an extremist cell.
12.00 Autopsy USA: Luke Perry. (Ma, R)
1.00 Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce. (MA15+s)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Travel Guides. (PGln, R)
8.40 MOVIE: Crocodile Dundee. (1986, Mlsv, R)
10.40 9News Late.
11.10 The Equalizer. (Mv)
12.00 Transplant. (MA15+m, R)
1.00 Hello SA. (PG)
1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)
2.30 Global Shop. (R)
3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.
6am Sun
Children. Continued. (2020, PG, Farsi) 7.35 The Movie Show. 8.15 Bonneville. (2006, PG) 10.00 Jack Mimoun And The Secrets Of Val Verde. (2022, M, French) Noon An Almost Perfect Town. (2016, M, Italian) 1.50 On Golden Pond. (1981, PG) 3.50 Percy Vs Goliath. (2020, PG) 5.40 Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 7.30 Resistance. (2020, M) 9.45 The Conformist. (1970, MA15+, Italian) 11.50 Late Programs.
6.00
Gardening Australia. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Great British Railway Journeys. (PGl)
8.30 Who Do You Think You Are?
9.35 Australia: An Unofficial History. (Ml, R)
10.40 SBS World News Late.
11.10 Families Like Ours. (Premiere, Mal)
12.10 Carmen Curlers. (Mas, R) 2.15 Being Beethoven. (PGa, R) 3.20 Craft It Yourself. (PG, R)
4.15 Bamay. (R)
4.55 Destination Flavour Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
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6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) 8.00 Wicked: One Wonderful Night. From the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California.
10.00 Murder In A Small Town. (Mav) The team searches for two kidnapping victims.
11.00 Grosse Pointe Garden Society. (Masv) 12.00 MOVIE: Paralysed By Danger. (2021, Mav, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PG) 8.30 Jamie Durie’s Future House. (Premiere, PGl) 9.40 Beyond The Build. (Premiere, PG) 10.40
6am Percy Vs Goliath. (2020, PG) 7.55 The Movie Show. 8.30 Emu Runner. (2018, PG) 10.20 Resistance. (2020, M) 12.30pm One Night In Miami… (2020, M) 2.40 The Movie Show. 3.15 One Life. (2023, PG) 5.20 Mary Shelley. (2017, PG) 7.30 Paradise Road. (1997, M) 9.35 Doppelganger. (2023, MA15+, Polish) 11.45 Late Programs. 5.50am Mary Shelley. (2017, PG)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.30 Michael Palin In Venezuela. (PG)
8.30 Reckless. 9.30 Scotland’s Poshest Train: Alan Cumming. (R)
10.30 SBS World News Late.
11.00 I Am Scrooge. (Mal)
11.55 Headhunters. (MA15+lsv, R)
2.30 Being Beethoven. (PG, R)
3.35 Craft It Yourself. (R)
4.30 Bamay. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning.
5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6am Mary
Shelley. Continued. (2017, PG) 8.00 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 10.00 Paradise Road. (1997, M) 12.05pm The Grump: In Search Of An Escort. (2022, M, Finnish) 2.10 The Grass Harp. (1995, PG) 4.10 Dean Spanley. (2008, PG) 6.05 Finding Graceland. (1998, PG) 7.50 Haywire. (2011, M) 9.30 Rogue Agent. (2022, M) 11.40 Annette. (2021, MA15+) 2.10am Late Programs.
THURSDAY,
7.30. (R)
6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R)
6.30 SBS World News.
7.35 Eva Longoria: Searching For Spain. (PGa)
8.25 From That Small Island: The Irish Story. (PG)
9.25 Vigil. (Return, Mav)
10.30 SBS World News Late.
11.00 Ridley Road. (Mav)
1.10 Exterior Night. (MA15+v, R)
4.20 Bamay. (R)
4.55 Scandinavia Bitesize. (R)
5.00 NHK World English News Morning.
5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.
6am The Three Musketeers. Continued. (1973, PG) 6.15 The Grass Harp. (1995, PG) 8.15 Finding Graceland. (1998, PG) 10.00 Rogue Agent. (2022, M) 12.05pm Haywire. (2011, M) 1.45 Mary Shelley. (2017, PG) 3.55 Bicycle Thief. (1948, PG, Italian) 5.30 The Ploughman’s Lunch. (1983, PG) 7.30 The Client. (1994, M) 9.45 Spy Game. (2001, M) 12.05am Marmalade. (2024, M) 2.00 Late Programs.
6.00 Seven News.
7.00 Home And Away. (Final)
8.30 The Front Bar. (Ml) Sam Pang, Mick Molloy and Andy Maher take a lighter look at the world of cricket and catch up with the stars.
9.30 Ashes Preview Show. A preview of The Ashes series.
10.00 House Of Wellness. (PG)
11.00 Chicago Fire. (Mav)
12.00 MOVIE: Secrets Of A Marine’s Wife. (2021, Mav, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair.
7.30 Budget Battlers. (PG)
8.40 Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators. (Mdls, R) 9.40 9News Late.
Parole. (MA15+a)
Resident Alien. (Mav)
Tipping Point. (PG, R)
Cybershack. (PG, R)
6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Patrol. (Return, PG) Follows New Zealand border officials.
7.30 Highway Patrol. (PG, R) Documents the work of the highway patrol.
8.30 Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story. (Madl, R) The story of entrepreneur Michael Gudinski who revolutionised the Australian music industry.
11.00 Gatecrashers.
12.00 The Front Bar. (Ml, R)
1.00 Life. (Malsv, R)
2.00 Home Shopping. (R)
4.00 NBC Today.
5.00 Sunrise Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.
By Scott BAILEY, AAP
AUSTRALIA’S dream Ashes wickets could prove an administrator's nightmare, with growing concerns over England's ability to deploy Bazball on lively pitches.
Curators are set to face a delicate balance this summer, with Australian players publicly calling for greener wickets that offer plenty of assistance for quicks.
At the same time, Cricket Australia is banking on this summer being a big moneyspinner after posting almost $60 million in losses over the past three years, with the potential of the series breaking all-time attendance records.
The first three days in
