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By Thomas O'KEEFE RED Cross members from Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest celebrated a small, early Christmas lunch at the Tea Gardens Country Club on Monday, 27 November, while recognising some amazing contributions this past year.

Certificates of Appreciation were presented by special guest Karen Maloney, from Red Cross Emergency Services, acknowledging several amazing members and guests, including Jennifer Wenham, Julie Jacobson,

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The Red Cross ladies meeting before an early Christmas lunch at The Garden Eatery.

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Red Cross celebrates a year of charity and Diane and Graham Easter.

“Thank you to Jennifer for making her home available for the winter collection of blankets, beanies and socks for the homeless in Newcastle,” Secretary Jenny Kelly said.

“Julie, though not a member, has done a lot of knitting, and donates in the name of Red Cross, so we wanted to recognise her especially... and she didn't know about the certificate, either."

“Diane and Graham have been acknowledged for their amazing cooking at the Big Bake Sale.

“Diane always anticipates the Bake and cooks up a storm."

“Other acknowledgements included Villa Voce singing group for their recent ‘Songfest’ gold-coin donations; attendees there were incredibly generous, and we also got the pleasure of enjoying the concert,” Ms Kelly added.

A large host of toys, all donated by the local members of Red Cross, sat ready to be picked up by Rachael Vaughan from Medowie

q Donated toys will help ensure more kids do not go without a present this Christmas.

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q Karen Maloney (right) presented a heartfelt certificate of appreciation to sewing dynamo Julie Jacobson.

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q Jennifer Wenham (right) was presented by Karen Maloney with a certificate appreciating her collection of winter wear for the needy.

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“Dozens of families are shopped for each year by families and community groups like the very special ladies at Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Red Cross,” Ms Vaughan said.

“Over 100 children annually have a specially selected gift on Christmas morning because of the generosity of others.”

“A few years ago, we decided that rather than get something for each other, let's buy toys to donate, and they are sent out all over the place, from Coffs Harbour to TGPS, for kids and mums,” Ms Kelly explained.

The Red Cross ladies will be hosting yet another sale table at the Tea Gardens Lions Christmas Lights Festival on 15 December.

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POOL MANAGEMENT FROM Page 1

Gardens Pool Pop-Up, held on-location on Tuesday, 28 November.

Several residents and long-term users of the pool congregated with the sounds of kids’ learnto-swim lessons in the background, underlining the omnipresent need to continue Tea Gardens Pool’s operations.

The main item on the agenda was pool operating hours, although locals’ deepest concern was that the pool may be closed down.

“This is not about closing the pool,” the three Council representatives clarified several times, “it is about minimising the

risk to Council, of which supervision is a part.”

Speaking about the recent MidCoast Council Swimming Pool Operations Review (https:// h a v e y o u r s a y. m i d c o a s t . nsw. gov.au/swimmingpool operations-review) at the November Community Conversations in Hawks Nest, Council’s Director Liveable Communities, Paul DeSzell, indicated “a move away from YMCA, seeking a small community group or operator to manage the pool and align with what the community wants”.

“There will be no changes to the pool’s management nor operations until the 2024-25 season, and it

THE Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal have created a new way in determining local government rates.

The new methodology takes each individual Council area into account and sets the rate peg accordingly.

As a result, MidCoast Council’s rate peg for 2024/2025 period will be 5.2 percent, an increase on the 3.9 percent for 202324.

This means Council will be able to increase its total rates by 5.2 percent, however this doesn’t result

in all rates going up by that amount.

Individual assessments take into account a range of factors including land value and rating zones.

MidCoast Mayor Claire Pontin welcomed the changes and the early announcement of the 202425 rate peg, to assist with developing the budget which guides the delivery of services.

“You cannot have a one size fits all approach to Councils because they are all different,” she said.

“This new methodology takes each Council’s

q MidCoast Council Pools Supervisor Alan Anderson, Executive Manager Community Spaces Dan Aldridge, and Manager Community Assets Rhett Patterson addressed concerns of several locals regarding the future of Tea Gardens Pool.

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individual challenges into account and sets rates accordingly.”

The new methodology takes into account employee cost increases, forecast inflation and council-specific changes in Emergency Services Levy contributions and population growth.

MidCoast Council’s rate peg for the next financial year is comparable to other nearby local government areas including Coffs Harbour at 5.6 percent and Port Macquarie Hastings at 4.6 percent.

is important to discuss these matters with the community to work out how it can best serve them in the long run.

“We just want to know what times the most appropriate operating hours are, so it is available to the majority of the community.”

The recently capricious opening hours of the pool was a major concern, one that the ‘small/community

operator’ will hopefully mitigate with local flexibility unavailable to multinationals like YMCA. The Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association has indicated efforts to develop a consensus position on the Review, and a way forward for the community.

“We note that details about precisely how these proposed models will work next season are not

evident at this stage - so lots of questions are being developed, including liability, minimum staffing requirements, what if there is no interested local operator or community group, etc.”

Council requested that residents complete a survey telling them when and how you use the pool at www.midcoast.nsw.gov.au/ swimming-pools-review.

Navigating Legal Challenges in Business Operations during the Festive Season: A Christmas Perspective

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The Christmas holiday season brings joy and festive cheer, but for businesses, it also ushers in a unique set of legal challenges.

From employment issues to consumer protection concerns, businesses must navigate a complex legal landscape to ensure smooth operations during this festive period.

One of the primary legal challenges businesses face during Christmas is related to employment law. Issues such as holiday pay, working hours, and employee entitlements come to the forefront.

Employers must be mindful of compliance with employment laws, ensuring that seasonal staff are treated in accordance with statutory requirements.

• Overtime and Working Hours: Increased demand during Christmas often leads to extended working hours and overtime for employees.

• Holiday Pay: Calculating and disbursing holiday pay correctly is essential to comply with employment regulations.

• Seasonal Employment Contracts: Clear and comprehensive employment contracts are vital, especially for temporary and seasonal hires.

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Businesses engage in intensive marketing and promotional activities during the Christmas season to attract customers. However, legal issues may arise if advertisements are deceptive, prices are unfairly inflated, or products are falsely marketed.

• False Advertising: Companies must ensure that their advertising and marketing campaigns are truthful and transparent.

• Product Liability: The increased sale of products during Christmas raises the risk of product liability claims. Businesses must ensure the safety and quality of their products, provide accurate product information, and promptly address any recalls or defects.

While Christmas is a time for celebration, businesses must navigate a range of legal challenges to ensure a smooth and lawful operation. Staying informed and seeking legal advice when necessary are essential components of a comprehensive strategy for mitigating legal risks during this joyous time of year.

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By Thomas O’KEEFE BUSHFIRES remain a genuine threat, one that MidCoast Council and the Rural Fire Service (RFS) wish to remind everyone of, despite recent wet weather.

“It may be wet at the moment, but it’s just producing more fuel-load, which is enormous already,” Pindimar-Tea Gardens RFS Captain David Bright explained.

“At this time of year, just one week of hot, dry weather can make it ready to burn, and it will come like a steam train when it does.”

Compounding matters, several scheduled hazard reduction (HR) burns have suffered postponement, as variable rain, unfavourable winds, and excessive heat all factor into the decision to attempt a controlled burn.

MidCoast Council urges all residents to heed the NSW RFS and prepare for bushfires this summer, advising three key actions that could save your life: be prepared, be aware, and leave early.

“Right now, it’s important that every household has a bushfire survival plan and that everyone at home knows what to do,” said MidCoast Mayor Claire Pontin.

A bushfire survival plan can be completed online at www.myfireplan.com.au, or by collecting one at a Council Library, calling 1300 643 262 or visiting www.rfs.nsw.gov.au.

“Clean your gutters of leaves and twigs, install metal gutter-guards and repair damaged or missing roof tiles,” Council advises.

“Properly maintain lawns and gardens, cut back overhanging trees and shrubs, clean up fallen leaves, twigs and debris around the property, and make sure your hose is long enough to reach around your house.”

“Downloading the free ‘Hazards Near Me’ app, and setting up a ‘watch zone’ around your location and the alerts - you’ll receive a notification if a fire starts near you.

“Take note of the fire danger ratings, if

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q One of few practical hazard reduction burns by Rural Fire Service volunteers in Tea Gardens this year.

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‘catastrophic’, leave bushfireprone areas – stay safe by going to a safer location early in the morning or the night before.”

Captain Bright re-iterated the RFS’ advice.

“The best plan is always to get out early,” he said.

Accurate and updated information is essential, visit Council’s website to download a handy guide: www.midcoast. n s w. g o v. a u / e m e r g e n c y information.

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Karuah receives website grant

By Thomas O’KEEFE

KARUAH has received a grant from the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal’s

(FRRR) ‘Strengthening Rural Communities’ Program, receiving $9500 for regional development.

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general public all aspects of the township of Karuah, e.g. tourism, businesses, sports, education, events, history and culture”.

“We are a unique town that offers a great deal to both tourists and local residents, but lacks a central hub to bring everyone together, as existing communication is limited for Karuah,” KPA’s Marion Brown told NOTA. “We are not reaching new residents as the town grows.

“Swan Bay, The Branch, North Arm Cove and all other surrounding towns miss out, we also know that not everyone is on social media from our community.”

q The Karuah Festival made its return this year, and an official website should help promote the town.

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community, and we rely on applicants making it clear what the community's needs and supports are.”

Via the FRRR, the money originates from the Australian Government’s ‘Rebuilding Regional Communities’ stream, to assist regional and rural communities in recovering from COVID’s economic ravaging.

“A Karuah website would provide an opportunity for new community members to engage, connect and learn about our amazing township and assist in making them feel welcomed, and it will soon be home to our new town logo,” Ms Brown confirmed.

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“A professionallydeveloped website would be well-placed to support local services that don’t have a physical presence, and a location for the Karuah Place Plan updates from Port Stephens Council.”

April Merrick, NSW Grant Program Manager at FRRR, told NOTA that Karuah’s application was successful based on its “clear explanation of the value of a community website, the involvement of volunteer groups, and a plan to maintain relevancy into the future”.

“They had huge community support, with letters and a survey of the

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q Karuah is ready for its own starring role and website. Photo: Karuah Progress Association.

Association (KPA) applied for the grant, citing the town’s need to develop a unified website that “communicates to the local community and

q Karuah locals have put a lot of work into beautifying the town in recent years.

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Alex Sinclair graduates Fire and Rescue Academy

q The proud Sinclair clan. (L-R) Brother James, mum Karen, Alex, dad Phil and sister Elise.

By Thomas O’KEEFE

NEWLY minted Tea Gardens firefighter Alex Sinclair formally graduated from the NSW Fire and Rescue Emergency Services Academy on Friday, 1 December.

The ceremony for retained and permanent firefighters was held at the state-of-the-art, purpose-built facility in Orchard Hills, far-western Sydney, in conjunction with the commencement of the new Fire and Rescue Commissioner, Jeremy Fewtrell.

Also attending were NSW State Governor Margaret Beazley, Emergency Services

q Alex in action with the Rural Fire Service.

Minister Jihad Dib, and Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners of other emergency services of NSW. Alex brought his love

of firefighting with him when he moved to the area from Orange, and started volunteering with the Pindimar/Tea Gardens Rural Fire Service five years

q Alex Sinclair saluting the new Fire and Rescue Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell at the graduation in Sydney.

q Demonstrating how to access a badly damaged car in a motor vehicle accident.

ago.

Though first applying for a Fire and Rescue position in late 2021, a oneand-a-half year wait ensued before a position opened.

“The ball started rolling late 2022, I had to pass medicals and physicals, got a Letter of Offer, then commenced training in May this year,” Alex told NOTA. “My training was in Armidale, two phases over two weeks in the middle of this year.”

“After that began my sixmonth probational period, and now, after graduating,

I am a Retained On-Call Qualified Firefighter,” Alex said, a hint of well-earnt pride in his voice.

Alex shared with NOTA his motivations for pursuing this avenue.

“When I was young, the family cat got under the house, my sister called 000, and Fire and Rescue from Orange turned up – I watched them come down the street with sirens, helping and giving back to the community, they would turn up for any call, even just for a cat under the house.”

Alex comes from a pedigree of firefighters, with one grandfather, John Traves, a firefighter at Canowindra, and the other, Malcolm Sinclair, was Captain at Euchareena RFS. “Seeing him do the job was a real inspiration.”

“From here I will gain more qualifications with Fire and Rescue, and within three to four years’ time, look for an avenue to a permanent position."

"Of course, I would recommend anyone who wants to put in, give back, to have a go and join, ASAP."

Bill shows Labor can build consensus on what is right for NSW and deliver on its key election promises, despite holding minority government.”

Greens MP and spokesperson for climate change Sue Higginson celebrated the launching of a Net Zero Commission with the power to “provide advice on coal and gas projects”.

“The Greens have led negotiations across the Parliament to ensure the bill does more than provide ornamental unambitious targets, but rather it will chart a course toward real climate action for the state,” Ms Higginson said.

“The guarantees that we have secured from the Government will mean that the community can hold

decision makers to account on achieving net zero.

“The Government should always be held to account on the failure to follow laws and now young people throughout NSW can pursue the Government if they fail this duty.

“Empowering the Net Zero Commission to provide fearless and independent advice about coal and gas projects is a critical plank in ending fossil fuel reliance in NSW and something that should provide confidence to decision makers when refusing to open new projects.

“All of the amendments to this bill, through the work of all parties, have improved this new climate law for NSW and will result in better climate action.”

Farmers for Climate Action (FCA), an organisation representing more than 8000 farmers across Australia including 3100 farmers in New South Wales, welcomed the passing of the Bill.

“It’s fantastic that the Government, the NSW Liberal Party, NSW Nationals, Greens and crossbenchers worked together to get an excellent result,” FCA CEO Natalie Collard said.

“The emissions reduction target was strengthened to ensure stronger action on climate change and a more secure future for our farmers.

“We congratulate all involved and hope politicians across Australia and around the world are watching.”

Climate Change Bill passes Parliament with broad support THE NSW Labor Government’s Climate Change (Net Zero Future) Bill passed both Houses of Parliament with multi-party support last week, legislating ambitious emissions reduction targets and setting up a Net Zero Commission.

The Climate Change (Net Zero Future) Act will require NSW to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 50 percent by 2030 compared to 2005 levels, to 70 percent by 2035 compared to 2005 levels and to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050.

An independent Net Zero Commission will also be established to monitor, review, report on and advise on progress towards these

targets.

After passing both Houses of Parliament, the Climate Change (Net Zero Future) Bill will soon be signed into law by the NSW Governor.

“NSW Labor has followed through on its commitment to the people of NSW to take serious action on climate change and keep this government and future governments accountable for delivering on emissions reduction targets,” said Minister for Climate Change, Energy and the Environment Penny Sharpe.

“This Bill provides the framework for NSW to embark on the essential journey to net zero emissions

and better resilience to climate change.

“Climate change is an environmental challenge, but also poses an economic opportunity.

“This Bill provides certainty for industry, business, investors and all sectors of the NSW economy, and shows them they are not alone in responding to this challenge.

“I welcome the discussion and multi-party support that has led to the passage of this Bill and look forward to accelerating the transition to renewable energy that will deliver cleaner and more affordable energy to households and businesses.

“The passage of this

Gingerbread House Decorating Party AFTER a successful Carols service last year Tea Gardens Baptist is expanding its Christmas events and adding a

gingerbread and biscuit decorating day.

The event will be held on Saturday 9 December at 2pm at the Baptist Church

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“We trust you will relax, have fun, be creative, meet new friends over a cuppa and enjoy yourself,”

a Tea Gardens Baptist spokesperson said.

“Bring your children and grandchildren.

“All welcome to join in

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“You can also bring your favourite lollies to add a touch of personalisation to your gingerbread house.”

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Recycled pallet trees to adorn Karuah’s streets

By Thomas O’KEEFE

THE festive season will be brightened even more around Karuah as free ‘pallet trees’ are being taken by locals to be decorated and placed around the town.

Starting from midNovember, the Karuah Progress Association (KPA) has been offering pre-cut pallets, for free, upon which residents can unleash their creative flair, no doubt finding the wooden profiles quite versatile, and they have until 15 December to express their Christmas feelings.

A prize for the most creative Karuah residents is also up for grabs, and will

be run in conjunction with the Karuah Christmas Lights Competition.

“We are nearing 80 trees given out so far, it’s a nice way of dressing up the streets cheaply and easily,” KPA’s Lisa Floyd told NOTA. “Deb Sexton and I have been collecting the pallets for a while leading up to November, and we want to thank Eagles Plumbing in Raymond Terrace for helping out with a heap of them.

“The idea has been received with a lot of joy and excitement, families and kids are all getting involved.”

“The idea has been received with a lot of joy and excitement, families and kids

are all getting involved.”

Lisa and Deb were heavily involved with the town’s beautification projects along Tarean Road throughout the year, and this seasonal variation adds a nice touch to Karuah’s ongoing aesthetic enhancements.

“The trees can be displayed on your front lawn, and we are seeking permission to line Tarean Road (Old Highway) with these Christmas creations and bring Christmas to our streets,” Ms Floyd explained.

“We are really looking forward to the end result, seeing them decorated and displayed in this first year of the event, and we want it to

and local history to more recently, books for children.

Beautifully illustrated by local artists Megan Barrass, Doris Glasson and Kate Monin, Stinker tells the story of Banjo, a young bream born under the Karuah Bridge, and his journey through Port Stephens’ waterways.

“He even travels through the dark depths of Salamander Bay, where a shipwreck and other nasty things lurk,” offered Stinker

during his colourful slide presentation at the launch.

The inspiration behind Stinker’s fifth children’s story lies in a name.

Three years ago, Stinker was sent a picture of a four year-old boy holding up a bream “almost as big as him”, caught whilst fishing with his cousins near the old wooden pier at Salamander Bay. That boy’s name was Banjo, and he was present with Mum Rosie at Fingal

q Get creative: Pallet trees are free to take by Karuah residents, outside 5 William Street. grow and continue each year.”

So far, pallet trees have been taken up by several businesses and community groups, too, including the

Riverside Drive mission, the Preschool and OOSH, and each class at Karuah Public School.

Members of the Karuah

community can pick up trees at 5 William Street, ready to get involved and have fun.

John ‘Stinker’ Clarke launches new children’s book

By Simon EKINS

PORT STEPHENS fishing legend and News Of The Area columnist John ‘Stinker’ Clarke launched his new children’s book, ‘Banjo - the Adventurous Bream’, at Fingal Bay Sports Club on Thursday 23 November.

Introduced by ABC Radio’s Scott Levi, Stinker captivated a packed local audience with his love of writing from fishing

q Illustrator Megan Barrass and author John Clarke. Photo: Henk Tobbe.

q Scott Levi (right) from ABC Radio Central Coast introduced his old-friend John Clarke to the local crowd. Photo: Henk Tobbe.

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q ABC Radio’s Scott Levi, book inspiration Banjo and John ‘Stinker’ Clarke at the launch of Banjo - the Adventurous Bream at Fingal Bay last week. Photo: Henk Tobbe.

Bay to help Stinker launch the new book.

Banjo told News Of The Area he was currently reading the book and thought it “pretty good so far”, and rated it “9.5 out of ten”.

The audience then had the opportunity to attend a book signing, meet the enigmatic Stinker himself and observe Megan’s diligent work that led to the book’s wonderful illustrations.

If you missed the launch, and the gathering that followed at Fingal’s Cellar Cafe that evening, Stinker’s books are available at newsagents throughout Port Stephens.

q Scott Levi, Banjo and John Clarke were all smiles at the launch. Photo: Henk Tobbe.

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q Young Banjo, who inspired John’s latest work. Photo: Doug Connor.

q John Clarke signs copies of his new book. Photo: Henk Tobbe.

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U3A reminiscences

By Thomas O’KEEFE

THE MYALL University of the Third Age (MU3A) has hosted a wide variety of clubs over the years, bringing fabulous stories and fulfilment for over 30 years for some members.

“At Café Providence in Hawks Nest, a wonderful reunion took place between great mates and MU3A’s Norma Glenn, one of our longest-living members, Pam Spears, Ann Browning and Kenny Parks,” MU3A’s Annie Rutter told NOTA. “I remember back in the q

Hawks Nest Community Hall, before the ‘Old Library’ was built, Dolores Lester teaching a maths class where I learned algebra as well as other things, and the local chemist held a medical course with Graeme Hackworthy or Jim and Trish Thatcher,” Norma recounted.

“Peter Spears’ ‘Money Matters’ had some great financial tips, and the Fishing Club was originally MU3A before it became independent, while the Thursday Walkers’ Group was held by Christian Patterson, who was only a

Norma Glenn at the Garden Club. Photo: supplied.

kid, but boy, did he know his stuff!

“Shirley Barron was always ‘dressed to the nines’ and involved in everything – she ran the NOTA before Ann Scully took over.

“Pauline and John Cole organised the concerts with the Sydney Conservatorium people before Barbara Lyle got involved.”

The Garden Club, however, was Norma’s pride and joy as she was the longtime Convenor.

“I loved hosting Garden Club!” said Norma, “I grew

q Kenny Parks, Norma Glenn and Pam Spears. Photo: supplied. all my plants from seeds, the members all brought cuttings in to share, with many ‘hot tips’ on growing, and we hit the road and started visiting some spectacular gardens, like Ross and Dianne Smith’s.”

“Thank goodness for Myall U3A bringing us together, we all loved being part of it!”

“Smiling and laughing all the way through our chat, Kenny recalls learning French and Pam just loves that they are all still friends with great memories – thank you, ladies, for your fabulous stories and memories from a truly fulfilling 30 years of your lives,” Annie added.

Secrets of the Singing Bridge

By Thomas O’KEEFE

RECENT roadworks conducted by MidCoast Council upon the Hawks Nest end of the Singing Bridge set up traffic queues, but also offered a chance to reflect on the fundamental utility of the Bridge.

Describing the bridge that connects the twin towns of Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens as ‘critical infrastructure’ may mean

nothing until its normal use is hampered by necessary road works from time to time, or worse, something goes wrong.

“Council actively identifies when something needs doing on its roads, and acts as quickly as possible on these things,” a MidCoast Council spokesperson told NOTA. “Road works may often begin when the conditions are deemed

q A glimpse at the critical infrastructure and utilities that run hidden underneath the bridge.

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q Traffic backed up in Hawks Nest as the road surface at the Bridge was urgently repaired.

suitable, with little or no forewarning,” Council’s Director of Infrastructure and Engineering Services, Robert Scott, confirmed at the recent Community Conversations in Hawks Nest.

The maintenance carried out on Thursday, 30 November was general road maintenance, the result of spot-checks by Council staff.

The unexpected delays

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for motorists hopefully also gave pause to consider just how essential the Bridge is to the modern existence of both towns.

As the recent Council Wastewater Treatment tour educated many, the Singing Bridge carries potable drinking water from Tea Gardens Aquifer into Hawks Nest, and also carries the raw sewage from all households and businesses over Tea Gardens into the Hawks Nest Wastewater Treatment Plant, not to mention all electricity that Hawks Nest uses.

Should the Bridge

suffer any kind of calamity, neither side would be able to sustain itself for long, and the community would be reduced to a six-hour wait for a punt-ferry, a fact that can be easily forgotten in the few seconds it takes to cross the Myall River these days.

Scheduled road and bridge works can be discovered on the MCC Roads and Bridges website at https://www.midcoast. n s w. g o v. a u / S e r v i c e s / Roads-and-bridges, including a map of Major Road and Bridge Projects.

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Christmas lights up

By Thomas O’KEEFE ILLUMINATIONS aplenty have been lighting up the town since the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Properties and Lions Club Christmas Lights Competition began on 1 December.

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December with the judging taking place from 1-14 December, between 8pm11pm,” explained Amanda Sykes, Secretary for the Tea Gardens Lions Club.

“Houses will be viewed and photographed in a random fashion by all judges, and winners will be announced at the Festival

Some houses are ready to go for the Christmas Lights Competition.

on 15 December, around 8.30pm.”

“We started the Lights Competition a few years ago, stemming from a hobby of putting the local lights on Facebook,” Dylan Tennyson, Principal at Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Properties, told NOTA. “The competition in its current form began when I started the business, and joined forces with Lions Club, who have done most of the organisation this year.”

Some substantial prizes are on offer, First is $250, Runner-Up is $150, and the all-important $100 ‘Kids Choice’ prize (twelve and under).

Santa will undoubtedly visit many lawns this December.

Charity trees for Christmas

The night of the big Festival, Friday 15 December, will feature 28 stalls spread across the lot, hosting ceramics, plants, art, home bakes, authors, pet treats, infants and toddler clothing, handbags, make up, kitchenware, second hand goods, handmade condiments and lemonade, natural soaps, jewellery, spices, handmade cards and gifts, the Men’s Shed goods, fairy floss and freeze-dried lollies, hand crafted decorations, and Boomerang Bags.

“The Festival will have a lot for the kids: fire truck, lollies, food vendors, facepainting, Santa's sleigh, and photos with Santa will be

possible – perhaps the only one around,” Mr Tennyson added.

Entrance forms for households that still want to compete in the Lights Competition are located on the Facebook and web pages of Lions and Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Properties, or may be picked from the latter.

This is a free community event, alcohol-free, smokefree, and no pets.

The Christmas Lights Festival will occupy the entire triple parking-lot at Myall Way Plaza (between 205-211 Myall Street), with no vehicle access to the Plaza on the night.

q The Tea Gardens Veterinary Hospital crew.

(L-R) Emma, Meagan, Megan, Karleah and Chole.

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GIVING this Christmas has gotten better, with at least two charity Christmas trees popping up in Tea Gardens as of 1 December.

Tea Gardens Veterinary Hospital, on Myall Street, ‘planted’ their Christmas Wishing Tree, this year in aid of the invaluable Free Clinic Bus. “We have done the Wishing Tree every year since we opened in 2015, and look for a community group to support,” Vet Owner and Superintendent Karleah McCartney told NOTA. “A client of ours is a driver with the Free Clinic Bus, who made us aware of the service last year.

“I couldn't believe such an organisation in town was available and free for users.

“Clients make a donation, take a star, and can write their pet's name on it and hang on the tree, and on 21 December

we collect the donations, then match the amount, and pass the funds on - you don’t need a pet to donate, either.

“We understand that the donations will likely go to operations and maintenance of the new bus."

In previous years, Tea Gardens Vet Hospital has raised funds for the Rural Fire Service, Peter Sinclair Gardens, and the Preschool, among many others.

“We like to give back to

the community, we feel lucky to be here,” Ms McCartney said.

MidCoast Council is also hosting a Charity Tree, located at its Customer Service Points, including Tea Gardens.

From Friday 1 December to Friday 15 December, anyone can come in and drop off an unwrapped gift or food, which will be given to local charities in the community, including neighbourhood

centres.

“Christmas is a great time to make a difference if you are in a financial position to donate to charity,” a Council spokesperson said.

“It is also a great way to teach your family the importance of giving back to the community; ask your children to pick out a gift that they think other kids their age might like to get for Christmas and help teach them the joy of giving.”

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OPINION

Put wind turbines off coast of Sydney DEAR News Of The Area,

LOVE reading your newspaper each week.

I am somewhat amused by Zali Steggall, the Member for

Warringah, challenging misinformation about the likely impacts these offshore wind farms would have on sea life.

If she is so pro-wind farms and supports the Labor govern-

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ment’s climate ideology, then Zali Steggall should have the courage of her conviction, and encourage them to be built in her own electorate, namely Manly and the Northern Beaches of Sydney.

She and most of the other Teal political representatives

Pool management change not adding up DEAR News Of The Area,

MIDCOAST Council seem to be convinced the Tea Gardens Pool will operate more efficiently under a small operator or a community group arrangement, even though in their own findings this style of operation is shown to be in the ‘High Risk’ category The current operator, YMCA, is shown to be in the ‘Low Risk’ in safety, yet the council is adamant it does not want a specialist operator for the Tea Gardens Pool.

The Y’s performance in safety and standard of operation has

increased from a low rating in the 30 percent range at the time of taking over the pool to a high of 84 percent, just below the Forster and Taree pools.

Given the Y’s tenure has been through a very difficult period managing the Covid requirements, the renovation to the pool and having the pool closed for the first half of the 2022/2023 season, the progress has been excellent.

Staffing has been an issue as in most businesses however there is now a strong complement of local lifeguards to draw from.

The income and attendances

for the 2021/22 at Tea Gardens Pool are questionable as confirmation of figures in some cases are estimates only.

Whilst referring to the costs/ deficits of the Tea Gardens Pool and other pools in the MidCoast area, the benefits to health and wellbeing has not been factored in.

Council has looked at the changes in monetary terms without the benefits to the community.

Should we analyse the cost of the use of libraries, parks, public spaces and ocean baths and determine whether they are profitable?

At a recent council engagement meeting held at Hawks Nest we were told the pool will not be

Some historical perspective on dredging DEAR News Of The Area,

MIDCOAST Council recently held a community conversation session at Hawks Nest, hosted by the Mayor and attended by Council Directors.

Many subjects were discussed by the respective Directors including dredging of the Lower Myall.

It was disturbing to hear that senior management believes the eastern entrance to the system was only dredged to provide sand for the protection of Jimmys Beach.

That may have been true for the most recent dredge in 2019 however gave the impression that previous dredging had never happened.

We believe that impression needs clarification and we felt a little history may assist.

Council should be aware that

Stinker’s

Fishin’

By John ‘Stinker’ CLARKE SUMMER fishing in Port Stephens means flathead, whiting, mulloway and crabs inside the Port, and snapper and mulloway over the reefs and whiting and mulloway off the beaches.

The one constant is the mighty mulloway which is an amazing fish that can be caught in less than one metre of water or down deep on the wider reefs.

Mulloway also patrol the beaches searching for small

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the system was suffering badly and that we were experiencing fish disease, murky water etc and by 2008 we began an awareness program which resulted in a dredging campaign in 2015.

That provided a reversion to our pristine condition for a short period and a further campaign was conducted in 2019.

The eastern or natural channel faces the open sea and provides fresh oceanic waters into the system.

Until the early 1900s it remained the only maritime access to Tea Gardens and the Lakes.

That changed in 1909 when the Corrie creek was dredged to provide quicker access for the timber exporters and became the only western flowing channel on the east coast.

It subsequently became the official navigation channel.

The eastern channel remained the main access for both recreational and commercial vessels and was dredged regularly until 1998 when it ceased due financial constraints.

The subsequent closure is the result of sand migration within the Port and the outcome of a series of errors made by our predecessors.

This has resulted in the system now receiving waters sourced from the back of the Port and the subsequent loss of salinity which has resulted in a change in marine life, loss of seagrass and dying mangroves.

Sand migration has continued up river and now causing difficulty in navigation for larger sea craft and safety issues for the recreational visitors.

Studies by the Maritime Infrastructure Delivery Office have confirmed this migration has occurred and should be remedied.

This is not only an issue for the local community.

Time to catch a mulloway whiting, pipis and worms.

The most productive beaches are Stockton, One Mile and Fingal, where a 25kg thumper was reported recently.

On the beach, fishing for whiting with worms with a light line and small hook, your chances of landing a mulloway are always good if you stay in control and not panic.

Take your time and walk along the beach with the fish not applying too much pressure.

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in most cases.

Take extra care when the big fish rolls in the shallows.

Remember, the beach ramp for boat launching in Kiddies Corner, Fingal, will be closed to all traffic from a week before Christmas until the end of the school holidays in January.

Although it is an inconvenience to me, I fully support the closure as it is time for visiting families to enjoy the beach without worrying about trucks, boats and jet skis.

display total hypocrisy as they don’t want any interference in their own backyards She should be focusing on her own electorate rather than putting her nose into matters of concern to the constituents of Port Stephens.

Regards, Gary HALL, Corlette.

closed.

The community is now being asked for input after the council decision to change management.

Bit back to front I think!

If there isn’t a community group or small operator then what is the next option?

As one of many users of the Tea Gardens Pool I commend the Y for the standard of the pool.

The facilities are clean, water clarity and heating a priority in the operation and the staff excellent to deal with.

Our community deserves to be looked after having a facility which is low risk managed by an experienced operator.

Regards, Leon BOBAKO, President, Myall Masters Swimming Club.

We are the North Shore of Port Stephens, approximately seven times bigger than Sydney Harbour and the entrance to one of the largest world heritage National Parks within the southern hemisphere.

It has a visitor population of in excess of 100,000 per annum.

Tourism alone brings an amount of $60 million to local business houses and a ferry trade averaging 1500 passengers a week.

Tea Gardens is a designated east coast sea port.

The State Government is obligated to ensure safe and permanent access.

It is our contention that the eastern entrance regains its position as a permanent navigation channel.

Our State Member, Kate Washington has taken the matter to the notice of the respective Ministers and is hopeful of a quick and satisfactory outcome.

Regards, Gordon GRAINGER, Myall River Action Group.

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OPINION & LETTERS

Dorin’s Draws By Paul DORIN

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DEAR Jasminda, WE left our cat with friends who live a ten-minute walk away while we went to Europe for six weeks.

When we returned, they told us they'd bonded with the cat and couldn't bear to part with it. We refused, of course, but now the damn cat keeps running away to their house!

What can we do?

Gerard J. Oh, Gerard, READING by Lynne Miles: Isaiah 7: 14 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel." (Immanuel means God with us.)

Christmas flicks to avoid

By Lindsay HALL THE lights are strung across the front of the house, the elf is back on the shelf and a synthetic pine tree has been placed in the living room and covered with tinsel and baubles.

It can only mean one thing: tis the season… for Christmas movies!

Like many families, mine enjoys the annual tradition of working our way through our set list of Christmas films once December has arrived - in our house Christmas begins once we’re watching A Muppet Christmas Carol.

As an act of community service, we at News Of The Area would like to offer some small guidance for families who may be looking to embrace new titles in their Christmas cinema.

We start this week by saving you all some pain by pointing out a few Christmas movies on which you should definitely not waste your precious family time.

The Christmas Tree (1991) - directed by Flamerion Ferreir.

There exists a beautiful tradition of animated Christmas specials that have engaged families for generations.

Frosty the Snowman was a 1969 feature that continues to introduce children to the magic of Christmas by the titular winter character and his remarkable top hat.

Rankin-Bass, the studio behind that special, was responsible for a wealth of holiday treasures, notably their stop-motion specials such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and they even won over conservative Christian households with The Little

Drummer Boy. The makers of this particular animated feature want you to expect that it will be just like those classics.

A cynical person might suggest The Christmas Tree is a poorly produced attempt to capitalise on the nostalgia people feel for Christmas-themed animation.

Featuring the voices of nobody you have ever heard of, the 43 minute feature was produced and directed by a background artist who had worked in television for over a decade before attempting to chart his own course.

The story concerns a group of children living at an orphanage run by a heartless and irresponsible director who continually gambles away money raised for their care.

When the Kindle family arrives in town they become involved with the orphans efforts to protect what they believe is a magical pine tree.

Capers ensue; Santa Claus shows up; at one point the elderly orphanage director attacks the tree with a chainsaw.

The characters are uniformly expressionless throughout the entire feature which matches the vocal performances and script.

The Christmas Tree has re-emerged on various media and streaming in recent years following the trend of “so-bad-its-good” movie viewing, and could appeal to parents or grandparents looking for inoffensive entertainment for their young children, but it would be a mistake to think of it either way.

It’s not the enjoyable kind of bad, but it’s the kind that makes kids complain loudly… and isn’t that the one thing we’re all trying to avoid during Christmas?

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) - directed by Nicolas Webster; starring… again, a bunch of people you have

I'M firmly on Team Dog when it comes to animals, so I can't say I've had a lot of experience with cats, but I do know they can be aloof and manipulative.

They also don't mind leaving the headless bodies of rodents or birds at the

front door, so they could also be described as psychotic mass murderers.

Not really the sort of company I like to keep.

Your conundrum has highlighted yet another catty trait -- they are clearly vindictive.

You've swanned off to Europe with the expectation that your cat will be loyally waiting for you, furiously waving its tail as a symbol of love, and slobbering all over your Barcelona-tanned legs. Alas, you've been misguided, Gerard, because that's not the behaviour of a cat.

That's the behaviour of a dog after you've left it for two minutes to collect the mail.

Dogs are great for one's ego, unlike your philandering feline.

Could you come to some sort of custody arrangement?

Lure it with sardines and catnip?

Lock the front door?

The other thing I know about cats is that they are fickle, so if you're not prepared to let the cat go, use its traitorous nature to your advantage.

It might stay with you for all the wrong reasons, but you'll feel better.

Carpe diem, Jasminda.

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The title of this one alone is enough to inspire only one of two reactions: a roll of the eyes and contemptuous sigh so extreme that no one would ever mention it again, or an obsessive fascination that anyone would ever think to put such fantastic concepts into one film.

Another entry in the “so-bad-its-good” genre of movies, some families might think, upon hearing of this, that it must be good for a laugh at least once.

The central conceit is that children on Mars are no longer able to cope with the extreme pressures placed upon them by society and the logical solution is for Martians to kidnap Santa Claus and force him to teach them how to have fun.

That sentence makes it sound like the film is a comedy full of wacky hijinks, but reading it is the closest you will ever get to a laugh from the movie.

Another production made to fill a perceived “gap in the market” (for “yuletide

science-fiction fantasy”!) Santa Claus Conquers the Martians was made in two weeks by a video producer who figured he could use his gear for making corporate training and education videos to film something costing the loose change in his pockets that he could almost guarantee children in the mid 1960’s would pay to see at the cinema.

Playing this for children in the modern era will cause them to lose trust that parents and caregivers could have any notion of what could be fun and entertaining.

Watching it as a family may bring a conclusive end to movie-watching as a Christmas tradition, which would be a real tragedy.

If that were to happen you’d never have the opportunity to watch the true gems of mid 20th Century Christmas films, such as the Spanish Santa Claus of 1959 in which Santa lives in space and fights Satan.

Now that is a premise worth at least one viewing.

No simple answers to complex questions DEAR News Of The Area,

I WRITE in response to Dr Sally Hunter’s letter in the last edition, ‘Cognitive dissonance at play over offshore wind farms’.

I was astonished to see so many simple locals diagnosed with “cognitive dissonance”, Dr Hunter.

Rather sad apparently the groups you name want, “simple answers, solutions that work, things basically to stay the same, a sense of security and quick fixes”.

Judgmental?

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There are no simple answers – the fast tracking of this particular wind turbine project has failed any “wicked problem” policy test.

Costly, unproven, poor supply chains, limited local expertise, clear impacts on ecosystems – in fact at least thirteen based on the government’s only feasibility requirements for interested companies (yes there are more things in the sea then just whales).

These are not “ideas that need to be embraced” rather hard facts - concrete on ocean floors.

Personally, yes to less fossil fuels, yes to managing the effects of climate change.

Your generalisations, from wind turbines off Hawks Nest as a point for stopping climate change conflates and simplifies so many complex issues.

I am NO to rushed costly Canberrabubble driven actions when there are other options like a pilot study, or closer consideration of other sites with less impact on so carefully conserved ecosystems, or many other options.

I am a YIMBY for positive change

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By Chris KARAS BREASTSTROKE sensation Caitlin McDonald is a young swimmer in a big hurry.

The fourteen-year-old schoolgirl demonstrated her raw potential by clinching five gold medals and a silver at the recent North Coast Division One Swimming Championships at Coffs Harbour.

McDonald was one of fourteen swimmers from the Stroud Seals Swimming Club based at Lakeside Leisure Centre in Raymond Terrace that performed with distinction against more prominent teams on the North Coast.

She was joined by other gold-medal winning Seals from the Port Stephens region in Alexander Ford (fifteen), Valentina Ward (twelve), and talented sixteen-year-old Para swimmer Will Bradshaw.

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Swimming Coach at Lakeside Leisure Centre, told News Of The Area that his small and capable squad had “held their own at a competitive championship meet”.

“All our swimmers put in hours of gruelling work in the pool in preparation for the major event and clocked personal best times,” Abel revealed.

“They took up the challenge and performed strongly against the finest swimmers on the north coast with the medals and PBs a just reward for their efforts,” he stated.

Caitlin, who hails from Glen William, dominated the 100m and 200m breaststroke events with three PBs and spearheaded the Seals’ Mixed Medley A team to a bronze medal with club mates Maddy Flannery (backstroke), Ford (freestyle) and Dan Tatchell (butterfly).

It was a superb swim by

the promising quartet in a strong field – recording a PB and finishing on the podium for the first time in a long course competition since the club’s inception.

Ford, a rising freestyle and butterfly swimmer, collected two gold and two silver medals with Bradshaw claiming a gold and silver in freestyle/backstroke and five PBs as well as four bronze medals.

Emerging breaststroker Ward picked up a gold and two silver medals to cap a fine meet.

Other Seals to impress included fourteen-year-old Para breaststroke swimmer Sebastian Webster, who clinched three silver medals.

Fifteen-year-old Lachlan Webster took out a silver and bronze in freestyle and butterfly.

Eleven-year-old Lenny Flannery won two silver, two bronze and recorded four PBs.

to the Runners Up Maureen Campbell and Sandra Leisemann who won 13 ends.

Prior to play Judi Polak won the Spider.

Thursday 30th November: Social bowls played 3 games 2 bowls Triples all games 14 ends, Maryanne Cuss playing “swinger Lead”. A convincing win to Vicki McMillan, Jean Glover and Bette Saillard 19 v Precy Swaddling, Ingrid Luck and Lynne Green 10.

The result of the game on the next rink is a prime example of “ never give up” or perhaps “anything can happen in a game of bowls”.

The score on the 7th end Dorothy Thompson, Judi

Polak and Dale Winter 15 v Vicki Harris, Dot Dallas and Pat Baker 2, just 7 ends left to bowl and guess what? Dale’s team never scored another point Pat’s added 13 points to their score, end result 15 all draw. Maryanne Cuss, Lorraine Murphy and Karen Green basically gave a lesson on how to bowl to Maryanne, Lynda Richards and Bev Dunn winning this game by 17 shots, the score 21 v 4. The winners on the day winning with the lowest margin were Vicki, Jean and Bette.

Coming events: Thursday 14th December Break Up Day/President v Secretary Day.

Thirteen-year-old Georgia McDonald took home two bronze medals and five PBs in freestyle/butterfly, while Lucy De Souza, twelve, recorded three PBs. Jeremy Edstein, 23, made six top ten finishes in freestyle,

q Outstanding breastroke swimmer Caitlin McDonald bagged five gold medals and a silver at the North Coast Division One Swimming Championships at Coffs Harbour. She is pictured second right with Dan Tatchell, Alexander Ford and Maddy Flannery.

while Nelly Flannery, thirteen, had five top ten finishes.

Eleven-year-old Beau Wheeler recorded three PBs. Nine swimmers including siblings Caitlin McDonald and Georgia McDonald, Sebastian Webster and Lachlan Webster,

Tea Gardens Women's Bowling Club

By Lynda RICHARDS

TUESDAY 28th November: Many thanks to our Club Patron, Lyn Humphries for sponsoring Patrons Day. Lyn was appointed patron of TGWBC this year looking back on our Club records the last time we held a Paton’s Day was in 2009 when Aileen Balk was our Club Patron.

Format for bowls was 3 games of 3 bowls Pairs 6 ends, teams randomly drawn.

Two teams had wins in all three of their games, the winner then was decided on ends won, congratulations to Kathie Rimmer and Robyn Webster winning 14 ends and

Karuah Golf Club News

By Sharon WEDD FRIDAY Floggers: 24/11/23 14 Players A little rain kept the field small Winner Jayden Russell 30pts Aiden Bills was hot on this tail with.

Saturday 25 /11/23 32 Players, Stableford: Raymond Terrace Bowling Club $50 Voucher

Winner: Aiden Bills 39pts on a count back from Rob Berry 39pts NTP 2/11: N Whale, 4/13: T Robards, 6th: J Losurdo Longest putt: D Morgan Course was in great condition and good scores continue Tuesday 28/11/23 21 Players Vets Stableford.

Winner: Steve Cooper 48pts R/U: Gavan Gartung 46pts Highest score: Steve

q Winners of Patron Day: Robyn Webster, Patron Lyn Humphries and Kathie Rimmer.

Cooper 42pts NTP: 2/11: Darren Gumb, 4/13: Geoff Masters, 6th: Marc Newman Vets Stableford Championship Winner: Steve Cooper RD 1: 34 RD 2: 42 Total : 76 R/U: John Marlow RD 1 :39 RD 2 : 35 Total: 74 Congratulations Gentleman Big Thanks to Mark and Robert for the great job they do every week.

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Players Stroke Monthly Mug Winner: R Trowbridge 66pts ( just back from a back injury well done) NTP: 2/11: T Russell, 4/13: G Masters, 6th: R Throwbridge Longest Putt: R Throwbridge The big downpour didn't dampen spirits, just the clothes.

Thanks to all Karuah Golf Club Members who travelled to Pacific Dunes Medowie for the Luke McCarthy Benefit

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Ford, Bradshaw, Tatchell plus Nelly Flannery and De Souza (12-14yrs Girls Freestyle Relay) will represent the Seals at the upcoming NSW State Senior Swimming Championships in Sydney.

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Luke is a young member of the club that was badly injured a few months ago.

Speedy recovery to you Luke.

It was a very successful day and all members had a lovely time. The organisation of this event was fabulous.

Saturday 9th December Last Standing Man. Big day get your names. Limited to 72 Players. 8am Shotgun start.

Sponsored by the Karuah RSL Club.

Winner: $250 Gift Card Runner Up: $130 Gift Card 30 NOVEMBER 2023 1st Liz Edmonds 3 2nd Diane Vercoe 5 3rd Robyn Deppi 8 4th Trish Collins 12

3rd: $80 gift card, 4th: $40 gift card, 5th to 8th: Also get prizes $35 Dollars includes BBQ Lunch Mens Stableford competition, top 8 players play off with one player eliminated each hole until there is One Man Standing.

For entry in the field, phone club & leave name, golf links no and Home club.

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Tea Gardens Men’s Bowling Club News

By John SLATER

29 NOVEMBER. Estia Health Care have sponsored the Club’s bowling activities for this week.

Thirty-three players participated in bowling activities today with fine weather prevailing helped along with the very welcome sea breeze.

The morning game was decided by the Highest winning score and with a score of 20 Len Baker, Rob a Jones, and Leigh Hunt were the winners.

The afternoon game was won by Les Smith, Gareth Cuss and Bruce Murray.

The lowest winning margin decided the result and they had a margin of just 1.

The Garden Eatery voucher was won by Daryl Martin.

Thank you to the Garden Eatery for their support with this voucher.

2 Dec The quarter-final of the Club Championship Minor Singles was played today

with the promise of some good bowling from the participants.

The results were as follows; Another dark horse emerged in the form of Gareth Cuss. He accounted for Tony Butler 25-14.

Rookie, Rodd Morrison will gain valuable experience from his encounter with Col Hands. He was defeated 25-8.

Ron Berczelly would be disappointed with his game against John Moore, although John was really “in the zone” and ran away with the match 25-10.

The remaining game was an “arm wrestle” with Wayne Duggan and Rick Islaub battling it out.

It was always anybody’s game but Wayne finally clinching a place in the semifinal 25-22.

3 Dec. The semi-final of the Club Championship Minor Singles was played today with a stiff sea breeze blowing consistently across the immaculately prepared grass green.

I have been playing and watching bowls for some time now and the two matches proved to be right up there with the best.

I thought I could pick the two winners but was way off the mark.

In the first game Col Hands was opposed to Gareth Cuss.

Col opened a good margin on Gareth only to see Gareth come right back to level the scores.

It was a superb match with some great bowls played and a credit to both players.

It was almost an anticlimax when Col won the game 25-22.

Wayne Duggan continued on from his good form on Saturday in his encounter with evergreen John Moore.

John started strongly and was always in the match, but Wayne opened up a five-shot lead and held on with John valiantly trying to catch up.

John saved a must win end when he put the jack out of bounds forcing an extra end, but Wayne finally achieved the one shot he

q Wayne Duggan on his way to the final of the Club Championship Minor Singles. needed to win.

Wayne won 25-22.

Congratulations to all the semi-finalists for giving the gallery a feast of fine bowling.

The Club Minor Singles

Bulahdelah Golf Club Report

By Thora-Lou SMITH

THE ladies enjoyed a “3-clubonly” Stableford round before their Christmas party and presentation lunch on Wednesday November 29th.

The almost empty golf bag didn't make a lot of difference, and T-L Smith was the winner with 31pts on a c/b from M.South and H.Aitken.

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D.Johnston with 36pts on a c/b from P.Norman.

G.Harvey won the NTP (6/15) as well as the 17th jackpot. Visitor D.Johnston got the 3/12 3rd shot. The Monthly Mug is next week and Christmas party on Thursday 14th.

The golfers enjoyed

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A Grade 1. Colin Clinch 70 2. Graham Carter 73 c/b 3. Gerry Keegan 73 4. Richard Booth 74 5. Warren MCCOURT 75 c/b B Grade 1. Keith Hudson 72

2. Joe Farrugia 75 c/b 3. David Merryweather 75 c/b 4. Len Eardley 75 c/b 5. Bill Vandenberg 75 C Grade

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M.South It was great to have some “old girls” join us for the party, and the ladies will now have a break until Wednesday 31st January, 2024. Saturday golf will continue during December and January.

The Vets played a Stableford on Thursday November 30th, and the winner was D.Johnston with 42pts from visitor

Enjoying a Christmas Luncheon.

By Tony SMITH

Saturday commencing at 9.00am The Cody Ross team will play the Greg Brown side.

The last day of bowling for this year is Wednesday 13th December.

Champion will be decided next Sunday. It should be a great game.

In other news.

The much-awaited final of the Club Championship Triples will be played next

1. Noel Quince 75 2. Ronald Pollack 76 3. Brian Jones 77 4. Gordon Morrison 78 5. Darrell Scott 79 c/b B.

Hudson, Keith Simmons, Robert Ross, Michael Eardley, Len B. 81 c/b

an immaculate course on Saturday December 2nd and the A grade winner was K.Hughes with 40pts from A.Gardiner with 36pts on a 4-way c/b! G.Willadsen was the B.Grade winner with 43pts from D.Bishop with 41pts. The ladies' winner was T-L.Smith with 31pts

Hawks Nest Vets

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C. Pollack, Ronald Quince, Noel Young, Paul Jones, Brian C. 85 c/b

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from B.Gordon with 28pts on a c/b from A.Benson.

NTPs were M.Bramble, J.Ware and T-L.Smith while the long drivers were J.Mackellar, Z.Watt, M.Barrow and A.Benson.

M.Barrow got the $36 jackpot with a great shot on 17th.

28/11/2023.

HN VETS Stableford Front Nine. Nett Scores 1st Stephen Taylor 19 2nd Peter Olsen 18 3rd Bill Vandenberg 17c/b 4th Colin Fossey 17c/b

Balls to 15c/b Back Nine. Nett Scores 1st Gregory Blyton 19 2nd Paul Young 18c/b 3rd Brian Calverley 18 4th Ian Richardson 17c/b Balls to 15c/b NTP 3rd Greg Weeks 5th Greg Weeks 10th Richard Booth 16th Chris Lock

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Hawks Nest Ladies Golf Results

By Elsa JONES

SATURDAY 25th November 32 ladies played Single Stableford Div. 1 1st A. Basson 35 2nd t. Collins 32 c/b 3rd A. Benton 32 Div. 2 1st M. Davis 40 (redland Bay) 2nd T. Sattler 36 3rd C. Rose 35 c/b

Tuesday 28th November 44 ladies played for Monthly Medal Div. 1 1st A. Scott 72 (medal) 2nd A. Syme 75 c/b 3rd M. Mitchell 75 Div. 2 1st D. Smith 75 c/b (Medal) 2nd H. Wilton 75 3rd C. Wiggins 77 Div. 3 1st S. Barwick 76 c/b

(medal) 2nd P. Keegan 76 3rd M. Bonney 77 Balls down to 80c/b Gross Winners Div. 1 C. Affleck 90c/b, Div. 2 H. Wilton 106, Div. 3 S. Barwick 113 c/b q A. Scott, D. Smith and S. Barwick, November Medal Winners.

Hawks Nest Thursday Night Darts

By Brenda EDWARDS

30th NOVEMBER. Winner’s: Lyn Peirson and Michael Russom.

Runners up:

Christine McKenzie and Barry Jones. Ladies Highest Score: Lyn Peirson-98. Mens Highest Score: Michael Russom-129.

Darts are on every Thursday

Croquet Christmas STORY STARTS on BACK COVER, Page 24 simple, yet deceptively deep game.

“It’s a lot like ‘chess on grass’,” agreed the new members, reflecting on their experiences so far.

“I wanted to do something that would engage my brain, and had often wondered what croquet would be like,” Stefan, who started playing only twelve weeks ago, told NOTA. “A leaflet in Coles said 'Challenge Your Mind', so I went along to Myall Park for a look.

"When I first picked up a mallet, I was woeful, but within an hour I was hooked – it is very simple at the outset, but I love the technical side of the game, dealing with the moves by other players, it’s a thinking game.”

Sherrie, who started only eleven weeks ago, enjoys the sport for its "mild-impact physical exercise and activity in the sunshine”.

“I find it to be mentally challenging, you try to think several steps ahead, and the people at the Club are helpful, pleasant and

very welcoming.

“On the excellent advice of club members I've played with, I’ve learnt correct techniques and stance for balance, how to line up the ball carefully, good grip, etc."

Many croquet players claim that they enjoy the sport for either social

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Runners up: Christine McKenzie and Barry Jones.

interaction or competition.

November Club winners were Pam, Ian and Mahlah, while Pat was overall winner for the year.

“All newcomers are welcome to play and try Monday, Wednesday and Saturday mornings 8:45am for 9am start,” the Club’s Sue Dodds said.

“Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all, from Myall Park Croquet!”

A wonderful early Christmas lunch was enjoyed by the Club’s players and their guests.

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WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

SBS, 7.30pm

FRIDAY

UNDER THE VINES

ABC, 8.30pm

Filmed in New Zealand’s stunning Central Otago, the idyllic backdrop of green pastures and meandering vines sit enticingly alongside the capers of fish-out-ofwater winery owners Daisy and Louis (Rebecca Gibney and Charles Edwards, both pictured). Tonight, this delightful Kiwi drama wraps up its second season, and while sunshine abounds, it’s not all warmth and rays of hope for the crew at Oakley Wines. There’s unexpected news that implicates everyone when an old friend of Stanley’s turns up, shattering the status quo.

British comedian Matt Lucas (pictured) isn’t here to deliver the laughs in this sombre episode. Known for playing over-the-top characters in the hit satirical sketch series Little Britain, tonight he traces his family history back to World War II, Nazi Germany and concentration camps. Lucas delves into his beloved late grandmother Margot’s story after she came to the UK from Germany in 1939.

Featuring a surprising connection to writer Anne Frank, it’s a moving episode that at times leaves the usually animated Lucas speechless.

Travelling to Berlin and Amsterdam, his journey is bittersweet.

THURSDAY

THE DOLL FACTORY

SBS, 9.30pm

Based on Elizabeth Macneal’s eerie and violent Victorian London-era thriller, this six-part series is a sumptuous and potent adaptation.

Featuring Derry Girls’ SaoirseMonica Jackson and Outlander’s Nell Hudson, it’s a female-led tale exploring desire and the world of art, with a spot of taxidermy and obsession adding to the intensity. Twin sisters Iris (Esmé Creed-Miles, pictured, Hanna) and Rose (Mirren Mack, Sex Education) paint porcelain dolls for a living, but their lives are being pulled into different directions with the arrival of two men.

Tonight, in the penultimate double episode, Iris and Louis (George Webster) grow closer, while Silas (Éanna Hardwicke) warns her away from him.

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SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 The Secret Lives Of Our Urban Birds. (R) 11.00 Tiny Oz. (PG, R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Shetland. (Final, Mv, R) 2.00 Finding The Archibald. (Ml, R) 3.00 Worzel Gummidge. (Final, PG, R) 4.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.10 Paddington Station 24/7. (Ml, R) 11.00 Ancient Invisible Cities. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 China Bitesize. (PG, R) 2.10 Elizabeth. (PGa, R) 3.00 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.30 China Bitesize. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Christmas Coincidence. (2018, G, R) 2.00 Border Security: Int. (PG, R) 2.30 Surf Patrol. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

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

12.00 MOVIE: Random Acts Of Christmas. (2019, G) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet.

(R) 7.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.00 Farm To Fork.

(R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGdls, R) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.10 Ent. Tonight. 3.30 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Bold. (PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Millie Ross meets a pair of foodie gardeners.

8.30 Under The Vines. (Final, PG) Louis decides to declare his feelings for Daisy. Tippy flees the vineyard thinking she is a failure.

9.15 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) A body is found covered in live rabbits.

10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 Question Everything. (R) Presented by Wil Anderson and Jan Fran.

11.35 Life. (Mal, R) 12.35 Wakefield. (Madl, R) 1.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

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

7.35 Lost Treasures Of Egypt. (PGa) 8.30 Lost World Of Angkor Wat. (PG, R) 10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 Good People. (MA15+v) 11.55 L’Opera. (Mdls, R) 3.20 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 2. Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Renegades. From the SCG. 11.00 MOVIE: Priest. (2011, Mhl, R) In a dystopian future, a priest disobeys the church to track down the vampires that kidnapped his niece. Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet.

1.00 12 Monkeys. (MA15+av, R) Cole’s loyalty is tested when Ramse and Railly go rogue and embark on an unsanctioned mission to ’60s East Berlin.

2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 5.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 For The Love Of Pets. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: London Has Fallen.

(2016, MA15+lv, R) Terrorists attack world leaders in London. Gerard Butler.

10.30 MOVIE: Mercury Rising. (1998, Mlv, R) 12.35 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.30 Our State On A Plate. (PG, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Postcards Summer. (PG, R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

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

7.30 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly. Tips and ideas for the festive season.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show.

(Ml) Graham Norton is joined on the red couch by Julia Roberts, Timothée Chalamet, Tom Hanks and Cher.

10.30 To Be Advised.

11.30 Good Sam. (Ma) Griff prepares to return to surgery.

12.30 The Project. (R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Gardening Australia Junior. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MOVIE: I Know What You Did Last Summer. (1997, MA15+) 10.10 Would I Lie To You? The Unseen Bits. 10.40 QI. 11.10 Ghosts. 11.40 Hitsville. 1.35am Killing Eve. 2.15 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 3.05 ABC News Update. 3.10 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Shortland St. Noon The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 2.55 Young Brides For Sale. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 Sex Unlimited.

10.15 Planet Sex With Cara Delevingne. 11.10 Limetown. 12.55am MOVIE: HIV: The Neglected Pandemic. (2021, MA15+) 2.35 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 I Escaped To The Country. 3.00 Animal SOS Australia.

3.30 The Zoo. 4.00 I Escaped To The Country. 5.00 Bargain Hunt. 6.00 Pie In The Sky. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. (Return) 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Escape To The Perfect Town.

11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives.

12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Dr Quinn.

2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: I’m All Right Jack. (1959) 5.30 Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. (1969, PG) 11.30 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 6. Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne Victory. Highlights. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman.

10.30 JAG. 12.30pm NCIS. 1.30 FBI. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Hawai’i. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 SEAL Team. 12.15am Home Shopping.

2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

SKY NEWS (53)

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am My Best Friend’s Wedding. (2016, PG, Mandarin) 7.40 Satellite Boy. (2012, PG) 9.20 Menashe. (2017, PG, Yiddish) 10.50 Seven Years In Tibet. (1997, M) 1.20pm The Music Of Silence. (2017, PG) 3.30 Time Bandits. (1981, PG) 5.40 Heart Beats Loud.

(2018, PG) 7.30 St Elmo’s Fire. (1985, M) 9.30 Three Floors. (2021, M, Italian) 11.45 If Only.

(2019, M, French) 1.40am Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 American Restoration. Noon American Pickers. 1.00 Pawn Stars. 2.00 Close Encounters Down Under. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Extreme Ice Railroad. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: The Mule. (2018, M) 9.50 MOVIE: Absolute Power. (1997, M) 12.25am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon MOVIE: Mother Mountain. (2022, M) 2.00 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 MacGyver.

4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 Children’s Programs. 5.40 MOVIE: Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. (2004, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: My Super Ex-Girlfriend. (2006, M) 9.30 MOVIE: Mortal Kombat. (2021, MA15+) 11.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

12.50pm MOVIE: Empire Records. (1995, M) 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Strait To The Plate.

6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 MOVIE: Fantastic Mr. Fox. (2009, PG) 9.05 MOVIE: Eagle Vs Shark. (2007, M) 10.40 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 Sharri. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda. 3.00 Paul Murray Live. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 Erin. 6.00 Peta Credlin. 7.00 The Rita Panahi Show. 8.00 The US Report. 9.00 The Media Show. 9.30 NewsNight. 10.00 NewsNight.

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

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SATURDAY, December 9 ABC TV (2)

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SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 Midsomer Murders. (PG, R) 2.00 Annika. (Final, Ma, R) 2.50 The Durrells. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline Summer. (R) 5.10 Joanna Lumley’s Britain. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize.

(R) 9.05 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under.

(PGa) 10.05 The Autistic Gardener. (R) 11.00 Rick Steves’ Europe. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch.

2.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. NHK Trophy. H’lights. 4.00 Seed. (PGa, R) 4.40 Greatest Hits Of The 80s. (PGas, R) 5.35 Hitler: A Life In Pictures.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Ballarat Cup, The Ingham Charity Raceday and The Star Gateway Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5.

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

6.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 6.30 A Current Affair.

(R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Cybershack. (PG) 12.30 Great Australian Detour. 1.00 MOVIE: Ruby’s Choice. (2022, PGalv) 3.30 Eatwell Christmas With Emma Dean. 4.30 Garden Gurus.

5.00 News. 5.30 Country House Hunters Australia. (Return)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 St10.

(PG) 12.00 Luxury Escapes. (R) 12.30 The Yes Experiment. 1.00 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly. (R) 2.00 Exploring Off The Grid. (R) 2.30 GCBC. (R) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 4.00 My Market Kitchen. 4.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 The Way We Wore.

(PG, R) Part 3 of 3.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 All Creatures Great And Small.

(PG) Siegfried receives some difficult news.

8.20 Vera. (Ma, R) Part 3 of 4. After a young police officer is found dead floating in a park lake, DCI Vera Stanhope investigates.

9.50 Annika. (Final, Ma, R) A former police officer is murdered.

10.40 Under The Vines.

(Final, PG, R) Louis decides to declare his feelings for Daisy.

11.25 QI. (Ms, R) Hosted by Sandi Toksvig.

11.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Britain’s Most Luxurious Train Journeys. (PG) 8.25 Highclere: The Real Downton Abbey. (PG) 9.20 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 10.15 Secrets Of The Royal Palaces. (PG, R) 11.10 Rex In Rome. (Mv, R) 12.55 Hope. (MA15+av, R) 3.15 Going Places. (R) 4.15 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 NSW Schools Spectacular: Fabulous. (PG) Coverage of the NSW Schools Spectacular from the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney’s Olympic Park.

9.30 VIC State Schools Spectacular.

(PG) Coverage of the Victorian State School Spectacular from John Cain Arena, Melbourne. Features dance and musical performances by students from across the state.

12.00 12 Monkeys. (MA15+av, R) Cole is sent back to 1957.

2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 Get Clever. (R) 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R)

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Garden Hustle. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: A Sunburnt Christmas. (2020, Malv) 10.30 MOVIE: A Christmas Karen. (2022, Mah, R) 12.30 Country House Hunters Australia. (R) 1.00 Great Australian Detour. (R) 1.30 Cybershack. (PG, R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa) 2.30 The Garden Gurus. (R) 3.00 TV Shop. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) The tower is on high alert.

6.30 Jamie Oliver: Cooking For Less.

7.30 The Dog House. (PGa, R) A dog goes on a charm offensive.

8.30 Ambulance. (Mal) Ambulance crews attend to a man who has been found unresponsive on the roadside; a caller who is feeling suicidal but who refuses to go to hospital; and a male patient experiencing epileptic fits.

11.00 CSI: Vegas. (Mv, R) An archaeologist is murdered.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Authentic. (PG) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.40 Melbourne Comedy Festival: The Gala. 10.40 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 11.25 MythBusters.

12.15am Portlandia. 1.00 Fleabag. 1.25 ABC News Update. 1.30 Close. 5.00 In The Night Garden. 5.20 Tik Tak. 5.25 Wallykazam! 5.50 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Shortland St. Noon Noisey. 12.55 Planet A. 1.25 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 2.45 Mastermind Aust.

3.20 WorldWatch. 5.20 Mastermind Aust. 5.50 American Runestone: A Viking Mystery. 6.45 The Toys That Built The World. (Return) 7.35 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 Mad Max Fans: Beyond The Wasteland. 10.20 The Eruption: Stories Of Survival.

11.25 Vikings. 12.20am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

1pm I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Escape To The Perfect Town. 3.00 Escape To The Country.

5.00 Horse Racing. Ballarat Cup, The Ingham Charity 6.00 Extreme Animal Transport. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence. (Premiere) 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

8.30 TV Shop. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop.

10.00 Helping Hands. 10.30 My Favorite Martian.

11.00 Explore. 11.10 MOVIE: Hue And Cry. (1947) 12.50pm MOVIE: The Ghost Of St. Michael’s. (1941, PG) 2.35 MOVIE: Heavens Above! (1963, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: Some Like It Hot. (1959, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Johnny English. (2003, PG) 9.15 MOVIE: Diamonds Are Forever. (1971, M) 11.45 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Snap Happy. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 10.30 All 4 Adventure. 11.30 On The Fly. Noon Escape Fishing With ET. 12.30 Australia By Design: Architecture.

1.00 JAG. 2.00 Healthy Homes Australia. 2.30 Camper Deals. 3.00 JAG. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 iFish. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 7. Sydney FC v Macarthur FC. 10.15 NCIS. 11.10 Late Programs.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 7.10 Asterix: The Mansions Of The Gods.

(2014, PG, French) 8.45 I Capture The Castle.

(2003, PG) 10.50 The Ties. (2020, M, Italian) 12.45pm If Only. (2019, M, French) 2.35 Young Girls Of Rochefort. (1967, PG, French) 5.00 Menashe.

(2017, PG, Yiddish) 6.30 Roxanne. (1987, PG) 8.30 My Old Lady. (2014) 10.30 Ricordi? (2018, MA15+, Italian) 12.35am Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 My Road To Adventure.

2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Drag Racing. NDRC Top Doorslammer. H’lights.

4.00 Secrets Of The Supercars. 5.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Storage Wars. 7.30 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files. (Return) 8.30 Disasters At Sea. 9.30 Mighty Trains. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.45pm MOVIE: Falling In Love At Christmas.

(2021, PG) 3.30 MOVIE: The Nine Kittens Of Christmas. (2021) 5.15 MOVIE: The Secret Life Of Pets. (2016) 7.00 MOVIE: The Mummy Returns.

(2001, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Hercules. (2014, M) 11.30 Duncanville. Midnight Metro Sexual. 1.00 Life After Lockup. 2.00 100,000 Tenants And Counting.

3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

11.35 MOVIE: Selkie. (2000, PG) 1.15pm MOVIE: Super Mario Bros. (1993, PG) 3.10 Songlines. 3.55 Songlines On Screen. 4.30 Brazil Untamed. 5.20 Going Places. 6.20 News. 6.30 The Barber. 7.00 Great Lakes Wild. 7.30 Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro. 8.30 Johnny Cash: The Man In Black Britain. 9.30 MOVIE: Poltergeist. (1982, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

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

9.00 Gameday Live. 10.00 News. 11.00 Weekend Live. Noon Weekend Live. 1.00 Weekend Live.

2.00 News. 2.30 News. 3.00 Weekend Live. 4.00 News. 5.00 News. 6.00 Fox Sports News. 7.00 The US Report. 8.00 The Media Show. 8.30 NewsNight.

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

SUNDAY, December 10 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Compass.

(R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline Summer. (R) 1.00 You Can’t Ask That. (Ml, R) 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 All Creatures Great And Small. (PG, R) 3.15 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 4.10 Bill Bailey’s Wild West Australia. (R) 5.00 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat: Christmas Special. (R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.05 Lap Of Luxury: Escapes Down Under. 10.05 The Autistic Gardener. (R) 11.00 Rick Steves’ Europe. (Ml, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 Speedweek.

3.00 Cycling. Cape to Cape MTB. H’lights.

3.55 China Bitesize. (R) 4.05 Dylan Alcott Interviews. (R) 4.40 Greatest Hits Of The 80s.

(PGas, R) 5.35 Hitler: A Life In Pictures. (PG)

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Christmas With The Salvos. (PG) 12.30 Be Our Guest!

Behind The Scenes Of Beauty And The Beast: The Musical. (PG, R) 1.00 Highway Patrol.

(PG, R) 1.30 MOVIE: Last Train To Christmas.

(2021, PGaln) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 5.00 News. 5.30 Weekender.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 SA Variety Bash. (PG) 11.00 Cross Court. 11.30 Iconic Australia. (PGa, R) 12.30 Fishing Australia.

1.00 Drive TV. 1.30 Great Getaways. (PG, R) 2.30 For The Love Of Pets. (PG, R) 3.30 Maritime Masters: Expedition Antarctica. (PG) 4.30 The Pet Rescuers. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

5.30 RBT. (PGdl, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Freshly Picked.

(R) 9.00 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly. (R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.10 My Market Kitchen.

(R) 1.30 Farm To Fork. (R) 2.00 Food Trail: South Africa. (R) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Cook With Luke. 3.30 GCBC. (R) 4.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGl) 5.00 News.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

Hosted by Fiona Bruce.

7.00 ABC News. A look at the top stories of the day.

7.30 Joanna Lumley’s Britain. (PG, R) Part 3 of 3.

8.20 Death In Paradise: Christmas Special. (PGa, R) Saint Marie is rocked by a baffling murder at Christmas time.

9.50 We Hunt Together. (Mal, R) Lola’s suspicions of Liam intensify.

10.35 Troppo. (Final, Malv, R) 11.30 Freddie Mercury: The Final Act. (Ml, R) 1.05 Rage Vault. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Insiders. (Final, R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Fortress Britain With Alice Roberts. (PG) 8.25 The Lost City Of Ramses. (PGa) Part 1 of 2.

10.20 Napoleon: In The Name Of Art. (Mans, R) 12.15 Jack The Ripper: The Case Reopened. (Mav, R) 1.25 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. (R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.15 France 24 Feature.

5.30 Al Jazeera News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 4.

Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers.

11.00 7NEWS Spotlight. Takes a look at the sophisticated British scam syndicate that is fleecing everyday Australians of $4 million a week.

12.00 Bates Motel. (MA15+a, R) Abernathy amps up the pressure on Norma, forcing her to consider selling the motel.

1.00 Emergency Call. (PGa, R) 2.00 Home Shopping.

3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (PGls) 8.00 60 Minutes.

9.00 Forged In Fire.

10.00 #TextMeWhenYouGetHome.

(Mv) 11.00 MOVIE: Motherless Brooklyn.

(2019, Madlsv) Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin.

1.50 Maritime Masters: Expedition Antarctica. (PG, R) 2.50 9Honey Hacks. (PG) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 Drive TV. (R) 5.00 News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project.

7.30 The Bachelors Australia.

(PGls) As the single dates continue, Wes, Ben and Luke are keen to explore their new-found connections.

8.40 NCIS: Hawai’i. (MA15+v, R) After the mysterious death of an astronaut in a highly sensitive Mars simulation, the NCIS team must send its cyber intelligence specialist Ernie Malik into the habitat to investigate alone.

10.40 To Be Advised.

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

12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.55pm Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Louis And The Brothel.

9.35 You Can’t Ask That. 10.05 Doc Martin. 10.55 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 11.35 MOVIE: Danny And The Human Zoo. (2015, M) 1.05am Cooked. 1.35 ABC News Update. 1.40 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.25 Bing. 5.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm The Kimberley Cruise: The Full Journey. 3.05 Jungletown. 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.25 Shortland St. 4.55 The Great British Urine Test.

6.10 Kars & Stars. 6.40 The Buildings That Fought Hitler. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The Last Overland: Singapore To London. 9.25 History’s Greatest Of All-Time With Peyton Manning.

(Premiere) 10.15 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence. 1.00 The Surgery Ship. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi.

2.30 Animal SOS Australia. 3.00 Extreme Animal Transport. 3.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 4.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country.

6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Slow Train Through Africa With Griff Rhys Jones. 8.30 Call The Midwife. 10.50 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 MOVIE: A Run For Your Money. (1949) 11.45 MOVIE: The Happiest Days Of Your Life. (1950) 1.30pm MOVIE: The Duke Wore Jeans. (1958) 3.30 MOVIE: Irma La Douce. (1963, PG) 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: Live And Let Die. (1973, PG) 11.00 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 The Offroad Adventure Show.

9.00 All 4 Adventure. 10.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.00 JAG. 1pm Bondi Rescue. 1.30 What’s Up Down Under. 2.00 iFish. 2.30 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 7. Adelaide United v Brisbane Roar.

5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 FBI: International. 12.15am Evil. 2.05 48 Hours.

4.00 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Roxanne.

Continued. (1987, PG) 7.00 Lost In Paris. (2016, PG) 8.35 Time Bandits. (1981, PG) 10.45 Three Floors.

(2021, M, Italian) 1pm St Elmo’s Fire. (1985, M) 3.00 Heart Beats Loud. (2018, PG) 4.50 Whisky Galore. (2016, PG) 6.40 Princess Caraboo. (1994, PG) 8.30 Annette. (2021, MA15+) 11.05 Gotti. (2018, MA15+) 1.10am Sophie’s Choice. (1982, MA15+) 3.55 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 America’s Game. 10.00 Counting Cars. 10.30 Storage Wars. 11.30 Fish Of The Day. Noon The Fishing Show By AFN. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker.

2.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 2.30 Step Outside.

3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Pawn Stars. 5.00 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Border Security: Int. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Fury. (2014, MA15+) 11.15 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Rich House, Poor House. 2.30 MOVIE: Annie. (2014, PG) 5.00 Children’s Programs. 5.15 MOVIE: Dr Seuss’ The Lorax. (2012) 7.00 MOVIE: Space Jam: A New Legacy. (2021, PG) 9.20 MOVIE: The Matrix Reloaded. (2003, M) Midnight Kardashians. 2.00 Rich House, Poor House. 3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Beyblade Burst QuadStrike.

4.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens. 4.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon Rugby League. Queensland Murri Carnival.

Replay. 1.00 I Live, I Breathe, I Surf. 1.55 Going Places. 2.55 Bamay. 3.55 Characters Of Broome.

5.25 Ella Fitzgerald At The Paris Olympia. 6.00 Untold History Of The Pacific. 6.20 News. 6.30 Wild New Zealand. 7.40 Greatest Hits Of The 70s.

8.30 Dance Rites. 10.05 MOVIE: The Last Of The Mohicans. (1992, MA15+) 12.05am Late Programs.

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

9.00 Outsiders. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Business Weekend With Ross Greenwood. Noon News.

1.00 Weekend Live. 2.00 News. 2.30 News. 3.00 Weekend Live. 4.00 News. 5.00 News. 6.00 Outsiders. 7.00 The Sunday Showdown. 8.00 Bernardi. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Royal Report. 10.30 NewsNight. 11.00 Late Programs.

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MONDAY, December 11 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Big Ted’s Excellent Adventure: 50 Years Of Play School.

(PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Vera. (Mav, R) 2.30 Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.10 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (R) 5.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.20 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGa, R) 11.10 Ancient Invisible Cities. (R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.00 China Bitesize. (R) 2.10 Elizabeth. (PGa, R) 3.00 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.30 China Bitesize. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

(PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 MOVIE: Love In Winterland. (2020, PGa, R) 2.00 Border Security: Int. (PG, R) 2.30 Surf Patrol. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

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

12.00 MOVIE: The Christmas House. (2020, PGa) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet.

(R) 7.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 GCBC. (R) 9.00 Judge Judy.

(PG, R) 9.30 Bold. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10.

(PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.10 Ent. Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours.

(PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Prosecuting Evil. (Ma) 9.25 Under Cover. (PG, R) Narrated by Margot Robbie.

10.25 You Can’t Ask That. (Ml, R) 10.45 ABC Late News.

11.00 Yakka: Australia At Work. (PG, R) 12.00 Waltzing The Dragon With Benjamin Law. (PG, R) 1.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.30 Close Encounters With Levison Wood. (Mal) 8.30 Concorde: The True Story. (PG) 10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 My Brilliant Friend. (Mv) 11.50 Darkness: Those Who Kill. (MA15+av, R) 3.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG, R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 5.

Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Sixers.

11.00 Motorway Patrol. (PGad) Documents a two-car collision.

11.30 Highway Cops. (Ma) Follows people who help keep motorists safe.

12.00 Bates Motel. (MA15+a, R) Norman takes Emma to the dance.

1.00 My Impossible House: Colossal Cathedral. (PG, R) Newlyweds transform a church.

2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 David Attenborough’s Planet Earth III. (PGa) 8.40 Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators. (MA15+dlv) 9.45 Caroline: The Murder That Fooled The World. (Mav) 11.10 Resident Alien. (Malsv, R) 12.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Hello SA. (PG) 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 News. 5.30 Today.

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

7.30 The Bachelors Australia.

(PGls) Hosted by Osher Günsberg.

9.10 The Secrets She Keeps.

(Mal) Agatha’s dream of motherhood seems destined to be stripped away by forces outside her control.

10.10 FBI: Most Wanted.

(MA15+v, R) The team’s Thanksgiving plans are put on hold.

12.00 The Project. (R) 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 Would I Lie To You? The Unseen Bits. 8.30 MythBusters. 9.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.10 Louis Theroux: Law And Disorder In Philadelphia. 11.10 Would I Lie To You? 11.40 QI. 12.10am Whose Line Is It Anyway? 12.35 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 1.20 ABC News Update. 1.25 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 Shortland St. Noon Ice Man. 12.55 The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Then You Run. 10.20 We’re All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel) 11.30 Hoarders. 1.10am The Devil You Know. 2.00 Transnational. 2.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 DVine Living.

9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes. 1pm I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Extreme Railways. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 The Real Seachange. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Endeavour. 10.30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow.

3.35 MOVIE: Catch Us If You Can. (1965) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 MOVIE: The Man With The Golden Gun. (1974, PG) 11.15 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Healthy Homes Australia. 8.30 All 4 Adventure.

9.30 Reel Action. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm Star Trek: Voyager. 1.30 MacGyver. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 10.20 Blue Bloods. 11.15 SEAL Team. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Whisky Galore. Continued. (2016, PG) 7.40 Young Girls Of Rochefort. (1967, PG, French) 10.00 My Old Lady.

(2014, M) Noon Beneath Hill 60. (2010, M) 2.15 Roxanne. (1987, PG) 4.15 Lost In Paris. (2016, PG) 5.50 The Mole Agent. (2020, Spanish) 7.30 Heroic Losers. (2019, M, Spanish) 9.40 Cairo Conspiracy.

(2022, Arabic) 11.55 Beginning. (2020, MA15+, Georgian) 2.20am Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 Armchair Experts: NFL Edition. 12.30pm Border Security. 1.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.30 Boating. Circuit Drivers Championship.

3.30 Storage Wars: TX. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers.

6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Opal Hunters.

8.30 Aussie Salvage Squad. 10.30 Swamp People: Serpent Invasion. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon 100,000 Tenants And Counting. 1.00 Rich House, Poor House. 2.00 Bewitched. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 MacGyver. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 Love Island Australia. 9.45 MOVIE: Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery. (1997, M) 11.40 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.35pm Untold History Of The Pacific. 2.00 Bamay.

2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.00 Toi Time.

4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 APTN National News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Living Black Conversations. 9.05 Buckskin. 10.05 MOVIE: Gran Torino. (2008, M) 12.05am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 Outsiders. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda. 3.00 Paul Murray Live. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 Sharri. 6.00 Peta Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 Chris Kenny Tonight. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 The Late Debate. 10.30 The Late Debate: The Papers. 11.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, December 12 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 10.30 Dream Gardens. (R) 11.00 David Attenborough’s Tasmania.

(R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Vera. (Mav, R) 2.30 Death In Paradise: Christmas Special.

(PGa, R) 4.10 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (Final, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (PG, R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.10 Paddington Station 24/7. (Ml, R) 11.00 The Art Of France.

(PGal, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 China Bitesize. (R) 2.10 Elizabeth. (PGa, R) 3.00 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.30 China Bitesize.

(R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.10 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PGas, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 MOVIE: Cooking Up Christmas. (2020, PGa) 2.00 Border Security: Int. (PG, R) 2.30 Surf Patrol. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

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

12.00 MOVIE: A Christmas Love Story. (2019, PGa) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet.

(R) 7.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.00 Farm To Fork.

(R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold.

(PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 The Platypus Guardian. (PG, R) 8.55 Yakka: Australia At Work: At Your Service. (Final, PG) Part 4 of 4.

9.55 Believing In Australia: Many Faiths. (Final, PG) 10.45 ABC Late News.

11.05 Employable Me Australia. (PG, R) 12.05 The Cult Of The Family. (Ma, R) 1.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa) 8.35 MOVIE: Call Me Kate. (2023, PGa) Documents the life of Katharine Hepburn. Katharine Hepburn.

10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 Das Boot. (MA15+s, R) 12.30 The Promise. (Mal, R) 3.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG, R) 4.25 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 6.

Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat.

From Manuka Oval, Canberra.

11.00 The Endgame. (Malv) As a rogue assassin hunts Elena, Sergey and Owen grapple with a threat that could unravel their whole plan.

1.00 Grand Crew. (Ms) The crew takes a trip to a vineyard.

2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. Takes a look at the latest news, sport and weather, with business and finance updates.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Travel Guides. (PGls, R) 8.30 MOVIE: Crocodile Dundee. (1986, Mlsv, R) 10.30 New Amsterdam. (Mamv, R) 11.20 Kenan. (PGals) 11.45 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 12.40 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.35 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PG, R) 2.30 Cybershack. (PG, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 A Current Affair. (R) 5.00 News. 5.30 Today.

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

7.30 The Bachelors Australia.

(PGls) Hosted by Osher Günsberg.

8.40 NCIS. (PGv, R) The NCIS team investigates who is responsible for a potential bioterror attack at a strip mall parking garage.

9.40 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mav, R) A US Marine falls ill during a training mission after an attack by a genetic weapon.

11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 Ghosts. 9.45 Rosehaven. (Final) 10.10 Portlandia. 10.55 Fleabag. (Final) 11.20 Would I Lie To You? 11.55 MOVIE: I Know What You Did Last Summer. (1997, MA15+) 1.30am ABC News Update.

1.35 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Shortland St. Noon In My Own World. 12.50 The Inside Story. 1.20 Gaycation. 2.15 Gaycation: United We Stand. 3.10 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista.

3.20 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Travel Man’s Greatest Trips.

9.25 Alone: The Skills Challenge. 10.15 Hudson & Rex. 11.55 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country.

2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 The Zoo. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Law & Order: UK. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn.

3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. (1974, PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 MOVIE: The Spy Who Loved Me. (1977, M) 11.15 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Healthy Homes Australia. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder.

9.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm Star Trek: Voyager. 1.30 MacGyver. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 9.25 FBI: International. 10.20 SEAL Team.

12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder.

4.05 JAG.

SKY NEWS (53)

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Lost In Paris. Continued. (2016, PG) 6.35 The Mole Agent.

(2020, Spanish) 8.15 Princess Caraboo. (1994, PG) 10.05 Heroic Losers. (2019, M, Spanish) 12.15pm Employee Of The Month. (2022, M, French) 1.50 Whisky Galore. (2016, PG) 3.40 Monsieur Verdoux.

(1947, PG) 5.55 The Producers. (1967, PG) 7.35 Firepower. (1979, M) 9.30 A Call To Spy. (2019, M) 11.50 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 America’s Game. 10.00 American Pickers.

11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Aussie Salvage Squad.

2.00 Close Encounters Down Under. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Extreme Ice Railroad. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Heavy Tow Truckers Down Under.

10.30 Ice Road Truckers. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon 100,000 Tenants And Counting. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie.

6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld.

8.30 Love Island Australia. 9.45 MOVIE: Step Up. (2006, PG) Midnight Seinfeld. 1.00 Life After Lockup. 2.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

12.30pm Buckskin. 1.30 Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time.

4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Indian Country Today News.

6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Brazil Untamed.

7.30 The Casketeers. 8.30 MOVIE: Zappa. (2020, MA15+) 10.45 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 Peta Credlin. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda. 3.00 Paul Murray Live. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 Sharri. 6.00 Peta Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 Chris Kenny Tonight. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 The Late Debate. 10.30 The Late Debate: The Papers. 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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WEDNESDAY, December 13 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Magda’s Big National Health Check. (PG, R) 11.00 Magical Land Of Oz. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Vera.

(Mav, R) 2.30 The Royal Variety Performance 2020. (PG, R) 4.00 Back In Time For Dinner. (R) 5.00 Back Roads. (PGs, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.10 Paddington Station 24/7. (PGa, R) 11.00 The Art Of France.

(Mav, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 The Point.

(R) 2.05 Elizabeth. (PG, R) 3.00 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.30 China Bitesize. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

(PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Last Christmas Home. (2018, PG, R) 2.00 Border Security: Int. (PG, R) 2.30 Surf Patrol. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

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

12.00 MOVIE: Love, Bubbles & Crystal Cove. (2021, PGa, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet.

(R) 7.30 Ent. Tonight. 8.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10.

(PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.10 Ent. Tonight. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours.

(PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 8.30 Question Everything. (Final) 9.00 Australian Epic. (Final, PG) 9.35 Planet America. (Final) 10.05 QI. (Mal, R) 10.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 11.20 ABC Late News.

11.35 We Hunt Together. (Mal, R) 12.25 Life. (Mal, R) 1.25 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 2.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 One Plus One. (R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.30 Gods Of Tennis. (Ml) 8.30 Costco At Christmas.

9.25 Fargo. (MA15+) 10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 COBRA. (Mal) 11.45 Beneath The Surface.

(MA15+ads, R) 4.20 Bamay. (R) 4.50 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League Game 7. Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers. From the MCG. 11.00 The Amazing Race. (PG) The teams continue their race around the world travelling across three continents and eight countries as they compete for the chance to claim the $1 million prize. Hosted by Phil Keoghan.

12.30 Parenthood. (Mds, R) Max starts working with a young aide.

2.30 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. (PG) 8.30 Clarkson’s Farm. (Ml) 9.40 Police Rescue Australia. (PG, R) 10.40 The Equalizer. (Mv, R) 11.30 La Brea. (Mv, R) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Cross Court. (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 News.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 The Bachelors Australia.

Hosted by Osher Günsberg.

9.00 The Hunt For The Family Court Killer. (Mav) Part 3 of 4. Police look closely into how the attacks are linked, with one suspect getting their attention.

10.00 My Life Is Murder. (Mv) Alexa investigates a drowning.

12.00 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events.

1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.55pm Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Doc Martin. 9.20 Bay Of Fires. 10.15 Killing Eve. 11.00 Would I Lie To You? 11.35 Louis Theroux: Louis And The Brothel. 12.35am Whose Line Is It Anyway?

12.55 ABC News Update. 1.00 Close. 5.00 Clangers.

5.10 Peg + Cat. 5.25 Bing. 5.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Shortland St. Noon The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.10 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets. (2017, M) 11.00 MOVIE: Day Of The Dead. (1985, MA15+) 12.50am City Under Fire: Inside War In Ukraine. 2.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 6.30 I Escaped To The Country. 7.30 The Zoo. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 The Zoo. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Lewis.

10.45 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.05 MOVIE: The Winslow Boy. (1948) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.40 MOVIE: Moonraker.

(1979, PG) 11.15 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Snap Happy. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm Star Trek: Voyager. 1.30 MacGyver. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 Hawaii Five-0. 10.20 Evil.

12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder.

4.05 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Movie Show. 6.30 The Producers. (1967, PG) 8.10 Traffic.

(1971, French) 10.00 Cairo Conspiracy. (2022, Arabic) 12.15pm The Justice Of Bunny King. (2021, M) 2.10 The Mole Agent. (2020, Spanish) 3.50 Into The Arms Of Strangers. (2000, PG) 6.00 The Mouse That Roared. (1959) 7.30 The Company You Keep. (2012, M) 9.45 A Most Wanted Man. (2014, M) Midnight Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Outback Truckers. 2.00 Close Encounters Down Under. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Extreme Ice Railroad. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: Behind The Line. 9.30 Beach Cops. 10.30 Surveillance Oz: Dashcam. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon 100,000 Tenants And Counting. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie.

6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Seinfeld.

8.30 Love Island Australia. 9.45 MOVIE: Step Up 2: The Streets. (2008, PG) 11.45 Seinfeld. 12.45am Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

12.30pm Going Places. 1.30 Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time.

4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Living Black. 6.00 Bamay.

6.30 News. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Burn Gently.

8.30 Sam Cooke: Legend. 9.50 Milpirri: Winds Of Change. 10.55 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 Bolt Report. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda. 3.00 Paul Murray Live. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 Sharri. 6.00 Peta Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 Chris Kenny Tonight. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 The Late Debate. 10.30 The Late Debate: The Papers. 11.00 Late Programs.

THURSDAY, December 14 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Planet America. (Final, R) 10.30 That Pacific Sports Show. (Final, R) 11.00 Magical Land Of Oz. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Vera. (Mv, R) 2.30 Question Everything. (Final, R) 3.00 Gardening Aust.

(R) 4.00 Back In Time For Dinner. (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.10 Legacy List.

(PGaln, R) 10.10 Paddington Station 24/7.

(PGal, R) 11.00 The Art Of France. (PGan, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Elizabeth: Into The Storm. (PGa, R) 2.55 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (R) 3.55 Great Continental Railway Journeys. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 Beach Cops. (PG, R) 12.30 Pre-Game Show.

1.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Morning session.

3.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break.

4.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Afternoon session.

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

12.00 MOVIE: A Christmas To Savour. (2021, PGa) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Everyday Gourmet.

(R) 7.30 Ent. Tonight. (R) 8.00 Farm To Fork.

(R) 8.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 9.00 Bold. (PGa, R) 9.30 Neighbours. (PGa, R) 10.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold.

(PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Project Wild. (PG) 8.30 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 9.20 Lucy Worsley: Agatha Christie Mystery Queen. (PG, R) 10.20 You Can’t Ask That. (Mls, R) 10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 What Are We Feeding Our Kids? (PGm, R) 12.00 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R) 1.05 The Royal Variety Performance 2020.

(PG, R) 2.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 One Plus One. (a, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.35 Secret World Of Snacks: Cereal. (PGas) Narrated by Jo Brand.

8.30 Niagara Falls. Explores the Niagara Falls.

9.30 The Doll Factory. (M) Iris and Louis grow closer.

11.25 SBS World News Late.

11.55 The Congregation. (MA15+s, R) 2.35 Miniseries: True Colours. (Malv, R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Late afternoon session.

9.00 Seven’s Cricket: The Spin. Lisa Sthalekar, Brad Hodge and Jason Richardson take a deep dive into the world of cricket.

9.30 MOVIE: Men In Black. (1997, Mlv, R) Special agents police aliens on Earth.

Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith.

11.30 MOVIE: Death Wish.

(1974, MA15+alv, R) 1.35 Black-ish. (PGl, R) 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Great Getaways. (PG) 8.30 RPA. (PGm, R) 9.30 Children’s Hospital. (PGlm, R) 10.30 Chicago Med. (MA15+am, R) 11.20 Emergency Call. (Ma, R) 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Drive TV. (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 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 Jamie’s Christmas Shortcuts.

Part 1 of 2. British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver shares his recipes for a Christmas feast.

8.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Mav, R) Benson tries to help the young BX9 gang member who attacked her.

9.30 The Hunt For The Family Court Killer. (Mav) Part 4 of 4.

10.30 Blue Bloods. (Mv, R) 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.20pm Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? (Final) 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Question Everything. (Final) 9.35 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 10.15 Australian Epic. (Final) 10.50 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.10 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.55 Would I Lie To You? 12.25am Live At The Apollo. 1.10 Louis Theroux: Law And Disorder In Philadelphia. 2.10 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Shortland St. Noon The Indian Pacific: The Full Journey. 3.05 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 3.20 WorldWatch. 5.20 Shortland St. 5.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Beyond Oak Island. 10.10 Inside The World’s Toughest Prisons. 11.05 Sex Tape Germany. (Final) 12.15am F*ck, That’s Delicious.

12.45 QAnon: The Search For Q. 1.35 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 6.30 I Escaped To The Country. 7.30 The Zoo. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 I Escaped To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 The Zoo. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 I Escaped To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown.

8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Danger Man. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.00 Dr Quinn. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow.

3.30 MOVIE: Billy Liar. (1963, PG) 5.30 Saved & Remade. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 8.40 MOVIE: For Your Eyes Only.

(1981, M) 11.20 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 7. Sydney FC v Macarthur FC. Highlights. 8.30 Diagnosis Murder.

9.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30pm Star Trek: Voyager. 1.30 MacGyver. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 FBI: Most Wanted. 11.15 FBI: International. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Movie Show. 6.15 The Mouse That Roared. (1959) 7.45 Monsieur Verdoux. (1947, PG) 10.05 A Call To Spy. (2019, M) 12.20pm The Legend Of Baron To’a.

(2019, M) 2.15 The Producers. (1967, PG) 3.55 Traffic. (1971, French) 5.45 Sirocco. (1951, PG) 7.35 The Ides Of March. (2011, M) 9.30 The Operative.

(2019, MA15+) 11.40 Kill The Messenger. (2014, M) 1.45am Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

1pm The Force: BTL. 2.00 Close Encounters Down Under. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Extreme Ice Railroad. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Pickers. 6.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 6.20 Cricket.

First Test. Australia v Pakistan. Day 1. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Family Guy. 8.00 American Dad! 8.30 MOVIE: Zombieland: Double Tap. (2019, MA15+) 10.35 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon 100,000 Tenants And Counting. 1.00 Bewitched. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie.

6.00 Raymond. 7.00 Young Sheldon. 7.30 Survivor 45. 9.00 Love Island Australia. 10.10 MOVIE: Girls’ Night Out. (2017, MA15+) Midnight I’ve Got A Text With Josh And Flex! 12.40 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2pm Bamay. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Motown Magic. 3.25 The World According To Grandpa. 3.35 The Magic Canoe. 4.00 Toi Time. 4.30 Spartakus And The Sun Beneath The Sea. 5.00 Our Stories.

5.30 The 77 Percent. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News.

6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 Not Even. 9.00 MOVIE: Jimi: All Is By My Side. (2013, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 Chris Kenny Tonight. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda. 3.00 Paul Murray Live. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 Sharri. 6.00 Peta Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 Chris Kenny Tonight. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 The Late Debate. 10.30 The Late Debate: The Papers. 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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By Thomas O'KEEFE MALLETS rested as the Myall Park Croquet Club enjoyed a beautiful early Christmas lunch upon the clubhouse lawn at Yamba Street, Hawks Nest, on Monday 27 November.

Club members and guests enjoyed a spread of summer Christmas favourites that was expertly catered by the Club’s catering team, Michele and Suzie.

The Croquet Club has welcomed three new members this year, with Stefan, Sherrie and Gary taking up the mallets, learning how to play the

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