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q Joy Love, from sister city Bellingham in Washington, USA, and Port Stephens runners Wesley Mail and Kevin Atkins with Tateyama high school students.

By Simon EKINS TWO local runners are back from Japan after participating in the international Wakashio Marathon in Tateyama, a Port Stephens sister city, on 28 January.

It was the first sister cities sporting exchange following a three-year suspension due to COVID-19.

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Japanese marathon exchange team return home

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Corlette, completed the full 42km marathon in four hours, while Kevin Atkins, 75, of Shoal Bay, ran the ten kilometres leg in 71 minutes.

The runners, who had not been to Japan before, were home-hosted for five days and looked after

by the City of Tateyama and the Tateyama International Exchange Society, the counterpart of Port Stephens’ Sister City Committee.

The Port Stephens team were joined by Joy Love, a participant from sister city Bellingham, USA and together they took part

in a program of cultural activities and events.

“This was a tremendously successful event and we hope to organise it again next year,” Nigel Dique from the Port Stephens Sister City Committee said.

Interested parties can contact the committee on 0423 024 819.

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“With the cost of delivering core services to communities rising, it’s critically important councils are financially sustainable, but that needs to be balanced with the impact on tightening household budgets.”

The NSW Labor Government sees this as a significant step in delivering on their election campaign commitments.

Port Stephens Council General Manager Tim Crosdale welcomed the review.

“Port Stephens Council welcomes any review aimed

at improving the financial sustainability of councils for the delivery of essential public services to the community.”

IPART will consider and recommend improvements on matters including the visibility of councillors and the community over the financial and operational performance of their councils, whether the current budget and financial processes of councils are delivering value for money for ratepayers and residents, and whether the current funding model will sustainably support the needs of communities.

NSW Government announces review of funding models for local councils

FROM Page 1 The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has been tasked with assessing council resources and how well they are able to cover operating expenses as well as fund community services and infrastructure.

“The financial sustainability of councils is one of the most significant issues facing local government in this state,” Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig

q Kevin Atkins crosses the Wakashio ten kilometre finish line.

The review will also consider whether councillors and council staff have the financial capacity and capability to meet current and future needs of communities, and how better planning and reporting systems can improve long-term budget

performance, transparency and accountability to the community.

“There needs to be a closer examination so that the solution to financial challenges is not increasing revenue through raising council rates or seeking financial support from the

State Government,” Minister Hoenig said.

The terms of reference for this review can be read online at https://www.ipart.nsw. gov.au/Home/Industries/ Local-Government/Review of-council-financial-model in-NSW.

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Anna Bay bushfire prompts swift RFS response q Crews from Raymond Terrace Rural Fire Service were among those who responded to the fire.

By Zayne PHILLIPS NEW South Wales Rural Fire Service (RFS) crews sprang into action on Monday 29 January following reports of a bushfire in Anna Bay. The blaze posed a significant threat to residential areas and local road networks.

Upon arrival at the scene, RFS crews discovered a large expanse of bush engulfed in flames, with the fire dangerously close to homes and major thoroughfares.

In an effort to gain control over the situation, firefighters

implemented "tactical burns" to create containment lines and prevent the spread of the fire.

Crews worked through the night to extinguish the blaze.

A spokesperson for the RFS revealed that the nature of the blaze is currently under investigation, with early indications pointing towards suspicious origins.

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Two men and a woman were rescued and then treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics, however despite the valiant efforts of the

emergency response teams, a man in his 60s remained missing in the turbulent waters, prompting an extensive search operation.

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By Zayne PHILLIPS EMERGENCY services responded swiftly to distress calls reporting four rock fishers swept off the rocks at Fingal Bay at around 9:20am on Saturday.

The incident unfolded as families and beachgoers enjoyed the surf and sand, emphasising the unpredictable and often perilous nature of coastal environments.

An initial Westpac Rescue Helicopter search was hampered by heavy swell before the helicopter’s critical care medical team were winched into the scene to treat one of the fishermen, a man in his 50s, who had sustained injuries after being swept onto

q The Westpac Rescue Helicopter winched in a medical team to treat an injured fisher.

State Gov announce housing system reform A PLAN to tackle the state’s housing crisis has been announced by the NSW Government, with a reform bringing key stakeholder groups and government departments together under one banner.

The new agency, Homes NSW, will bring together the housing and homelessness services of the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ), NSW Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) and the NSW

Aboriginal Housing Office (AHO).

Minister for Housing and Homelessness Rose Jackson said the creation of a single agency to manage social and affordable housing and homelessness services is a

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q Firefighters employ tactical burns to contain the blaze which threatened homes.

Sans Souci, a 54-year-old man from Chatswood, and a 47-year-old woman, also from Chatswood, were taken to John Hunter Hospital for further treatment.

Acting Inspector Leer of the Port Stephens Hunter Police District expressed the gravity of the situation, stating, "An extensive search operation is underway to locate the missing individual.

“Our teams are working tirelessly in collaboration

with various agencies to cover every possible area."

The multi-agency response included the NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES), Surf Life Saving NSW, the Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter, NSW Police Force, NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS), Fire and Rescue NSW, and Marine Rescue NSW. The volatile conditions of the water posed significant challenges to the initial search operation, with teams

navigating through strong currents and unpredictable tides.

As the search continued on Monday morning, local residents and authorities urged beachgoers to exercise caution and adhere to safety guidelines when enjoying coastal areas.

Authorities remind the public to be vigilant, especially during periods of high surf and unpredictable weather conditions.

q A swift multi-agency response was launched to attempt to locate the missing fisherman.

“common sense approach”.

Homes NSW will be tasked with turbocharging the construction, maintenance and repair of social and affordable homes across the state.

It is hoped the reform will simplify tenancy services, provide important homelessness services, and drive collaboration between State and Federal Governments, sector experts, peak bodies, local councils, and community housing providers.

“We need safe, good

quality, accessible homes for people who need them most,” Ms Jackson said.

“Homes NSW is a crucial part of this work.

“Adequate housing is a basic human right and Homes NSW will be the driver of much needed and long overdue reform to the social and affordable housing sector.

“For too long, social housing in this state has been neglected – simple issues such as a leaking tap or even the ability to register on the waitlist have been unnecessarily complicated.

‘’That’s why this overhaul is needed.”

Homes NSW Chief Executive Rebecca Pinkstone said the aim is to create the “best social housing system in the country”.

"I look forward to the challenge of building a thriving social and affordable housing sector in NSW,” she said.

“We will work in partnership to maximise homes on the ground, reduce instances of homelessness and deliver a quality housing service for our residents.”

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By Doug CONNOR SEVERAL hundred community members gathered in Newcastle on Saturday to rally for the responsible development of an offshore wind industry in the Hunter.

Held at the historic railway sheds on Newcastle’s foreshore, the rally, organised

by Hunter Workers, was attended by environmentalists, unions and local business groups.

Despite numerous rallies opposing offshore wind development, particularly in Port Stephens and the Myall Coast, this was the first pro-offshore wind rally to be held locally since the declaration of the Hunter offshore wind zone last year.

Among the list of speakers was Steve Murphy, National Secretary for the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union.

Mr Murphy said offshore wind was an opportunity to secure local jobs and cheap clean energy.

“We have been working with a whole host of local community groups to get a conversation going about what we need to do in our region to make sure we have a future.

“Climate change is real,” he said.

“The energy transition is not coming, it is happening right now.

“We need to make sure we have governments of all levels cooperating and collaborating to make sure we have good, secure jobs and a sustainable future.

“We know that change is coming, our energy needs are going to change, and there is going to be industry and economic impacts.

“We have a chance to get ahead of that

for the future and determine the kinds of jobs we want, the conditions those jobs will have, and make sure that workers here have the skills to step up and do that job when it is needed.”

The union leader told News Of The Area that politicians opposing offshore wind were attempting to frame the issue “as a choice between jobs and the environment”.

“It is just not true," he said.

“The environment and workers are exploited every day for private profit.

“Our conflict is with mining companies that want to exploit us, take the profits and bail once is no longer lucrative.

“We need to get together – workers and environmentalists – and make sure we find a pathway together so we have sustainable jobs and cheap, safe, reliable energy in the future.”

Joanne Tavita and Jasmine Loades, wharfies with Newcastle Stevedores, were also among the speakers.

“When these turbines come into Newcastle’s port it means jobs for the sector and jobs for the region,” Joanne said.

“Not even just for waterfront workers but in manufacturing, teachers for TAFE and university, even the

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q Hunter Workers Secretary Leigh Shears addresses the crowd at the historic railway sheds on the Newcastle foreshore.

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“It will flow through the whole economy and the region.”

Ms Loades, a fifth generation wharfie, said there was “a lot of misinformation out there” regarding offshore wind and its environmental impacts.

“All we can really say is that they already operate so

well globally, so why can’t they work here?” she said.

Also in attendance was Jack Galvin Waight, Regional Organiser for the NSW Teachers Federation, who described offshore wind development as a “no-brainer”.

“We are here for the community and to support fellow workers,” he said.

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offshore wind the environment and protecting secure jobs.

“Offshore wind is also massive for our TAFE system and for the whole Hunter.

“It is an amazing opportunity.”

Community attendee Kerry Horner, from East Maitland, told NOTA renewable energy production is the “most important challenge we are facing in our generation”.

“I can’t understand why there is so much opposition to it from the Liberal National Party,” she said.

“There is so much disinformation out there about how harmful wind turbines are.

“Some of the things people have said to me are bizarre and I just think ‘How can you believe that?’.”

Discussing pro-renewable rallies held in both Hunter and the Illawarra over the weekend, Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen said the “vast majority of Australians understand that the future is renewable”.

“You get some who still deny the science of climate change,” he said.

“You get some who argue that there’s alternatives like nuclear, which is the most expensive form of energy.

“But sensible Australians who in huge numbers – a greater proportion of anybody else in the world have put solar panels on their roofs – understand that renewables are the cheapest.”

In conjunction with Saturday’s rally, a host of Hunter-based organisations have penned an open letter to key State and Federal Government decision makers, outlining ‘community expectations’ as planning for the Hunter offshore wind zone progresses.

Local environmental organisations, unions, community groups, industry and business groups were among the signatories.

“This coalition of groups have come together and focused not on what divides us, but on our shared interest in diversifying and strengthening the Hunter economy and protecting the environment by supporting offshore wind,” Hunter Jobs Alliance coordinator Justin Page said.

While acknowledging potential environmental impacts from offshore infrastructure, the groups argue the responsible development of offshore wind will help combat the climate crisis and lead to better

long term outcomes for the environment, including marine ecosystems and species.

The letter calls for the Federal Government to speed up the issuing of Feasibility Licences to offshore wind developers so assessment of environmental concerns can begin.

“Issuing feasibility licences moves the process to the next stage where genuine environmental concerns can be heard and addressed through the environmental impact assessment process,” Mr Page said.

“The Australian Government needs to ensure improved community consultation occurs in this crucial phase.”

The letter also suggests reforms to the nation’s environmental laws to enshrine a fair say for the community and clear protection for threatened wildlife habitat, including new measures to protect wildlife in the offshore environment.

“The reform of Australia's national nature protection laws that will strengthen up front protections for wildlife and habitat, and enshrine a fair say for the community in the assessment and decision making processes are urgent,” said Johanna Lynch, coordinator of the Hunter Community Environment Centre.

“While this is happening,

the Government must ensure that the existing provisions of the EPBC Act, and any additional provisions to account for especially sensitive migratory bird species, are applied to thoroughly assess environmental impacts of the proposed projects.”

NSW Nature Conservation Council CEO Jacqui Mumford said “strategic, meticulous environmental assessment” is of utmost importance as the Feasibility Licence stage approaches, stating proponents need to “draw on local knowledge and expertise, and cooperate to assess and avoid impacts from the outset on environmentally sensitive areas in both the ocean waters and the air space”.

The letter also calls on State and Federal MPs of the Hunter region to champion the responsible development of offshore wind.

“Some elements of the community are unfairly aggressively attacking Port Stephens MPs through social media and other means, claiming the MPs are not representing their communities,” Mr Page said.

“They need to be called on this behaviour.

“We want to give our MPs confidence that there is broad community support and they need to be championing the economic, community, worker and environmental benefits

q East Maitland’s Kerry Horner turned out to show her support for offshore wind development in the Hunter. of a Hunter offshore wind industry.”

The organisations have also called on the State Government to formulate an offshore wind implementation strategy.

“In order for the Hunter to maximise local jobs, local content, manufacturing opportunities and benefits the NSW Government

needs to commit and start working immediately on an implementation strategy,” Mr Page said.

“Offshore wind is here and we need to give investors and the wind proponents confidence to invest in our region, our workforces, and our manufacturing capabilities.”

q Supporters of offshore wind believe projects can bring secure jobs to the Hunter.

q Hunter representatives of the NSW Teachers Federation at Saturday’s pro-offshore wind rally in Newcastle.

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Household water costs to increase A REPRESENTATIVE community panel has convened to help shape the future services provided by Hunter Water to the end of the decade, with indicative prices between 2025 and 2030 shared at last week’s forum to inform the panel’s deliberative process.

Hunter Water develops a pricing proposal to submit to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) every five years that reflects the cost of providing services.

The next pricing reset is 1 July 2025.

Hunter Water Managing Director Darren Cleary said these forums were the latest in an extensive and ongoing engagement program for the pricing proposal, which has so far included prioritisation surveys, bill simulations and focus groups.

“We’re now at the stage where a 40-person representative community panel is seeking to reach a consensus and make trade-offs on a number of different topics over the coming months,” he said.

“This includes service reliability for customers, carbon emissions reduction, water conservation and recycled water.

“These consensus recommendations have the potential to change the amount of money we spend on those investments.

“Today we’ve shared indicative prices for customers’ bills between 2025 to 2030 to help inform their deliberations on behalf of the Lower Hunter community.”

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The typical water and wastewater bill for the owner of a house is currently around $1,340 per year (excluding stormwater services).

With the cost of providing water and wastewater services rising, Mr Cleary said it is expected that prices will increase during this next price period.

“We anticipate customer bills may rise between five to six percent each year over the price period.

“Compared to a current typical household bill, we estimate our customers will

pay around $170 more each year before inflation.

“A significant portion of this (an estimated $90 per year) will contribute to new investments such as the Belmont Desalination Plant, which is a key part in securing the Lower Hunter’s water supply for generations to come.

“Importantly, these are indicative prices only.

“We will continue to engage with our customers and community and finalise our pricing proposal.

“We are doing everything

we can to be efficient and keep our customers’ bills as low as possible.

“We’ve also strengthened our customer support programs, providing a range of assistance and services to help customers manage their bill including flexible payment options with Easy Pay or providing extra time to make a payment,” said Mr Cleary.

More information about Hunter Water’s pricing proposal can be found at www.hunterwater.com.au/ pricing

q Hunter Water Managing Director Darren Cleary addresses the forum.

Community engagement review released

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THE final report from the Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner’s Community Engagement Review has been released, with the Federal Government accepting all nine recommendations in principle.

Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen commissioned the review in July 2023 to advise on improving community engagement on renewable energy infrastructure developments.

Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner (AEIC) Andrew Dyer led the independent review.

The recommendations include reducing unnecessary community engagement (where infrastructure will not ultimately be located) by improving the way project sites are selected, and increasing early local collaboration.

It was also recommended that planning and approval processes be revised to be more transparent and streamlined when it comes to community feedback.

The Government will now work with states and territories, industry and communities to address the review’s findings.

“Local landholders and regional communities are absolutely crucial to our renewable energy transformation,” Minister Bowen said.

“Where these projects are done well, communities benefit from more jobs, cheaper energy, better connectivity and more business opportunities.

“I am determined to make the transformation a positive experience for communities.”

While he welcomed the review, National Farmers’ Federation President David Jochinke said significant concerns remained with

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engagement on energy infrastructure.

“The report confirms there are chronic problems, with a survey showing a staggering 92 percent of respondents were dissatisfied with the level of engagement from project developers,” Mr Jochinke said.

The survey also found more than 90 percent of people were dissatisfied with the information being provided or with their concerns being resolved.

“This is a staggeringly poor reflection on the situation to date and it simply can’t go on,” he said.

“Yet the report does very little to provide concrete solutions, instead referring to development of best practice guidelines and rating schemes.

“This is the exact kind of bureaucracy farmers and every day Australians are sick and tired of.

“It will do nothing to reassure farmers and communities that their interests are being acknowledged or protected.

“It’s critical engagement is a two way street and that engagement is genuine, addresses concerns and goes further than energy companies ticking a box: ‘we’ve told them our plan’.”

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Agency, an advocacy organisation working in the energy sector, said the review’s findings of community dissatisfaction weren’t surprising.

"After years of working with host communities, we are disappointed but not surprised to learn that the review revealed an erosion of trust towards developers and the various government processes," Community Power Agency Director Dr Jarra Hicks said.

“We are also not surprised by the findings that communities feel overwhelmed by the scale and speed of the transition in some places.

“There is a significant burden on communities to understand and engage with many individual projects, without much support to do so.”

The review calls for efforts to set a clear and compelling national narrative about the importance of the energy transition and support for communities to access quality information.

“With governments allocating billions of dollars on needed renewable energy infrastructure, we cannot leave communities to fend for themselves,” Dr Hicks said.

“We need to see significant spending on helping communities understand what is happening in their regions and to ensure the benefits of Australia’s energy transformation are shared with communities hosting this infrastructure.”

Nationals leader David Littleproud was not impressed with the review’s findings, describing it as “bland” and a “cynical public relations exercise”.

“This review gives zero indication of how farmers can continue to do their job without being impacted.

“It fails to give clarity on protecting their livelihoods.

“Communities will continue to feel anxiety about their future, with Labor failing to ensure agricultural land, or our nation’s food security, will be preserved.

“While farmers will bear the brunt of Chris Bowen’s reckless race to renewables, it’s families at the checkout who will pay for it.”

The review held over 75 meetings with representative stakeholders, landholders and community groups.

The review also received over 250 online survey responses and over 500 written submissions.

To read the Community Engagement Review final report, head to http://energy. gov.au/engagement-review

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$10 million committed for local roads DELIVERING on a preelection promise, the NSW Government has committed $10 million over three years to repair and rehabilitate local roads in Port Stephens.

The funding will be allocated to the pavement rehabilitation of ten roads including Tomaree Road at Shoal Bay, Fairlands Road at Medowie and road widening and sealing of East Seaham Road at East Seaham.

Welcoming the funding commitment, Port Stephens Deputy Mayor Leah Anderson said road users will see “noticeable differences to key road networks over the next two financial years”.

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“This $10 million commitment will enable us to allocate additional resources to deliver upgrades to local roads that we wouldn’t have otherwise been able to deliver.

“A high-quality road network not only increases safety, it reduces congestion and helps improve connections by allowing the community to move around Port Stephens more effectively,” Cr Anderson added.

Member for Port Stephens Kate Washington acknowledged the financial strain on councils to maintain safe and usable road networks.

“Roads are deteriorating

Community outraged over Fleet Street land clearing

By Marian SAMPSON MEMBERS of the community remain outraged over the permitted removal of koala habitat adjacent to a proposed aged care development on Fleet Street at Salamander Bay, with land clearing resuming at the site on January 15.

The Development Application (DA) was approved by Port Stephens Council under the tenure of current Mayor Ryan Palmer in 2018.

While many believe the original approval should not have been granted on such an environmentally sensitive site, Council can’t amend the approval while the

developer is acting within the conditions of the granted DA. "There is nothing the current Councillors such as myself can do on a Development Application (DA) approved in a previous Council term, other than make sure that Council closely monitors to ensure the approval conditions are being met,” Deputy Mayor Leah Anderson said.

“I was alerted by concerned community members when the works commenced on the clearing for the Asset Protection Zone (APZ) at 8 Fleet Street, Salamander Bay. “I immediately contacted the General Manager to request that Council closely monitor the works to ensure it fully complied with the

Notice of Determination from when this DA was approved back in 2018.

“Port Stephens Council staff visited the site and requested an immediate stop work to enable them to review all of the environmental controls.

“As soon as Council were satisfied that the controls as per the approval were being met, they allowed the works to recommence on Monday 15 January.

“I specifically made it very clear that I wanted Council staff to regularly visit the site whilst the works were being undertaken to make sure that an ecologist was on-site and that works progressed within the approval.

“Council has been monitoring this clearing closely and keeping me informed.”

According to Ms Anderson, an ecologist

sighted a koala near the site on 15 January, with works coming to an immediate stop.

“Council was notified and were on site the following day to ensure the koala was no longer in the vicinity before

the clearing recommenced,” Ms Anderson said.

Brock Lamont, Acting Director Community Futures at Port Stephens Council said, “Council cannot amend or modify an approval

Firies remind residents to check smoke alarms

By Marian SAMPSON

RAYMOND Terrace Fire and Rescue NSW is reminding the community to be vigilant for fire risks in our homes.

"As we enter the cooler months of the year, it's important for people to remember that the majority of house fires start in the winter months,” Deputy Captain Giacomo Arnott told News Of The Area.

"If you have a heater in your house, ensure that you have clearance of one metre from the heater.

“Combustible materials can easily ignite if close by.

“Do not dry wet clothes using a heater.

"Make sure you check the lint filter in your dryer before

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using it, as a build up of lint can easily catch alight and mean we have to visit you and put out a fire in your house.”

Mr Arnott said half of house fires in NSW start in kitchens.

“Even a small kitchen fire can have devastating results,” he said.

“Make sure you have a fire blanket and fire extinguisher in your house in case there is a fire.

"And most importantly, check your smoke alarms.

“Having a working smoke alarm significantly increases your chances of surviving a house fire.”

Support is also available for seniors and people with a disability.

“If you're elderly or

and we know local governments need assistance to address road maintenance backlogs,” Ms Washington said.

“I look forward to seeing the successful delivery of many local road projects and the benefits it will bring to the community.”

Council has allocated an additional $3 million to road maintenance and urgent repair works and redeployed resources to manage contractor crews, increasing the number of potholes and road maintenance that can occur.

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once granted. ”Any amendments to an approval can only be undertaken through an application from the landowner, not at Council’s direction.”

disabled, you can contact our fire station or Salamander Bay Fire Station and we can book in a free smoke alarm check for you,” Mr Arnott said.

"If you follow these safety tips, there will be less chance of us needing to see you this winter.

“Get in touch with us if you have any fire safety questions,” he said.

One local homeowner recently had assistance from Fire and Rescue NSW to update their fire alarms, which then saved the property from a stovetop fire.

“The free smoke alarm check definitely saved us from a serious house fire, we are so grateful for the service that the team at Salamander Bay Fire and Rescue NSW provided,” the homeowner said.

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Community unites to save alpine dingo

By Marian SAMPSON

THE community of Anna Bay has come together to rehome Pixie, a pure alpine dingo.

Pixie’s owner was unable to continue to care for her after she escaped two days before they moved permanently to Tasmania.

Pixie, a microchipped and registered family pet, had been seen on Birubi Beach and around Anna Bay by members of the community since her escape.

While it is hard enough to rehome dogs, rehoming dingoes holds a completely

different set of challenges.

The animal loving public sprang into action, with a post on a local community Facebook page registering over 10,000 hits in the search for a forever home for Pixie.

The post was also shared on the Birubi Paws group.

“Pixie was moving around locally and was turning up at our place at 6pm - we kept feeding her to make a habit of it,” said local Greg May. “We spoke to the Council rangers but they can’t touch dingoes, and the pound wouldn’t take her.

“Saija Linnajaervi, my

wife, caught her.

“We organised a place for her to stay temporarily and then found a forever home at Happy Paws Haven, out near Grafton,” Greg said.

Sally Rogers, the founder of Happy Paws Haven, said Pixie is “settling in well” and interacting with two other young female dingoes at the sanctuary.

“It is very hard to find places in sanctuaries at the moment, everywhere is full,” she said.

“So are the pounds and many rescue organisations have full breed dogs waiting for adoption.

“We have two Cavalier

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King Charles Spaniels and even Cavadoodles waiting to find homes.”

Sally believes current economic conditions and the post-Covid rental market has led to an increase in animals in need of rescue and rehoming.

Greg is asking for members of the community to consider making a donation to Happy Paws Haven to help cover the costs involved in rescuing Pixie and her ongoing support at the sanctuary.

You can donate at happypawshaven.com.au/ donate.

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In ‘Put Insomnia to Sleep', experienced psychotherapist Helen Dugdale argues that you don’t have to be part of the 40 percent of Australians who struggle with insomnia, lack of sleep, or even just bad sleeping habits.

“A lot of my clients were coming to me with anxiety and stress and saying that they don’t sleep well,” Helen said.

“Once I’d fixed their anxiety, they started sleeping better.”

Helen realised there are plenty of ‘howtos’ offering advice for a good night’s sleep, but many are focused on more generalised tips rather than specific ones.

For many, the internet can be helpful but also daunting.

Helen found many people turn to overthe-counter sleeping tablets and other medications that are ‘quick fixes’ rather than long-term solutions.

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but not every day.

“Sleep deprivation will eventually take its toll.”

Over the years, Helen has helped more than 600 people around Australia overcome their fears and anxieties with her business, Australian Brain Coaching, which has recently started consulting in Port Stephens.

She is one of only three people in Australia trained in the method, having been tutored herself by a German psychologist.

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OPINION: Be proud of the Marine Park

By John ‘Stinker’ CLARKE

I WONDER how many Port Stephens residents and visitors realise that we are surrounded by a marine park (MP).

Did you know that the Port Stephens – Great Lakes MP is the largest of the six marine parks in New South Wales?

From Cape Hawke in the north, the MP stretches down south to Birubi Point, three nautical miles to sea and all the waters inside the port including the Myall and Smiths Lake systems.

Other NSW MPs are established at Byron Bay, Coffs Harbour, Jervis Bay, Batemans Bay and Lord Howe Island.

Declared a Marine Park by the NSW State Government in 2007, the Port Stephens – Great Lakes MP boundaries have remained unchanged since the turbulent times when the park was first put in place.

As it is in politics, the opposition decried the decision, informing the local communities that land values would collapse, boat sales and tourism would cease to exist.

Fishing would be banned, resulting in bait and tackle outlets and charter boat operators hitting the wall.

In fact, we were told by

opponents that the entire trade and commercial industry would suffer.

Over time, all that misinformation has proven to be just that.

As a supporter of marine parks, I was one of around fifteen to twenty stakeholders, from Nelson Bay to Forster, who volunteered their time and expertise to negotiate the carving up of the MP into zones that would produce positive results for the environment and a sustainable fishery into the future.

The original Port Stephens – Great Lakes MP Advisory Council was made up of commercial and recreational fishers, marine scientists, environmentalists, charter operators and bureaucrats from Fisheries (NSW Department of Primary Industries).

I was one of three who represented recreational fishers.

As a group we were told by NSW Fisheries that around 20 percent of the MP would need to be set aside for ‘Sanctuary Zoning’, and that Grey Nurse sharks were on the verge of extinction.

At the time, the main focus of concern was referred to as ‘No take zones’ or ‘Sanctuary Zones’, later to become known

Bream bonanza

By John ‘Stinker’ CLARKE

ON more than one occasion I have mentioned that Port Stephens is the home of snapper, mulloway and dusky flathead.

How could I overlook bream?

From the upper reaches of the Karuah River, throughout the Tilligerry system, up the Myall River into the lakes – bream are everywhere.

Just ask champion Leonie Wales, who battled a thumping 45cm giant bream at Soldiers Point using a service station prawn for bait.

Leonie finally landed the mighty fish, took a couple of quick snaps then released it back into the water.

Other popular spots inside the harbour include Nelson

Bay breakwall, Tomaree Torpedo Tubes and The Boulders on the north side.

Outside the port bream can be caught off all the beaches, particularly over the cooler months.

The greatest bream spot of all time is the Grit Hole on Fingal Island.

Ask your local bait and tackle manager how to get to the Grit Hole.

It isn’t easy – that’s why there are heaps of bream there.

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as ‘lockouts’.

The fear of being excluded from areas inside the MP resulted in meetings of fishers, mainly those who opposed Sanctuary Zoning.

This was a difficult period, particularly for those responsible for representing their stakeholder groups.

The pressure was too much for some who simply resigned to avoid the intensity.

Finally, a map was presented to the community for their approval or otherwise.

Generally speaking, the map was accepted, although some opposition to the MP concept remained.

The map has remained unchanged, from the original, for over fifteen years, regardless of calls for it to be reviewed.

Opposition has fallen silent, however there is a general feeling that improvements can be made.

I know that improvements can be made.

Looking back, what has been achieved?

Very hard to say as no conclusive research exists to definitively determine that the MP has improved fish stocks or that our resources have been adequately protected.

Assumptions can be made but that is all they are.

What is required is a complete review of the Marine Park to determine the effectiveness in achieving the original aims.

Those aims being sustainability of the natural resources, protection of the marine environment and to prevent future development which may threaten what we have.

I would be interested in conducting a survey of residents to determine what living in an area surrounded by a Marine Park means to them.

Is it an inconvenience or are they proud to live within the boundaries?

Or, do they really know or care!

My questions to Fisheries would be – are Sanctuary Zones doing what they were designed to do?

Is the Port Stephens – Great Lakes MP achieving anything?

If so – what?

If not – why not?

Is the population of Grey Nurse Sharks impacted by commercial and recreational fishing?

When will the zoning within the boundaries of the MP be reviewed?

I would like to know why are Yagon, Wreck and Zenith

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Beaches closed to fishing?

What science-based evidence is available to show that recreational fishing off any beach is a threat to anything?

Why can’t a kid, living in Swan Bay, go fishing off a jetty that is on the family property?

These are but a few of the questions that require answers if the Port Stephens – Great Lakes MP is to have any real credibility and more importantly – effectiveness.

‘Reflections’ exhibition on display at Community Arts Centre

By Marian SAMPSON

q Local champ Leonie Wales with her monster Soldiers Point bream (released).

THE Port Stephens Community Arts Centre (PSCAC) is displaying an exhibition titled ‘Reflections’ until 5 March.

“We invite you to step into the gallery where reality intertwines with the ethereal, where reflections dance on the q Feature potter Leslie Lewis with some of her works.

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As stated, I am a supporter of the concept of a MP and I also support Sanctuary Zones.

Sanctuary Zones, established on sound scientific reasoning and accurate, logical citizen science, are essential for a MP to be effective.

If we are to have a MP, give us the opportunity to make it into the best, most effective marine park that the community can be justly proud of and will bring positive outcomes into the future.

surface and mirrors the depths of our minds,” Meryl Miller of the PSCAC told News Of The Area. “(Reflections) is an art exhibition that delves into the profound interplay between our external perceptions and the inner landscapes of our thoughts and dreams.”

The centre’s Monday Painters group also has a mini display by a variety of artists in different mediums, a vibrant and diverse display of creativity.

Meanwhile, the current featured artist is Carol Gilmour, who was born in West Africa and then lived in England until she was eight.

Carol, who has lived in Nelson Bay for fifteen years, has always been interested in drawing and painting, though had little time to pursue this interest until she retired.

Once in the Bay, Carol was lucky enough to be introduced to the Arts Centre and hasn’t looked back since.

Also on display are the works of featured potter Leslie Lewis, who started pottery

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Tomaree Trotters enjoy annual Beer Mile

By Simon EKINS

ON 31 January the Tomaree Trotters held their annual Beer Mile Relay at Fingal Beach.

The Tomaree Trotters are a local running group set up

by Fingal Bay resident and keen runner Keith Collin in 2014.

Initially comprising four or five local friends meeting on a Wednesday evening for a social jog, the group has gradually grown into a well organised free running club, welcoming locals and visitors of all ages and abilities to join in exploring the local fire trails and coastal tracks Port Stephens has to offer.

“Not sure how many we’re expecting tonight, but should be a bit of fun,” said Keith, chatting to NOTA as he set up the relay course flags.

“We normally hold this particular event during the Christmas break, but weather conditions meant we had to delay until the end of January.

“We have a trophy for the winners, donated by Crest, Birubi at Anna Bay.”

Once the Trotters arrived, they were divided into six teams of four for the relay race.

Keith then briefed the rules.

“When I say go, the first runners down their beer then run a lap, handover to the next team member who repeats, until we’re all done.”

The enthusiastic racers were barely hindered by the gaseous exercise, and the winners were the Mums and Sons team of Tash, Xavier, Jo and Jack.

Not all meetings involve drinking beverages before running or walking.

“We normally meet on Wednesday evenings at 6pm in the Fingal Bay Sports Club car park, then give people the option of running or walking distances normally from four to eight kilometres along the local trails, before meeting afterwards in the club for a social gathering,” said Keith.

“We also meet on Sunday mornings at 7am at Fingal Cellar Cafe and run about a ten kilometre varied route

around the coastal area before reconvening for breakfast.

“All are welcome to join us.”

For information and how to join or just run along with the Tomaree Trotters, visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ groups/579608188792236 Joining the group is free, and local sponsors including Fingal Bay Sports Club, Evado Studios, Crest Birubi and Pelvis Form all help to pay for the club shirts. q Tomaree Trotters’ Keith Collin with the Beer Mile trophy.

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Hunter New England Health welcomes new medical staff

By Simon EKINS

THE Hunter will receive a major boost to its health workforce, with 109 medical graduate intern doctors starting work in local public hospitals this month.

Interns are medical graduates who have completed their medical degree and are required to complete a supervised year of practice before becoming independent practitioners.

The interns will work with and learn from experienced and highly skilled medical staff from NSW Health.

The new doctors will enter a training program with networked hospitals throughout the state, including Port Stephens health facilities, providing formal and on-the-

job training.

Each junior doctor will rotate between metropolitan, regional and rural hospitals for a diverse experience during a two-year contract.

They will also rotate across specialties including surgery, medicine and emergency medicine.

“These 109 junior doctors are a shot in the arm for Hunter New England,” Minister for the Hunter Yasmin Catley said.

“They’ll learn from the best and they’ll lift the standard of care for locals.

“I’m proud to be part of a Government that’s developing our next generation of doctors.

“It’s a huge step towards rebuilding our healthcare workforce.

“We’re backing these doctors to learn and we’re

backing our health workers with better pay.”

More than 100 overseas registered nurses are also set to start work across the Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD).

The nurses have been recruited from the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of an international recruitment effort led by HNELHD. Minister for Regional Health Ryan Park said the nurses will start work across the District's hospitals in the coming months.

“I would like to welcome these experienced and skilled overseas-based nurses, and thank them for choosing a rewarding career with NSW Health," Mr Park said.

“The NSW Government is committed to attracting and retaining more healthcare workers to regional and rural areas to ensure people living in

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FROM Page 12 as a seventeen-year-old in the 1970s, making four large bowls for her HSC major work.

Leslie joined the newly formed PSCAC in the early 1980s and enjoyed working with Newcastle sculptor and potter Peter Tilley.

Leslie was a member of PSCAC for many years but left to attend Hunter Street TAFE, completing a Certificate 2 and

Certificate 4 in ceramics with tutors Sue Stewart and Jane Barrow.

She followed this up with two years working on a visual arts diploma.

After several years Leslie rejoined the Arts Centre, working with the Fusion (Textiles) and Pottery groups.

Leslie loves making textural pieces, such as her ‘City-Scapes’, and bowls or pieces that have altered edges

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these communities can receive q Keith presents the winning Mums high-quality, timely care close and Sons team with the trophy. to home.

“International recruitment is just one of the many strategies the NSW Government is undertaking to attract and retain nurses and midwives to rural areas.”

HNELHD Director of Nursing and Midwifery Elizabeth Grist said the incoming nurses will bring experience in areas such as emergency, surgical care, intensive care, paediatrics, and medical nursing.

“We are currently supporting these nurses through the visa and immigration process, and anticipate their arrival over the coming months," Ms Grist said.

“Our District is a wonderful part of the world to live in and we look forward to welcoming our colleagues, and their families, into our vibrant communities as well as our workplaces."

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Please note the gallery closes at 1pm on a Sunday.

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From the Mayor’s desk

Dorin’s Draws By Paul DORIN

DEAR Jasminda, HOW do I know if a social media friend request is legitimate?

Lately I have been getting quite a few requests and the people (particularly the men) look like people I'd love to get to know better, but I find it strange that they are seeking me out.

I live alone with my two dogs having recently moved to the area.

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Wendy K. READING by Lynne Miles: 1 Timothy 6: 9 & 10"People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil."

Transport and energy emissions for the cost of one DEAR News Of The Area,

THE letter on 25 January 2024, ‘Discussion getting lost on power generation’, could equally be headed ‘Never miss an opportunity to plug the totally unjustifiable and uneconomic nuclear’.

Two details that upset the letter’s argument: Liddell's closure is a loss of an unreliable 800 to 1.25 GW, not 2GW (Ref: Climate Council).

Refined nuclear is currently a scarce resource: US had to qualify its import ban on Russian nuclear fuel due to world demand following the Ukraine invasion (Ref: Reuters report 23 Dec 2024).

Also, the Russian war highlights the potential threat nuclear power stations can become.

Further as our energy minister is correct to point out, nuclear is a very expensive energy source (Ref: DCCEEW 23 Dec 2023).

The addition to the grid, and much of the proposed wind power and centralised PV, is indeed redundant and I would refer you to the ARENA, V2X.au Summary Report – Opportunities and Challenges for Bidirectional Charging in Australia 30 June 2023.

Figure 14 and the accompanying text highlights this point.

“The challenge for Australia is establishing an effective framework to access the capacity that will already exist in our EV fleet.

“The marginal cost of this is relatively low.

“Based on an incremental cost of purchasing an DC-AC EVSE, we can expect

capital costs in the order of $25,000/MWh, or six percent of current large-scale battery costs (~$400,000/MWh)4 5 on a simple per MWh basis. “The basis of this advantage is that the cost of enabling V2G is only a marginal increase in the cost of installing a V2G-capable EVSE. “The battery comes with the car.

“Despite the size of the prize, no Australian jurisdiction has policies or programs designed to promote V2G capability in our vehicle fleet, or consumer uptake.

“This is understandable given the nascent state of vehicle and equipment supply chains however the headline from our analysis is that this will change quickly over the next two years, and it is time for Australian governments and regulators to get their skates on, and prepare the policy and regulatory frameworks, and industry support infrastructure, that will enable the benefits of V2G to be realised.”

Australia is well endowed with solar irradiation compared with northern hemisphere regions from which much of the science originates thus making distributed PV (household, parking lot, industry) BEVs with bidirectional charging, and distributed batteries our best solution.

Accelerate BEVs, PVs and require relatively minor grid modifications and save us from the proposed redundant expenditure and solve transport and energy emissions.

Regards, Rod FLETCHER, Corlette.

CLAIMS by Meryl Swanson MP that there have been delays by the Newcastle and Port Stephens Game Fish Club Limited (NPSGFC) in providing a set of conditions for presentation to the Hon Chris Bowen MP for his consideration when determining the feasibility licences for input to create parameters for proponents to work within in relation to the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure – Hunter Declared Area are misrepresentations of the facts and are refuted by the NPSGFC. An opinion piece published on Meryl

Dear Wendy, Unfortunately, there are many scammers out there who love to prey on vulnerable people.

It can be flattering to think that others want to join your circle of friends, but there are some very clear warning signs that you should be aware of, or else you may find that they weasel their way into your life and, potentially, your bank account.

The first thing to check is their location.

While you may love to know someone from Florida or Wisconsin, you have to ask yourself why, if they are living so far away, do they want to strike up a friendship.

Other major 'alert and alarmed' signs include men or women dressed in military uniforms, men who look like Dr Shepherd from Grey's Anatomy (particularly if they have a stethoscope casually draped around their neck) and widowed men holding Maltese terriers with flexed biceps.

A quick scroll will reveal very little about them aside from the fact they love driving their Porsche on the weekends or sipping cocktails in the Bahamas.

Those are all cues that all is not as it seems and you've no doubt come into contact with a grifter.

Try Google Reverse Image to see if their photos match their 'About' information.

If they start sweet talking you, professing their love, or anything to do with transferring money, run for the hills.

It's often better to try meeting local people by joining a community or sporting group.

Then what you get is what you see, even if it's a sweaty dude named Ivan training for the local fun run.

Carpe diem, Jasminda.

The effectiveness of offshore wind DEAR News Of The Area,

RECENTLY, a retired engineer with 45 years of experience in power generation indicated the difficulty and likely cost of transitioning to renewables.

He used the example of replacing the 2GW generating capacity of the retired Liddell Power Plant near Muswellbrook with wind turbines.

This is a difficult comparison because Liddell operated 24/7 whereas wind turbines

have a variable output from zero to 100 percent, which is typically evaluated over a twelve month period.

Between December 2022 and December 2023, the wind farms supplying Eastern Australia delivered a combined average of about one third of their installed capacity.

Offshore wind farms generally achieve a higher annual average of about half their installed capacity.

So a 5GW wind farm complex off Port

Swanson MP’s Facebook and website titled ‘Navigating the Winds of Change: A Commitment to Community Engagement in Offshore Renewable Energy’ states: “I have made it my priority to have an open line of communication to relay the thoughts and opinions of the community to the Minister and his team.”

The NPSGFC has requested more information from the Hon Chris Bowen MP via Meryl Swanson MP to enable a comprehensive and considered set of conditions to be prepared for presentation to the Hon Chris Bowen MP for his consideration when determining the

feasibility licences.

The NPSGFC has emailed Meryl Swanson MP on 14 December 2023, 19 January 2024 and 29 January 2024 requesting further documentation in relation to the Hunter offshore wind farm.

To date, despite these written requests and numerous follow up phone calls, we are still awaiting a response.

It’s very disappointing that Meryl or any of her team haven’t replied to our written requests or returned any of my phone calls.

How can we be expected to give a set of conditions for presentation to the Hon Chris

Game Fish Club refutes consultation comments DEAR News Of The Area,

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By RYAN PALMER Mayor, Port Stephens Council

OUR wellbeing is vital to our health and happiness.

It's shaped by where and how we grow, live, work, play and age.

In Port Stephens we’re surrounded by a natural environment that encourages us to enjoy time outdoors, is in proximity to jobs and opportunities and has services and facilities we need to thrive.

For wellbeing to grow, it’s critical that all people in our community, especially our most vulnerable, have the same access and opportunity to participate in all the things that make Port Stephens an incredible place.

This month we’ve placed our draft Community Wellbeing Strategy on public exhibition for our community’s feedback.

This Strategy represents our commitment to making Port Stephens a place where wellbeing is prioritised and people can lead happy, healthy and connected lives no matter their age, background or ability.

The Strategy provides a roadmap on how we can improve overall well being bringing together directions from a number of existing strategies and policies such as our Ageing Strategy, Crime Prevention Plan, Disability Inclusion Access Plan and, Multicultural Policy to deliver an integrated approach to wellbeing.

Over 760 people shared their time, ideas and opinions as we developed this Strategy. Through these conversations, we’ve learnt that wellbeing means different things to different people and ranges from fundamental basic needs such as access to food, water and shelter through to accessibility, time with family and friends and access to facilities.

From what we heard we’ve focused the strategy on creating inclusive places which encourage participation in community life, making sure our community feels safe in our public spaces and building our resilience, capacity and skills to ensure our community can adapt and thrive in times of change.

We know we play a significant role in community wellbeing and recognise that collaboration and partnerships with our communities and other stakeholders are critical to our success.

We look forward to strengthening our partnerships to achieve real positive change to wellbeing across our place.

For more information or how to share your thoughts on visit pscouncil.info/PSCWellbeing-Strategy.

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Stephens should be expected to supply an average of about 2.5 GW per hour over a twelve month period.

This could replace the Liddell plant except for those periods of insufficient wind.

The challenge is to somehow store enough energy to cover the shortfall.

Regards, Stephen LOW, Hawks Nest.

Bowen MP if we can’t even get the documents we need?

Has she truly made it her priority to have an open line of communication to relay the thoughts and opinions of the community to the Minister and his team if we can’t even get a response to our own simple request?

Well Meryl you could have easily caught up with me during the New Year period while you were ‘up the Bay’.

Regards, Troy RADFORD, President, Newcastle and Port Stephens Game Fish Club.

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I-Beam warriors set sights on NSW Ultimate Frisbee honours

By Chris KARAS

MEDOWIE’S Ultimate Frisbee iron man Tim Hayes is a warrior on a mission.

After stumbling at the final hurdle in the annual Newcastle Gold Cup tournament staged recently at Mallabula Sports Complex, the fitness guru has set his sights on State Championship honours.

The defensive dynamo was part of a strong Newcastle I-Beam side that were pipped 12-11 by the young Manly Mullets in the Gold Cup trophy decider – their only loss of the tournament.

Now Tim and his talented teammates have switched their focus to

the NSW Regional State Ultimate Championships to be staged at Tuggerah on the Central Coast from February 17-18.

“Our goal is to win the State title to help eradicate the Grand Final heartbreak from the Gold Cup,” a determined Hayes told News Of The Area.

“It was a tough loss considering we beat the Mullets 10-7 the previous day and were in top form leading into the title decider,” reflected the defensive line captain.

“The Manly boys just grabbed their opportunities with high skill throws and super athletic grabs in a great contest,” Tim added.

The experienced I-Beam side, who boast a national ranking of five, won six matches on the trot before they were eclipsed by an

unorthodox Manly combination for the Cup gold medal.

Led superbly by Newcastle representative handler Ryan Davey and offensive cutter Chris Stoddard, the I-Beam outfit produced phenomenal running efforts to dominate the Open Men's division.

But they left their worse performance until last with the enterprising Mullets stunning the Cup favourites in an Ultimate thriller.

Other I-Beam players to impress were defensive markers Matt Keely, Adrian Lim, Grayson Haynes and ace defender Jake Winchester.

The skilful Rogue women’s team toppled GWS Blaze to capture the Open Ladies title after eliminating Sugar Magnolias (15-6) and Factory Flash (11-6).

rounder has struck a purple patch of form this summer and is reaping the rewards with selection in the 202324 Bradman Cup and Green Shield Teams of the Year.

It is a top achievement by the St Francis Xavier College student, who

is the only player to be named in both Merit squads.

He was joined in the Bradman Cup Team of the Tournament by Salamander Bay’s Lucas Vincent, who finished as the highest run scorer in the competition with 327 at an average of 46.7, which included a superb 119 against Western Zone and 82 against North Coastal.

Sixteen-year-old Tyler captained the Newcastle representative team in the recent Bradman Cup Country Under 16 series, where the Novocastrians finished runners up to North Coastal by a solitary point.

The emerging colt, who is coached by former Test leg-spinner Stuart MacGill, showcased his skills and finished the tournament as the equal-leading wicket-taker with ten wickets at an average of 13.0.

He also tied first in fielding with seven catches and contributed with the bat - posting 118 runs at an average of 29.5 with a highest score of 53.

Emerging cricketer earns selection in Green Shield Merit Team

By Chris KARAS

CORLETTE cricket sensation Tyler McInnes is basking in glory after stand out performances with bat and ball in the representative arena.

The talented leg-spinning all

q Tyler McInnes demonstrates his fielding prowess as Newcastle skipper during the Under 16 Country Bradman Cup series.

q The Mallabula Sports Complex hosted the Open Men’s and Women's divisions of the 2024 Ultimate Frisbee Newcastle Gold Cup tournament. Photo: Nick Kuilder.

McInnes also made his debut for the Gordon club in the prestigious A.W Green Shield Under 16s series – a competition that has unearthed future Test greats like Steve and Mark Waugh, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Slater, Mark Taylor, Michael Clarke, Brett Lee, Steve Smith, Pat Cummins, David Warner, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood to name a few.

The Nelson Bay junior product helped the Stags reach the semifinals with Tyler playing a key role by compiling 135 runs which included a dashing 56 runs off 56 balls against Mosman.

He also produced a remarkable spin bowling performance to finish second in the competition with 14 scalps at an average of 8.21.

Those stand out performances earned Tyler selection in the Combined Green Shield Merit X11 – an outstanding feat for the country junior.

An excited McInnes told News

Of The Area that captaining the Newcastle rep team was “a proud moment in my cricket education”.

“We came so close to winning the trophy in a fine team effort and then to make my debut for Gordon and gain selection in the Green Shield Merit side was another big thrill” reflected the promising all rounder.

On the domestic scene, Tyler is one of many young guns at the Stockton and Northern Districts club and has shown his prowess as a leg-spinning all rounder in the Newcastle District Cricket second grade competition.

He opens the batting and has maintained an average of 33.2 with 166 runs and is the team’s current leading wicket taker with 18 at an average of 12.17.

Overall, in all competitions combined, Tyler has scored an impressive 739 runs and grabbed 65 wickets at an average of 9.91 with best bowling figures of 5 for 17.

q Raymond Terrace’s former world champion lawn bowler Natasha Van Eldik chalked up 400 matches for the Jackaroos during Australia’s Trans Tasman Challenge Trophy win over New Zealand last weekend.

q Van Eldik has had a remarkable career in lawn bowls.

Bowls legend racks up 400 Jackaroos appearances

By Chris KARAS

RAYMOND Terrace’s Natasha Van Eldik has chalked up another special milestone in her illustrious lawn bowling career.

The triple world champion and two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist played her 400th match for the Australian Jackaroos during last weekend’s annual Trans Tasman Challenge against New Zealand.

In a thrilling three day contest at Wellington’s Naenae Bowling Club the triumphant Jackaroos edged out the spirited Blackjacks on a countback to bring home the overall Challenge trophy.

The Port Stephens queen of the greens contributed to Australia’s successful campaign with crucial victories in the Open Womens Pairs and Fours categories.

Natasha teamed with Cabramatta’s Ellen Fife in the Pairs with the duo proving imperious in a 19-8 win over Blackjacks duo Selina Goddard and Katelyn Inch on day two.

She also lined up in the Fours with Manning Memorial’s Kristina Krstic, Dawn Hayman (St Johns Park) and the talented Fife – turning in skilful performances over the three days.

Raymond Terrace Bowling Club CEO Jason Stokes told News Of The

2/2/24 OUTRIGHT winner.

Peter Couvaras. 39 Runner up.

Colin Marsden. 38

Bonus points winner.

Wendy Couvaras. 36 Runner up.

Ron McKay. 35 Ball winners.

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Simon Smith 61 2nd Peter Saunderson/ Steven Jones 62.25 Wednesday 31st Jan Medley Stableford.

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Area that Van Eldik was “a rare gem and outstanding lawn bowls ambassador for the Port Stephens region”.

“To play 400 matches for the Jackaroos is a tremendous achievement and her skill and composure on the greens was a vital factor in this year’s Trans Tasman trophy win,” quipped Stokes.

“We are proud to have Natasha as a home-grown hero at the Raymond Terrace club,” he added.

The 2024 Challenge marked the return of Trans Tasman lawn bowls competition to New Zealand, the first event on Kiwi soil since 2017.

Hugh Potts. 33 Kel Dorney. 31 John Clayton. 30 Bill McMaster 29 Adam Cowie. 29 Bryan Porter. 29 Ed Martin. 28 Bradman Award. Greg Hinton A Grade 1. Michael Turner 40 2. Ray Harding 38 3. Lancelot Slade 37 B Grade 1. Robert Sellick 39C/B 2. Graham Hopper 39 3. Jack Purcell 36

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A. B. Bryan Porter D&C7th.

A. Ron McKay Ntp18th.

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A Grade 1. Dek Collins 39 2. Matthew Foley 38C/B 3. Christopher Caldwell 38 B Grade

Money hole.

A. John Clayton.

B. Ed Martin Lucky number. 24. Bob West There were 16 starters today.

Congratulations to all the winners.

Next game 9/2/24 Single Stableford.

1. John Robson 37 2. Kyle Single 36C/B 3. Ross Picot 36 C Grade 1. Colin Doyle 36 2. Peter Thomson 35C/B 3. Michael Doley 35

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Nix on track for Olympic trials

By Marian SAMPSON

RISING Port Stephens swimmer Ebony Nix is on track to take on the country’s best at the National Swimming Championships in April and Olympic trials in June.

Ebony, who swims with the Nelson Bay Swimming Club, recently competed in the under 16 girls division at the State Swimming Championships.

“Ebony did really well at the State Championships in December,” Pamela Nix, Ebony’s mother, told

News Of The Area.

“She came home with four medals.

“We are so happy for her.”

Ebony took out second place in the 50 metre freestyle event with a time of 26.72, and the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 1.05.57.

She also came third in the 50 metre backstroke event with a time of 30.47 and the 100 metre butterfly, finishing in 1.02.32.

Ebony also took out fourth in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 58.10.

28 JANUARY – 3 February 2024 Sunday 28 January 2024 Men’s Stableford: Brushbox Course A1 Chris Mawson (8) 40 A2 Jake Venckus (11) 38 B1 Robert McLean (17) 36 B2 Greg Bezuidenhout (16) 35 C1 Ian Pfennigwerth (29) 35 C2 Bradley Campbell (27) 34c/b Women’s Stableford: Brushbox Course Overall winners 1 Sue Skinner (32) 37c/b 2 Karen West (17) 37 3 Elizabeth Pfennigwerth (26) 35c/b Monday 29 January 2024 Vets Stableford 1 Peter Ballard 20 2 Gordon Dwyer 20 Tuesday 30 January 2024 Women’s Stableford: Xmas Bush Course A1 Diana Johnson (22) 35 A2 Lyn Robertson (18) 33 c/b A3 Arja Levonpera (19) 33 c/b

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PORT STEPHENS News Of The Area q Ebony Nix on the pool deck after receiving one of her medals at the State Swimming Championships in December.

Moving forward, Ebony will be swimming at her school carnival on 13 February.

She trains a massive seven sessions each week.

She has also qualified for the Olympic trials in June in three events, set to compete in the 100 metre butterfly, 100 metre backstroke and the 50 metre freestyle events.

“In the Nationals in April Ebony has qualified for eight events but won’t swim all due to concentrating on her better events,” Pamela said.

B1 Julie Newsham (23) 33 c/b B2 Sandy McDonald (32) 33 B3 Patricia Hawkins (32) 32 c/b C1 Doreen Sutcliffe (37) 31 C2 Deirdre Haxton (42) 32 c/b C3 Lesley Palagy (40) 29 c/b Ladies 9-hole Stableford: Brush Course 1 Meg Flack (37) 25 2 Kerrie Foster (45) 17 c/b Wednesday 31 January 2024 Men’s Stableford: Xmas Bush Course A1 Craig Burrows (13) 44 A2 Paul Woodruff (12) 39 A3 Matthew Clifton (11) 37 C/B B1 Nev Stanfield (18) 41 B2 Clinton Ermer (17) 40 C/B B3 Bob Justice (23) 40 C/B C1 Noel Yearsley (26) 41 C2 John Geoghegan (34) 38 C3 Roger Gander (40) 36 Men’s Stableford: Gymea Lily Course A1 Ryan O’Connor (9) 41

A2 Jack Arnold (15) 39 C/B A3 Thomas Ainsworth (5) 39 B1 Jim Ingleton (16) 40 B2 Kent Williams (22) 39 B3 Vince Northwood (20) 38 C1 John De Ridder (39) 40 C/B C2 John Fuller (44) 40 C3 David Shepherd (27) 39 Thursday 1 February 2024 Vets Competition: Stableford 1 Gavin Thom 21 2 Ted Williams 20 Women’s Stableford: Brushbox Course Overall, Winners.

A1 Jill Rowland (24) 36 A2 Gwenda Bates (30) 34 c/b A3 Mary Reisch (20) 34 c/b Men’s Stableford: Brush Box Course Overall, Winner.

1 Steven Brown (10) 35 2 Bill Shepherd (21) 34 Friday 2 February 2024 Men’s Stableford: Christmas Bush Course A1 Mark Thornber (16) 40 A2 Graham Norris (15) 37c/b

A3 Donald McKinnon (13) 37c/b A4 Robert Castle (10) 37c/b B1 Bryan Gibson (31) 41c/b B2 Alan Stewart (31) 41 B3 Kim Skelley (20) 39 B4 Gregory Thornton (23) 38 Women’s Stableford: Christmas Bush Course Overall Winners 1 Fran Giudes (16) 38 2 Jeanette Knott (43) 38 3 Susie Anderson (22) 36 Saturday 3 February 2024 Men’s Stroke/ 0-23 : Gymea Lily Course Overall Winner: Steven Parrott (20) 67 A1 Jim Ball (14) 69 A2 Nick Matiwijow (2) 70c/b A3 Allan Daubaras (12) 70c/b

A4 Chris Baldwin (14) 70c/b B1 Steven Parrott (20 67 B2 Sean McGrath (16) 68 B3 Mitchell Ingle (16) 69 B4 Mike Selmo (20) 71 C1 David Hurley (33) 69c/b C2 John Harvey (24) 69c/b C3 Flynn O’Malley (35) 69 C4 Rex Harris (27) 73c/b Men’s Stableford: Xmas Bush Course A1 Roy Johnson (15) 38c/b A2 john McCaw (15) 38 A3 Brian Tomlins (9) 37c/b B1 San Wilson (20) 41 B2 Brian Stamper (21) 40 B3 John Haigh (23) 36c/b C1 Warren Noble (30) 38 C2 Terry Tydd (31) 37 C3 John Geoghegan(33) 334

machine Jarrod Moxey (62 off 59 balls) plus an unbeaten 41 by Joshua Richardson and four wicket haul by wily spinner Jason Eveleigh steered the Pythons to a comprehensive 140-run limited overs triumph.

It was the Pythons’ twelfth victory of the season and consolidated top spot for the reigning premiers on 44 points – four ahead of second placed

8-231 off their 40 overs with Jarrod Moxey and Richardson leading the way from the batting crease.

Skipper Josh Moxey (38 runs off 47 balls) and Blake Simpson (25) provided support with the bat before spin king Eveleigh made an impact for the premiers - grabbing 4-16 off thirty eight deliveries to help rout the Scholars for a meagre

and Brock Hawley (1-23 off eight) also impressed with the ball as the Pythons skittled their rivals in the 29th over.

Dashing opener Matthew Le Bas was the pick of the Scholars batsmen – top scoring with 36 runs off fifty seven balls.

Inspirational skipper Josh Moxey told News Of The Area that the

to our success with either bat or ball but there is still unfinished business,” Josh exclaimed.

Port Stephens will again push their claims for minor title honours when they line up against third placed Merewether (38 points) this Saturday in a one-day fixture at Connolly Park.

Peter Martyn 39pts.

Bonus Point Winner : Graham Woolley 39pts, c/b.

Bonus Pt. Runner Up : Barry Leo 39pts, c/b.

Nearest the Pin, 6th Hole : Div 1 : Paul Fairweather.

Div 2 : Kel Dorney.

Nearest the Pin, 14th Hole, : Div 1 : Kevin Stewart.

Div 2 : Roger Groves.

Drive & Chip, 8th Hole, : Div 1 : Barry Leo & Brian Marshall (Birdies) Div 2 : Jim Gill Drive & Chip, 17th Hole,

Div 1 : John D’este.

Div 2 : Ian Dean.

Ball Winners : Ken Haddow 39pts, Ralph Brown 38pts, Kevin Stewart 38pts, Ian Dean 37pts, Michael Moussa 37pts, Jim Gill 37pts, Ron Dodd 36pts, Shayne Mullarvey 36pts, Warren Deuis 36pts,

Front Nine: Nett Winners: Lacey/Street/Garvin/ Miller. 27 5/8 Runners up: Harrison/ Beesley/ Croci/Cowie. 32 3/4.

Ball Competition: All players won balls.

Back Nine: Nett Winners: Disch/Mullholland/McKinney/

Schubert. 31 1/2.

Runners up: Hardes/Hart / D.Enderby/ Williams. 31 3/4.

Ball Competition: All players won balls Our summer comp has now concluded and as from next week, 6th Feb, our competition year begins. Next week, 6th February will be a novelty event to welcome

Spin king Evelegh and prolific Moxey guide Pythons to win number weekend.

Waterboard Wests on 40 points.

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Pythons’ winning formula was built Another magnificent half Port Stephens won the toss and Pace ace Shawn Davies (2-30 off on “good old fashioned teamwork”. twelve century from Port Stephens run elected to bat first – racking up eight), Tyran Eveleigh (2-20 off six) “All the players have contributed PORT Stephens Pythons Cricket Club are on track to clinch the 202324 Newcastle District Suburban First Division minor premiership.

The undefeated Pythons took a giant step towards securing the title after blitzing the Hamilton-Wickham Rogue Scholars at Islington Oval last

Port Stephens Veteran Golfers Association

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RESULTS from a Stableford competition played at Kurri Golf Club on Monday, 29th January 2024 with 36 players.

Nett Winner : Robert Paul 40pts.

Nett Runner Up :

Tanilba Bay Veteran Golfers 50+

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Tanilba Bay Veteran Golfers (50+ yrs) Day/Date: Tuesday 30th January '24 Time, 7.00 Registration, 8.00 Tee Time.

Event: 4 person ambrose off yellow tees.

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match of the carnival to Orange (53) before gaining momentum with impressive victories over Newcastle (8-2), Wallsend (6-2), Dubbo (5-3), Maitland (4-0) in a quarter final and Mudgee (4-3) in a semi final.

An ecstatic Nicole told News Of The Area that she was “so proud of the girls, who put in an amazing effort”.

“They dug deep when it was hot and fought back to win the trophy after trailing at half time,” she reflected.

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“We trained twice a week for the past four months in preparation for the competition and are now reaping the rewards,” Nicole added.

The tournament was hosted by the Hunter Western Hornets Touch Football Association and proved a real Mitchell family affair with coach Nicole and daughters Maddi and Ali tasting success with the

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members back from summer break.

Short course par 3 and par 4 from special tees. Come along and enjoy a relaxing 9 hole competition, all members and visitors are very welcome and invited to join or renew annual subscriptions during February to be financial during our competition year. The Tanilba VETS recognise and acknowledge the service of current and exmembers of the Australian Defence Forces (ADF) and as such, do not charge

Under 18 Girls, Nicole’s husband Cal Mitchell coaching the Under 10 Boys to the semi finals and nineteen-year-old son Sam guiding the Under 14 Boys to a quarter final appearance.

The Nelson Bay Neptunes Under 18 Girls squad that won the Peter Wilson Memorial Regional Championship consisted

and Kel Dorney 36pts.

Lucky Draw Prize Winner : No Winner as away game.

Next weeks game is at Tanilba Bay Golf Club with a 7:30am start.

Visitors are welcome any Monday, please ring Gary Watt on 49814536 for starting times.

joining or membership fees for these Veterans. Random TVGA rule of the week.

Lost ball: If your ball is lost in the scrub or bush, you may drop another ball on the edge of the fairway adjacent to where it was lost (no closer to the hole). A one stroke penalty applies.

What’s the difference between a TVGA golfer and a skydiver? A skydiver has a better chance of landing on the fairway.

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TIDES

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PROPOSAL TO UPGRADE MOBILE PHONE BASE STATION ON THE EXISTING MONOPOLE AT 50 MARINE DRIVE FINGAL BAY NSW 2315 INCLUDING 5G

SAT 10/2, 8am start Furniture, ladders, tools clothing, bricabrac. All to go. 38 Salamander Parade

COFFEE Capsule machine. Piccolo brand Still in box. Instruction book. Milk frother incl $30. Ph: 0439 252028

GOLF or Shopping Scooter, 4 wheel drive 2sp Lotus Blake Tycoon AZ36. Can be fully disassembled $2,750 ono. 4997 0435

MOBILITY Scooter 4 wheel. Good cond. with front basket, rear bag and charger. $1200 Free delivery Ph: 0418 430 643

WORK bench 136cm L $100 Ph: 4938 5923

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1. Vodafone proposes to install a mobile phone base station on the existing monopole to provide 4G and 5G coverage to the local area.

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IPHONE 6 in butterfly case. Found near swimming pool entrance at Lemon Tree Passage on Monday 5/2. Ph 0466 453 681.

The proposal includes the installation of; • A new headframe on the existing 22.8-metre-high monopole (no height increase proposed).

• Three (3) new Vodafone panel antennas (each measuring not more than 2.8m in length) on the new headframe.

• Three (3) new Vodafone 5G antennas (each measuring not more than 2.8m in length) on the new headframe.

• Twelve (12) new Remote Radio Units (RRUs) on the new headframe.

• Ancillary equipment including antenna mounts, feeders, cabling, combiners and other associated equipment; and ancillary works within the equipment shelter.

2 cream leather two seater lounges. $500 each or both for $900 exc cond. 0400 955 778 Re280923

2 x HAND operated mobility, long pickup tools For dropped items etc $10 each ono. 49817523 F021123

3 large Millenium shirts still in packaging. $30 each. 0466 880 639 F121023

3 Windsurfer boards and fins, 85 litres. 2.4m long $99. Ring 0419 932 992 F191023

3 OROTON evening purses, collectables from the 1970s, converts from should strap to clutch beautiful cond. Like new Best offers. 49817523

4. If you would like to know more about this site, further information can be obtained from www.rfnsa.com.au/2315002

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1/16 Page M21 - $150 1/8 Page M22 - $220

1/4 Page M24 - $330 2 x 1/4 Page M28 - $550

32” TV with remote, all working, no damage $60. Ph: 0493 078 190

Free

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CHAIR recliner, black worn areas on arm 10cm x 6cm & small areas on other arm & lower back. Could be suitable to recover. Ph 0404 035 634

4 x 17”x 6” Steel rims, fitted with 255/65x17 Dunlop AT23 tyres.

Suit current Nissan Navara $130 ea ono. Ph 0404 094 028

FREE WARDROBE hanging spaces and drawers 0428 943 812

12VOLT 2 tone jack 12 volt wheel brace Twin 100mm saw Ph: 4982 3648

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Pets EASTERN rosella mutation, black/yellow/ red opaline $100 each Split rosellas $50 each Phone calls only, cash only. Ray 0477 787 016 or 4982 8584 e220224

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6 x new in package single bed mattress protectors. 2 x new out of package, never used single bed fitted sheets $75 or $12 each. 0408 431 488 F280923

ANTIQUE wardrobe make an offer. 0428 943 812 F070923

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MALTESE Shih Tzu puppies. 2 boys 2 girls. Available from 26/2. Located in Port Stephens BIN# B000616552 Call or text 0474 378 452

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3. In accordance with Section 7 of C564:2020 Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Code, we invite you to provide feedback about the proposal. Further information and/or comments should be directed to: Scott Sibly at Service Stream Limited, 0455 214 172, TPG.Submissions@ servicestream.com.au or Level 3, Tower B, Zenith Centre 821 Pacific Highway, Chatswood NSW 2067 by 5.00pm Thursday 22nd February 2024.

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COFFEE/Lamp table Walnut stained good cond. Top has glass inset 60cm x 60cm H 44cm Magazine shelf at bottom $50. 0430 092 825

MINI Dachshund puppies. 2M, 1F. Avail 16/2. Vac, microchipped wormed, vet checked.

B000616552 Ph 0431 408 115 e290224

BEAM hanging racks pair, powder coated steel grey and rubber Suits use with bicycles or ladders. Never used $50. 0408 431 488 F250523

GOLF set leather bag, Slazenger cart woods steels extras. $95 Ph 0476 789 721

NEW Mahogany side tables. $100each 0493 777 707 F071223

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NEAR new motor cycle helmet . Size XL. Aeroblade 3 Kabuto Japan. $99 Peter 0419932992 F080623

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NEW 5L water jug with tap. $15.00 Call 0493 078 190

COFFEE Table $170. 0476 789 721

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2013 Subaru Forester SUV XT Premium Turbo 40th anniversay limited edition, onroad June 2014, second owner 6 years, log books, full service history at Subaru dealerships 143,000kms. COU38G $22,000. Located Sal Bay. 0422 586 431 e080224

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COLLECTION of assorted windsurfing gear. Extensions, bases vest, fins etc. $99. Ring 0419 932 992

NISSAN GQ Parts: New hub seals, oil and water pump, and more. Ph 4982 8689

GYM Set $180 Ph 0476 789 721

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COSMOPOLITAN Travelling port, half price, $85 used once 4982 6443 F110822

HOLDEN Astra car rim and tire tubeless steel belted radial. Size 205 / 55R16 $70 ono. Ph 4981 7523 F150623

DRESS, New, Short Sleeve, Golden Blue Marble print Size M / Maxi Length Light weight & lined $ 50. 0427 818 294 F230223

DRESS, New Sleeveless, Pink/Blue Multicolour Mid length Size M $45 Ph: 0427 818 294

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DVD movies incl. drama and westerns, mainly last 5-20 years. Incl 1 TV series 10x10 disks $60 Ph: 02 4966 5000

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ELECTRIC Heaters 1 Electric 700mm x 360mm 2000 watts 1 Oil filled 2400 watts $40 for both. Please ring 0404 724 347 F020622

ELECTRIC stove, Chef VGC, hardly used. $450 0428 943 812

HOLDEN racing team shirt from early 2020’s Red with insignias of Dunlop, Holden and Coca Cola. Large. $10 4981 7523.

HOME Office, Solid wood Lockable Computer shelving $60.00 Phone Sam 0437 878 155 F201022

IKEA Stornas Bar Table GC. $95. 0493 078 190 F020323

KING single tubular bed Free. 0419 985 601

LADIES Bike 27” New tires and tubes Front basket and back carrier. Geared. $100 0404 292 942

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OUTSIDE umbrella 4 metres x 3 metres $200 ono. Must sell 0417 664 032 PANASONIC 50” plasma TV complete with panasonic compatible blue ray player. $100 024981 1199 F010224

PORTABLE clothesline GC, $25. 0413 023 296 F091221

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RAIL Corp Wall telephones and desktop push buttom phone 90’s Nokia Mobile 6300 in box, charger and manual 00’s. Samsung mobile and charger 00’s. 2 x Motorola units, chargers with info 90’s. Cheap best offers 4981 7523 F151222

RYOBI RSCD750 Clean and Dirty Submersible Pump with automatic float switch. As new. $75 Ph 0412 081 979 f301123

SINGLE base mattress and white bedhead clean, GC with single clean quality used linen $100. 0408 431 488 F080224

LOUNGE suite, leather 1 by 3 seater (2 recliners) 2 by single seater (2 recliners), GC, Tea Gardens, $100 ono Lee 0408 881 943

SUN Shelter, Life!

Auto breeze. 2.1mW x 2.1mD x 1.6mH. 50+ UPF protection $12 Ph: 4982 8628

FRIDGE/FREEZER in good working cond Hisense, 350L $150 Photos available. Hawks Nest. 0419 444 119

MOBILE phone Oppo A77, dual SIM, perfect cond. $99. 0493 078 190

VW body parts 3 fan housing engines, glass porsche 356B. 0431 751 651

GO Fit Vibration Platform $100 ono. Must sell 0417 664 032

MUSIC 50’s - 90’s CDs and vinyl 45’s various compilations plus single artists. 02 4966 5000

WALL Hanging mirror 1100mmL x 850mmW Good cond. $100ono Ph: 0439 440 112

FRIDGE, great second fridge, GC. $45 or offer 49979313 F080224

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FORD Territory Turbo TDEI 2012 model 225,000km, good con Pension Rego 3/24 Heavy Duty bullbar equipped to tow, sale as no need for 2 car service history available EDT13L. 0418757733 e080224

MAZDA 3 auto hatch 2021 model, 55,000klms always serviced. 24/3 rego. EAR93G. $25,000 0412 996 134 e150224

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LOUNGE 3 piece $50. Other items too 0425 254 612

FORD BA 2004 customised pickup 6 cylinder, 5 speed manual, step side body with fibreglass guards GC. 12 months pension rego. $9,500 or swap for caravan. CEL15P. 0418 430 643

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EXTENSION Cord 25 metres 10 Amps $25 4919 8277 Tea Gardens

NURSES shoes size 8 ladies, worn once $70ono 0413 401 589

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CHEFS uniforms, 2 jackets (small), 4 trousers (3 medium, 1 small) 1 cap. $70 for the lot. Ph 0412 783 707

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CHAISE Lounge Timber, painted white Era 1890s. $100 0418 950 995

WORLD book encyclopedias, full set Offer. 49979313 F080224

GOOD antique Queen Anne dressing table with mirror $60 Ph 0429 601 039

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MERCEDES E320 sedan, silver 110,000klms, 9/24 pensioner rego, full service history. EVO17A $12,500. 0407145366 e220224

Caravans 2016 Retreat Brampton 22’. Single beds, 2 solar panels, sat dish, gas heater, many extras $70,000 ono. Reg till Nov 2023. TR76FN. Contact 0415 359 809 Re281223

CAMPER trailer GIC black series, 2 awning sleeps 2 plus, waterproof and screens, gas stove 2 gas bottles, water tank, 8 steel springs, rego till 31/5 $2,500 ono. TC38SE Ph 0408 008 248. e080224

MILLARD Horizon 2003 19ft dual axel light weight. Tare 1544. GVM 1944. 2 x 200 solar panels, anderson plug 3 way fridge, queen bed, shower/toilet, full 12 months rego, roll out awning. Non smokers Selling due to update $29,500. Q25752 0418 430 643 e150224

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Remove dirt, mould and bacteria, maintain good air quality, improve the efficiency of your air conditioner.

Servicing time approx 1 hour

Call Gary on 0481566470

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ON THE Box

BEST ON THE BOX TUESDAY

MARY BERRY’S LOVE TO COOK

SBS FOOD, 7.30pm

MONDAY

THE IRRATIONAL

SEVEN, 9.15pm

Who needs a hardened cop with a drinking problem when you can be seduced by a smartly dressed behavioural scientist who has a twinkle in his eye and a knack for grasping human nature? Law & Order’s Jesse L. Martin shines bright in this witty American procedural that sticks to a pleasingly traditional formula. Martin’s dogged Alec Mercer is the consummate professional. In tonight’s movie-length premiere, a former marine confesses to murdering his influencer girlfriend, but it doesn’t add up for Mercer.

Most folks can’t wait to retire, with visions of eating and just generally relaxing in their twilight years. For The Great British Bake Off’s Mary Berry, all she wants to do is cook. Berry has published around 100 cookbooks throughout her still-evolving 60-year career, but the 88-year-old is also a charming host with a passion for sharing lipsmacking recipes through her many TV shows.

You could call her the David Attenborough of the cooking world.

In this new series she branches out, meeting other cooks, growers and foodies to share tales and dishes. In tonight’s premiere, fresh air beckons in Berry’s idyllic garden.

WEDNESDAY

MR BATES VS THE POST OFFICE SEVEN, 8.30pm

Every now and then, a TV show ascends to more than just an entertaining distraction. A hit in Britain, this superb four-part drama based on real events outraged viewers and has placed pressure on the British government to overturn wrongful convictions in with its uncovering of a miscarriage of justice that is hard to fathom. This four-part series covers a scandal that spanned 15 years involving a faulty IT system in the British Post Office, which led to financial ruin for hundreds.

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6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Planet America. (R) 10.30 Cook And The Chef. (R) 11.00 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Silent Witness. (Ma, R) 2.00 Total Control.

(Ml, R) 3.00 Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.30 Tenable. (R) 4.15 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Love Your Garden.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Destination Flavour: Singapore Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 10.00 Great Lighthouses Of Ireland. (PGa, R) 11.00 Icons. (Malv, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

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

12.00 MOVIE: Party From Hell. (2021, Mav) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa) 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 9News Morning.

12.00 MOVIE: Avarice. (2022, Malv) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Everyday Gourmet. (PG, R) 4.30 Bold.

(PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 Back Roads: Koroit, Victoria. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Costa Georgiadis plans some landscaping.

8.30 Midsomer Murders. (Ma, R) Part 4 of 4. A charity event involving drag queens causes controversy in a conservative village.

10.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 10.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) 11.05 ABC Late News.

11.20 Love Your Garden. (R) 12.10 Tenable. (R) 12.55 Miniseries: Innocent. (Malv, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

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

7.35 The Good Ship Murder. (Mv) 8.30 Silk Road From Above.

9.30 Sex: A Bonkers History. (MA15+as) 10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 L’Opera. (Mals) 11.55 Departure. (Mv, R) 2.25 Nine Perfect Strangers. (Malv, R) 3.25 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (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 Better Homes And Gardens.

Johanna Griggs and the team demonstrate some terrific ideas for the house, garden and the kitchen.

8.30 MOVIE: The Help. (2011, Ma, R) During the civil rights movement of the ’60s, an aspiring author decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids’ point of view on the white families they work for and the hardships they experience.

Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer.

11.30 Australian Idol. (PGl, R) Now halfway through the auditions, the judges have no shortage of singers to meet.

1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo: Black Rhino Birth. (PGam) 8.30 MOVIE: The Intern. (2015, Mal, R) A widower is hired as a senior intern.

Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway.

11.00 MOVIE: Analyze This.

(1999, MA15+al, R) 1.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Postcards. (PG) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

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

7.30 The Graham Norton Show.

(Mdlsv) Guests include Dakota Johnson.

8.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia. (PGa, R) Dog trainer Graeme Hall tries to play cupid between Dan and his companion dog, Tinka.

9.30 Fire Country. (PGa, R) A vegetation fire gets tricky for the crew when a panicked horse refuses to leave a burning barn.

10.30 So Help Me Todd. (PGd, R) 11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. (Final) 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MOVIE: American Sniper. (2014, MA15+) 10.40 MOVIE: The Miseducation Of Cameron Post. (2018, M) 12.10am Would I Lie To You? 12.40 QI. 1.10 Killing Eve. 1.55 Back. 2.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 3.05 ABC News Update. 3.10 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Front Up. 12.10pm WorldWatch. 12.40 Christians Like Us. 1.45 Small Town Secrets. 2.35 VICE Sports. 3.05 WorldWatch. 5.00 Joy Of Painting. 5.30 WorldWatch. 6.10 Duckrockers.

6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 Love & Sex In Italy. 10.15 Embarrassing Sex Stories. 11.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Our Town. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Room For Improvement. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Cities Of The Underworld. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Patrol. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives.

12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Garden Gurus Moments. 2.00 Dr Quinn. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Saturday Island. (1952, PG) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders. 8.30 MOVIE: Battle Of Britain. (1969, PG) 11.15 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 15. Macarthur FC v Western Sydney Wanderers. 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. 11.15 48 Hours.

12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder.

4.05 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Five Flights Up. Continued. (2014, PG) 6.40 Summerland.

(2020, PG) 8.35 A Month Of Sundays. (2015, PG) 10.35 Golden Exits. (2017, M) 12.20pm Ali And Ava. (2021, M) 2.05 Last Chance Harvey. (2008, PG) 3.45 Asterix And Obelix In Britain. (2012, PG, French) 5.50 All Roads Lead To Rome. (2015, PG) 7.30 Blind. (2016, M) 9.30 Larry Crowne. (2011, M) 11.20 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 America’s Game. 10.00 Blokesworld. 10.30 Billy The Exterminator. 11.30 Surveillance Oz. 11.45 NFL: Road To The Super Bowl. 1pm NFL Honors.

3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Desert Collectors. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Men In Black. (1997, M) 9.30 MOVIE: Morbius.

(2022, M) 11.40 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Scorpion. 2.00 Bewitched. 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 MOVIE: Home. (2015, PG) 7.45 MOVIE: Edward Scissorhands. (1990, PG) 9.50 MOVIE: Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. (2000, M) Midnight The E! True Hollywood Story. 1.00 Medium. 2.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.50pm Woven Threads Stories From Within. 2.00 Going Native. 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 NITV News: Nula. 6.00 Bamay. 6.40 Brazil Untamed.

7.30 MOVIE: Hunt For The Wilderpeople. (2016, PG) 9.25 MOVIE: Next Friday. (2000, MA15+) 11.05 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon News. 12.30 News. 1.00 The Kenny Report. 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 Steve Price. 7.00 The Rita Panahi Show. 8.00 The US Report. 9.00 The Media Show.

9.30 PAINkillers: Australia’s Deadly Epidemic.

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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NEWS OF THE AREA

SATURDAY, February 10 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

ON THE Box NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 News. 12.30 Keeping Faith. (Mal, R) 1.30 Darby And Joan. (PG, R) 2.15 Spicks And Specks. (PG, R) 2.45 McCartney 3, 2, 1. (R) 3.15 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (R) 3.45 Extraordinary Escapes. (PG, R) 4.35 Grand Designs Transformations. (R) 5.30 Muster Dogs. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 The World From Above. (R) 10.05 Love Your Garden. (PGa, R) 11.00 Britain’s Great Outdoors. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Figure Skating. ISU Four Continents C’ships. H’lights. 4.00 The Weedy One. (PGa, R) 4.10 Multiply. (R) 4.45 Raiders Of The Lost Art: China. (R) 5.35 Secrets Of The Imperial War Museum. (PGa, R)

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Caulfield Family Day and Inglis Millennium Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5.

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

6.00 Hello SA. (PG, R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday.

(PG) 12.00 Great Australian Detour. (R) 12.30 My Way. (Return, PG) 1.00 The Pet Rescuers.

(PGm, R) 1.30 MOVIE: Rocky. (1976, PGlv, R) 4.00 The Garden Hustle. (PGl) 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Country House Hunters Australia.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 The Chef’s Garden. (R) 11.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGal, R) 12.00 Australian Survivor. (PGl, R) 1.30 Everyday Gourmet. (PG, R) 2.00 Wildlife Rescue. (PGm, R) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Exploring Off The Grid. (PGl, R) 4.00 My Market Kitchen. 4.30 Taste Of Aust.

(PG, R) 5.00 News.

6.30 Back Roads: Timber Creek, NT. (PG, R) Presented by Kristy O’Brien.

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

7.30 Darby And Joan. (PG) Jack is asked to help a young woman, a surf lifesaving champion, navigate a sports doping scandal.

8.15 Vera. (Ma, R) Part 4 of 4. Vera investigates the death of a teenager whose body was found floating in a reservoir.

9.45 Total Control. (Ml, R) Alex makes an unsavoury deal with a political rival on a nation-changing piece of legislation.

10.45 Midsomer Murders.

(Ma, R) Part 4 of 4.

12.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Cotswolds And Beyond With Pam Ayres.

8.25 Scotland’s Scenic Railways.

9.20 Queen Victoria: Love, Lust And Leadership. (R) 10.15 Stolen: Catching The Art Thieves. (PG, R) 11.20 In Therapy. (Mals, R) 2.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG, R) 4.30 Bamay. (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 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) A box reveals something frightening.

7.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Supremacy. (2004, Mlv, R) A former CIA agent tries to clear his name.

Matt Damon, Franka Potente.

9.45 MOVIE: American Made.

(2017, MA15+l, R) A pilot is recruited by the CIA. Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson.

12.10 12 Monkeys. (MA15+av, R) The team infiltrates a Nazi gala.

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 Space Invaders. (PGa) 8.30 MOVIE: Yesterday.

(2019, Ml, R) Himesh Patel.

10.45 My Life As A Rolling Stone. (Madl, R) 12.00 MOVIE: Carrie. (1976, MA15+hv, R) 1.50 Explore. (R) 2.00 The Incredible Journey Presents. (PGa) 2.30 The Garden Gurus. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Helping Hands. (PG, R)

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer.

7.00 AACTA Awards. Coverage of the annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards from HOTA, Queensland.

9.00 To Be Advised.

10.00 FBI: International. (PGav, R) The fly team searches Bucharest for a Romanian surrogate who has gone missing.

12.00 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv, R) 1.00 Deal Or No Deal. (R) Hosted by Grant Denyer.

1.30 Soccer. AFC Asian Cup. Final.

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. 9.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Return) 9.50 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.20 MythBusters. 11.10 Portlandia. 11.55 Black Mirror.

1.25am Unprotected Sets. 2.15 ABC News Update.

2.20 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets. 5.25 The Wonder Gang. 5.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Front Up. Noon Gymnastics. Trampoline World Cup Series. H’lights. 1.05 Asia’s Next Top Model. 3.00 WorldWatch. 4.55 Australian Korean Hanbok. 5.00 WorldWatch. 5.40 China’s New Silk Road: Yiwu To Madrid. 6.40 The UnXplained. 7.30 Building The Ultimate. 8.30 MOVIE: The Farewell.

(2019) 10.25 Better Things. 11.25 Fear The Walking Dead. 12.20am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Escape To The Perfect Town.

11.00 My Greek Odyssey. Noon Escape To The Country. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Escape To The Perfect Town. 3.00 Escape To The Country.

5.00 Horse Racing. Caulfield Family Day and Inglis Millennium Day. 6.00 Heathrow. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 10.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Helping Hands. 10.30 My Favorite Martian.

11.00 MOVIE: Passport To Pimlico. (1949) 12.45pm MOVIE: Will Any Gentleman…? (1953) 2.30 MOVIE: The Baby And The Battleship. (1956) 4.30 MOVIE: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. (1968) 7.30 MOVIE: Space Cowboys. (2000, PG) 10.10 MOVIE: American Assassin. (2017, MA15+) 12.20am Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Exploring Off The Grid. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder.

11.30 Snap Happy. Noon Pooches At Play. 12.30 Jake And The Fatman. 1.30 JAG. 4.30 Camper Deals. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Reel Action. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 16. Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC. 10.15 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.05am FBI: International. 1.00 NCIS: Hawai’i. 2.00 Late Programs.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am All Roads Lead To Rome. Continued. (2015, PG) 7.00 Asterix And Obelix In Britain. (2012, PG, French) 9.05 Love And Friendship. (2016, PG) 10.50 Blind. (2016, M) 12.50pm The Way Way Back. (2013, M) 2.40 The Movie Show. 3.15 Five Flights Up. (2014, PG) 4.55 The Kid From The Big Apple. (2016, PG, Mandarin) 7.10 Ride On. (2023, PG, Mandarin) 9.30 Hero.

(2002, M, Mandarin) 11.20 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 Pawn Stars. 12.30pm Motor Racing.

Shannons SpeedSeries. Round 1. 2.30 Cricket.

Women’s One Day International Series. Australia v South Africa. Game 3. Afternoon session. 6.00 Cricket. Women’s One Day International Series.

Australia v South Africa. Game 3. Evening session.

9.30 Mighty Ships. 10.30 Mighty Planes. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Secrets Of The Jungle. (2020, PG) 3.30 MOVIE: Courage Mountain. (1990, PG) 5.30 MOVIE: Tom & Jerry.

(2021) 7.30 MOVIE: Tomb Raider. (2018, M) 9.45 MOVIE: Assassin’s Creed. (2016, M) 11.50 The E! True Hollywood Story. 12.45am Kardashians. 1.35 Surfing Australia TV. 2.00 Rich House, Poor House.

3.00 Teen Titans Go! 3.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2.15pm NITV News: Nula. 2.45 Pacific Lockdown: Sea Of Resilience. 3.45 Exile And The Kingdom.

4.45 Woven Threads Stories From Within. 4.50 Going Places. 5.50 The Last Land: Gespe’gewa’gi.

6.20 News. 6.30 Kura. 7.00 Family Rules. 7.30 Stay At Home Animal Dads. 8.25 MOVIE: Housebound.

(2014) 10.25 The One And Only Dick Gregory.

12.20am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 11.30 News. Noon Weekend Live.

1.00 News. 1.30 News. 2.00 The Rita Panahi Show. 3.00 News. 3.30 News. 4.00 Best Of Piers Morgan Uncensored. 5.00 News. 5.30 News.

6.00 NewsNight. 7.00 The US Report. 8.00 The Media Show. 8.30 PAINkillers: Australia’s Deadly Epidemic. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 9.30 Fox Sports News. 10.00 NewsNight. 11.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, February 11 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PGa, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.25 Dream Gardens.

(R) 3.00 Nigella Bites. (R) 3.25 Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.55 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. (PGad, R) 4.40 Joanna Lumley’s Britain. (PG, R) 5.30 The ABC Of... (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.05 Love Your Garden. (R) 11.00 Britain’s Great Outdoors. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 12.55 Judo. (R) 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Figure Skating. ISU Four Continents C’ships. H’lights. 5.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs. (PG, R) 5.35 Secrets Of The Imperial War Museum. (PG, R)

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R) 1.00 Cycling. Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. H’lights. 2.00 Beretts Tour De Cure 2023. (PGl) 3.00 Beach Cops. (PGa, R) 3.30 Border Patrol. (PG, R) 4.00 Better Homes. (R) 5.00 News. 5.30 Weekender.

6.00 Fishing Aust. (R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 GolfBarons. 10.30 Endangered. (R) 11.30 The Bizarre Pet Vets.

(PGam, R) 12.30 Fishing Aust. 1.00 Golf.

Mick Fanning Charity Day. 1.30 MOVIE: The Choice. (2016, PGals, R) 3.30 Space Invaders.

(PGa, R) 4.30 Explore TV. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 RBT. (PGdl, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Farm To Fork.

(R) 10.30 Pooches At Play. (R) 11.00 Buy To Build. (R) 11.30 Healthy Homes. (R) 12.00 Australian Survivor. (PGl, R) 1.30 Cook With Luke. (R) 2.00 4x4 Adventures. (PGl) 3.00 Roads Less Travelled. 3.30 The Placemakers: Expedition Kimberley. 4.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.30 GCBC. (R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Grand Designs Transformations. (R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Muster Dogs. (PG) 8.30 Total Control. (Ml) Alex pushes forward with her plan.

9.30 Silent Witness. (Mav, R) The health secretary is assassinated.

10.30 Mystery Road. (Mlv, R) 11.30 Harrow. (Mav, R) 12.20 The Trial Of Christine Keeler. (Mals, R) 1.20 Sanditon. (PG, R) 2.10 Rage Vault. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Catalyst. (R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Karnak: The Largest Temple In The World.

8.30 Genghis Khan’s Mongolia. (Mv) 10.10 Rise Of The Nazis: Dictators At War. (Mav, R) 11.20 Muhammad Ali. (Ml, R) 1.20 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 3.10 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, 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 Australian Idol. (PG) Hosted

by Ricki-Lee and Scott Tweedie.

8.45 Ron Iddles: The Good Cop: Marafiote Murders. (Madlv) Revisits the murder of Dominic Marafiote.

9.50 What The Killer Did Next: Joy Morgan. (Mav) Hosted by Philip Glenister.

10.50 The Disappearance Of Gabby Petito. (Mav) 12.15 Bates Motel. (MA15+asv, 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 Married At First Sight. (PGls) 8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.40 9News Late.

10.10 Murder In The Family: Cheryl Hooper. (Mav) 11.10 The First 48. (MA15+al, R) 12.00 Family Law. (Ma, R) 1.00 The Bizarre Pet Vets. (PGam, R) 2.00 World’s Greatest Islands. (PG, R) 3.00 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024. Day 1. Finals.

5.00 9News Early.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project.

A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Australian Survivor. A group of Australian castaways battles it out on the beaches of Samoa as they vie to become the sole survivor.

9.00 NCIS: Hawai’i. (Mv, R) When a navy petty officer is murdered, Jane and the team investigate while also protecting the victim’s friend.

11.00 FBI: International. (PGav, R) 12.00 The Sunday 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. 6.55pm Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Queerstralia. 9.30 You Can’t Ask That. 9.55 Interview With The Vampire. 10.35 Doc Martin.

11.25 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 12.05am Miniseries: The Hollow Crown. 2.10 ABC News Update. 2.15 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets. 5.25 The Wonder Gang. 5.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.00 Front Up. Noon Super Maximum Retro Show. 12.30 Noisey. 1.25 Rise. 2.20 Jungletown. 3.10 The Casketeers. 4.10 WorldWatch. 4.40 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 5.10 WorldWatch. 5.50 Alone Sweden.

6.40 Ocean Wreck Investigation. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The Phoenix Lights Phenomenon.

9.20 Cracking The Code. 10.20 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

8.30 Shopping. 9.00 Our Town. 9.30 Last Chance Learners. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 DVine Living. 11.30 Animal Rescue. Noon The Yorkshire Vet In Autumn. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Animal Rescue. 3.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 5.00 Escape To The Country.

7.00 Vicar Of Dibley. 8.40 Vera. 10.40 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 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Avengers. 11.30 MOVIE: Money Talks. (1932, PG) 1pm MOVIE: Angels One Five. (1952) 3.00 MOVIE: Moby Dick.

(1956) 5.30 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024. Day 1. Heats. 9.45 MOVIE: Rob Roy. (1995, M) 12.35am Late Programs.

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

9.00 Wildlife Rescue Australia. 10.00 Deal Or No Deal. 11.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.30 JAG. 3.30pm What’s Up Down Under. 4.00 Bondi Rescue. 4.30 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 16.

Western Sydney Wanderers v Newcastle Jets. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles.

11.15 Late Programs.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Kid From The Big Apple. (2016, PG, Mandarin) 8.15 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 10.00 Silver Linings Playbook. (2012, M) 12.20pm Larry Crowne.

(2011, M) 2.10 All Roads Lead To Rome. (2015, PG) 3.50 The Mouse That Roared. (1959) 5.20 The Kid From The Big Apple 2. (2017, PG, Mandarin) 7.35 The Farewell. (2019) 9.30 Bodyguards And Assassins.

(2009, MA15+, Mandarin) 12.05am Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 Air Crash Investigations: The Accident Files.

Noon Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 12.30 Merv Hughes Fishing. 1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker.

2.00 Motor Racing. Shannons SpeedSeries. Round 1. 4.00 Disasters At Sea. 5.00 Storage Wars: New York. 6.00 Border Security: Int. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Jurassic World. (2015, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.45pm Ben Fogle: Starting Up Starting Over. 2.45 Rich House, Poor House. 3.45 MOVIE: Combat Wombat. (2020, PG) 5.30 MOVIE: How To Train Your Dragon 2. (2014, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Fast And The Furious. (2001, M) 9.35 MOVIE: 2 Fast 2 Furious. (2003, M) 11.45 Medium. 1.35am Rich House, Poor House. 2.30 Ben Fogle: Starting Up Starting Over. 3.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

12.40pm Rugby League. Murri Carnival. Replay.

1.40 I Live, I Breathe, I Surf. 2.35 VICE Sports. 3.05 Away From Country. 4.05 Marion Jones: Press Pause. 5.05 Exile And The Kingdom. 6.05 News.

6.15 Nature’s Great Migration. 7.25 Monochrome: Black, White And Blue. 8.30 MOVIE: Twice Colonized. (2023) 10.15 MOVIE: The Piano. (1993, MA15+) 12.20am Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. Noon Weekend Live. 1.00 News.

1.30 News. 2.00 News. 2.30 News. 3.00 News.

3.30 News. 4.00 Business Weekend With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 NewsNight. 6.00 Sunday Agenda. 7.00 The Sunday Showdown. 8.00 The Jury. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Royal Report.

10.30 PAINkillers: Australia’s Deadly Epidemic.

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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Thursday, 8 February 2024

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NEWS OF THE AREA

MONDAY, February 12 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

ON THE Box NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News.

1.00 Australia Remastered. (R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.30 Tenable. (R) 4.15 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.15 Love Your Garden.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Peer To Peer. (a, R) 9.30 Make Me A Dealer. (R) 10.20 Great Lighthouses Of Ireland. (R) 11.15 Icons. (PG, R) 12.10 WorldWatch. 2.10 Vesuvius With Bettany Hughes. (PGa, R) 3.05 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy!

(R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

10.00 NFL. Super Bowl LVIII. Kansas City Chiefs v San Francisco 49ers.

3.00 The Chase. Hosted by Bradley Walsh.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia. Contestants race to answer quiz questions correctly to avoid being caught by The Chaser.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning.

12.00 Married At First Sight. (PGls, R) 1.45 Explore. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.30 Australian Survivor. (R) 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

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

6.00 Back Roads. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Nemesis.

9.30 Media Watch. (PG) 9.50 Nemesis: Behind The Scenes.

10.15 You Can’t Ask That. (Mal, R) 10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 The Weekly. (R) 11.40 Planet America.

(R) 12.10 Love Your Garden. (R) 1.00 Tenable.

(R) 1.45 Why Are You Like This. (MA15+ls, R) 3.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.30 Celebrity Letters And Numbers. (PG) 8.30 Isle Of Wight: Jewel Of The South. (Final) 9.25 Building The Snowy. (PG, R) 10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 Blanca. (Madlv) 11.50 Bloodlands. (MA15+v, R) 3.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG, R) 4.00 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Australian Idol. (PG) Hosted

by Ricki-Lee and Scott Tweedie.

9.15 The Irrational. (Premiere, Mav) A professor of behavioural science investigates the murder of a fashion influencer.

10.15 The Latest: Seven News.

10.45 S.W.A.T. (Return, Mav) 11.45 Curse Of The Chippendales. (Masv, R) 12.45 Bates Motel. (MA15+av, 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 Married At First Sight. (Mls) 9.00 Big Miracles. (Malm) 10.00 9News Late.

10.30 Law & Order: Organized Crime. (MA15+av) 11.20 Court Cam. (Mv, R) 11.50 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 12.40 Pointless. (PG, R) 1.30 Great Australian Detour. (R) 2.00 Hello SA. (PG) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024. Day 2. Finals. 4.50 Explore. (R) 5.00 9News Early. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

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

7.30 Australian Survivor.

Presented by Jonathan LaPaglia.

8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mlv, R) Remy and Kristin are in danger when a riot breaks out in a prison where they’re interviewing a witness, putting staff and visitors in harm’s way as they’re held hostage by two murderous gangs.

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 Riley Rocket. (Premiere) 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MythBusters. 9.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.10 Louis Theroux: Louis And The Nazis. 11.10 Would I Lie To You? 11.40 QI. 12.10am Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.00 MOVIE: The Miseducation Of Cameron Post. (2018, M) 2.30 ABC News Update. 2.35 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

9.30 Small Business Secrets. 10.05 Front Up. 12.10pm WorldWatch. 12.40 Curious Australia.

1.45 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 2.00 Planet A. 2.50 Most Expensivest. 3.20 WorldWatch. 6.15 The Fast History Of. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Everyone Else Burns. 10.25 Hitler’s Jewish Soldier? Australia Uncovered. 11.35 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 DVine Living. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. Noon Better Homes.

1.00 Your Money & Your Life. 1.30 Last Chance Learners. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.45 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

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. 2.00 Dr Quinn.

3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. 5.30 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024. Day 2.

Heats. 8.15 Signora Volpe. 10.15 Miniseries: Agatha Christie’s The ABC Murders. 11.15 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Buy To Build. 8.30 All 4 Adventure. 9.30 iFish.

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. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

SKY NEWS (53)

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Love And Friendship. Continued. (2016, PG) 7.15 The Kid From The Big Apple 2. (2017, PG, Mandarin) 9.25 Ride On. (2023, PG, Mandarin) 11.50 Hero. (2002, M, Mandarin) 1.45pm What We Did On Our Holiday.

(2014, PG) 3.35 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 5.25 Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams. (1990, PG, Japanese) 7.35 One Second. (2020, M, Mandarin) 9.30 The One. (2001, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Carnage. 11.00 Border Security: Int. Noon Border Security. 1.30 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 2.30 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. USA Sprintcar Muster. Highlights. 3.30 Desert Collectors.

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 Deep Water Salvage. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Rich House, Poor House. 1.00 MOVIE: Step Up 2: The Streets. (2008, PG) 3.00 Bewitched.

3.30 Full House. 4.00 Family Ties. 4.30 The Addams Family. 5.00 Bewitched. 5.30 I Dream Of Jeannie. 6.00 Raymond. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld. 8.30 MOVIE: Swordfish. (2001, MA15+) 10.30 The Teenager Who Hacked Twitter. 11.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2.05pm Going Native. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 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 News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 News. 6.40 Brazil Untamed. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.35 Karla Grant Presents. 9.05 After The Apology.

10.35 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 News. 9.30 News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon News. 12.30 News.

1.00 The Jury. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Politics Now. 4.00 Politics Now. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 The Kenny Report. 6.00 Peta Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 Sharri. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 The Late Debate. 10.30 The Late Debate: The Papers. 11.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, February 13 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Project Wild.

(R) 10.30 One Plus One. (R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Call The Midwife. (PGa, R) 2.00 Parliament.

3.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.25 Tenable. (R) 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Love Your Garden.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.20 Make Me A Dealer.

(R) 10.10 Station: Trouble On The Tracks.

(PGal, R) 11.00 Icons. (Mav, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.15 Vesuvius With Bettany Hughes. (PGa, R) 3.05 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

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

12.00 To Be Advised.

1.30 Surveillance Oz. (PGn, R) 2.00 Autopsy USA. (Ma, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning.

12.00 Married At First Sight. (Mls, R) 1.30 Kenan. (PGals) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 2.00 Australian Survivor.

(R) 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGa) 5.00 News.

6.00 Back Roads. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back Roads.

8.35 McCartney 3, 2, 1. (Final) 9.00 Earth.

10.00 You Can’t Ask That. (Mal, R) 10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Nemesis. (R) 12.40 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.55 Love Your Garden. (R) 1.45 Tenable. (R) 2.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 8.30 Stephen Fry: Willem And Frieda. (PGa) 9.50 Robson Green’s Icelandic Adventure. (PGad, R) 10.45 SBS World News Late.

11.15 Das Boot. (MA15+av) 12.15 Dark Woods. (Mav, R) 2.55 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, 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 Home And Away. (PGad) 7.30 Australian Idol. (PG) 8.50 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. (MA15+) Presented by Gordon Ramsay.

9.50 First Dates UK. (Mals) Couples meet for the first time in a restaurant.

10.55 The Latest: Seven News.

11.25 Autopsy USA. (MA15+a) 12.25 Bates Motel. (MA15+av, R) 1.25 Your Money & Your Life. (PG, 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 Married At First Sight. (Mls) 9.00 The Hundred With Andy Lee. (Ms) Comedy panel show.

10.00 9News Late.

10.30 Travel Guides NZ. (PGln, R) 11.30 Family Law. (Ma) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (PGa, R) 3.00 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024. Day 3. Finals.

5.00 9News Early.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

Hosted by Grant Denyer.

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

7.30 Australian Survivor.

Presented by Jonathan LaPaglia.

9.00 NCIS. (Mv, R) Agent Torres finds himself in prison as the team tries to stop an impending terror attack.

10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Mv, R) Sam Hanna goes undercover as a fighter.

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

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

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 6.55pm Shaun The Sheep. 7.05 Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Bliss. (Final) 9.00 To Be Advised. 10.00 Portlandia. 10.45 Back. 11.10 Would I Lie To You? 11.45 MOVIE: American Sniper. (2014, MA15+) 1.50am Unprotected Sets. 2.40 ABC News Update. 2.45 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets.

5.25 The Wonder Gang. 5.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

6.50 News. 7.20 WorldWatch. 10.00 Front Up. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Devoured. 1.20 Cryptoland. 1.50 One Star Reviews. 2.20 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 2.30 Australiana: Island Queens.

3.05 WorldWatch. 5.00 Joy Of Painting. 5.30 WorldWatch. 6.10 Duckrockers. 6.40 Jeopardy!

7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Dark Side Of The 2000s. 9.25 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice.

9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

9.30 Newstyle Direct. 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. 2.00 Dr Quinn. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow.

3.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 4.30 Antiques Roadshow. 5.30 World Aquatics Championships.

Doha 2024. Day 3. Heats. 8.15 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 10.15 See No Evil. 11.15 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Buy To Build. 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. 9.25 FBI: International.

11.15 48 Hours. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

SKY NEWS (53)

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 7.50 The Farewell. (2019) 9.45 The Mouse That Roared. (1959) 11.15 One Second.

(2020, M, Mandarin) 1.10pm L.A. Story. (1991, M) 3.00 The Movie Show. 3.30 A Hero. (2021, PG, Farsi) 5.50 My Best Friend’s Wedding. (2016, PG, Mandarin) 7.30 Kung Fu Yoga. (2017, M) 9.30 The Lost Bladesman. (2011, M, Mandarin) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 America’s Game. 10.00 American Pickers.

11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Outback Opal Hunters.

1.00 Aussie Salvage Squad. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Desert Collectors. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers: Best Of. 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 Scorpion. 2.00 Bewitched. 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 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld.

8.30 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s European Vacation. (1985, M) 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Dating No Filter. Midnight Medium. 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie.

2.30 Full House. 3.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2pm Going Native. 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 Chatham Islanders. 8.30 MOVIE: Eagle Vs Shark. (2007, M) 10.05 Night. 11.30 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon News. 12.30 News. 1.00 Peta Credlin. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Politics Now. 4.00 Politics Now. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood.

5.00 The Kenny Report. 6.00 Peta Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 Sharri. 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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Thursday, 8 February 2024

PORT STEPHENS

NEWS OF THE AREA

WEDNESDAY, February 14 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

ON THE Box NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Nemesis. (R) 12.00 News. 12.30 Press Club.

1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.25 Tenable. (R) 4.15 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Love Your Garden.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.20 Make Me A Dealer.

(R) 10.10 Station: Trouble On The Tracks.

(PGa, R) 11.05 Icons. (PGav, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 Tombs Of Egypt: The Ultimate Mission. (R) 3.05 Mastermind Aust.

(R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (R) 4.05 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGaln, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

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

12.00 To Be Advised.

1.30 Surveillance Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Autopsy USA. (Mad, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 9News Morning.

12.00 Married At First Sight. (Mls, R) 1.30 Explore TV: Portugal & Spain. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.30 Australian Survivor. (R) 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGas) 5.00 News.

6.00 Back Roads. (R) 6.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering.

9.00 This Is Going To Hurt. (Mal) 9.45 Planet America.

10.20 QI. (PGs, R) 10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 The Business. (R) 11.25 Rosehaven. (PG, R) 12.15 Love Your Garden. (R) 1.05 Tenable. (R) 1.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.30 Scottish Islands With Ben Fogle.

8.40 The Matchmakers. (PG) 9.40 Kin. (MA15+l) 10.40 SBS World News Late.

11.10 All Those Things We Never Said. (Final, PGa) 11.50 Miniseries: Holding. (Mal, R) 1.40 Germinal. (Mav, R) 3.40 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGad) Kirby issues a warning to Theo.

7.30 Australian Idol. (PG) Hosted

by Ricki-Lee and Scott Tweedie.

8.30 Miniseries: Mr Bates vs The Post Office. (Ma) Part 1 of 4. Financial losses lead the British Post Office to sack and prosecute village sub-postmasters.

10.40 The Latest: Seven News.

11.10 Million Pound Pawn. (PG) 12.10 Parenthood. (PGs, 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 Married At First Sight. (Mls) 9.00 Under Investigation: The Trials Of Graham Stafford. (Mv) 10.00 9News Late.

10.30 See No Evil. (Malv) 11.30 The Equalizer. (Mav, R) 12.20 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.00 Destination WA. 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024. Day 4. Finals.

5.00 9News Early.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal. Contestants compete in a high-stakes game where they must beat The Banker to win a cash prize.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 Ambulance Australia. (Mms) A child makes an alarming call.

8.30 FBI: International. (Mv) Cameron’s friend from the US Navy calls in a favour to help her find her nephew, who has gone missing in Crete.

11.30 Blue Bloods. (Mav, R) 12.30 The Project. (R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert.

2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm Riley Rocket. 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Doc Martin. 9.20 Interview With The Vampire.

10.05 Killing Eve. 10.50 Would I Lie To You? 11.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.40 Miniseries: The Hollow Crown. 1.45am ABC News Update. 1.50 Close. 5.00 Clangers. 5.10 Kiddets. 5.25 The Wonder Gang. 5.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Front Up. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Planet A. 1.20 Nuts And Bolts. 1.50 The Tailings. 2.05 Australia In Colour. 3.00 WorldWatch. 5.00 Joy Of Painting. 5.30 WorldWatch. 6.10 Duckrockers.

6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Keanu Reeves: Pop Messiah. 9.35 MOVIE: Romantic Comedy. (2019, MA15+) 11.00 MOVIE: Destination Wedding. (2018, M) 12.35am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country. 7.30 Room For Improvement. 8.00 Million Dollar Minute. 9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Cities Of The Underworld. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape 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. 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 Yorkshire Auction House. 4.30 Antiques Roadshow.

5.30 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024.

Day 4. Heats. 8.30 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Forensics: Catching The Killer. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Buy To Build. 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 Hawaii Five-0. 10.20 NCIS: Hawai’i. 11.15 Diagnosis Murder. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Kung Fu Yoga. Continued. (2017, PG) 7.00 What We Did On Our Holiday. (2014, PG) 8.50 Mosley. (2019, PG) 10.40 Dark City. (1998, M) 12.35pm The One. (2001, M) 2.10 Belle And Sebastian. (2013, PG, French) 4.00 Black Narcissus. (1947, PG) 5.55 CJ7.

(2008, PG, Cantonese) 7.30 Jackie Chan’s First Strike. (1996, M) 9.35 Unleashed. (2005, MA15+) 11.35 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 American Pickers: Best Of. 11.00 Pawn Stars. Noon Outback Truckers. 2.00 BarrettJackson: Revved Up. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator.

3.30 Desert Collectors. 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 Motorway Patrol. 10.30 Police: Hour Of Duty. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Scorpion. 2.00 Bewitched. 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 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld.

8.30 MOVIE: Valentine’s Day. (2010, M) 11.00 Seinfeld. Midnight Medium. 2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. 3.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2pm Going Native. 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 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Wiyi Yani U Thangani. 6.10 Bamay. 6.40 News. 6.50 Brazil Untamed. 7.40 High Arctic Haulers. 8.30 MOVIE: Finke: There And Back. (2018, M) 10.10 The Blinding Of Isaac Woodard. 11.10 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 News. 9.30 News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon News. 12.30 News.

1.00 Bolt Report. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Politics Now. 4.00 Politics Now. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 The Kenny Report. 6.00 Peta Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 Sharri. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 The Late Debate. 10.30 The Late Debate: The Papers. 11.00 Late Programs.

THURSDAY, February 15 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (6)

NBN (8)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Muster Dogs.

(PG, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Earth. (R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.00 The Cook And The Chef. (R) 3.25 Tenable. (R) 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 5.10 Love Your Garden. (PG)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 Make Me A Dealer.

(R) 9.55 Station: Trouble On The Tracks. (PGa, R) 10.50 Revolution: Ideas That Changed The World. (PGal, R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.10 Tombs Of Egypt: The Ultimate Mission. (R) 3.10 Mastermind Aust. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (R) 4.10 Who Do You Think You Are? (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 To Be Advised.

1.30 Surveillance Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Your Money & Your Life. (PG) 2.30 Border Security: Int. (PG, 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 9News Morning.

12.00 Married At First Sight. (Mls, R) 1.30 My Way. 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Deal Or No Deal. (R) 10.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 10.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Ent. Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Farm To Fork. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. (PGa) 4.30 Bold. (PGas) 5.00 News.

6.00 Back Roads. (R) 6.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Grand Designs Transformations.

9.00 Martin Clunes: Islands Of America. (PG, R) 9.50 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 The Business. (R) 11.20 This Is Going To Hurt. (Mal, R) 12.10 Keeping Faith. (Final, Mal, R) 1.10 Love Your Garden. (PG, R) 1.55 Tenable. (R) 2.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 Catalyst. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.30 DNA Family Secrets. (Ml) Hosted by Stacey Dooley.

8.40 Last Chance To Save A Life.

(PGa) Takes a look at phage therapy.

9.40 Culprits. (MA15+av) Jules and the kids are in danger.

10.40 SBS World News Late.

11.10 A Class Apart. (Malsv) 12.00 My Brilliant Friend. (Mals, R) 4.40 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning.

5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGads) 8.30 The Front Bar: All Sports Edition. (Return, Ml) A lighter look at the world of sport.

9.30 The Latest: Seven News.

10.00 Australia: Now And Then. (Mal, R) 11.00 Born To Kill? Colin Ireland. (MA15+a, R) 12.00 Black-ish. (PG, R) 1.00 Harry’s Practice. (R) 1.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 RBT. (PGd) 8.30 Emergency. (Mm) An injured driver gets devastating news.

9.30 RPA. (PGm, R) 10.30 9News Late.

11.00 Chicago Med. (MA15+am) 11.50 Emergency Call. (Ma, R) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.35 Pointless. (PG, R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024. Day 5. Finals.

5.00 9News Early.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Dog House Australia.

(PGa) Narrated by Mark Coles Smith.

8.30 The Dog Hospital With Graeme Hall. (PGa) Part 3 of 4. A 16-month-old Doberman has a hole in its heart which requires a lifesaving operation.

9.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Mad, R) A tycoon interferes with an investigation.

10.30 Blue Bloods. (Mav, 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? 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Gruen. 9.40 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering.

10.10 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 10.55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.15 Bliss. (Final) 11.45 Would I Lie To You? 12.15am Black Mirror. 1.35 Live At The Apollo. 2.05 Louis Theroux: Louis And The Nazis. 3.05 ABC News Update. 3.10 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Front Up. Noon WorldWatch. 12.30 Vigilante Inc. 2.10 Gaycation: United We Stand.

3.05 WorldWatch. 5.00 Joy Of Painting. 5.30 WorldWatch. 6.10 Duckrockers. 6.40 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 10.10 Devilsdorp. 11.20 Taskmaster. 12.15am Hoarders. 1.10 F*ck, That’s Delicious. 1.40 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Harry’s Practice. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey.

3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 The Coroner. 10.30 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 Yorkshire Auction House. 4.30 Antiques Roadshow.

5.30 World Aquatics Championships. Doha 2024.

Day 5. Heats. 8.15 Poirot. 10.25 Coroner. 11.25 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Soccer. A-League Men. Round 16. Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC. 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: New Orleans. 10.20 Evil. 11.15 48 Hours. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

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SBS MOVIES (32) 6am CJ7.

Continued. (2008, PG, Cantonese) 6.15 A Hero.

(2021, PG, Farsi) 8.35 My Best Friend’s Wedding.

(2016, PG, Mandarin) 10.15 The Lost Bladesman.

(2011, M, Mandarin) 12.15pm Detective Chinatown 3. (2021, M) 2.45 The Movie Show. 3.15 Kung Fu Yoga. (2017, PG) 5.15 Percy Vs Goliath. (2020, PG) 7.10 The Fifth Element. (1997, PG) 9.30 Lean On Me. (1989, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (64) 6am Morning Programs.

1.30pm Pre-Game. 2.00 Cricket. Women’s Test Match. Aust v South Africa. Morning session. 4.00 The Lunch Break. 4.40 Cricket. Women’s Test Match. Aust v South Africa. Afternoon session.

6.40 Tea Break. 7.00 Cricket. Women’s Test Match.

Australia v South Africa. Day 1. Late afternoon session. 9.30 MOVIE: Back To The Future Part III. (1990, PG) Midnight Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

Noon Scorpion. 2.00 Bewitched. 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 The Nanny. 7.30 Seinfeld.

8.30 MOVIE: Under Siege 2. (1995, MA15+) 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Dating No Filter. Midnight Medium.

2.00 I Dream Of Jeannie. 2.30 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. 3.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.45pm Who Killed Malcolm X. 2.30 The Cook Up. 3.00 Jarjums. 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 Dreaming Whilst Black. 9.00 MOVIE: Training Day. (2001, MA15+) 11.10 Late Programs.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 News. 9.30 News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon News. 12.30 News.

1.00 Sharri. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Politics Now. 4.00 Politics Now. 4.30 Business Now With Ross Greenwood. 5.00 The Kenny Report. 6.00 Peta Credlin. 7.00 Bolt Report. 8.00 Sharri. 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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NELSON Bay Neptunes Under 18 girls touch football team have covered themselves in glory by clinching the prestigious Peter Wilson Memorial Regional Championship.

The multi-talented Neptunes demonstrated their skill, stamina and speed to claim the title with a 5-4 Grand Final victory over Orange last Sunday at Tomaree Sports Complex.

Outstanding sixteen-year-old middle prospect Ali Mitchell – the newly crowned Port Stephens Council Sportsperson of the Year – was named Player of the Final after a masterclass performance in the trophy decider.

The gifted NSW Combined High Schools representative capped a memorable tournament by scoring two tries and creating another three in the final as the enterprising Neptunes showed their champion qualities to avenge a first round loss to their Orange rivals.

Coached by former Australian representative touch football link Nicole Mitchell and eldest daughter Maddi Mitchell, 21, the Neptunes lost their first

q The Nelson Bay Neptunes champion Under 18 Girls touch football squad that won the Peter Wilson Memorial Regional Championship title last Sunday at Tomaree Sports Complex.

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