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Locals flock to free animal desexing and health check program

Local volunteers Sally and Diane recognised as ‘hidden treasures’

By SHARON BONTHUYS

By SHARON BONTHUYS

MORE than 100 animals from the Narromine Shire attended a free desexing program and veterinary health check program provided by the Animal Welfare League (AWL) of NSW last week.

Some 17 cats and 13 dogs were desexed during the visit by the AWL NSW’s mobile veterinary animal care truck, said coordinator Derek Thompson.

More than 70 animals were also seen for free veterinary health checks, which included microchipping, vaccinations and general check ups, he added.

The visit was made possible by a NSW Government grant and was so popular, the desexing appointments were booked out very quickly.

The visiting AWL team consisted of two veterinarians and two vet nurses, supported by Mr Thompson and the truck driver.

Earlier in the week, the team performed the desexing in its state of the art mobile animal care truck, and then carried out the health checks on Saturday, May 25.

SALLY Everett from Narromine and Diane Smith from Trangie are among 91 women to be formally recognised for their community service and declared ‘hidden treasures’ by the NSW Government.

Their names have been added to the 2023 Hidden Treasures Honour Roll, a NSW Government initiative recognising and elevating the invaluable volunteer efforts of women across regional, rural and remote NSW communities.

Mrs Everett and Ms Smith join several other women from our region on the 2023 Honour Roll, including Jade Byrne and Kimberley Roach from Gilgandra, and Anne Quarmby from Nyngan.

These community stalwarts were recognised last week at a ‘Thank You NSW Volunteers’ event in Wagga Wagga, hosted by the NSW Rural Women’s Network which also coordinates the Hidden Treasures Honour Roll.

The event was held as part of National Volunteer Week (May 20-26) to celebrate the important role that volunteers play in building vibrant com-

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Diane Smith from Trangie has also joined the Hidden Treasures Honour Roll for her tireless work in the community. PHOTO: TLALC. munities across NSW. More than 1,200 women have been commended on the Honour Roll since 2010.

In the Narromine Shire, Mrs Everett and Ms Smith are well known and much loved members of their respective communities.

Sally Everett is heavi-

Sally Everett from Narromine has joined the NSW Government’s Hidden Treasures Honour Roll.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED.

ly involved with Narromine Jets Rugby League and Narromine MS Support Group, and is a passionate advocate for education and awareness of melanoma, sun safety and the importance of having regular skin checks.

In 2022, Mrs Everett joined the board of the Australi-

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She was also recognised as Narromine’s Citizen of the Year in 2023.

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Thursday, May 30, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

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THE FORECAST Thursday, May 30 Min 9. Max 23. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 5% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Mostly sunny. Medium chance of rain on the southern plains at night. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h turning northerly 25 to 35 km/h during the morning.

Overnight temperatures falling to between 7 and 11 with daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s.

Sun protection recommended from 10:50 am to 1:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 3 [Moderate] Friday, May 31 Min 13. Max 18. Rain. Possible rainfall: 10 to 25 mm. Chance of any rain: 100%

Alan Mann from Narromine Men’s Shed with the rack he built for the Narromine Star office. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.

Members of the Narromine Men’s Shed enjoy their morning smoko.

By SHARON BONTHUYS HOW good are those guys in our local Men’s Sheds? Their blood is worth bottling.

But did you know that these volunteers also undertake custom projects, such as restoring furniture and building original items to specifications?

Recently, I asked the team at the Narromine Men’s Shed to make me a stand I could use in our Burraway Street office to hold bags, coats, and hats. Until now, I’ve been using chairs and a desk for this purpose, as I could not fi nd a hat-rack or something similar locally.

Alan Mann led the project and custom-made a sturdy bag/hat/ Central West Slopes and Plains area: Cloudy.

Very high chance of rain, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds north to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h becoming light during the evening.

Overnight temperatures falling to between 11 and 14 with daytime temperatures reaching around 18.

Sun protection recommended from 10:50 am to 1:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 3 [Moderate] Saturday, June 1 Min 7. Max 17. Sunny day. Shower or two. Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm. Chance of any rain: 60% Central West Slopes and Plains area: Mostly sunny. High chance of showers on the northern slopes, medium chance elsewhere. Light winds becoming southerly 15 to 25 km/h during the

coat rack for me, which now proudly stands pride of place in the Narromine Star office.

I’m very grateful to Alan and the Narromine Men’s Shed team for solving my problem at a very affordable cost.

If you have a project or problem that needs solving, why not contact your nearest Men’s Shed and see if they can help? In the process, you just might be helping the Men’s Shed and its members in ways that you may not realise.

The Men’s Sheds operating in Narromine and Trangie are just two of the more than 1200 affiliated groups operating in Australia that support men’s general health and wellbeing through connection, activity, and

morning then becoming light during the evening.

Overnight temperatures falling to between 4 and 10 with daytime temperatures reaching between 16 and 19.

Sun protection recommended from 11:20 am to 12:40 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 3 [Moderate] Sunday, June 2 Min 7. Max 15. Showers. Possible rainfall: 0 to 6 mm. Chance of any rain: 80% Monday, June 3 Min 4. Max 15. Sunny. Chance of any rain: 20% Tuesday, June 4 Min 1. Max 15. Cloudy. Chance of any rain: 20%

chat over “smoko”.

Something that started in 1993 in Goolwa, South Australia, and is now enjoyed by more than 50,000 Australians, has spread well beyond our borders. More than 2500 Men’s Sheds now operate in 12 countries, according to the Australian Men’s Shed Association website.

“The Men’s Shed movement has become one of the most powerful tools in addressing health and wellbeing, helping men to once again become valued and productive members of our community,” the Association says on its website.

The Narromine Star will be checking in with Trangie’s Men’s Shed shortly and will bring you an update on their activities in the near future.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, May 30, 2024

In Brief

Around the traps…

Community reflects as Apology plaque installed at Narromine Hospital

TO keep you up-to-date with current happenings, here are our latest mini news-grabs from around the Shire and beyond. f If you’re aged 30 and over, you’re eligible to compete in the Dubbo Masters Festival of Athletics. Try one event or have a go at all of them for the event coming our way in midJune. See Dubbo Athletics for more details. f Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana’s proposed Resources, Energy and Industry Innovation Forum due to be held in Dubbo next month has now been rescheduled to early August. f The Federal Government’s On Farm Connectivity Program allows primary producers (agriculture, forestry, fi sheries) to apply to access subsidised agri-tech equipment. Applications for Round One of this program close at the end of May. f Another Men’s Breakfast will take place in Narromine on the Saturday of the King’s Birthday Long Weekend. Contact St Mary’s Anglican Church, to RSVP. f Neami National has announced its Western NSW Suicide Prevention service will cease operating on Sunday, June 30, as the Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSWPHN) is redesigning the program. We understand the WNSWPHN is partnering with the Black Dog Institute to deliver a Suicide Prevention Capacity Building Program in the Western NSW region, and form a Western Area Collaborative Group.

The program will commence in mid-to-late July. f Whisky lovers are awaiting the Dubbo Winter Whisky Festival, which will be held in mid-June. f If you know anyone who has dedicated 10 years or more to volunteering in landcare activities, why not nominate them for recognition as a “National Landcare Legend”.

Further details are on the “Landcarer” community platform website. f Volunteer groups can register their interest in the Volunteer Management Online Project, which is set to launch mid-year. This is a Federal Government-funded initiative to create an online “centralised gateway to a curated selection of national tools and resources that support volunteer involving organisations to recruit, train, manage and retain volunteers.” Volunteering Australia has more details. f The good folk at the National Association for Loss and Grief (NALAG) are starting a grief group in Warren next month for people who have lost a child. The Warren Multi-purpose Service has more information. f There’s a free online evening workshop coming-up early next month for parents, carers, and supervisors of Learner drivers. Run by Transport for NSW, it will help you understand how the NSW graduated licensing scheme works, conditions that apply to Learner and Provisional license holders, driving lesson planning, tips for safe solo driving, and issues facing young drivers. Bookings are essential. f The Dead End Coffee Club meets again early next month in Narromine and invites the community along for safe, supportive discussions about end-of-life issues. See Classifieds for full details. f Smoke from a hazard reduction burn in the Pilliga Nature Reserve may impact the Newell Highway this week, according to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. The 1240-hectare burn will utilise both ground and aerial ignition and is expected to be completed by this weekend. f Entries are now open to two programs honouring the best female-led tradies’ small businesses. The Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards will close in June and the Australian Trades Small Business Champion Awards will close in July. The shortlists will be announced and awards presented at gala events in late August. f Get in quick, there’s money up for grabs in the NSW Department of Primary Industries’ “Gone Fishing Day” in October. Clubs can apply for a “fishing package” (rod, reels, and more) or a grant of up to $2000 to host fishing activities.

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Grace Allen and Auntie Ruth Carney unveil the plaque at Narromine Health Service.

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By SHARON BONTHUYS IT’S National Reconciliation Week, and the community gathered in Narromine on Monday, May 27, for the unveiling of a special plaque at the local hospital.

Placed beside the main entry door, the plaque is part of an initiative by the Western NSW Local Health District (WNSWLHD) acknowledging the grief and suffering NSW Health, its hospitals, and health facilities caused to members and survivors of the Stolen Generations.

The plaque contains an inscription of the NSW Health Apology made by Secretary Susan Pearce AM in 2022.

This recognises the deep trauma caused by removing Aboriginal children from their families and communities, which often took place in hospitals or other health institutions.

The unveiling was part of a warm and welcoming event in the hospital grounds organised by the Narromine Health Service in collaboration with the Narromine Local Aboriginal Land Council.

The event combined reflection with Culture, and supported ongoing Reconciliation efforts in recognition of National Sorry Day (May 26) and National Reconciliation Week (May 27 to June 3).

National Reconciliation Week commemorates two significant historical milestones in the Reconciliation journey — the successful 1967 referendum and the High Court’s Mabo Decision.

Narromine hospital’s Health Service Manager, Sanu Joy, told those gathered the event acknowledged a deeply significant and difficult part of Australia’s histo-

ry involving health services.

Auntie Iris Reid delivered the Welcome To Country and participated in a flag-lowering ceremony with Peter Payne.

Narromine Health Service staff member Phil Carney delivered a powerful speech on behalf of the WNSWLHD about the impacts of the forcible removal of Aboriginal children from their families and ongoing trauma.

“Loss of identity, loss of culture, loss of family connection and language eroded our spiritual health,” Mr Carney said.

“Let’s not forget about the policies implemented which allowed the forcible removal of children.”

Mr Carney said that history and evidence demonstrates how much suffering was infl icted on children and their families which have led to many issues, including high representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-ofhome care, intergenerational trauma, high incarceration rates, addiction and chronic disease concerns, and poverty. This has in turn impacted health outcomes and life expectancy, he said.

“NSW Health sincerely apologises for its role in the removal of children and Narromine Health Service will validate this apology.

“Our health service is committed to continue working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Narromine, but also to connect more effectively to improve health outcomes within the Narromine community,” Mr Carney concluded.

Auntie Ruth Carney joined Nurse Unit Manager Grace Allen to unveil the plaque,

and the community was invited to participate in a Smoking Ceremony facilitated by Rob Burns.

Further speeches were made before a beautiful cake provided by Mission Australia was cut and students from Narromine High School performed several Cultural dances. Many attendees also placed their painted handprints on a blank canvas, and enjoyed a barbecue lunch provided by Narromine Shire Council and the delicious cake.

CEO of the Narromine Local Aboriginal Land Council, Kodi Stirling, was very pleased with the event and appreciated the opportunity to collaborate with the WNSWLHD on the event.

“Collaborating with the hospital and holding one community event together has been the best thing,” Ms Stirling said.

“Keeping close relationships in communities is very important. I’m really happy with today.”

WNSWLHD Executive Director of Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing, Tony Martin, said, “Our journey towards reconciliation is a long-term commitment and these events are an opportunity for communities to come together to acknowledge the role of health services in the Stolen Generations and, through truth-telling, continue taking steps to create meaningful change.”

As part of this initiative, the District will install Apology plaques in all its health facilities. The Narromine Star will attend the unveiling of the plaque at Trangie Health Service on May 30.

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Thursday, May 30, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

CWA RECIPE OF THE WEEK

Caramel cream pie

By NARROMINE CWA LOOK out, sweet-tooths! Do we have the sweetest, creamiest recipe for you this week! Don’t think of diets today, as you contemplate our scrumptious caramel cream pie.

Ingredients: — Crumb Crust: 170g plain sweet biscuits 90g butter — Filling: 1/3 cup custard powder 1 cup cream 1 tsp vanilla 60g butter 2 tbsp caramel topping 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 cup milk 3/4 cup brown sugar

150ml cream extra Method: Place custard powder in a saucepan, blend in cream, milk, and vanilla. Stir over low heat till thickened, reduce heat and simmer for one minute.

Melt butter, add brown sugar, and stir until dissolved, then bring to boil.

Quickly stir into the custard mixture.

Return to heat and stir till brown sugar and custard are combined. Cool slightly, pour into the crumb crust.

Refrigerate.

Spread with whipped cream, swirl caramel topping into cream.

Serves four to six people.

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End of an era as Karen calls time after 18 years

Rest area Karen Arnaudon with a pictorial tribute to her time owning the Narromine Fruit & Vege Shop. PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

By SHARON BONTHUYS KAREN Arnaudon called time on her popular local business last Friday after 18 years at the helm of Narromine’s much-loved Fruit & Vege Shop.

The Narromine Star was one of many locals who stopped by on Ms Arnaudon’s fi nal day to get a coffee or snack and to say “goodbye!”.

She described her fi nal day as both “happy and sad.”

“I’m happy that it’s been sold and can carry on with new owners,” she said.

“Sad that it ends today for me,” she added.

The iconic cafe began under the stewardship of Ms Arnaudon and sibling Katie, and later her Mum, Val after Katie left to pursue other interests.

For the past five years, partner Steven Landgraf, has also been involved.

Ms Arnaudon believes people have enjoyed coming to the shop for the

food, the coffee, and the friendly service. It has been one of the few places in Narromine still open late in the afternoon, and the site of many afternoon meetings and catch ups.

Although she won’t miss the 4.30am starts, she will dearly miss the customers who have helped make the business a success, and her staff, Leeann and Charissa. The Dubbo resident aims to have a good rest for the next few months, and then plan her next steps.

“Without you, we wouldn’t be the successful business we are today.

We cannot thank you all enough,” she said, recently acknowledging her customers on social media.

Ms Arnaudon is thrilled to have sold the business to popular caterer, Danielle Wallace, from Modern Foodie, who will rebrand and reopen the premises in late June as “Zest”.

“I’m hoping it will stay friendly and a nice place for people to come,” she concluded.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, May 30, 2024

Melanoma Local voluntaeers awareness month Sally and Diane ending, but message remains recognised as the same

By SHARON BONTHUYS WITH winter officially set to start this Saturday, June 1, local melanoma and skin cancer awareness advocate, Sally Everett, wants to remind people not to become complacent about sun safety during the colder months.

“People can be a little dismissive thinking it’s winter and they’re not at risk as much, and that’s a myth,” Mrs Everett said.

“There are still UV [ultra-violet] rays out there. I want to encourage people to use their sun protection and be aware of sun safety in the winter as well,” she added.

May is Melanoma Awareness Month in Australia, and events have been held around the country for this purpose.

Together with a team from the Aus- Sally Everett. tralian Skin Cancer PHOTO: KATIE HAVERCROFT PHOTOGRAPHY. Foundation (ASCF), McGuire, to melanoma in Noof which she is a director, Mrs Everett spent three vember 2021.

Mrs Everett’s efforts to raise days at the Dubbo Show earlier this month with what is Aus- awareness and funds for retralia’s only mobile Skin Check search and support through charity golf days and fundraisTruck. “[The show gave us] a massive ing walks led to her becoming a platform to reach a lot of people director of the Australian Skin and create awareness and edu- Cancer Foundation in 2022.

This advocacy and her incation. We did so many free skin checks, which was fantastic,” volvement in many other community activities including the she said.

The skin checks were carried Narromine Jets rugby league out in the specialist Skin Check and multiple sclerosis support, Truck, which was so popular were some of the many reasons that people were lining up be- behind Mrs Everett being recfore it even opened each day at ognised as Narromine Citizen of the Year in 2023. the Show, she revealed.

Just last week, she was also The skin check nurses identified a number of issues for fur- recognised by the NSW Governther follow up by individuals at- ment as a ‘hidden treasure’, with her name added to the Hidden tending the Dubbo Show.

“We got so much positive feed- Treasures Honour Roll acknowlback, one, that the truck was edging “extraordinary regional there [at the show], and two, the and rural women who have selfincredible service [and educa- lessly volunteered their time in tion] that the nurses provided as their communities.”

After two successful “Doing It part of the checks.”

The ASCF has also been run- For Lionel” charity golf matches ning its Melanoma Mates buddy in Narromine, Mrs Everett said program during May and Mrs she is taking a break from orEverett invited the community ganising the event this year, but says it will return. to come on board.

Instead, she is committed to “People can register and esbringing the ASCF Skin Check sentially be matched up with a buddy who might be on a similar Truck back to Narromine in Ocjourney, or on a different jour- tober or November this year.

“It’s really important to get ney. This is one of our important your skin checked every 12 support pillars,” she said.

Raising awareness of the need months. It’s important to do that for regular skin checks and to follow through as well,” Mrs Evpractice sun safety is a personal erett said.

“We’re f inalising dates, mission for the Narromine resident, who lost her father, Lionel but the truck wil l be back!” she concluded.

‘hidden treasures’ From page 1 Diane Smith has been a board member and chairperson of the Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) since 2009. She works tirelessly to improve the Trangie LALC, and volunteers most weekends at the Wungunja Cultural Centre, looking after visitors to the town, providing Driver Reviver services and providing information for travellers that call in.

Ms Smith is also the Trangie LALC representative for the Three Rivers Regional Assembly and

the Aboriginal Culture and Heritage Arts Association, where she is currently the Chairperson.

Mrs Everett did not attend the event in Wagga Wagga and learned of her award by mail.

“It was a surprise when I opened up the mail and got the certificate! Such an amazing honour,” she said.

“Reading through the stories of the women included [on the Honour Roll,] there are women doing really great things!” she added.

The Narromine Star also approached Ms Smith, who thanked us for our interest

but declined an interview.

In celebrating the new additions to the Hidden Treasures Honour Roll, the Minister for Regional NSW, Tara Moriarty, paid tribute to the commitment to volunteering by women in regional and rural NSW. “The work of women volunteering and leading volunteers in regional NSW is a key reason why our regional communities thrive and flourish,” Minister Moriarty said.

“These remarkable women see something that needs to be done and they get out and do it.”

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Thursday, May 30, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

Community reflects as Apology plaque installed at Narromine Hospital

Shire women to benefit as UTI pharmacy trial now permanent

Sara McCarthy and Meg Horan from Narromine Pharmacy.

PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

By SHARON BONTHUYS

PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.

LOCAL pharmacies can now treat one of the most common ailments of women, following a successful pilot program in NSW. Following the successful completion of a 12-month pharmacy trial across NSW, approved pharmacists will now be able to permanently provide consultations and prescriptions for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs).

From this Saturday, June 1, thousands of women who meet the eligibility criteria will have expanded access to UTI treatment from more than 1000 pharmacies across the State.

Women from the Narromine Shire are among the more than 16,000 women to have already benefited from accessing this service during the trial period, easing the workload of local health services in the process and leading the NSW Government to make the trial permanent.

“The NSW Government is committed to taking pressure off GPs and primary care services, and we are constantly evaluating ways we can deliver healthcare more efficiently as well as safely,” NSW Health Minister, Ryan Park said.

To be eligible to access this treatment, women must be aged between 18–65 years (inclusive), display symptoms consistent with an uncomplicated UTI, not had other recent UTIs, or have a high-risk of complications.

Narromine Pharmacy was one of the fi rst pharmacies in the region to be able to provide this service under the trial, and the team looks forward to its continuation, said pharmacist Sara McCarthy.

“We are proud to have been part of another successful trial and remain committed to participating in more clinical services that benefit the health of our community,” Ms McCarthy said.

“The women we’ve assisted have been extremely grateful for the prompt treatment.

“We have had patients travel from nearby towns to see us because they could not receive timely treatment elsewhere. It has been really rewarding to help these women,” she added.

Shadow Minister for Regional Health, Bronnie Taylor, also welcomed the commitment to make the trial permanent, which will significantly improve healthcare accessibility for patients.

“I’ve heard loud and clear from women, particularly those living in rural and regional NSW, how much of a difference these transformational reforms have made to their lives,” Ms Taylor said.

“While I am thrilled the prescription of UTIs has been made permanent, I would like to see the same happen for the [oral contraceptive] pill,” Mrs Taylor added.

This call comes as new research from the Pharmacy Guild of Austral-

ia’s NSW branch indicates that an overwhelming majority of patients across the State want pharmacists and paramedics to deliver a wider range of everyday health care services.

The Guild’s research claims that nine in ten patients across NSW are in favour of the full-scope of practice reforms for each of the health professions, with 91 per cent backing the changes for pharmacists, and 94 per cent supporting them for paramedics.

“Changes to pharmacists’ scope of practice have already been a massive success, with over 15,000 treatments delivered in the UTI trial,” said David Heffernan, NSW Branch President of the Pharmacy Guild.

“If the NSW Government allows other health professionals to offer more services too, we can make a real difference for patients across the state,” he added.

Women needing to access the UTI service at pharmacies need to be aware that the NSW Government will no longer pay pharmacies the $20-per-patient consultation compensation to provide the service, as it did during the trial.

Pharmacies may set their own fee for the service, in addition to medication costs.

Women seeking to access the UTI service at the Narromine Pharmacy will pay the same consultation cost as existed during the trial, Ms McCarthy said.

“We will continue offering this service for a $20 consultation fee. Patients can easily book a consultation online through our website or walk in to see a pharmacist almost immediately on most weekdays.

“Encouraging prompt treatment for UTIs is essential in ensuring women’s health and wellbeing. By providing accessible and immediate care, we help mitigate the discomfort and potential complications associated with these infections,” Ms McCarthy concluded.

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia NSW President, Luke Kelly, thanked Minister Park and the NSW Government for the confidence shown in pharmacists.

“Thousands of NSW women will now have timely access to effective treatment for painful and uncomfortable urinary tract infections,” Mr Kelly said.

Data from the trial period is currently being independently evaluated by the University of Newcastle. Chief Investigator, Dr Sarah Dineen-Griffin, said there had been incredible demand during the 12-month trial period.

“It is pleasing to see the service continue while we undertake an independent evaluation of the data collected during the trial, with a fi nal report to be provided to the NSW Ministry of Health in early 2025,” she said.

Pharmacies offering the UTI service are listed on the National Health Directory Service, and can also be located by phoning HealthDirect.

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BRIAN’S BIBLE BITS

By REV. BRIAN SCHMALKUCHE EVERYONE likes to be encouraged.

If you are a sports person, it’s encouraging to hear someone compliment your skills.

When you work hard on an assignment, it’s nice when your lecturer or teacher writes, “Great Work or Well Done” at the top of your work.

It’s even better to hear something encouraging when we

Encourage One Another haven’t done such a fantastic job.

Jesus used his words to encourage others. Once a man named Nathanael made a rude comment about Jesus saying, “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there? Jesus knew what Nathanael had said, but when Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he didn’t say anything negative. Instead, Jesus pointed out something good in Nathanael. He commented on Nathaniel’s tendency to be honest! Jesus chose to build Nathanael up with encouraging words.

It’s easy to focus on nega-

tive things and slip into behaviours that lead to sin. That is why it’s so important to build our friends and family up as Jesus did. God doesn’t want us to struggle in our weaknesses but to remember his salvation and let that encourage us despite our weaknesses. Then we can encourage others like Jesus encouraged us.

We can pray so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thessalonians 1 :12).

You’ve probably heard a lot about glorifying God. (we actually spoke a little about it). But what does that really mean?

The word glory means the brilliance of God on display.

Glory is the awesome character of God, in all his power and authority and wisdom. When we glorify God, we show the world the awesome power and brilliance of God. Jesus showed the world God’s power, authority, and wisdom. He performed miracles, forgave sins, and taught people God’s Word. He glorified God by obeying God and serving people. Jesus was the brilliance of God for all humankind to see.

We can glorify God by obeying him and serving others.

We can glorify him by singing about how awesome he is.

We can glorify God by forgiving others like He forgives us.

We can glorify God by sharing the GOOD NEWS about Jesus with others.

Glory is a heavy word, isn’t it? Glorifying God is a big job, but Jesus graciously gives us the ability to do it.

PRAYER: Dear Jesus, please make us a blessing to other Christians. And show us a way to glorify you and help us to see good qualities in other people. Amen.

By THE REVEREND BRIAN SCHMALKUCHE, ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF BATHURST

Good driver behaviour rewarded, with demerit point return for safe motoring MOTORISTS in Narromine and Dubbo are among those in NSW reaping the rewards of safe driving through the NSW Government’s “demerit point return” trial.

In Narromine Shire, where many people depend on vehicles for work, travel and study, some 720 drivers have had demerit points wiped from their licences for maintaining a 12-month spotless driving record.

This figure pales in comparison with Dubbo, where 6370 drivers in that area have also had demerit points returned under this trial rewarding safe driving.

More than 1.2 million drivers qualified for the demerit point reward for maintaining a clear record during the initial 12-month period that ran up to mid-January.

The demerit-return trial has now been extended for a second year as the NSW Government continues to sharpen its focus on road safety this year amid a rising road toll.

Minister for Roads John Graham described the trial as important, especially for those who rely on driving for work purposes.

“If you drive for a living then the reward for safe driving could be the difference between ongoing employment and losing your livelihood,” Mr Graham said.

“People are used to the ‘stick’ of enforcement and double-demerits, but this is the ‘carrot’ of reward for good behaviour. Every demerit point wiped from a licence under this trial is the result of a full 12 months of safe driving by a motorist on NSW roads,” he added.

Stephen Lawrence, Duty MLC covering Dubbo and Narromine, echoed these sentiments.

“It’s great to see drivers rewarded for their safe driving. Our community knows how important road safety is and this program is driving that message home,” Mr Lawrence said.

“With the trial extended for another year, let’s keep the momentum going and ensure we’re focusing on driving safely every day,” he concluded.

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Country mayors urge residents to submit to regional crime inquiry

WITH submissions to the NSW Government’s Inquiry into Community Safety in Regional and Rural Communities closing this Friday, May 31, the Country Mayors Association of NSW (CMA) is urging everyone to join them in making a submission.

The CMA has made 24 recommendations in its submission in relation to policing workforce, domestic violence, youth crime, courts and bail laws, greater supervision of offenders and their bail conditions, legislative review on social media platforms, funding for diversionary programs, establishment of drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres, and reviewing the current age at which children can be charged with criminal responsibility.

The CMA has also included a list of 21 local government areas where it believes hearings should be held during the inquiry, and urges those MPs involved not to rush the consultation process.

The CMA wants the committee members to carefully take note and look for answers to the alarming and ever-increasing rural

CMA Chair Cr Jamie Chaffey (right), seen here with Shadow Police Minister and Committee Member, Paul Toole. PHOTO: CMA.

crime statistics.

“Now that the NSW Government has agreed to hold a regional crime inquiry and submissions are rolling in, all eyes will be on the four Labor, one Greens, one National Party, and one Independent member of Parliament that make up the Law and Safety committee who must take their responsibilities seriously, and not avoid this important opportunity to make meaningful generational change,” CMA Chairman and Gunnedah Mayor, Cr Jamie Chaffey said.

“I urge everyone with something to share to

make a submission to this inquiry. If you have had a crime committed against you, your loved ones or someone you know, or if you have come from another state or country that has experienced positive change with rural crime [reform], please share your experience and suggestions to Parliament,” Cr Chaffey added.

CMA Deputy Chairman and Temora Mayor, Cr Rick Firman (OAM) acknowledged those who have so far contributed submissions to the inquiry.

“Those of you from our country mayors’ family, who have put a submission forward, ‘thankyou’, not only on behalf of the community you represent, but all of those communities in rural, regional, and remote parts of NSW that need our collective voice to try and arrest this crime problem,” he said.

The CMA’s 27-page submission to the inquiry and a copy of its current Crime, Law and Order Report is available on the organisation’s website.

Further information about the inquiry is available on the NSW Parliament website.

Casual speeding is the biggest cause of trauma on NSW roads

Locals flock to free animal desexing and health check program

Rebekah Bensley and Djahn Reid attend the free vet health checks with puppy Skye. PHOTOS: NARROMINE STAR.

The AWL NSW’s state of the art mobile animal care truck visited Narromine last week.

From page 1 The purpose-built mobile unit is Australia’s fi rst, fully-fitted out B-Double mobile veterinary trailer.

The facility is designed to conduct minor animal surgeries and has an isolation room and over 35 recovery cages.

During its visit to the shire, the truck was stationed at the Narromine Shire Council’s Animal Shelter on Dandaloo Road, just outside of town.

Rebekah Bensley and Djahn Reid, 6, brought along their two-month-old Foxy-cross, Skye, to have a health check last Saturday.

Ms Bensley greatly appreciated the opportunity to have Skye vaccinated

and microchipped during the AWL visit. She had also attended the organisation’s previous visit to Narromine last year, taking advantage of the service for her other dogs.

“I think it’s really good to have something like this,” she said of the AWL visit.

“A lot of people can’t afford to get their dogs done, and having no vet here makes it hard, too,” she said.

Emma Cameron was another appreciative local seeking a health check on her five precious Foxy-cross puppies, just weeks old.

“It’s really good to help people like this,” she said.

Dubbo expansion heralds the next step for Three Rivers Machinery THIS month has heralded the start of an exciting new chapter for well known central-west agricultural equipment supplier Three Rivers Machinery, which has assumed ownership of Geronimo Farm Equipment in Dubbo.

It also marks 40 years in business for principals John and Bronwyn Plunkett from Warren, whose family-owned business has gone from strength to strength in recent years.

As well as taking over the New Holland franchise from the previous franchisee, Three Rivers Machinery will now showcase more CNH brands across their four dealerships located in Warren, Narromine, Gilgandra and Dubbo.

Top agricultural equipment brands including Case IH, New Holland, CASE Construction Equipment, K-Line Ag, Flexi-Coil and Horwood Bagshaw are now available across all four locations.

Three Rivers Machinery Dealer Principal, John Plunkett, said the acquisition and expansion of the CNH offering made sense to achieve synergies for his business, while offering customers access to a wider range of machinery.

“Offering a more diverse range of products

under the CNH banner means we're providing a more complete sales, parts and service solution for the customer base,” Mr Plunkett said.

“Our region is a mixture of broadacre, irrigation and mixed farms, including livestock.

Making the whole CNH range available means we can meet whatever requirements our customers have across the Central West region.

Aligning the CNH brands provides Three Rivers Machinery with significant economies of scale for sustainability.

“Our service technicians are CNH-trained on both Case IH and New Holland equipment, with technicians and workshops at all four locations, as well as technicians available for on-farm service work,” he added.

The Plunkett family has had a continuous line of retail businesses in Warren for 128 years, including hardware, whitegoods, a supermarket, and now machinery.

“The Three Rivers team is led by our eldest daughter, Ruth, and our experienced management team who all live locally,” Mr Plunkett said.

“The business is structured in a professional corporate way, with a family business feel.

“Our number one objective is to provide quality agricultural equipment to our customers, with the highest level of service and support for the life of their equipment.”

CNH Business Director for Agriculture ANZ, Aaron Bett, said farmers in central west NSW were in good hands with Three Rivers Machinery.

“John, Bronwyn and Ruth’s years of experience in the agricultural machinery industry guarantees the ultimate experience for every farmer for all CNH product and service needs,” he said.

“The family has deep, generational roots in the farming community and they truly understand their customer’s diverse requirements across the region.”

Mr Bett said the addition of the New Holland range to the full range of Case IH products across Three Rivers’ four locations means the region’s farmers are the big winners.

“There’s more choice for local farming operations with our machines known across the industry for innovation and market leading capabilities,” Mr Betts added.

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Political News & Opinion had provided crucial funding to improve mobile coverage in black spots throughout the Parkes electorate. However, there’s still plenty more dangerous black spots along our rural roads so, I can’t understand how minister Michelle Rowland can in good conscious cut this life-saving program. If anything, more funding is needed, not less and certainly not zero.

COULTON’S ULTON’S CATCH TCH UP Comment ment by K COULTON, MARK Federal ral Member for Parkes arkes

Local sporting champions recognised CONGRATULATIONS to the six young athletes from the Parkes electorate who have received financial assistance to participate in national and international sporting championships.

Ella Penman, Jack Deveson, Jacob Fordham, Max Handley and Riley Bond from Dubbo, and Scarlett Molloy from Broken Hill received grants under the Local Sporting Champions program to cover the costs associated with competing at a representative level.

Representing their schools and state in athletics, motorcycling, billiards and snooker, futsal, and swimming, these talented young athletes were able to compete in the sport they love without their families having to worry about the fi nancial burden.

The Local Sporting Champions program provides grants of up to $750 for coaches, officials and competitors aged between 12 and 18 who are participating in state, national or international spo-rting championships. Grants can be used to cover the costs of travel, accommodation, uniforms and sporting equipment.

AROUND UND THE TORATE ELECTORATE Comment nt by DUGALD D SAUNDERS, ERS, State Member ember bo for Dubbo

Emergency services develop skills OVER 20 teams took part in the NSW State Road Crash Challenge last weekend at the

Menindee CWA wins Australia Post grant

Federal member for Parkes, Mark Coulton, recently presented certificates to Local Sporting Champions recipients, Riley Bond and Max Handley, who represented Dubbo in national futsal and billiards and snooker championships, respectively.

PHOTO: PARKES ELECTORATE.

Labor abolishes Mobile Black Spot Program THE Labor government has abolished the Mobile Black Spot Program and provided no ongoing funding for other key regional communications infrastructure programs.

The budget papers confi rm that funding for the Mobile Black Spot Program ceases in Dubbo Showground.

The Challenge creates an environment in which representatives from the agencies involved can come together to learn, exchange ideas, and participate in skills challenges in the spirit of camaraderie, delivering a stronger, more effective, and more skilled road crash rescue response for the communities of NSW. Friday was a training day and symposium to get ready for challenges that teams were assessed on over the weekend.

It is always fantastic to see

2026/27, with zero dollars allocated for 2027/28.

There is also no funding beyond 2026/27 for the Better Connectivity Plan which covers a range of programs including for on-farm connectivity and the Regional Tech Hub. Interestingly, the budget papers also reveal plans by the Labor government to ramp up funding for mobile connectivity just in time for the

coming election year before it falls away and then comes to a grinding halt.

Improving connectivity for people in the bush is critical and shouldn’t be at the whim of Labor’s political strategy. This comes after 25 of the 26 available grants in NSW were awarded to Labor seats in the previous round of the program.

Up until then, the program

Fire and Rescue, SES and VRA all working together for the benefit of the community.

Well done to all the teams who were in attendance and expanded their skills!

the same each year: from May 27 to June 3 as these dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey — the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively.

We all have a role to play when it comes to reconciliation, and in playing our part we collectively build relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures, and futures.

National Reconciliation Week IT’S National Reconciliation Week (NRW), a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.

The dates for NRW remain

Shakespeare FUNERALS DUBBO

I’M pleased that the Country Women’s Association of NSW Menindee Branch has been awarded a 2024 Australia Post People of Post Grant. The Menindee CWA’s $2000 grant will be used to replace the old fluorescent lighting in the CWA hall with LED lighting. The hall is a vital facility for the entire community, where locals come together for a variety of events and social functions. This funding will make the hall more energy efficient, lowering electricity bills into the future.

The People of Post Grants are open to organisations aligned with one of four of Australia Post’s community focus areas - mental health, disaster support and resilience, Indigenous children’s literacy/learning, and environment and sustainability.

Each year, Australia Post team members are invited to nominate a local organisation in their community for a grant of up to $2000. Grants can be used for an approved project that strengthens local communities and creates positive social outcomes.

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COUNCILCOLUMN

THURSDAY 30 May 2024

NEXT COUNCIL The next Ordinary Council meeting will be held Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at Council’s Chambers, commencing at 5.30 pm.

MEETING: HAVE YOUR SAY - DRAFT INTEGRATED PLANNING AND REPORTING DOCUMENTS 2024-25

The Waste Depot will maintain its regular schedule every Wednesday and Friday from 8 am until Midday.

The Trangie weekly kerbside green, yellow, and red lidded bins service to town residents will continue without any changes. To provide more convenient waste disposal options, Narromine Shire Council is launching a free trial “click and collect” bulk ÀÕLL à Ài Û> ÃÞÃÌi ëiV w V> Þ v À /À> } i Ì Ü residents.

Council at its ordinary meeting held 8 May 2024 adopted its Draft Integrated Planning and Reporting documents which are now on public exhibition for a period of 28 days. These documents can be found by visiting Narromine Shire Council’s website www. narromine.nsw.gov.au/council/public-exhibition Members of the public are invited to make comments on these Draft documents up until 5.00pm, Friday 7 June 2023.

This trial period will run until 26 July 2024.

Residents can book the delivery of a skip bin to Ì i À Àià `i Vi Ì À Õ} Ì i Õ V ° " Vi w i`] Council will promptly pick up the bin. Trangie residents interested in availing of this free service are encouraged to contact Narromine Shire Council at 6889 9999 to schedule the delivery of their bulk rubbish collection bin.

SHARE YOUR INSIGHTS - DROUGHT RESILIENCE PLAN Narromine Shire Council together with Dubbo Regional Council is developing a Regional Drought Resilience Plan for the Central Orana Region (Dubbo and Narromine LGAs). The Central Orana Drought Resilience Plan will address both historical and predicted impacts of drought, identifying initiatives to support: z Community Wellbeing

PUBLIC NOTICE - UPGRADE OF DANDALOO STREET LEVEL CROSSING BY AUSTRALIAN RAIL TRACK CORPORATION (ARTC) Narromine Shire Council would like to inform all residents, businesses, and the travelling public that the Australia Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is scheduled to commence upgrades on the level crossing located on Dandaloo Street, Narromine.

The upgrade is set to commence on Monday, 6 May and is planned to be completed by Friday, 31 May 2024.

z Economic and Business Sustainability z Environmental Needs This is a collaborative effort and Council needs your invaluable lived experiences and insights to shape the Regional Drought Resilience Plan. While we can’t prevent droughts, together we can ensure we are better prepared. Council invites all Narromine Shire residents to share their thoughts and ideas on how we can better manage drought.

This initiative aims to enhance safety measures and optimise the functionality of the level crossing, i ÃÕÀ } Ã Ì iÀ ÌÀ>vw V y Ü v À L Ì «i`iÃÌÀ > Ã and motorists in the area.

Your input is crucial, please visit Council’s website for more information www.narromine.nsw.gov.au/ community/building-drought-resilience-in-ourcommunity

During the upgrade period, residents and businesses are advised to plan their travel routes accordingly. /i « À>ÀÞ ` ÛiÀà à > ` ÌÀ>vw V >` ÕÃÌ i ÌÃ Ü Li implemented to facilitate the construction process. In coming weeks, ARTC will be consulting with affected businesses and residents throughout Narromine. À > Þ µÕ À ià À V ViÀ à Ài}>À` } Ì i «À iVÌ] please direct your queries to ARTC’s Enviroline at 1300 550 402 or via email at enviroline@artc.com. au

A Drought Resilience Plan Community Consultation Drop-in session will be held in Trangie on Thursday 30 May 2024. z Café 2823 10:00 am – Midday For further information please contact Narromine Shire Council via email: mail@narromine.nsw.gov.au or phone 6889 9999. Your participation will help us build a stronger, more resilient community.

NARROMINE SPORTS & FITNESS CENTRE – MEMBERSHIPS, FEES & PAYMENTS Exciting news for all residents and visitors! You can now sign up 24/7 to become a member of the Narromine Sports and Fitness Centre. Download the app now by searching for ‘Narromine Gym Membership’ on either the Apple App Store or } i * >Þ -Ì Ài° -Ì>Þ w Ì] ÃÌ>Þ i> Ì Þ] > ` i Þ the gym facilities anytime.

PUBLIC NOTICE – IMPROVEMENTS TO NARROMINE SPORTS AND FITNESS CENTRE Council is replacing the external roof and upgrading the 24/7-member access system at the Narromine Sports and Fitness Centre. Works are scheduled to be completed by the end of May 2024, weather permitting. Whist these improvements are being carried out; the facility will have changes to normal access arrangements.

TRANGIE’S BULK RUBBISH REMOVAL REMINDER

From Monday 20th May - The facility is CLOSED to all users.

The facility will reopen on Wednesday 29th May 2023. Council’s team will be available at the Sports & Fitness Centre from 29th May – 31st May 8:30-5:00 pm to assist with the transition to the new entry system. Feel free to call in and let Council staff help you. č w > V > i LiÀÃ `ÕÀ } Ì i V ÃÕÀi «iÀ ` will be compensated for any closure based on the time remaining on memberships. Council thanks all members and users for their patience and understanding as we work towards improving this community facility.

PUBLIC NOTICE - TRANGIE WASTE DEPOT Narromine Shire Council announces a change in the weekend opening hours at Trangie Waste Depot, effective from 9 March 2024. The new Saturday and Sunday opening hours will be from 10 am until 2 pm.

Notice is hereby given that Council, pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.59 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, has approved the following Development Applications and Complying Development for the month of April 2024.

Copies of the above development consents are available, free of charge, at the Narromine Shire Council building, 124 Dandaloo Street, Narromine between 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday (excluding Public Holidays).

TAKING CARE AT ROADWORKS As there are numerous road improvement upgrades across the Shire, Council would like to remind motorists to prioritise their safety at roadworks.

Approach roadworks with caution, slow down, look for hazards and be prepared to stop. All motorists must obey the regulatory signs and designated speed limit at roadworks, look out for road workers > ` LiÞ Ã } > à vÀ ÌÀ>vw V V ÌÀ iÀð REGISTERING ANIMALS UNDER THE COMPANION ANIMALS ACT, 1998 Council is currently updating the records for all dogs on the NSW Companion Animal Register. Some residents may receive advice from Narromine Shire Council requesting to update their dog’s ownership details on the NSW Companion Animal Register.

Please make sure you complete the form or ask for assistance by visiting Council ‘s Customer Service and Payments Centre at 118 Dandaloo Street, Narromine or by phoning 6889 9999. Ownership details and registrations can also be managed by visiting www.petregistry.nsw.gov.au We would like to thank our residents for their cooperation in ensuring the accurate registration of companion animals in the community.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS NSW Local Government Elections will be held on Saturday, 14 September 2024. All information in respect to these elections can be found by visiting NSW Electoral Commission website at: www. elections.nsw.gov.au PRE-ELECTION CANDIDATE EVENT Join us for an informative webinar session with Peter Tegart from Local Government NSW. Peter Tegart is an experienced facilitator with over 20 years of experience in CEO and General Manager roles across the local and commonwealth public sectors. Further details to register for this event will be released shortly. For more information about running as a candidate, please visit: www.elections.nsw.gov.au TRANGIE COMMUNITY CONSULTATION TRANGIE - 30 MAY 2024

When utilising Trangie’s bulk rubbish removal system, please note the following items will NOT be accepted: mattresses, batteries, liquid waste and tyres. Kindly refrain from including these items to avoid any inconvenience. Residents will be charged for improper disposal of such items.

A Community Consultation session will be held at Trangie’s 2823 Cafe Thursday 30 May from 10 am – Midday addressing the current Draft Integrated Planning and Reporting documents that are on Public Exhibition. Community Consultation sessions are a great opportunity for the Trangie community to connect with Council and provide any feedback regarding Council services.

ROAD CLOSURES and ROAD SAFETY

COMING UP IN THE NARROMINE REGION

Up to date road closures and information is available on Council’s website, by phoning council or via social media channels. Motorists are reminded to proceed with caution on all roads. For information about Narromine Shire Council’s roads go to www. narromine.nsw.gov.au/residents/road-conditions

Thursday 30 May - Building Drought Resilience, drop-in consultation session TRANGIE Café 2823 10:00 am – Midday. All Welcome.

Monday 3 June – Western NSW Local Health District Women’s Health Clinic in Narromine, to book an appointment call 6889 9600.

Remember that Live updates, traveller information and personalised alerts for all NSW roads including Narromine Shire Council’s roads please visit www.

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REGIONAL DROUGHT PLANNING Community Consultation Join us this Thursday 30 May at Trangie’s Cafe 2023 from 10:00 am until midday for community consultation on regional drought planning.

We want to hear your ideas on what initiatives we should prioritize to help us plan, recover, and manage drought better. Your input is invaluable!

- Thursday, 30 May - 10:00 am - Midday - Trangie’s Cafe 2023 Can’t make it in person? No problem! You can still share your thoughts by completing our survey at www.yoursay.dubbo. nsw.gov.au/drought-resilienceplan/survey-drought-resilienceplan Hope to see you there!

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Thursday, May 30, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

May council meeting wrap-up Confidential item: land purchase for large-lot residential subdivision

By SHARON BONTHUYS NARROMINE Shire Council met again on May 8. As in previous meetings this year, the council meeting was preceded by a public forum and several community members attended the public gallery to witness the forum and council meeting.

WE’RE not quite sure what this is about, how big the subdivision is, or to what part of the Shire it pertains, as it was a commercial-in-confidence issue discussed in a closed session of the council at the end of the public meeting.

From the minutes of the meeting, we understand General Manager, Jane Redden has been authorised “to purchase the property subject to the maximum purchase price as tabled in the report to council.”

Council’s common seal was also approved “to be affi xed to documents relating to the property purchase if required”, and there will be a further report to council about progress and land classification.

We’ll report more when further information is available…

Here is a run-down of some of the items discussed at the meeting.

Proposed compulsory land acquisition explained

Compulsory acquisition of land has been in the news lately, with people in the region expressing concern at the public consultation held last month in Dubbo on the Land Acquisition Review.

This meant that an item on the council meeting agenda about a proposed compulsory acquisition of part of a parcel of land on Tantitha Road (Lot 57 DP755119), garnered some local interest.

Prior to the meeting, a concerned local had asked the Narromine Star if this possibly involved creating a link from the Mitchell Highway to the proposed Narwonah industrial area via Tantitha Road. We understand that it does not.

Governance Director Marion Truscott addressed the item (listed in the General Manager’s Reports) and explained to the meeting that Tantitha Road was realigned some years ago and runs through a piece of Crown land (Lot 57) that is not part of the roadway.

“Council originally did resolve to proceed with this compulsory acquisition but they resolved that they would do a land swap of the section on the north-eastern corner,” Ms Truscott explained.

“Crown Lands have advised that will take an extraordinary length of time and be quite difficult, and suggested that in order to progress the matter, we [should resolve to do it] under the Compulsory Acquisition Act with the Valuer-General to determine the valuation for that particular parcel of land so that this is presented back to council again to formally resolve that and we can make application to the Minister.

“This is to tidy up and to keep the existing realignment,” she concluded.

Narromine Shire Mayor, Cr Craig Davies, commented that this was not an unusual scenario and happens infrequently.

Council resolved to support the motions to compulsorily acquire the relevant land.

Draft revised integrated planning and reporting documents on public exhibition IN last week’s issue of the

Other issues…

The parcel of land on Tantitha Road, Narromine, which was the subject of the compulsory acquisition discussion during the council meeting. PHOTO: NARROMINE SHIRE COUNCIL.

Narromine Star, we reported on this agenda item in detail, focusing on the proposed increases to rates, fees and charges in the new financial year.

Council resolved to endorse and place the draft integrated planning and reporting documents on public exhibition for 28 days prior to their adoption at a council meeting on Wednesday, June 26.

Residents have until Friday, June 7, to view the five documents on the Narromine Shire Council website or physically at the council office, and make a public submission, if desired.

Development approvals FIVE development applications (DA) with a combined total of $1.241 million were approved in April, it was reported, for a range of projects including multi-dwelling social housing, swimming pools, sheds, a dwelling, signage and an outdoor shelter.

This brings the total development applications approved in the shire for the financial year to 48, with a total value of $9,813,021.

This is up by three DAs on this time last year, but $1.5 million less in total value for the same time last year.

Nine DAs are currently under assessment.

Rubbish collection services to continue but more education needed THIS was the item referenced in the public forum that preceded the council meeting.

Council had conducted a waste stream audit late last year which showed significant contamination of the general (red) waste bins by organic and recycling waste.

Cr Lambert asked if an additional motion was needed to “further engage the community with education programs.”

Infrastructure Director, Melanie Slimming, acknowledged the concerns raised by public forum speaker, Vaughan Ellen, and said there was room for improvement with community engagement in relation to the current misuse of the general (red) waste bin.

“What we absolutely don’t want to do is immediately cut the red bins to fortnightly be-

cause what tends to happen, research shows, [is] that people don’t tend to change their habits,” Ms Slimming said.

“Their red bin gets full, they’ve still got waste, so they just chuck it in whatever bin is empty.” This also leads to contaminated organic (green) and recyclable (yellow) waste bins which cannot then be used for their intended purposes, resulting in more overall waste, she added.

She said that it was “absolutely crucial” that council brings the community along on this education route, before they make any major changes.

“I don’t have all the answers, but I think more engagement with the community is necessary,” she said, She described initiatives like bin stickers, flyers, and social media engagement, as positive actions to improve community engagement.

Council resolved to continue with weekly kerbside collection of general (red) waste bins until the end of the current waste contract in June 2028, and to actively engage the community with waste education programs.

MAYOR Davies was asked about his meeting with a concerned resident in mid-April, as reported in his diary. The Mayor said an elderly female resident had expressed concern about crime in the region, and asked what council could do in this regard.

Cr Davies told the meeting he had followed this issue up with Police, and hoped an announcement would be made in the near future.

With Local Government elections less than four months away, council resolved to inform the Local Government Minister not to fi ll the Casual Vacancy left following the recent resignation of Cr Casey Forrester.

Under current legislation, Casual Vacancies do not need to be fi lled if they occur within 18 months of the next election.

Cr Lyn Jablonski’s resignation in mid-2023 was also not fi lled under this same criterion. There are currently seven elected representatives on the Narromine Shire Council, including Mayor Davies.

The Regional Australia Bank is set to stay in its premises at Dandaloo Street, Narromine, for another year and Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) is also set to renew its Burraway Street lease for a further three years following a resolution by council to extend the leases at both sites for the nominated periods.

Cr Davies commented that the latter was further “confirmation that Inland Rail is proceeding.”

The council’s roads management strategy will become public on the council website in the future and will be used extensively when people call to report road maintenance issues, Infrastructure Director Melanie Slimming told the meeting. The road hierarchy will be used to prioritise where maintenance will occur in the shire.

And that’s a wrap….

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Waste misuse tackled in public forum

By SHARON BONTHUYS WASTE disposal and the need to better educate the community on this issue was raised by resident Vaughan Ellen, who addressed the Narromine Shire Council at a public forum held before the May meeting.

Mr Ellen spoke about the misuse of the Shire’s “wheelie bins” for collecting green waste, recyclables, and hard waste — an item also listed for discussion in the Infrastructure Reports at the council meeting to follow.

He expressed concern that, according to the council report, the red bins contain a significant amount of food and garden waste, and that council has been unable to educate the community about the appropriate use of the bins as intended.

Mr Ellen has previously addressed council on this issue of community engagement, and referred to this process once again during the public forum.

“My thought is to put the community at the centre of the consultation,” he said, referring to council’s Community Engagement Strategy.

“This is an absolutely wonderful opportunity to use the principles of this strategy to engage the community and then maybe educate them,” he added.

Mr Ellen’s suggestions for dealing with the misuse in-

Ratepayer Vaughan Ellen addresses Narromine Shire Council during the public forum before its May monthly meeting about the misuse of “wheelie bins” for collecting green waste, recyclables, and hard waste.

PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR.

cluded smaller red-lid (general waste) bins, labelling for bins, a focus on education through social media, the weekly council column and the development of a community focus group or caucus led by councillors, and even a Shire referendum on the issue.

On community engagement, he concluded that: “subjects are ruled over, and citizens are governed.”

Narromine Shire Council’s

response to Mr Ellen’s comments is included in our attached coverage of the council meeting.

It is a timely discussion, given a recent survey carried out in all mainland states, commissioned by Veolia waste management services, which indicates that NSW and Queensland residents are the worst offenders at disposing of waste items incorrectly.

The study indicated that,

while there is good understanding of appropriately disposing of plastic drink bottles (92 per cent), paper (87 per cent), and garden waste (82 per cent), less than half of the respondents knew how to dispose of old hand tools, biodegradable plastic bags, and absolutely last - dead animals.

Veolia ANZ CEO, Dr Richard Kirkman said the results offer a window into how we deal with household waste

and where we need to improve education to impact recycling rates.

“There is a big difference between what is recyclable and what can be recycled - especially at industrial scale,” Dr Kirkman said.

“Not everything that is recyclable, is recycled,” he concluded.

Narwonah Material Distribution Centre

Notice of construction Rail turnout installation

How we’re managing impacts

In mid-June, our contractor Martinus will install a new rail turnout in the rail corridor near the Narwonah Material Distribution Centre (MDC) off Craigie Lea Lane, Narromine.

• Construction activities will be scheduled wherever possible during the day to minimise noise impacts at night • Noise levels will be monitored during night works • There will be no impact on property access during these works • Traffic control will be in place, where required.

Work will take place up to 24 hours a day from 6am Thursday 13 June to 7pm Monday 17 June 2024.

Residents can expect to see various large construction vehicles frequently entering and exiting the site and may notice increased noise during the work.

Following this period, construction activities at the Narwonah MDC will continue 6am–6pm, up to seven days per week.

1800 732 761 inlandrail.com.au

inlandrailnsw@inlandrail.com.au 37 Burraway Street, Narromine

Thank you for your patience and cooperation while we complete these important works.

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Community News

Classic “Cars and Coffee” attracts motor enthusiasts

By SHARON BONTHUYS CLASSIC car enthusiasts enjoyed last weekend’s monthly “Cars and Coffee” catch up in Narromine, in which about 50 classic cars and motorbikes were on display along Burraway Street on Sunday morning.

This site has proved a great location for the Narromine Car Club to hold this regular event, capturing the interest of some highway travellers and grey nomads who stopped to take a look.

After the event, about 20 club members and others from the Dubbo Antique Automobile Club travelled to Nevertire for lunch.

Next month, car enthusiasts will not only have the Narromine monthly catch up to look forward to on the last Sunday of the month, but also the Trangie Automobile Club’s own “Cars and Coffee” event a week earlier. All photos: Narromine Star Narromine Car Club hosted another of their popular “Cars and Coffee” events last Sunday.

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Narromine Garden Club enjoys exploring Pam H’s lovely place

Mavis Leak, Daphne Johnson and Julie Davis enjoy the warm sunshine in Pam Hamilton’s garden for Narromine Garden Club’s monthly catch-up. PHOTOS: NARROMINE GARDEN CLUB.

What a beautiful garden!

By ANNIE HARMER

Maureen Bootle with her sister and Garden Club host, Pam Hamilton.

NARROMINE Garden Club gathered in the autumn-coloured garden of Pam Hamilton on Friday, May 24.

Some 24 members were present at the monthly catch up.

We had perfect weather and after the meeting and lunch, we were able

to have a wander in Pam’s beautiful open-plan garden.

There was a very large Chinese Elm in the front garden, underplanted with Hellebores.

Pam gave a talk on her 23 years there and how, over the years, many beautiful trees had been lost.

There are still many trees left on

Kris is a CWA state champion

The results are in, and it’s a win for local girl, Kristyne Rybak, whose award-winning Moist Apricot Roll raised first place at the CWA State PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR. Conference earlier this month. PHOTO: ALEX GARTSIDE.

Narromine CWA’s Kris Rybak with her award-winning Moist Apricot Roll.

By SHARON BONTHUYS NARROMINE’S own culinary whiz, Kristyne Rybak, recently took out fi rst place in one section of The Land Cookery Competition at the recent Country Women’s Association (CWA) of NSW State Conference.

Her Moist Apricot Roll was deemed to be the best in the State at the conference, held at Coffs Harbour earlier this month.

The win is a huge pat on the back for the Narromine CWA branch member, who said she tried out a new recipe for this year’s competition.

“I just whipped it up as no one else [from the branch] was entering that category,” Ms Rybak told the Narromine Star.

The competition judges clearly liked what she whipped up, because Ms Rybak was awarded fi rst place

in the section, followed by Jo Wilkin from Purlewaugh CWA, and Margaret Good from Casino Day CWA. According to the CWA NSW website, the judges were looking for a roll made in a cylindrical tin and fl at at both ends, with dried apricots cut into even-sized pieces and evenly distributed through the loaf. The texture of the roll needed to be close and fi rm without holes or a damp, soggy middle.

News of Ms Rybak’s win was immediately communicated by excited members of the Narromine and Trangie CWA branches who were attending the conference. Ms Rybak herself was unable to attend the conference in person this year due to work commitments, but was delighted to hear of her success.

With 22 years’ experience as a hospitality and food technology teach-

er behind her, and now working as a student placement officer with Western Student Connections, she loves to cook.

Ms Rybak often dazzles the Narromine CWA branch with her culinary talents, so much so, she is keen to explore running cooking classes for people (like this journalist) who are not confident in the kitchen.

We caught up with Ms Rybak early one morning last week when she brought in samples of her award-winning Moist Apricot Roll especially for the CWA Far Western Group public speaking competition in Narromine.

Her tasty apricot roll joined several other delicacies prepared for the event by Narromine CWA members.

“I hope they like it,” Ms Rybak said, before heading off to work.

the property, giving the garden a lot of protection.

Garden Club member Heather McIntyre walked away a happy lady, taking the raffle donated by Daphne Johnson.

What are we up to next month in the Narromine Garden Club? Join us and fi nd out!

Shire children join in the fun of National Simultaneous Storytime

IT was National Simultaneous Storytime last week, and children across the Shire joined in the fun of this annual event staged by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).

Every year, ALIA chooses a picture book written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator for National Simultaneous Storytime.

This book is then read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country.

“Now in its 24th successful year, it is a colourful, vibrant, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children’s book that explores age-appropriate themes and addresses key learning areas of the National Curriculum for Foundation to Year 6,” the ALIA website says.

Some 25 children from Trangie Central School attended the National Simultaneous Storytime at the Trangie Library while 17 children aged between one and five years attended the Narromine Library, said Shire Libraries’ Coordinator, Erin Barwick.

Bowerbird Blues by author-illustrator Aura Parker was ALIA’s story of choice this year, which was read to the participants, as well as The Bowerbird, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Catherine Rayner.

Ms Barwick said the children discussed the unusual shape of a bowerbird nest and why they decorate them with different objects.

After looking at the story, the children created their own Bowerbird nest full of various blue materials like feathers, bottle caps, jewels, straws and pegs.

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Classroom News

NASCA students attend Career Fit event in Sydney

By NARROMINE HIGH SCHOOL FOUR students from Narromine High’s National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy (NASCA) program were recently selected to attend the 2024 Career Fit event in Sydney.

Jamee Ann Rose-Ebsworth from Year 10, Kia RoseEbsworth from Year 12, and Caitlyn Slade and Jazmin Wright, both from Year 11, had the opportunity to connect and socialise with students in other NASCA Academies and enjoyed a variety of fun activities such as bowling, arcade games, and karaoke during the visit.

The second day of the trip involved the girls exploring the Nestle Headquarters where they competed in a cooking and food presentation competition, fi nishing equal fi rst with another group.

This was a great workshop for our students to express their creativity while learning about the different career pathways at Nestle.

Students also participated in a couple of other workshops with Cummins, Football Australia and culture and connection workshops. To fi nish off the trip, the group attended the Bulldogs vs Dragons rugby league game at Accor Stadium.

Jazmin Wright at the Career Fit Expo.

NASCA program students Jazmin Wright, Kia-Rose Ebsworth, Jamee Ann Rose-Ebsworth, and Caitlyn Slade at the rugby league while in Sydney. PHOTO: NARROMINE HIGH SCHOOL.

Shayla secures school-based traineeship

By NARROMINE HIGH SCHOOL NARROMINE High School is thrilled to share that due to Shayla Schneider’s exceptional dedication and outstanding performance, she has successfully secured a school-based traineeship with Geoff Richards Panel Beating.

In the April school holidays, Shayla successfully completed a full week of work experience with the team at Geoff Richards.

Having early starts, a full week of workshop hours, information overload, sore hands, back and aching bones from pulling apart and rebuilding vehicles in a nextgen smash repairer business was a lot to handle, but Shayla stuck it out and gave it 110 per cent every minute she was there.

Her commitment to excellence and hard work has not only distinguished her among her peers but also opened up valuable opportunities for hands-on learning and professional growth within her chosen field. This achievement is a testament to her perseverance and determination to succeed.

Thank you, Geoff Richards Panel Beating and NASCA’s Pathways team, for your ongoing collaboration for our young women.

Shayla Schneider has successfully secured a school-based traineeship with Geoff Richards Panel Beating. Shayla is seen here with Relieving Principal, Lucie Burns; Pathway Lead at NASCA, Courtney Richards; and NASCA Development Officer, Jordayna Smith. PHOTO: NARROMINE HIGH SCHOOL.

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Fullness of faith: St Johns’ kids out serving Trangie community

By ST JOHN’S PARISH SCHOOL AS part of Catholic Schools Week recently, students ventured out into the school surrounds to display their “fullness” through service to the local community.

Held after a whole-of-school Mass, the children with their helping hands, visited Kurrajong Court, Trangie Pre-School, Memorial Hall, St Vincent De Paul, Cultural Centre, the local park and sporting oval, the presbytery, and the Library.

During their visit, they offered a variety of services including playing games, reading, cleaning, sorting, weeding, litter-picking, and window cleaning.

Their inspiration was from the New Testament to “live life in all its fullness” based on the Gospel of John (10:10), challenging those who answer it to “live fully”.

As part of Catholic Schools Week recently, St John’s Parish School students, ventured out into the school surrounds, to display their “fullness” through service to the local community. PHOTOS: ST JOHNS PARISH SCHOOL.

St Augustine’s little singers help celebrate Mother’s Day

By ST AUGUSTINE’S PARISH SCHOOL ON Friday, May 10, St Augustine’s Parish School celebrated a beautiful Mass organised by Kinder with a lyrical tribute to all mums along the way.

Tears flowed when the students sang a special tribute to the women in the church with the touching chorus saying it all: “Mum I want to tell you, Just how much you mean to me.

Your loving touch, Your gentle ways, They’re never far from me.

You are my greatest friend, On whom I can depend, You know I’ll always really love you, Mum.” The School then invited all the mothers, grandmothers, aunties, and friends to join the School for morning tea provided by the staff.

Happy mums and other family with their kids after the Mother’s Day Mass at St Augustine’s earlier this month.

PHOTOS: ST AUGUSTINE’S PARISH SCHOOL.

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Puzzles WORDFIT

DOWN 1

Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the – (4) 2 Complying (9) 3 Honorific (5) 4 Pottery (11) 5 Digitally generated imagery (1.1.1.)

6 Whenever (7) 7 Follower of the main Indian religion (5) 8 Identifying (9) 12 Ancient coffin (11) 13 Partner (10) 16 Lengths (9) 18 Family name (7) 21 Virago (5) 23 Hyper (5) 24 In addition (4) 27 Guitarist, – Paul (3)

Alarm (7) Instructs (7) Aloofness (11) Formerly (3) Oration (6) Activators (7)

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No. 231

Using the nine letters in the grid, how many words of four letters or more can you list?

The centre letter must be included and each letter may only be used once. No colloquial or foreign words. No capitalised nouns, apostrophes or plural words ending in “s”.

Today’s Aim: 15 words: Good 22 words: Very good

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No. 180

Each number corresponds to a letter of the alphabet. Two have been filled in for you, can you work out the rest?

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SUDOKU

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No. 230

To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: each of the nine vertical columns, each of the nine horizontal rows and each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes. Remember, no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

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6. What year did

World War II end?

2. Who is the narrator

7. Natasha Lyonne

in Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief ?

3. Colloquially, what is a sparky?

4. What kind of fruit is ume?

5. In 1942, Earl Tupper developed the first product for which homeware brand?

(pictured) stars as Charlie Cale in which comedy series?

8. What is an archipelago?

9. And what is the world’s largest archipelagic state?

10. Advocaat is a traditional Dutch beverage made with eggs, sugar and what kind of alcohol?

No. 140

Can you find all the words listed?

The leftover letters will spell out a secret message.

ADOBO ALOHA EWA BEACH HALEAKALA HAWI HILO HONOLULU HULA KAHUNA KAILUA KAUAI KEIKI KONA

LIHUE LOMI LOMI LUAU MAHALO MAI TAI MALASADA MANA MAUI MUSUBI NA PALI OAHU OHANA PINEAPPLE

PLATE LUNCH POKE SHAVE ICE SHRIMP SPAM SUGAR CANE SUNSET SURF TUNA VOLCANO WARM

SECRET MESSAGE: Somewhere over the rainbow way up high

WORD SEARCH

QUICK QUIZ

ANSWERS: 1. Pancakes 2. Death 3. An electrician 4. Stone fruit 5. Tupperware 6. 1945 7. Poker Face 8. An island group 9. Indonesia 10. Brandy

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Narromine

Classifieds

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CHURCH NOTICES

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NARROMINE BAPTIST CHURCH

Experienced Cook, Chef and Restaurant Manager

Klick (Children’s program) 9am Sunday Service 10:30am Sunday

CATHOLIC CHURCH, TRANGIE 1st & 3rd Sundays Mass 9.30am 2nd & 4th Sundays Mass 6pm (DLST) 5th Sunday Mass 9.30am

ST ANDREWS UNITING CHURCH Meryula Street, Narromine conducts worship from 9-10am every Sunday. All welcome.

TRANGIE UNITING/ANGLICAN CHURCH Sundays 11am

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST 9.30am Saturday Sabbath School 10.45am Saturday Church service

ST MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, NARROMINE 10am Sundays and Tuesdays – morning prayer/praise Holy communion monthly – Sunday and Tuesday.

GENEROCITY CHURCH, NARROMINE Sunday 10am; Connect Group Thurs 6pm

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MONDAY, JUNE 3

SUNDAY, JUNE 2

SATURDAY, JUNE 1

FRIDAY, MAY 31

Your Seven-Day TV Guide 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Planet America. 10.30 That Pacific Sports Show. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Silent Witness. 2.00 Miniseries: The Cry. 2.55 Back In Time For The Corner Shop. 3.55 Long Lost Family. 4.40 Grand Designs. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. 8.30 Silent Witness.

9.30 Gruen. 10.10 Hard Quiz. 10.40 Blak Ball. 11.10 ABC Late News. 11.25 Grand Designs. 12.15 Long Lost Family. 1.05 We Hunt Together. 1.50 Rage.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Dangerous Matrimony. (2018) Emily O’Brien, Rob Mayes, Sabina Gadecki. 2.00 House Of Wellness. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 7News Local.

6.30 7News @ 6:30.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

8.30 To Be Advised.

12.40 Australia’s Amazing Homes. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Lap. 1.00 Take Me Home. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 13. Newcastle Knights v Canterbury Bulldogs. 9.55 Golden Point. 10.40 MOVIE: Into The Blue. (2005) Paul Walker. 12.55 Tipping Point. 1.50 Pointless. 2.45 Explore.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Postcards. 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 10.30 Judge Judy. 11.00 Dr Phil. 12.00 10 News First: Midday.

1.00 Entertainment Tonight. 1.20 Judge Judy. 1.50 MasterChef Australia. 3.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Soccer. Women’s International Friendly.

Game 1. Australia v China PR. 10.30 10’s Late News. 10.55 The Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. 10.10 Outta Town Adventures. 11.05 First Australians. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Mastermind Aust.

3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up. 4.00 Raiders Of The Lost Treasures. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Abandoned Railways From Above. 8.30 Secrets Of The Lost Liners. 9.20 Bermuda Triangle: Into Cursed Waters. 10.10 SBS World News Late. 10.40 World On Fire. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Australia’s Best Backyards. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes.

5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard. 8.30 Heathrow. 9.00 Friendly.

AC Milan v AS Roma. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Counting Cars. 3.00 Timbersports. 3.30 Building Giants. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration.

5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars.

7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown. 7.20 Football. AFL. Round 12. Collingwood v Western Bulldogs. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 The Rookie. 3.00 Black-ish.

4.00 Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud.

5.00 Starstruck. 6.15 MOVIE: Goodbye Christopher Robin. (2017) 8.30 MOVIE: The Count Of Monte Cristo. (2002) Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris. 11.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

8.30 Diagnosis Murder.

10.30 JAG. 12.30 Bull. 1.30 NCIS. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 CSI: Vegas. 11.15 48 Hours. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Big Bang. 2.00 Impractical Jokers. 2.30 Rules Of Engagement. 3.00 King Of Queens. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.00 Mystery Lane. 5.25 Miraculous. 5.45 Total DramaRama. 6.00 Ted’s Top Ten. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Horrible Histories.

7.35 Kung Fu Panda. 8.10 Open Season: Call Of Nature. 8.35 Summer Memories.

8.50 Holly Hobbie. 9.10 The Next Step.

9.40 Mindful Earth. 11.20 Close.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Andy And The Band.

7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MOVIE: Frequency. (2000) 10.25 MOVIE: The Disaster Artist. (2017) 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 News. 6.00 News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Evening News. 8.00 Planet America: Fireside Chat. 8.45 ABC News Tonight.

9.00 The World. 9.30 Close Of Business.

10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: The Man Who Haunted Himself. (1970) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 French Open Tennis PreShow. 7.00 Tennis. French Open. Day 6.

12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.25 Over The Black Dot. 3.15 BBC News At Ten. 3.45 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.15 PBS News. 5.15 Tattoo Age. 5.45 Building The Ultimate. 6.40 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders.

9.25 The Orville. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 Call The Midwife. 1.30 Father Brown. 2.15 Gruen. 3.00 Blak Ball. 3.30 Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things.

4.30 Restoration Australia. 5.30 Landline.

6.00 Australian Story.

6.30 Back Roads.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Father Brown.

8.15 Midsomer Murders.

9.45 After The Party.

10.35 Shetland.

11.35 Rage.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 Horse Racing. Ladbrokes Derby Day. Lord Mayor’s Cup Day. Caulfield Thoroughbred Club Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 7.30 MOVIE: Spider-Man: No Way Home. (2021) Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch. 10.40 MOVIE: Bad Boys For Life. (2020) Will Smith. 1.10 Australia’s Amazing Homes. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Getaway. 6.30 A Current Affair.

7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 Great Australian Detour. Return. 1.00 The Pet Rescuers. 1.30 The Summit. 3.00 The Lap. 4.00 The Garden Gurus. 4.30 Dogs 4 Life. New. 5.00 9News First At Five.

5.30 Getaway. 6.00 9News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Jeopardy!

Australia. 8.30 MOVIE: San Andreas.

(2015) Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario. 10.45 MOVIE: The Impossible. (2012) 12.45 The First 48. 1.35 The Garden Gurus. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 My Market Kitchen. 8.30 Farm To Fork. 9.00 Exploring Off The Grid. 9.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 10.00 Ready Steady Cook. 11.00 MasterChef Australia. 1.30 All 4 Adventure. 2.30 The Yes Experiment.

3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.00 Farm To Fork.

4.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 The Brighter Side: Save. Grow. Dream. 6.30 Ready Steady Cook. 7.30 To Be Advised.

8.30 Ambulance UK. Return. 11.00 The Cheap Seats. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.05 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. 10.05 Tough Trains. 11.05 First Australians. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Gymnastics. FIG Artistic World Challenge Cup. H’lights. 4.00 Sports Woman. 4.40 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys.

5.40 Hidden Heroes: The Nisei Soldiers Of WW2. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Jersey And Guernsey. 8.25 Portillo In The Pyrenees. 9.20 Scotland: Escape To The Wilderness. 10.15 Becoming Marilyn. 11.15 The Australian Wars. 2.35 Fantastical Factory Of Curious Craft. 3.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 House Of Wellness.

2.00 Escape To The Country. 3.00 The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard. 4.00 Escape To The Country. 5.00 Bargain Hunt. 6.00 Heathrow. 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 American Pickers. 4.00 Hustle & Tow. 5.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 Pawn Stars.

7.00 Football. AFL. Geelong v Richmond.

10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 Australia’s Cheapest Weddings.

4.00 Jabba’s Movies. 4.30 Starstruck. 5.40 MOVIE: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul. (2017) 7.30 MOVIE: The Boss Baby: Family Business. (2021) 9.40 MOVIE: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. (2017) 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 9.00 Destination Dessert. 9.30 Diagnosis Murder. 11.30 Snap Happy.

12.00 Jake And The Fatman. 1.00 On The Fly. 2.00 JAG. 4.00 Tough Tested. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.10 FBI. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

7.00 The King Of Queens.

8.00 Becker. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 11.30 The King Of Queens. 12.30 Frasier. 1.30 Becker. 2.30 MasterChef Australia. 5.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 12.10 MOVIE: Ratburger. (2017) 1.20 Kids’ Programs. 6.35 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 Built To Survive. 8.00 Hotel Transylvania.

8.25 Summer Memories. 8.50 Holly Hobbie. 9.15 The Next Step. 9.45 Mindful Earth. 11.20 Close.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

10.05 MythBusters. 10.55 Portlandia.

11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

4.00 News. 4.15 Planet America: Fireside Chat. 5.00 News. 5.30 World This Week. 6.00 Evening News.

6.30 Aust Story. 7.00 National News. 7.30 The Pacific. 8.00 News Tonight. 8.30 Stateline. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 Spies In The Outback. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.20 MOVIE: Seven Days To Noon. (1950) 3.20 MOVIE: War Drums.

(1957) 4.50 MOVIE: Sabata. (1969) 7.00 Super Rugby Pacific. Western Force v ACT Brumbies. 9.30 Super Rugby Pacific PostMatch. 9.45 Tennis. French Open. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

5.00 BBC News At Ten. 5.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 5.55 The Food That Built The World.

7.35 Impossible Engineering. 9.25 The Orville. 1.45 The X-Files. 3.35 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Insiders.

10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. 11.00 Compass. 11.30 Songs Of Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia.

2.30 Monty Don’s Paradise Garden.

3.30 Forever Summer With Nigella. 3.55 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 4.40 Grand Designs. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.30 Compass. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Call The Midwife. Final. 8.30 After The Party.

Final. 9.25 The Luminaries. Final. 10.15 Shetland. Final. 11.15 Savage River. Final.

12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Dream Home.

8.45 7NEWS Spotlight.

9.45 The Latest: Seven News. 10.15 Code 1: Minute By Minute. 11.15 Quantum Leap.

12.15 Lipstick Jungle. 1.15 Harry’s Practice.

2.00 Home Shopping. 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Hello SA. 6.30 A Current Affair. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Wide World Of Sports. 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show.

1.00 My Way. 1.15 The Summit. 2.30 My Way Outback Queensland Special. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 13. Sydney Roosters v North Queensland Cowboys.

6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 Travel Guides.

8.00 60 Minutes. 9.00 The Missing Millionairess. 10.00 9News Late. 10.30 The First 48. 11.25 Transplant. 12.15 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 2.10 Take Me Home. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.30 Healthy Homes. 10.00 What’s Up Down Under.

11.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures.

12.00 MasterChef Australia. 1.15 My Market Kitchen. 1.30 Cook With Luke.

2.00 Destination Dessert. 2.30 Food Trail: South Africa. 3.00 Australia By Design: Architecture. 3.30 The Brighter Side: Save. Grow. Dream. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 Farm To Fork. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Sunday Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.55 Tulsa King. 9.45 FBI. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.10 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. 10.10 Tough Trains. 11.05 First Australians. 12.00 WorldWatch.

12.30 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Sports Woman. 3.45 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys. 5.35 D-Day: The Soldiers’ Story.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Bronze Age Apocalypse. 9.10 Royal Autopsy. 10.05 South Korea With Alexander Armstrong.

11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Critérium du Dauphiné. Stage 1. 1.00 American Presidency With Bill Clinton. 3.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.35 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.35 Escape To The Perfect Town. 5.35 Escape To The Country. 6.35 Greatest Escapes To The Country. 7.20 The Vicar Of Dibley. 8.30 Endeavour.

10.30 Hornby: A Model Empire. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 ITM Fishing. 1.30 Fish’n Mates. 2.00 Fishy Business. 2.30 Step Outside. 3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Disasters At Sea. 5.00 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 Border Security: Int. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: The Day After Tomorrow. (2004) 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Australia’s Cheapest Weddings.

12.30 Around The World With Manu. 1.30 Home And Away. 3.30 To Be Advised.

5.00 The Goldbergs. 5.30 Bondi Vet. 6.30 A Year On Planet Earth. 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Law & Order. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

11.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.30 JAG. 1.30 Exploring Off The Grid. 2.00 MasterChef Australia. 3.15 Buy To Build. 3.40 On The Fly. 4.05 Camper Deals. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 11.15 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Friends. 8.00 MasterChef Australia.

10.30 The Big Bang Theory. 11.30 The Neighborhood. 12.30 Ready Steady Cook.

1.30 The Middle. 3.30 So Help Me Todd.

4.30 Deal Or No Deal. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 South Park. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.40 Popularity Papers. 6.05 Home Sweet Rome! 6.35 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 Built To Survive. 8.00 Hotel Transylvania.

8.25 Summer Memories. 8.50 Holly Hobbie. 10.00 Rage. 11.05 Close. 5.00 Dragon Ball Super. 5.45 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.05 Kiya And The Kimoja Heroes. 6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Karma’s World. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.00 QI. 8.30 Louis Theroux Interviews... 9.15 You Can’t Ask That. Final. 9.45 Miniseries: Time. 10.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 News. 3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 Landline. 5.00 News With Auslan. 5.30 News Regional.

6.00 Evening News. 6.30 Spies In The Outback. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Insiders.

8.30 News Tonight. 9.00 Nightly News.

9.30 Aust Story. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

10.00 AFL Sunday Footy Show. 12.00 Getaway. 12.30 The Avengers. 1.30 MOVIE: Up The Front.

(1972) 3.30 MOVIE: Birdman Of Alcatraz.

(1962) 6.30 French Open Tennis Pre-Show.

7.00 Tennis. French Open. Day 8. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

5.00 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 5.30 Alone Denmark. 6.40 Abandoned Engineering.

8.30 Women Who Rock. 10.40 The Orville. 12.10 Monica And Sex. 2.15 Dark Side Of The 2000s. 3.10 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera Newshour.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Australia Remastered.

2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Back In Time For The Corner Shop. 3.55 Long Lost Family. 4.40 Grand Designs Revisited. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners.

9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 Q+A. Final. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. 11.10 Gruen. 11.45 Planet America. 12.20 Grand Designs Revisited. 1.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Surveillance Oz. 2.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away.

7.30 Dream Home.

9.15 9-1-1.

10.15 S.W.A.T. 11.15 The Latest: Seven News. 11.45 Police Custody USA. 12.45 The Event. 1.35 Kochie’s Business Builders. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Lap. 1.00 Take Me Home. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Summit. 9.00 Paramedics. 10.00 100% Footy. 11.00 9News Late. 11.25 La Brea. 12.15 Tipping Point. 1.10 Pointless.

2.05 Hello SA. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 A Current Affair.

5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal.

11.00 The Drew Barrymore Show.

12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Entertainment Tonight. 1.30 MasterChef Australia. 3.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Soccer.

Women’s International Friendly. Game 2.

Australia v China PR. 9.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? 10.40 10’s Late News.

11.05 The Project. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. 10.00 Outta Town Adventures. 11.00 Family Wellbeing Project. 11.40 Arts Centres Keep Our Elders Connected. 12.10 WorldWatch.

2.00 737 Max: Ten Mistakes. 2.55 Mastermind Aust. 3.25 The Cook Up. 3.55 Raiders Of The Lost Treasures. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Tony Robinson’s Marvellous Machines.

8.30 Secrets Of The Tower Of London.

9.20 24 Hours In Emergency. 10.15 SBS News. 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Business Builders. 1.30 Our Town. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Hornby: A Model Empire. 3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes.

5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.30 Austn V8 Superboats C’ship. 3.30 Storage Wars: New York. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration.

5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars.

7.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 8.30 Gem Hunters Down Under. 9.30 Appalachian Outlaws. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 The Food Trail. 3.00 To Be Advised. 4.30 Bondi Vet. 5.00 The Amazing Race. 6.30 Toddlers Make You Laugh Out Loud. 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 9.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Law & Order: LA. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.30 Bull. 1.30 NCIS. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.30 Soccer. Women’s International Friendly. Game 2. Australia v China PR. 10.15 NCIS. 11.10 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Taskmaster Australia.

2.00 Big Bang. 3.00 The King Of Queens.

4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 Becker.

5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 The Neighborhood. 11.00 Frasier. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 12.50 Absolutely Fabulous. 1.20 ER. 2.50 Doctor Who. 3.35 Speechless. 4.00 Would I Lie To You? 4.30 MythBusters. 5.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 6.10 Car S.O.S. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MythBusters. 9.20 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 10.00 ER. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Andy And The Band.

7.35 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Fresh Off The Boat. 8.30 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 8.45 Style It Out. New. 9.15 Back In Time For Dinner. 10.20 Doctor Who. 11.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Parliament. 3.10 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 ABC Evening News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight.

8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Beautiful Stranger. (1954) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 French Open Tennis Pre-Show. 7.00 Tennis. French Open. Day 9. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.50 ABC America This Week. 4.45 PBS News Weekend. 5.15 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over. 6.10 Building The Ultimate. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Jimmy Carr’s I Literally Just Told You. 9.25 Rock Legends: Tina Turner. 10.20 Late Programs.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Summit. 1.30 Getaway. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon. 4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News.

6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Summit. Final. 8.45 Clarkson’s Farm.

Final. 9.45 Outback Opal Hunters. 10.45 9News Late. 11.15 Chicago Med. 12.05 Innovation Nation. 1.00 Tipping Point.

1.55 Pointless. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 A Current Affair. 5.00 Today Early News. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal.

11.00 The Drew Barrymore Show.

12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Entertainment Tonight. 1.30 Judge Judy.

2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon.

4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 The Cheap Seats. 9.40 NCIS. Final. 10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 The Project. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. 10.00 Outta Town Adventures. Final. 10.30 Dream Of Italy.

11.00 Easter Island: The Ancient Builders.

12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Deepwater Horizon: Ten Mistakes. 2.55 Living Black.

3.25 The Cook Up. 3.55 Raiders Of The Lost Treasures. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Insight.

9.30 Dateline. 10.00 SBS World News Late. 10.30 Living Black. 11.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Impossible Builds.

3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Call The Midwife. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Appalachian Outlaws.

3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Storage Wars: New York. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Outback Truckers. 8.30 Outback Outlaw Comedian.

9.00 Family Guy. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 To Be Advised. 4.30 Bondi Vet. 5.30 The Amazing Race. 6.30 Monkeys Make You Laugh Out Loud. 7.30 First Dates UK. 8.35 MOVIE: The Sweetest Thing. (2002) Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate. 10.25 First Dates Australia.

11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 Healthy Homes Australia.

8.30 Diagnosis Murder. 10.30 JAG. 12.30 Bull. 1.30 NCIS. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.25 FBI. 11.15 48 Hours. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Big Bang. 2.00 King Of Queens. 3.00 So Help Me Todd. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Impractical Jokers. 10.30 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 2.05 ER. 2.50 Doctor Who. 3.40 Speechless. 4.00 Would I Lie To You? 4.30 MythBusters.

5.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

6.10 Car S.O.S. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 The Cleaner. New. 9.00 Changing Ends. 9.25 Portlandia. 10.05 ER. 11.40 Rage. 12.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Andy And The Band.

7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Little Lunch.

8.05 Fresh Off The Boat. 8.30 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 8.45 Deadly Mission: Shark. New. 9.15 Planet Expedition. 10.15 Doctor Who. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Parliament. 3.10 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 ABC Evening News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight.

8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Duke Wore Jeans. (1958) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 French Open Tennis Pre-Show. 7.00 Tennis. French Open. Day 10. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.45 Kickin’ Back With Gilbert McAdam. 3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.15 PBS News. 5.15 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over. 6.10 Building The Ultimate.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Alone. Return. 10.35 Late Programs.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. 10.45 Q+A. Final. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 2.55 Love On The Spectrum. 3.55 Long Lost Family. 4.40 Grand Designs Revisited. 5.25 Antiques Roadshow. 6.25 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 Gruen. 9.10 QI. 10.10 Planet America. 10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 The Business. 11.10 The Luminaries. Final. 12.05 Superwog. Final.

12.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Surveillance Oz. 2.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away.

7.30 The 1% Club UK. 8.30 The Front Bar. 9.30 Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 Talking Footy. 12.00 Dracula. 1.00 Travel Oz. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Summit.

Final. 1.15 Explore. 1.30 My Way Outback Queensland Special. 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon.

4.30 Tipping Point Australia. 5.30 WIN News. 6.00 9News. 7.00 Rugby League.

State of Origin. Game 1. New South Wales v Queensland. 10.00 State Of Origin Post-Match. 11.00 9News Late. 11.30 The Equalizer. 12.30 Tipping Point. 1.30 Pointless. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. 4.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal.

11.00 The Drew Barrymore Show.

12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Entertainment Tonight. 1.20 Judge Judy. 1.50 MasterChef Australia. 3.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 NCIS: Sydney. 9.40 FBI: International.

10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 The Project.

12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.20 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. 9.50 Dream Of Italy. 10.50 Climate Changers. 12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Dateline. 2.30 Insight.

3.35 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.05 Infected Earth. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 David Attenborough And The Giant Elephant. 8.30 Nicole Kidman, Eyes Wide Open. 9.30 This Town. 10.40 SBS World News Late. 11.10 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Critérium du Dauphiné. Stage 4. 1.10 Stella Blomkvist. 3.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard. 3.30 Harry’s Practice.

4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Judge John Deed. 10.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.00 Billy The Exterminator.

3.30 Storage Wars: New York. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration.

5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars.

7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.00 The Force: BTL. 8.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.00 Black-ish. 4.00 Modern Family. 4.30 Bondi Vet. 5.30 The Amazing Race. 6.30 Animals Make You Laugh Out Loud. 7.30 First Dates UK. 8.35 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 9.35 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

8.30 Diagnosis Murder.

10.30 JAG. 12.30 Bull. 1.30 NCIS. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder.

5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.30 NCIS. 9.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 Socceroos Magazine Show. Return. 11.00 NCIS: Los Angeles.

11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Impractical Jokers.

1.30 Rules Of Engagement. 2.00 Big Bang. 3.00 Two And A Half Men. 4.00 GCBC. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Big Bang Theory.

8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 1.15 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 2.05 ER. 2.50 Doctor Who. 3.40 Speechless. 4.00 Would I Lie To You? 4.30 MythBusters.

5.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

6.10 Car S.O.S. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Wreck. Return. 10.05 ER. 11.30 Rage. 12.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

7.05 Andy And The Band.

7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Little Lunch.

8.05 Fresh Off The Boat. 8.30 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 8.45 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. Return. 9.10 Robot Wars. 10.15 Doctor Who. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Parliament. 3.10 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 ABC Evening News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight.

8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.50 Explore. 2.05 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Pink String And Sealing Wax. (1945) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 French Open Tennis PreShow. 7.00 Tennis. French Open. Day 11.

12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.50 Where Are You Really From? 3.20 BBC News At Ten. 3.50 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir.

4.15 PBS News. 5.15 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over. 6.10 Building The Ultimate. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 MOVIE: 1984. (1984) 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. 10.30 Compass. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.

12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Secret Science. 1.30 Stuff The British Stole. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 2.55 Love On The Spectrum. 3.55 Long Lost Family.

4.40 Grand Designs Revisited. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.25 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Restoration Australia. 9.00 Grand Designs. 9.50 Antiques Roadshow. 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Business. 11.20 The Art Of... 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Fatal Frenemies. (2021) 2.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. 2.30 Border Security: International. 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. 8.30 Crime Investigation Australia. 9.45 Border Security: International. 10.45 HMP: Behind Bars. 12.15 Boy To Man. 1.30 The Goldbergs. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Meet Me In New York. (2022) 2.00 Pointless. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 9News Afternoon.

5.00 Tipping Point Australia. 6.00 9News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. Women’s State of Origin. Game 2. New South Wales v Queensland. 9.35 NRL Women’s State Of Origin Post-Match.

9.50 9News Late. 10.20 Law & Order: Organized Crime. 11.15 The First 48. 12.05 Tipping Point. 1.00 Pointless. 2.00 It’s All Greek To Me. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 10.30 Deal Or No Deal.

11.00 The Drew Barrymore Show.

12.00 10 News First: Midday. 1.00 Entertainment Tonight. 1.20 Judge Judy. 1.50 MasterChef Australia. 3.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Neighbours. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.30 Taskmaster Australia. 9.30 The Cheap Seats. 10.30 10’s Late News. 10.55 The Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.00 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. 10.00 Dream Of Italy.

11.00 Acropolis: The Ancient Builders.

12.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Alone Australia.

3.00 Mastermind Aust. 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.10 Walking Britain’s Lost Railways. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 DNA Family Secrets. 8.40 The Hospital: In The Deep End. 9.45 The Responder.

10.45 SBS World News Late. 11.15 Son Of. New. 1.00 War Of The Worlds. 2.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Our Town. 2.30 Air Crash Investigations.

3.30 Harry’s Practice. 4.00 Medical Emergency. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Shetland.

11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator. 3.30 Storage Wars: New York. 4.30 Storage Wars. 5.00 American Restoration. 5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Football. AFL. Adelaide v Richmond. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 3.00 Black-ish. 4.00 Jabba’s Movies.

4.30 Bondi Vet. 5.30 The Amazing Race.

6.30 Santa Makes You Laugh Out Loud.

7.30 First Dates UK. 8.35 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 9.35 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

8.30 Diagnosis Murder.

10.30 JAG. 12.30 Bull. 1.30 NCIS. 2.30 Jake And The Fatman. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder.

5.30 JAG. 7.30 Bull. 8.25 NCIS. 9.20 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.15 Evil. Return. 11.25 Diagnosis Murder. 12.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Impractical Jokers.

1.30 Rules Of Engagement. 2.00 Big Bang. 3.00 Two And A Half Men. 4.00 GCBC. 4.30 Becker. 5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 The Big Bang Theory.

8.30 Two And A Half Men. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 2.05 ER. 2.50 Doctor Who. 3.40 Speechless. 4.00 Would I Lie To You? 4.30 MythBusters.

5.20 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

6.10 Car S.O.S. 7.00 My Family. 7.30 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Gruen.

9.35 Tomorrow Tonight. 10.05 ER. 11.30 Rage. 12.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.25 The Adventures Of Paddington. 7.05 Andy And The Band.

7.35 The Inbestigators. 7.50 Little Lunch.

8.05 Fresh Off The Boat. 8.25 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 8.45 The Secret Life Of Our Pets. New. 9.30 Style It Out. 10.05 Doctor Who. 10.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Parliament. 3.10 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 News With Joe O’Brien. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 ABC Evening News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight.

8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Dr Quinn. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Up Jumped A Swagman. (1965) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Missing Persons Investigation. 9.30 Casualty 24/7.

10.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.10 Queer Sports. 3.15 BBC News At Ten. 3.45 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. 4.15 PBS News.

5.15 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over. 6.10 Building The Ultimate. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Lost Gold Of The Aztecs. 10.10 Late Programs.

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No. 139

Solutions

Insert each number from 1 to 9 in the shaded squares to solve all the horizontal and vertical equations.

Multiplication and division are performed before addition and subtraction.

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Insert the missing letters to make 10 words – five reading across the grid and five reading down.

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8 + 3 – 9 = 2

No. 139

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Surveillance Oz. 2.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 7News Local. 6.30 7News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away.

7.30 Dream Home.

9.00 The Good Doctor.

10.00 Ambulance: Code Red. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 The Real Manhunter. 12.30 Australia’s Amazing Homes. 1.30 Harry’s Practice.

2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Sunrise 5am News. 5.30 Sunrise.

S C R E W T H I G H R A N G E A S S E T W E E D S

THURSDAY, JUNE 6

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 The Pacific. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 After The Party. Final. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.00 Back In Time For The Corner Shop. 3.55 Long Lost Family. 4.40 Grand Designs Revisited. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Hard Quiz. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things. 9.00 Secret Science. 9.30 The Art Of... New. 10.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 The Business. 11.05 Four Corners. 11.50 Late Programs.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 4

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Thursday, May 30, 2024 Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region NARROMINE STAR

Sport LADIES GOLF

GOLF NOTES

Ashdown and Dunbar win Canadian Foursomes cup

Craig Duff is 2024 Club Champion

By DALE HARDING LAST Wednesday, 18 lady golfers played a Canadian Foursomes event for trophies donated by Betty Berryman.

This game is played by both members of the team teeing off with their own balls, then playing their partner’s ball. They then select the best-placed ball, and play one ball between them, until it holes.

After a few holes, we all got the hang of it, and everyone enjoyed this fun game.

The winners with a score of 63.5 nett were Michelle Ashdown and Mandy Dunbar. Ball winners were Linda Hutchinson and Deb Fairbairn on 65.5, followed by Viv Halbisch and Carol McCalman on 67 nett, and Lynne McCutcheon and Marj Kelly on 69.5 nett.

Nearest-to-the-Pins (NTP) were Kim Handsaker and Gail White with the drawn card won by Jenny Ward and Car-

ole Paddison.

On Saturday, we played a Stableford event for a trophy donated by Bron Plunkett, which was won by Anne Harmer with 18 Stableford points. Ball winners were Maida O’Mally on 13 points (on a count-back) from Marj Kelly.

The 18-hole ball winner was Gail White, who scored 36 points, with Carol McCalman second on 34 points. NTPs were Michelle Ashdown, who won two, and Anne Harmer.

The drawn card was won by Carol McDonald.

This week, we played the Jean Gordon Memorial Trophy donated by Mike Gordon on Wednesday (results published next week), and this weekend we are playing a Stableford event for a trophy donated by Maida O’Mally.

Hope to see you on the course!

Club Vice-Captain Mitchell Smith, with B-Grade Club Champion, James O’Connor.

Rural Crime Matters

Hundreds arrested in statewide anti-family violence operation

A TOTAL of 554 people were arrested earlier this month during a four-day operation that targeted the State’s most dangerous domestic and family violence offenders, NSW Police have reported.

Every police area command and district across NSW participated in Operation Amarok VI, which ran from May 15 to 18.

A total of 1070 charges were laid as a result of the operation and, significantly, 226 of those arrested were wanted by police for serious domestic violence offences.

Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism, Yasmin Catley, said that Operation Amarok sent a strong message to perpetrators of domestic and family violence.

“These results show how seriously the NSW Police Force takes domestic and family violence — this abhorrent behaviour is not tolerated,” Ms Catley said.

“Anyone who commits this heinous crime can expect a knock at their door,” she added.

The Domestic and Family Violence Registry led the operation, which also involved officers from each region’s Domestic Violence High Risk Offenders Team (DVHROT), specialist officers from Raptor Squad,

A-Grade Club Championship winner Craig Duff with Club Vice-Captain Mitchell Smith.

PHOTOS: GREG KEARINES.

Youth Command, Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, and the Police Transport Command.

But Operation Amarok VI is just one part of the police response to what has become a scourge on our society.

Last year, almost 150,000 calls for assistance were made to the NSW Police on domestic violence-related matters.

Deputy Commissioner Peter Thurtell, Executive Sponsor for Domestic and Family Violence with NSW Police, said the results of Operation Amarok VI demonstrated the Force’s commitment to tackling domestic violence and arresting offenders.

“NSW Police officers respond to incidents of domestic and family violence every single day, and Operation Amarok enables police statewide to conduct a targeted blitz of those who have been flagged as the worst domestic violence offenders,” DC Thurtell said.

“These offenders pose a significant threat to their victims, as well as family members and the wider community,” he added.

The Deputy Commissioner said the operation demonstrated that police have been able to target and

arrest the offenders no matter where they were located.

“We saw significant arrest numbers in our regional communities, and we also saw arrests for offences that occurred allegedly while the offender was in jail,” he said.

“These Amarok VI results send a powerful message to offenders and the community at large that we do not tolerate domestic and family violence in any form, and our efforts will continue,” DC Thurtell concluded.

Other results from Operation Amarok VI include the engagement of 548 offenders classified as dangerous; 122 Firearm Prohibition Order compliance searches, 1277 bail compliance checks conducted with 144 breaches detected, and 422 Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders served.

Sources of assistance for family and domestic violence Police/emergency services: triple zero (000) www.triplezero.gov.au 1800 RESPECT: 1800 737 732 www.1800respect.org.au Lifeline: 13 11 14 www.lifeline.org.au Kids Help Line: 1800 55 1800 www.kidshelpline.com.au

By NORM LEWIS A NEW Club Champion has emerged during our big weekend of golf, after the fi nal two 18-hole events were played last Saturday and Sunday.

Craig Duff recorded a fourround total equivalent to Par of the course with sterling rounds of 72, 71, 67, and 70 for a total of 280, which is par the course for the 72-hole event.

Craig is no stranger to the Championship, as he won it for the fi rst time as a youngster way back in 2002.

Tony Mann, a former multiple winner, was runner-up this year, just one shot behind the winner with rounds of 70, 70, 69, and 72 for a total of 281.

The B-Grade Winner is James O’Connor, with rounds of 81, 84, 80, and 73 for a total of 318. Runner-up in B-Grade was our Club President, Matt Gainsford, on 327 following rounds of 89, 81, 78, and 79.

The Handicap winners of the event over the four days were: A-Grade: Steve Gillette, 281, from Tony Harding, 289.

B-Grade: James O’Connor, 274, from Matt Gainsford, 283.

The Perry Bowl for the best nett score over rounds three and four was James O’Connor.

The Championships attracted good fields over the four days, with 125 individual rounds of the Narromine course, which

was in excellent condition thanks to Peter Gainsford and his band of volunteers.

Besides the Championships, the results of the individual programmed events were as follows: The Macquarie Clothing Monthly Medals played on Saturday fielded 33 players and was also taken out by Craig Duff on 67 (A-Grade) and Matt Gainsford on 67 (B-Grade).

Nearest-the-Pin (NTP) on the ninth went to Tony Harding, while James O’Connor won the Long Drive. The Drawn Birdie Jackpot on the 10th went to Steve Buckley.

The Sunday Shootout Round Five saw James O’Connor fi rst on 62 nett, with Blake Mallon second on 64 nett. NTP on the third, went to Peter Hutchinson, and another Long Drive on the fi rst went to James O’Connor.

The Drawn Birdie Jackpot was a tie between Peter Hutchinson and Ray Anning.

This weekend there is a two-person Ambrose for a trophy by Mr Flyscreen, and the 27hole Narromine Open Tournament. This should be a great day for the major tournament, which attracts players from throughout the Central and Western District golf associations.

That’s all for this week. Congratulations to all the Championship winners and see you at the 19th.

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NARROMINE STAR Local News for the Narromine, Trangie & Tomingley region Thursday, May 30, 2024

Western Racing Report

RACING NG ORT REPORT

By COLIN HODGES

Raced at Dubbo, Saturday May 25 BRED, owned and trained

by Tamworth based Wayne Brown, the six-year-old mare Deep Rouge charged home to win the $50,000 Arrowfield Queen Of The West-Mercedes Benz Handicap in an exciting fi nish on Saturday at Dubbo.

Attracting a bumper crowd of around 2,000 to the TAB meeting, the Benchmark 82 feature race brought together a classy field of fillies and mares with the Wayne Collison, Narromine trained Sisters Pick shooting for three successive wins starting favourite.

From the outside barrier, Sisters Pick crossed quickly to the lead and turned for home in front with Moetta, Arimathea, Transplant and Brief Statement the nearest pursuers while Deep Rouge was midfield on the rails.

Exceptionally well ridden by emerging apprentice Siena Grima, Deep Rouge ($6) gained clear running and fi nished fast down the centre to overhaul Sisters Pick (Cobi Vitler, $2.70 favourite) in the final strides and win by a short neck with Watch Me Rumble (Ben Looker, $7) a half neck way third.

Bouzy Rouge, the dam of Deep Rouge, was a very good

performer and when trained

by Luke Griffith for Wayne Brown won nine races including the 2013 Coonabarabran Cup when ridden by Greg Ryan and in 2014 the Listed-Mona Lisa at Wyong with Winona Costin in the saddle.

Two-year-old chestnut fi lly Singing Star emerged as an early favourite for the Kings Hall Jewellers Silver Goblet at Dubbo on June 7 when winning the 1000 metres Preview.

Trained at Wyong by Damien Lane, Singing Star had won a Trial at Randwick in impressive fashion and again looked above average when leading throughout at Dubbo at Dubbo with Ben Looker the rider.

Singing Star ($2.50 to $3.20) won by over two lengths from the more experienced Saint Philomena (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $2.70 to $2.50 favourite) and Fortians (Will Stanley, $10).

Bathurst trainer Dean Mirfi n had the disappointment of seeing Scopics ($26) beaten a nose in the Highway Handicap at Randwick on Saturday however shortly afterwards he won the 2200 metres Mercedes Benz Dubbo-Benchmark 66 Handicap at Dubbo with Don Stefano.

Given a good run behind the leader by Cobi Vitler, Don Stefano ($2.70 fav.)hit the front in the straight and held on to score by a short neck from the fast fi nishing D’Oro Choice (Will Stanley, $5) with Rufus Winwright (Ken Dunbar, $6.50) a length away third.

Another Bathurst trainer, Gayna Williams, won

the 1600 metres MAAS Mile Class 1 and Maiden Plate with Miss Monopoly.

Coming from midfield to take the lead from Governor General in the straight, Miss Monopoly (Will Stanley, $15) and Shamister (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $12) had a great battle with Miss Monopoly prevailing by a neck while I’m Scarlett (Ben Looker, $8) fi lled third place.

Gulgong trainer Brett Thompson supplied the quinella in the 1000 metres Mercedes-Benz AMG63 Country Boosted Benchmark 58 Handicap when Cumnock (Jessica Brookes, $8.50) fi nished best to account for Dupenny (Mikayla Weir, $5) and Midnight Dream (Shayleigh Ingelse, $4.80 to $4 favourite).

The other winners were the Rod Northam trained debut maker Speck (Shae Wilkes, $12), Naval Destroyer (Jake Pracey-Holmes, $2.20 to $1.80 fav.) trained by Cameron Crockett and Compelling Truth (Coriah Keatings, $1.95 to $1.60 fav.) from the Mack Griffith stable.

Raced at Cootamundra, Saturday, May 18 MAKING up for the washout of the annual race day in April, Cootamundra Picnic Race Club on Saturday hosted an outstanding Community race meeting.

Transferred from Young, the non-TAB meeting had a higher level of prizemon-

ey than picnic races and was contested by jockeys from the professional ranks.

Formerly from Tullibigeal and for many years a very successful trainer at Wagga Wagga, Gary Colvin won the feature race with Nic’s Hero.

Crucial Witness established four lengths lead with Nic’s Hero back running midfield but gaining ground approaching the home turn in the 1400 metres Inland Rail Benchmark 74 Handicap.

Taking control in the straight, Nic’s Hero ($2.50 fav) well ridden by apprentice Holly Durnan won by almost 5 lengths from Super Riff (Mathew Cahill, $5) and Crucial Witness (Damon Budler, $5).

Holly Durnan made it a double when winning the 1400 metres Twin Hills Stud Maiden Plate on That’s The Word for Canberra trainer Darryl Rolfe.

Coming from near last, That’s The Word, $8) beat another strong fi nisher Flying Celebration (Jake Barrett, $6) by a neck while a half-length away in third was Suspicious Time (Damon Budler, $5).

Racing in the blue and white colours of retail giant Gerry Harvey and trained at Queanbeyan by Joe Cleary, Rappelling ($3) was given a charmed run behind the leaders by Mathew Cahill before scoring by a length from Jeffo (Will Stanley, $5) and Pressalina (Jake Barrett, $11) in the 1200 metres Long Track Pantry and T and D Shearing Maiden Handicap.

Switched around the leaders heels halfway down the straight in the 1200 metres Albion Hotel Benchmark 50 Handicap, the Garry Kirkup, Canberra trained Ferrari Girl (Amy O’Driscoll, $2.10 fav.) overhauled Yael’s Delight (Mathew Cahill, $4.40) to win by a long neck with Unspoken Star ($5) in third place.

Second leg of a double for apprentice Amy O’Driscoll was the Donna Scott, Albury trained New Jersey in the 1400 metres Dawson & Partners And Rotor Solutions Class One Handicap.

Leading all the way, New Jersey ($2 fav.) won by over two lengths from Laser Guided Girl (Jake Barrett, $4) and Gifted Curves (Holly Durnan, $13).

Amy O’Driscoll had her fi rst race ride in late March at Tocumwal and over the following six weeks has ridden 5 winners from 20 rides.

Orange based Will Stanley who married fellow jockey Chelsea Ings last week recouped some of the wedding expenses when he won the 1200 metres Australian Meat Group Class 2 Handicap on the Sharon Jeffries, Parkes trained Sauce Dragon.

Sauce Dragon ($2.80 fav.) which had good form on central west tracks, led throughout to account for Uprise (Richard Bensley, $8) and Love Rat (Teaghan Martin, $10).

Cootamundra has a very good track and facilities.

GERRIES GOLF

CRACKAJACK’S COLUMN

Single-figure turnout for our seniors competition

Social bowls are on a high

By NORM LEWIS A VERY small field of only six players turned up for last week’s Gerries’ golf competition.

This is disappointing, as the course is great and the weather fi ne.

It’s great for an afternoon stroll on the golf course.

The winner on the day was Phil White with a score of 23 points. Good to see Phil in the winner’s list following a long break from golf.

Three players tied for second on 21 points, with Bob Richardson taking the prize on a count-back from Vince Ferrari and Chris Harding.

Phil White won the Nearest-the-Pin (NTP) and cleaned out the Jackpot pool, collecting four golf balls.

The NAGA prize went to Malcolm “Boof” Fraser with a score of 14.

Next week, play is on the back nine at the usual time, with the re-

sults to appear in next week’s edition of the Narromine Star.

As was mentioned last week, most of the Gerries are members of the Narromine Veterans Club. The Vets played their usual monthly nine-hole competition on Saturday, which this month was a stroke/handicap event in conjunction with the Club Monthly Medal.

This attracted a field of 10 players and the winner this month was Tony Harding, with a score of nett 33.

Runner-up was Greg Kearines on 34½, and third went to Peter Hutchinson on 35½ (on a count-back).

The NTP was on the ninth hole and won by Tony Harding.

The next Vets’ ninehole event will be held in mid-June on the back nine, in conjunction with the June Monthly Medal round.

—That’s all for this week, See you at the 19th.

By JOHN EDWARDS SOCIAL bowls last Thursday involved a total of 14 bowlers taking to the greens for two games of pairs and a game of triples.

In pairs, Dave McNair and Neil Harris defeated “Cranky” and Steve Buttsworth in a close encounter, the fi nal score being 15-14.

Duane and L Hutchison then defeated Sticker and Danny, 21-13.

In the triples, Robbie, Greg Wright, and Carl Moore, defeated “Frenchy”, Coil Hume. and “Wilkie”, 17-10.

Winners on the Day were Duane and Luke with a 14+8.

Sunday Social Bowls involved 18 players turning up to do battle with the visiting Trangie team in three games of triples with results as follows: Game One: “Cranky”, “Stick-

er”, and Dougie Ferrari, defeated Duane, Bruce and (not good enough!) Cliffy Harris, by 16-10.

Game Two: “Pres Kev”, Neil, and “Poppy” defeated Brett Young, Mitch, and “Kano” in a close game, the fi nal score being 19-17.

Game Three: Danny, “Wilkie” and ‘Rossy” defeated Cuz, Lionel, and “Westy” (the unelectrified Eel!).

Winners on the Day were Cranky and team with a 14+6.

A big acknowledgement to the Trangie guys for coming over, and I know our blokes will be over your way to maintain the ongoing support. For regulars, also don’t forget our twice-weekly raffles on the usual days.

A bit of humour for the week:..

The Cowboy.

‘A cowboy appeared before St.

Peter at the Pearly Gates.

“Have you ever done anything of particular merit?” St Peter asked him.

“Well, I can think of one thing,” the cowboy offered.

“On a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota, I came upon a gang of bikers who were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. So, I approached the largest and most tattooed biker and let fly, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground. I yelled, 'Now, back off or I'll kick the s#!t out of all of you!'”

St Peter was impressed. “When did this happen?”

“A couple of minutes ago,” the cowboy replied.’

Until next week — good bowling, and Crack-a-jack.

Next week’s edition will be published on Thursday.

Deadline is 12pm Monday. advertising, news, sports, school

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Swannettes and the Jets in cup classic!

The remaining First Grade game had the Cobar Roosters bounce back from their loss at home to Coolah the previous week, to just edge out the Coonabarabran Unicorns in a hard fought affair at Coonabarabran, the fi nal score being 32-28.

The Unicorns will now head down the Newell to resume their friendship with the Gilgandra Panthers this Saturday. This is shaping up as a game in which the Panthers must make a statement as to their ability to climb the ladder after a disappointing start to their season, which has thus far only netted them one win.

Christie and Hood Castlereagh League Round Five scores Youth League Cobar 36 (Kai Taylor 2, Jaxon Burke, Tadgh McMullen, Frazer Toropo, Aiden Swan, Jamal Eves tries, Tommy Bryan 4 goals) defeated Binnaway 28 (Sonny Bill Walker 3, Andrew Peacocke 2 tries, Walker 4 goals).

Competition Table Cobar 10 (Played 4, won 3 lost 1), Gulgong 9 (played 3, won 3), Binnaway 5 (Played 3, won 1), Narromine 5 (played 3, won 1).

Exciting action from the League Tag game between Narromine Jets and the Dunedoo Swannettes. PHOTOS: PETER SHERWOOD PHOTOGRAPHY.

By BRYSON LUFF

TWO benchmark teams in the Christie and Hood Castlereagh League League Tag competition, the Dunedoo Swannettes and the Narromine Jets, turned it on again at Dunedoo’s Robertson Oval last Saturday in what was a memorable Jessica Skinner Challenge Cup match.

Since the cup’s inception in 2023, the Swannettes have been the only team to have held the Jessica Skinner Cup, that is, until last Saturday, when the Jets won by 26-22 in front of a large and appreciative crowd.

In other League Tag news, the Gulgong Terriers pulled

off what many might consider to be an upset win over the previously undefeated Coolah Flyers at Coolah in a tight game 14-12 after both sides had scored three tries.

At Coonamble, the Bearettes won another close game, taking-down the Baradine Magpies by 20-16, whilst Gilgandra’s Pink Panthers celebrated their fi rst win since 2022 after downing Binnaway by 14-4. Cobar were also too strong for Coonabarabran, winning by 52-4.

Whilst the Skinner Cup may have found a new home, the Boronia Cup is staying in Coolah, with the ‘Roos fi rst defence of the prized silverware seeing them blitz the 2023

premiers, the Gulgong Terriers, to the tune of 56-14. The ‘Roos romped in for five tries in each half in what was another very impressive display by the only unbeaten side in the First-Grade competition this year.

The ’Roos will not be defending the Cup next Saturday, as they will be heading up to Baradine to take on a Magpies outfit that would have been disappointed by their 48-18 capitulation to Coonamble last weekend. It was the Bears’ fi rst win for the season and one that will give the red-andblacks a degree of confidence going into their Round Six clash against Narromine at Narromine this weekend.

League Tag Narromine 26 (Shian Chatfield 2, Lily Spackman, Emily Phillips, Emily Fardell tries, Chatfield 3 goals) defeated Dunedoo 22 (Chelsea Gallagher, Emma Meyers, Evie Hogden, Mia Gallagher tries, Mia Gallagher 2, Tiffany Murphy goals).

Gilgandra 14 (Laura Jordan, Wendy Brown, Jamie Sutherland tries, Jordan goal) defeated Binnaway 4 (Emma Dafter try).

Cobar 52 (Sophie Clarke 2, Brianna Watson 2, Bianka Jacobsen, Brennah Amua, Georgia Boland, Taylor Good, Bridgette Negfeldt tries, Watson 6 goals) defeated Coonabarabran 4 (Allira Watton try).

Gulgong 14 (Matilda Harper, Imogen Hollow, Melanie Robinson tries, Robinson goal)

defeated Coolah 12 (Brooklyn Blackadder 2, Channy Burgess tries).

Coonamble 20 (Shakaye Walker 2, Hannah Towns, Mikaela Thurston tries, Thurston 2 goals) defeated Baradine 16 (Ada Craig 2, Holly Woodham, Stephanie Dewson tries).

Competition Ladder Narromine 15, Dunedoo 13, Coolah 13, Baradine 11, Gulgong 11, Coonamble 11, Cobar 9, Gilgandra 7, Binnaway 5, Coonabarabran 5.

First Grade Coolah 56 (Dylan Edwards 3, Casey Burgess 2, Jake Burgess, Gerry Sheridan, Chanse Burgess, Kieren McDonald, Hugh Wesley tries, Dan Lane 8 goals) defeated Gulgong 14 (Brodie Magann, Saimoni Lewaya, Toniela Rabalele tries, Brad James try.)

Coonamble 48 (Tyrell Kennedy 3, Nathan Walker, Kevin Thurston-Welsh, Brendon Draper, Jack Kelly, Daniel Sangster, Rob Heinreich, Derek Robinson tries, Kelly 4 goals) defeated Baradine 18 (Jack Masman, Tallis McEwen, Cameron Worrell tries, McEwen 3 goals).

Cobar 32 (Ben Griffiths, James Neyland, Ryan Urquhart, Jayden Potts, Nathan McAndrew, Loma Atua tries, Griffiths 2, Neyland goals) defeated Coonabarabran 28 (Peter Watton 2, Eddie Kuras, Brad Fuller, Dave Sulter tries, Nick Willoughby 4 goals).

Competition Ladder Coolah 15, Cobar 13, Coonabarabran 11 Narromine 11, Gulgong 9, Gilgandra 9, Baradine 7, Coonamble 7.

Round Six, Saturday, June 1 Cobar versus Dunedoo (League Tag) 10.30am kick-off.

Gulgong versus Binnaway (League Tag and Youth League).

Narromine versus Molong (Youth League).

Narromine versus Coonamble (League Tag and First Grade).

Baradine versus Coolah.

Gilgandra versus Coonabarabran.

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