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McBain re-elected

SNOWY MONARO VOTERS PREFER VAN DER PLAAT

ELECTION: Eden-Monaro voters have re-elected Labor’s Kristy McBain with a swing in her favour.

Locally, more Snowy Monaor voters preferred Liberal candidate, Jo van der Plaat.

PHOTO: Kristy McBain’s office

By NATHAN THOMPSON LABOR’s Kristy McBain has secured another term as the Member for Eden-Monaro with a four per cent first preference swing in her favour.

Ms McBain recorded 42,605 first preference votes (at the time of going to print on Monday), ahead of Liberal candidate, Jo van der Plaat on 31,815.

Ms McBain, who is also the Minister for Regional Development and Local Government, officially announced her victory on Sunday morning, with more than 90 per cent of the vote counted by then.

Her return to office followed nationwide swings in favour of Labor, with the Coalition suffering one of its worst federal election defeats.

Ms McBain thanked the EdenMonaro community for its support.

“My deepest thanks to our amazing community for putting their trust in me again to represent them,” Ms McBain said.

“I will continue to work hard for everyone in Eden-Monaro in a positive way that unites us.

“Thank you to my family, my team, my volunteers and my colleagues, it’s a privilege to do this job and I wouldn’t be able to do it

without them.”

Ms van der Plaat, a Cooma resident, polled strongly in the Snowy Monaro. She won the majority of polling booths on election day, and finished with 1932 first preference votes at the Cooma pre-poll. Ms McBain

received 1607 first preference votes at the Cooma pre-poll, which saw a record turnout with 4467 formal votes recorded.

Ms van der Plaat said she will rest and recharge before deciding if she will have another tilt at the seat or pursue a career in either

local or state politics.

“Being a candidate for 18-months has given me the incredible opportunity to get to know my community and I will never be able to thank the community enough,” Ms van der plaat said.

Across the 12 Snowy Monaro polling places (including Cooma and Jindabyne pre-poll), Ms van der Plaat received 5635 votes using the two candidate preferred count, while Ms McBain received 5078.

■ More election coverage on pages 3 and 4

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Reed’s remarkable response Baby’s life saved, two fire call-outs in 12 hours

By NATHAN THOMPSON IN THE space of 12-hours, Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteer Anthony Reed saved a five-monthold baby’s life, responded to a vehicle fire and then a structure fire - all at the same address.

The Delegate RFS Group Captain has been honoured for his bravery and quick thinking with a Commissioner’s Commendation for Service in the RFS St Florian’s Day awards.

Group Captain joined Adaminaby RFS volunteer and Snowy Monaro District RFS operations officer, Adrian Butters, to receive his award in Dubbo on Sunday.

Group captain Reed’s incredible 12-hours took place in February last year. He responded to a call at 5pm to assist an un-responsive infant in Delegate.

Enroute to the property, Reed discovered the closest NSW Ambulance was more than an hour away. He commenced CPR, brining the infant to his vehicle for transportation to the Bombala hospital.

With a member of the public driving, he continued CPR. At the hospital, medical staff rendered assistance before the infant was flow to Canberra hospital in a critical condition.

LEADER: NSW Minister for Emergency Services, Jihad Dib (left) and RFS Commissioner, Rob Rogers (right) thank Adaminaby RFS volunteer and Snowy Monaro District team member, Adrian Butters, for his 41 year service to the organisation.

Butters’ leadership honoured

HONOUR: Rural Fire Service Delegate Group Captain, Anthony Reed (centre) is thanked for his service by NSW Minister for Emergency Services, Jihad Dib (left) and RFS Commissioner, Rob Rogers.

PHOTOS: NSW RFS According to the citation for Reed’s award, the infant was reported to have made a full recovery, a ‘direct result from Reed’s selfless actions’.

At 4am the next day, Reed was called to a vehicle fire at the same

property the infant was at and then later a structure fire at the same address at 5am.

He co-ordinated the response to the fire with NSW Fire and Rescue NSW Police and RFS crews in attendance.

ADRIAN Butters has been involved with the Adaminaby Rural Fire Service for more than 40-years.

His distinguished service has been recognised with a Commissioner’s Commendation for Service at the NSW RFS St Florian’s Day awards.

Butters travelled to Dubbo for the awards, named after the Patron Saint of firefighters.

In his citation, Butters was praised for his decades of leadership within the Adaminaby brigade and role at a district level.

The citation highlighted a number of road fatalities

and accidents Butters has responded to as part of the Adaminaby brigade. T The Adaminaby RFS is one of just a number in the state to be tasked with motor vehicle accident response, often being the first responders to accidents around Adaminaby and on the Snowy Mountains Highway.

“Over 41 years of service to the RFS, operational officer, Butters, has demonstrated great leadership, commitment and unwavering dedication to the Adaminaby community and the RFS,” the citation said.

Butters is highly regarded amongst his peers for his leadership and experience.

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McBain backed by voters MTB club eagerly awaits $3.1 million promise

By NATHAN THOMPSON EDEN-Monaro voters have returned Labor’s Kristy McBain for a second term.

The Minister for Regional Development and Local Government claimed victory on Sunday morning, following a call from Liberal candidate, Jo van der Plaat, conceding the seat.

Ms McBain received strong support in Queanbeyan and Jerrabomberra, areas more likely to vote Labor. The returning member was also well backed in her home town of Merimbula and on the Far South Coast.

Goulburn was new battle ground for candidates following Eden-Monaro’s redistribution last year.

At Goulburn’s pre-poll centre, Ms van der Plaat recorded 4036 first preference votes, ahead of 3787 for Ms McBain.

On election day, only around a few dozen votes separated both candidates at

Goulburn’s polling locations.

Much of the election campaign for both focussed on Goulburn.

In the Snowy Monaro, tourism operators and mountain bike enthusiasts will be awaiting further news on when Labor’s $3.1 election promise will be delivered.

The announcement made

by Ms McBain during the campaign will see 54km of new trails and the construction of an asphalt pump track for all levels of riders, skateboarders and scooters.

The Snowy Mountains MTB Club maintains and runs the Mt Gladstone trails.

Club president, Jan Wassink, said the funding would help turn Cooma into a world-class mountain biking destination.

“This project has been a long term goal for the Snowy Mountains MTB Club since its inception in 2016 – the potential of this expansion does more than just enhance the tourism experience in

VOTES: Member for Eden-Monaro, Kristy McBain, promised $3.1 million to the Snowy Mountains MTB Club to construct 54km of new trails and turn Cooma into a world class MTB destination. Mrs McBain join club members at the Mt Gladstone track.

PHOTO: Nathan Thompson Cooma, it provides recreaSnowy Monaro mayor, “Well done to Kristy on betional benefits for local youth Chris Hanna, congratulated ing re-elected as the federal through the trails and pump Ms McBain on her election member. We look forward track,” Mr Wassink said. victory. to working with her over the

next three years and thank all the candidates for putting their hand up to contest,” Mayor Hanna said.

Key community documents on public exhibition SNOWY Monaro Regional Council has placed a number of important documents on public exhibition following an extraordinary meeting last week.

Council’s draft operational plan, and fees and charges documents, are now out for community consultation.

Councillors discussed the

merits of multiple projects included in the operational plan, a 12 month document outlining the projects and services council aims to complete and maintain over the

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Voters have their say: election time

By NATHAN THOMPSON WHILE voters across EdenMonaro re-elected Labor’s Kristy McBain with a 4.74 per cent first preference swing in her favour, the count was much closer at Snowy Monaro polling booths.

Liberal candidate and Cooma resident, Jo van der Plaat, received strong support in the Snowy Monaro. Ms van der Plaat finished ahead in the two candidate preferred vote in eight of the 12 polling locations.

The first time candidate won the

ing 279 to 220 first preferences. Prepoll numbers historically favour the Coalition, and in the Snowy Monaro this trend continued.

Bombala voters favoured the Liberal candidate, with Ms van der Plaat collecting 448 votes on the two candidate preferred count. Ms McBain collected 346.

On election day, polling places where Ms McBain finished ahead on the two candidate preferred vote were: Berridale (259 to 221), Cooma North (286 to 238), and Michelago (136 to 116).

booths of Adaminaby, Bombala, Cooma Public School, Cooma prepoll, Dalgety, Delegate, Jindabyne, and Nimmitabel.

Almost 5000 voters pre-polled in Cooma and just more than 2000 in Jindabyne. Ms van der Plaat claimed the Cooma pre-poll vote with 1932 first preferences to Kristy McBain’s 1607.

At the Jindabyne pre-poll, Ms van der Plaat received 773 to Labor’s 756 first preference votes.

On election day, Ms McBain performed better in Jindabyne, receiv-

VOTING: Liberal candidate and Cooma resident, Jo van der Plaat, is joined by her family to cast her vote at the Cooma Public School polling booth on election day. Ms van der Plaat polled strongly across the Snowy Monaro.

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Local photographer, artist open shows

By KAREN FORMAN TWO new exhibitions open at Cooma’s The Raglan Gallery from this week - and both offer art enthusiasts the chance to meet and chat with the artists.

Renowned local photographer, Katie Phillips, will present her new selection of prints celebrating motherhood in her ongoing Mummahood series in the Tillers Gallery, starting Wednesday, 7 May. Ms Phillips’ work involves her photographing pregnant and recently delivered mothers, often with babies or other children, in what she calls the golden hour.

Her work is poignant, sensitive, emotive and strives to portray the love and intense emotions between a mother and her child.

Her exhibition last March was

a rousing success, with scores of people attending the official opening.

This year’s official opening will be held Friday, 9 May from 5pm to 7.30pm and members of the public are welcome.

In the Mitchell Gallery, local artist Juli Field will open her first ever exhibition titled My Folly, also on Wednesday 7 May. Ms Field will be in the gallery on Saturday 10 May from 11am to give people the chance to meet her and ask questions about her works.

Both exhibitions will run for just four weeks, ending on Sunday 1 June.

The Raglan Gallery is located in Lambie St Cooma and is open Wednesday to Sunday each week between 10:30am and 3:30pm.

More information can be found at raglangallerycooma.com

EXHIBITION: Photographer Katie Phillips will bring the next installation of her Mummahood series to Cooma’s Raglan Gallery from 7 May, with an opening Friday, 9 May. PHOTO: Contributed.

Boco Rock Community Enhancement Fund Applications open for the Boco Rock Community Enhancement Fund from early next month.

The fund provides grants to community groups, events, initiatives and their organisers based anywhere in the Snowy Monaro region.

The Boco Rock Community Enhancement Fund reinvests a portion of revenue generated by the Boco Rock Wind Farm back into the local community through this yearly grant funding program.

Visit https://qrco.de/bocorock today to learn more about the fund eligibility criteria, application requirements, and the application process before applications open in June 2025.

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Vinnies seeking support

Post office opens in new site

By NATHAN THOMPSON

HELP NEEDED: Cooma Vinnies team members Kelly, Janine, and Darrelle, are calling on the community to support this year’s Vinnies Winter Appeal.

PHOTO: Nathan Thompson

Winter appeal more needed than ever

By NATHAN THOMPSON COST-of-living pressures are putting increased demand on local service providers and charitable organisations, with more families seeking assistance heading into winter.

Cooma Vinnies has launched its 2025 Vinnies Winter Appeal to support the most vulnerable individuals

and families in the Snowy Monaro.

The Vinnies Canberra and Goulburn network has set a $450,000 target for this year’s appeal. Funds raised will assist people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, poverty, and cost-of-living pressures.

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“In the past six months, we have seen a 15 per cent increase in calls for assistance as compared to previous six months.

“Shockingly, 62 per cent of all calls received during this period have come from women.”

To support the appeal, a taxdeductible donation can be made before the end of financial year. Call 13 18 12 or visit www.vinnies.org.au

THE former Cooma Post Office building on Vale Street is regarded as one of the town’s most iconic structures. Built in 1879, the building has long been the site for Cooma’s postal services and distribution.

An end of an era dawned on Monday as the Cooma Post Office opened in its new location in Centennial Plaza.

Australia Post said the old building is no longer suitable for running Cooma’s postal services, citing ongoing maintenance issues as a major factor for moving the post office.

An Australia Post spokesperson said relocating was the best way forward and will provide a more accessible option for locals.

“The Vale Street site, currently leased by Australia Post, is an older building that is unfortunately no longer fit for purpose,” the spokesperson said.

“While some delivery operations will continue at Vale Street for the time being, all retail services including parcel pickup, banking and bill payments are now available at the new location.

“We are pleased to have secured a safe, accessible and central premises for the Cooma community and our team members.

We will continue to renovate this new space in coming weeks and keep customers updated.”

Post office box users will be required to collect their items over the counter at the new location. Australia Post said the new arrangement is temporary until the post office boxes are installed at the new site.

Delivery services are still occurring from the old post office building.

The new site has extended opening hours from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

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Berridale Lions in need of members

By KAREN FORMAN BERRIDALE’s population is increasing. Two new subdivisions have opened up.

The Christmas and Easter Fairs and ANZAC Day events are getting bigger and bigger each year.

Yet, despite all of this growth, the local Lions Club is, in its 51st year, struggling to attract enough volunteer members to run its events and maybe even to remain viable.

President, Stuart Reid has now put out a call to all residents, especially younger people who might be new to the area, to consider joining the Lions to meet new people, make lifelong friendships and contribute to the local community.

“We can’t work out why people aren’t wanting to volunteer anymore,” he said.

“People say they are time poor, but all our members all balance family life and work life with serving with us.

“Attracting volunteers isn’t just a challenge for us in the Lions, but also many other organisations. CWA is not there, Red Cross is less active, the church congregations are smaller. You tend to lose that group interest in your own community.

“But we don’t require a lot of time, just help running our big events like the Christmas and Easter fairs, and we all enjoy our month-

Town growing while service club numbers reduce

VOLUNTEERS: Berridale Lions members serve up breakfast at the town’s ANZAC Day Dawn service. They are looking for new members to help continue to serve the community.

PHOTO: Karen Forman. ly dinner meetings which are sociable and not too time consuming and a great outlet for members.

“Lions is a great organisation for younger people, single or couples with young families, especially those who are moving in and would like to make friends and become part of the town.”

Mr Reid said despite the Lions Easter Fair attracting hundreds of people, it had been run by only a handful of volunteers, including

some Cooma Lions members and local community members who had stepped in to help out.

“We had a magic Easter fair this year with more than 50 stalls,” he said.

“I think we had more people this year than we have ever had. But to keep the momentum going, to provide this sort of thing for people, we need more volunteers, more Lions.”

Mr Reid, who has been president for 12 months and has stood again for the next

12 months, has a 40-year history in the club.

“I joined when I was only 25,” he said.

“I was married and had a couple of kids and my wife suggested to me because I was on the land and working alone all the time, that I needed an outside interest.

“She organised for me to join the Lions Club and I’ve absolutely enjoyed it, it’s been great.

“Back then all the local tradesmen were in the club, and were out doing work on

your house and doing all the different jobs. You meet a whole heap of men you wouldn’t have met.

“As well, you get some great experience you can use in other parts of your life. I’ve been secretary, treasurer, president. It is a great way to get a few skills on managing meetings and that sort of thing, without being too hard on anyone if they make mistakes.”

Mr Reid said Berridale Lions had tended to move between 15 and 25 members,

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which worked reasonably well.

“However, at the moment we have only got eight or nine regular members, who have all basically got two jobs to do in the club to make it run.

“We had some younger people and one couple pulled out due to a job change. We try to tell them your family comes first, job second and what is left over can do in Lions or community service. But it is very difficult to get younger people involved.”

Mr Reid is also a member of the Rural Fire Service and active in his church.

“They say if you want something done, get a busy person,” he said.

“I was brought up by a father born in the second World War. That generation came back and was so prepared to put time into the community. But they don’t seem to be as driven like that now.

“We’ve tried a few things, like a members afternoon.

The best way is to invite people, but once you ask them two or three or times, you don’t feel inclined to ask them again.

“You want them to want to join because they want to, not because we are pressuring them.”

For more information about Berridale Lions Club contact Stuart Reid 0428003366.

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Work finally starts on Special Man charged dozens Activation Precinct projects ofover alleged DV

By ELLE THOMPSON

WORK has begun on the upgrade of the Jindabyne’s claypits carpark.

A major improvement to the carpark is planned to avoid flooding and improve accessibility to Lake Jindabyne and surrounding parkland. The upgrade is a joint initiative between the federal government, NSW government, and Snowy Monaro Regional Council.

Stage one of the project is now underway and will see the current dirt lot replaced by a paved parking area with marked spaces that accommodates significantly more vehicles.

President of the Jindabyne Chamber of Commerce, Olivier Kapetanakos, says the project has been a long time coming.

“This is the first of the infrastructure projects to get underway as a result of the Special Activation Precinct,” Mr Kapetanakos said.

“Without the funding secured through federal and state government, council would never have been able to make this happen.

“I am hoping the upgrade will provide better access to the lake for everyone, not just people who have four-wheel-drive. It is a great project for the community.”

The new carpark will be built above the high-water level of Lake Jindabyne to protect

Claypits carpark upgrade ‘long time coming’

INFRASTRUCTURE: The upgrade to the Jindabyne claypits carpark has been something the community has been calling for for many years. Construction of stage one has now begun, looking at completion in early 2026.

PHOTO: Snowy Monaro Regional Council against the risk of future flooding and includes accessible pathways to make it easy for everyone in the community to visit the park or get down to the water. This project will significantly improve safety and accessibility for the growing number of residents and visitors accessing the foreshore year-round.

These works will impact public access to the claypits and Lake Jindabyne foreshore.

The claypits carpark will be closed from Monday, 5 May. The site will remain closed until work is complete early next year.

Events booked at the claypits

stage during this period will be relocated to other venues, and holes one and two of the Jindabyne disc-golf course will be closed.

Access to some parts of the foreshore will be restricted while construction is underway, with alternative routes in-place for affected trails and shared pathways.

Any tree removals required as part of this work will be replaced with new mature plantings.

The landscaping plans for stage one will see the total number of mature trees in the precinct increase, not decrease, once the

new carpark is complete.

Plans are under consideration for the second stage of this project, however council will need to seek additional funding for any further upgrades.

Detailed planning and feasibility assessment of the potential next stage will be undertaken once the current works are complete.

Regular updates and community impact notices will be shared with the community while work is underway.

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A MAN has been charged with more than 75 alleged historic domestic and sexual violence related offences following an investigation in Snowy Mountains.

On Friday, 13 December 2024, police attached to Monaro Police District responded to reports of a domestic violence incident at a home in Adaminaby.

A 61-year-old man was arrested at the location and taken to Cooma Police Station, where he was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm (domestic violence), assault occasioning actual bodily harm and breach of bail.

He was refused bail to appear before Parramatta Local Court on Saturday, 14 December 2024, and remains before the courts.

Concurrently, officers also commenced an investigation after reports of alleged historic domestic and sexual violence offences towards a 68-year-old woman.

Police will allege the offences occurred at a home in Adaminaby and Nangus; near Gundagai, between 2007 and 2024.

On Wednesday, 23 April 2025, police arrested the 61-year-old man whilst in correctives custody and he was charged with 78 domestic and sexual assault related offences.

He was refused bail and appearrf at Cooma Local Court on Thursday, 24 April 2025.

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Cooma artist receives Latvia’s highest honour

Learn how to manage grasslands DO YOU have an interest in the wildlife found in the Snowy Monaro’s native grasslands? Would you like practical information on how to manage grasslands for biodiversity?

A walk and talk will be held on 10 May at Dry Plains fire shed (Top Hut TSR), Dry Plains Road, between 10am and 1pm.

Join Local Land Services and guest speakers Dr Monica Knipler, Saving our Species Project co-ordinator discussing the ecology and biology of the unique Monaro Grassland Earless Dragon and the results from the latest surveys and new innovative survey techniques; and David Eddy, of Local Land Services Land Management discussing grassland management and grassland flora and fauna.

The day will also include a field walk with native plant identification and a demonstration of monitoring techniques.

Those attending are reminded to wear appropriate clothing for field walk and the weather conditions on the day including a hat, sunscreen, water bottle and appropriate footwear and also be aware of farm hygiene protocols. This includes arriving with clean footwear and the ‘come clean - go clean’ principle for vehicles. Once on site, participants are required to stick to designated vehicle tracks and cleared parking areas.

Contact senior NRM advisor, Leon Miners, for further information on email: leon.miners@lls.nsw.gov.au; telephone 02 6455 7200 or mobile 0427 212 428.

Registration can also be made online on the South East Local Lands Services web page www.lls.nsw.gov.au/regions/ south-east

Imants Tillers presented with Order of Three Stars

By KAREN FORMAN COOMA artist, Imants Tillers, has been honoured with Latvia’s highest honour - the Order of the Three Stars.

Mr Tillers, who has Latvian heritage, was one of two people to be appointed Officers of the Order for the Three Stars, along with writer, poet and translator Viktors Kalnins, at a ceremony at Riga Castle on 4 May. The patron of the Raglan Gallery said he was honoured and humbled to receive the award. He is in Latvia for the presentation ahead of a major exhibition in Germany in October.

Meanwhile, the creators of the animated film Flow were awarded the Order and appointed as Commanders of the Order of the Three Stars

by Latvian president, Edgars Rinkevics and the Chapter of Orders.

Established in 1924, the Order of the Three Stars is awarded for meritorious service to Latvia.

The award can recognise achievements in state or regional government, public, culture, education, science, sport or commercial fields.

Mr Tillers was born in Sydney from Latvian parents who were displaced persons.

The Chancellery of the President of Latvia said that the creators of the animated film

AWARDED: Cooma artist, Imants Tillers, will be presented with Latvia’s highest honour in May. PHOTO: Karen Forman “Flow” - producer and co-author of the screenplay Matiss Kaza, co-author of the music and composer Rihards Zajupe and the director, screenplay and music author Gints Zilbalodis - would be awarded the Order and appointed

as Commanders of the Order of the Three Stars.

Along with receiving the Order, Parsla Zemite, a long-standing Latvian radio broadcaster and news editor of the Latvian Radio News Service will be appointed

as a Cavalier of the Order of the Three Stars, while Taunis Grube, Head of the Scenery Assembly Department of the Latvian National Opera and Ballet, will receive the Order of the Three Stars First Class Badge of Honour.

TRAFFIC ADVICE:

Wide loads for Snowy 2.0

Development application Council has received the following development proposal, which is being advertised for public exhibition.

APPLICATION NUMBER 10.2025.101.1 Delivery of major components for Snowy 2.0 is continuing with large loads transported via Cooma and the Snowy Mountains Highway All oversize moves will be transported under pilot escort and at times, depending on size, police escort. Please always adhere to directions from pilots and NSW Police. These moves may involve some minor delays for motorists.

To minimise disruptions to road users and the community, loads wider than 4 metres will travel on the Snowy Mountains Highway at night. A number of overnight loads are scheduled during May.

For travel times and more detailed information on escorted loads please visit futuregenerationjv.com.au/ traffic-notifications Please note, dates and times published on the Traffic page of the project website are subject to change at short notice.

Heavy Vehicle deliveries will increase over the coming months.

Thank you for your patience and take care when driving around the Snowies.

For more information contact the Snowy 2.0 Community Infoline - 1800 766 992

PROPERTY ADDRESS 410 Cottage Hill Road, Bunyan 2630 LEGAL DESCRIPTION Lot: 76 DP: 750568 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL Extraction of groundwater for commercial purposes and new farm building for use as a facility for bottling and storing mineral water APPLICANT Design Link Australia Pty Ltd CONSENT AUTHORITY Snowy Monaro Regional Council This application and its accompanying documents will be on display at all Council offices and online at Council’s website at https://qrco.de/SMRC-DA or https://qrco.de/masterview for fourteen (14) days, ending Wednesday 21 May 2025.

Council is seeking community comment on this proposal. All submissions should be made in writing to CEO Stephen Dunshea.

All submissions will be treated as a public document. Any person making a submission is required to disclose any reportable political donations or gifts at the time of making the submission.

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Students encouraged to apply ANZAC spirit in school life

By KAREN FORMAN COOMA Public School students have been encouraged to endeavour to apply the famous ANZAC spirit in their school and daily lives.

Guest speaker at the school’s ANZAC assembly, Royal Australian Navy Warrant Officer Geoff Stokes told students from kindergarten to Year Six that the spirit shown by the men and women who served in ANZAC Cover 110 years ago could be applied to the everyday lives of young people today.

“It was because of the way those Australians and New Zealanders fought and the way they faced the hardships and dangers which confronted them that the initials became a word - ANZAC - which today is respected in both Australia and New Zealand,” Mr Stokes, who was the Australian team leader and coach at the 2018 Invictus Games, said.

“Their actions forged what has become known as the ANZAC spirit and that spirit has been the driving force behind all Australian servicemen and women ever since - in France, later on in World War II, Korea, Malaysia, Borneo, Vietnam, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan; many of which happened long before you were born.

“It is also present in the peacekeeping operations

ANZAC SPIRIT: Guests (from left in back row): Royal Australian Navy Warrant Officer, Geoff Stokes; Mayor, Chris Hanna; and Salvation Army Aux Lieutenant, Debbie Bartlett. Students (front, from left): school leader, Gordon Adams; vice captain, Lucia Alvarado; captain, Baxter Green; and vice captain, Finn Caldwell at the Cooma Public School ANZAC assembly.

PHOTO: Karen Forman our service people undertake today.”

Mr Stokes said he believed ANZAC was a short word for a number of qualities which all people, not just those serving in the Navy, Army and Air Force, could use in everyday life.

“The ANZAC spirit represents a sense of purpose and direction,” he said.

“The original ANZACs knew what they had to do,

they knew of the dangers and the difficulties but they got down and did not let those difficulties stop them from obeying their orders.

“You can apply this to your everyday life. You know what work you have to do at school and what jobs your parents may have set you to do about the house.

“No matter what difficulties you think are in the way, think of the ANZACs and oth-

ers who have followed them and push the difficulties to one side and do accomplish your task.”

Mr Stokes said the ANZAC spirit represented an acceptance of responsibility, another quality students should apply in their everyday lives.

“Take responsibility for everything you do. It is easy to say, ‘I did that’, or ‘that’s my work’ when everything goes right.

“We all know that sometimes things do not go right.

“Sometimes you do something which is against the wishes of your parents and teachers. Remember the ANZAC spirit and take responsibility for what you are doing.”

He also spoke about the ANZAC spirit’s sense of compassion and suggested students watch out for their mates, help them at all times

and “don’t poke fun at other people at school because they may have had some misfortune or come from a different part of the world”.

The assembly featured the laying of handmade wreaths by each year group, the National Anthem, The Last Post and Reveille.

Student leaders Gordon Adams, Lucia Alvarado, Baxter Green and Finn Caldwell addressed the gathering.

Local men invited to talk, laugh and share together

By KAREN FORMAN MEN who live in Cooma and surrounds have been invited to attend an entree dinner event to ascertain interest in setting up a Men’s Table organisation in the area.

The entree dinner has been set down for 26 May in the private room at Cooma Car Club, with a 6.30pm start.

Co-ordinator, Michael Collins, said The Men’s Table created a unique, safe environment for men to share openly about their

lives, their challenges, their highs and lows.

“Over dinner once a month, the proven format creates a sense of belonging, community, peer support and camaraderie that is lacking for many men, even for some who already have a group of mates,” he said.

Mr Collins said The Men’s Table entrée nights were information nights where men could find out if The Men’s Table was for them.

“Interested men are encouraged to register to come along and experience the

benefits that hundreds of men across the country enjoy every month,” he said.

Due to space limitations, only 16 places are available, so Mr Collins said interested men should register as soon as possible at - themenstable.org/ cooma-entree-mon26may/ “Once you’ve been to the dinner, you’ll be clearer about whether you’d like to be part of starting a new local Men’s Table, and we can help Cooma men with the relevant next steps,” he said.

The Men’s Table began in 2011 when a group of men decided to have dinner with the intention of having a place to connect with other men, and talk about the highs and lows of their lives.

They’ve been meeting once a month ever since to talk, laugh and share about what’s going on for them, and have forged meaningful relationships based on trust and acceptance of each other and the network has grown to be Australia-wide.

Mr Collins said belonging to a Men’s Table contributed to

mental, emotional and social wellbeing whilst being a powerful support to individual members travelling their life journeys.

“Each table is distinct and has its own personality, guided by the Fundamentals. These are practical guidelines drawn from the experience of existing Tables.

“All tables are supported by the kitchen (central office) of The Men’s Table, a registered notfor-profit organisation formed in 2019 by co-founders Ben Hughes and David Pointon, both members of that first table.”

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More questions than answers to Cooma, Jindabyne landfill woes EDEN-Monaro voters have had their say and re-elected Labor’s Kristy McBain as our federal member for another term.

Ms McBain saw a swing in her favour across the electorate, recording 42,605 first preference votes (at the time this masthead went to print).

Liberal candidate and Cooma resident, Jo van der Plaat, received 31,815 first preference votes.

Ms McBain officially announced her win on Sunday.

Nationally, Labor won with an overwhelming majority. With the Coalition losing its leader Peter Dutton, who was voted out in his seat of Dickson, attention turns to who will be the next opposition leader.

Opposition treasurer Angus Taylor, born and raised in Nimmitabel, is tipped to be a contender.

No Liberal MPs have indicated yet if they will contest the leadership, but Taylor as one of the more experienced Coalition MPs could be a successor if he chooses to run.

For many Snowy Monaro residents, like millions across the nation, attention will now turn to how Labor can deliver some relief with cost-of-living pressures.

In local government land, council met for an extraordinary meeting last week.

On the agenda was accepting the postexhibition report for the Community Strategic Plan (CSP) and placing the draft operational plan for 2025/26 and fees and charges documents on public exhibition.

The CSP was accepted and the budget/ operting plans placed ready for community comment.

Two local Rural Fire Service members have been recognised in the RFS St Florian’s Day awards. St Florian’s Day coincides with the Feast Day of St Florian, Patron Saint of Firefighters and International Firefighters’ Day. The RFS takes this opportunity to recognise its members’ acts of bravery and outstanding service.

Operational Officer, Adrian Butters, has been honoured for his 41-years commitment to the RFS. Ado as he is known is a volunteer with the Adaminaby RFS and member of the Snowy Monaro RFS team.

Group Captain Anthony Reed from the Delegate RFS received a Commissioner’s commendation for his quick response in performing CPR on an infant in Delegate.

Snowy River SES unit commander, Malika Bailey, has been named as the NSW SES Women of the Year. The honour recognises her qualities as a mentor, role model and leader.

Well done all

I HOPE YA DON’T MIND COWLAN, BUT I LEFT ME WALLET ON ME KITCHEN TABLE, SO UNLESS I DRIVE FOR THIRTY MINUTES TO GET IT, I CAN’T PAY YA TILL NEXT TIME I’M IN TOWN.

FURTHER to my letter in last week’s Monaro Post, it got me to thinking of the ramifications of the additional waste being deposited in the Cooma Landfill.

One has to wonder if the community was ever asked the specific question ‘what do you think of expanding the landfill into the old quarry site and filling up that huge hole that will be an eyesore and a danger to the community forever if it’s not filled up?’ during any consultation regarding waste strategies. I don’t think so.

The issue of the quarry would not have been even mentioned in the so called community consultation. If expanding into the quarry had been considered a viable option by the EPA in the 2000s, the community (council) would not be faced with having to make on the spot decisions

about where to take its waste now due to the immediate need to close the landfill because it had run out of space.

So, with the waste now being transported to Cooma, what will be the impact on the projected lifespan of the Cooma landfill? Has the expected life of the Cooma landfill even been considered pre the closure of Jindabyne?

Does that scenario even get a mention in council’s waste strategy? Has the site even been accurately surveyed to allow a plan of what the area will look like when it can accept no more waste?

So many questions and I suspect a lot of no answers. Now is the time to plan the future capacity or even expansion of the Cooma landfill to avoid what

has happened so suddenly in Jindabyne.

Perhaps the Cooma landfill will become a mountain similar to the landfill in Hume in the ACT. It is high time our council plans a similar outcome for the Cooma landfill, with the approval of the almighty EPA of course.

Meanwhile, the residents of Jindabyne are left with a huge hole, being the old quarry, which according to the council’s statement ‘the quarry face is unstable and would require stabilisation to be safely used, these stabilisation works conducted would impact on the adjoining block of land’.

We all know that erosion alone will cause the site to impact on the adjoining block over time and what about the safety

of adventurous kids who will eventually explore that area.

Meanwhile, council states that ‘Jindabyne’s long term solution is a resource recovery centre and transfer station, where in conjunction with recycling and allowing valuable material to be scavenged for reuse’, at great cost no doubt.

This action is supposed to ‘reduce the burden of landfills in the region, and ultimately become a more environmentally sustainable region’.

Shouldn’t that have been happening all along? So many questions. I wonder if we will ever get an answer.

No doubt, yet another consultant will be engaged to review the waste strategy at great cost to us ratepayers and waste generators.

Phil Daley Berridale

Irritation at voting process NOW that the dust has settled (more or less) on the election, I wish to voice my irritation at one aspect of the voting process.

I get very tired of the idea that the person or party for whom I

vote number one, can suggest how I distribute my preferences.

Not only that, but the pollsters also expect preferences to be distributed according to how to vote cards. And worse, there is

without fail an argument about who is distributing preferences to whom.

There is a simple solution.

Apart from the obvious ‘vote 1 for whoever’, all other how to

vote material should be banned.

After all, if ‘voting’ is compulsory, should not ‘thinking’ also be compulsory ?

Simon Allen Cooma

Church service times across the Snowy Monaro region

NOT A PROBLEM STAN. YOU’RE A VALUED CUSTOMER AND I’M HAPPY TO WAIT NO MATTER HOW LONG.

Cooma Baptist Church: 10am Sunday St Patrick’s Catholic Parish: 10am Sunday, Weekday mass 10am Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays St Paul’s Anglican Parish of Cooma: 9.30am Sunday St Andrew’s Cooma Uniting Church: 9.30am Sunday Lifegate Christian Church Cooma: 9:55am second and fourth Sunday each month, 4pm first and third Sunday each month Cooma Presbyterian Church: 9am Sunday St John’s Anglican Church Adaminaby: 3pm first and third Sunday each month St Peter’s Anglican Church Nimmitabel: 11.30am third Sunday each month St Andrew’s Catholic Church Nimmitabel: Saturday vigil mass 5pm on the weekend of the third Sunday, Liturgy with Holy Communion other Saturdays 5pm Alpine Uniting Church Jindabyne: 9.30am Sunday Columbkille Catholic Church, Jindabyne: Mass 5pm Saturdays Village Church Jindabyne: 5pm Sunday All Saints Anglican Church Berridale: 9.30am Sunday All Saints Numeralla: second Sunday of the month liturgy 5pm, Fourth Sunday of month 5pm mass If your church would like to be added to this list, please contact us editor@monaropost.com.au

WHAT MR COWLAN’S SAYING IS, HE’S PREPARED TO WAIT THIRTY MINUTES.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Most climate activists far from hypocrites KAREN Evans (letters Monaro Post 30 April 2025) rightly points out the devastating environmental impacts of nickel mining in Indonesia but then extrapolates that climate activists are therefore ‘hypocrites’.

The latter accusation is somewhat unfair as most of us trying to solve the climate crisis are environmentalists trying to minimise the impact of development – including good development such as electric car batteries - on natural ecosystems.

Nickel has been used in making batteries for over 100 years but more recently it is in demand for EV batteries because it delivers higher energy density and greater battery storage capacity.

Rather than remove it from

batteries, however, we should be demanding much higher environmental standards from the Indonesians, such as tailings dams that better capture the pollution before it runs into the sea and kills fish.

Also, to minimise flooding after heavy rain, there needs to be more rapid reafforestation and earthworks after forests have been removed to mine the nickel. If the Indonesians cannot meet higher environmental standards, then we should find nickel elsewhere, even if it means higher battery prices and, in turn, higher EV prices.

Nevertheless, the move to electric vehicles is a critical part of the energy transition.

We must wean ourselves off internal combustion

engines and onto EVs where the electricity is supplied by clean renewable energy.

Otherwise, we face ever more extreme weather events such as droughts and floods, and seeing parts of this continent become uninhabitable. The environmental and economic costs of global warming are far greater than that caused by nickel mining in Indonesia, serious as they are.

As for cutting down forests in Kosciuszko National Park for transmission lines, yes, it is a problem but putting wires underground is not financially viable.

We do need Snowy 2.0’s future capacity to store energy for up to seven days.

We have just seen how the blackout in Spain and Portugal caused chaos. It

could have been avoided had they had backup power in the form of stored energy, be it pumped hydro or batteries.

As for renewable projects being an increasing cause of koala habitat loss, that is dreadful, nevertheless, most habitat loss until now has been for grazing.

For those who rail against renewable energy projects because of loss of koala habitat, where were they when it was being destroyed for grazing or logging?

May I suggest an element of hypocrisy in their motives, which possibly have more to do with preserving the fossil fuel industry and all its evils than protecting the beleaguered koala?

Jenny Goldie President, Climate Action Monaro

Staff friendly, helpful at former post office LIMITED mobility prevented my access to the Cooma Post Office from the front steps.

I use to use the side entrance (where the only step required is from the roadway to the pavement).

A bell at the post office back door alerted staff that I needed access.

I repeat what I have written before and again compliment staff whose prompt and courteous attention gave me

easy access to the various services the post office offers.

Staff worked in a heritage building. They adapted so that service is maintained.

I urge your critic from Nimmitabel (Letters to the

Editor, 23/4/2025) to focus on improvements, within the old building, to benefit staff.

Customers like me appreciated the help.

Janet Stalvies Cooma

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services had to take to try and save those who got themselves into SO WHAT is it about trouble or worse, risk the safety warnings that dangers of the surf to do cause some people to a search and recovery? flaunt them?

They were tasked with It happened during the fires of 2020 when many putting themselves in danger because some ignored the repeated people just would not warnings to stay away listen. from the South Coast.

Yes, it’s tragic that peoBut they came anyway. ple lost their lives over Then panicked, plundered supermarkets and the Easter weekend and it is a dreadful thing for drained local resources their families and friends when the situation beto be confronted with, came dire.

So why didn’t they just but the warnings were out there and they were heed the warnings and very clear; please stay stay home? away from the rocks and Because they wanted their coastal holiday and out of the water because were determined to have the huge waves speeding in to shore are extremely it, and it was the same dangerous. with COVID. But like with a lot People flouted those of things, entitlement initial “don’t travel” included, there are some warnings and fled to out there who adhere to smaller hamlets and that old mistaken belief coastal villages where “It won’t happen to me.” they hid from the auWell sorry to burst the thorities who would have bubble but, it certainly sent them packing. can happen to them, When those warnespecially if they ignore ings go out, they aren’t all the warnings and do broadcast just for the the very thing they have heck of it. They are been asked not to do issued to protect the because, well, they feel public from something they are entitled to do that could harm them what they want, no one and they apply to eveis going to tell them that ryone. Yet every time, those with an overblown they can’t, and believe sense of entitlement opt they know what they’re doing anyway. to believe the warnings In a lot of cases, all are not going to apply to that adds up to is a them. frighteningly near miss, And then it all goes or at the very worst, very, very wrong. a tragedy. Like what During the recent gihappened during the ant surf event, beaches monster surf event over were closed and rescue services put out repeated Easter.

A healthy dose of warnings to people to stay away from the rocks common sense would be very useful when a safety and out of the water. No fishing from rock shelves, warning goes out so ask yourself if it’s really going no swimming. to ruin your life to postSo what happened? pone that holiday, swim, Well, the news reports were dominated by what or shoreline fishing day because the conditions happened. People lost are saying stay away. their lives unnecessarIs flouting the warnily because they opted ings really worth risking to take the boat out, go swimming, or surfing, or serious injury, your future quality of life, or fish off the rocks. Why? even your life full stop Why take the risk? just to get your own way?

And what about the Seriously, if in doubt, risks the volunteers don’t. of the various rescue

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Magical production MONARO High School is preparing to stage its yearly production, with the play ‘Puffs’ set to entertain audiences.

The talented students and staff are bringing the hilarious and heartwarming play ‘Puffs’ to life on the school’s performing arts centre stage in June.

This clever and entertaining production tells the story of three unlikely heroes navigating their time at a certain famous wizarding school. Full of humour, heart, and just the right amount of magic, ‘Puffs’ offers a fresh and fun take on the world of wizardry that will delight audiences of all ages.

With the script in hand, and auditions complete, rehearsals are beginning in earnest. Stay tuned for more updates.

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Maxx shines during work placement MONARO High School student, Maxx Povey, has made an excellent impression during his primary industries work placement at Baker & Provan in Cooma.

Workplace learning is intended to apply and refine classroom learning in an authentic work environment.

During his placement, arranged

by Enterprise Plus, Maxx showed dedication and professionalism.

According to his host, he consistently displayed courteous behaviour, excellent listening skills, and a commendable ability to remain focused, free from distractions like his mobile phone. This level of commitment has not gone unnoticed.

Baker & Provan said from the first day, Maxx demonstrated a strong work ethic, showing initiative by proactively picking up a broom and seeking out tasks to keep himself engaged, especially during quieter moments.

His host employer said his willingness to go above and beyond set a positive tone in the workplace and

earned him the respect of his colleagues.

“Maxx’s proactive adaptability and eagerness to learn have truly impressed us,” his host said.

Maxx said he was grateful for the opportunity, which he embraced enthusiastically.

“I have enjoyed everything about my time here,” Maxx said.

“I’ve learned how to use new tools, including a mill, and I feel like I’m getting to try out the industry to see if I like it.”

Enterprise Plus Work Placement co-ordinator, Mindi Smart, said Maxx’s experience is a heartening success story.

“Maxx’s journey is an example of the valuable experiences that work placements can provide, not only benefiting students but also enhancing local businesses,” Ms Smart said.

“With such dedication and a positive attitude, Maxx is on a path toward a successful career in the primary industries or engineering sector.”

WORKING HARD: Monaro High School student, Maxx Povey, enjoys his work placement at Baker & Provan in Cooma.

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Monaro High to host public speaking competition MONARO High School has been chosen as the host for the upcoming Plain English Speaking Award local final on Monday, 12 May. The Plain English Speaking Award aims to encourage the use of clear and effective spoken English. Since its inception in 1978, the competition has provided an invaluable opportunity for NSW senior students to improve their confidence and to develop

their speech-writing and public speaking skills.

“The Plain English Speaking Competition is a great opportunity for students to compete in public speaking with students from around the state,” MHS English teacher, Ms Patricia Rowling, said.

“Last year, due to the tyranny of distance we were forced to Zoom in the competition for our speakers, which certainly changes the dynamic and

immediacy of the experience for the students. This year, I was able to secure a hosting position for Monaro High School, which is super exciting.

“Students from Braidwood Central School, Bombala High School and Jerrabomberra High School will be travelling to Cooma to compete in this local final. Students will participate in both a prepared and an impromptu public speaking speech.

“We are very proud to welcome them to our school and we wish our students who are representing Monaro High School all the very best for the competition.”

Each school can enter a maximum of two contestants, who must be aged between 15 and 18 years. The students can choose any topic for their prepared speech, which is to be eight minutes. For the impromptu speech, the

adjudicator choses the topic and the contestant is given three minutes of preparation time and is to speak for three minutes.

The adjudicators will be looking for knowledge of the subject matter, skilful development of the theme and the effective use of plain English during the speeches.

They will also expect contestants to be confident and engaging.

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Snowy River high-flow Fix it, don’t ditch it: Sustainable Snowies releases scheduled THREE high-flow environmental water releases will be made from Jindabyne Dam between mid-September and October this year as part of ongoing efforts to maintain the river’s ecological health.

The planned releases for the 2025-26 water year have been organised by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water in consultation with the Snowy Advisory Committee and Snowy Hydro. They include: • 17 September, 2025 - daily flow of 2,000 ML/d over 24 hours, with equivalent peak flow 3,000 ML/d for eight hours from 8am to 4pm • 2 October, 2025 - daily flow of 3,500 ML/d over 24 hours, with equivalent peak flow 4,500 ML/d for eight hours from 8am to 4pm • 15 October, 2025 - daily flow of 5,000 ML/d over 24 hours with equivalent peak flow of 9,000 ML/d for eight hours from 8am to 4pm, if Jindabyne Dam levels are high enough to enable delivery via the spillway. Alternatively, the flow will be reduced to 5,000 ML/d delivered via the cone valves at a constant rate for 24 hours.

“High-flow water releases are designed to better mimic the natural flow characteristics that are seen in Snowy Mountain rivers, including snowmelt and ‘freshes’ that occurred before the construction of the

By ELLE THOMPSON

ENVIRONMENT: Three high-flow water releases from Jindabyne Dam will occur in September in efforts to improve the health of the Snowy River.

PHOTO: NSW DCCEEW Snowy Scheme, with the aim of improving the long-term health of these river systems,” NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, director asset management and performance, Aurelio Linday, said.

“The largest event planned in this year’s series is a ‘flushing flow’ on 15 October. These are important to help develop a more defined river channel within the former riverbed to assist in achieving the longterm goal of returning the Snowy River to a smaller, but healthy montane river.

“We’ll also be making frequent smaller releases throughout the year which have been shown to improve river health by establishing a new smaller channel, wetting the riparian zone and promoting the establishment of aquatic and riparian vegetation.

“Downstream landholders and visitors to the area are encouraged to make appropriate plans ahead of the water releases, including securing watercraft and moving stock, pumps and infrastructure to higher ground and being aware of flows.”

IF YOU have ever felt the disappointment of losing a button from your best shirt, or ripping a hole in your favourite dress, then the Repair Room is for you.

A drop-in session hosted by the Sustainable Snowies, the Repair Room will allow people to bring along an item or two in need of repair and be shown how to mend it themselves.

This will help keep items in wardrobes for longer, and see less clothes added to the large amount of textile waste produced in Australia.

Georgina from GP Alterations in Berridale will be the instructor on hand to assist and demonstrate how to make small repairs, a skill that is becoming rare.

Textiles and fashion have always been a passion for Georgina, who has been operating GP Alterations for about six years.

“My mum was a textile teacher so I grew up around sewing,” Georgina said.

“Mum was always sewing us costumes and I loved playing with the fabric and making clothes for my dolls, so I always wanted to be in the industry.”

After completing a fashion degree in Canberra, Georgina saw a gap in the market in the Berridale region for alterations and repairs.

“Sometimes I get to do really fun things like wedding dresses, but I have had to really hone my skills with ski gear items over the years.”

The Repair Room will be open from 11.30am to 1pm on Saturday May 17 at the Jindabyne Op Shop Hall. People are encouraged to bring along one or two items in need of repair. Equipment will be provided and everyone is welcome.

SUSTAINABLE: If you want to learn to fix your clothes yourself, come along to the Repair Room on Saturday May 17 to learn a valuable skill. PHOTO: Supplied.

Sustainable Snowies is a group of local stakeholders from business, government and community in the Snowy Mountain region that formed in 2019.

The participating partners have worked together for many years on initiatives such as Straw-free Snowies, Boomerang Bags, Clean Up Australia Day, Lakeside Scavenge and the Snowside Clean Up. It includes organisations like Snowy Monaro Regional Council, National Parks and Wildlife Service, and the ski resorts.

The Repair Room is being funded by Thredbo Resort.

Council updates Jindabyne Landfill upgrade works

Job vacancies at Council

Jindabyne Landfill will be closed on Wednesday 14 May and Thursday 15 May 2025 for transfer station earthworks and pavement upgrades, along with some additional work required ahead of the new weighbridge coming online.

If you’re looking for a career with purpose, consider joining the team here at Council.

Contractors will continue work on-site for a further two weeks from Friday 16 May 2025.

Use caution and follow all staff directions.

Visit our website to learn more about working with us, application tips, or to see more of our current opportunities.

Head to https://qrco.de/SMRCjobs today to take the first step in an exciting new career, and help us as we work to build a better Snowy Monaro.

Local services for over-65s: Free info sessions start this week Council is holding free information sessions promoting the local services available for older residents and their families and carers.

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Major planning, reporting and finance consultation endorsed by Council Councillors resolved to support the public consultation of Council’s draft Integrated Planning and Reporting (IP&R) suite at the extraordinary meeting in Cooma on Thursday 1 May 2025.

The IP&R suite contains Council’s most important planning, reporting and financial management documents, and sets out the priorities, direction, and levels of service for all areas of the organisation.

Visit https://qrco.de/SMRCipr today to download a copy of these documents and find out more about our upcoming inperson consultation sessions.

The community feedback period is open now until Tuesday 3 June 2025. Members of the public can have their say on the whole suite, or focus on the areas of Council’s work that matters most to them.

Visit https://qrco.de/SMRCipr to learn more.

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Confusion over Gegedzerick church restoration works

By KAREN FORMAN

THE ANGLICAN Church Parish of Berridale and Snowy Mountains has moved to re-assure residents of its commitment to respecting and maintaining the historical aspects of St Mary’s church, Gegedzerick, as it undertakes restoration works using community funds.

Questions have been raised in the past week about how the parish has spent around $18,000 raised in an appeal to repair the termitedamaged floor of the stone church, built in 1859-1860 and what it plans to do in the future.

Currently, the church, which sits on land next to the Gegedzerick cemeteryhas a new concrete floor, no doors, no seating, no skirting boards, although the altar, baptismal font and timber sanctuary remain.

Leaves and mice droppings litter the concrete floor.

Local historian and former altar boy at the church, Ian Burke, said he was speaking for many in saying people were unhappy with the work and the lack of clarity in the parish’s future plans for the church.

Mr Burke’s home for 76 years has been in sight of the church, and it has been an important place to his family from the day it was built and for six generations. He is a qualified historian and has spent a lot of time over many years researching the historical background of the church and the Gegedzerick area, But he is now concerned as to the parish’s intentions for the church and damage to its heritage value.

He said he was very concerned no heritage assessment had been undertaken and the full significance of the church, is yet to be properly recognised.

Mr Burke said contradictory statements made by the parish as to its intentions regarding the church were especially confusing .

“In particular, the very his-

HISTORY: St Mary’s Anglican Church, Gegedzerick, is the site of confusion over how community funds are being spent on its restoration.

PHOTOS: Karen Forman

Local historican Ian Burke is concerned with the renovations to the Gegedzerick church.

toric south coast cedar woodwork (pews, pulpit, skirting boards, and doors etc) has almost totally been removed,” Mr Burke said.

“This was one of the most complete and fascinating sets of colonial joinery remaining in NSW, with the probable makers being known making it particularly important to the heritage of Gegedzerick and Berridale and to south-eastern Australia in general.

“Until last year, this 165 year old woodwork was entirely intact and without any problems at all. There was no reason to remove it and no explanation as to why it has been removed has been given.

“However, we were informed last week that the return of the pews to the church “will not be happening”, and that some of them have been given to the family of a Parish member.”

Mr Burke said he recognised the parish had not been able to run services in the church for many years

due to dwindling numbers of parishioners, an issue that had also affected its sister church in Berridale, but that the building had always provided a place for private prayer and contemplation.

“This has been widely appreciated by many over the years,” he said.

“We remember the long list of shepherds, stockmen, station workers, gold miners, squatters, selectors and a vast array of other people who have sat in those pews up to the present day and in the midst of very hard lives have sought the solace of their faith in that small holy building which has absorbed sanctity over generations.

“Endangering that tangible link with our heritage is very disturbing”.

However, Snowy River chaplain, Rev Graham Morrison said the work was not yet complete and re-assured the community the parish valued the historic church, which is not heritage listed and had not attracted any funding for restoration other

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than the community’s donations.

“A floating timber floor will be placed over the concrete, pews will be returned and new doors will be installed as soon as possible.

Some of the original doors and architraves will go back but others will be replaced as they were too damaged,” Rev Morrison said.

“The parish is aware of the historical value of St Mary’s and its value to the wider community and the parish has been considering its options for about three years.

“Historically, St Mary’s is an Anglican church available for use by the community and responsibility for St Mary’s lies solely with the parish rather than the community.

“It is because the parish is aware of value of St Mary’s to the wider community that the parish has gone to such great lengths to ensure that St Mary’s is not closed but made safe for any and all who wish to avail themselves of this space.

“The building has always been open and available for personal reflection and services up until it was deemed unsafe for use owing to imminent collapse of the floor.”

Rev Morrison said all options were considered prior to deciding on replacing the damaged floor with a concrete floor.

“The parish obtained estimates for replacement of the floor with timber.

The estimates varied from $30,000 to $100,000 – sums beyond the finances of the parish,” Rev Morrison said.

“Applications for heritage funding from Snowy Monaro Regional Council were not forthcoming.

“When people with family ties to St Mary’s volunteered to carry out the work of replacing the floor the cost was still about $14,500 while a concrete floor was cheaper at just over $13, 000.”

Rev Morrison said the final decision for concrete over timber had arisen

from a number of considerations, including that the sanctuary floor had been white ant damaged in or about the early 1980s and had been replaced with concrete and carpeted.

“The white ant-damaged floor was not original having been replaced some time after 1954,” he said.

[The floor was renewed at the time of the 100th celebrations in 1960 according to Mr Burke.]

This fact was evidenced by the fact that the flooring boards were tongue and grooved cypress and the nails use to secure the floor boards were not period style nails,” Mr Burke said.

Regarding the pews, Rev Morrison said all pews in storage had been checked for plaques.

“There were none, so concerns in this particular aspect are moot,” Rev Morrison said.

“We gratefully acknowledge the generous response of the community to our fundraising appeal.”

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Mother’s Day

Mitre 10 Help mum relax, unwind in here to help serene Bombala setting WHILE we should be thinking about mum’s health and wellness year-round, let this Mother’s Day be the start of putting mum’s wellbeing first.

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Alisha is a massage therapist and she has created a serene sanctuary close to Bombala to help you unwind, relax and rejuvenate your body.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Celebrity judge connects Tamworth to Cooma TOP NEW JUDGE Tamworth Country Music Festival’s Kyle Kash with Emma Bailey from 88.9FM, cohost of the Best of the Buskers which Mr Kash runs every year. PHOTO: Contributed.

By KAREN FORMAN COOMA’s Australian National Busking Championships (ANBC) has produced many musicians who have gone on to great things, including Felicity Kirchner who won the Toyota Star Maker competition at the Tamworth Country Music Festival this year.

Now, the ANBC has made a formal connection with the world famous Tamworth Country Music Festival, by securing Toyota’s Best of the Buskers coordinator, Kyle Kash, as a judge for both its Cooma regional heat and its national grand final, both to be held in Cooma for the first time over one big weekend 15 and 16 November.

Tamworth-based music publicist and journalist Bec Gracie, who works with many Tamworth country music stars, will also sponsor a major award for the best Masters Muso (a musician over 50).

“I’m really proud to sponsor the Masters Muso Award,” Ms Gracie said.

“There are so many amazing artists over 50 who are sharing their stories through music. I want to celebrate music being made by people of all ages and I think that passion and persistence deserves to be recognised.”

ANBC president and

founder Allan Spencer said securing Kyle is a huge boost for the event.

“We are absolutely thrilled to have him onboard. And we welcome Bec back again, this time sponsoring the Masters Muso prize for the national grand final.”

Mr Kash is employed by the Tamworth City Council to coordinate the massive busking competition run at the Tamworth Country Music Festival and has a huge amount of experience managing and supporting buskers and working in the music industry.

“He seems to be happy to do some judging for us and apparently is very keen to go for a hike to Mt Kosciuszko while he is here,” Mr Spencer said.

Mr Spencer said the ANBC board was particularly excited to build a connection with the Tamworth festival given so many ANBC participants and winners who had started out busking at ANBC regional heats and the national grand final were now part of the Tamworth scene, busking and performing in the festival and taking part in the CMAA Academy of Country Music’s junior and senior programs.

“Charlotte Rose, now Charley Castle, won the Australian National Busking Cham-

pionship in the open division in 2021 and this year, she won the Best of the Buskers in Tamworth with her new band, The Boys in The Well, beating out more than 530 other buskers for the honour,” Mr Spencer said.

“As well, we have Bombala and Braddon secondary winner Ruby Holden from Queanbeyan; Owen Smith; Braddon second open placegetter and nationals third placegetter Gabi Forman making Top 100 of the Tamworth buskers; Leilah Baines at the Academy and performing in Tamworth; The String Family; 2019 winners Haystack Mountain Hermits now performing at Tamworth along with their breakout band, The Inadequates; former ANBC winner and 2025 Starmaker Top 10 Felicity Dowd; Ruby Jane; Lily-Grace who has moved to Nashville; all having started out with us.

“We also have our junior champions, LilG and Noah Robertson who have been touring the US in 2024.

“The ANBC is a great opportunity to lift people’s profile to a bigger event. The two events compliment each other perfectly.

“We are all about the buskers and giving them a chance to go to the next level and there hasn’t really been any-

thing like that before.

“It is quite a unique opportunity.”

To add to the excitement, Mr Spencer said more towns had recently come on board to join the current seven running regional finals - Uralla in NSW (one hour from Tamworth) on 25 October and Goolwa South Australia.

Mr Kash, meanwhile, said he was very excited to join the ANBC family.

“I have become very passionate about buskers and cannot wait to meet them in Cooma and see how the ANBC all works,” he said.

“In my current role with Tamworth, I am very passionate about making sure everyone is safe and well looked after.

“Now I am meeting people who are new to the industry and have no idea what to expect. It can be a very difficult space to navigate especially for younger people and their parents.

“I have access to thousands of artists and I love being able to help them work towards realising their dreams.

Some people are born in to that world, I identify with the ones who were not, coming from a poor background.”

Mr Kash was born in Fremantle, Perth and was a child actor who took acting into his adult life.

At 17 he headed for Sydney University but returned to Western Australia after three friends died suddenly and he decided to write, produce and folk a self-funded TV pilot film.

He finished his Bachelor of Arts in Performance at Curtin university then headed into the acting world, working and studying in Adelaide and Perth and in New York.

Acting being acting, however, he always supported his dream job with other work.

When the COVID pandemic struck the performing arts industry hard, he found himself isolated early as an airport worker and needed to find a new direction.

“I was heading to Tamworth where my mum lived and I saw a job advertised with Tamworth Regional Council for a contracted busking coordinator for the Tamworth Country Music Festival,” he said.

“I figured I could marry my skills as a producer and actor with the music industry. I did a Zoom interview the day before I left and got the job.

I was given the liberty to reinvent it.

“I wanted to honour what input had been made but also change the direction and really put on a show, as I knew how to do that. I got onto this thing of having secret judges

for the busking competition.

I used local leaders and local celebrities and no one knew until the night.

“The first year the festival was postponed until April, a week out. So what was meant to be a three to four month job became a 10 month job which gave me a lot of time to think about what we wanted.

“After COVID, we had to get people outside again. It was like waking up grumpy teenagers, but it has been happening and the 2024 Tamworth Country Music Festival was bigger than ever, usurped by 2025 with a record number of buskers signing on to busk and compete in the Best of the Buskers comeptition.

“The trends were showing that people were really invested in the festival. The majority of people who come to busk are there to be discovered and network.”

Mr Kash’s job requires him to coordinate the Tamworth competition, liase with buskers and busking spots, run the top 100 on stage show at The Courthouse Hotel, organise judges and the Top 10 on the Toyota stage.

In Cooma, he will work with two other judges to decide the winners of primary, secondary, open and other categories and make prize presentations.

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Greenland trifecta secures show history BEST IN SHOW Grand champion fleece of the district court, exhibited by the Greenland Merino Stud.

ALCOCKS DOMINATE SYDNEY ROYAL FLEECE COMPETITION

By NATHAN THOMPSON

under judges Stuart Bailey, Techwool Trading and Mark THE Alcock family of Greenland Bazeley, Riverina Wool. They had to go back and choose between the Merino Stud, Bungarby, has two fleeces. created history at this year’s The champion housed or rugged Sydney Royal, dominating the Merino ewe or wether fleece won fleece competition to win the the top crown. three major awards on offer.

The reserve grand champion The Alcocks claimed several fleece was the champion major titles in their first entries Topmakers Type Wool Merino ewe into the housed and unhoused or wether fleece, open classes. fleece competition with seven John Alcock, Greenland, said the fleeces submitted. family usually entered the district Greenland secured a clean courts exhibit competition but sweep by winning the grand this was the first time in the open champion Merino fleece in the competition. open section, reserve grand Mr Alcock said the grand champion Merino fleece in the open section and grand champion champion fleece came off a twoMerino fleece for the best Merino tooth Merino show ewe.

“She was one we were fleece in the show. considering bringing down here to The stud also won grand the show but we just reckoned she champion Merino fleece in the district courts exhibit competition. wasn’t quite wide enough across the scrag,” he said.

Royal Agricultural Society “But she had magnificent wool steward, Greg Andrews, believes it is the first time a competitor has on her so I shore her up and entered the fleece instead.” claimed all three awards at the The reserve grand champion same show. came off a commercial ewe, Mr Both the grand champion and Alcock said. reserve grand champion fleeces “I keep a lot of wool for the scored 91 out of a possible 100

The Alcocks of Greenland Merino Stud at Bungarby are all smiles along with judge, Mark Bazeley, after their success at the Sydney Royal Show in the fleece competition.

Southern District exhibits and it was just one that didn’t match in with the eight fleeces there,” he said.

Greenland has won the grand champion Merino fleece of the district courts two years in a row. Greenland Merino Stud also won 13 broad ribbons in the stud merino sheep section.

There were 203 entries in the open section and 128 fleeces in the district exhibits competition.

Judge Mark Bazeley said there

was a range in quality.

“Anything which was exceptionally well prepared came to the front,” he said.

The grand champion fleece had a greasy fleece weight of 6.7kg with 70.4 per cent yield and scored 4.5 from a possible five for density, character, style, evenness of fibre diameter and handle.

It tested 16.3 micron, 2.7 micron standard deviation, 16.7pc coefficient of variation and 99.3pc comfort factor.

Greenland’s reserve grand champion scored 90.5 points with 4.8kg greasy fleece weight and 80.9 per cent yield. It tested 16.5 micron, 2.7 micron SD, 16.2 per cent CV and 99.9 per cent CF. The family is also proud of Tom Alcock for competing in the Merino sheep young judging state finals and Merino fleece young judging state finals at the Sydney Royal Show. Tom was chosen in each category to address judges.

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Late sown cereals boosted by recent rain Seasonal update

By IMOGEN MCGRATH, AGRONOMIST NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS COOMA THE dry start to 2025 for much of the central and northern Monaro has compounded feed shortages resulting from a belowaverage finish to the previous year.

Weed control, maintenance fertiliser and investment in inputs, like quality seed, all fell to the backburner for those graziers who were busy feeding livestock over summer.

As a result, some farmers are likely to emerge from winter this year with a feed gap still to manage.

Luck has favoured graziers who were holding off on sowing lucerne or pastures, with some late sown cereals also benefitting from the recent falls of rain – Cooma certainly didn’t see the totals that Bombala or Delegate recorded, but clients have still welcomed between 10mm and 85mm over the last fortnight.

Lime and fertiliser are rolling out onto properties at the moment, with spreader trucks likely to be busy through most of winter this year.

Out and about Both the Local Land Services (LLS) and Monaro Farming Systems (MFS) are continuing to inspire and support landholders with a range of field days and resources covering weed control, PREPARATION: Nutrien Ag Solutions agronomist, Imogen McGrath, says with the weather cooling down and paddock preparation easing, now is the pest management, soil health and time to sit down and properly plan for the season ahead.

PHOTO: Nathan Thompson pasture solutions.

The recent MFS information day to plan for the warmer weather running through winter and over performing paddocks since the Nutrien is proud to once again about carbon conversations was a means you can be more organised wet years of 2021-23? Have you have supported the Berridale Ewe spring. success. looked to your soil for an accurate ahead of time and be ready to go Setting up for spring Competition, which took place The LLS African Lovegrass With the weather now predicted assessment of how your paddocks when the rainfall arrives. on 2 and 3 May. Congratulations co-ordinator will be holding As always, feel free to reach are tracking? to cool down, sowing and to all participants – especially information sessions at Cathcart Do you have fallowed paddocks out to Nutrien in Cooma for any paddock preparation will cease to the new entrants. It’s great and Mila on 16 May for anyone and all agronomy, livestock, that were abandoned because until spring, so it’s the perfect to see continued support for needing a refresher on African merchandise, insurance and time to sit down and take stock of last year was too dry, or because a competition that has just Lovegrass identification and best finance related service and autumn this year came too late? the plan for the season ahead. completed its 95th year. management practices. advice.

Taking the time through winter Have you fertilised your top Keep an ear out for more events

Rain has finally fallen in region; April report 23, with a total over four days of rainfall of 14.0mm.

The first wet day for the month in Cooma (recorded by Cooma Visitors Centre) was 21 April recording 4.4mm, then 5.4 on 23 April, 2.2 on 28 April and 2.0 on 29 April.

For Jindabyne a total of 33.4mm has fallen in the area last month, the biggest fall recorded for the month was

on 23 April with 11.8mm after 9.4mm the day before.

Rain fell across 11 days in the last 30 days at Jindabyne, according to Elders weather online.

The variable figures across the region last month were gratefully received and all rain is welcome, with many farmers, small rural property owners and residents hoping for more.

Forbes: Tamworth: Cooma:

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-23

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-45

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1244 1722

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This is a monthly record for April, since records were kept at this weather site 18 years ago.

The most rainfall during the month (for the 24 hours to 9am) occurred on 24 and 25 April, with 60.8 and 60.0, recorded.

Then another 39.8mm fell on April 28.

In Cooma the highest rainfall over April was 5.4mm on April

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according to figures from farmonline weather.

Total rainfall in Bombala for April is 96.4mm (spread over nine days), with 41.4mm the highest daily rainfall for Bombala on April 23 and 35.0mm the day prior.

Through the month of April, Dalgety received rain on 11 days, recorded at the Dalgety Weir weather station.

May-24

THERE has been very welcome rain across the region over the past fortnight.

After a very dry start to the year, some areas within the Snowy Monaro have received good falls of rain, while other areas have experienced patchy showers that have been welcomed nonetheless.

Dalgety and Bombala have received widespread rain,

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Cooma young leader awarded best in state

By MELINDA CAIRNS HACK MONARO sheep and wool enthusiast, Miranda McGufficke, has continued the region’s long history of success at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, being awarded the NSW State Champion for both wool and meat sheep judging.

She now progresses to the 2025 national competition to be held at the Royal Adelaide Show in September.

“To be awarded the NSW state champion for both fleece and meat breeds is a wonderful and very exciting opportunity,” Miranda said.

“I am looking forward to representing the state at nationals and to be able to come back and continue mentoring and encouraging other young people to participate and put their hand up at attending their local zone competitions.

“I am grateful for the support that Agshows NSW and the Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) have given in supporting and encouraging all participants that enter the junior judging competitions.

I am also very grateful for the mentorship and support I have been shown over the years.

“Participating in these competitions is a way to challenge myself, expand my comfort zone, increase my public speaking skills and to meet new people.

Saying yes to these opportunities has been a foundational experience.”

Miranda is excited about participating at the Adelaide Royal again having previously attended the show in 2023 as an RAS Rural Achiever representative.

“I first attended the Adelaide Royal in 2023 and I am looking forward to returning and meeting fellow young judges.

“I loved the atmosphere and focus their show has on showcasing the agriculture success of their state.”

Miranda’s interest in all things sheep and wool began when she was very young.

“I have always loved wool; I have been in shearing sheds and sheep yards since I was born,” she said.

“I learnt a lot of what I know from working closely with my Dad and family. Being in such a

BEST IN STATE: Cooma’s Miranda McGufficke will head to the Royal Adelaide Show to compete in the national wool and meat judging following winning both state titles at the Sydney Royal.

PHOTO: Royal Agricultural Society

Miranda to take judging skills to Adelaide Royal family-orientated and hands-on business structure has meant I can be immersed into all aspects of production.”

Miranda was initially exposed to the young judge’s competition when she was a student attending Frensham School in Mittagong.

“Our school hosted zone events along with the Robertson Show for schools around the Southern Tablelands,” Miranda said.

“My teachers and the show stewards from the Robertson Show were instrumental in encouraging myself and other students to have a go and try our best.

“Over the years it has been wonderful to see them supporting students to branch out of their comfort zone and develop new skills.

“In recent years I have supported other students through providing public speaking skills and classing knowledge and strongly encouraged them to have a go and try their best.

“Being provided various opportunities throughout my

school and university journey has meant I can expand my knowledge and create a more rounded and holistic perspective.”

“These competitions are not everything though. The main thing I got out of participating was personal growth and confidence at presenting, which I believe should be the main aim.

For people who are new to agriculture or different enterprises such as grains and different animal breeds it is a great way to learn more about different industries.”

The judging competition involves assessing four different items of the one product e.g four medium fleeces, four Corriedale ewes, four white Suffolk rams etc and an entrant’s task is to score them from first to fourth.

While assessing the commodities the entrant is being marked individually on their presentation and conduct of assessing the animals or fleeces. How closely an entrant ranks their animals or fleeces to the judges, and their handling, determines if they

move on to speak in the oral round.

Half the group or less is chosen to speak publicly to the judges, fellow competitors, and the audience.

They are asked to discuss why they ranked the animal or fleece in its rank, and are marked on how well they speak but more importantly how much they compare the individual commodities and state clearly why they ranked them above or below the others.

“These competitions are more about you, your presentation, handling and your ability to subjectively score the items based on your knowledge of the breed, the item and its qualities and convey your rankings to the judges,” Miranda said.

Miranda hopes to give back to an industry that has given her so much already.

“I look forward to giving back more to the junior judging community and encouraging more youth to have a go and feel empowered to extend their comfort zone,” she said.

Heavy cows reach 317c/kg

By MEAT AND LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA FOLLOWING the Easter holiday break, numbers were not as high at last week’s Wagga Wagga cattle sale.

The standout of the sale is a substantial reduction in weight compared to previous sales. Also noted is the sell off of lighter weight weaners due to the extremely dry conditions. Dry dams are now a common part of the farming landscape across the supply area.

With rain in the north, re-stockers travelled from Dubbo, Tamworth, and Longreach. There were more feedlot orders in play along with the usual processors.

Demand from re-stockers and feedlots was significantly higher resulting in significant prices rises.

One of the features of the market has been the heightened demand for lightweight steers, particularly from northern re-stockers.

These cattle, weighing less than 300kg, have reaped significant interest, with prices ranging from an impressive 360-481c/kg.

The heifer portion also saw strong competition, topping out at 360c/kg, with certain breed attracting additional buyer interest and premiums.

Trade cattle in the 400kg to 500kg weight range were in limited supply considering the number of cattle offered. The market saw prices fluctuate, with the bulk of cattle selling between 340-404c/kg.

Vealers were in high demand selling from 380-432c/kg. Feeder steers were keenly sought, although some buyers have struggled to find the weight they require.

The bulk of feeder steers sold for between 356-434c/kg, gaining 14-30c/kg.

Feeder heifers in the 340-400kg saw a lift of 4c/kg, selling within the range of 340-385c/kg.

Once again, buyers are actively pursuing weight, underscoring the competitive nature of the market.

The export market faced challenges, particularly with a lack of heavier cattle.

Heavy steers destined for processors sold between 356c to 420c, while bullocks engaged in lengthy bidding duels due to limited supply, with prices ranging from 365-416c/kg. Heavy cows have attracted a large field of buyers, leading to a price improvement of 22c, averaging 317c/kg.

Leaner cows weighing under 520 kg sold within the range of 270-298c/kg.

Meanwhile, store cows were well supplied, achieving prices between 292 to 316c/kg for those with substantial weight.

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Kosciuszko Wild Venison to open plant Enterprise to curb wild deer problem, put region on culinary map

By TRISTA HEATH

stockwhip to break a ribbon at the front door. Mr Pendergast revealed the new street signage and logo THE Snowy Mountains followed by a barbecue venison agricultural sector is about to tasting. receive a significant boost with Mr Barry said Leesville used to Kosciuszko Wild Venison opening be a residential township, founded its processing plant in Jindabyne.

by Harry Lee, the one-street estate The business has been labelled was named Harry Lee’s Plain. a ‘game-changer’ by highly The Kiandra goldrush in 1859-60 regarded Jindabyne graziers and gave the area a brief boost and landholders, who, along with that’s when a hotel and police managing director Adam Digby, station were first built at Leesville. envisage the region becoming It became known as the industrial home to the nation’s best venison. estate when Mr Barry was on Mr Digby showcased the Council in the early 1980s.

Kosciuszko Wild Venison shop Mr Pendergast said since the front at Leesville to the community old town moved, which had two recently, bringing five years of killing pens, there had not been a hard work to fruition. processing plant in the township.

Mr Digby said the idea of “Utilising these feral resources opening a venison processing plant shows that processing the meat has been years in the making, professionally can be done, and coming about as a way to curb the this industry could work wonders wild deer problem in the region for the community,” Mr Pendergast while developing a marketing for said. sought-after venison.

“Adam sees an unutilised market “Kosciuszko Wild Venison is and the opportunity for a great an enterprise that will produce business, one where stock is tangible results in wild deer plenty.” management, create a market for The community had the highly nutritious and delicious opportunity to tour the processing venison, create direct local plant starting with the shop front, employment opportunities and a retail space with a refrigerated support a halo of local services cabinet. that will be required in its The space will feature shelves operations,” Mr Digby said. of dried goods, condiments, and “This investment isn’t a bit of ingredients to go with venison my something, it’s 100 per cent all including a few heirloom my everything. I’m proud to start this business for myself, but it’s my vegetables.

“We will stock everything you greater hope that I’m starting an need, just stop in pick up a leg of industry for my community.” venison and get what you need for The plant was open for inspection by the public for a one- dinner that night,” Mr Digby said.

“There will be equipment for time only event with well-known sale for your own butchering or pillars of the community, Tom carving needs at home, some Barry, and Ian ‘Doc’ Pendergast, camphor laurel cutting boards, conducting the official opening. handmade knives and more, I want Mr Barry and Mr Pendergast this place to be more boutique spoke on the history of the than butcher.” area before Mr Barry officially Popular in Europe and some recognised the business’ other countries, venison is known foundation by cracking a

INNOVATION Adam Digby is the proud managing director and owner of Kosciuszko Wild Venison. The business has a venison processing plant in Leesville, Jindabyne, along with a shop front.

PHOTOS: Nathan Thompson

for its nutritional value and exceptional flavour.

“Full of all the good omegas, high in protein, low in fat and a wonderful product that we should not be ignoring, and that is what I am hoping to resolve with Kosciuszko Wild Venison,” Mr Digby said.

“What I am happy about is that we are taking a problem that has been treated with disdain and helping find a solution with minimum waste.

“Spending millions of dollars flying helicopters to shoot deer is not an economic way to deal with the problem, where if we are here harvesting the meat of the animal day in and day out, we will slowly suppress and manage the numbers rather than the numbers growing.”

The trucks will pull in the back, the carcass is lifted by crane to the meat rail where it is weighed and the harvesters tag is applied,

Mr Digby is congratulated on opening his business by one of Jindabyne’s most respected and well known locals, Ian ‘Doc’ Pendergast.

tracing where the animal was harvested from, through to which retailer received the meat before hanging for 24 hours.

The idea flourished while sitting at the Wildbrumby Distillery with a friend from Austria eating a Jagerwurst and drinking schnapps.

Five years later his dream is a reality as Mr Digby prepares for production to start in May. Licenced wild harvester, Steve Maxwell, has been hunting for decades and was a professional jackaroo.

Fully licensed and food handling and hygiene approved, he knows how to deliver a single head shot to ensure the animal dies humanely.

He can dress a deer in one minute and holds a vehicle approved by the meat and food authority that ensure the trucks are hygienic and fit for purpose.

“We hunt the deer in a relaxed natural state and engage the single

headshot, there is no stress, no rounding up to put on trucks like cattle,” Mr Maxwell said.

“We engage the animal when it is foraging in its natural environment, it is very humane and quick and not leaving a natural resource to be wasted.

“We come in at the dead of night, shoot, then the carcases get taken away and end up on the table as food.

“The deer are in high population throughout the area now, they are a menace on the road and to farmers.

“This new enterprise will be good as we will be able to keep levels down and not leave the carcases to go to waste.”

Mr Digby has an array of venison recipes on his website koscivenison.com.au and will be launching a YouTube channel with more recipe ideas once the shop front opens.

The Barry family has a long history with Jindabyne and the mountains, dating back to European settlement. Tom Barry speaks about the history of Leesville and praises Mr Digby’s vision and tenacity for opening Kosciuszko Wild Venison.

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Hazeldean bull sale reaches top of $26K, all bulls cleared

Weekly wool market report

By NATHAN THOMPSON HAZELDEAN’S autumn Angus bull sale has defied market conditions to sell to a top of $26,000 while clearing all 80 bulls.

A delighted Ed Bradley, head of Hazeldean’s sales and marketing, declared last week’s sale a success following continued support from clients across NSW and interstate.

“We are pretty happy with how it all went. The season has been tough for some and good for others,” Mr Bradley said.

“It’s good to see bulls going all over NSW. There were some good value bulls there, everyone could shop at our annual autumn bull sale.”

Bulls averaged $11,925 with Mr Bradley citing the stud’s high docility rates as one of the major factors behind Hazeldean’s continued success.

“Our high docility is important, it’s a huge trait commercials are looking for,” Bradley said.

“High docility is the trait of most importance.

Commercials are looking not only for weight gains but ease of handling.

“We have a strong spread of breeding values, fertility growth and carcase is what we focus on.”

The Litchfield family is looking forward to celebrating Hazeldean’s 160th anniversary in September this year.

By SCHUTE BELL

STUD SALE: Hazeldean’s Ed Bradley, Fred Litchfield, Bea Litchfield and Jim Litchfield are congratulated by Nutrien Ag Solutions Damien Roach of the Cooma branch and Hamish McGeoch of the Wagga Wagga branch on a top sale.

PHOTOS: Nathan Thompson

Hazeldean Angus achieved full clearance of bulls at its autumn sale last week.

Hazeldean’s top Angus bulls are headed across NSW and interstate. The stud’s bull sale averaged $11,925.

Government green lights virtual fences FARMERS have welcomed the NSW Government’s move to legalise virtual fencing for cattle.

NSW Farmers’ Animal Welfare Committee Chair Rob McIntosh said Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty’s announcement was a sign of positive change on the horizon for many farmers across the state.

“Across Australia and even the world, farmers are already making

the most of virtual fencing, and it’s about time we do the same here in NSW,” Mr McIntosh said.

“This technology can save lives by helping move livestock to safe areas in floods, fires or other natural disasters, without putting humans or animals at risk.

“It can also help reduce fencing costs, control noxious weeds and help with a whole other host of things on-farm – there’s almost no

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boundaries to what this technology can do.”

Mr McIntosh said regulations must be introduced swiftly to ensure the technology could be rolled out across NSW, with many harbouring hope the technology could also soon be extended for use on other livestock.

“These fences are a game changer for farmers, and we are excited about the opportunities they

provide for livestock management in NSW,” Mr McIntosh said.

“Enabling us to use this technology with cattle is a real leap forward, and we hope that the technology can be developed and rolled out for use with other livestock in the future.

“Tools like this will unlock productivity gains for our industry, so we can put more homegrown food on Aussie tables, more often.”

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WOOL sales resumed on Wednesday, 30 April after a brief one week recess.

Just more than 40,000 bales were on offer nationally for the week and prices settled into the same downward pattern that was experienced just prior to the recess.

The northern region indicator lost 20 cents on the opening day followed by a further nine cents on the final day of sales.

Signs of a halt to the downward pressure were evident on the final day in certain micron categories particularly around the 19 micron types.

When looked at in US dollars the eastern market indicator was only down seven cents for the week and at current levels is still trading above its 12 month average.

33,922 bales were sold nationally with resistance to price falls sending the passed in rate to 15.8 per cent.

Major buyers included PJ Morris, Tianyu and Endeavour Wool. AWTA test data for the season to date is showing a 10.4 per cent decline in the weight of wool tested across the country with all states registering a decrease.

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committees update has been issued with the 2024/25 season production expected to be down by 11.8 per cent.

The first forecast for the 2025/26 season is for a further 8.4 per cent reduction.

Next week’s sale - 31,546 bales are expected to be on offer nationally with 7105 in Sydney. Schute Bell, Wool Auctions, Goddard and Monaro Wool are selling on Tuesday, 6 May.

Other wool stores at: Queanbeyan - 0427 910 151 Bombala - David Platts Phone: 6458 3720 Fridays 9am - 5pm Bega - David Platts Mobile: 0428 586 687 “Kingswood” Princes Highway BEGA NSW 2550

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Secure a remarkable rural escape ADDRESS: 1429 Rose Valley Road, Rose Valley

grazing or cropping options if given the opportunity.

The property enjoys a desirable easterly aspect, inviting beautiful AUCTION: 31 MAY 2025 morning sunlight and offering inspiring views across the valley DISCOVER the rare opportunity landscape. to secure a remarkable rural escape Ideal for those seeking a peaceful at 1429 Rose Valley Road, a unique offering in the highly sought-after Rose country lifestyle or a small rural holding, this lot boasts a charming, Valley region. small three-bedroom cottage, perfect Encompassing 16.27 hectares as either a weekend retreat, caretaker’s (approx 40 acres), this parcel residence, or cozy home base. features approximately 80 per cent There’s also a convenient car garage of its land cleared for practical use, for secure vehicle storage or workshop complemented by 30 per cent fertile use. Water security is assured with creek flats that promise excellent AUCTION

Remarkable rural escape 1429 Rose Valley Road, Rose Valley Property features: • 16.27* ha, • 80% cleared land, 30% creek flats • Easterly aspect • Small 3-bedroom cottage, No building entitlement • Car garage • 2 dams for stock water AUCTION: 31 May, 10am, Cooma Ex-Services Club CONTACT: Damien Roach 0427 253 250 Damien Roach Cooma

Real Estate sales M 0427 253 250 E Damien.roach@nutrien.com.au

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two well-maintained dams, providing ample supply for livestock or horticultural needs.

While there is currently no building entitlement, the existing infrastructure (including mains power) and layout create a brilliant canvas for your rural dreams.

Whether you’re interested in running stock, creating an agricultural enterprise, or simply enjoying the tranquillity of nature, this property offers flexibility and a multitude of potential uses.

An outstanding advantage is its proximity to all local amenities, yet the

property maintains a genuine sense of seclusion and privacy.

About 20 minutes to Cooma or one hour 15 minutes to Canberra. You’ll appreciate easy access while relishing the peaceful, rural environment.

Don’t miss your chance, this property is going to auction at 10am on Saturday, 31 May, at the Cooma ExServices Club.

Secure your slice of Rose Valley paradise, inspect today and imagine the possibilities. For further information or to arrange a private viewing, please contact Damien Roach, Nutrien Ag Solutions Cooma.

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Rural splendour, modern comfort ADDRESS: 467 Caddigat Road Approx two hectares Three bed, two bath, two car ASKING: $795,000 NESTLED amidst the serene landscape of Dry Plain, this charming brick abode at 467 Caddigat Road offers a perfect blend of rural splendour and modern comforts, ideal for families seeking a lifestyle retreat.

This exquisite property spans approximately two hectares, providing an idyllic setting for both relaxation and recreation.

The home has been thoughtfully converted from a four-bedroom structure into an expansive three-bedroom sanctuary, boasting a spacious parents’ retreat with an ensuite and walk-in wardrobe.

The semi-open plan design integrates a modern kitchen, ensuring a seamless flow for family living and entertaining.

Comfort is assured year-round with a

Investment Opportunity Beckons

Seasonal Retreat or a Year-Round Sanctuary

• Offers an astute investor the chance to secure a dual-income property.

Units 1 & 2 of 4 Rutledge Place, Cooma 6

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• Nestled in the idyllic mountain village of Adaminaby.

• Comprising two identical units, each featuring three spacious bedrooms.

• Comprising two furnished properties on an expansive 1130 square metre plot.

• Both units are fully tenanted, ensuring immediate income for the new owner.

• 3-bed, 1-bath, while the second offers a 2-bed, 1-bath layout with car space

• The interiors boast reverse cycle units in each dwelling.

• Each unit benefits from a single car garage

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• Offers a blend of classic charm and modern convenience

• The inclusion of a front sunroom and a rear utility room.

• Land size of approx.1517m2 and a sturdy double brick rendered exterior

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• Captivating six-bedroom house at 42 Egan Street

• Boasting two cosy bedrooms paired with an open plan living area

• Additionally, the separate outbuilding, equipped with WC, plumbing, and power.

• One unit has long term tenant and returns $455 per week.

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ducted reverse cycle unit discreetly installed in the ceiling, keeping the space cosy in winter and cool during the summer months.

Surrounding the home, you’ll find a wellmaintained garden featuring established fruit trees, native flora, and stately pines.

External amenities include a large shed with a convenient double carport and workshop space, catering to all your storage and hobby needs.

The property also benefits from an easement to Caddigat Creek for water access, with a filtration system installed at the house. A solar system is also installed to keep cost down The expansive wide verandah encircling the home offers a peaceful vantage point to take in the tranquil surrounds.

Located a mere 25 to 30 minutes from Cooma, this property presents an unrivalled opportunity for families to embrace a peaceful country lifestyle without sacrificing convenience.

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• Heated by wood and gas, the house remains cozy throughout the changing seasons.

• Well-thought-out layout featuring two spacious living areas

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Welcome home to Whinstone Valley A WONDERFUL opportunity to secure the strategically located Whinstone Valley in the heart of the Monaro district. This property is situated only 56 km northeast of Cooma and 110km south of Canberra in the higher end rainfall area securing an annual average in excess of 700mm or 28 inches.

The current custodians of Whinstone Valley is the Stephens family who have had continuous ownership since 1964. Prior to this the main house was operated as the local post office and telephone exchange.

Bill and Sue are very keen to share the property history. The name Whinstone is a term used to describe a hard dark-coloured rock such as basalt.

Whinstone Valley is a well-established holding offering excellent production for both cattle and sheep breeding and fattening operations. There

is approximately 500 hectares of improved pastures, 230 hectares of native pastures and around 260 hectares of timbered bush country.

Up until 2008 the main operation was a self-replacing Merino flock with cull ewes joined for prime lamb production and a small Angus herd of 30 to 40 cows. There was a comprehensive fertiliser program in place using both single super and single super+ mo. The conservative carrying capacity at this time was estimated to be 3500 D.S.E. The improved granite pastures have been predominately sown to phalaris, cocksfoot, fescue, ryegrass and clovers.

There are scattered gums providing excellent shelter for the livestock.

Fencing is also a feature with the property subdivided into 31 paddocks consisting of netting, hinge joint and plain wire together with electric fences.

There is approximately 7 .5 km of new

boundary fencing which was replaced after the January 2020 fires. Also, around 11.5km of internal fences were repaired or upgraded.

Water security is a feature of this farm with the permanent Frogs Hole creek and semi-permanent Cutmore creek.

There are 33 spring fed and catchment dams as well as a solarpowered bore pump servicing nine troughs. The house water is gravity fed from a 44,000-litre tank off the woolshed.

In 2008 a decision was made to semi-retire and sell all the sheep and run a herd of 50 Angus cows with agistment stock. The agistment stock consisted of 150 cows and calves plus more recently up to 400 sheep.

This property has always been lovingly cared for by the Stephens family.

Improvements included: • Two bedroom weatherboard home C 1890 • Three bedroom weatherboard/ fibro cottage C 1950 • Three stand modern raised board shearing shed.

• Two sets of sheep yards • Steel and timber cattle yards with a crush • Machinery shed and workshop • Kotzur cone bottom silo • Large flat bottom silo • Small holding paddocks adjacent to yards • The Peak View road provides for an excellent laneway for stock movement Whinstone Valley is for sale at $4,000,000.00. Call the exclusive selling agents to secure an inspection.

eldersrealestate.com.au ‘WHINSTONE VALLEY’ Jerangle/Monaro, NSW | 961 HA / 2,374 AC

A wonderful opportunity to purchase a prime grazing property on the Monaro • Ideally located 56km north east of Cooma

• Three stand raised board shearing shed

• Suited to cattle and sheep grazing

• Two sets of sheep yards

• High Rainfall-Average 700 mm or 28 inches

• Steel/timber cattle yards with Vet crush

• Improved granite pastures & native grasses

• Well fenced into 31 paddocks

• Gently undulating paddocks, scattered gums providing ideal shelter

• Machinery shed & workshop

• Double frontage to Peak View Road

• Two silos

• Two bedroom weatherboard home C1890

• Conservatively estimated to carry 3,500 DSE.

• Three bedroom weatherboard/fibro cottage C1950

Call the exclusive selling agents to secure an inspection.

• Established gardens

For Sale $4,000,000 Tim Schofield 0428 526 733 tim.schofield@elders.com.au Sam Green 0428 973 520 sam.green@elders.com.au Elders Cooma eldersrealestate.com.au/300P179034 *Approx.

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ADDRESS: Lot 44 Cathcart Road, Cathcart Auction May 29, 2025, 11am Bombala Golf Club THE Pines with highly fertile basalt soils and high average rainfall is consistently performing fattening country for sheep and cattle.

The property is well sub-divided into 14 main paddocks that lead into holding paddocks around the shearing shed and yards for the ease of stock management.

With approximately 50 per cent pastured improved to phalaris, cocksfoot and sub-clovers and boasting an average rainfall of 800mm on the fertile basalt soils, it lends the property as ideal for beef and lamb production with a high carrying capacity.

The Pines is set up with all the infrastructure needed.

Four stand shearing shed with mains power Four bay machinery shed Machinery/hay shed Horse stables Steel cattle yards with crush and loading ramp Sheep yards Reticulated water system with 14 troughs throughout the property Electric bore pump Ramshackle cottage Fencing in good to excellent condition The property is in an easily accessible location with the benefit of being highly productive.

The Pines is an ideal stand-alone or fattening property.

The combination of rainfall, quality soil and location in one package is hard to overlook and commands an inspection.

Contact Matthew Green 0429 991 241 matthew.green@nutrien.com.au for more information.

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75 Burnima Street, Bibbenluke Village lifestyle opportunity!

Asking: $570,000

Located on the edge of Bibbenluke, this is a great opportunity to immerse yourself into a village lifestyle.

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Currently features a concrete tennis court, vacant block/paddock and house

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Large block 1.29ha/3.187ac (approx)

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Substantially commenced, 7 lot staged subdivision approved over the property

Embrace the relaxed village lifestyle or invest to develop, the choice is yours!

1881 The Snowy River Way, Bungarby Brooklyn - A beauty from another era

Nestled in the rolling hills of Bungarby, “Brooklyn” is a unique opportunity for those who love a vintage renovation project or two!

Once part of a larger property, “Brooklyn” now stands alone on 2.428ha/6.0ac and features Brooklyn Homestead and Cottage.

• Brooklyn homestead has loads of art deco features including geometric ceiling patterns, parquetry flooring, classic kitchen cabinets and beautiful picture rails • 3-4 Bedroom, 1 bathroom, spacious lounge room, dining sitting room, kitchen with WIP • Brooklyn Cottage - Ramshackle 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom cottage The Maclaughlin River is a few hundred meters from the homestead and features some of the best trout fishing in the Snowy Mountains.

If you like a little quirky in your life, and don’t mind some renovating, then this property is a must to inspect!

Christine McIntosh Real Estate Sales

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Asking: $550,000

E christine.mcintosh@nh.com.au

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Property Management

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 Farmer Wants A Wife. 3.00 Beat The Chasers UK. 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 Clarkson’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire UK. 8.30 The Front Bar. 9.30 Unfiltered. 10.00 Nurse Georgie Carroll Sista Flow 2.0. 11.45 St. Denis Medical.

12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 The Floor. 1.15 Innovation Nation. 1.30 Young Sheldon. 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 Hundred With Andy Lee. 8.30 The Grand Tour. 9.50 Freddy And The Eighth. 10.50 9News Late. 11.20 The Equalizer. 12.10 Young Sheldon. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 12.30 Family Feud. 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo. 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 Elsbeth. 9.40 NCIS: Origins. 10.30 10’s Late News. 10.55 The Project. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Dateline.

2.30 Insight. 3.45 The Cook Up. 4.15 World’s Greatest Train Journeys From Above. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Alone Australia. 8.40 Just One Thing With Michael Mosley. Final. 9.15 The Handmaid’s Tale. 10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 My Brilliant Friend. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 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 Lewis. 10.45 Law & Order: UK. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 American Pickers. 12.30 Pawn Stars. 1.30 Outback Truckers. 3.30 Duck Dynasty. 4.00 Mountain Men. 5.00 American Resto. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers: Best Of. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 The Force: BTL. 9.30 World’s Wildest Police Videos. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Get Clever. 7.00 It’s Academic. 8.30 Mystic. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Angel.

3.00 10 Years Younger In 10 Days. 4.00 Puppy School. 5.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 First Dates UK. 8.35 MOVIE: Suddenly 30.

(2004) 10.40 First Dates UK. 1.45 10 Years Younger In 10 Days. 2.30 Fresh TV. 3.00 Army Wives. 4.00 First Dates UK.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 Tough Tested. 9.30 ST: Voyager. 10.30 Jake And The Fatman. 11.30 JAG. 2.30 ST: Voyager.

3.30 Jake And The Fatman. 4.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.30 The Weekly Kick-Off. 11.00 FBI. 11.55 Jake And The Fatman. 12.50 Shopping. 2.20 ST: Voyager. 3.15 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.00 Stephen Colbert.

1.00 Rules Of Engagement. 1.30 King Of Queens. 2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 GCBC. 4.30 King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier.

6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Big Bang. 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.10 ER. 2.55 Doctor Who. 3.40 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.40 MythBusters. 5.30 Heartbreak High. 7.00 Hard Quiz. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Unforgotten. 10.05 Friday Night Dinner. 10.30 ER. 11.15 Breeders. 11.40 Rage. 12.45 QI. 1.15 Sherwood. 3.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 3.00 Play School: What’s Cooking?

4.00 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 4.25 Builder Brothers Dream Factory. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 5.50 Paddington. 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.40 Abbott Elementary. 9.25 Doctor Who. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 12.00 News. 1.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Planet America. 11.00 News.

11.30 7.30. 12.00 News. 12.15 The Business.

12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Skippy. 8.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Midsomer Murders. 2.00 New Tricks. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Sands Of The Desert. (1960) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Yes, Prime Minister. 8.40 Midsomer Murders.

10.40 The Closer. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.50 The Weekly Football Wrap. 3.25 WorldWatch. 5.20 Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies. 6.15 Fast And Furious Face-Off. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 MOVIE: Contact. (1997) 11.15 MOVIE: Mars Attacks! (1996) 1.10 Letterkenny. 2.35 NHK World English News.

5.00 Al Jazeera.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. 1.00 The Assembly. 1.40 Media Watch. 2.00 Restoration Australia. 2.55 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 3.25 Grand Designs: The Streets. 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. 5.00 A Bite To Eat. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 7.00 News. 7.30 7.30.

8.00 Gruen Nation. Final. 8.35 The Weekly.

9.05 Planet America. 9.40 Big Boys. 10.05 Mayfair Witches. 10.50 Late Programs.

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12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 MOVIE: Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. (2023) 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 Britain’s Got Talent. 10.30 The Amazing Race. 12.00 Raines. New. 1.00 Travel Oz. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 The Hundred With Andy Lee. 1.00 Drive TV: Drive Car Of The Year. 1.30 Young Sheldon.

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 10. Parramatta Eels v Dolphins. 9.45 Thursday Night Knock Off. 10.30 Rise Of The Dolphins. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 12.30 Family Feud. 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo. 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 Taskmaster Australia. 8.40 The Inspired Unemployed: The List. 9.40 The Cheap Seats. 10.40 10’s Late News.

11.05 The Project. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.55 Alone Australia. 3.00 Living Black. 3.40 The Cook Up. 4.15 Greatest Train Journeys From Above. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Secret DNA Of Us. Final.

8.35 Liberation: D-Day To Berlin. 9.30 Sherlock & Daughter. New. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 The Hollow.

11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi.

2.30 My Impossible House. 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 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Pawn Stars. 1.30 Highway Patrol. 2.30 The Force: BTL. 3.30 Duck Dynasty. 4.00 Aussie Lobster Men. 5.00 American Resto. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 AFL Pre-Game.

7.30 Football. AFL. Round 9. Fremantle v Collingwood. 11.00 AFL Post-Game. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Get Clever. 7.00 It’s Academic. 8.30 Mystic. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Angel.

1.00 Code Black. 3.00 House Of Wellness.

4.00 Puppy School. 5.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 Kitchen Nightmares. 8.30 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back. 11.30 First Dates UK. 1.40 Kitchen Nightmares. 2.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 Tough Tested. 9.30 ST: Voyager. 10.30 Jake And The Fatman. 11.30 JAG. 2.30 ST: Voyager.

3.30 Jake And The Fatman. 4.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Blue Bloods. Final.

10.20 FBI. 11.15 Jake And The Fatman.

12.15 Shopping. 2.15 ST: Voyager. 3.10 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Rules Of Engagement.

1.30 King Of Queens. 2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 GCBC. 4.30 King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker.

5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends.

8.00 Big Bang. 9.30 Becker. 10.00 Frasier.

11.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.40 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 3.20 Doctor Who. 4.05 QI. 4.35 MythBusters. 5.30 Heartbreak High. 7.00 Hard Quiz. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 9.00 The Weekly. 9.30 Gruen Nation. 10.10 Guy Mont Spelling Bee. 11.00 Planet America.

11.30 ER. 12.15 Rage. 1.20 Breeders. 1.45 Sherwood. 3.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 3.00 Play School: What’s Cooking?

4.00 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 4.25 Builder Brothers Dream Factory. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 5.50 Paddington. 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch!

8.40 Secrets Of The Zoo. 9.25 Saved By The Barn. 10.05 Merlin. 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 12.00 News. 1.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Aust Story. 11.00 News. 11.30 7.30. 12.00 News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 The Pacific. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Midsomer Murders.

2.00 Yes, Prime Minister. 3.00 Explore.

3.15 MOVIE: Summer Holiday. (1963) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Emergency. 9.30 A+E Crash Scene Emergency. 10.30 My Feet Are Killing Me. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.05 Insight. 3.10 WorldWatch. 5.10 Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies. 6.05 Over The Black Dot. 6.35 Travel Man. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 History’s Greatest Mysteries. 9.20 The UnXplained. 11.00 Homicide. 1.45 Dark Side Of The Ring. 2.40 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

THURSDAY, MAY 8

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. 1.00 Sherwood. 2.00 Restoration Australia. 3.00 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 3.25 Grand Designs: The Streets. 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. 5.00 A Bite To Eat. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Restoration Australia. Final. 9.00 Grand Designs Australia. 9.55 Bill Bailey’s Wild West Australia. Final. 10.45 Late Programs.

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12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 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 House Of Wellness. 9.30 MOVIE: The Dressmaker. (2015) Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth. 12.00 The Black Donnellys. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Bad Tutor. (2018) 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 10. South Sydney Rabbitohs v Brisbane Broncos. 9.55 Golden Point.

10.45 MOVIE: Looper. (2012) 1.00 Drive TV: Launch Pad. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 12.30 Family Feud. 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo. 3.30 10 News First: Afternoon. 4.00 Family Feud. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Deal Or No Deal. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Graham Norton Show.

9.50 10’s Late News. 10.15 The Inspired Unemployed: The List. 11.15 The Project.

12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.05 Who Do You Think You Are? 3.00 Nula. 3.40 The Cook Up. 4.15 Greatest Train Journeys From Above. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Rise And Fall: The World Trade Center.

9.05 Gloriavale: New Zealand’s Secret Cult. 10.40 SBS World News Late. 11.10 Atlantic Crossing. 12.10 Between Two Worlds. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Animal SOS Australia. 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 Wildlife ER. 8.30 Escape To The Country.

11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.30 Pawn Stars. 2.00 The Car Club.

2.30 Desert Collectors. 3.30 Timbersports.

4.00 Aussie Lobster Men. 5.00 American Resto. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 AFL: Friday Night Countdown.

7.30 Football. AFL. Round 9. St Kilda v Carlton. 10.30 AFL Post-Game. 11.15 GetOn Extra. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Get Clever. 7.00 It’s Academic. 8.30 Mystic. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Code Black. 3.00 Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success. 4.00 The Goldbergs. 4.30 Frogger.

5.30 The Amazing Race. 7.00 MOVIE: The Karate Kid. (2010) 9.50 MOVIE: Shanghai Noon. (2000) 12.05 MOVIE: Sea Fever. (2019) 2.05 Shopping. 3.05 Army Wives.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 Tough Tested. 9.30 ST: Voyager. 10.30 Jake And The Fatman. 11.30 JAG. 2.30 ST: Voyager.

3.30 Jake And The Fatman. 4.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 My Life Is Murder.

11.15 Jake And The Fatman. 12.15 Shopping. 2.15 ST: Voyager. 3.10 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs.

1.00 Rules Of Engagement.

1.30 King Of Queens. 2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 GCBC. 4.30 King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker.

5.30 Frasier. 6.30 Friends. 7.30 MOVIE: Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves. (2023) 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier.

11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 2.50 Doctor Who. 3.40 A Bite To Eat. 4.05 QI. 4.40 MythBusters.

5.30 Heartbreak High. 7.00 Hard Quiz. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 MOVIE: Mother’s Day. (2016) 10.25 ER. 11.10 Breeders. 11.35 Rage. 12.40 Big Boys. 1.05 Unforgotten. 1.50 QI. 2.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 Andy’s Safari Adventures.

4.25 Builder Brothers Dream Factory. 5.20 Kangaroo Beach. 5.50 Paddington. 7.05 Gardening Australia Junior. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 8.00 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 8.30 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 8.55 Robot Wars: Battle Of The Stars. 9.55 Merlin. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 News.

4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Evening News. 8.00 Planet America: Weekend Edition. 8.45 News Tonight. 9.00 The World.

9.30 Close Of Business. 10.00 Nightly News.

10.30 Asia News Week. 11.00 News. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.00 Are You Being Served?

3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Getting Of Wisdom. (1977) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 West Coast Cops. 8.30 MOVIE: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

(2011) 10.55 MOVIE: Safe Haven. (2013) 1.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.35 Over The Black Dot. 3.10 WorldWatch. 4.05 PBS News. 5.05 Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies. 6.00 If You Are The One. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The Day The Rock Star Died. 9.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Giro d’Italia. Stage 1. 1.35 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

FRIDAY, MAY 9

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News.

1.00 Bay Of Fires. 2.00 Restoration Australia. 2.55 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 3.25 Grand Designs: The Streets.

4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. 5.00 A Bite To Eat. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. 8.30 Sherwood. 9.30 To Be Advised. 10.10 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 10.35 Late Programs.

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10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 Horse Racing. The Coast Race Day, Caulfield Thoroughbred Club Race Day, Hollindale Stakes Day and Goodwood Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The Americas. 8.00 MOVIE: Armageddon. (1998) Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton. 11.05 MOVIE: The Rock. (1996) 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 Drive TV: Launch Pad. 1.00 Great Australian Detour. 1.30 Young Sheldon. 2.00 The Floor. 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 9News First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. 6.00 9News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Holiday Home Makeover With Rachel & Ryan. New. 8.30 MOVIE: Casino Royale. (2006) Daniel Craig, Eva Green. 11.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.10 Good Chef Bad Chef. 12.30 The Yes Experiment. 1.00 Roads Less Travelled. 1.30 What’s Up Down Under. 2.00 Buy To Build. Return.

2.30 Food Trail: South Africa. 3.00 Silvia’s Italian Masterclass. 3.30 Farm To Fork.

4.00 My Market Kitchen. 4.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Dog House Australia. 7.30 Love It Or List It Australia. 8.40 Ambulance Australia.

10.40 Elsbeth. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Sailing.

SailGP. H’lights. 3.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 4.00 Heroines. 4.30 Cycling.

UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. H’lights.

5.30 How To Lose A War. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 The Wonders Of Europe.

9.30 Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy.

10.20 Great Coastal Railway Journeys.

11.20 Homicide: Life On The Street. 3.55 Barkley Manor. 4.25 Bamay. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 9.30 Better Homes. 11.00 Harry’s Practice. 11.30 GetOn Extra. 12.00 Impossible Builds. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Escape To The Country.

6.00 Dog Patrol. 6.30 Bondi Vet. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country.

11.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 12.30 My Greek Odyssey. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 3.00 Motor Racing. National Drag Racing C’ship. Top Fuel C’ship. 4.00 Full Custom Garage. 5.00 Counting Cars. 6.00 Football. AFL. Round 9. Essendon v Sydney.

9.00 Storage Wars. 9.30 Air Crash Inv: Accident Files. 10.30 When Big Things Go Wrong. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Mystic. 9.00 Drop Dead Weird.

10.00 Weekender. 10.30 Weekender. 11.00 Ed And Karen’s Recipes For Success. 12.00 Dream Home. 1.45 Zumbo’s Just Desserts.

3.00 Starstruck. 4.25 Dodger. 5.20 MOVIE: Ron’s Gone Wrong. (2021) 7.30 MOVIE: The Butler. (2013) 10.05 MOVIE: The Queen.

(2006) 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Shopping. 9.00 Tough Tested. 10.00 On The Fly. 10.30 Navigating The World. 11.30 Judge Judy. 12.00 Jake And The Fatman. 1.00 ST: Voyager. 2.00 JAG. 5.00 Escape Fishing.

5.30 JAG. 7.30 Soccer. A-League Men. Elimination final 1. 10.00 NCIS. 12.45 NCIS: Origins. 1.40 Blue Bloods. 2.35 Reel Action.

3.05 JAG. 5.00 Shopping.

6.00 Bold. 8.30 Wheel Of Fortune. 10.00 Ridiculousness. 11.00 GCBC. 11.30 Deal Or No Deal. 12.00 Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Ridiculousness. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Friends.

6.30 The Big Bang Theory.

10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Ridiculousness. 12.30 South Park. 1.00 Shopping. 1.30 South Park. 3.00 Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.40 Friday Night Dinner. 3.10 Doctor Who. 3.55 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 4.40 MythBusters.

5.30 Heartbreak High. 7.00 Hard Quiz. 7.30 QI. 8.00 TBA. 9.40 Gavin & Stacey. 11.10 ER. 11.55 Rage. 12.55 Heartbreak High. 1.40 The Cleaner. 2.10 Breeders. 2.30 QI. 3.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 2.45 Fizzy And Suds. 3.00 Play School’s Very Jazzy Street Party. 3.45 Thomas. 4.20 Dino Dex. 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.10 PJ Masks. 5.50 Paddington. 7.05 Rocket Club. 7.30 Kids Baking C’ship. 8.10 Chopped Jnr. 8.55 The Piano. 9.50 Fresh Off The Boat. 10.35 Dragon Ball Super. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 News. 2.30 Breakfast Couch.

3.00 News. 3.30 If You’re Listening. 3.50 News. 4.15 Planet America: Weekend Edition.

5.00 News. 5.30 Asia News Week. 6.00 Evening News. 6.30 Aust Story. 7.00 National News. 7.30 Back Roads. 8.00 News Tonight.

8.15 Four Corners. 9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.30 Rugby Union. Women’s Pacific Four Series. Aust v NZ. 5.15 MOVIE: Frankie And Johnny. (1966) 7.00 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Pacific. Round 13.

Western Force v ACT Brumbies. 9.30 Super Rugby Pacific Post-Match. 9.45 MOVIE: Deepwater Horizon. (2016) 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

3.00 WorldWatch. 5.00 Over The Black Dot. 5.30 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 Impossible Engineering.

8.20 The War Of The Worlds, The Prophetic Novel. 9.20 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 2. 1.35 Miniseries: Sirius.

2.25 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

SATURDAY, MAY 10

6.00 Rage Charts. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 MOVIE: My Brilliant Career. (1979) 2.05 Extraordinary Escapes. Final. 2.55 Spicks And Specks. 3.45 The Piano. 4.45 Creative Types With Virginia Trioli. Final.

5.15 Landline. 5.40 Spicks And Specks.

6.10 Father Brown. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Call The Midwife. Return. 9.30 Bergerac.

10.20 Hard Quiz: Battle Of The Has Beens.

10.55 The Split: Barcelona. 11.55 Rage.

ABC

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6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 Sunday Footy Feast. 2.30 To Be Advised. 4.05 Surveillance Oz: Dashcam.

4.30 Motorway Patrol. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 The 1% Club. 8.00 Cold Chisel: The Big 5-0. 10.00 Menendez & Menudo: Boys Betrayed. 11.15 Autopsy USA. 12.15 Late Programs.

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 Drive TV: Drive Car Of The Year. 1.30 Rise Of The Dolphins. 3.00 Rugby League.

NRL. Round 10. Manly Sea Eagles v Cronulla Sharks. 6.00 9News Sunday. 7.00 Travel Guides. 8.10 60 Minutes. 9.10 The Killer Interview With Piers Morgan. 10.10 9News Late. 10.40 See No Evil. 11.40 The First 48. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 MasterChef Australia. 1.10 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

1.30 Cook With Luke. 2.00 The Dog Down Under. 2.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 3.30 All 4 Adventure. 4.30 Farm To Fork. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 The Sunday Project. 7.00 MasterChef Australia. 8.15 House Hunters Australia.

New. 9.15 FBI. 11.05 The Sunday Project.

12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Heroines. 3.30 Gymnastics. FIG World Cup. H’lights.

4.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. H’lights. Replay. 5.30 How To Lose A War. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Mystery Of The Desert Kites. 8.30 Genghis Khan’s Mongolia. 10.10 Incas: The New Story. 11.50 House Of Maxwell.

3.15 Barkley Manor. 3.45 J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom. 4.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 9.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 Escape To The Country. 1.00 The Surgery Ship. 2.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 2.30 Animal SOS Australia. 3.00 Better Homes. 4.00 Escape To The Country. 7.00 Vicar Of Dibley. 8.30 Vera. 10.30 Great Rail Restorations. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 11.30 Portland Charter Boat Wars.

12.00 The Fishing Show By AFN: Best Of. 1.00 Fishing Addiction. 2.00 Fishy Business.

2.30 AFL Pre-Game. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 9. Geelong v GWS Giants. 6.00 The Wash Up. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Ultimatum. (2007) 10.50 MOVIE: Machete Kills. (2013) 1.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Get Clever. 7.00 It’s Academic. 8.30 Mystic. 9.00 Drop Dead Weird. 10.00 Dream Home. 11.45 Zumbo’s Just Desserts. 1.00 Starstruck. 2.30 TBA. 4.30 Baking It. 5.30 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. 6.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly.

7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Bones. 12.30 Lie To Me. 1.30 Alias. 2.30 Army Wives.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Tough Tested. 9.00 Reel Action.

9.30 What’s Up Down Under. 10.00 4x4 Adventures. 11.00 Escape Fishing. 11.30 I Fish. 12.00 Pooches At Play. 12.30 Exploring Off The Grid. 1.30 All 4 Adventure. 2.30 MasterChef Aust. 3.40 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 SEAL Team. 11.15 NCIS: Origins.

12.10 Blue Bloods. 1.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Deal Or No Deal.

8.00 Frasier. 10.00 Ridiculousness. 11.00 Stephen Colbert.

2.00 Ridiculousness. 3.00 Frasier. 4.00 Friends. 6.30 The Big Bang Theory.

10.00 Frasier.

11.00 Ridiculousness. 12.00 South Park.

12.30 Shopping. 1.30 South Park. 3.00 Shopping.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.05 ER. 2.50 Doctor Who. 3.35 A Bite To Eat. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.40 MythBusters. 5.30 Heartbreak High. 7.00 Hard Quiz. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Lucy Worsley Investigates. 9.00 Planet America: Weekend Edition. 9.50 Offsiders.

10.20 The Weekly. 10.50 ER. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 3.30 Peter Rabbit. 3.55 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 4.20 Dino Dex. 4.45 Gardening Australia Junior. 5.10 Thomas And Friends: Sodor Sings Together. 7.05 Rocket Club. 7.35 Moominvalley. 8.00 Horrible Histories. 8.30 Fresh Off The Boat.

9.10 Abbott Elementary. 9.55 Speechless.

10.15 Merlin. 11.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 News. 2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 News. 3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 Landline. 5.00 ABC News With Auslan. 5.30 ABC News Regional.

6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Foreign Correspondent. Final. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 Insiders. 8.40 If You’re Listening.

9.00 Nightly News. 9.30 Aust Story. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

8.30 The Incredible Journey.

9.00 Turning Point. 9.30 TV Shop. 10.00 AFL Sunday Footy Show. 12.00 Getaway. 12.30 Dad’s Army. 1.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries.

2.20 MOVIE: The Small Back Room. (1949) 4.30 MOVIE: 633 Squadron. (1964) 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: Tombstone. (1993) 11.00 The Closer. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.45 Jeopardy! 4.50 WorldWatch. 5.20 PBS Washington Week With The Atlantic. 5.45 Abandoned Engineering. 7.35 Science Fiction Revolution. 8.35 The Day The Rock Star Died. 9.05 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 3. 1.35 Letterkenny. 2.45 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

SUNDAY, MAY 11

6.00 Morning Programs. 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 The Piano. 3.30 Bill Bailey’s Wild West Australia. Final.

4.30 Restoration Australia. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Compass. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 The Piano. 8.30 Bergerac. 9.15 The Split: Barcelona. 10.20 MOVIE: Hearts And Bones. (2019) 12.05 Late Programs.

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6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 MOVIE: Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story. (2020) 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 Farmer Wants A Wife. 9.00 9-1-1: Lone Star. 10.00 Suits L.A. 11.00 The Agenda Setters. 12.00 Treadstone. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 9News Morning. 12.00 MOVIE: Deadly Garage Sale. (2022) 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 Floor. 8.45 100% Footy. 9.45 9News Late.

10.15 Aussie Road Train Truckers. New. 11.15 Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup. 12.05 Tipping Point. 1.00 Hello SA. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 12.30 Family Feud. 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo. 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 Have You Been Paying Attention? Return.

9.40 Taskmaster Australia. 10.50 10’s Late News. 11.15 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 3.00 Travel Shooters.

3.35 The Cook Up. 4.05 Jeopardy! 4.30 Letters And Numbers. 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. H’lights. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 Prague With Michael Portillo.

8.25 Bettany Hughes: The Silk Road Treasures. 9.20 Sri Lanka With Alexander Armstrong. 10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 Classified. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 1.00 The Great Australian Doorstep.

1.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. 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 Shetland. 11.10 Born To Kill?

12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Super 440. H’lights. 3.00 Motor Racing. Supercars C’ship. Super 440.

H’lights. 4.00 Aussie Lobster Men. 5.00 American Resto. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.00 Outback Opal Hunters. 9.00 Gem Hunters Down Under. 10.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Get Clever. 7.00 It’s Academic. 8.30 Mystic. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Code Black. 3.00 TBA. 4.35 Puppy School. 5.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 9.30 Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders. 10.30 Bones. 12.30 Lie To Me. 1.30 Alias. 2.30 Army Wives.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 Reel Action. 9.30 What’s Up Down Under. 10.30 Everyday Gourmet. 11.30 Navigating The World. 12.30 JAG. 1.30 In The Dark. 2.30 JAG. 3.30 Jake And The Fatman. 4.30 Numb3rs. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 My Life Is Murder. 11.15 Jake And The Fatman.

12.15 Shopping. 2.15 48 Hours. 3.10 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.00 Stephen Colbert.

1.00 Rules Of Engagement. 1.30 King Of Queens. 2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 GCBC. 4.30 King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier.

6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Big Bang. 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.10 ER. 2.55 Doctor Who. 3.40 A Bite To Eat. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.40 MythBusters. 5.30 TBA. 7.05 Hard Quiz. 7.35 QI. 8.05 Would I Lie To You? 8.40 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.45 MythBusters.

10.35 ER. 11.20 Breeders. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 Andy’s Safari Adventures.

4.25 Builder Brothers Dream Factory. 5.20 Thomas And Friends. 5.45 Kangaroo Beach.

7.05 Dino Dex. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.40 The Crystal Maze.

9.30 MythBusters “There’s Your Problem!”.

9.55 Merlin. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 12.00 News. 1.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.30 Foreign Correspondent. Final.

11.00 News. 11.30 7.30. 12.00 News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Midsomer Murders.

2.00 Dad’s Army. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow.

3.30 MOVIE: Confession. (1955) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 The Madame Blanc Mysteries. 9.40 Harry Wild.

10.50 The Closer. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.50 WorldWatch. 5.05 Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies. 6.00 Alone Denmark. Return. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 MOVIE: Wild Target. (2010) 10.20 The Weekly Football Wrap. 10.50 Alone Australia. 11.55 Secrets Of The Chippendales Murders. 12.50 Late Programs.

ABC

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MONDAY, MAY 12

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News. 1.00 Landline. 2.00 Restoration Australia. 3.00 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 3.30 Grand Designs: The Streets. 4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. 5.00 A Bite To Eat With Alice. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 Q+A. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show.

12.00 Seven’s National News At Noon.

1.00 To Be Advised. 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 Farmer Wants A Wife. 9.00 Doc. 10.00 Accused. 11.00 The Agenda Setters. 12.00 The Act. 1.15 Travel Oz. 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 The Floor. 1.15 My Way. 1.30 Young Sheldon. 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 Floor. 8.45 Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators. 9.45 9News Late. 10.15 Wild Cards. 11.15 The Equalizer. 12.05 Young Sheldon. 12.35 Tipping Point. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 12.30 Family Feud. 1.00 10 News First: Lunchtime. 2.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 2.30 Lingo. 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 FBI: Most Wanted.

10.40 10’s Late News. 11.05 The Project.

12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.00 The Bride Flights. 3.05 The Weekly Football Wrap.

3.45 The Cook Up. 4.15 Greatest Train Journeys From Above. 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? Return. 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.05 SBS World News Late. 10.35 Living Black. 11.05 Snow. 12.05 The Lesson.

2.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Medical Emergency. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Better Homes. 1.00 Escape To The Country. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 My Greek Odyssey. 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 Ludwig. 8.45 Foyle’s War. 10.55 The Yorkshire Vet. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.30 Pawn Stars. 1.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 2.30 Gem Hunters Down Under.

3.30 Duck Dynasty. 4.00 Aussie Lobster Men. 5.00 American Resto. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.00 Outback Truckers. 10.00 Railroad Australia. 11.00 Deadliest Roads. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Get Clever. 7.00 It’s Academic. 8.30 Mystic. 9.00 Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Code Black. 3.00 TBA. 4.30 Puppy School. 5.00 Bondi Vet. 7.00 Judge Judy. 7.30 CSI. 8.30 CSI: Miami. 9.30 CSI: New York. 10.30 CSI: Cyber. 11.30 Bones. 12.30 Lie To Me. 1.30 Alias. 2.30 Army Wives.

6.00 Shopping. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 Tough Tested. 9.30 Jake And The Fatman. 10.30 JAG. 12.30 In The Dark. 2.30 Numb3rs. 3.30 Jake And The Fatman. 4.30 Numb3rs. 5.30 JAG. 7.30 NCIS. 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles.

11.15 My Life Is Murder. 12.15 Shopping.

2.15 48 Hours. 3.10 Jake And The Fatman.

4.05 JAG.

6.00 Morning Programs.

12.00 Stephen Colbert.

1.00 Rules Of Engagement. 1.30 King Of Queens. 2.00 Becker. 2.30 Frasier. 3.30 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 GCBC. 4.30 King Of Queens. 5.00 Becker. 5.30 Frasier.

6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Big Bang. 10.00 Becker. 10.30 Frasier. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 2.10 ER. 2.55 Doctor Who. 3.40 A Bite To Eat. 4.05 Would I Lie To You? 4.40 MythBusters. 5.30 To Be Advised. 7.00 Hard Quiz. 7.30 QI. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 The Cleaner. 9.00 Big Boys. 9.30 Upper Middle Bogan. 10.55 ER. 11.40 Friday Night Dinner. 12.05 Rage.

1.05 Breeders. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 3.00 Play School. 4.00 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 4.25 Builder Brothers Dream Factory. 5.20 Thomas And Friends.

5.45 Kangaroo Beach. 7.05 Dino Dex. 7.35 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. 7.50 The Inbestigators. 8.05 Operation Ouch! 8.40 Deadly 60. 9.10 Hippo Watch With Steve Backshall. 9.55 Merlin. 10.40 Late Programs.

6.00 News. 9.00 News. 12.00 News. 1.00 ABC News Day. 3.00 News. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News. 6.00 ABC News Hour. 7.00 National News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 The World. 10.00 Nightly News. 10.15 Four Corners. 11.00 News. 11.30 7.30. 12.00 News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Breakfast Couch. 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

10.00 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Midsomer Murders. 2.00 Death In Paradise.

3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Trent’s Last Case. (1952) 5.30 The Travelling Auctioneers. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Chelsea Detective.

10.40 The Closer. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs.

2.05 Cryptoland. 3.10 WorldWatch. 5.05 Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies. 6.00 Alone Denmark. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 Trainspotting With Francis Bourgeois. 8.45 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 4. 1.35 Shoresy. 2.00 NHK World English News. 5.00 Al Jazeera.

TUESDAY, MAY 13

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 News.

1.00 Call The Midwife. 2.00 Restoration Australia. 3.00 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 3.30 Grand Designs: The Streets.

4.15 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next. 5.00 A Bite To Eat. 5.30 Antiques Roadshow. 6.30 Claire Hooper’s House Of Games. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30.

8.00 The Kimberley. New. 8.50 David Attenborough’s Galapagos. 9.40 Australia’s Wild Odyssey. 10.40 Late Programs.

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FOOTY TIPPING COMP 2025 Flynn’s Wrecking Yard....................................... 46 Nutrien Ag Solutions Cooma ......................... 44 Snowy Mountains Tree Service ................... 43 Alpine Ford ..............................................................41 Monaro Freight..................................................... 40 Snowy Mountains Laundry & Linen Hire.. 40 Snowy Mountains Transport......................... 40 Brian Geach Electrical ...................................... 39 Rees Automotive Repairs................................ 39

Thursday, Thursday,March May 827 At Accor Stadium At CommBank Stadium Parramatta vsvs Dolphins South Sydney Penrith Friday,March May 928 Friday, At McDonald Stadium At AllianzJones Stadium Newcastle GoldCoast Coast Sydney vsvsGold

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South East Tile & Bathroom Centre ........... 39 Monaro Wool Services ......................................37 Delegate Hotel.......................................................37 Bendoc Hotel..........................................................37 Up She Goes............................................................37 Cooma Battery Wholesalers...........................37 Cooma Toyota........................................................37 One Agency Jodi Alexander ............................ 36 Cooma Mitre 10 ................................................... 36

10 ROUND Club Bombala........................................................ 36 Laszlo’s Automotive .......................................... 34 Cooma Ex Services Club.................................. 34 Jindabyne Butchery............................................ 33 McDonald’s Cooma............................................ 33 Jindabyne Bowling Club.....................................31 Jindabyne Sand & Gravel ................................. 29

Friday, Saturday, 29 Saturday, Friday,March May 928 Saturday,March May 10 Sunday, March May 1130 AtAtSuncorp Stadium At Qld Country Bank Stadium At 4 Pines Park Accor Stadium At WIN Stadium At AAMI Park South Sydney Brisbane StNorth George Warriors Melbourne West Tigers Dolphins vs vs Brisbane QldIlla vsvs Canberra Manly vs vs Parramatta Saturday, 29 Saturday, Saturday,March May 10 Sunday, March May 1129 Sunday,March May 11 Sunday, 30 At Netstrata Jubilee Stadium At PointsBet Stadium At GIO Stadium At QLD Country Bank Stadium At Campbelltown At Brookvale Oval Stadi Sports vsvs Canterbury North Qld Penrith Manly vs vs Cronulla West Tigers Warriors StCanberra George Illa Melbourne Cronulla vs vs Canterbury

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Who knows what round 10 will bring. Good luck tipsters!

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3

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46

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TOTAL

43

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POINTS

Parramatta Newcastle Brisbane Canberra St George Illawarra Penrith Melbourne Manly

5

TOTAL

40

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4

TOTAL

39

PREMIERSHIP PICK

POINTS

Parramatta Newcastle Brisbane Canberra St George Illawarra Penrith Melbourne Manly

3

TOTAL

39

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POINTS

Parramatta Newcastle Brisbane Canterbury Warriors Penrith Wests Tigers Manly

5

TOTAL

37

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POINTS

Parramatta Newcastle Brisbane Canberra St George Illawarra Penrith Melbourne Manly

3

TOTAL

37

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Parramatta Newcastle Brisbane Canberra Warriors Penrith Melbourne Manly

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Dolphins Newcastle Brisbane Canberra Warriors Penrith Melbourne Manly

Dolphins Newcastle Brisbane Canberra Warriors Penrith Melbourne Manly

Dolphins Newcastle Brisbane Canterbury Warriors Penrith Melbourne Cronulla

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Record visitors, costumes for 2025 Steampunk festival

By KAREN FORMAN THEY came in record numbers from a record number of locations, wearing a record number of costumes and Nimmitabel was alive with music, colour and atmosphere for the 2025 Steampunk@ Altitude Festivalat the weekend.

Markets, workshops, buskers, performances, events and photo opportunities abounded and anyone passing through town could have been excused for thinking they had driven into a parallel universe, either back in town, or forward in time - or a mixture of both.

There was even a penny farthing bicycle being ridden up and down the street by a gentleman wearing a suit, a pocketwatch and a top hat.

Nimmitabel School of Arts (Nimmity Artz) has estimated 3500 visitors attended the eighth festival and the first run by the local arts society.

“It would have been a record,” organiser, Kelvin Fahey, said.

“Numbers were up 30 per cent on last year.

“And this is the second year in a row where there were more people dressed up than not, even people just wearing colonial clothing so they had something on that fitted within the Steampunk genre.”

Mr Fahey said people who had never Steampunked before made an effort to dress up, with whole families showing up clad in clothing inspired by the subgenre of science fiction that combines retrofuturistic technology and aesthetics with 19th-century settings and themes.

“Our market stall holders sold out of the aviator style goggles at least,” he said.

Mr Fahey attributed the increase in numbers to the fine weather.

“People look out their door, see the sunshine and feel like a trip to Nimmitabel for the day, along

EVENT: Klaus Menze of Wonthaggi, Victoria shows off his spe ndid Steampunk inspired ha t.

FAMILY AFFFAIR: Melissa, Isabel, Emily and David Norton dressed for the occasion.

PHOTOS: Karen Forman. with the huge publicity brought by the festival’s appearance on ABC’s Back Roads program last year,” he said.

“The show really brought people from long distances.

“We saw people from Canberra, Gippsland, the NSW south coast as well as Queensland, Melbourne, Adelaide and further afield.”

Accommodation was booked out in Nimmitabel, with Cooma accommodation providers taking up the slack.

Highlights included the annual Steampunk ball on Saturday night, featuring regional performers including Jeff Aschmann, Sahal, Steampunk

Pete and Tailgater Janine, and Dragon Whisper.

A first this year was the inaugural Steampunk awards, conducted during the ball.

Winners were: Vendor Presentation 2025 - Tribe Of The Fae Folk; Steampunk Craftwork 2025 - Janna Van Raaphorst; Outstanding Entertainment 2025 - Sanjex Seratti; Steampunk Characterisation 2025 - Lordfoxworth; Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 Tess Hudson and Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 - Dijor Scott Machon.

With funding assisted by grant sponsorship by Snowy Hydro and the Nimmitabel School

of Arts, with in-kind support from Nimmitabel Show Society, Men’s Shed and Lions Club, the event featured a lot of audience interaction.

“I think its success came down to retaining a lot of favorites on the program, double the number of musicians and buskers and the ABC show,” Mr Fahey said.

“Dancers from Snowy Monaro Performing Arts Academy attracted big crowds on Sunday, which is normally a quieter day, which is fabulous.”

The 2026 event has already been scheduled for the first weekend of May 2026.

Town crier Alan Moyse is always a popular part of the Steampunk festival in Nimmitabel.

nny farthing.

Sanjex Seratti on his pe t Award en He won the Entertainm 2025.

Dona Lelliot of Credens Hall Home Apothecary with her wares at the Steampunk Festival.

Jindabyne’s Ella Meyer with son Michael, who launched his book at the festival and his wife, Anna.

Cooma friends Charlotte Stone, 12 and Ashton Farrell 13 show off thei r Steampunk costumes.

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Fillies open season account TOP FORM: Cooma Fillies playmaker, Maddie Banks, stars in her side’s 30-win at the Cooma Showgrounds.

PHOTOS: Nathan Thompson

Ruby Barnes makes a break during the second half. Barnes rans for about 50 metres before being tagged.

Brianna Rankin looks for options as the Fillies go on the attack late in their game against Moruya.

Under 18s show promise in first outing

By DAVID BRISON THE Cooma Fillies registered their first win of the season with a clinical performance in round two of the Group 16 league-tag competition.

One of the strongest teams in the competition, the

Fillies showed their class to race in 30 points while keeping the Moruya Sharks scoreless.

With reserve and first grade having byes, the Fillies had a standalone game at the Cooma Showground.

The homeside rarely looked troubled as new captain, Jess

Clark, opened the scoring.

A hat-trick to Maddie Banks and tries to Ash Steinke, Ruby Barnes, and Brianna Rankin sealed a fine win.

In the post match honours, Banks received three points for her efforts, Grace Pendergast collected two

points and player’s player, one point went to Jaime Kofler and Rankin.

Under 18s A slightly underdone Cooma Stallions under 18s team took on the Tigers in their first game of the season at Batemans Bay. In a tough encounter, the Stallions only completed two sets in the first 45 minutes of

the game.

As a result, the Bay piled on 28 points before the Stallions got into the grove.

With some possession in the last 15 minutes, Jett Kelly and Tyrell Bartlett (two tries) scored for a final score of 12-32.

Three points to Andrei Moroz, two and player’s player to Jett Kelly and one

point to Tyrell Bartlett.

Exciting home fixtures Two cracking matches are expected at the Cooma Showground on Sunday when the Cooma Stallions host Merimbula-Pambula in reserve grade and first grade.

Reserve grade kicks off at 1.30pm and first grade at 3pm.

Bushpigs display plenty of fight in loss THE JINDABYNE Bushpigs showed plenty of fight, despite losing to Crookwell 32-17.

Trailing 17-0, the Bushpigs produced three second half tries to come close to snatching a win.

The first half was tough, every time the Bushpigs made a mistake, Crookwell took advantage. If not on the scoreboard, at least making more inroads into the Bushpigs’ territory. The Dogs continually had the Bushpigs on the back foot.

With a young side this season, the Bushpigs are continuing to improve each round. They face the Australia Defence Force Academy in Canberra on Saturday.

The Miss Piggies ensured one of the club’s senior sides secured a win with a comprehensive 39-17 over ADFA. The side will feature in the women’s 10s gala day in Canberra on Saturday.

Bushpigs prop, Issac Maw, was one of his side’s best against Crookwell.

LEGEND: Bushpigs patron, Harry Cummins, celebrated his 90th birthday and presented the game ball for the Bushpigs match.

PHOTOS: Steve Cuff

Running away for a try in Miss Piggies star, Bernadette Lai.

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Bowls stalwarts receive life membership

By COOMA BOWLS

Venables wins title Geoff Venables has won the AT THE annual general Cooma Bowling Club’s men’s meeting of the Cooma singles championships.

Country and Bowling Club, After several close two long time stalwarts of the club were inducted as life elimination matches, the final came down to a match members, by the members. between Venables and John Evelyn Hamilton and Mick Schoon.

Mayhew both received life Both bowlers had bowled membership for their tireless very well in the pennants work for the club in many competition and a strong capacities over many years. showing was expected.

As a result of their efforts The match went ‘neck and to see the club succeed, they were both given the honour of neck’ for the most part with Venables holding a slight life membership.

Club treasurer, Paul Fuller, advantage. He held the lead in the l;ast few ends and went presented Evelyn and Mick with life membership cameos onto win 25-21 in a highquality match. with the original club logo Ladies minor singles embossed on them. championship Members praised their Two matches have been efforts.

played in the minor singles of the women’s championships.

Olga Jebbink and Mary Obermaier played last week with Olga securing the win.

Last Saturday, Judy Locker and Leonie Snell played the second match. Those watching were treated to the best display of draw bowling likely to be seen.

Each bowler repeatedly outdrew the other when one was holding shot close to the jack bowl. This form was repeated on many ends.

The scores remained close throughout, with Leonie holding a small lead. Judy continued to play with great accuracy but was down 22-23 on the second last end.

Leonie secured two shots on the last end to win.

THANKS: Evelyn Hamilton receives her life membership of the Cooma Country and Bowling Club from club treasurer, Paul Fuller.

PHOTOS: Cooma Country and Bowling Club

Paul Full presents Mick Mayhew with his life membership award for many years of service to the club. Mick has served as club president amongst many roles over the years.

Chebeci wins for Kelley THE Matt Kelley trained Chebeci made it two wins in a row with an impressive last to first win at Sapphire Coast on Sunday.

Having won at Queanbeyan at her last start, she stepped up to a Benchmark 58 over 1610 metres in a field of nine and found herself last in running after suffering some interference from another runner near the start.

With Coriah Keatings riding a patient race, the three-year-old filly claimed the leader near the line to score by thee-quarters of a length. There were some very excited owners on course who were also happy with the $13 starting price.

The ownership group is made up of Narrele Kelley, Wayne Holdsworth, Mr A D Phillips, Brent Williams, Craig Newton, Darryl Adams, David, Irene and Bill Snowden, Dianne Blyton, Leone Venables, Marcus Witt, Matt Lane from Canberra, Merise Johnson, Mick Schofield, N Murphy and P S Murphy, Miss S Adams, Terry Schofield and Tony Brooks.

In another race on the day, Matt had a third placing with Rose Diamond who was slow out of the barriers having stood there too long waiting for the other horses to be loaded.

Also at the Sapphire Coast, the JJR training team had a winner with Wauchope ($26), ridden by Jake Barrett, in a 1209 metre Maiden Hcp. Wauchope is raced by J J R Partnership, Mr J Robinson, Monaro Bloodstock Pty Ltd, Mike Walcott, Terry & Leanne Moreing, Peter and Barbara Joseph, Matt and Dianna Jones along with Maree GuthrieCurran.

Former Monaro local, Rod Weston ventured from Holbrook to the Sapphire Coast with a $151 shot in Uytaahkoo in the last race, a 1007 metre Maiden Hcp. With a great steer from Ruby Haylock, the outsider ran third behind the short priced favourite Giza.

The five-year-old well bred mare was having only her second start for Rod, so hopefully a win is not far off.

And, speaking of Ruby Haylock, she and fellow jockey Jade McKenzie, who rode a winner on the day, were both backing up from playing Oztag for Moruya in a 30 odd to nil defeat by the Coma Fillies in Cooma on Saturday.

Racing this week, with locally owned horses engaged, is at Goulburn on Thursday, Canberra on Friday and Queanbeyan on Sunday.

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Strong fields contest Bombala golf stablefords

By BOMBALA GOLF CLUB ON Saturday, once the fog lifted it was a beautiful day for golf.

The event for the day was a four-ball-bestball stableford for Bombala Electrical and Bombala Hardware trophies.

There was a good roll-up with some good scores. The winners of the trophies were Darren Forrester and Glen Hampshire 41 points.

Ball were won by Darren and Glen and Brendan Weston and Ray Crawford 39 points.

Nearest the pin was won by Weston.

Golden shot won by Wayne Elton.

Sunday golf saw a large field contesting a stableford for club trophy.

Considering it was a fantastic day after the frost, the scores were not reflective of the top conditions.

Members are pleased to see three juniors playing in the competitions.

Sunday’s winner was one the juniors, Laykn Tonks, who came in on 35 points to win the trophy.

Balls were won by Lakyn, Glen Hampshire 34 points, Shannon Gulliford 34 points, Joel Cherry 33 points, Brad Yelds 33 points.

Weston again won nearest the pin. Golden shot went to Steve Tatham.

Program for the week Ladies Wednesday, 7 May – stableford, club trophy Members Saturday, 10 May – stroke, monthly medal Sunday, 11 May – stableford, late J. Crawford trophy

Young wins Cooma monthly medal

By COOMA GOLF CLUB COOMA golfers contested the monthly medal on Saturday with Stephen Young winning following an impressive 68 nett.

Jeffrey Lobley from Shortland Waters Golf Club won A grade with 70 nett, while Jason Brazulaitis on 72 nett claimed B grade, and Mark Kenmir won C grade with his 71 nett.

Place-getters on Saturday were: Alan Kelly, Dylan Litchfield, Marcel Too, Simon White, Wayne Ryan, Gary Batten, Nate Quodling and Ben Smith.

Nearest the pin on hole four was David Douglass, Victor Carroll was nearest on the ninth, 11 went to Tony Clark and on 17, David Stewart was the closest.

The monthly medal also included the long drive competition sponsored by Burke’s Plant Hire.

The A grade long drive went to Phil Ingram, B grade was won by Simon White, Fletch Jones again took the C grade long drive and Claire Caldwell won the women’s long drive. The four-ball-best-ball competition was won by Dylan Litchfield and Jason Brazulaitis.

Sunday’s stableford competition was won

by Mark Burke with 36 points on a countback from David Stewart.

Place-getters on the day were: David Stewart, Kenneth McGrath, Leo Percy, Stephen Young, Wayne Flynn, Shannon Fergusson, Ben Rolfe and John Harris.

The midweek competition this week was a stableford, with Craig Schofield taking the win with 38 points.

Cliff Richards was the runner-up with 36 points on a countback. Place-getters on the day were: David Stewart, Garry Cornish, Steven Wheatley, Simon Allen, Martin Gelling, Peter Devereux, Wayne Flynn, Helen Crawford, Brian Johnson and Harry Mould.

Nearest to the pin on 17 was Brian Johnson.

This week, the Wednesday competition is the midweek medal stroke event. Saturday is a stableford alongside a split sixes event and the Sunday competitions is a stableford.

WINNERS: Michelle and Roger White won the mixed four ball stableford championships on Sunday.

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White pairing claim club championship Husband, wife pairing win mixed stableford

By COOLAMATONG GOLF CLUB THE ladies and men played their annual mixed four ball stableford championship on Sunday, with husband and wife pairing of Michelle and Roger White winning with a 61 total.

Runners-up with a score of 53 were Glen Staker and Karen Caban.

In the men’s Sunday stableford competition, Michael Justen had 37 points to win the day, his second win after capturing Wednesday’s event.

Justen had a great front nine, scoring 22 points with consecutive birdies on the eighth and ninth holes, before four singlepointers hurt his back nine and overall score.

He has shot consecutive fourover-par rounds of 75 in his last two outings.

Runner-up was Scott Frize on

Roger hits a drive during the mixed stableford event at Coolaamtong.

36 points, followed by Andrew Haigh with 35 points.

In A grade, Michael Justen was top with 36 points, with Andrew Haigh and Owain Joines filling the places. In B grade, Scott Frize had 36, Tim Caldwell 35 and Ewan Murdoch 35.

Benje Munce won C grade with 35 points.

The ball competition ran down to 31 points on Sunday.

The men’s near pins were Ian Wheeldon on three, Owain Jones on eight, Lochlann Colin on 15, who also captured the

eagles nest money, and Andrew Haigh on 17.

The ladies near pins were Michelle White on three, Janeece Peters on eight, and Maureen Rupcic on 17.

In the recent monthly medal stroke rounds, the two male qualifiers for the medal finals in November were Aaron Fenton with 64 nett and Lochlann Colin with 66.

The two lady qualifiers were Carolyn Major with a 73 nett on Wednesday and Janece Peters with 79 nett last Sunday.

Next Saturday, all golfers are invited to play in the inaugural Crackers Cup at Lake Crackenback Resort.

Crackers Cup Charity Golf Day on Saturdau, 10 May will consist of nine holes of golf, $3000 worth of raffles, drinks, and is a three-club event on the par three course.

Cost is $40, and all funds raised will support the Rob Kneller Youth Foundation.Tee off is from 10.30am, and anyone interested in playing can find all the information on the website. www.harrosnowsports.com. au/crackerscup/

Cats women deliver best effort yet AUSSIE RULES THE Southern Cats women’s Aussie Rules team is continuing to build momentum following its best effort of the season in Saturday’s round four clash.

After a two week bye, the team ran onto field for their match up against reigning premiers, the Australian National University Griffins.

After a slow start in the first quarter, the Cats showed strong defensive pressure in the second and third quarters and strung together a positive offen-

sive set to record their first goal.

ANU started well with the ball as the Cats conceded 20 points in the first quarter. After returning to the field after the quarter break, the Cats lifted defensively.

The defensive effort was led

by Erin Donnelly with strong support from Anna Bakker, Bethany Ammann, and Lauren Crawford.

Sarah Burns continued a strong showing in the ruck, while Meg Pearce and Erin Pearce proved vital support through the midfield. The

reigning premiers were kept to zero points in the third quarter.

After heavy action in the Cat’s offensive end during the third quarter, Meg Pearce managed to secure the team’s first goal in their inaugural season. Pearce kicked a 20m goal from a turnover.

The final score was 7 (1.1) to 54 (8.6). Best on field were Anna Bakker, Sarah Burns, Erin Pearce, Meg Pearce, Emily Perkin and Pip Golding.

After consecutive wins in their opening rounds, the Cats’ men came up against a strong

ANU team. The Cats matched up well against the opposition in the first quarter, keeping the scores close at the quarter siren.

But the home team pulled away in the remaining quarters to secure a win. The final score was 44 (7.2) to 103( 16.7). Best on field were Sean Bourke, Jordan Lopes, Jarad Clarke, Connor Bourke, Aaron Scandrett and Sam Bennett.

Next week, both teams play Woden at EPC Solar Park in Phillip, the women starting at 10am and the men at 12pm.

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Coyte recognised COOMA rugby union life member, Brian Coyte, had no idea his name would be used for the inaugural Snowy Monaro Interschools Cup, but he is pretty humbled at the honour.

The longtime junior rugby volunteer was on hand to present the cup to the winning team from Jindabyne

after the inaugural carnival on Thursday, which attracted 120 junior players.

“I had no idea about it,” he said.

“The rugby committee decided it would name the competition after me without me being aware. I am very honoured.”

Coyte has never played

for the club, having given the game away after leaving the Northern Beaches, but has given 18 years of service to the juniors in Cooma.

Club president, Sean Neilson, said organisers were happy with the numbers.

“We hope to double it next year,” he said.

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JUNIOR RUGBY: ACT Brumbies representative Reinhold Kamilo, Cooma junior rugby union club president, Rebecca Abraham, Jindabyne Primary School player Tommy Tripet, Jindabyne High School player Chloe Frost, Cooma rugby union club life member, Brian Coyte and club president, Sean Neilson at the inaugural interschools presentation.

PHOTO: Karen Forman

Fordham honoured with Chumpy Pullin award PERISHER cross country talent, Rosie Fordham, made Australian snowsports history last season and her landmark result has seen her receive the Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin outstanding achievement award.

Named after Australia’s two-time Snowboard Cross World Champion, the outstanding achievement award has previously been taken out by Danielle Scott, Tess Coady, Scotty James, Valentino Guseli and Jakara Anthony.

Fordham’s victory is the first time an athlete from outside of freestyle skiing or park and pipe has taken out the award. Fordham received the honour at Snow Australia’s gala awards night last week.

With university commitments keeping Fordham from attending the Snow Australia awards, she explained via video how thrilled she was to receive

such an honour.

“I’m humbled to achieve such an incredible award named in honour of such a legend of Australian snowsports - considering all the exceptional results that were coming in across the winter from all the disciplines,” Rosie said.

“A massive thank you to the Australian cross country community because I wouldn’t be able to do what I do without their support.

“This was a massive win for all of us this season and it’s such a privilege to be able to dream big.”

While most recent recipients of the ‘Chumpy’ Award have been recognised based off a body of work over the course of a season, it took just 33 minutes of racing on 8 February for Fordham to break down barriers which had previously proved impassable.

Never before had an Australian cross country skier

fought their way to the podium of a major international event, however in extremely tough conditions at the under 23 Junior World Championships in Schipario, Italy, Fordham did just that, starting hard and holding strong as others faltered to take silver in the women’s 10km freestyle.

Finn Marsland, Snow Australia cross country program director said Fordham’s performance at Schipario was a hallmark day for cross country skiing in Australia. ”What Rosie managed to do is an amazing achievement and a significant milestone for the sport,” he said.

“We knew she was in great shape and thought she could be fighting for a top 10, but a podium result wasn’t quite on anyone’s radar.

“Everything aligned for Rosie to produce an incredible effort in tough conditions and write some Australian winter sport history.”

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Olympic dream WALKER-BROOSE READY TO FULFILL DREAM

By NATHAN THOMPSON WITH less than 12 months until the 2026 Winter Olympics, Cooma athlete Bentley Walker-Broose is working harder than ever to fulfill a lifelong dream of competing in the Olympics.

The cross country skier is hoping a promising Northern Hemisphere winter season in 2024/25 and a busy few months training in Australia will have him firing come selection time for the national team.

With only three spots expected to be allocated for the men’s and women’s cross country ski team, Walker-Broose, ranked fourth in the country, is focussed on achieving his Olympic dream.

“My winter campaign was really positive. I was able to race illness and injury free for the first time in a long time, and I’m happy with how I went,” Walker-Broose said.

“Now I’m back home it’s time to train hard and do everything I can to put myself in a position to compete for a spot on the Australian Winter Olympic team.”

The 23-year-old delivered strong results in his Northern Hemisphere campaign, impressing at the World University Games.

He had the honour of carrying the Australian flag at the opening ceremony, and was part of a relay team which finished eighth. The team beat nations ranked much higher than Australia.

Walker-Broose delivered strong results in his Northern Hemisphere campaign, impressing

Walker-Broose was pleased with his performances during a gruelling winter campaign in the Northern Hemisphere.

RACING: Cooma cross country skier, Bentley Walker-Broose, has his sights set on being selected for the Australian Winter Olympic team. He enjoyed a productive Northern Hemisphere racing season.

PHOTOS: Supplied of. There would have been tens of thousands of spectators. Norway loves their cross country sking.

“It will be impossible to forget that experience. Cross country skiing is by far the most popular sport in Norway, they really do embrace it.”

In local racing, Walker-

at the World Uni Games.

A highlight of his winter season was making his debut in the world championships in Trondheim, Norway.

“Racing in Trondheim was an amazing experience,” he said.

“It was the most intense and insane crowd I’ve raced in front

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Broose competed in the the 2025 Australian National Roller Ski Championships at Mt Stromlo last month.

The men’s racing was a tight battle between Walker-Broose and European based Lars Young-Vik, with Young-Vik taking both the gold medals and Walker-Broose the

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silver medals.

On-hand to present the medals was Norwegian Ambassador Anne Grete Riise, who was full of praise for the Australian snowsports program.

Walker-Broose is training in Cooma currently, improving his skills and fitness.

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ELECTION: Eden-Monaro voters have re-elected Labor’s Kristy McBain with a swing in her favour.

Locally, more Snowy Monaor voters preferred Liberal candidate, Jo van der Plaat.

PHOTO: Kristy McBain’s office

By NATHAN THOMPSON LABOR’s Kristy McBain has secured another term as the Member for Eden-Monaro with a four per cent first preference swing in her favour.

Ms McBain recorded 42,605 first preference votes (at the time of going to print on Monday), ahead of Liberal candidate, Jo van der Plaat on 31,815.

Ms McBain, who is also the Minister for Regional Development and Local Government, officially announced her victory on Sunday morning, with more than 90 per cent of the vote counted by then.

Her return to office followed nationwide swings in favour of Labor, with the Coalition suffering one of its worst federal election defeats.

Ms McBain thanked the EdenMonaro community for its support.

“My deepest thanks to our amazing community for putting their trust in me again to represent them,” Ms McBain said.

“I will continue to work hard for everyone in Eden-Monaro in a positive way that unites us.

“Thank you to my family, my team, my volunteers and my colleagues, it’s a privilege to do this job and I wouldn’t be able to do it

without them.”

Ms van der Plaat, a Cooma resident, polled strongly in the Snowy Monaro. She won the majority of polling booths on election day, and finished with 1932 first preference votes at the Cooma pre-poll. Ms McBain

received 1607 first preference votes at the Cooma pre-poll, which saw a record turnout with 4467 formal votes recorded.

Ms van der Plaat said she will rest and recharge before deciding if she will have another tilt at the seat or pursue a career in either

local or state politics.

“Being a candidate for 18-months has given me the incredible opportunity to get to know my community and I will never be able to thank the community enough,” Ms van der plaat said.

Across the 12 Snowy Monaro polling places (including Cooma and Jindabyne pre-poll), Ms van der Plaat received 5635 votes using the two candidate preferred count, while Ms McBain received 5078.

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Olympic dream WALKER-BROOSE READY TO FULFILL DREAM

By NATHAN THOMPSON WITH less than 12 months until the 2026 Winter Olympics, Cooma athlete Bentley Walker-Broose is working harder than ever to fulfill a lifelong dream of competing in the Olympics.

The cross country skier is hoping a promising Northern Hemisphere winter season in 2024/25 and a busy few months training in Australia will have him firing come selection time for the national team.

With only three spots expected to be allocated for the men’s and women’s cross country ski team, Walker-Broose, ranked fourth in the country, is focussed on achieving his Olympic dream.

“My winter campaign was really positive. I was able to race illness and injury free for the first time in a long time, and I’m happy with how I went,” Walker-Broose said.

“Now I’m back home it’s time to train hard and do everything I can to put myself in a position to compete for a spot on the Australian Winter Olympic team.”

The 23-year-old delivered strong results in his Northern Hemisphere campaign, impressing at the World University Games.

He had the honour of carrying the Australian flag at the opening ceremony, and was part of a relay team which finished eighth. The team beat nations ranked much higher than Australia.

Walker-Broose delivered strong results in his Northern Hemisphere campaign, impressing

Walker-Broose was pleased with his performances during a gruelling winter campaign in the Northern Hemisphere.

RACING: Cooma cross country skier, Bentley Walker-Broose, has his sights set on being selected for the Australian Winter Olympic team. He enjoyed a productive Northern Hemisphere racing season.

PHOTOS: Supplied of. There would have been tens of thousands of spectators. Norway loves their cross country sking.

“It will be impossible to forget that experience. Cross country skiing is by far the most popular sport in Norway, they really do embrace it.”

In local racing, Walker-

at the World Uni Games.

A highlight of his winter season was making his debut in the world championships in Trondheim, Norway.

“Racing in Trondheim was an amazing experience,” he said.

“It was the most intense and insane crowd I’ve raced in front

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Broose competed in the the 2025 Australian National Roller Ski Championships at Mt Stromlo last month.

The men’s racing was a tight battle between Walker-Broose and European based Lars Young-Vik, with Young-Vik taking both the gold medals and Walker-Broose the

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silver medals.

On-hand to present the medals was Norwegian Ambassador Anne Grete Riise, who was full of praise for the Australian snowsports program.

Walker-Broose is training in Cooma currently, improving his skills and fitness.

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