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It seems hard to believe the Southern Downs Regional Council election was back in late March and that the new administration has been in office for almost three months now.

I had the opportunity to chat with Mayor Vic Pennisi for this week’s cover story (pages 4-5) to get his thoughts on the challenges and key issues during this initial time in office.

It is perhaps unenviable to take on the role of civic leader during a global pandemic - and a drought - but tough times usually test the mettle of those in positions of leadership. It’s also worth bearing in mind that a number of new councillors were elected back in March and for them the last three months have been a steep learning curve, and likewise during a time of great adversity.

From a media perspective it’s encouraging that Cr Pennisi and the team of councillors have committed to more open communication with local news outlets, and greater transparency of council decisionmaking. Part of our role as journalists is to hold governments to account - at all levels but communication is always a two-way street.

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COUNCIL SETS JULY BUDGET DATE

BY JEREMY SOLLARS The Southern Downs Regional Council expects to adopt the finalised 2020-2021 budget on Wednesday 22 July.

The budget was initially anticipated for adoption on Tuesday of this week - June 30 - but has been delayed as councillors and council staff work through public submissions resulting from consultation on the draft budget released in late May. “As part of the Budget consultation process, the community was given the opportunity to provide feedback and make budget submissions on the Draft Budget through various platforms,” a spokeswoman said.

“These included submitting a form on Council’s Website, directly to the Community Contact Centre in writing, by email to Councillors and/or by making a presentation to Council.

“A total of 55 submissions were received

from the public during the comment periods which are attached to this report for information.

“Full submissions are confidential as they contain personal information of the submitter, in accordance with the Privacy Act.” The draft 2020-2021 budget proposed a zero rate increase for the region and halfyearly general and utility rates, and Mayor Vic Pennisi has said these measures expect to be formally adopted.

The first round of rates notices will be issued by the end of August.

Councillors last week adopted the schedule of council fees and charges for 2020-2021 - separate to rates - and overall will apply a 2.5% increase but Mayor Vic Pennisi has said some of these items may be further reviewed in light of COVID-19.

Adoption of a fees and charges schedule is required by the end of the financial year but the State Government allows council

until August to finalise and adopt the budget itself. · Correction - in last week’s Free Times we stated the budget was expected to be adopted in “mid-August” as a result of the delay in completion. This should have stated - “mid-July”.

COVID-19 CHALLENGES ...

The draft 2020-2021 budget was adopted at a special council meeting on Friday 29 May. At that time the council released the following statement on the draft budget “In the Friday 29 May 2020 Special Council Meeting, Southern Downs Regional Council adopted its 2020-2021 Draft Budget, delivering the lowest general rate rise in more than a decade,” the statement said.

“Amidst the challenge of COVID-19, staff have faced the challenge of planning for unknown future circumstances surrounding border closures, enforced business closures, low tourism, and many more.

“However, staff are committed to producing a Draft Budget which continues to meet the community’s needs while still being financially prudent.

“General rates will increase by just 1.9% per cent, the lowest rise since 2008, and Council will continue to extend the early payment discount period from 30 to 60 days to assist residents impacted by ongoing drought and COVID-19 conditions.

“Utility charges for water, sewer and waste will rise by only 1.9% which is less than the previous increase within the 20192020 Financial Year.

“In light of the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, Council will apply a COVID-19 concession of 1.9% to the general rates and all utility charges for water, sewer and waste, effectively delivering a 0% rate rise.

“The 2020-21 Draft Budget forecasts an operating surplus of $63,000 and will further reduce Council’s debt by $1.6 million.” ●

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COVER STORY Mayor Vic Pennisi says the new team of councillors and the staff of the council - one of the region’s largest employers - have accomplished “an incredible amount of work” over the last three months.

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BY JEREMY SOLLARS hen council candidates first started considering a tilt at the 2020 election they had little or no inkling a global pandemic would emerge before the successful contenders were sworn into office - but politics, like life in general, is full of unexpected challenges.

As we’ve all realised in recent times, how you respond to a time of crisis will be the key to determining the outcome.

After 16 years as a councillor, both on the previous Stanthorpe Shire Council and the amalgamated Southern Downs Regional Council, Vic Pennisi felt it was either time to step up to the top job or step out of local politics.

Now, after just shy of 100 days in office as mayor Pennisi took time this week to share his reflections on this initial period in office with the Free Times.

As well as steering the council’s response to the COVID-19 crisis - both from an economic and a social perspective - the new council team has been consumed with preparing the 2020-2021 budget, due for adoption and public release on Wednesday 22 July.

A lot of that work has been behind the scenes, as has the ‘induction’ of those firsttime councillors elected back in March.

Vic Pennisi says many in the community probably don’t fully realise the sheer amount of legislation and procedures councillors

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Mayor Vic Pennisi, Acting CEO Jane Stroud and Deputy Mayor Ross Bartley. have to be across in this day and age - much of it a State Government requirement.

There’s a formal policy for almost every aspect of local government activity and for the new councillors - Cynthia McDonald, Andrew Gale, Marco Gliori and Stephen Tancred - the last three months have been something akin to cramming for an exam.

For his part as mayor, Vic Pennisi seems remarkably calm and collected for someone who’s taken on the civic leadership at a time when the region is dealing with COVID-19,

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on top of arguably the worst drought in its history.

He says he was under no illusions about the mayoral workload before he took it on but concedes there’s only so many hours in any given day, and is full of praise both for the councillors and the staff of the council, saying they’ve put through “an incredible volume of work” in the last several months.

“Every day in this job is a new challenge and that’s what I look forward to when I get up in the morning,” Pennisi says.

“I’m thinking about what we need to achieve on that particular day and the next day.

“It’s quite amazing when you think about what we’ve been able to get done as a new council and as an organisation over the last three months.

“Obviously there’s just a huge challenge for the entire community with COVID, it’s basically what you’d call a ‘perfect storm’ and particularly for the businesses in this region. freetimes.com.au

“That’s been a key focus of mine, getting out and talking with the business community in particular about what they see the council’s role should be in this.

“I campaigned on an open-door policy and when someone asks me to come and talk to them I’ve made the time to do that - it mightn’t have been the same day but I’ll get to them.

“I haven’t knocked back a meeting yet.

“But I also think it’s important to understand there’s been a lot - a lot - going on behind the scenes, there’s been a heap of training for those new councillors in particular.

“There’s legislation you have to get your head around, lots of processes and policies.

“And they’re as keen as anything, they’re enthusiastic which is fantastic to see.

“Local government isn’t necessarily what the average person thinks it should be before they become a councillor - it’s not like being in the private sector where you can easily drill down into the operational side of things, there’s processes involved and you’ve got to learn to work within that.

“But having said that we’ve been able to achieve a lot during this early time in office.

“We’re putting together a new budget, we’ve got an acting CEO (chief executive officer) and we’re recruiting for a new one.

“But one of the most significant things has been the effort that the staff of this council have put in at all levels and in all of the different roles that they do.

“I’ve just been blown away by their commitment and by their dedication to the task, especially right now when we’re confronted by these extra challenges.

“We’ve still got about 100 people working from home and that’s all part of it.”

Pennisi says he’s been making a concerted effort to meet with as many staff face-to-face as he’s been able to in recent times, including informal chats over lunch, and feels he’s noticed a renewed sense of staff morale - which is positive, given the SDRC is one of the region’s largest employers.

He says community speculation about some key senior staff having left the council in recent times has been over-stated, attributing a small number of departures to normally-expected turnover.

TRAVEL TIME ...

With home in Stanthorpe, one of the practical challenges for Pennisi is managing his time when it comes to daily travel to the principal SDRC headquarters in Warwick.

The week begins with a Monday morning meeting first up with acting CEO Jane Stroud and senior council managers to

map out a direction for the week ahead.

Marion Seymour - who has been personal assistant to several mayors during her lengthy council service - plays an equally vital role in both day-to-day and across the board council operations, and managing the mayoral calendar.

“I spend about two days in any given week driving but you can make a lot of phone calls from the car and I’ve got a dictaphone that I use, so you can spend the time productively,” Pennisi says.

“But it’s still the best part of an hour each way and my plan is to find a place to stay in Warwick for part of the week to cut down that travel time.

“I don’t want to just crash in a motel so Sharon and I will be looking for something suitable and comfortable in the near future that we can come home to in Warwick, that’s certainly the plan ongoing.

“I’ve got an office in Stanthorpe that I use a fair bit as well for meetings.

“But I’m not one for having a meeting just for the sake of a meeting - you’ve just got to be efficient about how you use your time.”

TIN TACKS - THE BUDGET, DECISION-MAKING - AND THE MEDIA ...

The 2020-2021 SDRC budget had been originally anticipated for adoption on

Tuesday of this week - the official end of the previous financial year - but has been delayed until Wednesday 22 July.

Ratepayers of all kinds - residential, commercial and rural - will be keen to see the final detail of the new budget, with Pennisi and the councillors foreshadowing a zero rates rise for 2020-2021, and the introduction of half-yearly rates and utility notices.

Further COVID-19 relief from council fees and charges for business is also on the table - pedestal charges look like being one to watch - with a ‘first round’ of fee-freezing and waivers across a range of activities back in May coming at a cost of around $800,000 to SDRC revenue, but the mayor says he is still confident of delivering “a surplus”.

Pennisi says the budget’s delay has been “unavoidable” and points out that the State Government allows councils until the end of August in any given year to adopt a new budget.

“We’ve done a lot of consultation on the draft budget and we’ve had a lot of submissions from the community, from individuals and from business,” he says.

“That combined with COVID-19 disrupting our normal processes has meant we’ve had to push the budget back, but we need to get it right and we need to go through all of the feedback we’ve received.

“These are exceptional circumstances

that we’re in and I think the community understands that.

“After we get through the budget we’re going to spend some time going through all of council’s policies and aligning those to the new structure we’re putting in place for the councillors and for our meetings and our decision-making processes.

“We’ve allocated portfolios to all of the councillors and we’re serious about making those roles meaningful, part of which involves amending our policies to enable councillors to have direct dealings with the relevant council managers.

“This month we’re also moving to a new meeting system of council committees and that’s a big shift, but it’s also about introducing more transparency around how we make decisions.

“We’re going to trial it for six months and if we have to tweak it we’ll do that, it’s not set in concrete.

“I also see a greater role for the advisory committees the council has.

“They’re made up of community and business representatives but I’ve felt for a long time they haven’t worked as well as they could work so we’ll be looking closely at that as well.”

Pennisi has also identified tourism policy as a key issue ongoing - he wonders “if we need to get more assertive with promoting the region” - and acknowledges a new CEO, likely to be on deck within the next two months depending on the recruitment process, will have “some of their own ideas about the organisational structure”.

Community consultation is also a mayoral priority but what form that will take - and taking COVID-19 social distancing into account - Pennisi is open to suggestions, but isn’t entirely sold on the ‘Cuppa With A Councillor’ concept.

“Whatever consultation we do it has to be meaningful - I’m not sure that people who’ve come along to some of the things we’ve had in the past haven’t gone home thinking that’s two hours of my life I’m not getting back,” he says.

As far as the media is concerned, things are looking promising - Pennisi has put in place weekly media conferences open to all local media representatives with him on a Monday, and it’s to be an open forum without pre-submitted questions.

He also says he wants to “soften” the approach with media relations, and wants the councillors to be able to speak directly to journalists, something of a departure from previous administrations - so to that end, watch this space ... ●

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EMU SWAMP DAM - WHERE IT’S AT

BY JEREMY SOLLARS Tenders for the design and construction of Emu Swamp Dam at Stanthorpe are expected to be issued later this month as the project moves closer to being a reality - some two decades after it was first talked about.

If all goes according to plan, Emu Swamp Dam will be the first new dam built in Queensland in more than a decade, with a projected completion in 2023.

The Free Times will be following the project closely - it’s complex, but it’s also exciting for the Stanthorpe area and for the region - and has the potential to become a future ‘model’ for water security both in this region and beyond.

Over the coming weeks we’ll take a look at some of the key points, and talk to Granite Belt producers who would benefit from Emu Swamp Dam, among

the 51 who’ve so far expressed inprinciple agreement to contribute to the cost of the dam out of their own pockets - to the tune of nearly $24 million.

It’s a significant investment, but so are the potential returns. For those producers - perhaps also termed as investors - with construction tenders imminent it’s nearly time to ‘sign on the dotted line’ ...

Horticulture on the Granite Belt is worth up to $300 million a year, but is constrained by a lack of irrigation water. grown by the Pooles.

Right now they’re in winter production mode - spinach, kale and cool-weather lettuce varieties - but year-round the family supplies salad vegetables to three major processors, who in turn produce packaged salads which have substantially increased in consumer demand and popularity in recent years.

The Pooles - Howard and Adele and sons and daughters-in-law Christopher and

Trisha and Nicholas and Rebecca - employ a core of 16 permanent staff and a range of casual workers depending on seasonal production needs.

The Pooles moved into salad vegetables from more traditional vegetable growing - cauliflowers, celery, cabbages - partly in response to the extended drought of recent years, with salad leaves requiring a lower volume of water. But it’s also about meeting an increasing consumer demand, and any

form of intensive horticulture requires water reliability.

Five years ago the family purchased farming country on the Condamine River at Elbow Valley east of Warwick, partly to increase their growing area and seasonal planting options - it’s around three degrees warmer on average than Bapaume - but also to increase their overall irrigation capacity and water security.

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It’s not called the ‘Granite Belt’ for nothing - it’s a region of tough country when it comes to farming but generations of fruit and vegetable growers and winemakers along with graziers of both the food and fibre variety - have persisted in making it productive, in a very real sense beyond the odds.

And it’s all about water.

Unlike some districts in the wider Warwick area, the elevated Granite Belt is not blessed with a great deal of water from underground, even in non-drought times.

Private dams have always been the primary water source and indeed, one producer says if you look at the Granite Belt from above the pattern of farm dams resembles “craters on the moon”.

But for more than two decades Queensland has had a moratorium on the building of private farm dams to capture ‘overland flow’ when it rains. Leaving aside the politics of the environment and of water, in practical terms the ability of Granite Belt producers - and many others - to significantly expand their operations has been constrained for decades by a lack of water for irrigation.

Granted, the Stanthorpe region along with the rest of the Southern Downs Regional Council area has been in a continuous cycle of drought for a long time, and plans to expand farming operations are often as not overtaken by more immediate water supply concerns.

Apple growers, to name one group, and some vegetable producers in northern parts of the Granite Belt are looking at the real possibility of having to truck in large quantities of water this winter to keep trees and crops going through the cooler months. Many were forced to do that last year as well. Some in the wider region may question the priority of constructing a new dam at Emu Swamp on the Severn River just south-west of Stanthorpe during this time of drought - after all, dams need rain to fill them. But those backing the project are looking at the bigger picture and the longterm, including the next generation.

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The Poole family produce their own seedlings in an on-farm nursery, and babyleaf seeding and harvesting is fully mechanised. Daily production schedules involve cutting, quality-checking and packing for transport, with pallet-loads heading to processors who wash and package the greens into pre-prepared or ‘bagged’ salad products, widely-popular with consumers. Forward planning to meet supply contracts is also a daily task, as is plant-health and water monitoring.

Winter production at Poole’s Produce is made up of salad leaf varieties like spinach, kale, tatsoi and mizuna, which have good frost-tolerance. Winter crops typically take two months to grow to maturity – summer crops around a month from direct seeding in the field. Summer production includes other transplanted leafy vegetables that are included in babyleaf salads, and a variety of other vegetables that are cut as babyleaf.

From page 6 But like many others they stand to hold a significant financial stake in the proposed Emu Swamp Dam, which they see both as a source of back-up water supply for the driest times, but also as having the potential to help grow their operations into the future.

“Here in the northern part of the Granite Belt we’re basically on top of a hill,” Howard told the Free Times.

“We’re on Cannon Creek which in a really good rainfall year does run, but overall the water reliability here isn’t good year-to-year.

“Mainly in response to drought we decided to move out of the ‘thirstier’ crops like cabbages and cauliflowers, we changed our thinking and increased our babyleaf production - it’s more highly-specialised with a high-risk element, but it has a lower water requirement.

“It’s like so much of what’s grown here in the Stanthorpe area - it’s high-value intensive cropping, it’s about maximising volume and yield per hectare.

“It’s also about getting the most out of a litre of water.

“To be involved in this supply chain we have no option but to produce on time, every time, so there’s no room for being short of water at any stage.

“Like all farmers in this industry we have to satisfy the requirements of our customers on a daily basis.

“With Emu Swamp Dam, our initial interest and idea was seeing it as a back-up or emergency water supply option for the extreme drought times.

“This project was initiated by farmers and it proves their ongoing confidence in the Stanthorpe region remaining a significant food production area of Australia.

“It’s being in the situation many growers on the Granite Belt can find themselves in during drought times - you get a crop close to maturity and having that extra allocation could be what saves you.

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“But we also see the dam has potential for expansion down the track, it’s a bit of both.

“I think it also has the potential to be part of longer-term water security for the border region - if the Mole River Dam proceeds there may be an opportunity to inter-connect with that, to look at a water grids as has been talked about.”

For producers like the Pooles who intend to invest in Emu Swamp Dam - and along with others they’ve already contributed financially to the researching of the project many years ago - the up-front or initial purchase price of the ongoing water allocation is $6000 per megalitre.

And then there’s where and how to store it.

“It’s expensive water so people will need to maximise every single litre,” Howard Poole says.

“As a family we’re going to have to decide how much we agree to take.

“What needs to be understood is that as well as buying the allocation initially as a one-off there’ll be an ongoing per-megalitre cost for the operation and management of the infrastructure.

“That operational and management cost is estimated at around $400 a megalitre annually.

“Depending on what your existing storage capacity is a lot of people are going to have to construct a turkey nest (nonoverland storage dam) and this will need in most cases a plastic liner because seepage has to be eliminated to limit losses of this expensive water.

“I also think for that reason people will need to be looking at things like evaporation covers to increase their storage capacity and to protect that water - perhaps that’s an area where our governments might like to look at providing some assistance.

“Overall for us as a family it’s a major commitment and a major decision for us to be involved.”

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KEY POINTS ... · Tenders for the design and construction of Emu Swamp Dam are expected to be nationally released by the end of July, with tenders forecast to be assessed and a final tenderer chosen over the next 2-3 months · The successful tenderer will be expected to demonstrate they can deliver design and construction of the project within its budget construction is expected to be a two-year timeframe · They will also be expected to engage local contractors and utilise local knowledge to help deliver the project · As a comparison - Storm King Dam’s catchment area is 92 square kilometres - the Emu Swamp Dam catchment would cover 586 square km’s · Storm King Dam has a ‘useable volume’ (at full capacity) of 1980ML, compared to Emu Swamp Dam’s projected 11,727ML · Granite Belt Water Pty Ltd is the corporate entity formed by the local producers participating and the community to progress Emu Swamp Dam, which is known as the ‘Granite Belt Irrigation Project’ (GBIP) · The Federal Government has committed $47 million, the Queensland Government $13 million and Granite Belt producers $23.4 million · Of the 51 local producers who have committed their own funding in-principle to the dam, they include a mixture of fruit and vegetable producers from both the northern and southern areas of the Granite Belt - those who fully commit to taking water from the dam would

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do so via a pipeline network across the Granite Belt region, boosted by pumping infrastructure Participating producers are yet to sign formal contracts to purchase water from the dam - that process is expected to be completed during the next several months The Southern Downs Regional Council is currently considering the option of becoming a project partner but is yet to make a final decision Opportunities for the council include a component of Emu Swamp Dam being allocated to the council for emergency town water use for Stanthorpe - likely to be in exchange for transferring some existing council water allocations to Emu Swamp Dam, with water allocations ultimately controlled by the State Government Even if not a partner in the project the council will have a role to play in assessing aspects such as new roads and land use change approvals The cost of a dedicated council officer to undertake those tasks is expected to be met by GBIP - the council has said it does not regard this as a conflict of interest and is allowable under State Government planning rules At this stage the council has not committed ratepayer funds to the dam’s construction or operational phases, and GBIP says the cost of new roads would be met through existing Federal/State/producer funding commitments - around $2 million worth of road-related works have been identified Continued to page 10 freetimes.com.au

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Thursday, 2 July, 2020

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A consignment from Poole’s Produce ready for transport to processors.

Emu Swamp Dam is perhaps more accurately referred to as the ‘Granite Belt Irrigation Project (GBIP)’.

From page 8 · On the subject of conflicts of interest - Mayor Vic Pennisi has been leaving the council meeting chamber during discussions on Emu Swamp Dam due to existing complaints against him - details of which have not been publicly released to date by the council and remain under investigation - in relation to his past roles as exchair of the Stanthorpe Community Reference Panel and as a former director of Granite Belt Water Pty Ltd. Cr Pennisi has stated during council meetings that he believes his “personal interest is not of sufficient significance that it will lead him to making a decision on the matter that is contrary to the public interest and would best perform his responsibility of serving the overall public interest of the whole of the Council area by participating in discussion and voting on the matter”, but has chosen to leave the room and take no part in debate or decisionmaking to date in relation to Emu Swamp Dam · The NSW Government is progressing investigations into a dam on the Mole River near Tenterfield - a final business case has been funded; if that dam proceeds it would be the first new dam in NSW since 1987 AT A GLANCE ...

Granite Belt Water Pty Ltd projects Emu Swamp Dam would create · 700 new fulltime jobs for Southern Downs region · 282 new FTE’s in ‘direct agricultural jobs’ · 418 new FTE’s in support industries · 135 construction jobs · $68 million annual increase in gross agricultural production · Improved water security for farm production (Granite Belt) and food security (Qld) · Potential for urban consumption (Stanthorpe) DAM DESCRIPTION · Clay core - rock fill (similar to Coolmunda Dam), 223ha, dam wall 661m long; 24m high; 6m wide at crest · Distribution system 10 SOUTHERN FREE TIMES

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· 117km pipeline; header tank; gravity feed · Solar and battery array for pumping PIPELINE SILENCE ...

The Queensland Government is yet to make any further announcements about a proposed water pipeline from Toowoomba to Warwick announced

by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in January.

If constructed the pipeline would allow the Warwick and Stanthorpe areas to access town drinking water via Toowoomba from Wivenhoe Dam, but no costings or timelines have been released as yet.

The Free Times this week asked the Premier’s office for an update but our enquiry was referred to the office of Dr Paul Lynham, Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy.

A spokeswoman for the minister said there was no timeframe as yet for any further announcements about the pipeline.

Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio earlier this week told the Free Times he had been of the understanding more details were due to be released in the first week of July.

He said Toowoomba Regional Council had not had any further talks with the Premier since January when she last visited Toowoomba after announcing the pipeline in Warwick earlier that month.

Prior to that Cr Antonio was critical of the Queensland Government over a lack of consultation on the pipeline with Toowoomba Regional Council, and this week again reiterated that the TRC would need to undertake a “critical analysis” of the impact a Toowoomba-Warwick pipeline would have on water supply in the wider Toowoomba region.

Southern Downs Mayor Vic Pennisi has likewise said the SDRC is awaiting more details of the pipeline before making its final position clear on the proposal.

But Cr Pennisi has also foreshadowed significant concern over any long-term impact the pipeline might have on Southern Downs ratepayers, and has stopped well short of endorsing the project on behalf of the council.

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LEGALS ONGOING ...

Legal negotiations between a group of Stanthorpe area producers and the Southern Downs Regional Council over contracts to purchase recycled water for irrigation from the Stanthorpe Wastewater Treatment Plant are yet to be resolved.

The previous council administration in 2018 terminated contracts held by the group of irrigators - who have so far declined to comment publicly on the matter - and issued expressions of interest for new purchasers of the water but did not award any new contracts.

It is understood the previous council

wished to achieve a higher price for the recycled effluent water but the producers maintained their contracts were unlawfully terminated.

The matter has since been the subject of protracted legal negotiations.

At last week’s June monthly meeting councillors in a confidential session voted to “delegate to the Acting Chief Executive Officer approval to negotiate and finalise an agreement between the Effluent Water Users Group and Southern Downs Regional Council”. No further details have yet been made public. ●

Howard Poole with one of the daily consignments of ‘babyleaf’ from Poole’s Produce. The Pooles see Emu Swamp Dam as both a back-up water supply and with potential for overall ag expansion on the Granite Belt. freetimes.com.au

NEWS RESTRICTIONS EASE, BORDER PLAN...

The Queensland Government this week announced a "further and faster easing" of restrictions across Queensland from 12 noon tomorrow, Friday 3 July, including what the Premier has called "a clear plan to manage our borders going forward".

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said anyone who had travelled from Victoria - including Queenslanders - would be prevented from entering Queensland from tomorrow unless they quarantined at a hotel at their own expense for two weeks.

She said the state's borders would be opened to visitors from other states from next Friday 10 July.

But 'Stage 3' easing of COVID-19 restrictions originally proposed for next Friday 10 July will be brought forward a week, and come into effect tomorrow.

Ms Palaszczuk said Queenslanders' continued efforts in uniting against COVID-19 had also paved the way for a further easing of restrictions, allowing more people in more places and more events, a week earlier than expected.

"We have seen more than 250 cases of COVID-19 in Victoria over the past week and there is sustained community transmission there," the Premier said on Tuesday of this week.

"We cannot risk removing our border restrictions for those people coming from areas in Victoria right now. To do so would jeopardise everything we have all sacrificed so much to achieve and could be catastrophic to our entire economy.

"From (tomorrow) anyone travelling

from Victoria will not be permitted to cross the Queensland border and if they do they will have to quarantine at a hotel at their own expense."

The Government will open the borders to other states from Friday 10 July, provided travellers complete a border declaration stating they have not been to local government areas in Victoria in the previous 14 days.

"The risk to Queensland from travellers from New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory will be limited, given the low levels of community transmission in these places," Ms Palaszczuk said.

"We committed to open the borders on 10 July. We are doing that - but in a responsible way.

"The changes we're announcing today are about supporting our state's economic recovery while protecting Queenslanders.

"We have said all along that we would take sensible, measured steps to easing restrictions for Queenslanders and that's exactly what we're doing.

"If there is an outbreak in any state, we reserve the right to review the border again.

"We have come such a long way together, but now is not the time to become complacent. We must all keep up the efforts to protect ourselves, our families and our community."

Deputy Premier and Health Minister Steven Miles said the accelerated relaxation of restrictions in stage 3 will collectively mean a greater return to

normality for all Queenslanders.

"For small businesses like restaurants and cafes, for couples getting married, for young people wanting to celebrate their 21st at home, for community sporting teams and their spectators, for sports fans, museum goers and event managers, life has gotten easier," he said.

Stage 3 measures include allowing: · Private gatherings of up from 20 to 100 people in homes - great for special birthdays and celebrations of milestones; · Wedding attendance increases from 20 to 100 (and the reception size increases too); · Contact indoor and outdoor community sport starts with an approved plan; · More events, with events of more than 10,000 people requiring a COVID Safe Event Plan approved by the Chief Health Officer "The four square metre rule per customer applies across the board with no ceiling, and no need to divide customers into smaller groups," the Deputy Premier said.

"For small businesses, we will relax the four square metre rule, allowing up to 50 customers for a venue below 200 square metres in size, provided they keep a register of customers. For example, a 100 square metre cafe can currently have 25 patrons, with five of them in a separate area; now they can have up to 50 patrons," he said.

"And patrons will be able to go to the bar to collect your food and drink - meaning faster service at many locations.

The Government has committed to reviewing transmission levels and flagged moving from four square metres to two square metres more widely, when circumstances allow.

"Queenslanders have done such a fantastic job of flattening the curve and our message to locals is as restrictions ease further make sure you keep up the social distancing and hygiene practises such as washing your hands and stay at home and get tested if you are sick. · For more information and a full list of measures under the Roadmap to Easing Queensland's restrictions visit www.covid19.qld.gov.au

PLANNED BURN The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) in conjunction with Hancock Queensland Plantations (HQP) are conducting a planned burn within the Passchendaele State Forest this week.

A QPWS spokesman said the planned burn area is south of Amiens locality to the west of Stanthorpe township. ‘‘As a result, smoke will be seen to the west of Stanthorpe,’’ the spokesman said. ‘‘Staff from QPWS and HQP will be working on the planned burn for the rest of the week while conditions are favourable. ‘‘The planned burn is an important part of the annual hazard reduction/ conservation management program for parks and forests. ‘‘The aim of the burn is to reduce the volume of forest fuels and to create a mosaic pattern of burnt and unburnt areas.

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THE GUIDE SHE SAID... HE SAID...

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EUROVISION SONG CONTEST THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA STARS: WILL FERRELL, RACHEL MCADAMS, DANIEL STEVENS, PIERCE BROSNAN. NETFLIX It is the biggest music festival in the world - a mostly European institution (though we Aussies are big, big fans, too) that sees everything from the weird and the wacky, the beautiful and sublime of the music world come together each May. It’s not surprising then that someone has used it as a background for a movie, though it is a shock that it’s American Will Ferrell (Elf).

The other surprise is the depth of fanservice the movie offers to Euro-fans. There are so many Euro cliches and rather than being an American taking pot-shots at a beloved event - Ferrell who co-wrote the movie works hard to make it more a loveletter to the event.

Ferrell, who was introduced to Eurovision through his Swedish wife, stars as obscure Icelandic musician Lars who with his musical partner Sigrit (Rachel McAdams - who is the heart of the movie) are given the opportunity of a lifetime to represent their country at the world’s biggest song competition.

Sure there is a touch of Ferrell’s more puerile humour and there are inconsistencies (a joke that UK comes last these days and yet the final is in Edinburgh which would only host if the UK or maybe Australia had won but then the hosts are Eastern European) but this is a movie that gently explores both Icelandic and Eurovision culture and instills a lot of heart.

Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, Beauty and The Beast) is fabulous as the Russian favourite harbouring a secret while Pierce Brosnan (who thankfully doesn’t sing) is Lars’ gruff fisherman dad.

And there are cameos by many of the recent Euro winners including Netta, Conchita Wurst and Alexander Rybak and Eurovision icons including Graham Norton

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA STARRING: WILL FERRELL AND RACHEL MCADAMS RATED M

Will Ferrell and Pierce Brosnan. and William Lee Adams (Wiwi Blogs).

It also features music that very well could have been part of Eurovision and that will have Eurofans tapping their feet (the soundtrack came out on Sony on Friday).

The other big plus is gorgeous Scottish and Icelandic scenery (as well as the real Eurovision stage from Portugal) that will have fans wishing that Eurovision had gone ahead this year because ironically most fans

agree Iceland would have won the event for the first time (thanks to Dadi Freyr’ Think About Things).

And while it’s not perfect by any means this is a movie that has been in development since 2014 and the level of research shows.

It was a pleasant surprise for my bunch of Eurovision fans who’d never made it all the way through a Ferrell movie before.

- Tania Phillips ●

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is an irrepressibly charming and surprisingly poignant comedy musical following Icelandic musicians Lars (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit (Rachel McAdams) as they compete in Eurovision against all odds.

Ferrell and McAdams have delightful chemistry as a sweet, close couple driven apart by ambition.

The plot deftly balances the external conflict of Lars and Sigrit striving to win Eurovision with the internal conflict of Lars getting his priorities straight and Sigrit wishing for more out of life, and features some engaging sub-plots involving Lars’ disapproving father, Sigrit’s handsome Russian friend Alexander (Dan Stevens) and the elves of Icelandic mythology.

The Story of Fire Saga has quirky characters and vibrant art direction captured through steady, documentary-like camerawork.

This film will be a treat for Eurovision fans, as it has cameos from numerous past contestants, and several of the rousing musical numbers reference famous past performances, including a fun riff on infamous Finnish metal band Lordi playing in full demon makeup in the 2006 contest. I don’t normally enjoy musicals, but this film’s musical numbers are necessarily organic to the plot, and I was grinning from ear to ear by the end.

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is a joyful, touching and well-structured tribute to the gaudy excess of Eurovision, and is available for streaming on Netflix.

- Seth Lukas Hynes ●

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CULTURES COLLIDE IN TOP ROM-COM, WITH A HAPPY ENDING TOP END WEDDING STARRING: MIRANDA TAPSELL, GWILYM LEE, KERRY FOX 98 MINUTES, RATED M Successful Sydney lawyer Lauren Ford (Miranda Tapsell, The Sapphires) is given just 10 days by her hard-nosed boss to get hitched and get back to making money for the firm - but the bride’s mother has gone missing, and bridegroom Ned Pelton (Gwilym Lee, Bohemian Rhapsody) hasn’t told her he has packed in his job - what could possibly go wrong.

The impossible deadline, missing mum and series of misadventures is the backdrop for a truly delightful rom-com that hits all the right notes in a frantic on-again, offagain race to say those vows.

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without her mum present.

It’s just that mum Daphne has had a gutful of her suburban life and has gone off in search of ... something better ... leaving husband Trevor a bawling mess, retreating to the pantry to play weepy ‘80s ‘chick music’. He’s watched enough Bruce Willis ‘Die Hard’ movies to know he’s not ‘man enough’ to keep his wife happy. Huw Higginson is engagingly pathetic as Trevor, the jilted husband, in a role that pokes fun at the traditional ‘man of the house’ gender stereotype.

While Trevor is busy blubbing in the pantry, compromising photos emerge of mum with a French outback helicopter pilot - along with a trashed hotel room and Lauren is left emotionally strung by not knowing her whereabouts or what she’s actually up to.

Fiance Ned’s disclosure that he’s quit his

job as a soft-hearted prosecutor is the final straw.

That doesn’t prevent him from trying to give Lauren some ‘fairy floss’ romantic moments - which are way out of step with Lauren’s beleaguered thinking.

With time ticking down towards the wedding day, Lauren’s boss, the hard-nosed Ms Hampton (Kerry Fox) is called in. She’s never been a wedding planner, but she has been a planner - and has Trevor and the bridesmaids busy with wedding details right up to the deadline. Fox is a scene stealer, and the icing on the cake of this well-crafted romp.

Images of the staggeringly beautiful Top End and Tiwi Islands are an added bonus.

And there’s just enough ‘Die Hard’ dialogue to make it OK for blokes to watch, too.

- Andrew Cantwell ●

Miranda Tapsell (pictured) reunites with Sapphires director Wayne Blair for Top End Wedding.

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2:55 Waffle The Wonder Dog 3:30 Play School 3:55 Bananas In Pyjamas 4:30 Bob The Builder 5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 5:35 Peter Rabbit 5:55 Floogals 6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 Hard Quiz (PG) 9:00 High Fidelity (MA15+) 9:30 Fleabag (M)

2:55 Waffle The Wonder Dog 3:30 Play School 3:55 Bananas In Pyjamas 4:30 Bob The Builder 5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 5:35 Peter Rabbit 5:55 Floogals 6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 Absolutely Fabulous (PG) 9:00 Extras (M l,v) 9:30 Black Books (M l)

3:05 Little Roy 3:30 Play School 3:55 Bananas In Pyjamas 4:30 Bob The Builder 5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 5:50 Peppa Pig 6:10 Dog Loves Books 6:30 Kiri And Lou 6:55 Catie’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 8:30 Live At The Apollo (M l,s)

3:05 Little Roy 3:30 Play School 3:55 Bananas In Pyjamas 4:10 Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle 4:30 Bob The Builder 5:00 Fireman Sam 5:35 Peter Rabbit 5:55 Floogals 6:30 Kiri And Lou 6:55 Catie’s Amazing Machines 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:00 Would I Lie To You? (M l) 8:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (M l)

2:55 Waffle The Wonder Dog 3:30 Play School 3:55 Bananas In Pyjamas 4:30 Bob The Builder 5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 5:35 Peter Rabbit 5:55 Floogals 6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 The IT Crowd (PG) 8:50 W1A (M) 9:25 The Games (PG) 9:55 Get Krack!n (M)

2:55 Waffle The Wonder Dog 3:30 Play School 4:00 Bananas In Pyjamas 4:35 Bob The Builder 5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 5:35 Peter Rabbit 5:55 Floogals 6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 Would I Lie To You? (PG) 9:00 The Inbetweeners (M l,s) 9:25 Zapped (M)

2:55 Waffle The Wonder Dog 3:30 Play School 3:55 Bananas In Pyjamas 4:30 Bob The Builder 5:10 Ben And Holly’s Little Kingdom 5:35 Peter Rabbit 5:55 Noddy Toyland Detective 6:30 Kiri And Lou 7:00 Dino Dana 7:30 Spicks And Specks (PG) 8:30 Friday Night Dinner (PG) 8:55 Gavin And Stacey (M s)

ABC ME 4:00 Grace Beside Me 4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 ITCH (PG) 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:05 Prank You Very Much 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 The Penguins Of Madagascar 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 9:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG)

ABC ME 4:00 Grace Beside Me 4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 ITCH (PG) 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:05 Prank You Very Much 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 The Penguins Of Madagascar 8:45 Voltron: Legendary Defender (PG) 9:10 Fruits Basket (PG)

ABC ME 4:00 Grace Beside Me 4:30 Odd Squad 5:00 ITCH (PG) 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 The Crystal Maze (PG) 7:15 Deadly 60 (PG) 7:45 The Zoo 7:55 The Penguins Of Madagascar (PG) 8:30 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 8:45 So Awkward 9:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG)

ABC ME 4:00 Grace Beside Me 4:25 Good Game Spawn Point 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 The Crystal Maze 7:15 Fierce! (PG) 8:05 Shaun The Sheep 8:35 Danger Mouse 9:00 So Awkward 9:30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG) 9:50 Slugterra 10:15 rage (PG)

ABC ME 4:00 Thalu 4:35 Odd Squad 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:05 Prank You Very Much 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 The Penguins Of Madagascar 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 9:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG) 9:40 Slugterra

ABC ME 4:00 Thalu 4:35 Odd Squad 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 7:05 Prank You Very Much 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts 8:50 So Awkward 9:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG)

ABC ME 4:00 Thalu 4:35 Odd Squad 5:00 Secret Life Of Boys 5:30 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir 6:00 All Hail King Julien (PG) 6:30 Horrible Histories (PG) 6:55 What’s For Dinner? 7:05 Prank You Very Much 7:30 Shaun The Sheep 8:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 8:25 Danger Mouse 9:15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG)

3:00 Pokemon: XYZ 3:30 Lego City Adventures (PG) 4:00 The Amazing World Of Gumball (PG) 4:30 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 5:00 Adventure Time (PG) 5:30 Regular Show (PG) 6:00 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 7:00 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 7:30 Movie: “Evolution” (PG) (’01) Stars: Julianne Moore 9:30 Movie: “Bad Teacher” (M s,l,n) (’11) Stars: Cameron Diaz

3:00 Pokemon: XYZ 3:30 Lego City Adventures (PG) 4:00 The Amazing World Of Gumball (PG) 4:30 Clarence (PG) 4:45 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 5:15 The Tom And Jerry Show 5:45 Movie: “The Emoji Movie” (PG) (’17) Stars: TJ Miller 7:30 Movie: “Matilda” (PG) (’96) Stars: Mara Wilson 9:30 Movie: “Mean Girls” (M) (’04) Stars: Tina Fey

3:00 The Road Trick (PG) 3:30 The Xtreme Collxtion (PG) 4:30 Red Bull Soapbox Race (PG) 5:30 Clarence (PG) 5:45 Movie: “Bee Movie” (G) (’07) Stars: Jerry Seinfeld 7:30 Movie: “Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2” (M v) (’15) Stars: Jennifer Lawrence 10:10 Movie: “The Shallows” (M) (’16) Stars: Blake Lively 12:00 Heroes (MA15+)

2:45 World Of Dance (PG) 3:45 Movie: “Step Up Revolution” (PG) (’12) Stars: Ryan Guzman 5:45 Movie: “Aliens In The Attic” (PG) (’09) Stars: Ashley Tisdale 7:30 Movie: “The Bourne Ultimatum” (M v) (’07) Stars: Albert Finney 9:40 Movie: “Mission Impossible III” (M v) (’06) Stars: Tom Cruise 12:10 Heroes (MA15+) 1:00 Robot Wars (PG)

3:00 Pokemon: XYZ 3:30 Ninjago (PG) 4:00 The Amazing World Of Gumball (PG) 4:30 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 5:00 Adventure Time (PG) 5:30 Regular Show (PG) 6:00 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 7:30 RBT (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol” (M) (’11) Stars: Tom Cruise 11:10 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 11:40 Japandemonium (M)

3:00 Pokemon: XYZ 3:30 Lego City Adventures (PG) 4:00 The Amazing World Of Gumball (PG) 4:30 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 5:00 Adventure Time (PG) 6:00 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 7:30 Movie: “Man On Fire” (M v,l) (’04) Stars: Denzel Washington 10:30 Movie: “The American” (MA15+) (’10) Stars: George Clooney 12:30 Malcolm In The Middle (PG)

3:00 Pokemon: XYZ 3:30 Lego City Adventures (PG) 4:00 The Amazing World Of Gumball (PG) 4:30 Teen Titans Go! (PG) 5:00 Adventure Time (PG) 5:30 Regular Show (PG) 6:00 Malcolm In The Middle (PG) 7:30 The Big Bang Theory (PG) 8:30 Movie: “XXX: Return Of Xander Cage” (M v,s,l) (’17) Stars: Vin Diesel 10:35 The Big Bang Theory (PG)

2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “Dentist On The Job” (PG) (’61) Stars: Bob Monkhouse 5:20 Miss Marple (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Territory Cops (PG) 8:30 Serial Killer With Piers Morgan (M) 9:30 Suburban Gangsters (MA15+) 10:30 Chicago Med (M v) 11:30 ER (M)

2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “Hell Is A City” (PG) (’60) Stars: Stanley Baker 5:20 Miss Marple (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Poirot (PG) 8:40 Movie: “Sully: Miracle On The Hudson” (M l) (’16) Stars: Tom Hanks 10:40 Movie: “United 93” (M v,l) (’06) Stars: David Alan Basche

12:45 Movie: “Maytime In Mayfair” (G) (’49) Stars: Anna Neagle 2:40 Movie: “Pocket Full Of Miracles” (G) (’61) Stars: Bette Davis 5:30 Movie: “Sweet Smell Of Success” (PG) (’57) Stars: Burt Lancaster 7:30 Movie: “Firewall” (M v,l) (’06) Stars: Harrison Ford 9:40 Movie: “Tears Of The Sun” (M v,l) (’03) Stars: Monica Bellucci

12:30 Getaway (PG) 1:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) 3:00 Movie: “The Buccaneer” (G) (’58) Stars: Yul Brynner 5:30 Movie: “Lawman” (PG) (’71) Stars: Burt Lancaster 7:30 Death In Paradise (M v) 8:40 DCI Banks (MA15+) 10:40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (M v) 11:40 The Rockford Files (PG) 12:35 My Favourite Martian 1:00 Home Shopping 1:30 Dangerman (PG)

12:00 Miss Marple (PG) 1:10 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:30 Movie: “The Loves Of Joanna Godden” (PG) (’47) Stars: Googie Withers 5:20 Miss Marple (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 New Tricks (M v) 8:40 Midsomer Murders (M) 10:40 TBA 11:30 ER (M v) 12:30 Antiques Roadshow

12:00 Miss Marple (PG) 1:10 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 3:00 Antiques Roadshow 3:35 Movie: “The Small Voice” (PG) (’48) Stars: Howard Keel 5:20 Miss Marple (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 New Tricks (M) 8:40 Poirot (M) 10:55 Trial & Retribution (M) 1:00 Home Shopping 1:30 Edgar Wallace Mysteries (PG)

12:00 Miss Marple (PG) 1:10 Days Of Our Lives (PG) 2:05 The Young And The Restless (PG) 2:55 Movie: “The Sound Barrier” (PG) (’52) Stars: Ann Todd 5:20 Miss Marple (PG) 6:30 Antiques Roadshow 7:30 Agatha Raisin (PG) 8:30 Midsomer Murders (PG) 10:40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (PG) 11:35 ER (M v) 12:30 Antiques Roadshow

7TWO 3:00 Harry’s Practice 3:30 Mighty Planes (PG) 4:30 Medical Emergency (PG) 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Father Brown (M v) 8:30 Murdoch Mysteries (M v) 11:30 Brit Cops (M d,l) 1:30 Make It Yours 2:00 Escape To The Country 3:00 Bargain Hunt 4:00 Million Dollar Minute

7TWO 3:00 Harry’s Practice 3:30 Air Crash Investigations (PG) 4:30 Medical Emergency (PG) 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Air Crash Investigations (PG) 8:30 Cliveden - A Very British Country House Hotel (M l) 9:45 Escape To The Country 10:45 Selling Houses Australia (PG)

7TWO 1:30 Sydney Weekender 2:00 My Road To Adventure 2:30 The Great Australian Doorstep (PG) 3:00 Creek To Coast 3:30 Weekender 4:00 Bargain Hunt 5:00 Building The Dream 6:00 Make It Yours 6:30 The Yorkshire Vet (PG) 8:30 Escape To The Country 11:30 Make It Yours 12:00 Escape To The Country 1:00 Sydney Weekender

7TWO 3:00 Movie: “Stay Away, Joe” (G) (’68) Stars: Elvis Presley 5:00 M*A*S*H (PG) 7:00 The Vicar Of Dibley: Autumn/ Winter (PG) 8:40 Mrs Brown’s Boys: Mammy’s Ass/ Mammy’s Spell (M) 10:00 Miranda (PG) 11:20 What A Carry On (PG) 12:00 Movie: “Stay Away, Joe” (G) (’68) Stars: Elvis Presley 2:10 The Vicar Of Dibley (PG)

7TWO 3:00 Harry’s Practice 3:30 M*A*S*H (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 TBA 8:30 Inspector George Gently (M v) 10:30 A Crime To Remember (M v,l) 11:30 Brit Cops (M) 12:30 Heists That Shook The World (M v) 1:30 Last Chance Learners (PG) 2:00 Escape To The Country (PG) 3:00 Bargain Hunt

7TWO 3:00 Harry’s Practice 3:30 Air Crash Investigations (PG) 4:30 Medical Emergency (PG) 5:00 RSPCA Animal Rescue (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Rosemary & Thyme (M v) 8:30 Inspector Morse (M v) 10:50 Air Crash Investigations (PG) 11:50 Mighty Ships (PG) 12:50 Cars Cops & Criminals (M)

7TWO 3:00 Harry’s Practice 3:30 Air Crash Investigations (PG) 4:30 Mighty Ships (PG) 5:30 Escape To The Country 6:30 Bargain Hunt 7:30 Border Security Australia’s Front Line (PG) 8:30 Lewis: And The Moonbeams Kiss The Sea (M v) 10:30 Redrum (PG) 11:30 Mighty Planes (PG) 12:30 Medical Emergency (PG)

1:30 Gold Fever (PG) 2:30 Pawn Stars (PG) 3:00 The Simpsons (PG) 4:30 American Restoration (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 AFL: Round 5: West Coast v Richmond *Live* From Metricon Stadium 10:00 AFL Post Game 10:30 Movie: “Down Periscope” (PG) (’96) Stars: Lauren Holly

1:30 Gold Fever (PG) 2:30 American Pickers (PG) 3:30 Engineering Connections (PG) 4:30 American Restoration (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Friday Night Countdown (PG) 7:30 AFL: Round 5: Collingwood v Essendon *Live* From The MCG 10:45 Armchair Experts (M) 11:15 Hardcore Pawn (M)

2:00 Dipper’s Destinations (PG) 2:30 Fishing And Adventure (PG) 3:00 Garage 41 (PG) 3:30 Pawn Stars (PG) 4:40 AFL: Round 5: Geelong v Gold Coast *Live* From GMHBA Stadium 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 AFL: Round 5: Brisbane v Port Adelaide *Live* From The Gabba 10:00 Movie: “Caddyshack II” (M) (’88) Stars: Chevy Chase

1:30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction (PG) 3:00 AFL: Round 5: Sydney v Melbourne *Live* From The SCG 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Border Security - Australia’s Front Line (PG) 8:30 Movie: “The Italian Job” (M v,l) (’03) Stars: Mark Wahlberg 10:50 Movie: “Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance” (M v,l) (’11) Stars: Nicolas Cage

1:30 The Hunt For Monster Bass (PG) 2:00 American Restoration (PG) 2:30 Full Custom Garage (PG) 3:30 Blokesworld (PG) 4:00 Your 4x4 (PG) 4:30 American Restoration (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 American Pickers (PG) 8:30 Movie: “U-571” (M v) (’00) Stars: Mathew McConaughey

1:30 The Hunt For Monster Bass (PG) 2:00 American Pickers (PG) 3:00 Full Custom Garage (PG) 4:00 Merv Hughes Fishing (PG) 4:30 Counting Cars (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 Highway Patrol (PG) 8:30 Outback Truckers (PG) 9:30 Desert Collectors (PG) 10:30 Supertruckers (PG)

1:30 The Hunt For Monster Bass (PG) 2:00 Supertruckers (PG) 3:00 Counting Cars (PG) 3:30 Desert Collectors (PG) 4:30 Garage 41 (PG) 5:00 Counting Cars (PG) 5:30 Storage Wars (PG) 6:00 American Pickers (PG) 7:00 Pawn Stars (PG) 7:30 The Simpsons (PG) 9:00 Family Guy (M v) 10:00 American Dad (M) 11:00 Family Guy (M v)

2:00 I Fish 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Mission Impossible (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS: A Man Walks Into A Bar (M) 8:30 Hawaii Five-O (M v) 10:30 NCIS (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 2:00 Walker, Texas Ranger (M v) 4:00 Jake And The Fatman (PG) 5:00 MacGyver (PG)

2:00 I Fish 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Mission: Impossible (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 8:30 Walker, Texas Ranger (M) 10:30 CSI: Miami (M v) 12:30 Home Shopping 2:00 Homicide: Hours To Kill (M v) 3:00 MacGyver (M v) 4:00 Walker, Texas Ranger (M v)

2:00 Planes Gone Viral (PG) 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Driven Not Hidden (PG) 4:00 Which Car (PG) 4:30 Mighty Machines 5:00 Escape Fishing With ET 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Diagnosis Murder (M v) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 8:30 NCIS: New Orleans (MA15+) 10:20 Hawaii Five-O (M v) 11:15 NCIS (M) 12:10 Homicide: Hours To Kill (M)

2:30 Monster Jam (PG) 3:30 One Strange Rock (PG) 4:30 What’s Up Down Under 5:00 COPS (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M v) 9:25 Law & Order: SVU (M v) 10:20 48 Hours (M) 11:20 NCIS: Los Angeles (M v) 2:05 RPM 2:35 Homicide: Hours To Kill (M) 3:35 VF Confidential (M v) 4:35 COPS (PG) 5:05 The Doctors (PG)

2:00 I Fish 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Mission Impossible (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 9:25 Law And Order: SVU (M) 10:20 Austrian Grand Prix 2020 Highlights 11:20 NCIS: New Orleans (M v) 12:15 Home Shopping 2:15 Walker, Texas Ranger (M) 4:10 MacGyver (PG)

2:00 I Fish 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Mission Impossible (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS: Dead Reflection (M) 8:30 CSI: Miami (M) 10:20 The Mentalist (M) 12:10 Home Shopping 2:10 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 3:10 Wisdom Of The Crowd (PG) 5:05 The Doctors (M)

2:00 I Fish 3:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) 3:30 Mission Impossible (PG) 4:30 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 5:30 Star Trek: Voyager (PG) 6:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) 7:30 NCIS (M) 8:30 NCIS: Los Angeles (M v) 11:15 NCIS (M) 12:10 Home Shopping 2:10 Jake And The Fatman (PG) 3:10 Star Trek: Enterprise (PG) 4:05 MacGyver (PG)

PEACH 2:00 Cheers (PG) 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 Two And A Half Men (M) 10:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:30 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 1:30 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG)

PEACH 2:00 Cheers (PG) 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 TBA 7:30 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 Friends (PG) 10:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:30 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 1:30 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG)

PEACH 11:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 12:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 1:00 Family Ties (PG) 2:00 Charmed (PG) 4:00 Will & Grace (PG) 5:00 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 6:00 Movie: “Madagascar” (PG) (’05) Stars: Tom McGrath 7:45 Kojak (M v,d) 8:50 Columbo (M v) 10:30 The Graham Norton Show (M) 11:30 Friends (PG)

PEACH 11:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 12:00 Neighbours (PG) 2:30 Will & Grace (PG) 3:30 Fresh Off The Boat (PG) 4:30 Rules Of Engagement (PG) 5:30 Friends (PG) 8:30 TBA 10:00 Dating #NoFilter (M s) 11:00 Will & Grace (PG) 12:00 2 Broke Girls (M s) 12:30 100% Hotter (PG) 1:30 Queer Eye For The Straight Guy (PG)

PEACH 2:00 Cheers (PG) 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 Two And A Half Men (PG) 10:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:30 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 1:30 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG)

PEACH 2:00 Cheers (PG) 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 Mom (M s,d) 10:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:30 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 1:30 How To Stay Married (M s,l) 2:00 9JKL (M)

PEACH 2:00 Cheers (PG) 3:00 Everybody Loves Raymond (PG) 4:00 Becker (PG) 5:00 Frasier (PG) 6:00 Friends (PG) 6:30 Neighbours (PG) 7:00 Friends (PG) 8:00 Seinfeld (PG) 9:00 2 Broke Girls (M s) 10:30 Seinfeld (PG) 11:30 The Late Late Show With James Corden (M) 12:30 Home Shopping 1:30 Happy Together (PG) 2:30 Charmed (PG)

4:15 This Week With George Stephanopoulos 5:15 If You Are The One (PG) (In Mandarin) 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (PG) 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Cults And Extreme Beliefs (M) 9:20 Letterkenny (M) 10:55 Movie: “The Handmaid’s Tale” (MA15+) (’90) Stars: Elisabeth Moss

3:50 ABC America: World News Tonight 4:15 This Week With George Stephanopoulos 5:15 If You Are The One (PG) (In Mandarin) 6:15 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:05 Brooklyn NineNine (PG) 7:30 RocKwiz 8:30 Movie: “Dad Made Dirty Movies” (MA15+) (’11) Stars: Rudolph Grey 9:40 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (MA15+)

4:00 PBS Newshour 5:00 Happy Endings (M s) 6:45 Meet The Polygamists (PG) 7:40 Stargate SG-1 (M) 8:30 Ancient Aliens: Aliens And Dinosaurs (M) 9:20 Colony (MA15+) 11:05 Sex: Original Sin (MA15+) 12:00 Movie: “Blow Out” (MA15+) (’81) Stars: John Travolta 1:55 The Movie Show (M) 2:25 France 24 News In English From Paris

4:10 Insight 5:10 Yokayi Footy 5:45 Travel Man 6:45 Abandoned Engineering (PG) 7:40 Hunting Hitler (PG) 8:30 Movie: “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” (PG) (’79) Stars: William Shatner 10:55 50 Years Of Star Trek (M) 12:30 Movie: “Me And Earl And The Dying Girl” (M) (’15) Stars: Olivia Cooke 2:25 France 24 News In English From Paris

4:15 This Week With George Stephanopoulos 5:10 If You Are The One (PG) (In Mandarin) 6:10 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:00 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 In Search Of (PG) 9:15 Adam Looking For Eve (MA15+) (In German) 10:05 South Park (MA15+) 11:00 The World Game 11:30 Harlots (MA15+)

4:10 PBS Newshour 5:10 If You Are The One (PG) (In Mandarin) 6:10 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:00 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Travel Man (PG) 9:25 Bogan Pride (M s) 10:25 Who Gets To Stay In Australia? 11:30 F-ck That’s Delicious (M) 11:55 Sex In The World’s Cities (MA15+) (In English/ Swedish)

4:10 PBS Newshour 5:10 If You Are The One (PG) (In Mandarin) 6:10 Forged In Fire (PG) 7:00 Jeopardy! (PG) 7:30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (M l,s) 8:30 Movie: “Watchmen” (M) (’09) Stars: Malin Åkerman 11:30 Movie: “Capricorn One” (PG) (’78) Stars: Elliott Gould 12:50 Intervention (MA15+) 2:45 France 24 News In English

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Classifications: (G) General, (PG) Parental Guidance, (M) Mature Audiences, (MA15+) Mature Audience Over 15 Years, [s] Subtitles Consumer Advice: (d) drug references, (s) sexual references or sex scenes (h) horror, (l) language, (mp) medical procedures, (n) nudity, (v) violence Programming information correct at time of going to press, changes are at the network’s discretion Prepared by National Typesetting Services

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6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News [s] 10:00 Gardening Australia [s] 11:00 Grand Designs [s] 12:00 ABC News [s] 1:00 Road To Now (M v) [s] 2:00 Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean (PG) [s] 3:00 ABC News [s] 3:55 The Cook And The Chef [s] 4:25 Inside London Fire Brigade [s] 5:10 Grand Designs [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 6:55 Sammy J [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 The Heights (PG) [s] 8:30 Escape From The City [s] 9:30 Father Brown (PG) [s] 10:15 ABC Late News [s] 10:45 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends (MA15+) [s] 12:30 Baptiste (PG) [s] 1:30 rage (MA15+) [s] 3:30 Gardening Australia [s] 3:55 Compass (PG) [s] 4:30 The Drum [s]

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Gardening Australia [s] 11:00 Grand Designs: House Of The Year [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Foreign Correspondent [s] 1:30 Back Roads [s] 2:00 Pulse (M l,s) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 3:55 Poh’s Kitchen [s] 4:25 Inside London Fire Brigade [s] 5:10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 Monty Don’s Japanese Gardens [s] 8:30 Baptiste: Vertrouwen (M) [s] 9:30 Grantchester (M v) [s] 10:20 ABC Late News [s] 10:35 The Virus [s] 10:50 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering [s] 11:20 rage (MA15+) [s]

6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 10:00 rage Guest Programmer (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:30 Bran Nue Dae (PG) [s] 2:00 The Show Must Go On (M) [s] 3:00 Dream Gardens [s] 3:30 Escape From The City [s] 4:30 Landline [s] 5:00 Back Roads: Biloela, Queensland [s] 5:30 Midsomer Murders: Harvest Of Souls (PG) [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 Shakespeare And Hathaway: Reputation, Reputation, Reputation! (PG) [s] 8:15 Les Miserables (M v,s,l) [s] 9:20 Operation Buffalo (M l) [s] 10:20 Unforgotten (M l) [s] 11:10 rage Guest Programmer (MA15+) [s]

6:00 rage (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Breakfast [s] 9:00 Insiders [s] 10:00 Offsiders [s] 10:30 The World This Week [s] 11:00 Compass (PG) [s] 11:30 Songs Of Praise [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:30 Landline [s] 1:30 Monty Don’s Japanese Gardens [s] 2:30 Restoration Australia (PG) [s] 3:30 Silvia’s Italian Table [s] 4:00 Anh’s Brush With Fame (PG) [s] 4:30 The Mix [s] 5:00 Antiques Roadshow [s] 6:00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) [s] 6:30 Compass [s] 7:00 ABC News Sunday [s] 7:40 Grand Designs [s] 8:30 Operation Buffalo (M l) [s] 9:25 In My Blood It Runs (PG) [s] 10:50 Movie: “Beautiful Kate” (PG) (’09) Stars: Ben Mendelsohn 12:30 Prisoners And Pups (M l) [s] 1:30 Happy Valley (MA15+) [s]

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Gardening Australia [s] 11:00 Grand Designs [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Landline [s] 2:00 Pulse (M) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:10 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds [s] 5:10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Back Roads: Penguin, Tasmania [s] 8:30 Four Corners [s] 9:15 Media Watch [s] 9:35 Q&A (PG) [s] 10:40 ABC Late News [s] 11:15 The Unlucky Australians [s] 12:05 Wentworth: The Girl Who Waited (MA15+) [s] 12:55 rage (MA15+) [s] 4:00 Gardening Australia [s] 4:15 The Drum [s] 5:15 TBA 5:30 One Plus One [s]

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Gardening Australia [s] 11:00 Grand Designs (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 1:00 Four Corners [s] 1:45 Media Watch [s] 2:00 Pulse (M l,s) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:10 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds [s] 5:10 Grand Designs (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Foreign Correspondent [s] 8:30 Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean (M l) [s] 9:20 Louis Theroux’s Altered States (M) [s] 10:25 ABC Late News [s] 10:55 Q&A [s] 12:00 Wentworth (MA15+) [s] 12:50 Get Krack!n (M l,s) [s] 1:20 rage (MA15+) [s] 4:00 Gardening Australia [s] 4:15 The Drum [s]

6:00 News Breakfast [s] 9:00 ABC News Mornings [s] 10:00 Gardening Australia [s] 11:00 Grand Designs (PG) [s] 12:00 ABC News At Noon [s] 12:30 National Press Club Address [s] 1:30 TBA 2:00 Pulse (M l,s) [s] 3:00 ABC News Afternoons [s] 4:10 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds [s] 5:10 Grand Designs (PG) [s] 6:00 The Drum [s] 7:00 ABC News [s] 7:30 7.30 [s] 8:00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery (PG) [s] 8:30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering [s] 9:00 Rose-haven (PG) [s] 9:30 Retrograde (M) [s] 9:55 Would I Lie To You? (PG) [s] 10:25 ABC Late News [s] 11:00 Four Corners [s] 11:50 Media Watch [s] 12:05 Went-worth (MA15+) [s] 12:50 Get Krack!n (M l,s) [s]

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8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 TBA 2:00 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M l) [s] 8:30 Law & Order: SVU: We Dream Of Machine Elves (M) [s] 9:30 Law & Order: SVU: End Game (MA15+) [s] 10:30 Blue Bloods: Family Secrets (M v) [s] 11:30 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:30 The Project (PG) [s] 1:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 2:30 Home Shopping

8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 The Dog House (PG) [s] 2:00 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 The Living Room [s] 8:30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) [s] 9:30 Kinne Tonight (M) [s] 10:00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M l) [s] 11:00 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:00 The Project (PG) [s] 1:00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping

Championships (PG) [s] 6:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 7:00 Escape Fishing With ET [s] 7:30 What’s Up Down Under? [s] 8:00 All 4 Adventures [s] 9:00 Which Car (PG) [s] 9:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Foodie Adventures [s] 12:30 Pooches At Play [s] 1:00 The Dog House (PG) [s] 2:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 2:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 3:00 What’s Up Down Under? [s] 3:30 Farm To Fork [s] 4:00 TBA 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] 7:00 The Dog House (PG) [s] 8:00 Ambulance Australia (PG) [s] 9:00 Ambulance UK (PG) [s] 10:00 One Born Every Minute Australia (M) [s] 11:00 Tommy: 19 Hour Day (M) [s] 12:00 Blue Bloods (M v) [s] 1:00 TBA

Programs [s] 7:30 Fishing Australia [s] 8:00 Three Veg And Meat [s] 8:30 TBA 9:30 Studio 10 Sunday (PG) [s] 12:00 Good Chef Bad Chef [s] 12:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 1:00 Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] 2:15 Farm To Fork [s] 2:30 Australia

By Design [s] 3:30 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:00 Which Car (PG) [s] 4:30 RPM [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] 9:00 FBI: Grudge (M v) [s] 10:00 FBI: Identity Crisis (M v) [s] 11:00 NCIS: Skeleton Crew (M v) s] 12:00 The Sunday Project (PG) [s] 1:00 Home Shopping 5:00 The Talk (PG) [s]

8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] 2:30 Entertainment Tonight [s] 3:00 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] 8:40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (M) [s] 9:40 Kinne Tonight (M) [s] 10:10 Celebrity Gogglebox USA (M l) [s] 11:10 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:10 The Project (PG) [s] 1:10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 5:00 The Talk (PG) [s]

8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] 2:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet [s] 4:30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful (PG) [s] 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] 8:40 The Montreal Comedy Festival (MA15+) [s] 9:40 NCIS: What Child Is This? (M v) [s] 10:40 NCIS: Los Angeles: Warrior Of Peace (M v) [s] 11:40 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:40 The Project (PG) [s] 1:40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 2:30 Home Shopping 5:00 The Talk (PG) [s]

8:30 Studio 10 (PG) [s] 12:00 Dr Phil (PG) [s] 1:00 Masterchef Australia (PG) [s] 2:10 Entertainment Tonight [s] 2:30 Judge Judy (PG) [s] 3:30 My Market Kitchen [s] 4:00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield [s] 4:30 TBA 5:00 10 News First [s] 6:00 WIN News [s] 6:30 The Project (PG) [s] 7:30 Bondi Rescue (PG) [s] 8:30 Tommy: To Take A Hostage (M) [s] 9:30 Bull: The Ground Beneath Their Feet (M v) [s] 10:30 The Project (PG) [s] 11:30 WIN’s All Australian News [s] 12:30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 5:00 The Talk (PG) [s]

SEVEN 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Flirting With Forty” (PG) (’08) Stars: Heather Locklear 2:00 The Daily Edition (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Movie: “Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire” (M h,v) (’05) Stars: Daniel Radcliffe 10:30 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:00 TBA 12:30 Scandal: Robin (M) [s] 1:30 Scandal: Good People (M) [s] 2:30 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today [s]

SEVEN 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Abandoned And Deceived” (PG) (’95) Stars: Lori Loughlin 2:00 The Daily Edition (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 7Prime News [s] 7:00 Better Homes And Gardens [s] 8:30 TBA 10:45 TBA 12:15 Movie: “Murder At My Door” (M v) (’96) – A mother is shocked to learn the truth about her college age son following the murder of a neighbourhood girl.

Stars: Blu Mankuma, Jarred Blancard, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Harris, Keegan Macintosh, Judith Light 2:00 Home Shopping

SEVEN 6:00 NBC Today [s] 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend (PG) [s] 12:00 Movie: “My Dad Is Scrooge” (G) (’14) Stars: Christian Laurian Kerr 2:00 TBA 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens (PG) [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Creek To Coast [s] 6:00 7Prime News [s] 7:00 Border Patrol (PG) [s] 7:30 TBA 9:30 Movie: “Only The Brave” (M) (’17) – When a hotshot crew from California ignores a warning by Superintendent Eric Marsh about a wildfire, he decides to get his crew certified as wildfire hotshots. Stars: Josh Brolin 12:00 Quantico: Fear Feargach (M v) [s] 1:00 Quantico: No Place Like Home (M v) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping

SEVEN 6:00 NBC Today [s] 7:00 Weekend Sunrise [s] 10:00 The Morning Show - Weekend [s] 12:00 House Of Wellness [s] 1:00 Kochie’s Business Builders: Small Business First [s] 1:30 TBA 3:00 World’s Most Extreme: World’s Most Extreme Roads (PG) [s] 4:00 Better Homes And Gardens [s] 5:00 Seven News At 5 [s] 5:30 Weekender [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Big Brother (M) [s] 8:30 TBA 11:20 The Blacklist: Brothers (MA15+) [s] 12:20 Police Under Fire: In The Line Of Duty: The Walsh Street Killings (M v) [s] 1:20 Australia’s Deadliest (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 3:30 RSPCA Animal Rescue [s] 4:00 NBC Today [s]

SEVEN 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “Will You Merry Me?” (PG) (’08) Stars: Wendie Malick 2:00 The Daily Edition (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK (PG) [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Big Brother (M) [s] 9:00 TBA 10:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 10:30 S.W.A.T.: Invisible (M v) [s] 11:30 The Goldbergs: Wrestlemania (PG) [s] 12:00 Mean Mums (PG) [s] 1:00 Trial And Error: The Murder Clock (M) [s] 1:30 Trial And Error: A Hole In The Case (M) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today [s]

SEVEN 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “A Taste Of Christmas” (AKA ‘The Christmas Calendar’) (PG) (’17) Stars: Laura Bell Bundy 2:00 The Daily Edition (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 Big Brother (M) [s] 9:00 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back: Boardwalk 11 (M l) [s] 10:00 Criminal Minds: Date Night (M v) [s] 11:00 The Latest Seven News [s] 11:30 Absentia: Original Sin (MA15+) [s] 12:30 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (M v) [s] 2:30 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today [s]

SEVEN 6:00 Sunrise [s] 9:00 The Morning Show (PG) [s] 11:30 Seven Morning News [s] 12:00 Movie: “A Star For Christmas” (PG) (’12) Stars: Briana Evigan 2:00 The Daily Edition (PG) [s] 3:00 The Chase UK [s] 4:00 Seven News At 4 [s] 5:00 The Chase Australia [s] 6:00 Seven News [s] 7:00 Home And Away (PG) [s] 7:30 America’s Got Talent: Audition 4 (PG) [s] 9:15 TBA 10:15 The Latest Seven News [s] 10:45 The Front Bar (M) [s] 11:45 Surveillance Oz (PG) [s] 12:15 American Crime: Episode Eight (M) [s] 1:05 Police Under Fire: In The Line Of Duty: Police Under Fire: Mad Max (M v) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 4:00 NBC Today

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Movie: “Uptown Girls” (PG) (’03) Stars: Brittany Murphy 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 NRL: Melbourne Storm v Sydney Roosters *Live* From AAMI Park, Melbourne [s] 9:45 Golden Point (M) [s] 10:30 NINE News Late [s] 11:00 Murdered By Morning: Last Call (M) [s] 11:50 The Fix: Pilot (M) [s] 12:40 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 1:30 Home Shopping 4:00 Ellen (PG)

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6:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 10:00 Today Extra [s] 12:00 Award Winning Tasmania: Table Cape (PG) [s] 12:30 Animal Embassy [s] 1:00 The Embassy (PG) [s] 1:30 Delish [s] 2:00 The Voice: The Battles 3 (PG) [s] 3:30 The Voice: The Battles 4 (PG) [s] 5:00 NINE News: First At Five [s] 5:30 Getaway (PG) [s] 6:00 NINE News Saturday [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Movie: “Ghostbusters” (PG) (’16) Stars: Melissa McCarthy 9:40 Movie: “48 Hrs” (M l,v) (’82) Stars: Nick Nolte 11:40 Movie: “Red Eye” (M) (’05) Stars: Rachel McAdams 1:10 Award Winning Tasmania: Table Cape (PG) [s] 1:35 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 5:30 Wesley Impact [s]

6:00 Animal Tales [s] 7:00 Weekend Today [s] 10:00 Sports Sunday (PG) [s] 11:00 Sunday Footy Show (PG) [s] 1:00 World’s Greatest Natural Wonders (PG) [s] 2:00 Getaway (PG) [s] 2:30 Driving Test (PG) [s] 3:00 NRL: Manly Sea Eagles v Newcastle Knights *Live* From Central Coast Stadium [s] 6:00 NINE News Sunday [s] 7:00 The Voice: The Play-Offs 1 (PG) [s] 8:30 60 Minutes (PG) [s] 9:30 NINE News Late [s] 10:00 Truth And Lies: Monica And Bill (M) [s] - 11:45 Mysteries And Scandals: Christa Helm: A Hollywood Murder (M) [s] 12:40 World’s Greatest Natural Wonders (PG) [s] 1:30 Animal Embassy (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 2:30 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo [s]

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Getaway (PG) [s] 1:30 The Voice: The Play-Offs 1 (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 The Voice: The Play-Offs 2 (PG) [s] 9:00 ABBA: Secrets Of Their Greatest Hits [s] 10:00 100% Footy (M) [s] 11:00 NINE News Late [s] 11:30 Lethal Weapon: The Odd Couple (MA15+) [s] 12:20 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 1:10 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 4:00 Ellen (PG) [s]

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 Award Winning Tasmania: Table Cape [s] 1:30 The Voice: The Play-Offs 2 (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 The Voice: The Play-Offs 3 (PG) [s] 9:00 American Idol: Audition [s] 10:50 NINE News Late [s] 11:20 Chicago Med: With A Brave Heart (M mp) [s] 12:10 Guiltology: Lady In The Barrel (M v) [s] 1:05 Tipping Point [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 2:30 Skippy - The Bush Kangaroo [s] 3:00 Home Shopping 4:00 Ellen (PG) [s]

5:30 Today [s] 9:00 Today Extra [s] 11:30 NINE’s Morning News [s] 12:00 Ellen (PG) [s] 1:00 The Embassy (PG) [s] 1:30 The Voice: The Play-Offs 3 (PG) [s] 3:00 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 4:00 NINE’s Afternoon News [s] 5:00 Millionaire Hot Seat [s] 6:00 NINE News [s] 7:00 A Current Affair (PG) [s] 7:30 Kath & Kim: The Announcement (PG) [s] 8:05 Kath & Kim: Inside Out (PG) [s] 8:40 TBA 10:50 NINE News Late [s] 11:20 New Amsterdam: Cavitation (M) [s] 12:10 The Hold Down Australian Surfing Awards Special (PG) [s] 1:05 Tipping Point (PG) [s] 2:00 Home Shopping 4:00 Ellen (PG) [s]

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Over The Black Dot 3:00 Elvis And The Girl From Vienna (PG) 4:10 Journey Through Armenia (PG) (In English/ Armenian) 4:40 The Kennedys: Brothers In Arms (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 The World’s Busiest Stations: Zurich 8:30 When Buildings Collapse (PG) 9:35 ZeroZeroZero (MA15+) (In English/ Spanish/ Italian) 10:35 SBS World News Late 11:05 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:30 Ainsley’s Australian Market Menu

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 The Point 3:00 NITV News: Nula 3:35 Great British Railway Journeys: Birmingham To Stafford (PG) 4:10 Journey Through Armenia: Celebration Of Life (PG) (In English/ Armenian) 4:40 The Kennedys: Family Secrets (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 America In Colour: American Royalty/ The 1950s (M) [s] 9:25 24 Hours In Emergency: In The Line Of Duty (M) 10:25 SBS World News Late 10:55 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:30 Ainsley’s Australian Market Menu

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize 2:05 Basketball: NBA Spotlight: Collin Sexton 2:35 Figure Skating: ISU World Figure Skating Women’s Competition 2019 4:05 Gadget Man: Shopping 4:35 How To Get Fit Fast (PG) 5:30 True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi: Himmler (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Extreme Railway Journeys: Last Train To Transylvania (PG) 8:30 Life Drawing Live (M) 10:30 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 The Kimberley Cruise: The Full Journey 4:25 Great British Railway Journeys: Heysham To Snaefell (PG)

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 Speedweek 3:00 Cycling: La Course By Le Tour De France 2016 4:00 Cycling: Incycle 4:30 Cycling: Cadel Evans Conquering Le Tour 5:30 True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi Speer (PG) 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Decoding The Great Pyramid 8:30 Joanna Lumley The Quest For Noah’s Ark (PG) 9:45 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs (PG) 10:20 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:20 All Aboard The Country Bus (PG) 3:35 Killer Floods (PG) 4:30 Great British Railway Journeys: Bray To Dublin (PG)

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 2:05 The 2000s: Platinum Age Of Television (Part 2) (M l,v) 2:55 Alex Polizzi The Fixer (PG) 4:00 Great British Railway Journeys: Stoke-On-Trent To Winsford (PG) 4:40 The Kennedys: The Legend Of Camelot (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 The Windsors’ Lost Letters: Rebellion (PG) 8:30 24 Hours In Emergency: A Pillar Of Strength (M) 9:25 The Secrets Of CocaCola - The Billion Dollar Beverage (PG) 10:20 SBS World News Late 11:00 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:30 Killer Hurricanes (PG)

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:05 The 2000s: I Want My Mp3 (M l,s) 3:00 Great British Railway Journeys: Dudley To Bridgnorth (PG) 3:35 Who Do You Think You Are?: Australia (PG) 4:40 The Kennedys: The Legacy (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:30 Who Do You Think You Are?: Troy CassarDaley (PG) 9:35 Where Are You Really From? (PG) 10:05 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs (PG) 10:40 SBS World News Late 11:10 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 2:30 Ride Upon The Storm (M l,v) (In Danish)

5:00 CGTN English News 5:15 NHK World English News 5:30 Worldwatch 1:00 PBS Newshour 2:05 The 2000s: Mission Accomplished (M) 3:00 Insight 4:00 Great British Railway Journeys: Welshpool To Aberystwyth (PG) 4:40 The Secret Life Of Princess Margaret (PG) 5:30 Letters And Numbers 6:00 Mastermind Australia 6:30 SBS World News 7:35 Tony Robinson’s World By Rail: Russia (PG) 8:30 Who Gets To Stay In Australia? (M) 9:35 Inside Aldi (PG) 10:30 SBS World News Late 11:00 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique 1:30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo (PG) 3:30 Equator From The Air: Africa (PG) 4:30 Great British Railway Journeys (PG)

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There’s at least one ive-letter word.

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LAVA LEEK MILK MILO MOLE NEST OOPS PEST PREY RASP RAVE RUSH SANG SLIP SNOW STEW SWUM TEST TILT

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Thursday, 2 July, 2020

1. Which state has a population of 1.67m and an area of 983,482 sq km?

2. Where was the comic book hero Superman born?

3. Mogadishu is the capital of which country?

4. Which pop group had a hit in 1981 with “Vienna”?

5. Who wrote the book The Poseidon Adventure?

6. Which England cricket captain of the 1980s had the middle name Dylan?

7. In the early 1980s, which American car maker opened a factory in Belfast where he produced a futuristic car with gull-wing doors?

8. Which actor found fame trying to resist the charms of Mrs Robinson in the ilm The Graduate?

9. What is a campanile?

10. In Greek mythology, who was the irst woman?

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Across: 1. Shaped, 5. Debase, 10. Arrange, 11. Algebra, 12. Loiter, 15. Polite, 16. Reverie, 17. Push, 18. Debt, 19.

Clapped, 20. Bars, 22. Maim, 25. Stutter, 27. Recite, 28.

Devour, 31. Ediice, 32. Adeptly, 33. Detest, 34. Tiller.

Down: 2. Heroics, 3. Pincer, 4. Deep, 5. Dear, 6. Big toe, 7. Subside, 8. Gallop, 9. Talent, 13. Replete, 14. Respite, 15. Pie-eyed, 20. Burden, 21. Recline, 23. Apostle, 24.

Martyr, 25. Strive, 26. Reveal, 29. Heat, 30. Pact.

WordFit

Down 2. Acts of bravery (7) 3. Claw (6) 4. Low-pitched (voice) (4) 5. Costly (4) 6. Hallux (3,3) 7. Diminish (7) 8. Horse’s top speed (6) 9. Natural ability (6) 13. Full, satisfied (7) 14. Temporary relief (7) 15. Drunk (colloq) (3-4) 20. Load (6) 21. Lie back (7) 23. Disciple (7) 24. Person who suffers for his/her beliefs (6) 25. Try, struggle (6) 26. Uncover (6) 29. Warmth (4) 30. Agreement or treaty (4)

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Across 1. Formed (6) 5. Corrupt (6) 10. Organise (7) 11. Branch of mathematics (7) 12. Linger (6) 15. Well-mannered (6) 16. Daydream (7) 17. Shove (4) 18. Liability (4) 19. Applauded (7) 20. Prohibits (4) 22. Disfigure (4) 25. Stammer (7) 27. Repeat aloud (6) 28. Consume (6) 31. Large, imposing building (7) 32. Skilfully (7) 33. Loathe DECODER (6) DECODER 34. Rudder (6)

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RURAL LINKS

PEST SCHEME SURVEYS SENT OUT The Southern Downs Regional Council says it is “committed to partnering with the community in aiming for a pest-free future and is encouraging landowners to have a say in how pest management could be improved across the region”.

A spokeswoman said “more than five thousand landowners on the Southern Downs will soon receive a questionnaire to complete as part of a Council review of the Invasive Pests Control Scheme (IPCS)”.

The IPCS was introduced by the previous Dobie administration and was highly contentious, with many rural landowners objecting to the financial penalties for noncompliance with the scheme, which the new council has said will be “frozen” in the 20202021 financial year.

Under the IPCS landowners have been required to complete an annual ‘Control Works Form’ outlining measures they will undertake to control pest weeds and animals on their properties.

Non-compliance has been penalised in the form of a ‘Supplementary Rates Notice’ in any given financial year, with 440 such notices issued in late 2019.

The council says the notices from last financial year will still apply but has also said landowners facing financial hardship can discuss their circumstances with council officers and cases will be looked at on an individual basis.

Many rural landowners have previously

questioned the ethics of the scheme being applied during the current drought and some questioned its legality, as well as the physical ability of council officers to inspect the 5500 properties affected by the scheme.

The IPCS is seen as one of the key policies which led to a decline in political support for the Dobie administration leading up to the 2020 council election.

Some regional councils in Australia implement an ‘incentive-based’ approach to pest control on rural lands, offering rates rebates for control measures rather than financial penalties.

Mayor Vic Pennisi this week said the

council is “conscious that landowners may have experienced financial strain in the wake of COVID-19 and is committed to providing support, advice and relief to farmers”.

“As a Council we understand the hardship being experienced across the region due to the ongoing effects of the drought, compounded by the impacts of Covid-19,” Cr Pennisi said.

“It was with this in mind that we resolved to put a moratorium on applying the IPCS levy in 2020/2021 and we hope this will provide some reprieve from the challenges our landholders are facing.”

Councillor for Environmental, Waste, Sustainability and Disaster Management Cameron Gow said he hopes landowners will “complete the questionnaire and take advantage of the opportunity to provide constructive feedback to Council”.

“Landholders aren’t required to complete Control Works Forms this year (20202021) and will instead receive a letter explaining the change and a questionnaire inviting feedback on how the IPCS can be improved,” Cr Gow said.

“Council is committed to reviewing the Invasive Pest Control Scheme and will use the Pest Management Advisory Committee and feedback from landholders to do so.

“We encourage landholders to keep up their pest control work and to contact our pest management team for advice and assistance with best practice control methods.”

The questionnaire is also available online for all interested parties and stakeholders to complete on the council website at www. sdrc.qld.gov.au A council spokeswoman said the IPCS “applies to all invasive pests that are listed as being restricted under the Biosecurity Act or declared under Council’s Local Laws”.

“Landholders can seek advice or request to arrange a meeting with staff, either in Council’s offices or on-site at their property, by contacting Council on 1300 MY SDRC (1300 697 372) or by email to mail@sdrc. qld.gov.au,” the spokeswoman said. ●

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BY TANIA PHILLIPS With people taking up gardening in record numbers during lockdown, Gardening Australia presenter and Horticulturalist Jerry Coleby Williams is a man very much in demand.

“I normally answer between eight to ten thousand gardening questions through my website and my Facebook page in a year - that’s doubled,” the Wynnum-based Britborn garden expert said - and it’s only June!

Demand is so high he admits he is having a little trouble keeping up - though with the popular ABC TV show now on a hiatus until spring he will have time to catch up a bit.

He said it was ironic that the show wouldn’t be producing new episodes at a time when so many more people were both gardening and needing help - though the hiatus had been telegraphed by the channel before the pandemic and has become a fairly regular occurrence.

“There has been such an enormous

uptake of gardening because people have had the time to do things in their garden they would normally not consider doing,” he explained.

“And there has been the concern about health, so people are growing food when they would normally not do that.

“We’ve got an enormous upswing in people who are seeking information about really basic things and some of the things are so basic that you forget how confronting gardening can be for some people. They just don’t understand what’s going on in some cases. A lot of the time if you can help somebody through a simple problem and they can see a result, that’s often what results in people becoming a fulltime gardener.

“It’s amazing how small tweaks at the beginning of somebodies gardening experience can actually change them into a gardener and alter their career.”

And since Jerry has been gardening from the age of four, initially training with the Royal Horticultural Society, before working

at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and qualifying in curation, horticultural estate management, soft landscape design, horticultural and botanical sciences, he is an obvious man for the job.

He admits he doesn’t have time to answer multifaceted questions or help with garden design but if you keep your request to less than 100 words - he will get to you as soon as he can - though probably not at his usual “within 24 hours” As well as giving advice, aimed particularly at those suddenly out of work and still trying to pay bills and feed a family, Jerry also opened up his own collection to people not able to source seedlings or seeds after the rush on garden centres which left them unable to keep up with demand.

“I was in the final stages of preparing for our annual open day,” he explained.

“Every year for the past 15 years I have been opening my garden for two days during the mother’s day weekend.

It’s actually built a following - about 2000

people each year and generally I will have 2000 plants - that’s what the demand will be.

“During my working year as I lift and divide or save seed, I’ll put aside a surplus (some for myself) but a surplus for other people for my open day.

“When the shops were unable to provide what people needed I was lucky enough to have 2250 food plants in pots. I had about 800 packets of home-saved vegetable seed.”

The plants were distributed in a socially distanced, safe way from Jerry’s driveway in limited number (the busiest day was about 10 people) but it made enough money for Jerry to turn a small profit and even make his usual donation to a charity - this year the Brisbane Bat Conservation and Rescue.

If you have a question about your new garden or need advice head to https:// jerry-coleby-williams.net/ or follow him on facebook. Jerry holds his open weekend each May in the Brisbane suburb of Wynnum. ●

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Beginners Tips from Gardening Australia’s Jerry Coleby-Williams.

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The most important thing is if you are going to get serious about gardening you need to test your soil to see if it’s acidic or alkaline

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If you are really unsure how much time and money you are going to put into it and it may only be a temporary project then I would suggest growing herbs in pots - start small..

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Everything is an experiment don’t be upset if it doesn’t work out. I have mistakes, I have errors, I lose crops things do go wrong. What you should do is try and work out why it went wrong and then if you can avoid that happening the next time you become a gardener.

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Experiment in propagating your own plants - just the simple act of taking cuttings, sowing some seeds or planting something in the garden, it connects you with the seasons.

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The last one is, think about what you can do for animals in the garden around you. It could be bees, it could be birds, it could be growing native plants in your garden. It could be anything that connects with biodiversity in general.

Jerry Coleby-Williams works on his compost.

Blue Bananas - just one of the exotic plants Jerry grows at his suburban brisbane home.

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LANDCARE - A ‘POTTED’ HISTORY...

I was recently contacted by a lovely lady with regard to a Landcare Photography competition that is held each year in the downs area. This year for the first time it is being extended to include Landcare groups in our area.

Knowing very little of the history of Landcare in Australia, I went looking to see when and where it all started. I found that it commenced in Victoria and was an initiative of the then minister for Conservation, Forests and Lands, Joan Kirner and the president of the Victorian Farmers Federation, Helen Mitchell.

Landcare was launched in November 1986 in a small central Victorian town.

Three years later on the 20th July 1989, with support from both sides of parliament, the “Decade of Landcare Plan” was launched with considerable Federal funding. Also in this year, the not for profit organisation, Landcare Australia, was formed with the idea of bringing farmers and conservationists together to help solve environmental issues.

Over the last 30 years Landcare has become one of the largest volunteer organisations in Australia with some 6,000 groups and over 100,000 volunteers. It has become so successful it has been adopted by over 20 countries.

The 5th Annual Photographic Competition, organised by the Gomaren

Great colour through winter...winter roses. and Doctors Creek Catchment Landcare Group, entitled “Focus on Farms” is being held this year. For the first time, the Nicki Laws Perpetual Trophy for the best Visual Presentation Promoting a Landcare Activity in this Region, has been expanded to include all members of Landcare and other environmental groups on the Darling Downs and in the Condamine catchment area. This includes all residents of the Southern Downs Regional Council and Western Downs Regional Council. People in the Texas, Goondiwindi and Inglewood

areas are also invited to enter this category.

The theme this year is “Making a Difference”.

With the cancellation of so many of our local shows this year due to the Covid crisis and consequently the photographers in our midst having missed the opportunity to display their photos, this seems to offer the ideal opportunity to rectify that situation.

This competition will go ahead regardless of circumstances with entries closing on August 20th.

Having seen some of the entries from previous years I think it is a very worthwhile competition to enter for all the lovers of nature in our area. For further information and entry forms look on the internet on: http//gdccig.wixsite.com/group.

When I lived for a time in the Walcha NSW area I had some Hellebores in a shaded area of my garden. Hellebores, or Winter Roses as they are commonly known, are a group of plants that provide great colour through winter growing in a moist shaded area. It was quite some time ago that I had them growing and the colour range back then was fairly limited. Mine were cream, a purple one and a most unusual shade of green. They are a low growing, clump forming perennial that can be left undisturbed for many years and don’t need a lot of attention. The colour range these days is amazing and there are now also many

double and bi colour varieties. They flower all winter with the cup shaped flowers lasting for months.

Recently I saw the remains of some under a tree in my son’s backyard yard. In times past there was quite a garden under a large tree there. As they a problem with it being a harbour for brown snakes and because it was right beside my grandsons sandpit and play area, it was removed and turned to lawn. However, a few things survived in a very small area right against the tree trunk. Hellebores were one even though they had been trimmed by the ride on mower! As my son is not a flower gardener, I suggested he should dig it up and give it to his mother who had a spot for it! I had been dreaming of buying some recently when I was catalogue browsing in my spare time so this may be the spark I need to see what the local nurseries have in stock or get and order in.

My young grandsons wicking garden that he and his dad constructed from a pelacon is still producing and we picked some tomatoes and chillies from it last weekend.

I have been promised a similar bed for my back yard before spring so that with limited water I’ll be able to grow some vegetables.

Keep enjoying the benefits of gardening, whether through the beauty of flowers or the nutrition of fresh home grown vegetables! ●

NEWS TREE MESSAGES TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS The Queensland Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland (CCIQ) says there are many ways to support small businesses during Queensland’s ‘Small Business Month’ in July, and the Warwick Chamber of Commerce is playing its part locally.

Warwick Chamber of Commerce President Tracy Dobie said the Chamber is “proud to be partnering with the CCIQ and other Chambers through the #SupportSmall and the #LocalAsQld campaigns”.

“With the cancellation of Jumpers & Jazz in July 2020 due to ongoing social distancing restrictions, the Warwick

Chamber has had discussions with representatives of the JJJ Festival Committee and Southern Downs Regional Council on ways to keep business and community spirits high during July,” Ms Dobie said.

“Long running JJJ Festival volunteer Clare Cotton has been working with Chamber to roll out the ‘Messages of Hope and Love’ Shop Local promotion.”

Clare said both she and a number of her friends have been “decorating trees in our gardens and sharing it between ourselves we’re calling it ‘spreading messages of love and hope’”.

Ms Dobie said the Warwick Chamber of Commerce “is aware that the JJJ Festival

contributes to a range of economic outcomes, with an estimated average daily spend of $108 per visitor per day, over the 10-day festival”.

“COVID-19 restrictions have forced the cancellation of the 2020 Festival, and this will have a major impact on the local business community,” Tracy said.

“However, thanks to generous sponsorship from Wickham Freight Lines, Steeles Bakery, Wickham Farms, SDRC, Warwick Credit Union and BEST Employment, Chamber will be offering the opportunity for 20 lucky local shoppers to win a $200 voucher and one voucher of $1000 to be spent at their favourite local

shop or service, during July.

“Entering the #SupportSmall promotion is easy.

“All you need to do is find a participating business in Warwick by looking for the #SupportSmall “Messages of Love & Hope’ posters, complete the entry form and tell us what it is that you love about our local business community.”

“The ‘Messages of Love & Hope’ will be used to decorate the CBD trees during the last two weeks of July.”

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STUART Bond Real Estate currently have a fully fenced property on 215 Acres off the New England Highway, The Glen on their books.

Featuring two dams, two water holes and two paddocks it comes with cattle yards with ramp and crush as well as an old shed.

There is a seasonal creek on the farm as well as a bore with mill, tank and trough (needing repair).

The 60 acres in the front of the property, between the road and the house, has been stick raked.

The property features a 15-year-old Weathertex-clad home which includes two large bedrooms, a bathroom with both a shower and bath as well as a separate toilet.

The house also offers an open-plan living area with a cosy wood heater along with a large kitchen, gas hot water and cooktop. There are excellent rural and mountain views from the home.

As well as the main dwelling there are plenty of out-buildings for multiple use

including a “man cave building” with power for the crafty members of the family as well as a two-car garage and general shed suitable for stables, plus a bush storage shed.

All importantly there is also 108,000lts of rain water storage and 27,000lt tank back up from the dams. The price has been reduced to sell at $549,000 for more information call Stuart Bon on 0419677775.

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HOME ESSENTIALS Address: New England Highway, The Glen. Price: $549,000 Description: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 2 garage Contact: Stuart Bond 0419677775, STUART BOND REAL ESTATE AND AUCTIONEER PTY LTD.

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The Homestead has 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large country kitchen, dining room, 2 lounge rooms, 2 wood heaters. Open verandahs fully screened.

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BY DEB WHEELER I thoroughly enjoyed John Telfer’s story (SFT June 18) on Marcus Mahony who originated from Leyburn. It was while I was doing some further research on Marcus for my own interest that I stumbled upon a fellow WWII Air Force member, Allan Alexander Stafford.

Allan Stafford was born in Coolangatta on the 29th of December 1923. He was a student at boarding school when the Second World War broke out. After he left boarding school and three weeks prior to his 18th birthday the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour. Allan made the decision to enlist in the Royal Australian Air Force.

His father, a former WWI veteran and Military Medal recipient, was hesitant to sign the forms and his mother didn’t want her only son to enlist. It took some weeks of persistent encouragement from Allan before they relented and his father signed the forms. Allan successfully passed his entrance exam and medical and was sent to Kingaroy to start his training.

He sailed from Australia arriving in San Francisco where the troops then caught a train to Canada. Imagine his surprise when he discovered one of his high school teachers was the escorting officer aboard.

After training in Canada he eventually landed in England and served in both the 518 and the 281 Squadrons in the Royal Air Force (RAF).

After the war Allan returned home, settled down, got married and had a family.

In 1996, he was awarded the Queensland State Premier’s award for Public Service. He was instrumental in forming what is now Surfing Australia, and was the first state President of the ASAQ, Australian Surf Riders Association.

However, as I was reading Bill’s story the name ‘Stafford’ kept ringing a bell somewhere in my memory. How did I know that name? Then I recalled his father was a former WWI veteran and Military

Medial recipient. So began a search through hundreds of my files confirming my instincts had been correct. Allan’s father was a patient at the Kyoomba Sanatorium in 1924. William (Bill) Henry Stafford was born in Ireland and his family migrated to Australia when he was a toddler. Bill Stafford enlisted in Rockhampton, was issued with service number 3153 and placed in the 42nd Battalion. After training he was sent to England and then France. In France, he was subjected to the same trials and tribulations as all the other soldiers. Lack of good food, constant rain, muddy trenches and sodden battle fields, where they may have been as little as two hundred yards from the German front line.

Bill was among the thousands of Allied troops who suffered from being gassed by the Germans but he was able to carry on fighting. While he was serving in France, near Villers Bretonneux in 1918, he had occasion to perform a heroic deed resulting in his being nominated for a Military Medal.

His citation reads: “For conspicuous gallantry in action and devotion to duty. On the night of 31st May, near VILLERS-BRETONNEUX, near AMIENS No 3153 Pte. William Henry STAFFORD displayed remarkable courage in capturing a German patrol leader.

Following a heavy bombardment a party of the enemy, consisting of 1 N.C.O. and 10 men, rushed the Lewis gun outpost position of which STAFFORD was in charge; No. 2 of the gun was immediately stunned by a blow, leaving STAFFORD to fight three of the enemy single handed. He displayed great coolness and daring and succeeded in routing two of his opponents, capturing the third who was a German Sgt. Major and obtained identification of the enemy when it was urgently required. Throughout the whole operation he set an excellent example to his comrades.”

Later that year he was promoted to Lance Corporal and transferred to the Army Ordinance Corps 41st Battalion.

He was granted leave to England in 1919 and detained there for duties. He applied for and was granted leave to attend the Leeds University to study wool and textiles.

During the six months he studied hard and received a glowing report from the Leeds University “Report from Leeds University states that L./Cpl Stafford applied himself diligently to his studies and made very satisfactory progress. The course included the classing and Sorting of Wools for Textile manufacture, wool preparation, etc. His conduct has been in every way satisfactory.”

After his discharge from the Army he eventually married in March 1923 and lived at Coolangatta, where he started up his own clothing business called ‘Stafford’s of Coolangatta’.

After a very short space of time he became very ill and was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Things did not look promising - a new business, wife and baby boy and being so ill he could not continue to work.

His wife took over the business when on the 10th September 1924 he was sent to the Kyoomba Sanatorium just outside Stanthorpe for in-patient treatment.

After three months of treatment Bill sat down with the Chief Medical Officer, Dr Walter Henry Steel, to discuss his progress.

Very little progress had been achieved and he was informed his condition was extremely serious with little hope further treatment could improve his condition. At his own request he left the sanatorium and returned to his family at Coolangatta fully prepared to die.

He was bedridden by now and in order to assist him with his breathing some of his mates would come and carry him down to the beach near the water’s edge where he could lie in the sun while they went swimming. One day a large wave came in and rolled him into the surf. His lungs filled with salt water and he was close to drowning when his mates dragged him out and back onto the beach. He started

Allan Stafford. vomiting and vomiting the salt water out of his lungs until there was no more left. As it turned out this freak event cleared his lungs and he had very little trouble with his health after this episode. Very soon he was up and about and able to take back the running of the family business.

Bill became famous for his wit and his advertising slogans. One fine example of this was when the Coolangatta Hotel burned down and the local police took the only two guests to Stafford’s and asked Bill if he could provide them with some clothing as they had lost everything in the fire. They didn’t have any money but promised to pay him once they returned home. Bill was happy to do this and when he had fitted them out he made the comment, “Come naked to Coolangatta and let Bill dress you”.

Bill died on the 17th May 1964 and is buried at Mt Thompson.

It was this very clever slogan which twigged my memory as I read his son’s file.

Funny how one thing can lead to another ... ●

MARYVALE RESERVE GETS THE OK The Southern Downs Regional Council says the Maryvale Sport and Recreation Reserve has “officially been cleared of its contaminated land status following a yearlong process led by Council, paving the way for a myriad of recreational development opportunities”.

A council spokeswoman said the reserve “has long been highlighted by the local community for its potential as a central recreation destination for the town”.

“The Southern Downs Regional Council’s recent Maryvale Urban Design Framework raised its removal from the Environmental Land Management Register as a high priority to free the land for recreational purposes such as walking, bird watching trails and a central rest area for locals and visitors,” the spokeswoman said.

“Formerly the Maryvale Railway Reserve, the 5.2 hectare parcel of public land was listed on the register in 2012 due to concerns regarding historical land use as the town’s railway yards and livestock biosecurity facility.”

Councillor for Community Services, Towns and Villages, Disaster Recovery Sheryl Windle said the news “presents exciting growth opportunities for the township”.

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The Maryvale Progress Association - Terri Cooper and Dennis Wood (front), and Colleen Cowley, Joan Bean, Bob Cullen, Jason Bell and Marj McKenzie.

Picture: SDRC confirmation from the Department that there was in fact no contamination present in the ground or the groundwater of the reserve,” Cr Windle said.

“The Maryvale community can now realise its dream of using the land without any risk or stigma from the land being contaminated.”

Acting President of the Maryvale Progress Association Dennis Wood said the announcement “opens the door for tourists to enjoy what locals long have”.

“We are over the moon with the news that the reserve isn’t contaminated and has been removed from the register,” Mr Wood said.

“This paves the way for the reserve to be

transformed into a focal point for Maryvale which we envisage will bring tourists to town and provide locals with a central area they can enjoy and be proud of.

“We look forward to working with Council to realise the native landscaping and trails, along with the other projects rolling out from the urban design framework.”

The council spokeswoman said the council sought removal of the reserve from the register in its 2019 budget allocation.

“The process of removing land from the register is complex and involves specialised consultants working within strict legislative guidelines. Samples of soil and groundwater from the reserve were analysed for potential contamination”.

“Council was advised by the Department on 19 June 2020 that the land was free from contamination and now deemed suitable for any use,” she said.

“The contaminated land investigation work was wholly funded by Council.

“Implementation of additional components of the Maryvale Urban Design Framework is an initiative of the Queensland Government, funded through the 2019-21 Work for Queensland Program.” ●

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In light of the impact of COVID-19, we will be holding a private Funeral Mass of Intercession and Thanksgiving for her life at St Joseph’s Catholic Church.

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There is even world class 5-star glamping for those couples looking for something very special.

And then there is our food, ahhh our food. Every palate is catered for and your taste buds are guaranteed to be left screaming for more.

What was once the hidden gem of Queensland’s tourism industry is undoubtedly an unrivalled holiday destination and it is up to each and every one of us to sing our regions praises from the rooftops.

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For every negative aspect that COVID has provided, there is always that one ENORMOUS positive; the Granite Belt is alive, our doors are open, and we are doing this tourism thing better than ever.

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But sometimes, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

See, for every change, every new business, every expanding business, the residents of the Granite Belt continue to scream its own praises. We don’t need to be told how good we are, we just know it, and we aren’t afraid to tell anyone who will listen (or even not listen).

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With the recent surge in cases of COVID-19 in Victoria the AFL is faced with a mammoth task to keep the 2020 AFL season on an even keel.

The Gold Coast Suns and Brisbane Lions have started the season in fine style and their fans will be hoping any relocations will not upset their apple cart.

In the NRL things are travelling a little smoother from a head office perspective.

Queensland officially have their fourth team, the Melbourne Storm taking up residence in their new digs at the Sunshine Coast has confirmed what many have been saying about the Queensland Storm for years (probably jealous). I cannot image that it is a prospect that was too daunting for players and in some cases their families.

Weighing up a Melbourne winter as opposed to winter on the Sunshine Coast and I know which most of us would jump at.

Of course the elephant in the room as far as Rugby League in Queensland is concerned is the abysmal performance of the Brisbane Broncos.

Just when you expect things cannot get any worse they simply find a way to make their next performance worse than the last.

Surely last week’s drubbing by the Titans must be the absolute low point.

Everyone from former Broncos’ legends to the punter in the street and the wise judges in between have an opinion on what is wrong.

Is it the Coach, the Board, the CEO, the players, the conditioning staff, the recruitment team or the coffee shop operators. Beats me but I do know as a Bronco’s supporter, it is a tough time and I am not filled with confidence that things will turn around quickly.

Whether you are a rabid supporter or not, I think most people want to see the players putting in and having a go. It’s the Queensland way.

Some criticisms have been a harsh, some well deserved and on the money. I don’t think there is one person or group at fault and I don’t think it is an easy fix.

There seems there is no love or passion for the jersey in the way we have associated with Broncos in the past. Is this a symptom of the way the modern game is developing. I hope not.

Call me mad, but I’ll stick with the Broncos again this week against a Warriors side who deserve a far better rub of the green than they are getting at the moment. Things will be tough for the Broncos this week. I reckon after the Warrior’s lacklustre performance last week their new coach Todd Payten will have spelled out a few home truths for his players.

In the meantime, I heard one wag suggesting Paul White, Karl Morris and Anthony Seibold approach Peter V’Landy’s. Sign up the man and get him to throw on a Broncos’ jersey because, “V’Landy’s can fix anything”. Sadly, I fear not even his Midas touch could fix this mess.

Casey GREAT RESULT FOR WOMEN’S SPORT Women’s Football and women’s sport will receive a huge shot in the arm following the announcement by the FIFA Council that the Aussie and Kiwi Trans Tasman bid to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup was successful. freetimes.com.au

Aliesha Rogers receiving the Best and Fairest trophy from Meg Englart last season after the Meg Englart Cup Netball tournament. Aliesha and Bridget Haynes have once again been selected for several representative Netball teams.

There were tears of joy from players and fans as social distancing among officials was forgotten in the historic moment.

Matilda’s captain, Sam Kerr said it all in her simple tweet. “We did it.”

The tournament will take place between July 10 to August 10, 2023. The games will likely be played in 13 stadiums in 12 cities across Australia and New Zealand. The final say on venues of course is a decision for FIFA but it is worth noting all of the proposed stadiums stood up well against the FIFA criteria.

With three years until kick off, there will be plenty of water passing under the bridge before a ball is kicked. If the Women’s T20 World Cup is anything to go by there is sure to be a spike in Women’s Football and a further strengthening of women’s sport in this country.

Australia will spend the next three years preparing for its chance on its biggest stage and for the Matilda’s and their captain kick off can’t come soon enough.

TRAINING WITH POWER Football Queensland Premier League players from Peninsular Power brushed aside the frosty conditions early on Sunday morning to conduct a fitness and conditioning session for some of the Stanthorpe players who will be competing in the Football Toowoomba Premier League competition. The comepitition commences in around two weeks time.

The session incorporated some ballwork, it was primary targeted at increasing the fitness levels of the players.

Power’s Captain Trent McEvoy said, “Covid19 has halted our (Power’s)season so we really need to ensure we are ready to start when our comepitition recommences in mid July”.

Former Brisbane Roar player and

Stanthorpe export Cameron Crestani who signed up with Pen Power early this year, joined McEvoy and said he is looking forward to the new challenge in 2020 Crestani (who had no issues with the frosty start) said, “Peninsular Power won the league in 2018 and have always been a strong team in the highest competition in Queensland. “Hopefully 2020 will see us return to the top again:”.

The pair relished the opportunity to help prepare a group of the local players for their upcoming stint in Toowoomba’s Premier competition and were happy to share their expertise and experience.

The Power captain explained both players happened to be in Stanthorpe last weekend for different reasons. They pair had instructions from their club fitness coordinator to ensure they trained while away.

“Nothing better than training with other players, especially local guys who are preparing for a big test such as going into the FT Premier League, Crestani said.

“It is great to see these guys putting up their hand to represent a Stanthorpe team in Toowoomba - it will be tough. “There is no doubt about that - but nothing worth doing is ever easy” he said.

“It is for only one season, three months playing against some the best footballers in the South West Zone - a once only opportunity due to Covid19. “As the old saying goes ‘opportunity sometimes knocks very softly’ so I encourage the local guys to challenge themselves,” Crestani said.

Challenging yourself is something Crestani can speak with authority on. He has been doing that most of his career.

The first game for the Stanthorpe team in the Football Toowoomba Premier League is drawing closer. Brad Rubb who is coaching the side, is keen to hear from any interested

players keen to join the squad. Either contact him directly or simply turn up to training at Inter Club at 6pm on Tuesday or Thursday.

The concept of a combined Stanthorpe team gives players from all Stanthorpe teams an opportunity to put local club rivalries aside and come together as a Stanthorpe team. The chance to take themselves out of their comfort zone; to commit to the squad and test their skills at a higher level while enjoying the game.

PATIENCE PATIENCE Warwick Bowlers are waiting patiently for the green light to resume normal competition. In the meantime Warwick East are holding roll-ups three times a week under the current guidelines. While the sessions are open to both men and women it is necessary to book a place and there is a sign-up sheet on the outside noticeboard at the club. The Warwick East Ladies host Tuesday’s roll-ups which commence at 9.00am. Roll-ups Thursday and Saturday are hosted by the Men and commence at 1.00om. At this stage the club is able to cater for up to 20 bowlers so bookings are definitely essential. Again all of the COVID-19 protocols put in place by Bowls Queensland still apply.

LOIN KING IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE The Warwick Sporters’ fields are gaining in strength and numbers each week.

Organisers report that 62 players teed off last Wednesday in the Hawker Road Function Centre trophy for June.

Loin King, Jon Pedersen (not to be confused with Lion King as this scribe mistakenly did recently) hit the winner’s circle last week after a recent close encounter of the runner-up variety. He scored 39 points off his handicap of 15 but his round was not without a few anxious moments.

There was that strangled cry, (the one that signifies a lost hole)from the Loin King at the fifth. It reverberated around the course as Doctor Who?, birdied the hole and shebang five Stableford points. The good doctor’s handicapectomy is getting closer!

The Loin King’s win was confirmed after a countback relegated Ian Skillen to the runner’s up spot. It was also a good effort his 39 points off his 21 handicap.

Collecting a ball each in the rundown were :- Peter Walsh and David Craggs (37), Rhys Farrell and Sam McLennan (36), Trevor Malone, Keith Farrell, Neil Carney and Mike Hoskin (35), Lawrie Hewson, Eddie Raets and Terry Bennett (34) and Phil the Greek and Daffy Hynes (33)..

This Wednesday, we play in the pro shop-sponsored stroke event for July, and the following week for the Betta Home Living trophy.

If anyone has a few recyclable cans or bottles, please given them to Peter Walsh so he can buy a spare key to his shared golf buggy shed! Good one, Walshie!

Sporters action will be reported in the SFT each week so be sure to grab your weekly copy to keep up to date with all the recent news.

WARWICK SPORTERS LOSE MORE THAN A MEMBER The Warwick Sporters Club is a little poorer now following the death of club patron and long-time Sporters member, Ken Burley.

As reported in Spin last week Ken passed away suddenly the weekend before last, after playing in the competition on June 17.

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THE SPIN From previous page The little bloke put many of the young members to shame on the course and regularly beat his 91 years off the stick.

There are now two Kens in the big golf course in the sky, with Kenny Pinington now having a mate for a heavenly four ball!.

RIP Ken Burley, you will be missed by your Sporters mates.

INDOOR BOWLS BACK Indoor Bowls enthusiasts will be pleased to learn that Indoor Bowls will at St Marks next Tuesday (July 7). Games will commence at 1.30pm and all of the normal COVID-19 restrictions and requirements and guidelines will apply:-Social distancing; hand sanitizing and equipment disinfection ONE OF BENNETT’S BEST Terry Bennett was in great form last Saturday on the Warwick Golf Course. In one of his best performances for months Bennett won the Oak Tree Retirement single Stableford event, Oak Tree have been good sponsors in recent years and the club thanks them for their ongoing support.

Terry Bennett is the type of player who never leaves the fairway and only has to have a good day with the flat stick and his approach shots to be near the money. On Saturday it all came together beautifully and he did all of those things well.

Bennett returned a score of 40 points to give him a two shots buffer ahead of Wayne Wells who was runner up on a countback.

The run down went the way of Neil Moore and Ed Kemp (38) Clifton visitor, Jay Roberts, Bert Bownds and Bill Morrison (36), Mick Payne (35), Slim Eldridge, Ross Bell, Rhys Farrell, Peter Millard, Mick Banks and Wayne Watt (34) and Eddy Raets, the only 33 to get a ball.

This Saturday members play in the John Dee monthly medal stroke event and the following Saturday members play in the 4BBB Handicap match-play qualifier which is sponsored by Advance Metal Products.

Players should be on the hunt for a good partner for that popular event. It is one of the few 4BBB events on the calendar and is sure to attract a good field.

ENJOYING THE WINNING FEELING Steve McEvoy carried that Liverpool winning feeling with him when he hit the course for Sunday Sporters in Stanthorpe.

McEvoy who some would say, is a rabid Liverpool Football fan was hard to miss on Sunday decked out in the red colours of his beloved Liverpool Football club after their win in the EPL (only 30 years in the making). We are not sure if it is true there were echoes of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” drifting across the Stanthorpe fairways or whether he just took inspiration from Liverpool’s win, but McEvoy had a great round to grab a win from runner-up Andrew Burgess. Paul Armstrong returned the best gross score while John Rawlings and Ray Thorn featured in the run-downs.

Sporters will tee off next Sunday between 7.30 and 8.00am and invite new players and visitors to join them.

PLAYERS WELCOME BACK 4BBB COMP It has been three months long months in the making but Stanthorpe golfers finally had a small taste of normality last Saturday. For the first time since lockdown restrictions were put in place golfers played a club sponsored 4BBB Stableford comepitition.

Max Hunter and Mike McAuliffe returned an impressive 50 points to get the chocolates.

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Putting the Stanthorpe players through their paces.

McAuliffe contributed equally to the score and between them parred 18 holes. Great round. It was the ladies team of Sandra Ellis and Sandra Morris who did the best of the rest to claim the runners-up position. The “Sandras” finished the round with 47 points.

They also recorded 25 points on the front nine that included two four pointers, one from each player. Their score, 22 not quite as good on the back nine but good enough to wrap up second place.

Club captain Richard Reardon teamed up with his son, Nathan, and returned 45 points which enabled them to collect a rundown prize. Some very useful points added to the score by Nathan when his partner ran into difficulties.

It is back to stroke play this weekend for the July Monthly Medal and putting competition.

Players are reminded that while restrictions have been eased they are still required to follow the correct procedures.

Names must be on the time sheet before the day’s competition to secure your place visit the club or phone or email. All other sanitizing protocols etc must be strictly adhered to.

Finally a shout out to Annelle Batterham the Ladies Club Captain,. We wish Annelle a speedy from recovery surgery and successful a physio programme. Everyone is looking forward to seeing her back on the course sooner rather than later.

CAMPDRAFTERS CORRALLED Campdraft enthusiasts are another group to see their sport put on ice in 2020. The Australian Campdrafting Association is considering a phased approach to the lifting of restrictions across the country however with the restrictions on numbers attending an event still in place in Queensland there looks little likelihood of a return to competition in Queensland in the near future. ACA remains positive and the governing body is still promoting the ACA 2020 National Finals Campdraft, scheduled to be held in Nebo from September 29 to October 2 2020.

The ACA expect the Northern Territory will be the first place to see the recommencement of Campdrafts in 2020.

The ACA Office Team have returned to their office in Roma, and are available during normal business hours. The team can be contacted at 07 4622 3110 or by email aca@campdraft.com.au As Campdraft competitions are reliant on

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crossing borders not much can happen until the border travel restrictions are lifted. A representative of the Stanthorpe Campdraft Committee , said the local committee has not planned any Campdraft competitions for the latter half of the year and realistically, the next event looks likely to be the Show draft scheduled for 31 January 2021.

With no events planned for the remainder of 2020 the Committee still have some projects they would like to complete including the BBQ area at the Stockman’s Canteen at Stanthorpe Showground’s.

To help raise funds for these projects they are running a plant drive fundraiser.

If you would like t you can support their cause you can choose from a great selection of native plants from Mole River Native Nursery. To check out the catalogue and place orders please go the Campdraft Associations fundraising web pagehttps:// www.stanthorpeshowgrounds.com.au/ campdraft-fundraising.

Coronavirus has also dealt the Rodeo circuit a body blow with comepitition in limbo. The National Rodeo Association calendar currently shows events scheduled for November and December however they have confirmed that many organisations have not yet advised them if they intend to reschedule cancelled events once COVID restrictions are relaxed.

Stanthorpe hosts Round Two of the NRA National Finals rodeo which is currently scheduled for Saturday November 21 2020 however it is uncertain whether there will be enough events to run the final series in November.

In Warwick organisers of the iconic Warwick Rodeo and Gold Cup Campdraft are planning for the event to go ahead in October. Like so many other events in the pipeline, there is a degree of uncertainty around how the event will unfold.

ORIENTEERS LOOKING FOR A WAY BACK Like every other organisation the Bullecourt Bounders Orienteering club has been busy plotting their own course through the maze of restrictions and ever changing requirements as organisers and members work towards a recommencement date.

Spokesperson Liz Bourne says the club hopes to hold their first bush event on July 12 in the Passchendale State Forest when at least 100 competitors should be allowed to take part.

If you require information contact Liz Bourne (Ph: 4683 6374); email

batmaps@gmail.com or visit the Orienteering Queensland website:- https:// oq.orienteering.asn.au/events LOCAL NETBALLERS REPRESENTING While Netball on the Granite Belt is suspended until next season two young players will be flying the local flag in the Toowoomba and Darling Downs squads.

Bridget Haynes and Aliesha Rogers have been selected in Highfields 15 years NAVY squad to play in the State Age championships in Maroochydore in September.

Both girls were also selected from their respective schools for the Darling Downs team to play in the state titles which are set down for August September at Nathan.

Bridget and Aliesha have both also been picked to join the Panthers Futures team to enhance their training and development.

Each is hoping the Panthers development pathway may lead to a position in the Toowoomba Panthers team down the track.

Their training regimes require some sacrifices from their families and a high level of commitment from the girls.

Aliesha makes several trips each week to Toowoomba train. Bridget is at boarding school in Toowoomba. While each is on holidays and during lockdown they continue their training in Stanthorpe.

In 2019 Aliesha was selected as Player of The finals in the Meg Englart Cup, a comepitition played on Friday nights at Highfields or Glennie School. Both girls will hit the court again this year in this comepitition which is scheduled to be played next term.

Meg Englart (formerly Hindmarsh) who currently teaches at Lockyer State School and has a passion for netball is a former Ballandean girl. She was delighted to present the Player of the final award to a Stanthorpe player.

BACK TO ALLMAN PARK The Warwick Turf Club is preparing to hold their second race meeting in 14 days today. The meeting will again go ahead as closed and patron free event with only trainers jockeys and officials allowed on course. The six event programme has been strongly supported by owners and trainers with excellent acceptances across all races.

A total of 73 runners have accepted for the meeting.

Racing opens with the running of the Lyndhurst Stud Farm QTIS Two Year Old Handicap over 1100metres. freetimes.com.au

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Dark Chocolate from the Donald Baker stable in Toowoomba had her first start at the recent Warwick meeting. She fought back gamely to win first up on a very heavy track but could be tested her over the longer journey here.

The Roma based Bright Copper comes into the race having won three on the trot and is entitled to plenty of support. Flying the local flag will be two maiden runners.

The Les Clarke trained Peta Colada and Garry Osborne’s Kicks Both Feet. Peta Colada had his first start in the race won by Dark Chocolate and finished well back in the field. Bright Copper is resuming after having only one previous start at Kilcoy.

Race two the XXXX Maiden Plate over 1350 has attracted 13 acceptors and looks an open race.. Most runners have been well tried. Topweight Set Beat and bottom weight Seibhur both failed to flatter at their last outings on this track.

One runner sure to come under scrutiny will be Reflective who joined the Neil Hocking stable a couple of months ago after doing his early racing for the James Cummings stable. The well bred three year old was placed at Ipswich at his last start.

10 runners will face the starter in the third race, the Warwick Credit Union Benchmark 58. The Roma visitor Besters has good recent form but mainly on his home track. Sizzling Sun is a winner on the Warwick track back in May and may be on the up.

Sunshine Coast galloper Queen of the Night finished second 10 days ago at Kilcoy and prior to a spell had fair form at the Sunshine Coast.

In teh fourth event top weight, Midnight Matinee from Goondiwindi is a last start winner at Dalby and will appreciate the 3kg claim for apprentice Shannyn Stephan.

Toowoomba trainer Matt Kropp saddles up his only runner for the day, Wait A Minute in the fifth race, an 1100 metre event for colts geldings and entires.

The four year old ran second two starts back at Allman park and more recently was not disgraced at Toowoomba. It would be no surprise to see Kropp pick up a win here.

Gatton visitor The Hooligan sustained a

long run around the field and finished down the outside to win on the heavy track at Warwick two weeks ago. He followed that win with a second placing in Gatton and if he backs up will be hard to toss in this.

The meeting wraps up with a Class One Handicap over the 1500 metre journey and is sponsored by Frasers Livestock.

The local connections of the Warwick trained Military Kings could have the last laugh in the final event. He won two starts back at Toowoomba and last raced at Ipswich. Look for a bold showing.

Officials will be hoping for kind weather good track conditions for the meeting.

FROM BAD LAD TO CAPTAIN While the hunt for a new CEO for Cricket Australia rumbles along in the old dart England’s talisman Ben Stokes is poised to make the transition from bad boy to captain of the English Cricket team.

He is set to lead the team in the first test against West Indies on July 8 with captain Joe Root likely to miss the game to attend the birth of his second child.

The all-rounder said in a recent press conference that although it would be a huge honour to be able to say you had captained England even once, he had never really given the captaincy a great deal of thought.

He said he will relish the opportunity should it arise but knows he will only be warning the seat until Joe Root returns.

Once the bad lad of English cricket, Stokes has matured since those early undisciplined days and was an inspirational vice captain and integral part of England’s World Cup winning side last year. ●

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