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Dave’s brave cure shave Popular Stanthorpe area identity Dave Reeves had sported long hair in the form of dreadlocks for the last 17 years - but he recently took the plunge and shaved off his prized and locally-familiar locks for the worthy cause of fundraising for leukaemia research as part of the ‘World’s Greatest Shave For A Cure’.

Check out a story and photos from Dave’s act of generosity to help find a cure for this insidious disease - which raised a staggering $6500 in donations from a generous community.

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Carting put on a ‘hold’...

For the first time in years, the region’s dams are at full urban supply capacity. A year of carting water has come to an end, water restrictions have been eased, new tourism possibilities have emerged, and the town is rejoicing. The torrential rain will see some significant changes take place across the region.

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School’s 100 A great crowd of students and staff - both present and past - gathered to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Amiens State School on the Granite Belt last weekend.

It was a huge milestone for this great school, with our small but special country schools part of the heart and soul of our region’s rural communities.

A big congrats to Amiens State School on achieving this significant date in its long and distinguished history of service to the education of future generations.

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Harvest crunch

By Jess Baker With Australia’s international borders firmly closed, Granite Belt growers are still facing severe labour shortages and crop losses.

State and Federal governments have instated a number of schemes intended to encourage Australians to relocate and take up work

on farms, but they have been largely unsuccessful to this point and are unlikely to pick up given Australia’s unemployment rate is virtually as low as it was pre-Covid.

The Queensland Government has opted into the Australian Government’s recommencement of the Pacific Labour Scheme and Seasonal Worker Programme, which has

brought 1090 workers into the state to date.

Granite Belt farmers have been bracing themselves for March 2021 – the peak of the summer season – since the Covid-19 pandemic first began, as experts predicted the Australian horticulture industry would be 26,000 workers short at this time.

Strawberry and apple grower Nathan Bar-

onio says his family is on track to lose $750,000 in turnover this strawberry season due to a shortage of pickers.

“We had to spray out and abandon a block of strawberries,” he says.

“We just couldn’t keep up.”

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The Palaszczuk Government’s move to allow government agencies and developers to stop placing public notice advertisements in newspapers is another step backwards for accountability in politics, the Queensland Country Press Association (QCPA) said this week.

QCPA president Phill Le Petit (pictured) who is the Sales Manager for Warwick & Stanthorpe Today - said that instead of being made aware of local developments through their local newspaper, regional communities will be “in the dark” about what is going on in their area.

“By taking these development notices out of the public eye, there will be much less scrutiny of government and private development projects,” Mr Le Petit said.

“Development applications regularly generate considerable community debate and it will certainly not be in the public’s best interest or help to achieve practical consultation and beneficial outcomes for communities if the requirement for publicly notifying the general community is removed from public gaze.

“Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick said many regional communities are no longer serviced by regular print publications.

“This is totally incorrect and bordering on embarrassing from the Treasurer.

“The Queensland Country Press Association represents 46 newspapers across the state and that number is growing, with 22 new publications joining as members in past 12 months.

“The combined monthly audience across these member newspapers totals 1,336,953 and that does not include figures for state and national newspapers bought and read in Queensland.

“The Treasurer’s comments about the overwhelming majority of Queenslanders sourcing most of their information from online publications is a false comparison.

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“When it comes to Queenslanders getting their news, the overwhelming majority get their local information from newspapers or from news that is sourced from newspapers.

“Instead of supporting local businesses who employ thousands of Queenslanders, the government has struck another blow, in what can only be seen as an attempt to avoid scrutiny.

“The Treasurer said this ‘shake-up’ of advertising rules was a way for the government to rein in its spending and ballooning debt.

Changes will allow statutory public notices to be advertised on the Department’s website or online news sites.

“State government advertising in regional newspapers has been virtually non-existent across QCPA member newspapers, compared to what the Victorian and federal governments has done. The Victorian Government, instead of shrinking their advertising through tough times in the media industry, pledged to spend an extra $4.5 million on advertising in regional newspapers.

“The Federal government ran many advertisements throughout the last year, which, no doubt would have helped keep many newspapers afloat.

“For the health of our democracy and the viability of local businesses, we urge the Treasurer to reconsider this decision.”

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In the wake of last week’s rain the big question - or at least the one I have been asking people all week - is “are we as a region still in drought?”

There seems to be no definitive answer. Some people have said “absolutely”, while others have been more cautious, suggesting we need that amount again at least twice over within the next few months, which seems unlikely. The Local Drought Committee will meet either later this month or in May and will make a recommendation to the State Government about lifting the drought declaration. At the risk of downplaying last week’s significant falls, the fact remains our region still requires long-term water security.

The Premier had been expected to visit Warwick this week to make an announcement on a proposed pipeline to our region from Toowoomba but Covid-19 saw that cancelled. We were left wondering if the project is to be a goer, or put on hold indefinitely in light of the rain. More to come, perhaps, by this time next week ...

Perceptions of mental health ...

Late last week our local State MP for Southern Downs James Lister announced he will take two months’ leave from work to address his mental health and that he plans to return “stronger and better than ever”, both as a local representative and as a husband and a father. He made a statement in State Parliament which I though was both moving and showed enormous courage, especially for a person who is the holder of a prominent public office.

It was courageous because while attitudes towards mental health in wider society are changing over time, it is happening very slowly. We are still sadly at a point where many people see mental health as somehow less serious than a physical ailment of equivalent debilitation when it comes to day-to-day living and functioning. In other words, and speaking here in general terms, if someone is going in for say operable cancer they would likely be the recipient of flowers, well-wishes - the ubiquitous “thoughts and prayers”. But if someone has time out from their usual activities because their mental health is going through a period of worsening and requires treatment they’re more likely to be shunned and avoided. And worse, stigmatised, criticised, seen as weak and even perhaps feel in fear of their job or relationship security, or both. It is also vital to bear in mind that mental health is treatable, as is one’s physical health.

I’d like to wish James Lister the very best in his current health challenge. He has been open and up-front about what he is dealing with, and should be commended for it. In his words to parliament last week I am sure there are many in our community who will find inspiration.

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The shortage continues...

By Jess Baker 2020 is over, but the pandemic still does not have a clear end in sight.

Outbreaks are still occurring, Australia’s international borders are still closed, and Granite Belt farms are still suffering a severe labour shortage.

In late February 2021, Queensland horticulture body Growcom reported national crop losses had topped $50 million as a result of insufficient labour for harvest.

While an extraordinary figure, this estimate has likely not come as a surprise to many crop farmers. It may even seem conservative.

Granite Belt strawberry and apple grower Nathan Baronio says his family is on track to lose $750,000 in turnover this strawberry season due to a shortage of pickers.

“We had to spray out and abandon a block of strawberries,” he says.

“We just couldn’t keep up.”

Nathan says the workload is barely manageable, even with a workforce of 120 – including 20 new workers that arrived in December 2020 under the Seasonal Worker Programme trial.

“I could put 40 people into full-time equivalent work tomorrow without a doubt,” he says.

“The unfortunate thing is that picking strawberries is a really hard job.

“We’ve employed about 250 displaced and unemployed Australians, and they’ve given it a red hot go. Some have stuck around for a while, some have quit straight away … but eventually it’s just too hard.”

Like many others, Nathan’s Eastern Colour farm has traditionally relied on working holidaymakers and Pacific Island workers to help get crops to market.

But with international borders firmly shut, growers and governments have had to find alternative solutions.

The Queensland Government last year introduced a Back to Work in Agriculture Incentive Scheme, offering jobless Queenslanders payments of up to $1500 to move to a regional, rural or remote location and take up work on a farm.

From 1 November 2020, payments of up to $6000 became available through the Australian Government’s Relocation Assistance to Take Up a Job (RATTUAJ) program for Australian workers relocating to take up short-term agricultural work.

Both incentive schemes were mildly successful. Warwick and Stanthorpe Today reported in February 2021 that only 93 Queenslanders had applied for the $1500 incentive in the four months the scheme had been operating.

Similarly, at that time only 756 relocation agreements had been signed since 1 November 2020 through the federal RATTUAJ program.

It is important to note that Australia’s unemployment rate has been steadily declining since October 2020 and now sits at just 5.8 percent – the lowest jobless rate seen since March 2020 (5.2 percent).

This indicates the solution to local growers’ labour shortage does not lie with Australians, and governments must instead turn their fo-

Nathan Baronio and son Archie, of Eastern Colour. cus to facilitating the recruitment of overseas workers.

The Queensland Government has made clear that its main focus for meeting labour shortages is to attract and train Queenslanders, but it has also opted into the Australian Government’s recommencement of the Pacific Labour Scheme and Seasonal Worker Programme.

Under both schemes, any agribusiness that wants to recruit an overseas workforce must receive approval from the Australian Government for its recruitment plan and for its onfarm or regional-facility quarantine plan.

Queensland has a cap on the total number of sites where workers are quarantined at any one time, meaning approved employers must coordinate with each other to determine how many overseas workers they can take on.

A spokesperson for the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries says Queensland has led the nation in providing seasonal workforce solutions while keeping communities safe from Covid-19.

“To date, 1090 workers have arrived from countries including Tonga, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands to pick crops like grapes, citrus, vegetables and berries or to work in major food processing facilities across the state,” says the spokesperson.

“More than 140 workers arrived by air (on 25 March) to begin working while quarantining on Queensland farms.

“Another 62 workers are expected to arrive soon to work in the North Burnett area.

“Further applications from on-farm quarantine have been received from several areas and are being assessed.”

Queensland’s continuation of on-farm quarantine and its recently announced regional facility quarantine arrangements for overseas workers might be a step in the right direction, but Nathan says it will come at a cost to farmers.

“Any more Pacific Island workers that come are going to come at a cost that the growers are going to have to pay, which puts more financial stress on businesses that have unfortunately had a bloody hard year,” says Nathan.

While farmers wait to either become an approved employer, or to have their workers’ quarantine arrangements approved, they are fighting to keep their existing staff.

“Due to the labour shortage, the cost of pro-

duction has gone up pretty significantly in that everyone’s paying so much more to retain their staff,” says Nathan.

“And all throughout the summer it’s been the growers that have been wearing that extra cost because it hasn’t been reflected in retail price up until recently.”

Nathan says Eastern Colour now pays its fastest workers $50 an hour. For reference, the award wage for fruit picking, planting, sorting and packing in Australia is $24.80 an hour for casuals and $19.84 an hour for permanent employees.

Though much of Nathan’s focus has been on seeing the current strawberry season through – and on coming out the other side as unscathed as possible – Eastern Colour must soon begin planting for the next.

“I’ve got two more months to see what happens with the Government and if we start getting some decent numbers of Pacific Island workers in,” says Nathan.

“We plant in May and if I don’t see any improvement by then I’ll have to cut my (strawberry plant) numbers back.

“I’ll take the hit on the deposit because it’s not worth the losses of not being able to pick (the strawberries).”

If Queensland does not soon see a significant increase in worker numbers, whether through the Pacific Labour Scheme, the Seasonal Worker Programme, or government incentives, Eastern Colour will not be the only Granite Belt farm facing another season of crop loss.

Rain worth crop losses Though last week’s heavy rain was a welcome sight to the Southern Downs and Granite Belt region, it did negatively impact some crops like berries, grapes and tomatoes.

Granite Belt winery Summit Estate Wines was one of few negatively impacted by the torrential rain.

“The issues we’ve faced have been the previous dry, all the grapes were stressed, then we had the black frost, we probably lost about 45 percent of potential growth, then we had that terrible wind,” said a Summit Estate Wines spokesperson.

“So all of that combined has led to a lower than expected harvest here already. After that everything was okay, things were chugging along, and then this rain came along.”

The spokesperson said vineyards at the northern end of the Granite Belt are more susceptible to the negative effects of the rain, including vines rotting and mildew growing.

“We had to pick (our grapes) early because of the rain,” said a spokesperson.

“We’ll probably therefore change what we use the grapes for … make rose instead of red wine.”

The spokesperson said he is optimistic the rain might lead to normal growth patterns next year, as it replenishes soil moisture, fills dams and can help in replenishing aquifers.

“All of that will set us up for the next harvest,” he said.

“If you look at the bigger picture, the rain is good. It’s just bad timing for us.”

The spokesperson said Granite Belt winemakers have experienced 40 years of harsh conditions.

“There’s a real sense of community with other growers, we’re all going through the same thing,” he said.

Strawberry and apple grower Nathan Baronio said the rain impacted his crops too, but he is happy it rained nonetheless.

“You lose a fair bit of fruit with strawberries every time it rains,” he said.

“There’s going to be some losses but I think everyone would take those to have our dams full again.”

Investigation into fatal crash continuing: Police The young man aged in his 20s who died in a vehicle collision on the New England Highway just outside Stanthorpe on the night of Monday 22 March was an Indonesian national who had been in Australia since 2019.

Arie H Putra died at the scene after the sedan he was driving collided with a truck travelling south on the highway near the

intersection with McGlew Street around 10.20pm that night.

A female passenger of the sedan was physically uninjured, as was the male driver of the truck, who is based in Victoria.

Investigations by the Queensland Police Forensic Crash Unit into the circumstances of the accident were continuing this week.

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Planting window boosted

By Jeremy Sollars At time of printing of Warwick and Stanthorpe Today this week local paddocks in many parts of the region were still sodden from last week’s rain but there will soon be plenty of tractorrelated activity.

Around this time of year is when crop farmers look towards the winter cropping situation and oats are the primary option, with Olsens Produce in Warwick among other rural suppliers ready for the planting period.

The extensive rainfall will give many local producers not just a moisture-profile lift but a psychological one also and the staff at Olsens are likewise feeling more positive - and preparing for a busy period over the coming weeks.

But more follow-up rain will be required during autumn and into winter itself - and for those with grain sorghum crops still in the ground last week too much of a good thing can be a problem at times, with some on the point of harvesting.

Too much rain can mean that sorghum seeds in the head of the plant while it’s still in the ground can sprout roots, with the consensus being that last week’s rain stopped just in time to prevent that outcome - “we dodged a bullet” was the expression one local crop farmer used.

The bigger-picture question of course is about the drought itself in our region and on the wider Darling Downs.

Some locals told Warwick and Stanthorpe Today that “a six-inch fall doesn’t break a drought” and pointed out that some areas further west - such as Dalby - received nowhere near the same rainfall last week.

Others are convinced that with many farm dams now full and a decent moisture level below the surface of the ground that we are in for a boom. Who knows for sure?

From an official perspective the office of Queensland Agriculture Minister Mark Furner this week told us that the region’s Local Drought Committee (LDC) will meet “in either April or May” to conduct its annual review of our drought declaration status.

The LDC covers the area corresponding geographically to the Southern Downs Regional Council and its membership includes farmer representatives whose identities are kept confidential.

The committee makes recommendations to the minister on drought status and the minister normally follows their advice.

Concerns tend to be held that the committee might place undue emphasis on one large ‘rain event’, rather than looking at the overall pattern of rainfall in recent years, and how it compares with long-term averages.

If the region-wide drought declaration is lifted either this month or next producers can still apply for individual property drought declarations to continue to receive assistance.

Irrigation releases While Storm King Dam in Stanthorpe is full it’s an urban water supply dam unlike Leslie Dam in Warwick.

The bottom 15,000 megalitres (ML) of Les-

It’s not raining money just yet - but like the rest of us the staff at Olsens are buoyed up by the rain. lie Dam is reserved for town water supplies for Warwick but everything above that is for farming irrigation - and is owned by local producers who pay licence fees for the water whether there’s water in the dam or not.

Leslie Dam owner Sunwater is therefore required to release water to its farming customers when the dam rises above 15,000ML and was expected to commence releasing water from Leslie at any tick of the clock, although a spokesman this week used the term “the coming weeks”.

“Sunwater is very pleased that Leslie Dam has received inflows following the recent rain, increasing the dam’s storage volume to 27.87% of capacity or 29,612 megalitres (as at Tuesday of this week),” the spokesman said.

“As a result, Sunwater is reviewing access to medium priority water allocations for the Upper Condamine Water Supply Scheme.

“We expect to make irrigation releases in the coming weeks and will work with customers to ensure releases to allocation owners can be coordinated to maximise delivery efficiency.

“Sunwater will announce what portion of the allocation will be available to customers by in early April.

“This allocation will be available as long as the dam’s supply level remains above 15,000 megalitres.

“High priority allocations (typically reserved for urban communities, permanent cropping and industry) for the scheme remain at 100%.

“The recent rainfall is great news for the Warwick community and our customers, and we are hopeful for more inflows in the coming weeks and months.”

Pumps still on order ...

The Southern Downs Regional Council is still waiting for new pumping equipment to arrive for installation at Leslie Dam, at a cost of $550,000.

As the town water provider for Warwick the council is required to install and maintain pumping equipment at Leslie Dam even though the dam is owned by Sunwater, which is a state government water agency and dam operator.

The council has been using hired pumps at Leslie Dam since early last year.

Last August a council spokeswoman issued the following statement in relation to the pump situation “The pumps at Leslie Dam are expected to be replaced by June 2021,” the spokeswoman said.

“This project will involve a complete overhaul of the pump station and includes replacing the pumps and pipework and upgrading the controls system for the pumps.

“Council is currently hiring an interim standby pump for $4200 per month until the new pumps are able to be designed and installed.”

Mice still a problem Local farmers - and householders - this week

Alex Holmes and Kerri Lee of Olsens Produce in Warwick are among rural suppliers gearing up for a busy planting period over the coming weeks - oat seed and fertiliser are tipped to be in strong demand... reported that mice are still about the Warwick region in significant numbers, despite predictions that heavy rain would “drown them in their holes”.

The consensus seems to be that more rain and an early frost might fix the problem ...

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Full dams brings us hope

By Jess Baker It has been an extraordinary week for the Southern Downs and Granite Belt, with the region’s dams at full urban supply capacity for the first time in years.

According to Southern Downs Regional Council’s most recent dam level readings, published 29 March 2021, Stanthorpe’s Storm King Dam has increased from 28.8 percent capacity to 100 percent capacity.

Warwick’s Connolly Dam is also at 100 percent capacity, while Leslie Dam is at 27.87 percent capacity - of which 15 percent is SDRC’s full urban allocation.

Storm King Dam has been a popular place to visit since last week’s heavy rains, with both tourists and locals eager to see it at capacity.

Owners of holiday accommodation establishment Quaffers on Storm King, Paul and Debbie Banks, are particularly excited to see the dam full.

Last week, the pair watched from their home as the dam waters rose.

“It was just incredible. I’ve never seen anything like that,” said Paul.

“I’ve seen flood waters rise and still I thought there was no way it would fill up overnight,” added Debbie.

“But really it only took eight hours to fill. It was amazing to watch.”

Debbie and Paul opened Quaffers in May 2019 very briefly before they had to shut down operations in September that same year due to the threat of bushfires and drought.

“We opened again in December 2019, had three or four bookings and then Covid hit,” said Debbie.

“We lost two complete weeks at what was basically the start of the season,” said Paul.

Quaffers has also been closed for maintenance for the last six weeks. Debbie said it was beginning to feel like Quaffers and the wider community was being dealt blow after blow.

But thanks to the recent rains, Debbie said she has high hopes for her business going into the summer season.

“As much as we would have been busy over summer, it’s not usually a time people come out to Stanthorpe because wineries are closed,” said Debbie.

“I think with the amount of publicity this (Storm King Dam) has had, people might start to come out here for summer ... especially if international travel is still off limits.”

Emerald locals Jason and Angela Campbell have been travelling Australia with dogs Bruno and Maddie, and stopped by Storm King Dam to see it at full capacity.

Debbie said she is happy guests will be now be able to enjoy the recreational pleasures of a full dam, including swimming, kayaking, canoeing, fishing, jet skiing and boating.

Since the torrential rain, SDRC has also announced that Storm King Dam is now open for water skiing.

How much rainfall?

According to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Stanthorpe and Warwick received exactly the same mean rainfall in March - 66.3 millimetres.

The most impressive downpour in both Warwick and Stanthorpe was recorded - unsurprisingly - on Tuesday 23 March. Over the course of that day, Stanthorpe had an extraordinary 94.6 millimetres of rain and Warwick had 86.6 millimetres.

Before Tuesday, the most rain recorded for Stanthorpe in a single day in March was 22.2 millimetres (9 March 2021). In Warwick, it was 52.6 millimetres (1 March 2021).

The median rainfall for Stanthorpe in March was 50.8 millimetres, while the median rainfall for Warwick in March was 39.6 millimetres.

The mean number of days that had rain more than or equal to 1 millimetre in Stanthorpe was 6.3, and for Warwick it was 5.5.

Water security still top priority Southern Downs Mayor Vic Pennisi said that although the recent rains have brought significant inflows into the region’s dams, water security remains a top priority for SDRC. “After months of reporting that Storm King Dam was at 21.8 percent or lower and carting an average of 565 truckloads of water to Stanthorpe per fortnight, this is a sight for sore eyes that will relieve a lot of pressure in the community,” said Mayor Pennisi.

“Water security has been a top priority for the Southern Downs Regional Council and although the recent rains have brought significant inflows into our dams, Council assures residents that it will continue to explore all avenues to responsibly manage water supply for the community.”

With the dams full, SDRC has this week turned its attention to decisions on current water restrictions and the return of Storm King Dam as Stanthorpe’s sole water source.

At a special meeting held Tuesday 30 March, SDRC voted unanimously in favour of relaxing water restrictions from 120 litres per person per day to 200 litres per person per day, effective immediately.

Extreme level water restrictions of 120 litres per person per day have applied across the region since 18 March 2020. Before that, restrictions had been set at 80 litres per person per day.

A SDRC spokesperson said they were relaxed last year in recognition of the need for increased hygiene following the rise of Covid-19.

However, users of town water have not met the extreme level water consumption target of 120 litres per person per day for some time.

Consumption has continued to increase as visitation to the region has.

In February 2021, Warwick residents were using 167 litres per person per day, while Stanthorpe residents were using 174 litres per person per day.

A media release from SDRC said that under the new draft Drought Management Plan residents will also be permitted to use water from the reticulated network on their gardens under restricted guidelines.

Mayor Pennisi said the goal of the region should be to use its water supply wisely, and it will need to continue its sensible and responsible approach to water usage.

“With our dams now at supply capacity, it is fitting to offer water restrictions respite to residents, however Council encourages the community to continue to practice water conserving behaviour,” he said.

“We have a reprieve, but we are not out of the woods. Council will continue discussions with State and Federal Government lead agencies to progress water security solutions for our region into the future.”

SDRC announced water carting from Connolly Dam ceased on Tuesday 30 March, and Stanthorpe has changed back to sourcing its potable water from Storm King Dam.

Mayor Pennisi last week thanked the Queensland Government for its support in funding water carting from Connolly Dam to Storm King Dam. “The Queensland Government has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with us in weathering this devastating and historic drought, and the lifeline funding we gratefully received ensured that water continued to flow seamlessly from taps in Stanthorpe households during uncertain times,” he said.

“We simply can’t thank them enough.

“I must commend and acknowledge the resilience and cooperation of our community in working to reduce water usage while we collectively navigated unprecedented times as a unified region. Our staff and water carters also worked tirelessly and collaboratively to find solutions to unprecedented problems throughout this journey.”

New rules for residents As at 30 March 2021, the region is required to abide by Permanent Water Saving Rules.

A media release from SDRC said the new guidelines allow for outdoor watering and cleaning of hard surfaces, but only between the hours of 7.00am and 9.00am and 4.00pm to 6.00pm from May to September and from 6.00am to 8.00am and 5.00pm to 7.00pm from October to April.

Within those allocated times, residents may also use water efficient sprinklers, fixed irrigation systems, hand-held hoses (when fitted with a trigger nozzle) and buckets and watering cans.

“Residents can clean windows, mirrors and lights for safety at any time of day using handheld hoses, buckets and high pressure/low volume water cleaning units,” read the SDRC release.

“Flushing of boat motors or vehicle brakes to maintain safe operation must be done on grassed areas where practicable.

“New and existing pools and spas can be filled and topped up. Pool covers must be used to comply. Water play pools and toys may be used.

“General cleaning of timber decks, windows driveways, pathways, house and roof painting preparation, solar panels, entertainment areas, outdoor furniture and paved surfaces is permitted with hand-held hoses, buckets and high pressure/low volume water cleaning units.

“Hand-held hoses can only be used for cleaning when fitted with a trigger nozzle and are leak free.”

Toowoomba pipeline call put off thanks to Covid...

Monday morning this week started out with the Southern Downs Regional Council advising at around 8.30am that Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk would visit Warwick at 10.30am - for an announcement about the Toowoomba-Warwick water pipeline - but a short time later Covid-19 put paid to the trip.

The Premier’s office has since given no indication what the announcement would

have entailed, and if it would have meant the pipeline is still a goer or has been put on hold indefinitely due to last week’s rain. At time of printing this week there’d also been no indication when a new announcement - visit or no visit - might be forthcoming.

What is known is that the Premier last visited Warwick in January 2020 and announced plans to “fast-track” the pipeline, which if built would allow Warwick and Stanthor-

pe to access emergency town water when needed from Brisbane’s Wivenhoe Dam via Toowoomba, which is already connected by a pipeline to Wivenhoe. But to date there has been no further progress aside from a $1 million feasibility study by SEQ water agency Seqwater, the report from which remains under wraps.

The specific details of the route through Warwick were not released in January 2020

but Premier Palaszczuk and former Southern Downs Mayor Tracy Dobie at the time said private property resumptions along the route would be “minimal” as the route would “mostly” utilise existing public road reserves.

Despite the rain our region still needs a long-term water security solution, and Warwick and Stanthorpe Today will continue to press for an update on the pipeline - Covid or no Covid ...

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Community fights road closure, councillors vote

By Jess Baker A small group of Bony Mountain residents have joined forces to formally object to the proposed closure of Tv Repeater Road.

Neighbours of Maydan Feedlot were recently made aware by the Department of Resources that an application had been submitted to have the road permanently closed.

Within weeks, more than 20 Bony Mountain residents and other Tv Repeater Road users had signed a petition requesting Southern Downs Regional Council (SDRC) oppose the proposed closure.

Bony Mountain resident Gary Johnson said his decision to sign the petition came down to the safety risks associated with the proposed closure.

“If the road is closed we’ll only have two other ways out of Bony Mountain and one road takes us to Pratten and the other to Allora,” he said.

“Our main concern is that the two roads we’ll be left with are pretty bad roads.

They’ve not been looked after very well. “(One) road we will be forced onto is a very narrow road with blind hills and corners, (it’s) very slippery when wet and is used by semi-trailers.”

Gary said closing the road would add hours and distance to Bony Mountain residents’ travelling to Warwick - a trip he says most residents do at least four times a week - and add hundreds of dollars to yearly fuel expenditures.

“Not to mention an ambulance or fire truck that will have to travel the extra distance and time because a GPS will tell them to go straight ahead on Tv Repeater Road,” he said.

Greg Gibbons of Maydan Feedlot said an application was submitted by the owner of the feedlot to close the road mostly because doing so would make commuting between its two lots of land - separated by Tv Repeater Road - safer and more convenient.

“We own land on both sides of the road and we work on both sides,” said Greg.

“We wouldn’t graze it but we’d just like it closed to allow our staff to cross it safely.

“We also had animal activists out there twice in the last seven months. Closing the road will limit their access to the property.”

Southern Downs councillors discussed the petition to oppose the proposed closure of part of Tv Repeater Road at last week’s ordinary meeting.

In a report tabled at the meeting, Council officers noted that SDRC had received feedback from a number of community members with concerns about the proposed closure as well as the petition.

“A resident of the area has advised that during times of flooding there is no access for people west of Bony Mountain and east of Condamine River except for via Tv Repeater Road,” the report reads.

“The resident further advised that the condition of Yankee Gully Road, as an alternative route, can be left unpassable after heavy rainfall.”

SDRC unanimously voted to advise the Department of Resources that SDRC objects to the closure of part of Tv Repeater Road due to community need, the road’s use as an alternative route during emergency situations, and the potential financial implications to SDRC. The decision now sits with the Queensland Government.

Local State Member for Southern Downs James Lister MP last week released a statement advising he will be taking two months’ medical leave from his duties to address his mental health treatment.

In a moving and courageous statement given in Queensland Parliament last Thursday 25 March, Mr Lister asked the residents of his electorate, which includes the Warwick and Stanthorpe areas, for understanding during this period and vowed to be “back stronger and better than ever”.

The following are Mr Lister’s full remarks in Parliament “In February this year my doctor and I, together with my wife, Belinda, made the decision that I needed a change in treatment for my mental health.

“Over the years I have been progressively worn down, I have become upset with the past and life, work and keeping up appearances has become increasingly difficult. So I need to be away from my duties for the next two months to get better.

“I know that honourable members and my community would forgive me for not being specific about my situation, but I did not want to play it that way. Elizabeth Gaskell said that ‘an evil, once being recognised, is halfway on towards its remedy’.

“Publicly acknowledging the truth, and accepting treatment and help, will: help me to be the best dad and husband that I can be

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help me to be the best representative · itofwill Southern Downs that I can be, and set the right example because, as a mili· ittarywilland now community leader, I have always advocated that we should be open about mental health issues and that we should not be afraid to seek support and help.

“I served for 17 years in the Australian Defence Force. Whilst my difficulties do stem from that period, I want to put on record that the military treated me very well and gave me excellent help and medical treatment. I continue to receive excellent treatment now from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs which I am most grateful for.

“I would like to thank the Leader of the Opposition, David Crisafulli, for the support and encouragement that he has given me over the past month and also all members on all sides of the House for the warmth and support that they have offered me when I have discussed my issues.

“I should particularly thank the member for Hinchinbrook for the truly heroic man hug that he gave me when I talked about my issues at breakfast on Tuesday morning. Thank you very much, Nick.

“My offices in Warwick and Stanthorpe will continue to operate normal hours to assist my constituents in my absence. I thank the people of Southern Downs for their understanding. I will be back stronger and better than ever and I will not be making further comment until I get back to parliament.”

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Major festival refused

By Jess Baker Much-loved electronic music festival Arcadia has been abruptly cancelled following a decision by Southern Downs Regional Council (SDRC) to deny a permit for the event.

The two-day festival was set to take place in just four weeks’ time, from 1 May to 3 May, in Goomburra Valley and would have been the fifth event of its kind.

Arcadia is now the second Southern Downs festival to be rejected by SDRC since 4 July 2019, when then-QPS assistant commissioner Mike Condon wrote to SDRC objecting to all future music festival events within the Council area.

Organiser Eddie Kingswell said the refusal came as a complete shock to him, as Arcadia has been held at the same location every year and has always seemingly had the support of both SDRC and the local police.

“We had been planning for the 2021 event since the last event ended in May 2019,” said Mr Kingswell.

“We’ve invested a lot of time and money, there’s close to 200 tickets now that we’ll have to issue refunds for.

“I think it’s important we have these kinds of events in the region … (imposing) a blanket ban is absurd. It’s a terrible shame for the Southern Downs.”

SDRC advised Arcadia organisers of its decision to refuse their temporary entertainment event permit application on 8 March 2021 and received a request for review shortly thereafter.

Southern Downs councillors discussed the decision at last week’s ordinary meeting and voted to uphold the refusal, with councillors Marco Gliori and Sheryl Windle the only two who wished to overturn the refusal and approve the application.

“When I hear this region described as rural and conservative, an older population not supportive of these events, this definition wor-

‘It’s been a wild ride’: Arcadia organisers shared news of SDRC’s decision with their community online last week. ries me,” said Cr Gliori.

“Without diverse festivals within this region we’ll be encouraging our youth to continually travel to the Byron Bays, the Woodfords, the big cities and beaches where youthful exuberance and cultural experimentation are accepted.

“It is ludicrous to believe we can deny our youth the opportunities that our generations enjoyed.”

QPS’ blanket objection to music festivals within SDRC area is said to be based on the risks to the community and the demands on policing resources associated with such events.

More specifically, the objection has stemmed from the tragic events of the 2019 Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival at Elbow Valley, near Warwick, where two attendees were found dead from supposed drug overdoses.

Arcadia organisers said they understand

SDRC’s concerns in relation to public safety, but their event is “materially and culturally different” to other festival events like Rabbits Eat Lettuce.

“Our event has actively sought to sever any links or connection with so called ‘bush doof’ festivals and culture,” Mr Kingswell told councillors last week.

“We have always promoted our event as a showcase and celebration of music and arts.”

Mr Kingswell said Arcadia has an impeccable history and has not had a single safety incident in the six years it has been operating.

The report tabled at last week’s ordinary council meeting also notes that the 2021 event had been approved by Allora QPS in November 2020, and was formally objected to by Warwick QPS in March 2021.

Councillors Stephen Tancred and Ross Bartley said they understand QPS’ caution and

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would be loathed to go against their recommendation.

“Even though the organisers are trying very hard to do a quality event that is safe, they cannot be responsible for the patrons … and the substances they might take,” said Cr Tancred.

“We’ve got to think of our public safety first and foremost.”

“QPS have quite clearly articulated their position in this and I don’t think they take that position lightly. It’s sad that some people do ruin it for (others),” Cr Bartley added.

Mayor Vic Pennisi said that until SDRC understands what kind of music festival event QPS is willing to support, he believes SDRC has no choice but to reject such event applications.

An additional council motion was passed to have SDRC engage with QPS and establish what types of musical gatherings and events could be supported in the region into the future.

Cunninghams Gap, Eight Mile project updates...

The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) was this week assessing the cliff face at Cunninghams Gap above the Cunningham Highway for potential damage from last week’s heavy rainfall.

At time of printing of Warwick and Stanthorpe Today this week TMR had not advised of any rock falls or the potential for them as a result of the rainfall.

A spokeswoman said the department would “assess the condition of the road and surrounds, and prioritise our response by considering the damage incurred”.

TMR also this week released the following update on works to construct an overpass at the Eight Mile intersection north of Warwick.

Warwick and Stanthorpe Today have asked TMR for regular updates on the project and we’ll keep readers informed as they come to hand ...

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Eight Mile update ...

“TMR has started construction to upgrade the Cunningham Highway and New England Highway intersection, locally known as the Eight Mile intersection,” a spokesman said.

“The project involves building an overpass for motorists travelling south from Toowoomba to Warwick.

“Works have started to prepare the site for construction of the overpass embankments.

“Over the coming months, the new overpass will take shape as approximately 32 Olympic sized swimming pools (or 80,000 cubic meters) of soil are brought to the site and compacted to construct the embankments, which will stand up to nine meters high.

“Once the embankments are complete, contractors will start installing bridge piers and girders.

“Construction of the embankments may cause some localised noise, dust and vibration, and there will be heavy vehicles entering and exiting the construction site.

“The project team will work to minimise impacts wherever possible.

“The safety of motorists and road workers is TMR’s top priority.

“Motorists are reminded to remain aware as traffic conditions will often change during construction.

“At times, traffic management will include road shoulder and lane closures and some minor diversions through the intersection.

“Please obey all signage, traffic signals and instructions from traffic controllers during construction.

The works are being carried out between 6am and 6pm, Monday to Friday with a reduced speed limit of 40km/h during these hours.

“We thank you for your patience and understanding.

“For more information about the overpass at the Eight Mile intersection, contact TMR on (07) 4639 0777 or email DownsSWR.Office@ tmr.qld.gov.au.

“For up-to-date information on traffic disruptions, visit the QLDTraffic website at www. qldtraffic.qld.gov.au, call 13 19 40 or download the QLDTraffic app from the app store.”

Merciful Servants re-visit the region motivated by faith The image of 20 semi-trailers generously supplying 200,000 litres of water and 130 tonnes of hay bales as part of the Drought Relief operation in November 2019 by Muslim Aid Australia (MAA) and partners, will be forever remembered in the hearts of Granite Belt residents.

Recently, volunteers from Muslim community returned, but to give a different hand this time, or should I say a ‘green thumb’ or two.

After already donating 1000 trees to local Nature Refuge landholders last year, Merciful Servants volunteers travelled from Brisbane to help regenerate parts of the Granite Belt’s Jewel of the Crown—Girraween National Park.

The group, including students from Islamic College of Brisbane and Australian International Islamic college, joined QPWS rangers to plant 500 locally grown trees, followed by a barbecue and hike to the Granite Arch.

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program to help rebuild habitat affected during Girraween’s 2019 wildfire and recent drought.

Ansary states “Merciful Servants is about committing to help communities who are in need, and after doing the water and hay run back in 2019, we wanted to also do something for the native animals on the Granite Belt”.

“This opportunity proved to not only be valuable to the environment but also to engage our youth and encourage further participation and motivation for change”. The group especially enjoyed the interaction with Girraween rangers. “Not only did we learn many interesting facts and information about Girraween from the rangers” Ansary says “but we were able to give back to our beautiful country at the same time”.

The amazing rainfall received in the past week, will certainly help the freshly-planted trees thrive and hopefully grow to one day support many of Girraween’s creatures great and small.

For anyone wishing to follow their journey, join Merciful Servants Australia on Facebook.

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Dave’s brave shave...

By Casey & Perditta O’Connor An off the cuff comment from David Reeves to Kirralee Barnden, a participant in the 2020 Shave for A Cure fundraiser set the stage for the demise of one of the most recognisable set of “Dreadlocks” in Stanthorpe.

David Reeves, and his legendary Dreads lay down the gauntlet last year. If Ms Barnden raised $1500 or more, he would step up in 2021 and the dreadlocks and beard would go.

Fast forward to March 21, 2021 and the scene was set in front of a large audience at the Stanthorpe Golf Club. They were not present to participate in one of Dave’s delectable culinary creations or to see chef Dave slicing and dicing demonstrating how to prepare a gastronomic delight. Something of a different nature was on the menu as Katie Fittock and Kirralee Barnden prepared to chop, trim and then shave Dave into shape, because alas not only was were the dreadlocks taken off the menu but the beard had to go too.

After 14 years of dodging haircuts and 12 year and tenderly caring for those amazing dreadlocks, the trademark of David, Dave or Reevsie, Executive Chef at the Queensland College of Wine Tourism, better than average Golfer the time had come. But “all for a good cause,” he said and we almost believed him.

It took the girls only a few minutes wielding a couple of pairs of scissors to do deadly damage to the dreads, leaving just one lone dreadlock to be dealt with later.

The scissors were discarded, their job done.

On to a session with the clippers.

Just before all was revealed, Josh Anderson had the honour of removing the last remaining and longest dreadlock of them all, exposing quite a nude nut to the applause from the crowd. With a quizzical look, Reevsie gave the bald dome a quick rub just to check all that hair was really gone.

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precision electric razor work, David Reeves the “Chef Chauve de Stanthorpe” (Stanthorpe’s Bald Chef) was revealed.

It was all a bit of good fun, but of course there was a very serious side to the whole hair affair.

Fundraising for the Leukaemia Foundation was something Reevsie did not take lightly, and he worked hard raising funds right up until the cut-off point a week after the Reveal.

With the support of QCWT, the Stanthorpe Golf Club, and family and friends along with the Stanthorpe businesses and community the

Biggest Reveal was left until last - the Fundraising Total. The demise of the Dreadlocks raising a whopping $6490.75.

On Sunday when final tally announced David Reeves said, “I am blown away by the support I’ve received. “I want to thank everyone who donated, bought a raffle ticket or a sausage at a sausage sizzle or supported me in any way”. “It certainly is a great result”.

For anyone who may be wondering, I can reveal having visited the QCWT during the past week that unlike the mythical Samson who had his locks lopped and lost his powers, the “Chef Chauve de Stanthorpe” has lost none

of the expertise and magic of Dave the Chef with Dreads.

Unfortunately, I cannot speak for his golfing, there have been no reports of any serious changes this past week. His golf swing may require some adjustment, only time and the handicapper will tell.

I can’t say for certain, but perhaps the odd donation of a winter beanie for those early mornings on the course might now be appreciated we head into winter.

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Students and staff - both present and past - celebrated the 100th anniversary of Amiens State School on the Granite Belt last weekend. A big congrats to one of our region’s many great country schools!

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QCWA GLEN APLIN QCWA Glen Aplin Branch meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 9am. We meet at the Glen Aplin hall, 14 Foster St, Glen Aplin.

Visitors very welcome. Enquiries to Kay 0406 828 602.

ALLORA PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP The Allora Photography Group meets on the second Wednesday each month, 7.00 pm for Meeting and 7.30 pm for photo screening and workshop. Usual venue is at the Allora State School Library, Raff Street, Allora, but periodically at Warwick or other locations. Please check before attendance. We cater for all levels of interest and experience, be it with DSLR, Point-and-shoot, or SmartPhones and Tablets etc. New and renewing members are most welcome. Enquiries: 0411 772 339. Email: alloraphotographygroup4362@hotmail.com

WARWICK FISH STOCKING CLUB The clubhouse at Leslie Dam is now open every third Sunday of the month from 9am to 12 noon, so please call in. Membership is only $10 yearly. This year, over five million native fish fingerlings will have been stocked since inception.

PENSIONERS’ LEAGUE Warwick’s Pensioners’ League meets once a month at the Cowboys Clubhouse off Alice Street. Their next meeting is to be held 18 March, with sign-in at 10.00am, and all government pension recipients are welcome.

For more information, contact club secretary Madeleine Cristina-Holland on 0427 324 380.

WARWICK SENIORS Come have some fun and a Cuppa! Monday mornings Play 500 from 9.00 am to 11.30am.

Play Hoy on the 1st Mondays 1.30pm for 2pm start. Play Lucky Numbers on th 3rd Monday of the month 1.30pm for 2.00 pm start.

Wednesday mornings play Indoor bowls at 9.30 am Sharp. No Morning Tea. Fridays at 9.00 am sharp come along and play Crazy Whist.

1st Tuesday of each Month at 10.00am join us as we entertain our Friends at our Monthly Friendship Morning. 2nd Tuesday of the month bring your ideas along to our Monthly Meeting that starts at 9.30am. Family Fitness Every Monday at 4pm. Cost $10. Please ring Kerri on 0409 261 103 to book your spot. For further info: Ring Marg on 0458 444 101.

COUNTRY MUSIC The Travelling Country Music Association has a number of music socials coming up in the next few months March 28, April 25 and May 23. Venue is the Cowboys Clubhouse on Alice Street in Warwick. For enquiries please contact Ruby on 0438 674 803.

WARWICK FOLK CLUB The Warwick Folk Club will have its first meeting at O’Mahoney’s Hotel next Wednesday 17 February, 7.00pm to 9.30pm. Everyone is welcome - singers, musicians, poets, and performers alike - and admission will cost just $5.00. For enquiries, contact Joan Wallace on 07 4661 1146 or Klaas Vandersluis on 0405 187 066.

QCWA ALLORA BRANCH

· Located at 51 Warwick Street, Allora. meetings - 3rd Tuesday of the month, · Day (10am start) with a shared lunch to finish · · · ·

about 12 noon.

Evening meetings - 2nd Wednesday of the month (6.30pm start). This is a great group if you are working or have other commitments during the day.

Craft/Friendship Group - Every Monday morning 9am to 12 noon. Feel free to bring what you are working on. Learn something new, or just pop in for a cuppa and a chat.

Everyone welcome.

Walking Group - Leaves from outside the CWA rooms every Wednesday morning at 6am (about an hour’s walk through the streets of Allora). Ladies, men, four-legged friends welcome.

For further information contact Sandi Blinco, 0408 066 192, or Barb McGovern, 0412 849 983.

WARWICK MEN’S SHED The new Warwick Men’s Shed is open and ready for business! The shed is open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 8am to 12 noon. All men are welcome to attend for camaraderie, friendship and to learn new skills if desired. We have a wide range of woodworking and metalwork equipment. Address is 29 Activity Street, Warwick, and contact phone number is 0490 170 569.

U3A WARWICK INC Are you actively retired? If so U3A may be for you. There are no academic requirements, and

EASTER MARKETS After the recent rain, Leslie Park is looking good. Warwick Potters together with the Warwick Artist Group is looking forward to a successful Easter Market this Saturday 3 April from 9am to 2pm.

With over 96 stalls booked, though numbers are slightly down from 2019, we welcome new additions to our regular ones.

With plenty of jewellery to choosew from, we also have wooden signs, metal art and the ever-popular home baking with jams and pickles.

Plants are always to the fore and succulents are making their way in. You have a choice of several coffee vans and the ever popular Cancer stall with their hamburgers and sausages, a pie and sausage roll van, wood fired pizzas are now joined by Chinese finger food and Mexican tacos to temp the taste buds. Twisted potatoes and poffertjes and plenty of treats for the sweet tooth with fudge, licorices and lollies. We have it all.

There will be children activities organised with the ever popular Easter Egg Hunt and the Southern Downs Steam Railway will be in attendance with their mini train navigating the park.

The Warwick Potters Easter Markets are on in Leslie Park this Saturday 3 April.

no exams. U3A Warwick is a group run by local volunteers who promote lifelong learning for personal enjoyment and wellbeing. Keeping the brain active, doing interesting things and making new friends are important for helping people of the third age, which is the age of active retirement, to prolong independence and remain engaged with the community. The program for the term ahead has been published and it is not too late to enrol. Visit www. u3awarwick.org.au for further information or call community liaison officer Sandy Gordon on 0488 427 699.

FISHING CLUB The Stanthorpe Blue Water Fishing Club meets at the Stanthorpe RSL Club first Wednesday of each month new members most welcome so come along and meet new friends.

BEEKEEPING Amateur Beekeepers’ Association Southern Downs (sub-branch of QBA Warwick): monthly meeting on the 2nd Monday of the month, at 7 pm, except January. A field day is arranged as occasion requires, usually on the 3rd Saturday morning of the month, from 9am to 12 noon.

This involves a practical session on working with honey bees. New members welcome, any age, no experience. Discover the fascination of beekeeping. Facebook: Southern Downs Bees.

For further details please contact John on 0431 188 139.

TABLE TENNIS Every Monday - table tennis at the Stanthorpe Fitness Centre, Talc Street, 10am until midday, call Keith on 0413 870 021.

FITNESS GROUP Twenty is Plenty” is a beginners short walk for those who want to try something new. We walk around the beautiful Leslie Park at 9:00am every Wednesday. Our walk is no longer than twenty minutes and you can set your own pace.

We aim to improve our physical health and our social connections. Walking is so much easier with other women. Come and join us! We will meet you opposite the Salvation Army Hall in 25 Guy St. I’m Leanne and you can call me on 0419 379 738 for a chat.

HANDCRAFTS WEEKLY CWA handcraft welcomes members and visitors to Wednesday morning classes in the Condamine Valley rooms behind the cafe in Grafton Street, Warwick. from 9-11am.Trained teachers are on hand to teach new crafts and give assistance or bring your own or just come along for a chat. Inquiries to Sharon on 4666 2197.

LAPIDARY CLUB The Warwick Lapidary Club meets every Wednesday and Saturday from 12-4pm at their workshop in Barnes Park, Warwick (off Horsman Road). Learn all aspects of lapidary - the engraving, cutting and polishing of stones and gems - including cabbing, faceting and silverwork. Membership is just $25, $5 workshop fee. Enquiries to 4661 7865.

ON YOUR BIKE Stanthorpe Cycling Club meets every Sunday at 7 am outside Burton and Sons (next to Woolworth’s). Contact Keith on 0413 870 021 for more details.

NAVY CADETS TS Kookaburra Navy Cadets - Cadets parade

each Sunday from 1pm to 4pm. Red Bridge Court Stanthorpe. Uniforms are supplied at no cost to parents. Weekly cost is $5. For more information please contact the Officer in Charge PO ANC Katrina Nemeth 0418 777 796.

Station) from 9am to 11.30am. Everyone welcome, come and enjoy good company, morning tea, work on your own projects, or learn new ones. Cost $5, please bring your own mug.

For more info call Tricia Collins on 4661 3076.

ROSE CITY PROBUS CLUB

SUNDAY 4 APRIL

Social meet-up for active retirees! Meets 3rd Wednesday of the month. From 9.30am - venue to be advised in near future. Tasty morning tea, informative guest speakers. Other local outings include coffee mornings, lunches, dinners. Opportunities for group travel to destinations of interest. You’ll be made most welcome!

Phone Marion: 0499 267 547; Leslie: 4661 4273.

Over 50s Social Club - 9.30am for breakfast, Yangan Hotel, Yangan. Contact warwickssc@ gmail.com or phone Jen 0400 505 943.

WARWICK POTTERS The Warwick Potters are open Tuesday and Wednesdays of each week 9.30 to 2.30 p.m.

Childrens classes first Saturday of the month.

Contact Raye 0402 307 637 with numbers prior for social distancing regulations.Thursday night beginners classes in both hand and wheel.Contact Roslyn 4661 3032. Email info@ potters.org.au

QCWA GRANITE BELT The QCWA Granite Belt Weekenders meet once a month at 2.00pm on the last Saturday of the month. The next few meetings are as follows: 30 January, 27 February, 27 March.

We meet at the CWA rooms in Victoria Street, Stanthorpe, all welcome. We provide an opportunity for women who would like to be part of QCWA but either work or are otherwise unable to make traditional weekday meetings.

We have launched as a sub group and are now looking for new members. Enquiries to: qcwagranitebelt@gmail.com

WARWICK HEART SUPPORT GROUP To anyone interested in our group, we meet on the last Monday of each month except December and January. Our venue is the Warwick RSL at 11.30am followed by lunch (optional).

Please join us to talk over any issues relating to heart problems as we are in the same situation having had cardiac issues. Enquiries to Jenny on 4664 8173 or Kay on 4661 5421.

PLAY BRIDGE The Stanthorpe Bridge Club meets every Thursday at 10.45am at the International Club.

Visitors are welcome. Please call Keith on 0413 870 021 for more information.

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The Sew Crafty Chicks hold their craft morning every Friday at the Warwick Bowls Club, Fitzroy Street, Warwick (opposite Warwick Police

SUNDAY 11 APRIL Warwick and District Country Music Club presents a day of music - walk ups welcome.

Sunday 11 April 2021 at the Railway Institute Hall, Hamilton Street, Warwick. $10 entry fee includes lunch, afternoon tea, bottomless cups of tea and coffee, raffles and entertainment. Covid rules apply. Enquiries: Heather 0417 038 992.

THURSDAY 15 APRIL Pensioners League bus trip to Lo· Warwick wood 15th April bus and lunch $37.00 inclu-

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sive, leaves 7.15am at Queens Park. For more information please phone Ruby 0438 674 803.

Killarney & District Senior Citizens Music Morning, Thursday 15th April 2021. Held at: Killarney & District Senior Citizens Hall Ailanthus Street Killarney Q 4373. Music Provided by: Heather McPhail & Darryl Craft Commencing at 9.30am. Admission: $12. Finger Food Lunch Included. More info - Jessie Volk 4664 1208 or Shirley Ballard 4664 1248.

WEDNESDAY 21 APRIL VIEW Club meeting and lunch (3rd Wed each month). 11am start at Condamine Pub, Palmerin St, Warwick. Join women sharing lunch whilst at same time supporting work of the Smith Family. Contact Michelle 0477 911 234.

SATURDAY 29 MAY DATE CLAIMER - ‘Back to Emu Vale’ - honouring our early settlers and welcome anyone with memories or connections with our beautiful valley. Venue - Emu Vale Hall, Saturday 29 May 2021, from 11am until late. Nighttime entertainment and dancing. BBQ dinner.

Please come along with your special memories of ‘The Vale’, renew friendships and enjoy the day. Enquiries Carmel 0409 720 302 Gwen 0438 384 174 Les 4664 8153 Email - backtoemuvale@gmail.com SEND YOUR COMMUNITY GROUP MEETING AND ACTIVITY DETAILS FOR A FREE LISTING IN THE FREE TIMES COMMUNITY DIARY TO - newsdesk@freetimes.com.au

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Father Jerome Davadi is known as the father of the Stanthorpe fruit and wine industry, as local historian ROBERT MacMAURICE explains.

Father of fruit industry Father Jerome Davadi was born in 1846, at Monte Carotta, Ancona, Italy. He was the son of Pietro and Elizabeth Davadi and studied for the priesthood at the University of Rome, which was called the Sapienza.

He and two other priests were recruited, to come to Australia directly from the University by the Bishop of Brisbane the Rev. James Quinn. They arrived in Brisbane on 28 February 1871 aboard the ship, Storm King.

Father Scortechini was initially sent to Warwick and Father Davadi replaced him there in June 1873. Subsequently Father Davadi was appointed to Stanthorpe in 1874. The Church had been in operation since December 1872 in this new township.

It is significant to note that one of the priests that came to Australia, with Father Davadi was Benedetto Scortechini. Father Scortechini graduated not only as a priest, but as a lawyer, and at the time of his death in 1886 (while on leave from the Church on a scientific expedition in Malaya) had an international reputation in Botany. Three plants of the Granite Belt are named after Father Scortechini, because he discovered and classified them.

I highlight this, because I do not know what Father Davadi’s specialised studies were, but like his friend and fellow student and fellow priest the very classical curricula studied at the University of Rome also indicates botanical studies.

Jean Harslett, in her Centenary Booklet of the Stanthorpe Agricultural Society 1875 to 1975, highlights one problem of writing that history was that the early records of the Society were destroyed in two fires occurring in 1917 and 1928.

This is a shame for many reasons, but par-

of his contributions.

- The third annual show on 24 and 25 · 1878 May 1878 at Good Templar’s Hall - “Best object of art or vertu; first class certificate, Rev. J. Davadi.”

1879 - “Notwithstanding the short time that attention has been paid to fruit growing in this district, we shall, judging from appearances, have a fair representation of the capabilities of our soil and climate in this line at the ensuing show, though somewhat late for many of the early fruits. Of grapes particularly, there should be a very good collection, as we observe several healthy looking vineyards in the district. The Rev. Father Davadi has about half an acre of vines heavily laden with grapes of various kinds, expected to yield upwards of two tons of fruit, the greater proportion are nearly ripe. The rev. gentleman is evidently an experienced vigneron, and has also a large number of fruit trees in course of culture and fruit bearing.” This article also refers to Mr. T.H Fletcher, Severn River producing a dray load of grapes and peaches of good quality and Mr. Tyrel (the local State member for Parliament) as having fruit and potatoes exhibited at the Brisbane Show and carrying off a first prize.

1883 - The seventh annual exhibition of the Border Agricultural and Mining Society held on 22 and 23 February 1883 has the following exhibition results reported.

“First prize for green peas, Rev. J. Davadi, First prize rock melon, Rev. J. Davadi.” “One other exhibit of three bottles of white wine were by the Rev. J. Davadi completes the list.”

The report also indicates that prizes were only awarded in cases where there were at least three exhibitors and Father Davadi’s wine was the only entry of that kind.

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In 1978 the Stanthorpe Shire Council placed a plaque and monument in front of St Joseph’s Church. ticularly because it means that secondary sources of information, particularly newspapers have to be relied upon to assess the foundling fruit and wine industry of this region.

The Society appears to have been formed in 1875 and the first Stanthorpe Show was held on Easter Monday, 17 April 1876 at Groom’s Hotel, which was on the site of the current Post Office. For the next few years the Good Templar’s Hall in Railway Street (still standing and next door to the recently closed bowling alley) was used for the annual exhibitions of produce.

It is therefore not known when Father Davadi first became involved in, The Stanthorpe Agricultural Society (or The Border Agricultural and Horticultural and Mining Society, as it was first called), but he was not on the first committee of 1875.

He certainly was on the committee in 1880 however.

It is also not known, because of the loss of the original early records when Father Davadi first began entering exhibits at the Stanthorpe Show, however some of the following references from newspaper reports give an indication,

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In a story published later in this year it was also stated in an article titled, “The Future Orchard of Queensland,” “… Among the orchards and gardens well worth a visit are those of Father Davadi, Mr. Williams, of the Customs, Mr. Ritschler, Mr. Thompson and Mr. Fletcher of Ballandean. … We tasted some white wine of fair quality grown and made by the Roman Catholic priest, an Italian gentleman whose garden and vineyard we also saw, and who is evidently doing much to introduce the growth of fruit in the place.”

1885 - At the ninth annual Show, “The Rev. Father Davadi was awarded a silver medal for the best collection of fruit grown by an exhibitor; … As usual, Mr. T.H. Fletcher, of the Severn, was to the fore with grapes, though the competition between his exhibits and those shown by Father Davadi and Mr. Smith was pretty keen.”

1886 - At the tenth annual Show, “For collection of fruit grown by exhibitor and in this district there were several entries. The prizes went to S. Williams (first) and Rev. Davadi (second). These collections included, grapes, peaches, apples, plums, blackberries, quinces, of the finest quality and tempting to the eye. The best 10lb of white grapes was a fine exhibit and was shown by J.E. Smith and the Rev. Mr. Davadi showed a dish just as good and also a grand trophy of 10 lb. of black Hamburgs winning the prize with them.”

1892 - A report in this year states “ The Rev. Father Davadi owns a vineyard just beneath Mount Marlay and grown some very fine fruit in his garden adjoining the convent and presbytery.”

1894 - It was reported from the annual Show, “The Rev. Father Davadi was a successful exhibitor in many classes and his successes were very popular, for he was one of the first to prove the capabilities of the Stanthorpe district for the production of fruit.”

Looking at the newspaper reports throughout this time a feature of the reporting is the variability and incompleteness of detail. There were no complete lists of prize winners, for instance, and the newspaper reporters, apparently reported on what he, or she considered most important. What happened in the other years is anybody’s guess, so it is a shame that

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The plaque refers to Father Davadi as a, “Pioneer of the Fruit Industry in Stanthorpe.”

Father Jerome Davidi.

vegetables. These properties were the horse yard at the presbytery, a property at Mount Marlay, another at The Caves, and another paddock next to the Sugarloaf Church. Father Davadi’s interests also extended to being appointed to the Acclimatisation Committee in 1896, where it was decided to explore the introduction of trout and feathered game into the district as a food source. When he travelled overseas in 1888 he travelled not only to Italy and Ireland, but also to Cornwall to study tin mining methods there.

He was a man not only interested in his theological vocation, but clearly driven and interested in a wide range of matters affecting the community that he lived in.

He wasn’t the first orchardist in the district, but he was amongst the first of a small band interested in this field. Their names are apparent in the above material. Importantly, he was in a unique position of advocacy, and a community leader, who gave power to the notion of fruit and vegetable production, in the district.

Father Davadi also appears to be the first to exhibit wine at the Stanthorpe Show and there are subsequent references of others following in this pursuit, as a result of his encouragement. He is also reported as being an experienced vigneron. It might be surmised that this activity had a practical connection with some of the ceremonies of the Church service, but

it might additionally be concluded that the drinking of wine with meals was, and is, a very European custom. Australian cultural practices did not embrace this custom very well until many, many years later.

Father Davadi was a man of learning and culture. The evidence shows that he inspired others in vegetable and fruit and wine making production. The conferring of a title such as “Father of” or “Pioneer of” is usually a “custom and practice” arrangement. There is not one great arbiter for such titles. There are other significant personalities, in the story of the fruit and wine industry, of this area, and they played a part, in later times.

Contemporary to Father Davadi, in the Warwick area are a number of other very significant wine makers and agriculturists, including, Jacob Kircher, David Mauch, William Spreadborough, Conrad Roemer, Frederick Reimer, and others. They developed a significant national as well as international interest in the wine production of this region, at that time.

In 1978 the Stanthorpe Shire Council placed a plaque and monument in front of St Joseph’s Church. The plaque refers to Father Davadi as a, “Pioneer of the Fruit Industry in Stanthorpe.”

Father Jerome Davadi is undoubtedly a very significant figure in the history of this area in relation to the wine and fruit industry.

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the complete Agricultural Society records no longer exist for the first thirty years during the time of Father Davadi. However what can be seen throughout this period of the 1870’s 1880’s and 1890’s is that Father Davadi was an active participant in the wine and fruit industry as well as fulfilling his duties as a popular local parish priest.

Father Davadi died on 22 January 1900 at the age of 53 years. It was reported in the press a number of times in the four or five years preceding this, of the delicate state of his health.

At the annual Stanthorpe Show of that year, Mr Foxton, the local State member of Parliament in response to a toast for the health of the Society and prosperity to the district made a suggestion that a public memorial be erected to the late Father Davadi. One memorial was made in 1904 and another in 1978, both at St Joseph’s Church.

From The Border Post obituary in January 1900 - “As a townsman also, he was ever ready to assist any movement which had for its object the advancement of the town or district and he was one of the first people in the district to attempt the culture of the grapevine. The plan to provide grapes for wine for the Church.

Over twenty years ago, he laid several acres of vines on his Funkers Gap Creek piece of land with Matthews - which property he later sold.

Later on he purchased Mount Marlay land on the eastern side, grew grapes. After getting the vineyard in order it was disposed of to Mr N. Vichie. (Another piece of land near the Church at Sugarloaf was known as Davadi’s paddock.)”

Note in relation to above - Probate records after Father Davadi’s death indicate that he owned properties at Funker’s Gap Creek, Mount Marlay, Texas, Wallangarra, all of which he willed to the Church. He also had under cultivation the Presbytery horse paddock in Maryland street, a paddock next to the Church at Sugarloaf, and the Churchyard at Wallangarra.

In succeeding years there are many other articles in similar vein from contemporaries of Father Davadi. The consistent theme of all is to proclaim him as a pioneer and advocate of the wine and fruit industry.

Father Davadi had four properties under cultivation with grapes and other fruits and

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This week’s ‘Q&A’ subject is well-known Stanthorpe identity ROGER O’BRIEN, who among other things is a stalwart of the Gremlins Rugby League Club. Good on you Roger for sharing your answers with readers this week!

What is your favourite spot in our region?

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THREE … classic traditional foods at Easter...

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Lamb is the one food that is common in the Easter celebrations of many cultures.

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Italian wedding soup (minestra maritata) or minestra di Pasqua (a traditional Easter soup made with pork, beef, and kale) are commonly served at the holiday meal. Sweet Italian sausage and tender greens give minestra maritata a satisfying texture and delicious flavor. Either soup is the perfect complement for lamb, which is almost always the main dish.

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12.00 MOVIE: Jailhouse Rock.

(1957, PGav, R) Elvis Presley.

2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 3.00 The Chase. Hosted by Bradley Walsh.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia. Contestants race to answer quiz questions.

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

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 2.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 4.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v South Sydney Rabbitohs.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) 5.30 Nine News Local. The latest news, sport and weather.

6.00 Headline News. 7.30 Entertainment Tonight. (PG, R) 8.00 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 5.00 10 News First.

6.05 Jesus: Countdown To Calvary. (PGa, R) 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Millie Ross shows how to grow great garlic.

8.30 Vera. (Mad, R) Part 2 of 4.

DCI Vera Stanhope investigates after the body of a young man is discovered face-down in a river.

10.05 Keeping Faith. (Mal) Faith is set on a collision course with Tom. 11.05 ABC Late News.

11.20 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) 11.50 Fisk. (R) 12.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

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

7.35 Tutankhamun’s Last Mission.

(Ma, R) Takes a look at Tutankhamun.

8.30 Secrets Of The Royal Wardrobe. (R) A look at royal fashion.

9.45 The Blitz: Britain On Fire. (PGa, R) Part 2 of 3.

10.40 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG) 11.10 I Am Johnny Cash. (PGa, R) 12.45 Project Blue Book. (Malv, R) 2.25 Mr Mercedes. (Premiere) 4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

Karen Martini makes a pudding.

8.30 MOVIE: The Dressmaker.

(2015, Malsv, R) A woman returns to her hometown in the Australian outback as an accomplished dressmaker, determined to take revenge on the townspeople who wronged her. Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth.

11.00 Sun, Sea And Surgery. (MA15+a, R) A look at Turkey’s Comfort Zone clinic.

12.00 MOVIE: Loss Of Faith.

(1998, Mlv, R) John Ritter.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 My Greek Odyssey. (PGn, R) 5.00 NBC Today.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 4.

Melbourne Storm v Brisbane Broncos.

8.55 Golden Point. A wrap-up of the Melbourne Storm versus Brisbane Broncos match, with news and analysis.

9.40 MOVIE: The Gambler.

(2014, MA15+l, R) A professor’s gambling addiction plunges him into a world of gangsters and loan sharks.

Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman.

11.45 New Amsterdam. (Mamv, R) 12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Global Shop.

4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 A Current Affair. (R)

6.00 WIN News.

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

7.30 The Living Room.

The team work on a pergola.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show.

(PGa, R) Graham Norton chats with Samuel L. Jackson and his wife LaTanya Richardson Jackson, comedian Dawn French, and former cricket player Freddie Flintoff.

Music performed by Michael Kiwanuka.

9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 Just For Laughs Australia.

(MA15+ls, R) Hosted by Tommy Little.

11.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

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

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Cup of China.

Replay. 2.00 60 Days In. 2.50 Killing Cancer. 3.30 WorldWatch. 4.30 Basketball. NBL. Melbourne United v Cairns Taipans. 6.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 7.00 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 7.40 Jeopardy! 8.10 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 9.05 Playing Frisbee In North Korea.

9.35 How Sex Changed The World. 10.25 Sex In The World’s Cities. 11.25 Yokayi Footy. Midnight News.

12.25 24 Hours In Police Custody. 1.20 Canadian Cannabis: Cash Crop. 1.45 Abortion Access In The Maritimes. 2.10 Late Programs.

7TWO (72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness.

1.00 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Harry’s Practice.

2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Patrol.

8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Property Ladder UK. 1am The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 My Road To Adventure. 4.30 Escape To The Country. 5.30 Home Shopping.

9GEM (52) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives.

1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Passionate Stranger.

(1957, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Rugby League.

NRL. Round 4. Melbourne Storm v Brisbane Broncos. 7.00 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Seven Worlds, One Planet. 8.40 MOVIE: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. (2005, PG) 11.00 Late Programs.

BOLD (81) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 1. Bahrain Grand Prix. Highlights. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 MacGyver.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Family Law. Continued. (2006, PG, Spanish) 6.55 The Orator.

(2011, PG, Samoan) 9.00 The Piano Tuner Of EarthQuakes. (2005, PG, Portuguese) 10.55 Kundun. (1997, PG) 1.25pm A Street Cat Named Bob. (2016, PG) 3.20 Bend It Like Beckham. (2002, PG) 5.25 Lion. (2016, PG) 7.35 Warm Bodies. (2013, M) 9.30 Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life.

(1983, M) 11.30 The Tiger Brigades. (2006, MA15+, French) 1.50am The Passion Of The Christ. (2004, MA15+, Aramaic) 4.10 Black Kite. (2017, M, Dari) 5.50 Kundun. (1997, PG)

7MATE (73) 6am Fishing And Adventure.

6.30 Big Angry Fish. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 American Pickers. 9.00 American Restoration.

10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Storage Wars. 1.30 So You Think You’d Survive? 2.30 Equestrian In The Park 2020.

3.30 The Food Dude. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.00 Storage Wars. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 6.30 Football. AFL. Round 3. Adelaide v Gold Coast. 9.30 MOVIE: We Were Soldiers. (2002, MA15+) 12.20am Armchair Experts. 12.55 American Pickers. 2.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (53) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry. 1.00 Clarence. 1.15 MOVIE: Norm Of The North. (2015, PG) 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Young Sheldon. 5.30 MOVIE: Hop. (2011) 7.30 MOVIE: Kung Fu Panda 3. (2016, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: The Longest Yard. (2005, M) 11.45 Love Island. 12.55am MOVIE: Tomorrow, When The War Began. (2010, M) 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago: Masters Of Spinjitzu. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 5.10 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh! Classic.

PEACH (82) 6am Cheers. 7.00 Friends.

8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier.

10.00 Becker. 11.00 Cheers. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Friends. 2.00 To Be Advised.

3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 The Conners. 10.30 Charmed. 11.30 The Big Bang Theory. Midnight Home Shopping.

1.30 Judging Amy. 4.30 Home Shopping.

Programs. 6.30pm Kiri And Lou. 6.35 The Adventures Of Paddington. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.50 MOVIE: My Brilliant Career. (1979, PG) 10.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 11.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 11.50 The Great Australian Bee Challenge.

12.50am Parks And Recreation. 1.10 Reno 911! 1.35 Man Like Mobeen. 2.00 Gary And His Demons.

2.20 Mock The Week. 2.55 News Update. 3.00 Close. 5.00 Bing. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.20 Sarah & Duck. 5.25 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.35 Late Programs.

N ITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 7.35 Molly Of Denali. 8.00 Little J And Big Cuz. 8.10 Aussie Bush Tales. 8.20 Waabiny Time. 8.45 Wapos Bay. 9.05 Kagagi. 9.30 Bushwhacked!

10.00 Milpirri: Winds Of Change. 11.00 Sisters In League. Noon MOVIE: The Express. (2008, PG) 2.15 Lil Bois. 2.35 Make It Right. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Kriol Kitchen. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 NITV News: Nula. 7.30 MOVIE: Gundala.

(2019, M) 9.35 First Nations Bedtime Stories. 9.45 Trading Cultures. 10.45 Late Programs.

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.

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Saturday, April 3 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (5)

WIN (8)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

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

12.30 Scotland The Brave.

2.00 Miriam’s Big American Adventure. (PG, R) 3.00 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 3.30 Landline.

4.00 Soccer.

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 London’s Super Tunnel. (R) 4.05 FIFA World Cup 2022 Magazine. 4.35 My Second Restaurant In India. (R) 5.35 The Secret History Of World War II. (PG)

6.00 NBC Today.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

(PG) Highlights from the past week.

12.00 Horse Racing. Stakes Day and Easter Cup Race Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Creek To Coast. Takes a look at outdoor activities.

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Award Winning Tasmania. (R) 12.30 Destination WA. 1.00 My Way. (PG, R) 1.30 Animal Embassy.

2.00 Australian Red Cross Connecting. (PG) 4.00 The Pet Rescuers. (PG) 4.30 The Garden Gurus.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 4x4 Adventures. (R) 8.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 GCBC. (R) 12.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient. (R) 1.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 1.30 Buy To Build. 2.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 2.30 Easter With The Australian Women’s Weekly. (R) 3.30 To Be Advised. 4.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. (R) Part 5 of 5.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 The Durrells. (PG, R) In the 1930s, a beleaguered mother uproots her four unruly children and moves to the island of Corfu.

8.20 Finding Alice. (Premiere, Ml) After her partner falls down the stairs of their newly finished dream house and dies, a woman must not only cope with the grief of her loss, but also a storm of secrets, debt and suspicion.

9.10 Harrow. (Mav, R) The deaths of two men in a duel exposes a web of Machiavellian intrigue at the heart of a historical society.

10.05 Miniseries: A Very English Scandal. (Malsv, R) Part 2 of 3.

11.00 Doctor Foster. (Mals, R) Part 1 of 5.

12.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys: Scotland. (PG) Takes a look at the Highland Railway.

8.25 MOVIE: Molly’s Game.

(2017, Madlv) A young woman running an underground poker empire becomes the target of an FBI investigation. Jessica Chastain, Kevin Costner, Idris Elba.

10.55 MOVIE: The Workshop.

(2017, Mals, R, France) Marina Foïs.

12.55 White Right: Meeting The Enemy. (MA15+al, R) 2.00 United States Of Conspiracy. (Mavw, R) 3.00 Charlottesville: Documenting Hate. (Malv, R) 4.00 NRA Under Fire. (Ma, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 MOVIE: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. (1971, G, R) A poor boy wins a guided tour of a sweets factory. Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum.

9.05 MOVIE: Storm Boy. (2019, PGal) After a successful, retired businessman starts to see images from his past that he can’t explain, he is forced to remember his childhood and how, as a boy, he rescued and raised an extraordinary orphaned pelican called Mr Percival. Geoffrey Rush, Jai Courtney, David Gulpilil.

11.10 Ambulance: Code Red. (Malv, R) A supermarket worker collapses.

12.10 MOVIE: An American Affair.

(1997, Msv, R) A district attorney falls for two women. Corbin Bernsen.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Get Arty. (R) 5.00 House Of Wellness. (PGa, R)

6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Space Invaders. (PGa) Experts help people declutter their lives.

8.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Legacy.

(2012, Mav, R) A top-secret government project, involving the creation of super soldiers, is threatened with exposure when one of the operatives escapes their clutches and sets out to ensure his survival. Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton.

11.15 MOVIE: Empire.

(2002, MA15+dlv) A drug dealer seeks revenge. John Leguizamo.

1.00 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (Ma) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact. (PG, R)

6.00 Advancing Australia.

Presented by Guy Pearce.

6.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) Whippet rescues two men at the same time.

7.00 Territory Cops. (PGlnv, R) A cop answers a call from two distressed girls who have driven their vehicle off the road and into a hole.

7.30 Ambulance. (Mm) Ambulance crews race to the scene of a double shooting, a stabbing, a brawl and a grandmother in need of CPR. 9.50 999: What’s Your Emergency?

(Mdl, R) A young man’s sloppy drug-fuelled driving attracts the police’s attention.

10.50 To Be Advised.

11.50 Inside The Children’s Hospital.

(PGa, R) Narrated by David Tennant.

12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Melbourne Comedy Festival 2021: The Gala. 10.30 Sammy J. 10.35 Ross Noble: Stand Up Series. (Final) 11.05 Would I Lie To You? 11.35 Staged. Midnight High Fidelity. 12.35 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 1.15 Janeane Garofalo: If I May. 2.20 Escape From The City. 3.15 News Update. 3.20 Close. 5.00 Bing. 5.10 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31)

6am WorldWatch.

Noon MOVIE: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. (2001, M) 1.50 Magic Alps. 2.05 New Girl. 3.00 Insight.

4.00 WorldWatch. 4.30 Basketball. NBL. Sydney Kings v Perth Wildcats. 6.30 PBS NewsHour. 7.30 Australia In Colour. 8.30 The X-Files. 9.20 Romulus.

11.15 Dateline. 11.45 Insight. 12.45am F*ck, That’s Delicious: Classics. 1.45 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (72)

6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Bargain Hunt. 11.00 Horse Racing. Stakes Day and Easter Cup Race Day. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Weekender. 1.30 Creek To Coast.

2.00 Sydney Weekender. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.15 60 Minute Makeover. 4.15 Property Ladder UK. 5.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (52)

6am Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.50 MOVIE: Hobson’s Choice.

(1954, PG) 2.05pm MOVIE: Run For The Sun. (1956, PG) 4.05 MOVIE: The Bridge At Remagen. (1969, PG) 6.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 7.

Melbourne Rebels v Queensland Reds. 8.45 Super Rugby Post-Match. 9.00 MOVIE: Barquero. (1970, M) 11.10 Late Programs.

BOLD (81)

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.3.40 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. Men’s first quarterfinal. Griffith Three Ways v Castlereigh All Blacks.

Replay. 4.40 African News. 4.55 APTN National News. 5.25 Te Ao With Moana. (Premiere) 5.55 NITV News: Nula. 6.25 Going Places. 6.55 Yokayi Footy.

7.30 News. 7.40 Through The Wormhole. 8.30 Olympic Pride, American Prejudice. 9.55 MOVIE: Cry Freedom. (1987, M) 12.30am Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Kundun.

Continued. (1997, PG) 8.20 Bend It Like Beckham.

(2002, PG) 10.25 Family Law. (2006, PG, Spanish) 12.20pm Lion. (2016, PG) 2.30 CJ7. (2008, PG, Cantonese) 4.05 Manje Bistre. (2017, PG, Punjabi) 6.35 A Street Cat Named Bob. (2016, PG) 8.30 We Need To Talk About Kevin. (2011, MA15+) 10.35 Black Kite. (2017, M, Dari) 12.15am As It Is In Heaven. (2004, M, Swedish) 2.41 Late Programs.

7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Motor Racing. TCR Australia Touring Car Series. Round 3. Noon Football. AFL Women’s.

Finals. Week 1. 2.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Finals.

Week 1. 4.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars.

5.00 American Restoration. 6.00 AFL Pre-Game.

7.00 Football. AFL. Round 3. West Coast v Port Adelaide. 10.00 AFL Post-Game Show. 10.30 MOVIE: Sniper. (1993, M) 12.35am Late Programs.

9GO! (53) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Social Fabric. 2.00 Road Trick. 2.30 Race Across The World. 3.50 Children’s Programs. 4.00 MOVIE: Fantastic Mr. Fox. (2009, PG) 5.45 MOVIE: Flushed Away. (2006) 7.30 MOVIE: The Secret Life Of Pets 2. (2019, PG) 9.15 MOVIE: Johnny English Strikes Again. (2018, PG) 11.00 Stunt Science.

Midnight Love Island: Unseen Bits. 1.00 A Night With My Ex. 2.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (82)

6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. Noon JAG. 1.00 The Doctors. 2.00 Jake And The Fatman.

4.00 iFish. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 Hawaii Five-0. 11.20 L.A.’s Finest. 12.15am Sherlock Holmes: Elementary.

1.10 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 1. Grand Prix of Qatar. Replay. 2.40 Late Programs.

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6am Cheers. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Cheers. Noon The Big Bang Theory.

12.30 The Amazing Race Australia. 2.00 Friends.

6.00 Columbo. 7.30 Kojak. 8.30 Spyforce. 9.30 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 Man With A Plan.

Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 2 Broke Girls. 2.30 Charmed. 3.30 2 Broke Girls. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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Sunday, April 4 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (5)

WIN (8)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PGa, R) 11.30 Songs Of Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. (R) 1.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 2.30 Australia Remastered. (R) 3.25 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 4.20 Back Roads. (R) 4.50 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 5.20 To Be Advised.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Small Business Secrets. 7.30 WorldWatch. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight.

1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Magazine. 3.30 Figure Skating. 2020 ISU World Championships. Pairs competition.

5.00 Small Business Secrets. (R) 5.35 The Secret History Of World War II. (PG)

6.00 NBC Today. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 1.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. (PGhv, R) 1.30 Beach Cops. (PG, R) 2.00 MOVIE: Wildcats. (1986, PGalsv, R) Goldie Hawn, James Keach, Swoosie Kurtz. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Weekender.

6.00 Easter Sunrise Service. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 1.00 Women’s Footy. (PG) 2.00 The Sporting Bubble. (PG, R) 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 4. Newcastle Knights v St George Illawarra Dragons.

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Australia

By Design: Innovations. (PG, R) 9.30 St10.

(PG) 12.00 Advancing Australia. (R) 12.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 1.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 2.00 All 4 Adventure.

(PG, R) 3.00 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 3.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork.

(PG, R) 4.30 Taste Of Australia. (Return) 5.00 News.

6.20 Compass: Rhyl Hinwood – A Legacy In Stone. (R) 6.50 Bluey. (R) The girls go on an egg hunt.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Grand Designs New Zealand. Hosted by Chris Moller.

8.30 Harrow. (Mav) Harrow investigates a baffling crime involving a woman who was murdered in her home.

9.20 Silent Witness. (Ma) The Lyell team identify the remains as those of Derek Marshall, survived by his wife Sue and sister Ann. 10.25 Miniseries: Patrick Melrose. (Mal, R) 11.25 Keeping Faith. (Mal, R) 12.25 Wentworth. (MA15+v, R) 1.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.05 Wentworth.

(MA15+v, R) 5.00 Landline. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Titanic: Into The Heart Of The Wreck. (PG) Takes a look at the wreck of the Titanic.

9.00 Coronavirus Special: What We Know Now. (M) A look at the Coronavirus.

10.00 Petra: Secrets Of The Ancient Builders. (R) 11.00 24 Hours In Police Custody. (Mal, R) 11.55 Michael Mosley: Into The Mind. (PG, R) 2.50 Toxic Town: The Corby Poisoning. (PGa, R) 3.50 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 4.25 Great Irish Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 WorldWatch.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG) A nervous passenger attracts attention.

7.30 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: The Kimberley Killer. (Mav) Takes a look at a serial shooter in the Top End. 8.35 MOVIE: The Holiday. (2006, Mls, R) Two women, who live on opposite sides of the Atlantic, impulsively switch homes for Christmas. Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet.

11.20 Autopsy USA: David Bowie. (Mad, R) 12.20 The Guardian. (Madsv, R) 1.10 The Zoo. (R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.

8.00 MOVIE: Jason Bourne.

(2016, Mav, R) An assassin is forced out of hiding when one of his old allies uncovers information about his past.

Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones.

10.25 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

10.55 Shallow Grave: The Burning Suitcase. (Mv) A driver finds two burning suitcases.

11.50 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. (MA15+adlv) 12.40 The Xtreme CollXtion. (PG) 1.05 Destination WA. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project. Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics.

7.30 The Graham Norton Show.

Guests include Liam Neeson, Micheál Richardson, Rob Brydon, Tahar Rahim, Cush Jumbo and Deborah Meaden.

8.30 MOVIE: The Wolf Of Wall Street.

(2013, MA15+dlnsv, R) Based on a true story. An aggressive young Wall Street broker rises from a penny stockbroker to owning a multi-million dollar investing firm only to find himself mired in accusations of corruption and scandal. Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie.

12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 CBS This Morning.

Morning news and talk show.

5.00 Headline News Early.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Extreme Love. 9.30 Pilgrimage: Road To Rome.

10.30 The Great Australian Bee Challenge. 11.30 Stackorama! 12.30am You Can’t Ask That. 1.00 Restoration Australia. 2.00 Gruen XL. 2.45 News Update. 2.50 Close. 5.05 Timmy Time. 5.20 Pocoyo. 5.25 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

9.30 SBS Courtside. 10.00 Basketball. NBA. Miami Heat v Cleveland Cavaliers. 12.30pm DNA Nation.

1.30 New Girl. 2.30 WorldWatch. 3.00 Basketball.

NBL. Phoenix v Breakers. 5.00 Basketball. NBL. Taipans v United. 7.00 Monty Python’s Flying Circus. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 Planet Expedition. 9.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Tour Of Flanders. Women’s 11.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (72) 6am Morning Programs.

8.30 Shopping. 9.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 9.30 Your 4x4. 10.00 House Of Wellness.

11.00 NBC Today. Noon The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes. 1.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 1.30 The Zoo. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.30 Escape To The Country. 8.30 The Replacement. 9.45 Miniseries: The Pembrokeshire Murders. 10.45 Late Programs.

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6am TV Shop. 6.30 Amazing Facts Presents. 7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. Noon Garden Gurus. 12.30 Getaway.

1.00 MOVIE: Contraband Spain. (1955, PG) 2.40 MOVIE: Watch Your Stern. (1960, PG) 4.30 MOVIE: Operation Petticoat. (1959) 7.00 MOVIE: The Ten Commandments. (1956) 11.30 Late Programs.

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NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 8.45 A Street Cat Named Bob. (2016, PG) 10.40 Manje Bistre. (2017, PG, Punjabi) 1.10pm Bend It Like Beckham. (2002, PG) 3.15 Offside.

(2006, PG, Farsi) 4.55 Alone In Space. (2018, PG, Swedish) 6.30 April And The Extraordinary World.

(2015, PG, French) 8.30 Infernal Affairs. (2002, MA15+, Cantonese) 10.30 For A Happy Life. (2018, MA15+, French) 12.10am Late Programs.

7MATE (73) 6am Fishing And Adventure. 6.30 Big Angry Fish. 7.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 8.00 American Restoration. 8.30 Home Shopping. 9.30 Fishing. International Series.

10.00 Motor Racing. TCR Australia Touring Car Series. Round 3. Bathurst 6 Hour. 5.30pm Counting Cars. 6.30 Border Patrol. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 MOVIE: Pale Rider. (1985, M) 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (53) 6am Children’s Programs.

2.10pm MOVIE: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Rollercoaster Of Friendship. (2018) 3.10 Dance Moms. 5.10 MOVIE: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. (2005, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: King Kong. (2005, M) 11.10 Police Ten 7. 12.10am Love Island. 1.10 Dance Moms. 2.50 Clarence. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Pokémon.

4.50 Late Programs.

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Over The Black Dot. 2.00 Football. CAFL. 3.45 Soccer. Indigenous C’ship. Austn Indigenous Roos v Qld NPL 1 Peninsula Power FC. 5.15 Touch Football.

WA State Championships. 6.00 NITV News: Nula.

6.30 Art + Soul. 7.30 News. 7.40 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.40 Hawaiian: The Legend Of Eddie Aikau. 10.10 Boxing For Palm Island. 10.40 Late Programs.

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6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.00 Scorpion. 1pm The Doctors. 2.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. 2.30 Buy To Build. 3.00 Fishing Edge. 4.00 Fishing Australia. 5.00 iFish.

5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 48 Hours.

11.20 Late Programs.

6am Cheers. 7.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 9.00 The Neighborhood.

10.00 Neighbours. Noon Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 1.00 The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.00 Friends. 11.00 2 Broke Girls. 12.30am Home Shopping. 1.30 Posh Frock Shop. 2.30 Charmed.

3.30 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 4.30 Home Shopping.

Monday, April 5 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (5)

WIN (8)

6.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 7.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Durrells. (PG, R) 2.00 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Al Jazeera News. 2.00 Watergate. (PGa, R) 2.50 Who Do You Think You Are? UK. (PGa, R) 4.00 Tulip. (PGa, R) 4.15 Big Ben: The World’s Most Famous Clock. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Athletics. Stawell Gift.

2.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. Hosted by Bradley Walsh.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia. (R) Contestants race to answer quiz questions.

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

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 MOVIE: Pretty In Pink. (1986, PGals, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat.

5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Headline News. 7.30 Entertainment Tonight. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGals, R) 1.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

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

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 To Be Advised.

8.30 Brazen Hussies. (Mlns) Explores the legacy of the activists of the women’s liberation movement.

9.30 Invisible Wars: Airborne Attack. (Premiere, PG) Dr Norman Swan uncovers the stories from past deadly respiratory virus outbreaks.

10.30 ABC Late News. Detailed coverage of the day’s events.

10.45 EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire. (Mans, R) Part 3 of 3.

11.55 Wentworth. (MA15+l, R) 12.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.35 Wentworth. (MA15+l, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.30 Historic House Rescue.

(PG) Part 2 of 3.

8.30 24 Hours In Emergency: The Missing. (M) A 22-year-old police officer is rushed to St George’s after a motorbike accident.

9.25 The Story Of The Songs: Metallica. (M) Takes a look at three iconic tracks that established Metallica as heavy metal icons.

10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 Outlander. (MA15+) 11.55 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. (MA15+v, R) 1.40 Asylum City. (Ma, R) 3.20 Great Irish Railway Journeys. (R) 4.30 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason. (2004, Mdls, R) Bridget Jones fears her relationship with Mark Darcy is in jeopardy after meeting his glamorous colleague. The situation escalates to the point where she decides to go to Thailand, leading to an encounter with her ex. Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant.

10.40 The Latest: Seven News.

11.10 Station 19. (Ma) The aftermath of a deadly blaze unfolds.

12.10 The Guardian. (Madsv) Nick helps sue a fertility clinic.

1.10 Medical Emergency. (PG, R) A schoolgirl’s hiking trip ends in a rescue.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. News and current affairs.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mls) The social experiment continues.

9.00 Under Investigation: The Disaster Aircraft. Experts expose the scandal behind the engineering and certification of Boeing’s 737 Max. 10.00 100% Footy. (M) Features the latest rugby league news.

11.00 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

11.30 Extreme Planes. (Mlv, R) 12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News.

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

7.30 What The Hell Just Happened? Media personalities reflect on the year that was.

8.30 Hughesy, We Have A Problem. Dave Hughes is assisted by celebrities to discuss solutions to problems experienced on a global scale.

9.30 Best Of The Sydney Comedy Festival. (MA15+als) Performances by Nick Cody, Demi Lardner and Rhys Nicholson from the Sydney Comedy Festival.

11.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.00 The Project. (R) 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 CBS This Morning.

5.00 Headline News Early.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Magical Land Of Oz. 9.45 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.35 Escape From The City. 11.30 Extras. Midnight Would I Lie To You? 12.30 Parks And Recreation.

12.55 Reno 911! 1.15 Man Like Mobeen. 1.40 Gary And His Demons. 2.05 Mock The Week. 2.35 News Update. 2.40 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

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6am WorldWatch.

8.30 SBS Courtside. 9.00 Basketball. NBA. 76ers v Grizzlies. 11.30 WorldWatch. Noon Basketball.

NBA. Heat v Cavaliers. Replay. 2.00 60 Days In. 2.50 The Curse Of Oak Island. 3.45 Ralph. 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.20 This Week. 5.15 Shortland Street.

6.15 Forged In Fire Latin America. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.30 News. 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 Taskmaster. 10.10 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs.

8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 MOVIE: The Saint In New York. (1938, PG) Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 60 Minute Makeover.

2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute.

3.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 4.00 Better Homes. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Judge John Deed.

10.30 Autopsy USA. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 Days Of Our Lives. 12.25pm The Young And The Restless. 1.20 MOVIE: The Greatest Story Ever Told. (1965) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 London Kills. 8.40 The Bill. 10.40 Three Days To Live. 11.40 Late Programs.

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NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Tayamangajirri. 2.00 Art + Soul. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Kriol Kitchen. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Vote Yes. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.00 Always Was: Widi Homeland.

10.05 News. 10.15 Two Brothers Walking. 11.05 Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Manje Bistre. (2017, PG, Punjabi) 8.30 Alone In Space.

(2018, PG, Swedish) 10.05 Offside. (2006, PG, Farsi) 11.45 CJ7. (2008, PG, Cantonese) 1.20pm April And The Extraordinary World. (2015, PG, French) 3.20 Project A. (1983, PG, Cantonese) 5.20 Romeo And Juliet. (2013, PG) 7.30 The Wave. (2015, M, Norwegian) 9.30 Return Of The Hero. (2018, M, French) 11.10 Late Programs.

7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs.

9.30 Round Oz Ride. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Sound FX: Best Of. 12.30 Doomsday Preppers. 1.30 So You Think You’d Survive? 2.30 AFL Pre-Game. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 3. Geelong v Hawthorn. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 8.30 MOVIE: Cliffhanger. (1993, M) 10.50 Late Programs.

9GO! (53) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry. 1.00 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 2.00 Social Fabric. 3.00 The Break Boys.

4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm.

7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: G.I. Joe: Retaliation. (2013, M) 10.40 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 11.40 The Nanny. 12.10am Love Island.

1.10 Late Programs.

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6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 The Neighborhood. 8.00 Cheers.

9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 11.00 Friends.

Noon The Big Bang Theory. 1.00 The Unicorn.

2.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 The Conners.

Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

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6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 To Be Advised.

12.10am Home Shopping. 2.10 Motorcycle Racing.

MotoGP. Race 2. Grand Prix of Doha. Replay. 3.40 iFish. 4.10 Instinct. 5.05 Star Trek: Enterprise.

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Tuesday, April 6 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (5)

WIN (8)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Brazen Hussies. (Mlns, R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Finding Alice. (Ml, R) 1.50 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG, R) 2.35 Catalyst Bytes. (R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.15 Watergate. (PGa, R) 3.05 Who Do You Think You Are? UK. (PGa, R) 4.15 The Kennedys. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

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

12.00 MOVIE: Love In The Vineyard. (2016, PGs, R) 2.00 Motorbike Cops. (PG, R) 2.30 Coastwatch Oz. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)

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

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 The Pet Rescuers. (PG, R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (PGls, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat.

5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Headline News. 7.30 Entertainment Tonight. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales.

8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Kate Ritchie. (PG) Anh Do paints Kate Ritchie.

8.30 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. (PG) Part 1 of 5. In this social experiment, 11 older adults volunteer to spend time with a group of four-year-olds.

9.30 Stackorama! (PG, R) Looks at the world’s best cup stackers.

10.30 ABC Late News.

11.05 Who Killed Belinda Peisley? (Mal, R) 12.05 Wentworth. (Mlsv, R) 12.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (Mlsv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Scott Cam. (PG, R) Scott Cam explores his roots.

8.30 Insight. Takes a look at a betrothed couples and investigates what helps ensure marital longevity.

9.30 Dateline. (R) A look at China’s rapidly ageing population.

10.00 The Feed.

10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 The Point. (R) 12.00 The Pier. (Malv) 12.55 Borgen. (Mlns, R) 4.15 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour China Bitesize.

(R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Britain’s Got Talent: I Wasn’t Expecting That. (PGa) A look at some of the show’s biggest surprises.

8.30 The Good Doctor. (Ma) When the hospital is hit with a cyberattack, Lea tries to outsmart the hackers and prove herself.

9.30 The Great Diamond Heist. (PGa) 10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 Station 19. (Mas) The crew of Station 19 head to Los Angeles.

12.00 Kiss Bang Love. (PG, R) 1.15 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mals) The social experiment continues.

9.00 Botched. (Malmn) A bombshell who cannot keep fat in her booty seeks advice from Terry.

10.00 Australian Scandal: Love Hurts.

(Malns) Takes a look at Australian scandals.

11.00 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

11.30 Labour Of Love. (PGa) 12.15 Our Lives: Extraordinary People: The Man With Another Man’s Arms. (MA15+a, R) 1.10 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News.

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

7.30 The Cube. Hosted by Andy Lee. 8.30 NCIS. (Mv, R) The team’s holiday plans are put on hold when they investigate the murder of a US Navy veteran.

9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. Follows the special agents who are part of the NCIS Office of Special Projects in Los Angeles.

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

11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 CBS This Morning.

5.00 Headline News Early.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Staged. 9.10 Extras. 9.40 Fisk. 10.10 High Fidelity. 10.40 In The Long Run. 11.05 The Games. 11.35 Melbourne Comedy Festival 2021: The Gala. 1.35am Ross Noble: Stand Up Series. (Final) 2.00 Parks And Recreation. 2.25 Reno 911! 2.45 Man Like Mobeen.

(Final) 3.10 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Basketball. NBA. Philadelphia 76ers v Memphis Grizzlies. Replay. 2.00 60 Days In. 2.50 The Curse Of Oak Island. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 The Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Asia’s Next Top Model. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 VICE Investigates.

(Final) 9.30 The Casketeers. 10.00 Travel Man. 10.30 Rise Up. 11.20 Late Programs.

7TWO (72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 To Be Advised. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover.

2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute.

3.30 Sydney Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Suspects. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (52) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo.

7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon World’s Greatest Cities. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: It Shouldn’t Happen To A Vet. (1976) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Law & Order. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (81) 6am Home Shopping.

8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 10.25 NCIS: New Orleans.

11.20 To Be Advised. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 48 Hours. 3.15 Diagnosis Murder. 5.05 The Doctors.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 12.35pm

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 8.40 April And The Extraordinary World.

(2015, PG, French) 10.40 Romeo And Juliet. (2013, PG) 12.50pm Alone In Space. (2018, PG, Swedish) 2.25 Belle And Sebastian 2. (2015, PG, French) 4.15 Tony Takitani. (2004, PG, Japanese) 5.45 Grace Of Monaco. (2014, PG) 7.40 Odd Thomas. (2013, M) 9.30 My Big Gay Italian Wedding. (2018, M, Italian) 11.10 Late Programs.

7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life.

12.20pm Ultimate Tag. 2.00 So You Think You’d Survive? 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars.

4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol.

8.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 9.30 Outback Pilots.

10.30 Mighty Rivers. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (53) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry. 1.00 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 2.00 Social Fabric. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible III. (2006, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Double Impact. (1991, MA15+) 12.10am Love Island. 1.10 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 2.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (82)

Two Brothers Walking. 1.25 Songlines. 2.00 Urban Native Girl. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked!

3.55 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Kriol Kitchen. 6.30 First Australians. 7.30 The Point. 8.30 Dwayne Wade: Life Unexpected.

9.55 Basketball. NBL. Round 10. Perth Wildcats v Adelaide 36ers. Replay. 11.55 Late Programs.

6am Cheers. 7.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 Frasier.

11.00 Friends. Noon WIN’s All Australian News.

1.00 The Unicorn. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Judging Amy. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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Wednesday, April 7 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7)

NINE (5)

WIN (8)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings.

10.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 10.30 Gardening Australia. (R) 11.00 Aussie Inventions That Changed The World. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.55 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG, R) 2.40 Catalyst Bytes. (PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank.

(PG, R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight.

(R) 3.30 The Eleven O’Clock. (R) 3.40 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 4.20 The Kennedys. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

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

12.00 MOVIE: Flirting With Forty. (2008, PGls, R) 2.00 Motorbike Cops. (PGl, R) 2.30 Coastwatch Oz. (PGa, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

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

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Driving Test. (PG, R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (PGas, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat.

5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Headline News. 7.30 Entertainment Tonight. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) Presented

by Tom Gleeson.

8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. A satirical news program exposing the humorous, absurd and downright hypocritical.

9.00 Fisk. (Ml) The office is abuzz because their favourite temp, Peggy, is coming in to help out with a deceased estate.

9.30 Melbourne Comedy Festival: The Allstars Supershow Part 1.

From the Palais Theatre, Melbourne.

10.30 ABC Late News.

11.05 Whiteley. (Mals, R) 12.35 Wentworth. (Mdlv, R) 1.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.45 Wentworth.

(Mdlv, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

(PG) Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Tony Robinson’s History Of Britain: Tudors. (Ma, R) Part 1 of 4.

8.30 Sydney Harbour Patrol. (PG, R) Part 1 of 2. Documents the people critical to the smooth operation of Sydney Harbour.

9.20 Departure. (Mav) An unlikely source shows Kendra proof of a conspiracy to cover up the truth about Flight 716.

10.10 SBS World News Late.

10.40 Romulus. (Final, MA15+v, R) 11.45 The Night Manager. (MA15+av, R) 12.35 Counterpart. (MA15+av, R) 2.40 George Clarke’s Shed Of The Year. (R) 3.35 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 4.50 Poh & Co. Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Highway Patrol Special. (PGadl, R) A look at badly behaved drivers.

8.30 Ambulance: Code Red. (Ma) A desperate 999 call comes in from a woman who is injured after being thrown out of a vehicle.

9.30 Born To Kill? Jeffrey Dahmer. (MA15+as, R) Takes a look at the case of Jeffrey Dahmer, a serial killer, necrophiliac and cannibal.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 The Front Bar. (M) Takes a lighter look at all things AFL. 12.00 MOVIE: Reaper.

(2000, Mav, R) Chris Sarandon.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Married At First Sight. (Mals) The social experiment continues.

9.00 Amazing Grace. (Ma) Grace confronts past traumas when her ex-husband’s new partner goes into emergency labour.

10.00 New Amsterdam. (Mamv) A doctor sets out to reform his hospital.

11.00 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

11.30 The Enemy Within. (Mav) 12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.10 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 The Cube. Game show in which contestants put their skill, nerve, agility and ability to the test.

8.30 Bull. (Mv, R) Bull and the team defend a priest accused of committing a hit-and-run. The priest eventually admits he knows the actual driver’s identity, but he is unable to share the information because it was revealed during confession.

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

11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 CBS This Morning.

5.00 Headline News Early.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 David Bowie: Finding Fame. 10.20 Restoration Australia. 11.15 Pilgrimage: Road To Rome. 12.15am Louis Theroux: Extreme Love. 1.15 Parks And Recreation. 1.40 Reno 911! 2.00 Gary And His Demons. 2.25 Mock The Week. 3.00 News Update. 3.05 Close. 5.05 Timmy Time. 5.20 Pocoyo. 5.25 Late Programs.

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6am WorldWatch.

Noon Drunken Horse Racing. 12.50 60 Days In. 2.50 The Curse Of Oak Island. 3.45 WorldWatch.

5.10 The Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Shortland Street.

6.10 Vs Arashi. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Welcome To Me. (2014, MA15+) 10.05 MOVIE: The Family Fang. (2015, M) 12.05am News. 12.30 Stories From Norway: The Musical! 2.20 Late Programs.

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6am Home Shopping. 6.30 To Be Advised. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover.

2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute.

3.30 SA Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Frankie Drake Mysteries. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Dog Patrol. 11.20 Late Programs.

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6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon World’s Greatest Cities. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Lease Of Life.

(1954) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders.

10.50 The Nick. 11.50 Late Programs.

BOLD (81)

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2.25pm Bamay. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked!

3.55 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Kriol Kitchen. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 Wellington Paranormal. 8.00 Yokayi Footy. 8.35 Over The Black Dot. 9.30 NITV News Update. 9.40 Football.

Monsoon AFL. 11.20 Late Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Tony Takitani. (2004, PG, Japanese) 7.30 Romeo And Juliet. (2013, PG) 9.40 Belle And Sebastian 2. (2015, PG, French) 11.30 Project A. (1983, PG, Cantonese) 1.30pm Grace Of Monaco. (2014, PG) 3.25 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 5.25 The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen. (1988, PG) 7.45 Easy. (2017, M, Italian) 9.30 Sink Or Swim. (2018, M, French) 11.45 Late Programs.

7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life.

12.20pm Ultimate Tag. 2.00 Alaska’s Ultimate Bush Pilots. 3.00 Classic Restos: USA Edition. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 9.00 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (53) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry. 1.00 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 2.00 Social Fabric. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera.

8.30 MOVIE: American Sniper. (2014, MA15+) 11.10 Police Ten 7. 11.40 The Nanny. 12.10am Love Island.

1.10 Late Programs.

PEACH (82)

6am The Unicorn. 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 11.00 Friends. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Murphy Brown. 2.00 Carol’s Second Act. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 2 Broke Girls. 11.00 Late Programs.

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6am Home Shopping.

8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 NCIS. 12.10am Home Shopping.

2.10 48 Hours. 3.10 MacGyver. 4.05 Instinct. 5.00 The Doctors.

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WIN (8)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story. (R) 10.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 11.00 Invisible Wars. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) 2.00 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. (R) 5.10 Grand Designs. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS NewsHour. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.15 Watergate. (PGa, R) 3.05 Who Do You Think You Are? UK. (PGa, R) 4.15 The Kennedys. (PGa, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

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

12.00 MOVIE: Two Against Time. (2002, PGad, R) 2.00 Motorbike Cops. (PG, R) 2.30 Coastwatch Oz. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

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

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG) 1.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.30 Married At First Sight. (PGals, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat.

5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Headline News. 7.30 Entertainment Tonight. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

6.55 Sammy J. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back Roads: Tenterfield, NSW. Heather Ewart visits Tenterfield.

8.30 Q+A. Hosted by Hamish Macdonald.

9.35 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. Long-form interview show.

10.05 Aussie Inventions That Changed The World: Airborne. (PG) 11.00 ABC Late News.

11.30 Miriam’s Big American Adventure. (Ml, R) 12.30 Wentworth. (MA15+dl, R) 1.20 Rage.

(MA15+adhlnsv) 3.40 Wentworth. (MA15+dl, R) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.25 Sammy J. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

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

7.35 The World’s Busiest Stations: Melbourne. (PGal, R) Part 4 of 4.

8.30 Trust Me, I’m A Doctor.

(PGa, R) Zoe Williams takes a look at what people living with cancer can do to improve their health.

9.30 Shadowplay. (MA15+) Max asks Claire for help.

10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 Baghdad Central.

(Premiere, MA15+av) 11.50 The Good Fight. (Mals, R) 12.40 Bosch. (Malv) 2.30 Cruising With Jane McDonald. (PG, R) 3.20 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven Local News.

6.30 Seven News.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGv) 7.30 Dancing On Thin Ice With Torvill & Dean. (PG) Torvill and Dean travel to Alaska.

9.00 MOVIE: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. (2015, PGls, R) A young Indian hotelier with expansionist dreams attempts to juggle a full house as well as his upcoming marriage. Judi Dench, Bill Nighy.

11.30 The Latest: Seven News.

12.00 Andrew Denton’s Interview. (PG, R) 1.00 Harry’s Practice. (R) 1.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R) 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBC Today. 5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 5. South Sydney Rabbitohs v Brisbane Broncos.

9.45 Thursday Night Knock Off. Post-match NRL news and analysis of the South Sydney Rabbitohs versus Brisbane Broncos match.

10.30 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

11.00 Manifest. (Madv) Ben and Saanvi orchestrate a family reunion.

12.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (Mav, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 WIN News.

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

7.30 Bondi Rescue. Lifeguards try to enforce social distancing.

8.00 Territory Cops. (PGal) A look at the Northern Territory Police.

8.30 Gogglebox. TV fanatics open up their living rooms to reveal their reactions to popular and topical TV shows.

9.30 Law & Order: SVU. (Ma) Amanda tries to help two sisters get closure from a harrowing childhood assault.

10.30 This Is Us. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Project. (R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 CBS This Morning. 5.00 Headline News Early.

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.30 Hard Quiz. 10.00 The Weekly. 10.30 You Can’t Ask That. 11.00 That Pacific Sports Show.

11.30 Magical Land Of Oz. 12.30am Parks And Recreation. 12.55 Reno 911! 1.15 QI. 1.45 In The Long Run. 2.10 The IT Crowd. 2.35 Famalam. 3.15 Mock The Week. 3.50 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Rostelecom Cup. Replay. 2.05 60 Days In. 2.55 Jungletown.

3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 NBL: Overtime. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Taskmaster Norway. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.15 American Runestone: A Viking Mystery. (Final) 10.05 Late Programs.

7TWO (72) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 To Be Advised. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover.

2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute.

3.30 Creek To Coast. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries.

11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (52) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo.

7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon As Time Goes By. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless.

2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Some People. (1962) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 Emergency. 9.30 Call The Midwife. 10.40 The Equalizer. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (81) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 2. Grand Prix of Doha. Replay. 9.30 Bondi Rescue. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.30 NCIS. 12.30am Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 10.55

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 8.25 The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen. (1988, PG) 10.45 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 12.45pm Tony Takitani.

(2004, PG, Japanese) 2.15 The Nutty Professor.

(1963, PG) 4.15 Little Men. (2016, PG) 5.50 Heart Beats Loud. (2018, PG) 7.40 A Private Function.

(1984, M) 9.30 Withnail And I. (1987, MA15+) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (73) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Doomsday Preppers. 2.00 Alaska’s Ultimate Bush Pilots. 3.00 The Simpsons. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 4. Sydney v Essendon. 10.00 AFL Post-Game Show. 10.30 MOVIE: 3:10 To Yuma.

(2007, MA15+) 1am Late Programs.

9GO! (53) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry. 1.00 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 2.00 Social Fabric. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Transformers: The Last Knight. (2017, M) 10.30 MOVIE: Gamer. (2009, MA15+) 12.30am Love Island. 1.30 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 2.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (82)

Yokayi Footy. 11.30 Football. Monsoon AFL. Replay.

1.10pm Bamay. 2.05 The Fifth Region. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Little J And Big Cuz. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Off The Grid With Pio. 6.30 Foreign Flavours. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 MOVIE: Loving. (2016, PG) 10.40 Late Programs.

22 TODAY Thursday, 1 April, 2021

6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

8.00 Becker. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 11.00 The Unicorn. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Murphy Brown. 2.00 Carol’s Second Act. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Late Programs.

PUZZLES SUDOKU

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

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Mat (3) Is not good (coll.) (5) Associate (9) Blood carrier (5) Impasse (9) Bordered (5) Weekend days (9) Worshippers (9) Desert animal (5) Study of the production and consumption of goods (9) Hindu deity (5) Satisfied fully (5) South Australian valley (5) Long detailed stories (5) Distress call (1,1,1)

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How many official languages does South Africa have?

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What is the title of comedian Anh Do's award-winning book about his family's move from Vietnam to Australia?

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Who painted The Sock Knitter, generally regarded as Australia's first modernist artwork?

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What does the acronym SWAT stand for?

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What is a Scotch pancake more commonly called?

10 Who wrote and illustrated the children's book Are We There Yet?, about a trip around Australia?

ANSWERS: 1. 11 2. The Happiest Refugee 3. Red, white and blue 4. Lek 5. The xx 6. Pobblebonk 7. Grace Cossington Smith 8. Special Weapons and Tactics 9. Pikelet 10. Alison Lester

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Påskeøl, or Easter Beer, is a traditional Easter drink in what country?

2 Which Australian supermodel (pictured) was born on Easter Sunday in 1964?

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3 Instead of a bunny, what bird delivers eggs in Switzerland?

4 The first known use of chocolate occurred in which modern-day country?

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6 Who (pictured) played Jesus in the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ?

7 Easter Island is also known by what name?

8 And what famous statues are found there?

9 Which AFL team is playing North Melbourne on Good Friday this year?

10 What is the name of Roger Rabbit’s wife in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

ANSWERS: 1. Denmark 2. Elle Macpherson 3. Cuckoo 4. Mexico 5. Kites 6. Jim Caviezel 7. Rapa Nui 8. Moai 9. Western Bulldogs 10. Jessica Rabbit.

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

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

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66 What a dentist might recommend (5) 68 Military cap (5) 70 Register (4)

HOLIDAY GIANT

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54 If you know the intricacies then you know the – and outs (3) 57 Sudden urge to act (7) 58 Snake (7) 59 Ostensible reason (7) 61 Place or group different from those surrounding it (7) 62 Rub out (5) 64 Indifference (6)

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38 Wednesday or Thursday, for example (7) 39 Having eight straight sides (9) 40 Spasms (6) 41 African deer (8) 42 Fast (5) 43 Headlight type (7) 45 High tennis shot (3) 47 Large-scale (4) 48 Transparent sheet (10)

ache, achoo, cache, cachet, catch, cate, catechol, ceca, celt, chalet, chat, cheat, chela, CHOCOLATE, cleat, cloche, clot, clothe, cloth, coach, coal, coat, coca, cochlea, coco, cocoa, cola, cole, colt, cool, coolth, coot, cote, each, echo, eclat, etch, lace, latch, leach, loach, locate, loch, loco, ocelot, octal, ootheca, tach, tache, taco, talc, teach, theca, thecal

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Lord (5) Increase the whiteness (7) Outstanding (6) Join (4) Soft cottage cheese (7) Anthology (7) Acknowledge (5) Cocktail – one of Bond’s favourites (7) Backward view (10) Earth (5) Unprepared (9) Arm of the Mediterranean sea (8) Aromatic substance (7) Insect (3) Ancient keyboard instruments (11) Dispute (7) Encourage in crime (4) Mark (6) Location for viewing celestial bodies (11) Rage (5) Mythical troll-like creature; a type of enemy in The Lord of the Rings (3)

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Cruelly, unfeelingly (9) Person who deals with water supply, drainage, etc. (7) Result (7) Drenched, sopping (11) Closer (6) Indian dishes cooked in a clay oven (8) Pertinent (8) Two-piece bathing suit (6) One dependent on drugs (6) All over the place (12) Doubter (7) Prone (3) Collusion (7) Green oily fruit – often smashed (7) Pursue (5) Grain that has been steeped, germinated and dried for brewing (4) Means of connection (5) Cereal grass, precedes –meal (3) Label (3) Tweet (5) Sentimental or over the top; often describes soap operas (12) Later reflection (12) Dragnet (5) Cereal plant; a source of whiskey (3) Trophy (3) Insurgent (5) Halt to a horse (4) Annoyance, pet – (5) Farewell (7) Tea towel (7) Used to indicate that something has been copied exactly, including errors (3)

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56 Organs that filter waste from the blood (7) 60 Used alongside oestrogen in the female birth control pill (12) 63 Music of Jamaican origin (6) 65 Practise petty theft (6) 67 Largest living rodent (8) 69 Fatherly (8) 71 Pakistani city (6) 72 Imprison (11) 73 Part payment given as security (7) 74 Huntsman’s cry (5-2) 75 Jack in the fairy story climbed it (9)

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ACROSS

QUICK CROSSWORD

CODEWORD each number corresponds to a letter. Can you crack the code?

ACROSS 1

rabbit who delivers sweet treats (6,5) 6, 33-across Greek easter tradition done to eggs (3,3) 8 Charity worker (coll.) (5) 9 Fasting period beginning on ash Wednesday (4) 10 Fabergé crafted jewelled eggs for this figure (4) 12 Fatal punishment (7) 14 Flower (4) 16 Drawing (4) 18 instruments for sprinkling Holy water (10) 19 Christian holy day (4,6) 23 Small island (4) 25 What 1-across does (4) 26 Substituted expression (9) 28 ask God (4) 29 aD, – of our lord (4) 31 Month easter usually falls in (5) 33 See 6-across 34 Sweet traditionally eaten on 19-across (3,5,3)

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What 1-across brings (6,4) 2 name for the sun (3) 3 Bible book (6) 4 animals that are sometimes australia’s 1-across (7) 5 Woman in religious order (3)

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Jesus’ followers (9) Fortified wine (4) Warble (4) originally called (3) large fruit (10) What 1-down is made of (9) 20 Traditionally eaten on 19-across (4) 21 Chiller (3)

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Jesus to his 6-down (7) Corolla leaves (6) Potato (4) Break fast (3) Boy’s nickname (3) 1

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6 LETTERS aBHorS inCUrS

7 LETTERS MonSoon

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SOLUTIONS

each of the words below fits into the grid on the right.

Can you work out how they all fit together?

3 LETTERS

Q

11 LETTERS

13 LETTERS CHoColaTe eGGS WORDFILL

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TAILS

There may be more than one possible word step answer.

Can you find the 15-letter character name in this triangle? The starting letter could be in any segment, and all subsequent letters are able to be connected following a path through the gaps in the walls. You may only enter each of the segments once, and all letters must be used.

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Place each of the tiles of letters into the blank jigsaw below to create four sixletter words going across and down.

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ANSWERS: PeTer CoTTonTail

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Complete the list by changing one letter at a time to create a new word at each step.

EDGEWORD

ANSWERS: eaSTer, earneD, eroDeS, eDDieS

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TRIANGLE

ANSWERS: BilBY, BillY, BillS, BallS, BailS, TailS.

WORDSTEP BILBY

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KIDS’ EASTER CORNER EASTER JOKES Q. Why was the Easter Bunny upset?

A. He was having a bad hare day

Q. Why did the Easter Egg hide?

A. It was a little chicken

WORD FIND Can you find all of the words listed below?

The leftover letters will spell out a secret message.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE The Easter Bunny has lost his basket of eggs. Help him find his way down the rabbit hole to find the basket.

DRAW ME Can you copy the image below to the grid to the right?

BASKET

CRUCIFIXION

FUN

BONNET

DAY

GOOD FRIDAY PARADE

BUNNY

DECORATION

GOODIES

REBIRTH

CANDLES

EGGS

HIDDEN

SACRIFICE

CELEBRATE

FAMILY

HOP

TRADITION

CHICK

FESTIVE

HUNT

MIRACLE

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4x4 1 Locate 2 Thought 3 Where birds lay eggs 4 Day

The answers are the same for across and down.

ANSWERS: 1. Find 2. Idea 3. Nest 4. Date 26 TODAY Thursday, 1 April, 2021

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Attracting more young people to agriculture

A new-look ag database The fight against pests has gone digital with the unveiling of a new look premier agvet chemical database aimed at being a one-stop shop of accurate up-to-date information on weeds, pests and diseases.

Queensland horticulture peak industry Growcom, unveiled the new-look Infopest sight on for Australia’s agricultural and veterinary industries on Monday.

The site features all chemicals registered and approved by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA).

Growcom CEO Stephen Barnard said the company had been working with leading horticultural farm management software company and Growcom corporate member, Apunga over the past year to redevelop the Infopest product.

“The team at Apunga has been fantastic to work with and have really brought the Infopest product to life,” Mr Barnard said.

“Growcom has owned and operated Infopest since 2012 and we are excited to bring this new and improved platform to a wide range of users in the agvet sector.”

Apunga Chief Operating Officer Richard

Ward, said that they were proud to work with Growcom and explained that users of the new Infopest system will benefit greatly from the collaborative partnership.

“Making the system intuitive and easy to use was vital.” Mr Ward said.

“Our knowledge and experience working with horticulture growers across the country means that we understand what’s important to farmers when using software.

“Apunga will be drawing on the Infopest data to integrate into our system giving our users a seamless online experience when growing their crops and managing the weeds, pests and disease on the ground to maximise yield.”

The new look site boasts improved functionality, a clean, modern look and a suite of new features. Users can now save their favorite search terms, look up previous search results, customise their display and filter items of interest. Users can also view labels, permits and safety data sheets where they are available. An app is also in the pipeline and will be released later in the year.

For more information visit: www.infopest. com.au

often believe, and given that agricultural employers are frequently short of casual labour, there are plenty of jobs on offer.”

“In addition, a better hourly wage can be earned by individuals working in the agriculture industry, and agriculture employees can work comparatively more hours than those in other industries increasing their earning potential.”

“The QFF-led Rural Jobs and Skills Alliance (RJSA) is attempting to address this misunderstanding by taking the guesswork out of farm work and providing a prospective job pathway by ensuring new employees correctly prepared for an agricultural job with a Farm-Ready Card, while RJSA members including Cotton Australia and Growcom facilitate their own gap year agriculture work programs.”

“After identifying the perceived barriers to gap year work in agriculture, the sector has an opportunity to implement the report recommendations and effectively encourage more people to join us on farm.”

Read the Growing in Ag Report: www. qff.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ QFF-Report-Growing-in-Ag.pdf

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New-look site for pest prevention.

A new report aims to encourage more young people to take up agricultural work in their gap year.

The Queensland Farmers Federation (QFF) released the Growing in Ag Report to identify and dispel common myths about working in the agriculture sector.

The Growing in Ag Report conducted a research survey and used other data to help understand the perceived barriers young people have to working in the sector with a view to attracting more gap year experiences and opportunities.

QFF CEO Dr Georgina Davis said Queensland’s agriculture sector was facing an estimated shortfall of up to 7,000 casual workers and resulting crop losses running into the tens of millions of dollars following the COVID-19 pandemic and international travel restrictions.

“Recent school-leavers on a gap year could be key to filling some of these vacant casual positions, however, the research survey found the most common reason why recent school leavers don’t engage with agriculture work is because of location, with more than half of the respondents citing a belief that they live too far away from agricultural employers,” Dr Davis said.

“Almost a third of respondents attributed not finding any agricultural jobs as a key reason for them not engaging in gap year agricultural employment, while a quarter of all respondents believed agriculture was a low paying industry when compared to employment alternatives including hospitality and retail.”

“However, analysis of ABS production data identified that gap year takers live far closer to an agricultural employer than they

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Warwick Bridge Club...

Warwick pairs were well represented in last Saturday’s Stanthorpe Bridge Congress. Mavis Simpson and Denise Hartwig made a late surge to win first prize while John Nankervis and Pat Kelly finished not far behind in third place. Havah Nielsen and Tom Graham won the B section. Congratulations to all of them.

Mavis and Denise made the most of their opportunities on Board 17 (above) in the final round. Encountering stiff opposition from their opponents who were bidding spades, Mavis and Denise reached 5D. Having only one spade greatly strengthened North’s hand. With eleven tricks needed, the result was clear after the first few tricks had been played. East/West won the first trick with a spade, but had to hand the lead back to North on the next trick. Declarer then started on the diamonds with East winning with the Ace. Whatever East led back was go-

ing to help declarer because West’s Kings were covered by North’s Ace-Queens. After disposing of both of West’s Kings declarer was able to discard South’s club loser on the third winning heart. Plus 400 was an excellent result with only 20 high card points - exactly the same as East/ West. A key factor in the play was the disposition of the high cards. Several other pairs allowed East/West to play in spades while John Nankervis and Pat Kelly pushed their opponents to 6D, which failed by one trick.

Results: Friday, 26/03/21 (6-table Mitchell): N/S J. Nankervis P. Kelly (59.0) 1; J. Rose C. Hall (57. 7) 2; Jill Smith M. Finlay (49.3) 3. E/W T. Hinde N. Bonnell (65.7) 1; H. Richardson R. Hart (52.0) 2; P. Kelly M. Simpson (51.0) 3.

Handicap: N/S S. Head D. Scott 1; J. Rose C. Hall 2. E/W No change.

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29/03/21 (5 & ½-table How· Monday, ell): N. Collins M. Simpson (65.3) 1; T. Hinde H. Nielsen (60.2) 2; N. Bonnell B. Bonnell (54.2) 3; P. Kelly H. Reeves (52.8) 4. Handicap: No change.

Mavis Simpson (L) and Denise Hartwig, winners of the Stanthorpe Congress.

Sam’s Say...

By Samantha Wantling And just like, whilst I was busy making plans, life happened, and the drought was over.

On August 29, 2019 my husband and a dear friend of mine filmed a short video explaining the charity that we had just recently started and the peril that rural residents of the Granite Belt was facing.

Granite Belt Water Relief began when my husband, Russell Wantling, came across a family bucketing water from Storm King Dam so that they were able to shower and wash their clothes. It was at that moment by husband new something had to be done.

How could someone in a first world country be BUCKETING water from a nearly empty same to enable their family to simply live?

When Russell arrived home that night and told me were going to start a charity to help our region, I thought he was absolutely crazy (I still have that thought on a monthly basis), but I could see the passion he felt and so thought, “what is the worst that could happen”? Famous last words for someone who already committed to am ever-growing family and a job that had become by every breathing moment (that is another subject entirely).

Fast forward 18 months and I suddenly, very suddenly, have the privilege of sitting back and taking stock of what we have achieved.

Over 17 Million litres of bulk water, thousands of pallets of bottled water, clothing, 2 pantries of food. Stock food, fodder, furni-

ture, bar-b-ques, a Christmas party, a New Year’s eve party, meat tray, fruit hampers later and over 550 nights of tossing and turning we find ourselves ... . done.

Now I am not sure done is the word I should be using. After all, we still have months of tying up loose ends to undertake, but as far as trying to source water, we are done.

So, I must ask, why am I finding this moment bittersweet? Don’t get me wrong, the end of the drought fills me a delirium of happiness I didn’t think was possible but being a part of a charity that had over 50 volunteers and nearly 500 of the most wonderful, respectful families I ever had the privilege of working with, also filled me with the same sense of delirium. These people have taken

a large part of my heart and will remain there for the rest of my days.

Looking back over past 18 months I realise I have been taught more about the Granite Belt than I have learned in my entire 50 years.

There really are not enough verbs to describe our region and its people. We are resilient, we are strong, we are humble, we are grateful and above all, we have a sense of pride in our community that you would be hard pressed to find anywhere else.

I now know that wherever life takes me, my heart will always remain in Stanthorpe. It is my DNA and to know that for 18 months I played a small part in helping my community through some less than ordinary times, is a badge of honour I will forever wear with pride.

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NEAR SCOTS COLLEGE IN WARWICK ON the East side of Warwick only a short walk to SCOTS College, is a this Ardenvale home on a large 1,769 m² allotment.

A four-year-old designer property, this house features five bedrooms, two bathrooms, two living areas plus al fresco outdoor. All bedrooms have built ins and the master features a private entry to the al fresco area along with an en-suite with separate toilet and walk in storage area.

The large modern kitchen has an island bench, five-burner gas range with electric oven, walk-in pantry, dishwasher and more.

The family living has a feature wall and accesses the covered al fresco through sliding doors.

There are down lights, storage and ceiling fans throughout this spacious home.

While outside there is a larger double remote garage has epoxy coated floor, veggie patch, fruit trees plus a storage shed. For the investor this property is renting at $450 per week. For inspection contact Helen Harm on 0408 457 496. Go to www.helenharm. com for more photos. ●

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LIFESTYLE PROPERTY PLUS THE sellers of this property secured well-known local builder Garth Miller GETMConstructions getmconstructions. com.au with the philosophy “if you are going to do something, then do it right”.

It features a recently installed caravan/ motorhome/horse float garage, plus the deep double everyday garage and workshop, the high-opening double carport, complement this

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Situated in Murrays Bridge’s high-value rich farming district all in good proximity to Warwick and Killarney.

A wide foyer leads past a spacious lounge room, along into the open-plan kitchen, dining and everyday living area.

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well-manicured grounds, a dam, over the neighbouring paddocks and hills beyond.

There are four bedrooms in all, the master with ensuite and expansive walk-in robe, room for duchess, desk and tallboy too. All bedrooms are queen-sized, with built-in robes and ceiling fans. The residence has highceilings throughout adding an open and light feel while a slow-combustion wood heater

warms in winter and provides more ambience.

There is a well-appointed laundry room and the home features a wide concrete pathway. The wide expanse of turfed lawn, now well-established, also adds to the ‘Lifestyle’ environment. The property has abundant storage throughout and 90,000 litres of rainwater capacity.

Land Area: 9.88 Acres ●

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A Sicilian monk is said to have sent the first seeds to England in the 17th century and they became very popular in Victorian times.

The pods on sweet peas are inedible and

actually poisonous so to save children being tempted you need to keep them removed. Alternately don’t let them develop. Just keep cutting the flowers to put in the house and enjoy or give away and they will keep blooming and not setting seed! A win-win situation!

A bouquet of sweet peas symbolise bliss and pleasure and so are great way to say thank you for an enjoyable encounter.

As the idea for flowers to represent a particular month all originate in the northern hemisphere, April, the northern spring, is the month for sweet peas.

Finally, as they are a legume, they will help improve your soil by adding nitrogen ready for the next crop.

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The lovely rain had certainly brought an increase in interest in the garden but I must not get too carried away as we will still have water restrictions for some time yet.

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With that thought I mind I have already planted some petunias for a colourful border and am going to plant some sweet peas. An elderly friend and great gardener, told me many years ago that I needed to put the seeds in on St Patrick’s Day and I dutifully followed that advice in all the areas in which I lived. That is until I came here and was told by an equally competent gardener...”No, no. no dear - that’s way too early! So long as they are in by Anzac day you will be right.” So, in a nod to both of them, I am going to split the difference and get them in sometime in the next week or 10 days.

Sweet peas in all their lovely colours and forms are a favourite spring delight, especially some of the old fashioned highly perfumed varieties. As with many plants that have been “perfected” over many years some of the newer varieties have been bread for size, colour and aesthetic appeal to the detriment of the perfume. Australian is known for producing lovely frilly blooms while Japan is more about size and England loves perfume.

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Player safety paramount After the NRL round from hell that saw almost more players off with injuries than on the field playing the powerbrokers have acted quickly and under Ver Landy’s instruction it appears the much-mooted 18th man rule will be introduced into the game sooner rather than later.

Following a weekend of serious injuries, it is understood that as this edition goes to print the NRL will rubber stamp the 18th man rule. It is understood that will come with strict guidelines to avoid exploitation by coaches.

With much research an emphasis on the long-term issues head knocks and concussions this can only be a good thing.

Well done again to the man in charge Ver Landy’s who moves to fix issues when they arise and for recognising Player Safety is paramount.

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RSL MAKE IT FOUR FROM FIVE IN A THRILLER In a low scoring but thrilling Grand Final RSL wrapped up their fourth premiership in the past five seasons of cricket in the Stanthorpe Cricket Association competition.

After the torrential rain in Stanthorpe earlier in the week those tasked with preparing the pitch and outfield did a remarkable job.

With no-one quite sure of how the pitch would play, RSL chose to bat after winning the toss.

They could hardly have got away to a worse start. Opener Tom Garland was clean bowled

by Weylin Alldridge with just the fourth ball of the innings - the score 1/2.

The fall of wicket brought Will Dowie to the wicket unfortunately for RSL supporters but to the delight of the Wanderers contingent his stay was neither long nor fruitful. Dowie faced 16 deliveries and failed to get off the mark before an Andrew Einam delivery rattled his stumps. Dowie found himself back in the sheds for a duck and the scoreboard not a pretty sight, 2/11. It was not going to get better any time soon. Opener Neil Perritt another to fall victim to Alldridge (3/14). There would be no innings saving father and son partnership between Rohan and Luke Brady in this game.

Rohan out for just one, caught by Bulow off an Andrew Einam delivery after facing only five deliveries. The chips obviously falling in the bowlers favour. With just seven overs bowled it’s fair to say RSL were in big trouble with the score 4/42 and a couple of their strike weapons ko’d. Captain Luke Brady was joined at the wicket by another youngster Rohan Hines and with experience of Brady the pair consolidated taking the score to 50 before Hines was caught

by Aiden Halford off another good delivery from Alldridge. Compounding RSL’s problems the skipper had suffered a groin strain earlier in the innings and was batting with a runner.

Will Dowie’s fresh legs fitting the bill.

Duane Lihou joined his captain at the crease and the pair did a great job to progress the score to 90 before Alldridge had another as Peter Patti held the catch. Lihou out for 12 in the 32nd over.

The batsmen were definitely feeling the heat and with a slow outfield, boundaries were few and far between. Luke Brady going skyward on a few occasions notching up the only six of the innings and four boundaries.

Becker came and went cheaply adding only one to the scoreboard before being bowled by Bulow.

The fall of wicket brought Noah Mackenzie to the wicket. Noah, like his RSL teammates and Wanderers players wearing black arm bands paying respect to Noah’s late grandfather Doug Mackenzie. No doubt a proud but emotional moment for the teenager and his family.

Late in the 38th over Brady was caught by Aiden Halford; another wicket for Alldridge.

RSL captain Luke Brady had plenty to smile about as he lifted the winning Shield in the Stanthorpe Cricket Grand final.

The score 8/119. That became 9/119 when the incoming batsman Anthony DiBella became Alldridge’s fifth scalp with Halford gloving a catch behind the stumps.

Mackenzie’s (7) was the last wicket to fall.

RSL setting Wanderers 122 to win thanks to a gutsy captain’s knock of 52 from Luke Brady.

Of course, the elephant in the room was the part extras would play in the result. 29 wides and two no balls certainly flattered the RSL scoreboard and immediately put Wanderers behind the eight ball on a wicket that obviously difficult to score on.

Weylin Alldridge was the star of the show for Wanderers finishing with five wickets.

Anyone who wondered if here were gremlins in the pitch soon had their answer.

Wanderers innings also began in disastrous fashion.

Opener Tim Harslett gone for one. Score 1/8.

Disaster struck when his opening partner Andrew Einam was run out by Rohan Brady in the very next over. 2/15 midway through the sixth over. Wanderers experienced batsman and big hitter Jamie Carnell (2) was lbw to Will Dowie few deliveries later and the score board showed 3/15. Dowie made it two dismissals in two de-

liveries when he clean bowled the incoming batsman Bulow for a duck. The score 4/15.

There would be no saving captain’s knock for Wanderers. Captain Brock Patti’s stay at the crease was short lived, dismissed when Ryan Hines took a catch off another Dowie delivery.

With the score at 5/21, it was beginning to feel a lot like ground hog day with the fall of wickets almost mirroring the RSL innings.

John Halford joined Aiden Halford at the crease. Again, the chance for a father and son recovery slipped by when some slick work by Rohan Brady saw John run out for a duck. The score 6/25 and the batting side needed someone to take a stand.

Brendan Barker joined Aiden Halford at the wicket and while Halford managed to keep the scoreboard ticking over Barker was having difficulty scoring off Mackenzie’s deliveries.

In the 16th over Mackenzie got his man, Barker bowled for one, score 6/33 and the RSL supporters were getting ready to put the drinks on ice.

Wanderers were not going down without a fight. Their tail wagged providing support for Halford and giving the RSL supporters some nervous moments. Halford and Mitch Dray-

ton frustrated the RSL bowlers as they took the score to 72 before Anthony di Bella and Duane Lihou combined to dismiss Halford for 35.

Peter Patti and Mitch Drayton added another 10 runs before Drayton (16) was dismissed.

Unfortunately, there would for Wanderers be no miracle recovery as Alldridge the bowling hero of the first innings fell lbw to Di Bella.

The final score Wanderers all out for 90. They too got a bit of a leg up from the 16 wides RSL bowled.

Will Dowie finished the game with 3/13.

Anthony di Bella and Nigel Lawer finished with two wickets each. Noah Mackenzie was economical with one wicket and one maiden from his five overs, conceding only 13 runs. Duane Lihou bowled well without luck and finished with 0/9 from five overs.

Although a low scoring game there were plenty of twists and turns and the result never quite clear cut until late in the game. A worthy grand final game in which the team that led the charge throughout the season survived to raise the grand final trophy. congratulations RSL and well done to Wanderers on a great season.

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BURGESS CLEANS UP AT SPORTERS Stanthorpe Sporters headed out for their ninehole comepitition on a perfect Sunday morning.

The group played the back nine and organisers were thrilled to see some familiar faces returning and some new faces joining the group for a great round of golf.

Matt Burgess has been playing weeks in recent Saturday competitions and on Sunday carded both the Best Nett round at Sporters with a score of 21 and also the Best Gross of the day - a two over par 38. Obviously, he was not in the running for the packet of chips at the end of the day.

The runner up was decided by a cut of the cards with John Rawlings successful with his nett 24. Barry Jones had the same score but settled for the run down along with Aaron Simmers with nett 26.

The cards fell in favour of Rawlings leaving Jones left to settle for the run down along with Aaron Simmers who returned nett 26.

It was a close contest for the unlucky award for the day, but it was Thorny collected the packet of chips for his day’s out on the course.

He started strongly but was brought undone when some of his putts missed by “just that much” and a couple of high numbers late in round meant he was enjoying Smith’s crisps on his way home. There is no doubt he’ll bounce back next week.

ONLY GOLF CROQUET Following the much-needed rain last week it is no surprise that the early group of Croquet players in Warwick were unable to get on the court.

Conditions improved enough for the Golf group to hit the court following a return to sunny conditions.

The court dried well and there was a pleasing turnout on Thursday (25/3), Following are the results of those games: H Guymer and M Ryan (7) Vs L Treadwell and B Schottelius (6) M Windle and C Ryan (7) Vs H Dooley and D Logan (3) R Dearden and S Stanley-Harris (7) Vs J Mahony and M Cirson (5) S Graham (7) Vs R Luck (3) B Schottelius and J Mahony (7) Vs S Graham and D Logan (6) R Dearden and R Luck (7) Vs L Treadwell and M Windle (6) M Ryan and S Stanley-Harris (7) Vs M Cirson

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· H Guymer (7) Vs C Ryan (5) Ryan and C Ryan (7) Vs L Treadwell and ·M R Luck (6) and R Dearden (7) Vs H Guymer · BandSchottelius M Windle (5) and M Cirson (7) Vs H Dooley and · JSMahony Graham (6) · S Stanley-Harris (7) Vs D Logan (3) TRICKY WIND CONDITIONS CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS Shooters competing from the 600-yard mound on the Risdon range last Sunday had to contend with some difficult conditions. Tricky winds upset many shooters, and some handled the conditions better than others Greg Wilson and Kevin Jones adapted quickly to the variable conditions and recorded good wins in their respective classes.

Results of the 600 yards F Class: F standard Class Greg Wilson (111.3); Eddie Woon (102.3); Ian Gaines (97) F Open Class Kevin Jones (120.8); Richard McKillop (119.7); Neil Sexton (118.6); Murray Reck (117.8); Margaret Taylor (116.4); Dave Taylor (115.4).

This Sunday, April 4 will find shooters at the 300-yard mound. Sign on is at 8.30am ready for a 9.00 am start. It is unlikely that the group will be searching for Easter Eggs, but they will be holding a combined F Class and military rifle shoot. If you require further information, please contact Margaret on (07) 4666 1018.

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NETBALL GOOD TO GO Life is good for Stanthorpe Netballer players at the moment. They is a new season set to commence and their new courts are almost ready for play. The club recently held a sign on day in the Piazza and President, Natalie Vedalago said the club was pleased with the response and interest that has been shown to date and the numbers they already have on their books.

Last weekend Rep trials were held at the Talc Sports Centre and again numbers were excellent as Stanthorpe prepares to have teams playing in the Inter District Rep games this season. This competition gets underway on May 23rd and it will be a welcome return to Rep games for many players.

The Stanthorpe season is set to commence on May 8 with the comepitition to run for 10 weeks before the Quarter, Semi and Grand fi-

nal games. Grand finals set to be played on August 28.

It has been a long and often difficult journey for the Netball Association as they sought funding and support for the upgrade of their facilities. It is wonderful to see it coming to fruition.

You can follow the Association on their Facebook page or contact the Secretary kay Knight on 0411 474 729 if you require further information the Association.

If you do not play but would like to be involved there is always room for more volunteers in an organisation run by volunteers.

BUSY WEEKENDFOR PAIRS The opening rounds of the Summit Bowls Club A and B Mixed Pairs were played last weekend.

In game one on Saturday morning Keith Mungall and Tyler Sweeney (27) defeated Tina Schubert and Steve Tyter 16.

Maree Ball and Tony Schubert had a 25-12 win over opponents Sylean Fairley and Carl Sutherland.

Keith Mungall and Tyler Sweeney played Rocky Thompson and Brian Wilmot in the first semi-final in the afternoon. Keith and Tyler began well and after seven ends held a 9-2 lead. Rocky and Brian rallied and after 10 ends trailed by just one shot, the score 9-8. Keith and Tyter won seven of the next 1o ends to record a comfortable 27-12 win and Keith and Tyler won seven of the next ten ends to win comfortably - 27 shots to 12 to book their place in the final.

John Graham and Jamie Zamprogno played their opening game on Sunday morning against Sharon Watkins and Paul Zamprogno scoring a solid 22-12 win.

The pair moved through to the second semi-final in the afternoon where they played Maree Ball and Tony Schubert.

There was little between the two teams throughout what was a close game. There were some great draw bowls by all four players and as a result neither team let in many shots.

Maree Ball and Tony Schubert secured a narrow 18 -17 win to book their place in the final against Keith Mungall and Tyler Sweeney. The date of the final is yet to be confirmed.

While the early games were being played on Saturday there were also social games in play.

Sharon Watkins, Phil Davis and Paul Zamprogno (22) defeated Maree Ball, Rod Newlands and Carl Sutherland (12) in the Triples game. The three bowl pairs game finished in an 18 all draw between the teams of Attilio Zamprogno and Ray Spiller and Brian Brown and Adrian Jackson.

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ZAMPROGNO WINS MEN’S DISTRICT SINGLES The final of the Men’s District Singles was played last Saturday at Inglewood. Jamie Zamprogno from The Summit played Neville Morris from Texas. The final was one of the more exciting finals played in recent years.

It was a game that neither bowler deserved to lose. After thirty five ends the scores were locked at 24 all. This was the pattern of the game. Jamie would go to a small lead and Neville would even up the scores. After twenty nine ends Jamie led 23 shots to 18. Neville won the next three ends to 23 to 22. Jamie scored a single on the next end to lead 24 to 22. Neville then won the next two ends to level up at 24 all.

Jamie held his nerve on the last end to score a single to win the game.

The score card from this game indicates the skills of both bowlers. Single shots were scored on 25 of the 36 ends. The highest score dropped during the game was one three. This shows that both bowlers were prepared to play draw shots and use shots played with controlled weight. Many bowlers in the district could learn from this. The district congratulates Jamie on his win and Neville on being such a worthy runner up.

MEN’S CANCER AWARENESS CHARITY DRAWS BIG FIELD On Saturday, the Stanthorpe Golf Club had a great field turn out for the end of month medley 4BBB stableford with proceeds for the day donated to the ‘McDonalds Men’s Cancer Awareness Charity’. McDonalds of Stanthorpe were also the generous sponsors of the event.

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Casey O’Connor After a very steady front nine produced 20 [points on the card, the team of Eric Ree and Richard Reardon finished their back nine strongly scoring a four pointer on the 18th hole to finish with a final score of 43 points to secure a win.

The teams of Cal Smith and Tod Beckett and Helen and Keith Jones each finished on 42 points with a countback required to determine the runner up. Smith and Beckett were the were the lucky recipients edging out the mixed team pf Helen and Keith who settled for a spot in the rundown.

John Green and I. Lowrie (41 pts), Trevor Wren and Max Hunter (41 pts), and Scott Constable and Ivan Juriss (40 pts) also collected a ball in the run down.

Scott Constable is never far from the action and on Saturday made the highlight reel with an eagle recorded at the 11th hole. The hole plays as a par five and Scott’s three shots to be in the hole produced four points for his team.

Not to be outdone, playing partner, Ivan Juriss, recorded a birdie the 18th which added another four points to their score. Unfortunately, a couple of one pointers along the way did little to help their cause.

It is planned that by the time players Tee off this weekend the greens will have been scarified, cored, and sanded. It means that putting may be a little suspect for the next few weeks.

Following the recent rain, the greens should recover quickly and be back better than ever.

A special thank you to the volunteers who were on hand to help Green keeper, Bill with this important maintenance work.

Although it is the first Saturday of April play will not be for the April Monthly medal. The Monthly medal event will be played on April 8.

The individual stableford event this weekend is sponsored by club member, Simon Shannon. Fingers crossed Simon can get home from Brisbane to play in his sponsored event.

There is a time sheet is on the board at the club and time slots are filling quickly.

A heads up to all members; following the recent COVID lock down announcement there is the potential for further restrictions to be announced. Please keep your eyes peeled for emails from the Club for any updated information as to what can and can’t happen this weekend.

RSL players race to the centre of the wicket to congratulate Noah Mackenzie after he claimed the wicket of Brendan Barker in the Grand Final.

THURSDAY NIGHT COMP AT WARWICK EAST UNDERWAY The Warwick East Bowls Club held the first night of the new round of Thursday night bowls last week. The winners were Peter, Marg and Lynn Kim, Al and Roger picked up second prize. Night bowls at Warwick East continues tonight with play commencing at 6.30om.

Please contact the club by 6.00 pm to register your intention to play. m.

Matt Shepherd was successful in the final of the B Grade Singles. In the final game he scored a 25-18 win over David Weir to clinch the victory.

Last Saturday the opening games of the A grade singles were played:- R Tate def. A Richie 21-15; S Ford def. P Beaman 21-11, E Diery def.

C Lawler 22-8; P Collis def. P Dipplesman 2118; J Johnson def. S Morris 21-9.

If players are available, the second round will be played this Saturday. There will also be mixed social bowls on Saturday. Play starts at 1.00 pm. Please submit names by 12.30. You can contact the club by calling 4661 9050.

CANCELLATIONS BUT NO COMPAINTS With inches of rain falling early last week it was no great surprise that the midweek Ladies golf fixtures were cancelled but there were no complaints. The Crime Stoppers’ Day rescheduled to be played on April 28.

Once again, the weather forced the cancellation of the Clifton Open Day and a new date is yet to be announced. (Watch this space).

The rain also forced the closure of the Warwick Golf Course until Friday when the club hosted the first Adam Falconer Shield Pennants event of 2021.

The green staff and volunteers did an amaz-

ing job to present the course in such good condition following downpour early in the week.

The heavy grass and no run made conditions difficult, but the visitors had a great day with many convincing wins recorded. As was expected City and Toowoomba are leading the points tally after round one.

Last Saturday (Mar 27), Club President Gary Russell-Sharam sponsored his President’s Day. Twenty women took out cards on what for some was a challenging day at the office.

It seemed the tail end group, while finding the course difficult had the most fun and continued to commiserate with each other on the deck at the end of play. I understand the fancy bar drinks were tested.

Mary Young and the ever-consistent Yvonne Pinington each returned the winning score of 34 points. After the countback Mary was declared the outright winner. Balls in the rundown went to Molly Scotney (30), Helen Olsen (29), Dian Macdonald (28) and the three ladies on (27) using the countback scoring method were Anne Lyons Margaret Adcock and Annice Payne On a tough day for some, the remaining scores were: - V Bennett (27), M Kahler (26), T Bell L Cockram (24), G Mills (23), J Barnes T Ingall (22), M McLennan, K Devereux and J Davis (21), R Darton (20) and M Wright. The ladies wish to thank Garry for the gifts he provided for players.

Last Wednesday (March 31) was the fifth Wednesday in the month and play was sponsored by the Sporters Club who have programmed their annual Rose Bowl and Shield a single stableford, so the ladies played for the Rose Bowl. Keep an eye out for the results in the next edition of Spin.

This weekend’s Easter Saturday is also a single stableford and will be sponsored by Cherry

Tree Coffee & Dining, a favourite place for Warwick golfing ladies to meet.

Wednesday April 7 the ladies will be playing for the RSL sponsored March Mid-Week Medal.

Please note that a COVID Safe Plan is now operating for golf. There is a new Govt QR scanning code in the Pro Shop, inside the Clubhouse, and in both the female and male rest rooms. Please register your attendance just the once each day at any of these points.

Playing conditions re not touching the flags and preferring your ball in bunkers still apply.

Given the unfolding COVID situation please be aware that there could be changes to these conditions at any time.

EXCITING OPENING ROUND OF A SINGLES The opening round of the Warwick Bowls club Championship A Singles was played last Saturday with the following results. Russell Bean defeated Max Balfour 25-12, (Marker, Max Holder) in a game that despite the deceptive score line was well fought over the 25 ends. Phil Wagner had a narrow 25-23 win in his game against Brian Black, (Marker, Trevor Wright). Brian led this game until the16th where the scores were tied at 13 all. Phil held a three shot at the next end and in an exciting game that could have gone either way, hung on to win by two points after 30 ends. John Ruhle had a comfortable 25-6 win in his game against Hewan Gibson, (Marker, Richard Tartan). Both bowlers played some excellent bowls however John proved too strong over the 19 ends.

After 22 ends, Jim Rickard defeated Ossie McPaul 25-12, (Marker, Craig Thurgate.)

Round Two of the Championship A Singles will be played on Saturday April 10. The Call

-up is: -. T Wright v D Christensen; R Tartan v R Bean; M Holder v J Rickard; J Ruhle v P. Wagner.

The results of this week’s Wednesday’s night bowls (March 31) sponsored by Dawn McLennan and Trish Owens, will be published in the next edition of Spin.

COMING EVENTS FOR APRIL (full Calendar not currently available): Tue April 6: Monthly Triples; Friday Apr 9: Night Bowls with BBQ supper. Bowls are available for Barefoot Bowls so come along and try your hand at Lawn Bowls. Visitors are always made very welcome.

Sat Apr 10: Round Two Championship A Singles, and Social bowls.

If you wish to play Saturday Social Bowls, please nominate by submitting names from 12 midday to 12.30 for play at 1.00 p.m., or alternatively place your names on the Notice Board.

If you wish to play Night Bowls nominations are required to be in between 5.00 to 5.30 p.m. for play at 6.00 p.m. or names on the Notice Board. Call the Warwick Bowls Club on 46611516 between times mentioned or leave a message.

BOWLS OFF - CAUSE FOR SINGING AND DANCING Last week there was almost “Singing and Dancing in the Rain” at the Stanthorpe Bowls club. When news broke that midweek bowls were cancelled last Wednesday (Mar 24) bowlers were over the moon because Storm Kind Dam had filled, and water was flowing over the dam spillway.

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Celebrations all round for RSL after keeper Rohan Brady successfully ran out John Halford bring RSL one Step closer to the Premiership title.

From page 37 Bowlers had settled by Saturday and returned to the green for three games of three bowl triples. Gordon Gallaway, Ray Rankin, and Gary Trevena had a comfortable 20-11 win over the team of G Gallaway, Peter Smith and Wendy Hurnall 20-11.

The second game was a much closer match.

Val White Jack Bell and Frank Gallo just outpointed Helen Jones Ernie Jones and David Rose. The final score in what was a close game throughout was17-14.

Cec Russell Robyn Rose and Mark Wicks showed all of their skill outclassing George Fischer Dot Rankin and Brian Brown 31-8.

The draw for the A grade Men’s singles has been finalised so kept an eye out for the results in the near future.

A reminder that the Stanthorpe Bowls Club annual Fours carnival is on in early April so there is not much time left to register teams.

If you are planning to nominate please contact Frank Gallo on 0412 820 905 the club wishes to thank sponsors Steven and Michael Torrisi of MWF Plumbing for their ongoing support and sponsorship.

A GALA DAY AT SOUTEHRN CROSS The Ladies from the Southern Cross Bowls Club hosted their P&M Gala Day last week. My spies report that by all accounts it was an excellent day with great weather providing some fantastic action on and off the green.

Visiting bowlers from Tannymorel, Urbenville, Warwick East, Southern Downs District Ladies Bowling Association, Goondiwindi, and Warwick joined four teams from the Southern Cross swelling the comepitition to 10 teams.

There were smiles all round from the Southern Cross crew at the end of the day. June McKelvie, Barry Heffernan, and Cheryl Wickham played some excellent bowls, and their fine form ensured a home club win. Another Southern Cross team, Marlene Hall, Val Gray and Linda Hartley also played well to claim the runners up spot. The club wishes to thank all the players, volunteers, and organisers for making this such a successful and enjoyable day.

The final of the Ladies B Grade has been decided with honours going to Cate Gardner who defeated Julie Foster in the final.

Last Saturday the Social bowlers were joined by a large group of barefoot bowlers celebrating Bianca McMahon’s birthday. The group looked great decked out in their nostalgic whites. In fact, I am told they would look pretty good in a 38 TODAY Thursday, 1 April, 2021

remake of the film Crackerjack.

A big thank you Cheryl and Linda for the food preparation and to Allan who had a solid workout behind the bar. *Free Beer* Today, Thursday April 1, Social Mixed April Fool’s Day Bowls with a 1.00pm start. Everyone including beginners are welcome. Please note the monthly Ladies Committee Meeting will be held next week. If you have any inquiries, please contact to Cheryl.

A reminder that the Club Mixed Triples draw (out of the hat) is now on the notice board. There are some interesting combinations with play on Saturday April 17 and 24.

Please contact Clark ph. 0427 673 277 if you have any queries.

This Easter, those that have not consumed too many chocolates can hop into Social Mixed Bowls at 1pm Saturday April 3. Everyone including barefoot bunnies are invited to join the fun. Further information is available from Clark, again call 0427 673 277.

Date Claimer: - Saturday April 10 at 1.00pm Social Mixed Bowls will include a send-off for Noel Fletcher, long time bowler and currently Men’s Club Patron. Noel is moving to Toowoomba and everyone is welcome to come and raise a glass.

For barefoot bowls, social and competition bowls, functions and bar, don’t go past the Southern Cross Bowls Club Inc. located opposite St Mary’s Church in Warwick. Follow the club on their Facebook page or and on Facebook or contact Secretary, Cheryl on 0407 641 158.

ELLYSE AND THE GIRLS ARE BACK The Australian Women’s Cricket season opened their tour of New Zealand with a win that highlighted their depth in the first of the T20 games.

All eyes were on Ellyse Perry on Sunday making her return to the international arena after being sidelined for more than a with a hamstring injury.

With some other big names showing they needed this game to blow out a few cobwebs it was another Australian all-rounder who stole the show at Seddon Park.

An unbeaten 73 by Ash Gardner steered a rusty Australia to a six-wicket comeback win.

The World champions were playing their first international series in six months after emerging just 24 hours earlier from a two-week quarantine in Christchurch - and it showed during a nightmare start to their run chase.

Australia showed just why they haven’t lost a T20 series since late 2017 by regrouping to cruise to 4-133 with 12 balls to spare thanks to Gardner’s 48-ball knock.

Captain Meg Lanning saluted her team’s fightback but admitted there was plenty of room for improvement ahead of Tuesday’s second T20 in Napier.

“I think we are a little bit rusty,” she said.

Australia announced they will unleash 18-year-old quick bowler Darcie Brown in game two. The impressive young quick presented her cap by fellow South Australian Megan Schutt ahead of the toss on Tuesday. Interesting times ahead for this super talented team.

WASH UP ROUND THREE NRL By the end of Round three of the NRL I doubt there was a side that did not suffer the Injury curse of the NRL Gods. They seemed to be hell bent on turning the chooks into feather dusters this season however it will pay to remember that others have tried and failed.

It was undoubtedly a round full of unfortunate injuries, with some of the biggest names in the NRL gone for the season or a good part of it.

Luke Keary, Mitchell Moses, and Ben Hunt all suffered injuries in their respective matches. Keary one we will not see for the remainder of the season after tearing his ACL against South Sydney. the flow - Titans unsure amid COVID chaos Todd Payten and Trent Barrett must be under immense pressure after the Cowboys and Bulldogs have failed to fire under their new coaching regimes.

Round three came at a huge cost to most clubs with a staggering 21 players injured throughout the weekend, with debate over an 18th man coming to the fore.

Cronulla were forced to play the entire second half without any substitutes, while the Raiders were left with only 14 players for 68 minutes.

Of the 21 players that went down over the weekend, eight suffered concussion.

If you went into this season thinking the Panthers were not going to be a force to be reckoned with then it is time for a quick reassessment of the facts. The Panthers have shown this early in the season that they are built for any ready for any type of adversity.

You do not see too many teams take down the Melbourne Storm, the reigning Premiers without not one but two of their most influen-

tial players. That’s what Penrith on Thursday night. Melbourne to back-to back defeats for the first time since August 2018 and getting a bit if a reality check to go with it.

The loss of Nathan Cleary to a concussion during the week , which compounded Api Koroisau’s long-term absence with a broken hand, gave the Panthers with the opportunity to show what kind of team they really are and they did that in spades.

Ivan Cleary’s side are now 3-0 to start the year and they should add to that tally this weekend.

The Bunnies continue to press premiership claims after a dominate performance against the Roosters.

Against his old side the sometimes on sometimes off, Latrell Mitchell was electric at the back, out-pointing James Tedesco and setting up two of the Rabbitohs tries.

The 2021 premiership race is not going to be all about Melbourne and the Panthers.

Newcastle inconsistencies came back to bite them again. It has been their weakness for the last couple of years, and a home loss to a struggling Wests Tigers poses more questions than answers. After a promising season start they fell off their horse in Mitchell Pearce’s 300th game. If they want to be a serious premiership contender, they cannot afford these losses.

Brisbane Broncos fans finally had something to smile about but they should not be getting to carried away. It is going to be a long season for the remaining Bulldog fans.

The Titans are the beacon of hope in Queensland and did we ever think that would happen.

Holbrook has his team firing and they look to be a close unit. Thank goodness for small mercies.

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Helen Harm Kylie Jenner & Karla Domjahn

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Friday 2nd April

O’Dempsey Transport

Titans Dragons Roosters Eels

www.actionmetal.com.au

Fixture Sea Eagles vs Panthers

Nick O’Dempsey

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Thursday 1st to Monday 5th April

Storm vs Broncos

TEAMS PANTHERS EELS ROOSTER TITANS DRAGONS RAIDERS RABBITOHS KNIGHTS WARRIORS BRONCOS STORM SHARKS WESTS TIGERS COWBOYS BULLDOGS SEA EAGLES

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Thursday 1st April

Raiders Knights Roosters Eels

Titans Dragons Roosters Eels

Panthers Rabbitohs Storm Cowboys

ROUND 4

Greenridge Group www.greenridgegroup.com.au

Panthers Rabbitohs Storm Sharks

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Phone: 0408 457 496

Feature Matchups: 3 points for a win and 2 points for a draw

Roger O’Brien

Panthers Rabbitohs Storm Sharks

Total

Ballandean Tavern

Laney’s Garages & Patios MATE

Naomi Day

PANTHERS RABBITOHS STORM SHARKS

RAIDERS KNIGHTS ROOSTERS EELS

Phone: 4684 1044 ballandeantavern.com.au

MATE

PANTHERS RABBITOHS STORM SHARKS

TITANS DRAGONS ROOSTERS EELS

Rob Laney

Phone: 4661 5968 73 Law Road, Warwick

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2018 MAHINDRA SINGLE CAB

2019 KIA SORENTO GT

2018 KIA CARNIVAL

2016 TOYOTA COROLLA ASCENT SPORT

2015 MITSUBISHI ASX XLS 4WD

SOLD • 15900kms only • Diesel • Alloy Tray

DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY

$20,999

2010 MAZDA BT-50 BOSS B3000 FREESTYLE

• Like New

$49,999

DRIVE AWAY

$16,999

• Auto

$18,999

• Auto

• Like New

$29,999

2019 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE CROSS EXCEED AWD

• 85000kms Only!

DRIVE AWAY

• 8 Seats • Diesel • 51000kms

2019 SUBARU LIBERTY 2.5I 2015 HOLDEN CAPTIVE 7 LS

DRIVE AWAY

2019 MITSUBSHI ASX

DRIVE AWAY

$42,999

$19,999

$57,999

• 19500kms

• Auto • 73,000kms only

• Auto

2018 MITSUBISHI TRITON GLS DUAL CAB

DRIVE AWAY

2014 MITSUBSHI OUTLANDER

2018 KIA CERATO S

$24,999

• Diesel • Auto

2020 MITSUBISHI PAJERO GLS

DRIVE AWAY • 39000kms only

DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY • All the extras • 30000kms only

2019 MITSUBISHI PAJERO SPORT 4X4

• 50000kms only

$44,999

2016 SUBARU OUTBACK 2.5I

• 48000kms only

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DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY

$26,999

$39,999

$19,999

$18,999

$41,999

$27,999

2016 HONDA HR-V

2017 SUBARU OUTBACK PREMIUM

2012 HONDA JAZZ

2015 HONDA JAZZ

• Auto • Only 26000kms

• Only 39500kms

2017 FORD RANGER XL SUPER CAB 4X4

• Only 46,000kms!!!

• Auto • BE QUICK!

• 70,000kms Only!

• 43000kms only

2016 KIA RIO

• Auto • 37000kms only

DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY

$23,999

$36,999

$39,999

$14,999

$15,999

$15,999

2013 KIA CARNIVAL S PEOPLE MOVER

2017 HONDA CIVIC VTI-S

• Auto • 8 Seater • Log books • Rear A/C

• Auto • 37,300kms only

2017 MITSUBISHI LANCER BLACK EDITION

• 41000kms only

2005 TOYOTA ECHO

• Auto • 78,500kms only!

2020 MITSUBISHI PAJERO SPORT EXCEED

• Tow Bar • 11500kms only

2015 FORD ECOSPORT TREND

• Auto

DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY

DRIVE AWAY

$16,999

$29,999

$19,999

$9,999

$57,999

$13,999

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