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Talking POINTS

UNTAPPED TREASURE!

with BOB HOLLAND

One of the talking points this week has been the pay rise for Councillors. Our Councillors are divided over whether to accept the rise or not given the current financial climate. One point worth noting in the debate is that the rise came after a tribunal upgraded Orange Council’s rating, which in turn meant that our Mayor and Councillors are entitled to higher remuneration. To be fair, they didn’t just vote themselves a pay rise.

Something else that came out of last Tuesday’s Extra-ordinary Meeting was questions about Council spending $500,000 of taxpayer’s money to evaluate Mount Canobolas as a site for mountain bike activities. One of the main concerns being that Mount Canobolas is not in the Orange Council area. That should be interesting!

A couple of Councillors at Tuesday’s meeting didn’t do themselves any favours with throw away comments like “too many gutless Councillors” and “go on, get it off your chest.” Very disrespectful and unwarranted in my view.

Mt Canobolas is a unique geographical phenomenon that Orange’s whole tourism industry should be “hooked” around, a life-time local and awardwinning photographer believes.

Others including Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd agree, saying that the split responsibility for the subalpine mount and slopes between Orange and Cabonne Councils and the National Parks and Wildlife Service

has seen this landmark neglected for too long.

“Orange needs something to hang its hat on. It’s there, let’s use it,” local identity John “Kichy” Kich said. “It’s special, it’s the highest point at this latitude between Sydney and South Africa,” he added. n Turn to page 2–3 for our special on the Mount. nS ee page 8–9 for John Kich’s photo essay on our greatest natural feature.

Curing the need for quality meats The art of cured meats including freshly-made salami, prosciuttos and cabanossis are now delighting local palates. Orange’s own Stefan Birmili (pictured) is looking to produce these in the district, if he can only find the right location. Go to page 5 for full story.

More news from Council that I am interested in is Council deciding to give away $50,000 worth of Shop Orange Gift Cards to help local businesses, and another $50,000 to help sporting clubs.

I’m really interested to understand more about how that all works and how they came up with such a strategy. The Shop Orange Gift Card concept has always been anything but successful, but sadly we seem stuck with it.

I’m still very interested in getting a discussion going about a Community Project involving the Botanic Gardens.

On that, it’s a pretty simple and straightforward concept, one that will greatly benefit the gardens and Orange overall, so I’m keen to hear from one or more of our service clubs who might be interested in driving such a project with our help. You can read more about this in this week’s Orange City Life.

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COULD THIS BE OUR VERY

n Fire and ice, Mt Canobolas clouded in smoke from the recent fires that devastated large parts of the Mount, and (pic on page 3) with a light dusting of snow that can last for weeks at time on its 1400 metre peaks.

MT CANOBOLAS IS A “SPECIAL” UNTAPPED NATURAL TREASURE

by DAVID DIXON

Mt Canobolas is a unique geographical phenomenon that Orange’s whole tourism industry should be centred around, a life-time local and award-winning photographer believes.

Others including Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd agree, saying that the split responsibility for the sub-alpine mount and slopes between Orange and Cabonne Councils and the National Parks and Wildlife Service has seen the landmark neglected for too long.

“Orange needs something to hang its hat on. It’s there, let’s use it,” local identity John “Kichy” Kich said. “It’s special, it’s the highest point at this latitude between Sydney and South Africa,” he added.

He says that little has been done on the Mount as far as the facilities are concerned since an unemployment work scheme nearly 50 years ago. “All the block work was done in the 1970s under the RED scheme.

“I mean for one, the surface on the summit is not pedestrian-friendly, nor wheelchair or disabled friendly.

You’ve got two roads, one sealed and one unsealed, why can’t both he sealed?” he asked.

He believes that the Mount area needs a joint authority similar to the Canobolas Trust that ran the area in the 1970s. “You’ve got this great natural feature that has great Aboriginal and botanical significance, and nothing gets done,” he said.

He said that, far from being upgraded, toilet block facilities were recently being dismantled at the base of the Mount

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with weeds including invasive ivy growing rampant on the lower slopes.

With many of our cool climate vineyards located on the rich soils of the lower slopes of the extinct volcano, The Mount should be the perfect accompaniment for those doing wine and food tours.

“Those who visit these local wineries, all want to go to Canobolas, but when they get there, there’s no facilities.”

The views from both lookouts are obscured by trees, he says, and there is even limited seating available at the summit.

He said that, with some political will, the area could have the same national name recognition as other local tourism attractions. “It could be our Mount Panorama; it doesn’t have to be a five-star resort. Just to be able to drive up there without wrecking your car, would be a start,” he said.

“It doesn’t have to be something over the top, but just something,” he added.

Cr Kidd agrees that more needs to be done with Mt Canobolas and is not letting the grass grow under his feet meeting soon with senior National Parks and Cabonne and Blayney representatives onsite.

“It’s pretty bloody obvious it’s not being properly maintained,” Cr Kidd said.

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OWN MT. PANORAMA and it’s overrun with blackberries and serrated tussock and ivies.

“Locking up the environment is not helping anybody… I believe if it had adequate resources, that would actually enhance its natural diversity,” he believes.

EXTINCT VOLCANO WITH UNIQUE TOPOGRAPHY, FLORA, AND FAUNA

He said that improving the trails, Council’s restoration and enhancement program at Lake Canobolas, and developing a mountain bike trail, will all enhance its tourism potential.

Cabonne Mayor, Councillor Kevin Beatty: Mt Canobolas “an untapped treasure”.

“The signage is old and falling down and the trails that exist are barely fit to use,” he added.

“I went to Federal Falls over the Long Weekend with my grandkids and it needs a lot of maintenance work; the blackberries have taken-off and other weeds are everywhere,” he said.

The proposed future of the Mount as a tourist draw is the subject of a series of online and real-time meetings between the Mayor with State Environment Minister Matt Kean and senior National Parks staff and he wants some solid assurances on the future of the area.

Cabonne Mayor, Kevin Beatty also described Mt Canobolas as “an untapped treasure” and is positive about plans for its future. “We’re working together to come up with some ideas to make it an attractive location.

“It obviously needs some work up there, there are heavy infestations of blackberries and the infrastructure is well and truly dated,” Cr Beatty said.

Suggestions for developing the Mount from other locals include a chairlift, café, or a restaurant at the top to utilise the sites 360-degree views of the Central Tablelands.

“What we have is a unique natural feature with amazing natural beauty; it’s the highest mount due west between here and Cape Town,” Cr Kidd enthused.

The mountain complex is a spur of the Great Dividing Range with an elevation of nearly 1400 metres making it easily the highest mountain in the region. It is situated 13 kilometres south-west of Orange and is administered by the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service as a 15-square-kilometre State Conservation Area.

The northern slopes of the mountain, with fertile volcanic soil, are a popular cold-climate wine producing area and a very productive apple and stonefruit orchard growing area.

The name for the Mount comes from two Aboriginal words, “Gaahna Bula” meaning “two shoulders” which refers to the summits of “Old Man” Mount Canobolas and “Young Man” Canobolas.

“Mt Canobolas is one of the most iconic things in the region… the way to the Mount was the most asked question at Tourist Information over the Long Weekend,” he added.

He envisages a partnership between Orange and Cabonne Councils with National Parks, and possibly Blayney Council also, to finally allow the landmark to fulfil it’s potential.

He said calls by environmentalists to further lock-up the site are counterproductive. “It’s got pig problems, its got fox and feral cat problems,

Mount Canobolas is an extinct volcanic complex that was active between 13–11 million years ago.

“Orange needs something to hang its hat on. It’s there, let’s use it,” local identity John “Kichy” Kich believes.

There is a 360-degree view from the summit which is snow-capped for large periods in a typical winter. The mountain offers various walks: to Bald Hill; to Young Man Canobolas; Federal Falls to Mount Towac, and other locations. The volcanic peaks give wide views and there are some attractive waterfalls.

Due to its unhindered 360 degree line-of-sight elevation across large areas of the Central Tablelands, the top of the mountain is now dominated by numerous transmission towers used for communications, radio and television transmissions, for airservices, and for the RAAF. The contemporary landscape of Mount Canobolas exhibits erosional features dominated by several remnant peaks. Additional volcanic features are present within the zone of volcanic influence, including vents, dykes, peaks, domes, and plugs.

The mountain’s geologic history has yielded a variety of landforms which provide a range of environmental

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habitats, and notably rocky outcrops harbouring rare species of lichens. There are cliff features with waterfalls, such as the popular recreation locality, Federal Falls.

Mount Canobolas was listed on the Register of the National Estate because of its geological significance.

Mount Canobolas is significant to the indigenous Wiradjuri people of the area. On the peak and nearby, there are several significant sites including rock carvings, an axe-grinding site, and campsites.

Because of its geologically-unique altitude, the Mount acts as a giant “ark” for animal and plant species, many of which are unknown or rare outside of its confines. Twenty-nine native mammal species have been recorded, five of which are threatened species. Commonly-found mammals include six species of gliders and possums, two species of marsupial mice, four macropods (kangaroos and wallaby), the short-beaked echidna, and the bare-nosed wombat.

Five species that have geographic range limits to the area include the eastern bent-wing bat, the greater glider, and the yellow-bellied glider.

Indicative of the richness of the habitat is the diversity of 11 microbats recorded on the mountain, including three threatened species.

However, nine separate exotic mammal species also have been recorded, threatening the native wildlife in the area with both predation and competition. These include wild dogs, feral goats, brumbies, mice, feral pigs, wild rabbits the red fox, wild red deer, and the ship rat.

Lake Canobolas is a 450-megalitre reservoir located at the eastern edge of the Mt Canobolas area which, between 1918 and 1957, supplied the town’s drinking water. It is currently being re-developed by Orange Council for recreational purposes and as a major tourism draw for the city.

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FISHING’S BACK ON

FOR YOUNG AND OLD AFTER COUNCIL’S WETLANDS DEBATE

n Deputy Mayor, Councillor, Sam Romano (inset).

Ploughmans Valley Wetlands “should have been always opened for fishing and fishing was always allowed there.”

Green overreach threatening the simple, timeless pleasure of casting a line at the Ploughmans Valley Wetlands was soundly defeated at Orange City Council recently, Deputy Mayor, Councillor, Sam Romano believes.

What’s more, the meeting heard that recreational fishing was specificallyendorsed under Council’s own management plan for the restored wetland, he added.

“This was simply another attempt to deny local children the outdoor fun of fishing,” Cr Romano said of the recent rescission motion to try to ban fishing in the water-harvesting catchment area.

“It’s done and dusted, finished. The right decision was made in the end,” he said.

He said that the push to ban fishing at the location was driven by a small group of activists who are “trying to stop people

enjoying themselves.”

He said that an examination of the management plan for the waterway found that not only was fishing allowed, but a range of other activities were also referenced.

“We looked into it, and further in the management plan, it mentioned, that not only was fishing allowed, but it said that it should be stocked with fingerlings and that people can enter the waterway with nonmotorised boats… you can use that water for a range of recreations,” he added.

“The truth is, that it should have been always

COURT HOUSE REBUILD DEFYING WINTRY CLIME Wet and cold weather hasn’t slowed the pace of construction work at Orange Court House with a giant crane recently towering over the construction site negotiating crossbeams in place on the rebuild that is now nearing completion.

The coronavirus pandemic lockdown of much of the State’s justice system provided the perfect opportunity for major building renovations being carried out to improve security and disabled access at the facility.

Frontage on Byng St was demolished with court officials and attendees utilising the Lords Place entrance via the imposing 140-year-old original courthouse to access proceedings and other NSW

Department of Justice legal services.

“We’re re-building the entry for security and disabled access. There’ll be one-way in and one-way out,” Site Manager, Harley Reynolds from contractors Dubbo-based David Payne Constructions explained.

The new access points are in-line with current upgrading for all court houses in NSW that will also incorporate body and bag scanners for security.

While the site doesn’t have the same heritage issues as similar refurbishments at the largely-original Bathurst Court House, any exterior changes must be in harmony with Colonial Government Architect James Barnet’s design completed in 1883.

“We should have it done by the end of next month,” Mr Reynolds added. “We’re cold, but still going,” he smiled, shivering in the five-degree overcast weather.

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opened for fishing and fishing was always allowed there,” he concluded.

It was also revealed, in a slight irony, that estimates indicated that the Wetlands was stocked with relatively few fish at this time.

As the old angler once said: “that is why they call it ‘fishing’ and not ‘catching!'”

POSTSCRIPT: Last week’s “Newswatch” article on councillors views on the delay to local government elections in NSW, incorrectly stated that Cr Joanne McRae was the Deputy Mayor, Cr Romano is in fact the current Deputy Mayor.

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...He sees these meats being the perfect accompaniment for wine-tasting at local vineyards producing the cool climate vintages for which Orange is now famous. ..

CURING THE NEED FOR QUALITY WITH LOCAL PRESERVED MEATS

Art of cured meats was a craft unknown to Australians for decades with freshly-made salami, prosciuttos and cabanossis only in recent years delighting local palates.

Orange’s own Stefan Birmili — from hand-crafted artisan meats outlet “Cured” is now looking to produce these specialties here, if he can only find the right location.

“It’s what I do,” he says simply of his “Charcuterie” craft handed down from farm families in Stuttgart in southern Germany from where he migrated when he was 10.

“I own a German butchery in Sydney…

‘Rudi’s’ at Kirrawee. I’m a smallgoods maker by trade,” he explained. “I still run that, and we make most of our products there,” he added.

Red-tape though is the bane of the industry with Australia demanding the highest imaginable world standards for the production of uncooked preserved meats.

“It’s really difficult to do commercially… it is over-regulated and so hard to get the licence. And then when you do, if you change one spice, or the amount of one ingredient, you have to go back and get it all approved again,” he said.

“It takes all the ad-lib, spontaneity out of

the craft,” he added.

Undeterred by the dead-hand of bureaucracy, Stefan is determined to establish a small operation in the Central Tablelands; but is not looking to take on the big guys.

“I am looking at a small production space,” he explained. “Small batches of one-off meats each with a distinct quality.”

To ensure perfect quality control, he is looking at an advanced production system which simulates the natural environment for temperature and humidity of the traditional methods within a sealed unit.

Vertically integrating all production will also benefit local producers with the meat to be sourced locally. “I want to deal directly with a farmer in Orange with the meat processed locally in either Canowindra or Cowra (local abattoirs).

“From there, I will tie-in the whole process in to ensure quality control,” he added.

He sees these meats being the perfect accompaniment for wine-tasting at local

vineyards producing the cool climate vintages for which Orange is now famous.

“We’d be using the very best cuts and our product would only be available from very select wineries in one-off batches,” he explains.

Next phase of his venture is to find a local land-holder prepared to host his facility: “We’re looking for a space, it’s got to be nominal rent where we can build from scratch,” he said.

“A local winery prepared to say, ‘there’s a bit of land’ would be perfect. As far as committing to a site, we will see what opportunities present themselves.”

The “buy local, support local” push inadvertently created by the coronavirus pandemic saw his business get busier as people looked to high-quality products that they could trust.

“People will buy your product if you can guarantee traceability, if they know what you’re using. It’s the same with a salami, it is so natural. Meat, salt and pepper (with a starter culture and preservatives) is all it essentially is,” Stefan concluded.

KEEPING CITY TRIM AND TIDY It’s the work that never ends, raking-up the leaves from around Orange’s hundreds of deciduous trees as winter sets in. Outside Council Chambers on Byng St recently, Mick Brown and Phil Tiefel get to grips with tidying-up around a fiery-leafed Taxodium distichum (bald cypress), a species whose domesticated varieties are often used in public spaces in the south-eastern United States where it is native.

n Testing; downloading the COVID-19 app; and social distancing key; the key to avoiding second wave of coronavirus, local Federal Member, Andrew Gee believes.

TESTING AND TECHNOLOGY SAVES SECOND WAVE, GEE The key to avoiding a second wave of coronavirus and going into further restrictions and lockdowns like Victoria is currently undergoing, is testing; downloading the COVID-19 app; and social distancing, local Federal Member, Andrew Gee believes.

“It’s absolutely vital that, if you have those flu-like symptoms that could mean COVID-19, you stay away from school or work and go and get tested,” he said.

“I was sceptical about the app when it first came out – who wants the government looking over your shoulder, right?

“However, I think there are now enough safeguards in place to make it okay. And let’s face it, if you come into contact with someone with COVID-19, wouldn’t you or your family like to know so you can help stop it spreading?”

If new outbreaks or a second wave occurs in the major cities, he says — a far more likely scenario than a major outbreak in the regions — governments should introduce the concept of “regional bubbles” where people in country areas have fewer restrictions than people in the larger cities like Sydney which are more denselypopulated and where infection rates have been higher.

“If there is a second wave in Sydney, we could extend this concept to include ‘regional travel bubbles’ where people would still be free to travel in between regions, but just not to the big city.

“Hopefully, if we all remain vigilant and don’t drop our guard, there won’t be a second wave,” he concluded.

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GUILDRY’S UNIQUE ARTS AND CRAFTS BACK ON FROM WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 Missing those home-made cakes and choc-coated lolly-snakes for the past three months?

Well it’s time to rejoice and head back down to Cook Park

Bastick father and son tended Park for 90 years In 1882, Orange Municipal Council officially bestowed the name “Cook” on the nascent park in honour of English mariner, Captain James Cook. The Sunken Garden and duck ponds occupy some of the former swamp area which was built-up over the years.

Bastick Cottage is almost as old as the Park itself having been built in 1887 for a dedicated Park Caretaker-Gardener with Jim Bastick and his son, Jim Jnr, tending to the park for a total of 90-years.

In recognition of this long service, Orange City Council named the historic building, “Bastick Cottage.”

The Park Guildry has been hosted in the cottage for more than 40 years after it became vacant in 1973 and Council decided to offer the use of the cottage to various arts and crafts groups in the district to promote their work.

A Committee was formed to manage the cottage and it was decided to call the new venture “Park Guildry” meaning the union of men and women in a trade or craft keeping a highstandard of work.

Shut for the first time in its 43-year history, Orange’s famous Park Guildry is re-opening on Wednesday, July 1.

“The shutdown was the right way to deal with the coronavirus, a lot of our members are older people and it was a bit of a worry for them,” Committee Member Barbara Baker said.

“We’ll be opening with plenty of new knitwear craft, home-crafted toys, jams, cooking, and babywear.” In other words, just like it was before the big lockdown.

“We have over 60 members creating a whole range of goods, all of it original and handcrafted,” Ms Baker explained.

The beloved Orange institution works on a cooperative basis with the members’ original arts, crafts and cooking retailed with a commission going to the Guildry for costs and maintenance. Members can work-off a proportion of their commission through staffing the facility normally open from 10–4pm.

live alone particularly missed the sociability and camaraderie that volunteering at the Guildry offered: “It’s the social thing, a lot of our members are on their own, and working here offered them a day to come in and talk to other members,” Ms Baker said.

Closing during the big Statewide lockdown from March 23, the Guildry entered a period of uncertainty that was felt not just in Orange but around Australia: “It was hard. They told us there was light at the end of the tunnel, but they didn’t tell us where the tunnel ended!” Ms Baker said.

Many though were not idle during the big shutdown and used the time to hone their arts and crafts. This society-wide phenomenon was recorded in record sales of yarning wool and cooking products as homebound people rediscovered the pleasure of hand-made arts and crafts.

Many of their members who are elderly and

“It’s given a few of our members a chance

n Back on deck from Wednesday, July 1, Orange’s Cook Park Guildry Committee.

to catch-up on their craft ware; some really enjoyed, and it means we can now bring some new lines in,” Ms Baker explained.

As well as new crafts on offer, there will be some post-pandemic changes at the 137-year-old facility. “There’ll be extra cleaning and social distancing and what we can to help,” another Committee Member, Jenni Solling added.

Asked whether the Guildry had now survived the worst of the long shutdown, Matthew Neilsen, said: “from here on, we hope we have.”

Hopping online to support local music scene revival Few local industries have been harder-hit than the live music scene in Orange Due to the unique, largely-casual basis of live performing — musicians invented the “gig economy” — most have been unable to access JobKeeper and other financial support initiatives designed to tide workers over the coronavirus.

Orange Council has heeded the cry from local performers and venues and have put their hand-up for the city to host one of a series of COVID-free gigs supported by the State Government, Destination NSW, and the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

And for local professional musician, Andrew French-Northam, it’s none too soon. “I lost $12,000 worth of work in two weeks; the industry is up to a loss of $340 million so far,” he said.

A jazz and rhythm and blues aficionado who also teaches music at local conservatoriums, he said the three-month lockdown has been devastating for the local music scene.

Local venue “Blind Pig” owner John Vandenberg agreed saying that, while the initial lockdown was justified, venues who were able to scan patrons for possible infection should have been able to open sooner.

“If people were tested, then they could be safe and then you don’t need to worry about the four-metre rule. Our place would be packed-out,” he said.

But if Council is able to land one of the new events to kick-start live performing again, Council believes our music industry might be on the road to recovery.

The Great Southern Lights festival is promising Australian artists including Amy Shark, Jimmy Barnes, Tash Sultana, Tones & I, The Veronicas, and many more for the festival series.

The festival will see 1000 COVID-safe gigs in Sydney and regional NSW in November 2020, designed to give artists and local

live music venues a much-needed boost following the impact of the global pandemic that turned the entertainment industry on its head.

Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said that now is the time when we all need to show our support for local performers.

“In order to get Orange on the map and go

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into the running to host one of these gigs, we need the community, local artists, and live music venues to get behind this cause,” Cr Kidd said.

“It’s as simple as jumping online and registering your name, selecting if you are a ‘music lover,’ ‘artist,’ or ‘venue’ and you’re done. It’s that simple.”

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AMANDA SPALDING with Bob Holland

BOB: Amanda, I watched the Extraordinary Council Meeting last Tuesday where the 2020-21 budget was discussed and eventually approved. Again, I found myself a bit bewildered by what went on and the way Councillors conducted themselves, I felt it was just another embarrassing shambles. As a more experienced Council watcher than me, can you explain what happened please?

AMANDA: I am enjoying the Zoom meetings as you can see facial expressions. I’ve always had a problem with keeping a straight face and not expressing exactly what I’m thinking, so congratulations to those Councillors and senior staff who do achieve a poker face!

I don’t quite understand why the Extraordinary Council Meeting was chaired by Councillor Jeff Whitton. I know he is Chair of the Finance Committee, but I don’t recall Councillor Joanne McRae chairing the budget meeting when she was Chair of Finance. I am not impressed with Councillor Whitton’s chairing as the meeting was shambolic and he appeared to bully some Councillors and a couple of new items were added to the recommendations with no discussion or debate. One of them was from Councillor Duffy about the bats in Cook Park and it is not clear what was agreed.

Should Councillors take a pay rise?

A large part of the meeting was taken up with whether or not the recommendation for the Councillors to give themselves a pay increase was going to be part of the decision.

Orange City Council is frequently late in making its Council meeting business papers available to the public, and presumably Councillors. For a Council meeting on Tuesday night the papers should be made public on the previous Thursday evening. On this occasion the business papers were published on the website late on Monday morning and I don’t know when the late papers were added!

The NSW Government allowed Councils an extra month to approve their budgets this year because of COVID-19.

Orange City Councillors gave themselves 3 extra weeks to develop the budget but gave the community no extra time for engagement and comments. This did result in them being hoist by their own petard as the Local Government Remuneration Tribunal made its annual report on 10th June instead of the usual ‘before 1st May’ requirement. Clearly the late addition of a recommendation to increase Councillor salaries by 18% for the Mayor and 8% for Councillors made a number of Councillors uncomfortable that a 10% overall increase had not been part of the community consultation despite the spin that was put on the issue in the report to Council.

GOSLING CREEK IS CHANGING T H E FA C E O F AG ED CA R E

What the report said was: ‘Councillor Allowance The Local Government Remuneration Tribunal recently reclassified Orange City Council from a Regional Rural Council to a Regional Centre. A consequence was that the maximum allowance for Councillors increased from $20,280 to $24,320 and the maximum Mayoral allowance increased from $44,250 to $60,080. This reflects the role of a Regional Centre Councillor. It is recommended that the Councillor allowance be set at $21,888 and the Mayoral Allowance be set at $54,072 for 2020/21, being 10% below the maximum allowable allowance for Regional Centre councils as determined by on 10 June 2020.

Recommendation That the Councillor allowance be set at $21,888 and the Mayoral Allowance be set at $54,072 for 2020/21, being 10% below the maximum allowable allowance for Regional Centre councils as determined by the Local Government Remuneration Tribunal on 10 June 2020.’

In my opinion that is an unacceptable amount of ‘spin’. The information that would have been useful to know is: How much more is it going to cost overall to increase the Councillor allowances as proposed?

The total annual increase in Councillor allowances is $29,188.

The Councillors will receive an increase of $1,608 which is an 8% increase.

The Mayor will receive an allowance of $75,960 which is an 18% increase.

The total cost of Councillor and Mayoral allowances for 2020-21 would be $316,728 an overall increase of 10%.

Government Circular only came out on Monday 22nd June.

How many Councillors should Orange have?

I have written in Orange City Life previously about how many Councillors Orange should have. Not less than 12 months before the next ordinary election, the council must determine the number of its councillors for the following term of office. If the council proposes to change the number of councillors, it must, before determining the number, obtain approval for the change at a constitutional referendum.

If the number of Councillors was reduced from 12 to 9 (including the Mayor) the overall cost of annual allowances at the new rate proposed would be $251,064, a reduction of $65,664p.a.

BOB: On the submissions that were made to the Council about the budget, and presentations made at the meeting, I notice that 2 of them were about environmental issues. Should one interest group be able to stop things happening?

AMANDA: It is disappointing for the community members who make submissions that Councillors do not discuss the submissions, and sometimes issues raised just go through to the keeper. A number of useful points were raised, and the staff comments can often appear defensive. Certainly, in my many years in NSW local government I have tried to change the way staff deal with community engagement to see it as an opportunity not a criticism and to solve issues rather than falling back on bureaucratic processes.

A number of submissions felt that the rise in water and sewer rates were unnecessary and Cyril Smith’s submission is particularly pertinent. I will address this matter in another conversation.

What does being a regional centre mean?

$500,000 planning costs questioned

During the non-debate on the issue Councillor Jo McRae suggested that the increases should wait until after the local government elections on 4th September 2021 instead of having high percentage increases at this time.

The Queensland Government undertook a review of local government a few years ago and amongst other things concluded that Councillors should be paid more to improve the quality and diversity of people standing for election.

Low salaries for Councillors tend to militate against diversity because it may be that the only people who can afford to take the job on are people who don’t have to spend their time earning money including landholders and retirees.

It is not clear when the decision is deferred to. Councillor Duffy was very keen for the decision to be made at Tuesday’s Council meeting and he referred to other Councils making the decision already even though the Office of Local

The issues that Nick King from the Environmentally Concerned Citizens of Orange raised about the intention to spend $500,000 planning for Mountain Biking on Mount Canobolas were very valid. The area is in Cabonne Shire, not Orange and is a State Conservation area that requires the preservation of biodiversity. There has been a lot of discussion recently about Mount Canobolas being our main tourism attraction and the idea of having a cable car to take people to the summit. I understand that it is an Aboriginal sacred site as well as ecologically unique, so I don’t think it is the case of one interest group trying to stop things happening. Mount Canobolas is a unique asset that we could honour in a much more profound way with a broader vision supported by all stakeholders than having a mountain bike trail or a cable car. Ecological and cultural experiences are what a lot of people want to see these days.

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6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 InCycle. 3.30 Cycling. 2019 Tour De France.

Highlights. 4.30 Cadel Evans Conquering Le Tour. 5.30 True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi. 6.30 News. 7.30 Top Ten Treasures Of Pompeii. 9.15 Henry IX: The Lost King. 10.25 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique. 1.30 All Aboard The Canal Trip. 3.40 Aust. Market Menu. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 Morning (6) Programs.

12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. 1.30 Beach Cops. 2.00 MOVIE: The Ballad Of Lucy Whipple. (2001) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Big Brother. 8.30 MOVIE: Captain America: The Winter Soldier. (2014) Chris Evans, Samuel L Jackson. 11.00 The Blacklist.

12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Animal Tales.

(5) 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Global Goal: Unite For The Future. 12.00 Sports Sunday. 1.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show.

3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 7. Manly Sea Eagles v Cronulla Sharks. 6.00 Nine News.

7.00 The Voice. 8.40 60 Minutes. 9.40 Nine News Late. 10.10 Inside Crime. 11.10 Behind Bars: World’s Toughest Prisons. 12.05 Mysteries And Scandals. 1.00 World’s Greatest Natural Wonders. 2.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (8) Programs. 12.30 Luxury Escapes. 1.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.15 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef. 3.00 My Market Kitchen.

3.30 WhichCar. 4.00 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Sydney SuperNight. Highlights.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Sunday Project.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. 9.00 FBI: Most Wanted. 10.00 FBI. 11.00 The Sunday Project.

12.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 6.55 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 7.10 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.15 Live At The Apollo. 10.00 The Weekly. 10.35 Would I Lie To You? 11.05 W1A. 11.35 The Games. 12.05 The IT Crowd.

12.30 Fleabag. 12.55 Catastrophe. 1.25 Gavin & Stacey. 1.55 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.05 Hustle. 12.50 The Last Man On Earth.

2.30 Motherboard. 2.55 PopAsia TV. 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.20 Insight. 5.20 Yokayi Footy.

5.55 Travel Man. 6.45 Abandoned Engineering.

7.40 Hunting Hitler. 8.30 MOVIE: Machine: Artificial Intelligence. (2020) 10.10 MOVIE: Kingpin. (1996) 12.15 MOVIE: The Machinist.

(2004) 2.05 Late Programs.

Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 David Jeremiah. 8.30 Mums At The Table. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness.

11.00 NBC Today. 12.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 1.00 This Is Calisthenics. 2.00 My Greek Odyssey.

3.00 MOVIE: Spinout. (1966) 5.00 M*A*S*H. 7.00 The Vicar Of Dibley. 8.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 9.40 Miranda. 10.20 What A Carry On! 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 9.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 MOVIE: Brothers In Law. (1957) 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. 3.00 Customs. 3.30 MOVIE: Revolt At Fort Laramie. (1957) 5.00 MOVIE: McLintock!

(1963) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.30 The Brokenwood Mysteries. 10.30 Westside. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (81) 6.00 Programs.

12.30 MacGyver. 1.30 The Doctors. 2.30 Planes Gone Viral. 3.30 One Strange Rock. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 Cops. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Law & Order: SVU. 10.20 Motor Racing.

Supercars Championship. Sydney SuperNight.

Highlights. 11.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.20 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.45 What It’s Like. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. 4.30 Odd Squad. 5.00 Mustangs FC. Final. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 All Hail King Julien. 6.30 The Crystal Maze. 7.15 Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes. 7.55 The Penguins Of Madagascar.

8.15 Danger Mouse. 8.40 So Awkward. 9.10 TMNT. 9.30 Slugterra. 9.55 Rage. 2.00 Close.

5.30 Strange Hill High. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Kids Baking Championship. 1.00 The Kitchen.

2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Texas Cake House. 4.00 Restaurant: Impossible. 6.00 The Simpsons.

6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Futurama. 8.00 The Simpsons. 8.30 First Dates Australia. 9.30 Marrying Millions. New. 10.30 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 11.30 My Fishing Place. 12.00 The Fishing Show.

1.00 Fishing And Adventure. 1.30 Creek To Coast. 2.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction.

3.00 Football. AFL. Round 4. Melbourne v Geelong. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 MOVIE: Armageddon. (1998) Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler. 11.45 Late Programs.

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(53) 6.00 1.30 Robot Wars.

2.30 MOVIE: Stuart Little. (1999) 4.15 Outback Wrangler. 5.15 MOVIE: Crocodile Dundee II. (1988) 7.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Supremacy.

(2004) 9.40 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible II. (2000) 12.10 Heroes. 1.00 Robot Wars. 2.00 Tattoo Fixers. 3.00 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 3.30 Kaijudo: Rise Of The Duel Masters. 4.00 Kids’ Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Quimbo’s Quest. 9.05 Butterbean’s Cafe. 9.30 Scope. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 Neighbours. 2.30 Charmed. 3.30 Fresh Off The Boat. 4.30 Rules Of Engagement. 5.30 Friends.

8.30 To Be Advised. 9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA. 10.00 Dating: #NoFilter. 11.00 Will & Grace. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Landline. 2.00 Pulse. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Cook And The Chef. 4.40 Hard Quiz. 5.10 Grand Designs New Zealand. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 Q+A. 10.40 ABC Late News.

11.15 Australia’s Ocean Odyssey: A Journey Down The East Australian Current. 12.15 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 6.30 This Week.

7.30 WorldWatch. 2.10 The Nineties. 3.00 Alex Polizzi: The Fixer. 4.10 Journey Through Armenia. 4.35 Queen Victoria And Her Nine Children. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 Secrets Of The Royal Servants. 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. 9.25 Why Do I Put On Weight?

10.20 SBS News. 10.55 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique. 1.30 Late Programs.

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(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Relative Chaos. (2006) 2.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Big Brother. 9.00 10 Years Younger In 10 Days.

New. 10.00 The Latest: Seven News. 10.30 S.W.A.T. 11.30 The Goldbergs. 12.00 Mean Mums. 12.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Kevin Can Wait. 1.30 The Voice.

3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Voice. 9.10 Guy Sebastian: The Man The Music. 10.30 100% Footy. 11.20 Nine News Late. 11.50 Lethal Weapon. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

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1.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. Return. 4.30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.40 Kinne Tonight. 10.10 How To Stay Married. 10.40 Celebrity Gogglebox USA. 11.40 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Floogals. 6.45 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 The IT Crowd. 8.50 W1A. 9.25 The Games. 9.55 Get Krack!n. 10.25 Parks And Recreation. 10.45 30 Rock. 11.30 Community. 12.25 Archer. 1.05 Comedy Next Gen. 2.00 Extras. 2.35 Close.

5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 NBA Spotlight. New. 1.00 Front Up. 2.00 MythBusters. 3.00 Deadly Destruction.

3.55 WorldWatch. 4.20 This Week. 5.15 If You Are The One. 6.15 Forged In Fire. Return. 7.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 In Search Of... 9.20 Adam Looking For Eve. 10.10 South Park. 11.05 The World Game. 11.35 Late Programs.

Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute.

9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 This Is Calisthenics.

11.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 The Chase. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin.

8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 A Crime To Remember. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct.

10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Miss Marple. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless.

3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: It’s In The Air. (1938) 5.20 Miss Marple. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.30 Midsomer Murders. 10.30 Westside. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (81) 6.00 Programs.

9.00 One Strange Rock. 10.00 Rocky Mountain Railroad. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Law & Order: SVU. 11.15 NCIS: New Orleans.

12.10 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. 4.30 Odd Squad. 5.00 ITCH. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 All Hail King Julien. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.05 Prank You Very Much.

7.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 So Awkward. 9.15 TMNT. 9.35 Slugterra. 9.55 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30 Super Dinosaur. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Kids Baking Championship. 1.00 The Kitchen.

2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Unique Sweets. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama.

5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Futurama. 8.00 The Simpsons. 8.30 Ink Master. Return. 10.30 Ink Master: Redemption. 11.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 12.00 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Swamp People. 1.00 Mudslingers. New. 1.30 Gold Fever. 2.30 Engineering Connections.

3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Your 4x4. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: War Dogs.

(2016) Jonah Hill, Miles Teller. 10.50 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. 11.50 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Xtreme Collxtion. 1.00 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Round 5. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Snowpiercer. (2013) Chris Evans. 11.05 Big Bang. 12.00 Miami Vice. 1.00 Robot Wars. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Kids’ Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Crocamole. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol.

11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Charmed. 2.00 Cheers.

3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 11.00 Grand Designs New Zealand. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Four Corners. 1.45 Media Watch.

2.00 Pulse. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Poh’s Kitchen. 4.40 Hard Quiz. Final. 5.10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean. 9.30 Road To Now. Final. 10.30 ABC Late News. 11.00 Q+A. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 (3) The Nineties. 3.05 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.10 Journey Through Armenia. 4.35 The Kennedys. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Where Are You Really From?

10.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs. Return.

10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique. 1.30 Going Places. 2.30 Ride Upon The Storm. 3.30 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Maternal Instinct. (2017) 2.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Big Brother. 9.00 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back. 10.00 Criminal Minds. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Absentia. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Kevin Can Wait. 1.30 The Voice.

3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Paramedics. 8.30 RBT. 9.30 Botched. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Chicago Med. 11.50 Dying To Belong. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 A Current Affair. 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

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(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.10 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 NCIS. 10.40 NCIS: Los Angeles. Final. 11.40 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.40 The Project.

1.40 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.55 Floogals. 6.45 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures.

7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Would I Lie To You? 9.00 The Inbetweeners. 9.25 Zapped. 9.55 This Country.

10.30 Parks And Recreation. 10.50 30 Rock.

11.35 Community. 12.30 Archer. 1.10 Black Books. 1.35 QI. 2.05 Episodes. 2.45 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 NBA Spotlight. 1.00 Front Up. 2.00 MythBusters. 2.55 Deadly Destruction. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 If You Are The One. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: The Godfather: Part III. (1990) 11.35 F*ck, That’s Delicious. 12.00 Sex In The World’s Cities. 1.00 Late Programs.

Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Sydney Weekender. 12.30 Make It Yours. 1.00 The Chase. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation.

4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Air Crash Investigation.

11.50 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Miss Marple.

1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Love Lottery. (1954) 5.20 Miss Marple. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.30 Poirot. 10.30 Westside. Final. 11.30 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 MacGyver. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Bondi Rescue.

3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Miami. 10.20 The Mentalist. 12.10 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. 4.30 Odd Squad. 5.00 ITCH. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 All Hail King Julien. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.05 Prank You Very Much.

7.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 So Awkward. 9.15 TMNT. 9.35 Slugterra. 9.55 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30 Super Dinosaur. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Kids Baking Championship. 1.00 The Kitchen.

2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Unique Sweets. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama.

5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 MOVIE: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. (2010) Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson. 11.00 Nip/Tuck.

12.00 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 American Restoration.

12.00 Swamp People. 1.00 Mudslingers.

1.30 Gold Fever. 2.30 American Pickers. 3.30 Engineering Connections. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol.

8.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Desert Collectors.

10.30 Supertruckers. 11.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Social Fabric. New. 12.30 Ultimate Rush. New. 1.00 The Road Trick.

New. 1.30 Liquid Science. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang.

7.30 MOVIE: Swordfish. (2001) 9.30 MOVIE: Exit Wounds. (2001) 11.30 Big Bang. 12.00 Miami Vice. 1.00 Robot Wars. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

1.00 Charmed. 2.00 Cheers. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier.

6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends.

8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 MOVIE: Blades Of Glory.

(2007) Will Ferrell, Jon Heder. 11.00 Seinfeld.

11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 6.30 Compass. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Grand Designs. 8.30 Operation Buffalo. 9.30 MOVIE: Bran Nue Dae. (2009) 10.50 MOVIE: The Square. (2008) 12.35 Late Programs.

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TVguide Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Press Club. 1.30 The Breakfast Couch. 2.00 Pulse. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 3.55 Short Cuts To Glory. 4.25 Inside London Fire Brigade. 5.10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 8.30 The Weekly. 9.00 At Home Alone Together. Final. 9.30 Planet America. 10.00 Would I Lie To You? 10.35 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.05 The 2000s. 3.05 Insight. 4.05 Journey Through Armenia. 4.35 The Kennedys. 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 Tony Robinson’s World By Rail. 8.30 Who Gets To Stay In Australia? 9.35 7.7 Billion People And Counting. 10.35 SBS News. 11.05 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique. 1.30 Going Places.

3.30 Aust. Market Menu. 4.25 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Floogals. 6.45 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Friday Night Dinner. 8.55 Gavin & Stacey.

9.25 The Moodys. 9.55 Upper Middle Bogan.

10.25 Parks And Recreation. 10.45 30 Rock.

11.30 Community. 12.25 Archer. 1.05 Zapped.

1.40 QI. 2.10 Blackadder II. 2.45 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 NBA Spotlight. 1.00 Front Up. 2.00 MythBusters. 2.55 Deadly Destruction. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 If You Are The One. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: The X-Files. (1998) David Duchovny. 10.40 MOVIE: The X-Files: I Want To Believe. (2008) 12.40 Intervention. 2.30 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.05 Horrible Histories. 3.35 My Year 7 Life. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. 4.30 Odd Squad. 5.00 ITCH. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 All Hail King Julien. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.05 Prank You Very Much.

7.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 So Awkward. 9.15 TMNT. 9.40 Slugterra. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30 Super Dinosaur. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 11.00 Iron Chef America. 12.00 Spring Baking Championship.

1.00 The Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Unique Sweets. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons.

5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. 8.30 The Mentalist. 9.30 Cold Case. 10.30 Without A Trace. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Road To Now. Final. 2.00 Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 3.55 The Cook And The Chef.

4.25 Inside London Fire Brigade. 5.10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. 6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 The Heights.

8.30 Escape From The City. 9.30 Father Brown.

10.15 ABC Late News. 10.45 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends. 11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.00 Over The Black Dot. 3.00 Elvis And The Girl From Vienna. 4.10 Journey Through Armenia. 4.40 The Kennedys.

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 The World’s Busiest Stations. 8.30 When Buildings Collapse. 9.35 ZeroZeroZero. Final. 10.35 SBS News. 11.05 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique. 1.30 Going Places. 3.30 Aust. Market Menu. 4.30 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Floogals. 6.45 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 High Fidelity. 9.30 Fleabag. 9.55 Catastrophe. 10.20 At Home Alone Together.

10.50 Parks And Recreation. 11.15 30 Rock.

11.55 Community. Final. 12.25 Workaholics.

12.45 Archer. 1.30 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled.

2.20 Close. 5.30 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 NBA Spotlight. 1.00 Front Up. 2.00 MythBusters. 2.55 Deadly Destruction. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 If You Are The One. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Cults And Extreme Belief. 9.20 Letterkenny. Return.

10.55 MOVIE: The Handmaid’s Tale. (1990) 12.55 The Longest Day In Chang’an. 1.50 Dopesick Nation. 2.35 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 10.45 Kids’ Programs. 11.20 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. 4.30 Odd Squad. 5.00 ITCH. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 All Hail King Julien. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.05 Prank You Very Much.

7.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 So Awkward. 9.15 TMNT. 9.40 Slugterra. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30 Super Dinosaur. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race. 11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Spring Baking Championship. 1.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Unique Sweets. 3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 The Simpsons.

5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. 8.30 The Mentalist. 9.30 Cold Case. 10.30 Without A Trace. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Foreign Correspondent.

1.30 Back Roads. 2.00 Pulse. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 3.55 Poh’s Kitchen. 4.25 Inside London Fire Brigade. Final. 5.10 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Monty Don’s Japanese Gardens.

8.30 Baptiste. 9.30 Grantchester. Final. 10.20 ABC Late News. 10.35 The Virus. 10.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.00 The Point. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.35 Great British Railway Journeys. 4.10 Journey Through Armenia.

4.40 The Kennedys. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 America In Colour. 9.25 24 Hours In Emergency. 10.25 SBS News. 10.55 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique. 1.30 Going Places. 3.30 Aust. Market Menu. 4.25 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Floogals. 6.45 Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Absolutely Fabulous. 9.00 Extras. 9.30 Black Books. 9.55 Blackadder II. 10.25 Parks And Recreation. 10.50 30 Rock. 11.30 Workaholics.

12.15 Archer. 1.00 The Inbetweeners. 1.25 Episodes. 2.00 Close. 5.30 Postman Pat Special Delivery Service. 5.45 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 NBA Spotlight. 1.00 Front Up. 2.05 MythBusters. 3.15 Yokayi Footy. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 If You Are The One. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 7.30 RocKwiz Salutes The Decades. 8.30 Dad Made Dirty Movies. 9.40 South Park. 10.30 My Extreme Life. 11.30 Chris Rock: Bring The Pain. 12.20 Hunter Moore: The Revenge Pornographer. 1.20 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 10.50 Kids’ Programs. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. 4.30 Odd Squad. 5.00 ITCH. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 All Hail King Julien. 6.30 Horrible Histories.

7.05 Prank You Very Much. 7.35 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 8.00 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.20 Good Game Spawn Point.

8.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.10 Fruits Basket. 9.35 TMNT. 9.55 Slugterra. 10.20 Close.

5.30 Super Dinosaur. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Spring Baking Championship. 1.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Unique Sweets.

3.30 Cake Hunters. 4.00 Crazy Cakes. 4.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 MOVIE: The Wizard Of Oz. (1939) 8.45 MOVIE: Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters. (2013) Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario. 10.55 MOVIE: 28 Weeks Later. (2007) 1.05 Late Programs.

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6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 MOVIE: Bran Nue Dae. (2009) 2.00 The Show Must Go On. 3.00 Dream Gardens. 3.30 Escape From The City. 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Back Roads.

5.30 Midsomer Murders. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Shakespeare And Hathaway.

8.15 Les Misérables. New. 9.20 Operation Buffalo.

10.20 Unforgotten. Final. 11.10 Rage.

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ABC (2)

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Floogals. 6.55 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Live At The Apollo.

9.15 QI. 10.15 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.00 High Fidelity. 11.30 Friday Night Dinner. 11.55 Absolutely Fabulous. 12.25 This Country. 12.55 Live At The Apollo. 1.40 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.30 Close. 5.30 Postman Pat Special Delivery Service. 5.45 Kids’ Programs.

ABC CO (22)

6.00 Kids’ Programs. 2.20 TMNT. 2.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

3.05 The Legend Of Korra. 3.30 Dragon Ball Super. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. 4.30 Odd Squad.

5.00 ITCH. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 All Hail King Julien. 6.30 The Crystal Maze. 7.15 Deadly 60.

Final. 7.55 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.30 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 8.45 So Awkward.

9.15 TMNT. 9.40 Slugterra. 10.00 Close. 5.30 Super Dinosaur. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

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6.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 NBA Spotlight. 2.35 Figure Skating. 2019 ISU World Championships.

Women’s competition. 4.05 Gadget Man. 4.35 How To Get Fit Fast. 5.30 True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi. 6.30 News. 7.35 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys. 8.30 Life Drawing Live. 10.30 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique. 1.30 The Kimberley Cruise: The Full Journey. 4.25 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 Late Programs.

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6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Hustle. 12.50 The Last Man On Earth.

2.35 Insight. 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.00 Happy Endings. 6.45 Meet The Polygamists. 7.40 Stargate SG-1. 8.30 Ancient Aliens. 9.20 Colony.

11.05 Original Sin: Sex. 12.00 MOVIE: Blow Out. (1981) 1.55 The Movie Show. 2.25 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News.

5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

7FLIX (66)

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Spring Baking Championship. 1.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Unique Sweets.

3.30 Cake Hunters. 4.00 Crazy Cakes. 4.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 MOVIE: The Wizard Of Oz. (1939) 8.45 MOVIE: Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters. (2013) Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario. 10.55 MOVIE: 28 Weeks Later. (2007) 1.05 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs. (2014) 2.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away.

7.30 America’s Got Talent. 9.15 Police: Hour Of Duty. 10.15 The Latest: Seven News. 10.45 The Front Bar. 11.45 Surveillance Oz. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

PRIME7

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Today. 9.00 (5) 6.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 Animal Embassy.

2.00 World’s Greatest Islands. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Kath & Kim. 8.40 MOVIE: Muriel’s Wedding. (1994) Toni Collette, Bill Hunter, Rachel Griffiths. 10.50 Nine News Late. 11.20 New Amsterdam. 12.10 Late Programs.

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Headline News.

(8) 6.00 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.10 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 Tommy.

9.30 Bull. 10.30 The Project. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. 1.30 Late Programs.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 MacGyver. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise.

5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 NCIS. 12.10 Home Shopping. 2.10 Jake And The Fatman. 3.10 Late Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.35 SpongeBob SquarePants. 9.00 Crocamole. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol.

11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Charmed. 2.00 Cheers.

3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 2 Broke Girls.

10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

nInE

Headline News.

(8) 6.00 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. 7.30 Celebrity Gogglebox USA. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Blue Bloods. Final. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Project. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Planes Gone Viral. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0.

10.30 NCIS. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Scope. 8.35 SpongeBob SquarePants. 9.00 Crocamole. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol.

11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Charmed. 2.00 Cheers.

3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 The Middle.

10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Morning (8) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Dog House. 2.00 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 Best Of The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Living Room. Return.

8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.30 Kinne Tonight. 10.00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GEM

7TWO

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian.

12.00 Miss Marple. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives.

2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Captain’s Paradise. (1953) 5.20 Miss Marple.

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Agatha Raisin.

8.30 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.35 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Social Fabric. 12.30 Ultimate Rush. 1.00 The Road Trick. 1.30 Liquid Science. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 8.30 MOVIE: xXx: State Of The Union. (2005) Ice Cube. 10.30 Big Bang. 11.50 Miami Vice. 12.45 Unstoppable.

1.10 Robot Wars. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst. 3.30 Lego City Adventures.

4.00 Pokémon: B&W. 4.30 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

Today. 9.00 (5) 6.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 MOVIE: Uptown Girls. (2003) 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 8. Melbourne Storm v Sydney Roosters. 9.45 Golden Point. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Murdered By Morning. New. 11.50 The Fix. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 Late Programs.

Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 My Greek Odyssey. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Creek To Coast. 12.30 Weekender. 1.00 The Chase. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 Mighty Ships. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Redrum. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 A Football Life. 9.00 Storage Wars. 9.30 Pawn Stars. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 American Restoration. 12.00 Swamp People. 1.00 Gold Fever. 2.00 Supertruckers. 3.00 Desert Collectors. 4.00 American Restoration. 5.00 Garage 41. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons.

9.00 Family Guy. 10.00 American Dad! 11.00 Family Guy. 11.30 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Midwives. (2001) 2.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire.

(2005) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 To Be Advised.

12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

7TWO

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Miss Marple. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Dentist On The Job. (1961) 5.20 Miss Marple. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Territory Cops. 8.30 Serial Killer With Piers Morgan. 9.30 Suburban Gangsters. 10.30 Chicago Med. 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Social Fabric. 12.30 Ultimate Rush. 1.00 The Road Trick. 1.30 Liquid Science. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 Big Bang. 7.30 MOVIE: Evolution. (2001) 9.30 MOVIE: Bad Teacher.

(2011) 11.30 Big Bang. 12.00 Miami Vice. 1.00 Robot Wars. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst. 3.30 Lego City Adventures. 4.00 Pokémon: B&W. 4.30 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

Today. 9.00 (5) 6.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.10 MOVIE: The Love Letter. (1999) 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News.

7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 8. Parramatta Eels v North Queensland Cowboys. 9.45 Friday Night Knock Off. 10.35 Top Gear. 12.00 Law And Order: Criminal Intent. 1.00 Late Programs.

Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 House Calls To The Rescue. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 My Greek Odyssey. 1.00 The Chase. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.00 Harry’s Practice. 3.30 Mighty Planes. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries.

11.30 Brit Cops. 1.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 American Pickers. 11.00 American Restoration.

12.00 Swamp People. 1.00 Mudslingers.

1.30 Gold Fever. 2.30 Pawn Stars. 3.00 The Simpsons. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 5. West Coast v Richmond. 10.00 AFL Post-Game Show.

10.30 MOVIE: Down Periscope. (1996) 12.40 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Story Of A Girl. (2017) Sosie Bacon.

2.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

8.30 MOVIE: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. (2017) 10.45 To Be Advised. 12.30 Home Shopping.

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Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Miss Marple. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Hell Is A City. (1960) 5.20 Miss Marple. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 8.40 MOVIE: Sully.

(2016) Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney. 10.40 MOVIE: United 93. (2006) 12.50 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Mission: Impossible. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager.

6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. 10.30 CSI: Miami. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Social Fabric. 12.30 Ultimate Rush. 1.00 The Road Trick. 1.30 Liquid Science. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.45 MOVIE: The Emoji Movie.

(2017) 7.30 MOVIE: Matilda. (1996) 9.30 MOVIE: Mean Girls. (2004) 11.30 HActresses.

12.30 Miami Vice. 1.30 Robot Wars. 2.30 Dance Moms. 3.30 Lego City Adventures. 4.00 Pokémon: B&W. 4.30 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.35 SpongeBob SquarePants. 9.00 Crocamole. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol.

11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Charmed. 2.00 Cheers.

3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Friends.

10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 The Chase. 2.00 Million Dollar Minute. 3.00 Harry’s Practice.

3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Air Crash Investigation. 8.30 Cliveden: A Very British Country House. 9.45 Escape To The Country. 10.45 Selling Houses Australia.

11.45 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs.

10.00 American Restoration. 11.00 Swamp People. 1.00 Mudslingers. 1.30 Gold Fever.

2.30 American Pickers. 3.30 Engineering Connections. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 5. Collingwood v Essendon. 10.15 AFL Post-Game Show. 10.45 Armchair Experts. 11.15 Hardcore Pawn. 11.45 Late Programs.

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6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 MOVIE: My Dad Is A Scrooge.

(2014) 2.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Patrol. 7.30 MOVIE: Ant-Man. (2015) Paul Rudd. 9.30 MOVIE: Only The Brave. (2017) Josh Brolin, Miles Teller.

12.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Home Shopping. 8.00 Travel Oz. 9.30 NBC Today. 11.30 Mighty Ships.

12.30 A Moveable Feast. 1.00 Make It Yours.

1.30 Sydney Weekender. 2.00 My Road To Adventure. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep.

3.00 Creek To Coast. 3.30 Weekender. 4.00 Bargain Hunt. 5.00 Building The Dream. 6.00 Make It Yours. Final. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Make It Yours. 12.00 Late Programs.

7MATE (63)

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 American Pickers. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 2.00 Dipper’s Destinations. 2.30 Fishing And Adventure.

3.00 Garage 41. 3.30 Towies. 3.50 Pawn Stars.

4.20 MOVIE: Superman II. (1980) 7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 5. Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne.

10.00 AFL Post-Game Show. 10.30 MOVIE: Caddyshack II. (1988) 12.40 Late Programs.

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6.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Award Winning Tasmania.

12.30 Animal Embassy. 1.00 The Embassy. 1.30 Delish. 2.00 The Voice. 5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Getaway. 6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: Ghostbusters.

(1984) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd. 9.40 MOVIE: 48 Hrs. (1982) Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte. 11.40 MOVIE: Red Eye. (2005) 1.10 Late Programs.

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6.00 Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 MOVIE: Victoria The Great.

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GRANNY!

I read something rather funny, but with a serious lesson, which I’ll share with you in a moment.

First though, the message we’re getting from the banking sector now seems to be that, as a result of the Banking Royal Commission banks have been told to look after their customers instead of robbing them.

Once upon a time, people trusted banks. That was a few generations ago now. Since that time banks have ripped from people “more than money” as NAB tells us, with banks now all running “trust me” ads, trying to erase from our memories the fact they’ve been robbing an awful lot of their customers under the “trust me, I’m a bank” guise.

It can’t happen again ….. can it?

Well, it already has. Westpac is still telling us to come and “speak to one of their specialists today”, so not much changes. We were told it couldn’t happen again after the ineffective Martin Banking Inquiry in 1991 too, where banks were able to bury their sins – effective only for them (not their clientele). Like Westpac of the “Westpac Letters” fame. You know, when their solicitors advised them to keep their clients in court, because the clients would run out of money long before Westpac would? That was over the foreign loans scandal, where, to put it in a nutshell, Westpac’s “specialists” conned their customers into taking loans in a foreign currency when interest rates in Australia were sky-high, and promised that their “specialists” with all their “expertise” would manage it and protect them. Haha. But, they, the EXPERTS selling this, didn’t hedge it, and later in court claimed clients should have done this.

Of course, lots of people lost their busineses and farms because they couldn’t afford the legal battle with Westpac before it all came out. After the Martin Inquiry, governments said things were being put into place “so it couldn’t happen again”. Duh? Nothing much changed “under the surface”. The culture continued until now, and we’re supposed to believe, in this climate of greed and profits driving all, that it won’t endure well into the future.

Banks all have their dirty tricks departments, and they’ve all been working overtime – for a very long time. THIS Royal Commission really only just scratched the surface of “Banks Behaving Badly”, but it’s enough of a shake-

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up to make them change their culture – at least on the surface. They need to be SEEN to be doing “something”.

Banking culture over the past few decades has been that “customer service” is all about the customers servicing the banks coffers.

revelation! It never ceases to amaze me that when, after being caught out big-time they have a “Road to Damascus” conversion that involves suddenly doing what they should have been doing all along, and delivering amazing “customer service”. Of course, they all should have just lost their banking licences. Anyone else commiting fraud on that scale would have done so. But that’s another story.

Here’s a lesson from Granny about customer service – and why you shouldn’t under-estimate the elderly. Enjoy.

...I read this funny piece about a Granny giving the banks a lesson in customer service...forgetting good old person-to-person customer service...

The old lady handed her bank card to a bank teller and said, “I would like to withdraw $500.”

The female teller told her, “For withdrawals less than $5,000, please use the ATM.” The old lady then asked, “Why?” The teller irritably told her, “These are the rules. Please leave if there is no other matter. There is a queue behind you.” She then returned the card to the old lady.

The old lady remained silent … but then she returned the card to the teller and said, “Please help me withdraw all the money I have.”

The teller was astonished when she checked the account balance.

She nodded her head, leaned down and said to the old lady, “My apologies Granny, you have $3.5 million in your account and our bank does not have so much cash currently. Could you make an appointment and come again tomorrow?”

The old lady then asked, “How much am I able to withdraw now?”

The teller told her, “Any amount up to $300,000.”

When I read this funny piece about a Granny giving the banks a lesson in customer service, it reminded me how banks have gone through periods of reducing or closing branches, centralising business, and forgetting good old person-to-person customer service. But, we are to be saved, never fear! NAB’s CEO is currently telling us that they’re becoming very customer-focussed. What a

The old lady then told the teller that she wanted to withdraw $300,000 from her account.

The teller did so quickly and handed it to the old lady respectfully.

The old lady put $500 in her bag and asked the teller to deposit the balance of $299,500 back into her account.

Don’t be difficult with old people ... they can outwit the young and dumb.

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bump can send us into a spiral of fear and anxiety. With COVID-19 infections sadly on the rise in Victoria at the moment, how do you feel about this? Perhaps the anxiety that you are faced with is not related to the pandemic but something else. Family pressure. Financial insecurity. Loneliness.

One of Jesus’ followers wrote in a letter to Christians who were living through anxious times said to them, ‘humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him because he cares for you.’ In anxious times you can turn to the God and cast all your burdens and cares on him because he cares for you. That is amazing comfort. As I was faced with anxiety, I knew that I could not deal with that on my own. But because of Jesus and his love and care for me I can give my burdens to him. This doesn’t mean that the anxiety is magically gone but it is knowing that God will meet me in the midst of my anxiety with comfort and care. All that you need to do is humble yourself under God. To recognise that you are not in control but that he is and he will care for you.

Last week in Newswatch we featured some thoughts and comments on the postponement of this year’s Local Government Elections. In one of the stories, Colin Young from the Orange Residents and Ratepayers Association mentioned how this group was embarking on a new membership drive and was looking for Orange to emulate other regional cities that had more-active groups. He cited Armidale as a shining example with its 1000 or so members.

Listen up Orange, when it comes to taking an interest in local government affairs, we can certainly do much better. By this I don’t mean just mouthing off, I mean by taking a more active interest, becoming more informed about the various issues, being fair-minded and making a meaningful contribution to any community input.

You only have to browse this newspaper, the CWD, listen to any local radio or TV news service, or keep an eye on social media to see that MOST bulletins and conversations are dominated by local government issues in one way or another. Plus, if you took time to read the feedback or comments that pop up on the various platforms that carry these stories, you’ll see that a vast majority talk about the Council in some way. EVERYBODY, or so it seems, is interested in Council affairs and the way our city is run. It reminds me of the old Listerine mouthwash ads slogan “I hate

it but I use it every day!” or similar What’s more, most comments bag or bash the Council for one reason or another, it appears almost an occupation for some people, and especially if they can hide behind a cowardly pseudonym, which most do. Of course, there’s a right way and a wrong way to go about almost anything in life and constant criticism that’s not balanced in some way, will rarely achieve much. Take it from one who learnt that lesson a long time ago.

One thing that does cause people to stand up and take notice, be they politicians or anyone else, is people power, that’s where the ratepayers group can make such a difference, especially if they had member or participant numbers that were hard to ignore.

A good and reputable ratepayers group in a City like Orange can have an enormous impact on that City’s progress, but the only way for that to happen in Orange is for enough people to join the Orange Residents and Ratepayers Association now, and then for that group to become known as a fair, balanced and respected voice in the community. Reach that point and Orange will be a far better place than it already is.

For interest, the group next meets at Orange Ex-services Club on Wednesday July 1 in the Northcott Lounge area from 7pm.

ROLLOFHONOUR

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LUCKNOW SKIN SHOP AND BOOT BARN

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Unmissable at its long-held highway location, the Lucknow Skin Shop and Boot Barn is an icon of the Central West.

Through drought, pandemic and an ever-changing retail environment Lucknow Skin Shop and Boot Barn has managed to adapt, grow and thrive which is why they are a fitting candidate for this week’s Roll of Honour.

Under of guiding hand of Dianne Gee, the business has grown from a small, local seller of Ugg boots and sheepskins to a sought-after retailer of clothing, boots, knitwear and accessories with a customer base across Australia.

Diane and her late husband purchased the Lucknow Skin and Boot Barn in 1996, although their association with the business goes back even further “We were manufacturers in Sydney, and we supplied the shop for its entirety with all the sheepskin products, the Ugg boots, the car seat covers, the coats et cetera,” said Dianne.

“My husband was up here buying sheepskins and heard they were going to close it down. He rang me and said what would

you think about it? I said, it sounds great… little did I know that a month later I would be here!”

By that stage Dianne said they had left the manufacturing side of things behind and focused on expanding their range and growing their new retail business. Over the years they added premium brands like Thomas Cook, Wrangler and Ariat.

“The growth has been reasonably gradual, but what we’ve always done as a family is we looked around at what was not being done and thought, OK we should try that,” said Dianne, who admits it was sometimes a bit of gamble to do so, especially given their location in small country village.

“But it is a gamble that has paid off for us,” she said. “We seem to have always landed on our feet fairly well.”

Dianne’s approach to business is simple; provide a quality product and good customer service and people will respond.

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“We are very big on the quality of the goods and big on customer service, because if you are selling quality and you are selling it at the right price and having a relationship with your customers, people will come back.

“And we have a lot of customers who come from a long, long way away, like hours, specifically to shop here. People come from Sydney, Mudgee, Dubbo, Cowra, Canberra, the Blue Mountains, Lithgow and Bathurst… I’ve actually had people from overseas who have come back here a couple of times!”

In recent years, pundits have been writing about the death of bricks and mortar retail, but Dianne is confident in their future.

“We are online of course, which you need to be, and we sell stuff all over Australia, but people still like to feel, touch and see. They love good service and they love people to be able to help them and so I think we’ll be here for some time.”

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COIN-FREE TROLLIES

AGAIN MAR OUR CITY ...Heaters are necessary for many Australian families throughout the winter, but the manufacturer’s instructions must be followed to minimise the risks...

It’s the law of unintended consequences; the relaxing of some major supermarket chains’ coin-operated trolley system during the coronavirus has led to a proliferation of abandoned trollies around the city.

One supermarket is said to be waiting until the end of all COVID-19 restrictions before reinstating the requirement for a coin to operate their shopping carts. So, it’s going to be a while yet before our beautiful city is again free from these dangerous eye-sores…

CYBER SECURITY IS NOW MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER, EXPERT As the recent cyber attacks from an “overseas player” showed, now is not the time for businesses in Australia to drop the ball on cyber-security.

“Cybersecurity is important now more than ever before. Governments and other private organisations should not ignore the importance of it. In the past, some organisations may not have given much attention to cybersecurity until an incident actually took place, Associate Professor Joseph Liu, Director, Monash Blockchain Technology Centre, Faculty of Information Technology said.

“This rationale needs to change and more effort needs to be given to the prevention stage.

Cybersecurity should be prioritised as the most important issue, as pointed out by our Prime Minister today, which is related to our national and even personal security.”

She said that no single method or mechanism can prevent or make our defence against cybersecurity successful.

Different approaches should therefore be deployed at the same time, including techniques from software security, network security, cryptography, hardware security etc. People usually think that using only one of these security mechanisms (a firewall) should be secure enough. In fact, it is not. We need to educate the community that cybersecurity works as a team and should include a variety of security mechanisms at the same time.

“Individuals are even at the risk of cybersecurity threats on a daily basis. Mobile phone details and personal information can be anywhere taken quite easily. Therefore the privacy of individuals and educating individuals of their own security risks is also important to address,” she concluded.

BEWARE WINTER DANGERS ON THOSE COLD NIGHTS! Winter presents a number of dangers for those at home due to a range of products designed to keep us warm While our favourite winter products make us feel cosy, Executive Director Community Engagement for NSW Fair Trading, Andrew Gavrielatos, warns that many of them can also cause serious injuries if they are old, worn out or not used properly.

“We’re urging everyone to keep themselves and their families safe by carefully following the instructions or user guides on all winter warmer products,” Mr Gavrielatos said.

Items to pay particular attention to are children’s sleepwear, wheat bags and heat packs, hot water bottles, electric blankets and heaters as all of these products are notorious for causing injuries and/or fires.

“Parents are often misled when it comes to the fire danger rating on their children’s clothing and assume a low rating means it is not flammable, but this is not the case,” Mr Gavrielatos said.

prevented by checking your hot water bottle for signs of wear and tear before each use and filling it up with hot water from the tap rather than boiling water.”

Electric blankets and indoor heaters are potential fire hazards when used incorrectly, so it is critical to read the user manual carefully before use.

“Electric blankets should only be used to warm up the bed and then turned off before you go to sleep, and never place heavy items on the bed when the electric blanket is turned on.

“Heaters are necessary for many Australian families throughout the winter, but the manufacturer’s instructions must be followed to minimise the risks,” Mr Gavrielatos said.

“Keep heaters well clear from items that might burn, always place them on a flat and level surface and regularly inspect the electrical cables.”

“Even clothing and nightwear labelled as ‘low fire danger’ can catch fire, so please keep your children away from open heat sources at all times.”

Tragically, more than 50 people across Australia die in housefires every year, and most of the homes do not have working smoke alarms.

Wheat bags, heat packs and hot water bottles may seem harmless, but Mr Gavrielatos is reminding people to use with care as burns often occur when used incorrectly.

“Please do not become complacent with your smoke alarms.

You could save your own life or the life of a loved one by testing your alarm each month and replacing the batteries every year,” Mr Gavrielatos said.

“Always allow wheat bags and heat packs to cool completely before reheating, and if you notice a burning smell, let it cool and then discard as it is no longer safe to use.

“Over 200 Australians are treated for serious burns caused by hot water bottles each year. These injuries can be

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Consumers can check if a product has been recalled for safety reasons by visiting Product Safety Australia.

For more winter safety tips, visit the NSW Fair Trading website or Product Safety Australia.

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New cellar door at

Millthorpe

For those Orange locals who have wondered whether Tamburlaine Organic Wines would be opening a cellar door in the region, the answer is yes!

Their new venue is be the renovated and historic Millthorpe General Store in Pym Street and will open for hosted wine tastings from Thursday June 25.

The opening follows hot on the heels of the multi award-winning organic winemakers’ expansion in the Orange Wine Region via the purchase of the former Cumulus winery facility at Cudal where it processed its 2020 fruit.

Tamburlaine Managing Director, Mark Davidson, said Tamburlaine has seen 35 years of providing exceptional cellar door service through its Hunter Valley operation and now is looking forward to supplementing the Orange Region visitor wine experience.

“The cellar door opening in the region is not before time given our involvement with Orange

Region winemaking going back to 1989 and given the substantial vineyard holdings at Borenore and Belgravia,” Mark outlined.

“This venue will complement the already established cellar doors in Millthorpe of Angullong and Slow Wine Co. The destination couples food and wine tourism with history and heritage.

“Tamburlaine built its Hunter business on tourism and cellar door hospitality. Over the decades we created a substantial customer base for the wines, one customer group at a time.

“We can now continue this highly effective model of direct sales with Orange Region visitors and encourage our existing customers who have not necessarily been before, to travel to the region. We know that many customers are

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just waiting for the excuse to visit Orange and Millthorpe.

“Visitors to the cellar door can expect to sample a broad range of wine styles along with local gourmet products. Guests can relax, get a bottle of wine, and a cheese plate to enjoy with no rush, as our cellar door licence allows visitors to have a glass or two and stay if they wish, after 5pm.

“Another exciting development will be the inclusion of organic vineyard and winery experiences in the near future.

“Heading up the new cellar door will be Cargo local, Phoenix Kamsteeg. Phoenix loves the industry and has real energy and enthusiasm to provide a first class experience for visitors to Millthorpe. Matthew Mortimer will also be part of the Millthorpe team.”

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...IT IS MUCH BETTER TO COME FORWARD TO MAKE A VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE THAN WAITING TO BE AUDITED...

TAX OFFICE TIP-LINE PURSUING CORONAVIRUS SCAMMERS RORTING $100 BILLION PACKAGE In a surprise to absolutely no-one, systemic fraud to the Federal Government’s coronavirus relief measures are being increasingly-reported to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

If you know of some individual or business rorting the various coronavirus relief packages, the ATO has instituted a new tip-off line.

The ATO is specifically focussing on fraud and other illegal schemes that take advantage of the Government’s $100 billion COVID-19 stimulus package. Areas of concern for the ATO include excess claims under the JobKeeper program, scams illegally accessing early release of superannuation, and artificially boosting cash flow for employers.

ATO Deputy Commissioner Will Day said that with so many Australians impacted by COVID-19; the ATO’s priority is to ensure payments get to those who need them.

“We know the overwhelming majority of Australians are honest, and we’ve worked hard help to those people who are impacted

by COVID-19 as quickly as possible.”

“We also have an important role to ensure the integrity of the stimulus measures and when we uncover fraud or people seeking to exploit them, we’ll take action, as we know the community would expect us to do.”

To ensure the integrity of the tax and superannuation systems, the ATO has access to a large number of data sources that it uses to assess the risk of inappropriate behaviour. These sources include Single Touch Payroll, income tax returns, and information reported to us by super funds, as well as data from various third-party sources.

The community also offers the ATO valuable information where there may be suspected wrongdoing. “We’ve established a confidential tip-off line and we take all information referred to us seriously. If members of the community are concerned that someone is doing the wrong thing, they should tell us about it by completing a tip-off form online at ato.gov.au/tipoff or by calling 1800 060 062,” Mr Day said.

The ATO has also made it clear it will not tolerate illegal behaviour or development of schemes that are designed to deliberately exploit these measures, seek to avoid tax, or prey on vulnerable Australians. The agency has already seen some examples of fraud and fraudulent attempts or people developing schemes to try to steal money from the community.

“We’ve received intelligence about a number of dodgy schemes, including the withdrawal of money from superannuation and re-contributing it to get a tax deduction. Not only is this not in the spirit of the measure (which is designed to assist those experiencing hardship), severe penalties can be applied to tax avoidance schemes or those found to be breaking the law. If someone recommends something like this that seems too good to be true, well, it probably is,” Mr Day said.

Penalties for fraud can include financial penalties, prosecution, and imprisonment for the most serious cases.

“It’s important to carefully check eligibility requirements before applying for any of the measures. Eligibility requirements for each

of the measures are outlined on the ATO’s website. If you’re not sure, the best thing to do is check with the ATO or your tax professional.”

“Our tax system works on a self-assessment model. We will generally operate on the basis Australians are honest, meaning we will accept the information we are provided with as true and correct and make payments. However, we will be conducting checks later, so if you’ve received a benefit as part of the COVID19 stimulus measures and we discover you are ineligible, you can expect to hear from us. If you think this may apply to you, you should contact us or speak to your tax professional,” Mr Day said.

“It is much better to come forward to make a voluntary disclosure than waiting to be audited. If in doubt on how to proceed, we recommend seeking the advice of a tax professional.”

Mr Day also reminded the community to protect their identities and be vigilant of scammers at this time.

“If you receive a text message or e-mail stating that your myGov details have been changed, or that you have applied for early release of super and you have not, don’t ignore these messages: check your myGov, call the ATO or your super fund to make sure your identity has not been compromised. But don’t click on any links – one technique used by scammers to steal your information is to mock-up messages which appear to be from the ATO.” What’s on the ATO’s radar

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JOBK EEPE R The ATO’s compliance efforts for JobKeeper are focused on ensuring that: • entities meet the eligibility requirements in relation to business income • entities are claiming for eligible employees • eligible business participants are correctly making claims • entities are not manipulating their turnover in order to satisfy the decline in turnover test The ATO has also published advice warning of the types of JobKeeper schemes that it regards as high-risk and are likely to attract its attention: Practical Compliance Guideline PCG 2020/4: Schemes in relation to the JobKeeper payment.

Early release of superannuation.

SUPE RAN NUATION Behaviours that attract the ATO’s attention in relation to the early release of superannuation measure include: • applying when there is no change to your regular salary, wage, or employment information • artificially arranging your affairs to meet the eligibility criteria • making false statements or fraudulent attempts to meet the eligibility criteria

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NEW “FOURTH DIVISION” COMP While some football codes have pretty-much turnedup their toes for 2021 due to the coronavirus, Orange football (soccer) is branching-out with a brand-new competition!

Restart of local football on Saturday, July 4 will see a new “Fourth Division” adults competition launched to encourage more women’s and mixed teams to continue playing our most popular participation football code.

“We’re going to have our As, Bs and Cs comp, but also a new ‘Fourth Division’ comp for both female and mixed teams and for those that still want to compete in an adult comp,” Orange and District Football Association President, Tony Mileto explained.

He said the competition is also designed to be an ideal father-son comp as the (former) over 35s competition could never be.

“Fathers will be able to play with their sons, and it’s designed to be not as competitive,” he added.

He said that most of the former over 35s teams will now fold back into C-grade from where most of the teams originally came: “We’ll have the older players with the older players and the younger players can develop in a less-competitive environment.

“If they’re younger, they can gain their confidence without playing against older players. As with all our competitions, fair play will be

emphasised.”

ODFA Administrator Brett Hazzard said that the new Fourth Division will prove an ideal springboard for launching an all-women’s competition sometime in the future.

“We’ve got a couple of women’s teams already in the comp and we see this as a forerunner to a women’s comp,” he explained.

He said that the junior competitions had held up reasonably-well for numbers with about 26 teams signing-up for an eight-a side school holiday comp for the teenaged teams with the competition proper launching on Saturday, July 25.

“We’re also starting an under-five’s ‘Mini-Roos’ competition with gala days on the 4th and 18th of July,” he explained.

Grand final day for all competitions is set-down for Saturday, September 26 to avoid clashing with the coming cricket seasons.

“We’re not going to run into cricket, we had a survey of our members and decided to end the season on the first Saturday of the October Long Weekend School Holidays,” Mr Hazzard explained.

GOOD NEWS FOR SWIMMERS AT ORANGE AQUATIC CENTRE

In good news for local swimmers, restrictions imposed at Orange Aquatic Centre for community safety during the COVID-19 pandemic are being gradually eased, Orange City Council Communications Officer Allan Reeder announced.

For the time being, though, swimming is limited to the heated waters of the outdoor pool.

“However, the number of swimmers able to use the outdoor pool at any one time is gradually being eased in-line with changes to government requirements.

“While swimming continues

outdoor, some scheduled maintenance will be happening in the indoor pool hall. This work includes re-painting the side walls of the toddlers pool,” Mr Reeder said.

“When the re-painting work reaches a stage where the enclosed space of the pool hall can be re-opened, the 25-metre indoor pool will re-open for

swimming. At that point, it’s expected the outdoor pool will close for the winter,” he added.

However, the toddler’s pool won’t re-open for swimming until a current re-painting project is completed later in July.

“At this stage that’s expected to happen at the end of the first week of July,” Mr Reeder concluded.

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n While pool access improves at Orange Aquatic Centre, the toddler’s pool won’t re-open for swimming until a current re-painting project is completed later in July.

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A DEMOCRACY THRIVES ON DIFFERENT VIEWS AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE POPULATION KESTER HAMILTON writes: Ian Donald wrote in a letter published last week that a Champion of Democracy was needed. It seems he failed to note the irony of his ‘undemocratic’ solutions which indicated a firm intolerance of differing opinion and a lack of understanding of justice and freedom to seek change.

Firstly, the highlighting of injustices to indigenous Australians is hardly racist. I doubt anyone from the BLM movement wants anyone treated badly while in custody. But the fact of the matter is that there is a much higher rate of abuse or death suffered by indigenous people when in police custody (as well as a serious deficit in outcomes in education, health and access to services). This is plain statistics and the numbers are easy to come by. When one group is significantly disadvantaged it is not racist to insist on equality or to push us to do better. For people to see an injustice and seek to change it is democratic.

Secondly, freedom to protest and communicate to our government our opinion on matters of importance are fundamental platforms upon which our democracy is built. To imply that people who have received government assistance (during a highly unusual time no less) ought not to protest is to suggest that a government ought to be able to buy (or bribe) compliance of its citizens. I fail to see how this is democratic.

Thirdly, it is also vital that the people of Australia hold and maintain differing opinions of what is right and good and what we should head towards.

If one truly values ‘democracy’ then one ought to value the input of differing opinions. The debate between positions refines them all and when

practiced well ought to lay a path forward informed by all and hopefully best serving all. To suggest that people who disagree ought to leave Australia for China or the Philippines betrays not a love of Democracy but a trend towards Autocracy – as does the suggestion that the champion needed is a ‘General’ rather than a democratically elected ‘Prime Minister.’

MORE COLOUR NEEDED GH writes: Thank-you for your great magazines.

In regard to the Summer Street and side-streets, I would like to see more colour and colourful display windows in the shops.

Orange used to be the “colour city” but I don’t think it is anymore. Trees, yes, but not the buildings.

In new housing estates, all houses seem to be grey, grey and more grey!

Congratulations to the person who is doing the mural on the old Masonic Building, not finished yet but beautiful already.

I’ll bet the Council plans will not be for more colour.

On Page 12 of Newswatch (June 6, 2020); the prices for road upgrades are frightening and hard to believe.

DISAPPOINTED DR ERIC COTHER writes: Profound disappointment drives me to write to The Back Page. Newswatch started out as something new and refreshing and Bob stated in OC Life that ‘we think it has something better to offer than other local newspapers”.

Alas, page 12 of last week’s issue (June 20) brings an article that has nothing to do with local or even state-wide relevance but, more disturbingly, is littered with conspiracy theories about an ABC

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No supporting evidence, just spurious comments sown to raise doubt. This is not good journalism; it is cheap rabble rousing. Are we next to see more 5G “geopathic” conspiracy theories or, heaven forbid, a touch of holocaust denialism?

Bob, you are capable of much better than this and your readers deserve more intelligent and factbased reporting.

EDITOR: Keep in mind Bird’s Eye view is an opinion piece from a broader perspective and with opinion pieces you’ll always get differences. It’s part of Newswatch to add variety and it will appeal to certain types and not others. Meeting everyone’s expectations all the time is impossible, I’m sure you’d agree.

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