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LOCAL NEWS DELIVERED WITH — INTEGRITY — WISDOM — BALANCE Saturday 27 March, 2021

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IT’S TIME!

Newswatch says…

It’s time for new blood on Orange Council And not just the three-four councillors who have already declared they’re not standing.

We’ve watched as this Council have fumbled and bumbled their way around issues, failed to take a long-term view of the concerns that challenge this city in 2021, with no vision for the Colour City!

Newswatch’s Mock Council has cast a critical eye over the performance of the current lot, and we don’t like what we see… it’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff!

ISSUE No. 42

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Talking POINTS

with DAVID DIXON

• What do you do when you see private correspondence between yourself and a government entity leaked and know it wasn’t you who did the deed?

Newswatch publisher Bob Holland recently received a letter from Orange Council that was apparently leaked to a third party who then immediately published it online, class act all round.

Bob knows it wasn’t he who leaked it, because he heard about the leak before he had even opened the envelope, so that rules us out.

A complaint has been forwarded to Council CEO Dave Waddell with the matter also raised with Mayor, Reg Kidd.

I suppose we could go to ICAC, but they’re only after big-fish like corrupt politicians and compromised premiers not the dirty deeds at country council level.

This being our last issue, we can’t even cover it for future editions, so here we let it lie, unless the finger-printed photo-copy suddenly appears in some sleuth-minded Council staffer’s file!

• Turn to page 4–5 for our special feature.

CADETS MAKING COMEBACK

DAPHNE’S MEMORIES ROUND ROUGH EDGES Time has a way of healing the rough edges of our memories for Daphne Appleby who was a tiny child when shipped half-way around the world to Fairbridge Farm near Molong.

Recent induction of new Cadet recruits at Orange Anglican School is a glimpse into a world that seems from the past for many Australians.

• Turn to page 11 for our story.

• Turn to page 18–21 for our full story.

• Newswatch took more than academic interest in our story on page seven about the right of way of pedestrians for ingress and egress from car-parks.

“More than academic interest,” means that I take my life into my hands every-time I cross one of these car-park exits on the way from our Lords Place Office to Summer St. The first trick that I found from years of playing chicken with cab-drivers in Sydney’s CBD (when I wore a younger man’s clothes), is to not slow down and hesitate and to not actually look at the vehicle that is approaching you with the seeming intent to use you as a bonnet adornment.

The second trick is to keep said driver in sight out of the corner of your eye just in case he has a mind to test the laws of physics in a real-time experiment.

WHO WILL YOU VOTE FOR IN SEPTEMBER? Between now and then, we’ll keep you up to date with who’s who and what’s what...

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GALLERY DIGS-UP ‘OL ORANGE SWIM ‘OLE Despite persistent rain events, Orange’s new regional gallery extension is continuing apace with some interesting artefacts from the Colour City’s past.

Newstead House to echo to kids play-time hour Seems to be the fate of almost all historic bowling clubs these days — including beautiful Newstead House — to be converted into early learning centres.

The landmark Newstead Bowling Club site in Hill Street was sold late last year with plans for it to become what used to be called a pre-school.

very quickly

Items and various broken pieces of masonry from what appears to have been Orange’s original municipal pool from the 1920s and 1930s were turned-up during excavation phase of the work.

Footings for old buildings on the site were also discovered, none of which however were of unique historical interest.

A search online found that this is increasingly the fate of bowling clubs throughout Australia.

The once popular oldies sport — for which Sir Francis Drake famously delayed engaging the Spanish Armada in the English Channel — has been replaced largely by overseas trips, campervans with grey nomads hogging the road, and yoga classes.

AS NEWSWATCH GOES, SO DOES OUR ART POP-UP

Orange’s original art pop-up, inspiration of local artist Hank Spirek, is going the way of Newswatch.

“We will be closing down the Summer St Gallery on April 26th, because I’ve had enough,” Hank said. “We’ve sold nearly $20,000 worth of work and have deemed it a success but it’s time to move-on.

“Thank-you to all our supporters some artists will be offering a 10 per cent discount and there will be during the period from April 10 through the 18th artists demonstration,” Hank added.

ELDERS OLYMPICS FOR SENIORS FESTIVAL Orange seniors are encouraged to dust-off the sports’ shoes and start getting teams together because the Central West Elders Olympics is on next month.

Orange’s Central West Elder Olympics are run during NSW Seniors Week and despite the name, are more about fun, socialising and getting a little bit of exercise rather than being a competitive series of events.

Orange Mayor, Cr Reg Kidd said the Elder Olympics were run annually and usually

attracted a good number of ‘competitors.

The Olympics are on 10.00am – 2pm on

“As we get older it’s even more important to stay active, fit and healthy,” Cr Kidd said.

Tuesday 20 April 2021 at Sir Neville Howse

“These games are also a great opportunity to help fight isolation that can sometimes go hand in hand with age.”

All activities will be COVID-safe, and all

Themed ‘In Our Nature’, the 2021 NSW Seniors Festival from 13-24 April, will deliver hundreds of free and discounted events, workshops, and performances for seniors across the state.

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Stadium, 2-10 Seymour Street, Orange. participants and staff are required to register upon entry.

For more information, or to register a team, please call Council’s Ageing and Development Officer, Ms Amanda Rodwell, on 6393 8053.

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JOBKEEPER END NO SWEAT, BUT CHECK BUSINESS HEALTH IT’S SUNDAY, MARCH 28, AND ALL’S WELL!

COVID-19 economic safety net, JobKeeper ends this Sunday with Orange seemingly with little to fear.

Economically-insulated by our large government and health workforce and the gold mine at Cadia, Orange is likely to fly-on through the change with a wet sail, a local accountant believes.

Small Business Ombudsman, Kate Carnell said though that now is the time for many small businesses to do a balance sheet health-check to ensure that they are still viable.

The local small business accountant says that, while this may be necessary for lockdown-hit businesses in the capital cities, things are looking pretty rosy in the Colour City.

Australian Tax Office to reduce tax burdens immediately after the pandemic hit on small businesses provided the boost that many needed to survive the initial shock of the lockdowns.

“Many have come out in a strong position.”

He said that businesses like travel agents were already facing structural challenges to survive in an online world where people simply book most of their travel themselves.

The accountant said that he had counted about 33 empty shopfronts recently in the main street and that the business model that many had been relying on before JobKeeper probably weren’t viable even then, and it isn’t now.

“If you’ve been looking at JobKeeper to keep your business going, then you’re probably in the wrong business,” he added.

“I think we’ve been quite insulated, for instance, out of all my clients, I have only lost one since the of the lockdown.”

The accountant said that the business bona fides of the Federal Government had provided Australia with targeted support that has essentially saved our economy.

“Overall, it’s been a masterstroke, it was a cashflow boost to keep the system going,” he believes.

He said that Orange is in a unique position compared to many other country towns with a range of buffers that protect us from the shocks of external downturns and recessions.

Orange Business Chamber President, Jack Evans also believes that the likelihood of a big slump in local demand is unlikely. “I shouldn’t think so. It’s not going to make a lot of difference; I don’t believe so, anyway.

“I believe that the local economy is doing quite well, we do have a lot of government pays that are largely unaffected, the DPI, the schools the two — really, three — hospitals, and the mines.

“Most businesses that I speak to, aren’t still on JobKeeper as it is,” he added.

“When JobKeeper started, a lot of my clients went on it, but the numbers now are really quite tiny,” he said.

“We’ve also got four high schools, two universities, and how many country towns have two Woolworths?” he added.

The accountant believes that now is the time to start looking to our post-pandemic recovery: “I don’t think we need any more assistance,” he added.

He said that the initiatives from the

He said that the few local cases of the coronavirus, our relatively mild lockdown, and stimulus measures at Federal, State, and local level, have left Orange in seemingly good-shape.

“Most are doing pretty good, that’s what they tell me.”

He believes that while many local small businesses used the Government wage subsidy scheme to get-over the first shock of the COVID-19 lockdowns in March last

Orange Business Chamber President Jack Evans believes that the likelihood of a big slump in local demand after JobKeeper is unlikely.

“I shouldn’t think so.”

year, most had now returned to nearnormal trading conditions to allow them to exit the scheme.

“I don’t think that many are on it now, most haven’t been on it , they were able to leave at the end of the first round,” Mr Evans said.

He expects a greater impact on larger population centres that have been more severely hit by both pandemic and the lockdowns.

“I don’t think we’ll have the same problem as in Sydney and other population areas that are still effectively locked-down,” he added.

Small Business Ombudsman Kate Carnell though believes that many operators may actually be on life-support and not know it with not only their own financial position but that of their customers the key to survival.

She advises all small businesses to contact their financial advisors for a health check on their operation.

“I think it’s really important for them to sit down with their financial advisors and do a pay and cash-flow forecast, they may not be as healthy as they think,” she said.

“It’s about knowing the truth, and it’s better they find out now than in a few months,” she added.

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Small Business Ombudsman, Kate Carnell said now is the time for many small businesses to do a balance sheet health-check to ensure that their business in not on life-support.

She believes that a number of small business closures are just around the corner, but they won’t be apparent until the slowdown starts to bite.

“I know a lot of businesses are down 30 per cent now on what they were before the lock-down, and many still have the same levels of staff t hey had at the start, and they may not be able to keep all those staff.”

Ms Carnell says that there is a “she’ll be right” air about many of the challenges that our economy faces once the Government support dries-up from Sunday.

“A lot of them have this head in the sand, 'waiting for a miracle’ kind of approach to the current situation,”.

She said that Australia’s high ratings for the handing of the pandemic has led to many to believe that worst is now behind us, but the real challenge starts when all Government supports starts to dry-up.

Many think it’s going to be back to business as normal, but for many, the business won’t be back, and they won’t find-out unless they look now,” she said.

“JobKeeper, JobSeeker, JobMaker, this is all borrowed money, this was not money we had in the bank, and at some point, it will all have to be paid-back,” she added.

“My advice is ‘do something’, just don’t wait, because you don’t want to lose your house,” Ms Carnell concluded.

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IT’S TIME, FOR NEW TALEN NEW BLOOD AT ORANGE COUNCIL! They’re the mock councillors going-over each Orange City Council meeting, and some don’t like what they see.

Newswatch’s Mock Councillors, part of our Council Game, have a word or two to say about the things that our Council does.

Current Mayor, Reg Kidd though disagrees, saying don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.

It’s time for new blood on Orange Council, Mock Mayor, Amanda Spalding, with decades of senior Council management and community experience, believes.

“The election in September is THE opportunity for the people of Orange to elect a whole new Council of a Mayor and 11 Councillors who will work together for the good of Orange,” she said.

“People who will work as a team; be collaborative not confrontational; be outward-looking future-focussed and community-led,” she said.

“I hear the community of Orange often being critical of the current Council.

The Council meetings are shambolic and sound like a bunch of old blokes having a yarn down at the pub! The community engagement that Council is currently undertaking leaves many people feeling short changed. I know of some people who thought that their suggestions had been agreed, and then find the opposite happens. That includes Future City proposals.

“It’s time to have a new way of working that is accountable and transparent; engages early and often; seeks diverse opinions and gains the trust of the community,” she added.

Mock Councillor and lead Greens’ candidate for the September 4 poll, Mel McDonnel agrees.

Asked whether the changes that have been wrought on Orange over the past four years means it time for new blood, she said: “Absolutely, in the last four years Orange has changed, it’s time to get a whole new group on,” she added.

She pointed-out that five of the councillors had been on the Council for a decade or more. “That’s nearly half of the

current Council that have been on there for more than a decade; three of them have been for two plus decades.

“These individuals represent old Orange, who we were, not who we are,” she added.

Greens candidate Ms McDonnel: “We’re being short-changed by a Council that thinks that way, that can’t really see the amazing possibilities of this town.”

“We’re being short-changed by a Council that thinks that way, that can’t really see the amazing possibilities of this town,” Ms McDonnel added.

Daniel McGregor says that the lukewarm response to queries from current councillors about their intentions to run in a recent news article was a concern.

“Given that the election has been delayed by 12 months due to COVID, I’d have thought every councillor would know by now whether they intended to run or not.

“At this stage we have three standing, three ‘not planning to stand’, five undecided and one sadly deceased.

“Of the three not planning to stand, one has twice said he is not standing; one is 98 per cent certain and another is not standing but would reconsider standing if he was ‘not happy about’ other candidates, particularly former councillors.

“Of those standing, one said, “I suppose I’ll stand”. The passion is overwhelming!

“Of the undecided, well, what is going on there? I find it amazing that at this late stage many councillors don’t know if they are going to stand or not. What is it they are waiting for?”

He said that doubts about running at this late stage of the electoral cycle indicates that many of the councillors lack the “fire in the belly” to do the job at hand.

“We know in 2017 there was a field of 88 candidates, and 10 for the popularlyelected mayor, meaning it was one of the largest fields in the State.”

“Perhaps we need a whole new Council of a Mayor and 11 Councillors who will work together for the good of Orange; be collaborative not confrontational; work as a team; be accountable; outward-looking and focussed on delivering results.”

Indigenous local leader Gerard Power says that it is high-time that a selfidentifying Aboriginal ratepayer got elected to Council.

‘Definitely, there has never been an identified indigenous voice on Council, not

that I know of. Not only indigenous but a diverse group of people, not just middleaged white men.”

people to come in,” he added.

Orange is now a multi-cultural community and the Council should reflect that,” he added.

Theodore Crane agrees, saying that we should acknowledge the good work that has been done by previous councils and councillors. “I don’t want to be someone who says negative things.

“I think a lot of them have been there a long time and there has to be a question mark over their effectiveness.”

“A number of these people have served for a number of years and this is a really good town.”

Nic Drage says that it is time for new talent on Council and proposes an idea that is used increasingly to keep those in positions of power from getting stale.

“But this election is an opportunity for people to come in with a fresh perspective… it would be good to have some fresh ideas on Council,” he added.

“Perhaps it’s time to look at term limits on Councillors, as occurs now in many other organisations. “The current councillors have served for a long time.” He added that an infusion of new blood should not exclude all current councillors.

Orange’s number one son, popularlyelected Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd though disagrees and says that people that haven’t tried it, shouldn’t knock Council.

“They’re still doing some good work, they’re still doing things, so I don’t think they’ve run out to steam…I think that there is an opportunity for fresh faces though,” he added.

He said though that he opposes former councillors returning to local government.

“That’s the wrong direction, we should be looking the future, not the past.”

Dr Steve Peterson is looking at Orange’s next Council as an evolution more than a revolution. “Every election provides the opportunity for new people, which is a healthy thing.”

"Having said that, there’s still a role for people who have been and are still on Council; Council can benefit from their experience,” he said.

“There’s room for new people and my aim is not to disparage those people who are already there.

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“No, I don’t think that Council is getting tired, I think it’s still a pretty good functioning group,” he said.

“It’s a demanding job and your time is not your own, the main thing is to not come on and think you’re going to be a single-issue person, that doesn’t work,” he advised.

“Yeah, it is time for some new blood, but that’s the case at any election,” he added.

“The main thing is that they’re for the Orange community, and they’re prepared to go on the advisory committees, that’s where a lot of the work is done.”

He said that there is no reason to replace current councillors just for the sake of it.

“It depends on the quality of the candidates, just because new people run, it doesn’t mean they should get on.”

He denied suggestions that he is toying with the idea of one last round of the rodeo.

“I’ve been on Council for 31 years, and I’ve only missed one meeting in the past four years, but I am retiring, and that’s promise that I made to my wife.”

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NT, AND FOR OLD TREES… SAVE SOUTH ORANGE TREES FROM CHOP UNTIL AFTER SEPTEMBER POLL

If a tree falls in a forest — and no sports stadium is built — does anybody hear?

Only then will a report by Council’s Planning and Environmental staff be written for Council to consider, he said.

It’s time for Orange Council to set-aside the south Orange sports precinct development until after the Local Government elections in September, opponents of the siting of the stadium believe.

“Once that process has ended, a report will be written by Orange City Council staff that will consider all submissions received to that point, as well as the decisions taken by the Heritage Council. That report will be presented to a Council meeting that will consider and vote on the DA,” Mr Reeder said.

Likelihood of an increased Greens presence on the new council and possibility that the new representatives could oppose the south Orange site of the proposed sports precinct, could see the trees gone, and no stadium approved for the area, they say.

With almost no chance of the stadium proposal itself coming before Council until after the September 4 poll, approving a current Development Application to first remove about 513 native and introduced trees on the site, is premature they believe.

“Council should wait until after the September election to make such an important decision, 170 submissions on the issue shows how important this is to the local community,” local resident and opponent of the south Orange site for the sports precinct, Julie Pont said.

She added that the $25 million stadium and sports precinct proposal should go on a dedicated allotment Council purchased for it in north Orange and not on the regenerating natural area of the decommissioned Ex-Services golf course.

“Sports stadiums can go anywhere, nature cannot, this is a once-in-a-generation chance to create a botanic gardens style area for the growing south Orange precinct,” she said.

Revelation that all 168 submissions on the DA for the tree removal are currently with Heritage NSW for assessment indicates that the DA won’t be coming before Orange Council anytime soon.

“Up to today, Orange City Council has received 168 submissions about the DA proposal to remove trees to construct a new sporting precinct,” City Council Communications officer, Allan Reeder said.

He said that all the submissions had been forwarded to the State Government body for assessment under their authority.

“All submissions received during the exhibition period have been sent to the NSW Heritage Council to be considered as part of their separate process."

That simply should not be happening, Green’s candidate for September’s poll, Melanie McDonell believes, saying that the Orange that elected this Council in 2017 is a vastlydifferent society than that in the Colour City post-pandemic.

“Absolutely, in the last four years Orange has changed, we’ve got a whole new group of people here and our priorities have changed so much; we have a far greater appreciation of the importance of the natural world,” she added.

“It seems bizarre that our town would embark on a silly thing like this, destroying 500-odd trees for a sports stadium,” she added.

Current Councillor Stephen Nugent concedes that the current timetable will likely see the sports stadium — if it comes before Council — not voted on until after the September poll.

“The sports precinct is likely to be built by the next Council… we’re fast running-out of time,” he said.

He concedes arguments for holding the tree removal DA over until after September for the next Council that will have carriage of the sports stadium proposal.

“In that respect, it seems reasonable to leave the decision to the next Council,” he said. “In some ways, though, it feels like a bit of a cop-out to leave it to others,” he added.

He said though that these arguments can be made when the DA for the tree removal comes before Orange.

“If it comes-up, I will judge it on the issues and the merits of the issues raised in the submissions,” he said.

He said that while the ultimate decision for the $25 million development is likely to be made at State authority approval level, Council is ultimately the body that must support the proposal.

“As far as the precinct goes, the bulk of this process will

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occur under the next Council,” he said.

He said that St Jerome’s sage advice to "never look a gift horse in the mouth" could add time-pressures to Council on the issue with the $25 million offered as a one-off grant from the State Government early last year in a visit by Deputy Premier John Barilaro.

“We may need to proceed to ensure we spend the State Government money this financial year, Council doesn’t want to leave money that the State Government has offered too long” he added.

He said that the supposed financial windfall of major NRL games and other football codes are often illusory: “The economics of major NRL games aren’t great for the city. Councils have to fork-out for people that come to see games, but they come for the game and then go home,” he said.

He added that the good-old country age sports championships make much better financial sense for towns like Orange.

“You have under 15s sports, cricket and the like, people come for three–four days with 500 competitors each accompanied by one or two adults, you end-up with 1500 people who come and book-out accommodation.

“From a financial, economic perspective, it’s a much better proposition. But these high-status, boutique events, you only get once or twice a year,” Cr Nugent said.

He said that he has not previously spoken of the public campaign against siting of the sports precinct at south Orange but understands the arguments for its move to another location.

“I’ve been reading of the concerns in the paper about the beautiful heritage of the Bloomfield area.

“In reality, we’re looking at removing a lot of trees at a time when climate change is a real issue in our society,” Cr Nugent said.

“The Orange community deserves to know what political pressures are at play, that is forcing this significant development to be rushed. Why is OCC unable to negotiate for more time to spend the $25 million, so that a sensible outcome is reached, with maximum community support, avoiding an ill-advised decision that will have inter-generational consequences?” Kate Hook from environmental group, Futuring Orange, said.

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Eternal vigilance the key to recycling success, Nugent Ever had the sneaking fear that you’re carefully-calibrated recycling efforts, all end-up as landfill in some giant tip in Indonesia?

Council’s failure to meet State Government targets to reduce landfill rubbish by 70 per cent by 2021 shows that, while much has been achieved, much more needs to be done, Council’s Environmental Sustainability Policy Committee Chair, Stephen Nugent, believes.

“I think Council does do a lot in this space,” he said.

“While a lot of progress has been made, more can be done,” he added.

Support for recycling is one of those issues that needs constant reinforcement, he added.

“We have to keep on it all the time, the stats show we still have a way to go to meet the State Government targets for recycling.”

He said though Council failed to meet the targets that the ”State Government sets for all councils around the State,” this does not mean that locals aren’t doing their bit.

“On household waste we’re treading reasonably well, but we’ve more to do for commercial and industrial waste.”

He said that recycling is a habit that people can get out of as well as invested in, and that it is part of Council’s job to keep everyone informed of its importance.

“One does get into good habits over time, overtime one can also fall out of good habits.

“We need constant reinforcement otherwise, in the business of life, it just drops down the pecking order and we end up just throwing everything into the red bin,” he said.

Cr Nugent said that news stories about Australian’s recycling products ending-up in third world landfill can undermine years of effort to educate locals about its importance.

“Those stories, that’s a real danger to all the good work that has been put in over years.

“Council though is confident that everything that goes in recycling dies get recycled.”

Nugent said.

“You can get the situation where people start putting in plastic shopping bags and the like and thinking that they are okay, and then our green waste gets contaminated with plastic bags.”

“It only takes one plastic bag to contaminate the green waste stream; the position that Council takes is no bags in the green waste.

“The message is clear and simple and to keep the green waste stream clear,” he added.

His call follows the current Council-run competition aimed at encouraging Orange residents to look closely at how they are managing their household waste is attracting interest.

The ‘Bin Buster Challenge’ started in March with participating households provided with free resources and tools to assist in waste reduction and resource recovery.

Those participating are being encouraged to challenge themselves to: • avoid single-use items.

• maximise the use of their recycling and food and garden waste bins, and • reduce the amount of waste entering the red lid general waste bin.

Orange Mayor, Cr Reg Kidd believes it’s a good opportunity to families to learn easy lessons in waste management.

“Doing better with our household waste is something every resident can learn about,” Cr Kidd said. “We have a pioneering system of waste management in Orange that includes red, yellow and green-lidded bins. That lets us recycle items that can be used again, and also turn food and garden waste in industrial quantities of compost,” Cr Kidd said.

The competition follows the Australian Local Government Association’s support for the Federal Government’s National Plastics Plan 2021 as an important milestone on the road to a more environmentally and economically sustainable future.

Commonwealth to better engage with and enable local government to make further progress on managing waste sustainably and responsibly,” Cr Scott said.

Australia’s 537 local councils manage around 26 percent of Australian waste annually, either directly or through contractual arrangements.

Each year, local governments collect around 9.7 million tonnes of waste from kerbside bin services, sort it at material recovery facilities (MRFs), and dispatch what can be recycled to reprocessing facilities. The cost to councils is an estimated $3.5 billion annually.

The Federal Government’s commitment to the National Plastic plan includes: • Phasing out problematic and unnecessary plastics such as expanded polystyrene (EPS).

• Working with industry to deliver national packaging targets.

• Investing in new plastics product stewardship schemes; and • Strengthening Commonwealth procurement rules to kickstart demand and an initial “pull-through” for recycled materials.

A further commitment by the Federal Government to “work with the states and territories to harmonise kerbside recycling collection” has, however, raised concerns across local government.

Creating the same bins for every area of Australia without significant additional funding for local governments is not a practical way to achieve increased recycling,” Cr Scott said “A one-size-fits-all approach assumes Australian homes are the same size and ignores the reality that Materials Recovery Facilities vary enormously in capacity and capability across Australia.

“Bins that are designed for the Port Macquarie-Hastings local government area may not be the best fit for the Town of Port Hedland,” she said.

Besides managing the collection of nearly 10 million tonnes of household waste annually, local government also dedicates resources to administering community wasteeducation programs, collecting litter, addressing illegal rubbish dumping, and ensuring compliance with waste bylaws.

He said that Council is sure of this for all green waste put in the green-topped bins, because the recycling is completed by Council’s own staff.

Released following long-standing ALGA advocacy for stronger action on national waste reduction and recycling, the plan will help achieve many of the 2020 National Waste Policy Action Plan targets endorsed by Australia’s Environment Ministers.

“The green bin stuff is mulched and composted and then sold to the public, we know that process from go to whoa,” he said.

ALGA President Linda Scott said: “Better waste management represents a billion-dollar economic opportunity for Australia.

“Councils are proud to do all we can to support reducing waste and boosting recycling and stand ready to do more when funded by the Commonwealth,” Cr Scott said.

He said that calls for biodegradable plastic bags for use in kitchens for the green waste offers more problems than solutions.

“Done well, it will lead to a greater recovery of valuable and finite resources, create thousands of new jobs, and protect fragile ecosystems from the scourge of single-use plastics.”

“I will continue to advocate for the Commonwealth to leverage its funding to states and territories and industry to maximise recycling to create jobs and reduce waste costs for our communities,” she added.

“It becomes an issue of which bags are acceptable, which aren’t and how biodegradable do they have to be?” Cr

“We broadly welcome this plan as an opportunity for the

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“I don’t know whether Shopping centre management has a “duty of care” to supply relevant signage or if it’s the Council’s responsibility though,”

SIGNAGE IDEA TO REDUCE CARPARK ENTRANCE CONFLICT

Suffered through one of those typical Orange confrontations over who has right-of-way between cars and pedestrians in the Colour City?

According to the local police, and the advice from Roads and Maritime Services, it is almost always the pedestrian!

And local Garry Scovell believes that Orange Council should be looking at new signage to inform drivers of the rule.

“The only sign that I have seen is entering Woolworths’s car park adjacent to the taxi rank in Anson street. However, because it is elevated, drivers usually don’t see it as they are looking into the driveway.

“I don’t know whether Shopping centre management has a ‘duty of care’ to supply relevant signage or if it’s the Council’s responsibility though,” he added.

A spokesperson for Orange Police said that the general rule is that pedestrians have right of way over cars.

“If it’s a car-park, road-related areas, the pedestrian has right of way. In fact, pedestrians generally have right of way, cars are still supposed to stop if a pedestrian crosses in front of them,” the spokesperson added.

“Pedestrians are obviously not supposed to just jump out in front of cars, but if they’re crossing a road and a car comes along, the car has to edge right of way,” the spokesperson said.

A “Technical Direction” (Continuous Footpath Treatments, TDT 2013/05) from the Roads and Maritime Services confirms this view.

“Under the road rules, a footpath is a

road-related area. When entering, or crossing, a road related area from a road, drivers must give way to any pedestrians or other road users on the road related area,” the document states.

Council’s Traffic Committee Chair, Councillor Russell Turner said that the issue is one that the Committee is likely to look at in the future.

“I didn’t know that was the case,” Cr Turner said. “I had an idea that it was for each to look out for yourself, I know we encourage cars to slow down for pedestrians at car-parks and the like,” he said.

“I didn’t know there was a road rule applying to such situations,” he said.

He said that this issue is likely to be raised at the next Traffic Committee meeting with the Highway Patrol representatives to see if more signage needs to be located at high traffic/pedestrian areas in the CBD. “it will certainly be discussed,” Cr Turner said, adding that improving pedestrian, vehicle understanding of such rules could only be a positive thing.

He said that improvements could take the form of signs advising drivers of the need to give-way to pedestrians at entrances and exits to carparks in the city.

“One of the recommendations could be better signage and an education program for motorists and the general public,” he said.

Orange Council’s Future City intuitive aims to increase the walkability of Orange with a range of measures designed to improve pedestrian accessibility to the Colour City.

The RMS Technical Direction lays out the full range of rules regarding pedestrian

and vehicle interaction sin suburban and urban areas.

“Pedestrian prioritization is desirable in town centres, shopping precincts, and around public transport hubs and entertainment venues.

“It may also be desirable in residential areas to encourage pedestrian activity and reduce real and perceived motor vehicle dominance,” it states.

Where vehicle traffic volumes are relatively low, therefore potential conflicts are also relatively-low, regulatory pedestrian prioritisation treatments may not be warranted. In such locations pedestrian priority may be provided by continuous footpath treatments which are a continuation of the footpath parallel with the main street, at grade, without Colour or texture change, across side street intersections.

The Direction states that one of the aims so the rule is to reduce the problem of “vehicle dominance” as occurs where high volumes of traffic lead to the assumption that for pedestrians, it’s taken your chances or don’t cross the road.

“Pedestrian prioritisation is desirable in town centres, shopping precincts, and around public transport hubs and entertainment venues. It may also be desirable in residential areas to encourage pedestrian activity and reduce real and perceived motor vehicle dominance,” the Direction states.

“Pedestrian priority across roads is usually provided by regulatory crossing treatments such as pedestrian crossings or marked foot (signalised) crossings.

The Direction also covers issues to do with the increasingly-common “shared zones” where cars and pedestrians share

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Who has right of way? RMS direction says that its pedestrians that have the power when crossing footpaths across car-parks.

a low-traffic, slow vehicle area as has been proposed by some advocates for the Anson St Mall area if the mall doesn’t get approved by Council.

“A continuous footpath treatment may be used as part of the threshold treatment for a shared zone.

“In these cases, the maximum width requirement for the intersection is waived as the 10 kilometre per hour speed limit and other measures will help to calm the traffic and minimise conflict,” the Direction states.

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COMMENT

by DAVID DIXON

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, AND OUR EDUCATION BUREAUCRACIES JUST HATE IT! No organisation is more vindictive when threatened than the most impersonal bureaucracy.

Boom in home-schooling numbers post-COVID-lockdown has seen education departments and individual schools take extreme steps to try and discourage the practice.

Newswatch recently featured a local family, the McCutcheon’s, who before they moved to Orange from Sydney, had the police do welfare checks on their son after they had advised the local school that they were not returning after the COVID-19 lockdowns and were instead intending to home-school their kindergarten son.

“The school was not exactly supportive of our decision,” Olivia McCutcheon told Newswatch .

“I sent the principal an email, and was very clear that, with our lived experiences and the new scenario, I was no longer comfortable with Dan being at school and was applying for home-schooling.

“They were unwilling to support us in our transition and said, ‘Dan has to go to school until you get approval’, (which, in NSW can take weeks for them to process the paperwork). Following the lockdown, I did not believe it was in my son’s best interest to stop home-schooling, now that we were settled, and return to school for a few weeks, only to be pulled back out again — the year had already been traumatic enough, for all of us.

“Although I communicated our reasons and intentions quite clearly, the school

saw fit to send the police to our house for a welfare check,” Olivia explained.

with about 6700 children now homeschooled,” she said.

“They then said they’d elevate the matter, making threatening mention of Children’s Court merely days before we were approved for home-schooling. I was very shocked and disappointed in the way we were treated,” she added.

“In fact, it’s been the fastest-growing sector of education for quite some time,” she added.

But according to one of the leading homer school advocacy groups in Australia, this seemingly-extreme reaction is no chance event.

“Olivia’s story is increasingly common,” Karen Chegwidden from the Home Education Assocation said.

“We have had several requests for help from families who have found exiting school to be very stressful, with threats of court and police arriving to check up on them.

“The home education registration process in NSW can take up to 12 weeks — that’s a whole school term!

“But there is nothing in the Education Act preventing NESA from considering registration to commence from the time of application, instead of from completion.

“Other states with long processing times, such as QLD, provide this. We have had discussions with NESA and Education Minister Sarah Mitchell about changing this policy - but no joy yet,” Ms Chegwidden said.

Despite this, she says home-schooling is absolutely booming in NSW. “Certainly, the numbers are growing, year on year for the past five years. In NSW, the increase is about 1000 students

Ms Chegwidden said that there were two main reasons why people decided to make the commitment and cost and time and effort to home-school their children.

“One is that the child is not happy, is not coping, and not learning.

“The other really common reasons is that the child has special needs and requires one on-one learning that the simply can’t get at a school.”

She said that home-schooling offers one-one one tutoring that is simply not possible in a large school environment.

“There is no way to compare what a family can give in the way of education compared to the ratios at a school, it’s juts impossible to replicate at a school environment that learning,” she added.

Beverley Paine from the Educating Parent group agrees, saying that there are a number of benefits for most children in home-schooling.

“The majority of students who have home educated long-term are assertive, confident, independent and often entrepreneurial, usually active citizens, many with a background in volunteering already. “ Benefits for children is the ability to have learning activities tailored to their specific learning needs, delivered at a time that maximises the potential for learning and retaining those skills and knowledge.

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“Home education is flexible – learning doesn’t need to progress in the same way it does in a classroom.

“Children can study something in-depth for as long as desired, pick up missed content in other areas later. Learning doesn’t only happen on school days, it becomes a life-style: kids recognise that they’re learning all the time, no matter what they are doing. It’s a different way of looking at and considering learning and education. One of the really cool benefits of home educating is being able to go to places like museums and zoos and playgrounds when they’re not crowded…

“Parents also get to enjoy closer relationships with their children, which in turn better enables them to tune into their children’s learning needs and helps them fine tune the educational program.

Most of us enjoy consolidating our own knowledge and skills or catching up on areas we missed from our own schooling experiences,” Ms Paine said.

Ms Chegwidden added that there had been a spike in home-schooling after all parents were effectively forced into it for eight weeks during the coronavirus lockdown early last year.

“There’s definitely been a post-lockdown spike — there’s a cohort of people who loved educating their children at home and found it was no problem, not concerned at all.

“They enjoyed the quality time they got to spend with their children — it really changed everything, and they didn’t want to let it go,” Ms Chegwidden concluded.

NEWS

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TELEHEALTH NO PANACEA AS LOCKDOWNS TOOK MENTAL TOLL

Outside the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health at Bloomfield Member for Barwon, Roy Butler, Professor David Perkins, and local member, Phil Donato.

Telehealth is no panacea to those suff ering mental health issues, a leading local expert said recently.

which country people are les well-served than their city counterparts.

Professor David Perkins added that the coronavirus lockdowns and the various quarantines, social distancing, and other restrictions probably impacted on the mental health of many vulnerable people in the central tablelands.

Dr Perkins said that the support of Mr Donato and Butler for mental health issues in the country is central to getting better results and outcomes.

The pandemic response would have added to issues that many also have and put many at increased risk, of health impacts, Professor Perkins from the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, said.

Dr Perkins recently met with Local State member Phil Donato and Member for Barwon, Roy Butler MP, to discuss issues around access to, availability of and coordination of mental health services in the Orange and Barwon electorates.

“Continuity of service is the key, when they need help, they need it right away,” Mr Butler said.

“These are the key guys, because they have the power to get things done,” Dr Perkins said.

He said that the aim was for all services to work together for the best outcomes: “not to compete with other services, but to connect with consistent systems of services available,” he said.

He added that long-term solutions were the key to better outcomes in the region.

problem, but it is no panacea,” Professor Perkins said.

“In reality, different people need different sorts of services,” he added.

A former Police Prosecutor, Mr Donato has made rural mental health issues one of the major focusses of his work in the electorate. This has included his monthly barbecues he is hosting in conjunction with men’s health charity “Mr Perfect.”

“We know, generally, that blokes bottle things up, they are not keen to come out and talk about things. So this is hopefully an opportunity for guys to come together and if you have something on your chest you might be able to share it and we can all help each other,” he said on the barbecues.

“These are informal events for blokes to come along and have a chat,” he said.

Suicide and mental health are serious issues which both members are committed to urgently addressing.

He said that the various lockdowns, quarantines, and social distancing rules during the pandemic would likely have increased concerns for many with mental health issues.

Country people generally though enjoy lower access to quality mental health services than their city counterparts, regardless of whether they are men or women.

“Roy and I have been on a two-day tour of the electorate discussing mental health access and adjoining community issues,” Mr Donato said.

“There were all sorts of pathways for people who went under lockdown which would have exacerbated their situation.

“The problem is that people fall through the cracks. Your postcode should not dictate the level of mental health care that you have available to you,” Mr Donato concluded.

As well as the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, they also visited other facilitates including Ronald McDonald House which is also located on the Bloomfield Campus of the Centre.

“The pathways of people losing their jobs, for instance… increases in unemployment would have been one of those,” Dr Perkins said.

Orange Councillor Tony Mileto also wants to do something to help those struggling under the pressures we all face in our daily lives.

“With the schools closing down also, there would have been increased pathways into anxiety and depression.”

Following recent death of a young Orange footballer, he believes that enough is enough and wants a whole-ofcommunity approach taken to this issue.

Mr Donato said that getting timely access to referrals for country people suffering mental health problems was an important issue that needed to be addressed.

“We want to be able for them to get access to care as soon as possible,” he said. “Because, when you’ve got to the point of asking for help, that’s when you need someone to help you right away,” he added.

He said that increased access to telehealth since the coronavirus lockdowns were one tool to help but was not a cure-all for issues faced by people in the bush.

Mr Butler added that help for those with issues of mental health, timeliness is the key, and that is something in

He added that many of these impacts were likely masked by the lockdown with fewer referrals and a delayed reaction likely to present itself in many people.

“Many would have delayed in getting checks and help, we’re expecting to see increases in people with anxiety,” he said.

He added that the view that telehealth — remote appointments via Zoom and other online video technology — will solve many of these issues of access and availability, are overly-optimistic.

“There’s a lot of assumptions that telehealth will solve the

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A forum in Orange bringing-together the community and experts in youth suicide could be one way to tackle the blight that inordinately impacts families in rural areas.

Reducing typically-long waiting times for referrals to health care specialists is another area where country towns could do better, he said.

“It’s a recurring problem and we need to do something, but people think, ‘what can you do’,” he added.

“This is something that we should all be involved in,” Cr Mileto concluded.

PHOTO BRIEFS

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Where’s the nearest bin?

False fire alarm again

Making city more walkable

They all laughed when we predicted the next plague to strike Orange, the Australian white ibis — otherwise known as “bin chickens”.

False alarm again for Orange Fire Service, renovation works at the State Government Office block in Anson St seemingly setting-off alarms in the building.

Concrete footpaths being constructed on the Molong Road are only part of the half-million dollar spend the Council is embarking on this year to make Orange a more walkable town, one of the aims of the Future City initiative.

This group were pictured recently contentedly grazing atop Council’s visitor information centre, enjoying their new territory at leisure!

Staff were soon able to get back to their work as the building was given the all-clear.

Stairway to nowhere for Fairbridge future They were brought to Australia from England in an almost biblical atmosphere; poor children getting a new chance at life in the promised land. We now know it didn’t quite work-out that way with many abused, neglected and exploited. See our photo essay on dedication of the Military Memorial at the old Fairbridge Farm site on pages 18–21.

Curse of Central Tablelands car-owners Generally known as peewees due to their shrill call, the magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca) is the curse of many street-parked car-owners in the Central Tablelands due to their habit of clambering all-over vehicles and attacking rearview mirrors.

This noisy native does have one positive habit though, they’re hell on wings for magpies, crows, currawongs, and other nest-robbing species, driving their much-larger cousins away fearlessly whenever they get near their territory.

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NEWS

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Building skills, resilience in young Australians

The Australian Army Cadets (AAC) is the youth military program and organisation of the Australian Army, tasked with supporting participants to contribute to society, fostering interest in Defence Force careers, and developing support for the Force. The program has more than 19,000 Army Cadets between the ages of 12 and 20 based in more than 200 units around Australia. The values of the AAC are “Service, Courage, Respect, Integrity and Excellence”.

The cadet programme has strong links to the Australian Army and is a part of the Australian Defence Force Cadets. However, its members are not members of the Australian Defence Force by virtue only of their membership of the Australian Army Cadets. The Australian Army Cadets is a youth development program building resilience in young Australians from all backgrounds.

Activities of the Army Cadets include but are not limited to drill and ceremonial parade, abseiling, watermanship, navigation, field camping and first aid.

Recent induction for new Cadet recruits at Orange Anglican School getting kitted-out.

Cadets making a comeback using skills from the past Recent induction of new Cadet recruits at Orange Anglican School is a glimpse into a world that seems from the past for many Australians.

Because service, duty, honour, and discipline are not exactly the adjectives that a cynic might associate with young people in 2021.

They are the pillars however of that old Australian institution, the Cadet Corp currently making a surprise comeback at Orange Anglican Grammar School.

Not only is the “252 ACU” going great guns at the school, but they’re also drawing about a third of their members from other schools in the district.

The Orange group is what is known as a “community unit” as opposed to the school-based unit at Kinross Wollaroi, Commanding Officer, Captain Terry Nye explained.

“There’s already a school-based unit at Kinross and they didn’t want to startup another school-based unit,” Terry, a teacher at OAS, added.

Established only in 2019, the unit suffered the lockdowns, delays, and

restrictions that all groups in our community have experienced since the coronavirus hit in early 2020. In fact, due to the importance of keeping the pandemic out of our armed services, their restrictions in many ways seemed to have been greater.

“It’s certainly not the same as it was one year before, that’s for sure,” Terry said. “But we’ve got through it and we’re pretty much back,” he explained.

One of the surprises of the new unit has been the ability to draw willing volunteers from other local schools in the area.

“We’ve got recruits from Orange High, James Sheahan, Molong, almost all the local high schools… probably about 30 percent of our members are non-OAGS,” Terry said.

“And that’s with word-of-mouth, no marketing, we’ve never advertised the group,” he added.

The group now has about 75 members and has bounced back after a slight dip during the pandemic.

The seemingly old-fashioned nature of the Corp seems to be one of its selling point with many of its volunteers, he added.

“We’re based around the five core values of ‘Service, Courage, Respect, Integrity and Excellence’, he said.

He emphasised that the Cadets are not part of the Australian Army and that there is no expectation that members will join one of the armed services.

“We’re basically a youth group in a military framework with a range of skills that we teach.

“We train leaders, give them confidence and the ability to work in team tasks, that’s one box we tick,” Terry said. “there’s also communication skills, it also ticks that box.”

Youth must be at least 12 years of age, and not have reached the age of 17 years to be eligible to apply for enrolment into the AAC. Once enrolled, they may remain as a cadet until the last day of the year they attain the age of 18 years old. A cadet in the AAC is not considered to be a member of the Australian Defence Force, nor are cadets allowed to be a member of the Defence Force or any other cadet service during their time as a cadet.

The Australian Army Cadets (AAC) program is a proven national youth development organisation (similar to scouts) which is endorsed by the Federal Government, operating under the governance, resources and framework of the Australian Army.

Cadets is available to boys and girls in High School between the ages of 13-18 years old.

Adults who are interested in helping are also welcome to help-out.

Leadership positions are limited and normally held by Year 9 and above cadets who have experience. They are offered based on commitment, observed potential and willingness to attend extra training and qualification courses (conducted during school holidays) – all boys and girls have equal opportunities.

With the Australian Army for 20 years as a Major — in the Cadets his rank is Captain — he said that the appeal of the Cadet Corp is more than just specific social and practical skills. “it’s about getting back to basics, and getting off their devices,” he said.

“It’s about getting in tune with areas that many of us enjoyed when we were young, but many young people seem to miss out on: initiative, getting out and appreciating the bush, learning campcraft skills, it’s a great experience of these young people,” Terry concluded.

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Captain Terry Nye with Cadets from the “252 ACU” at Orange Anglican School recently.

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Saturday, March 27

6.00 Rage.

7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Rage.

12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 Spartacus.

2.25 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds.

3.30 Prince, Son And Heir: Charles At 70.

4.30 Landline.

5.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 14. Brisbane Roar v Western United. From Moreton Daily Stadium, Brisbane.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Death In Paradise. Final.

8.30 Call The Midwife. Final.

9.30 Harrow.

10.25 Miniseries: A Very English Scandal.

11.25 Press. Final.

12.25 Rage.

6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.00 BBC News. 7.30 Italian News.

8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight.

1.00 PBS News. 2.05 Avalanche: Making A Deadly Snowstorm. 3.15 March Of The Penguins 2. 4.35 The Story Of God With Morgan Freeman. 5.35 The Secret History Of World War II. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys.

8.30 MOVIE: The Big Short. (2015) Christian Bale. (M) 10.50 MOVIE: A United Kingdom. (2016) David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Tom Felton. 12.50 MOVIE: Eager Bodies. (2003) Laura Smet, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Marie Denarnaud. 2.35 MOVIE: Live Flesh. (1997) Javier Bardem, Francesca Heri. 4.30 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 France 24 Feature.

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

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs.

12.00 Teletubbies. 12.15 In The Night Garden.

12.45 Clangers. 2.15 Get Grubby TV. 2.30 Wallykazam! 3.00 Curious George. 3.30 Play School. 4.10 Wiggle. 4.35 Thomas. 5.10 Luo Bao Bei. 5.35 Rusty Rivets. 5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.35 Peter Rabbit. 7.00 Catie’s Amazing Machines.

7.15 Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.15 Ross Noble: Stand Up Series. 9.45 Would I Lie To You? 10.15 Staged.

10.40 High Fidelity. 11.10 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 11.55 Escape From The City. 12.50 Way To Go. 1.50 Dave Gorman Live. 3.20 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.40 Waffle The Wonder Dog. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

9.00 Croatian News. 9.30 Serbian News. 10.00 Dutch News. 10.30 Hungarian News. 11.00 NHK Japanese News. 11.30 SBS Courtside. 12.00 Basketball. NBA. Utah Jazz v Memphis Grizzlies.

2.30 New Girl. 3.00 Insight. 4.00 PBS News.

5.00 ABC America: World News Tonight. 5.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 11. Brisbane Bullets v New Zealand Breakers. 7.30 Australia In Colour.

8.30 The X-Files. 9.20 Romulus. 11.25 Dateline.

11.55 Insight. 12.55 My Brother Is A Mermaid.

1.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Volta a Catalunya.

Stage 6. 3.15 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News.

5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 11.30 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 11.50 Operation Ouch! 12.20 Gym Stars. 12.40 Deadly Pole To Pole. 1.10 The Dengineers. 1.50 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 2.05 Danger Mouse.

2.20 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 2.45 Radiant. 3.10 Sailor Moon Crystal. 3.35 Dragon Ball Super. 4.00 Step Up To The Plate. 4.35 Odd Squad. 4.55 Hank Zipzer. 5.20 Lost In Oz. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.55 The Zoo. 7.40 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.35 Wishfart! 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.30 Sword Art Online. 9.55 Close. 5.30 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

6.00 It’s Academic.

(66) 7.00 ZooMoo Wild Friends. 8.00 News Of The Wild. 9.00 Flushed.

10.00 SA Weekender. 10.30 Creek To Coast.

11.00 Weekender. 11.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 12.00 The Mentor. 2.00 Bride And Prejudice: The Forbidden Weddings. 4.45 MOVIE: Grumpy Old Men. (1993) Jack Lemmon. 7.00 MOVIE: Charlie’s Angels. (2000) Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu. 9.00 MOVIE: Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. (2003) Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu. 11.10 MOVIE: This Is Where I Leave You. (2014) Jason Bateman. 1.20 Home Shopping. 2.30 MOVIE: Vigil In The Night. (1940) 4.30 MOVIE: Five Came Back. (1939)

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6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 The World This Week. 11.00 Compass. 11.30 Songs Of Praise.

12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Australia. 2.35 Australia Remastered.

3.30 The Mix. Final. 4.00 Soccer. W-League.

Round 14. Melbourne Victory v Perth Glory.

6.00 Ready Together. New. 6.30 Compass: Inside The Bruderhof.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Grand Designs New Zealand.

8.30 Harrow.

9.20 Silent Witness.

10.25 Miniseries: Patrick Melrose.

11.20 Line Of Duty. Final.

12.20 Keeping Faith.

1.20 Wentworth.

2.10 Sando.

2.35 Rage.

4.10 Wentworth.

5.00 Insiders.

6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. 6.30 Al Jazeera News. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News.

10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Speedweek.

3.00 Surf Life Saving. SLSQ. Senior And Master State Championships.

5.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Magazine.

5.35 The Secret History Of World War II. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Great Plague: Outbreak. New. 10.10 Mimi.

10.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Gent-Wevelgem.

Men’s Race. From Flanders, Belgium.

1.45 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Gent-Wevelgem.

Women’s Race. From Flanders, Belgium.

3.30 Fighting For Air. 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs.

11.40 Sally And Possum. 12.00 Teletubbies.

12.15 In The Night Garden. 12.45 Clangers. 2.15 Get Grubby TV. 2.30 Wallykazam! 3.00 Curious George. 3.30 Play School. 4.10 Wiggle. 5.10 Luo Bao Bei. 5.35 Rusty Rivets. 5.55 Ben And Holly.

6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Gambling In Las Vegas. 9.30 Pilgrimage: Road To Rome. 10.30 The Great Australian Bee Challenge. 11.30 Laura’s Choice. 12.35 You Can’t Ask That. 1.05 Restoration Australia. 2.00 Gruen XL. 2.55 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.40 Waffle The Wonder Dog. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 Croatian News.

9.30 Serbian News. 10.00 Portuguese News.

10.50 Urdu News. 11.35 Hindi News. 12.00 DNA Nation. 1.05 New Girl. 2.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 11.

Sydney Kings v Perth Wildcats. 5.00 Basketball.

NBL. Round 11. Cairns Taipans v Adelaide 36ers. 7.00 Monty Python’s Flying Circus. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 Planet Expedition.

9.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Volta a Catalunya.

Stage 7. 11.30 Das Boot. 1.40 Weediquette. 2.30 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.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 11.25 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 11.50 Operation Ouch! 12.20 Gym Stars. 12.40 Deadly Pole To Pole. 1.10 The Dengineers. 1.40 Winston Steinburger. 2.05 Danger Mouse. 2.20 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 2.40 Prank You Very Much. 3.10 Top Chef Jr. 4.00 Step Up To The Plate. 4.35 Odd Squad. 4.55 Hank Zipzer.

5.20 Lost In Oz. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.55 The Zoo. 7.20 Operation Ouch! 7.40 All Hail King Julien. 8.05 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.25 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 9.10 All Hail King Julien.

9.35 Sword Art Online. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close.

5.30 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

6.00 It’s Academic.

(66) 7.00 ZooMoo Wild Friends. 8.00 News Of The Wild. 9.00 Flushed.

10.00 SA Weekender. 10.30 Creek To Coast. 11.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 11.30 The Food Dude. 12.00 Zumbo’s Just Desserts. 1.15 Instant Hotel. 2.45 Weird, True And Freaky.

4.00 Ultimate Tag. 8.30 First Dates Australia.

10.50 Bridezillas.

11.50 Aquarius.

2.00 MOVIE: The Son Of Kong. (1933) Helen Mack, Robert Armstrong, Victor Wong. 3.30 MOVIE: The Saint’s Vacation. (1941) Hugh Sinclair, Sally Gray. 4.50 Weird, True And Freaky.

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6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Award Winning Tasmania. 12.30 Destination WA. 1.00 My Way. 1.30 Explore. 1.45 MOVIE: Three Wishes. (1995) Patrick Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joseph Mazzello. 4.00 The Pet Rescuers. 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway.

6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Space Invaders.

8.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Ultimatum. (2007) Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn. A former secret agent is once again hunted by the agency that created him. (M) 10.40 MOVIE: Out Of Time. (2003) Denzel Washington. (M) 12.35 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything.

1.30 Getaway.

2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

5.30 Wesley Impact.

6.00 WhichCar. 6.30 Entertainment Tonight. 7.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 7.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 8.30 The Offroad Adventure Show.

9.30 Studio 10: Saturday. 12.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 12.30 Luca’s Key Ingredient. 1.00 10 Minute Kitchen. Final. 1.30 Buy To Build. 2.00 Three Blue Ducks. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 To Be Advised.

4.00 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey.

4.30 Farm To Fork.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Advancing Australia. New. 6.30 Easter With The Australian Women’s Weekly.

7.30 Ambulance.

9.50 To Be Advised.

10.20 999: What’s Your Emergency?

11.20 NCIS. 12.20 Inside The Children’s Hospital.

1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Hour Of Power.

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(52) 6.00 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.20 The Avengers. 12.20 MOVIE: The Headless Ghost.

(1958) 1.40 MOVIE: The City Under The Sea. (1965) Vincent Price. 3.30 MOVIE: Apache. (1954) Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters. 5.20 MOVIE: The Bridges At Toko-Ri. (1954) William Holden, Grace Kelly, Mickey Rooney. 7.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby. Round 6. NSW Waratahs v Queensland Reds. 9.45 Super Rugby Post-Match. 10.00 MOVIE: The Mechanic. (1972) Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn. 12.05 Lethal Weapon. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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(53) 6.00 12.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. 12.30 Beyblade Burst Rise. 1.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. 1.40 Liquid Science. 2.10 Road Trick. 2.40 Race Across The World. 3.55 MOVIE: Meet Dave. (2008) 5.50 MOVIE: Chicken Run. (2000) 7.30 MOVIE: The Secret Life Of Pets.

(2016) Kevin Hart, Eric Stonestreet. 9.15 MOVIE: Johnny English Reborn. (2011) Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Gillian Anderson. 11.15 Stunt Science. 12.15 A Night With My Ex. 1.15 After The Raves. 2.15 Liquid Science. 2.45 Clarence. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. 3.30 Thunderbirds.

4.30 Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy. 4.50 Monkie Kid. 5.10 Nexo Knights. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Insider Trading. 11.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 12.00 House Of Wellness.

1.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 9. North Melbourne v Fremantle. 3.00 Weekender. 3.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 4.00 Creek To Coast. 4.30 Sydney Weekender. 5.00 Horse Racing. Golden Slipper Day and Golden Mile Race Day. 6.00 Border Security: International. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country.

11.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes.

12.30 The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Weekender.

4.00 Creek To Coast. 4.30 Sydney Weekender.

5.00 Home Shopping.

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The Next (63) 6.00 Level. 7.00 Fishy Business. 8.00 Home Shopping. 9.00 Off The Grid With The Badger. 10.00 American Restoration. 10.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 11.00 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 11.30 American Restoration. 12.00 On Tour With Allan Border. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld.

1.30 Football. AFL. Round 2. Sydney v Adelaide.

4.30 Shipping Wars. 5.00 American Restoration.

5.30 Megastructures. 6.30 AFL Pre-Game Show.

7.00 Football. AFL. Round 2. St Kilda v Melbourne.

10.00 AFL Post-Game Show. 10.30 MOVIE: Cobra. (1986) 12.15 Shipping Wars. 1.30 American Restoration. 2.00 Late Programs.

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12.00 JAG. 1.00 The Doctors. 2.00 Jake And The Fatman.

4.00 iFish.

4.30 Mighty Machines.

5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Scorpion.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans.

10.20 FBI: Most Wanted.

11.20 L.A.’s Finest. 12.15 Hawaii Five-0. 1.10 48 Hours. 2.10 Elementary. 3.10 The Doctors. 5.00 Home Shopping.

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(82) 6.00 Cheers.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. 12.00 The Amazing Race Australia.

2.10 Everybody Loves Raymond.

3.30 Friends.

6.00 Columbo.

7.30 Kojak.

8.30 Spyforce.

9.30 The Big Bang Theory.

10.30 Man With A Plan.

12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 2 Broke Girls. 4.00 Mom. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Surf Patrol.

1.30 Highway Patrol.

2.00 MOVIE: Arthur. (1981) (PG) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Shark Alarm: The Year Of Swimming Dangerously.

8.30 MOVIE: The Martian. (2015) Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig. An astronaut believed to be dead after his crew were forced to abandon their expedition prematurely, has to rely on his ingenuity to survive in the planet’s hostile conditions. (M) 11.30 World’s Deadliest: Wheels.

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Sports Sunday. 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show.

1.00 Women’s Footy.

2.00 The Xtreme Collxtion.

2.30 Driving Test.

3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 3. Newcastle Knights v Wests Tigers. From McDonald Jones Stadium, NSW. 6.00 Nine News.

7.00 Married At First Sight.

8.40 60 Minutes.

9.40 Nine News Late.

10.10 Australian Crime Stories: Killing Florence.

11.20 Forensics: The Real CSI: Every Contact Leaves A Trace.

12.30 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Mass For You At Home. 6.30 Hillsong. 7.00 Leading The Way With Dr Michael Youssef. 7.30 Fishing Australia. 8.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 8.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 9.00 Australia

By Design: Innovations. 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday.

12.00 Advancing Australia. 12.30 My Market Kitchen. 1.00 The Offroad Adventure Show.

2.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

2.15 The Amazing Race Australia. 3.30 Easter With The Australian Women’s Weekly.

4.30 Farm To Fork.

5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Sunday Project.

7.30 The Amazing Race Australia. Final.

9.00 MOVIE: Second Act. (2018) Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens, Leah Remini. After being turned down for a promotion by her employers, a woman reinvents herself. (M) 11.00 The Sunday Project.

12.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS This Morning.

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8.30 The Incredible Journey Presents. 9.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 MOVIE: The Pure Hell Of St Trinian’s. (1960) 12.00 The Garden Gurus. 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. 3.05 Customs. 3.35 MOVIE: Revolt At Fort Laramie. (1957) 5.05 MOVIE: The Vikings.

(1958) Kirk Douglas. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire. 10.40 Chicago Med. 11.35 Bizarre E.R. 12.35 My Favorite Martian.

1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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(53) 6.00 8.00 MOVIE: Barbie And Chelsea The Lost Birthday. (2021) 9.15 Kids’ Programs. 12.00 Bakugan: Geogan Rising. 12.30 Beyblade Burst Rise. 1.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. 1.30 Liquid Science. 2.00 Dance Moms.

4.00 MOVIE: Free Birds. (2013) 5.45 MOVIE: Astro Boy. (2009) 7.30 MOVIE: Star Trek Beyond.

(2016) Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto. 10.00 MOVIE: Star Trek: Nemesis. (2002) Patrick Stewart. 12.15 MOVIE: In Time. (2011) 2.30 Liquid Science. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. 3.30 Thunderbirds.

4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 5.10 Lego Jurassic World: Legend Of Isla Nublar. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 NBC Today.

12.00 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes.

1.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special.

1.30 The Zoo. 2.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.30 Escape To The Country.

8.30 The Replacement. New. 9.45 Miniseries: The Pembrokeshire Murders.

10.45 Mighty Cruise Ships: Europa 2.

11.45 Property Ladder UK. 1.00 The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Home Shopping.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 6.30 Big Angry Fish. 7.30 Home Shopping. 9.30 Fishing.

International Series. Replay. 10.00 Fishing.

Australian Championships. Replay. 11.00 Fishing.

Australian Championships. Replay. 11.30 River To Reef: Retro. 12.00 Sunday Footy Fest. 12.30 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 9. Adelaide v Collingwood. 2.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt.

3.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. Krikke Boys Shootout. 4.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 9.

GWS Giants v Carlton. 6.00 Football. AFL. Round 2. Fremantle v GWS Giants. 9.00 MOVIE: The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King. (2003) Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood. 1.05 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.00 Scorpion. 1.00 The Doctors. 2.00 Australia By Design: Innovations. 2.30 Buy To Build. 3.00 Fishing Edge. 4.00 Fishing Australia. 5.00 iFish.

5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles.

10.20 48 Hours.

11.20 Hawaii Five-0. 12.15 NCIS: New Orleans. 1.10 Elementary. 2.10 Instinct. 3.05 Mighty Machines.

3.30 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Round 1. Grand Prix Of Qatar. 5.15 The Doctors.

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(82) 6.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.30 Everybody Loves Raymond.

12.00 To Be Advised.

1.00 The Amazing Race Australia.

2.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

3.00 Friends.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.00 Friends.

10.30 2 Broke Girls.

12.00 Home Shopping.

1.30 Mom. 3.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.30 Home Shopping.

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Morning (2) 6.00 Programs.

12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Death In Paradise. Final. 2.00 Poldark. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 To The Stars: 100 Years Of The RAAF. 10.35 ABC Late News. 11.05 EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire.

12.35 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 2.05 The Clinton Affair. 3.05 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.10 Mythical Beasts Unearthed. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Historic House Rescue. 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. 9.25 The Story Of The Songs. 10.20 SBS News. 10.50 Outlander. 12.00 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. 1.45 Asylum City. 3.15 Late Programs.

Morning (6) 6.00 Programs. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Abducted: The Carlina White Story. (2012) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. 3.00 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. 8.30 MOVIE: Bridget Jones’s Diary. (2001) Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Station 19. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Explore. 1.15 Married At First Sight. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. 9.00 Under Investigation. 10.00 100% Footy. 11.00 Nine News Late. 11.30 Extreme Planes. 12.20 Tipping Point. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (8) Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Amazing Race Australia. 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Royals Revealed: Elizabeth & Philip – Marriage, Duty & Love.

8.30 Hughesy, We Have A Problem. 9.30 The Graham Norton Show. 10.30 The Project. 11.30 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Earth’s Tropical Islands.

Final. 9.45 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

10.35 Escape From The City. 11.35 Extras.

12.05 Would I Lie To You? 12.35 Parks And Recreation. 12.55 Reno 911! 1.20 Man Like Mobeen. 2.05 Mock The Week. 2.40 Close. 5.05 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Front Up. 12.30 SBS Courtside. 1.00 NBA. Los Angeles Lakers v Orlando Magic. 3.30 VICE World Of Sports. 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.20 This Week. 5.15 The Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Forged In Fire Latin America.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 10.15 Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia. 11.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 10.30 MOVIE: The Saint In London. (1939) 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 60 Minute Makeover.

2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 The Great Australian Doorstep.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Judge John Deed. 10.30 Autopsy USA. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Death In Paradise. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Pool Of London. (1951) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 London Kills. 8.40 The Bill. 10.40 Three Days To Live. 11.40 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 12.00 Nash Bridges.

1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Hawaii Five-0. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 1. Bahrain Grand Prix.

Highlights. 11.20 NCIS. 12.15 Home Shopping.

2.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. Final.

7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. Final. 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.30 Sword Art Online. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

6.00 It’s (66) Academic. 7.00 Match It. 8.00 Flushed. 9.00 Home Shopping.

10.30 House Rules. 12.00 9-1-1. 2.00 The Real O’Neals. 3.00 Splitting Up Together. 3.30 The Goldbergs. 5.00 How I Met Your Mother. 6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 Ultimate Tag. 9.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 10.00 Ramsay’s Costa Del Nightmares. 11.00 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell. 12.00 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs.

3.00 TCR Australia Touring Car Series. Rnd 2.

H’lights. 4.00 TCR Australia Touring Car Series.

Rnd 2. GT World Challenge. H’lights. 4.30 Supercars Support Races. Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. Rnd 1. H’lights. 5.30 Storage Wars.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 8.30 MOVIE: The Fugitive.

(1993) 11.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Parenthood. 1.00 Bridezillas. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 The Break Boys. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm.

7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra. (2009) Channing Tatum. 10.45 Paranormal Caught On Camera.

11.45 Love Island. Return. 1.05 Big Heads. 2.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid? 3.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 Happy Together. 8.00 Friends.

9.00 The Big Bang Theory. 11.00 Cheers.

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Judging Amy. 2.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 The Conners. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 Horse Racing. Golden Slipper Day. From Rosehill Gardens, Sydney. Golden Mile Race Day. From Bendigo Racecourse, Victoria.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 MOVIE: A Dog’s Way Home. (2019) Bryce Dallas Howard, Ashley Judd. A dog embarks on an epic journey home after she is separated from her beloved human. (PG) 9.00 MOVIE: Kong: Skull Island. (2017) Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson.

After the Vietnam War, a team of soldiers and scientists is sent on a mission to a mysterious island where they encounter an array of monstrous creatures, including a giant ape. (M) 11.20 7NEWS Presents: Ivan Milat – Buried Secrets.

1.30 Home Shopping.

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TVguide Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 Four Corners. 10.45 Elders. 11.00 To The Stars: 100 Years Of The RAAF. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Call The Midwife. Final. 2.00 Poldark. Final. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. 5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. Return. 8.30 EXPOSED: The Ghost Train Fire. 9.50 The Truth About Improving Your Mental Health. 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.20 Q+A. 12.35 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 (3) PBS News. 2.05 The Clinton Affair. 3.05 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.05 Ancient Invisible Cities. 5.05 Jeopardy!

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Great Australian Railway Journeys. 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline.

10.00 The Feed. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 The Point. 12.00 The Pier. 12.55 Borgen. 4.20 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 France 24 Feature.

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

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.35 Rusty Rivets. 5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Staged. 9.05 Extras. 9.40 Fisk. 10.05 High Fidelity. 10.40 In The Long Run. 11.05 Live At The Apollo. 11.50 Ross Noble: Stand Up Series. 12.20 Parks And Recreation. 12.40 Reno 911! 1.05 Man Like Mobeen. 1.25 Back. 3.55 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.35 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Basketball. NBA. Utah Jazz v Memphis Grizzlies. Replay. 2.00 60 Days In. 2.50 The Curse Of Oak Island. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Asia’s Next Top Model.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 VICE Investigates. 9.35 The Casketeers. Return. 10.05 Travel Man. 10.35 Rise Up. 11.30 VICE Investigates. 12.30 News.

12.55 King Of The Road. 2.35 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 2.30 Make It Pop! 2.55 Wow That’s Amazing. 3.30 Horrible Histories. 4.05 Little Lunch. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 Hank Zipzer. 5.20 Lost In Oz. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 All Hail King Julien.

8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.30 Sword Art Online. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

6.00 It’s (66) Academic. 7.00 Match It. 8.00 Flushed. 9.00 Home Shopping.

10.30 House Rules. 12.00 9-1-1. 2.00 The Real O’Neals. 3.00 The Goldbergs. 3.30 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 Futurama. 5.00 The Simpsons. 6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.

7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Vacation. (1983) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid. 10.40 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon. (1993) 12.25 90210. 1.30 Late Programs.

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 Air Force 100. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch.

1.55 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow.

5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 9.00 Fisk. 9.30 Melbourne Comedy Festival 2021: The Gala.

10.30 Staged. Final. 10.55 ABC Late News. 11.25 Four Corners. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.00 Dateline. 2.30 Insight. 3.30 Great British Railway Journeys.

4.00 Ancient Invisible Cities. 5.05 Jeopardy!

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 Tony Robinson: Britain’s Ancient Tracks. 8.30 Australia In Colour. 9.30 Departure. 10.20 SBS News.

10.50 Romulus. 12.50 The Night Manager.

1.40 Counterpart. 3.45 Killer In Our Classroom: Never Again. 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.35 Rusty Rivets. 5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Stackorama!

9.45 Restoration Australia. 10.45 Pilgrimage: Road To Rome. 11.45 Louis Theroux: Gambling In Las Vegas. 12.45 Parks And Recreation. 1.05 Reno 911! 1.30 Man Like Mobeen. 1.50 Gary And His Demons. 2.15 Mock The Week. 2.55 Close.

5.05 Little Princess. 5.35 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Basketball. NBA. Los Angeles Lakers v Orlando Magic. Replay. 2.00 60 Days In. 2.55 The Curse Of Oak Island. 3.45 WorldWatch.

5.10 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Vs Arashi. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Wellington Paranormal. Final. 9.00 What Makes A Woman. 9.55 MOVIE: Serpico. (1973) 12.15 MOVIE: The Long Good Friday. (1980) 2.15 News. 2.40 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 2.30 Make It Pop! 2.55 Wow That’s Amazing. 3.30 Horrible Histories. 4.05 Little Lunch. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 Hank Zipzer. 5.20 Lost In Oz. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 All Hail King Julien.

8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.30 Sword Art Online. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

6.00 It’s (66) Academic. 7.00 Match It. 8.00 Flushed. 9.00 Home Shopping.

10.30 House Rules. 12.00 9-1-1. 2.00 The Real O’Neals. 3.00 The Goldbergs. 3.30 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 Futurama. 5.00 The Simpsons. 6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.

7.30 Modern Family.

8.30 MOVIE: Dangerous Minds. (1995) Michelle Pfeiffer.

10.30 MOVIE: Zodiac. (2007) Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo. 1.50 The Guardian. 5.00 9-1-1.

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. 1.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 2.00 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Antiques Roadshow. Final.

5.10 Grand Designs. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 10.00 Aussie Inventions That Changed The World. 10.55 ABC Late News. 11.25 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 (3) Watergate. 3.00 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.05 Ancient Invisible Cities. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 The World’s Busiest Stations. 8.30 Michael Mosley: What’s My Diagnosis. 9.40 Shadowplay. 10.40 SBS News. 11.10 24 Hours In Police Custody. Final. 12.10 The Good Fight. 1.15 Bosch. Return. 3.50 Waco: The Longest Siege.

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

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.25 Hard Quiz. 9.55 The Weekly. 10.25 You Can’t Ask That. 10.55 Earth’s Tropical Islands. Final. 12.00 Parks And Recreation. 12.20 Reno 911! 12.40 QI. 1.15 In The Long Run. 1.40 Man Like Mobeen.

2.00 Gary And His Demons. 2.25 Mock The Week. 3.05 Close. 5.05 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Cup of China. Replay. 2.00 60 Days In. 2.50 The Dark Side Of The Moon. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 NBL: Overtime. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Taskmaster Norway. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 American Runestone: A Viking Mystery. 10.10 Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish. 11.05 The Feed. 11.35 Over The Black Dot. 12.30 News. 12.55 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 2.30 Make It Pop! 2.55 Wow That’s Amazing. Final.

3.30 Horrible Histories. 4.05 Little Lunch. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 Hank Zipzer. 5.20 Lost In Oz. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Operation Ouch!

7.00 Deadly Dinosaurs. 7.35 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! 8.55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures! 9.10 All Hail King Julien. 9.30 Sword Art Online. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

6.00 It’s (66) Academic. 7.00 Match It. 8.00 Flushed. 9.00 Home Shopping.

10.30 House Rules. 12.00 9-1-1. 2.00 Modern Family. 3.00 The Goldbergs. 3.30 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 Futurama. 5.00 The Simpsons. 6.00 Futurama.

6.30 The Simpsons.

7.30 Cold Case.

9.30 Without A Trace.

10.30 Numb3rs. 11.30 Bones. 3.00 Fresh TV. 3.30 How I Met Your Mother. 4.00 9-1-1.

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 11.30 Gardening Australia. 12.00 ABC News On Good Friday. 12.30 Easter In Australia. 1.30 Back Roads. 2.00 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 3.00 ABC News On Good Friday. 3.40 The Cook And The Chef. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 Grand Designs.

6.05 Jesus: Countdown To Calvary. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. 8.30 Vera.

10.05 Keeping Faith. 11.05 ABC Late News.

11.20 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.10 Watergate.

3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Celtic Woman: A Celebration. 4.35 Andrea Bocelli: Music For Hope. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 Tutankhamun’s Last Mission. 8.30 Secrets Of The Royal Wardrobe. 9.45 The Blitz: Britain On Fire. 10.40 Going Places. 11.10 I Am Johnny Cash. 12.45 Project Blue Book. 2.25 Mr Mercedes. New. 4.25 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.45 Andy’s Aquatic Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.50 MOVIE: My Brilliant Career. (1979) 10.30 Brush With Fame. 11.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 11.50 The Great Australian Bee Challenge. 12.50 Parks And Recreation.

1.10 Reno 911! 1.35 Man Like Mobeen. 2.00 Gary And His Demons. 2.20 Mock The Week. 3.00 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Cup of China. Replay. 2.00 60 Days In. 2.50 Killing Cancer. 3.30 WorldWatch. 5.00 The Joy Of Painting. 5.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 12. Melbourne United v Cairns Taipans.

7.40 Jeopardy! 8.10 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 9.05 Playing Frisbee In North Korea. 9.35 How Sex Changed The World. 10.25 Sex In The World’s Cities. 11.25 Yokayi Footy.

12.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 2.50 The Fairly Odd Parents. 3.15 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.30 Are You Tougher Than Your Ancestors? 4.05 Little Lunch. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.55 Hank Zipzer. 5.20 Lost In Oz. 6.00 Spirit Riding Free. 6.30 Wallace And Gromit: A Close Shave. 7.00 MOVIE: Dino Dana The Movie. (2020) 8.25 Good Game Spawn Point.

8.45 Fruits Basket. 9.10 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 9.35 Radiant. 10.05 Close. 5.30 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

6.00 It’s (66) Academic. 7.00 Match It. 8.00 Flushed. 9.00 Home Shopping.

10.30 House Rules. 12.00 9-1-1. 2.00 Modern Family. 3.00 The Goldbergs. 3.30 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 Futurama. 5.00 The Simpsons. 6.00 Futurama.

6.30 The Simpsons.

7.30 Cold Case.

9.30 Without A Trace.

10.30 Numb3rs. 11.30 Bones. 3.00 Fresh TV. 3.30 How I Met Your Mother. 4.00 9-1-1.

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Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Wrong Woman. (2013) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. 3.00 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 Britain’s Got Talent: Best Of The Buzzers. 8.30 The Good Doctor.

9.30 Sun, Sea And Surgery. New. 10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Station 19. 12.00 Kiss Bang Love. 1.30 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 The Pet Rescuers. 1.30 Married At First Sight. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat.

5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight.

9.00 Botched. 10.00 Amazing Grace. 11.00 Nine News Late. 11.30 Labour Of Love. 12.15 Our Lives: Extraordinary People. 1.05 A Current Affair. 1.30 Late Programs.

7TWO

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 London Kills. 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 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer.

9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Law & Order. 11.40 Shades Of Blue. 12.35 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Parenthood. 1.00 Bridezillas. 2.00 Generation YouTube. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch. 6.00 Malcolm.

7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible II. (2000) 10.00 MOVIE: 16 Blocks.

(2006) 12.00 Love Island. 1.00 Big Heads. 2.00 Generation YouTube. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Surge. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 5.10 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Driving Test. 1.30 Married At First Sight. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Married At First Sight. 9.00 Amazing Grace. 10.00 New Amsterdam. 11.00 Nine News Late. 11.30 The Enemy Within. 12.15 Tipping Point. 1.05 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute.

3.30 Sydney Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Suspects. 11.30 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 12.30 Pie In The Sky. 1.30 ICU. 2.00 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs.

9.00 Pawn Stars. 9.30 Storage Wars. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions.

11.00 A Football Life. 12.20 Ultimate Tag. 2.00 So You Think You’d Survive? 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 American Restoration.

5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers.

7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 9.30 Outback Pilots.

10.30 Mighty Rivers. 11.30 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Endless Love. (2014) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. 3.00 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 Highway Patrol Special.

8.30 Ambulance: Code Red. 9.30 Born To Kill?

10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 The Front Bar. 12.00 MOVIE: The Operator. (2000) 2.00 Late Programs.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

10.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 11.20 To Be Advised.

12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 48 Hours. 3.15 JAG. 4.10 Star Trek: Voyager. 5.05 The Doctors.

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Cheers.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Cheers.

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Judging Amy. 2.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.30 Mom. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Judging Amy. 4.30 Home Shopping.

NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Farm To Fork.

4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Cube. 8.30 Bull. 10.30 The Project. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS This Morning.

7TWO

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 New Tricks. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 MOVIE: Nicholas Nickleby. (1947) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 The Nick. 11.50 Antiques Roadshow. 12.20 My Favorite Martian.

1.00 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Baywatch.

10.30 Kids’ Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Parenthood. 1.00 Bridezillas. 2.00 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Baywatch.

6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 8.30 MOVIE: The Wolf Of Wall Street. (2013) Leonardo DiCaprio. 12.10 Love Island. 1.10 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 2.00 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry. 3.00 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 Married At First Sight.

3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 4. Manly Sea Eagles v Penrith Panthers. 9.55 Thursday Night Knock Off. 10.40 Nine News Late. 11.10 Manifest. 12.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute.

3.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Frankie Drake Mysteries. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost.

10.50 Dog Patrol. 11.50 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Home Shopping.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs.

9.00 Storage Wars. 9.30 Pawn Stars. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions.

11.00 A Football Life. 12.20 Ultimate Tag. 2.00 So You Think You’d Survive? 3.00 Classic Restos: USA Edition. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons.

9.00 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.30 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Boy Next Door. (2015) 2.00 Criminal Confessions. 3.00 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 Mighty Trains. 8.30 MOVIE: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. (2011) Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Police: Hour Of Duty.

12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

(82) 6.00 Cheers.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Cheers.

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Judging Amy. 2.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.30 2 Broke Girls.

12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Judging Amy. 4.30 Home Shopping.

NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Living Room. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Farm To Fork.

4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Bondi Rescue. 8.00 Territory Cops. 8.30 Gogglebox. 9.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 This Is Us. 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 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 1. Grand Prix of Qatar. Replay. 9.30 Bondi Rescue. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 Instinct. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 9.30 L.A.’s Finest. Final. 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.30 Elementary. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 MacGyver. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 4.00 JAG. 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager.

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Cheers.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Cheers.

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Judging Amy. 2.00 Medium. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.30 Friends.

12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Judging Amy. 4.30 Home Shopping.

NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Living Room. 8.30 The Graham Norton Show. 9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 Just For Laughs Australia. 11.00 The Project. 12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 1.00 Home Shopping.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 1. Bahrain Grand Prix. Highlights. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder.

10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver.

12.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Star Trek: Voyager.

3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 MacGyver.

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Cheers.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Cheers. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Friends. 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends.

8.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.30 The Conners.

10.30 Charmed. 11.30 The Big Bang Theory.

12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Judging Amy. 4.30 Home Shopping.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry.

1.00 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 6.00 Malcolm.

7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Young Sheldon. 8.30 MOVIE: Transformers: Age Of Extinction.

(2014) Mark Wahlberg. 11.45 Young Sheldon.

12.10 Love Island. 1.10 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo.

3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 World’s Greatest Islands. 2.00 Tipping Point. 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 4. Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v South Sydney Rabbitohs. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 4. Melbourne Storm v Brisbane Broncos. 9.55 Golden Point. 10.40 MOVIE: The Gambler.

(2014) 12.45 New Amsterdam. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

7TWO

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Passionate Stranger. (1957) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Seven Worlds, One Planet. 8.40 MOVIE: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. (2005) Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore. 11.00 MOVIE: Son Of God. (2014) 1.30 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Hollywood Medium. 1.00 Kids’ Programs.

1.15 MOVIE: Norm Of The North. (2015) 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Young Sheldon. 5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 MOVIE: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Rollercoaster Of Friendship. (2018) 7.00 Kids’ Programs. 7.30 MOVIE: Kung Fu Panda 3. (2016) 9.30 MOVIE: The Longest Yard. (2005) 11.45 Love Island.

12.55 MOVIE: Tomorrow, When The War Began.

(2010) 3.00 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions.

11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Doomsday Preppers. 1.00 Storage Wars. 1.30 So You Think You’d Survive? 2.30 Equestrian In The Park 2020. 3.30 The Food Dude. 4.00 Timbersports.

4.30 American Restoration. 5.00 Storage Wars.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Sniper. (1993) Tom Berenger. 9.35 MOVIE: We Were Soldiers. (2002) Mel Gibson.

12.25 Late Programs.

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7MATE

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 10.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Jailhouse Rock. (1957) Elvis Presley. 2.00 House Of Wellness. 3.00 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: The Dressmaker. (2015) 11.00 Sun, Sea And Surgery.

12.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute.

3.30 Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Patrol. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia.

10.30 Property Ladder UK. 1.00 The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 Late Programs.

WIN PEACH

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 Instinct. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 NCIS. 12.10 Home Shopping.

2.10 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 1. Bahrain Grand Prix. Highlights. 3.10 Diagnosis Murder.

4.05 Instinct. 5.00 The Doctors.

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 As Time Goes By. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Mr Denning Drives North. (1951) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 Emergency. 9.30 Call The Midwife.

10.40 The Equalizer. 11.40 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Doomsday Preppers.

1.00 Storage Wars. 1.30 Pawn Stars. 2.00 So You Think You’d Survive? 3.00 The Simpsons.

4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 American Restoration. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 3.

Brisbane Lions v Collingwood. 10.00 AFL PostGame Show. 10.30 MOVIE: Pain & Gain. (2013) 1.05 Late Programs.

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9GEM

7TWO

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 60 Minute Makeover. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute.

3.30 Creek To Coast. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Andrew Denton’s Interview. 12.30 The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Late Programs.

WIN

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Easter With The Australian Women’s Weekly. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 Ambulance Australia. 8.30 NCIS. 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.30 The Project. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Late Programs.

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of current faves, a relatively new I’m alone again this week, working Aussie band called Ocean Alley – and from home. Weird. Fun. Novel. Am I screamed out the lyrics at the top of gonna get sick of it? Who knows. Am my lungs whilst mowing for almost 2 I sick of my own company yet? Nope.

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It’s these kinds of headlines that lead to people letting emotions get in the way of them making sensible investment decisions.

Investing is actually pretty easy when you take out all the spin designed to sell overpriced financial products and turn a blind eye to the way the media reports what happens in the short term.

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As Newswatch finishes, I’d like to take the opportunity to congratulate Bob Holland on what he and his team achieved over the last 12 months.

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POLITICAL PING PONG… LEARN WHAT PINGS PONG! “My Country” — not global warming It never rains but it pours in “My Country”, as our droughts and sunburnt plains receive those flooding rains, and the parched burnt country of a year ago is now flooded and filling up the aquifers. Dorothea Mackellar’s epic poem really does say it all – “Core of my heart, my country! Land of the Rainbow Gold, For flood and fire and famine, She pays us back three-fold”.

No, it’s not man-made climate change at all — it’s just what happens. No, Prof Tim Flannery, of “even the rain that falls isn’t actually going to fill our dams and rivers” fame, you shouldn’t be scaring everyone to justify your own big pay packet; you shouldn’t be scaring kids about “climate change”. Just like it’s always done, we’ll have good seasons and bad, extreme droughts and floods, but it’s nothing to get our knickers in a knot about. Sure, we SHOULD be looking after the land and our surroundings the best that we can; we should be using safe chemicals and all the rest of it, but there are thousands and thousands of real scientists who disagree with the “climate change” narrative being pushed by the UN. These other scientists know that there’s a lot of money extracted from tax-payers of the world given to UN climate change programs, which just scare us back and force us to do stupid things like shut down our coal-powered stations and expect wind and solar to fill the gap. They won’t. They can’t. We’re not there yet. They’re forcing us to freeze or frizzle, the elderly and ill to die! Future generations will wonder if we were a different planet back then, our now!

Vaccine panic

They’ll wonder why we scared everyone into clamouring for vaccines when some simple treatments like the ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine protocols will do. They’ll blame our generation because the mRNA vaccines sterilised young women and they’re seeing a lot of auto-immune illnesses they’ve now proven were caused by these jabs. They’ll wonder how stupid we were to just blindly believe the WHO and their powerful “everything-to-gain mates”. Why on earth didn’t they just go and do some research? How did big media get away with fooling people? How did they let social media morons tell them how to think? Why were the governments of the day so blindsided? The kick-back’s weren’t worth it in the end for we future generations!

Oh yes, they’ll wonder why the people ever tolerated political parties, especially the two-party system, “Ping” and “Pong”.

Ping pops the ball to Pong; Pong pops it back again at the next election; Ping blocks it in opposition; Pong is all talk no action; Ping advocates action, and gets in again; Pong is bound by its controllers and has inquiries; Ping has more inquiries; Pong promises the world; Ping pings Pong to ping-pong land and still, nothing happens.

Whenever Pong gets pinged off by Ping, or Ping gets ponged off

by Pong, it’s all good in the parliamentary bar. After all, they’ll still get their parliamentary salary and ultimate pension, so pingpong is a good game for Ping and Pong. Whether or not Ping or Pong win or lose is of no consequence in the big picture.

In the meantime, just to ensure the mug people in ping-pong land think they’re really working for them, they have internal ping-pong party disputes rather than really looking after our health, or soldiers, or small business, or farmers, or jobs, or families. Craig Kelly’s on the pong with the Ping party so they pinged him out of the party so they could get on with the pong.

Both Ping and Pong still borrow from the same PingPong bankers who ping the pong out of their hard-working clientele for their own benefit. The PingPong bankers have the members of the

Ping and Pong parties befuddled with ping-pong economics so they can steal the energy and productive capacity of the country for themselves. The PingPong banksters do this the world over.

It’s a good game, this ping-pong. Of course, the Chinese, or more particularly, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are really good at playing ping-pong too. They’re pinging the ports the world over, like they pinged Darwin’s port. It pongs. They outplayed our governments in the power-grid ping-pong game and pinged our power prices up till they pong.

Sinking subs

Our submarines were easily discovered because they ping too much, so the PingPong banksters got together ex-Goldman Sachs Aussie banker PM who turns bull into pong, with the ex global bankster Rothschild & Co. man, French President Macron. They entered into a topSPIN agreement to save an Aussie election by making submarines sometime in the future that don’t ping.

Price is on the pong.

Faceless criminal billionaires and corporations behind the World Economic Forum (WEF) play ping-pong on a global scale.

They’re in with the PingPong banksters, who want to manipulate economies so they can crash or burn them, and take the spoils of other people’s hard work. They plan the Great Reset which will be total control of our monetary system and everything else in our lives. We’d want to hope Trump comes up trumps with his own game of ping-pong to set the world straight again, to give us our constitutions back; and our own money system, taken away from the PingPong banksters. But so ingrained are they, this deep state or global cabal, that it’s a big ask.

We’d better do some research of our own. We’ll get pinged more by the PingPong banksters if we don’t, and we’ll deserve all we get if we don’t do our bit, and understand how banking really works. Why should we go to war again because the PingPong banksters have their Ping hand finance one side, and their Pong hand finance the other? In the end, PingPong wins anyway, not we, the people, who die.

The PingPong banks will win in Australia. They’ll foreclose on small business who can’t justify keeping people on now that Jobkeeper has withdrawn. Why did they need that? Oh yes …. because our PingPong governments the world over compliantly closed down our economies over a flu with a 0.03% death rate that came from a bio-weapon lab in Wuhan (ref bioweapon expert Dr Francis Boyle). It’s the same lab that Anthony Fauci directed $3.7m to in 2015 to develop coronaviruses. He was later confident to guarantee a “surprise outbreak” of a virus.

A “global pandemic”

The Rockefeller Foundation had predicted a “global pandemic” in their “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development,” 10 years before-hand (2010). While a scenario, China enforced mandatory quarantine for its citizens, praised; while USA only strongly discouraged people from flying!

The scenario below is how totalitarian controls should be implemented… does this ring a bell with anyone?

“During the pandemic, national leaders around the world flexed their authority and imposed airtight rules and restrictions, from the mandatory wearing of face masks to body-temperature checks at the entries to communal spaces like train stations and supermarkets.

“Even after the pandemic faded, this more authoritarian control and oversight of citizens and their activities stuck and even intensified.”

“In developed countries, this heightened oversight took many forms: biometric IDs for all citizens, for example, and tighter regulation of key industries

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whose stability was deemed vital to national interests.”

Investigator and author Robin de Ruiter wrote in “Coronavirus”, 2008 that there’d be a global lockdown which purpose would be to create a new world of authoritarian control. In 2014, Harry Vox, investigative journalist predicted our planned global pandemic because the “ruling class” “will stop at nothing to complete their toolkit of control. One of the things that had been missing from their toolkit is quarantines and curfews. The plan is to get hundreds of thousands of people infected with it and create the next phase of control.”

To top it off, The Rockefeller Foundation put out the National Covid-19 Testing Action Plan giving practical steps to applying authoritarian control. Does this sound familiar?

“Digital apps and privacy-protected tracking software should be widely used to enable more complete contact tracking.”

“In order to fully control the Covid-19 epidemic, we need to test the majority of the population on a weekly basis.”

This was followed by Event 201, with the intention of completing it via the “Great Reset”.

So, as this is my last column, (which I’m not unhappy about since I’m pedantic about my research which takes a lot of time), I want to leave you with a healthy appetite for probing into and questioning the narrative of your Ping Pong pollies and their ping-pong mates. If you don’t learn the rules of their ping-pong games, you’re going to continue to be the ball bashed from one end of the ping-pong table to the other.

“Our” media

Question what the media is telling you. Why WERE they after Trump? Didn’t they want human trafficking stopped? Did they want to keep up their wars to control people, when he wanted to make peace? (Seems like it now!) Didn’t they want their huge kick-backs to stop, when they publicly funded other countries and had it loop back to their personal bank accounts?

Didn’t they want their cosy little arrangements with China and others interrupted? Surely they didn’t want to keep their cosy PingPong Banksters scam going? (who wouldn’t if you were in on the game?!) Weren’t they happy with Biden praising his team: “We have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics”.

Didn’t they like seeing promises kept? Certainly, Trump’s the only pollie in living memory to make a heap of promises he actually kept! Biden’s team is totally unravelling them all as fast as they can now. Their fuel has gone up, they’ve lost jobs and big projects. People are flooding across the borders and that problem is worse than it ever was. Many States are already suing the Biden regime. Courts still haven’t actually looked at any evidence of voter fraud. All across the globe there are HUGE rallies against lock-downs, masks and vaccines – people are waking up. They’re questioning and looking into evidence for themselves, not relying on mainstream media now.

We were warned by CIA Intelligence Officer Dr John Coleman in 1991 of the global plan: ‘At least four billion useless eaters shall be eliminated by the year 2050 by means of limited wars and organised epidemics of fatal rapid acting diseases.’

Coleman also quoted the prophet Hosea’s warning: “My people perish for lack of knowledge”. We’ve pinged God from our lives; without a moral compass, the world pongs. “Democracy” has been eroded and if we don’t learn what pings pong, we’ll continue to be the game.

THE COUNCIL GAME

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Amanda Spalding

This week the Mock Council has been asked to comment on ‘It seems hard to get things passed through Council now, given how easy it is to halt or delay progress, often by a handful of people. What’s the answer?’

My first thought is: ‘that’s democracy’!

Council’s new initiative of holding public forums on larger projects during the exhibition phase seems to be well received by the community, although some seem to be better publicised than others. However, community engagement should not be left to the exhibition stage of a project. It should happen much earlier in the planning and decisionmaking process.

The solution to this perceived problem is for the people of Orange to elect a Mayor who is experienced, independent and ethical who will ensure extensive community engagement (including engaging with hard to reach groups) in developing an agreed strategic direction for Orange for the next 20 years as a blueprint to be followed by the Council with the support and trust of the community.

It also helps if the community elects a majority of councillors keen to pursue an agreed direction and work together as a team. However, there is a danger of Group Think if the councillors elected are all very similar to each other (and similar to the senior management of the Council) and think that because they all agree on how things should be done everyone else in the wider community will also agree with them.

Some people may feel that community engagement can result in a handful of people halting or delaying progress, but if community engagement is done properly and early in the planning process, that should not happen. However, it is difficult to engage the ‘silent majority’ in developing strategic plans, as they will often not be interested until something threatens to affect their own back yard or their way of life.

Having ongoing dialogue and explaining decisions should be a priority of the next Council to gain the trust of the community.

It is important to be clear, up front, about the purpose of community engagement and what promise is being made. If Council is only informing the community of what is planned, the promise is only ‘we will keep you informed’. If the Council is consulting the community the promise is: ‘we will keep you informed, listen to and acknowledge concerns, and aspirations and provide feedback on how public input influenced the decision.’ The influence of the engagement process in decision making becomes incrementally stronger with involve, collaborate and finally, empower.

Councillors themselves can halt or delay progress through rescission motions.

At one time Orange City Council was well known for its rescission motions. I wrote an article for Orange City Life in November 2019 about rescission motions that had been made at Orange City Council in the first two years of the current term. There were 11 at Orange and none at Bathurst Regional Council during the same period. I cannot recall any at Orange since November 2019, apart from the failed Future City rescission motion that was ruled by the CEO as too late recently. Given that it was moved by Councillors Duffy, Whitton and Taylor, who between them have 55 years of experience as Councillors of Orange City Council and must have been aware of the deadline for rescission motions, one wonders whether they were serious about wanting to stop implementation for further consultation, or were playing to the gallery!!

So, of the 11 rescission motions in the first 2 years of the current Council, the Councillors signing the most rescission motions were Councillors Duffy, Taylor and Whitton with 6 each followed by Mayor Reg Kidd with 4. I have often seen rescission motions used to alter a decision that was taken when some councillors were absent from the meeting and the usual majority was not there to approve a decision.

The answer is agreed strategic direction; community engagement early in the process, with clarity about what is being promised and clear explanations of why decisions have been made. I would like to see a Community Satisfaction Survey undertaken as a baseline for the new Council to improve on, and that would include how much the Council is trusted by the community.

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Josh Girle-Bennett The answer is to elect a new council.

For too long Orange City Council has been operating inefficiently with little or no collaboration between departments and its elected representatives. Cronyism appears to be rife amongst Councillors and council staff which is leading to poor decision making, complacency and ultimately things not getting passed. As an Operational Buyer, I witness firsthand the inefficiencies of organisational structures.

I have a proven record of improving operational inefficiencies having sat on business improvement committees, redefined operating models and opened lines of communication between all stakeholders. This is exactly the approach we need to take from an operational perspective to efficiently pass what needs to be passed.

Whatever the composition of the new council will be come this September, it will be incumbent upon the newly elected representatives to collaboratively work with the Mayor, fellow Councillors, council staff and the broader community.

The challenges before our council need to transcend party politics. This will be at the heart of ensuring that things get passed.

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Steve Peterson I’m a doctor with a fair bit of both hospital and general practice experience. We have to make decisions, sometimes serious ones, all the time. However often doctors, nurses, various Allied health and patients can all have different perspectives and agendas that could complicate this process.

However, if people listen to each other, stick to objective facts over emotion where possible, and keep the ultimate goal of good patient care in mind we can normally come to common agreed decisions. Perhaps naïve to hope that this process would occur in Council with the ultimate goal of the best outcome for Orange? It’s what I would try to do.

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Melanie McDonell What’s the reason for the inability to get things passed by Council?

In my opinion, there are four main factors at play.

Firstly, there are 5 Councillors who have been on Orange City Council for more than a decade; with 2 of those over 2 decades and 1 over 3 decades. Over 30 years! That’s threequarters of my life!

Why is this an issue? Because such a situation fosters an environment that is stale and complacent.

To really drive my point home, when all combined, the current Council has over 140 years on Council!

Over one hundred and forty years!

Each time an election rolls around, the same old group of Councillors stand for re-election, each saying that there is more they want to achieve as a Councillor.

Whilst serving your community for so long is a notable achievement, Orange is being short-changed by the inability of some to realise that they have had their time, and by the failure to truly put the best interests of the Orange community first, over any ego-centric unwillingness to let go.

Perhaps if time were better utilised during Council meetings, and the posturing and factional boys› club behaviours were left for the pub, our Council would achieve so much more, and the benefits for the Orange community would be immense.

Secondly, just think about how much in our world (locally, regionally, nationally and globally) has changed and evolved

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over the last 10, 20 or 30 years.

A Council where such a large percentage have been there for so long is hardly going to be able to adapt well, and promptly, to these changes and evolutions.

Take water security for example. Instead of accepting the evidence and backing the rollout of recycled water throughout the city, we have Councillors who literally stand up during a Council meeting and proclaim “more dams, more dams, more dams” entirely neglecting one, of several, big issues - dams do not make it rain!

Third, Council must be made up of individuals who have the drive and willingness to actually work together for the common good of Orange. This involves the ability to put aside personal dislikes of other Councillor(s) and act in a mature, cohesive manner.

Fourth, and finally, there is, and has been for as long as there has been a Council, a substantial, gaping void when it comes to true diversity in our representation.

How many First Nations representatives have been on Council?

How many from other multicultural backgrounds?

How many women?

Women under 50?

Men under 50?

Women under 40?

Men under 40?

LGBTIQA of any age?

With the exception of the ‘men under’ categories, the answer is either none or so few they could fit on one hand.

There is an astonishing quantity of research and evidence now available demonstrating the differences between a board or group which is composed of members from all diverse backgrounds, and one which is not. Orange deserves the former, and we deserve it now.

So, basically, to get real progress and action on Council we need a clean out at this year’s election and in their place, the election of individuals able to not only represent the diversity within the Orange community but also able and willing to work together for the betterment of our fantastic city.

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Greater Good When faced with decisions, maybe some of these words and thoughts will inspire our existing Councillors, and those to follow “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”– Samuel Beckett “Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” – Richard Branson “If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.” – Olin Miller “In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” – Theodore Roosevelt “Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.” – Napoleon Bonaparte “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” – Oprah Winfrey “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” – Albert Einstein “If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my axe.” – Abraham Lincoln “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.

Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain “Refuse failure. No matter how difficult the obstacles, find a way to go around them.”– JJ Goldwag “Success only comes to those who dare to attempt.”– Mallika Tripath “Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it.”– Chinese Proverb “Great things never come from comfort zones.” - Unknown “When you change your thoughts, you change your world.”– Norman Vincent Peale

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PEOPLE POWER — DEMOCRACY AT WORK, OR A BRAKE ON PROGRESS? Esso Park sale scuppered by lobbying by locals opposed to the development: “I commented wryly, ‘we must be getting close to an election’…the councillors certainly rolled-over in this instance,” Cr Russell Turner said.

ETERNAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT DILEMMA OF SMALL, PASSIONATE INTEREST GROUPS HOLDING SWAY OVER DECISIONMAKING IS AS STRONG TODAY AS EVER IN THE COLOUR CITY. But is this accountable government, grass-roots democracy at work — or the cynical use of influence to cripple good decision-making, serving the interests of the few, instead of the best interests of the many?

Former State member and current Orange Councillor Russell Turner opts for the latter view.

His recent proposal to reinvent a little used “park” in Orange for medium density housing proved a case in point.

Last year, he proposed to Council a scheme whereby a portion of the rundown dusty patch of ground known rather ostentatiously as “Esso Park” opposite Orange High School would be developed for medium density housing with adjacent Council land folded into the remaining park to make it a more cohesive whole.

“I first raised the issue on November 3 last year with a motion to investigate extension of Esso Park with the subdivision of the land on the eastern side to be further investigated.”

The sold land would provide muchneeded housing in one of Orange’s quietest streets while utilising the land running alongside the Mitchell Highway to be added to the park.

“We’d still have ample access for residents with access for Council work crews and

the like, and we’d pull this old Colourbond fence down,” he explained.

People-power though soon put a stop to his elegant proposals to increase housing in Orange and better-utilise a patch of parkland.

Recent protests from Hamer St-area residents at the full-Council meeting saw Cr Turner as the only voice supporting more detailed work on the sell-off proposal.

“I’m disappointed. When I first brought it up, everyone thought it was a good idea.

Now all I wanted to do was to continue the assessment, to have a feasibility study as the next stage with a detailed proposal,” he added.

Unanimous support from his fellow councillors to further explore this seemingly-straightforward proposal was reversed 180 degrees when the group of angry residents of properties adjacent to the park attended the Council meeting.

“I’ve got nothing against pressure groups, as long as they allow others to have a view, and don’t shout them down.” ignorant of the issue on which they are commenting on.”

He said that this is leading to a, who screams loudest, wins, mentality in decision-making: “and that goes for State Government and Federal Government as well,” he added.

“I commented wryly, ‘we must be getting close to an election’…the councillors certainly rolled-over in this instance,” Cr Turner said later.

He believes that councillors must become more resilient in the face of lobbying pressure from interest groups and consider the larger picture.

He said that while locals lobbying Councillors to get preferential decisions made in their favour is no new thing, the power of social media has turbo-charged this process.

“I mean, you must take those views into account, but other views as well.

It has created a situation where a small group of highly-motivated activists can slow, down, stall or even totally-derail decisions that are objectively in the greater good for the community.

Orange Mayor Councillor Reg Kidd though believes that one person’s pressure group is another’s legitimate case of grassroots democracy in action.

“I believe so, a lot of people take part in social media, and lot of those people have nothing else to do,” he added.

“That is, although they may be totally

“I’ve got nothing against pressure groups, as long as they allow others to have a view, and don’t shout them down,” he added.

He said that the Council turnaround on Esso Park was as much to do with the merits of the situation as the lobbying by locals who didn’t want their park frontage spoiled by new housing.

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“Simply put, hundreds of people didn’t want it sold, they wanted the community park to remain and, and far as I’m concerned, that’s not a problem,” he said.

Ultimately the lack of support for the idea was its death-knell, not a few ratepayers making noise at a Council meeting.

“One councillor came-up with that idea, and no-one else came forward and said, ‘that’s a good idea’, there was no interest in the proposal”.

He said that small, motivated groups holding-sway over the passive, indifferent majority in decision-making is “the same the world over, whether it be church groups, sporting clubs, companies, and political parties, anything you want to name,” he said.

Far from being a subversion of democracy, such interest group pressure was a legitimate expression of power to the people, he believes.

“I think it’s democracy in action, freedom of speech, where everyone can band together and call for a decision that they all support,” Cr Kidd said.

On Orange City Council since the early 1990s, he admits that such thwarting of adverse decision-making by small groups opposed to an initiative is now more than prevalent than three decades ago.

“Yeah, probably more so since I came on Council,” he said, adding that society has changed in ways that were unthinkable before the fragmentation into small, selfinterested groups, a trend accelerated by social media.

“I think the large issue is that we are more diverse and fragmented as a society, and our decision-making must reflect that,” Cr Kidd concluded.

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Bringing home the “ Daphne’s memories round the rough realities of her childhood

...I’ve got some wonderful memories here… I’ve also got some terrible memories as well...

Time has a way of healing the rough edges of our memories. In the end, we normally only remember the good.

Daphne Appleby (nee Brown) was a tiny child when she was shipped half-way around the world from her south London home to Fairbridge Farm near Molong.

Now 80 — she took the chance while attending the recent dedication of the military memorial for Fairbridge kids — to visit the ruins of the school which, to her, mostly brings back happy memories.

“I was seven when I came out, I was here just-under 10 years from 1948 to 1957.

“My (future) husband, Norman was also here, we went to school together,” she explained.

Daphne lived in ‘Molong Cottage” that still stands, while her brothers — who also came to Fairbridge — lived in what Daphne called the “Blue Cottage.”

• At the Military memorial for Fairbridge kids near Molong, Daphne Appleby (nee Brown) with her daughter, Lisa Larkin. Daphne was a child when she was shipped half-way around the world from her south London home to Fairbridge Farm near Molong.

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She is flooded with reminisce as she wanders around the nowdecrepit combined dining room, kitchen, hall, theatre that was called “Nuffield Hall” and which acted as the central social point for the live-in pupils at Fairbridge near Molong.

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“Forgotten Children”

Daphne Appleby (nee Brown) showing her daughter, Lisa Larkin around the now-decrepit combined dining room, kitchen, hall, theatre that was called “Nuffield Hall” and which acted as the central social point for the live-in pupils at Fairbridge near Molong.

terrible memories as well, being locked-up in one of the store-rooms by other kids,” she said.

‘Ohh, they’re the Fairbridge kids, get out of the pool,’ that sort of thing.”

She excitedly points-out the now-faded murals that decorated the hall’s lining to her daughter, Lisa Larkin, ironically, a teacher and principal at a school in central Sydney. “See? There’s a horse, and we had pictures of rural scenes all around the walls, it was lovely to look at,” she said.

“And here’s all the coke fires where we used to cook and make the bread,” she said wandering around the kitchen, ‘and they used to give us a type of dough and call it ‘donk’.

“We used to have dancing in here, and movies and shows and the like, and all our Christmas parties, and we would go for our holidays to Lake Canobolas, singing in the bus on the way,” she said.

Her memories though, only just touch on the later findings of the neglect and brutalism suffered by dozens of the children at the Farm School, which at the time was supported by some of the wealthiest aristocratic families in Britain.

As well as findings against the school of physical and sexual abuse over a number of years, she recalled that the Fairbridge children were not always accepted by the Molong townsfolk.

“We’d pile into the bus and go to Molong Pool, just around the corner, and the bus would pull-up with all the kids singing and yelling, and you’d see people, mothers, pulling their kids out of the pool and saying,

“Here’s the cool room, where we made blancmange (a creamy dessert) one day, and they put a tray of meat above it, and it leaked blood into it. And they whipped it all together and said that it was strawberry-flavoured.”

Daphne has been back to the Farm years earlier and is now saddened that there is so much decay and change to the site, as if those who know want its memories to decay like the buildings.

She recalled controversial Principal Kingsley Woods (1938 to 1966) with both fond and unpleasant memories. “He was here for years, he was very strict and used to cane, and sometimes beat the boys. But he could also be kind,” she recalled.

“Do you know, I left here at 17, and I couldn’t read or write?” Daphne said.

“We only went to school for a few hours a day, many of the children could not read or write when they left Fairbridge, it was common-place,” she concluded.

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“Here’s all the coke fires where we used to cook and make the bread,” former Fairbridge student, Daphne Appleby said “and they used to give us a type of dough and call it ‘donk’.”

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Bringing home the “Forgotten Children”

Last stage of Fairbridge memorial to complete the cycle of healing Healing the pain of the past for the hundreds of children who suffered at the Fairbridge Farm near Molong is aim of the planned last stage of the memorial at the site.

allow something self-aggrandising, and two, it’s authentic,” he said.

who were at Fairbridge, later served in the Australian armed forces in both war and peace operations.

Most-recent act in this process of reconciliation involved a touching dedication for a new military memorial for the nearly 100 Fairbridge attendees who served to defend Australia.

“It represents fundamental issues of service, family and duty… the aim was to bring the story of those 95 to life,” he said.

Another feature of the memorial are the names of all those Fairbridge kids who served and testimonials on their time in the military. “It shows some of the reactions they had to service,” he said.

Fifty-nine of them served overseas during World War II, the Korean War, the Malayan ‘Emergency’ and the Vietnam War. Three were killed while in service — Charlie Brown, Mickey Mitchell, and Christopher Redfern.

Fairbridge was one of the multitude of children’s homes set-up in the 20th century in Australia for British children to supposedly get a new start at life in a new country.

Many of the homes, however, were later found to be plagued with physical and sexual abuse, allegations that children had been effectively stolen from their parents, and suggestions that the children were essentially used as cheap labour on local farms.

The Military Memorial has been incorporated into the Fairbridge Park Memorial on the Molong Road opposite the site of the now-abandoned and derelict farm school.

Last stage of the memorial will be designed by Leonard Lynch described as “probably Australia’s foremost garden architect” — who attended the recent dedication for the military memorial that he also created.

“What inspired this park can be described in three words, ‘the Fairbridge kids’,” Mr Lynch said, explaining his design features at the dedication.

The simplistic concrete columns of the memorial set amongst local rocks — “because ‘Molong’ means ‘place of rocks’,” — were an intentional aesthetic, he explained.

“There were two driving factors in its design. One, it is unpretentious because the Fairbridge kids wouldn’t

“It shows the evolution of those kids into men… one thing we would like people to do is reflect,” he added.

The memorial also incorporates the giant “village stone” from Molong that played such a central role in their lives.

“The kids understood it as the centre of their environment and knew it as ‘the sentinel stone’ it acted as an anchor to their experience,” he added.

“The whole place has been built on faith and a shoestring budget,” he said.

Last stage of the memorial will incorporate five famous images of children on their first arrival at the school carrying “Fairbridge Farm School” suitcases.

These deep-etched images will be situated adjacent to the original cairn on the site that was dedicated to thethen principal — a controversial figure now alleged to have mistreated many of the children at the school.

“The five will go up here to counterpoint the cairn,” Mr Lynch explained.

“We can’t get rid of it, so we’re going to play that of against it all in a triangular shape that represents the Fairbridge model,” he added.

“It will form completion of the park and will be titled, Together Alone’, because that is how they faced the world after leaving here,” he said.

Ninety-five children, almost 10 percent of those

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Old Fairbridgians Assocation president Derek Moriarty presided over the dedication offering a: “Thank-you to the Fairbridge kids, whose original funding, made this park possible.”

Cabonne Deputy Mayor, Jamie Jones said this work by the former Fairbridgians had created — out of a weedstrewn byway beside Molong Road — an important historical and social tribute to the experiences of the farm’s attendees.

“It’s been wonderful to watch this place become a must-visit… to see people of all ages wandering-up the park path. It’s educating people about the history of this slice of Australia,” he said.

“We honour those who went from this school to serve their country,” he added.

Official Opening of the new memorial was by Vietnam War veteran, Ian ‘Smiley’ Bayliff and other Fairbridge veterans.

“Very few farms in Australia have made such a contribution to Australia’s defence,” he observed.

“Most of us weren’t Australian citizens at the time,” he added.

He added that the recollections of the former students are his favourite part of the new memorial.

“The Army was easy for us Fairbridge kids because we already knew about discipline,” he read from one of the quotes.

Local Federal Member, Andrew Gee paid tribute to

Bringing home the “Forgotten Children” former ABC Managing Director, David Hill, who along with his brother Dudley — both former students at the farm — “have driven this project with such passion.”

“The child migration scheme evokes mixed emotions today, that included stories about cruelty, injustice, oppression… of children sent with very little, often only a suitcase,” Mr Gee said.

“But they were able to build lives and make a community, in that respect, it is a story of individual triumph,” he added.

He said that the memorial now provides a record for the contributions of the 95 to the defence of Australia.

“You have done something lasting for this community and Australia.”

Vietnam veteran and former Fairbridge boy, Tony Stepney, said that he had come to Fairbridge with the exaggerated expectations that many of the children received about Australia.

“I had a terrible life in England, my Dad used to beat me up and, at eight and a half, I was told I was going to Australia, I couldn’t believe it,” he said, arriving here on August 8, 1954.

It was barely 10 years later the was sent amongst the first Australian battalion to set-up Australia’s camp at Nui Dat in Vung Tau province in little-known South Vietnam then involved in a 30-year guerrilla war with its communist northern cousin.

“We were among the first Diggers sent, we didn’t have a clue, we went out there digging trenches, putting-up barbed wire perimeters, we didn’t have tents for the first six months.

“It rained every day, and everything got wet, your clothes, your gear, everything!”

He said that the memorial will stand as a lasting testament to the Fairbridge kids who served their adopted country.

“Once we’re gone, it will just be the memories. I think it’s a hell of a lot of credit to everyone that have done it.

It’s a fantastic achievement,” he said.

Mr Bayliff said that the controversies around conscription and the justification for the war in Vietnam meant little to the Fairbridge children whose names came-up up in the ballot lottery that determined those who went to war.

Protests about the morality of the war — South Vietnam was essentially a crony capitalist state and well-off middle-class Australians almost invariably avoided conscription — had no impact on the Fairbridge children taught to obey orders and not question authority.

“We were just so disciplined, we just did what we were told to do,” Mr Bayliff explained.

He said that it was amazing that he and Graham Lee, another Vietnam Vet, not only got drawn at the same ballot, but ended-up serving together as Infantry signalmen in 1967 and 1968.

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“I didn’t have an Australian passport, so they gave me one when I went over there, and, after I came back, my commanding officer said, “we’ll take that back, you’ll have to apply for another one,” he laughed.

Former Fairbridge Farm boy and author, David Hill, said though that it was amazing the number of these children who signed-up to serve their adopted country.

“Over 900 boys went through the school, and 95 served Australia in the armed forces,” he said.

“It’s extraordinary, in terms of the sheer number of Farbridge kids who served in the armed services,” he said.

“Some said they joined the armed services because they had nowhere else to go, another said, ‘everyone thought the food was terrible, but not after what I was used to,” he said.

Mr Hill said that that this contribution to our national defence had been previously unrecognised.

Driving force behind the memorial, former Fairbridge boy and author on the school David Hill.

“There has never, ever been any acknowledgment or recognition of this amazing contribution… and none of them were Australian, they were all of English backgrounds.

“We built this park to commemorate the Fairbridge kids, and this memorial has now added to it,” Mr Hill explained.

Author of a controversial history of Fairbridge, in 2007 “The Forgotten Children” that catalogued the abuse and mistreatment suffered by many of the children at the home, he says that local attitudes had changed “180 degrees” from the time when he could not book a venue in the town for its launch.

He and supporter, Wade Marlow, at the time held an impromptu launch of the work at the local railway station.

“We put a box of the books in the back of his ute and had the launch outside Molong Railway Station on a Sunday afternoon.”

Names and faces of those who served in Australia’s defence from the Fairbridge school.

Since then, he said, Australians have become far more forthright and understanding of the abuse of minors in church and institutional homes.

“It’s been an absolute 100 per cent total turnaround with an appreciation that bloody terrible things happened at places like that,” Mr Hill said.

“The NSW and Federal Governments and the organisation itself have all recognised that these things occurred, and compensation was ultimately paid to many of the boys who suffered in these places,” Mr Hill said.

The movement to send British children to Australia by groups like Dr Barnardo’s; often involved poor parents being pressured into signing documents that effectively handed their children over to these organisations.

“And yet these children, as men, were then happy to sign-up and defend their adopted country,” Mr Hill said.

Former Fairbridge “kids” who all went-on to serve their adopted country.

Sydney Lee, John Barron, Graham Lee, Ian ‘Smiley’ Bayliff and Tony Stepney.

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Vietnam Veteran and Fairbridge boy, , Ian ‘Smiley’ Bayliff with the memorial’s designer, Leonard Lynch.

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“Pine” letter misses wood for trees in our need for nature Regarding Lee Pickett’s letter, “Enough is enough about the Bloomfield Pine trees” in Newswatch, Saturday, March 13 — your reader totally missed the point about the Bloomfield golf course site.

The point is — to keep the decommissioned golf course site for a parkland that will benefit every resident in the community — not to bulldoze the trees and build a sports stadium in this location that will only benefit those interested in this type of sport. If north Orange isn’t suitable, find another site, there is plenty of vacant land around Orange.

With good planning, the Bloomfield Parkland would be further developed over time to include removal of those pine trees deemed unsuitable to then make-way for more suitable varieties.

The reason the general public hasn’t used this golf course in the past is for that very reason. Golf balls flying through the air and walkers don’t make happy companions! And, as I live in south Orange and have done so for more than 30 years, I can vouch for the golf course being used after hours by dog walkers, bicycle riders, joggers, and families walking.

The reason the community has had no concerns in the past, is because there hasn’t been talk of destroying yet another treed, green-space in what is fast-becoming part of the Orange central residential area with the “Shiralee” development and the whole southern area being opened-up to planned development.

A stadium will not benefit ALL the residents; a parkland will.

of Summer St and Woodward St, for a reported $750,000 dollars, to improve visibility at the roundabout — unlikely.

Council reportedly purchased a dam in the immediate area of the Shiralee development. Cost being $1.82 million.

Question, why did Council purchase this privately-owned dam? Reportedly to protect the Shiralee development in case the wall of the dam burst. That would surely be the role of the developer.

The land in Peisley St, known as “Charlie Williams Shed” was purchased by Orange City Council for the reported sum of $1.47 million. Which also included approximately $300,00 to demolish.

The land purchase on Ophir Road, being for the new sports stadium, has now become a laughing-stock due to the location, and other issues not taken into account when the purchase took place. Such as, terrain, no infrastructure and asbestos. Cost not disclosed, the owner would be very happy with this sale.

Orange City Council also reportedly spent between $10 to $20 million for land surrounding the Airport.

Council now claim it was for a buffer zone for airport. The land in question included private property not attached to the airport itself.

Council declined to say why such large amounts of land was required. The Spring Hill action group became very involved because of this purchase.

This is why we need new Councillors, new blood, and a Mayor such as Amanda Spaulding, who has the experience and qualifications, to run a Council more efficiently than has been the case in the past.

So, yes, build the stadium, but not in the ready-made parkland at Bloomfield.

Tilly Wood

Orange now less-informed with Newswatch now gone Firstly, I would like to thank Bob Holland for allowing the residents of Orange to voice their opinions on contentions issues.

Orange will now be less informed due to the Newswatch ceasing publication, after Saturday, 27/3/2021.

Orange City Council purchased Aspros’ shop on the corner

Brian Wood

Dentistry students are out and about — apologise now!

I write this letter on behalf of my fellow Charles Sturt University dentistry students – past, present, and future – to express our extreme disappointment over the baseless and unfair attack on our group made by Newswatch on its front page on Saturday, 13 March.

In his ‘Talking Points’ column, journalist David Dixon claimed that Charles Sturt Dentistry School’s “seemingly city-drawn students are rarely seen outside the campus and …seem to view the locals as another species worthy of avoidance”.

Mr Dixon’s claim is as inaccurate as it is damaging to a group of students who, I know from four years of personal experience, are proud to live in and contribute to the Orange community.

Many of our students, myself included, live in houses in Orange, not on campus. We work part-time and casual jobs in Orange; socialise in Orange; are part of sporting clubs and community groups based in Orange. Needless to say, we do not do these things wearing our Charles Sturt-branded dentistry uniforms, which has seemingly confused Mr Dixon into the belief that we do not do them at all.

Right now, the University’s Dentistry students are spearheading or contributing to numerous projects of enormous value to Orange, including: - visiting aged care facilities to provide free dental health services to residents - a program run in conjunction with the city’s primary schools which will see dentistry students helping to educate children on the importance of dental health - a blood drive which, in one month, has seen more than 25 donations registered at the Orange Donor Centre in Kite Street - helping to staff the dental and oral health clinics on campus, which provide a valuable and much-used service to the community Had Mr Dixon asked, we would have happily provided this information to him. He did not ask.

Are we a “city-drawn” group? Yes, we do have a number of students from metropolitan centres. But we also have many students from regional Australia: Moree, Bathurst, Gundagai, Orange, Dubbo, Crookwell - the list goes on. It is also worth noting that many School of Dentistry and Health Sciences alumni have stayed in regional, rural, and remote locations – including Orange itself – to forge careers providing a much-needed service.

In my experience, Charles Sturt’s Dentistry students — all of the University’s students, for that matter — have great respect for Orange and its residents. We do not consider these people “another species worthy of avoidance”; we consider them family, friends, colleagues, and teammates — because that’s what they are.

Mr Dixon owes the University’s Dentistry School’s students an apology for his ill-informed and inflammatory words.

Stephanie Primc — President of the Charles Sturt University Student Dental Association

Orange sides to dominate Blowes Rugby Cup 2021 Orange sides dominate this year’s Blowes Cup Central West Rugby with the Colour City providing two sides in the sixteam competition.

“Both the local teams look great with good numbers at training and both fairly confident in how they will go this year,” Central West Rugby Administrator, Matt Tink said.

He said that teams are looking forward to the full 15-round rugby season that kicks off in mid-April.

“It will be good to have everything return to normal,” he said, adding that this will take much of the pressure of the shortened season last year off club

volunteers.

“It was certainly an issue last year, all the extra work that the volunteers had to do, but it’s good news that the restrictions have eased a little bit,” he said.

As well as the two Orange teams the competition comprises Bathurst Bulldogs, Cowra Eagles, Forbes Platypi, and Dubbo Roos.

A six team women’s competition is also looking strong with games played either as curtain-raisers or at the end of the main men’s game on Saturdays.

“We’ve got the Westfund Comp that runs alongside the Blowes Cup with all six clubs fielding teams<’ Mr Tink said.

“The women’s game is very strong at the moment, which is great for everyone,” he concluded.

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“Problem-solving” for our traffic, water, not at Council Knowledge and problem-solving skills are not found in Council. Bunnings has an off-road exit lane, not found at MacDonald or the North Orange Shopping Centre. That is the answer to the traffic issues in north Orange.

On our water supply, the 100-year hydrology cycle will see average rainfall this 2021 year. The next four years will see below-average rainfall.

An increased population for Bathurst, Orange, and Dubbo will see a major shortage of water. There is a beautiful aquifer under Portland, Cumnock, and west of Orange.

Resistivity (a measure of the resistance of a given size of a specific material) can map the aquifer and pin-point the recharge and discharge points.

The pipelines are in place. Rivers are nearby. Orange Council has the money. The answer is simple.

Knowledge and problem-solving skills require guts, spine, and brains to deliver solutions. All farmers require a permanent water supply; the best defence against drought.

The right people need to be on councils.

The Back-page Letters demonstrated intense public interest in many matters, Ms Bird and our Council/councillors were the main topics, and the quality of these letters was impressive.

Newswatch articles illustrated the sometimes-laughable meeting procedures and the equally-comedic behaviour of our elected representatives, which is not what is expected.

Newswatch reporting has demonstrated the apparent lack of any master plan for the future development of Orange, one incorporating infrastructure, facilities, travel, recreation etc.

The only plan appears to be those submitted by private developers with no cohesive outcome.

The rampant construction of housing is suspected to be the reason our water supply is only 60 per cent after a very welcome several months of good rain, this is disturbing.

The demise of Newswatch will be celebrated by our Council and councillors, and lamented by all residents interested in our town.

I really hope the Back-page forum is part of the revised Orange City Life!

Thank-you Bob. Garry Kind

Ian Donald Spring Hill

Second-hand is too-pricey Having made several trips to our Recovery Centre lately (down-sizing and clearing-out), I have often seen something of interest to buy.

But I feel that they are over-priced. They have so much stuff out there and, some of it, especially in the bottom shed has been there for a long, long time and it will be there for a lot longer. They have several trolley loads of things but are still expensive.

All these goods are donated free-of-charge. Wouldn’t it make sense to lower the price and keep it moving through the system? Instead, they leave it there for a certain time and then have to dump-it in landfill because it didn’t sell.

The same goes for the opportunity shops, where they often have ‘’Taking No Donations Today’’ signs out from time-totime. Too much stock.

Have sales or lower prices to move the stock through so we can continue to donate.

“NOT HAPPY CHAPPY” Paul Josephs

Thanks Bob, hope Back-page gets Orange City Life reprieve Bob Holland set-out to deliver a real local paper, one that gave Orange residents detailed articles and provided residents a forum to express their opinions on all subjects, even the local Council.

Bob was successful, Newswatch became a must-read for anyone interested in local matters and the performance of our Council and councillors in meetings and services.

Bob also introduced us to the contentious and amusing Jeanine Bird, whose writings generated a storm of letters of both support and ridicule, yet public interest was evident.

Pin-oaks, liquid ambers, and claret ash, all on beautiful south Orange site In answer to Lee Pickett in last week’s letter ‘’Enough is enough’’ about the Bloomfield Golf Course pine trees.

that are “Missing in Action” in all other forms of regular press is, inspiring.

While we are fortunate enough in the central west to be going about our lives in a semi-normal existence (minus social distancing, check-in, temperature checks, requirements, etc.) — this should not mean we’re passivelycompliant to what’s going on.

We need to collectively awaken to things that are happening in our country and abroad (such as, the recent bill which went through giving foreign troops immunity on our soil — what the? OR the full immunity we’ve given to the pharmaceutical companies if us, the unassuming public, are hurt in any way — meaning we have no ability to get any form of reimbursement).

Has anyone seen what’s happening in Israel these past few weeks? Has history not taught us anything about the inherent discrimination of segregation-style government programmes?

So many are following blindly into a dark time and our elected officials aren’t proving to be allies (minus likes of Kelly, Palmer, Hanson, who are willing to go out on a branch — the same leaders who I would have been embarrassed to champion years ago).

Birds-Eye View gives you the opportunity to explore content rarely-provided anywhere else and those that mock the ideas (despite being referenced) need to understand they are perhaps on the wrong side of history.

Bob, thank-you for all you are doing to help the community see the other side of the coin, which sadly few are willing to attempt to flip.

Folks. Turn-off the box and put down the Murdoch paper and start doing some of your own research. For your children’s/grandchildren’s sake!

Obviously, Lee hasn’t walked-around the proposed stadium and sports area of the old golf course.

It’s not all pine trees to be removed, and they are not all old and dangerous — most look healthy.

There are groves of pin-oaks, liquid ambers and claret ash and groves of blue spruce and other conifers, and pencil pines, poplars and willows and the native Eucalypts.

There are oleander shrubs, Photinias and Hibiscus and kangaroo grass and native bluebells and a small dam.

There are some magnificent blue spruce trees anyone would be proud to have in their garden. It is an ‘’amazing site’’ that shouldn’t be ruined by building a stadium there.

The stadium needs to be built on the north Orange site, that is where the growing population is.

Of course, there’s ‘’not enough trees to sit under’’ on that site, that’s why it’s ideal!

No mature, beautiful trees to be destroyed like at the old golf course.

I actually saw some people sitting under the pine trees watching the sport at Jack Brabham on Saturday. Quite a few people are now walking-around both areas of the old golf course appreciating the lovely areas of trees, hoping it won’t be destroyed.

Linda Cruickshank

Congrats Bob; for standing for truth

Stella Morris

Goodbye Newswatch a friend much-missed It’s a sad day indeed losing a new-found friend — Newswatch has become that over the past nine months.

How refreshing to have had a local, independent paper not afraid to stand-up and hold Council accountable for some of the baffling decisions it has tried to sneak-through, especially the ongoing issue of tree removal on a mass scale!

Bring on the September Council elections! I’m looking forward to seeing the new faces of those mock councillors and, in particular, the mock mayor who — by their responses in the Council Game — have shown where their heart is. That is, for the communities, residents, and ratepayers, and Orange as a whole.

Here’s hoping Bob Holland is able to work something-out to keep Newswatch going in some shape or form.

I’d hate to have to rely on our other local paper who seem to think headline news such as ‘Hand sanitiser thief avoids jail’ and ‘Rhino’s revival revealed’ (an article about a recently-repaired and re-painted sculpture of a rhinoceros) is so newsworthy as to make it to the front page — with barely a mention anywhere about the issues the community is up-in-arms about such as the potential loss of a readymade central parkland at Bloomfield to a stadium which could be located elsewhere.

Penelope Pape

Congratulations Bob, for standing on the side of truth in these confronting times. Your willingness to publish articles

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