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Coral was Orange’s own PACIFIC WAR CODEBREAKER — DAVID DIXON —

Coral Hinds is Orange’s least-known war hero — she couldn’t even tell her parents what she did!

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he Colour City “born and bred” local worked as one of the famous “Garage Girls” operating cipher machines on the cracked Japanese military code in the latter part of

World War II.

This eventually led her to deciphering some of the most momentous messages from the Pacific War out of a shed behind Nyrambla manor in the leafy Brisbane suburb of Ascot — wartime headquarters of Central Bureau — the joint US-Australian signal intelligence organisation.

Yet this vital role seemed a lifetime away from growing-up and working in Orange before the war.

“I was born on the first of October 1924 at a little midwifery place on the Cargo Road; I was only a toddler and then my mum and dad moved to Allenby Road and built a house there.”

“I went to East Orange School and then to the ‘Rural School’ opposite the Presbyterian Church on the corner of Kite and Sale St,” she said.

Coral left school at 14 after her father realised her antipathy for study and, instead did the hard-work trying to get his girl a job during the tough years of the Great Depression.

“My father rode his bike all around town to find me work and I got a job at a homemade cake shop known as ‘The Brown Lantern’,” Coral recalls.

“It was a little tea-shop with morning teas and things and we used to deliver cakes to the wealthy homes in town, I remember a Mrs Ratten was a popular customer.”

Rationing during the early years of the war, however, put paid to the tea-house which had to close due to ingredient shortages with Coral then working for a John Farrell grocer at “the Five Ways” before she and her younger sister Ruth made a momentous decision that changed their lives.

“We didn’t have a brother old enough to sign-up, and there were lots of boys here who were going overseas and getting killed, so my sister and I decided we’d join-up!” Coral said.

Coral enlisted in the Australian Women’s Army (AWA) soon after turning 18 and trained at Ingleburn Army Base near Liverpool where her proficiency and accuracy saw her assigned to the signals section before being transferred to the Central Bureau in Brisbane.

“I did my signals training at the old Observatory in Melbourne Gardens. It was probably that I’d been working with numbers and they thought that I

could type them accurately and quickly,” Coral said.

It was in Brisbane that she was introduced to the Typex rotor cypher (code) machines that played such a central role in decoding life-and-death messages from the front-line of the Pacific War. Along with her mostly female colleagues, she helped receive, decode and translate Japanese radio transmissions. “There were some very important messages, but we didn’t always know how important they were,” she explains. “It was just a fun place to work.”

“I was one of the ‘garage girls’; we were the Typex operators of the cypher machines, we didn’t do the code, we deciphered it. The messages all came in five-letter groups and then we delivered them on a paper ribbon… it was all very hushhush,” Coral said.

“We didn’t always know how important it was… we were young, and it was an adventure,” Coral said.

It was here that Coral also met her future husband, Sandy, also in Signals who had been at Darwin and was in the process of being transferred to the frontline in Hollandia (the Dutch East Indies) where code-breaking played a decisive role in the eventual Allied victory.

“I met my sweet-heart here, he and his friend had been in Darwin, and he was waiting for his unit to be assembled and we got talking and only wentout together twice,” Coral said.

The primitive conditions under which his unit worked in tropical New Guinea though played havoc on Sandy’s health. “He was very sick, he had to go into hospital at Heidelberg he was yellow with hookworm, dysentery, he was never well-enough to back to full-duty,” she said.

Orange’s very-own code-breaking Coral Hinds (second from left); with the legendary “Garage Girls” in 2018.

“He came back though, and we got married on June 2, 1945, at the Congregational Church at the Five Ways — yesterday would have been our 76th wedding anniversary!” Coral said.

“I got-out of the army, and we bought a house at Blackburn (Melbourne) near Box Hill.”

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The couple were married for 62 years until Sandy died in 2007 aged 85. “I had four lovely children and a big family, at the time we had our 60th wedding anniversary, we sent a photo to the local paper in Orange, and they published it,” Coral said.

In 2009, the ‘Garage Girls’ received the Bletchley Park commemorative badge from the British Government for their vital work.

Despite the passing years, Coral still has vivid memories of her time in the Central Tablelands, easily-recalling local names, streets, and businesses, from her youth.

“My grandparents lived at Millthorpe, and I’ve still got a lot of relatives around Orange,” Coral said from her home near Melbourne.

“It all comes back to you. When you get older, you’ve got nothing else to do but remember,” Orange’s very-own code-breaking Coral concludes.

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Cracker night, and the dignity of taking risks…

This Monday, June 14 is the traditional Queens Birthday Long Weekend.

It is not actually the birthday of Queen Elizabeth, which is in late April, but the holiday date was changed to mid-June because, in chill Britain, the weather was considered too-unpredictable for the traditionally-celebrated bonfires.

On our hobby farm, we still follow this ancient tradition with sparklers and toasted marshmallows around a huge burning tepee of old trees, and each year I regale my family with stories of the out-of-control events we held in the 1970s when fireworks were still legal.

Crackers (small, paper-bound explosives) were the stars: the intertwined rows of tiny tom-thumbs; the mid-range flying fairies; tuppeny bungers; and the well-named “Thunders” that could blow a jam-tin 30 feet (10 metres) skywards with a thrilling, booming roar.

Then there were the less-volatile variations: roman candles; flying saucers; pinwheels; volcanoes; jumping jacks that bounced around the yard; and a multitude of rockets that were precariously-placed in a bottle and (hopefully) sent skywards.

All were produced in gaudy, brilliant colours and exciting graphics — your parents coming home with a giant box of the things in the car was the most exciting day of the year — way-more anticipated than the t-shirts and board-shorts (maybe an LP) for Christmas or a handful of Easter eggs hidden-away in the car for the holidays.

Corner stores also sold individual items, so pocket-money was invariably diverted from lollies for a few weeks by kids picking-up crackers to throw at each other in mock fights in the paddock behind Smitty’s’ place.

If this all sounds highly-dangerous and unsupervised, it was. Kids on holidays were pushed-out of the house in the mornings, allowed in for a quick bite at lunch, and expected not to be back until dark for tea (dinner).

Many Australian children lived a Tom Sawyer-ish existence of impromptu sports games, rock fights, roaming the streets on dragster bikes, and catching tadpoles and “guppies” in the local dam to put into muddy glass jars.

Fifty years later, where are we now? Most children are dropped at school by either their parents or on a bus; going-over-your friends’ place is now usually restricted to organised “play dates” with strict rules over what the children will be doing and where they will be going; free time that used to be used in play-acting war-games; day-dreaming; exploring the urban fringes; wandering with their friends down the park with a football; and playing-out your favourite TV characters; are now either spent on devices or in structured lessons.

The “you-can-never-be-too-safe” public-appointed health professionals and safety campaigners have taken-over our lives in areas as diverse as sports rules, playground games, and office design.

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Discovering the dangers of the world around you first-hand was once considered part of the process of growing-up; risk-assessment was a lifelong skill best-learned in the school of real experience, rather than from a finger-wagging bureaucrat.

Recent studies in Victoria have revealed that, this State’s obsessive lockdown mentality during the coronavirus pandemic, has had a devastating impact on the mental health of the young.

But hey, at least they’ll have cracker-night to look forward to!

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had the chance to sit down and speak to local country muso Justin Landers recently about his anticipated upcoming second album, Free Time And Money.

“I have been working on this second album for probably two years now. I think, COVID gave me a lot of time and a break to focus on writing and finishing this album. What I really needed to get, is the money to finish it,” Justin says gleefully.

“Since my first album – I always knew, I was going to make another one” "country enough" to satisfy Justin’s sonic vision.

He would eventually come across producer Simon Johnson from Hillbilly Hut Records. As Justin explains, “I met Simon in Tamworth, we discussed how I wanted to work on this album and record it. He was happy for me to produce the demo's in my Orange studio and send them up to him, where Simon would reproduce and master the tracks from there.

admits; however, that he didn’t have an idea for a song until one evening at a pub.

“There was a guy who was rotten drunk and being refused service. I had a bit of yarn to him and he tells me the reason why he was trying to drink so much. And it was to forget his girlfriend because she left him. I thought immediately, there’s a song in that – that’s my song which became my favorite in the album I Can’t Drink You Off My Mind,” Justin says.

This conversation segues into Justin’s inspiration for the album’s title, “That was the theme for the album, I decided to call it Free Time And Money, because I needed both time and money to be able to this second album.”

“I did the vocals at home as well, so it was very comfortable experience making the album this way. But, in the future, I would like to have that complete in-studio experience, where you have a band in studio, the producer, and the artist. That’s the next goal,” Justin says.

Free Time And Money launches on Saturday, June 19 at the Orange City Bowling Club. Doors open at 7pm for a 7:30pm start. Three lucky door prizes are available to win on the night, along with a supporting set from acoustic artist Andy Penkow.

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Inspiration for Justin came from favorite American country artists Alan Jackson and George Strait helping in influencing this new album. “I wanted to do a honky-tonk style song” Justin

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of our great aviators Legendary local flyer, Jim Hazelton, was simply one of Australia’s greatest-ever pilots, author Mark Nelson believes.

“He was probably one of the most talented post-war aviators in Australia, there was little he couldn’t do in an aircraft,” Mr Nelson said.

The aviation writer recently launched his biography Jim Hazelton — Born to Fly about the younger brother and co-founder with Max of local airline Hazelton’s at Orange Library recently.

With a foreword by Formula I racing legend, Sir Jackie Stewart, Mr Nelson said, this is why he was chosen by many racing drivers to teach them how to fly.

“As well as his amazing flying exploits, he also trained a number of racing car drivers who used to come to Australia for the Tasman series in the 1960s,” he explained.

The Hazelton clan in Orange for the g launch of the biography of the local flyin Fly. to n Bor — legend, Jim Hazelton Jim, not one person had a bad word about him, not one.”

The first Australian to fly the Pacific solo in a single-engine aircraft in 1964, Jim crossed the ocean more than 200 times, revelling in the hazardous business of ferrying light aircraft.

As well as international racing legends including Graham Hill and Jimmy Clarke, Mr Nelson also interviewed local production car champion, John Goss, and businessman and keen flyer Dick Smith with whom he flew with many times.

Mr Nelson authored the work after being approached by the Hazelton family with the rough notes of a work, a task he said that he greatly-enjoyed.

“It is easy to see why Jim’s family wanted a book written about him, they loved him, and it was a great story,” Mr Nelson said.

“Of the scores of people that I spoke to about

“He was a natural flyer, that’s the theme that comes through in the book, how calm, how tuned-in he was to the sky,” daughter Angie added proudly.

She said that her father’s good nature often saw him taken advantage of in business dealings, but that this never affected his sunny outlook on life at all times, something which Mr Nelson attested to.

“Dick Smith had some wonderful stories about Jim,” Mr Nelson said, relaying a number of incidents from the book about his eye for all-things aerial.

One anecdote related to how Jim, seemingly asleep in the co-pilot’s seat, was able to accurately-predict the position of a plane on the same course as his and which they were in danger of colliding with.

The other notable factor of the work, he said, was the complete regard that all interview subjects had for the man as well as the pilot.

“That was typical of Jim, he had a weathereye for everything that was happening in and out of the cockpit,” Mr Nelson said.

“Everyone I spoke to, had the same consensus, he was a great bloke and a great aviator,” Mr Nelson said.

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WHO SAID ORANGE DRIVERS ARE ONLY LOOKING-OUT OUT FOR THEMSELVES WHILE ON THE ROAD IN THE COLOUR CITY? Not retired local bus driver, Bob Livermore!

Bob suffered a seeming adverse reaction to his first coronavirus jab recently, with drastic results!

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“It was two–three hours after I had the needle, and I was driving, when I suddenly felt very crook out of the blue,” he explained.

“I thought it was the vaccine, but my wife said, it could have been the fish and chips we had for lunch,” he laughed.

“I got violently sick and dove out of the car at the roundabout on the corner of Peisley and Dalton St,” he explained.

His story, however, has a happy ending after the intervention of an anonymous Orange angel.

“And then this lady in a white wagon with a car full of kids, pulled-up in traffic to see how I was,” he said.

“The lady was more than helpful, better even, and I wish to thank her very much. Orange has some great people for helping others!” Bob said.

Despite his suspicions about the vaccine, he urged all elderly people in Orange to take the plunge and get the shot!

“The medical centre where I had it, made every effort to explain to us any problems that can happen.

“I see on the television and in newspapers, people who have lost their lives to the coronavirus, so this was nothing,” he said.

“I am back on track now and will definitely be having my second shot when it comes around, why wouldn’t I?” he asked.

Bob Livermore’s “fishy” vaccine reaction has happy ending after act of kindness from an anonymous Orange angel!

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Cassandra and Tim’s return Winning team at the Victoria Hotel, Cassandra Jones and Tim Wright, have returned to one of Orange’s most historic pubs.

The traditional family venue has welcomed the two back as lessee and head chef after the pair ran the bistro together for many years.

“CJ’s @ the Vic” is looking to open next Wednesday, June 16 with a good, solid bistro menu that will include many favourites from their previous time at the eatery.

“We’re going to have a suggestion box and we’ll be changing the menu every week. The secret is to give people what they want.”

“I’d like to have a big opening,” Tim said excitedly at the prospect of getting back in the saddle.

The restaurant area has also been refurbished since the two last worked together with the new “O’Rourke Room” created to allow privacy, access, and adaptability for groups ranging from private parties, work functions, to regular club meetings.

“Cassandra will be the lessee and I am the chef; I was here for 16 years and really enjoyed it. I’ve been a chef for 35 years; I’ve basically been here for a large part of my life,” he enthused.

The new lay-out allows for functions both large and small with sliding doors and an adaptable layout providing for events ranging from small meetings to large social gatherings.

“I just like the place; I love the family atmosphere.

I’m trying for quality, pub-style meals,” Tim explained. “We’re going to offer weekly luncheon specials, bar specials, and a great new menu.”

“The way we’ve redesigned it, you can have meals, drinks, and rest rooms all in the same location without having to go the main bar… we’re also introducing a coffee machine so that everything will be self-contained,” Licencee Craig Wright explained.

“I love doing steaks and chicken, we’ll have starters, kids meals, specials, burgers, lunch meals, and pizzas.”

Getting the basics right, week-in and week-out, is the secret to success in this most exacting of industries, Tim believes.

“The key is, it’s a good venue, good food, good service, and good value for money,” he explained.

“We’ll start-off with a pretty basic menu and go

“With the new function room, we’ll also be doing functions, private events, whatever people want,” Tim added.

“CJ’s @ the Vic” will start-off doing lunches and dinners from Wednesdays to Saturdays to test demand.

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“I asked Craig about it and was excited when he said it was available. I worked with Tim 10 years ago, and now we’re back,” she said.

Established as a traditional travellers’ inn in 1922, the hotel was built on the site of the former “The Coach and Horses”.

For more than 62 years — from the mid-1920s to the late 1980s — the hotel was owned and run by the Ryan family until the retirement of publican John Ryan with Terry Bouffler then taking-up the licence.

...The key is, it’s a good venue, good food, good service, and good value for money...

The O’Rourke family took-over in the late 1990s and have remained committed to upgrading this iconic local hotel that is soon approaching its 100th anniversary.

“It’s a great place and I like the people that come here; it’s one of the last workers’ pubs left,” Cassie said.

Return as lessee of the bistro has been a welcome home-coming for Cassandra, who recalls fondly her years in the hotel.

“It’s good to be back, yes, definitely!”

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Blooms Chemist: Retail Manager Erin Long takes out top award — SAMUEL RODWELL —

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anager Erin Long has been crowned Blooms The Chemist 2021 Retail Manager of the Year, due to her consistent hard work and dedication to providing extraordinary customer service, particularly throughout the pandemic.

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“It’s such an honour to be named this year’s Retail Manager of the Year, especially considering how the past year has shaped our industry. I’m so proud of the progress Blooms has made over the past 18 months and very fortunate to be part of such a progressive community pharmacy network, where opportunities for professional and personal growth are valued and so easily available to all,” says Erin.

...Erin has worked tirelessly on creating a team culture that is fun and where staff feel supported. This in turn creates a warm and friendly place for our customers to shop...

The Retail Manager of the Year Award was graded across all areas of front of shop. The award recipient best optimised retail space, met customer needs, supported promotions, and demonstrated brand values.

Blooms The Chemist Orange Owner, Melanie Moses says, “Erin has worked tirelessly on creating a team culture that is fun and where staff feel supported. This in turn creates a warm and friendly place for our customers to shop.”

Erin joined Blooms in 2019 when the pharmacy was undergoing a full store renovation. Since then, she has helped the store navigate the impacts of the pandemic whilst providing consistent support and guidance to the entire Orange team.

Congratulations Erin! This is such a huge achievement to stand out from all other Blooms stores across the country. You are a true asset to your profession and community. Well done!

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Newcrest apprentice Brock Gibbs, Clontarf boys Damien Christoff, Ethan Sutherland, Jackson Sladek (back), Isaiah King and Kaiser Whan and Newcrest employee Adam McAnulty

Cadia marks National Reconciliation Week Newcrest’s Cadia Valley Operations (Cadia) has marked National Reconciliation Week with numerous activities taking place on site to reflect the 20th anniversary of Reconciliation Australia.

Cadia recently launched its Indigenous Buddy Program to help create a more inclusive workplace for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The program connects Indigenous Buddies with young Indigenous people at Cadia, or Indigenous people who are new to mining, to provide coaching and support on a range of professional, social and cultural matters.

The program also plays a valuable role working with Cadia’s Senior Leadership Team.

In the lead-up to Reconciliation Week, an information and culture session was provided to the Senior Leadership Team focusing on the culturally significant history of Indigenous people.

Cadia General Manager, Aaron Brannigan,

said Cadia was proud to launch the new initiative aimed at providing coaching and support on a range of professional, social and cultural matters.

“Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is everyone’s responsibility and we have received a great response to the launch of the Indigenous Buddies program. The Buddies might focus on advice for adapting to working at a busy and complex mine site, speaking up and communicating with Supervisors, or navigating cultural concerns,” Aaron said.

On Wednesday 2 June, Cadia welcomed students from the Clontarf Foundation Canobolas Academy. The Year 10 and 11 students were provided a tour of surface operations with former Clontarf students who work at the mine, including current Cadia apprentices and a permanent Newcrest contractor. Students were also provided with an overview of career opportunities in the mining industry, with the visit concluding with

a BBQ lunch and the opportunity to chat with the Indigenous Buddies.

“We have partnered with the Clontarf Foundation over the past three years through our Community Partnership Program and have created a meaningful pathway and future opportunities in the mining industry. It was great to have the students on site, connect them with our Buddies group and show them the career opportunities available here at Cadia,” said Aaron.

On Friday 28 May, in partnership with AWCON, Cadia also hosted a group of Indigenous TAFE students who are completing a pre-employment construction course.

(Back row) Clontarf educators Jake Kelly, Hayden Gibbs-O’Neill, Newcrest employees Brandon Akerstrom, Andrew Grivas, Matt Warner, Aaron Brannigan (Middle row) Newcrest employees Aaron Delany, Lyndsay Potts, Adrian Bush, Clontarf student, Ethan Sutherland and Newcrest employee Cal Naden.

(Front row) Newcrest employee Brock Gibbs, Clontarf students, Jackson Sladek, Damien Christoff, Isaiah King, Jenny Sharp and Merrilyn Tinsley.

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How senior females are finding solidarity in village lifestyle With females’ life expectancy outlasting that of men, more and more women are faced with the reality of living part of their senior years without their significant other. At a time of such major change, having the confidence to move on and find a new purpose in life can be a challenge.

But the friendly atmosphere means you’ll be surrounded by ready friends who will quickly help you feel right at home. The beauty of Oak Tree is that you can live independently, but you’re not alone. There’s comfort knowing that our village manager or a friendly neighbour is never far away.

It’s no wonder then, that many single female seniors are seeking solidarity with their peers in a village atmosphere.

In fact, recent data indicates that females account for two thirds of all residents in Australian retirement villages.

Enjoying the companionship of like-minded people in the safety of a gated community, combined with the lifestyle benefits of a purpose-built village, are just some of the reasons an increasing number of senior women are finding solace at Oak Tree retirement villages.

Having a network of others in similar situations at the same phase of life can give you the confidence to socialise, try new hobbies, enjoy new experiences, and generally get out and enjoy life. For our female residents in particular, they find companionship amongst each other, providing new meaning to life, even after loss.

While making the move from the family home into retirement living can seem daunting for many, the feeling can be amplified when you’re transitioning on your own.

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LIONS GIVING ACKNOWLEDGES

nursing, “Blue” good works Acts of giving provides much more than just their monetary value, and no-one knows this more than Orange Hospital!

Providing support for caring organisations like this, is also an acknowledgement of the worth of the work they are doing, Deputy Director of Nursing and Midwifery at the Hospital, Di Gardner said.

She said that the donation, as well as providing direct benefits, is also a tangible way that local groups show staff and supporters of the facility, the importance of the service that they are providing.

Ms Gardner recently accepted a cheque from Canobolas Lions Club for $5000 for nursing education at the hospital.

“It’s recognition from charity groups in Orange, of the important work that nurses do and it’s a great thing that they are investing in our health services in this way,” Ms Gardner added.

The Club has now donated $40,000 in total in recent years to this worthwhile cause — excepting last year’s COVID-19 hit effort that limited fundraising opportunities.

“The $5000 from the Lions Club will go towards education opportunities for nurses in specialist fields of Orange Hospital,” Ms Gardner said.

She added that the previous years’ donations have all gone towards subjects of great current immediacy for the nurses at the hospital.

“Previously, this money has funded education in advanced paediatric life support and we’ve also undertaken funding for cardiology and support services.”

Hospital nurse Kerry Porter was present at the hand-over to acknowledge the benefits that she personally and professionally has gained form these donations; included offering her the opportunity to attend conferences that have enhanced her ability to better care for patients at Orange Hospital.

But the $5000 was not the end of the recent giving by the local service club!

Wendy Brown from the Blue Ladies and Men Volunteer organisation was also on-hand to thank Canobolas Lions for their donation of $500 to assist with care packages for the patients.

This money is essentially to fund items that go into the patient toiletry bags for those who attend hospital at short-notice and are

unable to arrive with their own personal items.

“The Blue Ladies and Men provide care packages to patients of Orange Hospital who may be here unexpectedly and may not have the basic home care items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, comb, shampoo and conditioner, face washer, and more,” a hospital spokesperson explained.

“These care packages from the Blue Ladies and Men provide patients with the necessities that we would normally take for granted at home and provide some comfort during their admission,” they added.

Being a major rural feeder hospital, these bags are much-appreciated, Orange Hospital General Manager Catherine Nowlan said “Orange Hospital, being a major rural referral hospital has a significant number of patients from outside the Orange area.”

These are people, Ms Nowlan explained: “who travel here in emergency situations resulting in them being unprepared for a hospital stay,”.

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Andrew GEE MP

FEDERAL MEMBER FOR CALARE RUNS ON THE BOARD FOR ORANGE √ $2 billion for Great Western Highway upgrade √ $29.8 million for the Dixons Long Point Crossing development √ $22 million for the CSU medical school √ $3.454 million for a new four-lane bridge and road upgrades over the Orange to Dubbo railway line √ $19 million for the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health √ $2 million for the Forest Road Bridge duplication √ $18 million for a world-class health research facility √ $650,000 for a new hall at Orange Christian School √ $14.7 million for Mission Australia’s Benjamin Short Grove Aged Care facility √ $100,000 for new stadium seating at Wade Park √ $3 million for a second radiotherapy unit at Orange Health Service √ $15,000 for a new hydrotherapy spa at Anson Street School

Your Country Your Voice REGIONAL MEDICAL SPECIALISTS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE

EOFY business tip! Instant asset write-off 2020-2021 A timely reminder to all our Central West businesses that the instant asset scheme was extended as part of the 20202021 Federal Budget.

The instant asset writeoff scheme enables you to write off the entire amount of assets purchased in the financial year they were purchased, so you have until June 30th to take advantage this financial year. It’s great news for people in business as it means that by deducting the full expense in a single year, you can decrease your taxable income and the tax you owe.

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assets can be: • Tools and machinery • IT hardware – computers, laptops, monitors, printers • Machinery and equipment • Office and shop furniture and fittings • Kitchen equipment • Signage • Air conditioners • Motor vehicles

Medical specialists are vital for the health, growth and prosperity of our country communities.

I was therefore delighted to welcome visiting specialists to Orange recently for the Regional Medical Specialists Association 2021 Conference.

There were a range of topics discussed at the conference - all of which were extremely important to the practice of country medicine and the health of country patients.

Below: Dr Henry Hook, Andrew Gee and RMSA President, Dr Peter Hughes.

As with any business decision, I suggest consulting with your Accountant to make sure the instant asset write-off 2021 is the right move for your business.

$10,000 Federal Funding for Spring Hill Recreation Ground Since the pandemic began, more and more people are choosing to spend their time exploring destinations on their own doorstep. With so much to see, do and enjoy in the Central West, it’s no wonder NSW residents, and those from further afield, are flocking to our region.

The Spring Hill Recreation Ground is becoming a community hub, and a popular resting spot for overnight campers on a road trip across Western NSW, so I’m very pleased that the Australian Government is able to help improve facilities at the site with a grant of $10,000.

obtaining the funding boost under Round 6 of the Federal Government’s Stronger Communities Program, and plan to use the money to install new seating and shelters, and add topsoil to the Ground.

As well as making the site a better place for camping, the funding will improve the facility for local sporting and community events too, with the Ground another step closer towards achieving its full sporting potential.

Well done to Beth Mills and the Spring Hill community!

Spring Hill Recreation Ground Society was successful in

√ $1.42 million for an upgrade of Clergate Road √ $8,000,000 for an investigation of fast rail from Syd Parkes √ $2,000,000 for Stage 4 of Southern Feeder Road project √ $1,243,593 for new contemporary and flexible learning spaces at St Mary’s Catholic School √ $1,200,000 for CCTV in Orange, Bathurst and Wellington √ $1,118,979 for The Orchard crisis accommodation centre $2,000,000 for local projects under the Drought Communities Program

Left and above: Andrew Gee MP with Beth Mills at Spring Hill Recreation Ground

SAFER COMMUNITIES ROUND 6 - FUNDING NOW OPEN It is important that all members of our community feel safe and secure so I am pleased to announce that Round 6 of the Safer Communities Fund is now open. Through this fund, the Federal Government is providing up to $20 million for early intervention projects and up to $10 million for security infrastructure.

The early intervention funding will provide support for at risk young people to help them turn away from crime,

build cultural connections and job readiness skills. The infrastructure funding will not only improve security and protect communities through projects such as CCTV, fencing and bollards, it will also keep local people employed, boosting local economies.

For more information, to check eligibility or to apply for funding please visit business.gov.au or call my office on 6361 7138.

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to remain in stealth as she pocketed for an entire day, maybe longer. for it.

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This is my 32nd year living and working From Van Halen, to the Vapours, to vid showed her pretending to be my earliest in and aroundmemories. this fine town.I Imust say have The Tears For Fears, to Spy V Spy … it’ll windowshopping, but then quickly been about 3 or 4, but I can still ‘town’, not City, because I love to still get played for you, no problems. fondly remember begging mum think of us as a tight family.

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All caught onto video, endlessly rewind 3 decades I’ve earnedthe thereel-to-reel right/privilege would happen,easily andidentifiable. found a playlist with the perpetrator to callwe myself 11 years in Millthorpe tape hada local. of the Beatles ‘White Now,that this person wasn’t stealing food,called goes for over 6 hours saw me go close to local status, but Album’ to play the songs that I called cash,‘Pure drugsRock or clothing – it was a hair & Roll’, I was and still maybe notBill’ achieve It warms my heart ‘Buffalo and it.‘Ronky Racoon’. straightener.

Then, just 3 days later, am, in music heaven. The aonly two to get ahe wave from a carus when I’m out The Then introduced to Elton, second video appeared on thebeen feed, (i) having annoying things have on a morning to strike up a chatto Beach Boys,run, HotorAugust Night, with yet another person making a fivewith a stranger at the petrol station, the to stop doing my real work for a name a few. We certainly had the fingered discount of an item from this dump or the supermarket. It is simply not minute to find out the name of a new coolest and loudest stereo in the same shop. To make matters worse, possible to ‘duck down the street to grab song ashad I am continually educated, this shopper a pram, and stashed street, and the other kids would some milk’ without it taking close to an and (ii) leaving the keyboard the stolen item down the front pocket ofto play come over so we could play Acca hour, as you politely stop for a chinwag air guitar when songs like ‘Panama’ the pram.

Dacca and Sherbet ear-blistering with every other lady or at chap who has or ‘Kickstart My Heart’ come on. levels, whilst guitar.a local Good I’m not really sure of the regulations also earned the doing right to air be called On the TVorand radio,athey’ve been times. that either permit otherwise and part of the Orange family. talking about making playlists of shopkeeper posting vids of alleged Getting my drivers’ licence ISE COLEMAN —The empty feeling I had when my dentist robbers, as they tryyou’re to tracklonely ‘songs youdesperately play when meant could in the retired aIfew yearsplay agomusic was weird. down the whereabouts of their missing or alone’, but that’s just garbage. car mycan, own as loud asfray, I liked Sure,on another stepped into the but ts control what we lets more merchandise.

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My go-to cassette people like doctors, pharmacists, the in port and shop local.” know, once it’s been posted on the net, is blasting, I’m at peace. Late last lady at the place,ZZ myTop, buddies Subaru inlandscape the 80s had Big it’s there forever. Forever. I believe for the Tuesday arvo, just before the at work, theearly ‘strangers’ at Parkrun, the Country, Midnight Oil, Aussie shopowner, both of these stories may how supportive our community is which awesome rain came, I jumped guy at the petKnack shop, parents kids I’ve Crawl, The and ofofcourse have had a somewhat happy ending, isn’t a surprise. This community has always ’ onthe thealleged ride-on, stuck thebeing buds in taught,of not to mention kids who’ve Flock Seagulls asthe big tunes.

This but for perpetrators, been a generous one looking out for each st returned to Orange to set up their lives my ears and had my phone a star of a security camera video is notin my time’awas some other and‘alone I love being part of that.”of my fave … they’re all part of my extended family, pocket, ready an15internet the way to getfor your seconds ofplaylist.

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LIFEandTIMES with ANGUS GIBB

that when a downturn occu a ‘balanced’ fund within their I’ve been working in financial those growth investments h superannuation. This can be services since 2002, so I’ve seen time to recover. particularly dangerous for those a few financial crises during strange times but other factors too. We are Hi! I’m Angus. I’m a husband and dad to 3 While nothing can protect in the retirement risk zone, those two decades and in that becoming more fractured. We more and more young kids. I love this city. I love the people, from that is, five years either side of time, I’ve learnt a lot.

Not only find ourselves living in echo-chambers where feeling some emotions the food, the parks and natural beauty of the whenI we see our life saving retirement. a lot about investment lived experience can trump even reason itself.

Orange.

I love how cooking, reading, gardening and going As you move closer to markets work, but also how don’t know about you but as I read, think, listen down, it’s incredibly writing. I’m also one of the pastors at Orange reassuring to know that wh at retirement and human emotions work. and observe I wonder, what is coming next?

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It is going to challenge presuppositions. It magazine. But why write a column? Because was combined with saving money sitting in a balanced Sadly, many people are making is going to ask questions. Why is this? It is I like to observe what is going on in our world thousands of dollars a year investment option in retirement the wrong decisions in how to because it is important that all of us ask and asking the question – why? I find that I fees! would mean that right now they deal with this crisis, acting on questions. That we examine the reasons investment of why have many thoughts rattling through my head these sound like the sorts forced shares at we do.IfYou emotion not realising the you? are being we do what weto dosell or think the way as I sit downand to write.

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Sought… volunteers for court support!

Orange Cou rt Support — supported b y Prisons NSW and aligned with the Prison Fe llowship — are holdin g a meeting at Orange Cou rt House on T hursday, June 17 at 2p m for any inte rested members of the pubic.

Looking for volunteers, Helen from Orange Court Support says the group are holding a meeting at Orange Court House on Thursday, June 17 at 2pm for any interested members of the public.

Fronting court — as anyone who has ever experienced it knows — is no walk across a field.

Ever thought about how you can help those facing this most challenging of life events?

Special meeting at Orange Court House next week is for locals interested in volunteering for Orange Court Support which aides, in a variety of ways, those entangled in our legal system.

The group lost a lot of volunteers during the recent major refurbishment of the Court House and the subsequent pandemic lockdown; and is now looking to renew their ranks with some fresh blood.

“We are seeking volunteers in any capacity,” coordinator Helen said of the meeting to be held at Orange Court House, Byng St, on Thursday, June 17 at 2pm This group has for years provided comfort, a kind word, and a hot cuppa for hundreds of locals facing the stress and worry of legal hearings in the Colour City.

Recently returning to the Local Court after a long lockdown, the group are looking for more volunteers to cover for the loss of members no longer able to help-out.

“We are not a very well-known group as we go about our work quietly but effectively. We have been in operation for the last 19 years offering a cup of tea with compassion and care to all those who come before the court system in Orange,”.

“We are a non-denominational, ecumenical group who now — since all restrictions have been lifted — are in need of more volunteers,” she added.

But this group that embodies the unobtrusive volunteer spirit of so many in our community, offers much more than just tea and sympathy every Monday at the Local Court sessions in Byng St. “We just don’t do that, we organise gifts for children whose parents are in jail at Christmas time; in 2019 we provided pressies for 18 children in the 2800 postcode,” Helen explained.

“We also send one or two local children to a special camp for kids whose parents are incarcerated; the kids who go along are all in the same situation.”

Other than occasional donations at the Court House, most of the funds for their work comes from a special luncheon held each year.

There are no special requirements or training required for volunteers — apart from a standard police check — and, although a Christian-based group, this is no pre-requisite.

“We simply provide support and comfort to those coming before the Courts,” Helen concluded.

OUR ECONOMY IS ON TRACK TO COME BACK Australia’s economy is on track to come back. In fact, our economy outperformed all major advanced economies in 2020. In the second half of 2020, it grew at the fastest pace on record and there are now more people in work than before the pandemic.

CONTINUING OUR COMEBACK To build upon the progress we’ve made, the next steps in the plan provide more support for individuals, families and businesses to help secure the economy and create more jobs.

JOB CREATION IS ON TRACK Over the next 10 years, many more local jobs will be created and secured through investment in roads, rail and community infrastructure.

More homes will be built in more communities thanks to HomeBuilder and the New Home Guarantee.

More training will be available through JobTrainer. And there’ll be new apprenticeships, traineeships and more places in higher education.

And there’ll be more opportunities for families to access work with more affordable childcare.

businesses to invest, to grow and to create more jobs.

We’re improving employment services so that employers and job seekers are more easily matched.

And our $1.2 billion investment in digital infrastructure, skills, and incentives means that more businesses in communities right across Australia can be part of the thriving digital economy.

LOWER TAXES & GREATER SUPPORT FOR MORE AUSTRALIANS

We’re supporting hard hit industries such as aviation, tourism and international education.

Tax cuts for 10 million low and middle income earners will put more money in their pockets to spend at local businesses, creating more economic activity and more jobs.

And continuing tax incentives, such as the Instant Asset Write-off, to encourage

It’s a plan that will not only help Australia come back, but come back better than ever.

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YOUR LOCAL

COUNCIL AT WORK BRIEFS:

New budget delivers progress on major projects

— The next Orange City Council meeting will be held on Tuesday June 15, 2021.

Tune in live from 7pm via orange.nsw.gov.au

Car park closed for upgrade The next phase of the FutureCity upgrade of McNamara Street begins next week as the car park is resurfaced.

The Council owned section of the McNamara Street car park (the southern side, closest to The Hive building) will be closed from Wednesday June 11 until Friday June 18.

The hotel Canobolas car park will still be open and can be accessed through the usual routes including Kite Street.

Orange Mayor Reg Kidd said the space had the potential to be used as an entertainment space or a market area.

“The intention is to keep the space as a car park first and foremost but part of the FutureCity project is to look at the areas we have and work out how we can make the most out of those spaces to boost the economy and get people visiting the area,” Cr Kidd said.

“Council is also investigating the use of converted shipping containers in this area for businesses to host pop-up stalls, or cafes, or exhibitions.”

The Council owned car park must be clear of cars

by Friday June 11 for the work to begin. Council has contacted businesses in the area.

Customers are encouraged to continue to visit businesses in the McNamara Street area while the work is occurring as all businesses will be open as usual.

Weather dependent, work on the car park is expected to be complete by Friday afternoon June 18.

Plans move ahead for new roadside rest stop Plans to build a new road-side rest stop at the eastern entrance to Orange are making progress. The suggestion from Cr Sam Romano has seen funding added to the draft budget for the next financial year.

Concept plans for a $750,000 rest stop include an access road behind the diary shed shelter and cut-out cow structures. The concept plans, which are yet to be considered by a Council meeting, also include a parking area for trucks and plans to re-locate a shelter structure from the former saleyards site. The funding would include $250,000 from the Resources for Regions funding program and $500,000 from council.

It’s expected work would begin later this year and be completed in the first half of next year.

• Council concrete crew working on the footpath in Hill Street

Orange City Council’s budget for the coming financial year is aimed at building momentum to complete a number of key projects already underway and assist the Orange economy to continue to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

Last week’s Council meeting (Tuesday 1 June) adopted the draft budget after considering feedback from the community.

The budget includes plans to spend $92 million on capital projects in the coming year, part of a projected four year capital spend of $232.8 million from 2021/22 to 2024/25. The budget proposes a consolidated operating deficit (before capital) of $826K for 2021/22.

The projects are to be funded by a mix of already-approved government grants, council reserves, property sales and loans. The list of major capital projects will see work continue on a number of major projects during the next 12 months, including: • The FutureCity CBD upgrade, including lighting upgrades • The first steps on the new sporting precinct • A new constructed wetland to expand the output of the city’s stormwater harvesting system, and, • A series of major road upgrades, including completing the current stage of the southern feeder road and beginning the next stage.

In line with a unanimous Council decision earlier this year, the budget would also see a start on the Orange Regional Conservatorium project during the next financial year.

The budget proposes allocating the $20 million needed for the project over the next two years with $10 million to come from an agreed Federal Government grant and $5 million to come from Council reserves and land sales.

Council has also asked for a report on how to fund the remaining $5 million from Council reserves if the NSW Government does not offer grant support for the project.

Orange Mayor Reg Kidd believes the community will welcome a determination to finish a number of major projects as well as start new initiatives.

“The community realises that big projects like the southern feeder, our CBD upgrade and a major new wetland will take a number of years to deliver,” Cr Reg Kidd said. “Seeing the latest instalments of these costs emerge in our annual budgets is a responsible way of managing these projects.”

“These are all key pieces of infrastructure that will add value to our local economy for years to come. This investment will be boosting the capacity of our local economy to generate jobs.”

PLAN: A concept plan for the new rest stop shows a new access road from the highway. The yellow line would be a road for cars and caravans while the black line would be a road for trucks.

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Residential and business rates will rise by 2%, the increase capped by the NSW Government’s Independent Pricing & Regulatory Tribunal

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(IPART). Average residential rates will increase by $32.35 per year, or by $1.12 per week, including water, waste and sewer charges). Average business rates will increase by $96.96 or $1.86 per week.

Orange City Council’s Finance committee chair Cr Kevin Duffy has welcomed the budget’s mix of minor projects and small-scale suggestions that have come from individual council members.

“I’m pleased we’re able to continue to give new footpaths a higher priority. The budget also includes plans for a number of projects that have come from long-term strategic planning, but there’s also suggestions that have come from council members which are aimed at improving local neighbourhoods and finding solutions to local problems,” Cr Duffy said.

The list of suggestions from councillors that were added during the Council budget discussions includes: • $500,000 to replace trees that died during the drought with advanced tree stock • $250,000 for maintenance on the Robertson Park and Cook Park rotundas • $15,000 for a new program to encourage residents to plant gardens on the verge in front of their home. Funding for this program could be increased if a grant application is successful.

• $100,000 to build a new picket fence around a sportsground at Spring Hill, as well as get detailed costings and look at building for a new fence around Riawena Oval • $50,000 to install lighting and CCTV in Esso Park • $100,000 to install CCTV, new fences and headstone repairs in the Orange cemetery An extra $150,000 to bring spending on new footpaths and footpath rehabilitation to $900,000.

While the draft budget was on exhibition for community comment for 28 days, 605 people visited the YourSay Orange website, reading articles about aspects of the budget, completing surveys or leaving a comment.

83 people completed a survey about general responses to the budget with: • 74% supported continuing with the next stages of the Future City CBD upgrade • 60% supported the construction of the sporting precinct • 90% believed increased spending on footpaths was worthwhile • 65% believed spending on upgrading the sewage treatment plant should be a priority

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FAQs: Q: Are the rumours about Orange hosting Jousting Championships true?

A: Yes. The last Orange City Council meeting held on Tuesday 1 June, voted to provide $20,000 a year for two years so that Orange can host the 2022 and 2023 World Jousting Championships.

The funding would consist of $10,000 a year cash and $10,000 in-kind of Council services. The World Jousting Championships is an international solid lance jousting tournament featuring 8-10 of the best jousters on the globe.

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Join Orange Family Day Care as an educator and Orange City Council will give you $2000 towards the start-up costs of beginning your business journey.

Family Day Care educators can earn while raising their own children, choose their own hours and their workload.

Former centre-based educator Krystal Mitchell says being able to be a part of the program while raising her own two boys, Austin, 18-months and Mason, four, has been a win-win.

“I was previously working in a long-day centre, and I’ve been running my own business as a family day care educator for about two years, she said.

“I did it first because I wanted to spend more time with my eldest son, my only child at the time.

“But it was also to have stronger relationships with the children that I have in care; in a long day-care centre, the children are always moving classes.

You simply don’t get the chance to develop the continuity and meaningful relationships that you can get with family day-care”.

nature of the work was a major incentive for many people sick of the office treadmill.

Family Day Care business owners are part of a strong-support network with regular “play-group” sessions with other educators, and at Council’s Orange Occasional Care Centre.

“You become your own boss and you’re running your own business, supported by Orange City Council,” she explained.

“These are great, you get to connect with other educators and build new collaborations and social skills,” Krystal said.

Far from being isolated at home, the program integrates regular group get-togethers that benefit both the children and the carers.

Krystal intends to continue running her own business as a Family Day Care educator when both her children move on to school themselves.

“This larger group experience we hold fortnightly; it helps with networking and professional development as well as allowing the children to engage with a larger group of other playmates,” Megan said.

“Definitely 100 per cent, I love it. I don’t think I’ll go back to anything else,” she said.

With about 20 educators currently-involved in the Orange area, coordinator Megan Dawson said the program could do with more educators.

“We see it more as an opportunity for people who want to change careers,” she explained.

“There is a huge demand for Family Day Care in Orange. We have many children on waiting lists.”

“We’d love to talk to anybody who is interested, people who are already working in the industry, or are interested in getting involved,” Megan said.

Council staff assist educators with an array of help and advice including, training, accreditation, accounting and meeting potential clients.

Ms Dawson said the independent, self-governing

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Part of this professional development involves carers either having passed or working towards their Certificate III in Children’s Services.

She said that the flexible nature of the work is part of its appeal for many people who want to enjoy their own children’s early years at home.

“School hours are really difficult for working parents, but this lets you stay at home with your own children.”

Educator and business owner Trish Streatfeild enjoys the work so much; she barely remembers her life before she was involved with this unique early childhood model.

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Pest control expert, Craig Kramer (with son Billy) says, that in the great mice-fight; an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure!

Hating “meeses to pieces?”

— PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE! Recent rodent plagues have seen many of us — like the frustrated house-cat in the old cartoon, Pixie, Dixie and Mr Jinx — exclaim: “I hate those meeses to pieces!”

Current western NSW mouse infestation has seen locals resort to mass baiting, mechanical traps, and the rather cruel and ineffective glue traps that can also ensnare native birds and animals.

Well, the advice from pest control expert, Craig Kramer, is that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure!

Having his central west home recently invaded by the disease-carrying vermin, he dialled back the baits and traps and looked instead to some longterm measures.

“We have a feed and hardware store behind us, a creek in front of us, and two paddocks either side… you can see them sometimes actually swarming-up out of the creek,” he said.

“We had probably a couple of hundred of them I guess, we had to throw away the mattress it got that bad…at one time, the wife was sleeping on the kitchen table,” he said.

Turning to tried-and-trusted poisons only killed mice that were almost immediately replaced by more, until he went to the root of the problem — access, food, and shelter.

“I was baiting, baiting, baiting, but it just didn’t seem to make much difference,” Craig said.

First turning to access, he methodically sealed-up every entry point, crack, or gap in the house that a mouse could enter.

“People have no idea about the size of a hole that they can fit through. The rule is, ‘a pinkie (finger) for a mouse and a thumb for a rat’,” Craig explained.

“If you’ve got any gaps that they can get through,

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go to Bunnings and buy some no-frills liquid nails, go around and fill every gap you can find… and fill-it at least an inch (2.5cm) thick,” he said.

protected feed points such as a closed-ended pipe with 20mm holes drilled into them so that pets and wildlife can’t access the poison.

“And pack steel wool around pipes and other gaps so they can’t get in that way.

“Just don’t throw it anywhere; the amount of people that have lost animals because of baits, is through the roof,” Craig said.

“But don’t use that expanding foam, they’ll eat right through it, and you end-up with an unholy mess all around the place.”

He added that mice also don’t like traversing large open spaces especially outside where they are easy prey to cats, dogs, birds, and snakes. “So trim your garden, shrubs and the like, away from your house because these allow cover for them.”

He said that food for sustenance and your clothes and blankets for nesting, are the next big items to look at. “You don’t have to go as far as us, putting all food and clothes in plastic tubs, but removing access to these is really important,” Craig said.

For outdoor pets such as dogs, chickens, ducks, and cats, he advises to place feed-bowls into a pot draining-base full of water to create a moat-effect over which the mice won’t swim.

He added that good, old-fashioned housekeeping is another key-way to discourage Mus musculus, (the common house-mouse) from making your place their new home.

“When you see mouse droppings or urine stains on the floor, always clean them right-up, because they use these as a trial for next time they want to return; leaving these in your laundry or whatever tells them that it is safe,” he said.

If you’re going to bait, Craig advises to use

He also said not to leave dead rodents around as they can be eaten by pets and wildlife and poison them: “Vets are treating plenty of pets that have been poisoned by eating baited mice,” he said.

He advised also not to touch a dead or poisoned mouse with your hands: “You see people picking them up by the tale, do not under any circumstances pick them up by the tale, mice carry so-much bacteria, you can’t imagine, and then people go and forget to wash their hands,” Craig said.

Using throw-away gloves or dedicated tongs or other implement will save any chance of contamination.

Craig believes that the onset of the cold weather will probably soon stop the current plague-level breeding cycle, but it will be another month before the current mice numbers appreciably start to drop-off.

But mice will continue to reside and breed in any area where food, shelter and access are available, so Craig says to look to the long-term by reducing the incentives for “Mickey” to want to make your home, his home!

“My wife said the other day, ‘you know Craig?

I think this is starting to work’,” he concluded.

Mouse maths; from two to 5,000,000 in one year!

The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is a small mammal of the order Rodentia that can live for up to two–three years.

However, female mice can start reproducing at just six weeks of age.

Three weeks later they can give birth to 10 youngsters while the mother can get pregnant again the very next day.

These shocking mathematics behind the lifecycle of mice is one of the main reasons for the mouse plague inundating the region.

Unchecked and in ideal conditions, one breeding pair could produce one million offspring within 264 days with estimates that a rampant colony could even grow to five million within a year.

Phil Donato MP STATE MEMBER FOR ORANGE

DONATO’S

DIARY! G’day!

Triumph for East Orange Locals Want to see what triumph, relief and elation looks like? Here’s a pic of the East Orange locals and representatives who took on the machine of a State Government agency, and won!

Together, we managed to have Land and Housing Corporation withdraw their plans to relocate residents

from their homes which were to be demolished and high density housing build in its place. A great outcome!

Let’s hope in the future, the Land and Housing Corporation have learned to ensure proper community consultation before advancing plans which negatively impact the lives of families.

Headspace Orange Mural Artwork Last month I had the pleasure of visiting Headspace Orange to see the incredible artwork by local artist Sandon Gibbs-O’Neil and local school students, on the wall of Orange Headspace in Peisley Street.

Here I’m pictured with Melinda Lake - Headspace, Megan Callinan - CEO Marathon Health, Kelly Dent - Headspace, Sandon Gibbs-O’Neil, Burruguu Art, Annette Carothers - Chair, Marathon Health, Clr. Jeff Whitton - Director, Marathon Health.

THE BANKSIA PROJECT Last week I caught up with Brad Kane, who together with Aidan Keough have been running The Banksia Project in Orange since 2019.

The Banksia Project is a local volunteer-led community-based mental health program providing several free preventative mental health programs across the Central West.

I recently delivered a Community Recognition Statement in NSW Parliament, acknowledging the great work they’re doing. I presented Brad a certificate of recognition for their valuable volunteer work.

Congratulations Brad and Aidan, and thank you.

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE CADETS MOLONG DIVISION Did you know, the Molong St. John Ambulance Cadet Divisions is one of the largest in NSW? I was recently delighted to present awards to many of the cadets and officers in the St John Ambulance Cadets Molong Division. Thank you so much for having me, you’re all a true asset to the Molong community!

Dignified Disengagement

Late last month I met with members of the NSW Nurses and Midwife’s Association (NSWNMA), who I’ve been working closely with for quite some time now. In a round-table discussion at my office, NSWNMA members shared their personal stories of what happens when staff are forced to work within rules made by bureaucrats who have no idea what these nurses are dealing with on a daily basis.

There are many pertinent issues, including not enough staff combined with the fact that different levels of care for each admission is not considered in staff rostering. This means nurses spend a significant amount of time dealing with people who need a high-level of care, such as violent patients or patients with dementia, to the detriment of other patients.

The members told me stories of having no security within hospitals, leaving them to take on the role of security, and times when cleaning staff having to step outside of their normal duties in order to assist when patients with dementia have tried to escape or became violent. It is no wonder why many nurses are deciding to leave the profession.

All this is purely because the government refuses to legislate adequate staff ratios in regional NSW – a model that works well in QLD. Instead, they use a staffing model that is completely unrealistic and leaves nurses burnt out.

The NSWNMA members state their requests are fairly simple: they want nursing ratios of 1 staff member per 4 patients on the floor, and 1 to 3 in emergency. They are best placed to know what they need, and I firmly believe we should be listening to our nurses as the experts on this matter!

I applaud the job that nurses in regional areas are doing, but the fact is they should not be put in situations where their safety is at risk, as well as their mental health and well-being. Nurses are fed up with being constantly ignored on this matter, while simply trying to keep us all safe and alive!

I will continue to fight for our hardworking nurses and get these ratios in place.

Cheers, Phil

Finally, a step in the right direction! On 20 September 2018 on the floor of Parliament I called on the Government to design and deliver an optional disengagement package as a return for service by police officers completing an established tenure, to salvage their psychological health and to disengage with dignity, with the appropriate financial support to enable their transition to a post-police career.

Finally, they’ve listened. This optional payment allows police to exit the Force, before chronic mental health ruins their lives, and allows them to transition to another career and importantly, to exit the Police Force with dignity.

This is a great first step, and I will keep advocating for our men and women in blue.

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The Council Game What happened at Council on 1st June 2021?

regeneration parkland with walking and cycle paths at the site on the Northern Distributor Road that was originally purchased by Council for the $25 million Sports Stadium.

Consideration of a Development Application for a childcare centre on Kearneys Drive was deferred for a site visit. Two residents raised concerns in the public forum at the meeting and their concerns included noise, traffic and overdevelopment.

The next phase of the Future City project will be Matthews Park and a third street art project for McNamara Street and new trees will be installed.

Funding for the work was a key part of the major projects approved in Council’s 2021-22 budget at the meeting.

The meeting also backed two major festival events for the city in 2022 featuring international jousting and a

There was a lengthy discussion about Code of Conduct Complaints including a suggestion that was not taken up, that complainants should pay for making a complaint.

major music festival planned for the Orange Showground.

for the Orange Sustainable Living Expo 2021 to be held in October 2021.

Council decided to make a grant to the Rotary Club of Orange of $5,000

Council agreed to investigate the costs and potential for creating a native tree

mock mayor

Amanda Spalding The Council meeting of 1st June approved the budget for 2021- 2022 with very little discussion of what is actually in the budget and what it means for ratepayers. In fact, the report of 6th April 2021 is where you need to go to if you want to know more: Rates and Charges 2021/22 Rates will increase by the maximum amount of 2% that is allowed by the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) under the rate-pegging that has been in place in NSW for over 20 years.

• Residential assessments will increase by $32.35, and total rates and charges $1.12 per week (or $58.31 p.a.) which is 2.36% • Business assessments will increase by $96.96 or $1.86 per week.

Proposed increases in water and sewer fees and charges in 2021/22 are 2% for Water and 2.5% for sewer.

I am always interested to see what the Orange CBD rate is going to be as it is not at all clear what this additional rate is used for. In 2021/22 the 327 assessments will be charged a total of $727,397.

The Mayor, somewhat-disingenuously, commented that Council had done well to keep the rate rise to 2% in comparison with some councils that will be having large

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rate increases. This was disingenuous of him because Orange City Council is again adopting the maximum increase allowed on top of rates that are already very high; the Councils that are raising rates by more than 2% have been through the IPART Special Rate Variation process to get approval for their proposed increases, and the councils with very high proposed increases are amalgamated councils that may not have received grants from the NSW Government’s $252 million Stronger Community Fund - Tied Grants program, which the Opposition has described as being used as a government taxpayer slush fund with 95 per cent of the grants awarded to councils in marginal or Coalition-held seats. A Parliamentary report described this as 'brazen pork barrelling’.

It was also interesting to see that the Council approved a 2% increase to the Mayoral and Councillor Allowances (again the maximum increase allowed) to keep the Mayor and Councillors at the maximum allowance of $24,810 for Councillors and $86,090 for the Mayor, with no comment being made about this in the meeting.

There were problems again with difficulty in hearing some of the Councillors on the livestream. There were suggestions during the meeting that the livestreaming of meetings was reducing the number of complaints because of increased transparency. However, that is not helped if there are difficulties hearing what some councillors are saying.

I recently attended a meeting in the Council Chamber and saw this notice attached to the microphone in front of me: REMINDER Please speak into the microphone.

The red light will come on when it detects your voice.

Nine reports were considered by Councillors in the confidential part of the meeting, which took an unusually long time with the resolutions from the confidential part of the meeting being read out by the Chief Executive Officer at 10.08pm.

So, it seems that the microphones are not faulty, just not being used correctly by some councillors. At one stage during the meeting, the CEO reminded the Deputy Mayor to speak into the microphone.

There was an unusually long confidential part of the meeting with the consideration of nine reports taking around an hour. It’s always interesting to see whether a Council is abusing the provisions in the Local Government Act and Regulations about what can and should be considered in camera and what should not. One Council I worked for tried to discuss whether or not to fly the Aboriginal Flag in confidential!!!

One of the issues that was discussed in the Closed Meeting was – Crown Land Negotiation Update.

The reason for this being considered in confidential was given as ‘business relating to (c) information that would, if disclosed, confer and commercial advantage on a person with whom Council is conducting (or proposes to conduct) business. When the CEO read-out the resolutions of the Closed Meeting when the meeting was re-opened to the public around an hour later, this matter did not become any clearer.

Earlier in the Open Meeting, Councillor Jason Hamling had asked whether there was any news about the decision of the NSW Heritage Council, expected on 1st June, with respect to the South Bloomfield site where Council has voted to build the Sporting Precinct. The Mayor said that would be discussed in the Closed Meeting, but nothing was announced on this topic when the meeting was re-opened.

THE COUNCIL GAME

MOCK COUNCILLOR Steve Peterson Watching council meetings this year it catches my eye when a topic obviously hits a nerve. Last week a nerve touched was on complaints. Councillors deploring the cost of investigating complaints (quoted at $2,200 each) and feeling that they could be vexatious or designed only to cause them anonymous harm. Many did note the impact on them personally, and warning that prospective councillors needed to be prepared for them.

I disagree with suggestions to ask for upfront payments when making a complaint, as then no-one would make them even when justified.

However, I think there would need to be a very good reason for a complaint to be anonymous.

Perhaps truly frivolous complaints that will waste ratepayer funds will be less common if the process is more transparent. Very happy to note costs of this have been much less this year than in previous years apparently.

It is just under 100 days to the election. Several times during the meeting, it was mentioned how the new council will need to continue an ongoing process etc. It would be great if there was clarity on what projects etc are in progress and requiring Council decisions or direction in coming months.

Just so prospective councillors know what they are committing to involvement with, and so they can start thinking about them. Potentially especially vexed decisions shouldn’t be made in the last month or two of a council’s term to ensure ongoing responsibility for those decisions.

MOCK COUNCILLOR Greater Good One of the topics of discussion at last week’s Council meeting was about turning part of the land on the Northern Distributor that was intended for the sports stadium into an arboretum.

Sounds like another thought bubble to me and not a very good one. Sadly, it’s another example of how poorly our Council has managed the sports stadium issue. Clearly this land cannot be used for a sports stadium, and apparently never could be, given the asbestos issue for one. Why all the boxes weren’t ticked when they purchased it for that purpose in the first place is anybody’s guess, and it does little to encourage ratepayers to have confidence in Council when they put forward other similar big proposals. No wonder people now keep doubting so many things they want to do.

From a brilliant sporting facility to an arboretum seems like aiming at Mt. Everest and settling for Mt Canobolas. I personally would not like to see that happen.

Surely, we can find a far better and more appealing use for that land other than for an arboretum? If we can’t, maybe selling it and using the funds for something better should be

considered.

I still get confused when I see ideas like this arboretum come up, and be given serious consideration, while at the same time there has been some wonderful ideas put forward by the community for other attractions etc. over the years that never ever get a run. Ideas like a Mining Museum or a giant playground are just two that I recall that would create far more interest from far more people than an arboretum. For those who like arboretums, I’m sure there is lots that could be done at the Botanical Garden. That reminds me of another community idea that went nowhere. An art trail around the walking track at the Botanical Garden. We now have something along those lines I believe, not art but something for people to read.

For me, the art idea would have been better, or even both.

If this Council is too proud to fully consider ideas put forward by the public and is bent on only following their own ideas, even if better ones are out there, let’s change the Councillors on September 4 for a group that aren’t that way inclined.

MOCK COUNCILLOR Daniel McGregor I sometimes find myself despairing as I read through and watch local media and see and hear the comments that follow. I often feel as though people are pitted against each other on almost every issue.

It can feel like some kind of tribal warfare. And sometimes it can become quite vitriolic!

The need so many people have to label and pigeon-hole people into a ‘group’ makes it hard to have constructive dialogue on many of the issues Orange will need to tackle going forward.

One of the things I love about the people I am running for council with is that we genuinely do have diverse backgrounds and opinions, but every week we sit down and have great conversations about all kinds of topics. These conversations are measured and respectful and often great ideas come from them.

In our 10 Point Pledge to the people of Orange, number 3 is We pledge to unite the community not divide it.

Orange is changing… it has changed markedly in the almost 12 years I’ve lived here. It is not going to stay the same and the change that we end up with is going to be, in many ways, driven by where those who live here can find consensus and compromise on the issues that are important to them.

Our councillors play a large role in this process.

Who would want to be a councillor though? You’re on a hiding to nothing as you’re never going to please everyone. But, I am raising my family here and I genuinely care about making Orange the best place to live, not only for my family, but for every person living here.

Do I have any particular policies? No. Do I have

ideas? Plenty. More importantly though, I believe there’s only one question any councillor needs to be able to answer…. As John Maynard Keynes once asked, “When the facts change, I change my mind.

What do you do, sir?” Or madam.

MOCK COUNCILLOR Frances Kinghorne Another fortnight and another Council meeting.

I’ve been live-streaming these for a long time now (and complaining for the same amount of time about being unable to hear some of the speakers).

There was some discussion, towards the end of this meeting, about ‘code of conduct’ complaints over the years. Several councillors thought the system was prone to abuse - there was much use of the word ‘vexatious’ and even some desk thumping very animated!

It is unfortunate that councillors can be subjected to complaints made without substance and I accept that this can cause some angst for them and their families. However, there has to be a system available for genuine complaints and the validity of the claim cannot be determined unless it is actually made and processed. Therefore, it needs to be accepted that it may be misused occasionally.

There will always be people who hold differing views on matters before our Council and therefore it will not always be possible to please everyone.

It is possible, however, to always listen to people and genuinely respect their point of view, even if it differs from your own. If you can make adjustments to a proposal to accommodate people’s concerns, they should be genuinely considered. This can only happen if you can effectively engage with the people who disagree with you - it’s easy to talk with those who do agree with you but more challenging to encourage effective communication with those who don’t. It may be possible to actually work together to achieve an acceptable compromise - a much better option than encouraging an ‘us versus them’ mentality. This will obviously only work if the people involved are rational, but the fact that someone disagrees with you does not necessarily mean that they are not rational, no matter how tempting it is to make that assumption...

MOCK COUNCILLOR Josh Girle-Bennett At the last Orange City Council meeting held on the 1st June 2021, I was proud to read that Cr Nugent was questioning why 54% of water projects across our city are behind schedule and why 75% of sewer projects are also behind schedule. We need more councillors that are not afraid to question Council’s administrative functions and challenge the status quo to ensure that ratepayers’ get the best value for money.

With council forecasted to run into deficit over the next two years, critical infrastructure projects

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should be funded as a priority. Deficits should not be used as an excuse to put infrastructure projects on the backburner.

approving contracts for works. And you could be left wondering well what is the role of local government.

Orange Council is leading the way in comparison to other councils across Australia when it comes to water harvesting. Projects such as Blackmans Swamp Creek Stormwater Harvesting provides around 1300 ML of additional water into our raw water supply annually from the city’s stormwater system. Given the severe drought that Orange and other regional communities across NSW have experienced and are still experiencing, I applaud Council’s initiative to continue with this project.

However, hidden in the transactional processes is the transformational decisions – that is the determinations and approval or rejection of proposals and development activities that impact on our lives and the future directions of our region.

Given that Orange City Council’s operating budget is $150 million annually and that the Blackmans Swamp project is coming as an expense of approximately $5 million to the ratepayer, allocating funds to all water harvesting projects is money well worth spending.

MOCK COUNCILLOR Lesley Smith Don’t under-estimate the critical role our democratically elected Council and Mayor play in ensuring the delivery of the vital services for our community. Our councillors are the representatives of the community. They are accountable to the community.

While participatory democracy is an important part of local government decision-making, it is essential that councils have a clear, robust, and structured community engagement process in place. This helps ensure that the best decisions are made for the whole community, including ‘the silent majority’.

Observing a council meeting, we may be underwhelmed by the perceived lack of action.

Much of the council meeting time is spent in “transactional” governance that is approving dayto-day administrative activities such as

There was a recurring reference at the last Council meeting to the length of time it takes to consider and respond to individual lodgement; in particular straight-forward development applications.

An interesting “step forward” to address this delay is, as of 1 July, lodgements will be electronic and responses will be emailed ensuring a speedier process. Welcome to 2021, Orange Council!

Many more complex agenda items, proposals and development applications are deferred pending further information or clarification.

The general manager is the crucial link between councillors and staff and provides to the councillors information and relevant data to support the decision-making process and inform debate.

Councillors rely on their expertise and individual councillors do not have the right to direct council staff in their day-to-day activities.

It was somewhat reassuring that, amidst the debate on traffic congestion surrounding a proposed development on Carney Road, there is still reference to tree management plans and the approval process to protect vegetation before ground is broken on the new development sites.

Less reassuring is the continuing dependence on storm-water harvesting to meet our water consumption. We haven’t pumped water from the Macquarie River since the second week of November 2020. Mainly because we have reached our allocation and, secondly, one of the pumps is being repaired. I don’t know about you but I don’t feel our future water supply is secure. It will inevitably stop raining again.

Also less reassuring is that I am not convinced that our council has learnt from past lessons.

Together, we can build community resilience to respond to, withstand and recover from adverse situations and in particular drought and ensure we are active in mitigating climate control and adapting to unavoidable change through considered town planning and rigorous monitoring of the impacts of property development.

MOCK COUNCILLOR Pot Stirrer For the Council Game this week, I want to rattle Council’s cage over something quite trivial but important none the less.

Currently, our Council is undertaking some major projects including the Future City modifications, the Art Gallery, the Southern Distributor and more, all massive projects that require a lot of expertise to get the job done.

Despite this, our Council seems incapable of fixing a minor issue, one that has been going on for months and months, much to the frustration of some members of the public, and no doubt some councillors.

I’m referring to microphones in the Council Chamber. For months now, the microphones have not functioned as they ought, or some councillors don’t know how to use them. It was evident again at last week’s Council meeting when councillors Duffy and Mileto who were on Zoom couldn’t hear Councillor Taylor talking. Viewers of the live-stream have also constantly not been able to hear all discussion.

It may not rate with planning and establishing a sports stadium and the like, but “Dear Council PLEASE fix the microphones and then make sure all Councillors know how to use them.”

And please don’t just put this on the to do list and have it sit there for months or years like so many other issues that are still on that list.

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ORANGE CITY

24 JUNE 10—16, 2021

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OCLife

Amanda advocates

fresh paint for the Colour City Orange is due a new start and a fresh beginning, Amanda Spalding believes.

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ayoral candidate for Orange in September’s Local Government elections, Amanda believes that a fresh approach to community leadership is needed in the Colour City.

Orange City Council. “People say, ‘why would anyone do it?’ this is because it is held in such low-regard,” she said.

Strengthening of the role of mayor under will allow our new chief — current-holder Reg Kidd has confirmed that he is not re-standing — to become a true civic leader of our city, she added.

“I know of quite a lot of younger people, women and people from different backgrounds, who are keen to run.”

Amanda is heading the Orange Residents and Ratepayers Association’s (ORRA) first-ever ticket for election – Team ORRAnge.

Trust, she believes, is the most important issue that needs addressing by our local elected representatives.

“The community simply do not trust the Council,” she said. “A lot of people tell me, that they feel that some of the councillors are in it for themselves, and that’s it’s been like that for a long time,” she said.

She believes that there is also a lack of accountability and straight-talking from the current administration that needs to be remedied.

“One of my real problems with the current Council, is that they won’t say anything straight. They employ a number of former journalists in a large media section, and they spin things, which does not help in getting people to feel trust in them.”

Amanda believes that this has led to a self-reinforcing system where new talent is reluctant to run for election to

However, the “life is local” spirit that has imbued many communities since the COVID-19 lockdowns, could see a rush of new blood for local government.

Growing pains in the present are going to require a more creative approach in the future.

“We’re facing challenges with housing affordability and water security, and these will require new ways of doing things,” she added.

Amanda though is positive about the future, saying that Orange is a very different place now to what it was in 2017 at the time of the last council elections.

“This is a chance for a fresh start, two initiatives, the Council Game (Amanda is the “Mayor” in Orange City Life’s Mock Council column) and live-streaming of the Council meetings have shone a light on how Council operates,” she said.

She believes though, that it is wrong to see all Council decisions through a glass half-empty prism.

“Clearly, past Councils have done a fantastic job because Orange is such a great place; a fantastic place with a diverse economy and wonderful lifestyle,” she said.

“I think a lot of people do want to see some changes, a lot of tree-changers have come to Orange and there’s

changing attitudes on a lot of issues,” she said.

She said that the first-ever ORRA election team shows the importance that the local government oversight group sees in September’s poll.

“ORRA decided that, now is the time to run its own ticket as we want to see Council fulfill its responsibilities under the Local Government Act to pursue the best possible public value for residents and ratepayers.”

Having worked at senior levels in local government both here and in Britain on a far-larger scale, she says that now is the time for the Colour City to take its rightful place in the Central Tablelands. “Orange is the regional centre, and we need it to fulfill its leadership potential,” she said.

The former Hay Shire Council General Manager said she aims to be a “very-experienced new broom” to make Orange Council a more visionary, transparent and outcomes-focused operation.

Running in both the mayoral and councillor polls, she says that the next mayor should have the skills to be the leader of the Council and a leader in the community.

“The legislation was changed in 2016 to give the mayor a much more important role; I’ve been in a senior management role for most of my working life, and leadership is most definitely not about ego.

“I believe in being an upstander – not a bystander – which means I will stand-up for doing the right thing, and that is how I will approach any role that I have with Orange Council,” Amanda concluded.

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“STAR HAVEN” 92 MILLS ROAD, MOLONG

SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL This very special property is 98 acres of lifestyle nirvana complete with walking trails, motorbike tracks and a freshwater stream in the nearby National Park to fish out of. You will be inspired to get out into the fresh country air and every weekend will feel like a holiday. Hidden away is a large modern home with rustic vibes. You will fall in love with the cathedral ceilings, exposed timber beams, shiplap walls and eye catching views from every window.

Entertaining won’t be a problem, there is more than enough room for everyone to admire the sunset while camped around the wood fire. Reliable water is another real feature with four rainwater tanks, a bore and a large dam just below the house.

There is a large lock up 5 car shed with power, perfect for those weekend projects and somewhere to store all of the family’s toys. This is your chance to own a piece of paradise. Let us arrange an inspection for you to see for yourself.

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PEACEFUL AND PRODUCTIVE “STAR HAVEN” “Star Haven” is a very well presented property of 285 acres just 10 minutes from Molong and 35 minutes to Orange. The property has 11 paddocks that offer a mix of arable productive paddocks and native timber. The loam soils have had pasture improvements primarily consisting of clover, Phalaris, rye grass and Rhodes grass combining well with native grasses throughout. The fencing has been well maintained and thoughtfully designed with a lane system set up to make moving cattle to the cattle yards a breeze. There are two huge sheds, the first 30m x 9m with concrete floor workshop area and the second 16m x 9m size. The enormous rainwater tank holds 250,000L of water and there are 9 dams offering reliable water options. The country cottage is neat and tidy with a stunning outlook and great aspect. It has two bedrooms and a sleep out with verandahs on 3 sides. The cottage is not connected to mains power but with two huge sheds nearby it is ideally suited to setting it up to run from solar power.

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A LITTLE PIECE OF PARADISE This beautiful property on 5 acres (approx.) is just 10 minutes from the CBD and less than 5 minutes to the hospital but feels like it’s worlds away. You will love the tranquil ambience of the rural setting with gorgeous views of Gosling Creek. Beautifully elevated, the four bedroom family home has been meticulously updated.

There are new carpets and floorboards, it has been fully repainted and the bathrooms are brand new. There are two large living areas, separate dining room and a tastefully updated kitchen. The main bedroom has a walk-in-wardrobe, ensuite and a convenient office or nursery. All the other bedrooms are generous in size with built ins. The magic continues outside with the gazebo, inground swimming pool and sunken firepit area providing numerous areas in which to host gatherings.

The property also boasts a fully powered 6-bay shed, low maintenance gardens, beautiful landscaping, one paddock with a dam and a licensed bore. This amazing property really must be seen to truly appreciate this little piece of paradise.

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LIVE IN THE ICONIC HEART OF ORANGE This lovely home sits peacefully in a beautiful, tree-lined street in the iconic heart of Orange. The streetscape is magnificent in Autumn and wonderfully shady and cool in Summer. With only one owner since being built in 1950, this double brick home with high ceilings and decorative cornices is a classic example of its era but is in immaculate condition. It has four bedrooms and two living areas, but the floor plan is flexible enough that you could easily turn the lounge room into a fifth bedroom. The kitchen is a charming throwback to yesteryear and there is an open family room and dining space with a gas fire at the back of the home. There is one bathroom with a toilet and a handy second toilet outside as well. There is a single detached garage in the low maintenance but pretty backyard. Central homes like this one are much sought after, and this property offers endless potential and a wonderful chance to live the CONTACT: CHRIS MASON 0438 629 417 inner city lifestyle.

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A REAL SURPRISE PACKAGE This home is a real surprise package with many more features included than you would expect it to have. There are four good sized bedrooms, the main with an ensuite that is brand new and gorgeous and there is also a main family bathroom that has been nicely updated. You will love the two big living areas that both capture the warm northern sun, and the eat-in kitchen is inviting and cosy with its timber floors and modern features. The home is set on a 709sqm block and has good access to the double lock up garage and big back yard. Situated in the much sought after school zones for Orange High and Calare Public schools, both within easy walking distance, this home should be inspected to be fully appreciated.

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STUNNING INSIDE AND OUT We think “wow” is the word you’re looking for here! This stunning cottage has had a complete renovation and every inch has been completed to perfection. Everything inside is new and of the highest quality, there has been extensive electrical and structural work including a new roof and the finishes both inside and out are second to none. From the custom picket fence through to the private courtyard beyond, this inviting cottage is truly a delight. Inside there are high ceilings, some leadlight windows, gorgeous floors, beautiful cabinetry in the master bedroom, a bespoke kitchen that is any cook’s dream, luxuriously appointed bathroom and the list goes on. This property also comes with an approved DA to subdivide the block and add a dwelling and so offers the astute buyer an extensive array of options to capitalise on the property. In a very popular location in close proximity to town, pubs, shops and Duntryleague Golf Club, this property is sure to capture the attention of discerning buyers.

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PRICE RANGE: $475,000-$495,000

OPEN HOMES: SATURDAY 12 JUNE 11.00-11.30 Only 25 minutes North of Orange in Euchareena, this 1600sqm block has dual access and is perfect for a dream home and separate shed combination. The block is quite deep and has a gentle slope to the North and backs onto the recreation ground making it as good as living on acreage!

House and land packages are available and start from an affordable $269,000 for a two bedroom home, $299,000 for a basic three bedroom home and up to $389,000 for a top of the range four bedroom home.

CONTACT: MICHAEL WRIGHT 0421 360 948

This centrally located home is just a leisurely stroll away from the local amenities. The versatile family home has three large bedrooms, a very nice kitchen and two bathrooms. The real bonus here is the rear room that could be used as a home business, fantastic bedsit or stunning master suite. There are solar panels, a water tank, a single garage plus handy carport and a north facing al fresco area in the private backyard. This is a fantastic opportunity to own a comfortable home close to town.

CONTACT: CHRIS MASON 0438 629 417

This superb property is perfect for those looking for a home of a good size on a manageable block. With three good sized bedrooms, large kitchen, open plan living and dining and three-way bathroom; there is so much to offer.

The lounge area is warm and sunny and there is ducted gas heating and a ducted reverse cycle system. Additional features include internal access from single garage, zoning to Bletchington Public School and close proximity to North Orange shops. Standing on its own title, this lovely home is ready to go.

CONTACT: MICHAEL WRIGHT 0421 360 948

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31 OBLEY STREET, CUMNOCK

$380,000

Here is an opportunity to own a one stop shop in the community of Cumnock.

The building that is home to Cumnock’s General Store boasting a Post Office, Service Station, Cafe, Supermarket, Bottle Shop and Hardware Store all in one is up for sale on a WIWO basis. What a great opportunity to be your own boss and put your own touch on a very well established business. There are many inclusions in and around the building that facilitate the running of the General Store.

CONTACT: JACOB EVANS 0428 130 789

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14 GAREMA ROAD

PRICE RANGE: $380,000-$415,000 NEW PRICE

This property is one to be considered by first homeowners, investors or those looking for a property that meets the standards of the Liveable Housing Australia Silver Certification for clients of the NDIS. The three bedroom home has been updated to meet the certification standards and has fresh paint throughout and a fully renovated bathroom. The kitchen is in good condition and there is a second toilet in the laundry. The backyard has a single garage plus a carport.

This is your chance to get onto the property ladder or extend your portfolio.

CONTACT: CHRIS MASON 0438 629 417

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PRICE RANGE: $860,000-$880,000 NEW PRICE

This Hamptons style home is a true showpiece. The pretty blue front door invites you inside where the features of this home will amaze. The split level creates an impressive ceiling height through the open plan kitchen living and dining area with views across the al fresco area towards Mt Canobolas. The kitchen is beautifully appointed and the huge master suite has a walk-in robe and ensuite.

The three other bedrooms are all oversized, the family bathroom is a delight and there is a media room. The front and back yards are low maintenance.

CONTACT: CHRIS MASON 0438 629 417

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A magic garden paradise around 5,125sqm offering a pleasant mix of foliage that embraces a large 4 bedroom home, just drenched in northern sunlight. Since purchasing the current owners have generously renovated the home including kitchen, bathrooms and more. With enduring and lovely decor, a very high end galley style kitchen with SMEG appliances and situated in a large open plan area, this home with its 3.5 bathrooms and 3 generous living areas immediately invites relaxation. Complimenting the home is a double attached garage, a 4 bay shed and workshop area, a bore offering a generous supply of garden water and 18 solar panels. A home with a unique personality that is sure to attract very strong buyer interest. Agents in Conjunction with Professionals Orange

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23 EMMAVILLE STREET, ORANGE

Truly a lovely family home with unique features that make it stand out from the rest. With four large bedrooms 3 of which having built-in robes and the master bedroom with walk in robe and en-suite. There are two distinct living areas, the first is at the front of the house capturing that beautiful norther sun, the other is at the rear of the house and is an open plan kitchen, living and dining with plenty of room and leading onto a covered alfresco. The main bathroom is extra large with both bath and shower and is central to the bedrooms. There is ducted gas heating throughout, beautiful tiling in the bathrooms and laundry, extra high ceilings, so much storage space, internal access from the double garage, and beautifully landscaped and easy to maintain fully enclosed back garden. You won’t be disappointed.

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27 OLYMPIC DRIVE, ORANGE

This lovely home in a quiet location could just be the home you are looking for with generous living areas and bedrooms, ducted gas heating throughout and 2 split systems..

There are four bedrooms with the master having a walk in robe and en-suite plus a sunny easterly outlook for morning light and the remining three bedrooms all have built in robes. There is a separate lounge room which would be good to escape the kids and a huge open plan kitchen/dining/family room with a great outlook and also opening onto the outdoor covered alfresco. In addition to the covered alfresco there is also an elevated covered deck with views to Mt Canobolas, you will not need a shed in the backyard of this property as there is a HUGE under house lockable storage area which is over 10 m long and could be extra car storage, workshop, rumpus room or more. contact Chris Tyack 0438 258 590

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WHAT A GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

New to the market, this family home is in a quiet cul-de-sac close to the Botanical garden and north Orange shopping centre. With four bedrooms all with built-in robes and ceiling fans, and a large 3-way bathroom, with both bath, shower and entry from the master and central hallway.

There is a lounge room and open plan kitchen and dining area that opens onto the LARGE covered outdoor alfresco area. There is ducted gas heating throughout the house and an attached double garage with internal access and with a roller door at the rear so you can drive through, don’t worry about storage or a workshop as there is also an oversized single garage in the back yard as well.

In a quiet area of Orange you will find this spacious 2 bedroom unit. Set at the front of the complex but not right on the street, it features two large bedrooms, both with built-in robes. The open plan lounge and kitchen capture the northern sun and the unit has floor coverings thoughtout. The bathroom has a bath and shower and a seperate toilet. The flued gas heater heats the unit very well, and you won’t have to worry about cupboard space as there is plenty. There is a separate laundry with access to the fully enclosed backyard, and a single lock up garage with internal access. This unit is close to pre-schools, a primary school and playing fields. Lease in place until late August 2021.

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• Spacious home sprawled over a 1372sqm block, in a quiet, well soughtafter pocket of Orange.

• Perfectly positioned to draw in ample natural light and warmth with a sunny northern aspect to a renovated kitchen and living areas.

• Covered entertainment area framed by beautiful, developed gardens with full irrigation and rear yard access.

• Zoning to Orange High School and Calare Public School a short 450m walk down the road.

• Extras include ducted gas heating throughout, oversized multi car garage plus large under house storage space or workshop.

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IDEAL LOCATION FOR AN ENTERPRISE

A commercial premises located on a high traffic corridor close to the CBD currently run as the iconic Bissy’s Café.

With several dining areas, a modern kitchen and a delightful outdoor sitting area, this premises is perfectly set us as café/restaurant.

At the rear is a studio and an abundant fruit garden.

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Surrounded by a variety of commercial enterprises are these last remaining blocks in the prestigious Gateway Business Park positioned with easy access to the Mitchell Hwy at entrance to Orange.

The blocks are zoned B6 Enterprise Corridor and are level and ready to develop for your successful business or investment.

Land sizes available from 2,045 m2 to 3,559 m2 Please contact our office for further details.

Prime Summer Street site with busy highway frontage.

Former 50 seat restaurant with plenty of potential.

Room for on-site parking at rear.

Zoned: B6 Enterprise Corridor, Land size: 508.1 m2

PRICES RANGE FROM $510,000 + GST TO $925,000 + GST

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POPULAR SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET

• Don’t miss out on securing this spacious shop of around 120 m2 in floor area that is positioned in the busy core of Orange’s CBD in Summer Street.

• On-site parking • Available now.

• Grand stairwell with easy grade • Long term Lease available

$880 PER WEEK + GST & OUTGOINGS

RENT: $30,000 PER ANNUM + GST

• 6 rooms plus own kitchen and common amenities

Approx. 300 m2 of floor space in this well presented commercial shop in Summer Street.

Currently set up as an office complex this premises would also be ideal as a retail shop.

Has good staff amenities and reverse cycle air conditioning though out.

RENT: $90,000 P.A. + GST & OUTGOINGS

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ATTRACTIVE SHOWROOM / OFFICE / WAREHOUSE WITH HIGHWAY EXPOSURE

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A FANTASTIC RETAIL OPPORTUNITY

Natural light filled premises from extensive glass window frontage.

Features internal offices, staff kitchen & bathrooms.

Adjoining warehouse area has high roller door access. Total Floor area: 370 m2 approx.

Open plan design with high roller door access.

Situated in an attractive quality built complex.

Has its own staff bathrooms. Floor area: 410 m2 approx.

Located in a very busy section of Summer Street on the favoured sunny side of the street.

Ideal position and set up for for a busy retail outlet.

Total floor area: 249.6 m2 approx. (including a 77.4 m2 storage area).

RENT: $43,200.00 P.A. + GST & OUTGOINGS

RENT: $56, 280 P.A. + GST & OUTGOINGS

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www.townsendrealestate.com.au 203 Lords Place, Orange 6362 4016

10 ENDEAVOUR AVENUE, ORANGE

LOT 8 CARWOOLA DRIVE, ORANGE

From the moment you pull up this home just keep giving. Originally a three bedroom home the single garage has been converted into a teenagers bedroom and lounge. if you don’t need four bedrooms this would make a fantastic rumpus room/kids playroom or 2nd living room. Two bedrooms have built-in wardrobes. The high gloss lacquered floor boards throughout put the finishing touches to this extensively renovated home. There is a fully remodelled and stylishly renovated bathroom with separate shower & bathtub plus 2nd shower and toilet in the laundry.

Blocks of land in prestige areas are very rare to find. This one is located in West Orange at the end of a cul-de-sac and has amazing views. Imagine building your new home here in a quiet area and still having your on privacy on the 1000sqm block. Your only a short drive to the CBD or drop in and have a game of golf at Wentworth or Duntryleague Golf Clubs.

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46 HONEYMAN DRIVE, ORANGE

7 NAPIER STREET, BLAYNEY

This modern home features open plan living and kitchen area. Stainless steel appliances and dishwasher. Ducted gas heating. Master bedroom with walk in robe and ensuite. Remaining three bedrooms all with built in robes. Double lock-up garage. Fully fenced back yard. Close proximity to Bunnings Warehouse and North Orange Shopping Centre.

This family home is located at Blayney with three good size bedrooms, 2 with built ins, and an additional study. Great family size room with gas heating and reverse cycle inverter. Modern kitchen with electric cooking, large bathroom with spa bath and separate shower. New floor coverings in the living and kitchen areas with update to the laundry. Outside there are two garden sheds and a very large enclosed backyard with side access. Excellent tenant in place if you are looking for an investment.

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5 ROSE AVENUE, ORANGE

‘TOTTENS’ MITCHELL HIGHWAY, LUCKNOW

From the home in a very quiet Cul-de-sac, through the 4 main bedrooms, 2 living areas, through the back garden to the outdoor kitchen, garage/workshop and hobby room this home has had a lifetime of love put into it and now its time for a new owner to get that love back! This home will fit a big family and with a separate space for teenagers and young adults everyone has their own space. Alternatively, as an investment property this home will show a tidy return. Buyers are encouraged to enquire as we have genuine, motivated vendors

Just over 350 acres of hill grazing; absolutely top shelf grazing country with 11 dams, bore, plus Summer Hill Creek frontage. Up to 50 acres of well drained sloping cultivation currently all sown to permanent pastures of phalaris, clovers, fescue and cocksfoot. 10 minutes east of Orange via the Mitchell Highway and with its’ own private bitumen road access. Minimal infrastructure includes a 3 bedroom fibro cottage, currently rented plus a 2nd dwelling entitlement available (STCA). One large earthen floor hayshed enclosed on three sides plus a smaller shed at the house.

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18 ADRIANS LANE, SPRING HILL

LOT 267 HILL STREET, MOLONG

Over 40 acres & only 15 minutes from the Centre of Orange awaits this fantastic lifestyle property. Family home sitting in a private established oasis tucked down a country lane way.

Huge open plan living spaces formal & casual areas with covered outdoor entertaining. Four spacious bedrooms with built in robes. Large open plan country style kitchen formal & casual dining areas. Polished timber floors & new carpets. Huge lounge room plenty of space for the entire family with cosy wood heating. Inground concrete pool Approx. 9m x 5m. Good rain water storage and a reliable bore.

Acreage in town. Just over 4 acres on the perimeter of town. Unimproved land, unsealed road on 2 boundaries. This block has a lot to offer for the right person. Tidy up and you will be surprised with the outlook and privacy. Frontage to Hill St is approx. 216.1m2. Western side approx.149 m2. Building entitlement for a DA approved dwelling. Certainly worth a look, head west on Hill Street, just before the rail crossing on the corner of Hill & McGroder Streets, on your right hand side.

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LET’S TALK MONEY with DANIEL McGREGOR

“I HAD NO IDEA I WAS PAYING SO MUCH!” Everything comes with a price and, when it comes to all things financial, how much you are paying in fees is hugely important.

expensive if they are percentagebased, even though the percentage remains the same.

Let’s think about this in a different way.

I run my own independent financial advice business with one clear objective in mind – getting great outcomes for my clients.

If your income doubled, would you expect your accountant to charge you twice as much to prepare your tax return? I doubt it.

There are a couple of consistent themes that have stood-out over the years when people first come to see me and they usually sound like this:

If you upgrade to a bigger TV, would you expect to pay more to watch Foxtel or any other streaming service because it’s being shown on a bigger screen?

No way!

- “I had no idea I was paying so much!” and

If you’re buying a car, would you expect to pay a different price based on how much money you have? Of course not.

- “ I should have come to see you years ago!”

When it comes to your investments, superannuation, personal insurances and financial advice, do you really know how much you are paying?

Are you paying significantly more than you need to be?

Hidden (or poorly-disclosed) fees often sneak-up on people, and one of the ways that happens is with percentage-based fees.

Can you see what I mean?

dangerous than they appear!

If you have $500,000, it’s $5,000.

If you have $750,000, it’s $7,500.

Marketing gurus have done a great

If you have $1 million, it’s $10,000.

job of making 1% sound like a great deal.

1% sounds miniscule… we’re all taught

Fees are not going to kill you, but they may rob your future lifestyle.

at school that 1% is a small amount.

A 1% super/investment management fee and a 1% advice fee may sound harmless, but they can be far more

you pay in dollar terms.

However, what matters is how much If you have $250,000, 1% is $2,500.

I know you can work that out for yourself, but I think it helps to actually see these numbers in writing. As you have more money invested, whether it’s inside or outside super, the fees you are paying for your money to be managed can start to become very

If there’s even only a slight chance that you might end-up uttering the words, “I had no idea I was paying so much!”, then you owe it to yourself to explore your options.

Come in for a free initial appointment and let’s see how much you’re paying and whether it’s time to make some changes. The differences could be life changing!

Cheers, Daniel

If you’d like to find out more about how INDEPENDENT financial advice could help you manage cash flow, pay off the mortgage faster, get the most out of super and invest wisely, then get in touch on 0411 484 464 or head to wealthtrain.com.au.

This advice may not be suitable to you because it contains general advice which does not take into consideration any of your personal circumstances.

All strategies and information provided are general advice only.

Daniel McGregor and Wealth Train are authorised representatives of Independent Financial Advice & Education AFSL 520963

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HistoryTALKING with HELEN McANULTY

“I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, And I know too much to go back to pretend.

‘Cause I’ve heard it all before and I’ve been down there on the floor, No ones ever gonna get me down again.”

home by women is an anathema,” said Fran, and Rhyl agreed.

“People today can’t afford the home they want if they don’t both work,” said Bronwyn and this point of view brought lively discussion about our own expectations when young.

Rosemary spoke of the fact that many young men are confused about how to react to

by Helen Reddy and Ray Burton Helen Reddy’s battle song for the women’s movement is very emotive stuff!

The year before it was released, Germaine Greer launched her controversial book, “The Female Eunuch,” and was quoted in the “Sydney Morning Herald” on 19th December, 1970: “ If women realised their full potential as independent people, the world would be a better place.”

One critic however, wrote rather sourly that: “the book is guaranteed to offend nearly everybody.”

The social change which was heralded by the introduction of the contraceptive pill in the early 1960s, was to make a huge difference to the way in which society functioned, and meant, for the first time, women were able to control their own fertility.

Women had come a long way.

If we were suddenly to be transported back into the latter half of the 18th Century in Europe, we would naturally be astonished -not only to find ourselves there, but at the conditions under which the ordinary people lived and worked, especially the women and children.

today’s issues.

“When marriages breakup, many emotions

Changes in the Lives of Women was no longer any need for the “cottage industries” which had been the main occupation of women.

So now they were employed in coal mines, together with children, and spent miserable lives in low and narrow passages, pulling carts full of coal.

They worked fourteen hours a day in match factories, adding white phosphorus to the tips of matches - highly toxic and causing horrible and disfiguring disease.

And these families were very large, as the more children a couple produced, the more hands there were to earn money.

What a relief it would have been to them if they could have just stayed at home with those children!

In 1865 William Ross Wallace wrote his poem entitled: “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle is the Hand that Rules the World”, which emphasised the importance of a mother’s influence on her children.

The Industrial Revolution had begun and spread to the rest of the modern world, including the United States and there

This was also a time when Mary Wollstonecraft began to agitate for women’s rights.

said.

Glenna took the view that “men still don’t want women to be treated as equal,” and that the most important thing is that women have choice.

There were other women who joined her and who became the first suffragettes who fought for equality for women, including the right to vote.

The women of today are standing on the shoulders of generations of other women who worked and devoted their lives to gaining the freedoms which they enjoy in the twenty first century.

Di brought us back to the original premise as presented by William Ross Wallace in 1865.

“If a child is in care every day,” she asked, “who influences it? I think children have a fundamental need of security and constancy, which the mother can give.”

The Group argued that many children were greatly influenced by social media and not by the family unit.

But have we gone too far?

After finishing, they would return home to perform all the domestic jobs necessary to maintain the family.

Because of the impact of steam-driven power, goods which had been previously made by hand by women, could now be produced in far greater quantities in factories.

are involved which can lead to violence,” she

Who is influencing our children today?

“I’ve recently re read Aldous Huxley’s

These are the questions the Oral History group discussed at its meeting this month.

“Brave New World”, continued Di,” and I

We all agreed that of course women should be treated as equal to men.

coming true. Are we heading towards having

As Dick pointed out, now that physical strength was not needed in most occupations, everyone can perform most tasks.

frightening thought.”

Leslye added that many women couldn’t have changed their roles without the support of their partners.

“The idea of the family unit is changing”, she said. “No longer are specific jobs assigned to each parent but without agreement and cooperation this doesn’t really work.”

thought that much that was predicted is no oral communication between people? It’s a And John also wondered where children get their values today and whether women were any happier trying to multi-task as well as holding a full-time job.

As usual, we enjoyed the exchange of ideas and, as one of our group suggested: “The only thing that really matters is kindness, love and respect for others.”

And we all agreed!

“ We seem to think today that staying at

Copyright Helen McAnulty 2021

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To use-up your State Government Dine and Discover vouchers by their Wednesday, June 30 deadline, here is the current list of local businesses participating in the scheme.

CHEEKY BARISTA CAFE VILLAGE BAKEHOUSE ORANGE BILLS BEANS EAST ORANGE ZONA KITCHEN BAR EVENTS PTY LTD GROUNDSTONE PTY LTD THE BLIND PIG BAR & CAFE PTY LTD HOTEL ORANGE OPHIR HOTEL AMBASSADOR ORANGE THE AGRESTIC GROCER BENSONS CAFE ORANGE CANTON CHINESE RESTAURANT GREAT WESTERN HOTEL LEAF CAFE ORANGE BYNG STREET STORE ANYTHING GROWS VILLAGE COFFEE SHOPPE LONE STAR RIB HOUSE ORANGE ORANGE CENTRAL GROUNDS THE MILLS CAFE, RESTAURANT AND TAKEAWAY MCDONALD'S ORANGE SWEET SOUR SALT PTY LTD RAKU IZAKAYA GOOD EDDY COCO'S COFFEE SHOP DUM DUM DUMPLINGS MERV'S EATERY THE BASE AT THE DPI BUILDING BYNG STREET COFFEE CART AT ORANGE HEALTH SERVICE VENUE CAFE ORANGE LOC SING RESTAURANT BODHI GARDEN VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT MCDONALDS ORANGE NORTH FACTORY ESPRESSO ORANGE EX-SERVICES' CLUB WENTWORTH GOLF CLUB DIGGERS BAR AND GRILL ALL SEASONS COFFEE SHOP DONUT KING ORANGE PATMOS GARDEN CAFE CAFE BLOOM MACKIE’S CAFE WHITNEY'S RESTAURANT & BAR THE SUGAR MILL CAFE HOTEL CANOBOLAS LORDS PLACE THAI RESTAURANT CAFE JAVA THE GREENHOUSE OF ORANGE RED CHILLI DELI INDIAN DELIGHT CAFE LATTE ORANGE MAITHIL RASOI HUNGRY JACKS ORANGE THE ORIANA, ORANGE OVERLANDER INDIAN RESTAURANT NILE STREET CAFE HOG'S BREATH CAFE ORANGE THE LORD ANSON PUBLIC HOUSE LORDS PLACE THAI RESTAURANT BIRDIE NOSHERY & DRINKING EST KATE JONES AT ONE NINETEEN COFFEE CLUB ORANGE WARATAH SPORTS CLUB THE COMMON TERRACE PHO ORANGE PIZZA HUT DINE-IN ORANGE WING WAH CHINESE RESTAURANT RACINE BAKERY DUNTRYLEAGUE GOLF CLUB GRACIE BURGER THE UPPER HOUSE INDIAN RESTAURANT RED PEPPER INDIAN CUISINE KFC ORANGE METROPOLITAN HOTEL BACK 2 FAMILY BASICS

IZAIAH JOHN DOOLAN BORN: 27/04/2021 WEIGHT: 8lbs 15oz PARENTS: Damien Doolan & Jessica Brennan of Orange GRANDPARENTS: John and Allison Brennan of Orange; Warren Doolan of Orange and Leanne Gersbach of Young GREAT GRANDPARENTS: Alan and Helen Riley of Dubbo

Cowra Community Markets

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Saturday 19th June at the , Cowra Showground from 8am-12noon.

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Queen’s Birthday Celebration:

On Monday 14th June, 2.30pm we are holding a ‘Royal Tea’ to celebrate our Liz. This will include a reflection on the life and faith of Her Majesty as well as a scrumptious tea. We would especially love to invite New Australians for whom our Anglophile connections may be a little baffling. Limited places which must be booked. Donations accepted on the door. (towards the Fistula foundation).

Orange Church of Christ Burrendong Way

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What happened at this month’s Orange Residents and Ratepayers Association Meeting?

A lively meeting of the Orange and Ratepayers Association (ORRA) was held on Wednesday evening 2nd June at the Orange Ex Services Club and new people were welcomed to the meeting.

Orange City Council’s Manager Waste Service and Technical Support, Wayne Davis, talked about the history of waste management in the region over the last 30 years including the development of the Ophir Road and Euchareena Road resource recovery facilities, and the waste collection contracts.

All of the waste collection contracts in Orange are now run

by JRR Richards. Orange City Council has been a leader in resource recovery now diverting some 60% of waste away from landfill compared with zero in 1994. The NetWaste partnership includes 26 Councils from the Blue Mountains to Broken Hill. Wayne answered questions and was thanked for his presentation.

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the Central West and how community members can buy share parcels and become part of the co-operative that will increase the community ownership of the energy park. This is particularly an opportunity for residents and small businesses that cannot invest in solar panels on their own roof.

The 2021 Local Government election is the first time that ORRA has put forward a team for election as Orange Mayor and Councillors. The team launched on 4th May and has been contacting community groups to listen to the issues their members would like to be pursued by the next elected Council following the September elections.

The ORRA meeting decided to dedicate its monthly meeting of 7th July to holding a Solutions Summit, inviting anyone with a genuine interest in solving the issues faced by the Orange region to attend and work on a range of potential solutions.

Energy Democracy’s Jane Lawrence also made a presentation about the new solar park being developed in

Amanda Spalding President Orange Residents and Ratepayers Association

ORANGE PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP At the May meeting of the group Lindy Ostini the Prostate Nurse at Orange Hospital spoke about recent happenings at the hospital. Professor Steven s the original head of the Radiation Department has Ret ired. The Urologist are been slowed down carrying out Bio psies for Prostate Cancer due to slowness of present ste rilization process, extra equipment is required we have contacted a urologist to find out the details and to see if we can assist financially.

There are numerous trials rela ting to cancer been carried out through the hospital. A vis it from the head of Prostate nursing revealed another Prosta te nurse position is warranted.

On a sad note, the greatly respec ted footballer Bobby Fulton passed away from the effe cts of Prostate Cancer.

He been one of three and a hal f thousand men who die of Prostate Cancer each year. An d one of the Twenty thousand men affected by Prostate Cancer each year.

At our June meeting on the 15th , we will have a speaker from Dudley Hospital.

There has been a large extension to the hospital in rea scent times and the services available have expanded it wil l be interesting to hear about these services.

The meeting 15th June 6-00 pm at Café Connect 107 Prince Street Orange.

This meeting should be of inte rest not only to Prostate survivors and suffers but to the general public so come along and enjoy the evening.

For further information contac t Ray 6362-5257 or Charlie 6361 -1830

SOLUTIONS

SUMMIT Orange is a wonderful place to live.

However, that does not mean Orange is without its issues.

The Residents and Ratepayers Association is inviting anyone with a genuine interest in solving Orange's issues to attend our upcoming SOLUTIONS SUMMIT. The invitation is open to all and the goal will be to not only shortlist the issues Orange faces in the short, medium and long term, but also to come up with a range of potential solutions for Council and relevant bodies to investigate.

WHEN: 7 pm Wednesday 7 July WHERE: Orange Ex Services Club Please RSVP to orra2800@gmail.com or 0417 288 246 This is a free event.

JOIN THE BANKSIA PROJECT TO DISCUSS MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE BULLETPROOF HELPING OUR MEN BUILD RESILIENCE THROUGH ALL STAGES OF LIFE Whether it’s your best mate, your partner or your brother mental health can aff ect anyone. Join the local Orange community to learn the skills and strategies to support men in building resilience and coping with life’s daily challenges.

Regional communities need our support now more than ever.

From managing a work-life balance, to body image and parenting - hear from men on their own journeys and liv ed experiences at what will be an evening of candid conversations on men’s mental health.

Prioritise your wellbeing and join us to learn more about The Banksia Project and how we can provide support to your local community.

Wednesday, 16th June, 6:00 for 6:30 PM

Emu's Rugby Club, 84 Woodward St Orange NSW 2800

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WHATS HAPPENING AROUND THE REGION June 10 Orange ‘Gets Its Glow On’

5:00 pm – 8:30 pm Welcome to your very 1st – Orange “Gets Its Glow On” event. The Glow event will include an array of LED animal sculptures placed throughout the event lighting up the showgrounds, roving performers and a spectacular light show at the end of the night.

The evening will include a family friendly night market offering amazing street food, market stalls, LED animal sculptures, Kids amusements to keep kids entertained.

Tickets available on 123 Tix.

June 12 Best of Open Mic

7:00 pm at CWA Hall Robertson Park JAM Orange is celebrating the release of the 2019 Open Mic CD with a concert. The release has been delayed due to the pandemic, but we are now back into performances with some limitations. The CD features 10 artists that performed during 2019 season at various venues hosting the JAM night.

All songs are original compositions and demonstrate that there is plenty of talent emerging from the Orange community.

Multiple tickets are available at the door – including a basic $10 entry.

Stockman's Ridge Family Fun Day

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm at Stockman's Ridge Wines Come enjoy a Family Fun Day this June Long Weekend! With live music and wine for the adults, and a jumping castle, arts, and crafts and plenty of space for the kids, it's going to be a perfect day for the whole family! Kids under 3 free to enter! $5.00 Bookings can be made via Stockman's Ridge Wines website: https://stockmansridge. com.au/products/family-fun-day

June 13 Sip, Paint and Laugh

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm at Stockman’s Ridge Wine Enjoy a painting class in an idyllic setting at Stockman's Ridge Wines with wine and cheese!

Enjoy an afternoon of wine and painting as our expert Pinot and Picasso hosts deliver each session with comprehensive step by step instruction with plenty room left for your innerPicasso to run wild. By the end of the session, even all you ‘non-creatives’ will be taking home your very own Picasso!

Tickets are available via www.pinotandpicasso. com.au

June 14 Molong Village Markets "The Green Market"

8:00 am – 2:00 pm at Molong Recreation Ground Molong Village Markets are back on Monday the 14th of June 2021.

The markets host 100+ stalls at the Molong Recreation Ground. Boasting a wide variety of stalls, including food, photography, clothing, small goods, fresh produce, bric a brac, activities for the kids and lots more! This time the theme is "The Green Market". Dress in Green and help raise money for the Molong Hospital 'Sensory Garden'.

A barbecue breakfast will be available from 8am.

Market Stalls from 9am to 2pm. A fun family day out with plenty to do for all ages, this event is also dog friendly.

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Chance to win the ultimate State of Origin experience The Orange Ex-Services Club (OESC) is very excited to have the opportunity to give two lucky winners the chance to have the ultimate State of Origin experience – to witness the old Blue versus Maroon rivalry firing up again live.

floor in blue to support our NSW team and a great opportunity for our members to receive this fantastic prize and to go see the final of State of Origin," says Orange Ex-Services Club’s manager.

To win, members just have to spend $5 on food or drink of your choosing at the club and swipe your card at the Star Rewards kiosk. Just like that, you’re in the draw to have the chance of winning this great experience!

The winning prizes included: 2x diamond tickets to State of Origin Game 3 in Sydney. Thrown in for the two winners convenience, a night's accommodation right next to the stadium. To top it off, winners will get $200 eftpos vouchers to spend on the day.

"Every year the Club gets involved in State of Origin by decorating our

Entries close 6:30pm July 1st. Ts & Cs at the Orange Ex-Services Club.

...Every year the Club gets involved in State of Origin by decorating our floor in blue to support our NSW team...

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Gloria’s 60th Birthday — PHOTOS BY EDITHMAY GOWING —

Gloria Rodwell recently celebrated her 60th birthday with dinner at the Parkview Hotel. She was joined for the evening by 16 family and friends including those that had travelled from Toowoomba, Albury, and Bathurst.

Kelly McEwan, Ella Callow and Doris Rodwell

Ian and Dale Rodwell

Rhonda and Chrissy Rodwell

Gloria and Ben Rodwell

Maryanne Oxley and Virginia Southwell

Janet Murphy and Kim Turner

Scott Banks and Rodney Oxley

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Retired Railway Luncheon — PHOTOS BY EDITHMAY GOWING —

On Friday, May 28, the local Retired Railway Personal held their 30th Midyear Luncheon at Orange City Bowling Club.

Approximately 80 members and friends were in attendance including nine from the Blue Mountains Branch which is based in Penrith. The group holds two luncheons a year, their Midyear Luncheon and their Christmas Luncheon.

(back) Bobby Doughan, Carmel Esposito (front) Keith and Ted Doughan with Trish Bevan

Clare Davis and Jackie Urquhard

Colleen and Terry Nash

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Sandra Brooks and John Bastick

Peter Mansford, Bob O’Loughlin and John Andrews

John and Kay Boaden

Jan Cole and Dave Wilson

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Caitlin’s 21st — PHOTOS BY CEC TILBURG —

The family and friends of Caitlin Brown gathered together in the family home on Saturday, May 29 to celebrate her 21st birthday. Approximately 30 guests enjoyed the evening with Caitlin, including those that had travelled from as far as Sydney, Dubbo, and Narrabri for the occasion.

(back) Hayden, Michael, Lucinda, and Caitlin Brown, Michael Layton (front) Curtis Brown

Colin Brown, Glen Pearson, and Helen Brown

Will Essam, Caitlin Brown and Zara Essam

Lyndall Smith, Caitlin Brown, Nash Sherlock, Jamie Sherlock (front) Tyler Sherlock.

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View Club’s 40th birthday — PHOTOS BY EDITHMAY GOWING —

The Orange Evening View Club celebrated their 40th birthday on Thursday, May 27. As part of their regular monthly dinner, many dressed in Ruby Red for the group's 40th birthday. The View Club is a support group for the Smith Family. It offers women a way to socialise away from the home, while also supporting the underprivileged. Originally, the emphasis was in collection of goods and clothing for distribution to the underprivileged. In the 1980’s, The Smith Family developed the "Learning for Life" Scheme, raising funds to sponsor a child and help to educate them out of poverty. The Orange Evening View Club has sponsored five children who have now graduated and several others over the years. They currently sponsor five students at various levels of their education.

(back) Margaret Fisher, Helen Corby, Beryl Pearce, Elaine Baker (front) Andréa White, Rhonda Showell and Helen Harvey

Sheila Riley and Shirley Buckler

Michelle Hinchcliffe, Jane Bryant and Rohanne Tiefel

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Charlene Lambert and Lyn Selwood

(back) Dawn Carruthers, Julie Smith (Front) Jenny Sams and Michelle Holland

Donna and Bev Holland

Anne Field and Chris Lawrence

Wild Chicory — by Kim Kelly —

Wild Chicory is the story of a journey from Ireland to Australia in the early 1900’s, along threads of love, family, war and peace. It’s a slice of ordinary life rich in history, folklore and fairy tale, and a portion of the precious bond between a granddaughter, Brigid, and her grandmother, Nell.

Orange City Life is pleased to be able to bring you this entertaining book in serial form of the coming 10 weeks. Our sincere thanks to Author Kim Kelly for giving us this special privilege.

A TROUBLESOME CROP The wind rushed cold and lonely over the hills that rolled out from Slieve Gullion, the high rebel country between Mullaghbawn and Drumintee, in the south of County Armagh. It was the year 1690, all of Ulster had been long stolen by the English, its people forced into servitude, and Seamus O’Halligan, as he stood amid the heather atop that slieve, was debating in himself what he should do.

The O’Halligans had called these hills home since King Fergus had lost them to the Chieftains of Airgíalla, more than a thousand years ago, but whatever thief it was that staked his stained and ragged flag into this earth, Seamus would never surrender. He was only a lowly farmer, a keeper of pigs, but this was his land, and he would defend it – this slim scrap of it that was left to him. It was land his own father had given up his life for: six summers ago, when Seamus had been not much more than a boy, there had been an accusation made that the O’Halligan pigs had got

into the neighbouring cornfields down in the valley – fields owned by English planters – and his father was condemned to hang for it by a judge and jury made up, of course, only of English planters. No chance to defend himself; no means to prove that it had been planters’ pigs that had done the damage to the corn. That was justice under the English Crown.

These English thieves were Protestants, and they considered the Irish to be little more than savages, as they considered all Catholics to be, and they made many laws against them – as they made laws against Catholics in every land they sought to conquer. And so it was that a great war exploded now across not only Ireland, but all of Europe.

Seamus O’Halligan did not care for all this sectarian squabbling; he cared even less for the game of power at play, with the Protestants wanting the Dutchman, William of Orange, to be King of the British Isles instead of King James, who was William’s father-in-law as well as his nephew, and cousin of the King of France. It was impossible to reason out the purpose of it all, much less follow who was related to whom, or who was

presently on the throne. Seamus was not much more inspired by his own religion, either. He was Catholic, no doubt about it, but he was a child of these hills before he was a child of any God: the souls of all his grandfathers harked back to a time before Saint Patrick had brought any Cross to this country at all. For Seamus, these very hills were his religion: the mountainside he stood upon, the whole of Slieve Gullion, was a spine atop a dragon’s tale, and the lake that sat between the ancient cairns on its peak, was home to a witch whose wisdom he sought out now.

The Cailleach Bhéarach, she was called in his language. She was daughter of Oisin, the warrior poet; she was queen of this mountain and every fae spirit that lived upon it. Her name was Miluchrach, and she would answer his questions.

Should he leave his land to fight the Williamites for King James? Should he take up arms with James’ army – the Jacobites? Would he see Ireland freed from tyranny if he did? Would he see this land returned to the O’Halligans, by legal right, once more?

The water of the lake was still. The chill

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Wild Chicory — by Kim Kelly wind that had just now been wild through the trees and through his hair was suddenly quiet as well. Clouds behind him parted and the sun was warm upon his shoulders.

The white flowers of early summer spread out from the lake like a scattering of snow, bushes of field roses and dewberries sprawling over the ground. A great heron then flew through the sky above him, broad silver wings reflected in the surface of the water. The bird cried out across the hills. Seamus looked up, to watch where it went, and it kept on, south-east, until it disappeared from his sight. South-east: the direction of Dublin, the heart of Erin, the direction that William of Orange was going.

Miluchrach of the lake had spoken: it was time for Seamus O’Halligan to get going, too.

‘No!’ said his wife, Nuala, when he returned to his house and his family. ‘Don’t go – it’s madness. King William has already won.’

Seamus looked around at his house: it was not much more than a hovel of hastily gathered stone and thatch and rotting daub.

Once, the O’Halligans, and all their mhuintir – their people – had lived in fine cottages, dotted along the hillsides and all through the valleys this side of the mountain as so many dewberry blooms. His grandfather’s stables had been a finer building than the one Seamus was forced to keep his own family in now. He knew his wife was right; the evidence was all around him. The English had won this argument a long time ago, whatever priest they sent to pass judgement over Ulster’s remains. Year after year, more and more of his own fellows – Irishmen – were renouncing their faith and their socalled savagery, converting to Protestantism, to get along. But Seamus did not give that course one moment’s consideration. He would not – he could not – admit defeat.

‘Please,’ Nuala begged him. ‘Be grateful for what we have. Look into the eyes of your son and tell him you won’t leave him.’

Seamus O’Halligan looked into the eyes of his little boy, not two years old, and it gave him only more reason to go. This boy was all of why he had to fight – why he would die, if that was to be his fate.

And so he made his goodbyes. He loved his Nuala as only true lovers can, and with his body he made his farewell to her at the edge of the forest, in the warmth of the afternoon; she threaded a field rose into the breast of his coat and she told him: ‘You will come back.’

She went up to the mountaintop alone then; she begged the fae ones and their witch: let him come back or it is me who will die. She cut her long golden hair off with a knife and scattered it across the waters of the lake. For she loved her husband more than land, or air,

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or bread, or pride.

He took their only horse and began his journey south towards Dublin, a distance of sixty miles from Slieve Gullion, and on the way, as he passed through the village of Drumintee, he was told that the forces of William of Orange were now at Drogheda, at the River Boyne; that the Jacobites lay in wait on the far bank, too. A battle would be waged there, and soon.

Drogheda was only half the distance to Dublin – only thirty miles – and Seamus urged his horse on through night and day to get there, out through the rolling drumlins and lakelands of his own county and down along coast that looked across the Irish Sea, towards the land of his enemy. Not that he could see much of them when he arrived at the river. A mist had rolled in from that sea, and sat heavily in the glen that enfolded the bank to the north. He could hear them, though: a vast troop of many languages – English, of course, and there were Dutch and Danish, French Huguenots and Scots Gaels, too. But Seamus was not afraid: wasn’t the mist clothing him as he rode right by this army of Orangemen?

He crossed the river at the town and if anyone noticed him, he looked like any other traveller. There was no uniform to mark him out as a soldier. There was no uniform for any Irish Jacobite. They were poor men, all just as he, in desperate need of some victory, however slight. When Seamus found his fellows to the south of Drogheda, he knew them by this poverty: they carried scythes, not swords; slingshots, not guns.

They were fifteen thousand strong and more, but they were an army of sticks and stones.

As he stood among the swelling numbers of men, he knew his wife was right again: this was madness.

As a horseman, Seamus was furnished with a matchlock musket, and his company would lead the charge up to the Orangemen across the shallow ford. If he was terrified by now, the drums overtook the pounding of his heart and charge he did. The enemy he saw that day might have been Englishmen; they might have been Dutch, or Scots. He’d never know. He saw their faces through the mist of gun smoke, and they all looked like mad men: they all looked like him. He found his wisdom far too late, for as he fumbled at his musket, the faster, surer shot of a Danish flintlock pistol sent its bullet straight through his chest.

He fell from his horse and the battle went on around him. As he died, there in the shallows of the Boyne, he smelled the sea on the breeze coming in again from the south-east and thought he saw a woman walk towards him through the rushing and

wheeling of hooves – beautiful, she was, tall, her golden hair unwound about her. He wished it was Nuala, but he knew it was Miluchrach, the witch. She knelt down to him and took the rose from his coat, the rose his wife had set there, white petals now stained red with his blood, and she put it to his lips as he took his final breath.

King James took himself all the way back to France in hasty retreat, and King William went on to Dublin as the bodies of a thousand Irishmen and more lay dead and unremembered in the softly falling rain.

Outnumbered and ill-equipped as they were, they’d never stood a chance.

Their souls might well have gone direct to the saints in reward for all their courage, but even if they did, it meant nothing to Nuala.

Every time her little boy asked her where his father had gone, every time she felt the new baby kick inside her womb, the knives of grief came for her.

Widowed, penniless and powerless, in the year that followed, she was forced from their little home in the hills, and into the township of Armagh to seek alms. What she did there to feed her two sons across their growing years is no-one’s business but Miluchrach’s; no matter what she did, though, those years saw Nuala’s boys stripped of every last right they might have had in their own country – this land of all their grandfathers. Catholics across all Erin now were prevented by law from receiving any education, prevented from the purchase of any land or from holding any public office. They had no right to own a horse worth more than five pounds, and if you were fortunate enough to own some scrap of dirt somewhere, you had to split it between all your sons until there was none left, down and down the line until it disappeared. If they spoke their language in the street, they would be spat upon and beaten.

Nuala O’Halligan never married again. She never smiled again, either. Instead, her tears laid down a curse, a wail of mourning that would haunt the O’Halligans for the next two hundred years.

KKKK And so it was that grief passed down and down the O’Halligan line, through all its sons, all wild and angry men of Armagh. Yes, if legend says County Kerry was the birthplace of Erin’s song, it might perhaps be said that Armagh was the birthplace of her violence.

But while it’s true that violence never comes to anything except more violence, like a river it always has its source, seeping up through the rocks of hardship and despair.

From the great grain famine of 1740 that killed two million, to the bloody rebellion

Wild Chicory — by Kim Kelly of 1798 that saw men burnt alive, their women raped and slaughtered, hatred was pounded into the souls of all O’Halligan men, generation by generation. Bile spewed from every pulpit in the land as Jesus wept and wept for each and all of His children.

By the middle of the 1800s the country was a disaster from head to toe, from arse to elbow, from Donegal to Cork, but the Devil had more coming: he had another famine to inflict. This time it would blight every potato in every field over six long years, and this time, when the English did not lift a finger to help those who lay so helpless and starving in their realm, anyone could have been forgiven for thinking that the Irish might at this point have been exhausted well past hatred. But that was not the case. A scorching hatred like no other filled every empty belly.

And so it was into these circumstances that another young Seamus O’Halligan was born.

His father, Malachi, hungry and angry both, had taken violence as his profession, and with some enthusiasm. A strongman for the Republicans, he enjoyed nothing more than becoming roaring drunk and ripping into greedy landlords whenever they dared to turf unfortunates out into the streets.

Malachi O’Halligan was mightily made, a monstrous giant of a man, with a mentality to match. There was no gentleness about this man: he relished his size and he used it to crush and to smash. There was no doubt he killed a few men in his day – he certainly stole from them.

He terrified his young son, Seamus, for his thrashings and his unreadable temper. In fact, the whole of Armagh terrified young Seamus O’Halligan – it seemed no week could pass without a bashing of some poor tenant farmer, or a hail of rocks hurled across the marketplace, a riot always threatening to ignite. Like his father, he was built to pull oxcarts, but unlike his father he was quiet, thoughtful. Brooding.

Despite the horrors that raged on around him, though, he was not plagued too much by nightmares; instead he dreamt of pigs and fields of grain. He never knew where those dreams came from: vivid, clear; he could smell the corn reaching up towards the sun. Perhaps one of his grandmothers or aunties had told him, when he was very small, that the O’Halligan pigs had once laid claim to all the hills between Mullaghbawn and Drumintee beneath the sheltering arms of the slieve. Something was calling to the lad. Perhaps it was that great-great-greatgreat grandfather Seamus from so very long ago, his restless soul searching out from the ancient, enchanted mountaintop, his wounded heart in need of a home – somewhere. Somewhere far away from this broken land.

Whatever it was, the call was soon enough irresistible. One morning, much like any other, he was walking out from the centre of the township of Armagh on errand for his father – on this occasion to deliver a small package of cash to one of the deacons of the church for the never-ending construction of Saint Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral that lay to the west – when he heard a woman sobbing as he went by down the road. She was just out of sight beyond the darkened doorway of a cottage, a humble place of stone and rotting daub. He might have known her, or he might not have, he didn’t care, and yet he would never be able to say what compelled him to do as he did next, except for the wretched sound of those tears.

He looked ahead down the road, to the spires of Saint Patrick’s, the Catholic; behind him lay the medieval stone of the former Saint Patrick’s, that of course now belonged to the Protestant Church of Ireland.

Two cathedrals with the same name, and the same God, tearing the town, tearing the country apart, and at the realisation of this absurdity, he could stand the sound of that woman’s sobbing no more. He threw that package of cash into the doorway of her cottage, and he walked on. Without a word to his own mother, and certainly without a word to his father, he kept walking – all the way to Dublin, a distance of almost ninety miles.

Along the way, he changed his name to Jim, the English shortening of James, of which Seamus was the Irish equivalent anyway.

It was the year 1880, and Jim O’Halligan – thoughtful, brooding, wondering, wandering boy – was only seventeen.

At the Port of Dublin, he looked across the Irish Sea. He could not see at all where he was going, except away from all the strife and sorrow here. ✫✫✫✫ When he heard the name Australia, he knew it only as a place of punishment, for his own great-grandfather had been sent there for running guns during the Irish Rebellion – a badge his father Malachi had worn with pride beside his own green ribbon – so Jim O’Halligan did not especially wish to go there himself. Go there he would, though.

Within a fortnight of pestering every captain and every bosun he could find along all of Dublin’s quays, young Jim by his seriousness and his size won passage as a general do-all on a schooner bound for Liverpool, carrying a cargo of whiskey and lace. On board this ship – and it was called the Rising Star – he discovered by pure chance in overhearing a conversation among the ratings, that land in New South Wales could be got for as little as £1/5s. per acre. He also discovered the

ship was sailing on for Sydney once out of Liverpool.

‘Where exactly is Sydney in the world?’ young Jim asked them, and he ignored their laughter at his not knowing, only waiting to hear the answer, in his gravely determined way.

‘In New South Wales, you idiot,’ he was told, and they dragged him over to the map that sat under glass on the forecastle wall. ‘About as far south-east from Dublin as a man might go.’

As far away in any direction sounded like it might suit Jim. He traced a finger along the route south-east and when he saw it really ended at New Zealand, he asked the men: ‘What’s the price of an acre here?’

‘Don’t know.’ They shrugged, but one said: ‘Best grazing country on the globe – best country for butter and wool out there.’

And for all that Jim knew practically nothing about farming, that was his mind made up. He said: ‘I’m not after the best. I want country good enough for raising pigs.’

At which the men only laughed at him again, another telling him: ‘No wonder you don’t drink – you don’t need to, you weird bastard.’

He shut his mouth altogether from then on, keeping his dreams to himself. He told them only to the creaking of the timbers and the rigging, sent them up into the sparkling night skies upon that long, long sea, sent them out to whomever might heed them. Jim O’Halligan dreamed of his fields, sure that the more he dreamed them the sooner they would be found.

It took a long time – seven years carting fresh produce between the railhead and Paddy’s Market in Sydney – before he saved the money to purchase his land. If times were ever rough, and they often were, he never looked back to the old country. Occasionally, in darkest times, he did think of his poor mother in Armagh, but he did not think on her for long. He could not. She had three other sons, all of them as battered and bullied as any ever were by his father, and Jim himself would not be one. He clothed himself in that grey cloak of relief at being gone from him, and that was all. Yes, he was a hard man himself, Jim O’Halligan, and mean with every penny, too. He had to be.

Deliberate and careful in his every act, and with his ear to the ground at the markets for a bargain, he bought his first parcel of acres in the rugged but fertile high country that lay between the towns of Bathurst and Orange, out west from the city. It was at a place called Guyong – a place he’d never heard of before, and had baulked at initially for the name of

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Wild Chicory — by Kim Kelly nearby Orange. Was it a Protestant town?

It was, just as Bathurst was Catholic, but the only trouble that went on out there, he was assured, was on the football field between their rival teams. It was rich potato country, he was also told, and most importantly what was good for potatoes, he learned, was also good for pigs. He spent seven more years saving and learning before he was ready to make his long-held dream come true: to purchase his pigs, to build his home among the hills. But then, just as he was ready to go, fortune smiled on him like it had never done before: the market for both land and pigs crashed in the trade depression of 1894, and he was able to get more than he had ever hoped of each so cheap he might have thrown his hat into the air with glee.

But he did not. He had no time or cause to be content, or so he reckoned. There was too much more to accomplish now, too many decisions to make. Where best would he build his dam? What feed would he sow for his pigs? As always for Jim, much thought went into these things. The grain of his dreams, he’d realised, would not be an ideal crop for his animals, as it was expensive to grow and unreliable to harvest; his pigs and he would thrive instead on a diet of root vegetables, and so all the fors and againsts of every root had to be considered before Jim could decide which he would plant, and when he’d decided that mangold, chicory and beets would be his crop, he had to decide then how much of each he would plant and where in his acres he would plant them, then who he would trust to sell him good seed. He was often more weary at the end of each day from all these concerns than he was from all the labour of farming.

Jim had been warned by a few other farmers against putting any chicory in for his pig feed. ‘It’ll only run to weed all through your paddocks,’ he was told.

‘Troublesome stuff. Near impossible to dig out once it’s in,’ they said. But when they told him it was lacking in nutrition and couldn’t be sold on if ever there was an over-abundance, Jim knew they were lying to him. Chicory, it was true, was certainly not for the slovenly farmer – it needed to be diligently managed. But chicory, of all the feed he put in to his fields, would bring him a small profit in itself in a good year. Jim had done his research; the other farmers just didn’t want the competition. So, he planted twice as much chicory as anything else, and reaped the rewards, year after year. He sold his excess at five pence per pound – better than anyone else in the district – and once, when he had a really big bumper crop, he slaved day and night

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cleaning it off for best price and made eight shillings per hundredweight. That year he made almost £56 in pure profit.

His pigs did very well on it, too.

And yet none of this gave him any pause to feel the slightest sweet breeze of contentment. He had all that he wanted, but he could not see where he was. Almost every afternoon, the sun would blaze down through the wide arms of the eucalypt trees on his western boundary, turning their leaves to black lace against a sky gone wild with great splashes of every colour of the rainbow. But he never saw it. Occasionally he marvelled that the rainfall in this high country was higher than he’d ever known in Ireland, but puzzlingly there was twice as much sunshine too. It was a farmer’s paradise, but still Jim O’Halligan could not know it as such.

In 1900 he married, more because he thought he ought to than for any need to share his bounty. He advertised his eligibility through St Canice’s at the nearby village of Millthorpe, where he attended mass only often enough as would be seen to be decent, and it wasn’t long before a suitable match was arranged. He was thirty-seven years old, and the girl, Mary Ann McCall, was just gone twenty-two. She was softspoken and obedient, and although he cared for her in every practical sense, he never knew her. He never knew that she could laugh or dance; he never knew how the sun kissed her flaxen hair of an afternoon as she bent to tend the garden or milk the cow. He never knew how she wept with the great splashing wildness of her joy when her children came: first a girl, Paula, and then a little boy, Steven.

They were the roses on each of her cheeks, those children were; they were the brightness of her smile.

There was one fleeting moment, when the boy was born, that Jim thought it strange he felt no lightness of spirit as men are supposed to do at the birth of a son. But he dismissed it as quickly: there was work to be done. Always so much work on the farm, so that he did not notice when his wife began to ail.

He did not see her skin grow pale, or her smile begin to dim. He would only become annoyed at her increasing weakness.

For the darkness of the cloud Jim O’Halligan carried about him lay right across his eyes; a cloud that never stormed to release its rain. A ghostly cloud of grief that he could never articulate, much less see the trail it left, two hundred years in length.

He could not see that the little boy,

Steven, planted in this grow-anything soil – as far to the south-east as an O’Halligan had ever gone – had taken on the sun and shed that trail of grief. Jim would watch him with some curiosity and even envy, but he could never fathom his child’s cheerful disposition. He often took the boy’s own bright smile for insolence and beat him for it. Jim could not see that he beat his son just as his own father had done, down and down the line.

But no matter how often or how brutally young Stevie was beaten, his smile could not be robbed from him. He would only try harder at whatever there was to try: football, mathematics, football, cricket and football. For he had promised his mother, as she lay dying, that he would never grieve while he could instead be grateful for being alive. It was a promise he held fast to, whatever his life would bring.

The man called Stevie O’Halligan would always be that little snowy-haired boy with the sun in his eyes, running and laughing through a chicory field, midsummer seeding and four-feet high. Why did the spell break here, with him? Why did the fae ones let him be? No-one will ever know the reason but that Stevie himself chose to break free.

— AUTHOR NOTE —

Fact and fiction always play a merry game in my tales and Wild Chicory is no exception. I’ve thieved much of its truth and its hea rt from the lore of my Irish family – the Kellys and the O’Reillys – and I’ve pinched others from my hus band, Dean’s family, the Brownlees and the O’Bree s, especially from Aunty Yvonne. The rest is bla rney.

This is a story spun from my admiration for the economic refugees who have contributed to Australia from all over the wor ld, all you brave wanderers, the ordinary har d-working dreamers who have made and continu e to make our country what it is: a colourful patchw ork of beauty and bigotry both, all sewn togeth er with love. And no small part of its intricately cra zed design is Irish.

Indeed, Australia remains pro portionately the most Irish country outside Irel and.

But most of all, Wild Chicory is the story of how I came to be a writer myself, by the love of those who fed my soul their own sto ries when I was small, especially my grandmother, Lillian.

To those who have helped brin g this story into the world, thankyou is never a larg e enough word. Lou Johnson, my inspiring publish er, and Alex Nahlous, my excellent editor, as well as all those comrades and readers who egged me on along the way: this book wouldn’t be here withou t you.

So, slàinte, friends – I hope you enjoyed the tale.

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7.00 Grace’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Sir Mouse.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Behind Bars. 9.30 Love On The Spectrum. Final. 11.15 Catalyst. 12.10 Tate Britain’s Great British Walks. Final. 1.00 Black Mirror. 2.00 MOVIE: Primary Colors. (1998) 4.20 Close. 5.05 Timmy Time. 5.25 The Furchester Hotel. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

Hong Kong (31) 6.10 News. 6.30 Deutsche Welle. 7.00 Russian News. 7.30 Polish News. 8.00 Maltese News. 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 Muslims Like Us Australia.

1.00 New Girl. 2.30 America: News. 3.00 To Be Advised. 7.00 Monty Python. 7.35 The Buildings That Fought Hitler. New. 8.25 The UnXplained With William Shatner. 9.15 Qanon: The Search For Q. 10.05 VICE. 11.15 The Story Of. New. 12.15 South Park. 1.45 The Gang Crackdown. 2.45 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. 10.15 The Unlisted. 10.35 The Next Step. 11.00 Find Me In Paris. 11.25 What It’s Like. 11.45 Operation Ouch! 12.15 Horrible Histories. 12.45 Deadly Dinosaurs. 1.15 Get It Together! 1.50 Atomic Puppet. 2.15 Adv Of Puss In Boots. 2.40 Are You Tougher Than Your Ancestors? 3.05 Top Chef Jr. 3.55 The Dengineers. 4.30 Hardball. 4.55 So Awkward. 5.25 Dogstar. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda. 8.00 TMNT. 8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge.

9.30 Lost In Oz. 9.50 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 DinoTrux Supercharged.

It’s Academic.

(66) 6.00 7.00 ZooMoo. 8.00 Beat Bugs. 9.00 Flushed. 10.00 SA Weekender.

10.30 Weekender.

11.00 Britain’s Got Talent.

2.00 Big Brother.

3.30 MOVIE: Muppets Most Wanted. (2014) 5.30 MOVIE: Charlie’s Angels. (2000) Cameron Diaz.

7.30 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell.

8.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares.

10.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA. 12.30 Hell’s Kitchen USA. 1.30 American Crime.

3.30 Bones. 4.30 Seven Year Switch.

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6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 Horse Racing. Stradbroke Day and Bob Charley AO Stakes Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Surveillance Oz. 7.30 MOVIE: Alita: Battle Angel. (2019) Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly.

In a post-apocalyptic future, an amnesiac female cyborg, whose brain was rescued from a scrapyard by a scientist, tries to regain her memory while dealing with the dangers of her new home. (M) 10.00 MOVIE: I, Robot. (2004) Will Smith, Alan Tudyk, Bridget Moynahan. In the year 2035, a techno-phobic detective investigates a murder in which the prime suspect is a robot. (M) 12.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Surfing Australia TV. 12.30 Reel Destinations. 1.00 Celebrity Apprentice Australia. 2.30 Explore TV: Norfolk Island. 3.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 7.

Giants Netball v Sunshine Coast Lightning. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway.

6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 David Attenborough’s A Perfect Planet: Weather.

8.40 MOVIE: The Fate Of The Furious. (2017) Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Charlize Theron. After a mysterious woman contacts Dom, he goes rogue and turns on the team by undermining their latest mission. (M) 11.20 Tennis. French Open. Day 14. Women’s final and men’s doubles final. From Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris, France.

4.00 Surfing Australia TV. 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 The Offroad Adventure Show. 8.30 All 4 Adventure. 9.30 Studio 10: Saturday. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.00 10 Minute Kitchen.

1.30 Healthy Homes Australia.

2.00 William And Catherine: Saving The Crown.

3.00 What’s Up Down Under.

3.30 The Living Room.

4.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Advancing Australia. Final.

6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.00 The Dog House.

8.00 The Savoy. Final.

9.00 Ambulance Australia.

10.00 999: What’s Your Emergency?

11.00 To Be Advised.

1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Hour Of Power.

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Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Insider Trading. 11.00 Bargain Hunt. 12.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 12.30 Weekender. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Sydney Weekender. 3.00 Property Ladder UK. 5.30 Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea. 6.30 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters.

7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country.

11.30 Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea. 12.30 The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Weekender. 4.00 Creek To Coast. 4.30 My Greek Odyssey. 5.30 Home Shopping.

7MatE (63)

6.00 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. Power Palooza. 7.00 Motor Racing.

Outlaw Nitro Funny Cars. Replay. 8.00 Home Shopping. 10.00 Step Outside With Paul Burt.

10.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 11.00 Roll With It. 11.30 Life Off Road. 12.00 Bull Riding. PBR Australia. Grand Finals. Replay. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Gold Fever.

2.30 American Pickers. 3.30 Storage Wars. 4.00 Football. AFL. Round 13. Fremantle v Gold Coast Suns. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 13. St Kilda v Adelaide. 11.00 MOVIE: The Birth Of A Nation.

(2016) 1.30 Hollywood Weapons. 2.00 Late Programs.

9GEM

Newstyle Direct.

(52) 6.00 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Dangerman. 11.30 The Avengers. 12.30 MOVIE: Carry On Nurse. (1959) 2.15 MOVIE: Sahara.

(1943) Humphrey Bogart. 4.15 MOVIE: The Alamo.

(1960) John Wayne, Frankie Avalon. 7.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Trans Tasman. Round 5. New South Wales Waratahs v Chiefs.

9.45 Super Rugby Trans Tasman: Post Match.

10.00 Territory Cops. 10.30 French Open Tennis Pre-Show. 11.00 Tennis. French Open. Day 14.

Women’s final and men’s doubles final. 11.20 MOVIE: The Other Man. (2008) Liam Neeson.

1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs.

1.30 Social Fabric.

2.00 The Break Boys. 2.30 Xtreme Collxtion.

3.00 Kids’ Programs. 3.10 MOVIE: Pokémon: Arceus And The Jewel Of Life. (2009) 5.05 MOVIE: Megamind. (2010) 7.00 MOVIE: Hotel Transylvania. (2012) 9.00 MOVIE: The Addams Family. (1991) Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia. 11.00 All New Traffic Cops. 12.00 Love Island: Unseen Bits.

1.00 Bad Teen To Ballroom Queen. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 2.30 The Break Boys. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Super. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy. 4.50 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 5.10 Nexo Knights.

5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

SuNday, June 13

WIN BOLd

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder.

12.00 JAG. 2.00 The Doctors. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 4.00 Bondi Rescue.

4.30 iFish.

5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Scorpion.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans.

10.20 Hawaii Five-0.

12.15 48 Hours. 2.10 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 7. Catalunya Grand Prix. Replay. 3.40 Escape Fishing With ET. 4.05 The Doctors. 5.00 Home Shopping.

WIN PEaCH (82)

6.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 Posh Frock Shop. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.30 Frasier.

3.30 Friends.

6.00 Columbo.

7.30 Kojak.

8.25 Spyforce.

9.20 The Big Bang Theory.

9.45 Friends.

10.45 MOVIE: Before Sunset. (2004) 12.30 Home Shopping. 1.30 Charmed. 2.30 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. 3.30 100% Hotter. 4.30 Home Shopping.

PrIME7 (6)

NINE (5)

WIN (8)

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 House Of Wellness.

1.00 Kochie’s Your Money & Your Life.

1.30 Beretts’ Tour De Cure 1.

2.30 To Be Advised.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 7NEWS Spotlight: Saving Candice.

8.15 MOVIE: Taken 2. (2012) Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen.

10.15 MOVIE: Taken 3. (2014) Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker.

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 Netball. Super Netball. Round 7. Queensland Firebirds v West Coast Fever.

3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 14. Parramatta Eels v Wests Tigers. From Bankwest Stadium, Sydney.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 Celebrity Apprentice Australia.

8.30 60 Minutes.

9.30 Nine News Late.

10.00 To Be Advised.

10.30 Tennis. French Open. Day 15. Men’s final.

From Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris, France.

3.00 Reel Destinations.

3.30 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 Living On The Coast. 8.00 Pooches At Play. 8.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 9.00 Australia

By Design: Innovations. 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday.

12.00 Advancing Australia.

12.30 Left Off The Map. 1.00 My Market Kitchen.

1.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.

2.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

2.30 MasterChef Australia.

3.30 Hotels By Design.

4.00 Fishing Australia.

4.30 Farm To Fork.

5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Sunday Project.

7.30 MasterChef Australia.

9.00 FBI. 12.00 The Sunday Project. 1.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS This Morning.

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TV Shop: Home (52) 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Amazing Facts Presents. 7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 In Touch Ministries. 8.00 Beyond Today.

8.30 The Incredible Journey Presents. 9.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. 12.00 Getaway. 12.30 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 MOVIE: Heart Of The Matter. (1953) 3.10 MOVIE: The Grass Is Greener. (1960) Cary Grant. 5.20 MOVIE: To Catch A Thief. (1955) Cary Grant, Grace Kelly. 7.30 Tennis. French Open. Day 15. Women’s doubles final. 9.30 Chicago Fire.

10.30 Chicago Med. 11.30 Murdered By Morning.

12.30 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

7MatE

MOVIE: My Little (53) 6.00 Pony: Equestria Girls – Forgotten Friendship. (2018) 7.00 Kids’ Programs.

12.30 Beyblade Burst Surge. 1.00 Power Rangers Dino Super. 1.30 Peaking. 1.50 Lip Sync Battle.

2.20 The Break Boys. 2.50 Dance Moms. 3.50 MOVIE: Cats & Dogs 2: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore. (2010) 5.30 MOVIE: Runaway Vacation.

(2006) 7.30 MOVIE: Battleship. (2012) Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard. 10.00 MOVIE: Stealth. (2005) Josh Lucas. 12.25 Love Island. 1.25 Dance Moms. 2.20 The Break Boys. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Super. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Pokémon The Series: Sun & Moon. 4.50 Ninjago.

5.10 Lego City Adventures. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 7.30 Leading The Way. 8.00 David Jeremiah. 8.30 Home Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness.

11.00 The Surgery Ship. 12.00 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. 1.00 The Zoo. 1.30 Our Town. 2.00 The Bowls Show.

3.00 My Greek Odyssey.

4.00 Escape To The Country.

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

8.30 Air Crash Investigation: Stormy Cockpit.

11.30 Border Patrol. 12.00 Australia’s Deadliest.

12.30 The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Our Town. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 To Be Advised. 5.00 Home Shopping.

Picked Off. (63) 6.00 7.00 Great Lake Warriors. 8.00 Home Shopping. 10.00 Fishing.

Australian Championships. 11.00 Oz Fish TV. 11.30 River To Reef: Retro. 12.00 The Fishing Show. 1.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 1.30 Fishing And Adventure. 2.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 2.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 13. North Melbourne v GWS Giants. 6.00 MOVIE: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials. (2015) Dylan O’Brien. 8.30 MOVIE: Captain America: The First Avenger. (2011) Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving. 11.00 Hardcore Pawn.

12.00 Off The Grid With The Badger. Return. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Late Programs.

9GEM

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 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 4.00 Pooches At Play. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under.

5.00 iFish. 5.30 Advancing Australia. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles.

10.20 48 Hours. 11.20 MOVIE: Showdown In Little Tokyo. (1991) Dolph Lundgren. 1.00 MOVIE: Jackie Chan’s First Strike. (1996) 2.45 Blue Bloods.

3.40 Hawaii Five-0. 4.35 Bondi Rescue. 5.05 The Doctors.

WIN BOLd

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.30 The Neighborhood.

8.00 Neighbours.

10.30 MasterChef Australia.

12.30 The Savoy.

1.30 The Neighborhood.

2.00 Friends.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory.

8.30 Friends.

10.00 2 Broke Girls.

11.30 Mom. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Posh Frock Shop. 2.30 Charmed. 3.30 A Million Little Things. 4.30 Home Shopping.

WIN PEaCH

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. 11.00 Howard On Menzies: Building Modern Australia. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Durrells. 2.00 Pine Gap. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. 5.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. Final.

8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 Murder 24/7. 10.35 ABC Late News. 11.05 Love On The Spectrum. 12.55 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 2.15 How The Victorians Built Britain. 3.10 Railway Journeys UK. 3.45 The Cook Up. 4.15 Tony Robinson’s Coast To Coast.

5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. 8.30 Secret Scotland.

9.25 24 Hours In Emergency. 10.20 SBS News.

10.50 Darklands. Final. 11.45 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. 1.30 Years And Years. 2.35 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Remy & Boo. 6.25 Peter Rabbit.

6.45 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana.

Return. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Conquest Of The Skies.

9.25 Doctor Who. 10.25 Further Back In Time For Dinner. 11.25 The Set. 12.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 12.40 Parks And Recreation. 1.00 30 Rock. 1.20 Peep Show. 2.10 MOVIE: The Tender Hook. (2008) 4.00 Close. 5.05 Timmy Time.

5.25 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Wellington Paranormal. 3.00 Curse Of Oak Island. 3.55 WorldWatch. 4.20 This Week With George Stephanopoulos. 5.15 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 5.45 Shortland Street.

6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster.

10.10 Miniseries: The Unusual Suspects. 11.10 E-Sports Revolution. 12.05 Colony. 1.00 Over 18. 2.00 The Feed. 2.30 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 8.15 MOVIE: Odd Squad: The Movie. (2016) 9.25 MOVIE: The Adventure Of A.R.I: My Robot Friend. (2020) 10.55 MOVIE: Bruno & Boots: The Wizzle War. (2017) 12.20 MOVIE: Ballerina.

(2016) 1.45 MOVIE: The Son Of Bigfoot. (2017) 3.15 Kids’ Programs. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda. 8.00 TMNT. 8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.30 Lost In Oz. 9.50 Rage.

10.50 Close. 5.30 Kids’ Programs.

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

10.30 Bride And Prejudice: The Forbidden Weddings. 12.00 Britain’s Got Talent. 1.30 How I Met Your Mother. 3.00 Big Brother. 6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.

7.30 Little Big Shots US. 8.30 First Dates Australia.

10.50 My Crazy Birth Story. 11.50 Bridezillas.

1.00 90210. 3.00 MOVIE: The Three Musketeers. (1935) 5.00 Seven Year Switch.

News (2) 6.00 Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Sanditon. 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank.

4.55 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 5.25 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 8.30 Finding The Archibald. 9.30 Fightback Farmers. New. 10.30 China Tonight. 11.00 ABC Late News.

11.30 Q+A. 12.35 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 (3) How The Victorians Built Britain. 2.50 Yawuru Country. 3.15 Living Black. 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw. 4.15 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy. 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust.

6.30 News. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Dateline. 10.00 The Feed.

10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Tour De France: The Legend. 12.00 Taken Down. Final. 1.00 The Last Wave. 3.00 MOVIE: Catfish. (2010) 4.30 VICE Guide To Film. 5.00 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Remy & Boo. 6.25 Peter Rabbit.

6.45 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana.

7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 To Be Advised.

9.35 Doctor Who. 10.25 Fleabag. 10.50 The Games. 11.20 Would I Lie To You? 11.50 Live At The Apollo. 12.35 Unprotected Sets. 1.30 Parks And Recreation. 1.55 30 Rock. 2.15 Peep Show.

3.05 I’m Alan Partridge. 3.40 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 The X-Files. 1.40 The Last Man On Earth.

3.00 Curse Of Oak Island. 3.50 WorldWatch.

5.15 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross.

5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Forged In Fire.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Patriot Brains. Final. 9.25 Couples Therapy. Return. 10.25 Counter Space.

11.25 No Man’s Land. 12.15 News. 12.40 Curse Of Oak Island. 2.20 The Swiping Game: What Is Yellow Fever? 2.35 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 1.45 The Unlisted. 2.10 Find Me In Paris. 2.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 2.55 The Next Step. 3.20 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch.

3.35 Gym Stars. 4.00 The Dengineers. 4.30 Hardball. 4.55 So Awkward. 5.25 Dogstar. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda. 8.00 TMNT. 8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.30 Lost In Oz. 9.50 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 DinoTrux Supercharged.

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

10.30 Bride And Prejudice: The Forbidden Weddings. 12.00 9-1-1. 1.00 Trial & Error. 2.00 The Real O’Neals. 3.00 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: Horrible Bosses 2. (2014) Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day. 10.45 MOVIE: Bachelor Party. (1984) 1.00 90210. 2.00 Late Programs.

MondAy, June 14

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WEdnESdAy, June 16

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6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.35 Media Watch. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.15 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Think Tank. 4.55 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. Final. 8.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 9.00 You Can’t Ask That. Final. 9.30 Superwog. Return. 10.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 10.40 The Set. 11.15 ABC Late News. 11.45 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

2.15 Dateline. 2.45 Insight. 3.45 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw.

4.15 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy. 5.05 Jeopardy!

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Britain’s Cathedrals With Tony Robinson. 8.30 On Board Britain’s Nuclear Submarine. 9.25 Bloodlands. 10.30 SBS News.

11.00 Stella Blomkvist. Final. 11.55 The Night Manager. 3.15 Alex Polizzi: The Fixer. 4.25 VICE Guide To Film. 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.25 Peter Rabbit. 6.45 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Art Works. 9.00 No Friend But The Mountains, A Voyage Through Song. 10.00 The Art Of Collecting. New. 11.25 Back Roads.

11.55 Louis Theroux: Behind Bars. 12.55 Parks And Recreation. 1.15 30 Rock. 1.40 Peep Show.

2.30 I’m Alan Partridge. 3.00 MOVIE: Eagle Vs Shark. (2007) 4.25 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 The X-Files. 1.40 The Last Man On Earth. 2.35 Ebony Society. 3.00 The Curse Of Oak Island. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 5.45 Shortland Street.

6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Brazil. (1985) Robert De Niro. 11.05 MOVIE: Slither. (2006) 12.50 News. 1.15 Sex Toys For Grown-Ups. 2.15 South Park. 2.40 France 24.

3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 1.45 The Unlisted. 2.10 Find Me In Paris. 2.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 2.55 The Next Step. 3.20 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch.

3.35 Gym Stars. 4.00 The Dengineers. 4.30 Hardball. 4.55 So Awkward. 5.25 Dogstar. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda. 8.00 TMNT. 8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.30 Lost In Oz. 9.50 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 DinoTrux Supercharged.

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

10.30 Bride And Prejudice: The Forbidden Weddings. 12.00 9-1-1. 1.00 Trial & Error.

2.00 The Real O’Neals. 3.00 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 Futurama. 5.00 The Simpsons.

6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 MOVIE: Collateral Damage. (2002) Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Leguizamo. 9.50 MOVIE: RocknRolla. (2008) Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson. 12.15 90210. 2.15 Late Programs.

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Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 11.00 Secrets Of The Museum. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. 1.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank.

5.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 5.30 Hard Quiz. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 Q+A. 9.35 A Life In Ten Pictures. Final. 10.30 ABC Late News. 11.00 MOVIE: Another Year. (2010) 1.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 How The Victorians Built Britain. 3.05 Great British Railway Journeys. 3.40 The Cook Up With Adam Liaw.

4.15 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy. 5.05 Jeopardy!

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Aust. 6.30 News. 7.35 Robson Green: Walking Hadrian’s Wall. 8.30 Miniseries: The Unusual Suspects. 9.30 The Handmaid’s Tale. Final.

10.30 SBS News. 11.00 The Sleepers. Final.

12.15 Pagan Peak. 3.20 Cruising With Jane McDonald. 4.05 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.55 Remy & Boo. 6.25 Peter Rabbit.

6.45 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana.

7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Would I Lie To You? 9.00 Mock The Week.

9.30 Hard Quiz. 10.00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.30 Doctor Who. 11.15 That Pacific Sports Show. 12.10 Live At The Apollo. 1.00 Parks And Recreation. 1.20 30 Rock. 1.40 Peep Show. 2.30 MOVIE: Wild Target. (2010) 4.05 News Update. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 The X-Files. 1.40 Running Wild With Uzo Aduba. 2.30 Kanyekanye. 3.00 Huang’s World. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 NBL: Overtime.

5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Forged In Fire.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 Shrill. 10.20 Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish. 11.15 The Feed. 11.45 Over The Black Dot. 12.40 News. 1.05 La Jauria. 1.55 Hate Thy Neighbour. 2.45 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 1.45 The Unlisted. 2.10 Find Me In Paris. 2.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 2.55 The Next Step. 3.20 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch.

3.35 Gym Stars. 4.00 The Dengineers. 4.30 Hardball. 4.55 So Awkward. 5.25 Dogstar. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda. 8.00 TMNT. 8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.30 Lost In Oz. 9.50 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30 DinoTrux Supercharged.

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

10.30 Bride And Prejudice: The Forbidden Weddings. 12.00 9-1-1. 1.00 Trial & Error.

2.00 The Real O’Neals. 3.00 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 Futurama. 5.00 The Simpsons.

6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 MOVIE: Collateral Damage. (2002) Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Leguizamo. 9.50 MOVIE: RocknRolla. (2008) Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson. 12.15 90210. 2.15 Late Programs.

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

12.00 MOVIE: Mommy’s Little Princess.

(2019) 2.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. 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 Big Brother. 9.00 9-1-1: Lone Star. Return. 10.00 S.W.A.T. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 Filthy Rich. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 Celebrity Apprentice Australia. 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 Celebrity Apprentice Australia.

9.00 Emergency. 10.00 100% Footy. 11.00 Nine News Late. 11.30 The Arrangement. 12.15 Tipping Point. 1.05 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

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Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 World’s Greatest Man Made Wonders. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Long & The Short & The Tall. (1961) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Queens Of Mystery. 8.30 Agatha Christie’s Marple.

10.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning (53) Programs.

12.00 MOVIE: Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! (2004) 2.00 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Round 1.

Replay. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Police Interceptors.

5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift. (2006) 10.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 11.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 12.00 Love Island. 1.00 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Replay. 2.00 Late Programs.

PRIME7

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 Celebrity Apprentice Australia. 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 Celebrity Apprentice Australia. Final. 9.00 The Weakest Link. 10.00 Kath & Kim. 11.00 Nine News Late. 11.30 Emergence. 12.15 Tipping Point. 1.05 A Current Affair. 1.30 Late Programs.

Home (62) 6.00 Shopping.

7.00 Property Ladder UK. 9.30 NBC Today.

10.30 Kochie’s Business Builders. 11.00 The Bowls Show. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 The Surgery Ship. 2.00 My Greek Odyssey.

3.00 Australia’s Deadliest. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 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 Air Crash Investigation. 12.30 Doc Martin. 1.30 Late Programs.

Home (63) 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 The Fishing Show. 7.30 Canadian Pickers. 9.30 Off The Grid With The Badger. 10.30 MOVIE: Grand Prix. (1966) 2.00 AFL Pre-Game Show.

3.00 Football. AFL. Round 13. Melbourne v Collingwood. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Aussie Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Kelly’s Heroes. (1970) Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles. 11.30 Hardcore Pawn.

12.00 Canadian Pickers. 2.00 American Pickers. 3.00 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Maternal Instinct. (2017) Marcus Rosner. 2.00 Autopsy USA. 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 Big Brother.

9.00 MOVIE: Deadpool. (2016) 11.15 Reckoning. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 12.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Blue Bloods.

10.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.15 Home Shopping.

2.15 MOVIE: Mr Nice Guy. (1997) 4.15 SEAL Team. 5.05 JAG.

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(82) 6.00 Frasier.

7.00 Cheers. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

9.00 Becker. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Friends. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 2 Broke Girls.

1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 11.35 Frasier. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Everybody Loves Raymond.

2.30 Becker. 3.30 A Million Little Things. 4.30 Home Shopping.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 12.00 Parenthood. 1.00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 3.00 Malcolm. 3.30 The Nanny. 4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show. 5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 The Nanny.

6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 MOVIE: Smokey And The Bandit II. (1980) 9.35 MOVIE: Fletch Lives. (1989) 11.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 12.00 Love Island. 1.00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 3.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Not Like Everyone Else. (2006) 2.00 Autopsy USA. 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 Big Brother. 9.00 MOVIE: The Other Woman. (2014) Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton. 11.20 The Latest: Seven News. 11.50 The Front Bar. 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Driving Test. 1.30 Celebrity Apprentice Australia. 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 Travel Guides. 8.30 Doctor Doctor. 9.30 Kings Cross ER. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 The Enemy Within. 11.50 The First 48. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

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Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 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 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: All Creatures Great And Small. (1975) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances.

8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.50 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 12.00 Parenthood. 1.00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 3.00 Malcolm. 3.30 The Nanny. 4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show. 5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 The Nanny.

6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera.

8.30 MOVIE: The Hitman’s Bodyguard. (2017) 10.50 All New Traffic Cops. 11.50 3rd Rock From The Sun. 12.20 Love Island. 1.20 Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 3.00 Kids’ Programs.

Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Property Ladder UK. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Robbie Coltrane’s Critical Evidence. 2.00 Our Town. 2.30 Kochie’s Business Builders. 3.00 The Zoo. 3.30 Mighty Cruise Ships. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 The Coroner.

8.30 A Touch Of Frost.

10.50 Families Of Crime. 11.50 Property Ladder UK. 2.30 Home Shopping.

Home (63) 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 The Fishing Show. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 American Pickers. 9.00 Canadian Pickers.

10.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 11.00 Sound FX: Best Of. 12.00 Ax Men. 1.00 No Man’s Land. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Pawn Stars. 3.30 Blokesworld.

4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Highway Thru Hell. 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.

PRIME7 (6)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Natalee Holloway. (2009) 2.00 Autopsy USA. 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 10 Years Younger In 10 Days. 9.30 How To Look Good Naked.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 Busted In Bangkok. 12.00 Zumbo’s Just Desserts. 1.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 MasterChef Australia.

2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 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.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 12.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. 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 48 Hours. 3.10 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 Walker, Texas Ranger.

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The (82) 6.00 Unicorn.

7.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Becker.

10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory.

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Mom. 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. 9.20 2 Broke Girls. 11.35 The Unicorn. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Everybody Loves Raymond.

2.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Doctor Doctor. 2.00 The Weakest Link. 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 15. Brisbane Broncos v South Sydney Rabbitohs. 9.45 Thursday Night Knock Off. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 The Equalizer. 11.50 The First 48.

12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Keeping Up Appearances. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: We Joined The Navy.

(1962) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 To Be Advised. 8.30 Paramedics. 9.30 Embarrassing Bodies. 10.30 Law & Order. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 12.00 Parenthood. 1.00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 3.00 Malcolm. 3.30 The Nanny. 4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show. 5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 The Nanny.

6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 MOVIE: Click. (2006) 9.45 MOVIE: The Heartbreak Kid. (2007) 12.00 Love Island.

1.00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Nexo Knights. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 American Pickers. 9.00 Canadian Pickers. 10.00 NFL 100 Greatest.

11.00 Sound FX: Best Of. 12.00 Ax Men. 1.00 No Man’s Land. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Highway Thru Hell. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 14. West Coast v Richmond. 11.00 AFL Post-Game Show.

11.30 Late Programs.

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Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Property Ladder UK. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Robbie Coltrane’s Critical Evidence. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Creek To Coast. 3.00 The Zoo. 3.30 Mighty Cruise Ships. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.50 Andrew Denton’s Interview.

12.50 The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 Late Programs.

6.00 The

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Neighborhood. 6.30 Friends. 8.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 Friends.

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 William And Catherine: Saving The Crown. 2.00 The Big Bang Theory. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

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

12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 2.00 Late Programs.

Headline (8) 6.00 News. 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 MasterChef Australia.

2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 How To Stay Married. 9.10 NCIS. 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.00 The Project. 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Adventures In Rainbow Country. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Queens Of Mystery. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: Quiet Weekend. (1946) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer.

9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Law & Order. 11.40 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 American Pickers. 9.00 Canadian Pickers.

10.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 11.00 Sound FX: Best Of. 12.00 Ax Men. 1.00 No Man’s Land. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Highway Thru Hell. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Life On The Line: The Story Of The Southern Bluefin Tuna. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol.

8.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Towies. 10.30 Supertruckers. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

2.00 Diagnosis Murder.

5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 11.15 Blue Bloods.

12.10 Home Shopping. 2.10 48 Hours. 3.10 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 JAG. 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager.

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Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Property Ladder UK. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Cold Feet. 2.00 The Windsors. 2.30 Sydney Weekender. 3.00 The Zoo. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Lewis.

10.30 Robbie Coltrane’s Critical Evidence. 11.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 12.30 Pie In The Sky. 1.30 Property Ladder UK. 4.00 Harry’s Practice.

4.30 To Be Advised. 5.00 Home Shopping.

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Headline News.

(8) 6.00 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy.

3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.40 To Be Advised. 10.10 Just For Laughs. 10.40 The Project. 11.40 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 MasterChef Australia.

2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 Law & Order: SVU. 10.40 Blue Bloods. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 12.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 SEAL Team.

11.30 NCIS. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 Hawaii Five-0. 4.00 JAG. 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager.

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(82) 6.00 Frasier.

7.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Becker.

10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory.

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 2 Broke Girls. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 The Unicorn.

12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 2.00 Late Programs.

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THUMBS UP to the Hill Street Grab and Go for adding hamburgers to their menu. It’s such a great little takeaway business. Their pies and sausage rolls are to die for!

THUMBS UP to the amazing couple that stopped to help my child on Saturday 29th May in the Kmart carpark. Thank you so much for offering your assistance in what was a very embarrassing situation. It’s not often people stop to ask if a mother needs help with their toddler that is having a meltdown, people often stare and make remarks about their parenting skills. Thank you from the very bottom of my heart.

THUMBS DOWN to the incredibly rude woman at Woolworths on Saturday afternoon who stuck her finger up at me after walking across my car while I was trying to park my car. Talk about rude you could have waited until after I finished parking my car.

THUMBS UP to Orange City Council for their free wood bank for the needy, but thumbs down for the one load limit which only lasts about two weeks. You still have to find the money for wood because Winter is here for four months. EDITOR: Comments like this are disappointing. Let’s try to keep this in perspective It’s meant to be a help, which it is, $10,000 worth, and ratepayers are paying for it. It should never be expected to keep the needy in wood throughout winter. Maybe just being thankful for small mercies is the way to view it.

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THUMBS DOWN for the Government giving people in housing commission houses $1,000 for flood relief without any evidence, while the honest ones that give photographic evidence are now being asked for a Statuary Declaration. So what’s the deal. Moral of the story is it doesn’t pay to be honest.

THUMBS DOWN to the parents who drove up close to the water tap near the Emergency Assembly Spot outside the Lakehouse Cafe up at Lake Canobolas, let their son hop out of the car, turn on the tap to have a drink, hop back into the car, leaving the tap fully open and running and driving off.

THUMBS UP to Corbus and the girls from Kinks Hair and Beauty for my awesome hair, you guys rock.

THUMBS UP to a lady walking towards her car after hiking around the lake, seeing what happened, crossing over to the tap and turning it off. Let’s teach our children properly.

THUMBS UP because it is a lovely day when I go shopping at IGA, especially when I am served by Hanna.

Her smile, her interest in my day is a delight. You are a beautiful lady and you make the start of my day bright and to her twin brother Noah in the vegetable section, my husband loves having a chat with you. I love watching him have a laugh it makes my day, and these children are an asset to IGA. We are in our 90’s and look forward to seeing you on Saturdays. Thank you for just being so genuine and nice to oldies. EDITOR: That’s the spirit!

THUMBS UP to Ange, Hayley and Jamie from Raine & Horne. They are amazing.

THUMBS UP to Coffee Rush for their truly delicious coffee and friendly service.

THUMBS UP to Mark in the Cath Lab at Orange Mental Health Service. He is every bit a man but also shows great care. And he makes a mean mixed sandwich.

Best one I had all day!

A BIG THUMBS UP to Cath and Norman for bringing sexy back to our age group.

THUMBS DOWN to the white Landcruiser driver I saw, mate you had a kid in the car and you’re driving like a hoon, next time I hope the cops see you.

THUMBS DOWN to the people who walk their dog in the rain, they have a coat on, what about a coat for your fur baby?

THUMBS DOWN to our Councillors for reducing the amount of funding to go to the Sustainability Expo that Rotary runs. It’s not our Councillors place to tell event organisers how to spend their money to ensure a great success. Eg. They wouldn’t dare tell the Show Society that they spend too much on fireworks, would they? Stick to your knitting Councillors!

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55 Sale St, ORANGE ✆ 6362 1814 55 Sale St, ORANGE 6362 1814 Mon-Fri 7am-6pm,✆Sat 7am-1pm Mon-Fri 7am-6pm, Sat 7am-1pm

DRIVE-THRU CLEANERS 55 Sale St, ORANGE ✆ 6362 1814

7am-6pm, Sat 7am-1pm Orange City Life, Suite 3/241D Lords Place OrangeMon-Fri or email Orange City Life, Suite 3/241 Lords Place Orange or email reception@oclife.com.au and mark each entry with the competition name reception@oclife.com.au and Foot mark each entry with the competition name Last week – The Athletes

Orange City Life, Suite 3/241 Lords Place Orange or email