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LOCAL NEWS DELIVERED WITH — INTEGRITY — WISDOM — BALANCE Saturday 11 July, 2020

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MILLENNIALS ON THE MOVE…

with BOB HOLLAND

This week I heard for the first time about a proposed new shopping centre in South Orange and already some people are raising concerns about the need for it, and how it may impact on Orange’s CBD businesses. At this week’s Council meeting it was also mentioned that about 15% of shop premises in the CBD, that’s roughly 80 out of 530, are empty.

CUTTING-EDGE KODER SAYS JUMP WEST IS NO SWEAT

Odeon 5 Cinema is set to re-open this week and that’s sure to please a lot of people.

— By DAVID DIXON —

Koder El Sayed is making a name for himself as a sharp cutter at one of the fashionable new barber shops that have sprung-up in Orange.

He’s also one of the thousands of millennials who have happily made the move from the big smoke to regional centres like our very own colour city.

Relocating from the sprawling western suburbs of Sydney in November last year for work; he’s finding his first Central

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Tablelands’ winter no sweat: “Actually, I’m a winter type of person, I love it!” he said enthusiastically.

The natural openness of the locals was something that has also struck him from the first: “Yeah I do like it here; the people are very friendly,” he said.

Watching events unfold in other States and around the world with the coronavirus pandemic makes one appreciative of how lucky we are, he observed.

n MILLENNIAL ON THE MOVE: Koder El Sayed making a name for himself as a sharp cutter after relocating from Sydney’s sprawling western suburbs.

Koder’s modish cutting style has also made local impact earning him rave reviews online from happy customers. He is typically modest about how well his barbershop skills have been received locally: “I’m just trying my best; I’ve been doing it a longtime,” he said.

If human capital is our most valuable resource; then new arrivals like Koder are a great investment in Orange’s future.

“You do feel for other people in these places. You’re just grateful that it hasn’t happened to us here,” he said.

Go to page 2–3 for our special report on “Millennials on the move”

Dragon-boaters are back

Orange dragon-boaters clubs are back and getting-set to wet their paddles this weekend. n See Sport, page 17, for full-story

For those wanting to enter the Citadines Connect competition, the ad with the magic word that was supposed to appear in Newswatch last week is definitely in this issue. If you missed how to enter, those details are in our OC Life July 2 issue. You can re-visit that either online www.orangecitylife.com.au or pick up a back copy at our office.

Some weeks back I had a lot to say about the Orange Business Chamber and how I felt they weren’t doing a very good job in supporting or helping local businesses, certainly not in ways that other Chambers support their members.

My view hasn’t changed but credit where credit is due, quite by chance I noticed this week that they have done a lot of work on their website. It looks so much better than what was there previously.

That’s at least a step in the right direction, let’s see what happens next?

I watched the Council meeting again this week and I think Councillors voted to accept the full pay rise offered to them after Orange was upgraded in status to a Regional Centre. Again, the discussion was hard to follow with much confusion over meeting protocol, so much so that I think some Councillors may have wanted to say more but weren’t given the chance.

Three Councillors wanted to defer the rise until the end of the year at least. For the record, I have no issue with them getting a rise but I’m sure others will have a vastly different view.

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MILLENNIALS MAKE TH ULYSSES “Go west, young man” — our bright new future

And now it has come to pass; the cloud that we all feared — starting no larger than a man’s hand — has again arisen to darken our future.

Panic buying is back! Toilet rolls, rice, and paper towels again in short supply and rationed at some supermarkets.

With Victoria now officially back in lockdown amid rising public panic due to a sudden new spike in coronavirus cases, many now dread the same for NSW.

paced, high-rise, high-immigration living was the way of the third decade of the third millennia — suddenly seems, well a little “sickly,” to use an unfortunately-topical phrase.

But maybe those slick sellers of the new high-tech living we’re only ever operating a pyramid marketing scheme where the first-takers were the ones likely to profit.

Before even the worldwide lockdown that saw the mostShould we in Orange also not fear a populous, countries, cities, and regions suffered the highest disease that has killed hundreds of thousands around the world and has casualties from the pandemic (Italy, seen our southern border shutdown? New York, Greater London), a quiet shift had been taking place among We are, hopefully, seeminglyprotected by our distance from major our best and brightest. cities among the beautiful Central A new report assessing population Tablelands in what is, by world trends in Australia has challenged standards, a picturesque garden city. the perception that young people in the country are itching to leave for Most of us live in relative comfort the big smoke. and ease isolated from close contact with others — unless we wish it — on our quarter-acre blocks in selfcontained, four-bedroom houses. For this reason, we are thankfully likely to see few new cases of COVID-19 that are not either visitors from outside the region or from overseas.

The report, “Big Movers: Population Mobility in Australia found more regionally-based millennials — people aged between 20–35 — stayed in the country and moved to other regional areas in Australia rather than shifting to capital cities.

How the times have changed… It was only a few months ago that we were being assured that big-city living was the way of the future.

Millennials at hot desks cruising the gig economy for e-media startups before wolfing down tapas at a shoebox-sized bar. Some late-night, hot-button Reddit debates and a few hour’s unsettled sleep on the tenth floor of a serviced Darlinghurst apartment. Before waking the next morning to start again.

The data also shows Sydney — Australia’s biggest city — actually lost more millennials to the regions than it gained in recent years. And you can bet that the obvious appeals of living in a beautiful country town or regional city, commuting five minutes to work, and knowing everyone on your street, is going to be greater the longer the pandemic continues.

Using your drive and talent and front to get ahead, leaving Smallsville with Mum and Dad, Chuck, Buddy, and Sis far behind.

What more could any young millennial want from life?

And then along came the once-ina-century pandemic and suddenly public living, public commuting, open offices, and centralised apartments, didn’t look so healthy and cosmopolitan after all. They instead, look like unhealthy, bacteria-laden, breeding grounds for God-knows-what diseases and infections.

The idea that we were asked to accept from our betters — that fast-

A trend to country living for young people sick of the pollution, crime, and anonymity of a giant metropolis, is only going to grow over the coming years.

“Washington is not a place to live in,” New-York Daily Tribune editor, Horace Greeley was supposed to have said to a youth looking to the future . “The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting, and the morals are deplorable. Go west, young man, go west and grow-up with the country.”

If Orange and other regional cities can take advantage of this sudden upending of centuries-old trends towards greater concentrations of city living, then the future could truly be ours.

TIME TO TAKE SECOND-LOOK AT BODC, CITY OF “VITTORIA” Coronavirus has proved a speed-bump on the road to our supposed future of increasing urbanisation with people living in giant megacities in tiny box-like apartment blocks.

A local amateur historian believes though that now is the time to review decades-old decentralisation plans like the BathurstOrange Development Corporation (BODC) and the planned city of Vittoria from the distant 1970s.

“It (Vittoria) was going to be where Macquarie Woods is now, but it fell through,” says John Streatfeild a local farmer with a proud agricultural history in the region — his grandfather helped bring the railways to Blayney.

Changes of Government, a lack of political will for long-term decision-making, and the relative economic decline that Australia suffered during the late 1970s, put-paid to all the grand plans for moving large metropolitan populations out of the major cities of Sydney and Melbourne.

“We need to look again at decentralisation with so much expansion going on in Sydney. If we’d followed through with those plans, we’d now have two Sydneys with two centres and half the congestion,” he said.

The BODC was the authority established in 1974 to manage the State’s pilot growth centre which also encompassed Blayney,

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Cabonne, Evans Shire (near Bathurst) and Oberon with the aim of increasing domestic, commercial, and industrial development in this area.

It began buying-up land in the Vittoria rural area between Bathurst and Orange for the eventual establishment of a metropolis in the bush to relieve Sydney’s congestion.

The Whitlam Government’s (1972–75) “Tri-City Plan” envisaged a brand-new city to be called “Vittoria” with the proposed combined Bathurst-Vittoria-Orange metropolis to have an eventual population of more than 500,000.

The decentralisation of the Central Mapping Authority (now Land and Property Information) to Bathurst in the mid-1970s was, in the end, its most conspicuous success. The move by the then-Department of Agriculture (Now Department of Primary Industries) to Orange in 1992 was the most recent largescale decentralisation move.

“Congestion in Sydney is costing us billions as a society; now surely is the time to have another look at these plans,” Mr Streatfeild concluded.

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HE MOVE — West to the future!

Young, educated and on the move; to the country!

Regional cities like Orange has become a magnet for young millennials looking to escape the congestion, pollution, and anonymity of our larger cities, a major new report has found.

Challenging the accepted wisdom that that our young, best and brightest are itching to leave for the big smoke, the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) report The Big Movers: Understanding Population Mobility in Regional Australia, found that more young people had moved out of Sydney than to it between 2011 and 2016.

COUNTRY COMFORTS OFFER-UP “unbeatable quality of life”

Local Federal Member and Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education, Andrew Gee, welcomed the report, saying that the time has never been better for Australians considering a “tree change” to make the move and call regional Australia home.

Irresistible appeal of life in a provincial city is one that Local Federal Member, Andrew Gee understands, it’s a move he made himself with his family 15 years ago.

After growing up in Maitland where his father was a local mayor, he studied Economics and Law at Sydney University before he set up a business in Hong Kong with his brothers.

“After being stuck inside throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, I think a lot of Australians are dreaming of a ‘tree change,’ and there’s no better time,” Mr Gee said.

The findings were a surprise even to the report author, Regional Australia Institute (RAI) chief economist and report co-author Dr Kim Houghton. “Sydney actually lost more millennials to the regions than it gained during that time, and that was well before COVID-19,” Dr Houghton said.

Minister Gee believes that the coronavirus lockdown and the flexibility of working from home that it has revealed will only add impetus to those seeking to escape “the rat race.”

“One of the biggest barriers people face when considering moving to the country is their career.

“COVID-19 has taught us that working from home is possible, with virtual technologies such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet helping to bridge the gap between the workplace and home,” he added.

“Decisions such as what to study, what career path to take, and whether to rent or buy are no longer tied to a city location. You can now have it all, and do it all, from a country location.”

“COVID-19 has unshackled workers from city CBDs, with major businesses now recognising that you can work from home while achieving a productivity boost at the same time.

Simply put, working from home is here to stay and there is no reason why it has to be limited to the suburbs of the big cities,” Mr Gee added.

According to the report, Orange — surrounded by productive farmland, prestigious wineries, and historical villages — is exactly the kind of mid-sized town millennials seek with a major hospital, airport and university, job opportunities, and lifestyle choices.

The report focused heavily on millennials because economically, socially, and culturally, they are regarded as the perfect demographic (population group).

“They’re younger, they’re enthusiastic, and they’re often in the early stages of family formation… they’ll make deep roots in those communities and stay on for a long time,” Dr Houghton said.

The report has been hailed by many rural leaders as a heartening reality check against the perception that our country towns and regional centres are unattractive, old, and

n New dawn for regional cities? Regional Australia has become a magnet for millennials, according to a new report challenging the perception that young people in the country are itching to leave for the big smoke.

slowly withering.

Mr Gee also said it has added impetus to the work of his own department.

“That is why the Australian Government is committed to decentralisation. We are working to attract large and small businesses, and government departments to the country to ensure our regions remain strong and vibrant as part of the post-COVID recovery,” Mr Gee said Contrary to common belief, Dr Houghton said regional Australia was not dying. Across all age groups, regional areas attracted 65,000 more people than it lost to capital cities between 2011 and 2016, the report showed.

RAI also predicts the experience of COVID-19 could see the swing become even greater. “In complete contrast to the rest of the industrialised world, the overall flows in Australia were actually more towards regions than towards cities,” Dr Houghton said.

“It says something, I think, about the affordability factors around the outer suburban areas, the congestion that’s going with that and the alternative lifestyles that we do have in many parts of regional Australia, in comparison perhaps, with many parts of Europe,” Dr Houghton said.

Mr Gee said it was lifestyle issues that were the great trump card for centres like Orange to draw young people to live in the regions. “Affordable housing and unparalleled surroundings are just some of the attractions that saw over 400,000 people make the move interstate in 2018-2019, up 2.9 per cent from the previous year,” Minister Gee said. “Regional Australia offers an unbeatable quality-of-life, so we’d love to see more of our city cousins making the move. They’ll get a big warm country welcome when they do.”

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He returned to Australia in 1999 and moved to Orange in 2005 with his wife Christina and their four children where he practised as a barrister in the fields of civil litigation and family law before entering politics, first as the State Member for Orange in 2011.

He says that his early life in the country gave him an understanding of its diverse appeal and many attractions.

“I developed an appreciation for the unparalleled surroundings of country Australia from a young age. I was born and raised in the country and after a stint in the city I moved to Orange with my family.”

Local Federal Member and Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education, he has welcomed the report finding that bush cities like Orange has become a magnet for young millennials looking to escape the congestion, pollution, and anonymity of our larger cities, He said that the time has never been better for Australians considering a “tree change” to make the move and call regional Australia home.

“Some may say I am biased, but I wouldn’t want to live, work and raise a family anywhere else.

“Our country towns offer an unbeatable quality of life, with all the perks of the big city - without downsides like traffic, congestion and inflated housing prices.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has broken-down the perceived barriers between work and home, with new online meeting technologies proving that you can do your job from anywhere in Australia,” he believes.

“Simply put, there’s no better time for a ‘tree change’ and I’d love to see more of our city cousins making the move,” he concluded.

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Time for our own “Café Society” to prepare for September crunch They used to call it “Café Society” and — according to a local coffeeshop owner — Orange’s will have to be prepared for a vastly-different business environment once the emergency Government funding starts running-out in September.

n Aaron Wright from Café Latte: “We’re currently going okay, we stayed open during the lockdown doing take-aways just to keep going.”

While “currently going okay;” crunch-time for the local hospitality sector starts with the proposed wind-down of the Federal Government’s emergency support measures for coronavirus-hit industries.

“We’re currently going okay, we stayed open during the lockdown doing take-aways just to keep going,” Aaron Wright from Café Latte said.

Being an established business owner with 11-years’ experience at a venue with a near 50-year heritage as a coffee shop has also definitely helped, Aaron believes.

“Our staff are good and have mostly been here a while. Our customers also appreciated the fact that we did stay open, just the routine,” Aaron said.

The dark days from March to May were definitely no walk-in-the-park for the local hospitality sector, he remembers: “We had no days off for three months, we worked from

4am to 8pm every day; just providing room service — breakfast lunch and dinner — for a local motel.”

He believes that the coronavirus has put every small business operator on a knifeedge: “Anyone can suffer, you’ve just got to keep your service at high levels.

“I think that most of our customers will return… Many of our staff have been saved on the JobKeeper scheme, that has definitely helped-us,” he said.

“We’re very lucky here in Orange with domestic travellers from Sydney and people now exploring their own backyards rather than going overseas and interstate.”

Aaron said though that the industry has probably not yet had its toughest times with later this year the true test of the resilience of local business operators.

“September will be the crunch time, when

the loan repayments restart and everyone starts getting their payments cut-back.

“The Government’s done a great job, a fantastic job, but I’m so concerned that we won’t know until September,” Aaron said.

He said that small retail being hit by already-depressed sales could have a cascade effect on the local hospitality sector. “If everyone’s disposable income goes down in September; will they still go to coffee-shops, and if people start going down, how will that affect everyone?”

Aaron believes though that coffee shops are only one among a group of businesses in the hospitality sector facing tough times once the money-tap is eventually turned-off.

“The money’s got to be paid back sometime… but we’ll fight it out. I tell you, I’m glad though that I’ve got a café and not a pub at the moment,” he concluded.

MOVING PICTURES ARE BACK UNDER “THE NEW NORMAL” Moving pictures are back, and Helen McBurnie couldn’t be busier!

Manager of the Odeon Five at Orange, Helen and her staff are flat-strap getting the cinema ready for next Thursday’s re-opening under the social distancing protocols she describes as “the new normal.”

With the local cinema re-starting earlier than the company’s sister cinemas at Tamworth and Wagga Wagga, she is determined to re-open with a bang.

“We’ve got a lot to do in a short period of time, we’re in the throes of getting that work done now,” she explained.

Movie buffs who have missed the unique cinematic experience of watching a brand-new big-budget blockbuster on the wide-screen, will notice changes aimed at protecting viewers’ health and safety.

“We’ve reverted to numbered seating

to ensure a four-metre square social distance, and the layout will be a little different. We’ll also be cleaning between sessions and sanitising everything,” Helen added.

cinema’s big return include kids movies, “SamSam” and “Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs,” and the documentary, “The Booksellers,” about New York’s rare book dealers.

The cinema will also be aiming for oneway in, one-way out traffic flow: “as much as one can, it’s not always that feasible.

We’ve got to get back to the new normal,” she said.

For those who like a good fright, “The Wretched” is about a rebellious teenage boy battling a terrifying evil that has possessed his next-door neighbour.

Sessions will also be restricted from Thursday–Sundays with a limit of four sessions per day to allow staff time to prepare the cinema between sessions.

While Helen and her crew are flat-out getting everything ready for restart, regular patrons are counting down the days before they get to again enjoy that familiar smell and taste of fresh popcorn and choc-tops.

n Movies back-on for Odeon Cinema from Thursday, July 16 with Siara Jayai getting the pop-corn and choc-tops ready to go.

“The response since we announced we’re coming back has been huge… they’re the regulars who’ve really missed it.”

Two new releases that she thinks may be a hit under cinema’s new dawn are the cooking-drama-comedy, “Love Sarah” and the spooky social media fright-flick, “Follow Me”.

Other films to feature at the local

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Other films set for delayed releases include Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet;” the latest James Bond movie, “No Time to Die;” sequel to the 1980s classic action flick, “Top Gun: Maverick;” “Wonder Woman 1984;” and the live-action film of the 1990s animated classic, “Mulan.”

“We’re going with all new product, people have had enough of watching old product while at home, they want something new,” Helen concluded.

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THE VICTORIAN DILEMMA: To quarantine or stay open?

ORANGE OPINION DIVIDED ON OUR coronavirus fight, Round Two DARK CLOUD OF CORONAVIRUS AGAIN HANGS OVER AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY WITH A MAJOR NEW OUTBREAK SHUTTING DOWN MUCH OF VICTORIA. Orange residents though are divided on the best way to handle a second wave of the virus that many experts believe could hit as we enter the cold depths of the Central Tablelands winter.

MERIAM JOHNSON believes that current observation of the new protocols that we all have come to live with over the past five months should spare us another quarantine period.

“If everyone takes the precautions, I can’t see why we should have a complete shutdown again,” she offered.

“Too many people have lost their livelihoods already. How is the economy supposed to get better if we keep having lockdowns?” she asked.

JACKIE SMITH believes that our initial societal re-opening was rushed the first time around and we are now paying the price.

travel should be totally banned with few exceptions if Australia is going to get on top of the virus which is believed to have originated in central China.

“We should always go back to lockdown if we have another outbreak,” she said.

He said that social distancing rules are the key to stopping the feared second wave of the disease. “All the special social distancing rules that we’ve had until now. That’s the thing and we’ve got to get it right,” he said, believing that our economy may not survive another prolonged lockdown.

“I’m a teacher and I think we went back too fast-paced,” she added. “All of Term Two was supposed to be online but the schools went back almost immediately the term started.

“I think the government was under pressure to open everything promptly and now we are paying the price,” she said.

CORRY MAGER believes that any decisions on further lockdowns should be determined by expert opinion. “It’s probably most important to let the medical professionals make the final decision,” he said.

He believes that international

“Those peoples that came in, did anyone really check to see they had their 14-day quarantine? Who was checking the hotels?”

“The businesses and the economy have got to keep going, we can’t lock them down forever,” he said.

MATTHEW ALLEN believes that the time for lockdowns is over and that we as a society are going to have to learn to live with any more outbreaks.

“If we’ve got to live with it, we’ve got to get on with our lives,” he said, noting that his

DON’T PANIC US INTO A SECOND COVID-19 LOCKDOWN, DONATO

retailer business had continued trading through the three-month society-wide lockdown from March to May. “We stayed open throughout the thing and maybe that’s the way,” he said.

DR JOHN RYAN believes that talk of a second shutdown is premature. “I don’t see at the moment that we have to,” he said.

Any chance of a second wave in NSW though, he believes, will be down to the foibles of human nature. “I think people got a bit complacent, a bit blasé. We have to be very careful about how we go forward. It’s not going away or won’t go away until we find a way to manage it,” he said.

A scientist by training and vocation, he said that observance of our current social distancing measures is the key to controlling the pandemic until a cure in some form is developed.

“We’ve got to get on top of it if we can. We can only do that with vigilance; to keep following the protocols until we find something workable as a solution,” he said.

Dreaded second-wave of the coronavirus has hit Victoria hard but the NSW Government should not be panicked into again shutting-down the State’s economy to contain the pandemic, local member Phil Donato believes.

Provincial NSW cities like Orange have suffered few COVID-19 cases with common-sense the key to ensuring we don’t need to go back into quarantine, he said.

“The situation in Victoria is an obvious concern and I think it shows how things can change so quickly and get out of control,” the Fishers and Shooters Party MP for the State Seat of Orange said.

“Our community, however, has done an amazing job in following health orders and being both vigilant, responsible, and respectful of others to mitigate and minimise the spread of COVID-19.”

He pointed to the fact that the majority of COVID-19 cases in the Central West were brought here from people travelling from overseas with few cases from local “carriers.”

“Fortunately, community transmission is low. So, by and large, people across the Central West are doing the right thing.”

Facts and objective scientific advice should determine State Government decision-making as events continue to unfold with the pandemic; he believes, rather than the modern political obsession with “optics.”

“I would hate to see us have to go back to forced lockdowns again. I know the indirect consequences a lockdown brings… it should only be considered as an absolute last resort; not on a whim or speculation; but based on the cold, hard, evidence and the facts,” Mr Donato said.

He maintains that the hygiene and etiquette principles that our society has adopted over the past six months should be more than enough to contain any outbreaks that could occur as winter sets in. The cost to the economy of another major lockdown are simply too great to contemplate at this stage, he added.

“As a community, we still need to be aware of personal hygiene, staying home if sick, and social distancing. However, where possible, we should continue to lead a normal life doing normal things, supporting each other, supporting local business, and remaining active and healthy,” Mr Donato concluded.

Event sponsorship of $200,000 rocks music events rolling Making good on its promise to support local live events after the COVID-19 restrictions, Orange City Council has doubled its Event Sponsorship Program allocation to $200,000 for the new financial year.

The money will be for local live events planned between October 1 to December 31 and event organisers can apply now.

“Although COVID-19 restrictions are beginning to ease, we can’t forget about the impact it has had and in some cases continues to have on so many, especially those associated with the entertainment and hospitality industries,” Orange City Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said.

“By doubling our usual budget, this will ensure that more local event organisers are able to apply for financial assistance, and for those who usually seek Council funding there is more money up for grabs to see these events get bigger and better.”

“We want to see these events be more successful than ever before so organisers and local businesses get back on track. It’s also important that these events deliver for not only the community of Orange, but the visitors these events attract to our city. It’s a time to start enjoying and supporting events of all types once again.”

Applications close Sunday, August 16 with eligibility and event sponsorship categories at: www.orange.nsw.gov.au/event-sponsorship/ The money follows a recent application for the city to host one of a series of COVID-free gigs supported by the State Government, Destination NSW, and the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

n Supporting the return of local music to the Orange district, “Blind Pig” bar manager, Chouaib Kharassi, local professional musician, Andrew French-Northam Local venue “Blind Pig” owner John Vandenberg with partner, Kevin Betts.

following the impact of the global pandemic that turned the entertainment industry on its head.

If Council is able to land one of the new events to kickstart live performing again, Council believes our music industry might be on the road to recovery.

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

Orange City Council’s Finance Committee chair Cr Jeff Whitton has encouraged local event organisers to make a submission pronto!

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

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

“This is the chance for our local committees and organisers to take advantage of the newly-allocated funding,” Cr Whitton said.

The festival will see 1000 COVID-safe gigs in Sydney and regional NSW in November 2020, designed to give artists and local live music venues a much-needed boost

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

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AMANDA SPALDING with Bob Holland

FUTURE CITY BOB: I see that there has been a lot of interest in the Future City project and it was mentioned several times at the Orange City Council meeting on Tuesday night. What can you tell readers about the project, to help them get a feel for the bigger picture?

AMANDA: The Future City project is currently on exhibition for community comment on Council’s website. https:// yoursay.orange.nsw.gov.au/future-city This project has been under development for some time, involving community engagement and focus groups and is described as - Begun in a bold attempt to re-vitalise Orange’s central Business district, the Future City project has evolved to take up a broader opportunity to encourage more people to come to Orange CBD and spend more time there, to build a CBD the people of Orange can be proud of.

It is a bold attempt and is so big that it is difficult to grasp.

One of the elements on the website for discussion is a list of 106 projects. This makes it hard to visualise how all this will be implemented. I think we need to see it as a vision for the future and a palette of ideas, some of which can be taken up straight away and others will take longer or may never eventuate. Future City will need to gain momentum and support and so some of the first projects on the list are about marketing and branding.

It is my experience of implementing CBD development projects in England in Scunthorpe and Lincoln, and in Australia in Parramatta and Manly that it is important to gain the support of the property owners in the CBD so that they can play their part in improving the private domain when improvements to the public domain are happening. At the Council meeting of 7th July the Future City project was mentioned on a number of occasions and CEO David Waddell put some more flesh on the bones when answering questions about Council contributing to the lighting of the newly refurbished spire of the Uniting Church in Anson Street, as this is the kind of partnership proposal that will bring Future City to life.

Some of the proposed projects build on ideas put forward by

organisations like Put Orange First, for example: •O range City Place Manager. Council to engage the services of a place manager who would be responsible for the organisation, curation and coordination of events and activities in the city centre.

•O range City Centre Business Incentive Policy. To attract targeted sectors into the city centre (E.g. Coffs Harbour City Council Business Incentive Policy). This could include a waiver of DA fees, discounted rates or access to Council owned property.

Another project that has support and is probably overdue is for the Council and key stakeholders to develop a Public Art Strategy and Programme for the commissioning of public art in the form of murals/graffiti art on blank façades of public and private buildings, sculptures and installations in the public domain.

Future City includes proposals for transport movements including improved public transport; pedestrian safety and smart parking initiatives. It also considers the changing shape of the Orange City Centre resulting from the building of the new Department of Primary Industries offices.

BOB: It sounds very far-reaching. Do you know what the Councillors’ views are so far?

...Future City includes proposals for transport movements including improved public transport; pedestrian safety and smart parking initiatives...

The proposal to develop an Orange City Centre Public Domain Manual should be one of the first cabs off the rank to ensure consistent quality in the public domain to encourage owners of the private domain to match the quality and design to outline in detail Council’s objective and strategies for public domain investments and provides technical specifications and performance requirements for: · Paving · Trees and understorey planting · Furniture and fixtures (seats, bins, bollards, bike racks, drinking fountains, etc.) · Water sensitive urban design systems and elements (WSUD) · Street lighting and/or multifunction poles · Public transport stops · Wayfinding · Public art · Temporary installations and treatments

AMANDA: When it was approved by Council for community comment, some negative comments were made by some Councillors about some of the individual elements of Future City. This is disappointing as it sounded like knee jerk reactions.

As we know, Orange is now a Regional Centre, upgraded from the Regional Rural category of councils, because it is a large city providing a significant proportion of the region’s housing and employment and is considered the geographic centre of the region providing services to the immediate and wider catchment communities. As a result of this change in category Orange City Councillors and Mayor will be receiving increased fees, and hopefully this will mean they will behave more strategically.

I think the way to look at Future City is that it is a grand vision for the future of Orange. It is my experience that if the community generally agrees that is the vision we want, we can move towards it and overcome the barriers immediately in front of us. We have heard recently that investors are keen to invest in Orange and having a blueprint gives potential investors more confidence in the future.

At Orange City Life and Newswatch we are always keen to make sure we get the best out of our councils and I would encourage people to read all about Future City and comment whether you agree or disagree, but get involved so that you have some ownership of the future of O Town.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Amanda welcomes feedback or enquiries about issues raised in City Watch. You can contact her at aes@amandaspaldingconsulting.com

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“INEXORABLE” BEER TAX INCREASES PUTS LOCAL BREWERS IN A BAD LAND — By DAVID DIXON —

We are world leaders at tax,” he said with wry acceptance.

Craft beer brewer Jon Shiner has become philosophical about the impact of alcohol excise tax increases occurring twice each year.

He added that the exceedingly-complex and seeminglycounter-intuitive excise regimes for different types of alcohol made the high taxes faced by beer drinkers even more galling.

“I guess we’ve been trading for 10 years and, on the first of August and the first of February every year, the excise goesup… it’s inexorable,” he said resignedly.

With social venues now just opening-up after the great coronavirus lockdown with a commensurate hit to beer consumption, this year’s increase will be particularly hard-felt.

“It’s never great timing but it will be tougher this year…. It’s not great for business,” he said.

He said that it would have been a nice relief from the relentless tax increases — which allegedly make our beer some of the highest-taxed in the world — if the increase for August could have been put back six months.

“Wine is taxed on cost, while beer is taxed on alcoholcontent, the two are taxed in a completely different system.

“I suppose it’s due to the relative lobbying strengths of the different industries,” he added diplomatically.

Small craft brewers like Badlands have even greater difficulty accessing the tax off-sets that are available to giants in the industry like Lion and Carlton and United Breweries.

“For the excise, beer is linked to spirits, but cider is treated as a wine. You can claim back some rebates, but small brewers can’t get a lot of this,” he explained.

He said that lobbying from the Independent Brewers Association is aimed at improving the transparency and fairness of the taxing regime.

“They are strongly advocating for an increase in this rebate as a percentage and trying to align with wine-makers,” “It is a massive amount; the tax on beer with — apart from a he said. few Scandinavian countries — very few others coming close.

To make matters even harder for the smaller brewers, the “It would have been good if they had a bit of a moratorium; every little bit helps,” he said.

TIMING NOT RIGHT FOR AUGUST EXCISE INCREASE — DRINKERS EXCISE TAX INCREASES ON BREWERIES FROM AUGUST HASN’T EXACTLY GONE DOWN LIKE A COLD BEER ON A HOT SUMMER’S DAY WITH REGULARS AT THE ROYAL HOTEL IN ORANGE.

n Craft beer brewer Jon Shiner has become philosophical about the impact of alcohol excise tax increases occurring twice each year.

larger, internationally-owned breweries are buying-up craft beer-makers and labelling their own product under craftstyle names and logos.

“There’s a lot of ‘craft-washing’ in the industry; buying up the small breweries and running their own beers under that name,” he said.

Despite all the setbacks, taxes, droughts, and pandemics, Jon’s still enjoying his craft as best as he can: “We celebrated our 10-year anniversary last year, so that’s something,” he concluded.

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“I don’t agree with it, not at this time,” Laurie Hart said while enjoying a schooner of his favourite brew in the front bar. “Everyone’s got no work and they’ve got groceries to afford and the like,” he said.

He said that the discrepancy between taxing regimes for wine and beer in Australia seemed unfair: “Wines still reasonably cheap, why not beer? They’re all grown and made here,” he said.

n Laurie Hart — enjoying a schooner of his favourite brew recently — gives the thumbs-down to the tax excise increase on beer.

“Cause it’s not fair,” another drinker drink” hammered regularly with sixobserved, “but it’s just one of those monthly excise increases. excises that goes up, a legislated “At $2.26 per litre, Aussies already thing. It shouldn’t be, but it is.” pay the fourth highest beer tax in He said that the excise increases on the industrialised world. They then beer, fuel, and cigarettes are the most pay another 10 per cent GST on relentless because they rise every six top. A substantial 42 per cent of the months, rain, hail, or shine. “They’re price of an Aussie-made stubby is just one of those taxes that are tax. A typical carton of 4.9% alcohol always going-up,” the drinker said. beer retails for $52.00 — of that, $22.05 is tax. Australian drinkers are The Brewers Association of essentially shouting the taxman 10 of Australia though were not so sanguine about the increases, saying their 24 stubbies. that the Federal Government should Australian Hotels Association CEO have given the hard-hit industry a Stephen Ferguson argued that now is moratorium on the CPI-linked rise. the wrong time for a tax hit as pubs strive to re-open and re-employ the “As the hospitality industry battles almost 500,000 jobs lost across the with the devastating economic hospitality sector. impacts of COVID-19; this latest increase in tax comes at a time when “This hidden tax creeps up,” he publicans and patrons can least said. “People are bemused to learn afford it,” Brewers Association of how much tax is in a beer and that Australia CEO Brett Heffernan said. it has automatically gone up every six months for the last 37 years. This He claimed that Australian beer year, it’s the last thing struggling is some of the highest-taxed in the pubs and their patrons need”. world with the “working man’s

ORANGE CITY COUNCIL

RETAIL RECOVERY Orange City Council is putting up $50,000 to help kick start the local economy.

Residents are encouraged to enter for their chance to win a $50 Shop Orange gift card. There are 500 to be won in this competition and 500 in the online competition, so you can double you chances by entering both. Each week for 5 weeks we will select 100 entries at random in both draws. To make it fair, each person can win a maximum of 1 time in each draw for the entire 5 weeks of the competition. Entry forms can also be picked up from Orange City Council and Orange Visitor Information Centre. Entry boxes are located at Orange City Council, Orange Central Square, Orange Visitor Information Centre, Summer Centre Orange and Orange City Centre.

Businesses that wish to be involved can go to shoporange.com.au to register.

NAME CONTACT NUMBER OR EMAIL Ts & Cs will be on the Your Say site or can be viewed at Council. Winners names will be published in local newspapers and Council social media platforms. The competitions will have 5 draws each on a Wednesday at 10am (entries have to be in at 9.00am), with the first draw on 8 July 2020.

yoursay.orange.nsw.gov.au/retail-recovery

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SPECIAL REPORT

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NO GUTS,

by BOB HOLLAND

In almost any endeavour, it takes guts to gain glory.

Is Orange grinding to a standstill in some vital areas? I for one, can categorically say yes!

If you agree with me, should we as a community want to change that? I again, categorically say yes but more than that, I believe we need to do it very soon!

That said, and if you’re still on the same page with me, how do we go about it?

That really is the right question to ask, and I’ll give you my answer to that crucial question at the end of this report.

Before I get to that, a good deal of explanation is needed, and I’m going to attempt to do that in this Special Report.

There’s a lot of detail to cover, and much of what I have to say will fly in the face of a lot of current local thinking, it’s also sure to upset certain people. So be it, I’ll take my chances, but in my view, something MUST be done if Orange is to keep pace with other more progressive cities than ours.

Let’s get started.

BUSINESS IS THE KEY WORD To understand where I’m coming from, you must realise that first and foremost Orange is a business. To some, what I’m about to say will sound a bit silly. I honestly don’t think most people look or think of Orange quite in these terms.

Orange is a business in every sense of the word, there’s absolutely no other way to look at it. It’s not a charity, not a co-operative, not a not-for-profit organization, not a club and definitely not a private business or corporation, it’s a business in every sense of the word.

Of course, it may be different to many other businesses, but it’s also the same. Different in the sense that it’s so diversified in nature and responsibilities, but the same in the sense that it must be run along traditional, responsible and accepted business lines.

Put simply, as an experienced businessperson and as a ratepayer, I expect our Council to operate by applying sound business principles in all their dealings. I believe all other ratepayers should expect nothing less from our Council as well. Sad to say, this is simply not happening

and there is more than sufficient evidence to show how it isn’t. I’ll come to that shortly.

It’s also worth saying about now, that a good entrepreneurial and capable business person, be they man or woman, is bent on succeeding and to that end, they’ll often take calculated risks, they won’t let most hurdles or setbacks stop them and they’ll never get bogged in the paralysis of analysis. They’ll have a “greater good” mentality and won’t be put off by a small few who want to stand in their way for inadequate or unreasonable reasons. A successful business owner will always be highly customer focused, putting their customers’ needs or expectations ahead of their own, provided they can still do that ethically and profitably. They are far more interested in why they can and should do something rather than why not. They are also not afraid to make mistakes from time to time, believing that it’s better to keep moving forward, and whilever you make more good decisions than bad ones, you’re in front. Good and successful business owners are anything but quitters or procrastinators and they’re not afraid to make decisions and stand by them. “No guts, no glory” must surely drive or inspire many successful business owners.

THE BASICS Putting the business talk aside for a moment, what should we the community, reasonably expect Orange to have as basic infrastructure? Let me be a bit more specific, what do you think visitors to or through Orange would reasonably expect to find here as “basics” when they arrive. What do you think people considering a move to Orange to live or to set up business here would reasonably expect as “basics” when they got here?

To the first question I’d say, among other things, neat and well maintained parks and gardens, clear and easy to navigate signage, easy to access, clearly marked and well maintained public toilet facilities, a variety of good accommodation options including a modern and welcoming caravan park facility, an inviting main street/ CBD area, a number of permanent tourist type attractions including a major attraction that would provide adequate reasons for people from other places to come here specifically to see.

To the second question I’d say, and again among other things, a good and positive vibe among our business community; a City that’s known for its vibrancey, a vibrancey that can be felt from the moment you arrive here; a warm, enthusiastic, helpful and welcoming

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reception from our business leaders; a “we want you here” and “we’ll do whatever it takes to help you” attitude by our Council; a city that oozes with pride no matter where you look or who you talk to.

If Orange was being run like a smart and savvy business, all these “basics” would be in place. They’re not! Maybe in some areas, but certainly not in several that really matter.

TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK At this point, let me move right along and highlight a range of happenings in our fair city that go a long way toward highlighting just how far we’ve drifted from managing our city using good business practices.

VISITOR FACILITIES I mentioned visitors would expect, among other things, easy to access, clearly marked and well maintained public toilet facilities; a modern and welcoming caravan park facility, an inviting main street/CBD area, a number of permanent tourist type attractions including a major attraction.

The fact of the matter is our public toilet facilities are deplorable, our caravan park facilities have long been considered sub-standard, our CBD is anything but inviting and we do not have a major tourist attraction, or any significant minor ones.

One of our main attractions, Mount Canobolas, has basically been let drift into almost an embarrassing state, and Lake Canobolas, as it is and has been for a long time, is hardly going to get anyone excited. I know Mt Canobolas is in another Council area but that’s simply a challenge for both Councils to overcome.

What makes everything I’ve just said far worse is the fact that all these issues have been known about, talked about and nothing done about for countless years. “Taking Decisive Action” appear to be three dirty words among our Councillors.

DOING BUSINESS IN ORANGE It’s also no secret that getting a business started in Orange is extra hard work. You don’t have to go too far to find someone who has been driven to tearing their hair out trying to do business in Orange. That’s an irrefutable fact. Over recent months you only have to look at the appeals by businesses who have been hit with huge parking space fees to get the idea of how it is, and that’s only over parking spaces.

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NO GLORY! We’re also well aware of what has gone on with a series of recent developments in Orange. The Housing Plus Domestic Violence shelter and a new pre-school are just two examples of how difficult it is to get anything through, and what about the monumental backflip on the big Airport development a few years back. Now I’m not talking about whether these projects should or shouldn’t have been subject to the treatment they got, but you’d have to agree all these with so many others along the way certainly suggest a pattern. I recall a Councillor at a meeting quite some time back saying words to the effect of “we just can’t refuse everything.” At that time, it certainly appeared to be heading that way.

GOOD, BETTER, BEST Nobody could complain about the way Orange has built up our food and wine reputation, mainly through the Orange 360 and previous initiatives. That has been a very good thing. It’s also no secret that Orange 360 is heavily funded by Orange Council to the tune of some $400,000 a year or more the last time I heard. There’s nothing wrong with that either. What would be better however, is if our Councillors finally realised what many of us have been saying for many years now, and that is, giving over $400,000 to promote just one sector of our business community is unfair at best and very poor business practice at worst. Our Council needs to make similar funds available each year to market and promote the rest of the local business community. That is just plain good sense, yet our Councillors have never appeared to understand it or do something about it, just more evidence of their lack of business sense.

What would be the very best for Orange however, would be for Orange 360, our Business Chamber and our Council to all be adequately funded and working on the same page to promote, market and grow all Orange has to offer, and to introduce new initiatives as well.

COUNCIL MEETINGS One only has to watch our current group of Councillors in action to realise how divided they are, and how unprofessionally and unbusinesslike they conduct themselves. It’s often hard trying to make sense out of some of what is said and it’s often obvious that some haven’t done their homework or aren’t up to speed on what’s being discussed. That in itself should concern ratepayers.

DECISIONS Over recent months, it’s also become pretty obvious that our Councillors have been anything but agreeing with each other on many important and indeed minor issues. I think it’s fair to say that the vast majority of issues that have come before Councillors in recent months have caused division and even when finally voted on, a recission motion or similar delaying tactic has often followed. Our current group of Councillors seem unable

to agree on anything that becomes contentious for one reason or another. They seem almost unable to make important decisions and then stick to them.

Against that, our Council occasionally makes what appears to be a completely irrational or not thought out decision. A recent example of this was what appeared to be a spur of the moment decision to allocate $50,000 to do an upgrade on Perry Oval. I don’t have a problem with that specifically, my problem is more to do with the way Councillors sometimes consider how they spend our money. Why on one hand, they’ll quickly allocate $50,000 like that, yet on another hand they’ll dismiss something more beneficial out of hand, often with little or no real evaluation. I’m speaking from personal experience here.

Giving tens of thousands of dollars to the Day on the Green event while letting the Easter Camel Races fall by the wayside because of the cost of insurance are other decisions that are hard to fathom from a pure cost/benefit business perspective.

2. We need to get Orange 360, our Business Chamber and our Council adequately resourced to market and promote all areas of business in Orange, and as part of that to fully evaluate and where appropriate, initiate new ideas. The favoured treatment and financial support the hospitality sector has enjoyed MUST now be extended to all business sectors.

3. We need our Council to deal with business and development enquiries, DA’s, business proposals etc. in a much more timely, sensible and fair-minded manner. We need to establish a reputation for having a welcoming and “we want you here” attitude.

4. We need to URGENTLY establish clearly marked and well-maintained public toilet facilities that visitors can access easily and feel comfortable with. We MUST meet or exceed visitor expectations with something as basic as public toilet facilities. I wonder how many people already consider Orange as a drive through city rather than a stopping zone because of our public toilets.

5. We need to find a way to establish a modern and welcoming Caravan Park. Again, we MUST meet or exceed visitor expectations with something as widely sought after as a good Caravan Park facility. This is another area where our local facilities have long been an issue and one can only wonder how many people (especially seasoned caravanners) consider Orange as a drive through zone when looking for a caravan park.

...7 THINGS THAT I KNOW NEED TO HAPPEN SOON IN ORANGE IF WE ARE TO KEEP PACE WITH OTHER PROGRESSIVE CITIES WHO ARE COMPETING FOR THE SAME “CUSTOMERS” AS WE ARE...

WHERE TO FROM HERE? I asked at the beginning “Is Orange grinding to a standstill in some vital areas?” and “If you agree with me, should we as a community want to change that?”

Drawing on all my business, marketing, and life experience, here are 7 things that I KNOW need to happen soon in Orange if we are to keep pace with other progressive cities who are competing for the same “customers” as we are. For the record, even if this doesn’t happen, life will still go on, it just depends on whether we want the same old, same old or something much better.

1. We need our Councillors to adopt more of a “no guts, not glory” attitude when considering the various issues that come across their desks. Decisions must be debated and made in a more-timely manner, and then stuck with.

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6. We need to URGENTLY do something to brighten up our main street. It’s dull, drab, colourless and hardly inspiring or welcoming. Visitors will judge us when they drive down our main street or just through town. It’s hard to imagine Summer Street, just on face value, leaving anyone with a favourable impression of Orange.

7. We desperately need a major, or minor tourist attraction as a drawcard. For a City like Orange not to have one, is almost unbelievable. How long has this been an issue?

ACTION REQUIRED! I’ve had my say. Now, whether you agree with me or not on some or all of the points above, the fact remains, people who want to come here will have expectations of a City like Orange and I for one, feel those expectations are not being met, particularly in the 7 areas mentioned above. It’s not as if we haven’t had adequate time to address them.

Now, rather than address what we know needs doing right now, we’re starting a new round of discussions on what’s being called “Future City.” 106 ideas to talk about would you believe!

The only way these basic things or anything else are going to be dealt with in a more efficient and businesslike manner, will be when the community starts demanding better and more businesslike activity from our Councillors and Council.

Let me finish where I started, “No guts, no glory - in almost any endeavour it takes guts to gain glory.”

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Sunday, July 12

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SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

nInE (5)

WIn (8)

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Monty Don’s Japanese Gardens. 2.30 Restoration Australia. 3.30 Silvia’s Italian Table. 4.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 4.30 The Mix. 5.00 Antiques Roadshow. 6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery.

Final. 6.30 Compass. 7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Grand Designs. 8.30 Vera. 10.00 Vanity Fair. 10.50 The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco.

11.35 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Cycling. 2017 La Course By Le Tour De France.

Highlights. 4.00 InCycle. 4.30 Cadel Evans Conquering Le Tour. 5.30 True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi. 6.30 News. 7.30 The Great Wall Of China: The Hidden Story. 8.30 Saving Notre Dame. 9.30 Toxic Town: The Corby Poisoning.

10.30 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique.

1.30 Going Places. 3.25 Scotland From The Sky. 4.25 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Football. AFL. Round 6. Port Adelaide v GWS Giants. 3.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender. 6.00 Seven News.

7.00 7NEWS Presents: Murder In The Outback – The Falconio & Lees Mystery. 9.00 MOVIE: Deadpool. (2016) 11.05 The Blacklist. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Animal Tales.

7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Sports Sunday. 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. 1.00 World’s Greatest Animal Encounters. 2.00 Getaway. 2.30 Driving Test.

3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 9. Newcastle Knights v Parramatta Eels. 6.00 Nine News.

7.00 The Voice. 9.00 60 Minutes. 10.00 Nine News Late. 11.00 5 Mistakes That Caught A Killer. 11.55 Mysteries And Scandals. 12.50 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 12.30 My Market Kitchen.

1.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.15 Farm To Fork.

2.30 Australia By Design: Architecture. 3.00 Australia By Design: Interiors. 3.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.00 WhichCar. 4.30 RPM. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Sunday Project. 7.30 MasterChef Australia.

9.00 FBI: Most Wanted. Final. 10.00 FBI. 11.00 NCIS. 12.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? The Unseen Bits. 8.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 9.15 Live At The Apollo. 10.00 The Weekly. 10.35 Live From The BBC. 11.20 Would I Lie To You? 11.55 W1A. 12.25 The Games. 12.55 The IT Crowd. 1.20 Fleabag. 1.45 Catastrophe.

Final. 2.15 Gavin & Stacey. 2.50 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 The Good Doctor: Korea. 1.15 Fixing The System: Crime And Punishment. 2.25 New Girl. 2.50 PopAsia TV. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.15 Insight. 5.15 Yokayi Footy. 5.50 Travel Man. 6.45 Abandoned Engineering. 7.40 Hunting Hitler.

Final. 8.30 MOVIE: Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan. (1982) 10.35 I Am Richard Pryor. 12.15 Late Programs.

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

11.00 NBC Today. 12.00 The Surgery Ship: Director’s Cut. New. 2.00 My Greek Odyssey.

3.00 MOVIE: Speedway. (1968) 5.00 M*A*S*H. 7.00 The Vicar Of Dibley. 8.40 Mrs Brown’s Boys. 10.00 Miranda. 11.20 The Windsors.

12.20 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 MOVIE: The Brides Of Fu Manchu. (1966) 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. 3.00 The Avengers.

4.00 MOVIE: Southwest Passage. (1954) 5.30 MOVIE: Support Your Local Gunfighter.

(1971) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 DCI Banks.

10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.35 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 Star Trek.

11.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.30 Jake And The Fatman. 12.30 MacGyver. 2.30 Monster Jam. 3.30 One Strange Rock. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 Judge Judy. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 Law & Order: SVU. 10.20 48 Hours. 11.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 2.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

3.45 What It’s Like. 4.00 Thalu. 4.15 The Inbestigators. 4.35 Odd Squad. 5.05 School Of Rock. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 All Hail King Julien. 6.30 The Crystal Maze. 7.15 Fierce. 8.10 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.45 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 9.00 So Awkward. 9.30 TMNT. 9.50 Slugterra. 10.15 Rage. 2.15 Close. 5.30 Super Dinosaur. Final. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Spring Baking Championship. 1.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Mystery Diners.

4.00 Restaurant: Impossible. 6.00 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons.

7.30 Futurama. 8.00 The Simpsons. 8.30 First Dates Australia. 9.30 Marrying Millions.

10.30 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Creek To Coast. 12.30 Merv Hughes Fishing.

1.00 Hook, Line And Sinker. 2.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 6. Richmond v Sydney. 6.00 American Pickers.

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

8.30 MOVIE: Unstoppable. (2010) Denzel Washington, Chris Pine. 10.35 MOVIE: 3:10 To Yuma. (2007) 1.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Kids’ Programs.

1.30 Surfing Australia TV. 2.00 Robot Wars. 3.00 Dance Moms. 5.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.15 MOVIE: Happy Feet.

(2006) 7.30 MOVIE: The Bourne Legacy. (2012) 10.15 MOVIE: Never Back Down. (2008) 12.30 Heroes. 1.30 Robot Wars. 2.30 Tattoo Fixers.

3.30 Kaijudo: Rise Of The Duel Masters. 4.00 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 4.30 Pokémon: B&W. 4.50 Ninjago. 5.10 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 News Breakfast.

(2) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. 11.00 Grand Designs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Marcella. 1.45 Victoria. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. 8.30 Four Corners. 9.15 Media Watch. 9.35 Q+A. 10.40 ABC Late News.

11.10 Making Muriel. 12.10 Wentworth. 12.55 Get Krack!n. 1.25 Rage. 3.15 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 2.00 The 2000s. 2.50 Alex Polizzi: The Fixer. 4.00 Great British Railway Journeys. 4.35 Inside Westminster Abbey.

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 The Windsors’ Lost Letters. 8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. 9.30 Depression And Me. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique. 1.30 Going Places. 3.25 Late Programs.

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

12.00 MOVIE: Lethal Vows. (1999) 2.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Big Brother. 9.00 MOVIE: Lucy. (2014) Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-Sik Choi.

10.40 The Latest: Seven News. 11.10 The Goldbergs. 12.05 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective.

6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana.

7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 The IT Crowd. 8.55 W1A. 9.25 The Games. 9.55 Get Krack!n. 10.25 Parks And Recreation. 10.50 30 Rock. 11.30 Workaholics. 12.15 Peep Show.

1.05 Comedy Next Gen. Final. 1.55 Extras. 2.30 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Child Genius. 1.00 Life Drawing Live.

3.00 Go 8 Bit: The Video Game Show. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.15 This Week. 5.10 Game Of Bros. 5.40 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross.

6.10 Forged In Fire. 7.00 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 In Search Of... 9.15 Adam Looking For Eve. 10.10 South Park. 10.35 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 4.00 Thalu. 4.15 The Inbestigators. 4.35 Odd Squad.

5.05 School Of Rock. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 All Hail King Julien. 6.30 Horrible Histories.

7.05 Get It Together! 7.35 Kung Fu Panda. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 8.50 So Awkward.

9.15 TMNT. 9.40 Slugterra. 10.00 Rage. 11.05 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 News Breakfast.

(2) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. 11.00 The Repair Shop. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Rosehaven. 1.30 Retrograde. 1.55 Victoria. 2.45 Deadlock. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 White Light. 10.05 ABC Late News. 10.45 Q+A. 11.45 Wentworth. 12.35 Get Krack!n. 1.05 Rage. 3.15 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 7.35 PAW Patrol. 8.00 Totally Wild.

8.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku. 9.05 Butterbean’s Cafe. 9.30 Scope. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 Neighbours.

2.30 Friends. 4.00 Will & Grace. 5.00 Friends.

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

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 The Voice. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Voice. 9.30 One Night Only: The Beatles In Oz – Live And Remastered. 10.30 100% Footy. 11.30 Nine News Late. 12.00 Lethal Weapon. 12.50 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

2.30 Late Programs.

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1.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 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 Adam Hills: Take His Legs. 10.40 Celebrity Gogglebox USA. 11.40 Late Programs.

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

9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 This Rugged Coast.

11.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 1.00 House Calls To The Rescue. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute.

3.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 A Crime To Remember. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Miniseries: Miss Marple: At Bertram’s Hotel.

1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: The Man In The White Suit. (1951) 5.20 Miniseries: Miss Marple: At Bertram’s Hotel.

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks.

8.40 Midsomer Murders. 10.40 Click For Murder. 11.35 Late Programs.

Morning (81) 6.00 Programs.

11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 Star Trek. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 iFish. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.25 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 2. Styrian Grand Prix. Highlights. 11.25 NCIS: New Orleans.

12.20 Late Programs.

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

3.30 One Tree Hill. 4.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 Futurama. 7.00 The Simpsons.

7.30 Futurama. 8.00 The Simpsons. 8.30 Ink Master. 10.30 Ink Master: Redemption. 11.00 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Counting Cars. 12.30 Full Custom Garage. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Your 4x4. 4.30 Counting Cars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: The A-Team. (2010) Liam Neeson, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper. 11.00 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. 12.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 The Break Boys.

New. 1.00 The Xtreme Collxtion. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm.

7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Black Hawk Down.

(2001) Josh Hartnett. 11.20 Malcolm. 11.50 Japandemonium. 12.20 Miami Vice. 1.15 Robot Wars. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Kids’ Programs.

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

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

3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

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

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 (3) The 2000s. 2.55 Who Do You Think You Are? 3.55 MOVIE: March Of The Penguins. (2005) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Great Asian Railways Journeys.

New. 8.30 Insight. 9.30 Where Are You Really From? 10.05 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs.

10.35 SBS News. 11.05 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique. 1.30 Going Places. 2.30 Ride Upon The Storm. 3.30 Late Programs.

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(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Love In The Vineyard. (2016) 2.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Big Brother. 9.00 Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back. 10.00 Criminal Minds. 11.00 The Latest: Seven News. 11.30 The Goldbergs. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 The Voice. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 The Voice. 9.40 Elton John Uncensored. 10.50 Nine News Late. 11.20 The Embassy. 11.50 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 12.40 Tipping Point.

1.30 A Current Affair. 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

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(8) 6.00 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. 8.40 The Montreal Comedy Festival. 9.40 NCIS. 10.40 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.40 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.40 The Project. 1.40 Late Programs.

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Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Sydney Weekender. 12.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 1.00 House Calls To The Rescue. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation.

4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Animal Rescue.

5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Rosemary & Thyme. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Miniseries: Miss Marple: At Bertram’s Hotel.

1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow.

3.30 MOVIE: The Sleeping Tiger. (1954) 5.20 Miniseries: Miss Marple: Nemesis. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Poirot. 10.50 Miniseries: Lynda La Plante’s Trial & Retribution. 1.00 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 MacGyver. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 Star Trek. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

2.00 iFish. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Miami. 9.25 Elementary. 11.25 The Mentalist. 12.20 Late Programs.

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7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts.

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Time. (2013) 1.20 Late Programs.

6.00 Home Shopping.

6.30 Hook, Line And Sinker. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 9.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 9.30 Full Custom Garage.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs.

10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Social Fabric. 12.30 Peaking. New. 1.00 The Road Trick. Final.

1.30 Liquid Science. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.30 MOVIE: Deepwater Horizon. (2016) 9.35 MOVIE: Fear.

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

3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Mom. 10.30 2 Broke Girls. 11.30 Late Programs.

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TVguide Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Press Club. 1.40 Media Watch. 2.00 Victoria. 2.45 Deadlock. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. Return. 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 9.00 Rosehaven. 9.30 Retrograde. 9.55 Would I Lie To You? The Unseen Bits. 10.25 ABC Late News.

10.55 Four Corners. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.00 The 2000s. 2.50 Insight. 3.45 Great British Railway Journeys.

4.20 Lady Jane Grey: Murder Of A Child Queen.

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Tony Robinson’s World By Rail. Final. 8.30 Who Gets To Stay In Australia? 9.30 Child Of Our Time: Turning 20.

10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique. 1.30 Going Places. 3.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective.

6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana.

7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Friday Night Dinner. 8.55 Gavin & Stacey. 9.25 The Moodys. 9.50 Upper Middle Bogan. 10.20 Parks And Recreation. 10.45 30 Rock. 11.30 Workaholics. 12.10 Peep Show. 1.05 Zapped.

1.35 QI. 2.05 Blackadder II. 2.40 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Child Genius. 1.00 Front Up. 2.00 Go 8 Bit: The Video Game Show. 2.55 Mukbang. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Game Of Bros. 5.40 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.10 Forged In Fire.

7.00 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Gattaca. (1997) Ethan Hawke. 10.25 MOVIE: Code 46. (2003) 12.10 VICE Guide To Film. 12.35 Intervention. 2.25 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.35 Are You Tougher Than Your Ancestors? 4.00 Thalu.

Final. 4.15 The Inbestigators. 4.35 Odd Squad.

5.05 School Of Rock. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 All Hail King Julien. 6.30 Horrible Histories.

7.05 Get It Together! 7.35 Kung Fu Panda. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.35 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 8.50 So Awkward.

9.15 TMNT. 9.40 Slugterra. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

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

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

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. 1.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 1.55 Victoria.

2.45 Deadlock. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 The Heights. 8.30 Escape From The City. 9.30 Father Brown. Final. 10.15 ABC Late News.

10.50 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 (3) Over The Black Dot. 3.00 The Crusades. 4.00 Great British Railway Journeys. 4.30 Lady Jane Grey: Murder Of A Child Queen. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Inside The Orient Express. 8.30 Drain Alcatraz. 9.30 War Of The Worlds. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique. 1.30 Going Places. 3.30 Aerial Asia. 4.30 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective.

6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana.

7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Motherland. 9.30 Fleabag.

9.55 Women On The Verge. 10.25 Retrograde.

10.50 Parks And Recreation. 11.15 30 Rock.

11.55 Workaholics. 12.40 Peep Show. 1.35 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.25 Close. 5.30 Wallykazam! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Child Genius. 1.00 Front Up. 2.00 Go 8 Bit: The Video Game Show. 2.55 Noisey. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Game Of Bros. 5.40 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.10 Forged In Fire.

7.00 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Cults And Extreme Belief.

9.20 Letterkenny. 10.15 Full Frontal. 10.45 The Truth About Your Health. 11.40 The Longest Day In Chang’an. 12.25 Late Programs.

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9.15 TMNT. 9.40 Slugterra. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

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

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

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.30 Barrie Cassidy’s One Plus One. 11.00 The Repair Shop.

12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 To Be Advised.

2.00 Victoria. 2.45 Deadlock. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.10 Think Tank. 5.10 The Repair Shop. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Monty Don’s French Gardens. 8.30 Baptiste.

Final. 9.30 Marcella. 10.20 ABC Late News.

10.45 The Virus. 11.10 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 11.40 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

2.00 Native America.

3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Building The Tube.

4.20 Lady Jane Grey: Murder Of A Child Queen.

5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Kenny Rogers: Biography. 9.30 24 Hours In Emergency. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Cycling: Tour De France Etape Classique. 1.30 Going Places. 2.30 Aerial Asia.

4.25 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective.

6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.30 Absolutely Fabulous. 9.00 Extras. Final.

9.30 Black Books. 9.55 Blackadder The Third.

10.25 Parks And Recreation. 10.50 30 Rock.

11.30 Workaholics. 12.15 Peep Show. 1.10 The Inbetweeners. 1.35 Episodes. 2.10 Close. 5.30 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Child Genius. 1.05 Front Up. 2.15 Go 8 Bit: The Video Game Show. 3.10 Yokayi Footy.

3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Game Of Bros. 5.40 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.10 Forged In Fire. 7.00 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 RocKwiz Salutes. 9.30 Bring Back The Bush. 10.25 NBA Spotlight.

10.55 Raped In Custody. 11.55 Taboos And Subcultures. 12.50 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.35 Are You Tougher Than Your Ancestors? 4.10 The Inbestigators. 4.35 Odd Squad. 5.05 School Of Rock. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 All Hail King Julien. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.05 Get It Together! 7.35 Kung Fu Panda. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.25 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.10 Fruits Basket. 9.35 TMNT. 9.55 Slugterra. 10.20 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 9.00 Cake Wars. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race.

11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Spring Baking Championship. 1.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Unique Sweets. 3.30 Cake Wars.

4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 MOVIE: Veronica Mars. (2014) 8.45 MOVIE: The 40-Year-Old Virgin. (2005) Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Catherine Keener. 11.15 Bridezillas. 12.15 Late Programs.

Rage. 7.00 (2) 6.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Rage. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 MOVIE: December Boys. (2007) 2.15 Father Brown. Final. 3.00 Dream Gardens. 3.30 Escape From The City. 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Soccer. A-League. Perth Glory v Central Coast Mariners. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Shakespeare And Hathaway. 8.20 Les Misérables. 9.20 Miniseries: Thirteen. 10.20 The Good Karma Hospital. 11.10 Rage.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 (3) NBA Spotlight. 2.30 Figure Skating. 2019 ISU World Championships.

Ice dancing. 4.00 Gadget Man. 4.30 The Fatal Game. 5.30 WWII Battles For Europe. 6.30 News. 7.35 Chris Tarrant’s Extreme Railway Journeys. 8.30 Life Drawing UK. 10.45 Miniseries: Sunshine. 2.40 MOVIE: Live Flesh.

(1997) 4.30 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.55 Noddy Toyland Detective. 6.55 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Live From The BBC. 9.15 QI. 10.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.05 Motherland. 11.35 Friday Night Dinner. 12.00 Absolutely Fabulous. 12.30 This Country. Final. 12.55 Live At The Apollo. 1.45 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.35 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 The Good Doctor: Korea. 1.15 Race And Education. 2.15 New Girl. 2.40 Insight. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Happy Endings. 6.45 Meet The Polygamists. 7.40 Stargate SG-1. 8.30 Ancient Aliens. 9.20 Fear The Walking Dead.

New. 11.20 Tour De France Virtual Race. 1.00 MOVIE: A Pelada. (2013) 2.30 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 2.20 TMNT. 2.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 3.05 The Legend Of Korra. 3.30 Dragon Ball Super.

4.10 The Inbestigators. 4.35 Odd Squad. 5.05 School Of Rock. 5.30 Miraculous. 6.00 All Hail King Julien. 6.30 The Crystal Maze. 7.15 Fierce. 8.15 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.50 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 9.05 So Awkward. 9.30 TMNT. 9.55 Slugterra. 10.15 Close. 5.40 The Bagel And Becky Show. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

Morning (66) 6.00 Programs. 9.00 Cake Wars. 10.00 The Great Food Truck Race.

11.00 Cupcake Wars. 12.00 Spring Baking Championship. 1.00 Cutthroat Kitchen. 2.00 Chopped. 3.00 Unique Sweets. 3.30 Cake Wars.

4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Futurama. 5.30 The Simpsons. 6.30 MOVIE: Veronica Mars. (2014) 8.45 MOVIE: The 40-Year-Old Virgin. (2005) Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Catherine Keener. 11.15 Bridezillas. 12.15 Late Programs.

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(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Two Against Time. (2002) 2.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Big Brother. 9.00 Busted In Bangkok. 10.00 The Latest: Seven News. 10.30 The Front Bar. 11.30 Autopsy USA. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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Today. 9.00 (5) 6.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 The Voice. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 Emergency. 9.30 Botched. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 New Amsterdam. 11.50 Dr Miami. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 A Current Affair. 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 Late Programs.

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Headline News.

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

7.30 Bachelor In Paradise. Return. 9.00 Tommy.

10.00 Bull. 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 The Talk.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 Star Trek. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 iFish. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles.

11.15 NCIS. 12.10 Home Shopping. 2.10 Late Programs.

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

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

3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 2 Broke Girls.

11.30 Late Programs.

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(8) 6.00 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 Bachelor In Paradise. 9.00 Celebrity Gogglebox USA. 10.00 Law & Order: SVU. 11.00 Blue Bloods. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 The Project. 2.00 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Monster Jam. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager.

10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver.

12.00 Star Trek. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

2.00 iFish. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 NCIS. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 4.00 Jake And The Fatman. 5.00 MacGyver.

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Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Miniseries: Miss Marple: Nemesis. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Golden Ivory. (1954) 5.20 Miniseries: Miss Marple: Nemesis. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Agatha Raisin.

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

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Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Social Fabric. 12.30 Peaking. 1.30 Liquid Science. 2.00 The A-Team.

3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.30 Big Bang. 8.30 MOVIE: G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra.

(2009) Channing Tatum. 10.50 Big Bang.

11.40 Malcolm. 12.10 Miami Vice. 1.10 Robot Wars. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: B&W. 4.30 Pokémon: XYZ. 4.50 Kids’ Programs.

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Today. 9.00 (5) 6.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 MOVIE: Courage Mountain. (1990) 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 10. Sydney Roosters v Canberra Raiders. 9.45 Golden Point. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Murdered By Morning. 11.50 The Fix. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 Late Programs.

Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Creek To Coast. 12.30 Weekender. 1.00 House Calls To The Rescue. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 The Surgery Ship: Director’s Cut. 4.30 Mighty Ships. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Redrum. 11.30 Mighty Planes. 12.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs.

10.00 Storage Wars. 10.30 Pawn Stars. 11.00 Swamp People. 12.00 American Pickers. 1.00 Mudslingers. 1.30 The Hunt For Monster Bass. 2.00 Supertruckers. 3.00 Counting Cars. 3.30 Desert Collectors. 4.30 Garage 41.

5.00 Counting Cars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 8.30 American Dad! 9.30 Family Guy. 10.30 American Dad! 11.30 Late Programs.

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(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Flirting With Forty. (2008) 2.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince. (2009) Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News. 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.30 Late Programs.

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Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Kitty Is Not A Cat. 8.00 Harry’s Practice.

8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today.

12.00 My Greek Odyssey. 1.00 House Calls To The Rescue. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Mighty Planes.

4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs.

10.30 Pawn Stars. 11.00 Swamp People.

12.00 American Pickers. 1.00 Mudslingers.

1.30 The Hunt For Monster Bass. 2.00 The Simpsons. 3.00 Family Guy. 4.00 Pawn Stars.

4.30 Counting Cars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 7. Geelong v Collingwood.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show. 11.15 MOVIE: Chain Reaction. (1996) 1.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story.

(2009) Cuba Gooding Jr. 2.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

8.30 MOVIE: Unforgettable. (2017) Katherine Heigl.

10.45 To Be Advised. 1.00 Home Shopping.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Miniseries: Miss Marple: Nemesis. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.10 Antiques Roadshow. 3.40 MOVIE: Loser Takes All. (1956) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Territory Cops. 8.30 Reported Missing. New. 9.40 Australian Crime Stories.

10.40 Chicago Med. 11.35 Late Programs.

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6.00 Kids’ Programs.

10.00 Robot Wars.

11.00 Dance Moms. 12.00 Social Fabric. 12.30 Peaking. 1.30 Liquid Science. 2.00 The A-Team.

3.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.30 American Idol. 9.20 MOVIE: Step Up. (2006) Jenna Dewan. 11.30 Malcolm. 12.00 Miami Vice. 1.00 Robot Wars. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: B&W. 4.30 Pokémon: XYZ. 4.50 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 5.10 Kids’ Programs.

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6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 MOVIE: The Pink Panther. (2006) 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 10. Wests Tigers v Brisbane Broncos. 9.45 Friday Night Knock Off. 10.35 MOVIE: True Grit.

(2010) 12.35 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 8.35 SpongeBob SquarePants.

9.00 Crocamole. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

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

6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends.

8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Two And A Half Men. 10.30 The Middle. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Morning Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil.

1.00 The Living Room. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Judge Judy. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Living Room. 8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? 9.30 Celebrity Gogglebox USA. 10.30 Adam Hills: Take His Legs. 11.30 Late Programs.

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Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 The Truth About Looking Younger. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Dulcima. (1971) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 8.40 MOVIE: Patriots Day. (2016) Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman.

11.15 The Rockford Files. 12.15 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 2. Styrian Grand Prix. Highlights. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager.

10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver.

12.00 Star Trek. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

2.00 iFish. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Walker, Texas Ranger. 10.30 Hawaii Five-0.

11.30 CSI: Miami. 12.30 Late Programs.

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(53) 6.00 10.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 11.00 Dance Moms. 12.45 Social Fabric. 1.15 Peaking. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.30 MOVIE: Hop. (2011) 7.30 MOVIE: Fantastic Mr. Fox. (2009) 9.15 MOVIE: The Golden Compass. (2007) Nicole Kidman.

11.30 Japandemonium. 12.00 Miami Vice. 1.00 Robot Wars: Extreme. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon: B&W. 4.30 Kids’ Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.35 SpongeBob SquarePants.

9.00 Crocamole. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

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

6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 To Be Advised. 7.30 Friends. 8.00 Seinfeld. 9.00 Friends. 10.30 Seinfeld. 11.30 Late Programs.

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The Ellen (5) 6.00 DeGeneres Show.

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

12.30 Cybershack. 1.00 The Voice. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Getaway. 6.00 Nine News Saturday. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: Ghostbusters. (2016) Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig. 9.55 MOVIE: Identity Thief. (2013) Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy. 12.05 MOVIE: Project Eden. (2017) 2.00 Late Programs.

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Morning (8) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 To Be Advised. 12.30 Three Veg And Meat. 1.00 Everyday Gourmet. 1.30 GCBC. 2.00 Pooches At Play. Return. 2.30 My Market Kitchen.

3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 Farm To Fork. 4.00 The Living Room. 5.00 10 News First. 6.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.00 The Children’s Hospital. 7.30 Ambulance. 8.40 Beecham House. 9.40 MOVIE: Ocean’s Twelve. (2004) 12.35 Late Programs.

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Morning (62) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 House Calls To The Rescue. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation.

4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Air Crash Investigation.

8.30 Cliveden: A Very British Country House.

9.45 Escape To The Country. 10.45 Selling Houses Australia. 11.45 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs.

10.00 Storage Wars. 10.30 Pawn Stars. 11.00 Swamp People. 12.00 American Pickers. 1.00 Mudslingers. Final. 1.30 The Hunt For Monster Bass. 2.00 Graveyard Carz. 4.00 Pawn Stars.

4.30 Counting Cars. 5.30 American Pickers.

6.30 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Friday Night Countdown.

7.30 Football. AFL. Round 7. Essendon v Western Bulldogs. 10.15 AFL Post-Game Show.

11.00 Armchair Experts. 11.30 Late Programs.

Home (6) 6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 To Be Advised. 1.30 Football.

AFL. Round 7. GWS Giants v Brisbane Lions.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Border Patrol. 7.30 MOVIE: Interstellar. (2014) Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway. 10.45 MOVIE: Tango & Cash. (1989) 1.00 Home Shopping.

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Newstyle (52) 6.00 Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 MOVIE: The Queen Of Spades. (1949) 12.00 MOVIE: Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952) 1.45 MOVIE: So Little Time. (1952) 3.35 MOVIE: Comanche. (1956) 5.20 MOVIE: Sabata. (1969) 7.30 MOVIE: Gran Torino. (2008) Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang.

9.55 MOVIE: A Fistful Of Dollars. (1964) Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch. 12.00 The Rockford Files. 1.00 Late Programs.

Morning (81) 6.00 Programs.

12.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 Rocky Mountain Railroad. 2.00 One Strange Rock.

3.00 RPM. 3.30 Driven Not Hidden. 4.00 WhichCar. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans.

10.20 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship.

Round 4. Sydney SuperSprint. Highlights. 11.20 Late Programs.

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Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 2.00 BattleBots.

3.00 The Road Trick. 3.30 The Xtreme Collxtion. 4.30 Peaking. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

5.15 MOVIE: Free Birds. (2013) 7.00 MOVIE: Despicable Me. (2010) 8.50 MOVIE: Jurassic Park. (1993) Sam Neill. 11.20 Heroes. 12.20 MOVIE: Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher. (2014) 2.00 Wife Swap US. 3.00 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers. 3.30 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Totally Wild. 8.30 Kuu-Kuu Harajuku. 9.05 Butterbean’s Cafe. 9.30 Blaze And The Monster Machines. 10.00 PAW Patrol. 11.00 SpongeBob SquarePants. 12.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 1.00 Becker. 1.30 The Neighborhood. 2.30 Will & Grace. 3.30 Man With A Plan. 4.30 To Be Advised. 6.00 MOVIE: Red Dog. (2011) 8.00 Kojak. 9.00 Columbo. 11.00 Mom. 11.30 Late Programs.

Home (62) 6.00 Shopping. 8.00 Travel Oz. 9.30 NBC Today. 11.30 Mighty Ships.

12.30 Air Crash Investigation. 1.30 A Moveable Feast. 2.00 Intolerant Cooks. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep. 3.00 Rugby Union. Shute Shield. 5.00 Sydney Weekender. 5.30 60 Minute Makeover. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Honey I Bought The House. 12.30 Escape To The Country. 1.30 Sydney Weekender. 2.00 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 American Pickers. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Step Outside With Paul Burt. 2.00 Dipper’s Destinations. 2.30 Fishing And Adventure.

3.00 Graveyard Carz. 4.00 Counting Cars. 4.30 Football. AFL. Round 7. Sydney v Gold Coast Suns. 7.00 AFL Pre-Game Show. 7.30 Football.

AFL. Round 7. Richmond v North Melbourne.

10.00 AFL Post-Game Show. 10.45 MOVIE: Wild Things. (1998) 1.00 Late Programs.

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GOLDEN RULE He Who Has The Gold, Rules!

But, what if WE who owned the “gold” gave it to “rulers” to exploit us?

Orange, Bathurst and many regions around Australia grew wealthy on the back of gold. The Orange region produced the first gold rush in Australia, and it could yet be that our Australian economy rises on the back of gold.

Men went crazy for it, fortunes (and lives) were found (and lost) over it. Towns and regions have grown and disintegrated over it. “All that glitters is not gold” was a lesson learnt the hard way by thousands.

Gold brings out the best, and worse, in man. Winners write history, legends are created, and none more so than Edward Hargreaves being credited with being the first discoverer of gold in Australia – because he claimed it, after taking the real discoverers’ gold samples to the government in Sydney. Optimists still search for the elusive quartz-rich “Lasseters Reef ;” and just last month, a huge fraud was uncovered where a NASDAQ listed Chinese company from Wuhan, Kingold Jewelry Inc was caught out using fake gold bars as collateral to get $4b worth of loans. Gold-coated copper – glittery maybe, but not gold!

Now, what do I mean by that?

We’ve just had the Royal Commission into Banking, and seen a glimpse of bankers behaving badly.

Banksters, over the years have gone from being trusted institutions to criminal, fraudulent institutions, but globally, they have duped whole nations into giving them the keys to their kingdoms. This is exactly why we had the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

So, what is it about gold? Gold is still considered the “go to” asset in times of trouble and uncertainty, with silver and highly sought-after metals in a similar position. Do we ask ourselves why? Gold has historically been a reliable measure of standard, a means of exchange, a solid, safe, dependable and legitimate measure of true wealth.

Gold and silver used to be currency. Every day coins were once made from silver and gold. It used to undergird our currency, and currencies around the world, which were all tied to the amount of physical gold a country held in “reserve” to back it.

However, that’s been eroded over the last couple of centuries, with bankers originally finding that they could

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Eventually bankers could see that they could issue a lot more bits of paper which weren’t actually backed by gold, because really, the people didn’t ever take their gold from the bank any more, they just used paper which REPRESENTED their gold held by the bank. So, the bankers began issuing much more paper than there was gold in the bank to back it. They got interest on it, and if one couldn’t repay on demand, they took one’s gold. A fraud that they kept secret for a long time, learning continually to exploit in many more ways, and then, exponentially with the advent of the internet world.

If you have a weird sense of humour, it’s similar to what Kingold has just been caught out doing, except they’ve probably traded just the right amount of copper to equal the “real” value of the bits of paper – or more likely, computer zeroes – that they received.

Gold is currently at an all-time high. Australia is globally recognised as a top producer, with WA having 60% of our national gold resources. Currently, it’s estimated that Australia has $500 billion worth of gold sitting unrecovered. We may yet need it to pay off the equivalent national debt!

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give IOUs to people instead of them take their physical gold out of the bank to pay others. After all, a piece of paper was much easier to handle, and it was backed by the gold they owned, held by the bank. People would give IOUs (which we now know as cheques) instead of a lump of gold.

In effect, with all the technology we have today, modern banksters found many more efficient ways to do what the banksters of old were doing. They applied fancy terms like derivitives, hedging, junk bonds, mezzanine and leverages; sold and split up mortgages 100 times until nobody knew who really owned them, and engaged in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways to multiply money. It was certainly not backed by gold, which is why it “inflated” into trillions and zillions.

Smart global banksters told the world how to best engage in these things, and where countries used to have currencies backed by gold, nations the world over were “encouraged” by the UN and its IMF and World Bank arms with their huge corporate bankster cohorts, to go off the gold standard and float their currencies. After all, it WAS “world’s best practice!” (Decreed by the self-same institutions, of course). They fete pollies and bureaucrats and take them on junkets paid for by you and I to tell them this. And it WAS “world’s best practice” … ... FOR THE BANKSTERS, at least!

So, where the value of our currency was defined by a universal gold value, it suddenly became detached to nothingness, really.

What about the “Golden Rule” here? Australian people gave PRIVATE banks the “gold” by allowing them to ISSUE the credit of the nation. Now, they RULE. They get to hold the mortgages of the nation, yet they don’t actually “lend depositors money”. That’s just a myth they encourage. Actually, they just make a book, or computer entry. So, they have nothing, $0 one minute, and the next, they’ve given you a loan of $250,000 to purchase your home. Then, it’s paid back, with interest, but all can never actually be paid… unless banks keep “issuing” more loans into the economy, which becomes debt to a bank.

This is a big subject, but our nation’s gold reserves were sold, and it’s current “gold” - it’s people’s capacity to produce - has been harnessed by the banks because politicians and punters have no idea how it works. We have given PRIVATE banks permission to exploit our national economy – us, our businesses and governments, and in effect, they’ve stolen our gold - OUR productive capacity.

Banks cycle includes foreclosing, as they surely will in the wake of the Covid crises. Punters will lose their “gold,” or equity, because they have given it to someone else to rule them with. That’s the current Golden Rule.

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WE CAN DO better with BOB HOLLAND

Satisfying Your Hunger Another Sunday rolls by in our household which usually means a trip to a takeaway shop for dinner. With Sundays usually being the busiest day in the life of a pastor, we often look for something quick and easy for dinner (full disclosure - pastors do work during the other days of the week).

Our go to cuisine? Indian. A good curry is so satisfying. The richness of the sauce.

The complexity of the flavour. The heat of the chilli. The freshness of the naan bread.

It is such a delight to the senses.

I’m really looking forward to sinking my teeth into the food scene here in Orange over the coming months. We were fortunate to explore this a little in the weeks leading up to the lockdown and we can’t wait to become more acquainted with the food scene here in the months ahead.

The sign of a good meal is that feeling of satisfaction. That you don’t want any more and that you are filled with a sense of happiness over what you have just shared in. The problem is that in a few hours time, you’ll be poking around in the fridge looking for something more. You’ll find yourself wanting to go back there again and again because the hunger is back. You may find yourself visiting the

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same restaurant hoping to recreate that experience, but you order something else and it’s just not the same. As good as any great meal is, it is never going to truly satisfy.

That can be a bit like our lives. We are never truly satisfied. We find ourselves hungering for more. It may be for a better job. It may be for a better education for our kids. It may be for a better you. It may be for the perfect retirement. Whatever it is, we are all gripped by a want for more. We are never truly satisfied.

Jesus knew this. He knew that we were never satisfied. He spoke into this when he said this: ‘I am the bread of life; whoever believes in me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.’

What Jesus is saying here is that we can be truly satisfied in him. Our deepest needs are met in him. Our quest for true meaning is found in knowing him. You will never find yourself getting hungry for fulfillment again because that longing for true satisfaction is met in Jesus. There is such goodness and joy in a well-cooked meal. It satisfies the stomach. There is even greater goodness and joy found in Jesus because he satisfies the soul.

I’m aware that some readers may feel I’m being far too critical in my We Can do Better column comments, and especially my comments relating to Council and our Councillors.

If you’re one of those people who feel that way, let me assure you that I take no pleasure in criticizing our Council or anyone else through this means. That said, if no one speaks up about matters where things can clearly be done so much better, where do we go from there? What I’m doing, I’m doing to try and make Orange a better place for all of us. There’s a lot to like about and be proud of in Orange, but there’s also a lot of other things that simply aren’t right, aren’t fair or aren’t done well and there’s no valid reason why we shouldn’t address them, to fix them once and for all, many being things that have been talked about for all the wrong reasons for years.

to help local businesses and the way they are going about it is to give away money to spend at local shops or businesses.

That all sounds well and good on the surface but in my view, it’s a very poorly thought out strategy, one that a sound marketing person like me simply wouldn’t do in that fashion. In many respects it misses the mark.

Here’s another recent example of something that could have been done so much better had the right people been involved and a bit more thought gone into the strategy. Sadly, it too involves Council.

I’m absolutely certain that the intent of this promotion is to distribute 1000 x $50 Shop Orange Gift cards and expect people to spend them at shops and businesses across Orange. In reality however, the cards can only be spent at Shop Orange stores of which there are only about 70-80. That means the money can only be spent at a fraction of the total number of local shops/businesses.

Further, if you look down the list of shops on the Shop Orange website, you’ll also realise that in all likelihood, most people will spend the cards at just a handful of the shops listed. It is highly likely that about $20,000 or more of the cards will be spent at just one local business. I’m sure that’s not the spirit of what Council is wanting to do.

Council is currently giving away 1000 x $50 Shop Orange Gift Cards to lucky locals just for entering a draw. The reason appears to be that Council wants

I’m sure you get the idea of what I’m saying. With a little more thought by people who know more about business, a far better outcome could be assumed.

LOCAL WASTE FACILITY SITES CLEARED AFTER EPA BLITZ

Blitz on Cleanaway company sites throughout NSW including at Orange has given the local operation a clean bill of health, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has confirmed.

Multiple waste facility sites were blitzed by EPA compliance officers in late June with coordinated and unannounced inspections following two chemical spills at the company’s Queanbeyan operations.

More than 50 EPA officers carried-out the simultaneous inspections of facilities at 27 locations including Orange.

“No major issues were identified at the Cleanaway sites in Orange,” the NSW spokesperson confirmed.

The compliance operation follows two recent chemical spills at Cleanaway’s Queanbeyan operations. It is alleged one of those spills impacted the adjoining Molonglo River.

EPA officers inspected each licenced Cleanaway site for compliance with chemical storage requirements, stormwater runoff controls, pollution controls, emergency response plans and to ensure plant and equipment were properly maintained and operated.

NSW EPA CEO Tracy Mackey said as the environmental regulator the EPA was putting industry on notice that it would come down hard on any organisation not taking the proper care, or having the proper controls in place.

“We execute our strong powers to inspect unannounced and ask questions to ensure licensees are complying with their legal requirements to protect the environment,” Ms Mackey said.

“Monday’s highly coordinated inspections identified a number of matters that are being investigated by the EPA. “Chemicals and waste can cause major environmental issues if not managed properly, which can be costly to clean-up and cause harm to human health and the environment.”

The 27 inspections identified issues with inappropriate chemical storage, poor maintenance of stormwater controls, as well as a number of other house-keeping matters which are being further investigated by the EPA. The two chemical incidents at Cleanaway’s Queanbeyan business in May and June are still under investigation.

Ms Mackey said all operators are expected to run their business to the standard demanded by their environment protection licence and by the community.

“I want to assure the community that the EPA will take rapid action if the environment and the health of surrounding communities is put at risk.

“If the community knows about a waterway or land being polluted, we want to know about it, and we want to do something about it.”

The Cleanaway group of companies include waste management, processing and storage and resource recovery operations.

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n Blitz on Cleanaway company sites including at Orange has given the local operation a clean bill of health, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has confirmed.

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TAKE-HOME HOLIDAY ACTIVITY KITS TO KEEP KIDS OCCUPIED Second week of the school holidays; and the kids driving you crazy?

Second week of the school holidays; and the kids driving you crazy?

Relief could be at hand; Orange Regional Museum, Orange Regional Gallery, and Central West Libraries, have put-together a series of free activity packs to keep fidgety children entertained.

While face-to-face events and workshops are still on hold due to the COVID-19 outbreak, these activity packs are available to pre-order and pick up from the Museum and Library.

Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said that the kits are the perfect example of how Council’s services have adjusted and adapted through the coronavirus pandemic.

“This is a fantastic initiative for the young people of our community, a way for parents and carers to keep the kids entertained during the holidays,” Cr Kidd said.

“The packs feature creative activities, puzzles and challenges, and will provide families with entertainment and learning opportunities over the break.”

The Museum and Gallery have teamed-up to create two activity packs from their current joint project “Regenerate”, exploring the unique plants and animals that call Mt Canobolas home.

Orange City Council’s Services Policy Committee Chair, Cr Scott Munro has encouraged school aged families to make the most of this exciting opportunity from the comfort of their own home.

“Although COVID-19 restrictions

are staring to ease, it’s still important that we stay safe and continue to practice social distancing,” Cr Munro said.

“These school holiday activities provide a simple but fun way for kids to use their imaginations and get creative, while still learning about different exhibitions and projects.”

Activities include creating a DIY leaf wall hanging, an origami planarian (type of worm) and a memory game. A third pack is also available from the Museum, featuring fun lookand-make crafts inspired by the scientific photography on display in Capturing Nature: early photography at the Australian Museum 1857-1893.

All three packs are available to order via: www. holidayactivitypacks.eventbrite. com.au, and can be picked up from the Museum on weekdays between 9am and 4pm.

Central West Libraries is also offering free take-home Rock, Paper, City Activity Packs to stimulate creative minds. These packs feature a Cardboard City project, where children can don their architect’s hat and construct buildings, vehicles, trees and more from provided materials.

Kids can then add their constructions to the Cardboard City in their branch library.

Information on the LEGO Club Holiday Challenge is also included, where kids are invited to construct some of the Central West’s most iconic buildings and submit their entry into the prize draw.

For more information, contact the Museum at 6393 8444; go to museum@orange.nsw.gov.au, or call the Library on 6393 8132.

HELPING SENIORS STAY CONNECTED during our Coronavirus isolation Orange seniors are being encouraged by Orange City Council to put their hands-up for a free, monthly, home-delivered program to battle the social challenges posed by COVID-19.

Connect-a-Kit is the latest tool launched by Council to help seniors stay in touch with each other, keep fit, and challenge the mind.

Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said the “Connect-a-Kit” program (funded by the NSW Government) was a great way for older residents to battle “the blues” during this difficult time.

“Orange seniors may be more vulnerable to illness, and so it’s important we all take the necessary precautions to keep our most vulnerable people safe,” Cr Kidd said.

“In many cases, this means limiting the amount of social

contact older residents have with others.

“That’s why Council has come up with this innovative way to keep our seniors happy and healthy.”

Connect-a-Kit is a program, delivered monthly, directly to the doors of Orange seniors who register for the program.

Numbers of the kits are limited, so interested residents are encouraged to apply soon.

Orange City Council’s Services Committee Chair, Cr Scott Munro said the program included a range of activities such as letter-writing, model-building, interactive exercises, and sharing oral history.

“The program is different every

month and includes links to online video groups, arts and crafts, and opportunities to interact with others,” Cr Munro said.

“These broad activities ensure that the kit caters to seniors with a range of interests, both with and without internet access.

“Orange residents who are aged 65 and over, or 55 if Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, can participate in the “Connect-a-Kit” program.

“All instructions will be provided, and you can contact the project team if you need support with the kit.” Contact Council on 6393 8600 or email jproctor@orange.nsw.gov. au to register.

Tourism boost as visitors flock to the Colour City With interstate travel once again shutting-down, Orange has experienced a surge in visitors in recent weeks as Sydneysiders explore new destinations in their own backyard.

The influx comes on the back of extensive coverage of Orange in metropolitan media, from lifestyle and travel magazines to current affairs programs, websites, blogs, and podcasts.

Orange Visitor Information Centre recorded a 75 per cent increase in patronage on a recent Saturday compared to the same weekend last year with 510 people coming through the doors which contributed to a 49 per cent increase overall for the weekend.

International travel bans and the closure of state borders means travellers are looking

to visit places closer to home and Orange Mayor, Reg Kidd, says the city is on many people’s travel lists.

“We’ve had a lot of first-time visitors.

People who may have been thinking of coming for a while have finally taken the opportunity to see what Orange has to offer,” Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said.

“It’s great to see these numbers of people coming to explore everything Orange has to offer and it’s reassuring to see that visitors are being responsible, with no new cases of the virus detected in the city since travel restrictions were relaxed,” he added.

Orange City Council Employment and Economic Development Committee Chair, Cr Tony Mileto, said recent media exposure has waved the flag for Orange and the surrounding district. “The city has been inundated with visitors since the June long

weekend,” Cr Mileto added.

“Food and wine is certainly attracting crowds, which is a real boost for restaurants and cellar doors after what has been a tough time for the industry.”

Traffic on the Orange360 website has steadily increased since the Covid-19 lockdown began, from a weekly average of 2500 unique visitors in April to 10,591 in the

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first week of June, while enquiries through the website’s live chat function jumped from 69 in April to 197 in May and 477 in June.

Orange360 general manager Caddie Marshall said the website’s live chat function paid-off, with many local accommodation providers booked out until September and October.

“We’ve been building our destination reputation over two years to make sure Orange is top of mind,” she said.

“From the long weekend, the first weekend people were able to travel, we had 100 per cent occupancy across Orange and many of the surrounding villages. There were strong numbers and strong forward bookings.”

The live chat is managed by Visitor Information Centre staff and operates during business hours.

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KNOW YOUR FINANCES! TAX TOOLKIT TO TICK OFF YOUR TO-DO LIST The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has just released a tax time toolkit designed to help small businesses and their tax advisers tick-off the must-do checklists for each return.

HALF A MILLION AUSTRALIANS HAVE WIPED-OUT THEIR SUPER SAVINGS

Just like that! Hundreds of thousands of young Australians have wiped out their retirement balances under the Federal Government’s early release of super scheme.

New analysis from Industry Super Australia (ISA) estimates 395,000 people under-35 have eroded their super balance.

ISA estimates that about 480,000 Australians across all age groups could have wiped out their super, even before the second tranche opened on July 1. In March, the Government broke open super’s preservation rules and allowed Australians who had lost their jobs or had hours reduced to access $10,000 in super with a further $10,000 from July.

“Those early contributions are like yeast, without them you’re left with a much flatter nest egg.

“To have hundreds of thousands wiping their savings out midway through their life is a tragedy waiting to happen and it will affect everyone,” Industry Super Australia chief executive Bernie Dean said.

“The Prime Minister and Treasurer must stick by their promise to increase the super rate because its critical to helping these people rebuild savings they’ve wiped out, and avoid tax hikes on working people to prop up more people drawing a full pension,” Mr Dean added.

The ISA analysis is based on ATO data on the proportions by age

of those with accounts below $10,000, and Treasury statistics on the age distribution of early release. Estimates have been updated to the 14 June APRA totals.

On average, about 15 per cent of Australian workers have accessed their super early. Three states were above the national average — Queensland at 20 per cent, Northern Territory 19 per cent and Western Australia 16 per cent. Only eight per cent of ACT workers accessed their super early.

Industry Funds have supported this scheme’s intent to get cash to those in dire financial need, they have already helped more than 1.4 million Australians tap into their super.

But there have been troubling reports of super being used to gamble, buy alcohol or other types of discretionary spending.

As the second tranche of the early release scheme opens, ISA is renewing calls for members to only access their super as a last resort. A 25-year-old taking out $10,000 now could have $49,000 less in retirement, a 35-year-old could lose up to $34,000 and a 45-year-old up to $23,000.

The Government estimated 1.65 million would take out $27 billion from super, but already 2.1 million have taken out at least $15 billion and it appears likely demand will far surpass forecasts.

Industry funds have paid more than $10.3 billion from super, 96 per cent of it within five business days of receiving the request from the ATO.

Make sure your tax agent is legit With droughts, fires, floods, recession, and coronavirus, 2020 is the year taxpayers should make sure that their tax agents are properly-accredited, the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) said.

The TPB is warning the public about the risks of employing an unregistered agent who may seek to convince potential clients that — due to the Government stimulus measures — they can obtain unrealistically large tax refunds.

“If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. While an unregistered agent may promise large refunds, the taxpayers may leave themselves open to potentially thousands of dollars in tax bills and penalties,” Chair of the TPB, Ian Klug said.

“We are urging consumers to check the free online register of tax practitioners at tpb.gov.au/onlineregister and guard against putting their financial and personal information at risk.”

This follows a recent case where an individual whose registration was terminated by the TPB for fraud and dishonesty, continued to operate by lodging 19 returns. The TPB put a stop to this conduct and noted that if the affected taxpayers had checked the TPB Register they would have found that the individual was not registered. Undertaking such a check may have saved these taxpayers time and money.

“We know that consumers place a large degree of trust in their practitioner but where the practitioner betrays that trust by putting their client’s interests and

integrity of the tax system at risk, we will not hesitate to take action against them,” Mr. Klug continued.

The TPB has issued a number of tips for tax time 2020.

•C heck your tax practitioner is registered on the public register at tpb. gov.au/onlineregister. Only registered tax practitioners can charge a fee for tax agent services.

•B e careful if an agent offers to secure you additional government stimulus payments as a result of the COVID-19 situation.

•N ever share your myGov password with anyone - doing so puts your personal information at risk.

• You should not allow anyone to lodge or prepare your tax return through your myGov account.

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The toolkit packages up a series of easy-tounderstand fact sheets on topics that small businesses need to know this tax time, especially given the tax implications of COVID-19.

“As we all continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, we completely appreciate that it’s a really tough time for many small businesses.

Our job is to continue to support businesses who need help with their tax and super obligations, in partnership with the tax profession,” ATO Assistant Commissioner Andrew Watson explained.

“Many small businesses have had a really difficult few months, and we fully acknowledge this. From bushfires to floods to COVID-19, we know times are tough. Small businesses have a long to-do list, and tax obligations are just one of many items that need to be done,” he added.

“We also know that many small businesses rely on and trust the advice of their tax professional.

Whether you use a registered tax professional, or lodge your own tax return, we hope our toolkit will be helpful when the time is right to sit down and consider lodging your income tax return,” Mr Watson said.

The toolkit includes a set of fact sheets to help you understand a range of tax time topics, including: 3 home-based business expenses – if as a business owner, you’re claiming deductions for the costs of using your home as your main place of business.

3 pausing or permanently closing your business – if you’ve had to pause or permanently close your business due to COVID-19.

3 motor vehicle expenses – if you’re claiming a deduction for motor vehicle expenses for your business.

3 travel expenses – if you’re claiming a deduction for expenses you incur when travelling for your business.

3 using your company’s money or assets – if you’re a director or shareholder of a company that operates a small business, and you take money out of your company or use its assets.

“Don’t forget, it’s best to ask for help with your tax if you need it. And it’s never too late to speak with us or a registered tax professional if you aren’t sure about something or need a helping hand,” Mr Watson concluded.

The tax time 2020 toolkit for small business is available at ato.gov.au/SBtaxtimetoolkit

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COST-SHIFTING CAUSES BILLION-DOLLAR LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE SHORTFALL, COUNCILLOR Cost-shifting and revenue-robbing from local governments throughout Australia is partly responsible for a reported $30 billion national local government infrastructure backlog, Orange City Councillor Jeff Whitton believes.

“We’re pleased to have IPWEA as a partner in our ongoing efforts to assess our roads, bridges, and other community infrastructure and to ensure they are fit for purpose and our limited funds are targeted as efficiently as possible,” Mr O’Loughlin said.

“It’s been common-practice for costshifting from other levels of Government to local government and also for taking responsibility from them for where they make their money,” Cr Whitton said.

“Most regional councils are responsible for everything, roads, water, garbage, everything, that wasn’t the case decades ago,” he said.

The 2018 NSoA Report was based on the responses of more than 400 councils and found that 63 percent of infrastructure assets was rated as being in good condition, while nine percent was rated as poor. The remaining 28 percent was rated as fair.

His comments follow recent announcement that the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) is partnering with the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA) to address the country’s $30 billion national local government infrastructure backlog.

The two are working together – and with local councils around the country – to produce the “National State of the Assets” (NSoA) report providing detailed and informed analysis of local governmentowned assets.

“This will give people on the ground, from a legacy point of view, what they’re up against,” Cr Whitton said of the report.

He said that the State Government’s “Fit for the Future” study in 2015 showed how badly-off financially some NSW councils were in regard to capital works.

“Fit for the Future really gave us a picture of who was above water and who would find it impossible to replace things like roads, bridges and the like,” he said.

State Governments that continually put more responsibility on local governments for the delivery of capital works and

n C ost-shifting and revenue-robbing from local governments throughout Australia is partly to cause for a reported $30 billion national local government infrastructure backlog, Orange City Councillor Jeff Whitton said.

services should be prepared to fully-fund these projects: “That’s what we should be doing in the regions,” Cr Whitton said.

The last NSoA report put the cost of renewing and replacing roads, bridges, stormwater drainage, water supply, waste-water treatment plants, parks, and buildings classified as being in poor and very poor condition at $30 billion and continuing to grow as governments seek productivity and safety improvements.

“Renewing creaky timber bridges, rutted tracks, corrugations, road pavements so thin you can see the rocks through them, ticking rust-bombs hidden in underground pipes, cracked buildings and access ramps so steep only a four

wheel drive can manage them – they all constitute job-ready projects to improve local communities,” ALGA President David O’Loughlin said.

“Local councils own 75 percent of the nation’s road length, and 33 percent of the nation’s non-financial assets. It’s a nearimpossible task to maintain when we only collect around 3.6 percent of the nation’s taxes.”

ALGA established its National State of the Assets project in 2012 to improve the performance and management of the $345 billion of infrastructure owned and operated by Australia’s 537 councils. The first NSoA report was published in 2013.

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The report stated that local government was at the beginning of a period of renewing infrastructure built during the 1960s and 1970s, when cities were expanding rapidly.

While there had been a steady increase in spending since 2005, the report said the proportion of infrastructure rated as being in a good condition was falling, indicating that a major renewal phase would be required over the next two decades.

“A significant and growing amount of our infrastructure inventory is nearing the end of its lifecycle,” Mr O’Loughlin said.

“So, it’s essential to collate the very best facts and analysis to guide spending our scarce dollars and hard-won federal government funding.

“ALGA’s partnership with IPWEA on the National Sate of the Assets project will help drive this undertaking,” Mr O’Loughlin said.

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DRAGONS ARE FINALLY BACK IN THE WATER AFTER DROUGHT, ALGAE, AND COVID-19 Dragon-boat clubs in Orange are back up and into it with the Pinnacle dragon-boaters already back on the water and Colour City getting set to wet their paddles this weekend.

“We were one of the first back on the water in NSW; we were back about two weeks ago,” Club coach, Pearl Butcher said proudly.

The club headed out onto Lake Canobolas for their first paddle since January though Pearl says that much has changed over the past six months.

“We were, but under very strict restrictions. We were acting under advice from the Australian Institute of Sport and the NSW Department of Health. “We were under our ‘Return to Paddling Safety’ Plan before being allowed back on the water.

“Paddlers went out in two groups. We were allowed no more than five paddlers and the sweep (steerer) and the drummer; normally we’d have 20 on the boat,” Pearl explained. Having small family groups together offered some flexibility with crewing arrangements though.

With blue-green algae shutting-down Lake Canobolas to paddlers for most of last summer followed hotly by the coronavirus lockdown, it has been a longtime between paddles for the Pinnacle Club.

“It was just good to get out for the first time since January… it was really good for everyone and we enjoyed getting back in the boat, remembering what our muscles are supposed to do,” Pearl laughed.

Restrictions are now slowly lifting with as many as 18 paddlers, a Sweep and Drummer now allowed to paddle together on a 20-crew boat. The Club hopes to be back-out again this weekend.

“All other precautions remain in place.

That is, hand sanitisers, sanitised life jackets, we have to use our own paddles, and wipe the boat down with sanitiser before and after use.”

into competition at the first opportunity.

“We also have to submit a checklist every time we take the boat out, recording the now-usual information such as the names of those paddling, who’s been overseas recently, no symptoms, not been in contact with anyone with the virus — we’ll be continuing that practice — maybe forever,” Pearl said.

“Our motto is, ‘Fun, friendship, and fitness.’ We have both social paddlers and competitive paddlers, we’ve been very successful at events like the Masters Games,” David said.

With paddlers ranging in age from children to those in their late seventies, the Club is designed to offer an opportunity everyone keen to have a go.

“We certainly accept challenges in competition; one of our recent efforts was a 40km paddle up and down the Derwent River,” he added proudly.

Dragon-boat racing in its modern form is not just a sport, but also a cultural and social event for many of the paddlers.

The particular challenge of this unique sport — dating back more than 2000 years which has its modern incarnation starting in Hong Kong in the 1970s — is collaboration.

“It is physical, but also the social aspect is also very important… It was really good to be back,” Pearl enthused.

Colour City Dragons meanwhile are having their first hit-out this Sunday at 1pm with all regular paddlers invited to get their paddles out for their big re-launch.

The Club hasn’t been idle during recent weeks getting their boats and gear ready for their return.

s Colour City Dragon Boat Club President David Ball: The Club hasn’t been idle during recent weeks getting their boats and gear ready for their return.

“We had a lot of preliminary factors to go through. Social distancing, cleaning, and an orientation program,” President David Ball explained.

The coronavirus crisis is only the latest of a series of setbacks for the club with low water-levels forcing the club to transfer to Carcoar Dam before the big lockdown put everything on hold.

The four-month break though was not wasted with upgrading of all policies for the club and a grant put in for a new shed for the group.

“We had to meet all the restrictions of the state and local governing bodies and all our sweeps and coaches had to do special courses,” he added.

While Sunday will be a gentle reacquainting with the subtleties of dragonboat racing, the Club intends to get back

“The stand-out point is you have to be intime to be effective,” David explained. “It is the absolute need to work as a team that is the thing. It only takes one clash of paddles and anything can happen.”

s Pinnacle dragon-boaters back on the water and getting set to wet their paddles again this weekend.

“We celebrated our 10th anniversary last year and we’re always happy to welcome new members; if someone wants to come out this weekend to have a look, they’ll be welcome,” he concluded.

CLUB CONTACT DETAILS: COLOUR CITY, MOB. 0458 456 060. PINNACLE, MOB. 0400 640 342 | Saturday 11 July, 2020 |

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DEATH NOTICE

Fond Memories REMEMBER YOUR LOVED ONES HERE IN

Geoffrey Owen Bennett

03.11.1936 – 09.07.2019

It’s one year now since we said goodbye A year not hearing your voice or seeing your smile But deep in our hearts are memories of you They are always with us whatever we do

Lorna Hawtin 2/5/1931-6/7/2017

3 years have gone since you left us Mum, Nan, Great Nan Loved and missed everyday Love Debbie + Frank Kerwick Grandchildren + Great Grandchildren Love you always Xoxo

Exceptional Entertainment for all occasions PERRY, Suzanne Jeannette “Suzie” 03.09.1941 – 05.07.2020 Loved wife of Joe (deceased). Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Joe and Belinda.

Loved “Nanna Suzie” of Natalie, Alyssa, Lilly, Luke, Sophie, great grandson Heath and surrogate grandson Sam Baker. Loved sister and sister-in-law of Dianne Bouffler and Richard (deceased), Richard and Lyn Evans, Rhonda and Glen Reid, Margaret and Doug Gannon, Roger Perry, Tony and Mary Perry.

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is part of the Public Estate and open to everyone for a wide range of low-impact recreational activities. The Reserve and its management plans are gazetted by legislation, and should not/cannot be subject to the whims of local developers.

Government support for our National Estate, through decent funding to NPWS, especially for the threatened parks like Mt Canobolas SCA, would be welcome. Let’s “use it” wisely and leave that little bit of our natural world for future generations to be allowed to appreciate. Just because “it’s there”, doesn’t mean it must be developed to suit unspecified tourists who have no appreciation for a unique patch of natural biodiversity.

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MOUNTAIN IDEA QUESTIONED JENNY MEDD writes: Mount Canobolas: “It’s there, let’s use it” (Newswatch 27th June) I question the idea that Mount Canobolas needs to be turned into “our very own Mt. Panorama.” Let Bathurst keep its Mt. Panorama in all its purported glory.

What we have is a landscape that no-on else has: “a special natural treasure” that, protected within the State Conservation Area, conserves a unique remnant of land, unlike any other in the State. It would be impossible to replicate or replace and all too easy to destroy with unwarranted interference.

Since the earliest settlers arrived in the district, the Wiradjuri people have been dispossessed, koalas and quolls have become extinct on the Mountain, half the Mountain slopes have succumbed to pine plantations (with their understorey of blackberries), and botanists and other

scientists have not yet revealed all the hidden treasures that have managed to survive despite everything that man and mother nature has thrown at the fragile sub-alpine ecology.

For almost 200 years of European occupation in the area, the Mountain range has been a sentinel in a landscape that has been irrevocably changed.

Throughout the evolution of the original Water Reserve into a State Conservation Area, there have been numerous “visions” to develop the mountain by establishing a solar observatory, a ski field, a tourist chalet, a chair lift, a pleasure and health resort…… Fortunately none, other than a ski-run which didn’t last more than 10 years, have been added to the navigation and TV towers that dominate the summit.

It’s time we showed some respect for what remains on our iconic mountain. While the acclaimed environmentalist, Orange Mayor, Mr Reg Kidd, states incorrectly, that environmentalists continue to call for the site to be “further locked-up,” the fact is that the Conservation Area

(NEWSWATCH 23RD MAY) MOLLIE RYAN writes: WHAT A GREAT IDEA! There are many clever people living in Orange and district.

I feel exited at this becoming a reality. I read story boards when traveling because of the information you learn about the area. Murals are pictorials that tell their own story. We have a very [talented sculptor] living in our midst as can be seen in the duck pond in Cook Park.

The little towns of Jericho in QLD or Smithton in Tasmania or closer to home in Eugowra and look at what is happening on many silos, it is testament to the popularity of Murals, they are on public toilets and buildings, corrugated iron fences, grandstand walls, at swimming pools, in parks, Showgrounds and many blank walls around town. It makes for a colourful city. If the graffiti people were involved, they may become more respectful and appreciate the work more.

Scenes could project the Lake with dragon boats, the annual Rodeo, Food and Wine, Field days, Cadia (which has the second biggest pit in Australia), early Email, Woollen Mill, early trains, Cobb & Co, walking tracks, Federal Falls, Ophir - the place of first payable Gold, Lucknow and more. What about large billboards with a Mural at the entrance of town, East and West side including the northern and southern distributors? I feel Orange is the Gateway to the West. In the 1940’s there was a large green board on the corner of McLachlan Street and Bathurst Road with relevant information about Orange.

A Walk of Art in the Botanical Gardens would be of great interest to many people.

The entry to the walk could be through

a large decorative metal sculpted arch, then starting with a Welcome Mural with information about Orange, the height above sea level for town and mountain, population and rising, the date Orange was founded, where the name came from, why it was originally called Blackman’s Swamp, what the towers on the mount are used for. When was gas and electricity switched on in town, and the date the first church opened. We could perhaps think along the line of a bust of outstanding people or the first person to do something special in Orange. Bust of the man who found Orange, our first Mayors of East and West Orange. VC winner, first Doctor, Teacher, first car dealership, the original Hansen gentleman as they still have business in town today, the first newspaper, Pat Ford Empire boxing medallists, Banjo Paterson, of course an aboriginal, Jason Belmonte, and sculptures of recycled waste, the birds found here, the orchid that grows at the lake and on the mount (orchards are not considered a plant that grows in this climate, let alone wild). There would be so many more.

Seating of hardwood stumps or benches would be great places to rest and enjoy these structures. Different clubs and businesses could be approached and any government and private grants around.

I agree with all you day.

EDITOR: You’ve certainly been thinking Millie. Thanks for your feedback and ideas.

Wouldn’t it be something if they didn’t fall on deaf ears.

COVID-19 NONPHYSICAL DISTANCING SANDRA MACQUEEN writes: I am becoming increasingly alarmed/ concerned by the lack of physical distancing and hand sanitising at Orange stores.

Today I visited five separate stores and I saw not a single person stop to sanitise his/her hands. One group brushed past me as I was sanitising my hands in their hurry to enter the store.

If we are not careful, we will become like Melbourne and have to go into another lockdown.

I do not know where this should go in your magazine, but I feel it is important to draw your readers’ attention to this situation.

Perhaps a short editorial warning against complacency about the continuing pandemic would be appropriate. Just a thought.

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