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Local ladies Claudia Francis, Lucy O’Malley, Chelsea Finley, Hope Gibson, and Claire Scott are getting into the Christmas spirit, posing under the recently-completed giant “bauble” in Robertson Park.

Monies from this year’s cancelled “Carols’ by Candlelight” funded the bauble designed to lift locals’ spirits for Christmas 2020.

Bloomfield trees on the chopping block…

Christmas miracle for east Orange?

First stage of the controversial south Orange sports precinct sees a development application (DA) for removal of more than 500 trees from the Bloomfield site.

• Want to have your say, see our story on page 3

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ISSUE No. 29

Christmas miracle could be coming for Public Housing tenants threatened with eviction in east Orange after a campaign to save their 1950s bungalows from redevelopment, local community leaders say.

• See our full story on page 7

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When is a deadline not a deadline? This rhetorical question came-up recently in regards to Orange Council’s financials which were due to the Office of Local Government

by November 30, extended a month due to COVID-19.

However, Council is not having their meet with the auditor until December 15, an event that (I thought) normally occurs before the financials are forwarded to OLG. However, Council said that that’s not the process.

Preliminary unaudited accounts came to Council in September which were then forwarded to their auditor.

These audited accounts were then sent to OLG by the November 30 deadline. Council then apparently have six weeks to present the audited accounts to Council; a deadline which they are well within for their Tuesday, December 15 meeting, we were assured.

Cracks are starting to appear in our major banks’ online systems, if recent local businesses experiences are anything to go by.

What do you do when you make a debit card purchase at a major national store for $1000; only to see it come-out of your bank account twice?

One local business owner contacted Newswatch to say this happened to him this week and after two days he was still waiting for a refund.

A purchase with one large retailer, also appeared the next day as assigned to a rival retailer.

Modern technology may appear wonderful, but things like this show it up as not being all it’s cracked up to be.

The newly-introduced retail shopping event of Black Friday has not been all good news for local retailers In the midst of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, Australia Post had its biggest parcel delivery day ever, with more than three million parcels delivered.

The massive shopping event, which saw some retailers kick-off sales as early as last Monday, has seen Australians click into a frenzy online with eCommerce up more than 45 per cent year-on-year for the sales period.

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Santa Saturday!

New promotion by Hearts for Orange (a stable-partner of Orange City Life Newswatch) is the “Find the 10 Santa’s” Competition.

Pictured here are the 10 Santa’s getting ready to go out to 10 specially-chosen shop windows in Summer Street.

All you have to do is to find all 10 to share in $2000 worth of gift vouchers. Details of how to enter the competition are in the current Orange City Life.

very briefly Get your “Plan B” for Chrissie drinks Wouldn’t it just top 2020 to get caught drink-driving this Christmas, or worse? Local groups say that now is the time to organise your Plan B for the Festive Season.

Orange Liquor Accord, Taxis of Orange Co-operative, and Orange City Council is encouraging employers to register this yuletide for free taxi vouchers. Businesses can register their workplace Christmas party online through Orange City Council’s website.

Taxi cabs of Orange Cooperative have contributed $1500 towards the program with Chairman, Ged Dening (pictured) adding that the humble taxi is still the safest option home after a night-out.

Donato does the honours by finally dishing the dirt Who says the press has no power?

Following media reports on the absence of Local Member (and Shooters. Fishers and Farmers Party member) Phil Donato’s name from the guest list at the opening of the new Government office block in Prince St a few months back (an “oversight” shared with our Newswatch correspondent), the invitations have been flying in thick and fast.

Not only was the former Police Prosecutor among the guests at the subsequent official opening of the Department of Primary Industries at the same site, he’s also been to the ribbon-cutting at the new “Carl Sharpe Cricket Centre” opening at Wade Park and even turning the first sod at Stage III of the Southern Feeder Rd. As his smile in the image above shows (with Cr Jason Hamling, Mrs Kathy Sharpe, Mayor, Cr Reg Kidd, and ubiquitous Upper House Nationals MP, Sam Farraway) he’s having the time of his life!

First 10 businesses that register will be eligible for 10, $10 taxi vouchers each week. Taxi vouchers are limited to one voucher per trip per person and are capped at $10.

Orange the new Burgundy; three-decades too late

“I’ll be back” and here they are!

Almost unknown until about a decade ago; our regular “Cloud” of flying-foxes has returned with hundreds of the summer vacationers spotted in Ploughmans Lane.

Numbers are expected to reach a couple of thousand over the next few months with sightings of both the Little Red Flyingfox and the Grey-headed Flying-fox, two native Australian species.

Flying foxes have visited Orange during the warmer months on five occasions in the past decade, setting-up temporary ‘camps’ in locations around Orange.

The first Flying-foxes this year were spotted with the arrival of thy warm weather about three weeks ago.

Orange City Council engaged independent environment consultants and Flying-fox experts, Ecosure to prepare a draft plan to guide the Council and the community to manage the animals within the boundaries of State and Federal Government threatened-species legislation.

Ecosure will use the survey results in developing the camp management plan which is expected to be delivered to Council by the end of the year.

Recent headline of a large feature article in one of our major national papers read: Orange is the new Burgundy in Australia’s regional revival, brought back some memories Our Newswatch correspondent more than 30 years ago (for a now long-defunct regional Sunday paper) recalled interviewing the esteemed winemaker, Philip Shaw who said that, he decided to come to Orange to start his famous winery after a small plane flight over the district that, he recalled, reminded him of the topography of Burgundy!

At the time, Rhonda and Stephen Doyle at Bloodwood were one of the only local wineries operating and were carrying-out most of the backbreaking work of setting-up their vineyard themselves.

Times were so different in 1990 that, when the story was presented to the editor for vetting, he questioned whether the whole idea of winegrowing at Orange wasn’t an elaborate practical-joke being perpetrated on the paper (and his editorship)!

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Orange Christian School’s new hall official opening Orange Christian School’s new “Ngalgarra Hall” opened recently.

Local Federal Member, Andrew Gee did the honours on the multipurpose facility describing it as “a unique space to learn and develop through sport, arts, and other community events.”

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CRUNCH TIME — BLOOMFIELD TREES ON CHOPPING-BLOCK WITH DA THURSDAY More than 500 trees at south Orange are on the chopping block with first stage of the proposed sports precinct at south Orange up-and-running.

Development application (DA) for the controversial $25 million development — opposed by local activists who believe that the decommissioned golf course site should become a green space for the growing south Orange area — will be lodged by Thursday of this week.

Against tree removal.

Well-known local horticulturist Rod Holcombe said that south Orange site should become a natural botanical garden with the proposed $25 million sports precinct to go elsewhere.

The DA is the first approval step in the long process that began with a visit by Premier Gladys Berejiklian during the last State election where she offered the stadium money as an election sweetener.

A site in north Orange had previously been targeted for the stadium with Orange Council purchasing land near Ophir Road but the proposal was soon switched to the site of the old Ex-Services golf club after the funding was confirmed.

“First step in the planning approval process for the new sporting precinct is a Development Application that seeks approval for the removal of 500-plus trees on a site next to the Jack Brabham sports fields,” Orange City Council Communications Officer, Allan Reeder said.

He said that objections to the site from local residents and former Bloomfield Hospital workers including former Mayor, Tim Sullivan, ignored the actual distance between the site and the old and current hospital.

“The site proposed for this work is not the site next to the hospital. Maps in the DA, which becomes available next Thursday (10 December), make it clear which areas of the Bloomfield campus are affected by this proposal.”

Council was accused of trying to sneak-through the DA when a small notice was recently published for removal of the trees before being withdrawn, which Council said was a simple mistake.

“The DA was inadvertently lodged recently before it was completed. It was withdrawn because material from Heritage NSW had not been added,” Mr Reeder said.

He added that, due to the proximity to Christmas and the interest in the proposal, the usual period for public submissions for the proposal are being extended.

“Because of the holiday season, the opportunity for community comment will be longer than usual,” Mr Reeder said.

“The deadline will be late January. It’s likely the DA will be considered by a Council meeting in February,” he added.

It is believed that areas covered by the proposed sports stadium — designed to replace the ageing Wade Park as Orange’s premier rectangular sports field — and adjacent athletic and football fields, are currently included in Heritage orders that will have to waived.

“Council had some pre-lodgement consultation with the NSW Heritage Council. Their feed-back is now included in the DA papers for the community to look at and respond to,” he said.

Mr Reeder said that the input form the Heritage Council is central to the proposal: “There are two parallel approval processes happening. The DA lodged with Council will go on exhibition for community comment from next Thursday, December 10.

“The proposal has also now been lodged with the NSW

Heritage Office. While the Heritage Council have provided some feed-back based on earlier consultation, they are yet to formally-consider the proposal.”

As well as a new marquee field — a rectangular football field with a 1500 seat grandstand and raised mounds to sit 8500 fans — the new sporting precinct will include cricket and multi-purpose fields and an athletic field and track with covered seating.

“The DA for the proposed removal of trees, to make way for the new sports precinct, is the first of a number of steps towards gaining planning approval for this project,” Mr Reeder said.

“It’s an important project and it’s important the community gets access to good information about the proposal,” he added.

“The DA is a large document. It includes an independent environmental assessment and details the numbers and kinds of trees proposed to be removed.

Opponents believe that the area should be preserved as a green area in a fast-growing part of Orange.

Supporters of the proposal say that rising sports stars and local clubs in Orange will benefit from first-rate regional sports infrastructure.

Upper House MP Sam Farraway joined Orange Mayor Councillor Reg Kidd earlier this year at the site alongside the Jack Brabham sporting fields as geotechnical engineers drilled test holes across the site to prepare for construction.

Mr Farraway said the Government had made the commitment to fund the $25 million project at the time of the last election. “It was always going to happen,” Mr Farraway said. “It was a question of when it was going to happen.”

Orange City Council’s Sport & Recreation Committee Chair, Cr Jason Hamling said at the time that he was delighted that work could now go ahead full-steam on the

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new precinct.

“This new precinct is going to make Orange a regional centre for sport across Country NSW,” Cr Jason Hamling said. “I’m confident it will out-shine the sporting venues in other nearby central west centres.”

In due course, planning approvals for major elements such as the main field and grandstand would likely be assessed by a Regional Planning Panel rather than Orange City Council.

The timeline for the precinct project estimates the first elements, a specialist athletics track alongside Huntley Road, would be completed by late next year.

It’s estimated the main field and grandstand would be completed by the end of 2022.

Concept plans for the project show the sporting precinct would be built on the northern half of the former golf course and would include more than 1400 car parking spaces across seven car parks.

Opponents of the proposal includes former mayor of Orange, Tim Sullivan who believes that the new stadium could become a $25 million white elephant for the Colour City.

Well-known local horticulturist Rod Holcombe said that the south Orange site should become a natural botanical garden with the proposed $25 million sports precinct to go elsewhere.

Long-time south Orange local Julie Pont said that the permanent loss of “a ready-made botanical garden on our doorstep” should see other sites considered for the precinct before any further work continues.

Mr Sullivan said Council should revisit their original plans for the stadium complex in the fast-growing area around the northern distributor.

“I mean, I was former president of CYMS, I love football as much as anyone, but if it is built, it should go in north Orange,” he said.

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s Thumbs-up for Orange’s first pop-up art sale in the Summer Centre.

s Art space a reality: Local artists Lanny Mackenzie with her woven work “My Little Tortoise” with Kimberley Ivory with her porcelain works, “Glass Bowl”.

Fire sale! Pop-up arts after new red-hot site Local art will become a hot-item with a new high-profile location proposed in Summer Street.

Orange’s historic fire station could become the permanent home for local artists seeking exhibition space, Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd announced recently.

Launching the Colour City’s first-ever pop-up art display in the Summer Centre, Cr Kidd said that a newly-built 21st century fire station for Orange would open-up the historic building for local artists to display their work.

for a fine artist when he told his University colleagues that his father was “a painter”.

Mr Spirek thanked all those who helped make the exhibition a reality and supported the Mayor’s idea of the current fire station as a future home for local artists seeking to raise the profile of the local industry on a par with good food and fine wine.

“There are hundreds of hours to make these events a reality, but this is just the start. Who knows what the future could be? Maybe it’s across the road,” Mr Spirek said, adding that the exhibit had already moved seven works by local artists in its first few hours.

“They can buy something, and then slide “The fire station would be great; we could down the fire pole,” Cr Kidd joked at the get all those art groups together. It’s exactly shop-front opening that is designed to offer what we need,” he said. display space for a half-dozen local art groups While Orange already has a number of art over the next three-four months. galleries, these generally cater to the highThe pop-up idea has been made a reality end of the art market and the connoisseur. by distinguished local artist, Hank Spirek, “The elite don’t need exhibition space like who imagined regular pop-ups created in the this, but we do,” Mr Spirek said. main street utilising vacant shopfronts for He thanked shop-owner Paul Saunders for temporary exhibitions during Christmas and the offer of the space provided at nominal other major occasions. sale-commission rate and would like to “I want to thank Hank for pushing forward see other landlords in town offer vacant the idea… it hasn’t been the smoothest of shopfronts for the displays. roads, but no road ever going anywhere important ever is,” Cr Kidd said.

“But this is just the start, we’re looking at other locations for the same style of exhibit,” Cr Kidd said, before making a bold announcement that could permanently-lift the profile of local art in the district.

“If we build a new fire station; wouldn’t that be the perfect heritage-listed place for an art gallery,” Cr Kidd said. “Wouldn’t that be a fantastic place for seeing local art?”

Warming to his audience, Cr Kidd told how his house-painter father was mistaken

“They can buy something, and then slide down the fire pole,” Cr Kidd joked.

“If they have an empty space, don’t let it rot and become run-down; offer it to local artists and it can become a beautiful space,” he said.

Proving the importance of a high-profile for artist to display their works, Kay Partridge revealed that two of the sales included works bought by passing travellers who had just chanced upon the exhibition.

“A woman from Sydney said she was just passing by, she bought one for her son on his birthday and a quirky landscape for her daughter,” she said.

s Red-hot retail space for local artists; Orange’s historic fire station could become a display space for local artists to retail their works.

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MOUNTAIN-BIKE OPPONENTS’ REPORT TO LIST “NO-GO” AREAS Opponents of a mountain-bike circuit at Mt Canobolas are not letting the grass grow under their feet; they’re presenting their own report on the proposal in January.

Orange City Council recently appointed Bathurst-based firm, The Environmental Factor, to complete an independent assessment and to work with expert track designers, Dirt Art, to see if tracks can be built on the Mount and which can also avoid environmentally-sensitive areas.

A team of experts, including environmental scientists, archaeologists and special track designers have started work with preliminary site visits.

However, the Canobolas Conservation Alliance was recently-formed to fight the mountain-bike proposal after announcement of the $500,000 Councilfunded assessment.

Alliance President, Dr Colin Bower, said that in response to the independent assessment, they are preparing their own report on the Mount. “We’re going to call it the ‘Mt Canobolas values report’,” he explained.

The group believes that large areas of the sub-alpine ecological island that is Mt Canobolas simply can’t be made part of the proposed bike track area.

“We’re going to be a bit proactive; we’ve identified a lot of areas that need to be avoided. We’re going to prepare a report by the end of January to help guide the process, we’re going to put it in the public domain to try and identify issues and areas to be avoided,” he added.

Ecologists and biodiversity experts as part of the Council-funded assessment will start the process of examining a range of factors including the mountain’s waterways threatened plant species and native fauna.

Expert track designers are also making their first familiarisation visit to the site, although detailed design, including the location and length of tracks, will depend on the findings of environmental studies.

In the new year, an archaeologist and expert in indigenous heritage will be working the local indigenous community members to examine the area’s indigenous history and heritage.

Dr Bower says that the Alliance are holding a watching brief on the environmental assessment. “I think we have to wait and see what the outcome is; we’re not going to pre-judge the matter.”

He believes that the environmental assessment will aim to mark-out the most sensitive environmental issues around the mountain-bike track idea, and then seek to work around them.

“I think they’ll identify the issues and then they’ll talk to the track designer to work around these pre-conditions,” he believes, adding that much of the mount is simply too sensitive and unique to open for mountain bike riding.

“In some parts of the Mount, it is an impossible ask,” he said. “We can identify a number of these places, in our opinion, that it’s a very bad place to have a track,” he said.

He said that the preliminary areas highlighted previously for the Olympic rings-style stacked loop track design involving concentric circles of trails of increasing difficulty, simply can’t protect valuable areas of the Mount.

Dr Colin Bower from Alliance opposed to mountain-bike riding on Mt Canobolas.

To prepare their own report: “We’re going to call it the ‘Mt Canobolas values report’.”

“The original design put tracks in highly-sensitive areas and no amount of manipulation will make these tracks acceptable,” he said.

He said that Council would not have funded the assessment if they were no prepared to support it. “Orange City Council has allocated $500,000 of ratepayers money to obtain an environmental approval for this proposal.

“They would not be doing this if they did not consider success was likely,” Dr Bower said.

“We are concerned that Council is working hand-in-hand with the State Government to ensure this proposal is approved, despite the very significant environmental damage that would occur.”

Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said however that the aim of the environmental assessment is to ascertain if a network of mountain bike tracks can be built that are sympathetic to the environment.

The investigation is the latest milestone in a long-running proposal by Orange City Council to make Orange a hub for mountain bike enthusiasts, he added.

“Throughout this process, the Council has been clear that if the track proposal doesn’t measure-up environmentally, it’s not going to happen,” Cr Kidd said.

“That means a thorough, arms-length investigation to see if and where tracks could be built.”

“Mount Canobolas is a natural treasure of our region and we want to look after it and bring people to enjoy it.

“In the past, locals have wondered if the Mountain hasn’t had the attention it deserves. National Parks staff do the best they can with the resources they’re

given, but the reality is, the more people visit the mountain, the more funding will be allocated to tackle problems like weeds and feral animals and walking tracks improvements.

“The best way to look after the mountain is to make it more attractive and accessible for visitors,” he added.

The first of a series of on-site familiarisation visits to the mountain precinct began recently with Orange City Council Infrastructure Committee Chair, Cr Jeff Whitton saying that it will be important to tap into local community knowledge.

“It’s a real possibility that some of this original research will find out new facts about the mountain,” Cr Whitton said.

“But they also want to learn from earlier studies and the experience of other local groups who’ve been visiting the mountain for many years.

envirofact.com.au/ “It’s also important to remember that this is an important step, but there’s a lot of work to be done, and there’ll be space for community consultation during the process as we gradually get the results of this study,” Cr Whitton said.

Orange City Council Sports and Recreation Committee Chair, Cr Jason Hamling believes mountain biking is a potentially huge sport if a way can be found to design tracks that will work on Mount Canobolas.

“Orange already has many enthusiastic cyclists, and routinely hosts major road cycling events,” Cr Hamling said.

“But we’re only beginning to tap into the popularity of mountain biking and the specialist ‘downhill’ field.”

“They’ll be approaching local stakeholders including government departments and agencies to keep them in touch as they start work.”

“The experience of the town of Derby in Tasmania shows how a country town can really benefit from discovering how to become a hub for mountain bikes. Do a Google-search for 'Derby' and 'mountain bikes'.

Cr Whitton said that If any local groups want to get in touch to share their knowledge of the mountain, they should contact the Environmental Factor directly through their website at:https://www.

“The natural beauty of the Mt Canobolas must be looked after and I’m looking forward to seeing the results of this study to see if sustainable mountain bike tracks can be built,” Cr Hamling concluded.

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BUILDING BOOM CONTINUES; RELIEF AT SUPPORT EXTENSION RECENT EXTENSION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S HOMEBUILDER INCENTIVE SCHEME IS HELPING KEEP ORANGE’S BUILDING BOOM AFLOAT, A LOCAL BUILDER SAYS.

Jamie Macdouall from BT Homes: sigh of local relief at Federal Government’s HomeBuilder incentive scheme extension until March.

“Put it this way, we would have known about, it if it had stopped,” Jamie Macdouall from BT Homes says.

“The way it is though, we are booked-out until May,” he says, adding that the scheme is often the difference between people deciding to build or not.

“It’s a motivation for those sitting around procrastinating; this still going, is the just the push they need to decide to build,” he said.

Local builders say that Orange is currently in the sweet spot with those unable to travel and locked-down during the coronavirus taking a good, hard look at their living arrangements and deciding to upgrade.

He said that the March 2021 deadline of the scheme has supercharged the local building industry with the release of new allotments and subdivisions being snapped-up almost as soon as they become available.

“Everything is going 100 per cent at the moment, as soon as they are listed, they’re going,” Mr Macdouall said.

The extension until March of the HomeBuilder incentive scheme includes a $25,000 grant for contracts signed before December 31 and reducing to $15,000 for those

signed from January 1 until March 31. Applications must be submitted to the State Revenue Office by mid-April next year for home-builders to be eligible.

“The extension was a sigh of relief, a great relief,” he, said, adding that the extra time until April 14 to lodge paperwork will provide a more-relaxed festive season for many local building contractors.

“The extension until April to start the building was a great sigh, it gives us more room to breathe,” Mr Macdouall said.

“We can relax a bit now knowing of the extra time, it’s

making the New Year look a lot better,” he said.

The local boom figures are reflected Australia-wide with October 2020 the best month for new detached house building approvals in almost 21 years.

During October 2020, a total of 10,936 new detached houses received building approval. The last time a higher figure was recorded was back in February 2000, Master Builders Australia Chief Economist, Shane Garrett said.

“The numbers out today provide further proof that the HomeBuilder scheme is a huge success in supporting new home building at a very challenging time,” Mr Garrett said.

TRAVEL INDUSTRY PRAYERS ANSWERED: ONE-OFF PAYMENTS TO HELP SURVIVAL Newswatch’s observation last week that no industry been more affected by the COVID-19 lockdowns than the travel industry, has been answered by a $130 million lifeline for the embattled sector.

Local travel agent, Nicole Fallon.

The embattled travel industry’s troubles have been answered by a $130 million Federal Government lifeline for the sector.

The one-off payment is to help travel agents in the heart-breaking work of processing consumer refunds for those unable to trade due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Local Federal Member, Andrew Gee, said that the local travel industry has been doing it tough with international and domestic border closures causing ongoing uncertainty for the sector.

“The past 12 months have delivered the most challenging circumstances our tourism industry has faced, with last summer’s devastating bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic highlighting the fragility of the sector,” Mr Gee said.

“Over the last year, many of our local travel agents in the Central West have

“I never imagined that that it would go on this long, however we’ve been open every day throughout this time,” she said.

“In that regard, we’ve been very grateful for the Government help.”

“They’ve been trying to do the best they can, it was a tricky situation for everyone,” Nicole believes. “There’s now a bit of confidence about the development of a vaccine, so that’s one thing,” she said.

While the situation still makes grim reading for 2020, Nicole believes and hopes that the worst is now behind the industry.

had to refund existing bookings, while continuing to work with little to no income.

been a long, hard slog and she is only now just seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.

“This one-off payment recognises the exceptional circumstances that our travel agents are currently operating in and will help keep them afloat at a time when they are continuing to hold travel credits for consumers who have previously cancelled travel.”

“It all started in February/March and its been a bit of a run since then,” she said.

“We’re only just coming out at the other end now,” she added hopefully.

For local agent, Nicole Fallon, 2020 has

Buckling down in autumn — like most small businesses — she saw a short, sharp lockdown as the likely trajectory before we all got back to our lives.

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She said that the uncertainty around international travel and the border closures could have an unintended consequence of travellers deciding to use established agents rather than booking online themselves.

“A lot of people booked their trips themselves that were then cancelled, and they lost all their money,” she said. “We’ve got a lot of loyal clients and we feel we can handle the current situation the best we can,” she said. “It’s all about supporting local businesses,” Nicole concluded.

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Christmas miracle could save east Orange public housing Christmas miracle could be coming for Public Housing tenants threatened with eviction in east Orange after a campaign to save their 1950s bungalows from redevelopment, local community leaders say.

Recent visit to the site by NSW Upper House member and Bathurst local, Sam Farraway MLC has raised hopes for local battling proposals to redevelop the Spring Street area into multi-unit complexes.

Long-term residents have been told they are being forcibly-relocated from solid 1950s brick bungalow houses in Spring Street and Summer Place to be replaced by higherdensity housing, locals opposing the development say.

They believe that this will jeopardise a sudden rise in popularity with younger families moving into the ageing suburb because of its “inner-city feel”.

“There are nine family houses here, that need will never go away,” local campaigner Andrew McDougall said.

Mr McDougall said that a recent visit by Mr Farraway to speak to locals on-site has raised hopes that Housing Minister, Melinda Pavey could save the houses from demolition.

Mr McDougall hopes that the National Party links between Ms Pavey and Mr Farraway could work in the tenants’ favour with Orange City Council also now taking an interest in the proposed development.

“I was really encouraged that Sam can continue to work with Orange City Council and the Minister’s office to let these poor public housing residents know before Christmas; it would be a great Christmas present for them,” Mr McDougall said.

He said that the proposed redevelopment was a “bolt from the blue” for the Public Housing residents who, activists say, are reluctant to discuss the issue

themselves due to their tenancy relationship with Public Housing.

Department of Communities and Justice Housing NSW, Western NSW stating bluntly: “NSW Land and Housing Corporation intends to redevelop the property in which you currently live. This means that you will need to be relocated to alternative accommodation.”

“The letters were delivered by hand to make sure they got them. That someone turned-up that morning with a letter saying, ‘you are going to be evicted’ was a bolt form the blue for all of them,”Mr McDougall said.

About 45 locals attended the street meet and inspection the area with Mr Farraway: “He met with a large group of us, I think the number of people was a surprise to him and he said ‘this is great that I can go take the arguments of such a large group of people to the Minister’.”

The area is currently an integrated mixed public/private housing area with historic homes adjacent to tidy and well-kept public housing properties.

“This is the perfect example of where these things are working and working well,” Spring St resident Deanne Phillips (OAM) said. “Public housing should be proud of what the situation is here.”

Mr McDougall said that the apparent cessation of site works and surveys in the area was a good sign that the Minister was aware of the residents’ concerns.

He added, he had been told that the Government is now talking to Orange City Council to identify another spot for the possible housing.

He believes that this should have been the approach from Public Housing at the start of the process: “I’d like to think that this discussion starts a lot earlier, with planning expertise and local heritage knowledge taken into account.”

Proposed east Orange Public Housing development grabbed the attention of NSW Upper House MP for the area, Sam Farraway MLC who recently met the locals onsite to hear their concerns about the proposed development.

A stated supporter of Public Housing, he believes that knockingdown the well-kept and maintained 1950s bungalows in the historic area is not the way for new tenants to be accommodated.

“Nearly everyone we speak to says that this is not a good decision, there are better ways of providing housing for singles,” Mr McDougall said.

Up to nine public housing properties are affected in Spring St and Summer Place with the letter from the “The Team Leader,

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Living opposite some of the affected properties in the historic Victorian house “Strathroy”(1884) — home of the East Orange municipality’s first two mayors Josiah Parker and James Bonnor — she said that the area has a friendly village feel with everyone getting-on.

Resident Justine Dunn lives in an historic 19th century workers cottage beside three of the homes targeted for redevelopment and says that appeals to the Land and Housing Corporation for information have gone unheeded.

“Why are you destroying these houses? They want to cram as many houses as possible into this area. They should just show us the plans, we have no idea what they are doing,” she said.

She said that those opposing the development understand that public housing is a public asset, but the topdown nature of the decisions is its worrying feature.

“All of these houses are 1950s homes, they’re really solid and double-brick, they’re lovely places,” she said.

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PUBLIC FORUM TUESDAY ON CHOP FOR ANSON ST TREES Controversial plans to remove nine trees on Anson Street as part of a proposed pedestrian mall is subject of a public forum at Council on Tuesday.

Locals are invited to discuss Council plans for the trees at the December 8, 5.30pm event in the Council Chambers with at least two councillors against the tree removal.

“I’m for the mall, but I’m not for it if the trees have to go,” Councillor Kevin Duffy said, also describing the proposed plans for the 40-metre between Kite and Summer St as “half-baked”.

“The whole thing is half-baked, if they’re going to do it, do it properly for all the area, not just this little narrow mall idea they’ve got,” he added.

Nine very-appealing London plane trees and two white cedar trees that are a feature of the current road would be removed under plans to create a pedestrian area. The proposal is for these to be replaced by trees initially three to five metres tall with Cr Glenn Taylor also reportedly against the removal.

“I’ve said all along, they have to stay. If they want to remove those trees, it’s at their own peril,” Cr Duffy said, adding that Council spends too much time listening to consultants with little local knowledge on issues of interest to the Orange community.

“I’m against the nose-in parking, I’m against the narrowing of the roads, I’m against the 40km speed limit, but I’m for the mall, but only if they keep the trees,” he said.

Council believes that the trees should be removed because their roots had lifted sections of the footpath creating trip hazards and shop flooding issues.

The trees were a major issue raised at community forums recently as part of the Future City initiative to upgrade Orange’s CBD. The meetings heard that the new mall in Anson Street will result in a 40m section of the current road, paved to create a raised pedestrian platform with bollards at each end of the platform to separate pedestrians and traffic at an estimated $1.5 million cost that will include outdoor dining options, innovative street furniture design, selfsustaining rain

Local Scott Warner with a pithy response to proposals to remove the London plain trees from Anson Street: “Keep the trees; please!”

gardens and storm water reuse options.

As part of the presentation at the recent community forum events, Council staff confirmed that it is intended that the block’s plane trees would be removed as part of the upgrade because: • Tree roots have lifted sections of the footpath, creating trip hazards and shop flooding issues • Tree roots have grown into kerbside gutters interfering with storm water flow • Damage to buildings The forum heard the size of the tree trunks and the uneven roots at the base of the trees also reduced the number of parking spaces in Anson Street. The street needs to drain towards Kite Street but the tree root system hampers this.

Council staff assessed a number of options with the aim of retaining the trees.

These included moving the kerb and

gutter closer to the shop fronts which would allow the water to travel towards Kite Street. This option would reduce the footpath width and would not address the issue of the root damage to the footpaths and other infrastructure.

It would also require services such as telecommunications, water, and power to be relocated.

While the replacement tree species have yet to be chosen, it’s planned new trees will be planted in two-metre-deep tree-pit root cells with an underground ‘milk-crate-like’ container used to prevent tree roots damaging surrounding infrastructure.

“I’m for the mall, but I’m not for it if the trees have to go,” Councillor Kevin Duffy said.

According to preliminary designs for the new mall area, there would be more trees re-planted in the block than there are now. The new trees would be advanced tree stock of a species to blend with other street trees of Orange.

The new trees would be three to five metres tall.

The nose-in parking planned for Anson Street would create extra parking spaces, including four new disabled parking spaces. Construction work on the proposed new mall in Anson Street is time-tabled to start in the second quarter of next year.

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Southern Feeder Stage III Project Information The two-kilometre-long project which follows the same line as Dairy Creek Road and Blowes Road from Elsham Avenue to the Mitchell Highway, includes:

SOD IT; SOUTHERN FEEDER ROAD STAGE III KICKS-OFF Colour City’s traffic woes are one-step closer to some sort of resolution with the recent official start of Stage III of the Southern Feeder Road.

Like the northern distributor, the Southern Feeder Rd is designed to take through-traffic and heavy vehicles around the main street — technically the Mitchell Highway — to improve traffic flow and the shopping environment of our main retail district.

The two roads are ultimately designed to provide a ring-road network for all major traffic seeking to travel east or west of the Colour City.

Federal Member, Andrew Gee, said the benefits of the Southern Feeder Road project would be far-reaching for the Orange region and surrounds. “It was terrific to participate in the sod-turn to formally launch Stage III of Orange’s Southern Feeder Road.

intersection, which is out near the old Bunnings building on the highway and the Driver Reviver site.

“The Australian Government has contributed over $9.1 million to the Southern Feeder Road Project and $3 million of that is going into Stage 3. This is a big investment but it’s a big project and it’s exactly the type of investment we need to be making into our growing regional cities.

“The Southern Feeder Road is going to mean less congestion in and around Orange which is great news, and our roads are going to be safer.

“There’s going to be faster access to the hospital, Jack Brabham Park and to Cadia Mine and it’s going to be much faster and easier for our farmers and other businesses to get their produce and products to market.

“Stage III is also going to feature new street lighting, a new shed, pedestrian and cycle path. I love projects like this because they are a great investment in country Australia,” Mr Gee said.

“Stage III covers a 2km stretch of road that will go from Elsham Avenue to the Mitchell Highway and follow the same Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd line as Dairy Creek Road and Blowes Road. welcomed the start of work on Stage III “There’s going to be a new intersection of the Southern Feeder Road designed where the new road meets the highway to be a major transport link around the southern side of Orange once complete. roughly 250 metres west of the current

s PICTURED ABOVE: The dirt flies, launching Stage III of the Southern Feeder Rd project, from left Mayor, Cr Reg Kidd; local Federal Member, Andrew Gee; Cr Jeff Whitton; State Member for Bathurst, Paul Toole; National Upper House MLC, Sam Farraway; and Local State Member, Phil Donato.

“The Southern Feeder Road will be one of the most important assets in the city’s road network,” Cr Reg Kidd said.

“Once the whole road is complete, it will provide a vital link between the major highways into Orange.

“This part of south Orange is a crucial infrastructure zone which includes hospitals, medical student training, the Leewood Industrial Estate and the new Shiralee housing area. This new road is about better, more efficient connections.”

Stage 3 of the project is expected to be completed by the middle of 2021, and is a partnership between the Australian Government, Orange City Council and NSW Government.

• A new intersection where the new road meets the highway roughly 250 metres west of the current intersection; •K erb and guttering from Elsham Avenue to Lone Pine Avenue and at the intersection of Calton Road; •N ew street lighting for the entire length of the road; and •N ew shared pedestrian/cycle path from Elsham Avenue to Kurim Avenue, connecting to the existing path which crosses the railway line.

The Australian Government’s total contribution to the multi-stage Southern Feeder Road Project is $9.17 million.

•$ 720,000 was allocated from the stimulus fund in July; •$ 6.45 million was allocated through a previous round of the Heavy Vehicle Safety Productivity Program which saw $3.45 million invested in the Railway Overpass Bridge; •$ 3 million for the upgrades to Diary Creek Road and Blowes Road; and •$ 2 million was recently allocated to Stage 4 of the project under Round 7 of the Heavy Vehicle Safety Productivity Program which will cover 2.6 km of road spanning from Anson Street west to Pinnacle Road.

Total funding sources for Stage III of the project include: • Th e Australian Government’s Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program — $3 million • Th e NSW Government’s Infrastructure NSW Program (Regional Growth) — $3 million • Orange City Council — $1.5 million

Carols and late shopping to boost our main street It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas, with locals invited to get all their Christmas shopping done in one-hit with a late-night shopping fair in the CBD on Thursday.

“There’s no need to shop elsewhere, chances are what you’re looking for is here in Orange and you can touch and feel the quality before you buy.”

Orange Business Chamber President, Jack Evans said the late-night shopping experience was designed to give local businesses a boost during the festive season.

Orange Business Chamber and Council are supporting the December 10 event with local singers performing traditional yuletide carols in the streets with most businesses remaining open until 9pm.

The event is part of Council and the Chamber’s “shop local” campaign to help main street survive after the ravages of the COVID-19 lockdowns saw many local retailers suffer.

Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd encouraged residents to shop local as much as they could this festive season.

“Let’s band together and support our local businesses, our local economy and our local hospitality and entertainment venues,” Cr Kidd said.

“This late-night shopping event is designed to make it as easy as possible to get all your Christmas shopping done in one go, while stimulating the local economy.

“We are so lucky in Orange to have such a large range of retail outlets from high-end boutique shops to local produce sellers, discount shops, franchises and chain stores covering every category.

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“2020 has been a particularly-tough year for businesses on all sectors, particularly retail and hospitality, so we are excited to work with council on this project to drive our local customers into the CBD to take advantage of our great local businesses at this festive time of year,” Mr Evans said.

“We will also engage local choir singers to perform on the front steps of the post office to enhance the Christmas atmosphere.

“Come along on Thursday night, December 10 from 4–9pm, and there may be a few other surprises in store, and on the streets,” Mr Evans concluded.

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Back to the “Future Tunes” recalling best live acts ever It was back to the Future Tunes for rockers at last week’s free concert in Robertson Park with attendees sharing their most famous concerts and best performances.

“I saw Deep Purple and Jackson Brown, they were very memorable,” Judy Kich said.

dance again,” she said.

Her friend Karina Hill lists Fatboy Slim as her most famous life performance with the Hip Replacements as her favourite live act of all time!

She doesn’t believe that Australians will have trouble getting back into the swing of live performances.

“I don’t think so, people just want to get out and socialise,” she said. “It’s important for our mental health that we socialise,” she added.

Rachel Rossiter (left) lists the great Elton John as her most famous live performance and said that now is the time to openup our lives again after the big lockdown. “Absolutely, I think, that everyone knows we haven’t had an active case in how long, everyone is now wanting to get out,” she said.

as his best-known act. “They were unbelievable, I saw them at Festival Hall, Melbourne,” he recalled.

He said that it may take some time for Australians to get back into the swing of socialising after the lockdowns that have sporadically impacted all our lives for 2020: “It’s a matter of people getting-used to going out again,” he said.

Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd lists Bob Dylan and Neil Diamond as the biggest acts that he has seen: “I saw Dylan at Randwick racecourse, and it could have been Adam Ant, that’s how far I was away from the stage,” he laughed.

“Neil Diamond performed for three and a half hours; it was the best concert ever. I saw Daddy Cool play on the front lawn of Sydney Uni before we went on the

She said that it was good to have life music back in Orange, with one proviso: “It’s a great event, but it’s a shame we can’t dance,” she said of the Future Tunes concert.

“I was the lighting guy for when Bo Didley came to Orange,” Phil Salmon said about his greatest rock moment.

Wanda Moore rates Canadian poet-balladeer Leonard Cohen as her most memorable concert. “He was brilliant, absolutely,” she said. “I also saw the Highwaymen,” she added.

Former Belfast boy, Liam McCabe not only knew Irish rock legend, Van Morrison, but used to socialise with him when he was simply George Ivan Morrison, lead-singer of the garage group, Them in Northern Ireland. “I knew Van Morrison, I used to drink with him when he was a window-cleaner back home,” Liam said.

“I saw Ian Moss (of Cold Chisel fame) and it was just before the coronavirus lockdown,” Kathryn Woods said, adding that it was good to get-out and see live music again. “it will be great when we can

Vietnam Moratorium March through Sydney where (ant-war activist) Jim Cairns spoke,” he reminisced.

Part-time local rock promoter John Kich lists Jerry Lee Lewis as his most famous performance, putting some Irish rock legends second on the list.

“He was great, he was better than U2, who I also saw live,” John said believing that the time to open-up our society is now past. “It’s about time, I’m told that people in Sydney are dying to come to Orange just so they can get out and enjoy themselves, they’re sick of it,” he said. “This is the community event of the year,” he added. “it’s fantastic, we couldn’t have got a better night,” Hip Replacements guitarist Gavan Wickes said enthusiastically of the event.

He lists the alternate rocker, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention,

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He said that regional centres like Orange have provided the perfect great escape for locked-down city-livers: “People are coming from Sydney just so they can get out. Because there’s still transmissions there, people are still very hesitant,” he believes.

Hip Replacements’ lead-singer Genni Kane lists the “man in black”, Johnny Cash, as the most famous performer she saw: “It was at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney in the early eighties.

“It’s great to have live music back, of course,” she said, before taking the stage herself.

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CAROLS ARE OUT; FUTURE TUNES IN FOR OUR POST-COVID CHRISTMAS CANCELLATION OF THIS YEAR’S “CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT” IN ORANGE IS THE BAD NEWS; A CHRISTMAS THEME FOR THE NEXT FUTURE TUNES CONCERT IN ROBERTSON PARK, IS THE GOOD. The Friday, December 18 gig follows-on from the mellow success of the first event that opened-up live performances in Orange drawing hundreds of locals out in warm spring weather.

With a radio station running “Carols Requests” on the evening after the next concert as a Carols’ substitute, the Robertson Park event could be your only chance to hear Chrissie classics, live and local.

Future Tunes is the Orange City Council initiative to fire-up the live music scene that has been so badly-impacted by the Coronavirus lockdown with little or no performances over an eight-month period.

With attendees having to pre-book and restricted to social distancing circles

throughout the evening, Orange Mayor and keen music fan, Councillor Reg Kidd said that he hopes the ban on dancing might be lifted for future concerts.

on mandolin and guitarist Gavan Wickes) featured at the first concert along with local bluegrass, viola, and guitar player, Amy Viola.

“This is fantastic, we’re restricted with what we can do here, but that will change soon. The way that restrictions are being lifted, it’s only a matter of time,” he enthused.

Food and drink vans kept the crowd refreshed with the only disturbance a couple of old rockers, (along with Cr Kidd) gettingup for a quick dance.

Cr Kidd boasted that Orange was leading the way in being able to put on the event post-COVID and thanked a number of Council staff for “making this a reality.”

“We’re one of the first councils in the State to have live music,” he said, urging locals missing the traditional Carols by Candlelight to book for the next Future Tunes concert.

“We’ll have a group from the Conservatorium of Music plus the Neil Gill Band and they’ll both be playing some Christmas tunes,” Cr Kidd said. The next concert will also feature RnB, funk band JaFFer featuring former local Luke Ferguson.

...“Future Tunes” is an Orange City Council initiative to fire-up the live music scene...

Former Flying Emus frontwoman and local musician, Genni Kane and her band, The Hip Replacements (including husband Jon

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Third in the concert series will be held on Friday, January 15 with cotemporary, cover band, Gabe Music and easy-listening, soul, jazz, and pop vocalist, Liv Mirrington.

Gates open from 4.30pm with the musicians starting at 5.30pm, with two 45-minute music sets. It will have a fenced boundary, with socially-distanced markers on the ground to keep everyone safe. Guests are encouraged to bring a picnic blanket and there will be food and drink stalls available.

For information, head to Orange City Council’s website at: orange.nsw.gov.au For those unable to attend, local network radio station MMM will be hosting a “Carols Request” evening on Saturday, December 19, Cr Kidd said. “Get your friends together, have a barbecue, and phone-in your Christmas requests,” Cr Kidd concluded.

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Saturday, December 5

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6.00 Rage.

7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Rage.

12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 Reef Live.

1.30 The Sound.

2.30 Dream Gardens.

3.00 Ask The Doctor: Allergies.

3.30 Searching For Superhuman: Bionic People.

4.30 Landline Summer.

5.00 Basketball. WNBL. Round 4. Bendigo Spirit v Melbourne Boomers. From Cairns Pop-Up Arena, Queensland.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Victoria. Final.

8.20 Call The Midwife.

9.50 Endeavour.

11.20 Poldark. Final.

12.20 Rage.

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

8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Motorcycle Racing. Australian Superbike Championship.

Round 2. 3.10 Gourmet Farmer. 3.40 Travel Man. 4.10 Bangladesh From Above. 4.45 Coast New Zealand. 5.35 Nazi Megastructures.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 World’s Most Luxurious… Cars. Final.

8.30 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys: Railways And The Industrial Revolution.

9.25 MOVIE: Inside Man. (2006) Denzel Washington, Clive Owen. A detective negotiates with a gang holding the staff and customers of a Manhattan bank hostage. (MA15+) 11.45 The New Pope.

3.45 Great British Railway Journeys. 4.20 Full Frontal: 2020 Election Special. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 12.10 In The Night Garden. 12.50 Twirlywoos. 1.05 Baby Jake. 1.20 Pablo. 2.05 Grandpa In My Pocket.

2.30 Arthur. 3.05 Catie’s Amazing Machines.

3.30 Play School. 3.55 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.20 Dot. 5.05 Dinosaur Train. 5.20 Stick Man. 5.55 Go Jetters. 7.05 The Deep. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Tom Gleeson At Enmore Theatre. 9.30 QI. 10.30 Mock The Week.

11.05 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 11.45 Would I Lie To You? 12.15 Friday Night Dinner. 12.40 I’m Alan Partridge. 1.10 Absolutely Fabulous. 1.55 Live At The Apollo. 2.45 Close. 5.15 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. 5.30 Postman Pat Special Delivery Service. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

8.00 Romanian News. 8.30 Macedonian News.

9.00 Croatian News. 9.30 Serbian News. 10.00 Dutch News. 10.30 Hungarian News. 11.00 NHK Japanese News. 11.35 Hindi News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Perfect Day. (2015) 1.55 New Girl. 2.45 Insight.

3.45 ABC America: World News Tonight. 4.10 PBS News. 5.10 Most Expensivest. 5.35 Monty Python’s Flying Circus. 6.45 Only Connect. 7.55 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The X-Files. 11.05 Miniseries: Hungry Ghosts. 12.05 MOVIE: 71. (2014) 1.55 The Movie Show. 2.25 France 24. 3.00 Thai News.

3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News. 5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 11.50 Operation Ouch! Hospital Takeover. 12.20 Gym Stars. 12.45 Deadly 60. 1.10 The Dengineers.

1.40 Larry The Wonderpup. 2.00 Almost Naked Animals. 2.25 Thunderbirds Are Go. 2.50 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 3.10 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 3.35 Dragon Ball Super. 4.05 Odd Squad. 4.35 Hank Zipzer. 5.00 So Awkward. 5.25 All Hail King Julien. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Puppies.

7.10 The Zoo. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.35 Almost Naked Animals. 8.50 Teenage Boss. 9.15 TMNT. 9.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.00 Close.

5.30 Slugterra.

6.00 It’s Academic.

(66) 7.00 Beat Bugs.

8.00 News Of The Wild. 9.00 Flushed. 10.00 SA Weekender. 11.00 Creek To Coast. 11.30 Weekender. 12.00 Back With The Ex. 1.15 The Amazing Race.

3.15 Britain’s Got Talent.

4.45 MOVIE: How To Build A Better Boy. (2014) 6.45 MOVIE: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. (2009) Bill Hader.

8.30 MOVIE: Braveheart. (1995) Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau.

12.00 One Tree Hill. 1.00 Home Shopping. 2.00 Smallville. 5.00 Time After Time.

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6.00 France 24 English News First Edition. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News.

8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 France 24 English News Second Edition. 1.00 Motorcycle Racing. Australian Superbike Championship.

Round 3. 4.10 Travel Man. 4.40 Coast New Zealand.

5.35 Nazi Megastructures.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Blood Of The Clans.

8.35 Raffles: Remaking An Icon.

10.25 Marry Me, Marry My Family.

11.25 Civilisations: God And Art. 2.40 Inside Hitler’s Killing Machine.

3.35 Luke Nguyen’s Memories Of The UK. 4.35 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. 5.00 CGTN English News.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 11.40 Sally And Possum. 12.10 In The Night Garden.

12.50 Twirlywoos. 1.05 Baby Jake. 1.20 Pablo.

2.05 Grandpa In My Pocket. 2.30 Arthur. 3.05 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 3.30 Play School.

3.55 Bananas In Pyjamas. 4.20 Dot. 5.05 Dinosaur Train. 5.20 Octonauts. 5.35 PJ Masks.

5.55 Go Jetters. 7.05 The Deep. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.10 Live At The Apollo. 10.00 Gruen XL. 10.45 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.30 Tom Gleeson At Enmore Theatre. 12.30 Would I Lie To You? 1.00 The Thick Of It. 1.30 Way To Go. 2.30 Close. 5.15 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. 5.30 Ready, Jet, Go! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

9.00 Croatian News. 9.30 Serbian News. 10.00 Portuguese News. 10.50 Urdu News. 11.35 Hindi News. 12.00 Hoarders. 12.50 Atlanta. 1.50 New Girl. 3.40 France 24 English News Second Edition.

4.10 Shaun Micallef’s Stairway To Heaven. 5.10 Running Wild With Zac Efron. 6.00 Years Of Living Dangerously. 7.55 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.35 Lost Gold Of World War II. 9.20 United Shades Of America. 10.10 Vogue Williams: Online Trolls And Sexual Extortion. 11.10 Sexplora. 11.35 Hernán.

12.30 MOVIE: The Wrestler. (2008) 2.30 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News.

5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 10.40 MOVIE: Hank Zipzer’s Christmas Catastrophe.

(2016) 12.10 Kids’ Programs. 1.40 Larry The Wonderpup. 2.10 Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!

2.25 Thunderbirds Are Go. 2.45 Get It Together!

3.10 Teenage Boss. 3.40 Horrible Histories.

4.10 Odd Squad. 4.35 Hank Zipzer. 5.00 So Awkward. 5.30 All Hail King Julien. 5.50 Total DramaRama. 6.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge.

6.30 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 7.15 The Zoo. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.25 Danger Mouse. 8.50 Teenage Boss. 9.20 TMNT. 9.45 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.05 Rage. 2.05 Close. 5.30 Slugterra. 5.50 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 It’s Academic.

(66) 7.00 Beat Bugs.

8.00 News Of The Wild. 9.00 Flushed. 10.00 SA Weekender. 11.00 Creek To Coast. 11.30 Weekender. 12.30 Britain’s Got Talent.

2.00 Bringing Sexy Back.

3.30 Kiss Bang Love.

4.45 Instant Hotel.

6.00 Picker Sisters.

6.30 Funniest Ever Toddlers.

7.30 First Dates Australia.

10.30 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta.

11.30 Bridezillas. 12.30 Smallville. 4.30 Picker Sisters. 5.00 Time After Time.

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WIN (8) 6.00 Reel Action. 6.30 Entertainment Tonight.

7.00 Places We Go. 7.30 WhichCar. 8.00 What’s Up Down Under. 8.30 All 4 Adventure. 9.30 Studio 10: Saturday. 12.00 By Design Heroes.

12.30 My Market Kitchen. 1.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 1.30 Business As Usual When Nothing Is Usual. 2.00 Healthy Homes Australia. 2.30 The Living Room. 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 Fishing Australia. 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Family Feud. Return.

7.00 Rugby Union. Tri Nations. Round 6.

Australia v Argentina. From Bankwest Stadium, Sydney.

10.00 MOVIE: The Brighton Miracle. (2019) Temuera Morrison, Lasarus Ratuere. Japanese officials appoint Australian Eddie Jones to coach their national rugby union team for the World Cup. (PG) 11.45 Blue Bloods.

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Hour Of Power.

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(52) 6.00 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.15 My Favorite Martian. 10.45 The Baron. 11.45 MOVIE: The Winslow Boy. (1948) Robert Donat, Cedric Hardwicke, Basil Radford.

2.10 MOVIE: The Secret Of Santa Vittoria.

(1969) 5.00 MOVIE: Fun In Acapulco. (1963) 7.00 MOVIE: The Time Traveller’s Wife. (2009) Eric Bana.

9.10 MOVIE: The Vow. (2012) Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum.

11.15 MOVIE: Wedding Daze. (2006) 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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(53) 6.00 1.00 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 1.30 Power Rangers Beast Morphers.

2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Black – Victini And Reshiram. (2011) 5.00 MOVIE: The Smurfs 2. (2013) 7.00 MOVIE: How To Train Your Dragon. (2010) Jay Baruchel.

9.00 MOVIE: Spectre. (2015) Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux. 12.00 Stunt Science. 1.00 Surfing Australia TV. 1.30 MOVIE: Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher.

(2014) 3.00 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 3.30 Kindikids. 4.00 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. 4.30 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.50 Rev & Roll.

5.10 Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 8.00 Travel Oz. 9.30 NBC Today. 11.30 Vasili’s Garden.

12.00 The Bowls Show. 1.00 River Monsters: Amazon Titanic. 3.00 Sydney Weekender.

3.30 Creek To Coast.

4.00 Weekender.

4.30 Building The Dream.

5.30 Greatest Outdoors. New. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country.

11.30 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 12.30 The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Sydney Weekender.

4.00 Creek To Coast. 4.30 Weekender. 5.00 Home Shopping.

Fish Of The (63) 6.00 Day. 7.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. 8.00 Home Shopping.

10.00 MXTV. 10.30 Mega Marine Machines.

11.30 Life Off Road. 12.00 Roll With It. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Motor Racing. Night Thunder. King Of Wings. Replay.

2.30 Mudslingers. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Desert Collectors. 6.00 Ultimate Factories. 7.00 Building Giants. Return.

8.00 Mysteries Of The Abandoned. 9.00 Air Crash Investigation: Special Report. 10.00 Air Crash Investigation. 12.00 Hardcore Pawn. 12.30 Esports. LPL Pro. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Season 3. Week 3. Replay. 2.30 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 9.00 The Doctors. 10.00 MacGyver. 11.00 Diagnosis Murder. 12.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 1.00 Truck Hunters. 2.00 Car Crash Global: Caught On Camera. 3.00 Driven Not Hidden. 3.30 All 4 Adventure. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 MacGyver.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans.

10.20 SEAL Team.

12.15 Law & Order: SVU. 1.10 48 Hours. 2.10 NCIS: Los Angeles. 3.05 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 15. Bahrain Grand Prix. Highlights. 4.05 The Doctors. 5.00 Home Shopping.

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(82) 6.00 Charmed.

7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Frasier.

9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Cheers.

11.00 The Neighborhood. 11.30 Charmed. 1.30 Broke. 2.30 Seinfeld.

3.30 Friends.

6.00 Columbo.

7.30 Kojak.

8.30 Spyforce.

9.30 The Big Bang Theory.

10.30 The Middle.

12.30 2 Broke Girls. 1.30 Charmed. 3.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 Broke.

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6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Surf Patrol. 1.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 2.00 MOVIE: Another Christmas Kiss.

(2014) Jonathan Bennett, Elisabeth Harnois, Lola Glaudini. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.00 Seven News At 5. 5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 7NEWS Spotlight: In The Blink Of An Eye. 8.20 MOVIE: Safe House. (2012) Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick.

After being tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house in Cape Town, South Africa, a young CIA agent must defend himself and his charge when they are attacked and forced to go on the run. (M) 10.50 Autopsy USA: Miles Davis.

11.50 The Goldbergs.

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Cybershack. 10.40 Ultimate Rush. 11.40 Peaking.

12.10 No Man’s Land: Expedition Antarctica. 1.45 MOVIE: Overboard. (1987) Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann. 4.00 Tipping Point.

5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Territory Cops.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 60 Minutes.

8.00 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Top Gun. (1986) Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer. Students at an elite US flying school for advanced fighter pilots compete against each other to be the best in the class. (PG) 10.40 Nine News Late.

11.10 Killer On The Line.

12.00 Grand Hotel.

12.50 The Healthy Cooks.

1.20 Explore. 1.35 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Mass For You At Home. 6.30 Hillsong. 7.00 Leading The Way With Dr Michael Youssef. 7.30 Fishing Australia. 8.00 Business As Usual When Nothing Is Usual. 8.30 Australia By Design: Interiors. 9.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday. 12.00 Destination Dessert. 12.30 Roads Less Travelled. 1.00 The Living Room. 2.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

2.30 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On. 3.00 Farm To Fork.

3.30 Taste Of Australia With Hayden Quinn.

4.00 All 4 Adventure.

5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Sunday Project.

7.30 The Graham Norton Show.

8.30 FBI: Most Wanted.

9.30 Blood And Treasure.

11.20 The Sunday Project.

12.30 NCIS. 1.30 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS This Morning.

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6.30 Amazing Facts Presents. 7.00 Leading The Way. 7.30 In Touch Ministries. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey Presents.

9.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 11.15 The Avengers. 12.15 Great Getaways. 1.15 MOVIE: Carry On Cruising. (1962) 3.10 MOVIE: The Kentuckian. (1955) 5.20 MOVIE: Sitting Bull. (1954) Dale Robertson. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire.

10.40 Chicago Med. 11.40 License To Kill. 12.35 Adventures In Rainbow Country. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 12.00 Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. 12.30 Beyblade Burst Evolution. 1.00 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 1.30 Dance Moms.

3.30 MOVIE: My Girl. (1991) 5.30 MOVIE: Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back. (2010) 7.00 MOVIE: Ghostbusters II. (1989) Bill Murray. 9.10 MOVIE: RoboCop 3. (1993) Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Rip Torn. 11.15 The Top 100 Video Games Of All Time. 12.15 Tamara’s World. 1.10 One Night With My Ex. 3.00 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 3.30 Childs Farm. 4.00 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. 4.30 Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies. 4.50 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission.

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

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 NBC Today. 12.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 2.00 Vasili’s Garden.

2.30 The Bowls Show.

3.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: Goodfellas. (1990) Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro.

11.30 World’s Most Amazing Videos.

12.30 Wedding Surprises: Caught On Camera.

1.30 River Monsters Go Tribal. 2.30 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 3.30 Under The Hammer. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Home Shopping.

Home (63) 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. 7.30 Home Shopping. 10.00 Timbersports. 10.30 Trev Gowdy’s Monster Fish. 11.00 The Hunt For Monster Bass. 11.30 My Fishing Place. 12.00 The Fishing Show. 1.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 2.00 Outback Truckers. 3.00 Mega Marine Machines. 4.00 Bushfire Wars. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 5.30 Counting Cars. 6.00 Detroit Steel.

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 MOVIE: Exodus: Gods And Kings. (2014) Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley. 11.35 Tattoo Nightmares. 12.00 Hardcore Pawn: Behind The Deal. 12.30 Blokesworld. 1.00 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Rugby Union. Tri Nations.

Round 6. Australia v Argentina. Replay. 11.00 Mission: Impossible. 12.00 MacGyver. 2.00 Family Feud. 3.00 Driven Not Hidden. 3.30 Healthy Homes Australia. 4.00 Fishing Edge.

5.00 iFish.

5.30 Truck Hunters.

6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles.

10.20 48 Hours.

11.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 3.00 Elementary. 5.00 The Doctors.

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(82) 6.00 Broke. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Middle. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.30 Charmed.

1.30 The Neighborhood.

2.30 Broke.

3.30 Man With A Plan.

4.30 The Middle.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.00 Friends.

10.00 MOVIE: Two Weeks Notice. (2002) Hugh Grant, Sandra Bullock, Alicia Witt.

12.00 2 Broke Girls. 1.00 Mom. 2.30 Charmed.

4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 The Brady Bunch.

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6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Gruen. 1.35 Squinters.

2.00 Parliament. 3.10 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 The Heights. 4.30 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 5.00 Escape From The City. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story. Final. 8.30 Countdown To Disaster. 9.20 Media Watch. Final. 9.40 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip. 10.30 To Be Advised.

10.55 ABC Late News. 11.15 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 2.00 Michael Mosley: Medical Mavericks. 3.00 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire.

4.05 United In Tears: The Oatlands Tragedy.

4.35 The Supervet. 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Inside Monaco: Playground Of The Rich. 8.40 24 Hours In Emergency. 9.35 Life And Birth.

10.40 SBS News. 11.10 Agent Hamilton. 12.00 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Perfect Christmas. (2012) 2.00 The Secret Daughter. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer.

7.30 PRIME7 News Special: The Forgotten Australians. 8.30 Station 19. 10.30 Chicago Fire.

12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (5) Programs. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Desperate Housewives. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat.

5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Gold Coast Cops. 8.00 Driving Test. 8.30 MOVIE: Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom. (1984) Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw. 10.55 Nine News Late. 11.25 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (8) Programs. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Three Veg And Meat. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey.

Return. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project. 7.30 All Aussie Adventures. 8.30 The Montreal Comedy Festival. 9.30 Just For Laughs Australia. 10.30 Kinne Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs.

7.00 Sir Mouse. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Return. 8.50 Luke Warm Sex. Final. 9.20 Kitty Flanagan: Charming And Alarming. 10.25 Detectorists. 10.55 Squinters. 11.25 Red Dwarf.

11.50 Crashing. 12.15 Green Wing. 1.10 The IT Crowd. 1.35 Sando. 2.05 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.55 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

World(31) 6.00 Watch. 12.00 Hustle. 12.50 Jasper And Errol’s First Time. 1.40 One Star Reviews. 2.05 Rum: The Thirsty Road.

3.00 Hunting Hitler. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.15 This Week. 5.10 Small Business Secrets. 5.40 The Joy Of Painting. 6.10 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Nude. 10.15 Capital In The 21st Century. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Adventure All Stars. 11.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 1.00 Wedding Surprises: Caught On Camera. 2.00 Harry’s Practice.

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 Foyle’s War. 10.40 Killer Tapes. 11.50 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian.

12.00 ER. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 MOVIE: Summer Holiday. (1963) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Grantchester. 8.40 DCI Banks.

10.40 See No Evil. 11.40 Late Programs.

Morning (81) 6.00 Programs.

10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver.

12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

2.00 L.A.’s Finest. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Motor Racing.

Formula 1. Race 16. Sakhir Grand Prix. 11.20 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.40 The Dengineers. 4.10 Odd Squad. 4.35 Hank Zipzer. 5.00 So Awkward. 5.25 All Hail King Julien. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge.

6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.35 Almost Naked Animals. 8.50 Teenage Boss. 9.15 TMNT. 9.40 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30 Slugterra.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs. 8.00 Match It. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 One Tree Hill. 1.00 Code Black.

3.00 Powerless. 3.30 Dr. Ken. 4.00 Me, Myself & I. 4.30 Picker Sisters. 5.00 Funniest Ever Toddlers. 6.00 How I Met Your Mother. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. 9.30 Ramsay’s Costa Del Nightmares. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Outback Truckers. 3.00 MXTV. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Storage Wars Canada.

4.30 Mega Marine Machines. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 SAS UK. 8.30 MOVIE: Mad Max III: Beyond Thunderdome. (1985) Mel Gibson, Tina Turner. 10.40 MOVIE: Blazing Saddles. (1974) 12.45 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project.

2.00 Tamara’s World. Final. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider.

6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Coming To America. (1988) 9.50 MOVIE: Planes, Trains & Automobiles. (1987) 11.40 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 12.40 The Nanny. 1.10 Late Programs.

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 11.00 The Neighborhood. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 A Million Little Things. 1.30 Medium. 2.30 The King Of Queens.

3.30 Carol’s Second Act. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 The Middle. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Award Winning Tasmania. 12.30 Rebound. 1.00 The Healthy Cooks. 1.30 Explore. 1.45 MOVIE: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. (1988) Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly. 4.00 The Perfect Serve. 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 RBT. 6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 MOVIE: Daddy’s Home 2. (2017) Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg. An ideal Christmas is thrown into chaos. (PG) 9.30 MOVIE: The House. (2017) Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler. In order to earn money for their daughter’s university education, a couple opens an illegal casino. (MA15+) 11.15 MOVIE: Mental. (2012) Toni Collette.

(MA15+) 1.10 Award Winning Tasmania.

1.35 A Current Affair. 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.30 Wesley Impact.

SuNday, December 6

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

12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline Summer. 1.00 Back Roads.

1.30 Gardening Australia.

2.30 The Mix. 3.00 Basketball. WNBL. Round 4. Southside Flyers v Melbourne Boomers.

5.00 Antiques Roadshow.

6.00 The Sound.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Extinction With David Attenborough.

8.40 Reef Live.

9.40 Total Control.

10.30 Killing Eve. 11.15 No Offence.

12.05 Endeavour. Final.

1.35 Rage.

3.20 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends.

5.00 Insiders.

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6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue.

12.30 Beat The Chasers.

2.00 MOVIE: My Dad Is A Scrooge. (2014) Christian Kerr. (G) 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 Schools Spectacular Remix.

9.00 MOVIE: 2.22. (2017) Michiel Huisman, Teresa Palmer, Sam Reid. An air traffic controller begins to experience strange phenomena, which seem to culminate each day at 2.22pm, including visions of a shooting that will occur at New York City’s Grand Central Terminal at that exact time. (M) 11.10 Station 19.

12.30 Home Shopping.

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TVguide 6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 No More Boys And Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free? 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.10 ABC News Afternoons.

3.55 The Heights. 4.25 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 5.05 Escape From The City. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Outback Ringer. 8.30 London Zoo: An Extraordinary Year. 9.20 That Christmas. 10.20 Insert Name Here. 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 Christmas At St Paul’s. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.00 Michael Mosley: Medical Mavericks. 3.00 Great British Railway Journeys. 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.35 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Railway Journeys UK. 8.35 Two Sisters, One Body. 9.30 Where Are You Really From? 10.00 The Feed. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 Why We Hate. 11.50 The A Word. 1.00 Bad Banks. 4.00 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 4.20 Dot. 5.05 Dinosaur Train. 5.20 Octonauts. 5.35 PJ Masks. 5.55 Go Jetters. 6.45 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.00 Sir Mouse. 7.15 Odd Squad.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 Ghosts. 9.40 I’m Alan Partridge.

10.40 Frontline. 11.10 Squinters. 11.35 Red Dwarf. 12.05 Crashing. 12.30 Green Wing. 1.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.45 Detectorists.

2.10 QI. 2.50 Close. 5.15 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. 5.30 Ready, Jet, Go! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Hustle. 12.50 Jasper And Errol’s First Time. 1.40 One Star Reviews. 2.05 Rum: The Thirsty Road. 2.55 Hunting Hitler. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Small Business Secrets. 5.40 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.10 Alone.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Escaping Polygamy. 9.20 Adult Material. 11.20 Final Space. 12.10 MOVIE: My Beautiful Laundrette. (1985) 1.55 The Movie Show. 2.25 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 1.10 DinoTrux. 1.30 Almost Naked Animals. 1.45 Kick. 2.25 Find Me In Paris. 2.50 The Next Step.

3.15 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.40 The Dengineers. 4.10 Odd Squad. 4.35 Hank Zipzer.

5.00 So Awkward. 5.25 All Hail King Julien.

6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 Teenage Boss. 9.15 TMNT. 9.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation.

9.55 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30 Slugterra.

6.00 It’s (66) Academic.

7.00 Spit It Out. 8.00 Match It. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 One Tree Hill. 1.00 Code Black. 3.00 Powerless. 3.30 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Modern Family. 6.00 How I Met Your Mother.

7.00 The Simpsons.

7.30 Modern Family.

8.30 MOVIE: Life Of Pi. (2012) 11.00 90210. New. 12.00 Smallville. 5.00 Time After Time.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. Final. 1.40 Media Watch. Final. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.10 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. 4.25 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 5.00 Escape From The City. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 Gruen. 9.05 Reputation Rehab. 9.40 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 10.20 QI. 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.05 Media Watch. Final.

11.25 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.00 Michael Mosley: Medical Mavericks. 3.00 Great British Railway Journeys. 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.35 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 News. 7.35 Building Britain’s Canals. 8.30 David Attenborough: India’s Wild Eden. 9.30 Miniseries: The Sister. 10.25 SBS News. 10.55 24 Hours In Emergency. 11.55 MOVIE: See You Up There. (2017) 2.00 Vikings. 3.45 Railway Journeys UK. 4.25 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs.

5.35 PJ Masks. 5.55 Go Jetters. 6.45 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.00 Sir Mouse. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Friday Night Dinner. Final. 8.55 The IT Crowd. 9.20 Rosehaven. 9.50 Frontline. 10.20 The Thick Of It. 10.50 Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. 11.45 Squinters. 12.10 Red Dwarf. 12.40 Crashing. 1.05 Green Wing. 2.00 QI. 2.30 The Catherine Tate Show. 3.05 Close. 5.15 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. 5.30 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Hustle. 12.50 Jasper And Errol’s First Time. 1.40 One Star Reviews. 2.05 Rum: The Thirsty Road. 2.55 Hunting Hitler. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Small Business Secrets.

5.40 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.10 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Ray. (2004) Jamie Foxx. 11.15 MOVIE: Glitter. (2001) 1.10 The Movie Show. 1.40 Undressed. 2.40 France 24.

3.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 1.10 DinoTrux. 1.45 Kick. 2.25 Find Me In Paris. 2.50 The Next Step. 3.15 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.40 The Dengineers. 4.10 Odd Squad.

4.35 Hank Zipzer. 5.00 So Awkward. 5.25 All Hail King Julien. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Deadly 60.

7.35 Doctor Who. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 Teenage Boss. 9.15 TMNT. 9.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 9.55 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30 Slugterra. 5.50 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 It’s (66) Academic.

7.00 Spit It Out. 8.00 Match It. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 One Tree Hill. 1.00 Code Black. 3.00 Powerless. 3.30 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 The Simpsons.

5.00 Modern Family. 6.00 How I Met Your Mother. 7.00 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 The Mentalist. 10.30 Numb3rs.

11.30 Criminal Minds. 12.30 Fringe. 1.30 Fresh TV. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.00 Smallville. 5.00 Time After Time.

6.00 Morning (2) Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. 1.30 Reputation Rehab. 2.00 Parliament Question Time. 3.10 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. 4.30 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 5.00 Escape From The City. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. 8.00 Scottish Vets Down Under. 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.30 Death In Paradise. 10.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 11.00 ABC Late News.

11.20 When Louis Met Paul And Debbie. 12.10 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.00 Michael Mosley: Medical Mavericks. 3.00 Great British Railway Journeys. 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.35 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Secrets Of Britain. 8.30 Empire With Michael Portillo. 9.25 Behind The Blue Line: Untold Australia. 10.25 SBS News. 10.50 24 Hours In Police Custody. 11.45 Wisting.

4.15 Great Irish Railway Journeys. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 PJ Masks. 5.55 Go Jetters. 6.45 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.00 Sir Mouse. 7.15 Odd Squad.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Hard Quiz. 9.00 Mock The Week. 9.30 Reputation Rehab. 10.00 Superwog. 10.25 Kitty Flanagan: Charming And Alarming. 11.25 Ghosts. 11.55 Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. 12.40 Squinters.

1.05 Red Dwarf. 1.30 Crashing. 1.55 Green Wing. 2.55 Close. 5.15 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. 5.30 Ready, Jet, Go! 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Hustle. 12.50 Jasper And Errol’s First Time. 1.40 One Star Reviews. 2.05 Hunting Hitler. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Small Business Secrets. 5.40 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.10 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 Full Frontal. 9.45 Enemies Of The People: Trump & The Press. 10.55 The Erectionman. 11.55 The Longest Day In Chang’an. 12.40 Dragula. 2.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 1.45 Kick. 2.25 Find Me In Paris. 2.50 The Next Step.

3.15 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.40 The Dengineers. 4.10 Odd Squad. 4.35 Hank Zipzer.

5.00 So Awkward. 5.25 All Hail King Julien.

6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.45 Teenage Boss. 9.15 TMNT. 9.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation.

9.55 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30 Slugterra. 5.50 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 It’s (66) Academic.

7.00 Spit It Out. 8.00 Match It. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 One Tree Hill. 1.00 Code Black. 3.00 Powerless. 3.30 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Modern Family. 6.00 How I Met Your Mother.

7.00 The Simpsons.

7.30 Modern Family.

8.30 The Mentalist.

10.30 Numb3rs. 11.30 Bones. 12.30 Fringe.

4.00 Bones. 5.00 Time After Time.

6.00 News Breakfast.

(2) 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Outback Ringer. 10.30 Scottish Vets Down Under. 11.00 Gardening Australia. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 2.00 Countdown To Disaster. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. 4.30 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery.

5.00 Escape From The City. 6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. 8.30 Vera. 10.05 Mum. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.50 Gruen. 11.25 Rage.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.00 Michael Mosley: The Great Intelligence Test. 3.05 Great British Railway Journeys. 3.35 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.35 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia.

6.30 News. 7.30 Scanning The Nile. 8.30 The Wonderful World Of Chocolate. Final. 9.20 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 10.15 SBS News. 10.45 Country Music. 11.50 Nox. 2.45 Miniseries: Dead Lucky. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 Late Programs.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs. 5.35 PJ Masks. 5.55 Go Jetters. 6.45 Andy’s Wild Adventures. 7.00 Sir Mouse. 7.15 Odd Squad.

7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Gruen XL. 9.15 Absolutely Fabulous. 9.45 The IT Crowd. 10.15 The Catherine Tate Show. 10.45 Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. 11.30 Squinters.

11.50 Red Dwarf. 12.20 Crashing. 12.45 Green Wing. 1.40 The IT Crowd. 2.10 Close. 5.15 Lily’s Driftwood Bay. 5.30 Postman Pat Special Delivery Service. 5.45 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Hustle. 12.50 Jasper And Errol’s First Time. 1.40 One Star Reviews. 2.05 Hunting Hitler. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Small Business Secrets. 5.40 The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross. 6.10 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders.

9.20 Ina Loves Porno. 10.10 Vagrant Queen.

11.00 The Feed. 11.30 The Wizards Of Aus. 1.10 Dragula. 2.05 Mardi Gras Movies Home Grown.

2.35 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 1.45 Kick. 2.25 Find Me In Paris. 2.50 The Next Step.

3.15 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.40 The Dengineers. 4.10 Odd Squad. 4.35 Hank Zipzer.

5.00 So Awkward. 5.25 All Hail King Julien.

6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.20 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.45 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.10 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 9.30 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 9.55 Close. 5.30 Slugterra.

6.00 It’s (66) Academic.

7.00 Spit It Out. 8.00 Match It. 9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 House Rules. 12.00 One Tree Hill. 1.00 Code Black. 3.00 Powerless. 3.30 How I Met Your Mother. 4.30 The Simpsons. 5.00 Modern Family. 6.00 How I Met Your Mother.

7.00 The Simpsons.

7.30 Modern Family.

8.30 The Mentalist.

10.30 Numb3rs. 11.30 Bones. 12.30 Fringe.

4.00 Bones. 5.00 Time After Time.

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Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Taste Of Christmas. (2017) 2.00 The Secret Daughter. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 8.00 10 Years Younger In 10 Days. 9.00 MOVIE: Life Of The Party. (2018) Melissa McCarthy, Molly Gordon, Debby Ryan. 11.15 Celebrity Obsessed.

12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Late Programs.

13

NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Three Veg And Meat. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey.

4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 Ambulance Australia. 8.30 NCIS. 9.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.30 NCIS. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS This Morning.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Mission: Impossible. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 L.A.’s Finest. 3.00 Bondi Rescue.

3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Miami. 10.25 Elementary. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 NCIS. 3.15 Jake And The Fatman. 4.10 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.05 The Doctors.

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Charmed.

7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Frasier.

9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 The Neighborhood. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 A Million Little Things. 1.30 Medium. 2.30 The King Of Queens.

3.30 Seinfeld. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 Mom. 12.00 Frasier. 12.30 Home Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Three Veg And Meat. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey.

4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Royals Revealed: Royal Weddings – Then And Now. 8.30 MOVIE: Breath. (2017) Simon Baker, Elizabeth Debicki, Richard Roxburgh. 10.50 The Masked Singer USA. 12.50 Late Programs.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Mission: Impossible. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 L.A.’s Finest. 3.00 Bondi Rescue.

3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager.

6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.10 Home Shopping. 2.10 NCIS. 3.10 MacGyver. 4.05 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

5.00 Elementary.

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Charmed.

7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Frasier.

9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 The Neighborhood. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 A Million Little Things. 1.30 Medium. 2.30 The King Of Queens.

3.30 Seinfeld. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 2 Broke Girls. 12.00 Frasier.

12.30 Home Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Three Veg And Meat. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Project. 7.30 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. Final. 9.30 Blue Bloods. Return. 10.30 This Is Us. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. 1.30 Late Programs.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 16. Sakhir Grand Prix. Replay. 9.00 Mission: Impossible.

10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver.

12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

2.00 L.A.’s Finest. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 SEAL Team. Return. 11.30 NCIS: Los Angeles.

12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Charmed.

7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Frasier.

9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 The Neighborhood. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 A Million Little Things. 1.30 Medium. 2.30 The King Of Queens.

3.30 Seinfeld. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.30 Carol’s Second Act. 11.00 The Middle. 12.00 Frasier. 12.30 Late Programs.

NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 The Living Room. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Three Veg And Meat. 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey.

4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Living Room. 8.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 Hughesy, We Have A Problem. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project.

1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Home Shopping.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Mission: Impossible. 10.00 Jake And The Fatman. 11.00 MacGyver. 12.00 NCIS. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 L.A.’s Finest. 3.00 Bondi Rescue.

3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 Evil. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 NCIS. 4.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. 5.00 Jake And The Fatman.

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Charmed.

7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

10.00 Cheers. 11.00 The Neighborhood. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 A Million Little Things. 1.30 Medium. 2.30 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.30 Nancy Drew. 12.30 Home Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Desperate Housewives. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 20 To One. 8.30 Kath & Kim. 9.40 Hamish & Andy’s Euro Gap Year. 10.40 Nine News Late.

11.10 The First 48. 12.05 Tipping Point. 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Late Programs.

7TWO

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

10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 ER. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Maytime In Mayfair. (1949) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 MOVIE: Mystic River. (2003) Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon. 11.25 The Disappearance Of Maura Murray. 12.30 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project.

2.00 One Night With My Ex. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Liar Liar. (1997) 9.15 MOVIE: Mr Deeds.

(2002) Adam Sandler. 11.15 The Nanny. 11.45 Baywatch. 12.40 Visions Of Greatness. 1.50 Peaking. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Rise. 3.30 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Desperate Housewives. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Paramedics. 8.30 The InBetween. 9.30 Chicago Med. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.45 World’s Wildest Weather.

12.35 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

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

9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Sydney Weekender.

12.30 Vasili’s Garden. 1.00 Wedding Surprises: Caught On Camera. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Mighty Trains. 4.30 The Real Seachange. 5.00 Under The Hammer.

5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Robbie Coltrane’s Critical Evidence. 12.00 Late Programs.

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

11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Outback Truckers. 3.00 Limitless. 3.30 Life Off Road. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates.

4.30 Great Lake Warriors. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars.

7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.00 Motorway Patrol.

8.30 Full Custom Garage. 9.30 Counting Cars.

10.00 Big Easy Motors. 10.30 Leepu & Pitbull.

New. 11.30 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Married By Christmas. (2016) 2.00 The Secret Daughter. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 7.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly. 8.30 MOVIE: Vacation.

(2015) Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Chris Hemsworth. 10.35 The Amazing Race. 11.35 Surveillance Oz. 12.00 Late Programs.

7TWO

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 ER. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Saturday Island. (1952) 5.20 Heartbeat.

6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 Silent Witness. 12.10 Antiques Roadshow. 12.35 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project.

2.00 One Night With My Ex. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 8.30 MOVIE: Underworld: Evolution. (2006) Kate Beckinsale.

10.40 To Be Advised. 12.40 The Nanny. 1.10 The Break Boys. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Rise. 3.30 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 When Magic Goes Horribly Wrong. 1.00 Dumped: Revenge Extremes. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Mighty Trains. 4.30 The Real Seachange. 5.00 Under The Hammer.

5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Coroner. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Jonathan Creek. 11.40 Cop Squad. 12.35 Brit Cops. 1.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 Great Lake Warriors. 9.00 American Pickers.

10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Outback Truckers. 3.00 Limitless.

3.30 Life Off Road. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Mega Marine Machines. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers.

7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 8.30 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Golden Boy. New. 11.30 Late Programs.

PRIME7

Sunrise.

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

12.00 MOVIE: Merry Ex-Mas. (2014) Kristy Swanson. 2.00 The Secret Daughter. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 1. Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Sixers.

11.00 The Amazing Race. 12.00 Blindspot. 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Desperate Housewives. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Great Getaways. 8.30 Race Across The World.

9.50 Inside Phuket Airport: Welcome To Paradise. New. 10.50 Nine News Late. 11.20 World’s Wildest Flights. 12.10 Tipping Point.

1.05 A Current Affair. 1.30 Late Programs.

7TWO

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 ER. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Queen Of Spades. (1949) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 9.30 The First 48. 10.30 The Price Of Duty. 11.30 Westside. 12.30 Antiques Roadshow. 1.00 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project.

2.00 One Night With My Ex. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Happy Gilmore. (1996) 9.30 MOVIE: American Wedding. (2003) 11.30 The Nanny.

12.00 Baywatch. 1.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Rise.

3.30 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Hospital.

1.15 Holiday Horrors: Caught On Camera. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Mighty Trains. 4.30 The Real Seachange. 5.00 Under The Hammer.

5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 9.30 One Lane Bridge. New. 11.30 Holiday Horrors: Caught On Camera. 12.30 The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Outback Truckers.

3.00 Mudslingers. 3.30 Life Off Road. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Mega Marine Machines. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars.

8.30 MOVIE: Total Recall. (1990) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin.

10.55 American Dad! 11.55 Late Programs.

PRIME7

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: My Christmas Love. (2016) Meredith Hagner. 2.00 The Secret Daughter. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 2. Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat.

11.00 MOVIE: Soldier. (1998) Kurt Russell, Connie Nielsen, Jason Scott Lee. 1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Desperate Housewives. 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Country House Hunters Australia. New. 8.30 MOVIE: Bad Moms. (2016) Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell. 10.30 MOVIE: Friends With Benefits. (2011) 12.35 Tipping Point. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Late Programs.

7TWO

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

12.00 ER. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 MOVIE: Where No Vultures Fly. (1951) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Earth From Space.

8.50 MOVIE: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

(1986) William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley. 11.15 MOVIE: The Day The Earth Caught Fire. (1961) 1.05 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project.

2.00 One Night With My Ex. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 How To Train Your Dragon Homecoming. 6.30 MOVIE: Rise Of The Guardians. (2012) 8.30 MOVIE: Transformers: Age Of Extinction. (2014) Mark Wahlberg. 11.45 The Top 100 Video Games Of All Time. 12.40 Urbex: Enter At Your Own Risk. 1.40 Rivals. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 Holiday Horrors: Caught On Camera. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 River Monsters: Top Ten. 4.30 The Real Seachange. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Property Ladder UK. 1.00 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life.

12.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Outback Truckers. 3.00 Mudslingers. 3.30 The Grade Cricketer. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Mega Marine Machines.

5.30 American Pickers. 6.30 MOVIE: Planet Of The Apes. (2001) 8.55 MOVIE: Alien: Resurrection. (1997) Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder. 11.20 American Dad! 11.50 Late Programs.

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& s e x Ta e u g n To s r e t s i Tw Before we enjoy some light-hearted not-too-taxing entertainment, let’s look at why we pay taxes in order for our governments to “borrow” from - and pay interest to - private banks in the first place. We don’t need to, but like the health cabal, mafia or whatever you want to call it – UNELECTED faceless people and groups telling us how to run the place; we have the banking cabal or mafia. They by default run the health one too and everything else, but over a period of time, Central Bankers have taken over and control monetary policy of nearly all nations, including here.

(Those interested might like to search “the American Empire and its Media” for a good illustration of this controlling web.)

We are currently using QE or Quantitative Easing monetary policy, but who is the interest (our taxes pay for) being paid to?

Once, via the Commonwealth Bank, we used to create the credit to run Australia ourselves (virtually interest free), and every State had a State Bank of Issue. All has been usurped over time, State banks have disappeared, so we (and future generations) pay exorbitant interest (compounded) over many years to PRIVATE bankers. Our wealth is transferred to private banks; we work to pay it, yet they are allowed to create it from nothing to loan to us for interest! Huh? Unless we understand this and teach our pollies, it will go on and we’ll be forever controlled by PRIVATE central bankers, who by default, dictate monetary policy – just like health policy.

(Search for Canadian ex-Chair Royal College of Physicians Dr Roger Hodkinson: The CV19 Crisis is the Biggest Hoax Ever Perpetuated.)

I’m going to leave you with a couple of quotes to cogitate on before the light relief.

“The Money Trick”: There is no more incongruous and depressing spectacle in Australia than the Commonwealth Government every few weeks offering its Treasury Notes (the nation’s IOU’s) to the banks in return for money to carry on the nation’s business”. (C. Barclay-Smith, 1985) “The banks can create and destroy money. Bank credit is money. It’s the money we do most of our business with, not with that currency which we usually think of as money” - Governor Eccles, one-time chair of the US Federal Reserve Bank Board, in evidence to a Congressional Committee.

“Is it possible in these days of disbelief in physical miracles really to caricature institutions which pretend to lend money, and do not lend it, but create it? And when it is repaid them, de-create it? And who have achieved the physically impossible miracle thereby, not only of getting something for nothing, but also of getting perennial interest from it?”

Prof. Soddy, eminent physicist, Oxford University.

“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currencies, first by inflation and then by deflation, the corporation that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered”. Abraham Lincoln, President, United States.

The corporation HAS grown up and globally deprives us by interest, inflation and deflation, and taxes to pay it, so informing yourself will help to understand what you’re up against,

then elect people who want to change it back into the hands of the people for the “common wealth”.

Rate-able Rant This article was sent to me around 1996. I think it’s from the late 80’s originally. I never had or knew the author, but there was a note on the bottom: “This was actually written by a Coolah man to accompany his Council Rates quite a few years ago – what has changed?” What indeed!

I thought it was worth sharing in light of all these user-pay taxes which we continue to incur for our own good, so we lose all the facilities we used to enjoy when we paid less taxes! Hope you enjoy it.  Dear Sir, In reply to your request, I send a cheque for payment. We wish to inform you that the wolf is at our door and in the present condition of our bank account it is almost impossible. Our shattered financial position is due to Federal laws, corporation laws, council laws, liquor laws, mother-in-laws, sister-in-laws, and outlaws.

It is also due to droughts, floods, bushfires, grasshoppers, kangaroos, feral pigs, blowflies, worms, unionists and the Labor Party.

licence, water bore licence, marriage licence – not to mention dog registration, car and truck registration, registered ear-marks, registered stock brands, livestock permits, farm machinery permits and building permits.

For our own safety we are required to carry life assurance, property insurance, liability insurance, burglary insurance, accident insurance, business insurance, fire insurance, old age insurance, sickness insurance, flood insurance and hail insurance.

Our business is so governed that it is no easy matter for us to find out who owns it!

We are suspected, inspected, disrespected, dejected, examined and re-examined, informed, required, summonsed, fined, commanded and compelled until we supply an inexhaustible supply of money for every known need, desire or hope for the human race.

The few dollars we once used to save is now stopped for we are controlled by the egg board, pear board, onion board, milk board, potato board, wheat board, barley board, oat board, government boards, mean board, civil boards, bare boards …....... in fact, the whole thing makes us “bored”!

Through the above laws we are compelled to pay a business tax, amusement tax, payroll tax, road tax, light tax, carpet tax, income tax, council tax, P.P. Board tax, wages tax, petrol tax, and sale-yard tax. Even our brains are taxed!!

We can honestly tell you that except for the miracle that happened, we would not enclose this cheque.

We are required to get a business licence, driver’s licence, liquor licence, shooters

Yours sincerely.

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The wolf that comes to many doors nowadays just had pups in our kitchen.

We sold them – and here is the money.

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The Racoon’. am, in music heaven.

The only two says this about Mary: “She will bear a Then he introduced us to Elton, The anticipation of the holidays is in the annoying things have been (i) having son, Beach Boys, Hot August Night, to and you shall call his name Jesus, stop doing my real work for a air. All of us are hanging name aout few.for We that certainly hadfor thehe willtosave his people from their to find out the name of a new break that we desperately need.

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At last the announcement air guitar when songs like ‘Panama’ Dacca and Sherbet at ear-blistering on empty. So what are all anticipating?

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What is it that we are expecting to Oncould the TVbe andpeace. radio, they’ve been finally there So what is times. happen? While we anticipate that talking about making playlists of it that you are anticipating this year?

Getting drivers’ things will get back to somemy sort of licence you play you’re lonely meant I could play music in the What is it‘songs that you are when anticipating to normal after Christmas (whatever that or alone’, but that’s just garbage. car on my own as loud as I liked at Christmas? As we enter into looks like!) we do not know thecassettehappen I’m never alone when the music … and I did.what My go-to in this advent season,I’m why not take is blasting, at peace.

Late the last New Year will bring.

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In the church’s Aussie band called Ocean Alleyit– and from home. Weird. Fun. Novel. Am I screamed out the lyrics at the top of brings, calendar, this marks the time where gonna get sick of it? Who knows.

Am may you know the true hope my lungs whilst mowing for almost 2 many Christians begin down in yet? that is found in Jesus.

I sickto of slow my own company Nope.

Lovin’ It. My lovely wife made banana hours. Bliss. Alone. Not lonely.

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Fears, the song by John Lennon Oh, and the music … it’s goin’ on out withfor DAVID DIXON where he says ‘Strange Days Indeed, here on the outskirts of Millthorpe, Most Peculiar Mama…’, Onion Skin by I’m telling you. Can you hear it?

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AMANDA SPALDING with Bob Holland

HOW LUCKY ARE WE TO LIVE IN ORANGE? BOB: We often talk about how things could be done better and how to get the best out of our Council, but with the Christmas season upon us, maybe a change of emphasis is in order. That said, there’s a real lot to like about Orange and there are many things we should be grateful for, living here.

a full range of high-order services including business, office and retail uses with arts, culture, recreation and entertainment centres does makes Orange a great place to live. Living in smaller places does have its challenges as I know from my time living in Hay in the western Riverina.

One of the significant challenges is health services.

AMANDA: That’s true and perhaps the first is our geographical position being 3.5 hours from Sydney. That makes Orange an easy place to get to for Sydneysiders for a weekend away and we have seen that since COVID restrictions started to be lifted in June some of the cellar doors say they have seen 6 times the normal number of visitors.

BOB: I don’t think there’s any doubt that health services in Orange are considered anything less than extraordinary by many people, and rightly so, even with the parking woes. Let’s also not forget Ronald McDonald House and the Cancer accommodation facility at Western Care Lodge; both are pretty special and both add to our abundance of health care services. What’s even better is that both involved the community to a very large extent in Orange getting them here in the first place.

We are also lucky in being a regional centre that attracts various government services because of our size. In June, the Orange local government area was placed in the new category of Regional Centre alongside 23 other LGAs. The definition is: Councils categorised as Regional Centre will typically have a minimum residential population of 40,000. Other features may include: • a large city or town providing a significant proportion of the region’s housing and employment • health services, tertiary education services and major regional airports which service the surrounding and wider regional community • a full range of high-order services including business, office and retail uses with arts, culture, recreation and entertainment centres • total operating revenue exceeding $100M per annum • the highest rates of population growth in regional NSW • significant visitor numbers to established tourism ventures and major events that attract state and national attention • a proximity to Sydney which generates economic opportunities.

Councils in the category of Regional Centre are often considered the geographic centre of the region providing services to their immediate and wider catchment communities.

Councillors also benefited from this. As a result of being categorised as a Regional Centre the fees payable to the Mayor and Councillors were raised. Council made a decision on 7th July to pay Councillors and the Mayor the maximum annual allowance for 2020/21 being $24,320 for each Councillor and $84,400 for the Mayor.

Having health services, tertiary educations services and

I believe you also have some further knowledge of what’s happening in Rural Health, what can you tell us?

AMANDA: I do, for example I know the NSW Legislative Council is currently undertaking an Inquiry into Rural Health: Inquiry into health outcomes and access to health and hospital services in rural, regional and remove NSW Terms of Reference 1. H ealth outcomes for people in rural, regional and remote NSW 2. C omparison of outcomes for patients living in rural, regional and remote NSW compared to other local health districts across metropolitan NSW 3. Access including availability, barriers to access and quality of services 4. P atient experience, wait-times and quality of care in comparison to metropolitan NSW 5. Analysis of planning systems and projections used

by NSW Health in determining provision of health services 6. Analysis of capital and recurrent health expenditure in comparison to population growth and relative to metropolitan NSW 7. An examination of staffing challenges and allocations and how NSW Health is addressing them 8. Current and future provision of ambulance services 9. Access and availability of oncology treatment 10. Access and availability of palliative care services 11. I mpact of health and hospital services on indigenous and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities

12. Any other related matters.

Orange now enjoys high level health services in most of these categories, although palliative care is still an issue even in our Regional Centre. I am aware that the Central West Regional Organisation of Councils, Centroc, worked for many years as a partnership of councils, with the Primary Health Network, Local Health District, the Regional Development Agency, Rural Doctors Network, Charles Sturt University and TAFE to market the Central West to health professionals to come and work here. The Marketing Strategy was called Beyond the Range and was very successful.

I also recall an oncology doctor addressing the Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak about drug trials for prostate cancer patients. To make these a reality in Orange the community needed to raise a huge amount of money to show community support. Those drug trials have been taking place in Orange for more than 7 years now and have been very effective. The largest industry/employer in Orange in 2019 was health care/social.

Smaller and more remote councils often find themselves subsidising health professionals to work in their areas despite health being a State and Federal government responsibility. I often ask myself the question about whether people living in more remote areas should pay the same taxes as people living in urban areas and regional centres for a lower level of service, and a lower life expectancy.

The volunteer effort is also amazing in regional Australia and particularly in remote areas. In Hay there were many volunteers who regularly drove people to and from Griffith for medical appointments. A journey of over 1.5 hours each way.

I guess that in founding the settlement that became Orange a river may have been more use to future generations than gold!!

BOB: We certainly are blessed in many ways and as a marketer, I must admit that I always thought the Evocities initiative was quite brilliant in the way that it highlighted to difference in lifestyles between the City and places like Orange, especially through the highway billboards they used. Why that initiative isn’t still going is a mystery to me, it was brilliant in principle, it just had the wrong name and I believe that’s what ultimately killed it. If I was in charge, I’d reignite it with a name that people could understand, something like Rural Living Project or The Great Rural Escape. Evocities? Nah!!

If you would like to discuss any of the matters that Bob and I raise in our conversations, please feel free to contact me at aespalding2@bigpond.com or on 0417 288 246. | Saturday 5 December, 2020 |

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REMEMBER YOUR LOVED ONES HERE IN

Fond Memories

Death Notice It is with much sadness that we advise the passing of

JOYCE EDITH KING Aged 92 years

Wife of Harry (dec), mother of Alan (Orange), Christine (Wollongbar), sister of Owen Smith, Norma Sheridan, June Ironmonger (all dec), Nan to granddaughters Rebecca, Fiona and Sarah and great granddaughter Emily.

25/5/1937-2/11/2020

You left a hole in my heart Sadly missed and never forgotten Love Colleen

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IT WAS FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY… THAT THE SIXTIES FINALLY DIED

By David Dixon

Fortieth anniversary of the shooting death of former Beatle, John Lennon outside his Dakota apartment block in New York City is likely to go largely-unrecognised in the media this week.

Anniversary-itis — the lavish marking of the fiftieth, sixtieth, seventieth, anniversary of some war, battle, atrocity, or social event —is one of my least-favourite form of news The old television clips, interviews, recaps, and eyewitness accounts of an historical event is a relatively-modern phenomena that always smacks of both the need to fill the 24-hour news void and of lazy journalism. The only reports I remember seeing in November 1973 on the 10th anniversary of the assassination of US President John F Kennedy, was a small feature article on about page 36 of a Sydney afternoon tabloid paper.

Yet the sudden assassination by a psychotic Mark David Chapman of Lennon as the former Beatle alighted from his car after a recording session on Tuesday, December 8, 1980, had an inordinate effect at the time.

After one of these late school year days when exams were over and having played cricket on the main oval all day with some friends, I recall listening to the bus radio on the way home as the presenter played “Imagine” over and again, wondering what the occasion was.

Australian newspapers ran the story as the lead for more than a month with the “who”, “how”, “what”, “why”, and “when” of the event analysed in ever-more decreasing circles of trivia and speculation.

This was not the sad demise of a musical legend like Elvis, overweight and alone, had been three years earlier, it was the extinguishing of a musical and social leader who had just returned to public attention with his patchy though deeply-touching Double Fantasy album.

The event, ironically, which spurred Chapman on his deadly trail from his home in Hawaii to Manhattan.

The near-assassination of US President Ronald Reagan

by John Hinckley Jr a few months later, in comparison, engendered far-less blanket media coverage for weeks on end as Lennon’s shooting did.

Lennon was the founder and driving creative force (at least in their early years) of the social and cultural phenomena that was the Beatles.

Yet at the time, the response in the pop music community to his death was subdued, almost embarrassed, as if Lennon — having gone the way of various world leaders and dictators over the centuries — had somehow besmirched the cultural institution that was popular music.

Fellow Beatle Paul McCartney famously called the shooting “a drag” with various new wave and postpunk bands interviewed on the Australian music show Countdown by Molly Meldrum all mouthing platitudes about the tragedy while distancing themselves from the musical-legacy of the Fab Four.

Still only 25 years old, rock and roll was viewed as a unique musical form unlike anything that had preceded it, embodying not just the act of creating listenable, relevant tracks to people’s lives but integrating elements of a social and cultural movement that had changed the world.

Nostalgia for the good-old-boys of the sixties, no matter how exalted they were, was anathema to the spirit of the new and the now. Reminiscing over the performers who had created the industry, was the provenance of old folk forms like jazz and blues and country music.

But in 1985, Bob Geldof ’s Live Aid worldwide televised concert featuring such nostalgia acts as Status Quo, Led Zeppelin, the Four Tops, and Santana, changed pop forever.

By showing that it was just another musical fashion — performer Adam Ant said in his autobiography that Live Aid “was the end of rock ‘n’ roll” — popular music came back to the pack.

What Live Aid spurred was not just the enormouslypopular (and profitable) re-union tours of still hugelyadmired but no-longer-fashionable acts, such as the

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Eagles, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, but the idea that the musical form did not just spring from the poetic genius of its latest practitioners, but was a continuum from Bill Halley and the Comets and Elvis to the present.

Today, my own children listen to a 50-year range of pop music from Elton John, David Bowie, Queen, Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, REM, The Offspring, Imagine Dragons, London Grammar, and Ed Sheeran.

John Lennon died before this sense of rock encompassing a creative chronology with the great musical acts of the past as revered, if not more so, than the current performers on the charts (if such things exists anymore) became a profitable industry.

John Lennon’s death spared us one thing, the grotesque marketing monster that would have been a Beatles reunion tour and all the t-shirts, live concert albums, and television specials that this event would have entailed.

Paul McCartney has often alluded to how close this event came to being a reality in the 1970s.

Perversely, this non-eventuality has probably done more to cement the Beatles’ unrivalled reputation as artists ultimately devoted to their craft, rather than commercial success, than any deflating old rocker megaconcert series could ever have done.

Danny Boyle’s surprise 2019 comedy filmic hit, Yesterday in which a musician wakes from an accident to discover he is the only person to remember the Beatles, as well as Ron Howard’s Eight Days a Week documentary on their touring years, shows the continuing appeal of the four lads from Liverpool.

If, as they say, the sixties didn’t actually start until 1965, then the utterly-incomprehensible death of Lennon — matched with the election of archconservatives Margaret Thatcher in Britain and Reagan in the US at about the same time — certainly signalled this most-mythologised of decades’ end.

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Making the final touches to Orange’s new giant Christmas lights bauble in Robertson Park were Council workers, Matt Hunt and Quinn Luxford. Money (not all of it) from the cancelled “Carols’ by Candlelight” funded the bauble designed to lift locals’ spirits for Christmas 2020.

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ELITE CRICKET DRAW FOR NEW CARL SHARPE CRICKET CENTRE Interstate Sheffield Shield matches, Big-Bash warm-up games, and Women’s Big Bash League events are all on the cards for Wade Park after completion of Orange’s world-standard Cricket Centre of Excellence.

Official opening of the “Carl Sharpe Cricket Centre” has seen negotiations with partners Cricket NSW take a serious turn on bigleague cricket for the central west, Orange City Council Sports & Recreation Committee Chair, Cr Jason Hamling said.

“I expect a Sheffield Shield Game here in the near-future, we’re now in negotiations on the matter,” Cr Hamling said.

“Orange has got a partnership with Cricket NSW that involves not just this facility, but also turf wicket nets on the other side of Wade Park,” her added.

He said that a Women’s Bash League match would be particularly-welcome for Orange with local girl, teen sensation Phoebe Litchfield currently playing with the Sydney Thunder.

Cricket NSW staff can also be housed at the facility with extensive office space available.

Government; with $200,000 each from Cricket Australia and Cricket NSW.

The world-standard COE will revolutionise training for young cricketers in the region with the same all-weather, all-season flexibility that local squad swimmers now experience with the indoor aquatic centre.

The finished facility includes threelanes (nets) that are available for both elite cricketers and community use. “It can also be configured for indoor cricket fixtures with the raising and lowering of the tensioned nets,” Cr Hamling enthused.

“Cricketers can train all year round; this will give them the same winter-time facility that the swimmers now enjoy… We really need a top facility like this.”

Funding included $2.1 million from Council; $1 million from the State

“We want to make it as available to as many local cricketers as possible,” Cr Hamling explained. “It’s the best facility in country NSW without a doubt,” Cr Hamling concluded.

With Council soon to sign-off on occupancy for the new $3.4 million facility, now is the time local cricket teams to get their bookings in, he added. “The best thing to do is to just call Orange Council on 6393 8000 and go from there,” he explained.

The facility includes three special shockabsorbent decks designed to replicate game day conditions while also cushioning the feet of bowlers pounding up and down the new facility. “There’s shock pads under the bowler’s area; the pitches are speciallydesigned for a cricket-user realistic feel,” he added.

Versatility of the new venue, however, should also see it utilised in the colder months, he explained.

“During the winter, we can pull-back the nets for indoor training for rugby league clubs and the like,” Cr Hamling said.

Other features of the facility include a toplevel canteen that provides a panoramic view of the playing field on Wade Park so that hard-working volunteers slugging it out selling sausage rolls, hot-dogs, and giant pythons, will also get a look at the matches being played.

Cricket NSW Development Officer Matthew Tabbernor and other locally-based

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O-TOWN ROYALS BEAT BULLS IN A-MENS CLASH Top of the table clash in the Orange Basketball Association’s A-Men’s Comp recently saw the O-Town Royals come-out trumps against the Bulls in a hard-fought clash.

The Monday night eighth-round fixture at Orange PCYC saw the Royals run-out 52–42 winners with both teams having the same number of two pointers, but the Royals scoring six three-pointers to only one for the Bulls.

M Robotham was top-scorer for the Royals with 17 points from three outside the line and three inside. Top-scorer for the game though was G Lajara with a total of seven two-pointers and three free throws.

The Trojans still lead the seven-team comp on 18 points with the O-Town Royals on 16 points followed by the Bulls on 15.

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BIRD RIGHT; NO “FAIR GO” FOR TRUMP FROM BIASED MEDIA I would like to say, I enjoy Jeanine Bird’s articles as I don’t think President Trump gets a fair go, or even acknowledgement from the majority of the press, for his accomplishments which are many.

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our past (and most popular Mayor, by far) Tim Sullivan supports the retaining of this unique green space. As he so rightly says, ‘Bloomfield is really a health complex’. Surely parkland surrounds are more conducive to health rather than treeless, noisy sporting stadiums and fields?

Trump was for Making America Great Again, patriotism, where the opposition was for hate America and it’s past, cancel culture, identity politics by race, and now they even pulled more statues down on Thanksgiving Day, because they needed something else to hate.

Great, build a sports stadium, but build it on the original North Orange site that was proposed, or find another site! There are no benefits in destroying mature-treed parkland to build it at Bloomfield.

Alan Mitchell

Stands for law and order and free speech.

Negotiated peace deals between three Arab countries and Israel. Stood-up to China and North Korea. First President in 50 years not to send American young men to fight and die in other countries' wars.

COUNCIL PROPOSED DESTRUCTION OF YOUR BLOOMFIELD PARKLAND

These are good things, 99.9 per cent of Americans will never meet Trump, so his brashness will not affect them directly, but his policies will.

What part of the picture doesn’t Council get?

Proposing to destroy the beautiful, irreplaceable natural Bloomfield parkland right on the edge of this fast-growing city, beggars belief!

As for getting time in local papers, the American President is the leader of the free world, and things like the election should be discussed, as there are always ramifications for Australia too.

As outlined in the front-page story in Newswatch (Saturday, November 21), Orange grew with the same net population last year as Sydney is expecting this year.

As for Biden and the Democrats, they were the ones that dreamed-up the three-year collusion story with the Russians, and Hillary Clinton never stopped saying how the election was stolen from her.

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We saw the shops and offices being boardedup during the election process in Democrat strongholds like New York, in case Trump won and the riots began again. These people weren’t going to accept any other victory but Biden, not much democracy there.

Then we have all the Democratic riots with the Black Lives Matter mob burning buildings and cars, looting, shooting, burning the flag, pulling down statues (they left Lenin’s intact).

Did any of these so-called peaceful demonstrations spread the COVID-19 virus?

Then they threatened to burn America to the ground if Biden didn’t win.

That’s phenomenal growth for a country town. This parkland belongs to the people of Orange and should be preserved as such and further developed with walking tracks, picnic tables, bicycle paths, and more, put in place to accommodate our fast-growing city.

Residents of Orange, go-out to the Bloomfield parkland site adjacent to the hospital and see what you stand to lose. This is your opportunity to stop this mad proposal from proceeding. It is your opportunity to save this parkland for current and future generations. It is our own answer to having the Sydney equivalent of Hyde Park.

Council should be concentrating on preserving, enhancing, and developing the natural beauty and integrity of the Bloomfield site as it exists and consider the local rate-paying community as the primary stakeholders when making any proposals for any sort of additional use of this existing parkland or development that could potentially-impact on the existing fauna, flora, and environment.

It’s time to take action! If individuals who agree Bloomfield parkland has to be saved and yet sit back and do nothing, the destruction will go ahead. Sign the petition at: https://www.change.org/p/mp-phil-donatobloomfield-stop-work-immediately-and-chooseanother-site

Hasn’t Council learnt anything from the many mistakes it’s made in the past? The removal of 513 mature trees!? And this is just Stage One with the proposal to remove the rest in Stage Two.

And voice your opposition to Orange City Council’s CEO David Waddell at: OCC CEO council@orange.nsw.gov.au Demand that your voice is heard!

Julie Pont

The Council needs to get a reality check! Even

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