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LOCAL NEWS DELIVERED WITH — INTEGRITY — WISDOM — BALANCE Saturday 23 January, 2021

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ISSUE No. 33

“BLOOMFIELD PARKLANDS” FOR FUTURE AUSTRALIA DAYS

Major social and community events — including Australia Day commemorations — could be hosted at the proposed “Bloomfield Parklands” site in south Orange, proponents of the concept believe They are holding a unique “Summer Picnic Day” Sunday, January 24 to highlight what they say are the location’s special natural qualities.

Event organisers oppose plans for a $25 million sports precinct on the site of the de-commissioned Ex-Services Golf

Course adjacent to Brabham sports fields at Bloomfield.

Proponents of the Parkland proposal believe that Orange City Council should, instead, retain the land as a green space for the growing south Orange area with the sports stadium relocated to a semi-rural block originally purchased for the stadium in the north Orange area.

• Council staff were to be commended on how smoothly the meeting ran. It began and ended on time, stump speeches were discouraged, and almost everyone was given a chance to ask a question in the allotted time.

celebration of one of the most successful societies on earth, or reminder of the suffering of our first peoples?

• We asked locals this week about their thoughts on Australia Day, see our feature inside for their responses, as well as that of local Aboriginal leader, Gerald Power.

• Turn to pages 8–9 for our special report.

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with DAVID DIXON

• Passions were a little more subdued at the tree forum in contrast to event held before Christmas where Council staff got a fair shellacking over plans to remove a dozen or so London Plane Trees as part of the proposed Anson St Mall. “I hate it when the Council staff have to cop-it and cop-it, and they can’t ever retaliate,” Mayor Kidd said later.

• Turn to page 4–5 for full story and coverage of the recent tree removal forum.

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• “Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there! He wasn’t there again today, Oh how I wish he’d go away!” so said William Hughes Mearns in his famous poem “Antigonish”. But it could have applied recently to Orange Mayor, Reg Kidd who watched the south Orange tree removal forum from the adjacent stairwell leading to his office. Cr Kidd, fresh from child-minding duties, was also up-anddown to his office during the meeting as cleaners were giving the old mayoral suite a steam carpet scrub and furniture needed to be moved-about. “I was working out of my office and the blokes were in there, there was stuff everywhere, and I was supervising,” he explained. “I also didn’t want to take one of the seats for the people who were coming-in late and had already registered.” The Mayor pointed-out that Councillors Taylor, Duffy, Whitton, and Munro (as well as CEO, Dave Waddell) also attended the event.

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“DON’T CALL ME BIN-CHICKEN!”

Potential for Wonderful Parklands for Orange

Gather your friends and fami the glorious Bloomfield Park ly to join others at lands at the old Golf Course, Forest Road for a SUMMER PICNIC DAY

FROM 11AM, SUNDAY 24 JAN UARY

Bring your frisbee, kite, ball or cricket bat and experie nce the beautiful shade and open vistas, play some hide and seek and spread out your picnic rug.

While you’re there, imagin e the potential of enhancing this space over time to create Orange’s answer to Central Park in New York, or Centennial Park in Sydney. Bike paths, more native trees, intelligent succes sion planting to eventually replace the old pine trees, events and festiva ls.

This could be another jewel to attract visitors who love Orange’s tree and green spaces. It could be wonderful!

BUT... did you know?

We currently stand to lose this amazing opportunity if Orange City Council proceeds with the DA to remove 513 trees. (www.orange.nsw.gov.au/development-application-on-exhibition-friday-11-december-2020-to-friday-5-february-2021/)

The proposed sports stadium for the site could be relocated to another site, (as originally intended) then Orange could have two amazing outdoor places instead of destroying one to gain one.

First it was the grey-headed flying foxes moving to Orange for summer, then the arrival of the pest-species Indian Myna birds, now the dreaded “bin chickens” have arrived!

very quickly

Self-respecting Robertson Park magpie is seen here turning its back on the latest local member of the Australian white ibis family.

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After being initially-critical of the informal picnic day being held this Sunday, January 24 at the so-called “Bloomfield Parklands” — which encompasses the old Ex-Services golf club site controversially-proposed for the sporting precinct — Mayor Reg Kidd has had a change of heart.

Historically rare in our larger population centres, the Australian white ibis has, in the past 40 years, established itself there in increasing numbers.

Hated by some for this habit (and for its slightly-repulsive appearance); they have become something of a cultural-icon in the Harbour City whey they are often seen making a living out of others’ left-overs.

See you on Sunday 24 January for a picnic day!

REG INTO THE LION’S DEN

Often mistaken for the African sacred ibis of Egyptian mythology, its Australian cousin is actually a native species that has developed a decided taste for local rubbish.

This is no doubt due to its habit of rummaging through rubbish bins — which has earned it the highlyunflattering nickname of “tip turkey” and, more commonly, “bin chicken”.

To preserve and grow this potential parkland, it’s important that residents put in a submission to Council opposing the tree removal and quote DA 464/2020(1) (www.orange.nsw.gov.au/making-a-submission). This can be as simple as a list of points or a single paragraph and you can do this by post to David Waddell CEO at: Orange City Council PO Box 35 Orange NSW 2800 or by email to: council@orange.nsw.gov.au or drop directly into Council. Hand-written is fine!

It needs to be done by 5 February, so TODAY would be an excellent day to do it!

Wrong way now, right way later?

Owner of this nose-in 90-degree (illegally) angle-parked car in Anson St — which was recently booked — will no doubt be upset, if they realise that in a few short months, nose-in parking could be the norm for Orange.

The car was also in a disabled parking spot — but seemed to have the correct approval sticker attached to the inside windscreen — likely making the owner’s disappointment even keener.

As part of Orange’s $5 million “Future City” initiative, that is designed to create a more attractive “walkable” CBD precinct, modern nose-in parking is proposed to replace the more traditional rear-to-kerb angle parking — for a number of reasons that Newswatch remains unconvinced by.

“I may go, I haven’t made my mind up yet! I may be there,” the Colour City’s number one supporter of the sports stadium proposal recently told Newswatch.

With a background in horticultural education and training, he described himself as an “unbelievable conservationist,” who is “mad about trees”.

“I’m one of the few people in Orange who has actually chained himself to a tree in a protest…well, it was actually more of a rope.”

“I’ve planted thousands of trees and, unlike many of these people opposing the sports precinct, I actually do it!”

First stage of the project — for which a development application is now open for public submissions — will see about 500 trees removed from the proposed precinct’s south Orange site.

“Thank-you for visi…” oh forget it!

This back image of the new “Orange” welcome sign at the intersection of the Mitchell Highway and the Northern Distributor is what you see when travelling towards Bathurst and, to be honest, it looks pretty ordinary.

Many towns back their “welcome signs” with “Thanks for visiting; hope your enjoyed…” type messages. Maybe this is an idea that could be explored for what is, admittedly, the justinstalled feature.

While some don’t mind its “bespoke” handcrafted look, many believe the distressed, rustylooking front of the sign is not all that flash, either! We’d like to find-out how much the whole kit-and-caboodle cost as well. | Saturday 23 January, 2021 |

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Local mum’s new ideas for our pool Grandmother Lucy Skrinnikoff agrees with a local mother that the added slideride price of $4.40 at Orange Aquatic Centre is a bit steep.

• Clearly-advertised times during the day showing when the diving boards are open — perhaps on Facebook — with a sign also outside the facility.

TIME TO TAKE THE DIVE ON NEW SWIM IDEAS

• Reduce the cost of pool inflatables to $2–$2.50 instead of $4.40 each as it is currently, as this is on-top of the usual pool entry.

• Council to investigate grants that would allow them to fund a water park similar to that at Mudgee Pool (pictured above) which is located in the pool grounds and with no further cost apart from pool entry.

• More family change-rooms, particularly as signs say boys over age of five aren’t allowed in female change rooms.

This is hard if visiting and only one adult female is present.

Remember the days when Orange Pool would be so chock-a-block full of kids that you had to make sure you didn’t “bomb” another swimmer?

Creative ways of re-imagining our “aquatic centre” to make it more attractive to families in 2021 are needed to return it to its glory days, a local mother of two believes.

Dropping entry prices, permanent play features, and one-off entry prices are a good place to start, she believes.

Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd though said that prices for the pool are set by a community-representative Council Committee and that ratepayers already subsidise the venue to a large extent.

The mother has been in correspondence with Orange Council’s senior staff on her ideas for making the pool more pricefriendly for struggling families and kids from poorer backgrounds.

Charging a relatively-high $4.40 per child for this year’s inflatable slide attached to the diving pool, though is an example of pricing people out of the fun of what is a public utility, the mother says.

“While the inflatables certainly help children enjoy this facility more, it is disappointing that children are charged $4.40 on top of entry price to use these, when the pool entry already makes the facility out of reach for many local families,” she said.

“It would be great for the pool to offer the inflatable as part of entry costs (or at least $2 a child rather than $4.40), advertise on

their Facebook page and a sign at entry which times the diving board will be open, and for a permanent water park feature with large slide to be explored further,” she added.

Local grandmother and pool-user Lucy Skrinnikoff, who took her three grandsons to the pool recently, agrees that the added slide-ride price was a bit rich.

“Yes, they used it and they enjoyed themselves,” she said outside the facility.

“But at $4.40 it was a bit steep; they could have had it at about $3, I think,” she said.

“It’s a very expensive visit for a family,” the local mother added. “it’s about $20 for the four of us and then $4.40 per child for the inflatable slide,” she said.

Fresh from the water-slide at Orange Aquatic Centre, Daniel, Adam, and James Skrinnikoff. diving boards, but they seem to be often shut when you go there.”

Bathurst, with its permanent whirl-pool facility, is another idea that the Council could be looking at.

With friends in Mudgee, she says that Orange could look at the permanent play park that is incorporated into the local pool facility.

She added that the benefits of swimming are so wide-ranging in this internet age, that making access to the pool and all its facilities is a community service that Council should be glad to subsidise.

”Often holidaying in Mudgee, their pool pool costs are reduced, and, when it is open, the water-slide is there as part of the entry fee, there’s no added cost."

“It’s just so costly with all the add-ons.

It’s a fine if you’re into swimming laps, but kids enjoy the novelty and they should have access to these rides,” she said.

She said other annoying features of the local pool include that the diving pool for large parts of each day seems to be out-ofaction. “Diving’s great for kids because it helps with their water-confidence; my own son got better at swimming after using the

“I would love to see everything free, but that’s not possible. I bet, if you went to the homes of many of these people who say

Cr Kidd said that he’d like to see the pool with free entry, but that no longer makes economic sense.

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they can’t afford the pool; you would find they’ve got a giant TV and Netflix and pay TV as well.”

He said that, far from being a moneyspinner, many of the slide facilities at the pool are heavily-subsidised by other ratepayers.

“It won’t go close to breaking-even, not a chance… those prices are set by a Council Committee with community members who themselves have young families; they’re pool-users themselves, members of the local footy club, and the like,” Cr Kidd said.

The mother said that the pool is a wonderful asset to Orange, but that we are simply not making the most of its benefits.

“We’re lucky to have the pool, it’s a great resource, but I think they can look at other areas and see what they’re doing so that we can do better,” she concluded.

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BLOOMFIELD TREE REMOVAL FORUM SHEDS LIGHT ON STADIUM ISSUE South or North Orange, which is the best location for a giant new sports precinct for the Colour City?

Light more than heat prevailed at the recent Orange Council forum that drew about 120 locals to discuss controversial plans to remove about 513 trees from the Bloomfield site as Stage One of the proposed south Orange sports development.

Few fireworks but plenty of probing questions and answers highlighted the event which surprisingly-attracted about a third more people than the fiery forum before Christmas on the proposal to remove about a dozen London Plane trees from Anson St. Senior Council staff told the meeting that the Bloomfield site — a regenerating natural area once part of the de-commissioned Ex-Services Golf Club — was the perfect location for the proposed $25 million State Government-funded complex that will also include an 8500-capacity sports stadium.

Opponents of the proposal believe that a previously-purchased greenfield site in north Orange adjacent to the Northern Distributor should be the preferred site with the south Orange site retained as green space for the growing local population.

Projected population increases were in fact the rationale for the whole project, Council’s Director Community and Cultural Services, Scott Maunder said.

“Why are we doing this? Because of population growth,” he said, adding that the 0–9 years cohort was the largest group in Orange, followed by their parents, and then teenagers.

“Seventeen per cent of those surveyed in our Community Strategic Plan said, ‘We need more sports facilities’; there are about 180,000 people within a 100km radius of Orange, and the closest State-level athletics field is at Dubbo,” he said adding that this was “a huge disadvantage” for local athletes.

He said that the south Orange site had a whole range of advantages over the already-

purchased north Orange site. “For instance, the north Orange location has a powerline down the middle,” he added saying: “We didn’t just wake-up one-day and choose Brabham.”

Later listing other shortcomings of the already-purchased site near the Northern Distributor — lack of power, lack of water, topography, natural asbestos — murmuring laughter prompted the response from one attendee: "Then why’d we purchase it then?”

Mr Maunder emphasised that the stadium and precinct will cover an area nearest to the Brabham sports fields: “the nine holes of the old golf course adjacent to the Hospital will not be affected, it’s not in that zone.”

State Government funding for the project had created pre-conditions that Orange Council could not get around. “We tried to maintain as many trees as we can… but we have to deliver the sports precinct as required by the State Government.”

Manager Building and Environment at Orange Council, Mark Hodges told the meeting in answer to a question that, while an Aboriginal land claim was being processed on the site, this was the case for many Crown Land areas in Orange and was not in itself a hindrance to the proposal.

Many questions focused on the apparent pre-determination of the proposal by many Orange councillors who had indicated that the stadium precinct was “a goer.”

“We’ve seen media of the turning of the first sod on the site with reports that ‘this is going to be the actual site’; now, that should not happen,” one questioner asked.

It seems to be a fait accompli,” another said.

Another asked: “should you have not put all the sites out for comment?”

Another asked: “should you have not put all the sites out for comment?”

Another added that as councillors seemed to have: “pre-determined the application by promoting this site; a number of these councillors will have to excuse themselves,” from any vote.

Mr Hodges said that, any supposed support for the proposal was only for the concept and did not indicate councillors had pre-judged the proposal.

He added that normal conflict-of-interest exclusions would apply to councilors voting rights when the development proposals comes-up before Council. “ his is the same process that we had in north Orange.”

“The turning of the sod happens sometimes before the DA, it’s not an unusual occurrence,” Mr Maunder added.

With heritage orders over parts of the site, another questioner queried whether a situation could occur where Council removes the trees and then finds that the proposal doesn’t comply with the heritage orders.

“The Heritage Council could say, ‘no, we don’t approve of it,’ and we have the situation where there has been removal of the trees for no good reason.”

Mr Maunder said in answer to a question on the future of the north Orange site, that it would like to be retained for sports or other purposes as the north Orange area grew out to the block.

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“In 10 years’ time, we may need more space. We’re planning for the growth of the city with 10,000 more people. Our intent is to hold onto that land,” he said.

He added that shortcomings of the north Orange site included a single access road, no water on-site, no electricity on-site, no internet access, “The quality of the soils is dreadful”, natural occurring asbestos, and the lack of economies-of-scale inherent in the south Orange site.

Another questioner said that the removal of more than 500 trees cannot be under-estimated and that Council should be using software available to place a value on the inherent importance that trees have to a natural area and to our wellbeing.

“If COVID taught us one thing, it is to appreciate nature. You should come-up with the value of the trees that you are going to remove,” he said.

Statements were made by a number of the residents saying that the stadium will provide sporting opportunities for the health and well-being of local sports-people that will compensate for the loss of green space in the Bloomfield area.

The response by Mr Hodges and Mr Maunder to many of the specific points of the questioners was: “put a submission in.”

The senior Council staff then agreed with a proposal for the actual perimeter of the proposed precinct to be markedout for those wishing to make a submission to be able to visualise the size of the development.

Submissions to Council on the DA regarding the tree removal can be made until Friday, February 5.

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“Bloomfield Parklands” could host Aus Day and more; supporters say Major social and community events — like this week’s Australia Day commemorations — could in the future be hosted at the proposed “Bloomfield Parklands” site in south Orange, proponents of the concept believe.

A unique “Summer Picnic Day” is being held Sunday, January 24 at the site of the proposed south Orange sports precinct to highlight, what organisers say, are the location’s special natural qualities.

They are holding a unique “Summer Picnic Day” on Sunday, January 24 to highlight what they say are the location’s special natural qualities.

Event organisers oppose plans for a $25 million sports precinct on the site of the de-commissioned Ex-Services Golf Course adjacent to Brabham sports fields at Bloomfield.

Proponents of the Parkland proposal believe that Orange City Council should, instead, retain the land as a green space for the growing south Orange area with the sports stadium relocated to a semi-rural block originally purchased for the stadium in the north Orange area.

But rather than chaining themselves to the 513 trees set-down for removal as green activists — and Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd also claims to have done at one time — they’re instead highlighting the area with the Sunday event to which Cr Kidd said he may even attend.

“This event provides a unique opportunity for those unsure about the wonderful space that could be created at south Orange, to enjoy this regenerating natural area for themselves,” one of the event organisers said.

“The regenerated native landscape could become an invaluable community asset for such events outside the capacity of Cook Park.

“As Orange continues to grow, this is exactly the type of venue that Orange will need in the future.”

The event runs from about 11am with a flyer advertising the picnic adding: “Bring your frisbee, kite, ball or cricket bat and experience the beautiful shade and open vistas, play some hide and seek and spread-out your picnic rug.”

“Rather than ‘chain ourselves to the trees’; we want people to instead experience the special place that ‘Bloomfield Parklands’ could be; if only we have the vision and the courage to open our eyes to what could be saved for future generations,” the organiser said.

The advertisement also urges locals to make a public submission to first stage of the stadium proposal, a development application (DA) now up for public comment

to remove about 513 of the trees currently at the site.

“The proposed sports stadium for the site could be relocated to another site, (as originally intended) then Orange could have two amazing outdoor places instead of destroying one to gain one,” the advertisement said.

Public submissions for the proposed tree removal — which recently-attracted about 120 residents to a public forum at Orange Council — close on Friday, February 5.

“Come-along on Sunday for this COVID-safe event and enjoy a picnic or game of frisbee with your friends and family, go to the ‘Futuring Orange’ Facebook page to findout how,” the organiser concluded.

Mercy dash; stadium bottleneck concern on Forest Rd intersection Could traffic jams for major sporting events at the proposed Bloomfield Sports precinct create medical emergencies for ambulances unable to access Orange Hospital?

Recent family health crisis for Edward Livermore brought this central question into sharp focus. He now questions the suitability of the proposed south Orange site for the sports stadium.

While Orange Council’s recent community forum on the 8500-capacity stadium proposal, heard from Council staff that shuttle-busses will be used for major elite sports events at the venue; Mr Livermore remains unconvinced.

He added that completion of the

Crunch-point: The Forest Rd intersection.

Suitability of the proposed south Orange site for the sports stadium question was brought into sharp focus recently.

Southern Feeder Road through the major intersection near Brabham Sports Fields, will only make matters worse for emergency service vehicles.

“When the Southern Distributor is built, there’ll be more traffic at the lights at Forest Road. If they build the stadium and more sporting fields, imagine the chaos at the lights with cars backing-up trying to get into parking in the sports

fields or out after a major game?”

These issues of access and traffic flow became central to Mr Livermore a few week’s ago with a rushed trip to the Hospital.

“My wife Margaret broke a hip while she was in Orange about three week’s ago and the ambulance had to take her to the Hospital, think about an ambulance having to get through those traffic lights

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if there’s an event on?” he said.

“There could be 200–400 cars in and out at any time… and an ambulance with lights-siren on, stuck in traffic, or what about a person taking a friend to emergency?”

He said suggestions that the discarded northern site for the sports stadium is a worse option with only one major access road, ignores the role that Forest Rd plays for the growing health precinct in south Orange.

“It is a main road for two hospitals,” he said.

“If they have only 200 cars or more go in there at any one time, the ambulance may not be able to get through… and what about a major sporting event at the stadium?” he concluded.

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by DAVID DIXON

KNOCKERS SHOULD LEAVE THIS LITTLE AUSSIE BATTLER OF AN EVENT ALONE Don’t knock Australia Day. It’s a great little Aussie battler of an event that has never done anyone any harm!

It’s certainly not the triumphant clarion call to nationalism and exceptionalism that some national days appear overseas, with their military parades and self-congratulatory speeches in overt jingoistic terms.

To be honest, Anzac Day is a far-more meaningful national commemoration for most Australians; who-ever got a tear in their eye listening to the Prime Minister announce the “Australian of

the Year” winners?

Until the late 1980’s, it was not even a properly-celebrated occasion. There were few observances and the actual “day” was tacked-on to the nearest Monday to make it a permanent Long Weekend, so that everyone could get-away to the beach before the return of the school year.

A television current affairs report in the late 1970s found, in fact, that most

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Australians could not accurately-identify the historical event that it commemorated (the establishment of the First Fleet at Port Jackson). Most people interviewed at the time, thought it was something to do with the navigation of the east coast of Australia by British naval explorer, Captain James Cook in the bark Endeavour in 1770.

In those less-demonstrative times, someone displaying Australian flags or symbols on their houses, cars, or themselves, would have been frankly considered a bit of a nut.

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“My feelings don’t care about your facts” is the modern humorous take on the tendency to dispel all uncomfortable historical truths as products of racism or sinister “white privilege”. But do those seeking to make historical revisionism the norm, really believe that the arrival of the British would have been any less-traumatic for indigenous nations if it had been French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Dutch explorers, that had settled Australia?

It was only after the year-long Bicentennial celebrations of 1988 (I wonder how that event would be commemorated now?), that Australians began to proudly display symbols of their national pride.

Yes, it may celebrate the start of European settlement with the (uninvited) arrival in 1788 of 11 ships led by Governor Arthur Phillip with their cargo the refuse of the jails, hulks, and prison cells of late 18th century Britain and their gaolers, but what would you rather us do?

Spend our time apologising for the undoubted displacement, diseases, drink, poisonings, shootings, and random brutality meted-out to the native population in the colony’s early years, of which no living Australian bears the slightest responsibility?

Do our modern cultural apologists, with all their Sorry Days and calls for treaties and reparations, really care so much about the plight of Aboriginal Australians?

Good, then they can go volunteer at one of the communities in the Northern Territory with chronic issues of alcohol-dependency and unemployment or help with a reading program in one our local schools to make a real contribution to “bridging the gap”.

Calls to get rid of Australia Day altogether have grown in recent years with suggestions that it be replaced with a Sorry or Invasion Day on January 27. (Intentionally or ironically, this is also “International Holocaust Day” when the near-extermination of the Jews, Gypsies, and other groups by the Nazi’s is remembered.)

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off this year’s Australia Day events with an indigenous-themed apology event.

Publicly-funded teen-left alternative radio station JJJ, was first out of the blocks with their annual Oz Day music events now punted to the 27th with “our” ABC kicking-

...My feelings don’t care about your facts” is the modern humorous take on the tendency to dispel all uncomfortable historical truths...

Our food may have been better and common-sense midday breaks (siestas) the norm in summer, but would any of these colonial powers have treated the Aboriginal societies that they found here any better than they did in South America, Africa, and the West and East Indies?

Despite our inauspicious beginnings, Australia as a nation has much to be proud of.

We are a largely-tolerant, fair, and equitable society. Our handling of the pandemic that has decimated so many countries in the northern hemisphere may have been a smidgen heavy-handed, but we were originally a convict settlement.

For really badly-considered celebratory days, for instance, you can go no further than that of my alma mater, Macquarie University. It’s day of celebration — due to the birthdate of Lachlan Macquarie (after whom the university is named) being outside of the usual university year (January 31) — is held almost exactly nine-months before his birth and is unashamedly known as “Conception Day”!

— Change the date? See our two-page feature; “Say G’Day to Australia Day” on pages 8–9 of this week’s issue! | Saturday 23 January, 2021 |

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Later than you think for Colour City water issues

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Lessons to be learned: Local farmer and climate enthusiast, Basil Baldwin (PHD) says that the trends towards lower winter rainfall have implications we can’t ignore.

What is happening to our winter rainfall?

By Basil Baldwin (PhD)

For our water-storage crisis, it’s later than you think.

Orange’s long-term capacity issues are more urgent than ever with changes to weather patterns to blame; a local weather enthusiast believes.

Declining winter rainfall trends threaten our already-overstretched capacity and increasing restrictions could become the norm, local farmer Basil Baldwin (PhD) said.

His 30-year study (see attached essay) into local rainfall patterns shows a disturbing long-term decline in winter precipitation, the greatest and most valuable resource for storage purposes.

eventually mean a crunch-point is reached where declining rainfall meets soaring demand.

“It’s amazing the amount of growth that Orange had had in the past 30 years. I remember when the Northern Distributor was first built, that was the northern end of town."

He said that short-lived summer storms add little to long-term capacity due to their sporadic nature and high-evaporation rates.

“What we’re seeing here is a state-wide trend found in many other places.

“Rainfall goes up and down and people say ‘oh, we’ve always had dry years’, but the trend is downward,” he concluded.

“What I’m surmising is that winter rainfall, our most important water, is decreasing over the years. That means simply that we’ll be collecting less and less water for a larger population.

“The rainfall is declining, it’s becoming a scarcer resource, so we’ll have to manage it much more wisely,” he believes.

From his hazelnut property “Fourjay Farms” outside Forest Reefs, he has tracked the seemingly-inexorable trend that makes new storage and retention capacity for Orange vital.

He believes this is linked to climate change and says that Orange’s booming population could

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"We have been keeping a record of our daily rainfall since we moved to Forest Reefs, 30 years ago. At this time of year, I like to see how our figures have compared with previous years.

One very significant feature is the big variation from year to year and month to month. Our wettest year was in 2010 with a total of 1299 mm, our driest was 2006 with only 455 mm and a long-term mean of 808 mm.

On average we have a dry autumn, our driest month being April. We generally have a wet winter, June to August.

Although we do not have records of evaporation, the longterm data for Orange from the Bureau of Meteorology site at the Orange Agricultural Institute shows evaporation to be lowest in the winter months http:// www.bom.gov.au/climate/ averages/tables/cw_063254_All. shtml . That is a very important period for water storage in soils.

In some years, we may complain that the soil is saturated and squishy when we walk on our lawns and in the parks, with some farmers getting bogged in paddocks and builders not being able to get on their work sites.

However, it is a very important time for recharge of our groundwater.

Around the Orange district there are many place names beginning with “Spring”, such as Spring Hill, Springside and Spring Terrace, where, unsurprisingly, springs of water can be found. On our Forest Reefs property, we have springs.

These will often stop running in a dry year, but we have observed that if we have 250–300 mm of rain in the winter, they will start running again. So how might this happen? It seems that when the upper soil layers from which plants draw on water become saturated in the winter, the excess water drains into the water tables, enabling the springs to run again.

If we look at our long-term winter rainfall, we see a rather concerning trend. We find that over the last 30 years, on average our May to September rainfall has declined and therefore the chance of these important aquifers recharging is becoming diminished. The trend suggests that in 10 years’ time they will rarely be recharged.

This is of personal concern to us as we rely on this underground source to irrigate our hazelnut orchards during summer in most years. Last year the water table in our bore fell to such a low level we were unable to use it. The low rainfall, high temperature and lack of irrigation water led to a 70 per cent reduction in our nut yields. Of course, there is a much bigger picture that this.

Many farmers lacked water for their livestock and had to reduce stock numbers. Some dug deeper bores others enlarged dams. Is that the long term solution?

What are the sources of water for the expanding city of Orange? Gosling Creek to the south of Orange feeds into the city’s water supplies, along with many other creeks.

I suspect many of these creeks are spring-fed. Do we have a good understanding of the water catchments that feed into the Suma Park Dam and are these water resources being monitored?

The data presented here is but a simple example of what is occurring across our local landscape. CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology are all telling us the same story of declining rainfall due to climate change. Is building bigger dams or digging deeper bores really the answer? We need to recognise that water is becoming increasingly scarce and we need to value this diminishing resource and manage it very carefully."

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CHANGE THE DAY, NOT THE DATE, GERALD SAYS Local Aboriginal leader Gerald Power doesn’t want to change the date of Australia Day, he wants to change how Australia Day is celebrated.

a Reconciliation/Sorry/Apology Day typeevent also ignores the triumph of Aboriginals in surviving as a distinct cultural and ethnic people for 65,000 years.

He believes that Orange City Council can be doing “a lot more” to make the Colour City’s annual celebrations in Cook Park more inclusive for our first peoples.

For this reason, Gerald, however, agrees with the changing of the national anthem to the words “one and free” from “young and free”; “I mean, we are one of the oldest of peoples, so we are hardly ‘young’,” he said.

“I support it in its current form, that’s my personal view, but I’d really like it to have more inclusion from an indigenous perspective, and that’s for the Cook Park thing.

“No wonder it’s ‘spot the black-fella’, ‘spot the indigenous person’, down there,” he added, saying that more recognition and inclusion of local indigenous peoples has to be incorporated into the events on the day.

“I love going down to Australia Day… but Orange Council could do a lot more,” he said.

He said that controversy over the choice of January 26, the day of the arrival of the First Fleet at Port Jackson, is not in his mind the number one issue and also one that historically misses the point for many local indigenous peoples.

“It’s the date of first contact, but it’s not that important for us out here; because our contact came a lot later and we still had our own languages and customs.

“And for those in the Northern Territory and other places, they’re still living and having babies on-land, they don’t even get birth certificates because they’re still living as we always did. So how have they been conquered?

I think there’s a double-edged sword if you try and change it.”

He said that proposals to change the date and emphasis for Australia Day into more of

Australia Day, an inoffensive — if rather bland — celebration of one of the most successful societies on earth? Or a jarring and divisive reminder of the displacement and suffering of our first peoples?

Utilising the principle of: “the wisdom of crowds”; Newswatch took to the streets of the Colour City recently to gauge the public mood on support for Australia Day (Tuesday, January 26) and calls to move the date to one not commemorating the arrival of the first European settlers, or were they invaders?

He said that many Australia Day events are strongly-focussed on a “community of nations” type theme and the ethnic and cultural diversity of Australia.

“I mean, they have their acknowledgement of first peoples, and ‘Welcome to Country’ but then that’s it for celebrating our first peoples, and then they really look at aspects of those who have become new citizens, the ceremonies and the like.”

Aus Day: national celebration; or shameful commemoration?

for a while.” He added, “I feel sorry for them (first Australians), what happened, but I didn’t do anything to them. I wasn’t even here. It’s like, why should we apologise for what people did 100-years ago?”

“Keep it as it is,” Antoinette Serina said in agreement. “it’s just one day, and we have many other events to celebrate, we almost have too many as it is,” she concluded.

Don’t change the date, change the day, local Aboriginal leader Gerald Power says of Australia Day. Gerald emphasised that there are already a number of other commemorations that mark the unique place of Aboriginal Australians, without adding another.

“We’ve already got a lot of milestones,” he said, pointing to the anniversaries of (then Prime Minister) Paul Keating’s famous Redfern address, Kevin Rudd’s “Apology” speech, and also the NAIDOC Week celebrations.

“Orange alone has some of the largest gatherings of NAIDOC Week anywhere with up to 3000 marching down the street,” Gerald, Chair of the Orange NAIDOC Committee, said proudly.

“It’s about reconciliation let’s work together, let’s live together…it’s about bringing the whole nation together, that’s the most important thing, I think,” he concluded.

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“I’m easy, whatever, it doesn’t really bother me, it’s not the kind of thing I’d worry about,” Jayden GibbsO’Neill said. “I know a lot of black people, indigenous people, don’t like the day and it gives them the sh&*#.

I’d probably make it another day, but I can see both points of view,” he added.

“Keep it as it is,” “Nick” offered on proposals to change the date of our national day. “It’s been that way

Val Warburton (with Labradoodle “Charlotte”) is one local who enjoys the traditional Australia Day events at Cook Park. “We have new people welcomed as citizens; it’s a day to celebrate us all as being Australians,” she said, adding that the date’s divisive commemoration never comes into consideration: “I never think about that all, to be honest,” she said.

“I do support it,” Sarah Smithers said. “We don’t go to anything though, we have a family barbecue,

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Australia Day! that sort of thing,” adding that she supports retention of our current national anniversary. “I do not agree with changing it to January 27 or anything like that.”

...I support (keeping the current date) why not? ...

“I support (keeping the current date) why not? Tex Cashen said. “I’m travelling, but I try and get to an event wherever I am,” he added. “I’m sick of them changing everything, dates, events. We should just leave everything as it is,” he concluded.

“Yes, I support it,” Lyndell Kelly said of the current date for the Australia Day holiday. “Though I haven’t been going to many of the events, we get-together as a family though,” she explained. She sees little value in changing the date from that marking the arrival of the First European settlers at Sydney Cove.

“No, I wouldn’t change it, it’s a national celebration for all of us,” she added.

“No, I don’t think so,” Lynda Greening from the Sydney inner-west suburb of Annandale said of the change-the-date proposal.

“In Sydney, every suburb has its own celebrations.

There’s so many things going-on, it’s wonderful,” she said. Believing that Australia Day ultimately celebrates our shared humanity, she added: “In the end, we’re all part of the one world,”.

“I like to go to events on the day, it’s more fun if you’re going-out and doing things with others,” Irene Asarloglou (with daughter, Joanna) said of Australia Day. Living in Orange less than 18 months, she intends going to the traditional Council-run celebrations in Cook Park on Tuesday.

“We used to go to events at Bella Vista (in northwest Sydney) and we loved it, it it’s just a nice day to celebrate our country,” she added.

“I don’t mind the day, but there’s got to be a lot more guidance and respect for our own culture,” William Baker said. “We should be internalising our individual achievements and the achievements of our people,” he added.

“Some of my people want to make it a ‘Sorry Day’, but everyone feels sorry for something, so I’m not sure that will work,” he said.

“No mate, not as far as I’m concerned,” Arron Lyall said opposing proposals to change the date of our national holiday. “Yep, I do support it, but I only really celebrate at home; I don’t go out or anything,” he said of Australia Day.

...I can see the indigenous point of view...

“I’m ambiguous about it, I can see the indigenous point of view, but also the view of the rest of the community,” Matthew B said in conclusion.

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Picnic in the Park and free swim at the pool Forecast of a good-oldfashioned Aussie scorcher for Australia Day, next Tuesday, January 26 should entice locals to free entry at Orange Aquatic Centre following conclusion of the traditional celebrations in Cook Park.

With a predicted top temperature of 340 C and only a 50 percent chance of a late shower (with less than 1mm of rain), it looks like summer has finally arrived in the Colour City.

community atmosphere like previous years,” Cr Kidd said.

The full-day’s events run from 8–1pm with entry to Orange Aquatic Centre free to all after the celebrations in Cook Park wrap-up.

Orange Aquatic Centre will be open from 12–5pm on Australia Day and (weather permitting) all inflatables — including the 22.5 metre obstacle course — will be up-and-running.

The free day is partlyseen as compensation to Late news from Orange locals denied access this Council is that it’s all systems weekend (January 23-24) go for our first postwith Orange Aquatic Centre coronavirus national day hosting the NSW Country with the Citizen of the Year, Regionals Swimming Young Citizen of the Year, with about 400 entrants Community Event of the from across western NSW Year, and Local Legend competing. awards top-billing.

Orange City Council’s Sport Orange Mayor, Councillor and Recreation Committee Reg Kidd is encouraging all Chair, Cr Jason Hamling said, Orange residents to come to however, that the pool will Cook Park and celebrate in a be open to the public this COVID-19-safe way. “We’ve Saturday, January 23, for got our fingers crossed that it early-morning lap-swimmers all goes ahead okay,” he said from 5.30–7.45am. of any last-minute changes — As with all events in our of schedule. current situation, visitors to As well as the “Citizen at Cook Park are asked to of the Year awards”, also maintain social distancing planned are a Citizenship and to ensure that they enter Ceremony and a market fair from the Summer Street full of local arts, crafts, and gates. They should also use produce. the hand sanitiser provided at regular intervals.

“This Australia Day event will strive to create a

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6.00 Rage.

7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Rage.

11.00 Rage Metallica Special.

12.00 ABC News.

12.30 Employable Me Australia.

1.30 Miniseries: Agatha Christie’s Ordeal By Innocence.

2.30 Boyer Lecture: Andrew Forrest.

3.00 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat.

3.30 Dream Gardens.

4.00 Ask The Doctor.

4.30 Landline Summer.

5.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 5.

Western United v Perth Glory.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Midsomer Murders.

9.00 Endeavour.

10.35 Call The Midwife.

11.35 Deep Water. 12.20 Rage Metallica Special.

5.00 Rage.

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

8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News.

11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Great British Railway Journeys. 3.45 Gourmet Farmer. 4.15 Remarkable Places To Eat. 5.25 Battle Of Crete.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Robson Green’s Australian Adventure.

8.30 MOVIE: American Gangster. (2007) Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin. In the ’70s, a detective tries to catch a Harlem drug lord who has created a lucrative criminal empire by importing large amounts of topgrade heroin from Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. (MA15+) 11.20 The Twelve.

4.00 Great British Railway Journeys.

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

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs.

12.00 Teletubbies. 12.15 In The Night Garden.

12.45 Clangers. 2.15 Get Grubby TV. 2.45 Little J And Big Cuz. 3.00 Curious George. 3.30 Play School. 4.10 Wiggle. 4.55 Floogals. 5.10 Dinosaur Train. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Ben And Holly.

6.35 Peppa Pig. 7.00 Catie’s Amazing Machines.

7.15 Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 2019 Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala.

10.30 Would I Lie To You? 11.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.25 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. Final. 12.05 Mock The Week. 12.40 Absolutely Fabulous. 1.10 Escape From The City. 2.05 Comedy Up Late.

2.45 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.40 Waffle The Wonder Dog.

(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 SBS Courtside. 12.30 Basketball. NBA. San Antonio Spurs v Dallas Mavericks. 3.00 Insight. 4.00 PBS News. 5.00 ABC America: World News Tonight.

5.40 Monty Python’s Flying Circus. 6.15 Dynamo: Live. 7.30 The Last Man On Earth. 7.55 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The X-Files. 11.00 Takeshi’s Castle Indonesia. 12.20 MOVIE: Hard Paint. (2018) 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. 12.20 Gym Stars. 12.45 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 1.15 The Dengineers. 1.40 Larry The Wonderpup. 2.05 Danger Mouse. 2.20 Thunderbirds Are Go. 2.50 Radiant. 3.15 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 3.35 Dragon Ball Super. 4.05 Operation Ouch! 4.30 Almost Never.

5.00 The Demon Headmaster. 5.30 School Of Rock. 5.50 Sadie Sparks. 6.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Robot Wars. 7.40 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.00 Slugterra.

8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.55 Total DramaRama.

9.10 TMNT. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Close. 5.45 Winston Steinburger.

6.00 It’s Academic.

(66) 7.00 Beat Bugs.

8.00 News Of The Wild. 9.00 Flushed. 10.00 SA Weekender. 10.30 Creek To Coast. 11.00 Weekender. 11.30 Going Solo In Japan – The Wonders Of Kyushu. 12.00 Dance Boss. 1.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 2.00 The Amazing Race. 4.00 Britain’s Got Talent.

5.30 MOVIE: The Pagemaster. (1993) Macaulay Culkin. 7.00 MOVIE: Paperback Hero. (1999) Claudia Karvan, Hugh Jackman. 9.00 MOVIE: The Longest Ride. (2015) Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson, Alan Alda. 11.45 MOVIE: Ice. (1998) 1.30 Home Shopping. 2.30 MOVIE: The Three Musketeers. (1935) 4.30 Late Programs.

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(52) 6.00 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 Edgar Wallace Mysteries.

11.20 MOVIE: Number Seventeen. (1932) 12.40 MOVIE: Carry On Cabby. (1963) 2.35 MOVIE: Ace In The Hole. (1951) 4.50 MOVIE: Sabata. (1969) 7.00 MOVIE: True Grit. (1969) John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby.

9.40 MOVIE: The Return Of A Man Called Horse. (1976) Richard Harris, Gale Sondergaard.

12.10 Gideon’s Way. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 9.00 The Doctors. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. 11.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 12.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 1.00 Mission: Impossible. 2.00 iFish.

2.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures.

3.30 All 4 Adventure.

4.30 Mighty Machines.

5.00 Roads Less Travelled.

5.30 Scorpion.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans.

10.20 Hawaii Five-0.

11.20 L.A.’s Finest. 12.15 Law & Order: SVU. 1.10 48 Hours. 3.10 The Doctors. 5.00 Home Shopping.

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(53) 6.00 1.00 Beyblade Burst Rise. 1.30 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 2.10 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.10 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: I Choose You! (2017) 5.10 MOVIE: Babe: Pig In The City. (1998) 7.00 MOVIE: The Spy Next Door. (2010) Jackie Chan. 9.00 MOVIE: 50 First Dates. (2004) Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider. 11.00 Stunt Science.

12.00 Japandemonium. 1.00 Fresh Eggs. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Pokémon: BW Adventures In Unova And Beyond. 4.50 Rev & Roll. 5.10 Kaijudo: Rise Of The Duel Masters. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

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(82) 6.00 Judging Amy. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Fam. 8.30 Becker. 9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 The Neighborhood. 12.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 1.30 Becker. 2.30 The Middle. 3.30 Friends.

6.00 Columbo.

8.00 Kojak.

9.00 Spyforce.

10.00 The Big Bang Theory.

10.30 The Middle. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 2 Broke Girls. 3.30 Becker. 4.30 Home Shopping.

5.30 The Brady Bunch.

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6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 10.00 Offsiders: Summer Series. 10.30 The World This Week. 11.00 Compass. 11.30 Songs Of Praise.

12.00 ABC News. 12.30 Golden Guitar Awards.

2.00 Landline Summer. 2.30 War On Waste: The Battle Continues. 3.30 Everyone’s A Critic. 4.00 Soccer. W-League. Round 5. Canberra United v Melbourne Victory.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

7.00 ABC News.

7.40 Grand Designs: House Of The Year.

8.30 Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures.

9.15 Stateless.

10.10 Killing Eve. 10.55 No Offence.

11.40 Endeavour.

1.15 F*!#ing Adelaide. Final.

1.35 Rage.

4.10 No Offence.

5.00 Poh’s Kitchen.

5.30 Compass.

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 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 Speedweek.

2.00 Beach Volleyball. Cobram Barooga Classic.

4.00 Gymnastics. FIG World Challenge Cup. Highlights.

5.30 KGB: The Sword And The Shield.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Lost World: Deeper Into The Black Sea: Journey To An Ancient Sea. 9.30 Scotland: Rome’s Final Frontier.

10.35 Untold Australia: The Secret Life Of Death.

11.35 Police Custody: In Plain Sight.

12.30 How To Lose Weight Well.

3.20 Michael Mosley: Trust Me, I’m A Doctor.

5.00 CGTN English News.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs.

12.00 Teletubbies. 12.15 In The Night Garden.

12.45 Clangers. 2.15 Get Grubby TV. 2.45 Little J And Big Cuz. 3.00 Curious George. 3.30 Play School. 4.10 Wiggle. 4.55 Floogals. 5.10 Dinosaur Train. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Ben And Holly.

6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Catie’s Amazing Machines. 7.15 Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Life On The Edge. 9.25 The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan. 10.25 Catalyst. 11.20 David Stratton’s Stories Of Australian Cinema.

12.20 You Can’t Ask That. 12.40 Restoration Australia. 1.40 Comedy Up Late. 2.15 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.40 Waffle The Wonder Dog.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

8.30 SBS Courtside. 9.00 Basketball. NBA. Utah Jazz v Golden State Warriors. 11.30 WorldWatch.

12.00 Inside Heston’s World. 1.00 New Girl. 2.30 DNA Nation. 3.30 The Future Of Work. 4.30 WorldWatch. 5.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 2. Perth Wildcats v South East Melbourne Phoenix. 7.00 Abandoned Places. 7.35 The Last Man On Earth.

8.00 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.35 Why Women Kill. 9.25 United Shades Of America. 10.15 Bowled Over: Untold Australia. 11.20 Sexplora. 11.45 Box 21.

New. 12.40 MOVIE: The Long Riders. (1980) 2.30 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News.

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

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 11.50 Operation Ouch! 12.20 Gym Stars. 12.40 Deadly Pole To Pole. 1.10 The Dengineers. 1.50 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 2.15 Thunderbirds Are Go. 2.40 Deadly Dinosaurs. 3.05 Teenage Boss. 3.35 Horrible Histories. 4.15 Detention Adventure. 4.30 Almost Never. 5.00 The Demon Headmaster. 5.30 School Of Rock. 5.50 Sadie Sparks. 6.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Robot Wars. 7.40 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.20 Danger Mouse. 8.55 Total DramaRama. 9.10 TMNT. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Rage. 2.00 Close.

5.45 Winston Steinburger.

6.00 It’s Academic.

(66) 7.00 Beat Bugs.

8.00 News Of The Wild. 9.00 Flushed. 10.00 SA Weekender. 10.30 Creek To Coast. 11.00 Weekender. 11.30 Britain’s Got Talent. 1.00 MOVIE: The Pagemaster. (1993) Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd. 2.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 3.15 Bringing Sexy Back. 4.15 Instant Hotel. 5.30 Picker Sisters.

6.30 My Crazy Birth Story.

7.30 Weird, True And Freaky.

8.30 First Dates Australia.

10.30 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 11.30 Bridezillas. 12.30 Seven Year Switch. 3.00 MOVIE: Born To Kill. (1947) 5.00 Time After Time.

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6.00 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 My Road To Adventure.

12.30 Surf Patrol.

1.00 Beach Cops.

1.30 MOVIE: The Game Plan. (2007) (G) 4.00 Better Homes: Australia’s Most Amazing Homes.

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 52. Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes. From the SCG. 11.00 MOVIE: Eraser. (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan. A witnessprotection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers in a case involving hi-tech weapons.

(MA15+) 1.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Cybershack. 10.30 The Xtreme Collxtion. 11.00 World’s Greatest Natural Wonders. 12.00 Race Across The World. 2.30 MOVIE: Duplicity. (2009) Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson. 5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Territory Cops.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 The Diana Interview: Revenge Of A Princess.

8.30 60 Minutes.

9.30 MOVIE: Flight. (2012) Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Nadine Velasquez. A seasoned airline pilot crash-lands his plane after a midair catastrophe, saving nearly everyone on board.

(MA15+) 11.50 Nine News Late.

12.20 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. 1.15 Explore.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Mass For You At Home. 6.30 Hillsong. 7.00 Leading The Way With Dr Michael Youssef.

7.30 Fishing Australia.

8.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

8.30 My Market Kitchen.

9.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient. New. 9.30 Studio 10: Sunday.

12.00 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

1.30 RV Daily Foodie Trails.

2.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures.

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 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

9.30 The Graham Norton Show.

10.30 The Sunday Project.

11.30 To Be Advised.

12.30 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. 11.20 My Favorite Martian.

11.50 MOVIE: Wonderful Life. (1964) 2.10 Great Getaways. 3.10 MOVIE: Easy Come, Easy Go. (1967) 5.10 MOVIE: Houseboat. (1958) Sophia Loren. 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire. 10.40 Chicago Med. 11.40 ER. 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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(53) 6.00 12.00 Kaijudo: Rise Of The Duel Masters. 12.30 Beyblade Burst Rise.

1.00 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 1.30 Dance Moms. 3.30 MOVIE: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. (2015) 5.25 MOVIE: Inkheart. (2008) 7.30 MOVIE: The Incredible Hulk. (2008) Edward Norton, Liv Tyler. 9.45 MOVIE: Scott Pilgrim Vs The World.

(2010) Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

12.00 MOVIE: Resident Evil: Damnation. (2012) 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Power Rangers Beast Morphers. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Pokémon: BW Adventures In Unova And Beyond. 4.50 LEGO Friends: Girls On A Mission. 5.10 Lego Jurassic World: Legend Of Isla Nublar. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 10.00 Australia: The Story Of Us. 11.00 NBC Today.

12.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 2.00 All The Things.

2.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes.

3.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: Captain Phillips. (2013) Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi.

11.15 World’s Most Amazing Videos.

1.15 Medical Rookies. 2.00 Brit Cops. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Million Dollar Minute. 5.00 Home Shopping.

Home (63) 6.00 Shopping. 6.30 My Fishing Place. 7.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction.

8.00 Home Shopping. 9.30 Classic Restos: USA Edition. 10.00 Timbersports. 10.30 Madfin Shark Series. 11.30 My Fishing Place. 12.00 The Fishing Show. 1.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates.

1.30 Storage Wars Canada. 3.00 Motor Racing.

Night Thunder. Speedweek Final. 4.00 Bushfire Wars. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 5.30 Counting Cars.

6.00 Leepu And Pitbull. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 MOVIE: Enter The Dragon. (1973) Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Kien Shih. 10.45 MOVIE: Ninja Assassin. (2009) 12.45 Blokesworld. 1.15 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Bondi Forever. 9.00 Mega Mechanics. 10.00 One Strange Rock. 11.00 Scorpion. 1.00 The Doctors. 2.00 Beyond The Fire. 2.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. 3.30 Healthy Homes Australia. 4.00 Reel Action. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 iFish. 5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles.

10.20 48 Hours.

11.20 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.15 Hawaii Five-0. 1.15 NCIS: New Orleans. 2.10 VF Confidential. 3.10 The Doctors. 5.00 Star Trek: Enterprise.

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(82) 6.00 Murphy Brown. 6.30 Fam. 8.00 Becker.

9.00 Neighbours.

11.30 The Neighborhood.

1.00 Becker.

2.00 The Middle.

3.30 Friends.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.00 Friends.

10.30 2 Broke Girls.

12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Mom. 3.30 The Neighborhood. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 The Brady Bunch.

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Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 News. 1.00 Unforgotten. 2.00 The Letdown.

2.35 The Ex-PM. 3.00 News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. 4.30 Back Roads. 5.00 Escape From The City. 6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 6.30 Brush With Fame. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Australian Of The Year 2021. 8.30 Australia Remastered. 9.25 The Crown And Us: The Story Of The Royals In Australia. 10.25 Tomorrow Tonight. 10.55 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 6.30 This Week.

7.30 WorldWatch. 2.00 America In Colour.

2.50 Railway Journeys UK. 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.25 Great American Railroad Journeys. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 The Architecture The Railways Built. 8.30 The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything. 10.20 SBS News.

10.50 Agent Hamilton. 11.40 Outlander. 1.45 Miniseries: Dead Lucky. 3.50 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Perfect Romance. (2004) 2.00 Surf Patrol. 2.30 Border Security: America’s Front Line. 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 53. Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder. 11.00 MOVIE: Passenger 57.

(1992) 1.00 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 MOVIE: The Man In The Moon.

(1991) 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 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. 9.00 RBT. 10.00 Boeing’s Killer Plane: What Went Wrong? 11.00 Nine News Late. 11.30 The First 48. 12.15 Tipping Point. 1.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. 5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 9.30 The Montreal Comedy Festival. 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 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 The Making Of David Attenborough’s Galapagos. 9.40 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 10.30 Escape From The City. 11.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 12.35 Would I Lie To You? 1.05 Parks And Recreation.

1.30 Reno 911! 1.50 Unprotected Sets. 2.35 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

11.00 SBS Courtside. 11.30 Basketball. NBA. Milwaukee Bucks v Atlanta Hawks. 2.00 Mr Gay Syria. 3.00 Earthworks. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.15 This Week. 5.10 Only Connect. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Abandoned. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.30 The Point. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 RocKwiz. 10.20 Secrets Of America’s Shadow Government. 11.10 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs.

10.30 MOVIE: The Falcon In San Francisco.

(1945) 12.00 Room For Improvement. 12.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 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 The Taxi Cab Rapist. 11.50 Late Programs.

Morning (52) 6.00 Programs. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. 12.00 Death In Paradise. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Some Will, Some Won’t. (1970) 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.

9.00 Rocky Mountain Railroad. 11.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 12.00 Star Trek. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Mission: Impossible.

3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder.

4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Law & Order: SVU. 11.15 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.10 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 4.15 Detention Adventure. 4.30 Almost Never. 5.00 The Demon Headmaster. 5.30 School Of Rock.

5.50 Sadie Sparks. 6.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.25 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss.

7.35 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

8.00 Slugterra. 8.30 Camp Lakebottom. 9.05 TMNT. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Rage.

10.55 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Morning (66) Programs.

9.00 Home Shopping. 10.30 House Rules.

12.00 Surf Patrol. 1.00 The Goldbergs. 2.00 Powerless. 3.00 Splitting Up Together. 3.30 The Goldbergs. 4.00 Weird, True And Freaky.

5.00 How I Met Your Mother. 6.00 Futurama.

6.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. 10.30 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 1.30 Armchair Experts: NFL Edition. 2.00 Counting Cars. 2.30 Ice Road Truckers. 3.30 Motor Racing. TCR Australia Touring Car Series.

Round 1. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Restoration Workshop. New. 8.30 MOVIE: Sniper. (1993) Tom Berenger, Billy Zane. 10.35 SAS UK. 11.35 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 BattleBots. 2.00 Red Bull Soapbox Race. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 The A-Team. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm.

7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Eagle Eye. (2008) 9.50 MOVIE: The Circle. (2017) 12.00 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 1.00 Bromans.

2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo.

3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Kids’ Programs.

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 9.00 Friends. 10.00 The Big Bang Theory. 11.00 Becker. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 2.00 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 The Middle. 11.30 Late Programs.

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WIN (8) 6.00 WhichCar. 6.30 Entertainment Tonight. 7.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 7.30 All 4 Adventure.

8.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 9.30 Studio 10: Saturday. 12.00 Beyond The Fire. 12.30 Left Off The Map. 1.00 10 Minute Kitchen. New. 1.30 Healthy Homes Australia. Final. 2.00 Jamie & The Nonnas. 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 4.30 Farm To Fork. 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Bondi Rescue.

7.00 Toddlers Behaving (Very) Badly.

8.00 MOVIE: The Sapphires. (2012) Miranda Tapsell, Deborah Mailman. During the ’60s, four talented Aboriginal singers learn about love, friendship and war. (PG) 10.05 MOVIE: Motherhood. (2009) Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards. A New Yorker throws a birthday party. (MA15+) 11.55 NCIS: Los Angeles.

1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Hour Of Power.

My Fishing (63) 6.00 Place. 7.00 The Big Adventure. 8.00 Home Shopping. 9.00 Swamp People. 10.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 Ice Road Truckers. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld.

1.30 Aussie Dreamlivers Alaska. 2.00 American Pickers. 3.00 Storage Wars Canada. 4.00 Desert Collectors. 6.00 Ultimate Factories. 7.00 Building Giants. 8.00 Mighty Ships. 9.00 Air Crash Investigation: Special Report. 10.00 Air Crash Investigation. 12.00 Storage Wars Canada. 1.00 Esports. LPL Pro. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Season 3. Grand final. Replay. 3.00 Desert Collectors. 5.00 Swamp People.

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6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. 12.00 Destination WA. 12.30 Animal Embassy. 1.00 World’s Greatest Animal Encounters. 2.00 MOVIE: Rocky IV. (1985) Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire. 3.50 Serengeti.

5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 RBT. 6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Tipping Point.

8.30 MOVIE: First Man. (2018) Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke. Takes a look at the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong, culminating with the Apollo 11 mission. (M) 11.20 MOVIE: Out Of The Furnace. (2013) Christian Bale. A man searches for his missing brother. (MA15+) 1.15 Destination WA. 1.40 A Current Affair.

2.05 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.30 Global Shop.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

5.30 Wesley Impact.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 NBC Today. 12.30 Dog Patrol.

1.30 Sydney Weekender.

2.00 Creek To Coast.

2.30 Weekender.

3.00 Property Ladder UK. 5.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes.

6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country.

11.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes.

12.30 The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Sydney Weekender. 4.00 Creek To Coast. 4.30 Weekender. 5.00 Home Shopping.

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6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 MOVIE: Angel Flight Down. (1996) Patricia Kalember. A medical emergency flight crashes. (G) 2.00 MOVIE: Joe Versus The Volcano. (1990) Tom Hanks. A man agrees to throw himself into a volcano. (PG) 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 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 50.

Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers. From the MCG. 11.00 MOVIE: Blood Father. (2016) Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna. A teenager asks her estranged ex-con father to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her. (MA15+) 1.00 Home Shopping.

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TV Guide Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 9.00 Australia Day: Flag Raising And Citizenship Ceremony. 10.15 ABC News Mornings. 11.00 Gardening Australia. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Australian Of The Year 2021. 2.00 Salute To Australia. 2.35 The Ex-PM. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. 4.30 Back Roads. 5.00 Escape From The City. 6.00 January 26. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Australia Day Live. 9.30 Australian Made. 10.50 ABC Late News. 11.10 Glitch. 12.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Sunrise (3) Ceremony. 8.00 NITV News Special: Day 26. 9.00 MOVIE: RabbitProof Fence. (2002) 10.35 Always Was Always Will Be. 11.05 Vote Yes For Aborigines. 12.00 Sunrise Ceremony. 2.00 Archaeology At The Big Dig. 2.40 Escalation Sensation. 3.15 Who Do You Think You Are? Australia. 4.20 US Railroad Journeys. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Great Continental Railway Journeys. 8.30 The Beach.

11.25 SBS News. 11.55 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway?

9.50 Cooked. New. 10.25 Rosehaven. 10.50 The IT Crowd. 11.15 Frontline. 12.05 2019 Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala. 2.00 Parks And Recreation. 2.25 Reno 911! 2.50 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.35 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

11.00 SBS Courtside. 11.30 Basketball. NBA. Brooklyn Nets v Miami Heat. 2.00 WorldWatch.

3.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 3. Brisbane Bullets v Sydney Kings. 5.10 Only Connect.

5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Abandoned.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Fringe Nation: Extremists In America. 9.20 The 2000s. 10.10 Locked Up Abroad. 11.05 News. 11.30 Witch Hunt. 12.25 Jerry Springer: The Opera. 2.40 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 8.15 Robot Wars: Battle Of The Stars. 10.15 Robot Wars: World Series. 12.15 Robot Wars. 3.15 Kids’ Programs. 5.00 The Demon Headmaster.

5.30 School Of Rock. 5.50 Sadie Sparks. 6.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.25 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss. 7.35 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.00 Slugterra.

8.30 Camp Lakebottom. 9.05 TMNT. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

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

10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Surf Patrol. 12.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 1.00 The Goldbergs. 2.00 Funniest Ever Crazy Cats. 3.00 Splitting Up Together. 3.30 The Goldbergs.

4.30 Futurama. 5.00 How I Met Your Mother.

6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 MOVIE: Australia Day. (2017) Bryan Brown, Shari Sebbens, Sean Keenan. 10.30 90210. 12.30 Late Programs.

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Unforgotten. 1.45 Meet The Ferals. 2.00 The Letdown. 2.30 The Ex-PM. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. 4.30 Back Roads. 5.00 Escape From The City. 6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery.

6.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.35 Spicks And Specks. Final. 9.25 QI. 10.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 10.40 ABC Late News. 10.55 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 (3) The Rise Of The Clans.

3.00 Great British Railway Journeys. 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.30 Great American Railroad Journeys. 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 Britain’s Most Historic Towns. 8.30 The Last Journey Of The Vikings. 9.30 Vikings. 10.25 SBS News. 10.55 24 Hours In Emergency. 11.50 MOVIE: Pop Aye. (2017) 1.40 War And Peace.

3.25 Pauline Hanson: Please Explain! 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Auschwitz Untold: In Colour. 9.55 Restoration Australia. 10.55 The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan.

11.55 Louis Theroux: Life On The Edge. 12.45 Parks And Recreation. 1.10 Reno 911! 1.30 Unprotected Sets. 2.25 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.35 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Basketball. NBA. San Antonio Spurs v Dallas Mavericks. Replay. 2.00 Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath. 2.55 Hunting Hitler. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Only Connect.

5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Abandoned.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Desperately Seeking Susan. (1985) Rosanna Arquette. 10.25 MOVIE: St. Trinian’s. (2007) 12.15 News. 12.40 Undressed. 2.40 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 11.15 What’s For Dinner? 11.30 Step Up To The Plate. 3.35 Horrible Histories. 4.15 Detention Adventure. 4.30 Almost Never. 5.00 The Demon Headmaster. 5.30 School Of Rock. 5.50 Sadie Sparks. 6.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge.

6.25 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss. 7.35 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.30 Camp Lakebottom. 9.05 TMNT. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.45 Winston Steinburger.

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

12.00 Surf Patrol. 1.00 The Goldbergs. 2.00 Funniest Ever Toddler Tantrums. 3.00 Splitting Up Together. 3.30 Futurama. 4.00 The Simpsons. 5.00 How I Met Your Mother. 6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.

7.30 Modern Family.

8.30 MOVIE: The Beach. (2000) 11.00 The Guardian. 2.00 Home Shopping.

4.00 Powerless.

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs.

12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.55 MOVIE: The Delinquents. (1989) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.05 The Heights. 4.30 Back Roads. 5.00 Escape From The City. 6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 6.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Rick Stein’s Secret France. Final. 9.30 Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian. 10.30 ABC Late News. 10.50 Nolan.

11.50 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 (3) The Rise Of The Clans.

3.00 Great Irish Railway Journeys. 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.25 Great American Railroad Journeys. 5.30 Letters And Numbers.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 The World’s Greatest Palaces. 8.30 The Rise Of The Nazis. 9.35 World On Fire. 10.45 SBS News.

11.15 24 Hours In Police Custody. 12.10 Home Ground. 4.15 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 Mock The Week. 9.20 Hard Quiz. 9.50 Would I Lie To You? 10.20 You Can’t Ask That. 10.40 The Making Of David Attenborough’s Galapagos. 11.35 Parks And Recreation. 11.55 Reno 911! 12.20 Unprotected Sets. 1.05 Would I Lie To You? 1.35 QI. 2.10 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.35 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Basketball. NBA. Utah Jazz v Golden State Warriors. Replay. 2.00 North Korean Labour Camps. 2.55 Hunting Hitler. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Only Connect. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Abandoned. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 Cocaine: Living With The Cartels. 10.15 The Clinton Affair. 11.00 Should I Marry My Cousin? 11.55 The Longest Day In Chang’an. 12.45 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 11.30 Step Up To The Plate. 3.15 How To Do Stuff Good. 3.35 Horrible Histories. 4.15 Detention Adventure. 4.30 Almost Never. 5.00 The Demon Headmaster. 5.30 School Of Rock. 5.50 Sadie Sparks. 6.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge.

6.25 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss. 7.35 Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.30 Camp Lakebottom. 9.05 TMNT. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.45 Winston Steinburger.

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

10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 12.30 The Goldbergs.

2.00 Funniest Dogs Behaving Badly. 3.00 Splitting Up Together. 3.30 Futurama. 4.00 The Simpsons. 5.00 How I Met Your Mother. 6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.

7.30 Criminal Minds.

8.30 The Mentalist.

10.30 Numb3rs. 11.30 Bones. 4.30 Powerless.

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 11.00 Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Unforgotten. 1.50 What Is Music? 2.10 The Ex-PM. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. 4.30 Back Roads. 5.00 Escape From The City. 6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. 6.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. 8.05 Vera. 9.35 Mystery Road. 10.35 ABC Late News. 10.55 Barracuda. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.00 The Rise Of The Clans. 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.30 Great American Railroad Journeys. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Planet Of Treasures. Final. 8.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 9.35 VE Day: Minute By Minute. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 11.50 Twin. 3.25 Railway Journeys UK. 4.30 Coastal Kitchen.

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

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 5.35 Peter Rabbit. 5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks.

8.00 Doctor Who. 8.45 MOVIE: Samson & Delilah. (2009) Rowan McNamara, Marissa Gibson. 10.25 Brush With Fame. 10.55 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 11.45 Catalyst. 12.40 Parks And Recreation. 1.05 Reno 911! 1.25 The IT Crowd. 1.50 Unprotected Sets. 2.20 Close.

5.05 Little Princess. 5.35 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Basketball. NBA. Milwaukee Bucks v Atlanta Hawks. Replay. 2.00 Heimo’s Arctic Refuge. 2.55 Hunting Hitler. 3.45 WorldWatch.

5.10 Only Connect. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Abandoned. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 The Lesbian Guide To Straight Sex. Final. 10.10 Housos. 11.10 Monogamish. 12.10 News. 12.35 MOVIE: The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three.

(1974) 2.30 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 4.15 Detention Adventure. 4.30 Almost Never. 5.00 The Demon Headmaster. 5.30 School Of Rock.

5.50 Sadie Sparks. 6.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.25 Operation Ouch! 7.00 MOVIE: Bruno & Boots: This Can’t Be Happening At Macdonald Hall. (2017) 8.25 Operation Ouch!

Virus Alert! 8.55 Voltron: Legendary Defender.

9.20 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 9.40 Radiant. 10.10 The Legend Of Korra. 10.30 Close. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

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

10.30 House Rules. 12.00 Jabba’s School Holiday Movie Special. 12.30 The Goldbergs.

2.00 Funniest Dogs Behaving Badly. 3.00 Splitting Up Together. 3.30 Futurama. 4.00 The Simpsons. 5.00 How I Met Your Mother. 6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.

7.30 Criminal Minds.

8.30 The Mentalist.

10.30 Numb3rs. 11.30 Bones. 4.30 Powerless.

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Morning (6) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 MOVIE: The BBQ. (2018) 2.00 Surf Patrol. 2.30 Border Security: America’s Front Line. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 55. Melbourne Renegades v Hobart Hurricanes. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 55. Melbourne Renegades v Hobart Hurricanes. 7.30 Cricket. Big Bash League.

Game 56. Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers.

11.30 Late Programs.

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6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

9.30 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.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Mission: Impossible. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

11.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 12.00 Star Trek.

1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Mission: Impossible. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

10.25 CSI: Miami. 12.15 Home Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

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(82) 6.00 Judging Amy. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.00 Frasier.

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 2.00 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Judging Amy. 2.30 Late Programs.

NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

9.30 Bull.

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 Mission: Impossible. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

11.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 12.00 Star Trek.

1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Mission: Impossible. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 NCIS. 12.10 Home Shopping. 2.10 VF Confidential.

3.10 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 Late Programs.

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Judging Amy. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Fam. 8.30 Becker. 9.00 The King Of Queens.

10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 2.00 The King Of Queens.

3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 2 Broke Girls. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Judging Amy. 2.30 Late Programs.

NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

3.00 Judge Judy. 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First. 6.30 The Project.

7.30 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

9.00 Law & Order: SVU. 11.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.00 The Project. 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.00 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS This Morning.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Mission: Impossible. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

11.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 12.00 Star Trek.

1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Mission: Impossible. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 9.30 L.A.’s Finest. 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.30 NCIS. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Judging Amy. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Fam. 8.30 Becker. 9.00 The King Of Queens.

10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 2.00 The King Of Queens.

3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Friends. 12.00 Home Shopping. 1.30 Judging Amy. 2.30 Late Programs.

NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

2.30 Entertainment Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy.

3.30 Left Off The Map. 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 The Graham Norton Show.

10.30 The Project. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Home Shopping.

9GEM

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Mission: Impossible. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

11.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 12.00 Nash Bridges.

1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Mission: Impossible. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

5.30 Star Trek: Enterprise. 6.30 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30 Home Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

9GO!

(82) 6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Fam. 8.30 Becker. 9.00 The King Of Queens. 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.00 Frasier. 12.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Man With A Plan. 2.00 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 MOVIE: The Legend Of Zorro. (2005) Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 MOVIE: Now Add Honey. (2015) 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. Return. 8.30 MOVIE: The Castle.

(1997) Michael Caton, Sophie Lee, Anne Tenney.

10.15 Nine News Late. 10.45 Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year Asia. 11.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 12.30 Tipping Point. 1.30 Late Programs.

7TWO

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 Easy Eats. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Getting Of Wisdom. (1977) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 MOVIE: Beirut. (2018) Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Mark Pellegrino. 10.55 ER. 11.55 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 BattleBots. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 The A-Team.

5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: The Man From Snowy River. (1982) 9.40 MOVIE: The Man From Snowy River II. (1988) 11.40 The Nanny. 12.10 Baywatch. 1.10 The Top 100 Video Games Of All Time. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 MOVIE: One Chance. (2013) 3.00 Tipping Point. 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30 Millionaire Hot Seat. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Nine News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Travel Guides. 8.30 MOVIE: The Dish. (2000) Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 New Amsterdam. 12.00 Tipping Point. 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Room For Improvement. 12.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute.

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

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 The Bay. 11.30 Brit Cops. 12.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs.

9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 Storage Wars.

10.30 Pawn Stars. 11.00 Motor Racing. TCR Australia Touring Car Series. Round 1. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Ice Road Truckers. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 55. Melbourne Renegades v Hobart Hurricanes. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.00 Motorway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 9.30 Yukon Gold. 10.30 Jade Fever. 11.30 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

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

12.00 MOVIE: Jersey Boys. (2014) 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 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 7.30 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly.

8.30 MOVIE: Pitch Perfect. (2012) Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Skylar Astin. 10.50 Billy Connolly & Me: A Celebration. 12.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 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 New Tricks. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.10 MOVIE: The 14. (1973) 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 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 BattleBots. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 The A-Team. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny.

7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 8.30 MOVIE: Blade Runner 2049. (2017) Ryan Gosling. 11.40 The Nanny. 12.10 Baywatch.

1.10 Liquid Science. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 5.10 Kids’ Programs.

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.10 MOVIE: Wedding Daze. (2006) 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 Getaway. 8.30 MOVIE: Crocodile Dundee.

(1986) Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon. 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 World’s Worst Flights. 11.50 The Horn. 12.40 Tipping Point. 1.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Room For Improvement. 12.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute.

3.30 Make It Yours. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Frankie Drake Mysteries.

8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Jonathan Creek.

12.00 Cop Squad. 1.00 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 Ice Road Truckers. 9.00 Hellfire Heroes. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life.

12.00 Swamp People. 1.00 Storage Wars. 1.30 Pawn Stars. 2.00 Bushwhacked! 3.00 Hellfire Heroes. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates.

4.30 Ice Road Truckers. 5.30 Storage Wars.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 8.30 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.30 Late Programs.

Morning (6) 6.00 Programs. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood. (2002) 2.30 Border Security: International. 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 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 MOVIE: Ant-Man. (2015) Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly. 10.50 MOVIE: Hard To Kill.

(1990) 1.00 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 As Time Goes By. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.05 Antiques Roadshow. 3.35 MOVIE: The Happiest Days Of Your Life. (1950) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 9.30 The First 48. 10.30 The Disappearance. 11.30 Westside. 12.35 Antiques Roadshow. 1.00 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 BattleBots. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 The A-Team.

5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Point Break. (1991) 10.00 MOVIE: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. (1989) 11.45 The Nanny. 12.15 The Top 100 Video Games Of All Time. 1.10 Xtreme Collxtion. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo.

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

PRIME7

6.00 Today. 9.00 (5) Today Extra. 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 1.00 Animal Embassy. 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 Tennis. A Day At The Drive.

11.00 MOVIE: The Nice Guys. (2016) Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Global Shop. 4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.30 A Current Affair.

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 Room For Improvement. 12.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Creek To Coast. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.30 Andrew Denton’s Interview. 12.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs.

11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Swamp People.

1.00 Storage Wars. 1.30 Pawn Stars. 2.00 Back Country Rescue. New. 3.00 Hellfire Heroes.

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

Round 1. Carlton v Collingwood. 9.00 MOVIE: Sucker Punch. (2011) Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish. 11.15 Tattoo Nightmares. 11.45 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Harum Scarum. (1965) Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley. 2.00 Surf Patrol. 2.30 Border Security: America’s Front Line. 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.

The Eliminator. 11.00 MOVIE: Se7en. (1995) Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow.

1.30 Home Shopping.

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 Easy Eats. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow.

3.20 MOVIE: Not Now, Comrade. (1976) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Planet Earth II. 8.40 MOVIE: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. (1966) Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach. 12.20 Late Programs.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 BattleBots. 2.00 Malcolm. 2.30 The Six Million Dollar Man. 3.30 The A-Team. 4.30 Knight Rider. 5.30 MOVIE: The Spiderwick Chronicles. (2008) 7.30 MOVIE: King Kong.

(2005) Naomi Watts, Jack Black. 11.10 MOVIE: The Last Dragonslayer. (2016) 1.10 Rivals. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo.

3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Mega Man: Fully Charged. 5.10 Bakugan: Battle Planet. 5.30 Yu-Gi-Oh!

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 Room For Improvement. 12.30 Australia’s Best Backyards. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos.

2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Weekender. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 5.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Dog Patrol. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Property Ladder UK. 11.45 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 Swamp People. 1.00 Storage Wars.

1.30 Pawn Stars. 2.00 Back Country Rescue.

3.00 Your 4x4. 3.30 The Grade Cricketer.

4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Shipping Wars. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Lost In Space. (1998) Gary Oldman. 10.10 MOVIE: Sphere. (1998) 12.55 Late Programs.

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a break from it all. How about you? As and hardship, I can findradio, shelter in been him.

On the TV and they’ve times.there is still so our new year has begun, Psalm 46 begins with these words: ‘God is talking about making playlists of Getting my drivers’ licence much uncertainty. I am so very thankful our refuge and strength, a very present help ‘songs you play when you’re lonely meantofI could play that we are on the verge seeing a music in the or alone’, but that’s just garbage. in trouble.’

As the year opens up before car on my as loudaas I liked vaccine rolled out, which willown provide when the musicto find notnever takealone the opportunity … and I did.But My go-to in whyI’m great deal of relief for us all. therecassetteyou, is blasting, I’m at peace.

Late last rest, shelter and strength in the in the 80s had ZZ Big are many questions Subaru that remain.

What is Top,comfort, Tuesday arvo, just before theof the Country, early Midnight Oil, Aussie midst of uncertainty in the God the year ahead going to look like for me? awesome rain came, I jumped Crawl, and of course Bible. I am looking forward to another What is this year going to The holdKnack for my on the ride-on, stuck the buds in Flock of Seagulls as big tunes.

This year of writing these columns and I hope family? How will our region cope with the my ears and had my phone in my ‘alone time’ was some of my fave you will enjoy the journey as we take a on-going economic fallout of last year? pocket, ready for an internet playlist. memories of going from a school kid stop and think together about As I’ve been reflecting on everything that moment to I hooked into a list of songs by one to an adult. has happened in the pat 12months, I have our life and times.faves, a relatively new of current

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

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

A couple ofDIXON songs I might add to bread to go with my (many) morning with DAVID my extended playlists next week coffees. My computer and work setwill include ‘Mad World’ by Tears up (see last weeks’ column) is aces. for Fears, thewineries, song by John Lennon more to the FOOD Week, Ran into an old friend the day at Oh, andother the music … it’s goin’ on out people says ‘Strange Days Indeed, on the outskirts of Millthorpe, and Frostwhere Fest he events, tourism spectacles Blayney; a real Aussie here battler with a heart Most Mama…’, Skin by I’m telling you. Can you hear it?that cater of gold. for Peculiar generally upperOnion middle-class Boom Crash Opera (‘these here are visitors.

These days, ten bucks a month From a family with what used to be crazy times’), and The Doors ‘People will get you access— tohis a billion “Central called “colourful racing connections” West tourism is estimated to Are Strange’. I know a mate who’d songs, maybe(betting more, and there’scontribute Dad was a “penciller” or “pencil” $1.8 billion to the economy add ‘Here I go Again on my own’ by no ads if you pay for it. I’ve still annually got clerk) for the Waterhouse family — he’d — but regional Whitesnake.

The listauthorities is endless. say the hundreds of vinyls and CDs

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Let’sTalk Talk Money Let’s Money

with Daniel McGregor with Daniel McGregor

SAVE YOUR RETIREMENT… BUCKETS ARE THE ANSWER! It’s amazing how a few weeks can feel like a few months… It feels as though we’ve been living through this coronavirus nightmare for a long time already! that when a downturn occurs, a ‘balanced’ fund within their I’ve been working in financial those growth investments have superannuation. This can be services since 2002, so I’ve seen time to recover. particularly dangerous for those a few financial crises during While nothing can protect us in the retirement risk zone, those two decades and in that from feeling some emotions that is, five years either side of time, I’ve learnt a lot. Not only when we see our life savings retirement. a lot about how investment going down, it’s incredibly As you move closer to markets work, but also how reassuring to know that when retirement, at retirement and human emotions work. it does happen, a strategy had during retirement, it’s important With all the craziness going on already been put in place to deal to put some strategy behind at the moment, many people with it. how your retirement savings are are understandably concerned Now, imagine if that strategy set up. A retiree with all their about their retirement savings. was combined with saving money sitting in a balanced Sadly, many people are making thousands of dollars a year in investment option in retirement the wrong decisions in how to investment fees! would mean that right now they deal with this crisis, acting on If these sound like the sorts of are being forced to sell shares at emotion and not realising the things you want when it comes the worst possible time in order long-term implications of their to your retirement savings and to meet their income needs. decisions. you value independence when Sadly, many people are flooding I love helping people get their it comes to advice, then head to super fund call centres to move financial futures on the right As an adult, I brush my teeth every It’s no wonder most Australians fall short wealthtrain.com.au and book an all of their super savings to cash, track but also helping them morning and every night.

But I have three of what they need to their lifestyle onlinemaintain appointment today. robbing themselves of seeing make sure they don’t derail from children who still need to be reminded in retirement.

I could fill the rest of this There is no mistaking the their money recover when that track when the going gets every morning and I have column with all sorts of statistics about this seriousness of the coronavirus things go no back up again… which tough.

I can guarantee youevery this night. doubt that adults they’ll brush but I’m not goingcrisis, to bore with those. bothyou from a health and theytheir will! teeth won’t be the lastastime we see morning and every night.A better strategy is I’m economic perspective. to break up going darkevery economic times… in fact, simply to ask you to brushHowever, the decisions savings your into short, I guarantee all my clients there Brushing your teeth is simplyretirement a habit that teeth tonight… just likeyou youare didmaking this right now will have a huge medium ‘buckets’ willgets be times when their ingrained in usmoney from an early age.and long term morning, but with one difference. impact on what your future to ensure that when something will go down. Moments like Habits are what get us through each day.

As you’re brushing your teeth, which will looks like in 5, 10 and 20 years like this happens, there is no these are a good opportunity If we had to think about and work out require no brainpower because you’ve from now. need to be selling out of growth to remind my clients why their every part of every day, life would be pretty done it a thousand times, spend those few assets (i.e. shares and property) money is invested the way it is.

Stay safe! hard.

Much of our life is done on autopilot, minutes thinking about what financial while they are down.

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We grow up largely unexposed to money, 11am -6pm He compared his efforts to Blayney WEDNESDAY MONDAY AMANDA SPALDING at the Local, State and Federal level, is it then we kind of get thrown to the wolves - 6pm to 11am Council’s annual $60,00011am contribution the - 4pm involvesSATURDAY “picking winners”; decidingCONSULTING which 11am 4pm and we are expected to start working, buy a region-wide Orange 360 group (after they TUESDAY: THURSDAY industries to support, and which to leave to house, Closed 0417 288 246 raise kids, pay off the mortgage and SUNDAY 11am - 6pm had received a further $100,00 boost from their own devices.

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CITYwatch

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AMANDA SPALDING

COUNCIL FINANCIALS REVEAL ANOMALIES AND RAISE QUESTIONS The Orange City Council audited Financial Statements for 2019/20 were tabled at the final Council meeting of 2020. When I say "tabled", I think they were given to the Councillors and possibly members of the public who were present at the meeting, but they were not included in the Business Papers on the Council’s website, which strikes me as odd.

I have now found a copy of the Council’s Annual Report and Financial Statements on Council’s website at: Annual report - Orange City Council (nsw.gov.au) I have written about my disappointment with the Annual Reports of local councils previously (see Council Annual Reports Part One - Amanda Spalding Consulting) and I could wax lyrical on the content of the Annual Report and Financial Statements at great length, but Bob has asked me not to be a nerd. So, I will just pull out some of the more interesting and perhaps concerning elements that it takes a bit of experience and knowledge of history to find and analyse!!

One of the issues that I spent some time on last year was senior staff remuneration, so here is a comparison: $ 2019/20

$ 2018/19

325,348

850,607#

5 Directors

1,052,052

951,721

Total

1,377,400

1,802,328

CEO Total Remuneration

Note # This figure is made up of $353,943 for the salary component paid to the General Manager and $496,663 which is understood to be the final payout to former General Manager, Garry Styles, who resigned in May 2019. It was understood to include significant annual leave and long service leave accrued during his 14 year tenure. At the time of this coming to light in December 2019 some councillors expressed concern and sought a full breakdown of the settlement and for the NSW Office of Local Government to investigate the circumstances leading to the resignation. It is unknown whether this request was answered. Community members may find this a matter for concern that almost $500,000 was paid to the departing General Manager.

There are 5 directors and Mark Burdack was the Director Corporate and Commercial until May 2019 when he was reported to have resigned. There have been two Acting Directors of Corporate and Commercial in 2019/20 – Samantha Freeman from1st July 2019 to 11th May 2020 and Nick Redmond from 11th May 2020 to 30th June 2020. The costs are over $100,000 higher this year and may be as a result of the finalisation of Mark Burdack’s contract.

I am aware that there is concern in the community over

the secrecy surrounding these matters.

Some of the contractor amounts reported may be of interest to residents and ratepayers. Council has to report contracts worth more than $150,000 and many of those identified in the Annual Report do not include a dollar amount and are described as ‘schedule of rates’.

The following are the larger contracts for which a dollar amount is given:

Nature of Goods/Services Provided

Contractor

Contract Estimated Amount $ (including GST)

Construction of roundabout NDR and William Maker Drive

Hamcon Civil Pty Ltd.

$5.4 million

Construction of the Wade Park Indoor Cricket Centre

Hines Construction Pty Ltd

$3.3 million

Revised design and construction Whiteway lighting Summer Street and adjoining streets

Large Industries Pty Ltd t/as JLE Electrical

$1.9 million

Construction of Shiralee Creek gravity sewer main

EI Engineering Pty Ltd

$1.1 million

Construction of animal shelter and associated civil works

DDM (NSW) Pty Ltd

$827,164

Construction of Sir Jack Brabham change rooms and amenities black

Renascent Australia Pty Ltd

$731,483

Corrections to the draft financial statements approved

by Council in September 2020 were made by the auditors that changed the results in the final audited accounts that were tabled in December 2020. The Report of the AuditorGeneral of NSW points out:

This resulted in an overstatement of the value of IPPE by $15 million, which was subsequently corrected. Council should perform more robust quality review procedures over the results of future revaluations, to ensure completeness and accuracy of the outcomes.’

‘SIGNIFICANT AUDIT ISSUES AND OBSERVATIONS

This is a serious matter that residents and ratepayers should be concerned about. Largely as a result of this error the final accounts show net assets $22 million less than in the draft accounts.

I identified the following significant audit issues and observations during my audit of the Council’s financial statements. These issues and observations were addressed as part of my audit: The matter will be included in the Management Letter as a high risk item in more detail: Internal revaluation of Infrastructure, Property, Plant and Equipment (IPPE) Council performed a comprehensive revaluation of its roads, bridges, footpaths and stormwater drainage assets in 2019-20. These asset classes were last revalued in 2015. We observed issues relating to the application of incorrect unit rates, duplicated assets and inclusion of roads not controlled

by Council.

The Profit and Loss Account shows a net operating result of $31.9 million compared with a budgeted result of $42.6 million, which is largely as a result of budgeting for almost $20 million more in capital grants (19%) than were actually received, this is because speculative capital grants are included in the budget and many are not received during the year.

I have always considered this to be a practice that makes Council’s budget position look a lot healthier than it may actually be, and thus misleading.

I hope that this analysis has not been too nerdy.

If you would like to discuss any of the matters that I have raised, please feel free to contact me at aespalding2@bigpond.com or on 0417 288 246. | Saturday 23 January, 2021 |

BIRD’S-EYEview with JEANINE BIRD

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Pay Day for JFK? Who could ignore what’s going in the US at the moment, with Joe Biden seemingly set to be sworn in as President of the US - with China having put so much effort into getting him elected? I have said I still don’t believe he’ll become President, and as I write this 4-5 days prior to publication, YOU will know whether I’m right or wrong by then.

I’m going to explore what he’ll actually preside over, whether as in the old westerns, the goodies or baddies get control, and look at some of the intelligence that’s being bandied around. No one of us can tell what is a “psy-op”, false flag, or what was once called “propaganda”, but I’ll explore some of the information coming out, along with some of the known evidence.

Turn the page immediately if it’s going to increase your blood pressure!

First of all, know that we are all what Hillary Clinton called “the deplorables”. The elites of the world, the likes of the Rothschild banking family who’ve financed both sides of all wars for the last century or two and have octopus fingers in everything, think they’ve got a Satan-given right to run the world and oppress people who should do their dirty work. They, and others (eg Rockefellers etc) have shaped all sorts of policy by funding think-tanks and the UN, IMF etc. Then there’s George Soros, who funds the likes of Marxist/fascist Antifa and Black Lives Matter (BLM) to disrupt society.

We’ve seen homes and businesses torched, people attacked, even killed, but there’s no calling that out by the main-stream media (MSM), even if the reporter says it’s a “peaceful protest” with buildings on fire behind! That’s not riot or insurrection, but the so-called attack on Capitol Hill on the 6th was? It’s now being reported (even by some MSM) that quite a few Antifa and paid provocateurs dressed in Trump hats, carried the flag etc, and led the way. What about the video of an Antifa member skiting about smashing the window in? The bloke with Viking horns was Antifa. Did MSM report the Antifa tweet telling members to go dressed as Trump supporters, even better, police! Did they report the court hearing and statement of one Antifa operative saying he was funded by George Soros?

But, Antifa too were infiltrated, and a military special ops was apparently run to get hold of computers, especially Nancy Pilosi’s whose laptop reportedly was open, with evidence of Chinese collusion, large payments and transfer documents to groups in Italy, Frankfurt, Canada etc for stealing the election. Pilosi was also apparently involved in a deal to sell General Electric (supplier to

US military) to China for $5.4b.

Trump strategically arrived late for his speech to 3 million peaceful people and rambled on for longer than expected in order to keep the crowd away from all this. Still, some got mixed up, but also, in videos, we see many of them standing around, like tourists checking everything out, not “storming”.

Police let them in on the condition they were orderly. So, not all is as it seems, and yet, the MSM continually drums it into our heads that it was a storming insurrection, shock, horror (shocking it was), yet they weren’t shocked about all the rioting over the previous year! Logically, that’s hard to come to grips with. It has been said that our minds are the cheapest, most effective prison of all.

I’ve written previously that the Deep State, or whatever you want to call it, runs deep.

Those who want to control use various forms of blackmail, some soft, some hardcore. China has been seriously infiltrating, and has hacked into not just the Australian government computers, but some years ago, the US ones, collecting all military personnel information, what their weaknesses and interests are; all the elected representatives, and all public servants’ information. That’s obviously made them easier to target, and that’s been done, with one publicly outed operative, called Fang Fang, targeting and sleeping with governors and people of influence in political parties. Busy girl, that one! But maybe just the tip of the ice-berg?

Everyone should be across Joe Biden’s corruption by now, and his son Hunter’s.

China has paid them millions, if not billions because of the circuitous money routes and global covert operations. Of course, this isn’t being reported by MSM, because China and other elites have them compromised too. This extends to the courts, and of course, the CIA and FBI. In some papers just declassified, this is acknowledged – also that the Russian collusion was Hillary Clinton’s brainchild (since she herself was dealing with them and made a LOT of money with a Canadian property sale to Russia).

So obviously the MO, or Modus Operandi is to accuse the opposition of what you’re doing, have investigations into them to take the heat off yourself; and call anyone bringing it to attention a conspiracy theorist. There’s been a LOT of bum-covering in these circles with Trump wanting to flush this out, hence the multitude of attacks and accusations aimed at him. Like JFK, he’s trying to dismantle the Federal Reserve, a private organisation, and return to a monetary system based on gold/metals which will allow the country

to prosper rather than be paying interest to outsiders. JFK was assassinated for it, despite them pinning it onto a patsy.

Speaking of JFK, son JFK Jnr. vowed to get the people who killed his father, and had a magazine called “George”. I wonder if that was because he believed George Bush Snr was complicit – he must have been the only person in the US who couldn’t remember where he was when JFK was assassinated!

Many have now put him right at the scene, overseeing a CIA/military operation. JFK’s security detail (who argued about it) was stood down at the last minute. In any case, there have been many movies made about CIA black ops.

It’s been alleged that the money Congress just passed where they only wanted to give $600 to people (not $2,000 as Trump argued), but billions to overseas countries – was in fact going to be funnelled back to those compromised Representatives, the CIA and their covert activities (eg stealing an election). This is the normal MO. Reportedly, Obama is now known to be involved in the Italian steal using money delivered by his administration to Iranian accounts. The Clinton and Obama regimes knew how to move black money out and back for their own benefit!

JFK Jnr disappeared in a plane crash, as did, at the time, many of the people around the Clinton’s who knew too much (think Whitewater scandal). JFK Jnr was about to run for public office, but when he disappeared, Hillary Clinton got the gig! Is all this coming back to haunt America now, with a cyber-security war making it so much easier for the elites to rule the “deplorables”? Elites, or their puppets like Joe Biden think it’s OK to bribe the Ukraine government to stand down a prosecutor or they won’t get $1b from the US. He skites publicly at a CFR gathering, and it’s all very funny. They think it’s THEIR money to use how they like.

So, how entrenched is China? The Ratcliffe Report says China interfered in the 2020 election in collusion with some Democrats.

There are a lot of rumours about military/ cyberwar activities currently. What if they’re true? These are some (I can’t verify as too many psyops and false flags), but for your consideration: •C hinese troops rumoured to be in Canada (75k) and Mexico (250k) •C hina has placed containers which convert to missiles strategically around the country (many saying in now-Chinese controlled Walmart car-parks)

• Some weapons deactivated on Chinese ships off US shores; Chinese ships on both E&W coasts just inside international waters – surmise invasion if Biden’s inaugurated? Or if coup against Trump isn’t completed, China (Biden/Harris’ protection) will attack?

• Electro-magnetic Pulse attacks possible (yes, there’s an EMP Task Force on National & Homeland Security in the USA); Russia, China, N. Korea and Iran may take advantage of a domestic crisis • Covid is bio-warfare – pretty much confirmed now by military sources • Suppression of rights under Covid a control mechanism • Business shut-downs a financial control mechanism • Covid vaccines are “population control” (Bill Gates has long talked about it, and it’s UN sanctioned). Many people now with serious “side-effects” of vaccines; even deaths.

• Antifa and BLM activities encouraged esp. in Democrat States, not reported by MSM etc.

• Human trafficking and satanic rituals deeply entrenched as a tool to compromise targets (Silk Road) • Interception of Chinese Communist Party plan to assassinate Pentagon Generals, resulting in Pentagon support for CIA & FBI withdrawn. National power grid/ communications may go down.

• HUGE build-up of US troops in US Capitol is obviously for more than Biden’s protection or a virtual inauguration • Governments just stood down/collapsing around world: Germany, Italy, Kuwait, Holland, Estonia, Russia So, if Joe Biden is inaugurated, will he be the Chinese-elected President of a defunct U.S. Incorporated, or have the “blackhats” won, and control through the World Economic Forum et al agenda continues?

Perhaps Trump is still President under the Insurrection Act, or Marshall Law; or Constitutionally because the election was fraudulent? Perhaps the transition IS to Marshall law? Will there be a new election for the proper Republic (as opposed to “US Inc”)? Time will tell, and by the time you read this, there will be some clarification, even if there is some sort of warfare, cyber or otherwise, with China or treasonous agents.

Maybe it IS “Payday for JFK”?

Bird’s Eye View appears in Newswatch as a public service. The information and views presented by Jeanine Bird, although supported by many eminent and expert professionals across the World, and regarded by many who follow such commentary as credible and “truth”, are not regarded in the same light by others. This, and for many other reasons, is probably why some of the issues she raises are not widely publicised by many mainstream media outlets. Newswatch appreciates some of the material may be contentious for some readers but at the same time, believes people should be given the right to make their own judgements. | Saturday 23 January, 2021 |

PHOTO NEWSbriefs

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Summery stillness among all the fuss Overgrown areas of the de-commissioned Ex-Services Golf Club don’t look like a subject for heated public debate. The site, however, is either the location for a $25 million sports precinct and stadium for Orange or a perfect green space for Orange’s growing population; depending on your point of view.

Oz day Sign of getting back to our lives People are slowly getting back to their lives with go-ahead for this week’s Australia Day events a clear-sign that we are coming-out of last-years COVID-19-induced gloom. North Orange’s Church of Christ is holding it’s first-ever Oz Day event with a free barbecue breakfast and fun for the kids on Tuesday, January 26. “We’re just trialling it this year to see how it goes,” one parishioner said.

Fountain symbolises our lost year With its uncanny resemblance to the coronavirus disease, this feature situated in the Orange Civic Centre forecourt, could be the fountain that best sums-up 2020. Our hope though is that it isn’t also a symbol for 2021 as well!

Another entrepreneur is on his way…

Even Jeff Bezos begun somewhere, and so another great entrepreneur is on his way starting small (as it were) with “some cute and cuddly baby guinea pigs for sale,” through this home-made poster recently sighted in the main street.

Just the gardening to go…

Looking schmick and slick, work is now complete on north Orange’s new roundabout at William Maker Drive and the Northern Distributor; just in time for the major new housing developments even now being thrown-up in the Colour City’s boom residential area.

| Saturday 23 January, 2021 |

PHOTO NEWSbriefs

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Latest park concert a summer breeze

Cancellation of Robertson Park’s preChristmas free concert due to stormy weather was quickly forgotten as Sharon D’Elboux and Tracy Oliver put COVID-19 warning signs in place for last Friday’s highly-su ccessful Future Tunes event.

g for the n Carney arrivin Judith and Rosly music concert ponsored free recent Council-s rk. in Robertson Pa

Emily Ryan and M olly Dunn enjoying Orange’s return to live mus ic at the Robertson Park Future Tunes concert rece ntly.

First-up performers Seth Key and Liv Mirrington get their rehearsals pitch-perfect on the day before the latest Future Tunes event.

Not the hardest gig in tow n; security contractors Sina Marvasti and Adam Wolf at the most recent of the Future Tunes concer ts in Robertson Park.

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| Saturday 23 January, 2021 |

Both performers in the ir own way… Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd wi th Gabe Middleton be fore her set at the free Fu ture Tunes concert in Robertson Park recen tly. Ms Middleton ha s been keeping busy teaching kids singing lessons on line during the big lockdow n.

COVID-19 security is the new normal as Future Tunes concert-attendees supply their tracking details before entering the free concert in Robertson Park.

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Getting back into swim is victory enough at Country Championship Return of regional competitive swimming in the Central Tablelands has been a triumph of hope, organisation and the will to compete at the highest level.

Local competitive swimmers get a golden chance to improve their times this weekend (January 23–24) with the Region One Country Regionals bringing 400 swimmers to Orange for the event.

Orange Aquatic Centre will be shut for most of the weekend however with free entry on Australia Day a balm for disgruntled regular lap-swimmers.

With Sydney swimmers this year banned from entering events due to lockdown restrictions, Swimming NSW Events Manager, Greta Brodie said the event will provide the first opportunity in months for country swimmers to post some competitive times.

“This is a very participatory event… we didn’t come back as a sport until October, and that was with very strict capacity limits. This will be the first chance for many of these swimmers to have some real competition in a long while,” Greta explained.

Asked if many of the competitors will be raring to get back to the sound of the starter’s gun, the splash of racing dives, and the smell of chlorine, she said, “Yep, definitely.”

COVID-19 restrictions though have made her job of organising this event much more exacting than it would have been only 12 months ago.

“It’s definitely been a lot more challenging; there’s a lot more you have to put in place for this meet. There’s a lot

more things you have to capture than previously, absolutely,” Greta said.

“Due to COVID, this event is only open to country-based swimmers; due to capacity issues we’ve also had to cutdown the number of competitors and we’re only allowing one person per day with all competitors as spectators,” Greta added.

She said though that almost all swimmers who have applied for entry have been able to register for one of the three regional championships throughout country NSW. “Because we have three events across three venues, most swimmers have been able to get into one of the venues to compete,” Great explained.

The Orange meet will mostly involve swimmers from throughout western NSW with the other country races at Oak Flats near Wollongong and at Taree on the mid-north coast.

s Local competitive swimmers get a golden chance to improve their times this weekend with the Country Regionals bringing 400 entrants to Orange for the event.

Events range from all-age 200 metres freestyle, 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, and 1500m freestyle with 200m backstroke and breaststroke and 200m individual medley.

Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd said the event will provide a muchneeded boom to the local economy bringing: “swimmers, their parents as well as a range of officials which equates to about 900 people coming to Orange.”

“That’s 900 people paying for accommodation, shopping at our local businesses, eating out and bringing our retailers a much-needed post-Christmas boost.” The event is being run to comply with all government requirements to ensure it is a COVID-19 safe event.”

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Swimming NSW Events Manager, Greta Brodie said the Country Regionals at Orange Aquatic Centre this weekend will provide the first opportunity in months for country swimmers to post some competitive times.

Recreation Committee Chair, Cr Jason Hamling also added that the pool will be open to the public for early morning lap swimming on Saturday from 5.30–7.45am.

“Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 restrictions placed on the centre, we can’t accommodate the general public for recreational swimming on that weekend,” Cr Hamling said.

Greta said that, whatever the results, times, and any records that may be broken, getting back into the pool for most of the young swimmers who have had restricted preparations due to the pandemic, just competing will be a win in itself.

“For a lot of them, just to have a swim that is highly-competitive, will be enough,” Greta concluded.

Bathurst and Orange Inter-district Cricket Competition Draw Round 10

23 JAN One-day

St Pats Old Boys

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1:00pm

Morse Park 1

Cavaliers

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Bathurst City

1:00pm

Wade Park

Rugby Union

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Orange City

1:00pm

George Park 1

Kinross

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Centennials Bulls

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Sportsground

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“BACKROOM PLANNING AND BULLDOZING MENTALITY” Amanda Spalding’s “City Watch” article in Newswatch on Saturday, January 16, 2021 tactfully exposes the backroom planning and bulldozing mentality of Orange City Council.

The Sports Stadium issues are not the only questionable activity currently engaging the Orange City Council, who manage to both to turn a deaf ear to scientific evidence and public opinion and to refuse to consider alternative venues for their proposed developments.

In the case of the Sports Stadium, not only is there the re-zoned, purpose-purchased site in North Orange available for this development, but no consideration appears to have been given to utilising other Council-owned sites such as the empty and now derelict saleyards.

Meanwhile, the Council has suggested that a major mountain-biking facility on Mt Canobolas has already been cleared for development in the Plan of Management for the State Conservation Area. Incorrect. What the Plan of Management states, is that new opportunities for mountain biking can be considered pending rigorous environmental assessment.

The Mayor, along with other councillors and senior Council staff, seems to think that Crown Land that has been set-aside for conservation, and is not even within the Orange Local Government area, is available to them to takeover for a single sporting facility essentially catering for an elite few (NOT the general public who own the land). Decision-making processes, not to mention a whiff of political interference, could well be questioned, especially as so little information has been made public - just the usual photo opportunities published. Where is the business plan?

An Orange resident recently pointed-out that there is a win-win opportunity for Orange if the Bloomfield parkland is retained and the Stadium built elsewhere. Exactly the same scenario is available in the case of a mountain biking facility, although the unique natural biodiversity and cultural values of the Mt Canobolas State Conservation Area considerably raises the stakes. Adjacent State Forests offer elevation, steep and varied terrain, and the possibility of adrenalin-filled riding with minimal impact on natural environments and opportunities to regenerate a degraded landscape.

The Canobolas Conservation Alliance, recently incorporated, will be working to ensure that the unique portion of landscape contained within the State Conservation Area is protected for our future generations. It should remain the iconic feature that is heralded as the highest point in the Australian landscape between the Blue Mountains due west to the west coast of the continent, containing and preserving a unique ecology which includes plants that naturally grow nowhere else on earth.

Anyone interested in the CCA’s activities, can find more information at: https:// savemtcanobolassca.com/ Jenny Medd, Canobolas Conservation Alliance.

LATEST “SMART” MOVE

BY COUNCIL, LICENCES TO BUILD BACKYARD SHEDS Got to tell you about another smart move made by the Council.

From now on, you suddenly need a builder’s license to build a backyard garden shed in town (money for that licence is over $2000).

To pay for a builder’s licence is not viable for these small sheds and the jobs do not bring in enough money for other builders to be bothered with them.

You can build any type of shed out of town and do not need any licence for that — what a joke!

Instead of supporting the local small businesses, they close them down and some tradies will also lose their jobs.

It looks like this all is only a matter of scamming the poor who try to survive. Only money matters to this Council, they have no common-sense or integrity.

To top this all, no-one in town will be able to get a garden shed built anymore. What a heap of crap!

Inge Vander Wal

CONGRATS ORANGE CITY LIFE AND NEWSWATCH Congratulations to the owner and the staff at Orange City Life and Newswatch.

Both publications have filled media coverage voids in the social and political activities within the Orange community.

Especially appreciated is the fearless attitude of the Newswatch editor. It is refreshing to read the cross-section of differing views in the Letters to the Editor, with many first-time contributors.

In addition, the Hearts for Orange campaign — designed to stimulate the purchasing of goods and services from Orange local businesses — is to be commended.

Colin Young President ORRA (Orange Residents and Ratepayers Association)

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