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WHEREFORE FOR OLD DPI?

What can we do with the old Department of Primary Industries (DPI) head office in Orange?

Shops, large retailers, events, or innercity living? That is the question now being wrestled with by Orange Council.

The answer could come from a recent presentation to Orange Council with big plans for the site. The question is, are they the same as those of Council?

Owners want a free-hand on the site, Council has proposed restrictions on large retailers, and Mayor Reg Kidd would like to see it created into swish apartment units.

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with DAVID DIXON Council mentioned how popular the new Robertson Park bauble (which featured on our front cover in December) was over Christmas — especially for photographs. The suggestion was made to bring it back at other times, possibly at Easter. But wouldn’t that be like that horrible new trend of hot-cross buns in September?

Hasn’t grown on us… probably never will. The more you look at the new “Welcome to Orange” sign, the more it looks like it’s been constructed out of rusty, old, recycled materials, which was perhaps the point…

It’s hard to get enthusiastic about it, especially given the $10,000-plus Council paid out in design costs alone.

Inside on pages 15,16,17 we have our first, (probably the world’s first!) “The Council Game” featuring our team of shadow councilors giving their views on their first Council meeting.

And wasn’t it a whopper, 1700-plus pages, and only delivered to the councillors on Friday afternoon.

• Turn to page 3 for full story.

Pretty vacant…

When is a house not a home?

This rhetorical question was posed a few weeks’ ago in Newswatch over a neatand-tidy public housing bungalow in Bel Air that’s been vacant for more than two years, and it still hasn’t been answered!

Letters, letters, letters,

• Turn to page 5 for our full story.

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having your say, pages 22–24.

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FOR ORANGE

If Council staff were trying (we don’t think they are) to discourage potential council candidates for September’s local government elections, they know how to do it.

“Our” councillors offered a range of perspectives at their first meeting, some taking a new look at decisions, others critiquing the performance of the current councillors in Orange.

There must be some way for Council papers to be presented in a more-accessible form…

We think you’ll like the idea! Turn inside and have a look.

For all those Jeanine Bird fans, supporters, loathers and haters, Editor Bob Holland has an important article inside on the future of the column, Birds Eye View. Turn to page 19 and see what Bob has to say.

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Orange Civic Theatre re-opens its doors

very quickly Nearly 12 months after Orange Civic Theatre closed its doors, the long wait for them to re-open is finally over.

Their future is bright after the theatre resumed regular programming recently with (COVID safe) sold-out shows for Sydney Theatre Company’s ever popular ‘Wharf Revue’.

This marks the start of the Theatre’s 2021 season. Originally scheduled for November 2020, the ‘Wharf Revue’, like many productions, was cancelled or postponed due to COVID restrictions.

Orange City Council’s Services Policy Committee Chair Scott Munro said the theatre was able to announce shows a few months ahead, rather than the usual, annual subscription season launch.

Cr Munro said audiences needed to be aware the capacity of the theatre could change at any moment in line with public health orders.

“I’m so pleased we’ve reached this milestone where we can have fairly regular, scheduled events at the theatre albeit with a capacity of 75 per cent,” Cr Munro said.

Full details of what’s on at the Orange Civic Theatre can be found on Council’s website or by phoning the Theatre on 6393 8112.

Men’s health promoted in Local artists in popular “Mr Perfect” annual exhibition barbecues

Orange Regional Gallery recently installed works from more than 130 local artists for the HERE/NOW exhibition which runs throughout February.

The HERE/NOW exhibition has been running annually since 2018 and features artists from across the Central West.

It is one of the most popular on the calendar in terms of the number of artists, the diversity of media and the number of visitors to the show.

Entry is open to artists over the age of 16, living in the local government areas of Orange, Bathurst, Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, Forbes, Lachlan Shire, Lithgow, Oberon, Parkes, and Weddin Shire.

The exhibition is broad in artistic range and would include paintings, sculptures, printmaking, and photography.

HERE/NOW will be displayed until Sunday, February 28 with the Gallery open from 10–4pm daily; there was, unfortunately, no opening event for the exhibition due to COVID restrictions.

Celebrating return of our wetlands

Local Member Phil Donato recently teamedup with men’s health charity “Mr Perfect” as the official host of monthly men’s barbecues (first on Sunday, February 7) in Orange to advocate for men’s health and to reduce the incidence of suicide.

“Men’s health is often overlooked, and blokes generally aren’t forthcoming or open about their mental health,” Mr Donato said.

“Blokes are notorious for bottling things up and neglecting their own physical and mental health.

“Statistically, males represent three out of every four suicide deaths. Tragically, suicide occurs in every community, but more so out here in the country.

“Isolation is a huge issue, so a key to addressing this silent epidemic is getting guys coming together and opening up. I’ve found that gathering around a barbeque is a great activity to draw blokes together and the perfect atmosphere to get conversation flowing.

“I’ve teamed-up with the charity Mr Perfect, which is a grassroots pre-crisis initiative aimed at gathering guys around the BBQ once a month to become community-connected, talking with one another and opening up.

Sunday, February 7 will see Ploughman’s Wetlands Care Group holding a celebration of the return of the Wetland after three drought years.

The event runs between 10–1pm and will include information and guided walks and a free barbecue.

The event starts from the Picnic Shelter at Ploughman’s Lane, opposite Wentworth Golf Course with everyone welcome. Those attending are asked to bring along a hat, sunscreen, and water. For more info, call Neil Jones on 0419 224 461.

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“I’ve committed to hosting the monthly Mr Perfect barbeques in Orange for 2021, which will be co-hosted by my friend and former colleague, Carl Smith (pictured with Mr Donato). The first barbecue will be held at Cook Park in Orange on Sunday February 7 from 12 midday. It’s completely free of charge and all blokes are welcome along,” Mr Donato said.

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SUPERSTORES, BOUTIQUE RETAILERS, OR INNER-CITY LIVING FOR OLD DPI? What can we do with the old Department of Primary Industries (DPI) head office in Orange?

Shops, large retailers, events, or inner-city living? That is the question now being wrestled with by Orange Council.

The answer could come from a recent presentation to Orange Council with big plans for the site. The question is, are they the same as those of Council?

Owners want a free-hand on the site, Council has proposed restrictions on large retailers, and Mayor Reg Kidd would like to see it created into swish apartment units.

Andrew Duggan a Director of Silk Tree Pty Ltd (owners of the now vacant former DPI site) recently spoke in the Public Forum at Council on the Development Control Plan (DCP) – Orange Eastside Precinct Plan – Post Exhibition report. He and his company are not happy.

Mr. Duggan referred to a submission that the owners had made during the exhibition of the draft Plan and felt that the comments had not been taken on board by Council in the revised Plan as no changes had been made to it.

‘The controls that the Precinct Plan prescribes are very restrictive and propose an outcome for the site without studies showing that the controls are either viable or feasible.

“In our submission, we put forward designs that illustrated alternate urban design outcomes for the DPI site. We also suggested that a Structure Plan would be a more effective way to better explain the potential opportunities for pedestrian and vehicle links with

heritage and residential flat buildings.”

short of at the moment, but housing.

“The Precinct Plan with specific site controls is too restrictive and is not viable to achieve the best outcomes for the site and wider Precinct.’

“All we’re talking about in Orange is housing prices, the lack of accommodation, well, this development could be the answer to that.

“We ask that further studies be undertaken to provide a flexible plan that is capable of accommodating a range of uses.”

“You only have to look at Sydney to see the trends of people who want inner-city living, they al don’t ant to live out in the suburbs like they did in the past,” Cr Kidd said.’

Mr Duggan requested that the Council not endorse the proposed Precinct Plan and suggested that key landholders be consulted about any proposed controls.

He said the old building should be treated as a great resource and not another vacant building in a rather deserted end of the town.

Council’s Director of Development, Mark Hodges was asked by Councillors to comment, and said that all of the things that Andrew Duggan wants are included in the Plan apart from Retail, by which they mean large retail — a full blown supermarket — because the area is outside the CBD and Planners don’t want to compete with the CBD core.

“I think it’s fantastic, it lends itself to an exciting range of prospects,” he said.

Restaurants, coffee shops, hotels and shop-top housing are allowed plus childcare centres. The DCP will come back to Council again before it’s made.

Cr Kidd though has his own ideas about the site — apartment living as now popular in many inner-city suburbs of major cities around Australia.

“I’d love to see it developed into housing, affordable housing, but also for the higher end of the market.

“The building is so close to restaurants, pubs, clubs, and with the overhead Railway bridge, it really suits itself for inner-city apartment living,” Cr Kidd said enthusiastically.

He said that, while a small retail strip would be ideal for the lower levels of the site, he does not support it becoming a large retail hub, the rumoured long-term role for the building when it was first constructed in 1990.

“I’m not against hair-dressers, convenience stores, a coffee shop or two, that type of small development, but I don’t want to see these giant retailers going-in there and taking business away from our CBD,” he added.

He added that, it is not retail space that the Color City is

Owners of the old DPI in east Kite Street do not intend letting the grass grow under their feet in redevelopment of the site, Orange Council has heard.

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Jack Evans from Orange Business Chamber said that whole area around the five ways in Orange needs its own dedicated Masterplan.

“You’ve got a corridor of shops that are struggling, plus two vacant car-lots… I think the whole-area needs a Masterplan to revive it,” he explained.

Despites its homogenous office block appearance, the largely-sandstone building represents an important economic decision in public governance in NSW. It was, and still is, the site of the first and only full State Government decentralisation of a Department - the old Department of Agriculture - to a regional locale in NSW. The move by NSW Agriculture to Orange in the early 1990s followed a push by the then-Coalition Government to decentralise public service jobs out of the Sydney CBD. The push was led by National’s Leader, Ian Armstrong whose own seat was located at Cowra but who insisted the department move to Orange due to its central agricultural location in NSW. The head office was purpose-built for the former NSW Agriculture Department before the creation of the superdepartment in 2004. This giant super-department has since relocated to a new multi-Department facility in Prince Street on the site of the old Orange Base Hospital.

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More than 70 submissions on south Orange tree removal

Proposed removal of more than 500 trees on the chopping block in south Orange has elicited an overwhelming response from ratepayers.

With a vote on the (Development Application (DA) to come before Orange Council in March — at the earliest — this will not be the end of the issue, Orange Mayor, Councillor Reg Kidd has said with a number of other steps to follow.

Two days out from the deadline for community submissions about the DA, Orange City Council has already received more than 70 submissions. These must then all be considered with a report to a full Council meeting, possibly next month.

Orange City Council believes that the $25 million sports precinct — which is to include an 8500-capacity rectangular sports stadium — is best-suited to the site adjacent to the former Bloomfield Hospital and incorporating the current Brabham Sport complex.

Opponents, however, say that a land parcel previously-purchased by Orange Council for the stadium on a semi-rural part of north Orange, will allow the regenerating natural area to become a special green space for the growing south Orange locale.

Public submissions on Orange City Council’s DA to remove the mixed introduced and native species for development of a sports precinct at the site ended last Friday.

Major social and community events — like last 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.

The number of submissions however could see the DA come to Council at a later date, Cr Kidd added. “There’s a lot of submissions to go through,” he said.

“This regenerated native landscape could become an invaluable community asset for such events outside the capacity of Cook Park,” a residents’ spokesperson said.

“Even then, after we vote, there’s a few other steps to jump. It will have to go through the Heritage processes which will also provide for feedback from the community, and then there could be appeals to the Environmental Court, and don’t forget, it’s actually on Crown Land at the moment.”

He added that getting the process done

member, Phil Donato.

right was more important than getting it done quickly: “There’s no need to rush, it’s got to be done properly, this is a very important project,” Cr Kidd said.

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

The parklands area is adjacent to the unrivalled Bloomfield estate that was designed by the head gardener from the famous Kew Gardens near London.

“We stand to lose this amazing opportunity

State Nationals Leader John Barilaro then repeated the offer at a sod-turning event at Bloomfield site early last year which many saw as indicating the south Orange site was a fait accompli for the development.

An online petition was then launched asking for Mr Donato (a supporter of the sports precinct proposal) to intervene to ensure that another site was chosen.

At the unique picnic event recently held on the former Ex-Services Golf Course site opposing the proposed sports precinct, Chris and Chris Messenger and Kim and Robert Lee. for a community parkland if Orange City Council proceeds with the Development Application (DA) to remove 513 trees,” the spokesperson added.

“This DA fails to consider a long-term vision for Orange, which would consider the importance of this site for tourist attraction for decades to come.

“Our natural beauty and environment work hand-in-hand with our food and wine branding bringing thousands every week,” the spokesperson said.

The stadium proposal had been a long-term but unfunded ambition of Council, until the 2019 State election saw Premier, Gladys Berejiklian propose full-funding on a flying visit to the Colour City in an (unsuccessful) attempt to unseat Shooters and Fishers’ local

The DA now up for public submission is the first stage in the sports precinct development with a decision to support the DA by Orange Council — also the proponent of the DA — likely to see the sport precinct become a reality.

Senior Council staff told the recent community forum 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.

Projected population increases were the most important rationale for the whole project, Council’s Director Community and Cultural Services, Scott Maunder said at the forum event.

He said that the south Orange site had a whole range of advantages over the alreadypurchased 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.”

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by DAVID DIXON

Still vacant after all these years.

Property at 56 Turner Crescent Bel Air empty since a fire in about 2018.

PRETTY VACANT… BUT DO WE CARE?

When is a house not a home? This rhetorical question was posed a few weeks’ ago in Newswatch over a neat-and-tidy public housing bungalow in Bel Air that’s been vacant for more than two years.

The good news? The lawn been mown! The bad? There’s still no sign of any actual “people” as in “tenants” being moved into the residence that could otherwise make hundreds of dollars rent a week on the open market.

Local member, Phil Donato for one is not happy and has already raised the issue with the Department from whom he expects a reply, in two months, maybe!

Repeated efforts to contact the Aboriginal Housing Service have also drawn blanks with both emails either ignored or answered with automated email replies and phone calls either ringing-off or hanging-up during standard business hours.

But wait, there’s more… A resident of Nicole Drive (also in Bel Air) recently reported another house reportedly under the “control” of the Aboriginal Housing Corporation that has been vacant for a mere four months.

This house was either abandoned by the family or they had moved-out with a horrendous mess both inside the house and out left for contractors to eventually clean-up.

“I’m fed-up, I’m over the joke,” the nearby resident said.

“No-one sems to want to do anything, someone got in touch with the police, but nothings been done with the house,” the resident said.

“What was the point of renovating it after all this time?” he said. “What a waste of resources, especially with all the people needing housing in Orange”.

Watching the empty property over the long, lonely months following the fire with unmown grass running wild, he decided to do his public duty and chase-it up, receiving the old bureaucratic run-around for which Australian public servants are world-leaders.

“I first called (emergency housing provider) Housing Plus, they said it had been one of their properties, but was no longer. They then put me onto Public Housing.

“I then spoke to someone who wouldn’t tell me anything and finally I asked, ‘can I speak to your manager’, and she responded, ‘I am the manager’.”

Newswatch late last year contacted through NSW Housing, the Land and Housing Corporation, and eventually the Aboriginal Housing Office.

“It is an Aboriginal Housing Office home… it has been refurbished and is ready to let,” a spokesperson said.

“I did some research and I’m not sure that it has been two years that it’s been vacant…but someone is going in very soon,” the spokesperson said in early December.

“Our aim was to get it in a great state, but I’m not sure why it’s taken two years,” the spokesperson said.

She said though that the responsibility to let the home is the responsibility of the manager of the property, the Land

“I tried the department, but no luck, I just don’t’ know where else to turn” the Nicole Drive resident said.

Mr Donato recently made representations on the longvacant Turner Crescent home, and (eventually) hopes to hear back from the Minister’s office.

“I have made representations to the Minister, Melinda Pavey, about the house and we’re still waiting for a response,” Mr Donato said.

“Of course, I’m concerned. If it’s been refurbished, then it should be tenanted.

“There is an endless number of people that literally wait years and years for public housing, it should be available and filled ASAP,” he said.

A neighbour of the residence, Rob, repeated concerns about its lack of tenancy. “It’s unbelievable, you’ve got the community crying-out for accommodation and its vacant, it’s inexcusable.”

The clean-as-a-pin brick veneer house at 56 Turner Crescent has had no residents since a moderate fire in about 2018 forced the previous tenants out, and local “Rob” is not happy.

Rob has seen the house apparently-abandoned for months on end, and then boarded-up, and then, belatedly, renovated late last year; and yet still no-one’s home.

“After the fire, there was nothing, it just sat there with windows broken and derelict. And then after about 18-months, they boarded-up the windows and doors and such.

“And then late last year, they renovated it, but still no-one has moved in.

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s Public housing property only vacant for a measly four months, the property at 12 Nicole Drive, Bel Air. and Housing Corporation.

“It’s our house, but it’s managed by the Department of Communities and Justice through Public Housing of which we are a part, sort of.”

“The Land and Housing Corporation own the asset,” a spokesperson for Property NSW confirmed. “it’s unbelievable, you’ve got the community crying-out for accommodation and there it sits, it’s inexcusable,” Rob said.

“It could have made $50,000 in rent in that time, you’re looking at taxpayer’s dollars, it was mowed once and then went months without mowing.”

“You keep reading about all the homeless people in Orange, and yet here’s this perfectly good house just sitting there, empty. If it if was a private residence, you could have made thousands of dollars in rent, or been sold for maybe $500,000 dollars, easy.”

“I just don’t understand it, look at it, it looks fine, and yet it is still empty, it just doesn’t make any sense,” Rob said.

“I’d like to see someone in there, that’s all,” Rob said.

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Consultative approach for mountain bike assessment Half-million-dollar consultancy on controversial plans for bike tracks on Mt Canobolas has already made some interesting findings.

Also, she said, new mountain bike trail will be designed around constraints identified, to avoid impacts to these as much as possible, with the previous concept design put aside.

If done right, Mountain bike riding could impact sensitive areas of Mt Canobolas no more than bushwalkers, a spokesperson for the consultancy firm assessing proposals on the Mount, believes.

“It is an area of natural beauty, that we hope we can find the best outcome for.”

The consultancy is also talking to key players from the Canobolas Conservation Alliance opposed to any mountain biking on the Mount to gain their perspective on the proposals, the spoke, person added.

The site is not a pristine wilderness, and areas could benefit from regeneration work that the mountain bike trails could help facilitate, Principal Consultant Emily Cotterill from The Environmental Factor said.

The time-frame for the assessment is open-ended with the final report only being presented when the consultants have completed all work required on the proposed mountain bike tracks.

Orange City Council last year appointed the Bathurstbased firm to complete an independent assessment and to work with expert track designers and Aboriginal Heritage consultants to assess whether tracks can be built on the Mount to avoid environmentally-sensitive areas.

A team of experts, including environmental scientists, ecologists, archaeologists, and specialist track designers are now working on the proposal following a number of recent site visits.

The Canobolas Conservation Alliance was formed late last year to challenge the merits of the mountain-bike proposal after announcement of the $500,000 Councilfunded assessment, and The Environmental Factor are seeking to utilise their expertise on the issue.

“We’ve spoken to key players from the Mt Canobolas Alliance on the project; we don’t view them as the

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opposition; we’re all trying to get the best outcome for this area,” Ms Cotterill explained.

“Also, Council made it clear to us from the get-go, that if we saw constraints that could not be avoided, they wouldn’t pursue it,” she added.

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

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

Yet Ms Cotterill said that their current work indicates that the impacts of mountain biking on sensitive areas can be far less than supposed.

“We’ve got a team of archaeologists, ecologists, and also a team that has experience in designing trails in world heritage listed areas and in national parks.

“What we’re finding is that, the impacts of mountain bike trails are very minor — the trails are no wider than a walking track and can actually be narrower than bushwalking trails.”

“Perhaps there is confusion about the level of impacts but, when you think about it, a rubber tyre is narrower than a shoe. Mountain bikes are not dirt bikes,” she said.

“There are studies that show the impact is no greater or could even be smaller than bushwalking. It’s a form of eco-tourism that is really popular in natural heritage areas around the world, and here, including in Tasmania, Newcastle and Sydney,” Ms Cotterill said.

She added that “mountain biking was an increasinglypopular way of seeing new areas, getting fit, while also enjoying nature.”

The assessment currently involves broad-scale field

NEWS something new that is sympathetic to the constraints identified,” she explained.

funding will be allocated to tackle problems like weeds and feral animals and walking tracks improvements.

Dr Bower believes however that no amount of assessment can guarantee the Mount is not adversely-impacted by a series of trails.

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

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

“The original design put tracks in highly-sensitive areas and no amount of manipulation will make these tracks acceptable,” he said. However, Council has shelved the original concept design in favour of the recent assessment.

Dr Bower said that Council would not have funded the assessment if they were not prepared to support it. “Orange City Council has allocated $500,000 of ratepayers money to obtain an environmental approval for this proposal.

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

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

work and desk-top analysis of the ecological and cultural heritage assets on the mountain, so these can be avoided through the development of the new design.

“We’re also talking to local experts in a range of fields, getting lists of such things as species of interest on the Mount; Aboriginal heritage items… we‘re creating a series of GIS (geographic mapping) layers; we currently have many layers of different constraints which will guide the new trails concept. Council has decided to start from scratch for this process, shelving the original design that was prepared” Ms Cotterill explained.

These constraints, she explained, will ultimately determine what areas, if any, may be suitable for mountain bike tracks.

“We’ve assigned low, moderate, and high constraints, as well as ‘no go’ areas, which are marked black, and the specialist mountain bike trail designers will design around these… No-go areas include sensitive Aboriginal cultural areas, sites or items, threatened species and communities, endemic flora, that sort of thing,” Ms Cotterill explained.

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

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

“Throughout this process, the Council has been clear that if the track proposal doesn’t measure up environmentally, it’s not going to happen,” Cr Kidd said. “That means a thorough, arms-length investigation to see if and where tracks could be built.”

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

“It’s a real possibility that some of this original research will find out new facts about the mountain,” Cr Whitton said. “But they also want to learn from earlier studies and the experience of other local groups who’ve been visiting the mountain for many years.

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

Cr Whitton said that If any local groups want to get in touch to share their knowledge of the mountain, they should contact The Environmental Factor, who are leading the assessment, directly through their website at: https:// www.envirofact.com.au/ “It’s also important to remember that this is an important step but there’s a lot of work to be done, and there’ll be space for community consultation during the process as we gradually get the results of this study,” Cr Whitton said.

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

“Orange already has many enthusiastic cyclists, and routinely hosts major road cycling events,” Cr Hamling said. “But we’re only beginning to tap into the popularity of mountain biking and the specialist ‘downhill’ field.”

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

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

“In the past, locals have wondered if the Mountain hasn’t had the attention it deserves. National Parks staff do the best they can with the resources they’re given, but the reality is, the more people visit the mountain, the more

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

She said that the group had built its reputation on independence and scientific rigour in all their work and would remain scientific and factual on the constraints avoidance and impact assessment process.

“We’re working really collaboratively, we’re proud of our transparent and comprehensive work in this field.

“Council were clear with us from the beginning — if we found that an area isn’t suitable, then they would accept that ‘no means no’.

“Our broader team will be maintaining our independence using the Biodiversity Assessment Method, following the legislated Aboriginal cultural heritage consultation and assessment process, and in using these principles to guide the new design, to ensure a rigorous and transparent process.”

Dr Colin Bower from Alliance opposed to mountain-bike riding on Mt Canobolas that are to prepare their own report:

This independence, she said, extends to the final report for this sensitive work with no rushing to meet a deadline.

“The completion dates are fluid, it will be done when it’s done, if it takes longer, then that’s what we’ll do.”

She added that much of the Mt Canobolas protected area could benefit from environmental rehabilitation, something that the mountain bike tracks could fund. She said that making the Mount more accessible could be a win-all-round for both the environment and economy: “More people enjoying and experiencing eco-tourism in general is a good thing; if done right.”

“We’re going to call it the ‘Mt Canobolas values report’.”

“The scientific side of our study is to find what’s up there, and then the designers will work around that to create

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BLACKBERRIES TO REGENERATE NATIVE AREAS It’s the heresy of native land regeneration — introduced species to help natives establish.

Could blackberry and other “weed” species actually be benfiecial to the Australian bush? Well-known local horticulturist Rod Holcombe (pictured) believes so!

Treating all introduced plant species as pests that should be removed is a mistake that we continue to make in bushland regeneration, Rod claims.

He believes, for instance, that the exotic tree species on the proposed sports stadium site at Bloomfield should be retained as part of a native bush

regeneration.

Rod recently presented his controversial theories — challenging 100 years of “introduced bad, native good” ecological control in an essay to both the State and Federal environment ministers.

“The noxious weed people have been removing such plants as

willow, blackberry, briar, hawthorn, lantana, because they weren’t here in 1788,” he said in his letter.

“Unknowingly, what they have done is to make it virtually impossible to be able to retore that area in a real way because those particular plants are all highly-useful to the wildlife and highly-cooling to country,” he added.

Far from inhibiting and crowding-out native plants, many of these introduced species provide cover and ground protection for the native species that are needed to regenerate areas of degraded wilderness, he said.

Invasive introduced grass species, Phalaris, is the big winner and is taking over much of the former native grass areas of Australia.

“The shelter, the healthy soil conditions, the lower light levels across the site created by these supposed feral plants, massively accelerates the growth of the native trees planted and grown across the site. It’s about enhancing the existing habitat through the planting and growth of native trees,” he added.

He said that the same principals should apply to the south Orange site proposed for the new $25 million sports precinct.

Rod said that it would be far easier to use the established introduced and native species currently present at south Orange to create a natural botanical garden with the proposed $25 million sports precinct to go elsewhere.

“In the bigger picture, introduced trees are no different from natives,” he said. “They all absorb carbon, they all protect under-story plants from exposure, they all act in cooling the place down,” he explained.

Rod believes that the “introduced species bad/native species good” dichotomy of much bush regeneration has more to do with ideology than science.

This makes the decommissioned Ex-Services golf course site at Bloomfield the perfect place for a regeneration program.

He said that many of the lessons of the pre-industrial past in regeneration have been lost in the rush of technology. “The concept of fallow has been lost in the modern world, the understanding of how to replenish an area using species that are already there.”

“This has no meaning to agronomists who spend their careers working with chemical companies,” he said. “They are doing an enormous amount of harm.”

He said that wholesale removal of introduced willows from waterways in the past 20 years is a perfect case in point.

“They believed that they caused bank erosion, but they actually help in bank stabilisation.

“The removing of willows from this town as part of the stormwater harvesting project was a mistake,” he believes.

He said that the line of stately pines that form a physical and visual barrier between the current Brabham Park sports complex and the old Ex-Services Golf Course, has greater natural value than it seems.

The south Orange site’s proximity to Orange Health Service, Bloomfield Hospital, and the new private hospital makes it an ideal area for patients, staff, and visitors. “it would make a perfect convalescence area to wander around and enjoy nature which would assist their health and recovery. North Orange would be a much better spot, cheaper too,” Rod concluded.

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Amanda takes Ratepayers’ “Buy now, reins after Colin’s decade pay later” Well-known local business identity, Amanda Spalding has been unanimously elected as the President of the Orange Residents and Ratepayers Association.

biz seminar in Orange One of the Australia’s largest “buy now, pay later” operators wants to push business in the bush, which could be good news for Orange retailers.

Technology has changed the way we shop forever and the events of 2020, which forced so much business online, have only accelerated these trends.

Chasing online sales is now a vital part of doing business as is keeping-up with the way customers like to pay for their goods and services.

Handing-over the reins: Amanda Spalding unanimously elected as President of the Orange Residents and Ratepayers Association with former President, Colin Young.

Amanda replaces long-term President, Colin Young who has led the organisation for the last nine years, with Amanda paying tribute to her predecessor.

“I am delighted to have been elected as President of Orange Residents and Ratepayers Association, to build on the strong foundations put in place by Colin Young and the rest of the Executive over recent years,” she said.

“We had a discussion at the meeting at which I was elected about how we should build-on this legacy to increase the membership of ORRA through being more proactive in promoting our activities through local media.’

“We also refreshed our objectives to include: • to act as an advocate for residents and ratepayers at all official levels and to work towards an Orange City lifestyle as a sustainable community with social cohesion, a functional economy, robust environment, and sound infrastructure.

• to monitor rates expenditure, doing what it can to ensure Council is achieving the best possible value as required by the Local Government Act.” Amanda came to live in Orange in 2013 with her husband, long-time resident Darrell Hair, who first moved to Orange with his family in 1957.

Amanda is involved with a number of community organisations in Orange and the Central West including Arts Out

West, Rotary and Orange Community Broadcasters.

She is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of experience in senior management and is keen to encourage Orange City Council to be more accountable to the local community and achieve best possible value.

“I am delighted to hand the reins over to Amanda. We all know the experience she brings to ORRA to help in achieving our objectives of a more-accountable Council that is aiming to provide value for money services to residents and ratepayers,” Mr Young said.

The new President and the members of ORRA present at the meeting thanked Colin Young for his sterling service to the Association through turbulent times into calmer waters.

“We look forward to welcoming members of the community to our monthly meetings which are held at the Orange Ex-Services Club at 7pm on the first Wednesday of each month. We will be having guest speakers so that we can discuss matters of concern to ratepayers and residents. Last night we had a discussion about waste management and will aim to get a speaker on that topic for our March meeting,” Amanda concluded.

For more information on ORRA, contact Amanda Spalding on 0417 288 246 or email: aespalding2@bigpond.com

Cash is no longer king at the checkout and payments through mobile apps are fast becoming the norm.

To help local businesses navigate the changing nature of modern retail, the Orange Business Chamber has teamed up with Central NSW Business HQ and buy now, pay later giant Afterpay to bring a small breakfast seminar to Orange on Friday, February 12.

Orange Business Chamber president, Jack Evans said the short seminar is a great opportunity for local retailers to get a better understanding of just how customers are spending their money.

“It’s about getting businesses informed in the new ways peoples are transacting, not just the traditional cash-on-the-day or layby,” Mr Evans said.

“Wayne Sunderland from Biz HQ is going to do a bit of an overview of Afterpay and some of the regulations around it, then Afterpay are going to

Orange Business Chamber president, Jack Evans said the short seminar is a great opportunity for local retailers to get a better understanding of just how customers are spending their money.

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give a presentation on their service, their rates, how it will be helpful for your business and Pip Brett from Jumbled — who is an existing user — is going to come and talk about what it has done for her business.”

Afterpay’s SMB Director, Raelene Smethurst said their data brings a wealth of insights for small business owners.

“This is a great opportunity for smallmedium businesses to connect with local business groups, gain a better understanding of current customer purchasing behaviour at a regional and national level and learn from existing merchants about how to drive growth via digital marketing,” Ms Smethurst said.

“With 2020 behind us, we want to highlight with the community at large how backing small businesses is important - fuelling the next generation of creativity and innovation.”

Mr Evans will also be presenting the latest Spendmap data for Orange.

“That’s looking at where people are coming from when they spend their money here, what portion of money is leaving town and a breakdown of sectors like fashion, home decor, cars… breaking it down to what industries people are spending money in,” said Mr Evans, who was part of a changing of the guard at the Orange Business Chamber last November.

The new committee is actively looking to build its membership, he said, and they are very open to suggestions to help grow business in Orange.

“If there is something you think we should do, shoot us an email, or even get involved in the committee and help steer us in that direction. Everyone is more than welcome,” he concluded.

The small business seminar will be held at the Orange Ex-Services’ Club from 7.15–8.30am, on Friday, February 12.

RSVP by visiting the Orange Business Chamber Facebook page and following the links.

PHOTO NEWSbriefs

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Late summer in the Colour City Living in one of the most picturesque parts of the Central Tablelands, it’s easy to forget the natural beauty in the Colour City; seen here in an early morning image of one of our major thoroughfares, no less.

Gardeners on the go…

Friends Henrietta Hood and Peta Swift from the Avid Gardener take a break from trimming the borders at one of Orange’s historic homes in Byng St recently to offer a winning smile for our Newswatch photographer.

Straining at the leash Visitor to Orange, Judy Eliot from Crookwell strains to keep six-month-old Jack Russell Terrier, “Roxy” under control in Robertson Park recently as the energetic pup makes a dive for the camera.

One man’s trash is…

Busted whitegoods, old furniture, and car tyres and inner tubes, are just some of the items placed for recycling during Orange’s current roadside Council pick-up. Tip tickets are also available from Council for ratepayers who like to be do-it-youselfers when it comes to the eternal battle against unwanted rubbish.

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Eyes on all of us...

Seems hard to consider the controversy surrounding introduction of high-tech CCTV cameras around cities like Orange a decade ago. With the resultant reduction in street crime and the increasing surveillance that we have all come to expect in our lives, we seem to have all got used to such intrusions.

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“Do you know, where you’re going to…”

As most people now use GPS tracking on their smart phones to navigate around, street signs seem to have become an optional extra for many areas of the Colour City; but it’s still a shabby look (and inconvenient if not downright dangerous) for those who still find their way around via directions and the old paper map!

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Saturday, February 6

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6.00 Rage. 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 10.00 Rage. 11.00 Rage Retro Month. 12.00 ABC News.

12.30 Employable Me Australia.

1.30 Miniseries: Agatha Christie’s The Witness For The Prosecution.

2.20 Making Child Prodigies.

3.00 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat. Final.

3.30 Dream Gardens.

4.00 Ask The Doctor.

4.30 Landline Summer.

5.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 7. Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Victory. From Dolphin Stadium, Brisbane.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Death In Paradise. Return.

8.30 Call The Midwife. Return.

9.30 Endeavour.

11.00 Call The Midwife.

12.00 Deep Water. Final.

12.50 Rage Retro Month.

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 Cycling. Road National Championships. Criterium. Highlights. 4.00 Travel Man. 4.30 Remarkable Places To Eat. 5.40 Secret Nazi Bases. New. 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo.

8.05 Michael Portillo’s Abandoned Britain.

9.00 MOVIE: Hannibal. (2001) Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore. An escaped serial killer, hiding in Italy, is tracked by an FBI agent and a horribly mutilated victim out for revenge. (MA15+) 11.20 MOVIE: Love And Friendship. (2016) Kate Beckinsale. (PG) 1.00 Atlanta. 4.00 Luke Nguyen’s Food Trail.

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

Kids’ (22) 6.00 Programs.

11.40 Sally And Possum. 12.00 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. 5.10 Luo Bao Bei. 5.35 Peter Rabbit.

5.55 Ben And Holly. 6.25 Molly Of Denali. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Jayde Adams: Serious Black Jumper. 9.35 Live At The Apollo.

10.20 Would I Lie To You? 10.55 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.15 Mock The Week. 11.50 Kitty Flanagan: Charming And Alarming. 12.55 Escape From The City. 1.50 Comedy Up Late. 2.25 Close.

5.05 Little Princess. 5.40 Waffle The Wonder Dog. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

8.30 Macedonian News. 9.00 Croatian News.

9.30 Serbian News. 10.00 Dutch News. 10.30 Hungarian News. 11.00 NHK Japanese News.

11.35 Hindi News. 12.00 Fade To Black: Fight To The Death. 1.30 Atlanta. 2.30 New Girl. 3.00 Insight. 4.00 PBS News. 5.00 ABC America: World News Tonight. 5.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 4.

Cairns Taipans v New Zealand Breakers. 7.30 The Last Man On Earth. 7.55 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The X-Files. 11.00 Tent And Sex. 11.30 7 Days Of Sex. 12.20 MOVIE: Network. (1976) 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. 12.45 Deadly Pole To Pole. 1.10 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 How To Do Stuff Good. 4.20 Detention Adventure. 4.35 Malory Towers. 5.05 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.25 School Of Rock. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Robot Wars. 7.35 All Hail King Julien.

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 Dance Boss. 11.30 The Amazing Race.

12.30 Britain’s Got Talent.

2.30 Holey Moley Australia.

7.00 MOVIE: Jack The Giant Slayer. (2013) Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor.

9.30 MOVIE: The Lost Boys. (1987) Corey Haim, Jason Patric.

11.30 MOVIE: Arthur 2: On The Rocks. (1988) Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud. 2.00 Home Shopping. 3.00 Blindspot.

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

10.00 Cycling. Road National Championships.

Women’s Race. 12.00 Road National Preview.

1.00 Cycling. Road National Championships.

Men’s Race.

5.35 Secret Nazi Bases.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 The Last Hours Of Pompeii: New Discoveries.

9.30 Bruce Lee: Be Water.

11.20 Filthy Rich And Homeless.

12.25 24 Hours In Police Custody: A Moment Of Madness.

1.20 Mary Beard’s Shock Of The Nude.

3.30 Depression And Me. 4.25 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.

11.40 Sally And Possum. 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.

5.10 Luo Bao Bei. 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: Transgender Kids. 9.30 Enslaved.

10.30 Catalyst. 11.30 Designing A Legacy. 12.30 You Can’t Ask That. 12.50 Restoration Australia.

1.50 Comedy Up Late. Final. 2.25 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.40 Waffle The Wonder Dog. 5.55 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

10.30 SBS Courtside. 11.00 Basketball. NBA. Philadelphia 76ers v Brooklyn Nets. 1.30 New Girl.

2.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 3. South East Melbourne Phoenix v Illawarra Hawks. 5.00 Basketball. NBL. Round 3. Melbourne United v Perth Wildcats. 7.00 Abandoned Places. 7.35 The Last Man On Earth.

8.00 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.35 Why Women Kill. 9.35 United Shades Of America. 10.20 Letterkenny.

11.15 Sexplora. 11.40 Box 21. 12.35 MOVIE: Orgazmo. (1997) 2.20 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. 11.30 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 11.50 Operation Ouch! 12.20 Gym Stars. 12.40 Deadly Pole To Pole. 1.10 The Dengineers. 1.50 The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud. 2.15 Thunderbirds Are Go. 2.40 Deadly Dinosaurs. 3.05 Teenage Boss. 3.35 Horrible Histories. 4.05 How To Do Stuff Good.

4.30 Malory Towers. 4.55 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.20 School Of Rock. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Robot Wars.

7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.30 Camp Lakebottom. 9.05 TMNT. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Rage. 1.55 Close. 5.45 Winston Steinburger.

6.00 It’s Academic.

(66) 7.00 Beat Bugs.

8.30 News Of The Wild. 9.00 Flushed. 10.00 SA Weekender. 10.30 Creek To Coast. 11.00 Weekender. 11.40 Britain’s Got Talent. 1.40 MOVIE: Jack The Giant Slayer. (2013) Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor.

4.10 Instant Hotel.

5.20 My Crazy Birth Story.

6.20 Weird, True And Freaky.

7.30 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta.

8.30 First Dates Australia.

12.00 Bridezillas. 1.00 Seven Year Switch. 3.30 MOVIE: The Falcon In San Francisco. (1945) Tom Conway, Rita Corday. 5.00 Blindspot.

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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 Good Chef Bad Chef. 1.00 10 Minute Kitchen. 1.30 Destination Dessert. 2.00 Bondi Rescue. 2.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 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 Help. (2011) Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer. An author writes a book detailing the African-American maids’ point of view on the families they work for. (M) 10.55 Bull.

12.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Hour Of Power.

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Newstyle (52) 6.00 Direct.

6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

10.15 MOVIE: Victoria The Great. (1937) 12.30 MOVIE: The Raging Moon. (1971) 2.45 MOVIE: The Pride And The Passion. (1957) Cary Grant.

5.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 5. Night session.

7.30 MOVIE: The Bridge On The River Kwai.

(1957) Alec Guinness, William Holden.

10.45 MOVIE: A Fistful Of Dollars. (1964) Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch.

12.45 Garden Gurus Moments.

1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 10.00 Nexo Knights.

10.30 Ninjago. 11.00 The Skinner Boys. 11.30 Tom And Jerry. 12.00 Power Players. 12.30 Bakugan: Armored Alliance. 1.00 Beyblade Burst Rise. 1.30 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers. 2.00 Peaking. 2.20 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.20 MOVIE: Open Season: Scared Silly. (2015) 5.00 Tennis.

Melbourne Summer Series. Day 7. Night session.

11.00 MOVIE: Blown Away. (1994) Jeff Bridges.

1.30 No Man’s Land: Expedition Antarctica. 3.00 Power Rangers Super 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!

Step Outside (63) 6.00 With Paul Burt.

7.30 The Big Adventure. 8.30 Home Shopping.

9.00 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. 10.00 The Fishing Show. 11.00 Mudslingers. 11.30 Your 4x4.

12.00 On Tour With Allan Border. New. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 2. GWS Giants v West Coast. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars. 4.00 Desert Collectors.

6.00 Ultimate Factories. 7.00 Building Giants.

8.00 Mighty Ships. 9.00 Mighty Cruise Ships.

10.00 Air Crash Investigation. 12.00 Shipping Wars. 12.30 Desert Collectors. 2.30 Ultimate Factories. 3.30 Mighty Cruise Ships. 4.30 Air Crash Investigation. 5.30 Late Programs.

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

2.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures.

3.30 All 4 Adventure.

4.30 Mighty Machines.

5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Scorpion.

7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans.

10.20 Hawaii Five-0.

11.20 L.A.’s Finest. 12.15 CSI: Miami. 2.10 48 Hours.

3.10 The Doctors. 5.00 Home Shopping.

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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 To Be Advised.

4.30 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 Home Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 House Of Wellness.

1.00 Holey Moley Australia.

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 Holey Moley Australia.

8.30 MOVIE: Captain America: The Winter Soldier. (2014) Chris Evans, Samuel L Jackson, Scarlett Johansson. Captain America struggles to embrace his role in the modern world as he teams up with Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, to battle a powerful yet shadowy enemy in present-day Washington, D.C. (M) 11.15 World’s Most Shocking Emergency Calls.

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Easy Eats.

7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Surfing Australia TV. 10.30 The Xtreme Collxtion.

11.00 Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Day 8.

Day session. From Melbourne Park.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Territory Cops.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 60 Minutes.

8.10 The Trump Show: Downfall.

9.25 Nine News Late.

9.55 Outbreak: The Virus That Shook The World.

11.30 5 Mistakes That Caught A Killer: Roy Whiting.

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

4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.00 Mass For You At Home. 6.30 Hillsong. 7.00 Leading The Way With Dr Michael Youssef. 7.30 Fishing Australia. 8.00 Good Chef Bad Chef. 8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 9.00 Luca’s Key Ingredient.

9.30 Studio 10: Sunday.

12.00 10 Minute Kitchen.

12.30 Left Off The Map. 1.00 My Market Kitchen.

1.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

2.00 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey.

2.30 Farm To Fork.

3.00 Bondi Rescue.

3.30 To Be Advised.

5.00 10 News First.

6.30 The Sunday Project.

7.30 The Amazing Race Australia.

9.00 FBI: Most Wanted.

11.00 The Sunday Project.

12.00 Home Shopping.

4.30 CBS This Morning.

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

8.30 The Incredible Journey Presents. 9.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.05 My Favorite Martian. 10.35 MOVIE: Mr Forbush And The Penguins. (1971) 12.40 MOVIE: Sailors Three.

(1940) 2.25 MOVIE: Bikini Beach. (1964) 4.30 MOVIE: Irma La Douce. (1963) Jack Lemmon.

7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire. 10.40 Chicago Med. 11.40 Bizarre E.R. 12.35 My Favorite Martian. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 12.30 Beyblade Burst Rise. 1.00 Power Rangers Super Beast Morphers.

1.30 Liquid Science. 2.00 Dance Moms. 4.00 MOVIE: Look Who’s Talking Too. (1990) 5.30 MOVIE: Three Amigos! (1986) 7.30 MOVIE: The Terminator. (1984) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton. 9.40 MOVIE: Mad Max. (1979) Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne. 11.40 Lethal Weapon. 1.30 Liquid Science. 2.10 Dance Moms.

3.00 Power Rangers Super 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 Surgery Ship. 1.30 Her Majesty’s Theatre.

2.00 All The Things.

2.30 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under.

Highlights.

3.30 Escape To The Country.

6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 Wild Bill.

9.30 Miniseries: Bancroft.

11.30 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 1.30 ICU. 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 Mark Berg’s Fishing Addiction. 7.30 Home Shopping. 9.30 Classic Restos: USA Edition.

10.00 Timbersports. 10.30 Off The Grid With The Badger. 11.30 River To Reef: Retro. 12.00 The Fishing Show. 1.00 Football. AFL Women’s. Round 2. North Melbourne v St Kilda. 3.00 Mighty Ships.

4.00 Shipping Wars. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 5.30 Counting Cars. 6.00 Last Car Garage. 6.30 Border Patrol. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 MOVIE: Remember The Titans. (2000) Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris.

10.55 MOVIE: 2.22. (2017) 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Shipping Wars. 2.00 Late Programs.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Roads Less Travelled. 8.30 Mega Mechanics. 9.30 One Strange Rock. 10.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 11.00 Scorpion. 1.00 The Doctors. 2.00 Beyond The Fire. 2.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. 3.30 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 NCIS: New Orleans. 1.10 Hawaii Five-0. 2.10 CSI: Miami. 3.05 VF Confidential. 4.05 Star Trek: Enterprise. 5.05 The Doctors.

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6.00 Fam. 8.00

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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.

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Death In Paradise.

2.00 Rake. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 The Heights. 4.30 Back Roads. 5.00 Restoration Australia. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Australian Story.

8.30 Four Corners. Return. 9.15 Media Watch.

9.35 The Pacific: In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill. 10.25 You Can’t Ask That. 10.55 ABC Late News. 11.25 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 2.00 Destination Flavour China.

2.30 The Story Of God With Morgan Freeman.

3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.35 Railway Journeys UK. 5.05 Letters And Numbers. 5.35 Jeopardy! 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 The Architecture The Railways Built.

8.30 24 Hours In Emergency. 9.25 The Story Of The Songs. 10.20 SBS News. 10.50 Agent Hamilton. 11.40 Late Programs.

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 10.00 NFL. NFL. Super Bowl LV. Tampa Bay Buccaneers v Kansas City Chiefs. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away.

7.30 Holey Moley Australia. 9.00 9-1-1. 10.00 The Rookie. 11.00 World’s Deadliest Weather: Caught On Camera. 12.00 Cycling. Santos Tour Down Under. Highlights. 1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 Today.

(5) 10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show.

11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 1.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 1.

12.00 Chicago Med. 1.00 Destination WA. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Global Shop.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 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 Amazing Race Australia. 8.30 Hughesy, We Have A Problem. Return. 9.30 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 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 6.45 Andy’s Safari Adventures. 7.00 Dino Dana. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Doctor Who. 8.50 Rise Of The Animals. 9.50 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.

10.40 Escape From The City. 11.35 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 12.15 Would I Lie To You? 12.45 Parks And Recreation. 1.10 Reno 911! 1.30 Brassic. 2.20 Close. 5.00 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 NBA. 76ers v Nets. Replay. 2.00 The Curse Of Oak Island. 2.50 Hunting Hitler.

3.45 WorldWatch. 4.10 This Week. 5.05 Only Connect. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Abandoned Engineering. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 RocKwiz. 10.15 America’s Shadow Government. 11.05 Late Programs.

6.00 Morning (62) Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 MOVIE: The Falcon Strikes Back. (1943) 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 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 Code Blue: Murder. 11.50 Late Programs.

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show. 11.00 Tennis.

Australian Open. Day 1. 6.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 1. 11.00 Law & Order. 12.00 Timeless. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 1.30 Gideon’s Way. 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 Late Programs.

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 12.00 Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 CSI: Miami. 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 To Be Advised. 12.10 Home Shopping. 2.10 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.35 Horrible Histories. 4.05 How To Do Stuff Good.

4.30 Malory Towers. 4.55 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.20 School Of Rock. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss. 7.35 All Hail King Julien. 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 Scandal. 2.00 The Resident. 3.00 Splitting Up Together. 3.30 The Goldbergs. 5.00 How I Met Your Mother. 6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares.

10.30 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell. 11.30 Hell’s Kitchen USA. 12.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 12.00 Swamp People. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Reluctant Outdoorsman. 3.00 Aussie Dreamlivers Texas.

3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Shipping Wars. 4.30 Hellfire Heroes. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Restoration Workshop. 8.30 MOVIE: Man Of Steel. (2013) Henry Cavill, Amy Adams. 11.25 Late Programs.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project.

2.00 Monster Croc Wrangler. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 The A-Team. 5.00 The Nanny. 5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 1. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Sahara. (2005) 11.00 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 12.00 Quantum Leap. 1.00 Late 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. 1.30 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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6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday.

11.00 Tennis. Melbourne Summer Series. Day 7.

Day session. From Melbourne Park.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 RBT. 6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Tennis. ATP Cup. Day 5. Night session.

From Melbourne Park.

11.30 MOVIE: The Thomas Crown Affair. (1999) Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary.

After a billionaire who feels life poses no more challenges decides to steal a Monet from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, he is hounded by an insurance agent determined to expose him. (M) 2.00 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 ICU. 1.00 Sydney Weekender. 1.30 Creek To Coast. 2.00 Weekender.

2.30 Property Ladder UK. 5.00 Horse Racing. CF Orr Stakes Family Day and Inglis Millennium Day. 6.00 Border Security: International.

6.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country.

11.30 The Great Outdoors: Greatest Escapes.

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

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

12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline Summer. Final. 1.00 Everyone’s A Critic.

1.30 Aftermath: Beyond Black Saturday.

2.30 War On Waste: The Battle Continues.

3.30 The Mix. 4.00 Soccer. W-League. Round 7. Western Sydney Wanderers v Adelaide United.

6.00 Antiques Roadshow.

7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. Final.

8.30 Harrow. Return.

9.25 Stateless. Final.

10.20 Killing Eve. 11.05 Wentworth.

11.50 Endeavour.

1.20 Rage.

4.10 Wentworth.

5.00 Insiders.

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6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

12.00 Beach Cops.

12.30 Horse Racing. CF Orr Stakes Family Day. Featuring the Group 1 $500,000 CF Orr Stakes (1400m). Inglis Millennium Day. Featuring the $2 million Inglis Millennium (1200m) and $1 million Inglis Sprint (1100m).

5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 2020 Cricket Australia Awards.

7.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. Grand Final.

From the SCG. 11.30 Holey Moley Australia.

1.00 Home Shopping.

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TVguide News (2) 6.00 Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. 11.00 Our Dementia Choir. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Call The Midwife. 2.00 Rake. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.05 The Heights. 4.35 Back Roads. 5.05 Restoration Australia. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Foreign Correspondent. 8.30 Australia Remastered.

9.30 Our Dementia Choir. 10.30 To Be Advised.

11.00 ABC Late News. 11.30 Q+A. 12.35 Wentworth. 1.20 Rage. 3.45 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.00 Destination Flavour China. 2.30 The Story Of God With Morgan Freeman. 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.35 Great British Railway Journeys. 5.05 Letters And Numbers. 5.35 Jeopardy! 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.30 Great Continental Railway Journeys. 8.35 24 Hours In Emergency. 9.30 Cat Tales. 10.30 SBS News.

11.00 The A Word. Final. 12.05 The Pier. 1.00 Deep State. 3.00 Wasted! The Story Of Food Waste. 4.30 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. 9.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.45 Whose Line Is It Anyway? Final. 10.05 The IT Crowd. 10.55 Frontline. Final. 11.30 Jayde Adams: Serious Black Jumper. 12.30 Live At The Apollo. 1.15 Parks And Recreation. 1.40 Reno 911! 2.00 Brassic. 2.50 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.35 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 SBS Courtside. 12.30 Basketball. NBA. San Antonio Spurs v Golden State Warriors.

3.10 VICE World Of Sports. 3.40 WorldWatch.

5.05 Only Connect. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Abandoned Engineering. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Rise And Fall Of Nokia Mobile. 9.35 The 2000s.

10.25 Locked Up Abroad. 11.20 News. 11.45 Witch Hunt. Final. 12.40 King Of The Road. 2.20 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 1.45 The Next Step. 2.10 Degrassi: The Next Generation.

2.35 Make It Pop! 2.55 Junior Vets. 3.35 Horrible Histories. 4.05 How To Do Stuff Good.

4.30 Malory Towers. 4.55 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.20 School Of Rock. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss. 7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.30 Camp Lakebottom.

9.05 TMNT. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.45 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 Scandal. 1.00 The Resident. 3.00 The Simpsons. 4.00 Modern Family. 5.00 How I Met Your Mother. 6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons. 7.30 Modern Family. 8.30 MOVIE: The Twilight Saga: New Moon. (2009) Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner. 11.00 90210. 12.00 Seven Year Switch. 2.00 How I Met Your Mother. 3.00 Futurama. 3.30 Late Programs.

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 11.00 Grand Designs: House Of The Year. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 National Press Club Address. 1.55 Rake. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 The Heights. 4.30 Back Roads. 5.00 Restoration Australia. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 9.00 Aftertaste.

9.30 QI. 10.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 10.45 ABC Late News. 11.15 Four Corners. 12.00 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch.

(3) 2.00 Destination Flavour China. 2.30 The Story Of God With Morgan Freeman. 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.35 Great British Railway Journeys.

5.05 Letters And Numbers. 5.35 Jeopardy!

6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 Britain’s Most Historic Towns. 8.30 Michael Palin: Travels Of A Lifetime. New. 9.25 Vikings.

10.15 SBS News. 10.45 24 Hours In Emergency.

11.45 MOVIE: C’est La Vie. (2017) 1.50 Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents. 2.55 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 3.30 Play School. 4.10 Wiggle.

4.45 Play School Art Time. 5.10 Luo Bao Bei. 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 Leaving Allen Street. 9.45 Restoration Australia. 10.40 Enslaved. 11.40 Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids. 12.45 Parks And Recreation. 1.05 Reno 911! 1.25 Brassic. 2.15 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Basketball. NBA. San Antonio Spurs v Golden State Warriors. Replay. 2.00 The Curse Of Oak Island. 2.50 Hunting Hitler.

3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Only Connect. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Abandoned Engineering.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. (1996) Melissa Joan Hart.

10.05 MOVIE: Alpha. (2018) 11.50 News. 12.15 Undressed. 2.45 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 1.45 The Next Step. 2.10 Degrassi: The Next Generation.

2.35 Make It Pop! 2.55 Junior Vets. 3.35 Horrible Histories. 4.05 How To Do Stuff Good.

4.30 Malory Towers. 4.55 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.20 School Of Rock. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss. 7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.30 Camp Lakebottom.

9.05 TMNT. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.45 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 Scandal. 1.00 The Resident. 3.00 The Simpsons. 4.00 Modern Family. 5.00 How I Met Your Mother. 6.00 Futurama.

6.30 The Simpsons.

7.30 Modern Family.

8.30 MOVIE: 28 Days. (2000) Sandra Bullock.

10.40 The Guardian. 1.40 Bones. 3.40 MOVIE: The Falcon’s Adventure. (1946) 5.00 Blindspot.

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 Australian Story. 10.30 How Deadly World.

New. 11.00 Australia Remastered. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. 1.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 2.00 Rake. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. 4.30 Back Roads. 5.00 Restoration Australia. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 7.30. 8.00 Back Roads. 8.30 Q+A. 9.35 The Rise Of The Murdoch Dynasty. 10.35 ABC Late News. 11.05 The Queen’s Green Planet. 11.55 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 (3) Destination Flavour China. 2.30 The Great Wall Of China: The Hidden Story. 3.25 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.35 Railway Journeys UK. 5.05 Letters And Numbers. 5.35 Jeopardy! 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 The World’s Greatest Palaces. 8.30 Michael Mosley: The Truth About Cosmetic Treatments. 9.35 World On Fire.

Final. 10.40 SBS News. 11.10 24 Hours In Police Custody. 12.10 M: The City Hunts A Murderer.

2.00 Late Programs.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 4.10 Wiggle. 4.45 Play School Art Time. 5.10 Luo Bao Bei. 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. Final. 9.20 Hard Quiz. 9.50 The Weekly.

10.20 You Can’t Ask That. 10.40 Rise Of The Animals. 11.40 Parks And Recreation. 12.05 Reno 911! 12.25 Brassic. 1.10 W1A. 1.40 QI. 2.20 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Round 3. Rostelecom Cup. Replay. 2.05 Post Radical.

2.55 Hunting Hitler. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 NBL: Overtime. New. 5.40 Shortland Street.

6.10 Abandoned Engineering. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films. 11.10 News. 11.35 The Longest Day In Chang’an. 12.25 Portraits With Yung Jake. 12.50 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 1.45 The Next Step. 2.10 Degrassi: The Next Generation.

2.35 Make It Pop! 2.55 Junior Vets. 3.35 Horrible Histories. 4.05 How To Do Stuff Good.

4.30 Malory Towers. 4.55 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.20 Dogstar. New. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Teenage Boss. 7.35 All Hail King Julien. 8.00 Slugterra. 8.30 Camp Lakebottom.

9.05 TMNT. 9.30 The Legend Of Korra. 9.55 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.45 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 Scandal. 1.00 The Resident. 3.00 The Simpsons. 4.00 Modern Family. 5.00 How I Met Your Mother. 6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.

7.30 Cold Case.

8.30 The Mentalist.

10.30 Numb3rs. 11.30 Bones. 2.30 Futurama.

3.00 Fresh TV. 3.30 MOVIE: Five Came Back.

(1939) 5.00 Blindspot.

Morning (2) 6.00 Programs. 10.00 Q+A. 11.05 The Pacific: In The Wake Of Captain Cook With Sam Neill. 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Back Roads. 1.30 Outback Ringer. 2.00 Rake. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. 4.30 Back Roads. 5.00 Restoration Australia. 6.00 The Drum. 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Gardening Australia. Return. 8.30 Vera. 10.00 Mum. Return. 10.30 State Of The Union. 10.45 ABC Late News. 11.00 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 2.05 (3) China From Above.

3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 China From Above.

4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. 5.00 Letters And Numbers. 5.30 Jeopardy! 6.00 Mastermind Australia. 6.30 News. 7.35 Secrets Of China’s Forbidden City. 8.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 9.35 My Grandparents’ War. 10.30 SBS News. 11.00 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 11.55 The Looming Tower. 3.45 Railway Journeys UK. 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

(22) 6.00 Kids’ Programs. 3.30 Play School. 4.10 Wiggle. 4.45 Play School Art Time. 5.10 Luo Bao Bei. 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 Coppelia. 10.35 Brush With Fame.

11.05 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 11.55 Catalyst. 12.55 Parks And Recreation. 1.15 Reno 911! 1.40 The IT Crowd. 2.30 Close. 5.05 Little Princess. 5.40 Kids’ Programs.

(31) 6.00 WorldWatch.

12.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Round 3. Rostelecom Cup. Replay. 2.00 Kingdom Of The Little People. 2.50 Huang’s World.

3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Only Connect. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 Abandoned Engineering.

7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Hoarders. 9.20 City Porn.

10.10 Housos. 11.10 Monogamish. 12.10 News.

12.35 MOVIE: Golden Job. (2018) 2.25 NHK World English News. 3.00 Late Programs.

Kids’ (23) 6.00 Programs. 3.30 How To Do Stuff Good. 3.50 Teenage Boss.

4.15 What’s For Dinner? 4.30 Malory Towers.

4.55 100 Things To Do Before High School.

5.20 Dogstar. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 MOVIE: Bruno & Boots: The Wizzle War. (2017) 8.25 Operation Ouch! Ouch! Awards. 8.55 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.20 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 9.40 Radiant. 10.05 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 Scandal. 1.00 The Resident. 3.00 The Simpsons. 4.00 Modern Family. 5.00 How I Met Your Mother. 6.00 Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.

7.30 Cold Case.

8.30 The Mentalist.

10.30 Numb3rs. 11.30 Bones. 2.30 Futurama.

3.00 Fresh TV. 3.30 MOVIE: Five Came Back.

(1939) 5.00 Blindspot.

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(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Watch Your Back. (2015) 2.00 What The Killer Did Next. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Holey Moley Australia. 9.00 The Good Doctor. 10.00 The Resident. 11.00 Station 19. 12.00 Splitting Up Together. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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6.00 Today.

10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show.

11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 2.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 2.

From Melbourne Park.

12.00 Chicago Med. 1.00 Destination WA. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

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TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 9.30 Danoz Direct.

10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show.

11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 2.

6.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 2.

11.00 Law & Order.

12.00 Timeless.

1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project.

3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 The A-Team. 5.00 The Nanny. 5.30 Nine News Local.

6.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 2. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: RoboCop. (2014) 9.45 MOVIE: Shaft. (2000) 11.45 The Nanny. 12.15 Quantum Leap. 1.10 Urbex: Enter At Your Own Risk. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Kids’ Programs.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos.

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. 10.40 The Bay. 11.40 The Surgery Ship: Director’s Cut. 1.30 Late Programs.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 Hellfire Heroes. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Swamp People. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Reluctant Outdoorsman. 3.00 Restoration Workshop. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Hellfire Heroes. 5.30 Storage Wars.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Opal Hunters.

10.30 Yukon Gold. 11.30 Late Programs.

PRIME7

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: My Life As A Dead Girl. (2015) 2.00 What The Killer Did Next. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

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

7.00 Home And Away. 7.30 Ambulance: Code Red. New. 8.30 The Bay. Return. 10.30 Criminal Confessions. Return. 12.00 Code Black. 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. 12.00 Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 CSI: Miami.

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 Medium.

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 Medium. 2.30 Late Programs.

NINE

6.00 Headline News.

(8) 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 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 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 8.30 Bull. 10.30 The Project. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 1.30 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS This Morning.

6.00 Today.

(5) 10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show.

11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 3.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 3.

12.00 Chicago Med. 1.00 Destination WA. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

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TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show.

11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 3.

6.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 3.

11.00 Law & Order.

12.00 Timeless. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

1.30 Dangerman. 2.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

7MATE

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project.

3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 The A-Team. 5.00 The Nanny. 5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 3.

7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 8.30 MOVIE: Minority Report. (2002) Tom Cruise. 11.30 The Nanny. 12.00 Quantum Leap. 1.00 The Horn. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Kids’ Programs.

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

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs. 8.00 Hellfire Heroes. 9.00 American Pickers. 10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions.

11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Swamp People.

1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Reluctant Outdoorsman.

2.30 Wild Ops. 3.00 Storage Wars. 3.30 Pawn Stars. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates.

4.30 Hellfire Heroes. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 9.00 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.30 Late Programs.

PRIME7

Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Hometown Killer. (2018) 2.00 What The Killer Did Next. 3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Home And Away. 8.30 Wife Swap Australia. New. 9.45 Busted In Bangkok. 10.45 Gordon Ramsay On Cocaine. 11.45 Celebrity Obsessed. 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

(82) 6.00 Friends.

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 Medium.

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 To Be Advised. 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 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 Ambulance Australia. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 10.30 This Is Us. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Home Shopping. 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. 12.00 Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 CSI: Miami.

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 Friends.

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 Medium. 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 Medium. 2.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman.

3.30 Frasier. 4.30 Home Shopping.

NINE

6.00 Headline (8) News. 8.30 Studio 10. 12.00 Dr Phil. 1.00 Jamie & The Nonnas.

2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield. 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.

9.30 To Be Advised. 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 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. 12.00 Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 CSI: Miami.

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 Friends.

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 Medium. 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: A Walk To Remember.

(2002) Shane West, Mandy Moore. 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 Today.

(5) 10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show.

11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 4.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 4.

12.00 Chicago Med. 1.00 Destination WA. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Royal Pains. 1.00 The Mindy Project.

3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 The A-Team. 5.00 The Nanny. 5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 4.

7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Fear. (1996) 9.30 MOVIE: The Silence Of The Lambs. (1991) 12.00 Quantum Leap. 1.00 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.

(5) 10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show.

11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 5.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 5.

From Melbourne Park.

12.00 Chicago Med. 1.00 Destination WA. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Global Shop. 4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.30 Customs.

7TWO

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries.

7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show.

11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 5.

From Melbourne Park.

6.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 5.

From Melbourne Park.

11.00 To Be Advised.

1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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Kids’ Programs.

(53) 6.00 11.00 Dance Moms.

12.00 Ironman. Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Series.

Round 1. 2.00 The Mindy Project. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 The A-Team. 5.00 The Nanny. 5.30 Nine News Local. 6.00 Tennis.

Australian Open. Day 5. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Zookeeper. (2011) 9.30 MOVIE: Tower Heist. (2011) 11.35 The Nanny. 12.05 Quantum Leap. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Kids’ 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 Ax Men. 2.00 Wild Ops. 3.00 Storage Wars. 3.30 Pawn Stars. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Road Hauks. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Alien Vs Predator. (2004) Sanaa Lathan. 9.30 MOVIE: Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem. (2007) Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth. 11.30 Late Programs.

| Saturday 6 February, 2021 |

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Sunrise.

(6) 6.00 9.00 The Morning Show. 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Am I A Serial Killer? (2019) Monroe Cline, Jhey Castles. 2.00 House Of Wellness.

3.00 The Chase. 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. 6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens.

8.30 MOVIE: Captain America: Civil War. (2016) Chris Evans.

11.30 To Be Advised. 1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos.

3.00 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. 1.00 The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 Late Programs.

WIN PEACH

Home (81) 6.00 Shopping.

8.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. 12.00 Nash Bridges. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 CSI: Miami.

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 CSI: Miami. 3.10 Diagnosis Murder. 4.05 Late Programs.

TV Shop: (52) 6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries.

7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

10.00 Australian Open Tennis Pre-Show.

11.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Day 4.

6.00 Tennis. Australian Open. Night 4.

11.00 Law & Order.

12.00 Timeless.

1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.30 Joyce Meyer. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

Morning (63) 6.00 Programs.

8.00 Hellfire Heroes. 9.00 American Pickers.

10.00 America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. 11.00 A Football Life. 12.00 Swamp People. 1.00 Ax Men. 2.00 Wild Ops. 3.00 The Simpsons. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Hellfire Heroes. 5.30 Storage Wars.

6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1. (2010) Daniel Radcliffe. 10.25 MOVIE: Dredd. (2012) 12.30 Late Programs.

WIN BOLd

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6.00 Home (62) Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 12.00 House Of Wellness. 1.00 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 The Fine Art Auction.

3.30 Late Programs.

WIN

6.00 Headline News.

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

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

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| Saturday 6 February, 2021 |

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15

The Council Game The first real Orange City Council meeting was held on the evening of Tuesday 2nd February 2021 for 3 hours and 12 minutes to consider a Council agenda of 216 pages; and the papers from six Committees totalling 1,522 pages, plus an unknown number of pages for the seven confidential items that are only provided to Councillors and senior staff.

Council was, yet again, late, in getting the agendas and business papers out, which should be with Councillors and public on the Thursday before the meeting. The Mayor pointed out that he had not received his papers until Friday afternoon, and this was his reason for proposing some issues be deferred, as he had not had sufficient time to read his papers. Late items were also considered, and these were not available online. All of this is extremely poor practice.

The speakers in the Public Forum were all on Planning matters referring to the 791 pages of the Planning and Development Committee that included important issues. The speaker about the East End Precinct Development Control Plan post exhibition report felt that the proposal was too restrictive as his company owns the now empty, former DPI building and would like more options for letting the space. There was also a proposed

application for Afterpay Activation.

Some Councillors did not want to see people being encouraged to go into debt and Councillor Duffy does not want people from outside Orange to visit Orange, but it appeared that the proposal was approved.

Development Control Plan for the West End Precinct that was approved for exhibition for community comment.

The speaker on the Heritage Amendments used an entertaining analogy about pandas that resulted in the Heritage Amendment to the Local Environmental Plan being deferred yet again for further discussion in a Councillor Workshop. The proponent and opposer for a DA in Green Lane were equally passionate on the issue that was then deferred despite the proponents stating that they had already waited 9 months for a decision.

There were also important issues for consideration in some of the other Committees that did not receive any discussion.

The actual Council meeting finally started at 9.09p.m. with a Notice of

Name: MM Amanda Spalding I have already spent many hours of my life attending Council meetings as a senior manager of Councils, so I must be a glutton for punishment to be taking part in this Council Game and considering standing for election, as Tuesday’s Council meeting was over 3 hours of punishment! However, it does not need to be that painful if properly managed!

As we know, the role of Councillors is intended to be strategic rather than operational, but this was not demonstrated on Tuesday night!

A few years ago, the practice of Councillors

Motion from Councillor Stephen Nugent on Valuing Trees. This proposal resulted from recent community concerns about trees in Anson Street and South Bloomfield.

There was some support for part of the proposal, but some Councillors also took the proposal very literally and thought it would add unnecessary complexity to decisions about trees.

Councillor Nugent was more successful with his Notice of Motion on considering promoting the Botanical Gardens as the premier rest stop on the Northern Distributor, and considering tree planting nearby.

The Climate Change Strategic Policy was approved for exhibition for community comment without discussion. The formation of a company for the Blayney Cabonne Orange Alliance was approved. There was some discussion about the event

asking Questions without Notice was outlawed.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS MATTERS ARISING in a Council meeting and yet our Councillors spent most of the first 2 hours of the meeting bringing up operational issues, they called matters arising, and had discussions that were totally irrelevant and not related to anything on the agenda. Quite often Orange

...I am concerned at the important matters that do not receive any attention like the Second Quarter’s Budget Review...

City Council meetings sound like a bunch of old blokes having a yarn over a pint of beer in the pub on a Sunday afternoon, not the Board of

| Saturday 6 February, 2021 |

Some of the things raised and discussed at the meeting in some detail included - seating in the CBD; litter from vehicles along the Northern Distributor; what to do with Esso Park including possibly renaming it; the Afterpay event in Robertson Park; the waste collection contract with J R Richards and the possibility of moving to fortnightly red bin collections.

The meeting then considered 7 confidential reports for 9 minutes and then came back to livestreaming to announce the resolutions. Some of the confidential issues were property reports, a commercial contract and debt write offs, which were understandably in confidential.

However, it is unclear why the minutes of the Audit Risk and Improvement Committee would be confidential rather than publicly available.

Things that we feel could have been discussed in more detail included the former DPI building development, and whether making the Botanical Garden precinct a more prominent rest stop should be considered in light of other rest spots around Orange having potential for providing better facilities and attracting more usage.

Directors running one of the biggest businesses in the region, with a turnover of more than $125 million.

I am concerned at the important matters that do not receive any attention like the Second Quarter’s Budget Review that included budget variations of $1.8million and capital expenditure reviews showing only 17% of projects being on schedule. This was on the same day as the Administrator of the Central Coast Council said that the loss of $200 million over which the Councillors were sacked was not because of theft or corruption but is a story of “the failure of a Council to understand or practise the basics of sound financial management”. The lack of attention to financial matters at the Council meeting does not reassure members of the community.

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MC Daniel McGregor As a mock councillor I feel the need to mock our Council after this week’s Council meeting. I would encourage people to watch some of the recording on YouTube to get a sense of the quality of debate that goes on in the Chamber. If, like me, you find it pretty embarrassing, then 2021 is the opportunity you get to bring in some fresh faces, fresh energy and fresh ideas.

News of a Climate Change Strategic Policy is great to hear. It was surprising that it barely rated a mention at the Council meeting. Climate change is THE issue future generations will judge us on and a place like Orange has the ability to not only be part of the solution, but also to capitalise on the opportunities it creates.

on location all over Orange to in a day to attend appointments.

merits means Orange, once again, is dragging its proverbial feet.

Why have a one location service NGO Hub? (Benefits)

This was an easy way for us to innovate and update.

Hopefully, next time will be different.

1) It saves time and travel for our community members who require multiple services (one Stop) 2) NGO Services are always looking for locations to base their services- this would reduce the stress of finding landlords that would consider having a funded service being delivered from their property.

3) This location could provide a seamless service for many of those who are in need. If other services were next door or on a level up or down in the building this would be beneficial for the client/ participant.

A closing note: Some Government departments are already providing this kind of collaborated service approach (One Service Hub Location)

How can Orange become the leader in sustainable tourism in NSW and create jobs?

MC Melanie McDonnell

Will we create a city that our kids and grandkids will be able to look at and say Council prepared, planned and acted for the future?

As a financial adviser and a father, I find it easy to see only upside in a well thought out strategic approach to climate change. Why? Because it doesn’t actually matter if climate change is real or not…

• Energy independence • Preserving forests • Sustainability • Green jobs • Liveable city • Renewables • Clean water and air • Healthy children • Etc, etc.

What if it is a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?

The western end of the new DPI site has the potential to be a feature of the city. Let’s get it right.

And finally… valuing trees. Interesting concept, but let’s just make sure we have a surplus of trees. I don’t think we can have too many.

MC Gerald Power I wish to provide some thoughts around DPI Development Plan.

One Stop Shop - Location (DPI) My thoughts are that we have a lot of Non-Government Organizations (NGO) services who are funded by state and federal bodies. These services are funded to provide, emotional, social, wellbeing, parenting, to name just a few. Examples: Mission Australia, Live Better, Centa Care etc. …

I would like to propose that an NGO Community Service Hub be coordinated from this location. With a central based administration on the ground floor that guided the community who require service/s throughout the building.

At this point in time community have to travel from

This week a Notice of Motion (NOM) was put up by Councillor Stephen Nugent. It proposed that: - Council investigate options for calculating and reporting on the dollar value of trees to be removed and/or retained in developments; and - Subject to these investigations, Council assessments of future DAs include the assessed dollar value of trees as part of the information that Councillors consider when determining DAs. Cr Nugent was not proposing some wildly radical idea.

Globally, dozens of towns, cities and Councils have already adopted a dollar valuation of trees into their normal practices.

Unfortunately, the majority of Councillors couldn’t see past their own biases and ignorance to give this motion reasonable consideration. Had they taken 5 minutes to do a basic Google search, they would have had easy access to a wide range of resources and articles, which may have illuminated even the darkest corners of one’s cranium.

Hopefully.

MC Frances Kinghorne My commentary on the Tuesday evening council meeting relates to the contentious Green Lane residential DA. Essentially, there has been a DA submitted to build a dwelling on a vacant block, and the proposed residence is causing angst for the neighbouring family because of proximity/ overlooking issues. I know nothing about the actual proposal or its potential impact, not having seen either the DA or the block, but I am quite familiar with the frustration that can be inflicted on people attempting to engage in planning processes. It appeared that both of the gentlemen (representing each side) who spoke at the meeting were very frustrated. They both seemed to be pleasant, articulate & reasonable people. The process has continued for an extended period of time & the documents held by each didn’t correspond. The councillors were unable to consider the matter because they had not received the documentation in time to read it. The issue was deferred for another 4 weeks. I don’t think it should be this hard. Council planners must obviously operate according to planning legislation but if the process was more collaborative and constructive, the frustration could be minimised. If people (applicants and objectors) are advised promptly as to what is and isn’t permitted ,and what possible alternatives are available, perhaps a compromise could be reached early before the issue is able to fester. Then the trauma being experienced by both families could be minimised or avoided. Effective communication is so important. There’s always the potential for disagreement in relation to what someone wants to build & what the neighbours perceive should be built. However it doesn’t help when timely access to necessary planning information isn’t available, and when the process drags on and on. It appears these people now have to suffer through another month of waiting and wondering.

I spent 10 minutes looking through the results of my search and came up with the following councils, towns and cities already utilising tree valuation. No doubt, many more would come up if further time was taken.

NSW: Dubbo Regional Council Georges River Council North Sydney Council City of Sydney VIC: City of Greater Bendigo City of Melbourne WA: Cities of Bayswater, Stirling, Swan, Vincent, Subiaco, South Perth, Perth, Joondalup, Canning, Gosnells, Belmont and Armadale.Town of Bassendean International: London Mexico City The NOM was to “investigate”; not jump straight to implementation.

Unfortunately, the inability of these Councillors to put aside their biases and look at the NOM purely on its

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MC Theodore Crane As a local resident I was interested in Councillor Nugent’s proposal around the development of the triangle of land next to the botanic gardens into a green playing area, with the intent of attracting additional travellers to break their journey in Orange. Like Councillor Nugent, I have noticed the cul-de-sac on the far side, which is currently marked for parking, yet the land is unused.

Further promotion of the botanic gardens and adventure playground is ideal, and does, as suggested, present the best of what Orange can offer.

The proposed value, as defined by Councillor Nugent was that travellers would stop, enjoy the facilities, and be more likely to return and stay in Orange as a result.

I’m not sure that this would occur more as a result of this use of the triangle of land. The botanic gardens and adventure playground are already high value locations for

THE COUNCIL GAME travellers and locals.

Personally, I believe that the motion that was tabled and carried was too narrow. The presumption was that the land’s best use would be as a green space, with picnic tables, and space for ball games. The cost of this is relatively low, however the benefit to me is marginal as magnificent facilities already exist, just across the road.

The land is highly visible, and the Northern distributor is swiftly becoming a major transit route. We must make sure all adjacent land is carefully developed to maximise the economic benefit to the town. I feel strongly that the motion should be supported, with the provision that the report should include recommendations based on two grounds. Firstly, addressing the economic benefit to the town as a whole, and secondly addressing the social and recreational benefit to local users of the gardens and playground.

MC Steve Peterson There were many valuable points of discussion at Tuesday night’s meeting. One that stood out to me particularly was on water security.

There was commentary that water storage was currently at 61.3% capacity and consumption rates were lower than targeted which was good news. Whilst I am glad there is no short-term dilemma, I am still concerned about long-term water security. There will be another drought, and when there is Orange will have thousands more people living here requiring supply. A year ago water storage was close to 20% capacity and I don’t want that to be quickly forgotten just because water levels are improved now. The gestation period for a new dam or other water storage infrastructure is very long, so now is the time for efforts to improve water security when we are not in an acute crisis. I am very supportive of discussions about this and feel it would tie in to the climate change strategic policy document which was also raised on Tuesday night. Action on improving resilience to drought should be welcomed by anyone regardless of particular ideological stances on climate change.

Another suggestion that caught my attention concerned littering along the northern distributor and council investigating the possibility of cameras being used to record and follow-up drivers who throw rubbish out of their windows. I will be interested to hear if this is possible. Individuals being so lazy and selfish to throw rubbish out the window is pretty disappointing and it would be great to know what could be done to discourage this.

MC Greater Good In my introduction last week, I mentioned there had been some very good ideas put forward in Orange over the years but many never got the consideration they deserved. I’ll be pushing for some of these to be revisited.

For example, our water security has never fully been solved and many of the options will require a humungous

amount of money. Around the height of the last drought I heard about a series of deep bores being considered.

What happened to that? Also, we know Orange desperately needs a Caravan Park to meet today’s expectations, it’s crazy not to take this further. What about on that Northern Distributor site purchased for the Sports Stadium, if that doesn’t go ahead? Another great idea is a giant playground, one that people would come from afar for their kids to play at. Several sites come to mind for this, the contentious Bloomfield site, the old BMX track site, the Northern Distributor site and Gosling Creek, there could be more. These are big ticket projects but each one will have a huge positive impact on things that would really make a difference to our City’s prosperity and live ability. The Future City plans won’t do as well as these would. More on these ideas down the track.

Now to this week’s Council meeting. Just a couple of observations: Councillors postponed a decision on a DA for another month after the developer and a neighbour gave conflicting views on Council’s report during the public forum. One labelled the report as having many mistakes and being sloppy. The matter has been ongoing for about 9 months. Nowhere near good enough!

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less colourful and quite dull?

Let’s be frank. What have we done to distinguish ourselves as any more colourful than others? It’s certainly not the poles and use of colourful flags down the main street. It’s certainly not the few Banjo Patterson sepia images scattered around the CBD. It’s certainly not the recently added black and white photographs displayed on empty shops around town, it’s certainly not an abundance of colour in median strips through town and it’s certainly not the new welcome to Orange sign at the eastern end of town. I realise that’s still a work in progress but the dull colouring, the brickwork and the rusty metal effect do nothing for me. I sincerely hope Councillor Duffy’s desire for “ambience” sees some more colour and imagination added.

For me, if I heard a place was “The Colour City”, when I arrived there, I’d expect to see a lot more colour, I’d expect a measure of colourful vibrance and I’d expect a feeling of warmth.

If I were on Council, this is something I’d be all over, and I can assure you it wouldn’t be another Robertson Park toilet saga to get it done.

Forget worrying about valuing trees and another new rest stop, lets’ get what we have up to scratch first!

Our Councillors spent just a few minutes discussing the

...Another great idea is a giant playground, one that people would come from afar for their kids to play at.

Several sites come to mind for this...

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potential development of the former DPI building, clearly a huge and wonderful opportunity for Orange, but about five times longer discussing what could be done at Esso Park, one Councillor even suggesting leave it so students from Orange High School could go across there to relax to help with their mental health! Councillors please! Let’s be more sensible and at least get our priorities right.

MC POT STIRRER Council this week discussed proposals from Councillor Nugent about putting value on trees when considering development applications and developing the Botanic Garden precinct to make it a more prominent rest stop for travellers.

For me, the tree issue is unnecessary, and the Botanic Garden proposal should be down the list more, for me there’s more important fish to fry. I’ll raise several of these in coming issues because there are so many things that should have been addressed long before this.

This week I want to touch on just one topic. Orange is said to be “The Colour City”. Really? Apart from a few weeks each year when the trees change colour, what are we doing to maintain this so-called image? Am I the only one who thinks for most of the year, Orange displays no more colour than most cities and in many cases we’re

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If you’re thinking about standing for Council this year, you’re eligible to play.

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Contact (Mock Mayor) Amanda Spalding on 0479 179 779 or amanda@heartsfororange.com.au if you’d like more information.

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PaulTIERNEY LIFEandTIMES with ANGUS GIBB

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my ears and had my phone in my pocket, ready for an internet playlist.

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

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BIRD’S-EYEview with BOB HOLLAND

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What are we to make of it all?

what he was doing, such as with China, has implications for Australia. Some regard his efforts and achievements on many issues, mostly not given the favourable media coverage they deserve, as courageous and on the right track to getting America back to where they wanted to be again. Some also claim had Hillary Clinton beaten Trump, we Australians would almost certainly have been involved in war with North Korea and Syria. Trump made peace there. The media is said to have a lot to answer for, following the way they portrayed Trump during his Presidency.

Regular readers would be well aware of our Bird’s Eye View column written by Jeanine Bird. Without a doubt, this column has generated more comments week after week, than anything else in Newswatch. Much has been supportive, but there’s also been heaps of the exact opposite. Some readers are appalled that I’d even run it and have told me so in a variety of letters, emails, phone calls and other anecdotal comments. Some wonder why it’s there in the first place, given it’s generally not local or even written by a local. I’ve had a threatening message left on our work answering machine, an advertiser threaten to pull their ads with us, other people say they no longer read Newswatch because of Jeanine’s column and others say they no longer will pick up the paper while it’s in there.

Who knows what’s going to happen over there next, but I can tell for sure, something is brewing but whether anything happens, it’s anybody’s guess. Like I said earlier, you hear this stuff, and often nothing happens.

Jeanine herself, has copped heaps of criticism, along with praise I might add through our Back Page letters.

Cuckoo Bird is one regular and notable description of her.

Well, I can assure you she is not Cuckoo, in fact she probably knows too much for her own good. Jeanine is one very savvy and well-informed lady, she’s a powerhouse of information, maybe a lot of it is not the information that a lot of people want to hear or know about, but a lot of information none the less. I think that’s the very point of why people like her get the reactions that they do. For reasons unknown to me, it seems that a huge chunk of people simply do not want to hear anything that doesn’t fit their thinking, even if it’s undeniable truth.

I too, am very challenged by what Jeanine writes and to be honest, over the years I’ve heard of lot of what I’d say on face value, are similar things to what she says, but nothing ever seems to eventuate. Just like what Jeanine is saying about the Trump situation, the Covid situation and so on now. Right now, little of what she has forecast has happened and it’s anybody’s guess if it will.

Until now, I’ve let Jeanine’s columns run and on more than one occasion, I’ve wondered whether to pull them or not, and if we’re achieving anything by running them. I still don’t have the answer to that, but I would like to share some personal experience and observations that I can draw on to try and show why I am where I am at this time.

Over recent weeks, I’ve talked a lot with Jeanine, usually sharing the bouquets and brickbats that come in following her columns. I have been trying to find a position on all this where I feel comfortable. Jeanine has sent me a lot of information, news clips, videos, You tube presentations etc. from people who are clearly people of note, and all appear to know exactly what they are talking about. We are not talking about crackpots here.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve also seen a few of the programs on Sky News where people like Peta Credlin, Bronwyn Bishop, Cory Bernardi, Alan Jones, Rowan Dean and others discuss the very same issues that Jeanine is on about. It appears that Sky News is one news network that is prepared to talk about these issues and where necessary, challenge other prevailing media coverage. I have to say it’s all very convincing, despite as I said earlier, never seeing much change.

So, let me be more specific.

The first thing I want to say is look out for a new word that seems to have crept into the commentary over recent times. That word is “reset” and it seems to be popping up in a variety of issues, the latest being the Labor party resetting its agenda. I think you’ll hear more of it.

...Jeanine and people like her are fearful that our freedom is being taking away from us. That’s hard to argue against...

The Covid issue is another one. Given what I now know, there is no shadow of doubt in my mind that there are other alternative treatments, and other methods of dealing with the pandemic, that should at least have been given a fair trial before being castigated as they have been.

Good sense says that any vaccine that has been rolled out so quickly must raise questions, and a world-wide vaccination program is the answer, really? Can’t say I feel confident about being jabbed in this way.

Climate change is another one. This is clearly being shoved down our throats and there are still plenty of qualified experts who simply don’t wear that the climate is changing because of man’s action.

So, what are we to make of it all?

Jeanine and people like her are fearful that our freedom is being taking away from us. That’s hard to argue against, given a lot of what’s going on at the moment. Our way of life is changing, and the Margaret Court award issue is one clear example. Here’s a lady who’s not allowed to express an opinion without the weight of the media world coming down on her. The fact that any number of people agree with her views on homosexuality issues, purely because they follow the Bible’s teaching, gets lost in the translation. People handing back awards because they don’t agree with her stand, but happy to make their own stand on the other side of the fence and expect people to agree with them is just reverse discrimination. Likewise, Facebook and twitter censoring anyone who is a Trump supporter and the President himself, is not free speech.

In the US, there IS an endless amount of evidence that all is not as it seems with Trump, Biden and so on. There are also strong indications that something more, and BIG is about to happen on that front. If you take time to listen to ALL the commentary, it’s pretty clear that the US is in deep trouble and will be for a while to come. There is also strong evidence that the FBI is not what it ought to be. Over 70 million people voted for Trump, yet to listen to the media, you’d reckon he never did anything right and that he didn’t have a friend or supporter anywhere.

That’s simply not true. On the other hand, there is undeniable indications that Biden and his son have questions to answer about their dealings and anyone who isn’t wondering whether Biden is fit for the job, hasn’t been watching his performance so far. Even the Trump impeachment is said to be a nonsense, because they can’t impeach a civilian which he apparently now is.

The reason this Trump issue is so important is because

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My answer, I simply don’t know but I know enough to judge that as a people we are not in a good place, and the future is not encouraging. I have to say, the Jeanine Birds of this world who are trying to shake or wake us up so we can see exactly what is happening, all in the hope that it’s not too late to regain our freedom as we know it, should not be the ones called Cuckoo but rather those who “don’t want to know or don’t want to listen to both sides”, maybe they’re the Cuckoo ones?

If we were really on track as those in power would have us believe, mental health for one wouldn’t be getting the publicity or attention it is.

Let me have your thoughts?

I’m interested to hear what you think.

Jeanine is happy to stop writing for Newswatch, but give me your thoughts on her columns and what I’ve said here, before I decide on what to do from here.

If you do send me something but don’t want it published, add a note about that.

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SEASON-OUT HAS LEAGUE FANS KEEN FOR MID-MARCH LAUNCH Greatest game of all is back in the central west with return of the Group 10 rugby league knockout in Bathurst next month.

can have a big impact on their ability to earn a living.”

This year’s competition will again comprise eight teams with CYMS and Hawks from Orange, St Pats and Panthers from Bathurst, Mudgee Dragons, Lithgow Workies, Cowra Magpies, and Blayney Bears.

“CSU also played in the second division knockout last year as did Oberon, who won’t be fielding a first team, this year,” Danny said.

The knock-out on the week of March 12–13 is followed by the Group 10 versus Group 11 Indigenous Round in midApril with the 14-round season proper kicking-off on the Anzac Day weekend with Hawks playing Workies and CYMS playing Blayney, both as away games.

The once-hated Manly Sea Eagles will also play against the Penrith Panthers in their annual NRL “home” game at Bathurst’s Carrington Park in early May.

Last year’s pre-season hit-out proved to be the season’s swansong instead of its curtain-call with Orange CYMS victory proving the last senior league played in the region for the whole of 2020.

“We got to play the knockout last year, which is always our pre-season opener, but then COVID hit and that was it,” event organiser, Danny Dwyer from Bathurst Panthers explained.

“Everything, all the pre-season training, ground to a halt,” he said.

League proved to be the only major football code that shelved its senior competition, though the junior leagues attached to each club successfully played a shortened season.

The Group 10 season was eventually abandoned with concerns around player safety for what is objectively one of the most high-impact team sports in the world.

“The Clubs’ preference was for us to continue to play in some way, shape or form, but, in the end, there was just too much uncertainty,” he added.

“All the restrictions around the coronavirus made it very difficult for the boys to do any training,” Danny said. “They would have been playing full-contact after only a two-week fulltraining schedule, which isn’t much time.”

The decision was made that this was

Due to its proximity to central Bathurst, the fact that it is already a rectangular field, and its relativelymodern spectator facilities, Danny said that Carrington Park is likely to remain the local league head-quarters with no proposals for a dedicated new stadium as planned in Orange.

simply not enough of a lead-time to get the players any match fitness to play.

With hindsight a wonderful thing, he said debate still rages in league circles as to whether the abandonment of the seasons was a little premature or pessimistic.

“It was a big issue, we didn’t want to disappoint our sponsors and supporters, but there were a lot of restrictions around COVID to do with training, and most of our club officials are all volunteers," Danny said.

“In the end, it was probably the right decision. You’ve got to appreciate that lot of the boys are self-employed with young families, and injuries and the like

“We’d probably look at a new grandstand on the eastern side in the future, that would just about be all we needed,” he added.

Last year’s first-ever abandoned season in Group 10’s 75-year history now sees players, fans, and officials, ready-set to get back into a new season of footy, he added.

“We’re pretty much keen to go, we can’t wait,” Danny concluded.

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AVOID GREATER TRAGEDIES G’day Bob, I’m not usually one for writing to the tabloids, but a recent tragedy in Wellington — where two young children died as the result of a car accident — has brought me to write this letter.

A story you wrote last year in Newswatch with regards to dobbing-in a vandal was very good and I agree with you entirely.

I dob-in the vandal the and the Police arrest them.

So good, so far. Then they go before the courts. This is where the problem starts. Most of these people are repeat offenders and the courts just give them good behaviour bonds or community service, which is a joke.

They are straight back on the streets re-offending. Take them over to Robertson Park, tie them to a post and give them a good flogging! I bet they don’t re-offend… Okay, so that may be a little over-the-top, but you get my drift.

A country town is often judged by its “main drag”, the high street. Whatever assets or highlights a town has, the first call for visitors is invariably the centre of the CBD. And let’s face facts, Summer Street badly needs a facelift.

I don’t like saying this, but it’s so drab — so seventies — and desperately requires major surgery.

Our Mayor, “Reggie the Kidd” has come up with an idea – a MINI-MALL in Anson Street. Reg you cannot be serious! There is one place, and one place only, for a mall within the CBD – Summer Street between Lord’s Place and Anson Street.

Erect huge welcome signs and gardens at both ends, leave the traffic lights in place, but, particularly at the Lord’s Place intersection, introduce simultaneous red lights for ALL traffic, allowing pedestrians to cross in all directions at the same time.

Harsher sentences need to be handed-out right-across the board. Domestic violence, rape, and murder. Some of these people who commit these crimes, could be out in less than 20 years to continue their lives while the victim’s families have to suffer their loss forever.

If they won’t bring back hanging, which we know they won’t, then “life” has to mean “life”, not reduced time-off for good behaviour.

That is also pathetic, and, while you’ve got them lockedup, give them a bit of hard labour; not the five-star accommodation they are getting today!

Alan Davis

I truly believe a mall of this considerable size will boost our tired CBD area and I am hoping this letter encourages people to offer many other suggestions. Please give this idea your thoughts. After all, it’s for the benefit of our wonderful town.

* Street front art displays. * Trees, benches, and seating. * Buskers entertaining the public from a bandstand in the centre of the mall. * Saturday sausage sizzles for selected charities. * Florist shop. * Sunday morning speakers’ corner (strict time limit). * Large archways and beautiful garden plots top and bottom of the mall.

* Area for special occasions, such as Anzac Day. * Area for a HUGE Christmas tree.

Oh, and “Reggie the Kidd”, here’s the best idea of them all — set aside an area to keep the children entertained.

And how about we call it ......

REGistered KIDD’s

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There you go Reggie – forever remembered in Orange’s history...

Owen Dally

None of you seem to have given any thought to how we are going to provide all these tourists and new residents with the one thing that none of us can do without, yes, it’s WATER good old H20. Not to mention the amount of water a sports precinct would use. Come on, we are still on water restrictions from last year, the work you did on the pipeline earlier has hardly made a difference.

Then we have to think of the farmers, what are they going to do? We are all aware of their need of water, for their crops, to feed us and their stock.

What more can I say to try and convince you all that the $25 million would be so much better spent on water storage than a sports precinct that only half of Orange would use?

Whereas a good, permanent water supply would bring Orange alive and make us ALL prosperous. And we would still have our beautiful trees helping to reverse our climate change together with the wonderful green open space for people to enjoy. Trees should NEVER be cut down, they are the lungs of the earth, cutting them down and replacing them in not an option. By the time they are big enough to do what the destroyed trees are doing, the earth could be a desert. A very distressing thought for a future not too far away — if we continue this crazy mindset and no future at all for our children and grandchildren. etc.”

Gloria Harmer

COUNCIL ISSUES Visiting Sofala. A ghost town compared to yesteryears.

Not her former self. The Sofala Pub displaying the real beers of Toohey’s, Oatmeal Stout, Flag Ale, and Toohey’s Club Larger.

The days are gone when a real man can have Oatmeal for breakfast, a Club Lager for lunch, and a Flag or two for after-dinner.

We need leadership to restore the real values of the true-blue, back-into Australian culture. Where are we without true Aussie culture?

Ian Donald, Spring Hill

* Free two-hour parking in nearby streets. * A large clock tower.

This money should be spent on WATER STORAGE, not sports precincts, as you all seem to have set your minds on from day one. You say it is for the future growth of Orange, such as housing, schools, roads, and the people that will come with these things as well as tourism that the sports precinct will bring together with all the extra income and jobs.

— Also, I would just like to say, what a wonderful job you and your staff do in the production of Newswatch.

I, as a rule, don’t bother reading newspapers, but I make the exception with Newswatch because the content is so interesting and extensive, where other papers give us snippets of information instead of the full story.

Congratulations and keep-up the good work!

HEY TRUE BLUE!

The area between Lord’s Place and Anson Street has numerous cafes and eateries — create an outdoor atmosphere by bringing these out onto the mall area.

Council has just announced a $5000 donation to shops to upgrade the street-front appearances... great idea.

How about the budding councillors in Bob’s wonderful new idea offering their views on the subject? Here’s a few more to chew over:

became available to spend, it seems, on anything that council desire.

WATER, NOT SPORTS STADIUM; LETTER TO ALL OUR COUNCILLORS Attached is a letter I have written to all Orange City Council members regarding the removal of trees on the Bloomfield Development Application.

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LIST A GOOD IDEA I read with interest in a recent edition of your magazine, that you were going to develop a compendium of key issues for those standing for Orange City Council to consider and comment on.

I think this is a very worthwhile proposal, as I found in the last election that it was almost impossible to gauge the ability and suitability of those attempting to be elected.

As a result, I believe that the “above the line” voting system allowed a number of totally-unsuitable candidates to be elected.

In 2019, I wrote to the Central Western Daily expressing my frustration at what I saw as Council’s inability to think strategically. While I received some very positive feedback from the public, I’m afraid a number of councillors took a rather dim view. What I think are some good ideas. I have just submitted a further letter expressing my concern over what I see as a lack of planning in developing a guaranteed water supply for Orange’s future in an increasingly-uncertain climate.

I believe that a number of the issues I have raised in these letters should be issues that prospective councillors should have a view on and hope that they may provide you with some ideas for your “screening” proposal.

Geoff File

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SAVE BLOOMFIELD FOR NEW BOTANICAL GARDEN I read the recent Newswatch (Saturday, January 30, 2020), and immediately wondered, where these beautiful trees, which were featured in a section of the paper, were growing around Orange?

What an asset trees of this size were to Orange, but where were they? On further investigation it seemed that the former Ex-Services Golf Course site, upon which the trees grew, was to be no more.

This beautiful, park-like country was destined to become a $25 million Sports precinct. Very little of the information regarding the future use of this beautiful and lush country so close to Orange city had appeared in the local media.

What a drawcard, wooded country so close to housing, it appeared to be!

My own suggestion is that, this land should become a botanical garden. Land put to such use would be used by everyone.

to have Council lose the issue from their public awareness agenda, even though a year of slightly aboveaverage rainfall was only sufficient to raise our main storage at Suma Park to just above 50 per cent.

Your correspondent, Basil Baldwin, raises very telling issues in the data he has presented. Runoff is reducing or, as we experienced from 2017 to 2019, runoff virtually disappeared, and it took six months of above-average rainfall last year to even get appreciable runoff to Suma Park Dam. It appears that Council is relying on data which suggests stormwater harvesting and sufficient flow in the Macquarie River will provide security of supply for the current and increasing demand of our City.

Experience over the past 10 years and Mr Baldwin’s data from the last 30 years, clearly show that Council’s current water security policy, entirely relying on runoff harvesting, has significant potential to run the City to Level 6 water restrictions or even out of water in the next dry spell.

Remember, while we can say we have 60 per cent water storage at present, we cannot use all of that water as the bottom levels of the dams cannot be used.

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Access to additional water storage is essential for the security of supply and to sustain current and future levels of growth in our City. Council needs to identify and secure access to one or a combination of the following options:• Access to either Wyangala or Burrendong Dams via regional domestic and commercial water security pipelines which will be sufficient to supply upward of 25Ml per day to Orange.

• Have the NSW Government legislate to secure sufficient water remains in these dams during severe drought to ensure our regional towns do not run out of water.

• Secure a new dam for the City.

The recent climate data needs to be acknowledged by Council and action taken to ensure confidence in our community that Orange has a sustainable water supply for its existing use and for the increasing population and commercial activity. At present, as your article suggests, it is later than we think to secure our City’s water storage and supply.

Bob Wyllie

Species of vegetation suitable for this area could be introduced and labelled. Growing plants from around the world would take time, but would eventually bring people from around the world to visit and comment on the collection.

This suggestion sounds far-fetched to those hoping for a sports field, but it would be unique in inland New South Wales and, possibly, inland Australia.

Tricia Hogg

BASIL’S WORK SHOWS TRUE STATE OF OUR WATER CRISIS The article on water issues in last Saturday’s Newswatch prompts me to again enter the debate on water security for our City.

Rainfall last year raised water supply levels sufficiently

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WHAT A GREAT IDEA; THE COUNCIL GAME!

people, doing their best to provide better lives for us all.

Wonderful news for Radio FM107.5 WELL DONE! and how great to see Gordon McMillan still supporting local radio content.

Perhaps, instead of shotgun criticisms of the type adopted by Jeanine, we would be better served supporting and encouraging those who serve us.

Many would remember him from the former commercial station.

Bruce Smith

Great to see that the committee is all volunteers, the community needs to know the station is community-run and funded by community and business.

WINNING TIPS! IN RESPONSE TO "OD"

Let’s hope that the support is continued. Well done to Newswatch for another weekend of great reading.

Kind regards to an exceptional team that truly put their “Hearts in Orange”.

Jan Savage

NOT HAPPY JAN, NEWSWATCH IS BEGINNING TO ALARM ME!

“The Council Game”; what a great initiative from the creative team at Newswatch.

I can see this as an excellent tool that all residents of Orange can use in getting to know the new Council candidates and to keep them informed prior to the upcoming Local Government elections in September.

It will also show how these candidates would have reacted and voted on real-life issues currently in play.

It would be great to have a side-by-side comparison on how the present councillors reacted and voted on the same issues.

I look forward to seeing how this interesting concept pans-out.

Julie Pont

A GREAT TEAM — A WONDERFUL MAG Dear Bob, David, and the team from Newswatch…

THANK-YOU! A great publication — it takes me sometime to read from cover-to-cover.

What a wonderful free magazine; and the time taken to put this compressive content together weekly is amazing!

Well done, David Dixon for your coverage and professional reporting — always exceptional journalism!

The broad coverage of community issues within Newswatch is comprehensive and is always interesting.

We have a wonderful city, and your media coverage in Newswatch (with one exception) is varied and provides the reading public with opportunities to obtain information on a broad coverage.

Like any publication — if we don’t want to read a section, then we don’t!

In response to letter from one of your readers.

Trump won the election.

Newswatch is beginning to alarm me. I am doubtful that it is being delivered with – integrity – wisdom – balance as promoted.

Biden won the election.

Jeanine Bird’s propaganda “Pay Day for JFK?” published Jan 23, 2021 is inflammatory, divisive, accusatory, and largely-unverifiable. Her record for accurate predictions of things to come is certainly not good and I fear she is not a happy person. She offers no suggestions or plans from which we could move forward to correct the worlds woes.

The world is a better place than Jeanine portrays, there are far more good people out there doing their best to improve our relationships, mental and physical health, and our environment than she seems to notice.

We could offer more support to those whom we have elected to represent us and the many selfless people who serve us. I would like to mention just a few.

Let me begin with our Federal and State governments who are guiding us through the current pandemic. I believe they have done us proud and considered the entire population in their endeavours to keep us safe.

What!? How can that be!?

Trump won outright based on legal votes.

Biden won based on legal votes + fraudulent votes.

And as it’s a numbers game...

Watch this space as it’s not over till the Fat Lady Sings.

And on the subject of tipsters.

In her entertaining Bird’s-Eye View “Phantom Call 2020 Melbourne COVID Cup” that appeared in Newswatch on Saturday, October 31, 2020 Jeanine Bird tipped “Tiger Moth”, “True Self ” and “Prince of Arran” in the 2020 Melbourne Cup. So, I thought, ‘what the heck!’ and put my annual $10 each way bet on these three horses. “Tiger Moth” came in second and “Prince of Arran” came in third.

Thank-you Jeanine. Two out of three. Not bad odds!

Tilly Wood

Some errors have been made along the way but, hey! this is a major event and has not been encountered before in our lifetimes. Whilst they are fighting our battle, we could show them a little support and gratitude and, for those who do not, then you will get the opportunity to vote them out at the next elections.

Similarly, our Mayor and local council. I cannot believe the flak being levelled at our mayor over the tree removal issue. Whatever other opinions we may have of him, we all know that he is a tree-lover and has undoubtedly done more tree planting than most.

Let’s give him and his fellow councillors a little encouragement as well, it must wear them out being criticised all the time in Newswatch and I do feel that they are doing a good job, constricted as they are by time and budget.

Australia Day highlighted the efforts of many such as our health workers, Defence Force Personnel, and Police. Our volunteers, such as Rural Fire Services, State Emergency Services, and many others. All good

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