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BALLINA Fire Brigade Captain Dennis Henry BALLINA Fire Brigade Captain Dennis Henry was honoured with the Australian Fire Service Medal in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honour list, and at a recent ceremony at NSW Government House was presented with his AFSM Medal by NSW Governor, The Honorable Margaret

Beazley. Captain Henry commenced his service with Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) as a retained firefighter at 211 Station Ballina in 1980 and was appointed Brigade Captain in 1999. As captain for over 20 years he has consistently demonstrated a high level of

professionalism, mentoring and leadership of his brigade to ensure rapid response to all emergencies in the region. His outstanding planning, operational leadership, and his approach to consultation and team building, has ensured Ballina Fire Brigade is a highly efficient and effective unit who work collaboratively with other emergency service agencies. His skills in the management of his station have led to numerous safe and effective inter and intra zone responses to multi-agency emergency incidents, including numerous wildfires and flood deployments during his tenure. He is highly respected by his colleagues within FRNSW and his community preparedness and education initiatives have ensured that the community of Ballina is a safer and more resilient one. Mr Henry is also the recipient of the National Medal and the FRNSW Long Service and Good Conduct Medal and

has provided dedicated commitment to FRNSW and to the community for over 40 years. Also recently members of the Ballina Fire Brigade were presented with the 2019-2020 NSW Premier’s Bushfire Emergency Citation by FRNSW Zone Commander, Superintendent Greg Lewis on Tuesday 8th December at Ballina Fire Station. The Premier’s Citation recognises the contribution made by firefighters during the horrendous bushfires experienced across the state during the worst bushfire season in history. Ballina firefighters Dennis Henry, Joel Peters, Daryl Holmes, Chris Hackett, Rod Westblade, Michael Miles, Paul Ueberdiek, Phil Heggen, Tony Savage, Lisa Garthe, Simon Puglisi, Dave Crozier, Luke Williams, Neale McLennan, Michael Martin, Glenn Vanderburg and Peter Sammut were all awarded the NSW Premier’s Citation for their efforts. The Ballina crew participated in many tasks

Merry Christmas 2020 has brought many changes and we are all learning how to live our daily lives differently. It is more important than ever to tell the people we love how much we appreciate them. Together let’s look towards 2021 with hope and confidence in the resilience of our community. Authorised by K Hogan MP, National Party of Australia - NSW, 63 Molesworth Street, Lismore NSW 2480

and responded to bushfires at Tabulum, Grafton, Canungra, Yamba, Brooms Head, Casino, Rappville, Port Macquarie, Wardell, Coraki, Iluka and Woodburn from February through to November in 2019, while still maintaining fire coverage for the Ballina fire district. Crews returning from these bushfire tasks would often express their pride in being a firefighter when being welcomed and applauded by the residents of bushfire ravaged communities as they arrived or departed after firefighting duties. The overwhelming experience that they had made a difference will live with them forever. The crew from Ballina station were proud to be a small part of a huge effort undertaken by firefighters from all fire agencies who worked together to bring under control fires which at times seemed to have the upper hand as they destroyed parts of NSW.

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TWO elderly drivers have ploughed their cars into separate shops in Grafton’s Prince St within minutes of each of other. While police attended the Grafton Lifeline Shop, where a man had reversed his car into the shop, a call from through that another driver had done the same at the Stihl Shop, a block to the East in Prince Street. Staff at the Lifeline Shop could not believe how lucky people were after one car reversed into their building, taking out the entire front window. A Lifeline Shop volunteer Brian Martin said a woman window shopping had been minutes away from serious injury or worse. “The woman was looking a the $3 rack a minute or two before the car backed through the front window,” Mr Martin said. “It pushed the rack of clothes from from the footpath, inside and across to the other side of the shop. You can only imagine what might have happened if she hadn’t walked off a little earlier.” He said staff were just returning from their lunch break at 1pm when the crash happened. “We were just coming back in, when there was this almighty bang,” he said. “The car came right in on an angle right into the shop. When it stopped it was side-on, right in the

shop.” He said the male driver and a passenger were shaken in the accident but otherwise unhurt. them down and checked them over, but let them leave,” he said. Shop owner John van Vyfeyken was on the scene quickly and used some family connections make some running repairs to the building. “My son Ronald owns Nanobuild, so he has been able to do some repairs to get the shop working again,” he said. “He says the shop should be open and trading as normal tomorrow.” While a tow-truck operator was able to start the vehicle in the Lifeline Store and drive it away the vehicle that hit the Stihl Shop A staff member said the vehicle, driven by an older woman, had hit the middle pillar of the shop. “There’s a bit of steel in front of

a brick pillar,” he said. “She’s hit it pretty hard. It’s buckled the roof frame.” He said no-one had been injured in the incident. Dallas Leven said the driver who crashed into the Lifeline Shop was an 82-year-old local man. “It appears he has mounted the kerb while entering a parking bay and reversed fully into the Lifeline Store,” he said. “It was extremely fortunate no-one was behind the car when the incident happened as the street was quite busy at the time”. were on the scene within minutes. elderly man at the scene, but he was uninjured and he was allowed to leave. “Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.” police had also attended a similar incident at the Stihl Shop.

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FIRE CREWS BATTLE BROADWATER MILL BLAZE

had spread”. “The mill’s internal sprinkler system self activated which stopped the

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FIRE crews from throughout the region battled a blaze on Friday 11th December which mysteriously started at the Broadwater Sugar Mill. New South Wales Fire and Rescue (NSWFR) units from Evans Head and Coraki along with the Lismore Hazmat brigade were called in to assist the Woodburn Rural Fire Service and

responded to the blaze at around 9pm. Initially it was a challenge for the teams because of torrential rain bucketting down at the time they arrived. “It was challenging at

bottom of a conveyor belt which is used to feed the mill boilers with bagasse or crushed cane and it had spread to upper sections of the mill where there was an empty fuel storage bin, and there was damage to electrical cables”. “The hard part was getting the power turned off and

its spread,” Wardell RFS Captain Ray Collyer told The

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it was”, Captain Collyer said. “We also had to determine so many levels, and we had to remove cladding on a wall

which took the combined

started from sparks from welding works which took place earlier in the day at the mill. The damage caused by

to a different section”. “Crews had to wear breathing apparatus and Ambulance crews wear on

investigations are continuing. Ironically Broadwater Sunshine Sugar staff were attending their annual Christmas Party at Club

suffered smoke inhalation”.

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VISITOR RESTRICTIONS EASED AT NORTHERN NSW HOSPITALS THE Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) has again relaxed COVID visiting restrictions to allow more visitors in hospitals and health facilities. Visitor restrictions will be eased at General and Mental Health Inpatient Units, meaning a maximum of two visitors, twice a day for two hours. This means four individuals could visit across the two sessions.

heartening to see the community support our health response and our staff.” “As we head into Christmas and arrange to gather with loved ones and friends, we’re also reminding people that our best defence against COVID-19 is to stay on top of the basics we’ve been doing so well.” “That means, getting tested at washing hands or using hand sanitiser regularly, and keeping 1.5 metres distance from people you don’t live with and checking in at any venues you visit.” There are more than 300 COVID-19 testing locations across NSW.

MPS sites: • Four designated visitors a day, being two visitors at a time, for two hours. Maternity Units: • There are no changes to the current restrictions, which allow two support people per birth, with no other visitors while in hospital. Siblings can visit on he condition that they are currently well. Visitor hours will remain restricted to between 1pm and

6pm daily. Health screening is still in place at all NNSWLHD facilities, and visitors are still required to wear masks while inside a hospital or community health centre, as part of the measures to reduce any risk of transmission and keep patients

safe. Anyone entering a facility will have their temperature checked and be asked a series of questions to determine they are well and have not visited any COVID hotspots in the past 14 days. “We want to thank the

community for their continued understanding,” NNSWLHD chief executive Wayne Jones said. and adapt to many changes as we’ve moved through the various phases of our response to this pandemic, and it’s really

visit https://www.nsw.gov. au/covid-19/how-to-protectyourself-andothers/clinics or contact your GP. The four hospital-based testing clinics in Northern NSW will be open throughout the holiday period, 7 days a week.

ACTIVE TRANSPORT GRANT HELPS GET INFRASTRUCTURE AND PEOPLE MOVING IN THE RICHMOND VALLEY

PHOTO: Chris Gulaptis is pictured looking over and discussing the plans for the new shared path on the Bruxner Highway in South Casino with Richmond Valley Mayor, Robert Mustow along with members of Richmond Valley Council’s Project Management Office (from left) Project Officer Daniel Rowlands, Project & Performance Officer Brad Birney, and Manager Projects & Performance Ben Zeller.

In a welcome boost for active living, the NSW Government will provide a $487,993 grant to Richmond Valley Council to help deliver valuable new pathways to

promote walking and cycling in the community. Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis said the new infrastructure would make it

easier for the community to get around their local area on foot and pedal. “This grant will enable the construction a 660 metre shared path on the Bruxner Highway in South Casino from Colches Street to Hare Street,” Mr Gulaptis said. “This is another stage in Casino’s wonderful network of pathways, which allow residents of all ages to access shops, schools, pubs and parks, or simply enjoy a healthy morning walk. “It will be a great way for the local community to get where they need to using two feet or two wheels.” Richmond Valley Mayor Robert Mustow said the new section of path would link an important local precinct with the

existing shared pathway on the Bruxner Highway to Casino’s west. “The new path will connect the South Casino shopping strip with the highly-used cycleway which links Casino to the Gays Hill Estate via the Bruxner Highway and Sextonville Road,” Cr Mustow said. “It will also help facilitate access from the west to Casino’s Crawford Square via the Summerland Way, and beyond to the soon-to-be-upgraded Casino Showground. “Thanks to a series of grants under the Active Transport program, Casino’s cycleway network now links Queensland Road in Casino’s north, to the Casino Showground in the south, Gays Hill in the west and the

Settlers Estate and Cassino Drive industrial area in the east.” The creation of this shared path is part of an investment of around $710 million in walking and cycling infrastructure over the next four years that will bring the NSW Government’s total investment to almost $1.1 billion – the largest in the State’s history. “The NSW Government continues to encourage people to walk and cycle as part of their everyday commute, promoting an active and healthy lifestyle while also helping to relieve congestion on the roads,” said Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, Paul Toole. Further information about the project will be available from Richmond Valley Council as the project progresses.

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BYRON CENTRAL HOSPITAL A STATE LEADER IN MATERNITY CARE Lismore Hospitals. According to the survey, women also had positive experiences of care at Lismore Base Hospital, with 86 percent saying the midwives and doctors who cared for them during labour and birth were also involved in their antenatal

(90 percent). Antenatal care also got the tick of approval, with 100 per cent of respondents saying they were seen in under 30 minutes for their antenatal check-ups, compared to the NSW average of 54 per cent, and 85 per cent of respondents saying their antenatalcare was ‘very good’. NNSWLHD Clinical Midwifery Consultant, Cathy Adams, said the great results were a testament to the compassionate care by the dedicated team of midwives and doctors. “These great results are a

the NSW average. 96 percent said they were ‘always’ treated with respect and dignity during labour and birth. At The Tweed Hospital, 84 per cent of respondents rated their overall antenatal care as ‘very good’, while 91 percent said they ‘always’ had

Photo by Zandra Warland Photography L-R: Midwives Zoe Davidson, Sarah Beadman, Chris Smith, Michelle Popple, Ti Harrison, Dani Smallwood and Sarah Vial. Absent is Midwifery Unit Manager, Patrice Hickey.

Hospitals in Northern NSW are some of the best in NSW in which to give birth, according to a survey of almost 4,500 women across the state who gave birth in 2019. Results from the 2019 Maternity Care Survey released this week shows the care athospitals in Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) is among the top in the state, with women who gave birth at Byron Central

Hospital having some of the most positive experiences of care. In 2019, there were 2942 births at hospitals within the Northern NSW Local Health District. 93 per cent of respondents from Byron Central Hospital said the care they received in hospital after the birth was ‘very good’ (the highest result in NSW), with 95 per cent saying they would ‘speak highly’ of their experience at the hospital.

100 per cent of respondents said the rooms, wards and toilets, were ‘very clean’, and 100 per cent of respondents said their feeding decisions were ‘always’ respected by health professionals. 93 per cent said the health professional were ‘always’ kind and caring. The vast majority (98 per cent) said the health professionals ‘always’ explained care in a way they could understand, and their emotional health was

midwives or doctors taking care of them. At Grafton Base Hospital, 92 percent of respondents said the doctors and midwives were kind and caring towards them during birth, and if asked about their experience by family and friends, 79 percent would speak highly. Murwillumbah District Hospital provides care for well women in a Midwifery Group Practice model. Results from Murwillumbah were not reported at the hospital level due the volume of responses, but are added into the LHD and NSW total results.

from our maternity services team,” Ms Adams said. “We have excellent midwives who work with the family in a continuity of care model, which means they are with them every step of the way on their birthing journey.” Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) continuity of care is where the woman and her family know the midwives who provide her care through pregnancy, labour, birth and at home after the baby is born. In Northern NSW, MGP models are available for healthy, well women at Tweed, Murwillumbah, Byron and

Global group protests for change By Alexis Galloway MEMBERS of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) group gathered on the Ballina Bridge above the Bruxner Highway in Lismore late last week. Dylan McConville who was scaling the bridge in a bid to raise awareness of climate change said the local protest disobedience protests happening

in Brisbane. “We weren’t able to get to Brisbane to be part of the group to protest so we have organised our own peaceful one here. “I’ve felt like our movement has been strangled during we can gather and make a big statement in our hometown and make a movement here. “There has been such a lack of

being able to do our protests for the past 12 months so we wanted to do one with a bang.” The XR website says the group, “is a global movement with a core strategy of mass disruption of city centres through non-violent civil disobedience.” “We are about political change not personal change…We act in full public view and we take responsibility for our actions.”

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NEW PRESCHOOL TO OPEN IN GRAFTON THANKS TO $431,000 INVESTMENT BY NSW GOVERNMENT

Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis with Cristie Harris

More preschools places will be created for families in the Clarence Valley thanks to a $431,000 investment by the Nationals in NSW Government to build a new preschool in Grafton, Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis has announced. Mr Gulaptis said the funding comes following a successful application by Clarence Childhood Services Association through the NSW Government’s $7.5 million Start Strong Capital Works Grants Program, which is all

about increasing the number of preschool places in high demand areas across the state. “We are committed to increasing access to early childhood education for families across the state by equipping more children with the social, cognitive and emotional skills that set them up for future learning in their life,” Mr Gulaptis said. “The Manager of Clarence Childhood Services Association, Cristie Harris came to see me back in 2018 about a proposal for a new

preschool in Grafton to meet the demand for preschool places, and I strongly encouraged her to submit an application under the grants program. “I am thrilled the Association’s application has been successful as it will mean 20 new preschool places will be created providing more options for local families and giving children the best possible start to their learning journey.” Manager of Clarence Childhood Services Association, Cristie Harris said they are thrilled to be able to provide a new preschool to the Grafton community. “It has been over 20 years since a new preschool opened in Grafton and with the increase demand, we have been working for a number of years on how we can support families with their preschool needs,” Ms Christie said. “We would like to thank Chris Gulaptis for his support

of this new preschool. The funding will allow us to renovate a property we purchased directly across the road from Clarence Family Day Care in Turf Street. “It will enable us to have an accessible community-based preschool which showcases the outdoors and the early years learning framework in a play-based, learning model. “Clarence Childhood Services Association has been providing early education and care for over 35 years – all staff and educators, across all services are professional, passionate, committed and genuine in their dealings with children and families and are dedicated to assist children to develop and grow. “This new preschool, to be named Clarence Community Preschool, will employ at least six staff in a full-time and parttime capacity and will provide 20 preschool places a day. “As a true communitybased organisation, the

development of this new community asset will be undertaken by local tradespeople and suppliers. As a longstanding, local we are committed to working with local people to develop, deliver and resource this preschool,” Ms Christie said. Clarence Community Preschool will be based at 166 Turf Street and will be open from July 2021. Social media pages will be available later email info@ccpreschool.com. au or call 02 6643 1002. Clarence Childhood Services Association is one of 20 successful applicants from the Start Strong Capital Works Grants Program which will support a variety of service improvements, such as opening new preschools, extending and renovating existing services and purchasing motor vehicles to support the provision of mobile preschool services.

FIRES AND COVID INSPIRE CLARENCE SHORT STORY WRITERS this year, said it was inspiring to see the passion and commitment of the people behind the book and the authors who submitted stories. “It blows me away,” she said. “Erin and Claire give these writers the opportunity to share their stories and it gives them the opportunity to get committed to writing them.” Ms Fennel said this applied to all the writers, not just those whose works were published. “It’s great to write a story and be published, but it’s just as good to start writing a story and get to

By Tim Howard Clarence Valley writers have put last summer’s horrendous pandemic as sources of inspiration says one of the editors of the Long Way Home short story competition. many of the stories, although said book editor Erin Brady at Thursday’s launch at the Grafton Twilight Markets. For the third year local writers have been asked to submit stories in a themed short story writing competition aimed at local writers and school children. Ms Brady said this year’s

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competition had attracted the most entries, but it was lucky to have gone ahead. schools were shut it was looking like it would be best just to cancel it and have the year off,” she said. “It was so good we decided to press ahead with it, because we have put together such a great book.” This year’s competition winner is Nymboida writer and musician Tommy Welham for his story Watermarks. The high school winner was McAuley Catholic College students Jacqueline Samms with Mother Nature and St Mary’s Primary School pupil Lucinda Ryder took out the primary

school award with her story Burnt Local author and co-editor of the book Claire Aman said she was delighted with the imaginative way authors had tackled this year’s theme, Landmarks. “It was very impressive the way people approached it,” she said. “From land owned by Mark, to a seashell on the beach, to the lines left on rocks by water in the river to the Ruby Princess people took so many different approaches to this year’s theme.” Former local journalist Kylie Fennel (Brown), who had her story Finding Home published

Yamba author Gaye Sprenglewski, who is one of three local authors to have been published in all three editions of Long Way Home, said the competition had inspired her to start writing again. “About 40 years ago I was an aspiring young writer, but because of one thing or another, it just slipped away,” she said. competitions almost by accident and I have found I still really love writing and have submitted a story each year.” She said her inspiration was this year was a very old tree that had been growing on the coast near her. “It had been a focal point and witness to a lot of history, but in the story was burnt down in last

“You sort of had to stick the Fittingly printing the 112-page bound book of stories was also a local production with Grafton printer Yoohoo McPhee turning local graphic designer Yohanna Dent’s work into a print run of 300 books. this year’s production was almost as eventful as some of the plots in the published stories. Ms Bloomer said delays in receiving the artwork for the book had put the printing schedule right in the middle of her business moving premises. “We were supposed to get the job at the start of November, but we didn’t get it until the end of the month,” she said. “But were still able to get the books done for the launch date.” Ms Brady said the Long Way Home competition was always looking for improvements. “There are still some schools who aren’t involved in the competition and we’ll be working with them to get students submitting stories,” she said. “We’re also looking for a theme for 2021 and we’d love to hear ideas from the community.” She said anyone with a proposal for a 2021 theme could email the project at cvshortstories@gmail.com .

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WHIPORIE RESIDENTS ‘FORGOTTEN’ AFTER FIRES by Halden Boyd “It saddens us that Casino WHIPORIE residents claim they have been ignored by Richmond Valley Council and the State and Federal governments in the wake

million courtesy of the which is good for Casino, but the question we are asking is why has Whiporie, that was

through the region in October One resident and local Whiporie General Store owner Steven Ballard says while there has been millions of dollars being spent in the region to help reduce stress

not received anything?” “Our community is not requesting a massive transformation that most we asking for are little things that will improve and help our community if we are stranded

Whiporie has completely “We have not received one red cent and everyone feels we have been ignored and neglected and we are all pretty disappointed,” Steven

Steve Ballard (top) in front of the Whiporie General Store in part of an area which he says could be sealed and improved for emergency service vehicles and school bus safety, the Whiporie Hall (below) which he says could be improved as an evacuation centre, and Steven and his wife Sharon and daughter at Whiporie (inset).

Steven said there were many improvements that could be made to Whiporie infrastructure like the local hall which was used as an evacuation centre during the

whistle on the Government after obtaining a ‘damning’ NSW Department of Murwillumbah High School, the proposed site of the mega campus, which shows major capital works are badly needed

“Many locals were repeatedly evacuated from their homes and they came to the Whiporie Hall for refuge power or water because the electricity was down here for

“All this funding is supposed to help small

“What we desperately need is a generator wired into the hall so that in future disasters

“We have written to everyone asking for things like community meetings do discuss these issues but it appears no-one is interested,”

NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell MLC to come to Murwillumbah early next year to meet with the four Parents & Citizens Associations and other

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representatives of students, teachers and staff, and the

Whilst some temporary remedial works have taken place, the rooves still leak in heavy rain and several

“These four public schools including Murwillumbah High, Wollumbin High, Murwillumbah East Public and Murwillumbah Public School all have their own well-established traditions of academic, sporting and

“Our school communities deserve to hear from Minister Mitchell what the evidenceMurwillumbah’s primary and secondary school students are of the Government’s plan to merge them into one ‘mega’ “However, the evidence is mounting that the Department has dragged the chain on capital works and maintenance

These include battery backup for the local Telstra mobile phone tower, and making a suitable sealed hard standing area for emergency service vehicles which could double as a rest area for Others included improving the school bus shelter in front of the General Store and sealing it, which would also improve safer turning for school buses on and off the

“We also desperately need small things like showers at

MAKING cost savings by shelving replacement or maintenance of buildings at four public schools appears to be the main driver of the NSW Government’s agenda for its mega Murwillumbah Education Campus, according

Steven said the community has also discussed other areas which could be improved at a

annually, leading to closure and necessitating disruption to learning programs, regular replacement and repair of “A number of blocks and classrooms across the school works and in some instances at Murwillumbah High and Murwillumbah East Public School, badly affected by

four schools and replace them with a centralised American

Murwillumbah High, the Far North Coast’s oldest high

school having been established in 1929, states: “There are a number of classroom blocks

and scope of the work to date it has not been cost effective to

School Infrastructure NSW has advised that due to the scope and scale of the repairs, including redesign the roof and guttering, it may not be cost effective to undertake the

community deserved a clear explanation from the Minister on how her ‘mega’ school was going to improve standards and outcomes for their

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Dam dupe Thanks for Alexis Galloway’s front page feature “Dunoon Dam ‘Dupe’”, for it appears that so many community members with concerns about the proposed dam who have made alternative suggestions about how to conserve more fresh water, have indeed been duped. According to Cr. Vanessa Ekins, the Lismore City Council has already written to the State Government encouraging the go-ahead for the $220 million dam development funded by the community, well before the completion of the community consultation process. and is one of our four vital needs. As such, in our children’s rapidly changing world, drinking water is an extremely precious resource and should be treated as such and needs more thoughtful and different solutions other than just another dam covering potentially very useful land. So how do other

countries and other States in Australia conserve their supplies of fresh water? Today 43 countries already treat recycled water to a potable standard. In Queensland, recycled water is added to Wivenhoe Dam where the dam’s water is then treated to provide drinking water. Now, without a dam, the land that would have more effectively used as a local, labour-intensive, tree planting initiative both for carbon farming, and as wildlife habitat of endangered koalas and other species of wildlife and for a scenic recreation area. David Attenborough, the world-famous maker, now in his 90s, recently said, “We depend upon the natural world for every mouthful of food we eat and every lungful of air we breathe”. And that just about sums up our four vital needs- clean, carbon-constrained AIR, unpolluted WATER, uncontaminated SOIL and SPECIES DIVERSITY and as our global heating catastrophe continues to become more democratic, isn’t it about time we started to choose to elect those politicians who choose to take decisions that show they too value our four vital needs as much as we do? Harry Johnson

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Stride for stroke I am thrilled to announce Stroke Foundation’s annual physical activity fundraiser Stride4stroke has well and truly exceeded expectations this year. A record 1,484 people took part in the campaign. Stroke4Stroke encouraged participants to set an activity goal for the month of November, get moving to reduce their own stroke risk and raise funds in support of Stroke Foundation. I have been astounded by the extraordinary passion, dedication and generosity people have displayed especially as we navigate life during a pandemic. This year has been a challenge for all of us, and it has been wonderful to see people connect virtually and creatively throughout this campaign. Stroke Foundation had hoped to raise $180,000 through Stride4Stroke, but that target has been broken. Our inspiring community of supporters raised an amazing $420,000! This was an incredible effort and one we are truly grateful for. Every dollar raised will have an enormous impact. It will go towards supporting vital Stroke Foundation programs like our free telephone advice service StrokeLine (1800 787 653) and EnableMe, online support services which help survivors

and their families transition to life back home after stroke and throughout the recovery journey. I wish to thank and congratulate everyone in the community who signed up for Stride4Stroke, put on their runners, swim suits or cycle gear and encouraged their friends and family to join them. I know many of you are survivors of stroke yourself or have a loved one who has had a stroke. More than 27,400 people have experienced time in their lives in 2020, while more than 445,000 survivors are living in the community. I am grateful we have so many people looking out for the survivors of stroke in our community and doing all they can to ensure they are supported to live well. I hope all our wonderful “striders” are feeling the physical

holiday periods are arriving I thought I’d provide some longer term thinking about our countries future for consideration. A way to ease some water issues, promote solar energy and help many regional areas. In the Gulf of Carpentaria, create some large desalination units, drawing water out of gulf. Power these with solar energy, plenty up there. Pump this desalinated water (again solar powered) into the headwaters of the river systems that go south through inland Australia. These river systems would then have a more reliable water communities along these river systems through a few different states. Over to the engineers/ hydrologists to work out the feasibilities, if possible. Ken Hudson Wollongbar

Imagine this? from their activity boost in November and have established some good habits to continue to move their bodies into the future. I look forward to welcoming you back to Stride4Stroke next year and making this wonderful community event bigger and better in 2021. Sharon McGowan CEO Stroke Foundation

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The rest of the thinking world has totally snubbed our present Federal Government by not allowing our present Prime Minister, even dressed in a Hi-Vis vest, to address the world at the global summit on our climate heating catastrophe. The global summit only wants to listen to the leaders of those countries that are already determined to adequately address the world’s greatest challenge, for at such an important global

summit, they have no time to waste listening to announcements from any of the world’s greatest climate laggards. What a shame it is for our children and grandchildren that, even with our over-abundance of renewable resources, we adults have elected a Federal government, that is not welcome at this important global summit, because our present Federal government, even today, still appears hell-bent only on bowing to the demands of powerful vested interests. Does it matter to the average punter in Australia who is extremely concerned about the future choices our children might have, for if we “snap back” or even “come back” it just sounds like “business as usual.”? But just imagine this. What if our present Federal Members of Parliament thought so hard about what they really ought to do for their own children’s and grandchildren’s future? Well they would be so confused that they would pop back into the Canberra bubble, still totally confused to the extent that they would address the climate catastrophe as well as they as they have already addressed our corona pandemic! Now wouldn’t that be something for the future they choose? Harry Johnson Iluka

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Political commentator Mungo MacCallum dies at age 78 by Halden Boyd ONE of Australia’s most colourful and controversial political commentators and journalist Mungo MacCallum has passed away on Wednesday December the 9th, at the age of 78, following a health struggle. The loved and sometimes hated political analyst from Ocean Shores was not short of coming forward when it came to giving his thoughts commenting on what he thought about what he viewed as the devisive nature of Australian politics. MacCallum was also known for his strongly centre-left, pro-Australian Labor Party views, being constantly critical of both of the conservative Liberal and National Parties, and of the far left including communists who attacked Labor for its cautious reformism. From the 1970s to the 1990s he covered Australian federal politics from the Canberra Press Gallery for The Australian, The National Times, The Sydney Morning

Herald, The Nation Review, and ABC radio youth and progressive stations 2 Double J, Triple J and 2SER. He wrote political commentaries for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) current affairs and news analysis programme The Drum, and frequently wrote for the magazine The Monthly, and contributed political commentary to Australia’s national Community Radio Network, columns for the Byron Shire Echo, the online Echonet Daily, and The Northern Star, and produced a weekly cryptic crossword for The Saturday Paper. He also authored several books, including Run, Johnny, Run which was written after the 2004 Australian federal election. His autobiographical narrative of the Australian political scene called Mungo: The Man Who Laughs was a hit print publication. How To Be A Megalomaniac Or Advice To A Young Politician was published in 2002, and Political Anecdotes was published in 2003.

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& Snellgrove published MacCallum’s War and Pieces: . On Monday 8th September 2014 a minor sensation was caused when the misinformation of his death was announced in a tweet on the social media site Twitter. within the hour but, equally within the same hour, a trending hashtag called ‘Mungo Lives’ had sprung up on the same site. On the 2nd of December 2020 McCallum announced on the website Pearls and Irritations that, due to

career. On that date Mungo MacCallum penned his last post: “I never thought I’d say it, but I can no longer go on working,” Mungo wrote. “It takes all my effort to breathe and I’m not managing that too well. And now my mind is getting wobbly and it is hard to think, let alone concentrate. “So I am afraid there is not much point in continuing to push the rock up the hill. “I shall retire to my Lazy Boy recliner and doze over the

television watching (or not) old sporting replays, propped up by drugs, oxygen, and the occasional iced coffee. I am rapidly winding down,” he wrote. “I am sorry to cut and run — it has sometimes been a hairy career, but I hope a productive one and always fun. My gratitude for all your participation. So [here is] a seasonal Hallmark message. Christmas is coming and Kindly tell us ScoMo where the bloody hell we’re at. And when we’re certain that you know that you don’t haven’t got a clue. Then join in our Yuletide chorus as we sing: F*** YOU! Thank you and good night. Cheers, Mungo.” Prior to his passing Mungo MacCallum wrote a regular political and comment column called ‘Thus spoke Mungo’ in the north coast based Echonet Daily. Rest in peace Mungo MacCallum - a great and honest and free spirited journalist and a friend who was not short in coming forward.

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12 NEWS CLARENCE INDIGENOUS ARTIST COMMISSIONED FOR LOCAL WORKS By Tim Howard ONE of the Clarence Valley’s most respected indigenous artists has been commissioned to provide artworks for two Maclean landmarks. Clarence Valley Yaegl woman, mother and artist Frances Belle-Parker will provide artworks for the The Maclean Hospital rooms and a mural for the new yarning circle at the town’s Sensory Garden. Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis revealed the commission of the artworks was part of a government investment in palliative care in the North Coast Local Health District. He said the artworks for Maclean Hospital rooms that were often used for palliative care as well as a large mural for a Yarning Circle/Sensory Garden at the facility. “This is part of a $263,000

investment in palliative care facilities in the Northern NSW Local Health District and will deliver upgrades at Maclean Hospital including more comfortable and welcoming patient rooms, new medical equipment, new furniture and a new yarning circle in the Sensory Garden,” Mr Gulaptis said. At the entrance of the sub-acute ward and rehabilitation unit we have ‘Ginagay” signs which mean ‘welcome’ in language.

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Hospitals trying hard to clear elective surgery backlog By Tim Howard

clinically recommended timeframes. NORTH Coast doctors have Lismore Base Hospital ED been working overtime to bring had 9531 presentations during elective surgery waiting lists the quarter, a 6.4% decrease, or back to pre-pandemic levels. 650 fewer presentations, on the Northern NSW Local Health same quarter in 2019. Arrivals by ambulance increased by has been an increased effort 7.8%, or 188, to a total of 2601. and funding to bring elective During the quarter 69.2% of surgery waiting lists back on patients started treatment on track. time, a two percentage point Health district CEO increase. Wayne Jones said in the A total of 1360 elective July-September quarter, surgeries were performed, down 4093 elective surgeries were 1.4% or 19 procedures on last performed, compared to 3971 in treatment on time. The 2019–20 budget for treatment on time improved year, and 98.9% of the 468 the same period last year. Altogether 652 elective Northern NSW Local Health by 5.7 percentage points up to urgent surgeries were performed Almost all of the 940 surgeries were performed, a District was more than $875 77.6% and the median time to on time. urgent elective surgeries were 14% increase on last year, or million – an increase of more Murwillumbah District performed on time. 80 more surgeries, with 99.2% than $37 million on the previous minutes to one hour and 55 Hospital had a 14.9% decrease More than 80% of 1544 of the 130 urgent surgeries minutes. in ED presentations (down semi-urgent elective surgeries performed on time. The NSW Government has Altogether 307 elective by 705), with 4012 people were performed on time, down Maclean District Hospital invested an extra $458.5 million surgeries were performed, up attending the ED. Of these, in numbers due to the pandemic ED had a 20.8% drop in to fast-track elective surgeries 10.4%, or 29 more, compared 90.1% started treatment on response. presentations, down by 736 to a which were delayed as a result to the same quarter in 2019. time, a 2.7 percentage point “Our surgical teams have total of 2802. The median time of the Federal Government’s All 71 urgent procedures were improvement. A total of continued to work extremely to treatment improved across response to the COVID-19 completed on time. 438 elective surgeries were hard to recommence elective all triage categories, and 72.7% pandemic, ensuring patients Byron Central Hospital ED performed, down two%, or services in a COVID-safe of patients started treatment on will be booked in to public or had 191 fewer presentations, a nine, on last year. One hundred environment,” Mr Jones said. time, an improvement of 3.9 private hospitals as soon as decrease of 3.7%, with a total of percent of urgent, and 94.6 “Despite ongoing disruptions percentage points. possible. 4907 presentations this quarter percent of semi-urgent elective and changes they have been All Maclean District Hospital, Since March 2020, the NSW and 83.2% of patients starting surgeries were performed on able to ensure our communities elective surgery was transferred Government has committed their treatment on time, which time. can continue to receive the care to Grafton Base Hospital from more than $3.0 billion to was above the state average. The Tweed Hospital had they need.” March 2020 as part of Northern help transform the healthcare Casino and District Memorial 11,352 ED attendances in the Clarence Valley hospitals NSW Local Health District’s system to increase its capacity Hospital ED had a 26.9% July to September quarter, mirrored the overall COVID-19 response. These and ensure it is well placed to drop in presentations, down a drop of 16.8%, or 2298 performance in the health patients are included in Grafton manage the ongoing impacts of by 1012 to 2747 in total. Of presentations. Median time district. Base Hospital results. COVID-19 and respond to any these, 81.1% of patients started to treatment remained stable Grafton Base Hospital ED Between mid-2012 and future crises. This funding has their treatment on time, a 19.8 or improved across all triage had 5989 presentations, a drop mid-2020 the Northern NSW helped bring the 2020-21 Health percentage point increase categories, with 84.1% of of 13.1% or 901 presentations Local Health District increased budget to $29.3 billion. from last year. Altogether patients starting treatment on compared with the same period its workforce by an additional Hospital performances 252 elective surgeries were time, a seven percentage point last year. 1008 full time equivalent Ballina District Hospital performed, with 96.2% of improvement. There were 1084 The median time to treatment staff – an increase of 26.7% ED had 4264 presentations, patients having their elective elective surgeries performed, remained stable or improved – including 171 more doctors, down 217 or 4.8% on the same surgery on time, including up 7.1%, or 72, on last year, across all triage categories, and 367 more nurses and midwives, quarter last year. The percentage 100% of urgent and non-urgent with 82.6% of all surgeries 74.9% of patients started their and 121 more allied health staff. of patients who started their surgery completed within performed on time.

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THE Casino Food Co-Op has lodged a development application for a new multi million dollar retail production facility at its Namoona site at North Casino. The Casino Food Co-Op, formerly called the Northern Co-operative Meat Company recently received a Government toward the $6 Million upgrade to its production facilities. The Casino Food Co-Op employs 1,000 people and the new facility

opened, completing the upgrade, with the Casino Food CoOp investing $4.78 million towards the project. A Development Application for

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Growing concern over ecological impacts of dam proposal WATER Northern Rivers spokesperson Annie Kia and renowned rainforest botanist Nan Nicholson were on site at an information day at Byron Bay’s Railway Park last week to explain the environmental and cultural impacts of building a dam at Dunoon and the viable range of smart water options that could replace it. The day was presented by Water Northern Rivers in conjunction with an alliance of local groups, all extremely concerned about a possible damming of Rocky Creek at the Channon Gorge in Dunoon. “Dunoon Dam belongs in last century. In fact, ‘Water Services Association of Australia’ describe new dams as high-risk investments in a heating climate. For drought-resilience, we need a mix of smart water options including some that don’t rely on rain - such as green-powered desalination. cost-effective, and we need to embrace innovation in roof and stormwater harvesting,” Annie Kia said. There was an overwhelmingly positive response to these initiatives from both Byron Shire locals and visitors who spoke to volunteers at the stall. Visitors spoke about coming here to enjoy the natural environment, in particular the rainforests and native animals of the

dam, the BEC questions how consideration of the dam can progress, with Rous Council acknowledging that they have no idea of what that Rocky and subsequently what the Additionally, how can Rous support it without knowing the cost and management of over

district. “The ecological effects of the dam would be disastrous and on their own should dam. The 62ha of Endangered Ecological Community (EEC) of lowland rainforest at the dam site represents 1% of the Big Scrub that now remains. No more loss can be tolerated. 7ha of the EEC is extremely rare warm-temperate rainforest on sandstone, almost unknown in this region. The only other fragment of this type is also threatened by a dam,” Nan

Nicholson said. A life-sized koala ranged along Johnson St during the day, to draw attention to the plight of its species if the dam goes ahead. “72 ha of eucalypt forest would be cleared, drowned or fragmented. This represents critically important koala habitat and koala corridors. Overall, nine threatened species would be impacted by the dam,” Nan said. John Lazarus and members of the Byron Environment Centre (BEC) are extremely concerned about the cultural

and environmental impacts of the proposed dam. “The impact of the dam on Aboriginal cultural heritage would be catastrophic and irreparable, as outlined in Rous Council’s own reports. The discovery of the preEuropean burial sites was an absolute show-stopper when 2011 ‘Dunoon Dam Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment’ and nothing has changed,” Mr Lazarus, convenor of the BEC said. “With the proposed dam on the quantity of water

eg cleaning the water from contaminants. Approximately 40% of the new catchment is through highly intensive, high chemical and pesticide use Macadamia plantations. The Dunoon dam would be a reckless investment. It would destroy priceless heritage and there are viability considerations that have not been accounted for, let alone costed, in the proposal.” “A $240m investment in last century’s dam would forever blight our ability to invest in new technologies, the 21st century. If we think about the consequences of water insecurity to businesses and households, that’s one enormous lost opportunity,” Ms Kia said. Byron Environment Centre hosted the event, supported by the Knitting Nannas, Djaning Water Action Group, Lismore Environment Centre, Rocky Creek Guardians, Friends of the Koala and the North East Forest Alliance. Photo by Gwilym Summers

TRIBUTES FLOW FOR MUNGO HUNDREDS of tributes are passing of respected political writer and analyst Mungo MacCallum. One has come from Lismore time to pay tribute to Mungo on Human Rights Day. “I am writing to pay tribute to one of our most brilliant journalists, a man who cared deeply about people and their right to a decent life, as evidenced in his writing.” “It is, of course, Mungo MacCallum, known simply as Mungo.” “He and Jenny engaged with the local community, the nation and the world from their Ocean Shores home....a home that was the haven for their family.” “Mungo sadly left them after putting down his pen just a few days back.”

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“It is to the family that I say thank you. Thank you for sharing so much of your husband and dad with us.” “The brilliant mind, the incisive intellect, the laser-like way he could cut through political humbug. The deep laughter that lit up his face. I mourn the absence of Mungo’s column already. A column I hoped I never featured in on the wrong side.” “The most poignant words I had said about me were in a video recording Mungo did for The Byron Echo. It still touches me to my core. I feel very privileged as Mungo judged politicians with brutal candour.” “At the Twin Towns Services Club in Tweed Heads, Mungo asked me -- the MC for the event -- why the attendance of the national

press for a backbencher lunch? The backbencher in fact was Paul Keating, in between being treasurer and prime minister.” “At a barbecue fundraiser for one of my campaigns, Mungo entertained us with stories of his time in Canberra.” “He entertained us even more upon departure, backing over the barbecue plate. Jenny drove home.” “Melbourne Cup Day at the Ballina RSL during the 2007 Federal election campaign with Kevin Rudd, myself and team, when Kevin backed the winner.” “Mungo’s parting words were sweet. Thank you, good salvo at our current Prime Minister.”

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Court decision on Byron development ‘dissapointing’ - mayor THE New South Wales Land and Environment Court has made a decision on the controversial Villa World residential development at West Byron Bay. On the 8th December 2020 the Land and Environment Court approved, subject to conditions of consent, a development application (DA) made by Villa World, for a development on Ewingsdale Road. The staged subdivision involves the creation of nine lots into 149 residential lots, comprised of 145 smaller residential lots and 4 large lifestyle lots, and the creation of seven green infrastructure lots, together with associated works including vegetation removal, earthworks, landscaping, creation of public reserves, roads, environmental management and protection and stormwater works at 342 Ewingsdale Road, and 22A and 22B Melaleuca Drive at Byron Bay. The decision by Commissioner Chilcott was in accordance with instructions provided by the Northern Regional Joint Planning Panel (NRJPP). On 10th May 2017 Villa World Byron Pty Ltd lodged a development application with Byron Shire Council seeking approval for a staged development involving subdivision to create 282 residential lots in the West Byron Urban Release Area. The Council referred the development application Environment and Heritage for approval and to numerous other organisations for their consideration and advice including: • The Department of Planning and Environment; • Roads and Maritime Services; • NSW Marine Parks Authority; • Water NSW; • The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Aboriginal Corporation (Arakwal); • The Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council; • The Jali Local Aboriginal Land Council; • NSW Department of Primary Industries – Lands; and • NSW Department of Primary Industries – Fisheries. The Council publicly

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exhibited the development weeks between June and July 2017 and 305 submissions in opposition were received to the development application. In December 2017 the development application was development application publicly exhibited for a period of six weeks in January and February 2018. The Council received 2412 submissions in opposition to the amended development application. The development application was then considered by the NRJPP on the 8th April 2019 when the panel determined to refuse the application. On the 4th October 2019 the applicant lodged an appeal in the NSW Land and Environment Court. In the appeal Council said that the development application should be refused for reasons including: • Ecological and biodiversity impact; • Stormwater, earthworks, groundwater and acid sulphate soils; • Subdivision and staging; • Visual impact; • Social impact; • Suitability of the site; • Public interest. In accordance with the Court’s usual practice the parties were directed to participate in a Conciliation conference in good faith toward, if possible, an outcome agreeable to both Council and the developer. That conference took place on the 20th and 21st August 2020. The Council’s external environment, engineering, attended and participated in the conference. At the conciliation conference the applicant produced amended plans and additional documents. The Council subsequently amended plans and further information for three weeks in September 2020. The Council received a total of 464 submissions in opposition to the amended proposal. Although the conciliation conference was ultimately terminated because the parties

could not reach an in principle agreement, discussions continued to the point where Villa World agreed to all of Byron Council’s proposed consent conditions and the matter was sent back to the Northern Regional Planning Panel for its consideration. The panel made comments on Council’s proposed consent conditions which Council considered and responded to. On the 5th November 2020 the Council received advice with a draft Conciliation agreement. The panel instructed agreement with the Court. On the 8th December 2020 the Court granted development consent. A copy of the Court’s judgement and the Conditions of Consent will soon be published on Council’s website. THE DECISION Recognising the important and sensitive environmental considerations and public interest in the DA Byron Shire Council was able to negotiate what was considered the best outcome possible. “It was a sad day for the Byron community, but the days following will be days of opportunity,” Byron Shire Mayor, Simon Richardson said after the decision was handed down. “It was a sad day because for so long, so many of

us have fought against development plans for this site.” “Over 20 years ago, many started the push against developing this site,” Mayor Richardson said. “My opposition began 13 years ago, standing in protest on Ewingsdale Road alongside Councillor Tabart and Greens MLC, the late John Kaye.” “More recently, the Byron Residents Group has taken the baton and spearheaded the resistance alongside local Greens and the wider community.” “However, it is also presents to us an opportunity. After the few years ago for residential development, houses were always going to be built.” “However, already, due in no small part to the work of Deputy Mayor Michael Lyon, Byron Resident groups’ Dailan Pugh and Cate Coorey, and myself and others in Council, we have negotiated a way better DA than was originally proposed.” “The developer has agreed to virtually all we requested of him including to halve the dwelling numbers, enhance and ensure the protection of frogs and other species and overall proposal.” “Though, of course, there are still some other important issues to resolve but wow, if have a chance for an even

better outcome,” Councillor Richardson said. “During a meeting with the owner of this site I shared images of the most sustainable housing development in Australia and issued the challenge for this development to beat it and the owner agreed.” “This is the opportunity we now have. Yes, to feel, honour and acknowledge our collective sadness at the court’s decision, but also, to keep working with the developer to ensure he achieves what he has outlined he can and will do-create the most sustainable housing development in Australia.” “So it is sad, but from now on the hard work to get best outcome possible on the site begins,” Mayor Richardson said. “The amended DA will have very strict controls in place to not only minimise its impact, but to improve long-term environmental outcomes through extensive environmental restoration works, protection of enhancement of the key waterway within the site,” he said. Meanwhile an appeal for an adjoining development on Ewingsdale Road is currently before the Land and Environment Court for hearing. That hearing will resume in June 2021.

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Tweed waterways health measured TWEED Shire Council has released its 2020 Tweed Waterways Report which is a summarised snapshot of water quality throughout the Shire over the past 12 months. The Tweed’s waterways play a key role for the environment and community, and monitoring their health is an important role carried out by the Council. The 2020 report contains a water quality monitoring report card, and reveals some of the challenges in managing waterways and balancing economic activity, recreational use and environmental protection. “The report card is an engagement tool,” Council’s Waterways Programme Leader Tom Alletson said. “We want people to take an interest in the health of our creeks and rivers, and understand the challenges we all face in maintaining their environmental and recreational values.” In most of the Tweed’s rivers and creeks, 2020

water quality scores were similar to those of 2019, however a significant issue experienced in 2020 were fish kills that occurred in coastal creeks following flooding in February. “Inflows of oxygendepleted floodwaters caused serious fish kills in Cudgen, Cudgera and Mooball creeks,” Mr Alletson said. Another area that the report card highlights for poor water quality are the creeks that flow into Cobaki and Terranora Broadwater, which have recorded a D for the third consecutive year. With an aim of lifting this score, Council is seeking expressions of interest from rural landowners who wish to improve the health of Duroby, Bilambil, Piggabeen and Cobaki Creeks. Funding is available through Council’s River Health Grants programme to address common problems including bank erosion, a lack of native vegetation and cattle impacts. Eligible grant activities

Cudgera Creek at Hastings Point which just one in the 2020 Tweed Waterways Report which looks and into the future. include river bank fencing, stock drinking troughs, revegetation, weed control and erosion stabilisation. “In every catchment, we need people living

Tweed Mayor chooses groups for her 2020 Christmas Appeal FOR this year’s Mayoral Christmas Appeal, Tweed Shire Councillor Chris Cherry has selected to support Fred’s Place, You Have A Friend and Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers. These local frontline charities are accepting monetary as well as other donations. and what to donate, visit tweed.nsw. gov.au/Christmas Donations of goods will be accepted at Tweed Heads and Murwillumbah until the end of January 2021.

upstream to be conscious of water quality downstream, and support changes that will protect the Tweed’s internationally significant environment into the

future,” Mr Alletson said. To view the 2020 Tweed Waterways Report, go to www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/ NaturalEnvironment

An Open Letter to NSW EDUCATION MINISTER Dear Minister Mega schools are not the answer to our education woes in NSW, particularly for regional NSW. (Witness the chaos of mega schools in Victoria). Small community schools are so much better because: 1. They cope better with student bullying (Mega schools attract mega bullying and try getting someone to look into it) 2. Parents can access Principal/teachers fairly easily (staff are always in meetings at the Mega) 3. The anxiety and fear around Naplan are better managed at small schools. (Watch student anxiety sky rocket at the Mega) If you are looking to improve education, reform the NSW Education and Standards Authority (NESA). This authority drowns staff and Principals in paperwork undermining education in the process and threatens small schools with closures. Yet, small schools still provide the best education.

WHAT ARE THE NATS DOING?

to keep small community schools, Ms Mitchell?

Gab McIntosh OAM (retired) Principal

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Skateboard Lesson Ballina | 10am or 1pm | $40 | 6686 5816

Cooking Class Ballina | 10.3012pm | $50 | 0434 924 874

Wildlife Guardian Knockrow 9-3.30pm | $80 | 6687 8432 Dungeons & Dragons Lismore 12pm | $10 | 8+ | 6616 1795 Cooking Class Ballina | 10.3012pm | $50 | 0434 924 874 Sandology Workshop Byron Bay | 10am | $25 | 0428 699 614 Rollerworld Lismore | 2hr sessions | from $10 | 6621 6565 Pianorama Ballina | 10.30am | 6-8yrs | $52 | 6681 15760 Naval Museum Ballina Daily 9am-4pm | $5 | 6681 1002

Paint Pouring Lennox Head | 9am or 1pm | $35 | 0421 724 875 Keeper for a Day Knockrow 9-3.30pm | $100 | 6687 8432 Pianorama Ballina | 10.30am | 5-7yrs | $52 | 6681 1576 Ice Skating Ballina | Daily | from $20 | 6686 2811 Surf Lesson Lennox or Ballina from $49 | 1800 777 666 Night Vision Walk Alstonville | 8.30pm | fr $115 | 1800 777 666 Boat Hire Ballina Daily | from $60 | 0402 028 767

Kids Movie Ballina | 10-12pm | Free | 6681 9500 Wildlife Guardian Knockrow 9-3.30pm | $80 | 6687 8432 Skateboarding Ballina 10-3pm | fr $15 | 6686 5816 Cooking Class Ballina | 10.3012pm | $50 | 0434 924 874

Multisports Clinic Ballina 10-3pm | $50 | 7+ | 0490 806 105 All day Skate Clinic Ballina 10-4pm | $100 | 6686 5816 Paint Pouring Lennox Head | 9am or 1pm | $35 | 0421 724 875 Mini Farmers Byron Bay | 9-3pm | $130 | thefarm.com.au Wildlife Safari Tour Hinterland | 9.30-4pm | fr $115 | 0405 275743 Macadamia Castle Animal Park Knockrow | from $19 | 6687 8432 Naval Museum Ballina Daily 9am-4pm | $5 | 6681 1002 FootGolf Wardell Daily | from $10 | 0435 711 341

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Pokemon Trading Card Game Lismore | 11am | $10 | 6616 1795 Aviation Museum Evans Head | 10-4pm | $7.50 | 0411 378 998 Night Vision Walk Alstonville | 8.30pm | fr $115 | 1800 777 666 Platypus Walk Alstonville 5.30am | fr $115 | 1800 777 666 Bush Tucker Walk Federal | 10am | fr $35 | 0405 275 743 Inflatable Waterslides Evans Head | 3-7pm | $7 | 6682 4343 Crystal Castle Mullumbimby Daily | from $29 | 6684 3111 Ice Skating Ballina | Daily | from $20 | 6686 2811

Ice Skating Ballina | Daily | from $20 | 6686 2811 Skateboarding Ballina 10-3pm | fr $15 | 6686 5816 Ten Pin Bowling Ballina | 4-6pm | fr $12.50 | 6686 5342 Aviation Museum Evans Head | 10-4pm | $7.50 | 0411 378 998 Inflatable Waterslides Evans Head | 3-7pm | $7 | 6682 4343 Waterslides Ballina | 10-1pm or 1-4pm | fr $19.50 | 6686 3771 Surf Lesson Lennox or Ballina from $49 | 1800 777 666 FootGolf Wardell Daily | from $10 | 0435 711 341

Cooking Class Ballina | 10.3012pm | $50 | 0434 924 874 Ninja Camp Alstonville | 9-3pm | $65 | 0405 044 605 Soccer School Ballina 10-3pm | $40 | 5+ | 0490 806 105 Dungeons & Dragons Lismore 12pm | $10 | 8+ | 6616 1795 Wildlife Guardian Knockrow 9-3.30pm | $80 | 6687 8432 Sandology Workshop Byron Bay | 10am | $25 | 0428 699 614 Cinemas Ballina or Lismore Daily | from $10 | 6686 9600 Group Skateboard Lessons Ballina | 2hrs $40 | 6686 5816

Cirkus Maximus Show Ballina 9.30am | $10 | 6681 9500 Summerland Farm Alstonvlle 9-4pm | $5 | 6628 0610 Keeper for a Day Knockrow 9-3.30pm | $100 | 6687 8432 Soccer School Ballina 10-3pm | $40 | 5+ | 0490 806 105 FootGolf Wardell Daily | from $10 | 0435 711 341 Crystal Castle Mullumbimby Daily | from $29 | 6684 3111 Cooking Class Ballina | 10.3012pm | $50 | 0434 924 874 Sk8 Park Tour NR & Gold Coast | 9.30-6pm | $100 | 6686 5816

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Sk8 Park Tour NR & Gold Coast | 9.30-6pm | $100 | 6686 5816 Cooking Class Ballina | 10.3012pm | $50 | 0434 924 874 Ninja Camp Alstonville | 9-3pm | $65 | 0405 044 605 Wildlife Guardian Knockrow 9-3.30pm | $80 | 6687 8432 Soccer School Ballina 10-3pm | $40 | 5+ | 0490 806 105 Waterslides Ballina Daily | from $19.50 | 6686 3771 Kids Bingo Ballina | free | 10.30am-12pm | 6681 9500 Macadamia Castle Animal Park Knockrow | from $19 | 6687 8432

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NEWS 21 Bonalbo and Kyogle on level 2 water restrictions DUE to steady reduction of storage in in Peacock Creek and Richmond River, water restrictions have been increased in Bonalbo and Kyogle. As of midnight 8th December, 2020, Level 2 water restrictions came into effect across the entire Kyogle local government area. For domestic outdoor usage, microsprays and drippers/sub-surface can be used for a maximum 15 minutes and hand held hoses can be used for 1/2 hour every second day, between 4pm and 9am on odd or even days

matching house numbering system. Other irrigation and unattended hoses are banned. Filling of new swimming pools is not allowed. Topping up of pools allowed by hand held hose 1 hour/day outside the hours of 8am and 4pm on alternate days matching house numbering. is banned. Current water restrictions can be found on Council’s website https:// www.kyogle.nsw.gov.au/residentshousehold/rates-water/current-waterrestrictions/

COUNCIL URGES LAND OWNERS TO CHECK RURAL DWELLING ELIGIBILITY

ANYONE who owns a rural property with a building entitlement in the Clarence Valley needs to be aware that the ability to build on the land may expire at the end of 2021. Adam Cameron, Council’s Manager Environment, Development & Strategic Planning, explained that the deadline has implications for people who have not yet taken up their dwelling eligibility. “Following the formation of Clarence Valley Council in 2004, changes to the former Councils planning laws were made by adoption of a single, consolidated local planning scheme for the local government area. This is known as the Clarence Valley Local Environmental Plan.” “The new LEP increased minimum lot sizes needed to enable a rural dwelling to be approved in some circumstances.” “In order to provide an opportunity

for people to take advantage of their pre-existing building eligibility on their properties a provision was included to delay the effect of the change for 10 years – this is set to expire in just over 12 months.” “These changes may affect landowners with vacant rural land parcels of a size or area less than the current minimum lot size for the purposes of a dwelling.” “Anyone who has a current dwelling eligibility that would otherwise cease to exist on the 23rd December 2021 needs to lodge a Development Application (DA) with Council before the expiry date otherwise the eligibility will be permanently extinguished,” Mr Cameron added. Owners are encouraged to make enquiries with Council’s Planning staff or by visiting the service centres in Grafton or Maclean prior to lodging an application.

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ESSENTIAL AMENITIES FOR BOTANIC GARDENS By Alexis Galloway FROM an enchanting hoop pine forest to an educational sensory garden and old church bell tucked away in the gumtrees, the Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens provides the local community fauna experience. Last week State Member major benefactor Jeni Binns opened yet another important addition to the popular spot – with the addition of toilets to ensure essential amenities were on location for those visiting. The centre is run by Friends of Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens (LRBG) which is a who work in conjunction with the Lismore City Council to continue its developments and maintenance.

was one of 20 electorate-wide which was successful in the 2019 Community Building Partnership Program, securing $25,000 towards the amenities which will cater for larger groups like school excursions. “I know how popular the botanic gardens are with locals and visitors alike, and how hard the Friends of the Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens Incorporated work in a volunteer capacity to keep them looking good and to ensure a sensory and educational experience for “And as is the case with most community projects, different parts must come together to realise them. There are a lot of people to foremost Dr Andrew Binns and Mrs Jeni Binns, who have made annual donations over many years.”

in the Waste Management Facility for their assistance to her committee.” Mrs Binns who is a member of LRBG said like so many cities around the world it of Lismore had their own Botanic Gardens. “The gardens mean a lot to us and to our community. It is such a visionary project with a committed friend’s group. “In addition to the role of promoting and protecting

“Draftsman Ben De Nardi, of Paper Plans, who drew plans pro bono. Ben’s mother Jan De Nardi is a botanist, member of the FLRBG Committee and volunteer manager of the plant nursery at the gardens. “Brett Cramp, from BT Sheds, showed great commitment to the project, as did Stephen Nelson for

plumbing works, Peter Gow Electrical for lights and power to the maceration pump, and volunteer building team members Don Woodley and “I know FLRBG Committee President Hazel Bridgett cannot thank them enough, as well as Lismore City Council staff in its Planning Department and

gardens provide other health, environment and social This is a credit to the founders who clearly had a vision for the future.” A 10,000-litre rainwater tank was also recently installed behind the visitors’ centre by Bruce Jobson Plumbing with grant funding of $4442 from the North Coast Regional Fund.

Evans drama teacher selected for prestigious Shakespeare mentorship by Halden Boyd A DRAMA teacher at the Evans River K-12 School has been selected to receive one of the country’s most prestigious drama mentorships in 2021, and she believes it will open up a whole new world in English language and performing arts skills and opportunities to local students in the Northern Rivers. Bell Shakespeare has announced the 30 recipients of its 2021 Regional Teacher Mentorship, a programme that provides teachers from regional, rural and remote Australian schools a year-long mentorship with the award-winning Shakespeare company. Ajita Cannings will travel to Bell Shakespeare’s Sydney headquarters for specialist training in the innovative, active teaching of Shakespeare, collaborate and networking with teachers from other regions, and learning how to train others in their newfound knowledge and skills. On their return to school the recipient teachers receive ongoing backup from Bell Shakespeare artists and staff, as well as access to in-school and in-theatre programmes to support their continued development. Peter Evans, artistic director of Bell Shakespeare said the company is constantly inspired by the drive and determination

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of regional teachers in their work, despite the many challenges they face. “We all know 2020 has been so many ways, but one constant throughout the upheaval was education.” “Helping teachers to invigorate their students’ experience with the ideas and language of Shakespeare, especially in areas that don’t always have access to reliable internet, a permanent library, or a network of local teachers with whom to collaborate is a privilege. “Teachers come away from the experience with the

and witty at the time, and when this is discovered by students they can really relate to it and appreciate what creative drama and writing is all about,” Ajita told The Northern Rivers Times. “This is such an honour, but the longer term and ongoing

Ajita Cannings from the Evans Head K-12 School who has been selected as a recipient in the 2021 Bell Shakespeare Mentoring Programme, and Gill Perkins the executive director of Bell

programs like the Regional Teacher Mentorship without the investment of the Australian Government and the generous approaches in the classroom and support of Teachers Mutual lesson plans that include more Bank,” she said. active and enlivened methods of Alan Waugh, chief sales teaching,” he said. Gill Perkins, executive believes that the programme director of Bell Shakespeare, is a commitment to not only said that the program was regional, rural and remote an important part of the teachers but also to the Company’s longstanding communities in which they commitment to reaching work. regional and remote Australia. “Our belief is that “The Regional Teacher geographical isolation should Mentorship provides important not be a barrier for teachers professional development, accessing the best professional especially for those teachers development on offer in that may not otherwise have Australia. This is why we such opportunities.” support key initiatives such as “Our commitment to reaching the Bell Shakespeare’s Regional regional and remotely located Teacher Mentorship so that Australians is one we take regional, rural and remote great pride in. We would teachers can provide the best not be able to run important educational outcomes they

possibly can for their students and communities,” he said. Local Evans Head K-12 drama teacher Ajita Cannings said she was thrilled and humbled to have been chosen as a recipient. “I am so looking forward to this personally, but for the students in the long term things like this empower regional teachers to bring Shakespeare to life for them.” “Many students when given tasks about William

track from this appreciating art and drama and writing will be just brilliant.” Ajita Cannings’ interest in the performing arts started with her inherent joy for vocals when she began while singing bhajans in an ashram community as a child and was fanned when at 13 she

group ‘The Sweet Adelines’ at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney. She went onto a career in the performing arts in circus, with Circolino Pipistrello in Switzerand, and in theatre, with NORPA and Bighart, and in teaching with the Northern Rivers Conservatorium Arts Centre. Ajita has performed at many community events, notably the Billen Cliffs Hall and the Lismore Quad IWD look at is the date his work celebrations. was written for plays and other Ajita has studied theatre, things.” writing, politics and education at SCU and UNE, and is some students is because his currently the Drama Teacher at work was written back in the Evans River K-12 School. 1600s is that it is old hat.” The Regional Teacher “However William Mentorship recipients will Shakespeare and his writing was join Bell Shakespeare in two so progressive and intellectual tranches in March 2021.

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EIS for raising Clarrie Hall Dam nears completion PREPARATION of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed raising of Clarrie Hall Dam is nearing completion, with formal community consultation set for early 2021. Tweed Shire Council is proposing to raise the wall of the dam by 8.5 metres to double the dam’s footprint and treble its capacity from 16,000 megalitres to 42,300 megalitres. This will provide a secure water supply for the Tweed until at least 2046, to meet the needs of Tweed residents into the future. Community consultation is a critical task required to go on public exhibition for comment in March 2021. The community consultation will be undertaken by consultant Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd and its sub-consultant The Comms Team. The consultation will focus on explaining the EIS document to help the community understand the impacts of the proposed project so they can make informed submissions in support or against the proposal, or on aspects that should be considered in any

opposition to the project will be published on Your Say Tweed in about February 2021 for anyone to register and complete. Anyone interested in making a submission on the EIS can register to ‘Stay Informed’ at www.yoursaytweed.com.au/ RaisingClarrieHall Council can then email you directly when the EIS goes on public exhibition and when the community consultation meetings are scheduled. All submissions to the EIS must be formally considered and responded to in a Response to Submission Report which, together with project and EIS, will go to the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment Preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed raising of Clarrie Hall Dam is nearing completion. approval of the project. The EIS document will detail the impacts of the project on environment factors including biodiversity, water, It also looks at factored during construction including and air quality, and also on community and cultural values including historic and

Aboriginal cultural heritage and social amenity. Plain English summaries will be provided for the key technical studies in the EIS. These summaries will be published in the Tweed Link and supported by animated video presentations on digital platforms. Two information sessions will be held in the main

population centres of Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads and a third in Uki. Interested community members who cannot attend an information session will be invited to phone the consultants to discuss any aspects of the EIS of concern to them. A short survey designed to gauge general support or

DPIE will then make a recommendation to the Minister on whether the project should go ahead and, if so, under what conditions. Assuming the Minister recommends that the project on whether to progress to construction will be made by the elected Tweed Shire Council. Council is receiving funding support for the EIS as part of NSW Government’s Safe and Secure Water Program.

CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR NORTH COAST SHOWS cancelled due to COVID-19 in the Northern Rivers are about to get a slice of $34 million Federal Government funding to ensure they can bounce back in 2021. The Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said the Supporting Agricultural Shows and Field Days programme will roll out before Christmas. “Two months ago, we package to reimburse eligible who had to cancel because of COVID-19,” Mr Hogan said. “I am pleased to announce that a number of shows and for funding to help ease “For some shows, this comes on top of support already received through the Federal Government’s

$20 million Agricultural Show Development Grants programme to upgrade, maintain or build new infrastructure.” “These events bring our families and farmers together, build community spirit and help bridge the divide between country and city. They also help farmers stay competitive by providing an opportunity to share innovation and new ways of doing business.” “They are uniquely Australian and provide huge economic spin-offs for the local communities hosting them as well as opportunities for the businesses and services who exhibit.” The following funding has been approved: • Nimbin Agricultural & Industrial Society Inc (Nimbin Show) – $10,000; • Kyogle P.A.& H Society Inc (Kyogle Show) – $12,591;

• Maclean Show Society Ltd (Maclean Show) – $10,000; • Bonalbo Show Society Inc (Bonalbo Show) – $10,000; • Primex Field Days Pty Ltd (Primex Field Days) – $70,000;

• Casino Show Society Inc (Casino Show) – $10,000; • Clarence Pastoral & Agricultural Society Ltd (Grafton Show) – $17,682.68; • Alstonville Agricultural

Society Incorporated (Alstonville Show) – $15,000; and • The North Coast National Agricultural & Industrial Society Inc (Lismore Show) – $70,000.00.

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Recognition for our hidden treasures

By Tim Howard THE hidden treasures whose tireless work holds out community together have been revealed. Nine women from across the Clarence and Richmond Valleys have been recognised in this year’s Hidden Treasures Honour Roll for their tireless volunteering efforts in their local community, Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis has announced. Hidden Treasures is an annual initiative of the NSW

Government’s Rural Women’s Network which recognises the outstanding efforts of women volunteers and promotes the valuable role of volunteering to the community. “Volunteering helps form the fabric of communities particularly in small rural towns where resources can be limited,” he said. “Hidden Treasures is an opportunity to pay tribute to country women who don’t seek recognition, but who richly deserve it for the tireless

contribution they make to a wide range of social and community organisations and initiatives.” This year’s Hidden Treasures Tonge of Casino, Helen Brown and Aninke Lippert of Yamba, Patricia Crowe of Grafton, Sloane Donnelly of Baryulgil,

Copmanhurst, Megen Hibbins of Newton Boyd. Mr Gulaptis said the

government was spending record funding on physical

Grafton and Casino this week where they were presented with

Highway but he was just as passionate about what he called social infrastructure. “It is women like this group of nine volunteering day in, day out who enhance our social infrastructure and we are all very grateful for their efforts,” he said. Mr Gulaptis formally recognised the Hidden Treasures at special events in

Government in recognition of their inclusion in this year’s honour roll Stories about each of the women and their contributions to their local community can be found at https://www.dpi. nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/

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Kids have winning ideas for Green Innovation Awards By Alexis Galloway DUNOON Public School and Richmond River High Campus were this year’s winners of the Green Innovation Awards last week. The community based environmental competition across the Northern Rivers gives students the opportunity to demonstrate their innovative ideas in waste and water management, building/ packaging materials, biofuels/renewable energy and agriculture. Founder Dr Bridie Culllinane said the awards which encourage out-ofthe-box thinking, have continued to grow over the past few years and gained on-going support from the community. “The first year we had 15 schools, then 25 and now this year we have had 30 schools, so it continues to grow each year. And as a result of the community support and growth we will be involving business leaders locally.

Richmond River High Campus Agricultural students from the campus embarked on a waste audit and quickly discovered that plastic was a serious issue with hundreds of single-use stockfeed bags going to landfill each year. The students explored ideas for transforming the waste into a valuable resource by converting stockfeed bags into tarps, frost covers, aprons, pencil cases and re-usable bags.

Agricultural students at Richmond River High Campus, Britney Lehame, Alisha McPherson, Emily Hunter and Taya Arundel-Clarke “For the first time, we are introducing a new mentor program to directly connect schools with local, business leaders who are at the forefront of their industry. “Schools will have the opportunity to have one

of the most innovative business or academic leader’s mentor their class group and workshop their innovation idea.” Southern Cross University, who also sponsors the event, will be

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LISMORE City Council’s Deputy Mayor Neil Marks has announced 15 Flood Ready grants for local businesses totally $250,000. Cr Marks said the grants were targeted at businesses and owners of buildings in

that we support and encourage our business community to continue to provide local jobs for local people.” “Earlier this year in response to COVID, Council initiated an advertising campaign to encourage the community to at local businesses, as well as

“This is a great program to help our local businesses, and I am very impressed with the scope of work the successful applicants are undertaking,” he said. “With many of the recipients using local companies for their work, it’s not only good for them but also good for our local economy.” Under the competitive Flood Ready programme , businesses were required to submit their proposed projects to an independent panel which determined the successful recipients. businesses have had to content

“This programme is really just one of many Council has undertaken to help local businesses which contribute so much to our economy. For example, one recipient has generated more than $50 million in terms of wages and was founded 25 years ago.” “It is crucially important

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fees.” To be eligible for the Flood Ready grant programme business premises had to be urban areas, including the CBD, East Lismore, Girards Hill, North Lismore, South Lismore and Loftville. This programme was funded by the State Government. The State Member for any action taken in Lismore CBD and the industrial area where businesses suffer from ready’ was welcome. “Congratulations are in order for the successful grant applicants and I hope that more businesses can be helped with State Government she said. SOME OF THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS Advance Automotive Solutions - Grant $12,700

business in Conway Street employs 10 people.

domestic travel agency was only just recovering from the

raise, staff put what machinery and items they could on a makeshift wooden platform, however, they quickly ran out of space and could only watch on as machinery was damage. They will use the grant to install a plate alloy platform and a hoist within its large workshop to create a

by the closure of international

Book Warehouse - Grant $16,900 The current owners of this popular bookshop purchased the business the day after the Although staff followed the

too fast and much stock was lost and shelving damaged. The Book Warehouse will use the grant to install a series of metal pallet racks where books, shelving and the counter can be more readily moved. It is hoped that in a shop to open within a couple of days. It employs 12 people. Lismore Cruise and Travel Grant $24,500

our storage area quickly and easily. They are also installing a storage system to hold our

Located in one of Lismore’s to reassemble the store and waters entered the premises it got into the power and data points situated close to the walls that hid the original concrete walls. This meant the company had no access to power or data. The grant will be used to move power and data points level, as well as renovate the walls and reseal the concrete The company employs three people. Lismore Toy Kingdom – $22,681.54 After opening its doors in the shop was completely inundated with water through

and began packing up stock immediately. However, they were un unable to move all of The Toy Kingdom are now working with a local cabinetry specialist, Woodrabbit, to design service counters that are modular and on castor this means they can pull apart the counters and move them to

days. The toy retailer employs 8 people. Wrightway Products – Grant $25,000 This waste solutions company, situated on the banks of the Wilson River, has been operating for 25 years and in that time generated $50 million for the local economy through wages and buying local. river raised rapidly cutting the company off and preventing them from moving its expensive and large equipment to higher land. Fortunately, about 1cm below where it would have caused extensive damage. The company will use this grant to install an internal ramp so that machinery can be easily moved to higher areas within the factory. The company employs 10 local people. They have already Readings Engineering to do the work and hope to start in late January.

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Upgrades for Evans Head Lookout and Casino Drill Hall Precinct RICHMOND Valley Council will commit a $1.285 million funding boost from the Australian Government to upgrade two prised landmarks in Evans Head and Casino. The Council initially received an allocation of $1,002,214 through the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure program to spend on priority projects. As part of its communityled recovery plan, the Australian Government set through to local councils to help deliver additional shovel-ready projects. At its November meeting, Council resolved to allocate the bonus $1.285 million to the rejuvenation of Razorback Lookout at Evans Head, and the Casino Drill Hall precinct memorial walk. Richmond Valley Council General Manager Vaughan Macdonald said Council had previously approved master plans for both sites, so the projects were “shovel ready”. Mr Macdonald said $400,000 would be allocated to the Razorback Lookout upgrade, and a further $885,000 to the Casino Drill Hall precinct. “The Razorback Lookout master plan, which Council adopted in March, contains a number of improvements and alterations to the site to the facilities, and improve the aesthetics and amenity of the area,” Mr Macdonald said. “The master plan recognised that much of what makes Razorback Lookout so special is already in place, such as its position high Evans River and the village.” “However, there was a need to replace some facilities, and provide a more aesthetic

platform for both visitors and locals.” “The upgrade will include new entry signage, upgraded pathways and picnic shelters, new sandstone retaining walls, an expanded eastern carpark and improved stair access from Ocean Drive.” Mayor Robert Mustow said Razorback Lookout was an important landmark for Evans Head and it was vital the facilities and infrastructure were kept attractive and up to date so it continued to be well used by locals and visitors. “Evans Head is a popular tourist destination and Razorback Lookout is one of its key drawcards,” Cr Mustow said. “Improving critical infrastructure will no doubt encourage more visitors to experience our unique variety of coastal walks.” Council completed the master plan for the Casino Drill Hall prior to the funding

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Clarence candidate for new Indigenous party By Lesley Apps HISTORY could well be on the way to being made in a new political era for Aboriginal people, and the Clarence Valley has an important role to play in its role in its formation. Uncle Owen Whyman, Convenor of the proposed Indigenous Party of Australia, was recently in Grafton for surrounding areas where interest in an Indigenous Party was “high”. He and the National Executive wasted no time in securing the talents of one of the Clarence Valley’s most popular indigenous leaders, Bundjalung man Brett Duroux, to come on board to run as a candidate in the next Federal election. “We are really pleased to be here, on Bundjalung Country and please to have Brett run as our candidate for this area,” Uncle Owen said. “We have received a fantastic welcome from Indigenous communities around Grafton, Lismore, and Yamba. Our goal voices in to the various parliaments where we can be part fo the decision-making process, not consulted, later when it is too late.”

Uncle Owen said he felt really privileged to meet members of the Gumbaynggirr, Yaegl and Bundjalung nations after making the 12-hour road trip from Wilcannia. A chance meeting with Mr Duroux on the Central Coast recently resulted in the party’s invitation to the Clarence Valley, one of the “campaigning”. While COVID restrictions have made things slow to start, the freshly appointed candidate Brett Duroux said there was still plenty of work they could do to improve the lives of Aboriginal people on the ground and the Indigenous Party of Australia was a great start to getting lasting changes happening. “Top of our list is incarceration and kids still being taken from their families at an alarming rate. This has to change. The natural environment is under attack too and indigenous people know how to care for it. That’s another top priority for us.” Mr Duroux said he was also particularly concerned about the closure of the Indigenous Legal Centre in Grafton and mining in Clarence Valley “which most of the community

Mr Duroux said if he was elected to represent his people he wasn’t going to be another suit and tie politician who has never sat down on a river and

Convenor of the Indigenous Party of Australia Uncle Owen Whyman, left, with newly announced candidate for the Clarence region Brett Duroux. Photo: Lesley Apps are opposed to as the 10,000 signatures have shown.” “Having someone on the people and listening to their requests, I’m proud to be able to represent them because without them, our culture is lost,” he said. “Aboriginal Australia has been trying to get a political party like this happening for so long and to be a part of it and be active with something so historical, I’m overwhelmed with pride and happiness.” Mr Duroux said recognition in the Constitution, education of their youth, preservation of culture and the environment, and tackling homelessness, were just a few of the other issues he was passionate about. “There is a really broad opportunity to represent each community. There is

not just one way of doing this. Everyone has different concerns and they need to be listened to and their needs represented. I’m going to be busy, but am looking forward to it.” Mr Duroux said his main reason for getting involved in politics was that he wanted Indigenous people to feel pride in a government by helping them understand the process and get them used to seeing Indigenous people being a part of that process. “That’s the big thing. Showing them that we can do it and be a part of it. That as Indigenous politicians we can make the changes that are an important part of Indigenous growth in this country. It will help ‘close the gap’ because we will be listening to what they want. ”

get out in the community. I’m a normal person, have a family. We are doing this for our future generations. I’m from a big supportive community that will be there to help me when I need it. My Uncles are proud I’m even bringing the Indigenous Party to Grafton (for the visit) let alone running as a candidate.” Uncle Owen said the Indigenous Party of Australia Indigenous representative for the Richmond area and encouraged anyone wanting to be part of change to get in touch. “We will give you lots of support. Your costs will be covered and we can write your press releases too. It is a big shyness and be heard so we can improve the lives of indigenous people.” Anyone requiring information about candidacy or wishing to join the Indigenous Party of Australia can email indigenouspartyofaustralia@ gmail.com

RECENT ELECTORAL MILESTONES OF INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA 2020 (Australian Greens) was chosen to represent Victoria in the Senate. 2019 AM, MP, (Liberal Party of Australia) is appointed as the Minister for Indigenous Australians for the Australian person to hold the federal Aboriginal person to sit in Cabinet. 2017 (Victorian Greens) was elected to the Parliament of Victoria in November 2017, representing the seat of the Northcote. 2016 (Australian Labor Party), Indigenous female member of the House of Representatives representing the seat of Barton, NSW. Malarndirri McCarthy (Australian Labor Party), was elected to the Senate for the Northern Territory, and as a Territory Senator, will serve for the same term as the House of

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Representatives. Patrick Dodson (Australian Labor Party), was selected under Section 15 of the Australian Constitution to represent WA vacancy caused by Senator Joe Bullock’s resignation. Lawrence Costa (Territory Labor), was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Arafura. Yingiya Mark Guyula (Independent), was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Nhulunbuy. Chansey Paeche (Territory Labor), was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Namatjira. Selena Uibo (Territory Labor), was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, representing the (Territory Labor), was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of

appointed a Senator by the Parliament of Queensland caused by Queensland senator Brett Mason’s resignation. Leeanne Enoch (Australian

Australian Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe is the latest Indigenous representative to be appointed to parliament.

and daughter to serve in any state parliament, having both been elected to the Northern Territory Parliament. 2015 Party Australia), was appointed the Assistant Health Minister in September Indigenous Member of Parliament to reach the frontbench. Joanna Lindgren (Liberal National Party), was

Indigenous female elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Algester in Queensland. Leeanne has since been appointed the Minister for Housing and Public Works and Minister for Science and Innovation in Queensland. William (Billy) Gordon (Australian Labor Party), was also elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Cook in Queensland. Linda Burney (Australian Labor Party), was the NSW Labor Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2011-2016. 2012 Liberal Party) was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of (Country Liberal Party) was also elected to the

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Arafura. Larisa Lee (Country Liberal Party) was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, representing the (Territory Labor) was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Johnston. 2011 Indigenous Australian elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Ginninderra in Australian Capital Territory. 2010 Party of Australia) was member of the House of Representatives, representing the electorate of Hasluck in Western Australia. The Australian Electoral Commission established the Indigenous Electoral Participation Program (IEPP) in 2010 to close the gap in Indigenous disadvantage in electoral participation.

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NEW POLITICAL PARTY TO REPRESENT AUSTRALIA’S FIRST PEOPLE By Lesley Apps A LOW-KEY gathering at Ellem Oval in Grafton recently could well be a pinnacle moment for Aboriginal Australians as a new political organisation gear themselves to take on the country’s political hierarchy. With the working title of the Indigenous Party of Australia, its founder Paakindji man Uncle Owen Whyman kick-started the party for, and run by, Aboriginal people in October this year when it was launched in his hometown of Wilcannia. The motivation for Uncle Owen to get involved in politics came from years of being ignored by the government. “I’m from the Baaka River area, white man know it as the Darling River. It we ran numerous marches and blockades over the past three years to try and get government attention about the destruction of our river. Its management has been a disgrace. My storylines lie within that river system. Without the Baaka we don’t exist,” Uncle Owen said. After the disappointing response from government after the many protests Uncle Owen thought “what next?” and then did something about it. He stood for the state election in Barwon “the biggest electorate in NSW” when he came about 6th or 7th in a ballot of nine candidates. He said it was a “learning curve” but wasn’t about to give up. Uncle Owen ran federally in the Parkes region again

the drive to keep going. I’m not going to stop here and let things die down. If we don’t do anything as Indigenous people our river is doing to die.” And so the impetus to start “our own Indigenous Party” began. “If the government’s not going to listen we’re going to make them listen.” So far the party has more than 500 members, enough to get them registered, something they hope can happen by January next year, after the Christmas break. “At the moment we’re having lots of consultations with Canberra so we’re hoping in new year it will be all

middle.” “Those experiences gave me

party, indigenous and nonindigenous,” Uncle Owen said.

Clarence Valley supporters of the Australian Indigenous Party met with some of the National Executive in Ellem Oval in Grafton recently where Bundjalung man Brett Duroux was nominated as a future candidate for the party this region. He said so far they have six candidates in different regions and can now include the Clarence thanks to the addition of Bundjalung man Brett Duroux. “We also want some strong female indigenous women to come on board.” Uncle Owen said once the party was registered they would be putting a call out to each state and territory to have representatives from their areas to form their own committees to come up with their three main priorities. “Then they pass it onto the Indigenous Party so we (our candidates) can tackle it for them. I believe reaching out to each state and territory and getting a locals coming up with their main priorities is

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a big step. I can’t answer for everyone. I only know my area. Reaching out and asking what their problems are is a good thing.” Uncle Owen said he will be running for the senate, “no. 1 on the Indigenous Party ticket” at the next Federal election and said one of the main things he would be pursuing was the preservation of Aboriginal culture and Native Title. “Getting land back to the people. We want to be able to have full control of the land we get back. We don’t want to be told you own this land but you can’t do anything on it. Those sorts of things are going from all over Australia.”

Other key issues include Indigenous incarceration, education, support for Indigenous business, better housing “especially in country Australia” and getting more Indigenous people into parliament. “Registering the party is very strongly we will get into government as the Indigenous Party. It’s only matter of time. We’re here to stay now. We’re not going to go away.” For more information on Indigenous Party of Australia or to signup, visit their website indigenouspartyofaustralia. com. “It’s free and easy to do. You just have to be 18 and over and on the electoral roll.”

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“Leemo’s View” chirped and said words. OMG…do you really think I was going to stand for this? NUP. I stalked that bird, I “stealthed” around it, making not a noise,

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the night. I pushed it with my front paw (it kept chirping godammit)…I pushed it again… the bloody thing kept chirping and “LEEMO has views on just about anything”

WELL HELLO…it is “Leemo Cat” once again. It appears I have to shop. ‘Mum Jane’ reminded me that Christmas was near, and “had I given any thought to what I might buy her for Christmas?” Well, NUP, I had not, in fact. As a simple Cat, I was too busy with my own Christmas ‘wish’ list which is pretty easy: I want a new pale blue Plush Blankie. (My old one has holes in it from where I pushed it into my heater in winter and burned holes it.) AND, I TOLD Mum Jane, I do NOT want a 2nd hand blue blankie from the Op Shop where she volunteers…I WANT A NEW ONE. Oh, and I want ‘FELIX’ (the whole range) cat food for MOST every meal, except for Sunday, when I do quite enjoy home cooked lambs fry with gravy. (As a cat there is nothing quite like LICKING UP THE GRAVY!) AND, I also want another bird. Hmmm. ‘Mum Jane’ bought me home a bird recently, “from the Op Shop”. (Typical!) She put it on a wee foot stool and pressed its tummy…and it

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so I pushed it RIGHT OFF THE STOOL, pounced on it, and pushed it under a book shelf. It certainly stopped talking then didn’t it? I sure taught that bird a lesson. However, I admit, that without its chirp, that bird is jolly boring and ‘Mum Jane’ told me I broke it. Hmmmm. I didn’t mean to. Well, the fact is, I have never caught a bird in my life… birds make fun of me when I sit under the birdbath staring at them with my tail swishing, waiting to do a deadly feline pounce. It has never worked. My tail gets very tired from swishing, and I never quite make that pounce. Not to worry. Perhaps my Christmas Stocking will have a new bird in it…in the meantime, I can still play Feathers on a Stick game with Mum and ‘pretend’ I have caught a bird one day when I do get those feathers. Mum told me that if I do NOT get everything I want for Christmas to suck it up and think about cats who get NOTHING for Christmas. Hmmm…she’s right. Nite for now… Leemo with purrs

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BETTER, KINDER PALLIATIVE CARE AT CASINO HOSPITAL

A NEW palliative care room opening on to a “Harmony Garden” is the key feature of a NSW Government upgrade of palliative care facilities at Casino Hospital, which will provide a more thoughtful and comfortable environment for patients and their families and carers, according to Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis. “This is part of a $263,000 investment in palliative care facilities in the Northern NSW Local Health District and will deliver a new dedicated space to provide personal care to community members and their families,” Mr Gulaptis said.

New features include two new Smartplus beds with specially-designed mattress covers to prevent pressure injuries and a shower chair to allow patients to lie in different positions while being washed. There will also be two new lounges that convert to beds for family members or carers staying overnight, better facilities in the room including tea and coffee making and new interior decorating to improve the comfort and reduce the feeling of a hospital setting by hiding equipment away out of sight.

The Harmony Garden was upgraded to create a more welcoming, all-weather outdoor space for patients and relatives off the Palliative Care area. Including new comfortable outdoor setting, BBQ, waterproof awnings. Ellen Palmer, the Director

of Nursing at Casino & District Memorial Hospital acknowledged the generous contribution and support from the Casino community period for the township and surrounding areas with the

“The community raised $8,000 towards the palliative care upgrades, and throughout the process the health service and the community forged closer ties. Thank you to the Casino community for their outstanding support,” Ms Palmer said.

Lennox Head’s Park Lane to become safer, slower, greener A RANGE of temporary measures will be introduced at Park Lane in Lennox Head and its surrounds to improve safety and increase the vibrancy of the area. The temporary measures will be installed from December 2020 through to February 2021 and will remain in place for eight to nine months. Changes will include installation of: crossing points on Park Lane and Ballina Street near Rutherford Street; • roundabout at the intersection of Ballina Street and Allens Parade; • speed limit reduction to 30km/h in the village centre and Park Lane; • mural and parklet at the Lennox Head Skate Park and Lennox Head Cultural Centre; • section of footpath connecting Park Lane with the main street; • decorative pavement treatments and lighting. will be in place to ensure residents are prepared for changed conditions. The pedestrian walkway, carparks adjacent to the skate park and the skate park itself may need to be closed for a short

period while the mural is painted in mid-December. and activation measures community consultation for the Lennox Village Vision project,” said Ms

Tara McGready, Manager Strategic Planning. “Community members told us they would like to see improved safety, slower accessibility at Park Lane.

and pedestrian data will be collected to inform future stages of the Lennox Village Vision project.” These temporary works are funded through the NSW Government’s ‘Streets as Shared Spaces’ program.

This program supports local councils to pilot new and innovative ideas for streets as safe, shared public spaces. For more information and to receive project updates via email visit ballina.nsw.gov. au/LennoxVillageVision

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Upgraded Coraki Riverside Caravan Park bustling with visitors IN an early Christmas present for Coraki, the recently upgraded Coraki Riverside Caravan Park and Camping

A local chapter of the Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia, the Northern Rivers Robins, has made the park their home available spaces and bringing

Availabilities are also in short supply leading up in bookings from Boxing Day right through until mid The booming demand from investment by Richmond Valley Council in the park and its surrounds, aimed to help attract visitors and provide Thanks to a grant from the Federal Government the

Vans galore! Members of the Northern Rivers Robins, a local chapter of the Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia, have taken over the Coraki Riverside Caravan Park. “We recognise the park is an engine room for the local visitor economy, and that’s

“Having the park booked out means around an extra

building offers modern a camp kitchen, and a scenic deck overlooking the Park manager Peter Baker said guests had made a point

“This building has brought more people here, and that’s coming from their mouths,” “The amenities are clean,

amenities block, funded by the Federal Government, Council invested substantially in landscaping the grounds,

sealing the internal road, and marketing the park to a much

the riverfront have also been ticked off in 2020, including a

Frank Heppell, aged 85 from Grafton, in his very special handmade caravan. Guests enjoy the

BBQ, a sandstone retaining There is a great laundry and a “It has made a huge difference, not just the amenities block, but it’s also

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It feels fresh and it looks Another recent improvement

“With the increasing popularity of grey nomads and other demographics of campers and caravanners,

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WE are the class of 2020, the one and only. We believe that it’s fair to say we have been unlucky. From restrictions, to lockdown and back again, we’ve spent our own bedrooms. But out of it we have developed more than we ever could have, on an academic and a psychological level. Above all, this year has shown us that sometimes, the world can give you more than just lemons and that in these situations you’ve got to learn to evolve in order to thrive. We have been forced to realise the surprising adaptability of our human nature making the most of what we have been given. Yes, we’ve

been in lockdown. Yes, our year has been interrupted, but that doesn’t mean our year was a failure. Conversely, the year of 2020 has allowed us, as year 12 students, to strip back and focus on the truly important aspects of life. Whether it be nature, friends, family or study, we’ve all been able to remember why we live life and what we live it for. With our priorities in line we have soldiered on through these and productive outlook, giving everything that matters, the best that we’ve got. Year 12 will always be stressful, life will never be easy, but as young adolescent humans we have come to terms with our ability to evolve and enjoy the life we have been given.

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One of the best things to come out of 2020 for music fans has been getting the band back together for the Spicks and Specks specials. In this third and final instalment of their decadethemed episodes, Adam Hills, Myf Warhurst (pictured) and Alan Brough relive the music of the 2010s – the decade that brought us flossing, the Harlem Shake and Gangnam Style – with musicians Kate Miller-Heidke and Vance Joy alongside comedians Claire Hooper and Luke McGregor. Joy demonstrates a surprising knowledge of Taylor Swift in “Know Your Product”, while Miller-Heidke takes the mic for everyone’s favourite game Substitute.

Fans of Grey’s Anatomy might recognise a familiar face here – firefighter Andy Herrera (Jaina Lee Ortiz, pictured) was introduced in a 2018 episode of the long-running medical drama. This spin-off follows Andy and her heroic colleagues at Seattle’s Station 19. Much like the team at Seattle Grace, working 24-hour shifts together fosters incredibly strong bonds and these brave men and women are like family. Tonight, in “Stronger Together”, Andy and Jack (Grey Damon) take the captaincy drill test (known as The Incinerator) alongside 18 other candidates all gunning for one spot as the captain of Station 19. While they’re gone, Montgomery (Jay Hayden) takes charge.

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It’s been a long year, but the Gardening Australia team is looking on the bright side – more people are gardening than ever before. For the last show of 2020, they’re celebrating with a look at what has changed this year. Josh Byrne (pictured) finds out how the nursery industry kept up with unprecedented demand for vegetable seedlings during lockdown. Looking to the Christmas table, Jane Edmanson discovers what it takes to produce the tonnes of delicious cherries Australia eats every summer, while Sophie Thomson whips up some tasteful decorations. Costa Georgiadis helps out a centenarian gardener who’s been cultivating her backyard since 1950.

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WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Outback Ringer. (PG, R) 10.30 Scottish Vets Down Under. (PG, R) 11.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (Final, R) 1.50 Rake. (Mdls, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.30 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 4.55 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Pope: The Most Powerful Man In History. (Mav, R) 2.55 Railway Journeys UK. (PGa, R) 3.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.35 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy. (PGa, R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Puppy For Christmas. (2016, PGls, R) 2.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 2. Afternoon session. 5.00 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 5.40 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 2. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Hometown Christmas. (2018, PGa) 2.00 Bondi Vet: Coast To Coast. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 1.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Inside The Children’s Hospital. (PG) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. (Final) Analysis of the day’s news. 7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories. 7.30 Gardening Australia Christmas Special. (Final) The team celebrates the festive season. 8.30 Vera. (Mav, R) DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the mysterious death of a pensioner on a busy peak-hour train. For Joe, maintaining a professional distance turns out to be difficult as his daughter is key witness to the crime. 10.05 Mum. (Final, Mls) Cathy decides to have her own bonfire. 10.35 ABC Late News. Detailed coverage of the day’s events. 10.50 Gruen. (Final, R) 11.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Scanning The Nile: Materials Convoys – A Pharaonic Task. (PG) 8.30 Wonderful World Of Chocolate Christmas. A look at chocolate and the festive season. 9.20 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mals, R) Hosted by Jimmy Carr. 10.15 SBS World News Late. 10.45 Country Music. (PG, R) 11.45 Miniseries: The State. (Ma, R) 3.30 Croc A Dyke Dundee. (Mans, R) 4.30 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 2. Late afternoon session. From Adelaide Oval. 7.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. Takes a look at the day of play so far in the First Test between Australia and India. 8.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 2. Evening session. From Adelaide Oval. 10.30 MOVIE: Live By Night. (2016, MA15+) A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, but as their wealth grows, they learn that even among criminals there are rules. Ben Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Elle Fanning. 1.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Country House Hunters Australia. Hosted by Catriona Rowntree. 8.30 MOVIE: Bad Moms 2. (2017, MA15+als, R) Three underappreciated mothers rebel against the expectations of organising the “perfect” Christmas. Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell. 10.35 MOVIE: Four Holidays. (2008, Ms, R) Reese Witherspoon. 12.10 Tipping Point. (PG, R) Hosted by Ben Shephard. 1.05 The Perfect Serve. (PG, R) Part 5 of 5. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Global Shop. 4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 A Current Affair. (R)

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Living Room. (PG) The team helps a family with Vietnamese heritage who love to give back to the community by revamping their cramped kitchen, dining and living room before the holidays. Guess that gadget is Benjamin Law. 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.30 The Montreal Comedy Festival. (MA15+s, R) Stand-up comedy from Danny Bhoy, Dylan Moran, Orny Adams, Wanda Sykes and Michael Che. 10.30 Just For Laughs Australia. (Mals, R) Hosted by Nick Cody. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. (R) 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R)

CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental Guidance Recommended (M) Mature Audiences (MA15+) Mature Audiences Only (AV15+) Extreme Adult Violence (R) Repeat (CC) Closed Captions (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sex references (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Gruen XL. (Final) 9.15 Absolutely Fabulous. 9.45 Catherine Tate Christmas Special. 10.25 The IT Crowd. 10.50 Would I Lie To You? 11.20 Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. (Final) Midnight Green Wing. 12.50 The IT Crowd. 1.15 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 1.45 Upstart Crow. 2.25 News Update. 2.30 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon The Third Industrial Revolution. 1.55 Munchies Guide To Berlin. 2.50 Munchies Guide To Bohemia. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 VICE. 5.40 The Joy Of Painting. 6.10 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Ngumpin Kartiya. 8.55 Hoarders. 9.45 Ina Loves Porno. (Final) 10.35 Vagrant Queen. (Final) 11.25 The Feed. 11.55 Meet The Hitlers. 1.30am Dragula. 2.25 NHK World English News. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Private’s Progress. (1956) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Planet Earth II. 8.40 MOVIE: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. (1989, PG) 10.50 MOVIE: Bad Boys. (1983, MA15+) 1am Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Mission: Impossible. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Mission: Impossible. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 9.30 MOVIE: Escape Plan. (2013, MA15+) 11.50 Evil. 12.45am Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Maudie. (2016, PG) 8.10 Tony Takitani. (2004, PG, Japanese) 9.40 The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus. (2009, PG) 11.55 The Orator. (2011, PG, Samoan) 2pm Family Law. (2006, PG, Spanish) 3.55 The Circle. (2000, PG, Farsi) 5.35 Belle. (2013, PG) 7.30 Colossal. (2016, M) 9.30 No Country For Old Men. (2007, MA15+) 11.45 The Guilty. (2018, M, Danish) 1.20am Closed Curtain. (2013, M, Farsi) 3.20 Zoology. (2016, M, Russian) 5.00 The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus. (2009, PG)

7MATE (63) 6am Shopping. 6.30 Fishing

Addiction. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 Mine Kings. 9.00 Pawn Stars. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Outback Truckers. 1.00 Zoltan. 2.00 Mine Kings. 3.00 Mudslingers. 3.30 The Grade Cricketer. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Outback Truckers. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 2. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. (1969, M) 9.50 MOVIE: Boar. (2017, MA15+) 11.55 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon American Ninja Warrior. 1.45 Children’s Programs. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Baywatch. 5.00 Children’s Programs. 5.15 MOVIE: Free Birds. (2013) 7.00 MOVIE: Hotel Transylvania 2. (2015, PG) 8.45 MOVIE: Transformers: The Last Knight. (2017, M) 11.45 The Top 100 Video Games Of All Time. 12.40am Urbex: Enter At Your Own Risk. 1.40 Rivals. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Rise. 3.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 The King Of Queens. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30pm Charmed. 1.30 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 2.30 The King Of Queens. 3.00 Seinfeld. 4.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.30 Nancy Drew. 11.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. (Final) 4.30 Friday Briefing. (Final) 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 9.00 The Drum. (Final) 10.00 The World. (Final) 11.00 ABC Nightly News. 11.30 The Business. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 Friday Briefing. (Final) 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.15 The Drum. (Final) 2.15 ABC Late News. 2.30 New Normal. 3.00 DW News. 3.30 DW Conflict Zone. 4.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 8.45 Wapos Bay. 9.05 Kagagi. 9.30 Bushwhacked! 10.00 On The Road. 11.00 Milpirri: Winds Of Change. Noon MOVIE: Bedevil. (1993, PG) 1.35 Bamay. 3.00 Cities Of Gold. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Raven’s Quest. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Off The Grid With Pio. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 Hand Talk. 7.30 MOVIE: Gundala. (2019, MA15+) 9.30 Bedtime Stories. 9.40 Trading Cultures. 10.40 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.00 Barnwood Builders. 8.00 Garden Gurus. 8.30 The Block. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 Rebound. 11.00 Open Homes Australia. Noon Tiny House, Big Living. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 2.00 Restored. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 House Hunters. 5.00 Beach Hunters. 6.00 House Hunters International. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Stay Or Sell. 8.30 One Of A Kind. (Premiere) 9.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 10.30 Pool Kings. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Headline News. 8.30

7.40 Wishfart! 7.55 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 8.15 Horrible Histories. 2.30pm Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. 3.10 Almost Never. 4.10 Odd Squad. 4.35 Hank Zipzer. 5.05 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.25 All Hail King Julien. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 Horrible Histories. 7.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.40 Good Game Spawn Point. 9.00 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 9.25 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 9.45 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.10 Close. 5.30am Slugterra.

12.30pm Ready Steady Cook UK. 1.30 Dinner Parties. 2.00 Africa On A Plate. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Just Jen. 3.30 Struggle Meals. 4.00 Cook’s Pantry. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 A Gondola On The Murray. 6.00 Ready Steady Cook UK. 7.00 Tales From River Cottage. (Premiere) 7.30 Secrets Of The Factories. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends. 9.40 Asia Unplated With Diana Chan. 10.05 Bake With Anna. 10.30 Cook And The Chef. 11.00 Late Programs.

8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon This Is Calisthenics. 1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movies. 4.00 Christmas With The Salvos. 4.30 The Real Seachange. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Better Homes. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Property Ladder UK. 11.45 Late Programs.

Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 AM Agenda. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Sky News Across Australia. 8.00 Kenny On Media. 8.30 Outsiders’ Guide. 9.00 Hardgrave. 10.00 Chris Smith Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs. Please Note: Programs are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by the Networks.

SATURDAY, December 19 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 10.00 Rage. (PG) 11.00 Rage Best Of The 2020 Guest Programmers. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Royal Variety Performance 2018. (R) 2.20 The Sound. (PG, R) 3.25 Dream Gardens. (R) 4.00 Climate Change: The Facts. (R) 5.00 Basketball. WNBL. Preliminary final.

6.00 WorldWatch. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 ABC America: World News Tonight. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.15 Motorcycle Racing. Superbike World C’ship. Round 7. 3.10 Cycling. National Road Series. The Classics. H’lights. 4.10 Gourmet Farmer. (R) 4.40 Tony Robinson’s Hidden Britain By Drone. (PG, R) 5.35 Nazi Megastructures. (PGa, R)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 11.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 10. Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Renegades. 2.30 Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 3. Afternoon session. 5.00 The Lunch Break. 5.40 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 3. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 12.00 Ironman. Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain IronMan and IronWoman Series. Round 1. 2.00 Light Up Xmas Appeal. 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 RBT. (PGdl, R) A look at police random breath test patrols.

6.00 Reel Action. (R) 6.30 Ent. Tonight. (PG, R) 7.00 RV Daily Foodie Trails. (R) 7.30 All 4 Adventure. (PGl, R) 8.30 4x4 Adventures. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Jamie’s Easy Christmas Countdown. (R) 1.00 Left Off The Map. (R) 1.30 Emmylou’s Christmas Table. (R) 2.30 10 Travlr Northern Territory. (R) 3.00 Taste Of Australia. (R) 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. 4.00 The Living Room. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories and events as they unfold, with comprehensive analysis and reporting. 7.30 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) A butterfly collector and founding member of a global society, Circulus, is found murdered. 9.00 Endeavour. (Mv, R) Morse investigates the mysterious poisoning of a former detective sergeant at a local cinema. When an employee also dies under suspicious circumstances, they uncover a bitter revenge plot linked to the war. 10.35 Sherlock. (Madv, R) Part 2 of 3. 12.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Secrets Of Our Cities. (PG, R) Part 2 of 3. 8.30 Portillo’s Greatest Railway Journeys: Railways And Royalty. (Final, PG) Michael Portillo reflects on 180 years of royal fascination with the railways. 9.25 MOVIE: No Country For Old Men. (2007, MA15+v, R) A man steals a fortune in cash. Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem. 11.40 MOVIE: Silence. (2016, MA15+v, R) 2.35 North To South: The Full Journey. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 3. Late afternoon session. From Adelaide Oval. 7.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. Takes a look at the day of play so far in the First Test between Australia and India. 8.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 3. Evening session. From Adelaide Oval. 10.30 MOVIE: Jack The Giant Slayer. (2013, Mv, R) After a princess is captured by giants, a farmhand sets out to rescue her from their cloudy stronghold. Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor. 1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 MOVIE: Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch. (2018, G) The Grinch grows tired of festive cheer. Benedict Cumberbatch. 9.10 MOVIE: Christmas With The Kranks. (2004, PGa, R) A family decides to skip Christmas. Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis. 11.10 MOVIE: The Invention Of Lying. (2009, Mls, R) 1.00 Surfing Australia TV. (PGl, R) 1.30 A Current Affair. (R) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact.

6.00 Family Feud. Hosted by Grant Denyer. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG, R) Follows the work of elite lifeguards. 7.30 Ambulance. (Mad, R) The North West Ambulance Service answer over 18,000 calls across a hot May bank holiday weekend. 9.30 999: What’s Your Emergency? (Final, Malv) Follows Wiltshire Police as they deal with the 63 per cent increase in crimes committed by women. 10.35 MOVIE: Mary Magdalene. (2018, Ma) A free-spirited woman flees her marriage. Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.05pm The Deep. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Insert Name Here. 9.00 QI: Christmas Special. 9.30 Live At The Apollo. 10.20 QI. 10.50 Mock The Week. 11.20 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. Midnight Gavin & Stacey. 1.05 Would I Lie To You? 1.35 I’m Alan Partridge. 2.35 Absolutely Fabulous. 3.05 News Update. 3.10 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon MOVIE: Breach. (2007, M) 2.00 New Girl. 2.55 Insight. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.20 Most Expensivest. 5.45 Monty Python’s Flying Circus. 6.55 Secrets Of The Bermuda Triangle. 7.50 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.30 The X-Files. 11.00 Takeshi’s Castle Indonesia. 12.15am MOVIE: The Fly II. (1989, MA15+) 2.10 The Movie Show. 2.40 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 NBC Today. 11.30 Vasili’s Garden. Noon The Bowls Show. 1.00 Reno Rookie. 1.30 Sydney Weekender. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 Weekender. 3.00 Property Ladder UK. 5.30 Greatest Outdoors. 6.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Spring. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Peter Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover. 12.30am The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 The Baron. 11.00 MOVIE: Trent’s Last Case. (1952) 12.55pm MOVIE: I’m All Right Jack. (1959) 3.05 MOVIE: The Syndicate. (1968, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: The Horse Soldiers. (1959) 7.30 MOVIE: Man On Fire. (2004, M) 10.30 MOVIE: 16 Blocks. (2006, M) 12.30am My Favorite Martian. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 The Doctors. 10.00 MacGyver. 11.00 Diagnosis Murder. Noon Star Trek: Voyager. 1.00 Mission: Impossible. 2.00 iFish. 2.30 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 3.30 All 4 Adventure. 4.30 Mighty Machines. 5.00 Roads Less Travelled. 5.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 Hawaii Five-0. 11.20 MacGyver. 12.15am Law & Order: S.V.U. 1.10 48 Hours. 2.10 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs. 1.15pm The Crystal Maze. 2.05 Children’s Programs. 5.05 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.25 All Hail King Julien. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 MOVIE: Bruno & Boots: Go Jump In The Pool. (2016, PG) 8.35 The Demon Headmaster. 9.05 Almost Never. 9.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.55 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.15 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 7.15 Family Law. (2006, PG, Spanish) 9.10 Belle. (2013, PG) 11.05 A United Kingdom. (2016, PG) 1.10pm The Circle. (2000, PG, Farsi) 2.50 Tony Takitani. (2004, PG, Japanese) 4.20 The Straight Story. (1999, PG) 6.25 Florence Foster Jenkins. (2016, PG) 8.30 Little Miss Sunshine. (2006, M) 10.25 The Happy Prince. (2018) 12.25am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 12.30pm Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Freesurfer. 2.00 Mine Kings. 3.00 Outback Truckers. 4.00 Desert Collectors. 6.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 3. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Building Giants. 8.00 Mysteries Of The Abandoned. 9.00 Air Crash Investigation: Special Report. 10.00 Air Crash Investigation. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 8.00 MOVIE: My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Sunset’s Backstage Pass. (2019) 9.00 Children’s Programs. 2.15pm Xtreme Collxtion. 3.15 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Kyurem Vs The Sword Of Justice. (2012) 4.45 MOVIE: Harry & The Hendersons. (1987, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: The Croods. (2013, PG) 9.00 MOVIE: Spider-Man 3. (2007, M) 11.50 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Rules Of Engagement. 11.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11.30 Charmed. 1.30pm Two And A Half Men. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.30 Friends. 6.00 Columbo. 7.30 Kojak. 8.30 Spyforce. 9.30 The Big Bang Theory. 10.30 The Middle. 12.30am 2 Broke Girls. 1.30 Charmed. 3.30 Dr Quinn. 4.30 Shopping. 5.30 Raymond.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News. 3.30 One Plus One. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 The Business. 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 The Brief. 6.00 ABC News Weekend. 6.30 ABC News Regional. (Final) 7.00 ABC News Weekend. 7.30 One Plus One. 8.00 ABC News Weekend. 8.30 Foreign Correspondent. 9.00 ABC News Weekend. 9.30 The World This Week. (Final) 10.00 ABC News. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Africa On A Plate. 2.00 Late Nite Eats. 3.00 Secret Meat Business. 4.00 Oliver’s Twist. 4.30 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas. 5.35 Heston’s Feasts. 6.30 The Big Family Cooking Showdown. 7.30 Heston’s Fantastical Food. 8.30 Heston’s Great British Food. 9.30 The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour Of Britain. 10.30 Pies & Puds. 11.25 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.55pm Other Side Of The Rock. 2.00 Bamay. 2.30 Baseball. SA Super League. 4.00 Rugby League. Koori Knockout. U-12’s Boys Final. La Perpouse Panthers v Butucarbin Warriors. 5.00 NITV On The Road. 6.00 Going Places. 7.00 Red Earth Uncovered. 7.30 News. 7.35 Through The Wormhole. 8.25 Headdress. 8.35 BB King: On The Road. 10.30 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 Barnwood Builders. 11.30 House Hunters. 12.30pm Getaway. 1.00 The Healthy Cooks. 1.30 Louisiana Flip N Move. 2.30 One Of A Kind. 3.30 Pool Kings. 4.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 5.30 Stay Or Sell. 6.30 Texas Flip And Move. 7.30 Open Homes Australia. 8.30 House Hunters. 9.30 House Hunters International. 10.30 House Hunters Reno. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Gameday Live. 9.00 News. 10.00 News. 11.00 Fox Sports News. Noon Fox Sports News. 1.00 Fox Sports News. 2.00 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Fox Sports News. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Fox Sports News. 7.00 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, December 20 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast. 11.00 Compass. (R) 11.30 Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline Summer. 1.00 Back Roads. (R) 1.30 Gardening Australia Christmas Special. (Final, R) 2.30 Everyone’s A Critic. (PG, R) 3.00 Basketball. WNBL. Grand Final. 5.00 War On Waste: The Battle Continues. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 France 24 English News Second Edition. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Figure Skating. ISU Grand Prix. Round 3. Rostelecom Cup. 5.05 Travel Man. (R) 5.35 Nazi Megastructures. (PGa, R)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 11.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game 11. Sydney Sixers v Adelaide Strikers. 2.30 Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 4. Afternoon session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown). 5.00 The Lunch Break. 5.40 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 4. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Cybershack. (PG) 10.30 Visions Of Greatness. (PGl, R) 11.30 The Healthy Cooks. (R) 12.00 Ironman. Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain IronMan and IronWoman Series. Round 1. 2.00 MOVIE: A Very Merry Toy Store. (2017, PGa) 4.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 5.00 News: First At Five. 5.30 Territory Cops. (PGdl, R)

6.00 Religious Programs. 7.30 Fishing Aust. (R) 8.00 Australia By Design: Interiors. (R) 8.30 The Living Room. (PG, R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Destination Dessert. (R) 12.30 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 1.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 1.30 Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On. (R) 2.00 4x4 Adventures. 3.00 Christmas With The Australian Women’s Weekly. (R) 4.00 All 4 Adventure. (PGal) 5.00 News.

6.00 The Sound. (Final) 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.35 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL Pagan Holiday Special. (Ma) 9.35 Total Control. (Final, MA15+l, R) 10.25 Killing Eve. (Mav, R) 11.10 No Offence. (Maln, R) 11.55 Endeavour. (Mv, R) 1.25 Louis Theroux: Louis And The Nazis. (Mal, R) 2.30 Louis Theroux: Gambling In Las Vegas. (Ml, R) 3.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.10 No Offence. (Maln, R) 5.00 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 5.30 Compass. (R)

6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Blood Of The Clans. (PG) 8.35 Inside The Savoy Hotel. (PGa, R) 9.30 Secrets Of Harrods Department Store. (PGa, R) 10.25 Marry Me, Marry My Family. (PGa, R) 11.30 24 Hours In Police Custody. (Mal, R) 12.30 How To Lose Weight Well. (PGl, R) 3.20 Dying Laughing. (Mals, R) 4.55 Food Safari Fire: Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 4. Late afternoon session. From Adelaide Oval. 7.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. Takes a look at the day of play so far in the First Test between Australia and India. 8.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 4. Evening session. 10.30 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s European Vacation. (1985, Ms, R) A family embarks on a European holiday. Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo. 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 60 Minutes. 8.00 A Very Royal Christmas: Secrets Of Sandringham. (PG) 9.00 MOVIE: Deck The Halls. (2006, PGals, R) Two neighbours compete in a lights display. Danny DeVito. 11.00 Nine News Late. 11.30 Killer On The Line. (Mav, R) 12.20 Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. (Premiere, MA15+adv) 1.10 Cybershack. (PG, R) 1.35 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 4.00 Take Two. 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 Family Feud. (PG) 7.30 The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton is joined by George Clooney, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Viola Davis and Vanessa Kirby. 8.30 FBI: Most Wanted. (MA15+v, R) When a domineering man and his girlfriend embark on a multi-state killing spree, the team races to find a pattern behind the deranged couple’s seemingly random acts of extreme violence. 10.30 Blood And Treasure. (Mv) Danny and Lexi head to the Bermuda Triangle. 12.20 NCIS. (Mav, R) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC COMEDY (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.30pm Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.15 Live At The Apollo. 10.00 Gruen XL. (Final) 10.45 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 11.30 Insert Name Here. Midnight Would I Lie To You? 12.30 Review With Myles Barlow: Christmas Special. 12.55 The Thick Of It. 1.25 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.15 News Update. 2.20 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Should I Marry My Cousin? 12.55 Atlanta. 2.30 New Girl. 3.45 WorldWatch. 4.15 Shaun Micallef’s Stairway To Heaven. 5.10 Running Wild With Tamron Hall. 6.00 Years Of Living Dangerously. 7.55 8 Out Of 10 Cats. 8.35 Lost Gold Of World War II. 9.20 United Shades Of America. 10.10 Couples Therapy: The COVID Special. 11.10 Sexplora. 11.35 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 10.00 This Is Calisthenics. 11.00 NBC Today. Noon The Yorkshire Vet In Spring. 2.00 Christmas With The Salvos. 2.30 The Bowls Show. 3.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 M*A*S*H. 8.30 MOVIE: 3:10 To Yuma. (2007, MA15+) 11.00 World’s Most Amazing Videos. Midnight Holiday Horrors: Caught On Camera. 1.00 Medical Rookies. 2.00 Brit Cops. 4.00 Harry’s Practice. 4.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 Small Gift, Big Heart At Christmas. 10.30 MOVIE: It’s Great To Be Young! (1956) 12.30pm Great Getaways. 1.30 MOVIE: How To Stuff A Wild Bikini. (1965) 3.30 MOVIE: The Greatest Story Ever Told. (1965) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire. 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 The Doctors. 10.00 Car Crash Global: Caught On Camera. 11.00 Mission: Impossible. Noon MacGyver. 2.00 Family Feud. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. 4.30 Reel Action. 5.00 iFish Summer Series. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 48 Hours. 11.20 NCIS: LA. 2.05am Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs. 1.10pm The Crystal Maze. 2.00 Children’s Programs. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 MOVIE: Bruno & Boots: The Wizzle War. (2017, PG) 8.05 Wallace And Gromit: A Close Shave. 8.35 The Demon Headmaster. 9.05 Almost Never. 9.30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.55 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.15 Rage. 1.55am Close. 5.30 Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Circle. Continued. (2000, PG, Farsi) 7.30 Howard Lovecraft. (2016, PG) 9.05 The Straight Story. (1999, PG) 11.10 Family Law. (2006, PG, Spanish) 1pm Florence Foster Jenkins. (2016, PG) 3.05 Death Defying Acts. (2007, PG) 4.55 Ernest & Celestine. (2012, PG) 6.25 A United Kingdom. (2016, PG) 8.30 Wild Tales. (2014, MA15+, Spanish) 10.45 Gomorrah. 11.40 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 My Fishing Place. Noon The Fishing Show. 1.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 1.30 The Hunt For Monster Bass. 2.30 Storage Wars Canada. 3.00 Outback Truckers. 4.00 Bushfire Wars. 4.30 Graveyard Carz. 5.30 Counting Cars. 6.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 4. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 MOVIE: Alien: Covenant. (2017, MA15+) 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 1.30pm Monster Croc Wrangler. 2.00 Dance Moms. 3.00 MOVIE: Madeline. (1998) 4.50 MOVIE: The Nutcracker. (2010, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Dr Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas. (2000) 9.00 MOVIE: Love Actually. (2003, M) 11.45 The Top 100 Video Games Of All Time. 12.40am Tamara’s World. 1.35 One Night With My Ex. 2.30 Monster Croc Wrangler. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Two And A Half Men. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Middle. 9.00 Neighbours. 11.30 Charmed. 1.30pm The Neighborhood. 2.30 Man With A Plan. 3.30 Saturday Night Takeaway UK. (Premiere) 5.00 The Middle. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.00 Friends. 10.00 Man With A Plan. 11.30 2 Broke Girls. 12.30am Mom. 2.30 Charmed. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 The Brady Bunch.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 4pm ABC News. 4.30 ABC News Regional. (Final) 5.00 ABC News. 5.30 World This Week. (Final) 6.00 ABC News Weekend. 6.30 Foreign Correspondent. 7.00 ABC News Weekend. 7.40 Drum Beat. (Final) 8.00 ABC News Weekend. 8.30 The Brief. 9.00 ABC News Weekend. 9.30 Stan Grant’s One Plus One. 10.00 ABC News. 10.25 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Indian Kitchen. 2.00 Late Nite Eats. 3.00 Secret Meat Business. 4.00 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food. 4.30 Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Christmas. 5.35 Easy Christmas Countdown. 6.35 Road Trip For Good. 7.05 Palisa Anderson’s Water Heart Food. 7.35 Cook Like An Italian. 8.05 Heart And Soul. 8.35 Rick Stein: From Venice To Istanbul. 9.45 Born To Cook. 10.10 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. Highlights. 3.00 Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. Highlights. 3.30 Bowls. SA Super League. Replay. 4.00 Football. Monsoon AFL. Replay. 5.45 African News. 6.00 APTN National News. 6.30 Art + Soul. 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.35 Hip Hop Evolution. 8.35 Nat King Cole: Afraid Of The Dark. 10.15 Songs From The Inside. 10.45 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Restored. 10.00 Fixer Upper. 11.00 Maine Cabin Masters. Noon House Hunters Reno. 1.00 Beach Hunters. 2.00 House Hunters. 2.30 Texas Flip And Move. 3.30 Fixer Upper. 4.30 Open Homes Australia. 5.30 House Hunters. 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 You Live In What? 8.30 Making It Home With Kortney And Dave. 9.30 My Lottery Dream Home. 10.30 Flip Or Flop. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Gameday Live. 9.00 Outsiders US. (Premiere) 10.00 Outsiders US. 11.00 News. Noon News. 1.00 Fox Sports News. 2.00 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Fox Sports News. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Best Of Sharri. 7.00 Best Of Chris Smith & Friends. 8.00 Best Of In My View. 9.00 The Death Of The Aussie Larrikin? 10.00 NewsNight. 11.00 Late Programs.

MONDAY, December 21 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 News. 10.00 Miniseries: Howards End. (R) 11.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Gruen. (Final, R) 1.35 Squinters. (Mls, R) 2.00 Maggie Beer In Japan. (R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.30 Back Roads. (PG, R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 This Week. 7.30 WorldWatch. 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 Al Jazeera. 2.00 Pope: The Most Powerful Man In History. (Msv, R) 2.45 Restaurant SOS. (PG, R) 3.35 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 4.35 The Supervet. (PGa, R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Spirit Of Christmas. (2015, PGav, R) 2.00 Pre-Game Show. 3.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 5. Afternoon session. (Please note: alternative schedule may be shown due to changes to cricket coverage). 5.00 The Lunch Break. 5.40 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 5. Late afternoon session.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Four Christmases And A Wedding. (2017, G) 2.00 Bondi Vet: Coast To Coast. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 GCBC. (R) 11.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGad, R) 1.00 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg. (PG, R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Inside The Children’s Hospital. (PG) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 Bold. (PG, R) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 6.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 8.00 Stan Grant’s One Plus One. 8.30 Australia Remastered. 9.30 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip. (R) 10.15 Tomorrow Tonight. (PG, R) 10.45 ABC Late News. 11.05 Harrow. (Mav, R) 11.55 No Offence. (Malsv, R) 12.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.55 Griff’s Great Australian Rail Trip. (R) 3.45 No Offence. (Malsv, R) 4.35 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 5.05 Miniseries: Howards End. (R)

6.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Inside Monaco: Playground Of The Rich. (PG) 8.40 Inside Harrods At Christmas. (PG) 9.30 24 Hours In Emergency. (Ma, R) 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Agent Hamilton. (Malsv, R) 11.45 Outlander. (MA15+alv, R) 1.55 The Wine Show. (PG, R) 4.50 Food Safari Fire: Bitesize. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 5. Late afternoon session. 7.40 Test Cricket: Tea Break. Takes a look at the day of play so far in the First Test between Australia and India. 8.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 5. Evening session. 10.30 Station 19. (Ma) Travis serves as acting captain. 11.30 Criminal Confessions: Belmont County, Ohio. (Mlv, R) 12.30 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Gold Coast Cops. (Md) 8.00 Driving Test. (PGl) 8.30 MOVIE: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull. (2008, Mv, R) 10.55 Nine News Late. 11.25 Generation X. (Ma) 12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (Ms, R) Leonard’s mother pays a visit. 8.00 MOVIE: Miss Congeniality. (2000, Mv, R) An FBI agent goes undercover in a beauty pageant. Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine. 10.15 MOVIE: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed And Fabulous. (2005, Mv, R) Sandra Bullock. 12.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 The Project. (R) 3.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 8.50 The Office. 9.45 The Young Offenders. 10.20 Detectorists. 10.50 Hang Ups. 11.15 Stath Lets Flats. 11.40 Arj Barker: Get In My Head. 12.40am Green Wing. 1.35 The IT Crowd. 1.55 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. 2.45 News Update. 2.50 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Gymnastics. 2020 FIG Trampoline World Cup. H’lights. 1.30 All Aboard The Canal Trip. 3.45 WorldWatch. 4.10 This Week. 5.05 Climate Crisis: Make The World Greta. 5.40 The Joy Of Painting. 6.10 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.25 Nude. 10.15 Sex In Strange Places: Stacey Dooley. 11.15 Kolchak: The Night Stalker. 12.15am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Travel Oz. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Adventure All Stars. 11.30 Better Homes And Gardens. 1pm My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Foyle’s War. 10.40 Killer Tapes. 11.50 World’s Most Amazing Videos. 12.50am Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz Direct. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Death In Paradise. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Lady Killers. (1955, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Grantchester: Christmas Special. 9.00 DCI Banks. 11.00 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 The Doctors. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Mission: Impossible. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Mission: Impossible. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Law & Order: SVU. 11.15 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs. 5.05pm Secret Life Of Boys. 5.25 Spirit Riding Free. 6.00 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 6.30 MOVIE: The Boy In The Dress. (2014) 7.35 Horrible Histories. 8.10 Wallace And Gromit: A Grand Day Out. 8.40 The Demon Headmaster. 9.05 Almost Never. 9.35 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 10.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.20 Rage. 11.00 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Straight Story. Continued. (1999, PG) 7.30 A United Kingdom. (2016, PG) 9.35 Florence Foster Jenkins. (2016, PG) 11.40 Death Defying Acts. (2007, PG) 1.25pm Ernest & Celestine. (2012, PG) 2.55 Kundun. (1997, PG) 5.25 Romeo And Juliet. (2013, PG) 7.35 Far From Men. (2014, M, French) 9.30 Beats. (2019, MA15+) 11.30 Happy End. (2017, M) 1.30am Late Programs. 5.40 Howard Lovecraft. (2016, PG)

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Armchair Experts: NFL Edition. Noon Outback Truckers. 1.00 Bottom Feeders. 2.00 Highway Thru Hell. 3.00 MXTV. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Storage Wars Canada. 4.30 Outback Truckers. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia v India. Day 5. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 SAS UK. (Final) 8.30 MOVIE: Winchester. (2018, M) 10.45 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon American Ninja Warrior. 1.45 Children’s Programs. 2.00 The A-Team. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Quantum Leap. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. (2000, M) 9.40 MOVIE: Another 48 Hrs. (1990, M) 11.40 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 12.40am After The Raves. 1.40 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn. 8.00 Friends. 10.00 Cheers. 10.30 Charmed. 11.30 WIN News. 12.30pm Rules Of Engagement. 1.30 King Of Queens. 2.30 Carol’s Second Act. 3.00 Raymond. 4.00 Saturday Night Takeaway UK. 5.10 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 Two And A Half Men. 11.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 ABC Late News. 10.30 Aust Story. 11.00 ABC Nightly News. 11.30 Back Roads. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 Stan Grant’s One Plus One. 1.00 ABC News Overnight. 1.10 Four Corners. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1.40pm Cooks Cape Town. 2.05 Outback Gourmet. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Just Jen. 3.30 Struggle Meals. 4.00 Cook’s Pantry. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 A Gondola On The Murray. 6.00 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 Tales From River Cottage. 7.30 Living On The Veg. 8.30 Nadia’s Family Feasts. 9.30 Asia Unplated. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Defining Moments. 2.00 Art + Soul. 3.00 Cities Of Gold. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Raven’s Quest. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Off The Grid With Pio. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 NITV News Year In Review. 10.00 On The Road. 11.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 The Healthy Cooks. 10.30 Tiny House, Big Living. 11.30 Restored. 12.30pm My Lottery Dream Home. 1.30 You Live In What? 2.30 The Block. 4.00 Bargain Mansions. 4.30 House Hunters. 5.00 Making It Home With Kortney And Dave. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 8.30 Fixer Upper. 9.30 Christina On The Coast. (Premiere) 10.30 Flipping Virgins. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Headline News. 8.30 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Summer Agenda. 11.00 Summer Agenda. Noon Summer Agenda. 1.00 Summer Agenda. 2.00 WIN News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Afternoon Agenda. 5.00 News. 6.00 NewsNight. 7.00 Fox Sports News. 7.30 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Inside The News. 9.00 Paul Murray Live: Our Town. 10.00 Chris Smith Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, December 22 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 News. 10.00 Miniseries: Howards End. (R) 11.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL Pagan Holiday Special. (Ma, R) 2.00 Lucy Worsley’s Christmas Carol Odyssey. (R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.30 Back Roads. (R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 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 Pope: The Most Powerful Man In History. (R) 2.50 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 3.25 Nigella: The Cook Who Made Me. (R) 4.25 The Search For The Last Supper. (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Angels In The Snow. (2015, PGa, R) 2.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. (R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: The Christmas Consultant. (2012, PGa) 2.00 Bondi Vet: Coast To Coast. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 GCBC. (R) 11.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGad, R) 1.00 Jamie’s Quick & Easy Food. (R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Inside The Children’s Hospital. (PGa) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 Bold. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 6.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 8.00 Outback Ringer. (Final, PG) 8.35 Mystify Michael Hutchence. (Mal, R) 10.10 The Queen’s Green Planet. (R) 11.00 Christmas Sounds Better This Year. (R) 12.00 ABC Late News. 12.15 Ho Ho Ho! Telling Christmas Tales. (PG, R) 1.10 No Offence. (Final, MA15+alv, R) 2.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.55 Grand Designs. (Final, R) 3.45 No Offence. (Final, MA15+alv, R) 4.35 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 5.00 Miniseries: Howards End. (R)

6.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PG, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 Great British Railway Journeys. (PG) 8.35 Inside Aldi At Christmas. (PG) 9.25 Drink Wars: Coca-Cola Vs Pepsi. (PGad, R) 10.20 SBS World News Late. 10.50 Why We Hate. (M) 11.40 The A Word. (Mals) 12.50 The Pier. (MA15+adn, R) 1.50 Life Drawing UK. (Mn, R) 4.00 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R) Narrated by Grant Bowler. 7.30 MOVIE: Wonder Woman. (2017, Mav, R) An Amazonian princess tries to end a war. Gal Gadot, Chris Pine. 10.20 Chicago Fire. (Ma) Casey and Severide disagree on a call. 11.25 The Goldbergs. (PG, R) Pops gives Barry advice on how to be cool. 12.00 Grey’s Anatomy. (Mad, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 20 To One. (Mlsv, R) 8.30 Kath & Kim. (PGl, R) Sharon takes a shine to Kel’s best friend. 9.40 Hamish & Andy’s Euro Gap Year. (PG, R) Hamish and Andy travel across Europe. 10.40 Nine News Late. 11.10 The First 48. (Mav, R) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PGs, R) The girls spend a night on the town. 8.00 MOVIE: RED 2. (2013, Mlv, R) A retired spy tracks down a nuclear device. Bruce Willis, John Malkovich. 10.15 MOVIE: The Lincoln Lawyer. (2011, Malsv, R) A sleazy lawyer represents a wealthy client. Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei. 12.40 WIN’s All Australian News. 1.40 The Project. (R) 2.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 3.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC COMEDY (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Insert Name Here. 9.00 Ghosts. 9.35 Upstart Crow. 10.15 I’m Alan Partridge. 11.15 Frontline. 11.40 Hang Ups. 12.05am Stath Lets Flats. 12.30 Green Wing. 1.20 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.45 Detectorists. 2.15 QI: Christmas Special. 2.45 News Update. 2.50 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Gymnastics. 2020 American Cup FIG Individual All-Around World Cup. H’lights. 1.30 All Aboard The Country Bus. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 United In Tears: The Oatlands Tragedy. 5.40 The Joy Of Painting. (Final) 6.10 Alone. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Escaping Polygamy. 9.20 The 2000s. 10.10 Locked Up Abroad. 11.05 Escorts. 11.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Sydney Weekender. 12.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movies. 1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Christmas With The Salvos. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 4.30 The Real Seachange. 5.00 Under The Hammer. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.55 Antiques Roadshow. 3.25 MOVIE: Sands Of The Desert. (1960) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 Call The Midwife. 10.20 Christmas At Chatsworth House. 11.20 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Mission: Impossible. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Mission: Impossible. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 CSI: Miami. 10.25 Elementary. 12.15am Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs. 6.55 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 7.40 Wishfart! 7.55 Miraculous. 5.35pm So Awkward. 6.00 School Of Rock. 6.30 MOVIE: The Son Of Bigfoot. (2017, PG) 8.05 Wallace And Gromit: The Wrong Trousers. 8.35 The Demon Headmaster. 9.05 Almost Never. 9.35 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 10.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.20 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30am Slugterra.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Howard Lovecraft. Continued. (2016, PG) 7.15 Ernest & Celestine. (2012, PG) 8.45 Death Defying Acts. (2007, PG) 10.30 Kundun. (1997, PG) 1pm The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 3.00 Fame. (2009, PG) 5.15 Loving. (2016, PG) 7.30 Churchill. (2017, M) 9.30 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 11.20 Far From Men. (2014, M, French) 1.15am Happy End. (2017, M) 3.15 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Outback Truckers. 2.00 Highway Thru Hell. 3.00 Mine Kings. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Road Hauks. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.00 Motorway Patrol. 8.30 Full Custom Garage. 9.30 Counting Cars. 10.30 Leepu And Pitbull. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon American Ninja Warrior. 1.45 Children’s Programs. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Quantum Leap. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch. (2018) 9.15 MOVIE: Bad Santa. (2003, MA15+) 11.15 The Nanny. 11.45 Baywatch. 12.40am Visions Of Greatness. 1.45 Peaking. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Raymond. 10.00 Cheers. 10.30 Charmed. 11.30 WIN News. 12.30pm Rules Of Engagement. 1.30 King Of Queens. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Raymond. 4.00 Saturday Night Takeaway UK. 5.10 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 10.00 Mom. 11.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 ABC Late News. 10.30 Aust Story. 11.00 ABC Nightly News. 11.30 Back Roads. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 One Plus One. 1.00 ABC News Overnight. 1.10 Four Corners. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Outback Gourmet. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Just Jen. 3.30 Struggle Meals. 4.00 Cook’s Pantry. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 A Gondola On The Murray. 6.00 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 Tales From River Cottage. 7.30 Food Safari. 8.00 Indian Food Made Easy. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Seafood Odyssey. 9.05 Luke’s Vietnam. 9.35 Asia Unplated. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Defining Moments. 2.00 Game Of Bros. 2.30 Water Is Life. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Off The Grid With Pio. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 Treaty. 7.30 Red Chef Revival. 8.00 The Casketeers. 8.30 Superstition. 9.20 Songlines On Screen. 9.30 Hunting Aotearoa. 10.00 Football. Monsoon AFL. 11.45 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Louisiana Flip N Move. Noon House Hunters. 1.00 Flipping Virgins. 2.00 Fixer Upper. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Bargain Mansions. 4.30 House Hunters. 5.00 Christina On The Coast. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Our Yorkshire Farm. 8.30 Escape To The Chateau. 9.30 Building Off The Grid. 10.30 Maine Cabin Masters. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Summer Agenda. 11.00 Summer Agenda. Noon Summer Agenda. 1.00 Summer Agenda. 2.00 WIN News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Chris Smith Tonight. 5.00 News. 6.00 NewsNight. 7.00 Fox Sports News. 7.30 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Inside The News. 9.00 Paul Murray Live: Our Town. 10.00 Chris Smith Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

WEDNESDAY, December 23 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 News. 10.00 Miniseries: Howards End. (R) 11.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Christmas Sounds Better This Year. (R) 2.00 The Queen’s Green Planet. (R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.30 Back Roads. (R) 5.00 Escape From The City. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 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 Pope: The Most Powerful Man In History. (Mav, R) 2.50 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 3.25 Greetings From Planet Smurf. (PG, R) 4.30 The Monopoly Story. (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: A Kiwi Christmas. (2017, PGl, R) 2.00 Funniest Cutest Kittens Ever. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: My Christmas Prince. (2017, PGa) 2.00 Bondi Vet: Coast To Coast. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 GCBC. (R) 11.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Inside The Children’s Hospital. (PG) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 Sammy J’s 2020 Dumpster Fire Spectacular. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Hard Quiz Kids Special. 8.00 The Yearly With Charlie Pickering 2020. 9.00 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat: Christmas Special. 10.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? (PG, R) 10.30 QI. (Ms, R) 11.00 ABC Late News. 11.20 Score: A Film Music Documentary. (Mv, R) 12.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.00 Score: A Film Music Documentary. (Mv, R) 4.35 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 5.00 Miniseries: Howards End. (R)

6.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (PGa, R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 London’s Great Bridges: Lighting The Thames. (PG) 8.30 Secrets Of Britain. (Mv, R) 9.30 Miniseries: The Sister. (M) 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 24 Hours In Emergency. (Mad, R) 11.55 Vikings. (MA15+v, R) 1.40 MOVIE: Ismael’s Ghost. (2017, MA15+lnv, R) 4.00 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. Joh and Pete check out a stylish home only accessible by boat. Fast Ed shows you how to make a great Christmas ham. 7.30 Carols In The Domain. (PG) Coverage of Carols In The Domain from Aware Super Theatre, Sydney. 10.00 MOVIE: Vegas Vacation. (1997, PGs, R) The Griswold family heads to Las Vegas. Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo. 12.00 Code Black. (Ma, R) 1.00 Home Shopping. 5.00 Seven Early News. 5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Paramedics. (Mm, R) 8.30 The InBetween. (Mav) Tom and Damien track a mysterious killer. 9.30 Chicago Med. (MA15+m) 10.30 Nine News Late. 11.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (Mav, R) 11.50 World’s Wildest Weather. (PG, R) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition. 5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news. 7.30 The Big Bang Theory. (PG, R) Sheldon goes home to Texas. 8.00 Jamie: Easy Meals At Christmas. Tips and advice for the Christmas season. 9.00 MOVIE: Jack Reacher. (2012, Mlv, R) A former US Army military police officer investigates the shooting of five innocent civilians by a sniper. Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike. 11.40 The Masked Singer USA. 1.40 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 3.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC COMEDY (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 The IT Crowd. 8.55 Rosehaven. 9.20 Would I Lie To You? 9.55 Frontline. 10.25 Daniel Muggleton: Let’s Never Hang Out. 11.15 The Thick Of It. 11.45 Hang Ups. 12.10am Stath Lets Flats. 12.35 Green Wing. 1.25 QI. 2.00 Catherine Tate Christmas Special. 2.35 News Update. 2.40 Close. 5.00 Five Minutes More. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon Gymnastics. 2020 American Cup FIG Individual All-Around World Cup. 1.35 MOVIE: Electric Dreams. (1984, PG) 3.20 The Movie Show. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Megafactories. 6.10 Travel Man: 96 Hours In Jordan. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Last Year Of Television 2020 Special. 9.30 MOVIE: Get On Up. (2014, M) Midnight Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon Creek To Coast. 12.30 Weekender. 1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 4.30 The Real Seachange. 5.00 Under The Hammer. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Coroner. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Jonathan Creek. 1am Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo. 7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.55 Antiques Roadshow. 3.25 MOVIE: Carry On Cleo. (1964, PG) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 As Time Goes By. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 Silent Witness. 12.10am Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Mission: Impossible. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Mission: Impossible. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 12.10am Shopping. 2.10 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15 SheZow. 7.30 The Oddbods Show: The Festive Menace. 7.55 Miraculous. 5.40pm The Next Step. 6.30 MOVIE: Blinky Bill: The Movie. (2015) 8.10 Wallace And Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death. 8.40 The Demon Headmaster. 9.05 Almost Never. 9.35 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 10.00 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 10.20 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.40am Atomic Puppet.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Three Musketeers. Continued. (1973, PG) 6.55 Kundun. (1997, PG) 9.25 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 11.15 Fame. (2009, PG) 1.30pm Romeo And Juliet. (2013, PG) 3.40 Wildwitch. (2018, PG, Danish) 5.35 Viceroy’s House. (2017, PG) 7.35 Eye In The Sky. (2015, M) 9.30 Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story. (2018, MA15+, Spanish) 11.40 Paradise Now. (2005, M, Arabic) 1.20am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Outback Truckers. 1.00 Bottom Feeders. 2.00 Highway Thru Hell. 3.00 Goldfathers. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Outback Truckers. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 8.30 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Golden Boy. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon American Ninja Warrior. 1.45 Children’s Programs. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Quantum Leap. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Arthur Christmas. (2011) 9.30 MOVIE: Four Holidays. (2008, M) 11.15 The Nanny. 11.45 Baywatch. 12.40am Amplified. 1.10 Liquid Science. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 ABC Late News. 10.25 Aust Story. 11.00 ABC Nightly News. 11.30 Back Roads. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 One Plus One. 1.00 ABC News Overnight. 1.15 Four Corners. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Mexican Table. 3.00 Just Jen. 3.30 Struggle Meals. 4.00 Cook’s Pantry With Matt Sinclair. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 A Gondola On The Murray. 6.00 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 Tales From River Cottage. 7.30 My Swedish Kitchen. 8.00 Italian Food Safari. 8.30 Adam Liaw’s Road Trip For Good. 9.00 The Incredible Spice Men. 9.30 Asia Unplated. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Red Chef Revival. 1.30 Defining Moments. 2.00 Intune 08. 3.00 Cities Of Gold. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Raven’s Quest. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Off The Grid With Pio. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 Treaty. 7.30 Death Row Chronicles. 8.30 Memphis Majic. 10.00 Away From Country. 11.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Building Off The Grid. 1.00 Tiny House, Big Living. 1.30 Getaway. 2.00 Our Yorkshire Farm. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Bargain Mansions. 4.30 House Hunters. 5.00 Escape To The Chateau. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Barnwood Builders. 8.30 Good Bones. 9.30 Beach Around The World. 10.30 Beach Hunters. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Headline News. 8.30 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 Summer Agenda. 11.00 Summer Agenda. Noon Summer Agenda. 1.00 Summer Agenda. 2.00 WIN News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Chris Smith Tonight. 5.00 News. 6.00 NewsNight. 7.00 Fox Sports News. 7.30 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Inside The News. 9.00 Paul Murray Live: Our Town. 10.00 Chris Smith Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

THURSDAY, December 24 ABC (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 Rage Christmas Eve. (PG) 7.00 News. 10.00 Howards End. (PG, R) 11.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 12.00 News. 1.00 Hard Quiz Kids Special. (R) 1.30 QI. (Ms, R) 2.00 Would I Lie To You At Christmas? (PG, R) 2.30 The Cook And The Chef: Christmas Special. (R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 3.55 The Heights. (PG, R) 4.25 Back Roads. (PG, R) 4.55 Escape From The City. (R) 5.50 Worzel Gummidge. (PG)

6.00 WorldWatch. 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 Pope: The Most Powerful Man In History. (PG, R) 2.50 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 3.25 Destination Flavour Christmas. (R) 4.25 Rick Stein’s Christmas Odyssey. (R) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Finding Father Christmas. (2016, G, R) 2.00 Cutest Ever Puppy Party. (PG, R) 3.00 The Chase. (R) 4.00 Seven News At 4. 5.00 The Chase Australia. (R)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra Summer. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Snowed Inn Christmas. (2017, PGa) 2.00 Bondi Vet: Coast To Coast. (PGm, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News. 5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.00 Dr Phil. (PG, R) 1.00 Emmylou’s Christmas Table. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Inside The Children’s Hospital. (PGm) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 Left Off The Map. 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG) 4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG, R) 5.00 10 News First.

7.00 ABC News. 7.30 Spicks And Specks Reunion Special. (PG, R) 8.30 Would I Lie To You? 9.00 QI. (PG) 9.35 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL Pagan Holiday Special. (Ma, R) 10.35 Sammy J’s 2020 Dumpster Fire Spectacular. (PG, R) 11.35 ABC Late News. 11.50 The Royal Variety Performance 2019. (PG, R) 1.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.10 American Valhalla. (Ml, R) 4.35 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 5.00 Miniseries: Howards End. (PG, R)

6.00 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. (R) 6.30 SBS World News. 7.30 A LEGO Brickumentary. (PG, R) 9.15 MOVIE: Professor Marston And The Wonder Women. (2017, MA15+ns) 11.10 24 Hours In Police Custody. (Madlv, R) 12.10 The Chocolate Factory: Inside Cadbury Australia. (R) 3.20 Celtic Woman: A Celebration. (R) 4.25 Great British Railway Journeys. (R) 5.00 CGTN English News. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News. 6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30. 7.00 The Secret World Of Toys At Christmas. (PG) A look at some of the biggest names in toys. 8.00 MOVIE: Elf. (2003, PGal, R) A man raised as an elf at Santa’s North Pole home embarks on a journey to find his biological father. Will Ferrell, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen. 10.00 MOVIE: Fred Claus. (2007, PGalv, R) Santa Claus’ cranky older brother comes to stay with him at the North Pole. Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti. 12.30 Home Shopping. 4.00 NBC Today.

6.00 NBN News. 7.00 A Current Affair. 7.30 Christmas With Delta. (PG, R) A Christmas concert celebration with Delta Goodrem from the Sydney Opera House. 8.00 Carols By Candlelight. (PG) From Sidney Myer Music Bowl. 11.00 Greatest Christmas Commercials. (PG, R) 11.50 MOVIE: The Jazz Singer. (1980, G, R) Neil Diamond. 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics. 7.30 The Living Room. (Final) Amanda Keller, Dr Chris Brown, Barry Du Bois and Miguel Maestre share tips on how to prepare for Christmas. 8.30 To Be Advised. 9.30 Blue Bloods. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news. 1.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

ABC COMEDY (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 6.25pm To Be Advised. 6.35 Children’s Programs. 7.15 Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Hard Quiz Kids Special. 9.00 Mock The Week. 9.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL Pagan Holiday Special. 10.30 Live At The Apollo. 11.15 Insert Name Here. 11.50 Ghosts. 12.20am Green Wing. (Final) 1.50 The Office. 2.40 News Update. 2.45 Close. 5.00 Grandpa Honeyant. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon RocKwiz: Christmas Special. 1.30 RocKwiz. 3.00 Indian Wedding Race. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.15 Megafactories. 6.15 Travel Man: Rebel Wilson In Florence. 7.10 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 MOVIE: Rurouni Kenshin. (2012, MA15+) 11.45 The Longest Day In Chang’an. 12.35am MOVIE: Krampus. (2015, M) 2.20 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. Noon Reno Rookie. 12.30 Christmas With The Salvos. 1.00 My Greek Odyssey. 2.00 Harry’s Practice. 2.30 Million Dollar Minute. 3.30 Creek To Coast. 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens Summer. 4.30 The Real Seachange. 5.00 Under The Hammer. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 9.30 One Lane Bridge. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon As Time Goes By. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.10 MOVIE: Let’s Be Happy. (1957) 5.20 Heartbeat. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 9.30 The First 48. 10.30 The Price Of Duty. 11.30 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Mission: Impossible. 11.00 Jake And The Fatman. Noon MacGyver. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Mission: Impossible. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 Diagnosis Murder. 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 SEAL Team. 11.30 Late Programs.

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6.20am Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 6.45 Spirit Riding Free. 7.10 Odd Squad. 7.55 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. 5.25pm Miraculous World: New York, United Heroez. 6.30 MOVIE: Ballerina. (2016) 8.05 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. 8.30 Hank Zipzer. 8.55 Almost Never. 9.25 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. 9.50 Camp Lakebottom. 10.10 Rage. 11.10 Close. 5.30am Scream Street.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Fame. Continued. (2009, PG) 7.15 Wildwitch. (2018, PG, Danish) 9.10 The Three Musketeers. (1973, PG) 11.10 Viceroy’s House. (2017, PG) 1.10pm Loving. (2016, PG) 3.25 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 5.15 The Fifth Element. (1997, PG) 7.30 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. (2000, M, Mandarin) 9.45 Billy Elliot. (2000, M) 11.50 Late Programs. 5.45am Viceroy’s House. (2017, PG)

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Outback Truckers. 1.00 Bottom Feeders. 2.00 Highway Thru Hell. 3.00 Goldfathers. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Outback Truckers. 5.30 Storage Wars: Texas. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.30 MOVIE: Open Water 3: Cage Dive. (2017, MA15+) 10.15 MOVIE: 28 Days Later. (2002, MA15+) 12.45am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Dance Moms. Noon American Ninja Warrior. 1.45 Children’s Programs. 2.00 Malcolm. 3.00 The Six Million Dollar Man. 4.00 Quantum Leap. 5.00 Knight Rider. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Mean Girls. (2004, M) 9.30 MOVIE: How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days. (2003, PG) 11.50 The Nanny. 12.20am Baywatch. 1.15 Xtreme Collxtion. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Charmed. 7.00 Dr Quinn. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Raymond. 10.00 Cheers. 10.30 Charmed. 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News. 12.30pm Rules Of Engagement. 1.30 The King Of Queens. 2.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Saturday Night Takeaway UK. 5.10 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 ABC Late News. 10.25 Aust Story. 11.00 ABC Nightly News. 11.30 Back Roads. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.30 One Plus One. 1.00 ABC News Overnight. 1.15 Four Corners. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.05pm Outback Gourmet. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Plat Du Tour. 3.30 Struggle Meals. 4.00 Cook’s Pantry With Matt Sinclair. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 A Gondola On The Murray. 6.00 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 Tales From River Cottage. 7.30 Weekend Breaks With Gregg Wallace. 8.30 May’s Kitchen. 9.00 Food Heroes. 9.35 Asia Unplated. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Defining Moments. 2.00 Away From Country. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.55 Raven’s Quest. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Move It Mob Style. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Off The Grid With Pio. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 Treaty. 7.30 Black As. 7.40 American Soul. 8.30 MOVIE: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. (2010, M) 10.00 Through A Lens Darkly. 11.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Good Bones. Noon Barnwood Builders. 1.00 Louisiana Flip N Move. 2.00 Beach Hunters. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Bargain Mansions. 4.30 House Hunters. 5.00 Beach Around The World. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters International. 8.30 Fixer Upper. 9.30 Fixer To Fabulous. 10.30 Raising House. (Premiere) 11.30 Late Programs.

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NEW CBD FAMILY FAVOURITE

By Alexis Galloway The dust had well and truly settled by the time a sold sign went up at the previous Tommy’s Tavern venue on Molesworth Street in Lismore’s CBD – earlier this year. After three years of its doors to experience a fresh take on family meals with the opening of

The Sherwood Hotel. Run by brothers John and Phil Elsley, who have given the Northern Rivers Times a glimpse inside the newly transformed destination, offering something ‘a bit different’. John said the venue was discovered after an extensive search and was chosen for ideal location, expansive size and what it had to offer locals.

“We had been looking for a long time to purchase a venue freehold and we just love the area, the whole Northern Rivers is great plus the venue space is right and it is a good structure. The other reason was, we felt there was an opening in the market for a pub that offered a good bar, but also a nice place for families to go out and have a meal.

“We will be focussed on good food with Australian craft beer at the bar, out the back a familyfriendly restaurant with a play area, gelato bar, function room with a courtyard for events or birthdays and 10 rooms upstairs for accommodation,” he said. Since starting in the pub business eight years ago, the experienced brothers have starting out in the East Coast of NSW – including The Blind Munk, El’ Chapo, Babylon and Whistlers. “We have four other venues in Newcastle which are all different. One is a whiskey bar with the largest range of whiskey

outside of Sydney. We are also known for our cocktails. One of another won second place in the Newcastle area,” he said. As the year comes to a close, the duo is keen to open the doors of The Sherwood featuring a retro mid-century décor either before Christmas or early 2021. The venue opening comes with other exciting changes in the Lismore CBD, including the Laneways Project initiated by the Lismore City Council which aims to revitalize the inner-city unique lane ways in collaboration with the local community and business owners.

Let's go local! Come in, feel the magic and stay a li'l while. Take a CBD stroll for some Christmas or window shopping or grab a bite. Eat in or go alfresco, smile and say Merry Christmas to a passer by ! Here are just some of the LOCALS who will be open. LCCI - Supporting all business in 2480

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46 REAL ESTATE New Listing

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This renovated brick home located minutes to town is currently tenanted. A truly & additional studio, a perfect place for an older teenager or home business.

A homeware, gift and clothing boutique located in country NSW town of Casino showing constant business surviving drought, bushfires and Covid. Current owners hard work now provides a simple business to run in a friendly environment.

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Extensive range of homewares, fashion, jewellery etc Loyal local clientele plus 7 large inviting windows to encourage tourist patronage

Polished hardwood flooring, new wiring, plumbing, plaster & paint throughout

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Byron Supper Club brings a taste of Broadway to the Shire says Michael. If you’ve ever loved The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables or Moulin Rouge, this is your chance to experience musical theatre at its grandest and most intimate. For three nights only, the Byron Theatre will transform into Byron Supper Club, with cabaret style tables replacing traditional theatre

WE all know Byron Bay as a unique and highly desirable tourist destination. The region as a whole offers a vast array of world-class entertainment options and it is about to add another string to its bow - highend theatre. Michael Cormick is an internationally renowned singer and actor with a diverse career throughout Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe. His leading roles include The Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast, The Woman in White, and many more. Michael brings this wealth of experience as he embarks on his new role as artistic director of Byron Supper Club. Inspired by Broadway, the show will premiere on Thursday 7 January with two more shows on Friday 8 and Saturday 9. “Byron Supper Club is a truly unique theatrical experience. It is completely different to anything Byron has seen before. A rare opportunity to dress up and enjoy a glamorous night out at the theatre,”

pop-up shows over three hours in an elegant supper club setting. Expect the unexpected in this submersive, intimate theatre experience. “I love the live element of performing in a theatre. It’s an immediate exchange between the performer and the audience,” says Michael. “I have been a performer all my life, and have experienced this in many forms in lead roles across London, New York, Paris, Italy and at home here in Australia, but to be in such an intimate setting makes this truly special.” West End star Michael draws on his extensive theatre experience as he presents some of Australia’s most iconic musical theatre stars, along with Byron’s best local talent. Michael leads a world-class cast, with musical theatre icons Rachael Beck (Cats, Beauty and the Beast, Les Misérables), Blake Bowden (The Book of Mormon, Fiddler on the Roof) and Graeme Isaako (Aladdin). They are joined by soul powerhouse Lisa Hunt and jazz ensemble the Sharny Russell Trio. “The audience can expect a night of incredible entertainment. Music all night and theatrical extravaganzas that pop up throughout the evening. Also, the luxury of table service and, of course, our Taste of Byron supper platters, full of delicious local produce,” says Michael. Enjoy a spectacular theatre show with family or friends around the central circular stage, or an intimate night out at a table for two with wonderful views from the Balcony. EVENT DETAILS Thursday 7th, Friday 8th and Saturday 9th January 2021. 7pm, Byron Theatre, Tickets $120/pp. Book a table of 2, 4 or 6

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School Holidays

WORKSHOPS

PIANORAMA FOR BEGINNERS OUR Pianorama class for small groups is the perfect introduction to piano and musicianship. This course will run over two weeks and students will learn up to 6 piano pieces to start them on their journey with piano. Classes combine a range of activities including percussion and musical games to keep the lesson fun and holistic. This short course is a perfect Pianorama taster and students may continue their tuition into the school term. This short course is delivered by ISM (International School of Music) in partnership with Resonator Music. DANCE LATINO, SALSA CLASS Let’s join us for salsa Classes, with a Latin American teacher. Joaquin will get you dancing quickly and enjoying yourself on the

partner required. SPECIAL OFFER: The 4-week course for $90 TUNE AND SET UP YOUR DRUM KIT James Pattugalan will take you through every step of how to put a drum set together, and give you various tips on the best drum set up for your playing type. In this Master Class, you will learn how to build a drum kit, install the heads, assembling hardware, setting up the drum shells, assemble the cymbals, recognized the hardware for your personal drum kit, and tuning up. Book your workshop online www.resonatormusic.com/ tuition/workshops RESONATOR MUSIC is conveniently located in the Ballina Homemaker Centre with free parking, plenty of shops and cafes close by.

PIANORAMA FOR BEGINNERS AGE, TIMES & PRICES 5 - 7 yrs Monday 4th and 18th January 2021 45 mins 10:30AM $52 6 - 8 yrs Tuesday 5th and 19th January 2021 45 mins 10:30AM $52 5 - 7 yrs Wednesday 6th and 13th January 2021 45 mins 10:30AM $52 8 -10 yrs Thursday 7th and 14th January 2021 45 mins 10:30AM $52

DANCE LATINO, SALSA CLASS. TIMES & PRICES 15 Years an Over Tuesday, 5 January 2021 1 hour 5:00PM $25 Tuesday, 12 January 2021 1 hour 5:00PM $25 Tuesday, 19 January 2021 1 hour 5:00PM $25 Tuesday, 26 January 2021 1 hour 5:00PM $25

TUNE AND SET UP YOUR DRUM KIT. ALL AGES Monday, 21 December 2020 1 hour 4:00PM $42 Friday, 15 January 2021 1 hour 10:30AM $42

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Educating Rita set to return to stage 2020 ARCHIBALD PRIZE

COMING TO TWEED REGIONAL GALLERY Archibald Prize 2020 finalist Angus McDonald, Behrouz Boochani, oil on canvas, 160 x 230 cm the artist. Photo: AGNSW, Mim Stirling. Sitter: Behrouz Boochani - author, journalist, artist, academic.

THE Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre is proud Lismore Theatre Company is proud to announce that Educating Rita is back in rehearsal ready to open its 2021 season. Pictured are Elyse Dallinger (Rita) and Gray Wilson (Frank). ASSOCIATE director Kylie Fuad is collaborating with director David Addenbrooke to work with the two actors Elyse Dallinger (Rita) and Gray Wilson (Frank) to bring Educating Rita to the Rochdale Theatre, Goonellabah in February 2021. “David, who hasn’t been very well, asked me to step in so I’m thrilled to bring his vision to the stage with my own touches,” Kylie said. “It’s so good to work with Elyse and Gray once again as they dust off their scripts after such a long break.” This much loved play was planned to open in March 2020 when Covid restrictions came into force and all LTC shows for the year were cancelled. Like many theatres, LTC’s Rochdale Theatre has been in darkness for all of 2020 so the company is very keen to get back on stage. “It was always intended that Educating Rita would open our season when the theatre resumed shows. We just didn’t expect it would be a whole year’s wait. We’ve all missed performing so much!” LTC president Sharon Brodie said. “We are grateful to Lismore City Council for waiving our rent but

many other costs such as insurance, electricity, security and maintenance continue during this year of no income.” Patrons who already hold tickets for Educating Rita from earlier this year will be contacted to select their new preferred performance dates and then all new audiences bookings will make on line. LTC will maintain Covid safe practices and audiences will be limited to 75% capacity in line with current restrictions so patrons are advised to book early. There will be no tickets available at the door. There will also be new arrangements for audiences on arrival and during interval to ensure safety. “Our patrons’ health and safety is our number one goal,” Sharon Brodie said. Dates: Preview 7.30pm Thursday 11 Feb (by invitation), opening night 7.30pm 12 Feb, then 7.30pm Sat 13 Feb, and matinee 2pm Sunday 14 Feb. Additional shows: Thursday 18, Fridays 19 and 26, Saturdays 20 and 27 and Sundays 21 and 28 (closing performance).

the 2020 Archibald Prize Regional Tour following its display at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Awarded to the best portrait, ‘preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in art, letters, science or politics, painted by any artist resident in Australasia’, the Archibald Prize is a who’s who of Australian culture, from politicians to celebrities and from sporting heroes to artists. Prestigious and controversial, the Archibald Prize is Australia’s foremost portraiture prize. An open competition, the Archibald Prize is judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Entries to the Archibald Prize must be completed in the past year with at least one live sitting with the subject. Tweed Regional Gallery will host the 2020 Archibald Prize from Friday 22nd January until Sunday 7th March 2021 and the

Gallery staff are gearing up for an extraordinarily busy summer of visitation. Tweed Regional Gallery last hosted the prize in 2016, attracting thousands of visitors over its six-week display. “We’re so excited to be able to bring the Archibald Prize back to the Tweed Regional Gallery and to be the regional tour,” Gallery Director Susi Muddiman OAM said. “The tour is an opportunity to see 2020 Archibald Prize, including the winning portrait of former professional Australian rules footballer, Adam Goodes, by artist Vincent Aboriginal artist to win the Prize in its 99-year history.” “Other famous subjects include actor Magda Szubanski, chef Adam Liaw, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and Kurdish-Iranian author, journalist, artist and academic Behrouz Boochani painted by Lennox Head artist Angus McDonald.” The exhibition will be

launched with a preview event hosted by the Tweed Regional Gallery Foundation Limited on Thursday 21st January, followed by a Gallery Up Late event on Friday 22nd January 2021. People can visit the Gallery website for more information at artgallery. tweed.nsw.gov.au The 2020 Archibald Prize Regional Tour is a ticketed exhibition. Due to COVID-19 capacity restrictions, visitors will need to specify a date when booking. Tickets are: Adult: $12, Gallery Friend or Foundation Member: $7, Concession or Child 5-7 years: $8, Family (2 Adults + up to 3 Children): $30, Children under 5: Free, Bus group booking: $8 per person, School/Education group booking: $6 per person. Tickets can be purchased by visiting https:// trg-archibald.eventbrite. com.au The rest of the Gallery remains free of charge. The 2020 Archibald Prize Regional Tour is generously supported by presenting partner, ANZ.

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50 MOTORING

AUDI Q5 SPORTBACK

2021 BMW 128i HATCHBACK: FULL DETAILS

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By Ewan Kennedy AUDI will add a third crossover utility vehicle (CUV) to the Q5 Sportback early in 2021. Its sits midway between a SUV wagon and a coupé in styling. At 4690 mm, the Q5 Sportback is seven millimetres longer than the Q5 on which it is based. It has the same height (1660 mm) and width (1890 mm). The sleeker shape means the lower, at 0.30. It will be offered in two exterior styles, “advanced” and “S line”. Styling changes are in the Singleframe grille, the side air inlets and the rear bumper. The Sportback comes in a wide selection of colours and upholstery materials, including leather. There is a choice of three upholstery options for the electrically adjustable sport seats, all with embossed S logos. Contrasting stitching adorns the seats and the steering wheel; a massage function and seat ventilation are available on request. Brushed aluminium is standard for the inlays, the alternatives are two carbon designs The standard sport suspension offers direct

contact with the road. Audi also offers an alternative suspension with controlled dampers. This adjusts the ride height over a range of 60 mm. The ground clearance can be increased by as much as 45 mm when driving on unpaved roads, while the body is lowered by 15 mm when driving fast. This reduces drag while the same time. Wheel diameters range from 18 to 21 inches and there is a choice of no fewer than 21 different wheel designs. The 2.0 TDI produces torque and accelerates the CUV from 0 to 100 km/h in 7.6. A 12 V mild hybrid system (MHEV) Its belt-driven starteralternator can recover energy when decelerating and store it in a compact lithium-ion battery. The Audi Q5 Sportback 50 TDI offers 210 kW standard sprint in 5.7 seconds Audi Q5 Sportback 45 TFSI produces 195 kW does the zero to 100 km/h in 6.1 seconds. It uses a 12 V mild hybrid system. The digital Audi virtual cockpit plus with 12.3-inch display and a head-up display are standard. The

multifunction steering wheel plus enables the safe and simple operation of the most important functions and displays. The MMI navigation plus infotainment system is paired with a 10.1-inch touch display. Its natural language voice control uses the knowledge of the cloud and can be activated by saying “Hey Audi.” Many vehicle settings can be stored in and saved on the myAudi customer portal in the cloud. The myAudi app connects the car with the owner’s smartphone. Optional modules such as the Audi phone box or the Bang & Olufsen 3D Premium Sound System supplement the infotainment system. The Audi Q5 Sportback’s adaptive cruise assist can take over accelerating, decelerating and keeping in lane for the driver in many situations. The driver only has to touch the capacitive steering wheel to maintain lateral guidance. The Q5 Sportback and the SQ5 Sportback TDI are still some way off, not being expected here till the second-half of 2021. Further information on the local model range, details will be announced closer to launch.

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By Ewan Kennedy THE all-new BMW 128ti hatch will arrive in Australia early in 2021. Chief features include specially tuned M Sport suspension, A 2.0-litre engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology that generates 180kW and Since the 1960s the “TI” (later “ti”) badge has stood for “Turismo Internazionale” and indicates sporty members of the model range. The new BMW 128ti is based on the M Sport available for the BMW 1 Series. It has a distinctive front apron with sculpted air intakes. The side skirt trim and “ti” badge are red on the BMW 128ti with Storm Bay metallic, Mineral Grey metallic, Sapphire Black metallic and Alpine White paintwork. If the 128ti is ordered with the Melbourne Red metallic or Misano Blue accents and “ti” badge come in black. The window graphic surrounds feature BMW Individual high-gloss Shadow Line trim. The “128ti” badge on the

chrome The BMW 128ti has18-inch Y-spoke 553 M bi-colour light-alloy wheels designed exclusively for this model. Inside are premium materials with red accents that create a strong contrast against the black headliner. Race Red surface is used on the backrests of the Sensatec/cloth sport seats. A red “ti” is stitched into the centre armrest along with the other armrests, door panels, instrument panel and steering wheel rim and airbag cover of the standard M Sport steering wheel also have red stitching. Standard BMW 128ti also includes M door sill strips on the front door openings and M seat belts. A 9.2-inch BMW Head-Up Display will be standard on Australian imports. M Sport suspension has a 10-millimetre reduction in ride height for a lower centre of gravity and a more aggressive appearance. bars and anti-roll bar

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2020 AUSTRALIAN MACADAMIA CROP EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS AUSTRALIAN macadamia growers have produced a higher than expected 2020 crop of 46,900 tonnes in-shell at 3.5% moisture (50,300 tonnes in-shell @ 10% moisture), announced the industry’s peak body, the Australian Macadamia Society (AMS) today. The crop is higher than the original forecast. AMS Chief Burnett said the original forecast had considered the potentially harsh impacts of the 2019 drought (last year was the hottest and driest on Australian record). “Overall, Australian macadamia orchards weathered the drought conditions well, nut quality is very good and more whole kernel has been produced this year,” said Mr. Burnett. “Macadamia trees are native to Australia and have proven this year how naturally resilient they are in

number of new macadamia plantings in the Clarence Valley (NSW) and Bundaberg (QLD) regions that came into bearing this season. “The high value of the crop has ensured Australian growers have gathered every last nut from their orchards, which has increased the tail end of the harvest,” said Mr. Burnett. All growing regions performed well this season, with the Northern Rivers of

volatile weather conditions.” Mr. Burnett said sustained investment by growers in which is integral to managing soil moisture, also helped to maintain trees during the drought.

macadamia orchards has also revealed that macadamia trees rationalise available previously estimated. This is due to the tree’s clever

North coast producers to access stock water infrastructure funding LIVESTOCK owners on the North Coast will be able to access a NSW government-funded program to improve stock water access and infrastructure following a tough year in the north of the state. The Stock Water Recovery (SWR) project will improve the health of livestock across the North Coast by providing grants of up to $10,000 for livestock owners to improve stock water infrastructure such as troughs, tanks and dams. stimulus project funded by the NSW Government to stimulate the recovery of the natural environment, farming enterprises and local businesses after Louise Orr, General Manager North Coast Local Land Services, says, ‘North Coast Local Land Services has water for stock is a priority for drought. The region has gone through a lot and that while the recovery process is

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a long one, projects like this will help make it a bit easier’ said Ms Orr. Participants will also have the opportunity to attend an on-farm workshop or webinar in the new year to learn more about stock water management options. Ian Poe, Team Leader Animal Health with North Coast Local Land Services says, ‘We know it’s been a tough year for people and animals alike and these grants are a way for livestock owners to provide much-needed stock water infrastructure, increase off-stream water for livestock and improve animal health outcomes. If you are a livestock owner interested in improving your stock water infrastructure, you can check on the North Coast Local Land Services website www.lls.nsw.gov. assistance/stock-water- recovery-swrgrants. Or chat with staff by calling 1300 778 080. Grant applications are open until the

internal water management system that shuts down the tree’s stomatal pores during times of low moisture, making the tree resilient to its environment, particularly drought.” Also contributing to the

expectations, in part due to the strong performance of the region’s more mature orchards. The 2020 crop is based on actual factory receipts of the Australian Macadamia Handlers Association (AMHA) until the end of November. The AMHA represents over 90% of all the macadamia crop in Australia.

Five road trains, 360 bales of hay and a cuppa tea for Biloela producers at Christmas With nearly 70 per cent of Queensland still suffering drought, Rural Aid is bringing some much needed deliveries of hay to a community gathering in the Banana Shire next week. full of fodder arrive at Biloela Showground, farming families still experiencing the effects of drought will be invited to come together for a cuppa. Sponsored by Bushells, the catch up (Tuesday 15 December) is hosted by Rural Aid as a way to bring neighbours and communities together while a delivery of hay

is made to 20 producers in need. CEO of Rural said that while many drought-stricken parts of Australia have received rain this year, this district has had a prolonged exposure to drought. “Farms in this pocket of Queensland have had a spot of sporadic rain here and there, but make no mistake, they’re doing it tough,” Mr Warlters explained. “It’s a region that has experienced prolonged drought conditions, and the longer they drag on, the more devastating

socially, psychologically. Rural Aid will be completing a fodder drop at around 10am and farmers collecting hay as well as those in the broader region are welcome to enjoy a cuppa together. hay drop of the year, bringing the calendar year total of over 22,000 bales of hay to over 3,300 farmers in 2020. This activity is a part of Rural Aid’s Disaster Assistance program, which provides practical and essential support and resources to farmers and rural communities before, during and after disaster events.

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CSIRO carbon market options tool FARMERS can now better understand the potential opportunities from carbonreducing activities using a farming tool developed by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. The LOOC-C (‘Look See’) app gives farmers detailed assessments of how their land and farming practices could be eligible for rebates under the Climate Solutions Fund (CSF). The newest update of the app now includes measurement of soil carbon and beef cattle herd management. The app gives estimates of abatement quantity for CSF methods in Australian Carbon areas, like a paddock, and is consistent with the latest version of the National Carbon Accounting Model, which is used to estimate land sector carbon emissions. This means LOOC-C users have access to the most up to date carbon estimates available, at the touch of a button. CSIRO’s LOOC-C project leader, Peter Fitch, explains that the aim of the tool is to help farmers and land managers greenhouse gas mitigation and

“This app is an example of what the industry needs at the moment, allowing opportunities in the carbon market to be explored Dr Andrews said. “You can tell that the development of the app included input from both landholders and project developers, it’s great to see these types of products coming

from carbon markets. “LOOC-C is unique and the what carbon farming options are available for your farm, what you’re eligible for and what the “We see it as a high-tech conversation starter that enables farmers to undertake a preliminary assessment of options and connect them with a suitable next step for Dr Kate Andrews, CEO of NRM Regions Australia, has endorsed the tool since its launch in December 2019.

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STOCK PERMITS REQUIRED Local Land Services (LLS) is reminding landholders of their legal obligation to have a permit for stock on Travelling Stock Reserves (TSR) and public roads. Under the Local Land Services Act 2013, there are four types of stock permits, that authorise a person to: • Walk stock on a public road or TSR; • Graze stock on a public road; • Graze stock on a controlled TSR; • Routinely move stock. Walking stock permits are for travelling stock walking long distances from one destination to another. Stock permits to graze on a public road are issued road, in times of drought or for hazard reduction. These permits are normally issued to the adjoining landholder, as there are no watering facilities and stock must be returned to the property at night. Stock permits to graze on a TSR are for an enclosed TSR, for use over an extended period. Routine stock movement permits are issued to regularly walk stock between properties for the purpose of routine animal husbandry and grazing management. Stock must only be out during daylight hours. Note that stock transported by vehicle need a Transported Stock Statement. LLS Executive Director, Regional Operations Rob Kelly warned landholders there are serious consequences for not having an appropriate permit. To apply for a permit to have stock on a TSR or public road, just contact your local Biosecurity Further information regarding TSRs is available at www.lls.nsw.gov.au or landholders can contact

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Grafton Cattle Market Report FROM TUESDAY 8 DECEMBER THERE were 268 head yarded at Grafton Fat Cattle Sale 8th December 2020. Export cattle sold cheaper this week, with two exporters absent due to the Christmas break. All types of store or restocker cattle sold

$1,160.55 p/hd. A/c BMH Brangus sold a Brangus Cow

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$840.84 p/hd. A/c Joanne Reid sold a Hereford $1,029.96.

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$1,598.00. George & Fuhrmann held a Store Sale on Thursday 10 December where a total of 446 to a top of $2,620.00 where cows sold to $2,160.00. Heifer prices reached 524.2c/kg with steers making up to 566.2c/kg.

plain cross bred cattle through the sale. Calf numbers increased as the dry weather continued last week. top price of 565.0c/kg with steers topping at 608.2c/kg.

FROM SATURDAY 12 DECEMBER 560 CATTLE were sold at the Lismore Saleyards on Saturday 12th December. It was another strong sale with buyers from the Tablelands, Hunter Valley and Dubbo competing on all classes. month. The best selling just shy of $4/kg, $1700 to $1960.

Bullocks sold well with prices reaching 500kg. 191 head of steers yarded followed suite where they topped at 678.2c/kg with

the Casino Auctioneers Association Incorporated would like to thank all of our Stakeholders for another great year of sales.

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The good consignment of dairy cows topped at $2.70/kg with the best returning $1,825.

Vealers sold at similar rates to last week $1.615. dearer. Lightweights topped at $6.25/kg, $875 for Angus Steers. Bos Indicus X steers sold from $4.40 to $5.26/kg depending on weight and quality.

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LOCAL CO-OPS CREATE UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP THE Casino Food Co-op (Northern Co-operative Meat Company) and the Summerland Credit Union have created what they say is a win-win for a stronger region. The Casino Co-op and Summerland Credit Union have joined to make unique agreement to assist both organisations. Both enjoy the business structure of a co-operative, where each business is owned by their members. The Casino Co-op have a long history in the local area, having commenced business in 1933 and are based in Casino in Northern NSW. Similarly, Summerland Credit Union started in 1964 with their Head throughout the Northern Rivers region. The joint agreement provides

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“Whilst meat processing and banking services may seem an unlikely combination, there is a strong common

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CEO Simon Stahl said. “Both organisations are also founding members of the new Northern Rivers NSW initiative, promoting our region across Australia and around the world,” Summerland CEO John Williams added. “Not having external shareholders means a co-operative really can focus on looking after our owner-members, our staff and our local communities.” Both the Casino Co-op and Summerland have similar business values in looking after the natural environment, developing their staff and supporting the communities in which they both operate. Both Simon and John said they saw the advantages in supporting local co-operatives and say the agreement organisations creating stronger local businesses which ultimately also

Telehealth supports people living in the bush NATIONAL Rural Health Commissioner, Adjunct Professor Ruth Stewart acknowledges the grief and loss experienced by the families featured in the 60 Minutes program of Sunday, 6 December. Professor Stewart who has worked as a rural GP for 30 years said each and every time there was an adverse health outcome people’s lives are changed forever. “When a death occurs, it is extremely distressing for everybody involved. My heart goes out to the families and friends and communities whose stories were told by 60 Minutes,” Professor Stewart said. “The program mentioned that telehealth is replacing doctors in rural communities. Telehealth is a great

tool which rural medical practitioners have used for years and it proved its value during the COVID-19 restrictions, particularly for people living in rural and regional parts of Australia. “Telehealth is designed to enhance face-to-face consultation by connecting patients with providers when a direct face-to-face consultation is not possible to achieve. “Telehealth may not be appropriate for all patients and sometimes the doctor and the patient must physically be in the same place.” Professor Stewart said fortunately for rural and remote communities, times were changing. “Telehealth is an outstanding tool. I will be interested in what we learn from a number of innovative

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Getting the climate resilience message out ACCESS to water is the lifeblood of NSW regional communities – the question is, how do they secure it in the face of changing climate, remote distances and extended drought conditions? It is one of the challenging topics tackled in the new Local Government NSW (LGNSW) Climate Resilience Podcast, featuring insights from councils in the Namoi region who are on the front line of dealing with drought and water security issues. LGNSW President Linda Scott said the podcast series also highlighted the urgent need for regulatory reforms to make it easier for councils to use recycled wastewater during droughts. “I am proud of this professionally produced podcast series, drawing on the expertise of on-theground rural and regional councillors and staff who are dealing with issues that

strike at the heart of their communities,” Cr Scott said. the Road, looks at the importance of water for Walcha Shire Council, on the south-eastern edge of the Northern Tablelands, in

effectively maintaining more than 600 kilometres of gravel roads which are essential for its agricultural sector, the main economic driver in the region. the Farm, addresses how

farmers can keep water in their soil for longer and improve productivity and as well as the role of councils in incorporating holistic agricultural practices into the vision for their local government area.

A $100 billion agriculture sector by 2030

The Australian Parliament’s Agriculture and Water Resources Committee has published its report Growing Australia: Inquiry

into growing Australian agriculture to $100 billion by 2030. The Committee’s inquiry considered how

the Australian agriculture could reach the target set by the National Farmers’ Federation to grow the sector to a farmgate value of

$100 billion by 2030. The Committee Chair, Mr Rick Wilson MP, described this target as ambitious but achievable and noted that ‘Australian producers have a strong track record of taking advantage of economic opportunities and delivering productivity growth over the long-term.’ ‘Australian farmers have consistently identified and embraced new technologies and techniques that can improve their businesses. This innovative mindset makes our producers well placed to benefit from the digital technologies that are rapidly becoming central to the process of farming.’ Mr Wilson said. Mr Wilson also highlighted the importance of exports to the sector, stating ‘there is perhaps no issue that will affect

GOVERNMENT SHEPHERDING UNEMPLOYED INTO FARM WORK WITH NO GUARANTEE OF FAIR PAY

– but there’s still no assurances workers will be paid a fair wage. Farmers say they are desperate for workers, but Australians on the ground have told The New Daily they’re still being underpaid, and underemployed compared to backpackers.

26,000 vacant farm jobs, targeting 400,000 Australians and visa holders aged between 18 and 30 in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Fruit and vegetable pickers, packers, pruners and planters are in demand across the three states. The government has also been offering a cash incentive – $6000 to relocate to the regions to

help with farm work, but so far only 150 have taken up the offer. In an industry rife with exploitation, there is no clear promise they will be paid minimum wage. Many of the picking jobs on offer are paying piece rates – where the employee gets paid by the amount picked – but many workers say it’s impossible to make minimum wage on those rates.

The government is pushing job seekers and students into farm work with the launch of a sweeping social media campaign

Morrison government launched a social media blitz to fill more than

“The third episode, Regional City Water, tells the story of the leadership of Tamworth Regional Council in supporting their community to conserve water and prepare for future droughts following the longest drought in living memory.” Cr Scott said these topics had been developed in liaison with LGNSW and the Namoi group of councils through the Increasing Resilience to Climate Change program. “LGNSW is grateful for NSW Government funding to make these podcasts possible,” Cr Scott said. “They will be an excellent resource for people in drought affected areas of NSW and I encourage anyone who wants to better understand the challenges facing councils and communities in rural and regional NSW to download them and have a listen.”

the trajectory of Australian agriculture more than our ability to expand and diversify our export markets. The quality of Australian produce is recognised globally, and to take advantage of this reputation we must continually look for opportunities to expand into new markets, as well as seek productivity improvements that allow our producers to remain ahead of the game in competitive international markets’, Mr Wilson added. The report includes recommendations aimed at promoting adoption of innovative new technologies, developing a national biosecurity strategy, increasing export market access for Australian producers, and attracting young people to undertake a career in agriculture.

Australian Workers Union assistant national secretary Misha Zelinsky said the industry wage sits at a bare minimum which, combined with historic low wage growth, left room for improvement. “The bigger issue, however, is how frequently the award is ignored without consequence,” Mr Zelinsky said.

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60 HEALTH & WELLBEING

The perfect solution for improving the health of the nation THE Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is urging the Federal Government to boost primary care investment health outcomes for Australian patients and to reduce total healthcare costs. New modelling by PwC Australia describes the multi-billion dollar of implementing the RACGP’s Vision for general practice and a sustainable healthcare system (The Vision). The Vision sets out a roadmap for a sustainable and high-quality healthcare system built on the foundation of strong primary healthcare. PwC found that implementing The Vision creates substantial economic the need for more expensive secondary care and improving the nation’s productivity through a healthier workforce. There are also the indirect society in supporting health equity for parts of the community who disproportionately rely on secondary care, such as treatment in hospitals. The modelling revealed: a billion dollars, at a minimum, in 2021 (that includes $773 million in savings in preventable hospitalisations, hospital readmissions

and emergency department presentations as well as $250 million in workforce productivity savings) and at least $5.6 billion over the • this would rise to at least $6.9 billion in 2026 to 2030 and $8.7

• 98,000 quality adjusted life years (QALYs) gained in 2021 and 520,000 QALYs gained over the next billions of additional dollars in economic value beyond the direct savings. This is unsurprising since enhanced general practice has been shown to increase breast cancer screening between three and 21%, cervical cancer screening between four and 30%, and colorectal cancer screening between four and 30%. In addition to the measured economic

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would accrue from greater investment in primary care include increased local research guiding how to best care for the community, improved patient and health provider satisfaction as well as economic growth due to a healthier population. RACGP President Dr Karen Price said that the modelling was further evidence of the cost-effectiveness of investing in primary care. “We urge courage and conviction to do what is so plainly in the interest of the health of Australians and the Australian economy. An additional investment of $1 billion in primary care would result in a much greater suite of combined would be spending much less on secondary care,” she said. “When you consider that $79 billion was spent on Australian hospitals in 2018-2019, an allocation of $1 billion to general practice is relatively modest. “It’s not just the PwC modelling that shows this. A September 2020 report on the rates of return on health investments from Victoria University reinforced the economic we stand to gain by prioritising prevention for our most common health issues including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, anxiety and depression.” Dr Price said that enhanced investment in

primary care could not come at a more important time. “The long-term health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be severe,” she said. “That includes the effects of people delaying or avoiding seeking care as well as the impacts of the COVID-19 virus itself on the long-term physical and mental wellbeing of patients. We will also see an increase in mental health concerns. “These patients will need access to a strong primary care system. However, our current system disproportionately focusses on acute care in a hospital setting. “Additional funding for primary care would likely be realised through reduced future capital costs for hospitals as the demand for care is met by the primary care sector. So if we want to improve the health of our nation and save on healthcare costs, boosting primary care and keeping patients well and out of the hospital system is the most logical choice. “Rather than shortterm treatment of severe injury and illness in a hospital, many conditions require more than a single intervention. “General practice involves the holistic care of a patient before and after hospital care for the lifetime of the patient. I believe that if primary care is adequately funded we can revitalise general practice and make it an even more rewarding career path. “Like many countries,

Australia is experiencing rising rates of chronic disease and an ageing population so long-term prevention activities are required including and ongoing disease management. GPs are the major diagnosticians of the healthcare system. “This is where primary care comes in – a GP provides the long-term care needed to improve the health trajectory of patients, keeping them well and out of hospital. “In 2017-18 we had almost three quarters of a million ambulatory care sensitive conditions – that is hospital admissions that could have been prevented if a patient had received preventative health interventions and early disease management. “In 2018-19, there were more than eight million emergency department presentations and almost half of them or non-urgent. These are the presentations that well-coordinated GP-led care could manage. These visits are also growing due to the rising incidence of chronic illness and decreased availability of GPs, it is a recipe for disaster.” Dr Price said that boosting primary care funding would improve the entire nation’s health demographic groups with the poorest health outcomes. “The Federal Government is developing its longterm plan for our health system with a key priority being the

strengthening of the primary care sector. This is the opportunity to refocus funding to where it can make the most difference,” she said. “Many aspects of healthcare policy are complicated, but in this instance the perfect solution is right in front of our eyes. “If we boost funding for primary care we could help more patients access care from their trusted GP. We will see better health outcomes for patients as well as reduced expenditure on healthcare in Australia. “Implementing The Vision will promote health equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people living in rural and remote areas and those living in low socioeconomic areas – the groups who currently use disproportionately more secondary care. “We know that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are three times as likely to have a preventable hospitalisation, people living in remote or very remote areas are 8% more likely to have a hospital readmission and people in low socioeconomic groups are 1.4 times as likely to use an emergency department. “This is the human cost of health inequities that exist nation-wide. General practice is distributed more evenly than specialist care, which is used disproportionately households, so boosting primary care is the obvious answer.” PwC’s estimates are conservative and may be as high as $4.5 billion in 2021 and $24.8 billion over the including consideration of QALYs and indirect include other outcomes of high-quality general practice such as reducing duplication of services and avoiding use of unnecessary medical or pharmaceutical services.

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He also runs MHFA courses in schools and says “early intervention is critical”.

LEARNING how to perform CPR, stem bleeding, or create an arm sling are basic skills learnt in a first aid course. But just as physical first aid skills are highly useful and in many workplaces, even mandatory, having the skills to recognise and address mental health issues in others are just as valuable. In any one year, around one in five people aged from 16 to 85 will experience a mental health disorder. Mental health first aid (MHFA) refers to the help given to a person who is developing a mental health problem, experiencing an existing mental health problem, or who is in a mental health crisis such as having thoughts of suicide. It involves recognising symptoms and providing support until a professional can be involved. The first MHFA training course was developed in Australia 20 years ago. There are more than 2,300 instructors around the country and about a million Australians have been trained by Mental Health First Aid Australia — the national not-for-profit organisation that accredits trainers and develops programs. Claire Kelly, director of research and curriculum at MHFA, says “there’s no downside” to taking a course. “We teach people skills about how

to listen, how to communicate nonjudgementally, how to get engaged in a conversation that is supportive and that makes it possible for the person to open up,” Dr Kelly said. “How to do what you can to improve their personal safety such as if they are having thoughts of suicide. “It’s really just skills for conversations that I think people want to have but don’t have, because they’re concerned that they’re going to make things worse or that it’s going to create an obligation that they’re going to be uncomfortable fulfilling.”

The key objective of MHFA is to arm you with the skills to help a friend, family member, or colleague who is experiencing a mental health crisis. Marcia, says she completed an MHFA course three months ago. “I grew up thinking you shouldn’t mention the word suicide and not to talk to people using that vocab,” she said. “I just thought it was so beneficial to do because it’s not just about saying ‘Are you OK?’, but it teaches you to follow up. “Like: ‘Let’s touch base next week, let’s put a plan in place.’” One of the key first aid skills is to recognise the signs of a mental health disorder. In the workplace, some physical signs

include a co-worker who seems tired all the time, sick, and rundown and has reduced reaction times. They might behave erratically or appear withdrawn, be indecisive, or complain about lack of management support. MHFA guidelines say that “it is important to approach the person, whether or not work is a contributing factor”. “The most important thing is to be nonjudgemental and be kind and to reach out and start the conversation,” Dr Kelly said. “It’s much more important to be genuinely caring than to say the right thing. “Recognise that there is only so much you can do, and the focus needs to be on helping the person figure out who the right professional is to talk to.” When approaching the person, maintain their confidentiality and privacy, create a supportive and trusting environment when discussing mental health problems, ask openended questions, and express your concerns in a non-confrontational and clear manner. You could encourage the person to talk to an appropriate manager if the issue is about workplace stressors, or offer to assist them to find appropriate information or professional support. And if after the conversation you feel distressed, you should find someone to talk to for support and advice

while respecting the privacy of your friend or co-worker.

Ziyad Serhan, a former teacher and co-founder of EducAID, works with culturally and linguistically diverse communities to create awareness about mental health.

“What that means is young people are in a position to be an accidental counsellor.” He reflected on a course he taught at Bankstown Girls High School recently. “[The students said to me] ‘Our parents don’t understand this’,” he said. “Talking about suicide and self-harm with teenagers was huge.” Mr Serhan said a misperception that came up was that people did it for attention seeking. “Explaining it comprehensively in a way they can connect with was really important.” Mr Serhan says MHFA gives a framework to

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62 BUSINESS NEWS

Insurance market failure a national crisis killing small business THE Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has handed down her Insurance

to the availability and affordability of essential small business insurance products. “Our Insurance Inquiry has revealed of a national crisis says. “The local insurance market has been insurers adapt their risk threats. too many Australian small businesses are on the brink of collapse because they of insurance products necessary for their operation. “Small businesses have told us they have

either been denied their premiums have as much as tripled in just

all natural disasters on commercial property insurance.

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in response to a withdrawal of terrorism insurance by insurers and reinsurers. “This should be expanded to cover small businesses in the event a vital increase in reinsurance options for

risks taken on by insurers and make small business insurance products more accessible. A major recommendation included in the report is to expand the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation to provide reinsurance for

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makes a suite of recommendations

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mandatory Code of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) powers to deliver dispute resolution and enforcement. the insurance industry says. “As it stands the insurance industry’s service and practice standards are set by voluntary codes of practice that are rarely enforced and not taken seriously by the a lack of availability

intervention and the current framework of fault-based injury compensation creates uncontrollable risks for insurers and small businesses. It’s clear we need a civil liability framework that actually works. should also implement the Productivity Commission’s recommendation to roll out a no-fault National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIIS) to cover lifetime care for catastrophic injuries. It’s been nine years since the Productivity Commission released its Report into Disability Care and Support and yet the NIIS is still much to the detriment

number of small has become a daily stressor and a major closure. “In addition to the response we had from also welcome the 20-plus submissions we received from which helped in the development of this comprehensive report. “Ultimately insurance is a necessity for small which is why it is vital these products are accessible so they are

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Measured approach to IR reform

SMALL, LOCAL AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSES WE all know them. They’re the go-to people. Australia’s 3.5 million small businesses. From the local baker or plumber to the corner laundromat, small businesses together go to make something far more valuable than anything they do or sell. They help to build local communities. Small businesses contribute to a third of our economic activity, keep millions of Australians in jobs and are responsible for paying wages to more than half of our workforce. They are vital to our everyday lives

– especially now in our economic recovery. This year has been tough for Australia’s small businesses, and they need our support. This could be as simple as eating at or getting takeaway from a local restaurant or café, buying your mum’s next birthday gift from a local shop, or liking and leaving positive reviews on their social media pages. There are countless small ways to support local businesses. Let’s get Australia going again.

THE Federal Government’s omnibus IR bill when considered as a package will allow workplaces to unlock potential for more jobs and make a stronger contribution to Covid recovery. “The amendments to the IR system proposed by the bill are pragmatic and measured. When taken as a whole they remove some technical barriers that will make it easier for building and construction businesses to employ more people,” Denita Wawn said. “The modest changes to enterprise bargaining,

construction industry,” she said. “There will be opportunities in building and construction for workers whose jobs have been lost due to the Covid crisis and removing red tape from the employment process

Denita Wawn casual employment and will help strengthen economic growth and a stronger economy means a stronger building and

Denita Wawn said. “Master Builders Australia worked with unions and employer groups in the IR Working Groups that have informed this omnibus bill and we encourage the Parliament to pass it,” Denita Wawn said.

MORE INCENTIVES NEEDED FOR VENTURE CAPITAL AND R&D

Ombudsman welcomes landmark insolvency reforms THE Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has welcomed the passage of legislation, overhauling the national insolvency framework. The legislation, which comes into effect from 1 January 2021, will make it easier for small businesses to restructure or wind up and are in line with the Ombudsman’s Insolvency Practices released in July. “These landmark reforms will give otherwise viable small businesses a chance to recover and prevent a wave of unnecessary insolvencies,” Ms Carnell says. “It’s an absolute game-changer for small businesses, particularly those that have been heavily impacted by the COVID crisis. themselves on an express train to winding up with no control over the process, these changes will ensure small businesses have the option to turn their business around, giving survive. “Crucially, by

Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell moving to the ‘debtor in possession’ model, small businesses can restructure their debts while remaining in control of their business. “For those businesses that sadly need to wind up, the liquidation process will be simpler, faster and cheaper. “We know the pandemic, which followed a devastating season of natural disasters, has driven many small businesses to the brink. “Modelling by Deloitte Access Economics estimated about 240,000 small businesses are at risk of failure. “It highlights the

need for small business owners to sit down with their trusted and adviser for a viability assessment as a matter of urgency. continues to advocate for the establishment of a small business viability program, providing small business owners facing grant valued up to $5,000 to access tailored advice on the state of their business. “Ultimately this legislation represents the most progress we have seen in decades, much to business sector.”

AUSTRALIA must increase incentives for venture capital as well as research and development to boost the economy and employment, according to Stoic Venture Capital partner Geoff Waring. Dr Waring said more needed to be done to attract investment in venture capital and research and development. Dr Waring pointed to recommendations outlined in the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology’s recent Issues Paper which highlight the critical role research and development, foreign investment and talent play in growing our economy. “This insightful paper stresses the importance of attracting investment and channelling it towards long-term drivers of our economy including venture capital and research and development,” Dr Waring said. “Programs such as the Business Innovation and Investment Program and the Global Talent Visa program provide millions of funding that is allocated to venture capital. “We are in a competitive global market for entrepreneurial talent and capital. Australia must highlight its advantages over competing countries. Accessing global talent and capital will help Australian start-ups to grow

into next generation business and employment powerhouses. “This creates a virtuous circle, where success attracts more talent and capital.” Dr Waring said the most successful national technology programs combine public research with private industry. Stoic Venture Capital brings private capital to public research. Stoic is the Co-Investment Fund of Uniseed, a commercialisation fund stage companies that emerge from Uniseed’s member universities. “We must provide more incentives to attract and retain founders as well as growing technology companies in Australia,” Dr Waring said. “We encourage the Australian Government to increase the amount required to be allocated to venture capital under the BIIP. Venture capital has higher public returns than other asset classes and is a differentiator compared to other countries’ visa programs without this option. “This will help Australia next generation innovations from universities, which include high paying jobs and new industries that spring from novel intellectual property.”

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64 GARDENING

Summer fruits from native shrubs in your garden

SUMMER fruits abound on the beautiful native shrubs and trees in our region at the moment. Look closely as you wander in any of the parks and streets in the Northern Rivers and you will see spectacular seed pods and fruits of all colours, shapes and sizes. Planting these diverse native plants in your home garden will help bring insect life, birds and mammals, creating can also enjoy the tastes and textures of the bush tucker they provide. The geebung (Persoonia) is

500 metres altitude. Persoonia

adenantha grows in heath, forest and rainforest from to Evans Head. They are good foliage plants, upright shrubs or small trees from 3 to 9 metres, with smooth leaves and dainty, hairy (illustrated, right) from November to April. They are suitable for formal or informal hedging. Persoonia stradbrokensis and P. media also grow well in our region.

The green fruits ripen on the ground and are best eaten when yellow and soft. Try a small nibble to pierce the skin, suck the sweet fresh pulp from the fruit and discard the seed.

cream, relishes and sauces. Davidson’s plum (Davidsonia jerseyana) is a small, slender subtropical rainforest tree up to 10 metres. The leaves are beautifully shaped in It is endemic to a restricted area of northern New South Wales’ east coast. The tree’s

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from the trunk (pictured, above followed by green then purple fruit, loved by the Australian king parrot. It is considered an endangered species. The pleasantly sour, dark red fruit can be

antioxidant levels in these plums are comparable to blueberries. It likes protection from full sun and wind when young, and requires good soil moisture and nutrition, but is quite hardy.

up to six metres in height on a range of soil types, but can grow in full sun. This tree can grow up to 6m in height, a thorny shrub or small tree which provides good protection for small nesting birds. Birds will need to feed their young insects, which helps control overpopulations of insects. Regular pruning smaller. It grows well in pots if your garden is limited to a courtyard or balcony and can be used as a hedge. White

(pictured, below), full of a (Citrus australasica) is also native to the rainforests of

northern NSW. It grows as an understorey shrub or tree

little “pearls”. This can be used in summer drinks and in desserts, jams and relishes. Allow the fruit to ripen on the tree.

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ROAST PORK WITH APPLE AND WALNUT SALSA

CHERRY RIPE CHEESECAKE Serve-16

Prep 30m

Cooking 10m Note: + Cooling & 6 1/2 hours setting time

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2 x 1kg Coles Pork loin roast with apple, cranberry & thyme stuffing 1/4 cup (35g) plain flour 1 cup (250ml) chicken stock 1 cup (250ml) apple cider or apple juice 1 granny Smith apple, cored, finely chopped 2 celery sticks, finely chopped 1/2 red onion, finely chopped 1/4 cup (25g) walnuts, chopped 2 tbs finely shredded mint 1 tbs finely shredded sage 2 tbs apple cider vinegar 1 tbs maple syrup

Method STEP 1 Roast the pork in a flameproof roasting pan following packet directions. Transfer to a serving platter and cover with foil. Set aside for 15 mins to rest.

STEP 2 Meanwhile, drain fat from the pan, reserving 2 tbs. Heat the reserved fat in the pan over medium-high heat. Add flour and stir with a flat-edged wooden spoon for 2 mins or until mixture is grainy. Add the stock and cider or apple juice. Bring to the boil. Cook, stirring constantly, for 5 mins or until the gravy boils and thickens. Strain through a fine sieve into a jug. STEP 3 Combine the apple, celery, onion, walnut, mint, sage, vinegar and maple syrup in a small bowl. Season. STEP 4 Carve the pork and serve with the gravy and apple mixture. Easy slicing: Turn the pork cracklingside down so you slice through the meat first, then the crackling.

SPARKLING STRAWBERRY AND LEMON FIZZ Ingredients • 250g strawberries • 1/2 cup (125ml) Coles Lemon, Lime & Cucumber Cordial • 750ml sparkling wine or lemonflavoured sparkling mineral water, chilled Method STEP 1 Combine strawberries and cordial in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook for 2 mins or until strawberries start to break down. Cool slightly. Transfer to a blender and blend until into a jug. Discard the solids. Place in the fridge for 2 hours to chill.

Ingredients 400g cherries, pitted 1/2 cup (110g) caster sugar 200g shredded wheat biscuits 1/2 cup (40g) desiccated coconut 100g butter, melted 1/3 cup (80ml) boiling water 1 tbs gelatine powder 750g cream cheese, softened 270ml can coconut cream 200g white chocolate, melted Whipped cream, to serve 52g Cherry Ripe bar, chopped Method

STEP 2 Divide the mixture among serving glasses. Top with wine or mineral water. Serve with sliced strawberries and mint sprigs. Swap me: replace strawberries with raspberries or cherries. Berry ice cubes: to get ahead, freeze the puree in an ice cube tray for up to 2 weeks. Serve frozen or thaw in the fridge.

STEP 1 Grease a 20cm (base measurement) springform pan and line the base and side with baking paper. Combine the cherries, half the sugar and 1/4 cup (60ml) water in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer. Cook for 5-7 mins or until the cherries are tender. Set

aside to cool slightly. Transfer the mixture to a blender and blend until smooth. Place half the cherry mixture in an airtight container and place in the fridge to chill. Reserve the remaining cherry mixture. STEP 2 Place the biscuits and coconut in a food processor and process until the biscuits are finely crushed. Add the butter and process until well combined. Spoon the mixture over the base of the prepared pan. Use a flat-bottomed glass to spread and press the mixture evenly over the base of the pan. Place in the fridge for 30 mins to chill. STEP 3 Meanwhile, place the boiling water in a heatproof jug. Sprinkle over the gelatine. Stir until gelatine completely dissolves. Add 1 tbs of the gelatine mixture to the reserved cherry mixture. STEP 4 Place cream cheese,

coconut cream and the remaining sugar in a clean food processor and process until smooth. Add the white chocolate and remaining gelatine mixture. Process until smooth. STEP 5 Pour one-third of the cream cheese mixture over the biscuit base in the pan. Drizzle over half the cherry mixture and use a round-bladed knife to marble. Continue layering with the remaining cream cheese mixture and cherry mixture. Use a skewer to gently marble. Place in the fridge for 6 hours or until firm. STEP 6 Transfer cheesecake to a serving platter. Spoon over whipped cream. Top with chocolate bar. Drizzle with the chilled cherry mixture to serve. Serve with cherries and white chocolate curls. Perfect curls: To make the chocolate curls, stir a little oil into melted chocolate, then spread over a clean work surface. Once set, scrape with a melon baller.

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CAKE CHEESECAKE COOKIE CRUMPET ICING MUFFIN

PASTRY PIE ROLL SCONE SPONGE TART

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HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW...

KRISTEN BELL

1. How old is Bell? A. 40 B. 42 C. 44 D. 34

3. Which Disney movie does she star in? A. Toy Story B. Coco C. Frozen D. Moana

2. In which series did Bell play Jeannie van der Hooven? A. Party Down B. Robot Chicken C. Heroes D. House of Lies

4. In which series does she appear as only a voice? A. Parks and Recreation B. Gossip Girl C. The Good Place D. Deadwood

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US actor of Okja and Looper, Paul – (4) 2 Big Little Lies’ Laura and her dad Bruce (4) 3 Sci-fi series starring Tatiana Maslany (pictured), – Black (6) 4 Steven Ogg’s voice and likeness were used for this Grand Theft Auto V character (6) 5 This ballet featured heavily in Natalie Portman’s film Black Swan (4,4) 6 Starred as Bette Davis in Feud: Bette and Joan, – Sarandon (5) 9 Michael Kenneth Williams in The Wire (4) 12 Acting siblings Maggie and Jake (10)

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German U-boat TV series and sequel to a 1981 film (3,4) The Duchess of Sussex once starred in this legal drama (5) Stranger Things’ Maya and her dad Ethan (5) Animated film series about a macaw and his friends (3) Adrien Brody starred in this 2010 action flick (9) Hugh Jackman’s Oscarnominated Wolverine movie (5) English fashion designer of Queer Eye, – France (3) Sci-fi action film series starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Universal – (7) Add voice over (7) Will Ferrell’s Christmas comedy (3) Millie Bobby Brown in Stranger Things (6) Teller’s magic partner (4) Tim Allen’s ’90s sitcom, – Improvement (4) English martial artist and star of the fourth 14-across film, Scott – (6) Director of 13th and Selma, – DuVernay (3) Leslie Nielsen’s The Fugitive parody, Wrongfully – (7) Chris Hemsworth starred in the remake of this ’80s classic (3,4)

Each number corresponds to a letter. Can you crack the code?

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW... 1A, 2D, 3C, 4B.

29 Russian actor who starred in the original Westworld, – Brynner (3) 30 Documentary featuring the Jhamtse Gatsal children’s community, – and the Monk (5) 32 Hayden Panettiere’s country music drama (9) 33 Homer Simpson’s catchphrase (1’2) 34 Varde in Detectorists, – Ben (5) 35 Weight-loss show, The Biggest – (5) 36 Tom Cruise’s muchmaligned film role, Jack – (7)

13 Robin, Cyborg, Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy make up this animated superhero group (4,6) 14 Singing siblings Lennon and Maisy – star in 32-across (5) 15 Jacob in Grace and Frankie, – Hudson (5) 18 Starred as Turk in Scrubs, Donald – (6) 20 Kristen Bell’s afterlife sitcom, The Good – (5) 22 Richard Dean Anderson’s mulleted hero (8) 26 Anna Gunn in Breaking Bad (6) 27 US actress of Invasion and Entourage, Alexis – (6) 28 Action fantasy flick starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges (1.1.1.1) 29 Barbra Streisand’s 1983 directorial debut (5) 30 Chris Hemsworth’s Marvel superhero (4) 31 1991 fantasy starring Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams (4)

No. 023

HIDDEN WORD DELAY, SCORE, CLUBS, HOUSE, MONEY, THUMB, ENDED, TIGER, (DECEMBER).

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QUIZ 1. The Snowman 2. Five 3. The Feed 4. ABBA 5. High Life 6. Taylor Swift 7. 12 8. Anton Enus 9. Queanbeyan 10. Albert Einstein

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You might get annoyed today by someone who just can’t get to the point! They will be hemming and hawing, flattering and fawning, then cracking jokes. Why? Because they are too afraid to spit it out! It looks like if you want to get to the truth about what they think or what they want, you need to come right out and ask them. They might be surprised by your boldness, but they will probably be relieved that you are ready to hear what they have to say.

Keep an eye on your temper today, and don’t let it get the best of you if someone is rude or inconsiderate. It isn’t going to help things if you chew someone out, and you will only end up looking self-righteous. So be mindful of your role in every conversation, and try to be a force for mutual respect, not competition. You will have to take the high road today. There will be another day for you to get down and dirty and get things off your chest.

Try to be a lot more opinionated today. You have so much to gain by speaking out and saying the right thing at the right time! If you have a question during the middle of a long meeting, go ahead and ask it. Don’t worry how it will sound. Chances are you’ll be asking something that everyone else wants to know, too. It’s true that stepping out in front of the crowd leaves you a bit vulnerable. But it also puts you in a leadership position.

Your recent victory might make you feel like showing off a little bit today, and that’s okay. Just try to avoid doing it in front of people it might rub the wrong way. It’s important to be sensitive about people who haven’t had as much success as you have, and it’s easy enough to keep from rubbing your win in their face. Being considerate of others isn’t always convenient, but it is always appreciated. Make your reputation shine even brighter.

A confidence boost will not only do wonders for your reputation, it will also help you in the health department because when you feel good about yourself, you start feeling better in your body. And the best way to get the boost you need today is either to check a few things off your to-do list or meet head-on a challenge you’ve been avoiding. Accomplishments will remind you how capable and responsible you are. Go to bed tonight knowing you got stuff done!

It’s good that you want to be organized, but you also need to let some things in your life fall to chance. If you have too much control over every aspect of your life, there will be no unpredictability and no fun! Today, give up some control and let things happen without your intervention. Pass the reins over to someone whose ideas are just the ticket to liven up your social circle or work team. You will experience something new and give a friend a chance to shine!

You can’t help but get more in touch with your inner artist today. Unusual colours and interesting images will catch your eye and get your creative juices flowing! Try to set aside some time to get out your ideas later in the day when things have quieted down a bit. Write a poem or short story. Doodle on some scratch paper. Perform a sweet song on someone’s voicemail. Share crayon time with your favourite child. Do whatever you can to get your artistry out into the world.

The flattery you receive today is going to be completely genuine, so why doubt it? Sometimes you have to hang up your scepticism and just accept what people say as being what they mean, especially when they’re telling you how fabulous you are! Take each compliment you get and thank the giver for it. That will add even more to your already glowing reputation. Your ego could use a growth spurt right now, so why not let it have it? Soak up the love you’ll be getting with gusto!

Risk is not something that you should be afraid of, especially right now when there’s an exciting opportunity just beyond your grasp. You have to go climbing out on that limb to get it! If you take away a little more security from your life, you will be led down a very exciting path. It might be scary at first, but it will also be exhilarating. There are so many reasons to think positively and be confident about the next few months of your life!

On days like today, when you may have to fight for some attention, you just have to approach the people you want to talk to and make them hear you. It is time for you to get more aggressive if you want to get anywhere. Whether you want to start a flirtation, score some time with the boss, or just get a grocery clerk’s attention, you’ll have to be the proactive party. Don’t be rude but do be forceful. You’re smart enough to know the difference.

You need to be aware that people are putting on a bit of a show for you, either because they want to impress you or because they want to trick you. The distinction is fairly irrelevant, though. If they aren’t being genuine, they aren’t being genuine. Whenever others appear to be something they’re not, you must beware. Accept their flattery with politely, but don’t buy into it. People who have the widest smiles are sometimes the people who have the most negative agendas.

If you want to make today a productive day, you’re going to have to get opinions from other people while at the same time avoiding inflicting your opinions on them! It sounds like tricky business, but if anyone can pull it off with grace, you can. Your thoughts are only going to take things off track and cause conversations to go off on fun yet timeconsuming tangents, so focus on getting input from others because, right now, what they say goes.

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Bangalow Farmers Market – Saturdays 7am till 11am at Bangalow Hotel Carpark. Blue Knob Farmers Markets – Saturdays 8.30am till 12pm at Blue Knob Café, Lillian Rock. Byron Bay Farmers Market – Thursdays 7am till 11am at Cavanbah Centre Byron Bay.

Kyogle Farmer’s Market Saturday mornings Stratheden Street, Kyogle. Lismore Farmers Market – Saturdays 8am till 11am at Lismore Showgrounds. Lismore Produce Market – Thursdays 2.30pm till 6.30pm at Magellan & Carrington streets. Contact Tom on 0450 688 900. Mullumbimby Farmers Market – Fridays 7am till 11am at Mullumbimby Showground. Contact Allie on 02 6677 1345

Murwillumbah Farmers Market – Wednesdays 7am till 11am at Murwillumbah Showgrounds. Contact Sue on 0498 733 766. Nimbin Farmers Market – Wednesdays 3pm till 6pm at Green Bank Carpark. Contact Jason on 02 6689 1512 Rainbow Region Organic Market – Tuesdays 7.30am till 11am at Lismore Showgrounds.

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In Loving Memory Thank You

BARNES, Narelle Frances 24 September 1944 - 7 November 2020

Narelle passed away suddenly at Lismore Base Hospital on 7 November 2020 aged 76 years. Dearly loved wife for 55 years of Ross, much loved mother & mother-in-law of Andrew & Katrina, Sandra & Robert, Chris & Kristen and Jonathon & Michelle. Treasured Grandma of Thomas, William, Edward, Elizabeth, Henry, Sampson, George, Kate and Harry. Narelle was laid to rest and a service of thanksgiving was held on 12 November 2020. Ross and his family would like to thank everyone who has offered their love and support during this difficult time. The service is viewable at parkviewfunerals.com.au/barnes-narelle-francis/

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The Anglican Parish of Kyogle will be holding Christmas Services in the following Churches, days and times:-

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St Margaret’s -Woodenbong on Sunday – 20th December at 11am St Marks – Urbenville on Sunday – 20th December at 1.30pm St James Anglican Church -Kyogle – 6pm Christmas Eve St James Anglican Church – Kyogle – 8.30am 25th December (Christmas Day) If wishing to make contact with Rev Leslie, phone on her mobile: 04 2841 4472.

Wishing all a safe, happy and enjoyable Christmas from the Anglican Church Members. Our group meets the 2nd Friday of each month 10 - 11.30am at Summerland Farm, Wardell Rd, Alstonville. All people living with Parkinson’s Disease, or those supporting them, most welcome. Please RSVP to Helen 0400 385 476 or Yvonne 66285884 Bangalow Heritage Museum and Café The café is open Wednesday – Friday 10 am-2.30 pm Saturday 8.30am – 11.30am Bangalow Museum Casino Senior citizens: All welcome, our activities currently are, Wed afternoons at casino RSM 1.00pm to play Hoy, euchre, we have group play on Thurs afternoons 1.00pm. Contact Jan Danaher on 0414 625 680. Lion’s Club Casino: Lion’s Club meeting is held on the 2nd and 4th Wed each month at Casino RSM Club from 6.30 –for a 7.00pm start. Casino Community Men’s Shed: Mon, Tues, Wed, attendance limited to 25 members, 8am – 1.30 pm. Contact 6662 6423 DH or casmenshed@ live.com.au. Casino Mini Rail: Every Sunday 10am to 4pm. Weather permitting. West Street Casino. Phone 0472 638 044. Casino View Club: Monthly luncheon meeting at Casino RSM Club at 11am, second Thurs of every month. Contact Barbra on 02 6661 2530 or 0448 969 498. Casino Croquet Club: Monday & Wednesday sign in time now before 8.30am to start play by 9am. Contact Mary on 6662 1971 for further information. Casino Ladies and Friend Craft Group: Meets 1st & 3rd Tues. bring your own morning tea and wear a mask. Names to be in by Lunch time Mon. Phone Vivian on 6662 1838 or Jan on 6662 6424. Casino Mixed Probus Club: Meeting 4th Thurs of the month. For more information call the secretary on 0419 886 119. The Casino & District Historical Society Museum: Sun, Mon, Wed and Fri 10am to 2pm. Email casinohistorymuseum@ outlook.com for further information. Check us out on Facebook. Casino & District Family History Group Inc:

Casino & District Family History Group Inc. is open again – Normal opening hours. For more information phone Research Room 6662 8114 or Cherryl 0490 149 905. Casino Evening CWA: Casino Uniting Church at 6pm and for further information please ring Alison 0400 956 404 or Penny 0422 301 799. Lismore Girl Guides meet every Tuesday during school terms from 5.30 to 7.30pm at our hall, Magellan Street Lismore. Any girl aged from 7 to 17 is most welcome to attend for two nights free, AND Any adult female aged 18 and over interested in becoming a volunteer with youth, are encouraged to contact Leonie on mobile number-0412 866 766, for further details. AND Our hall is also available to hire. Community Printmakers Murwillumbah Fine art printmakers Meet at studio space 224 Stokers Rd Stokers Siding 2484 Prints, gallery, workshops and more! E: cpmmurwillumbah@ hotmail.com T: Peter 0498 399 640 or Sue 0408 493 253 Find us on Facebook & Instagram CWA Meeting Dates: Meeting on the 3rd Thurs of the month at the Casino Community Cultural Centre at 9.00am. For further information please contact Jan on 02 6662 6424 or Margaret on 02 6662 1746. Fairy Hill Craft Group: Meets on the 1st Thurs of the month 10am at Fairy Hill Hall, For an update: Ph. Bev 6662 4435; Sue 6663 3233. Friends of the Library As we were unable to hold our annual Book Fair in July, Friends of the Libraries are holding a pop up book shop in the empty premises of the former Chemist situated in the old Woolies Plaza, both the owner of the premises and the Byron Bay Real Estate have generously given it to us free of charge for two weeks. ANGLICAN ANNUAL CHRISTMAS ‘Pop-Up’ SHOP Come and buy your Christmas treats: Home made Puddings, cakes, slices, biscuits. Lots of handicraft items. Plants. Monster Hamper and lots of cheer. Pay by cash or card. Mon. – Fri. 8:30 am to 3:00 pm; Sat. 8:30 am to 1:00 pm. 6621 3200; M: 0412 657 036;

com Kyogle Sunshine Club: Meets every Thurs at 9.30am. For more details contact 0499 824 274. Richmond River Beef Produces Association: Meet on the 2nd Wed of every month at Kyogle Showgrounds in the luncheon room at 7pm. For more details Phone Jan on 0427 293 455.

Week 2 for the 31.12.2020 Week 3 for the 06.01.2020 Casino Meals on Wheels would like to wish everyone at Heartland a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for all the support. Summerland Sunrise: Meets every Fri at 7.05 am at Coffee shots Molesworth St, Lismore. Phone 0435 990 919 for more details. Meets Wed nights from 6.30 pm & the 1st & 3rd Sat of each month from 12 noon. Air at the Saturday shoots. For more info please phone Derek on 6628 2082 (AH).

Lion’s Club of Kyogle: Meeting is held on the 1st & 3rd Tues each Month at the Kyogle Lion’s shed from 6.30 – 7.00pm For more information contact Neville Moon on 6632 2233.

Probus Club of Goonellabah: Meetings held at The Lismore Workers Club Keen Street Lismore at 10 am. For further information contact Gloria Francis on 6629 1442

Vietnam Veterans Lunch:

The Probus Club of Wollongbar: “ Happy days are here again and the sky above is clear again, especially here on the Northern Rivers when we all follow the NSW Health Dept. rules for avoiding the dreaded COVID-19 virus. Many of our club members enjoyed a wonderful get together again at the Ballina Islander Resort that had set up very safe facilities and procedures with plenty of antiseptic hand washes and table distancing that allowed for an exchange of ideas, recent experiences and even jokes and general nonsense, typical of the interaction of friends at relative close contact. Some of us with hearing problems had to speak a little louder as the 1.5 metres from each other restricted normal levels of speech. Of course it also inhibited into the ear gossip. The entire lunch time experience was a very happy place to be with great food and so many old friends. The committee have arranged another lunch for January 21 at The Wollongbar Tavern and hope that all systems are go at the time . Happy days are here again.??” Ron Whittaker on 6628 3381.

are invited to join Vietnam Veterans for lunch held on the last Tuesday of the month at the Rous hotel Lismore. Contact 0412 627 180 for Info. The Rotary Club of Lismore: We meet at the Lismore Workers Club on the 2nd and 4th Mon each month at 6 pm. For more information Phone Terry 0427 500 610 or President Carol 0429 129 573 ROTARY CLUB of LISMORE WEST: The Rotary Club of Lismore West is in its 60th year and meets every Thursday at the East Lismore Bowling Club at 6.00 pm. New members welcome. For more information phone Norm 0428 151 934. Lions Club of Lismore: Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Wed each month at the East Lismore Bowling Club at 6.00pm. For information please contact the secretary on 6624 6428. Wesley Methodist Church: Meets every Sun 10am at 172 Wyrallah Rd East Lismore. Call for more info Reverend Jackson Gill 0422 945 464. Overeaters Anonymous: A 12-step program for people who have compulsive issues with food and eating. Phone Meetings: Mon 10am. 07 5660 6012 - follow instructions Access code 826337# , Contact Ina 6621 3745 or Sue 0423 183 144. Food Pantry - Uniting Church - Lismore Regional Mission: Open every Thurs from 9.30am -12 noon at the rear of the Red Dove Café. For further information contact Lismore Uniting Church Rotary Club of

NORTHERN RIVERS PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP. This group spans from Wollongbar to Ocean Shores & surrounding areas. Our group meets the 2nd Friday of each month 10 - 11.30am at Summerland Farm, Wardell Rd, Alstonville. All people living with Parkinson’s Disease, or those supporting them, most welcome. Please RSVP to Helen 0400 385 476 or Yvonne 6628 5884. Annual Christmas Market Our monthly meetings are on at 9am and our “crafty ladies”

craft day on Fridays’ from 10am to 2pm. New members’ always welcome. Alstonville Inner Wheel Club: Meet socially 3rd Wed of every month Contact President Carol Vidal 0427 326 832. Alstonville Plateau Historical Society: The latest exhibition at Crawford House Museum at Alstonville is “TAS to Reality”. It’s a display of the major works of Alstonville High School’s Year 12 Technological and Applied Studies students. The museum is at 10 Wardell Road Alstonville and is open Fridays 10am-4pm and Sundays 1pm-4pm. Enquiries (02) 6628 1829, aphs2477@ yahoo.com.au or www. aphsmuseum.org.au Compassionate Communities Northern NSW: Walks in Nature - In conjunction with the Heart Foundation, Various departure points around Ballina and surrounds, 10am on the 3rd Monday of every month. Gentle Pace walk, we walk for about half to three quarters cuppa. Contact Bronwyn on 0422 069 743 or check the Heart Foundation website for more information and details of the departure point for the next walk. CASINO RICHMOND RIVER COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB will hold our Country Music Christmas Party on Sunday 20th December 2020 at the Casino RSM Club. Upstairs main auditorium starting at 10am FREE ENTRY, ALL WELCOME Come and listen to some great artists. For further information call Gloria on 6662 2625 or 0412 910 884 The Casino Westpac Helicopter Op Shop will be closed from 18th December 2020 until 18th January 2021 to allow volunteers an annual break. During this time PLEASE do not leave any donations as the accumulation outside the building presents a huge health and safety issue which volunteers will have to deal with when the shop reopens. Seasons greetings and a big Thank You to all who have supported the op shop in 2020. Ballina Toy Library: Welcomes families from Ballina Shire, 9 Regatta Ave, Ballina. Open Saturday 10am - 1pm, By appointment only on Tues & Wed. Ph. 0411 719 074

Ballina Hospital Auxiliary: Our last week of raising funds for the above will be in Lennox Head from 14th to 17th selling our Christmas drawn on 18th December at our Cake and Craft Stall at Lennox Head Central which is opposite the pedestrian crossing in the main street. Ballina CWA: Craft and Friendship mornings, each Wednesday from 9-12. Limited to 20 people, so please call Barbara on 0428 116 668 no later than Monday to book your spot. Richmond-Tweed Family History Society Inc: Every Mon, Wed and Sat from 10.00 am to 4.00pm at The Marie Hart Library Ballina. Mullumbimby CWA: The Mullumbimby CWA rooms (on the corner of Tincogan and Gordon Streets) will be open for refreshments and stalls each Friday from 9 am till noon. Call in for a cuppa and a bargain. For more information call 0427 847 282. BRUNSWICK VALLEY VIEW CLUB The VIEW club continues to support seven disadvantaged students in The Smith Family’s Learning for Life program. Info: president Margaret Alderton 0429 966 894. Lennox Head CWA: Handy Craft Mornings on Mondays 9.30am -12pm in the community centre at Lennox Head, Call Jan on 6681 6150. Lennox Head View Club: The Club has been asked to provide Christmas gifts age and gender as well as non-perishable goods for Christmas hampers which will go to families in need in our local area. Please refer to your emails and Facebook page for Covid-safe protocols still apply: no standing other than to pay entry fee & order drinks. Pottsville Fun Croquet Club Inc: We meet at Black Rocks Thursdays at 8.30am during daylight savings time. Our last game for the year will be on Thursday, 10th December, 2020 and will resume on Tuesday, 9th February, 2021. New members are welcome to come down for a giggle and a hit. Any enquires please ring Pat on 0427 976 436 or Jean on 0431 606376.

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74 LOCAL INFORMATION & FISHING FISHING NEWS CURRUMBIN Spotty mackerel wide of Palm Beach Reef, flathead, whiting and bream along the beaches, sand whiting on the making tide in the lower reaches of Currumbin and Tallebudgera Creeks and mud crabs in the upper reaches. TWEED COAST Bream, whiting and flathead on surface poppers in the middle reaches of the Tweed River and flathead, whiting, trevally and school jew in the deeper holes.

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Pearl perch, snapper, tuskfish and flathead on the 32s NE of the Tweed. POTTSVILLE Dart, whiting and a few tailor along the beaches, bream, whiting, flathead and mud crabs in the mid to upper reaches of Mooball, Cudgen and Cudgera Creeks and mangrove jack around the bridge pylons and snaggy banks. BALLINA Extreme weather conditions have

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meant that very little fishing has been done over the last few days. The weather is looking like it will improve as the week goes on, but we may still see some rain later in the week. With the discolored water in the river the mulloway will be around the mouth of the river. Large soft plastics, hard body lures and baits such as mullet will all be good options. The fresh will also start the mud crabs moving around and the crabbing should fire up in the coming week, but watch out for debris as this can drag your crabbing equipment away if it becomes entangled in

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it. The discolored water will also mean the bream will be hugging the rock walls and taking small har body lures and smelly baits such as mullet or chicken gut. Tight lines! EVANS HEAD Snapper and trag jew on the close reefs, bream, dart and whiting along Main and Airforce Beaches, bream and luderick along the rock walls at the Evans River mouth and bream, whiting and flathead in the mid to lower reaches.

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111.5 115.5 129.5 137.5 121.5

115.9 118.9 138.9 126.9

PRICES ARE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINTING. THIS TABLE SHOULD BE USED AS GUIDE ONLY.

NORTHERN RIVERS TEMPERATURE & RAINFALL PREDICTIONS AREA GRAFTON EVANS KYOGLE BALLINA MULLUM TWEED

Thurs 17th Dec 29o - 22o 26o - 24o 28o - 21o 26o - 24o 26o - 24o 26o - 24o

99% 99% 99% 99% 81% 91%

Fri 18th Dec

Sat 19th Dec

Sun 20th Dec

Mon 21st Dec

Tues 22nd Dec Wed 23rd Dec

31o - 22o 27o - 24o 29o - 21o 27o - 24o 27o - 24o 27o - 24o

28o - 21o 28o - 21o 32o - 19o 28o - 21o 30o - 21o 29o - 22o

25o - 19o 22o - 20o 21o - 17o 22o - 20o 22o - 20o 24o - 20o

26o - 16o 25o - 18o 25o - 16o 25o - 18o 24o - 18o 25o - 19o

29o - 17o 79% 27o - 19o 11% 33o - 17o 57% 27o - 19o 11% 27o - 18o 9% 27o - 19o 54%

68% 80% 64% 80% 77% 77%

Sunrise & Sunset on the Northern Rivers

77% 85% 99% 85% 99% 84%

71% 78% 67% 78% 77% 69%

79% 61% 64% 61% 61% 57%

28o - 18o 28o - 19o 31o - 16o 28o - 19o 28o - 19o 27o - 18o

52% 6% 6% 6% 6% 6%

MOON PHASES Thurs 17 Dec

Waxing Crescent 10% Visible

Sat 19 Dec

Mon 21 Dec

Wed 23 Dec

Waxing Crescent 26% Visible

First Quarter 50% Visible

Waxing Crescent 64% Visible

TIDE TIMES & HEIGHTS Thursday 17th December to Wednesday 123rd December CLARENCE - RIVER ENTRANCE

GRAFTON AREA DAY Thursday 17th Dec Friday 18th Dec Saturday 19th Dec Sunday 20th Dec Monday 21st Dec Tuesday 22nd Dec Wednesday 23rd Dec

SUNRISE 5.43am 5.43am 5.43am 5.44am 5.44am 5.45am 5.45am

SUNSET 7.46pm 7.46pm 7.47pm 7.47pm 7.48pm 7.48pm 7.49pm

SUNRISE 5.44am 5.45am 5.45am 5.45am 5.46am 5.46am 5.47am

SUNSET 7.43pm 7.44pm 7.44pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 7.46pm 7.46pm

CASINO AREA DAY Thursday 17th Dec Friday 18th Dec Saturday 19th Dec Sunday 20th Dec Monday 21st Dec Tuesday 22nd Dec Wednesday 23rd Dec

TWEED HEADS AREA DAY Thursday 17th Dec Friday 18th Dec Saturday 19th Dec Sunday 20th Dec Monday 21st Dec Tuesday 22nd Dec Wednesday 23rd Dec

SUNRISE 5.44am 5.44am 5.45am 5.45am 5.46am 5.46am 5.47am

SUNSET 7.40pm 7.40pm 7.41pm 7.41pm 7.42pm 7.42pm 7.43pm

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HIGH 11.27am 1.77m 12.15pm 1.69m 12:30 am 1.08m 1:23 am 1.06m 2:24 am 1.05m 3:30 am 1.08m 4:35 am 1.13m

LOW 4.28am 0.28m 5.12am 0.35m 5:58 am 0.44m 6:47 am 0.52m 7:45 am 0.6m 8:52 am 0.66m 10:06 am 0.68m

HIGH 11.39pm 1.12m 1:00 pm 1.59m 1:45 pm 1.48m 2:30 pm 1.38m 3:19 pm 1.29m 4:15 pm 1.22m

LOW 6.10pm 0.24m 7:01 pm 0.03m 7:48 pm 0.37m 8:35 pm 0.42m 9:20 pm 0.45m 10:06 pm 0.46m 10:53 pm 0.46m

EVANS HEAD - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 17th Dec Friday 18th Dec Saturday 19th Dec Sunday 20th Dec Monday 21st Dec Tuesday 22nd Dec Wednesday 23rd Dec

HIGH 11:07 am 1.89m 11:57 am 1.82m 12:15 am .17m 1:08 am 1.16m 2:05 am 1.16m 3:09 am 1.19m 4:16 am 1.24m

LOW 4:33 am 0.25m 5:22 am 0.32m 6:13 am 0.41m 7:05 am 0.5m 8:00 am 0.6m 9:00 am 0.68m 10:11 am 0.73m

HIGH 11:24 pm 1.2m 12:46 pm 1.74m 1:35 pm 1.65m 2:27 pm 1.56m 3:18 pm 1.48m 4:12 pm 1.41m

LOW 6:01 pm 0.27m 6:51 pm 0.33m 7:40 pm 0.39m 8:29 pm 0.45m 9:18 pm 0.49m 10:09 pm 0.51m 10:58 pm 0.51m

BALLINA - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 17th Dec Friday 18th Dec Saturday 19th Dec Sunday 20th Dec Monday 21st Dec Tuesday 22nd Dec Wednesday 23rd Dec

HIGH 11:26 am 1.8m 12:11 pm 1.71m 12:37 am 1.02m 1:28 am 1.01m 2:25 am 1.02m 3:32 am 1.06m 4:40 am 1.13m

LOW 4:29 am 0.26m 5:14 am 0.33m 6:00 am 0.41m 6:51 am 0.5m 7:48 am 0.59m 8:56 am 0.66m 10:10 am 0.7m

HIGH 11:47 pm 1.05m 12:55 pm 1.6m 1:39 pm 1.48m 2:25 pm 1.37m 3:14 pm 1.27m 4:11 pm 1.2m

LOW 6:14 pm 0.25m 7:03 pm 0.31m 7:51 pm 0.36m 8:37 pm 0.42m 9:23 pm 0.45m 10:11 pm 0.47m 10:57 pm 0.46m

BRUNSWICK HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 17th Dec Friday 18th Dec Saturday 19th Dec Sunday 20th Dec Monday 21st Dec Tuesday 22nd Dec Wednesday 23rd Dec

HIGH 11:20 am 1.85m 12:06 pm 1.77m 12:17 am 1.07m 1:10 am 1.05m 2:10 am 1.05m 3:18 am 1.08m 4:27 am 1.14m

LOW 4:13 am 0.18m 4:58 am 0.27m 5:45 am 0.37m 6:35 am 0.47m 7:32 am 0.56m 8:39 am 0.64m 9:56 am 0.68m

HIGH 11:28 pm 1.11m 12:50 pm 1.66m 1:33 pm 1.55m 2:19 pm 1.44m 3:08 pm 1.34m 4:03 pm 1.26m

LOW 5:56 pm 0.27m 6:45 pm 0.32m 7:31 pm 0.37m 8:18 pm 0.41m 9:07 pm 0.43m 9:56 pm 0.43m 10:44 pm 0.41m

TWEED HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 17th Dec Friday 18th Dec Saturday 19th Dec Sunday 20th Dec Monday 21st Dec Tuesday 22nd Dec Wednesday 23rd Dec

HIGH 11:16 am 1.8m 12:04 pm 1.72m 12:14 am 1.09m 1:11 am 1.07m 2:15 am 1.06m 3:26 am 1.09m 4:33 am 1.16m

LOW 4:05 am 0.23m 4:51 am 0.32m 5:40 am 0.42m 6:32 am 0.52m 7:32 am 0.62m 8:42 am 0.7m 9:56 am 0.73m

HIGH 11:20 pm 1.13m 12:52 pm 1.63m 1:38 pm 1.53m 2:26 pm 1.44m 3:15 pm 1.35m 4:07 pm 1.29m

LOW 5:39 pm 0.29m 6:29 pm 0.34m 7:19 pm 0.4m 8:10 pm 0.45m 9:00 pm 0.48m 9:50 pm 0.48m 10:37 pm 0.47m

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NEW KINGSCLIFF REGIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX OPENED

THE new clubhouse at the Kingscliff Regional Sports Complex located at Walter Peate Reserve has been officially opened. This year at the Kingscliff

Regional Sports Complex Tweed Shire Council has also upgraded canteen facilities, upgraded athletic facilities, installed new field lighting, and added four fully accessible

BALLINA GOLF CLUB VETERANS Competition Report Monday 7th December 2020 On Monday 7th December 2020, 167 Members and Veterans in very colourful Christmas attire played an 18 Hole Stableford event. The winner was Kevin Field with 42 points. Second was Adam Rose with 41 points on a countback from Ian Johnston. Fourth was Ken Jones with 39 points. Fifth on a countback was David Mccrohon (from The Ridge GC) with 38 points from sixth placed Richard Grainger from seventh placed Ian Eade. There were 33 balls to 35 points on a countback. The Card Draw winners for $80.00 each were Tom Smalley, Patricia Faithfull, John Wise and Ray Buckley. N.B. Four Card Draws are now held in lieu of Pro Pin and Lucky Card Draw 146 Veterans participated in the

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change rooms with private shower stalls. One of the key objectives of the project has been to provide facilities that increase female participation and improve

Veterans 18 Hole event. Winner was Tony Ansell with 46 points winning $40.00. Second on a c ountback was Michael Howard also with 46 points, winning $30.00. Third was Kevin Field with 45 points winning $20.00. There were 9 X $10.00 vouchers down to 42 points on a countback. Voucher winners Roger Pallant, Rick Grainger, John Murphy, Peter O’loughlin, Ken Jones, Ray Day, Darryl Waddell, Rod Fayle and Rodney Gilmour.

accessibility for people with a disability to play sport. Funding for the project has been received from the NSW Office of Sport’s Regional Sports Infrastructure Fund, Tweed Council, and the facility’s user groups. Photos: The new Kingscliff Regional Sports Complex Clubhouse, and the Mayor of Tweed Councillor Chris

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CORAKI VETERANS GOLF RESULTS THURSDAY 10/12/20 Well another large field 58 players club winner N Reeves, Vets winner Wotherspoon both ham winners and lucky card draw ham winner S Dawson, 2nd S Reddell, 3rd B Waterson free game S Dawson, chicken/ball winners K Avery, J Perkins, R Black, K Cherry, L Lloyd, D Vagne, B McDonald, J Gibson, G Evans, T Wood, T Beemster, S Smith, L Bonner, J Savins. Nearest pins 3rd/12th T Doyle, 6th/15th T Wood. This Thursday 17/12 will be another single stableford event starting at 8.00am. Golfers are reminded the on Wednesday 30/12 the Annjual Leeson Family day will be played for golfers and non golfers, breakfast will be served for the first 50 players from 7.00 am and a barbque lunch will follow the golf, loads of trophies for golfers and non golfers. Don’t forget that golf will be played on Wednesday 23/12/20 commencing at 8.000am AS USUAL TILL THEN GOOD GOLFING

Cherry, Member for Tweed Geoff Provest MP, Councillor Ron Cooper, Council’s Program Leader - Recreation Services, Murray Smith, Skye Teasdale (Tweed Little Athletics Club/ TLAC), Michelle Teasdale (TLAC), Andrew Barkworth (TLAC), Les Geary (TLAC) and Council’s Director Sustainable Communities and Environment, Tracey Stinson

Twelve year old Shanae Crispin and Fourteen year old Bree Hunter will this year share The Grafton Physical Culture, Outstanding Achiever Award, for 2020. This award goes to the person who progresses the furthest, for the current year. Both Bree and Shanae reached the Final of the State Titles, which were held in Sydney at the weekend. Bree and Shanae had to perform three times for the adjudicators, to be selected for the finals. This was a great effort by the girls, and they will now become the joint holders of this Award for 2020. Performing at their best, as always, they are great ambassadors

for the Grafton Club and North Coast, who they were representing and great role models for the younger girls coming through the Club. Both girls have gained selection for Nationals 6 times and this was Bree’s 4th time making the National Final and Shanae’s 3rd. This was also Bree’s last year at Junior Nationals which was a great way to finish her Junior Nationals. This year wasn’t an easy journey, they have put in a lot of hard work over the years and especially 2020, it was done under very difficult circumstances. Classes commenced early in the year, then Covid came along. Classes had to be postponed, then they were held on Zoom, next to the Junction Hill Tennis Courts, in the middle of winter, a little cold but everyone attended. Then finally into a church hall, as school halls were still unable to be used by the public. 10 year old Tara Commerford although not progressing past her heat, thoroughly enjoyed the experience at this level and her physie will only improve from here. Anyone wanting to join classes

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NEW CRITERIUM TRACK OPEN AND READY FOR RACING

It’s the only facility of its kind in the region and Byron Bay’s new cycle and running track at the Cavanbah Centre has been given a big ‘thumbs

up’ by the Byron Bay Cycle Club and local cyclists. The construction of the track was made possible thanks to a $250,000

grant from the Australian Government’s Community Sport Infrastructure Fund, that was awarded to the Byron Bay Cycle Club.

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“The new track replaces an existing 508m circuit that will be used for local criterium races, duathlons and other events as well as coaching,” Deb Fuller from the Byron Bay Cycle Club said. “It is also a terrific place for children to learn to ride a bicycle because it’s away from traffic, as well as an exercise area for wheelchair users and people running for fitness,” she said. “We are already holding criterium race meets here and it can double as a training base for interstate and overseas cycling teams, post COVID of course,” Ms Fuller said. While the new track is a project initiated by the Byron Bay Cycle Club, Byron Shire Council supported the application, providing access to the land at the Cavanbah Centre for the new facility. “There is not a track like this within a 150km radius and Byron Bay now has a facility that all residents can use and be very proud of,” Chris Boogert, President of the Byron Bay Cycle Club, said. Phil Holloway, Council’s Director Infrastructure Services,

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said the project was a great example of Council working with a community group to develop a facility that would benefit many people in the Shire. “It is really exciting to see the Byron Bay Cycle Club’s vision and hard work realised with this new track which is built on Council land and able to be used by anyone,” Mr Holloway said. Leo Armenta Butt, a cyclist from London who recently won a criterion on the Cavanbah circuit, said that after being locked up in London due to COVID-19, to come to Byron Bay to race on the new track was a tremendous thrill. “I loved it and all my friends stuck at home in the UK were so envious when I shared pictures of the Byron Bay track on social media,” he said. The one kilometre, multiuse, competition grade track will be officially opened on 22 December.

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SPORT AUSTRALIA RESOURCE HELPS CLUBS LIFT THEIR GAME Government is supporting sport through COVID-19 and beyond. “A key focus of Game Plan is assisting community level sporting clubs and volunteers as they recover from the impacts of COVID-19. Clubs and sporting organisations can access resources to help them grow their membership base as well as support the recruitment and retention of volunteers in a new sporting environment.” The new tool has already

A new Sport Australia resource launched this week is helping local sporting clubs and organisations across Australia not just survive the COVID-19 pandemic but return even bigger and better. Sport Australia’s Game Plan is an online diagnostic tool that volunteers and club administrators can use to improve how they operate and replaces Club Health Check. “We know sporting clubs have had to adapt to our ‘new normal’ so sport can return and that can come with challenges,” Sport Australia Acting CEO Rob Dalton said. “Many sporting clubs are

also run by volunteers who may be time poor or have varying levels of experience in running a club. Our Game Plan tool is designed to make life easier for these clubs by connecting them with information and resources they need to help them operate more efficiently and effectively.” Clubs can check how they’re performing in 13 areas including four foundation modules that underpin all club operations – Governance, Strategy, Finance and Workforce. The modules are quick and easy to complete. Once a club has finished a module, they receive a maturity rating, information

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Legal and Strategy at Hockey Australia Michael Johnston said: “Game Plan provides a starting point for clubs looking to improve and some targeted guidance on how they can do it. We know it can be hard to attract volunteers and they often burnout quickly. The more support we can provide, the more volunteers we can attract and retain.” Delivery Network Lead at Netball Queensland Laura Rathgeber said: “We’re really

and resources to help them improve, and an action plan to assign responsibilities and timelines. “The best part about Game Plan is that it’s not limited to a single user – any administrator of a club can complete modules suited to their Sport Australia Acting CEO Rob Dalton role, whether that’s received the tick of approval passionate about reducing the coaching, sponsorship or from a number of sports. burden on our volunteers. We finance. Clubs can also CEO Pony Club Australia believe it will give time back access the platform at any Dr Catherine Ainsworth to our volunteer workforce time to assist them in or said: “As a national sporting so they can put their time outside of season,” Mr organisation Pony Club where it best suits, and that’s Dalton said. Australia is very excited to in delivering sport to our Minister for Youth and use Game Plan to assist the community.” Sport, Senator the Hon continuous improvement of Sport Australia’s Game Richard Colbeck said Sport our clubs.” Plan can be found at Australia’s Game Plan is General Manager Growth, gameplan.sportaus.gov.au another way the Australian

SOUTH TWEED SPORTS (BOWLS SECTION) AKA SOUTH TWEED SHARKS BOWLS RESULTS Runner Up: Ernie Kooymans & Tony Houghton

Wednesday Open Triples: Winners: Bruce Wenban, Judy Sharpe, Ian Whitehall Runners Up: Keith Ward, David Sharpe, Peter Johnston

Thursday Open Bowls: Winners: Glenn Coste Runner Up: Jason Preo Ladies Club Champ Fours Runner Up L to R Kylie Kerker, Cheryl Moran, Lyn Kennedy, Sally Hickman

Wednesday December 9 Consistency game P Doyle + 119, G Miller + 91 and G Lavelle + 91, B Ryan R Goebel d W Farrell B Hyde + 17, P Anderson L Condon J Arnold d R Clark S Barton T Winkler + 3. Final of the B grade pairs N Bodycote K

December 17, 2020

Hayes d T Burgess N Parker 21 to 18. ( Caption for attached picture “ SOUTH PAWS WIN THE DAY AT KYOGLE. In the final of the B grade pairs championship it was two left handed bowlers Noel Bodycote (L) and Kevin Hayes (R) who were victorious “ )

Club Ladies Championship Fours Final:

Week Date: Saturday…5th December to Friday 11th December 2020

& John Gilbert Runner Up: Glenn Coste & Norm Pritchard

Saturday Open Triples

Tuesday Open Bowls:

Winners: Barry McLennan, Judy Sharpe, David Sharpe, Ian Whitehall Runner Up: Ted Robinson, Jim McBain, Elmo Koelmeyer, Peter Johnston

Winner: Alan Thompson & John Brown Runner Up: Joan Leckie & Joan Reid

Wednesday Morning Open Pairs:

Club Ladies B Grade Championship Final:

Saturday Open Pairs:

Winners: Jim Chapman & Les Smith

Karen Gallard defeated Robyn Charles

Winners: Norma Robertson

Sue Johnston, Meg Middlemiss, Jan Watson, Dell O’Neill Defeated Sally Hickman, Lyn Kennedy, Kylie Kerker, Cheryl Moran

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Surfing By Max Perrot The women kicked off the first event of the 2021 WSL season at Honolua Bay on the island of Maui in Hawaii in excellent clean solid waves at the beautiful location which proved to be very eventful for both good and bad reasons. Tyler Wright was the standout on day one of competition with a perfect 10 point ride in her quarter final heat against fellow Aussie Steph Gilmore. “The way it set up on the reef, I was like, ‘Oh, this is one of those ones that if you put yourself in the right spot it can work out really good,’” Wright said of the perfect ride. “There hadn’t been one of those all day.

Once I saw it, I just went with the feeling, and then I celebrated a few times along the way.” Wright will meet Sally Fitzgibbons in her upcoming semi final while defending world champion Carissa Moore is waiting to find out her opponent as fading light prevented the last quarter final being held. Moore will get the winner of that heat which features Sage Erickson and Tatiana WestonWebb. The following day was setting up as another day of good surf conditions and the remaining competitors were warming up and getting prepared for the final day of the event when a local recreational surfer was attacked by a tiger shark in the competition area.

Pictured: Stephanie Gilmore Photographer:Das/WSL

The 56 year old surfer suffered injuries to his leg and required CPR on shore before being rushed to hospital. Sage Erickson, who was in the water warming up for her quarter final when the incident occurred said: ”This was at like 7:50 am and we heard the guy screaming. It was a huge bite off the back of his thigh— like thigh and back of the leg. Based on the bite mark and the board, it was at least a 12-footer. They took the skis to get him—thankfully the skis were there. They got him and took him to the inside. They were doing compressions on him, but he wasn’t responding.” Two

days later the World Surf League revealed the male surfer, who was left in a critical condition, succumbed to his injuries and passed away in hospital. “Our thoughts and hearts are with the victim’s family and friends as well as the entire Maui surfing community.” After working with local authorities and discussing with our surfers, the WSL has made the decision not to continue running the remaining heats at Honolua Bay. “we are working on options to complete the Maui Pro presented by ROXY event at an alternate location in Hawaii. We will update everyone soon - stay tuned.”

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