The Northern Rivers Times Edition 45

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May 13, 2021

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SOLIDARITY WITH INDIA

by Christine Tondorf FOR nine years Dr Senjeev Baweja and his wife, who is a nurse, have been looking after the Northern Rivers, but now Dr Baweja is calling on this community to support him as he tries to send much-needed medical equipment to India.

Dr Baweja, who works at Lismore’s Base Hospital, is in constant touch with his ageing parents and brother and two sisters in India. The Covid humanitarian nightmare is unfolding around them.

“It is pretty bad at the moment. It is a tragedy at a level that can’t be imagined,” he said.

“I speak to doctor friends and nurses who are on the ground and it’s heartbreaking for them to see the devastation the virus is causing.

“In contrast to the first wave, this time a lot of young people have been infected and there are many young deaths in the age group of 20 to 50

Lismore businessman Sonny Singh says the Northern Rivers Indian community has been hit hard by the pandemic crisis in India. years. This age group had been considered safe, but it’s not the case this time.”

Dr Baweja said the new variant in India appeared to be highly contagious and the health system was scrambling to cope.

“In some cities you can no longer find a bed in a hospital, let alone a ventilator,” he said.

“The oxygen supply is close to depleted. It’s a big country with a lot of people, a lot of patients and now a lot of

health workers have become infected and can’t work.”

Dr Baweja is fundraising to send oxygen concentrators to India – machines that generate oxygen from room air and can produce one to 20 litres in a minute.

Dr Baweja wants to raise $20,000 to buy the concentrators. In the first five days after launching his GoFundMe page, he raised $6000. continued on page 4 ☛

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HELP THE WILSONS RIVER ROUS County Council is developing a River Reach Plan for the area of the Wilsons River between Boatharbour Nature Reserve and Eltham Village.

Covering about 19km of riverfront and many more kilometres of feeder streams, the plan aims to identify areas of most concern to water quality and opportunities for improvement. It will also include assistance for landholders in that area of the catchment to undertake restoration projects in the years ahead.

The project will build on our current river restoration work between Lismore and Boatharbour and the great work of Richmond Landcare Inc and Boatharbour Landcare.

For more information, email council@rous. nsw.gov.au or visit the website: rous.nsw.gov.au/ riverreach LCC POTHOLE REPAIR SCHEDULE THE weather has been a little kinder to Lismore City Council road teams lately.

This has allowed council to repair many potholes, although some have reappeared after the recent rain.

Council says they know there are many more that need to be filled and they are working as fast as they can to get to them.

Over the next two weeks, there will be one hotmix crew and two jetmasters filling as many potholes as possible.

The main areas of focus this coming fortnight are: Three Chain Rd, Tucki Rd/Graham Rd, Rock Valley/Cawongla Rd, Tatham Rd, Broadwater Rd and Tuckurimba Rd. FORESTRY PROVIDES FOR KOALAS LAST week Forestry Corporation of NSW delivered the final load of koala food tree seedlings in support of North Coast koala care groups’ efforts to build koala habitat (see story page 22).

The organisation delivered the final 7,000 seedlings to the recently opened Lismore nursery facility managed by the Friends of the Koala to support their, and Bangalow Koalas’, planting programs.

All up, 25,000 seedlings have been donated through this partnership to support koala populations, improve connectivity between areas, provide future food and habitat and improve habitat value.

The seedlings were grown at Forestry Corporation’s Grafton nursery and have now been transferred to the Lismore facility for acclimatisation and hardening.

They will be used in bush regeneration plantings and environmental work under the guidance of Bangalow Koalas and Friends of the Koalas-Lismore, said Forestry Corporation’s Partnerships Leader, Ryan Ellis.

“The new nursery site is looking great and is bristling with stock, in preparation for planting by passionate locals who want to support wildlife and the environment,” Mr Ellis said.

“The final delivery consisted of koala-preferred species, including tallowwood, swamp mahogany, and Dunn’s white gum, which will be shared between local groups.

“All the donated trees for this planting season have now been transferred from the Forestry Corporation Grafton nursery into the care and attention of Friends of the Koala-Lismore’s Nursery manager, Mark Wilson.”

Forestry Corporation has also provided information and resources to support the planting operations.

Bachelor-turned-family-man spends Mothers’ Day in Byron THE star of the 2017 Bachelor show, Matty J, and the winner of the series Laura Byrne, now Matty’s life partner, were in Byron Bay on the weekend celebrating Mothers’ Day. The Bachelor success-story couple were travelling with their two beautiful daughters, oneyear-old Marlie-Mae and baby Lola, born just three months ago.

Like so many other young families, they were touring the

grounds of The Farm at Byron Bay enjoying the gorgeous weather.

Matty, 33, and Laura, 31, are based in Bondi with Matty working in radio while Laura still identifies as a jewellery designer despite having her hands full caring for two little girls.

In a recent interview with The Daily Telegraph, Laura said, “All the time. Both Matt

and I go, ‘Holy sh*t, we’re so lucky.’ We hoped that we’d meet someone on the show, but there’s no way in hell either of us could ever have expected that we’d meet the person we’re going to spend the rest of our lives with and have a family with – and that all of this would come from doing a reality TV show. But we’re so grateful for it.”

The couple plan to marry at the end of the year.

Seniors urged to pick up their $250 travel card THERE are more than 3000 seniors in the Clarence and Richmond valley who can still claim a $250 travel card.

Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis has been happy with the uptake of the Regional Seniors Travel Card with uptake hitting 76% in the Clarence and 80% in the Richmond end of his electorate.

He said it was the second year the government issued the card, which seniors can use to put fuel in their cars, pay for taxis or buy rail tickets.

He said 8233 cards were issued to Clarence Valley seniors and 3432 were issued to older residents of the Richmond Valley,

but no-one should miss out.

“That proves that this Nationals scheme has been an overwhelming success, but I would still like to see applications from the 2466 Clarence Valley seniors and 948 Richmond Valley seniors who are eligible but have not yet staked their claim,” he said.

“The Regional Seniors Travel Card is a policy the NSW Nationals took to the last State election.

“It recognises that older Australians in regional areas like ours don’t benefit from the subsidised mass transit that Sydneysiders enjoy.

“It puts $250 into the pockets

of eligible regional NSW seniors to spend mostly at servos for fuel and on taxi services but it can also be used on pre-booked NSW TrainLink, regional train and coach services.”

Eligible seniors have until November 30 to apply. Seniors must be an age pensioner with a valid Pensioner Concession Card or hold a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card issued by either the Department of Human Services or Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

Applications for the card can be made online at www.service.nsw. gov.au, by calling 137 788 or by visiting a Service NSW Service Centre.

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Liberal MLC backs Clarence mining ban

By Tim Howard THE Clarence Valley will make its views on more mining in the region clearer to the NSW Government this month with a double-barrelled expression of it opposition.

On Friday Liberal Upper House member Catherine Cusack accepted an invitation to the Lawrence Hall to received a petition with the signatures of 10,429 people opposed to more mining in the Clarence.

And deputy premier John Barilaro will soon receive a letter from the Clarence Valley Council reiterating the Clarence community’s “strong opposition” to mining in the Clarence River catchment.

After watching a CCA audio-visual presentation where farmers, tourism operators and other people who relied on the river said why they believed mining should stop in the Clarence, Ms Cusack told a group of around 20 alliance members how pleased she was to take this petition and table it in the NSW Upper House.

She said the alliance

Catherine Cusack with the box of signatures opposing mining in the Clarence. Clarence Mayor Jim Simmons is holding a No Mines sign. Ms Cusack will table the petition this week. showed tremendous leadership in the community by beginning the petition in 2018 and continuing to gather signatures during the crises that had occurred during that time.

She said the alliance had done its job in getting the petition past the 10,000 signature milestone and, now it was her job to present it to the Upper House.

She said the petition opened

up a number of options for Upper House members, including committees to investigate its claims, voting against legislation, amending legislation and making representations to ministers.

Ms Cusack, who cross the floor at the end of 2020 to vote against a government’s socalled Koala Protection Bill, said beliefs on environmental issues were changing on the conservative side of politics.

“It’s timely,” she said.

“What I have seen here today shows what it is that’s at stake when we make these decisions.”

She was optimistic the petition would receive a fair hearing and said environmental issues were taken seriously, “In the wake of the blow out that happened when the NSW Government cancelled the mining lease of the Shenhua

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“It can be a ‘horses for courses’ approach, but when you see what happened here with the Bentley protests and in South Western Sydney, where the government cancelled gas exploration licences, governments are treating these issues on their merits.”

She said there had been tidal change in attitude to the environment among most conservatives.

“I cringe when I hear Craig Kelly open his mouth on these issues,” she said.

“It’s not my view and I think it’s not the views of the party Sir Robert Menzies formed, with its emphasis on science and education.”

Clarence Valley Council has also voted double down on its opposition to mining in the Clarence Valley.

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NORTHERN RIVERS DIGS DEEP FOR INDIA continued from front page “We live in a very small community, but people here are generous,” he said.

Dr Baweja (pictured) is searching the world for oxygen concentrators.

“The planet is running short. They are not manufactured in Australia, but only in the US and China,” he said.

Dr Baweja said the price of oxygen concentrators had also risen as the pandemic worsened, going from $1000 a year ago to $3000 today.

“The biggest supply of concentrators is in China, but China has stopped all cargo flights into India for 15 days,” he said.

“I have spoken to people back home in India to find some, as well as reaching out to friends in the US, but I’ve had no luck so far.”

Dr Baweja says if he can raise more than $20,000, he’ll be able to place a

bigger order for oxygen-concentrators – and this might help him secure an order.

“These machines are just so badly needed, but if I can’t find any my next option is to forward funds, I raise to the big charities working on the ground in India, such as CARE, Give-India, SEEVA and UNICEF,” he said.

“These organisations all have people in India, but I’ll do my best to find equipment and send it.”

Dr Baweja said he wanted to thank the Northern Rivers community for their support.

“I will tell friends in India that there is a small community over here and they are thinking of you in these bad times.”

Dr Baweja, who has had the AstraZeneca vaccine, is also calling on everyone eligible for the Covid vaccine to have it as soon as possible.

“My message is just look around the world at what is happening, so if you want to save the lives of your parents and grandparents and if you love your family, then go and get vaccinated.

It doesn’t take long for this virus to spread in the community.”

Northern Rivers Indian population suffering More than 400,000 people who were born in India call Australia home.

Lismore businessman Sonny Singh says the Northern Rivers Indian community has been hit hard by the crisis in India.

Mr Singh says he has a cousin stuck in India, who has been trying for months to return to Australia.

He also knew of other people who were unable to fly to India to visit gravely ill family members.

“I know of a Byron Bay lady, who wanted to get back, but couldn’t so decided not to travel,” he said.

“I know someone else whose father died in Delhi and she couldn’t say goodbye. She was here in the shop, very upset. We live so far away and now we can’t go and say goodbye or even attend a funeral.”

To donate to Dr Baweja’s GoFundMe campaign, visit this site: https://au.gofundme.com/f/covidindia-give-a-chance-to-breathe

Lismore Base Hospital emergency wait times addressed

By Tonia Dynan CLAIMS up to 26 patients were waiting in Lismore Base Hospital’s Emergency Department last week for a bed to be admitted to a ward, have been addressed by the Northern NSW Local Health District.

A visitor to the 14-bed ED claimed the section was overrun last Monday, saying she was told 26 people were waiting on beds, and 10 patients had been waiting in emergency on Sunday for a ward bed.

Northern NSW Local Health District chief executive Wayne Jones said the Emergency Department had been experiencing high volumes of presentations recently.

“During the latest BHI quarterly results for the period October to December 2020, there were a record

10,372 attendances,” he said.

“Management are working with the Unit to increase staffing in line with current activity. An additional Registered Nurse per shift was allocated to the unit in April, and recruitment is under way for an extra 1.4 FTE Nurse Practitioner to assist with managing patient flow through the unit and on to hospital admissions.

“Recruitment is also underway for a social worker based in the Emergency Department, which will further complement the current staffing mix, and improve the efficiency of triaging and assessment for patients who may need to access this support.”

Mr Jones said the Emergency Department did not place patients in corridors to await admission into the ED or a hospital

ward.

“In cases where there is a delay in transferring a patient for further admission, they are cared for in a dedicated patient monitoring bay within the unit,” he said.

“Staff work hard to triage and treat patients presenting to the Emergency Department within clinical timeframes. In periods of higher demand more beds are opened at LBH to accommodate the increased patient attendances.

“The final phase of the $312.8 million Stage 3 Redevelopment of Lismore Base Hospital includes additional inpatient bed capacity, education and training facilities and expanded community and outpatient services on the existing Lismore Base Hospital footprint and is due for completion in early 2022.

“The redevelopment works

2021 Community Building Partnership Program now open.

which started in 2013 have already included a new Emergency Department and Renal Unit which opened in late 2016, followed by the completion of the South Tower in mid-2018 which includes Women’s Care, Paediatrics, Surgical Services and inpatient units.

“The North Tower was completed in December 2019 and comprises inpatient wards as well as medical imaging, Critical Care, pathology and admissions.

The 2020-21 budget for Northern NSW Local Health District is more than $926 million – an increase of almost $39 million, on the 2019-20 budget.”

The Bureau of Health Information statistics for the Northern NSW district show 61 per cent of patients spent four hours of less in the ED. ED attendances from October to December 2020

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were 54,687, down by 1.8 per cent (951 attendances) from same quarter last year.

Those that were treated and admitted to hospital spent a median of 4 hours and 57 minutes, up 40 minutes, and the 90th percentile spent 12 hours and 49 minutes, which was up by 140 minutes compared with same quarter last year.

This was less that the state average, where people treated and admitted across the state spent a median of 5 hours 16 minutes, up 16 minutes, and the 90th percentile spent 14 hours and 5 minutes, which was up 27 minutes compared with same quarter last year.

Patients that were treated and discharged spent a median of 1 hour and 50 minutes, up eight minutes, and the 90th percentile spent 4 hours and 44 minutes, up 23 minutes.

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Zero emissions from electricity by 2030 goal TWEED’S councillors voted unanimously back in early April to move to phase to of the group’s Renewable Energy Action Plan – which includes 10 solar projects worth more than $1million.

The new projects will join the more than 20 solar arrays already installed at Council facilities which they estimate is saving 1185 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually - the equivalent of 66 average households.

The phase two rollout will almost triple Council’s current solar capacity to more than 2200 kWp (kilowatts peak) which is expected to save up to $220,000 per year on energy costs.

Tweed Mayor Chris Cherry

said Council was working to respond to the challenges of climate change.

“Through a combination of energy efficiency works, installation of renewable energy systems, carbon offsets and purchasing renewable energy we are aiming to meet Council’s target of reducing electricityrelated carbon emissions by 25 per cent by next year (from 2016/17 baseline), 50 per cent by 2025 and to have achieved net zero emissions by 2030,” she said.

Projects at Banora Point Wastewater Treatment Plant and the Tweed Heads Administration Office were deferred from the initial phase of the plan and be completed over the next two years.

currently completing to reduce its carbon footprint include: • Replacing 5700 existing streetlights with energyefficient LED lights; • Replacing 1800 older lights with LED lights at Council’s facilities; • Replacing older equipment, such as water pumps, with new more energy-efficient systems.

In addition, Tweed Shire Solar arrays are already installed at more than 20 Council Council currently purchases facilities, including Tweed Regional Aquatic Centre. around half of its electricity Other solar projects in the Treatment Plant, Bray Park supply from NSW wind and second phase of the action Water Pump Station, Bray solar farms after signing a plan will take place at: Tweed Park Water Treatment Plant, 10-year agreement with energy Regional Gallery, Banora Tweed Regional Museum retailer Flow Power in 2020.

Point Community Centre, Records Storage Centre and For more information on what Tweed Regional Aquatic Murwillumbah, Hastings Point climate change means for the Centre - Tweed Heads South, and Uki Water Treatment Plants. Tweed, visit www.tweed.nsw.

Kingscliff Wastewater Other works the Council is gov.au/climatechange.

COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE CHANGE TO FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENTS

By Tim Howard IN four and a half years Clarence Valley Greens councillor Greg Clancy (pictured) has fought to get his council to divest itself of shares in financial institutions with fossil fuel interests and lost just about every battle.

But he might be winning the war.

Since coming to council in 2016, he has voted against the monthly investment report presented to council, to protest against fossil fuel aligned financial institutions in the portfolio.

A more conservative Cr Andrew Baker has criticised the tactic, arguing protests were not a councillor’s job and urging them to make better use of their position and time by moving motions and bringing notices of motion to meetings.

At the last meeting and after dutifully registering his protest

vote, Cr Clancy took that advice and presented a notice of motion to council seeking to get its investments out of fossil fuels.

To be fair, Cr Clancy, does not restrict his activities on council to protests and regularly seeks to ensure council activities align with environmental and ecological concerns.

Unsurprisingly the council found fault with his NOM and voted it down. But with a crucial difference.

This time councillors voted for a foreshadowed motion from Cr Karen Toms to review the council’s investment policies to look at ways it could make sound investments without supporting fossil fuel companies.

Councillors took exception to aspects of his motion, but his main arguments: that council’s investments could be equally profitable fossil fuel-

what was an internet site.

“We don’t know its associations or its agendas,” he said.

During debate Cr Richie Williamson said he had researched marketforces.org. au and found its executive director had previously been a member of Greenpeace and had links to Friends of the free and other organisations Earth. were doing it in line with more He said those affiliations enlightened climate change were enough to convince him policies, had support. the website should not be used Controversially Cr Clancy as a yardstick for the council’s urged the council to seek investment policy. advice on which funds to He also pointed out the invest in from a website, council’s investment policy marketforces.org.au, which he was up for its regular review said was a reference of those in the next couple of months. institutions that do and don’t Mayor Jim Simmons had support the fossil-fuel industry concerns the proposed policy and decisions can then be changes would hamstring the made to divest. council officers by placing Cr Baker questioned the too many restrictions on staff independence of the website choosing the best investments and if council could be for the council. satisfied with the integrity of Cr Toms opposed Cr

Clancy’s motion, but foreshadowed a motion to make more wide ranging changes to the investment policy.

“I think we need to review the whole thing and that’s what our manager of finance and supply (Michael Salvestro) said in his staff comment,” she said.

“It’s more complex than just making an amendment.

There’s big decisions to be made.

“He talks about target credit quality weightings and all those things. They’re far more experienced than probably you and I are at investing, so I believe the policy is due to be reviewed soon, we should allow a full review of that policy, like Mr Salvestro recommends and do it properly.”

She said that review could recommend fossil fuel divestment.

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LOCAL POLICE BEAT Police car rammed

with the driver of the Holden, a Two men and a woman have been 45-year-old man. charged after a police vehicle was He was subject to a roadside allegedly rammed. breath test which returned a positive About 12pm on Thursday 29 April, result. officers from Tweed/Byron Police The man was arrested and taken District found an allegedly stolen to Tweed Heads Police Station for black Jeep Cherokee 4WD being a breath analysis, which allegedly driven through a service centre on returned a reading of 0.359. the Pacific Motorway at Chinderah, Police inquiries identified the man just south of Tweed Heads. was previously the holder of a NSW When police approached the driver’s licence and was disqualified vehicle, the 4WD accelerated from driving until 2024 due to high harshly, narrowly avoiding one range PCA offences. of the officers. The vehicle then The man was also in possession rammed a parked police vehicle and of a Queensland driver’s licence another vehicle, before it stopped that police will allege was illegally nearby. obtained.

Additional police including the He was charged with drive with Dog Unit arrived and arrested three high range PCA, drive motor vehicle of the four occupants from the Jeep. during disqualification period and The two officers in the vehicle not mention disqualification in were not hurt; however, two police licence application. vehicles were significantly damaged.

The man was refused bail to During a search of the Jeep, police appear at Tweed Heads Local court. located a loaded .22 calibre rifle, a number of knives, a small amount Head on collision at Ballina of methylamphetamine and stolen A man was airlifted to the Gold identity documents.

Coast in a critical condition after The trio were taken to Tweed his car crashed head on into a truck Heads Police Station, where they on the Pacific Highway, Ballina on were each charged with a number of Friday night. offences.

According to police, local officers A 30-year-old man was charged tried to stop a car on the Pacific with three offences including being Highway, Ballina about 7.35pm on carried in a conveyance taken Friday. without consent of the owner, When the vehicle failed to stop a possess prohibited drug and custody low-speed pursuit began but a short of a knife in a public place. time later the man’s car and a truck A 21-year-old man was charged were involved in a head on crash. with being carried in a conveyance The man was treated by ambulance taken without consent of the owner paramedics before being airlifted to and goods in custody.

Gold Coast University Hospital.

A 24-year-old woman was charged The Pacific Highway was closed with seven offences including in both directions at West Ballina being carried in a conveyance just south of the Bruxner Highway taken without consent of the owner, for several hours. possess prohibited drug, custody A critical incident investigation of a knife in a public place, goods has begun. in custody and three outstanding warrants.

Man dies after boat capsizes All three were refused bail.

A man has died and a second has Investigations are continuing to been taken to hospital after a boat locate the fourth occupant of the capsized south of Yamba.

Jeep.

About 7am on Friday 7 May, emergency services were called to the Sandon River, The Sandon, about Tweed driver seven times 60km south of Yamba, following over limit reports a boat overturned and two A man has been charged with highmen were thrown into the water. range drink driving after allegedly Officers from Coffs/Clarence being caught more than seven times Police District attended and were the legal limit in the state’s North told one of the men sought refuge today. on nearby rocks before swimming About 3.30pm (Sunday 2 May), to shore. He was assessed at the a white Holden Commodore was scene before being taken to Maclean travelling through the car park of a District Hospital with minor injuries. shopping complex on Leisure Drive, The second man, aged 48, washed Banora Point, near Tweed Heads, ashore and was pulled from the when it allegedly collided with a water. Members of the public Toyota hatchback. conducted CPR, however, he died at Nobody was injured in the the scene. He is yet to be formally collision. identified.

Police were called and officers A report will be prepared for the from Tweed/Byron Police District information of the Coroner. attended a short time later and spoke

Vaccine rollout to be bolstered THE Covid vaccine rollout on the North Coast is set to ramp up with supplies delivered to local GPs to double and in some cases triple over the next three weeks.

GP clinics that have been receiving 50 doses of vaccine a week will soon get 150. Clinics receiving 100 doses a week will receive 200.

Deliveries to Federal Respiratory Clinics will also increase.

The number of weekly doses offered by general practices to the community will grow from 12,950 to 22,550.

So far more than 40,000 people have received COVID-19 vaccinations in northern New South Wales – the vast majority getting the Oxfordproduced AstraZeneca.

More than 110 general practices are delivering the vaccine program locally.

The timing for when you get the vaccine depends on how old you are, underlying health conditions and whether you are an essential worker. The government’s online interactive Vaccine Eligibility Checker and clinic finder takes all that into account and locates the nearest clinic with appointments.

It took The Northern Rivers Times 10 minutes to secure an appointment for a person over 50 (with no medical conditions, a nonessential worker) to receive AstraZeneca in Ballina using the government’s online vaccine checker to find the nearest clinic.

Healthy North Coast Chief Executive Julie Sturgess said there had been a great response to the vaccination program, with many people trying to secure a vaccination appointment.

“Combined with the increased vaccine availability at GPRCs and through NSW Health, we will see people getting vaccinated at the highest rate since the rollout commenced,” she said.

A leading Australian

epidemiologist, Professor James McCaw, from the University of Melbourne, has told News Corp that vaccinations were the ‘game-changer’ that would help to prevent the situation from spiralling out of control.

Prof McCaw said vaccination against the virus will stop inevitable outbreaks from having a ‘disastrous impact’.

Prof McCaw, who leads a research team providing coronavirus modelling to the Federal Government, said it was inevitable the virus would spread as Australians mix more socially.

Two different COVID-19 vaccines are available in Australia – AstraZeneca and Pfizer.

The AstraZeneca vaccine is recommended for people aged 50 and over and the Pfizer vaccine is recommended for people under 50. Having a vaccine is voluntary and there is no cost.

A new study has found that many Australians have reservations about being vaccinated, especially given extensive media coverage of rare blood clot cases.

The Australian National University has been tracking the views of more than 3,000 Australians from August last year until April. Its study estimates 54.7% of people would definitely get a ‘safe and effective vaccine, while 28.2% probably would.’

However eight in 10 people said they had concerns over possible side effects of vaccines and almost two-thirds of people said the vaccine

rollout was not being handled well.

So far fewer than 2.4 million doses of the vaccine have been administered in Australia, well below the original target to get 4 million vaccinated by the end of March.

This was revised after AstraZeneca was no longer recommended for people under the age of 50.

A new analysis conducted by the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) human medicines committee found the incidence of blood cloths following the AstraZeneca vaccine for people aged 20–49 is 20 per million. That risk then halves to 10 per million for people aged in their 50s and 60s, and drops to about five per million for those 70 and over.

People in Phase 1a and Phase 1b of the staged rollout are currently being vaccinated.

States and territories have begun vaccinating people in Phase 2a, starting with all adults aged 50 years and over.

This group can now receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at GP respiratory clinics and state and territory-run clinics, which are mostly hospital-based.

From 17 May, people aged 50 years and over will also be able to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine at participating general practices. Vaccinations are also available at many Aboriginal and Community Controlled Health Services and, in coming months, will be delivered from some local pharmacies.

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God’s Favorite Idiot films in Alstonville’s streets

YOU may have days in the pandemic when you feel like you’re living through an apocalypse, but the Netflix series being made in the Northern Rivers – God’s Favorite Idiot – does include one, plus a lake of fire.

The production last week was shooting in the streets of Alstonville. Left-hand-drive cars with Californian number plates were trucked into the quiet town.

The series has also filmed at various Lismore locations including the museum, art gallery quad and the base hospital. A $10 million grant from the Federal Government’s $540 million

Location Incentive program helped lure the production to the region.

The 16-episode series follows mid-level tech support employee Clark Thompson (American actor Ben Falcone) who finds love with co-worker Amily Luck (Melissa McCarthy) at the same time he becomes the unwitting messenger of God. Ms McCarthy, aged 50, also recently starred in Nine Perfect Strangers, shot in the Byron hinterland. The comedian rose to fame in the Hangover and Bridesmaid movies.

Falcone and McCarthy, a husband-and-wife team,

Filming at Lismore’s Quad with the facade of the library converted to a hospital. said in a statement: “To have the opportunity to safely film our show in a beautiful country like Australia is a dream come true. We love this country, and the talented people who live and work here. A special thank you to Chris, Luke, and Liam Hemsworth for volunteering to carry us to and from work with their wonderful powerful arms.”

More than 300 local cast

and crew are reported to be employed on the production, and more than $74 million injected into the economy.

Netflix has also promised to engage around 1,000 local businesses.

However, some Alstonville locals have reported an increase in traffic and noise in streets close to the showground, where the production is based.

Ballina Mayor David

Wright supports the Netflix’s production, but has pointed out that local councils had limited power to prevent filming in their shires.

“Some people think there should have been a DA [Development Application] for this, but it’s exempt development from state government – because state government encourages filming so we can’t stop it,” Mr Wright said.

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ACCOLADES FOR FIRE FIGHTING HEROES HUNDREDS of volunteer firefighters from across NSW have been recognised with prestigious awards from the NSW Rural Fire Service as part the service’s annual commendations for exceptional service and bravery.

Police and Emergency Services Minister David Elliott joined NSW RFS Commissioner Rob Rogers and Resilience NSW Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons last week to honour 16 individual award recipients and one brigade for their heroic actions during the 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires.

All other commendations will be issued at regional ceremonies to be held in coming weeks.

Usually held on May 4 each year, the award ceremony coincides with the Feast Day of St Florian, Patron Saint of Firefighters and International Firefighters’ Day. Deputy Group Captain Scott Campbell (pictured), from the Lawrence Brigade, Clarence Valley was awarded for his bravery.

“On November 8, 2019, the Liberation Trail fire impacted numerous properties near the village of Nymboida. As Divisional Commander of the Nymboida Sector, Deputy Group Captain Campbell received advice of a person trapped and responded immediately.

On arrival, Deputy Group Captain Campbell went to the aid of a distressed woman

who was in a fire-damaged car in a paddock. After getting her car onto the road, he gave her directions to drive to safety and told her he would get to her husband.

He then continued on to a neighbouring property, where he found the woman’s injured husband battling a shed fire.

The resident was surrounded by fire, with spot fires from the main fire front approaching from the southwest under strong winds.

Deputy Group Captain Campbell assisted the resident to fight the fire and prepare the property until he was down to approximately 100 litres of water. With the fire fast approaching and flames more than nine metres high, he made the decision to retreat to a safer area even though the resident refused to leave.

After some pleading, and with the fire less than 100 metres from the house, Deputy Group Captain Campbell managed to convince the residentto get in the tanker.

“As they were leaving, they drove over a small fallen tree and the vehicle was overrun with fire. With flames at least 12 metres high and fire behind them even higher, Deputy Group Captain Campbell knew their only chance was to keep going. The vehicle sustained significant damage and soon stalled. Eventually, Deputy Group Captain Campbell was able to start the tanker and continue the escape through poor visibility and extreme heat.

He successfully manoeuvred

and Staff, Lower North Coast • Northern Rivers Brigades - Busbys Flat/Rappville Fires, Northern Rivers Zone • Northern Rivers Brigades Kyogle Northern Rivers • Tyringham Brigade, Clarence Valley

the vehicle, the resident and himself to a safe area where an ambulance attended to the injured resident.

“Deputy Group Captain Campbell demonstrated exceptional fortitude, bravery and acts of courage during this perilous life-threatening situation.”

Other Northern Rivers firefighters were awarded a Commissioner’s Certificate for Commendation (Individual): • Senior Deputy Captain Harold, Gibson Trenayr Brigade, Clarence Valley • Deputy Captain Evan Delaforce, Tucabia Brigade, Clarence Valley • Group Captain David Tucker, Bonalbo Brigade, Northern Rivers • Captain Michael Rogan, Grafton City Brigade, Clarence Valley • Senior Deputy Captain

Walter, Murray Mount Ramornie Brigade, Clarence Valley Commissioner’s Unit Citation for Service: • Far North Coast Strike Team, Far North Coast • Gulmarrad Brigade, Clarence Valley Commissioner’s Certificate of Commendation (Unit): • Crescent Head Brigade, Lower North Coast • Clarence Valley Fire Control Centre Group Captain - Group 1, Coaldale Brigade, Trenayr Brigade and Copmanhurst Brigade, Clarence Valley • Ewingar Brigade, Clarence Valley • Far North Coast Brigades, Far North Coast • Far North Coast SMT, Far North Coast • Lower North Coast Zone Brigades, Group Captains

Mr Elliott said the event was an opportunity to come together to officially thank NSW RFS volunteers for their ongoing hard work and professionalism.

“We are enormously grateful for these men and women who selflessly serve our communities and respond to all types of fires and emergencies around the clock.

We pay tribute to those brave members and their dedication to protect the irreplaceable,” Mr Elliott said.

Commissioner Rogers said this year’s recipients demonstrated extreme acts of bravery in the face of horrific conditions experienced during the 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires and includes recipients for 2020 who were unable to receive their commendation due to Covid restrictions last year.

Commissioner Rogers also announced that all NSW RFS Members who played a role in the 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires will receive a Commissioner’s Certificate for Service, for their contribution to protecting people and property during one of the most devastating fire seasons in history.

Three new firefighters for Tweed

THREE new Fire and Rescue NSW recruits will begin their careers in the Tweed following the latest graduation of more than 200 new officers at the FRNSW Emergency Services Academy in Sydney.

Two of these new on-call firefighters will be attached to the Banora Point Station and the other will be at the Tweed Heads Station.

Just a few hundred fire fighters graduate each year from around 8000 initial applications.

“We are getting the best of the best not just to put out fires but also deal with a range of other emergencies, natural and man-made disasters and, yes occasionally, cats in trees,” Member for Tweed Geoff Provest said.

The NSW government has invested a record $900 million into Fire and Rescue NSW this financial year.

For some of the recruits, NSW Fire and Rescue is their first career, while others have interesting backgrounds including a former Nepalese firefighter, a school teacher and a television producer.

Tweed MP Geoff Provest welcomes new Tweed firefighters from the 2020 graduation.

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May 13, 2021

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Meet your local firies on Fire and Rescue Open Day SATURDAY May 15 is the date for this year’s Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Open Day and Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin is encouraging people to meet local firefighters and learn about home fire prevention.

Ms Saffin said FRNSW Open Day is a great opportunity for people of all ages to come along and meet their local firefighters.

“Five fire stations in our Electorate of Lismore are throwing open their doors between 10am and 2pm on Saturday, 15 May. This is an amazing opportunity to see firsthand what our firefighters do,” Ms Saffin said.

“Children will be able to see a fire truck, demonstrations and firefighting equipment while the grown-ups will be able to find out more about home fire prevention.”

FRNSW Open Day will be held the following fire stations: • Lismore, 139-141 Molesworth Street; • Goonellabah, 13 Taylor Avenue; • Kyogle, 37 Bloore Street;

TENTERFIELD’S FINEST: Lismore MP Janelle Saffin and NSW Shadow Minister for Local Government Greg Warren during a visit to Tenterfield Fire Station to meet and thank long-serving personnel and new recruits last year.

• Murwillumbah, 133 Murwillumbah Street; and • Tenterfield, 125 Logan Street.

NSW Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott said Open Day

will also focus on educating the community about the importance of having a working smoke alarm in their home.

“Each year, approximately 20 people die in NSW from

fires that could have been prevented. Sadly, almost all of these fatalities occur in people’s homes. Each death is a tragic loss for families, friends and the wider community,” Mr Elliott said.

“For each fire fatality, there are also hundreds more people who survive a fire but suffer life-changing health consequences. Firefighters are committed to reducing the risk of such fires and to protecting the irreplaceable.”

FRNSW Commissioner Paul Baxter said in the lead up to winter, Open Day was the perfect opportunity for the community to talk to firefighters about home fire safety.

“We see a 10-per cent increase in the number of house fires during the cooler months, with fires starting in bedrooms and lounge rooms due to heaters and electric blankets,” Mr Baxter said.

“This year we want to help residents prepare their homes, and in particular, encourage them to check their smoke alarms and have a Home Fire Escape Plan. We have developed a Get Ready for Winter checklist -- to find out more, visit https://www.fire. nsw.gov.au/winter.

For more information on FRNSW Open Day, visit www.fire.nsw.gov.au/ openday

SES SAYS THANK YOU AS flood levels fall across the Clarence Valley and recovery actions are in full swing, our local NSW SES members and emergency services continue to respond to calls for assistance while cleaning up and restocking their resources to prepare for any future events or call outs.

Over the past week, the Yamba and Maclean SES members have been working 24/7 attending to 134 requests for assistance, 21 flood rescues, 3 road crash rescues, multiple urgent medical evacuations and assisting ambulance transporting people across floodwaters.

NSW SES Yamba and Maclean Units would like to thank our community for their support during this severe weather event.

Together these Units have approximately 25

members and during severe events, rely on community to help with various tasks. During this event the local Yamba Surf Life Saving Club and spontaneous volunteers from the community helped fill a whopping 30 cubic metres of sand for sandbags.

Chief Superintendent Steve Patterson said, “We would like to thank our local SES volunteers for their dedication and support to their communities.

This includes our appreciation to their families who support them behind the scenes.”

“We also wish to thank the employers

of our volunteers for releasing them and allowing them to volunteer with the NSW SES to support their communities,” Chief Supt. Patterson added.

NSW SES Yamba Unit Commander George Szekely reinforced Chief Supt.

Patterson’s appreciation and added that the Clarence Valley needs to remain prepared for any future events.

Mr Szekely reminded the community, “We are still in a La Nina event which has shown to produce severe and unpredictable weather patterns. Please stay prepared by checking your roof is in good condition, gutters are clear, trim back any overhanging trees and branches and check your insurance is up to date.”

For FloodSafe and StormSafe preparation information please go to www.ses.nsw.gov.au

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Since 2014 our emissions have been increasing, to record levels in 2019.

Morrison’s government can’t fix the climate problem, they ARE the climate problem.

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convinced the majority of Rous councillors to vote against it. These issues remain. It would destroy irreplaceable natural assets, endangered species habitat, and cultural heritage. And the “water security” provided by a second dam is negligible when compared to desalination or recycled water options!

Elia Hauge B.Eng (Honours), Water Engineer & PhD Candidate

plantings (as intentional linkage corridors) from other existing koala habitat areas. The corridors have been worked on these last few years, involving Public against dam many people from our Phil Silver and Sue community: Lismore Meehan (NRT 29/4) Council, Saving our seem surprised that Rous Species, Friends of the County Council should Koala, Whian Whian take its own submission and other local Landcare process seriously. While groups, Conservation non-binding consultation Volunteers Australia, is hardly a meaningful NRMA and local form of participation, landholders. Thank you it is nonetheless the good people! strategy Rous selected for Don’t Dam Koalas How many of us think community engagement In response to the opinion that flushing toilets on the Dunoon Dam piece (NRT 29/4 p.11) with drinking water is in 2020. To disregard

by Phil Silver and Sue more important than the the outcome of that Meehan: So much in survival of a species? consultation process this article infuriates me • Koalas in Northern is an affront to the that it’s overwhelming.

NSW are heading for principles of legitimacy I will focus on their extinction right now, and accountability which misrepresentation of the predicted to be gone in underpin the concept, plight of Dunoon koalas. less than 30 years; theory, and – ideally – I confess that I’ve felt • Dunoon koalas practice of community cynical driving past signs can’t wait for some engagement. alerting me to koalas, compensatory “win Invitations by I’ve thought “I’ve never fall for habitat” in bureaucracies to make seen one, there’s probably the future, they could submissions are routinely more signs than koalas be extinct before the ignored, and sadly, low now!” But that’s’ just my trees they need grow response rates are normal. 2021 Default:denial and sufficiently; In the Rous submission eco-despair. Knowing • ‘Compensatory habitat’ process there was a most Aussies have does not protect great deal of publicity affection for our cute endangered species, it’s generated not just by iconic koalas prompts a developers’ fraud; Rous, but by other groups me to write on behalf of • “The greatest threat to as well. Rous even our region’s koalas that the long-term survival generously extended the are threatened by the of koalas is destruction submission period when proposed dam for our of their habitat” requested. region’s water supply.

(Friends of Koala The people who Did you know koalas website); responded to the call have been around for 25 • Koalas don’t need for submissions are million years? And they tree-felling to be added obviously the people are predicted to be extinct to the list of koala who cared enough to say within the next 30 years? killers: dog attack, cars, something. 95% of these Koala habitat and bushfire and disease; submissions were against crucial corridors would • Reduction of habitat the dam. This can not be be destroyed by the has been shown to disregarded in the face of proposed Dunoon Dam. increase disease rates a new pro-dam campaign This was spelled out in the due to stress. (See that has emerged months Terrestrial Ecology Impact submission to Rous after the closing of the Assessment (TEIA) in County Council by Ros initial Dunoon Dam 2013. The TEIA is in no Irwin, former President submission period. doubt that koalas would of Friends of the Koala Those who chose not to be killed outright because and Chair of Rous participate can’t complain it recommends having a Water); about the outcome! fauna ecologist on site • The koala in the The new pro-dam during clearing for “fauna Dunoon area is campaign is being salvage”! especially important whipped up by a small Former Chairs of because it is relatively group who are using Rous, Phil Silver and healthy and genetic demonstrable untruths Sue Meehan claim that mixing with more and dog-whistle slogans, compensatory habitat and coastal populations hoping to fool enough a protection zone around could help strengthen people to tick a box the dam would make the general population. and outnumber those killing koalas acceptable To do this the koalas who originally put in now because some “win need more forest and thoughtful and wellfall for habitat” would be more corridors, not researched submissions. gained later. less.

The serious issues The Dunoon Dam Submissions are due raised by the dam would dissect corridor before May 28th on

Future Water Project 2060, see Rous Water website. Please let Rous Council know not to damn koalas to extinction on your behalf. Please, if you care for koalas, NOW is the time to show it.

Emily Coleing The Channon

Cancel sub contract The outrageous contact awarded to the French to build some outdated submarines for Australia has made headlines again.

Original quote was $40B then $80B now $120 B and to mount any contract challenge Australian have to foot the bill for French Legals.

As France has detonated Atomic Bombs off the Australian East Coast in the 1970’s and just about crippled our wine industry with patent demands have the French ever acted in Australia’s interests.

Wasn’t it the French who refused to give back the Vietnamese their country after WW2 that caused the Vietnam War where many Australians lost their lives in an unjust and illegal war.

Ho Chi Minh did not want his country to be Communist but the West did nothing to help him rid the French from Vietnam so he had to turn to China for assistance.

In WW2 the French would not hand over its naval ships docked in North Africa to the British after the German invasion so the British sank them.

The French Secret Service blew up a New Zealand ship (Rainbow Warrior) in the 1980’s because it was protesting French atomic bastardry in the Pacific.

Really, China has been a morally better country for Australia to deal with than France ever was.

As the Victorian Belt and Road contract with China was just ‘torn up’ by the Australian Govt why not use the same lame excuses to cancel the Submarine Contract with the French.

Claire De Ellae Urbenville

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SCCF Round 4 a welcome boost for women’s sport

By Janelle Saffin MP I URGE eligible organisations to apply for their share of the NSW Government’s $100-million Stronger Country Communities Fund Round 4.

I welcome Round 4’s strong emphasis on increasing participation in women’s sport with $50 million dedicated to projects that enhance female sporting facilities and increase female participation in sport in regions like the Northern Rivers and the Northern Tablelands.

The remaining $50 million in funding is available for other local community and sporting infrastructure, street beautification, and community programs and local events.

Eligible applicants include local councils and joint organisations, non-government organisations, community organisations registered as incorporated associations and Local Aboriginal Land Councils.

Local councils like Lismore City, Kyogle, Tenterfield and Tweed shires are encouraged to work with community

groups to identify priority projects and should consider partnerships where council is the landowner.

Applications opened on Saturday 1 May 2021 and close at 12pm on Friday, 25 June 2021, with projects assessed and approved by 20 August 2021. Successful project would be announced from September 2021.

I am keen to be briefed on projects and can provide letters of support if required.

More information on Stronger Country Communities Fund Round 4 is available from nsw.gov.au/ SCCF or by contacting the Department of Regional NSW (DRNSW) – sccf.enquiries@ regional.nsw.gov.au or 1300 679 673.

Under three previous funding rounds, the Fund has provided $400 million for 1500 projects across every regional Local Government Area across the State.

Weak on cyber security THE Berejiklian-Barilaro Government has a moral responsibility to notify all

MASTERS GAMES: Lismore MP Janelle Saffin with local sporting legends, organising committee members and Lismore Mayor Cr Vanessa Ekins.

103,000 customers who were exposed to a Service NSW personal data breach by a State player a year ago.

To date it has cost you, the taxpayer, $35 million to remediate and Service NSW has confirmed that only 42,000 customers have been notified that their personal information was accessed.

You have the right to know and that means to be contacted.

You have the right to know that your data has not been kept safe from prurient hackers, at best, criminals at worst.

The Government must implement the recommendations of the recent NSW Parliamentary Cyber Security Inquiry.

These include giving Cyber Security NSW powers in enforcing cyber security in government agencies, moving the responsibility of cyber security to the Department of Premier and Cabinet, and establishing a mandatory data scheme.

Lismore hosts Masters Games THE Lismore Workers Masters Games, our bi-annual

event which was established in 1999, is still going strong and will be held across Lismore’s many sporting venues from 24-26 September this year.

I joined Lismore Mayor Cr Vanessa Ekins and Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan to help launch the 12th Masters Games at the Workers Club recently and the level of excitement around this year’s event was palpable.

We cannot promote these Games enough; an average they attract more than 1500 visitors to the city and generate more than $1 million into the local economy.

I congratulate Organising Committee Chairman Matt Barlow and his fellow committee members on the mammoth job of staging competition across about two dozen sports.

For more information on registrations or event activities, please visit www. visitlismore.com.au, phone Lismore City Council’s Events and Facilities Coordinator Leanne Clark on 02 6625 0500, or email legends@ lismore.nsw.gov.au

HAVE YOUR SAY ON NSW PRIVACY LAWS NSW is set to become the first Australian state or territory to introduce a mandatory notification of data breach scheme to create new standards of accountability and transparency to protect personal information.

Attorney General Mark Speakman and Minister for Digital and Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello have marked Privacy Awareness Week by releasing for public consultation a draft of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment Bill 2021 which creates the scheme.

Mr Speakman said the Mandatory Data Breach Notification Scheme would ensure NSW public sector

agencies notify the Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals when a data breach involving personal information is likely to result in serious harm.

“The protection of people’s privacy is crucial to public confidence in NSW Government services. I encourage anyone with an interest in this area to make a submission,” Mr Speakman said.

“If passed, this Bill will introduce a scheme that will ensure greater openness and accountability in relation to the handling of personal information held by NSW public sector agencies.”

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Communities and Justice (DCJ) and the NSW Department of Customer Service (DCS) have listened to key stakeholders who’ve provided overwhelming support for the introduction of the scheme and had input on how the scheme should operate. Public submissions can now be made until Friday, 18 June on the Have Your Say website at https://www. nsw.gov.au/have-your-say/proposedchanges-to-nsw-privacy-laws Mr Dominello said privacy is the hallmark of our democracy and must be carefully guarded.

“The NSW Government is committed to enhancing services

through digital innovation, but it is vital the use of technology and data embodies the highest privacy, trust and security standards,” Mr Dominello said.

“The Information and Privacy Commission NSW and agencies such as Cyber Security NSW support the introduction of mandatory reporting to clarify agency obligations and give the NSW public greater certainty about how data breaches involving personal information will be handled.”

The Information and Privacy Commissioner NSW will play a role in the implementation and administration of this scheme.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 13, 2021

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Lismore gets behind campaign to free Assange

By Tonia Dynan HE MIGHT have been thousands of kilometres away behind bars in Belmarsh prison in London, but WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was with his father in spirit as he campaigned for his son’s freedom in Lismore last week.

Julian’s father John Shipton was in town as part of the Home Run for Julian tour making its way down the east coast.

Mr Shipton said he spoke to Julian on the phone from Belmarsh the day before his visit to Lismore, and his son was keen to hear how his hometown was doing.

“After they locked down the jail, they extended the privilege for external phone calls, so Julian can ring up - he has a 10-minute guillotine - and then he has to wait a certain amount of time before he can call out again,” Mr Shipton said.

“I spoke to him yesterday and he asked about what was happening in Lismore, how was his family, did I go up to the old school and have a look, just keeping him up-to-date on what was happening on the road.”

Asked about how he felt as a dad watching his son go through this ordeal, Mr Shipton said it was an emotional rollercoaster.

“Well, it’s up and down,” he said.

“The activity intensified over the last three years, particularly the last two years, as Julian was beaten down.

“There was always lots of possibilities that he’d be able to negotiate a way out prior.

“So, over the last two years the intensity – you just take each day as it comes. You give thanks for the wins and for the things that don’t work out so well you just and think of another way.”

In January, a London judge refused to grant a US request

for Julian’s extradition, but also refused him bail until a US appeal against that verdict is heard.

Julian, a 49-year-old Australian, is wanted in Washington to face 18 charges relating to the 2010 release

by WikiLeaks of 500,000 secret files detailing aspects of military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The US claims he helped intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal the documents before exposing confidential sources around the world.

“Julian grew in this soil here, and the fierce integrity he displays comes out of this soil, out of this society,” Mr Shipton said.

“That soil continues to produce people with fierce integrity.”

Julian faces a possible 175year sentence if convicted, but Julian and his lawyers have long argued the case against him was politically motivated under former president Donald Trump.

His legal team called on President Joe Biden’s US administration to drop the charges, and for the Australian government to do more on Assange’s behalf.

Mr Shipton said people were looking around behind the scenes for a way out of “this mess”.

“Just a couple of months ago the Consular service of Australia wrote to the Crown prosecuting service and asked them two things - when was the hearing going to take place and what was the hearing composed of,” he said.

“The Crown prosecuting service wrote back saying that the appeal of the United States and the appeal of the defense would be heard within two months of that date, which was the seventh of last month, before a single judge.

“This had never happened before, admitting that it was writing to the Crown Prosecution Service and

Julian Assange’s father John Shipton addressed the audience and updated them on his son’s plight.

sending me copies, so it’s a big change, so you can see, people are looking around for ways out of this mess.”

Tour manager Jacob Grech said one of the main obstacles in getting Julian released was with the White House administration.

“If they were to prosecute Julian Assange, it would leave the door open for prosecution of different publishers like the New York Times, for example, who also published the documents that WikiLeaks released,” he said.

“So, it’s a matter of charge one, charge all.

“Now the second point is that it’s been said that because Julian is an Australian citizen, he has no First Amendment rights to free speech. They claim that first amendment rights are only available to US citizens.

“Every major publishing house in the world has a correspondent in the United States - the ABC has, Fairfax has, they all have. They also have no First Amendment rights.

“This is something the administration does not want to pursue.

“He (Julian) was arrested and detained in the United Kingdom for activities that took place outside the United States. What the United States seems to be asking for is nothing short of a universal bailiwick to the application of their laws.

“That means, if any law that is existent in the United States is broken by a citizen of any country anywhere, the United States has the right to arrest them and detain them. This is what they are claiming.”

Lismore Mayor Vanessa Ekins was at the rally to show her support for a cause she said was all about respect.

“It’s about our government giving respect to our citizens overseas in difficult circumstances,” she said.

“It’s about respecting the independent nature of journalism and how important that is, that our people have access to information about what our government is doing and what our soldiers are doing overseas, and it’s about just basic respect for people in difficult circumstances.

“So, keep the conversation going and we need to put pressure on our federal

representatives to bring Julian home.”

Lismore City Council was the first council in Australia to write to the Federal Government asking for Julian to come home and it was Councillor Darlene Cook who moved that in the chamber.

“We’re all part of the greater collective of humanity and injustice to one is injustice to us all,” Cr Cook said.

“To not look around hoping someone else will carry that banner or flag or start a campaign, it is up to all of us as global citizens to shoulder the duty to fight for the rights of our fellow citizens, anywhere around the world, anytime injustice is seen, every time our voices and our actions can lead to changes.

“That’s why I put a motion to Lismore City Council in February 2020 calling on the Australian Government to uphold Julian’s human rights as an Australian citizen who has been unjustly held overseas for nine years.”

Mr Grech called on the community to lobby their local federal member to take action in getting Julian released.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 13, 2021

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Ken still impresses with his driving past

By Lesley Apps WE’VE all heard that expression when you buy a new car it loses its value the moment the drive it out of the showroom. Mostly that’s true, unless you follow Ken Mortimer’s lead.

Ken drove his brand new Torana GTR out of the Lismore Holden dealership, W Robinson and Son, in 1970 but unlike many other car buyers of that period, he is still driving it today.

And for that mighty effort, Ken’s car is now worth a sum that would make the eyes of any former Torana owner water.

A highly collectable piece of Australian motoring history, Ken’s Sebring Orange GTR recently took out the top award at the Torana STR XU-1 Nationals held in Tamworth recently.

He won the Gold Award for the original unrestored GTR class as well as the overall Award of Excellence for the national competition for receiving the highest point score of the day.

Achieving those points was no easy task. The marking is hard core, according to Ken, the judge scrutinising every facet of the vehicle down to the smallest of details like whether the boot light globe is the right shape.

Of course, Ken’s was, and it was this same attention to detail that saw him command the award in 2004 on the Gold Coast, the first time the Torana Nationals were ever held.

“I won the gold award up there too,” Ken said. “They (Nationals) have been held every year since, all over the country, South Australia, Phillip island, Western Australia, Sydney. Never been to any of those until

Ken and Marilyn Mortimer of Waterview Heights (near Grafton) with the family’s prized 1970 Torana GTR. The all-original car bought by Ken when it was new, recently won a national award.

Tamworth.”

The story of Ken’s awardwinning car is of course bigger than the titles or the monetary value it holds. It’s about the car’s presence in his and his family’s life and the dedication required to maintain and take care of something across five decades.

Ken said he purchased his pride and joy for the showroom floor price of $2884 (when the average wage about $120 per week).

He knows this because he still has the receipt, and just about every other piece of paperwork associated with the car, all of which are now proudly framed for prosperity.

“It was built in Brisbane, and when cars come down production line they have sheet that tells you what’s got to go on the car, the assembly instructions. I found that under the back seat,” he said pointing at the framed item.

He also has all the

maintenance and service log books, even the loan information that tells the story of how a young man of 22 could afford such an enviable sports car for its time.

“I paid $50 deposit, saved up $1300 and borrowed the rest from the credit union.

I’m just a bowerbird when it comes to saving things like this.”

Ken’s memory is also like a almanac when it comes to the car, rattling off the day he bought it — March 20, 1970 — and its original number plate without flinching, like you would a family anniversary or birthday, a selective skill that is not lost on his wife of 49 years, Marilyn.

“I can remember that but not my own wedding day, so my wife got that date put on our Commodore’s plates,” he laughed.

Despite the GTR being a sports car that could reach

speeds of up to 200 miles an hour, Ken said it was still a family car. “I got married, had two children. They grew up in the back seat. The car didn’t have seatbelts in the back so I had them installed for the kids.

Of course, they’re not there now being all-original.”

The retired radio/television station technician (2LM Lismore/RTN 8 Coffs Harbour/2GF Grafton), said the car had done 213,000 miles to-date and always been serviced by him bar a couple times.

“The only time mechanics have touched the car was when I took it back for a couple of services under warranty. My father was a mechanic and we always did our own cars.

Before the Torana, I drove my grandfather’s 1947 Vauxhall. I wish I’d kept that one too.”

In the 51 years Ken has had the GTR it’s only broken down once “the battery went flat in the first three

years”, and he’s had one misadventure, a fender bender, five years after he bought it.

“This old fellow backed into me, when it was parked.

He left a note and paid for the repairs. I remember feeling sorry for the old guy at the time.”

Ken said the first car he bought was always going to be a sports model but was glad he went with the GTR instead of the other one he was tossing up between.

“I was nearly going to buy a Fiat 124 sports coupe. But you could do more to a GTR than a Fiat in terms of hotting it up so I went with that one,” he said before confessing he did have his GTR “hotted up back in the day.”

“But I kept all the original parts and it’s now back to what it was as I purchased it.”

Of course that comes as no shock given his knack for keeping and sourcing things for his prized GTR. “I managed to find an original battery and now that’s back in the car working again too”.

Naturally, Ken attracts a lot of attention when he does take his GTR out of the garage and has it back on the road.

“People are amazed when they see it. I think it’s the sentimentality. For a lot of guys, it’s about relieving their youth. They also appreciate how valuable they are.

“When I was filling it up at the petrol station in Grafton before heading to Tamworth, there was a nice looking Mercedes sports car also there and this other fellow in a van in the next cubicle also getting petrol. I could see him looking at my car and when the guy in the Mercedes went inside to pay for his fuel he pointed the Merc and said to me ‘ah, mate, you know that thing of yours is worth more than that’.”

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BUDGET BLUES APPROACH FOR LISMORE CITY COUNCIL

By Tonia Dynan AN INCREASE in service fees, sale of assets and possibly a rate rise are all on the cards for Lismore City Council as it attempts to reduce its debt.

The council agreed to put its draft budget on public display last week and Mayor Vanessa Ekins admitted the council was not in a good position financially.

“Unfortunately, it is not a good position as the cost of maintaining our assets for exceeds the rates, fees and other revenue council receives by $19.5 million before capital grants,” Cr Ekins said.

“We’re trying to get cost recovery on some of our main services, like waste, and fees and charges have been raised to cover that, because we have a huge maintenance burden for some of those.

“Staff has spent many months doing a forensic analysis of our budgets, but also of our waste facility operations and we have a new waste strategy coming up.

“We’ve increased some of those fees and charges. We’ve also increased the charge for water based on the increase in the fee from Rous County Council.

“We’re just focusing on our core business, which is fixing roads, collecting waste, providing water and sewerage and mowing our 230 parks.”

Cr Ekins said the council’s financial woes were ongoing.

“At the moment we’ve got a $200,000 deficit (down from $458,000 last year), which is a pretty good position to be in, but basically, we’re $20 million dollars short of what we need to cover our costs,” she said.

“In the short-term, it means we are heavily reliant on government grants to improve our roads and cannot start tackling our substantial backlog until this deficit is addressed.

“The good news is that there is no reduction in the services we provide for the community compared with last year.”

The draft budget proposes selling a small number of Council-owned properties to generate about $2 million, a reduction in consultant, legal and labour hire expenditure, a small increase of spending in IT to improve internal efficiencies that will reduce

overall costs and improve ratepayer and community experience, and an increase in fees and charges.

“We haven’t made a decision about which assets will be sold yet,” she said.

“We’ve got quite a variety of buildings that we own, so we’re having a look at those. That decision will be made later on, and it will be a transparent decision.”

On a positive note, council is also investing in graduate, apprenticeship and trainee programs and has designated $66 million to capital works program.

The program includes: • Roads & Associated Activities - Infrastructure $31,980,600; • Parks & Recreation – Infrastructure $8,286,600; • Wastewater – Infrastructure $7,682,800; • Water – Infrastructure $5,933,300;

• Waste Disposal – Capping, Leachate, landfill planning, Internal roads and Compliance issues $5,089,000; • Wooden Bridges – Replacement Projects $4,372,600; • Plant Replacement Program $1,488,500; • Emergency Services – Bushfire Recovery $235,000; • Quarry – Precoat Plant $220,900; • Lismore Regional Airport – Infrastructure $200,000; • Asset Management – Infrastructure works $198,200; • Stormwater Management Services $153,000; • GSAC – Pool Filter Renewal $80,000; and • Survey & Design Equipment $4000.

Cr Ekins said council was serious about tackling the financial issues it faced,

Nats stick with Hogan for Page THE National Party in Page has pre-selected its sitting MP for a fifth tilt at winning the seat.

Kevin Hogan won the seat for the Nationals from popular ALP member Janelle Saffin in 2013 on a wave of disaffection with the Rudd/Gillard Federal governments.

He stood unsuccessfully for seat against Ms Saffin in 2010.

Since becoming an MP he has retained a firm grip on the seat as well as securing the role of Deputy Speaker, which he relinquished when he took up the role as Minister Assisting the Deputy Prime Minister.

Mr Hogan said winning pre-selection for a fifth time was humbling.

“I would like to thank all Nationals members for their support and also the broader

community who have now elected me three times to represent them in Canberra,” he said.

“Working together, we have achieved a lot since I was first elected in 2013, but there is

always more to be done.

“As well as continuing to deliver much needed projects and services, I will continue to stand up for our community in Parliament and put our community first.”

but she was confident there would be a positive outcome.

“We’re serious about staying in control of our budgets, we don’t want to go into administration,” she said.

“If the council goes into administration, an administrator comes in from out of town and they just raise the rates massively and we don’t want that.

“We want to be in the position as councillors to make the hard decisions ourselves, but it’s going to be a few years to get there.

“In the long term, we need to find other sources of revenue.”

Cr Ekins said a rate rise might be an option in the future to increase revenue but was not part of the operational plan going on public display.

The draft budget will be on public exhibition for community feedback until June 7. It will then go back to council for adoption in June.

While on public exhibition, the draft documents can be viewed at council’s Corporate Centre, 43 Oliver Avenue, Goonellabah, at Lismore and Goonellabah libraries or online via the ‘Your Say Lismore’ community consultation portal at https:// yoursay.lismore.nsw.gov.au/.

Submissions can be made online, emailed to council@ lismore.nsw.gov.au or sent to the General Manager, Lismore City Council, PO Box 23A, Lismore, NSW 2480.

Service NSW to visit Kyogle SERVICE NSW’s Mobile Service Centre will be in Kyogle on Thursday, May 20 outside the Kyogle Memorial Institute Hall from 9am-3pm.

The mobile centre will be able to take applications for Dine & Discover NSW vouchers as well as the popular Regional Seniors Travel Card, a $250 prepaid card to help ease the cost of travel.

Other services available at the mobile centre include: driver licences and photo cards; driver knowledge tests; Working with Children checks; and applying for births, deaths and marriage certificates. *Appointments with a Cost of Living Specialist to access more than 90 government rebates and savings.

The Mobile Service Centres are fitted with a ramp for easier access for all members of the community.

It is a cashless service and will accept payment by cheque, EFTPOS or credit card.

Please bring all your paperwork and supporting documents with you and check the website service. nsw.gov.au/msc on the day for final confirmation of the Mobile Service Centre arrival or call 13 77 88. *You are not able to make a Cost of Living appointment at a Mobile Service Centre however a Cost of Living Specialist will be able to assist when you arrive.

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CASINO WELLBEING SESSION THE Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) together with RAMHP Ambassador Melinda Schneider are bringing a FREE wellbeing event to Casino.

You are invited to come and bring a friend, enjoy a cuppa and live music, and take some time out to reflect on your own wellbeing.

• Hear from much loved Australian country music singer and song writer Melinda Schneider (pictured) as she shares her story about her struggles with mental ill-health; • Learn what it means to be ‘gentle on yourself’. Listen to a few of Melinda’s most healing songs about

self-acceptance and taking care of yourself; • Participate in an engaging discussion with local RAMHP Coordinators Alex Grantham and Sam Osborne about wellbeing and self-care and how we can all find more ways of being gentle on ourselves; and • There will also be an opportunity to connect with others over afternoon tea, as well as a Q&A at the end of the session.

Come along on Saturday 26 June 12-2pm at the Casino RSM Club, 162 Canterbury Street, Casino.

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Permanent site sought for iconic Byron markets THE Community has until May 28 to have their say on the proposal to permanently relocate the monthly Byron Community Market from the Main Beach foreshore to Railway Park.

The Market has operated from Main Beach since 2019, when it was temporarily relocated from Butler Street Reserve due to the Byron Bay Bypass project work.

With the future use of Butler Street Reserve awaiting site investigations a home is being sought for the markets according to Deputy Mayor Michael Lyon.

“Our current proposal is for the final ‘home’ for the market to be in the Byron Bay town centre, with Railway Park at its heart,” Cr Lyon said.

The proposal would include closure of Jonson Street next to Railway Park to vehicles on monthly market days.

“This proposal is in line with the work the community has been doing for years, to re-imagine the town centre as a place that’s filled with life and people and activity, removing the emphasis on cars, as reflected in the Masterplan,” he said.

“The proposed site is a much more people-friendly environment where you can meander around, enjoy the park, the trees and shade, nearby shops, seating and the vibe!

“There are examples all over the world showing that a market in a

town centre brings vibrancy to the community and drives foot traffic to local ‘bricks and mortar’ businesses.”

“With the bypass now operating and the recent upgrades across the entire rail precinct, there is finally an opportunity for this vision to be realised and we want to hear from the wider community about this idea.”

The Market runs on the first Sunday of each month with approximately 300 stalls.

The deputy mayor said foreshore location was never intended to be a permanent solution because the environmental and community impacts at this location are too large.

“There are obviously constraints that need to be worked through with the proposed location in the town centre, particularly around traffic, parking and waste management – but they are matters which can be resolved through the planning and Development Application process,” he said.

“The first step is getting feedback from the community on the proposed new location in the centre of town, so I encourage everyone to get online and have a say.”

The community survey (www. yoursaybyronshire.com.au/byroncommunity-market) is open until Friday, May 28 and will inform the final market area, layout and issues or constraints that need to be addressed.

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Lismore hosts First Nations Media Conference

MUSIC producers, radio presenters, TV journalists, photographers, multi-media producers and writers from around Australia descended on Lismore last week for the annual conference of First Nations Media.

CONVERGE, the national aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media conference, has never been held in Lismore before and took place on the lands of the Widjabul/Wiabul people of the Bundjalung nation at the town hall.

The conference, attended by some 200 delegates from more than 50 organisations, also marked the 30th birthday of the Lismore-based Koori

Mail – the 100% Aboriginalowned and 100% self-funded newspaper set up to give Indigenous Australians a voice in the media.

The Koori Mail’s general manager, Naomi Moran (pictured, inset), said for 30 years the paper had been telling First Nation’s stories. Today it averages close to 100 pages and reaches more than 100,000 readers across Australia every fortnight.

“This is about acknowledging The Koori Mail turning 30 as a newspaper but also about acknowledging The Koori Mail turning 30 as a business,” she said.

“For us it’s about

acknowledging the success of black businesses in Australia and black media organisations.

Other media organisations have celebrated 40 years in the sector like CAAMA and 35 years like the Torres Strait Islander Media Association.

“For The Koori Mail, we are glad to be in association with all these other media organisations that have a long history of trailblazing and

legacies in sharing the stories of our people. So, we want to acknowledge our success and the success of others along the way.”

CONVERGE ran for three days from Wednesday to Friday and gave participants the chance to take part in seven main sessions, and 23 breakout workshops and discussions. In all there were 102 speakers and four trade hall exhibitors.

The event brought together media workers from radio, television, print and online under the banner ‘meeting together, moving in one direction’, which in Bundjalung reads as “bulaan gee-la buraabanggawaarii waala ngun ma leeny yabuur waala”.

MEET A DESERT REGGAE MUSIC PRODUCER FROM YUENDUMU THE tiny town of Yuendumu is about 300km north-west of Alice Springs and has a population of around 1,000. The town is renowned for its Walpiri art, which hangs in art galleries around the world, but elder Donovan Jampijinparlu Rice wants to put it on the map for its music.

The Warlpiri man was one of 200 delegates the First Nation’s CONVERSGE media conference. He works for PAW Media and Communications, an Aboriginal media organisation in Central Australia.

“I am mainly in the studio recording bands,” Mr Rice said.

Mr Rice is also a musician, playing bass, keyboards and drums.

“Out of Yuendumu, we now have desert reggae, a bit of rock, blues and funk and that’s also what I play

in my band,” he said.

Mr Rice said half of all the young people in Yuendumu play in bands.

“Music is the glue that keeps community together,” he said. “It stops them running off to Alice Springs and getting on the grog and ruining their lives.

Music keeps people grounded and safe at home.”

Mr Rice said desert reggae was a unique sound and the Tjupi band from the nearby town of Papunya was a personal favourite along

with Black Storm.

“The sound is reggaerock, made up on the spot and they refine it and put it out for the people and the family is proud to see the young fellows up on the stage playing,” he said.

The Tjupi band is named after the honey ant and the musicians describe their music as energetic and emotive.

They sing in Luritja as well as English.

Music by Tjupi can be found at https:// caamamusic.com.au/ caama-music-artists/ tjupi-band/

Two Torres Strait radio presenters want to tell community stories online NIXON Myi and Luke Mosby are both radio presenters on Torres Strait radio.

Their station is owned by the Torres Strait Islander Media Association, but after three days at the national first nations media conference the two young men are determined to become multi-media producers.

“I only got into radio a year ago,” said Mr Myi. “We have got so much information at this conference, right from day one and the other media workers are so professional. We have learnt a lot.”

Mr Myi said the conference had opened his eyes to new creative possibilities using online technology.

“I have learnt so much about digital media. I thought we were just on the radio but this has given me understanding of how to tell our stories using digital media and that also means video, photos, sound.”

Mr Myi and Mr Mosby said there were many worthy stories to tell in the Torres Strait and they hoped to use multimedia to do justice to the stories of their community.

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WHAT A FIRST NATIONS CONFERENCE MEANS TO PARTICIPANTS RACHAEL Hocking is a career journalist born in Larrimah, about 430km south-east of Darwin, who spent more than six years with NITV in Sydney as a reporter.

Ms Hocking said Covid made it impossible to hold conferences last year and she’d been unable to catch up with First Nations media colleagues.

“A conference like this allows us to yarn properly, black-fella way, face to face and to sit around in circles and talk about all the things in our sector that we need to talk about,” she said.

“It also gives us a chance to share yarns that have nothing to do with our sector and just connect on a deeper level and understand how we can support one another.

“It’s important to have a black perspective that is platformed and celebrated outside of the wider Australian perspective. It’s important to acknowledge

that our stories are told our way for a reason. They are not told through a white lens and that makes a difference to the overall quality of the yarn. You’ll get a thorough understanding of who we are, where we are coming from and what we are about.”

Gina Campbell works for TEABBA – Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association –Radio.

“Here I get to network with people from other media organisations, which is vital,” she said. “And I haven’t seen them in a long while because of Covid. From other radio stations I gather fresh ideas.

That’s lovely.”

Kayla Baker-Perris, aged 20, is also at TEABBA Radio this year.

“This is my first big media conference as I only started in radio two years ago,” she said. “I went into radio because I like to talk and I love music, so for me it was a no-brainer.”

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HONOURING THE MIDWIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY LAST Wednesday was International Midwife Day, celebrating amazing nurses.

The Dorothy Edwards Memorial Midwife of the Year Award is in honour of one of Lismore Base Hospital’s great midwives Dorothy Edwards who passed away.

Her husband Noel generously established a scholarship in her name.

The Dorothy Edwards Memorial Midwife of the Year this year was presented by Our Kids to Jenna Munro Argent and the Our Kids New Graduate of the Year Award went to Vanessa Clement.

The Dorothy Edwards Midwife of the Year Award annually recognises the hard work and dedication of one midwife at Lismore Base Hospital.

The award comes with a financial component, to be used towards training and/or conferences to increase the knowledge and expertise of the recipient in the field of midwifery.

International Midwives Day a double celebration for Southern Cross students INTERNATIONAL Day of the Midwife, celebrated each year on 5 May, is a chance for midwives to celebrate their profession and for all of us to recognise their work and contribution to maternal and newborn health.

Seven Southern Cross midwifery students have an extra reason to celebrate tomorrow, as the successful recipients of a scholarship to attend an Australian College of Midwives conference.

One of the scholarship recipients is Tweed Heads mother-of-two Rebecca Thorne. After a 14-year career in fashion and starting her family, Rebecca knew the time had come to pursue her dream career – midwifery.

Rebecca realised from a young age she wanted to become a midwife, but had let the spark fade after being told she wouldn’t be smart

enough to study at university.

Fast-forward to now, Rebecca is both a scholarship and cadetship recipient in the final year of her Bachelor of Midwifery at Southern Cross University Gold Coast campus. She has already helped deliver 10 babies with six more of her continuity partners expecting their newest family members soon.

Rebecca said she was honoured to be nominated for the scholarship, which recognises students who have demonstrated excellence in clinical practice, focus on providing women-centred care, ability to work within a team, and consistent academic achievement.

As a proud Indigenous woman, Rebecca said it was following the birth of her own babies that she quit her job and enrolled in the Bachelor of Midwifery at

Rebecca Thorne in the midwifery labs at Southern Cross University Gold Coast campus.

Southern Cross.

“When I had children of my own it sparked in me the courage to follow the light that I always knew I was destined to follow,” Rebecca said.

“Having a strong interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s health and making a positive impact in the lives of Indigenous women has been empowering to both the women, her family and myself.”

Rebecca also gained a NSW Health cadetship this year, which enabled her to work at the Tweed Hospital for an additional 12 weeks on top of her University placements.

“It’s always beautiful delivering babies, and now at Tweed I’m working alongside the very same midwives who were there when I had my daughter,” Rebecca said.

“The degree at Southern Cross has been amazing – with staff who are very supportive in helping us juggle being on call alongside our other study commitments.”

Rebecca and the other successful students will be attending the 2021 NSW State Conference of the Australian College of Midwives being held at the Mantra on Salt Beach Kingscliff on May 28 and 29.

This year’s theme is ‘Shining the Light on Midwifery’.

Chair of Allied Health and Midwifery at Southern Cross Associate Professor Jacqui Yoxall said that the scholarship achievement was a fitting way to celebrate International Day of the Midwife on 5 May 2021.

“It’s a wonderful learning opportunity. Networking and learning from experienced midwives and about contemporary practice across the sector is really invaluable for our students who will shortly become graduate practising midwives.”

MILLIONS TO ADD FEMININE TOUCH TO LOCAL SPORTS CLUBS LOCAL sports clubs and Clarence and Richmond Valley Councils should race to apply for a share of $50 million from the Nationals in NSW Government to deliver better sports infrastructure for women.

“Local women’s increased participation in team sports like the football codes has led to a demand for female

facilities. It is just not good enough for our sportswomen to have to change in the board room,” Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis said.

“The money is also available for other initiatives that support women’s sport so I encourage local stakeholders to put their thinking caps on, because

you have to be in it to win it.

Minister for Women Bronnie Taylor, who was in Casino and Grafton last week, said getting facilities up to date, particularly women’s change rooms, will ensure all female athletes are supported to take part in a wide range of sports, including once male dominated codes.

“Facilities designed exclusively for women should be standard and this funding will help women all over rural and regional NSW overcome a major hurdle and feel empowered to play the sports they love with comfort and confidence,” Mrs Taylor said.

The money comes from the NSW Government’s $100 million Stronger

Country Communities Fund, which is part of the NSW Government’s $2 billion Regional Growth Fund, a revenue stream only available to communities in regional NSW. Applications for Round Four opened on 1 May 2021 and close on 25 June 2021.

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Lookout gets makeover

$100M PRIVATE JET TOUCHES DOWN AT BALLINA AIRPORT A PRIVATE jet, valued at $100 million, was this week spotted on the tarmac of Ballina’s airport. The Bombardier Global 7500 aircraft is the world’s largest and longestrange business jet – meaning it can fly non-stop from the US to Australia.

The plane has four living spaces (including a lavish private stateroom suite), a full- size kitchen and a living area with a six-seat table. It also boasts circadian rhythm-based lighting system, oversize windows, and optimized cabin pressurization.

It can carry 19 passengers and is able to fly further than a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The plane also holds the business aviation record for the highest speed over the longest

distance. There are only around 120 of these planes worldwide.

Only two Australians have a Bombardier Global 7500 – John Gandel, the owner of Chadstone Shopping Centre and the Suzanne fashion chain valued at $4.7 billion, and Andrew Forrest, the mining magnate valued at $27 billion.

International owners include Formula 1 racing driver Niki Lauda, Hong Kong charter and management company HK Bellawings Jet, and VistaJet founder Thomas Flohr.

Ballina airport declined to say who was on board the visiting plane and whether they are in the Northern Rivers for work or pleasure – but keep your eyes peeled for stray billionaires.

THE Rotary Club of Lismore used a grant from the Rotary Foundation to restore the Claude Riley Memorial Lookout on New Ballina Road.

Lismore City Council Mayor Vanessa Ekins was at the recent launch to thank the club and its volunteers for their efforts to restore the lookout which will be treasured by the community for years to come.

The granddaughter of the late Claude Riley, Candice Power, and her husband Peter attended.

This lookout project consists of: • Replacement of the original lookout sign, which it’s believed was installed in the early 1960s; • Removal and replacement of the timber seating; • Removal and replacement of the picnic table-top and seating; • Painting of the picnic

table, seating and shelter supports; • New metal roof over the picnic table shelter; • Full upgrade of the garden with new timbers, topsoil, mulch and new plants; • Stepping-stones to the picnic table; and • Replacement of the gate posts.

The newly installed interpretive sign gives a brief description of Rotary’s involvement

in the lookout’s history which is a lasting tribute to the memory of the late Claude Riley who, as Lismore Rotary president and one of its most active members, did so much for our community.

Total cost for this project was $4080.

The Rotary District grant was $2000, with Rotary Club of Lismore covering the remaining $2080.

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Feedback sought on Byron bus shelters THERE are more than 40 formal bus shelters in the Byron shire and at least 60 other stops without shelters.

Many of these shelters can’t be used by people with disability, the condition ranges from excellent to very poor and some do not provide enough shelter from the weather.

Byron council is asking for feedback on bus shelters, bus stops and locations

that buses may use to turn around.

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May 13, 2021

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Koala bushfire recovery nursery launched

Patrick Medley (FNPW) and Mark Wilson (FOK) at the nursery

THE Northern Rivers peak koala conservation group, Friends of the Koala, have launched their new Bushfire Recovery Nursery made possible by Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife (FNPW), the charity partner of Australia’s National Parks.

The grant awarded to Friends of the Koala will extend the capacity of its current nursery enabling the group to propagate and distribute 240,000 koala food tree seedlings over the next three years, a major step towards supporting the recovery of critically impacted koala populations and their habitat following the 20192020 bushfire season.

Native seedlings, such as the forest red gum, tallowwood

and swamp mahogany, will be planted in the nursery over the coming months. Once these trees have reached maturity, they will be planted across the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.

Mark Wilson, Friends of the Koala Nursery manager, said that this grant will enhance the groups commitment and support the conservation efforts of other restoration groups in creating more habitat corridors of food and shelter for koalas, particularly in the Northern Rivers region.

“The support of the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife has meant that we are now a step ahead in our mission to protect NSW’s declining koala population.

The Black Summer was the

worst environmental disaster witnessed in history, killing or displacing three billion animals, so it’s our first priority to start rebuilding habitats to protect our beloved native wildlife.” said Mr Wilson.

The nursery expansion comes with thanks to Southern Cross University, after the land was generously donated, 200 meters from Friends of the Koalas’ Care and Research Centre in East Lismore. Unlike the existing nursery site, the Bushfire Recovery Nursery site receives sun all year round, providing ideal growing conditions for propagated seedlings. The new site also has additional volunteer facilities to enable potting up and tree maintenance activities.

INSPIRED ARTWORK DESIGN FOR NAIDOC MAGGIE-JEAN Douglas wanted to create an artwork which showed how Country has cared for and healed First Nations people in all senses.

‘When creating Care for Country, I kept in mind that this meant spiritually, physically, emotionally, socially and culturally’ she said.

‘I chose to create a bright and vibrant artwork that included the different colours of the land but showed how they come together in our beautiful country and to make people feel hopeful for the future.’

‘I’ve included communities, people, animals and bush medicines spread over different landscapes of red dirt, green grass, bush land and coastal areas to tell the story of the many ways Country can and has healed us throughout our lives and journeys.’

Maggie-Jean has wanted to enter the poster competition for the past few years, but she didn’t feel she could ‘represent the themes well enough’. The 21-year-old entered the competition for the first time this year.

‘This year I felt really strongly about the theme and what it represents for our community.’

When she learned she had won, she couldn’t believe it.

‘To have created an artwork that the National NAIDOC Committee felt was a good representation of the theme means so much to me,’ she said.

As part of the poster competition prize, Maggie-Jean will attend the National NAIDOC Awards ceremony in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) on July 3.

While she is very excited to have won the poster competition and to be involved in this year’s NAIDOC Week events, Maggie-Jean said she feels ‘extra proud’ to be Indigenous during NAIDOC Week.

‘My cultural heritage is something I’m extremely proud of and to be able to express myself through this medium means a lot to me.’

‘Telling my own stories and the stories of others is something I find deeply valuable because of the impact it can have.’

Care for Country designed by Gubbi Gubbi artist Maggie-Jean Douglas has been selected as the 2021 National NAIDOC Week poster competition winner.

Kevin Hogan announces new funding for Kyogle FEDERAL Member for Page Kevin Hogan has announced $263,990 for three new projects in our community.

“This funding is designed to support councils to create jobs and help communities bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic,” Mr Hogan said.

“Kyogle Preschool will receive $100,000 to paint

their building inside and out, repair drainage, and install new fence to meet required height.” “$60,000 will go to the Kyogle Visitor Information Centre to repair cracks, paint, install gutter guard, replace and upgrade air con, remove old office wall and relocate counter to expand available space.”

“There will also be $103,990 for Kyogle Memorial Institute Hall to improve Supper Room acoustics and audio visual systems to allow for meetings, and paint the hall interior.”

Kyogle Council Mayor Danielle Mulholland welcomed the funding and said it will be a great boost for the region.

“We can be very proud of

what we have achieved in partnership with the Federal Government,” Cr Mulholland said.

“It’s wonderful to see what we can achieve through productive and collaborative relationships - not only with our Federal Member Kevin Hogan who does a great job of advocating for us, but also with the communities in our

council area who let us know what they want or need.”

“These are three important community facilities and it will be fantastic to see them upgraded.”

This funding has been provided through the Federal Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program (LRCI) announced last year.

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May 13, 2021

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Night time beach side markets return to Kingscliff THE Kingscliff Night Markets came back on Friday night after a 16-month hiatus due to rain and Covid Lockdown.

Organiser Jayne Henry said it was great to finally get back out and operating. The markets, which started in Lions Park a couple of years

back, are now held in Rowan Robinson Park on the first Friday of each month. This time around there were plenty of mothers and daughters enjoying an early start to mother’s day celebrations with a picnic in the park and a little shopping.

Olivia and Jacob of OMG Decadent Donuts of Tweed Heads at the first Kingscliff Night Markets in 16 months.

Joshua and Luke Paton of Ballina’s Backyard Dog Bubble Waffles made it up to the night markets – you can usually find them in Missingham Park, seven days a week from 7am to 4pm.

Dianne and Sharon Stanton enjoy the food at the markets.

New exhibitor Deb Jeffery of Aww so Fairy Cute.

Yvonne Fletcher of Brisbane and Kris Lipp of Toowoomba met up at the Kingscliff Night Markets.

Kingscliff duo Patrick and Di Human.

Musician and market organizer Jayne Henry.

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May 13, 2021

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MEN’S SHED GROUP SHED-LESS AND DESPERATE THE Lismore Men’s Shed President said his group is still without a shed and some of the distraught members of the group are suffering mental health problems as a result.

President Don Abraham said the group has made no progress securing a shed.

The men had been operating from a privately leased shed in Norco Lane after their shed at the Lismore Showgrounds became unavailable a year ago. The tiny shed was too small and a number of men had accidents requiring medical treatment.

It was closed for health and safety reasons.

Two community members have approached the group with offers of sheds.

“In one case the shed turned out not to be available after all, but another man is offering his shed as a stopgap measure until we find something more permanent. It is quite a way out of town.”

Mr Abraham is in talks with

him and also with Lismore Council to access land near council’s waste facility.

“If we had land, we could then apply for a grant to build a shed,” he said.

Mr Abraham said he is

extremely disappointed that the state government has an empty shed in Lismore’s industrial estate, but are refusing the men’s shed permission to use in.

“The state government

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wants $400,000 for an empty shed in Industrial Drive and no Men’s Shed in Australia has $400,000 – it’s an utter stupidity,” Mr Abraham said.

“They want to sell it. One of the suggestions was that

council buy it and lease it to us, but council can’t even afford to fix the potholes in the road, let alone do that. It’s a silly suggestion, a typical political suggestion.”

Mr Abraham recently attended a regional meeting of the Australian Men’s Association and the national association has agreed to take up their cause, meanwhile the men are suffering.

“Many have depression, even suicidal thoughts – how they are holding up without a shed has become a big issue, an extremely big issue,” he said.

“They are not holding up and they feel that politically they’ve been left out.”

The Lismore’s Men’s Shed has 122 signed up members.

Around 50 attended regularly every Tuesday and Thursday making useful community items, including little wheelbarrows for pre-schools, flatpacks for business and even garden bed boxes.

$10,000 available to spruce up war memorials IF you noticed something amiss with a local war memorial during the recent Anzac Day celebrations, the authorities want to hear about it.

The NSW Government has just made $10,000 available to spruce up monuments to war veterans and their widows in the Clarence and Richmond valley.

Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis said the grants, which were part of a statewide scheme to restore war memorials, were a sign Anzac Day and other commemorative events had not been forgotten.

“Anzac Day wasn’t back to normal last weekend but the Community War Memorials Fund proves we are heeding the Lest We Forget message,” Mr Gulaptis said.

“With 3200 war memorials across NSW, the State Government needs your help to know which ones need restoration.

“When you paid your

Clarence and Richmond War memorials and other commemorative structures in need of a touch-up have just received $10,000 from the State Government.

The Cenotaph in Memorial Park, Grafton, is a centre piece of Anzac Day and Remembrance Day services. respects on Sunday, was anything out of place, does something need repairing or replacing so that your children can pay their respects the same way you and parents did? Is access suitable for the elderly and less mobile citizens?

“If something needs fixing, please take the next step and get an application happening either in your own name or through your local ex services group, progress

association or Council.”

Grants are available to cover projects like conservation assessments, honour roll repair, environmental advice, cleaning, and repairs to war memorial halls.

Applications are open until July 26 and must be made online at veteransnsw. smartygrants.com.au.

He said more information on the rules was available at veterans.nsw.gov.au

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May 13, 2021

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The Drake Village Women’s Shed gets going AT THEIR first meeting in April, a very enthusiastic group of Drake women came together to set the wheels in motion to create a supportive, creative space for women of the area.

In rural areas, social isolation is very real, and the proposed Drake Village Women’s Shed will endeavor to contribute to the health and wellbeing of shed members.

They aim to provide a safe and supportive space for women to gather, socialize and let their creative juices flow.

The committee are in the process of securing funding for building the shed or ideally, buying an existing building in Drake to renovate to suit the purposes of the activities they will be doing.

The Drake Village Women’s Shed is registered as a charity and will be fundraising

Members and committee: Helen Nauschutz, Suki Shea, Lisa Battishill, Belinda Fields. to furnish the shed with equipment and tools.

Leah Woodhouse, their youngest member, has a working with children certificate and will be child minding for mothers or guardians to allow time to do

some creative work while at the Women’s Shed.

Activities in the Women’s Shed will include basketry, small metal work and jewellery making, sewing, woodwork, cooking, creating a flower and vegetable garden

to sell at the local markets, felting workshops and botanical salves and cosmetic making.

Most of the committee members attended the Men’s Shed Muster in Pottsville, the mainly male

attendees were from the Northern Rivers region. It was a great opportunity to gather information and meet Liz MacDonald, the Shed Development Manager, and Melissa White, the Member Manager, both from the Australian Men’s Shed Association. They were very helpful with funding information and have offered technical support with their applications.

All women of the area are welcome to attend the next meeting on May 18 at the Drake Village Community Hall at 12.30pm to discuss ideas, share information on physical resources available, have a cuppa and meet new neighbours.

You can visit their Facebook page, Drake Village Women’s Shed or email drakewomensshed@outlook. com for further information.

MOTHER’S DAY FETE … THE MOTHER OF ALL FETES FOR 31 years St Bartholomew’s Anglican Church in Alstonville has held its fete on the Saturday before Mother’s Day and this year was no exception, but last year the church also ran a Christmas fete in December.

“Covid basically led us to have two smaller fetes,” said Vicar Désirée Snyman. “We had to keep numbers down so we split the fete in two.”

The fete again boasted hot breakfasts, homemade cakes and slices, needlework and plants and books. The Ballina Emmanuel Anglican School band also played.

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May 13, 2021

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“Leemo’s View” “LEEMO has views on just about anything”

Back on 4 Paws...

‘Leemo Cat’ back…I am still not fully over my illness, but ALMOST!!

I told ‘Mum Jane’ last week that, looking back, I was “glad” there was no “dog” living in her house when she adopted me or I most certainly would not have moved in…no sireee!! I am exceedingly wary of the canine species. There is a truly big one over the road that wears a bandana, (probably Mexican and head of a Bandido gang?) He has huge teeth and HUGER growls. Mum’s friend Marg’s dog ‘Gemma” is, however, smaller than me, and doesn’t scare me, but she is boring and wimpy. Then there is another tall one up the road with spots and floppy ears…he’s kinda dopey but is OK. Then there is “Marleybone” down the road who is fat, kind and gentle and sleeps on the grass all day. And “Rustle” next door who is lovely and only stares at me, but leaves me alone with no growls. ‘Mum Jane’ listened to this and told me “Leemo, once there were puppies in my life…when I was growing up there was “Timmy” and then “Honey” and when I moved to Botswana there was “James

Dog” (JD) and I loved all of them, specially “JD” ‘cos he was MY FIRST ONLY puppy..

Not a family puppy’.

Oooh…I was a bit put out hearing this. So, I asked “what happened to them?” Hmm. Mum told me “age catches up to us all Leems, and the only real certainties are birth, living life the VERY best and nicest we can in between it, and then death.”

Crikey...how bloody maudlin is THAT! I asked Mum “what happened to “JD” then?”

Mum had a teary look and told me “Leems, I had to leave him behind”. OMG…I was most alarmed. “But, but Mum…you loved him didn’t you?” (My mind is telling me next thing she’ll be off to bloody Africa again and leave ME…Magnificent Leemo, right here in Lismore to fend for myself.) “I surely did love him Leems, but I was still travelling, and the quarantine time, expense and red tape for getting him into Aust. were beyond me, and even if I had managed all this, and sent him to my Mum & Dad they would never have spoken to me again” Hmmm. I was NOT impressed and asked her… “What if it had been ME, ‘Leemo’ living in Botswana?

Would you have left me too Mum?” I should hope not crikey! She reassured me she WOULD NOT, and that “JD” went to a very good home in Zimbabwe, to live with a family who had lots of animals (even lions) and lived the rest of his life very happily. Hmmm…I ‘spose that’s OK then.

Well, “between you and me readers, I shall be keeping a very close eye on things around here from now on…any signs of a back-pack OR TRAVEL BROCHURE I’ll call the RSPCA.” Nite, Leemo.

Listen for lyrebirds please THE search is on for the Albert’s lyrebird with the NSW Government and Tweed Shire asking people to keep an ear out for the endangered bird.

In a program launched earlier week Wildsearch Environmental Services fauna ecologist David Charley called on “citizen scientists” to take note of lyrebird calls.

He said the Lowland Lyrebird Links project would help identify this endangered species.

“We need locals to listen out for the vulnerable Albert’s lyrebird – they have a loud, penetrating call, which is interspersed with mimicry of other species such as the satin bowerbird, laughing kookaburra and crimson rosella,” Mr Charley said.

“People love these lyrebirds for their well-known copycat skills – in fact, they are heard much more often than they’re seen.”

He said Albert’s lyrebird has one of the smallest distributional ranges of any bird in Australia, occurring only in forest habitat in some parts of north-eastern NSW and the far south-eastern Queensland Border Rangers.

“We urgently need to understand how many of these birds are in the wild in Tweed Shire,” Mr Charley said.

“This important work aims to improve Albert’s lyrebird habitat and reduce threats through fox monitoring and control, as well as increase our knowledge of these

The team, led by Dave Charley (far left) look in an area of treated lantana in a gulley surrounded by lowland forest where the bird’s are typically found.

Albert’s lyrebird. birds through surveys and citizen science.”

The project is co-funded for $341,000 over five years by the NSW Government’s Environmental Trust and Saving our Species program.

Mr Charley said the bird surveys are undertaken during May and June as this is an active breeding time when the birds call vigorously.

Albert’s lyrebirds typically build

nests on rocky ledges or cliffs in mature rainforests and wet sclerophyll forests, where females lay a single egg.

While undertaking lyrebird monitoring work in the area, he also discovered a new population of a flightless rainforest groundbeetle and a healthy patch of the native rainforest vine, Carronia multisepalea, the main breeding habitat for the endangered southern pink underwing moth.

WIRES WARN WATCH OUT FOR NOCTURNAL SPECIES THE month of April has seen an unusual high number of tawny frogmouths come into care of WIRES Northern Rivers.

So far the organization has rescued 35 and many of those have been hit by cars.

The tawny frogmouth is nocturnal and from dusk they fly slowly and silently though the night in search of prey which include nocturnal insects, worms, slugs and snails, small mammals, reptiles and frogs.

Insects are illuminated by car headlights on the road and when a tawny frogmouth swoops in to grab the insects, it can have nasty consequences.

Recently five of the rescued tawny frogmouths were released back where they were rescued.

They had been vet assessed on arrival into care, no major injuries were found but they needed time in care to recover from concussion and/or soft tissue damage.

WIRES avian trained volunteers Deb, Locky and Julie took the birds into care. Titus was released back to Brunswick Heads, Marom went home to Marom Creek, Rose came from Rosebank, G’bah was hit near the Goonellabah Cemetery, and Richmond was found on Richmond Hill Road.

Male and female tawny frogmouths form life partnerships. They raise one brood a year, they incubate the eggs and feed their young together and

they usually stay in the same territory.

This is the reason why sending these five tawny frogmouths home is so very special - their lifelong partners would have been waiting and hoping for them to return.

Please take care on country roads, watch out for nocturnal birds and critters.

If you hit an animal or see one in distress call WIRES on 1300 094 737.

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May 13, 2021

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Four-wheel drives restricted on South Ballina Beach

By Tonia Dynan THE list of “approved users” to access South Ballina Beach will not be amended to include people with a disability, seniors, immediate neighbours, licensed wildlife rescuers nor members of local fishing clubs after a motion to include these people was lost at Ballina Shire Council.

Ballina Peninsula Residents Association secretary Kevin Lockrey said most four-wheel drive users on that beach used it responsibly.

“They leave no trace of where they have been, they extract a great deal of enjoyment from what they are doing, even serenity for their activities.

The real problem comes about from people outside of our community,” Mr Lockrey said.

“I believe there is a compromise that could be reached here where the major concerns of both sides can be addressed. It is the right thing to do and it can do no harm.”

Cr Keith Williams said back in June when council moved the resolution to request the closure of South Ballina Beach, he specifically asked for the words

excluding approved users to be added to the resolution, which didn’t happen.

“And I spoke on that day about the need for there to be some limited exemptions for locals recognising historical usage of the beach,” he said.

“I seconded that motion because I believed we needed to close that beach to the general public and this motion does not seek to overturn that or question that decision.

“This motion is about consulting around what are the exemptions that should apply to that closure. It’s not about opening up to thousands of people again. That’s what we have needed to stop, and I think it’s appropriate that we thank the Minister for doing that.

“We have called on action for years and it’s good that action has been taken. What is less good about that has been the process and the failure to talk to local people about what are those limited exemptions that should exist.

“So far we’ve included commercial fishers and indigenous groups and they are both worthy exemptions.

“The closure hasn’t made

any allowance for the needs of people with disabilities who are now locked out of this area, for seniors who are unable to walk for kilometres over soft sand.

“If you look at the situation at South Ballina at the moment the road to south wall has been cut a couple of kilometres from the actual beach. The former fourwheel drive track to the beach is just short of a kilometre.

“You’re asking people who may be aged or infirmed to do the impossible and you’re essentially then excluding them from being able to use the beach.”

Cr Williams added, from his personal experience, the need to access the beach for licensed wildlife rescuers was crucial.

“A really personally important experience in my life was being involved in the rescue of over 70 turtles from that beach in a three-month period in 2011 following flooding in the Clarence River that killed nearly all their local food sources and I watched huge numbers of endangered wildlife die and without access, wildlife rescuers would be prevented from doing that potentially in the future and that’s an issue that personally for

me is important because of my background,” he said.

“Shortly after we approved that resolution, I met with the local combined fishing clubs who expressed concern about the motion and the potential that they would be excluded from future use of the beach.

“There’s an estimate that there’s probably about 60 local recreational fishers that currently access the beach or would seek access to the beach via clubs and I think that’s a matter that they wrote to the general manager, wrote to council on their behalf, I followed that up with phone calls, was assured that a consultation and engagement strategy was being developed and it wasn’t.

“And whether you agree that members of local fishing clubs should or shouldn’t be there, they at least should have had the right to be spoken to before the decision was made.”

Council said keys could be provided to wildlife rescuers to access the beach through council-owned land at Patches Beach if needed.

Cr Sharon Cadwallader said she understood seniors would like to be able to access the

beach because of mobility issues but was concerned about how council would regulate that access.

“We’ve got the best we can get at Seven Mile Beach which is not that far away from South Ballina Beach but in these modern times where there’s so many people particularly during COVID times, during lockdown times, people have been wanting to use the beach,” she said.

“What really brought it home to me was that four-wheel drive video. When I saw that, that was jaw-dropping. I thought of how our beaches were being abused – that was staggering.

“How could pedestrians and beach users without vehicles feel safe on a beach when that activity was going on, none the least of which what’s happening to the wildlife.

“We’ve just approved the wildlife hospital proceeding, going forward, so how do you with any conscience say that’s not more important than fourwheel driving on the beach.

“Let’s get South Ballina back to where it was many years ago and that’s the only way it can happen by reducing the traffic on that beach.”

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HATCHING A PLAN TO HELP FINGAL TURTLES PEOPLE power has helped a hundred of baby loggerhead turtles make it the ocean at Fingal.

A small group of Green Heroes volunteers became the proud new adopted parents of 100 endangered turtles finally watching their young charges head into the ocean last week.

Green Heroes is an awardwinning registered charity, formed at Fingal aimed at engaging the community in wildlife conservation particularly connecting children and young people with the natural world.

Wildlife carer and Green Heroes founder Sarah Jantos said the turtle rescue started back in March.

“Two fresh loggerhead turtle nests were reported on Fingal Head Beach, only a few hundred metres from the homes of several volunteers,” she said.

“The turtle nesting season runs from late October to early March and there were concerns that the nests would not be viable if sand temperatures dropped to low.

In a sandy gathering on the dunes, plans were discussed with National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to create an incubation system should the nests require rescue.

“Drawing on knowledge from his experience building temperature-controlled systems for the medical industry, local volunteer Steve designed and created a state-of-the-art prototype for the incubation of marine turtle eggs.”

The prototype incubator design was approved by local NPWS staff, Australian Sea Bird Rescue volunteers and Associate Professor David Booth from the University of Queensland.

“The incubator draws on excellent design and has

factored in the physical requirements needed for successful incubation of marine turtle eggs,” Professor Booth said.

Sarah said a few weeks later, cool weather caused a drop in sand temperatures, compromising the outcome of the Fingal nests and several other loggerhead nests laid along the Tweed Coast.

A decision was made to rescue the nests and conduct a pilot trial of the new incubation system local NPWS ranger Emma Peel explained.

“Even if we can hatch one turtle – the trial will be a success…These eggs would not survive if left in the sand at these low temperatures,” she said at the time.

Ms Jantos said the the decision to intervene in a natural circumstance is a not one that is made lightly.

“However when an endangered species is battling against coastal development and erosion, light pollution, plastic pollution and other negative human impacts, all effort should be made to boost populations and assist survival,” she said.

Early this past week, volunteers noticed that the temperature inside the incubator had risen, which is an indicator that the turtles were preparing to hatch. By May 1, 100 hatchlings had emerged from the nest and were preparing for their return to the ocean.

At sunset on May 1, more than 200 community members gathered on Fingal Beach to watch the first clutch of hatchlings make their way into the ocean.

Tweed Byron Aboriginal Land Council CEO and Fingal resident Leweena Williams said it was amazing to see the release of the turtles.

“The experience from

Pictured from left to right with a bucket of hatchlings: Sarah Jantos, Founder Green Heroes, Steven Kudzius (Green Heroes), Erin Kudzius (Green Heroes) and Leweena Williams (CEO Tweed Byron Aboriginal Land Council). Pictures Ashi Hilmer. collection to release was incredible with all ages in attendance,” she said.

“We thank all involved for making it such a wonderful event and for honouring our local Goodjinburra people and Elders. In particular we make a special mention of NPWS, Australian Seabird Rescue, Steve and Erin Kudzius (Green Heroes) and our Tweed Byron LALC Rangers in making this pilot project a huge success.

“Fingal Head Coast Care, Fingal Community Association and Tweed Shire Council play pivotal roles in protecting these lands and waters every single day year in year out, in collaboration with the Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council and the local community.

“Together we are part of the story of this land and play a vital role in Caring for this Country for the future sustainability of many local and international species that live on this peninsula including these baby Binging (turtle).”

Sarah Jantos said the

excitement on the beach on Saturday evening was palpable, as everyone realised the potential of the incubation system to assist in marine turtle conservation around the world.

“The success of the project has blown everyone away and exceeded all expectations,” Green Heroes Volunteer and incubator inventor Steve Kudzius said.

“We have been able to hatch 100 turtles with two

clutches of eggs still due in the coming weeks. We are looking forward to working with the wonderful team at National Parks and the local community in the upcoming turtle seasons.”

Green Heroes is currently seeking financial support for continued turtle conservation in Northern NSW. For more information www. greenheroes.org.au/support or email hello@greenheroes. org.au.

Tweed gets on board with real-time tracking TWEED Heads customers can now track the arrival of their bus and get an indication of available seating in real-time.

Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole said the technology is now on more than 60 buses in Tweed Heads as part of the second phase of the Transport Connected Bus Program, allowing customers to track the

location of a bus, its estimated arrival at a stop, and how full the bus is.

“We’ve already rolled this technology out in five regional centres, and to expand that to Tweed Heads will allow even more customers to see exactly when their bus will be arriving.

For passengers, it means less time waiting at the stop and more time at your destination,”

Mr Toole said.

“The launch of this technology is a huge step forward for people travelling in regional areas. It shows our ongoing commitment to make public transport a firstchoice option as we build a safer, stronger regional NSW.” Member for Tweed Geoff Provest said local Operator Surfside Buslines is now using the new technology across

almost 100 services in the region, including 87 school routes.

“We’re excited to bring this technology on board popular Surfside bus routes, such as 600 and 601 because I know what a difference it will make to the everyday lives of locals, as well as tourists,” Mr Provest said.

“Customers can now plan their trip using the Trip Planner

tool at transportnsw.info or other third-party public transport apps.

“This is just another way the NSW Government is strengthening our public transport offering right across the regions.”

To learn more, use the Transport for NSW Trip Planner tool at https://transportnsw.info/ trip and other third-party public transport apps.

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Dedicated crisis response team established for schools A DEDICATED ‘Response and Recovery’ team will become a permanent fixture within the NSW Government to better prepare schools in times of crisis, building on expertise picked up from recent bushfires, prolonged drought, floods and the COVID pandemic.

The new team will sit within the NSW Government’s Regional, Rural and Remote Policy Unit, which was announced

by Deputy Premier John Barilaro and Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell earlier this year.

“The past few years have taught us to expect the unexpected and just how important it is to be well prepared for emergencies and to remain safe throughout crises and natural disasters,” Mr Barilaro said.

“Kids in the regions have been exposed to the impact of relentless drought, unprecedented bushfires and most recently, floods, and we need to make sure schools are supported to continue to provide a top-quality education, regardless of their situation.

“The newly established Response and Recovery team will work to assist schools with tangible teaching methods, remote learning techniques, evacuation protocols and safety measures to build resilient schools of the future.

“It’s critical for the NSW Government to take what we have learnt from recent experiences and be ready to act and respond when our communities need help.”

Ms Mitchell announced the new team recently while

hearing from representatives from 151 bushfire affected schools at the Phoenix Conference; a gathering of school leaders, students and recovery response experts from a number of organisations.

“The Phoenix Conference is an amazing opportunity for school leaders to finally gather together in person to

share their experiences. It’s also a chance to acknowledge the work that has been done by school communities to ensure our students were able to continue to get a high-quality education in some of the most challenging circumstances over the last 18 months,” Ms Mitchell said.

“This new response team will ensure that the safety

of students and school staff remains the highest priority and will enable services to get to communities faster to provide whatever is needed during a crisis. This will allow us to continue to support schools to bounce back from any disasters.

“In response to the 2019/20 bushfires, impacted schools benefitted from bespoke, targeted mental health support for as long as they felt necessary, along with a freeze on staffing numbers despite fluctuating enrolments to ensure stability for students and additional professional development for staff.”

The $18 million Bushfire Hazard Mitigation Program is also being rolled in schools across the state, as well as Bushfire Vegetation Maintenance Plans across 700 schools.

TREAD AS ONE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH ANYTIME Fitness Grafton is asking all club members and the local community to come together for Tread As One – a fundraising challenge in support of R U OK? The largest gym community in Australia is urging people to sign up to their Tread As One event taking place 15-22 May. Over 250 Anytime Fitness clubs across Australia will be involved in the event, with the aim of raising $500,000 for suicide prevention charity R U OK? “We’re encouraging the community to run (or walk) as many kilometres as possible to go towards the club KM goal of 10,000 KM goal and

fundraise along the way.

65,000 Australians attempt to take their own life each year, this gives us 65,000 reasons to run. Anytime Fitness is fundraising for R U OK? because we know that meaningful conversations and checking in with those around us can change a life.

Tread As One is a way for the community to come together and make a positive impact to raise awareness in a fun and supportive environment,” Jenny Ryder from Anytime Fitness Grafton said.

Taking part in Tread As One is easier than ever before.

This year you can walk, run, swim or cycle. There

are options to participate from home, from Anytime Fitness or from any gym in the community. Simply register, make your donation, and log your progress to help achieve the 10,000km goal.

All participants are welcome to join in the Grand Finale on Saturday 22nd May at Anytime Fitness Grafton, where three treadmills will run non-stop from 6.50am to 6.50pm.

By taking part, Anytime Fitness Grafton hopes to raise at least $6,500 to contribute to the overall target. Tread As One will bring the community together to raise awareness and funds for suicide prevention charity R U OK? Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged between 18-44, with more Australians losing their lives to suicide each year than road accidents or skin cancer.

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HSC timetables allow students to plan for exams 76,000 NSW school students recently received their personalised timetable for the 2021 written HSC exams.

HSC written exams will start on Tuesday, October 12 with a compulsory English paper and finish with the examination of Food Technology on Thursday, November 4.

Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said the release of the HSC timetables were the final leg of the school journey for Year 12 students.

“The HSC is a logistical behemoth, it includes scheduling 18 days of HSC exams involving around 76,000 students, 129 exams and more than 775 exam

centres,” Ms Mitchell said.

“The HSC is the culmination of years of schooling and receiving your timetable makes it all the more real for students.

“Students are already working hard in their final year, and I wish them all the best during an exciting time.”

NESA CEO Paul Martin said planning for the HSC exams was a necessarily rigorous process, especially after last year showed just how quickly things could change.

“The timetable is designed to provide a schedule which is as fair and equitable as possible to ensure all students get the opportunity to do their

best in their written exams,” said Mr Martin.

“Last year showed that plans can change in an instant and we always want to make sure students, schools and exam

supervisors feel prepared for anything, so they can focus on exams.”

To develop the timetable NESA follows rigorous procedures to:

• provide sufficient breaks between exams for popular courses; • provide sufficient breaks between exams for frequently combined courses; • enable all exams to be marked and students to receive their results from 6am on Friday 10 December; • minimise the number of students with two exams scheduled at the same time.

All 2021 HSC students can access their timetable on Students Online.

The full 2021 HSC written exam timetable is available on the NESA website.

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Have your say on exciting mural for Casino water tower RICHMOND Valley Council is giving the Casino community the opportunity to have a say on what will be painted on the iconic South Casino water tower.

The 83-year-old Art Deco water tower is the perfect blank canvas, and four artists have lined up to tackle the project. These are: Apparition Media; The Brightsiders; Fintan Scott-Macgee; and Matt Adnate.

The mural will be the centrepiece of a scenic and heritage trail, which includes interpretive signage covering key points of interest relevant to the Richmond River and its Aboriginal and European history, as well as the historical architecture featured throughout Casino and South Casino town centres. Local Aboriginal artist Charlie Caldwell was commissioned to provide a painting to be an integrated piece of the signs.

Council successfully applied for a $125,000 grant from the Australian Government’s Regional Tourism Bushfire Recovery Grant Program to undertake the project. The aim of the program is to encourage visitors back to bushfireimpacted regions like the Richmond Valley.

Combining the water tower mural with the scenic and heritage walks will help attract visitors to explore Casino and the wider

Richmond Valley, as well as encouraging residents to get active and learn about the history and features of their region.

Richmond Valley Council Mayor Robert Mustow said the mural was the largest public art project in the history of the Richmond Valley, and would be a major attraction for Casino, encouraging both day trippers and overnight stays.

Cr Mustow said the idea of the mural project had been first imagined by the Casino community many years ago, and interest had only grown since then.

He said the visitor economy was an increasingly important pillar of the overall Richmond Valley economy and strengthening its position was a priority for Council.

He said silo and water tower art was growing in popularity as one of Australia’s must-do road trips, and it would be beneficial for all to have Casino listed on the official Australian Silo Art Trail.

“Our goal is to make Casino a destination in its own right, so to be able to give tourists another point of interest while they are here is a positive sign we are on the right track,” Cr Mustow said.

“The Australian Silo Art Trail Facebook group has more than 50,000 followers and produces an annual calendar, an ultimate road

trip guide, as well as a collection of maps featuring some of the best silo and water tower art across the country. It’s exciting to think Casino could feature in future publications.”

Cr Mustow said the Council saw many economic benefits in this project, which was why it received unanimous endorsement.

“Once visitors have enjoyed their time checking out the water tower mural

and other points of interest along the riverbank and around town, they will no doubt be keen to visit our wonderful cafes, bistros and shops – refuelling our local economy after a couple of tough years,” he said.

Cr Mustow said the next step in the mural process included community consultation.

He said while all seven councillors favoured The Brightsiders submission, as

they believed it was a true reflection on what Casino had to offer, it was important the community became involved in the selection process.

“We want to make sure the Casino community has a strong say in the artwork design as it is the locals who have to live with the final decision,” Cr Mustow said.

“The artwork will be on public exhibition until Thursday 3 June, and I would encourage you all to send in a submission – be it five words or five lines in length.”

More information on the artists, including images of the proposed designs, is available via the On Exhibition page on Council’s website.

Any person may make a written submission by addressing them to the general manager via one of the following methods: • Email to council@ richmondvalley.nsw.gov.au; • Fill out a Make a Submission form here: https://richmondvalley.nsw. gov.au/contact/have-yoursay/make-a-submission/; • By post to Richmond Valley Council, Locked Bag 10 CASINO NSW 2470; or • By delivery to Council’s Administration Centre in Casino.

Submissions close Thursday 3 June. Further information is available from Council on 6660 0300.

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SEEKERS TRIBUTE MAKE THEIR OWN FUN WHO would ever have imagined that a worldwide pandemic would have everyone staying at home, stopping the music and drying up the work for most professional musicians.

It has been hard times for many, so rather than sit around and hope for work to come one day, the members of the Gold Coast based tribute group, The Australian Seekers Show, have taken their future into their own hands.

According to Jayne Henry – aka Judith – the group decided to back themselves, book a local venue, hire a production company and encourage people to buy tickets and come along and enjoy their music.

So on Saturday May 29, The Australian Seekers Tribute Show will perform at the Tweed Heads Civic Centre.

“We are hoping the community will get behind us and buy tickets and come along and enjoy the music,” Jayne said.

“It is great value and people are able to bring along their own drinks and food and

make a real night of it.

“We play all the classic Seekers hits as well as Australian classics and the covers they are well-known for.

“There will be COVID restrictions in place, so people will need to go through the usual sign in with our QR Code and we hope people will book as a group so they can sit and enjoy the show together.”

Jayne said the Seekers were one of Australia’s most successful and iconic groups - fronted by the soaring vocals of Judith Durham, they were the first Australian pop group to achieve major chart and sales success in the UK and the US. “Their sound was considered too pop orientated to be classified as folk yet considered too folk to be rock.

In any event, their success

and popularity made them household names all over the world and reaching sales of over 50 million records worldwide,” she said.

“Their popularity in Oz saw them awarded joint Australians of the Year in 1967 and individually honoured as Officers of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours of June 2014.”

The tribute band includes

some of the Gold CoastTweeds well-known solo artists - Jayne Henry (vocals and percussion), Danny Withington (double bass and vocals), Mick Olsen (guitar and vocals) and Russell Hinton (12 string and vocals).

Jayne said the group play a selection of classic sixties folk songs as well as all the hits of the Seekers has become an unofficial Australian anthem.

The Australian Seekers tribute band urge people to BYO food and drinks including alcohol.

“There will be no food or drink on sale at the venue,” Jayne said.

“Tables and chairs will be provided, so book as a group and we will seat parties together.”

Ticket prices are $25, concession for pensioners and children under 16, $20.

Doors will open at 6pm with the show starting at 7pm with halftime intermission. Book online at www.trybooking. com/BQDUA For more information or if you are unable to purchase tickets online, contact Jayne on 0418 720 048.

Botanic Gardens open day Sunday 30 May is Botanic Gardens of Australia and New Zealand (BGANZ) Open Day. Friends of the Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens have been preparing for this special day, planning guided walks which will take place throughout the morning, potting on plants for the native plant stall, organising displays in the Visitor’s Centre and children’s activities for the eucalypt lawn.

This year’s theme is ‘The Power of Plants’, in celebration of plants and their vital role in our wellbeing, weather and climate stabilisation, providing food and habitat, and in research and medicine. BGANZ #plantchallenge is inviting plant enthusiasts to post a 45-60 second video or photo telling their own ‘Power of Plants’ stories.

On the Open Day, there will be a display at the Lismore Gardens,

Win a $100 Bunnings voucher showing you one of the stars of the rainforest, settler’s twine. The long slender leaves of this powerful plant can carry a weight of over forty kilograms.

The day starts at 9.30 am. Parking is available at the Environmental Education Centre, where there will be a morning tea stall and card and book sales. The first guided walk will begin at 9.45 am. Bookings are essential by 28 May. Email publicity@

friendslrbg.com.au to reserve your spot in a walk of either the Useful Plants Garden, the Hoop Pine Forest or the Native Bees as Pollinators Walk.

A gold coin donation is welcome. Sorry, but there are no card facilities at the Gardens.

No dogs allowed. More information is available on the website www. friendslrbg.com.au. The Gardens are located at 313 Wyrallah Road, only 3 kilometres from the Lismore CBD.

HAVE you used a Community Recycling Station (CRS) to drop off small problem waste you’ve had lying around at home?

If the answer is yes, we want your feedback and as a thank you, you go into the free draw for one of three $100 Bunnings vouchers. Take the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ WWSMTVG You can use a Community Recycling Station to recycle stuff that doesn’t belong in your kerbside bins like household batteries, mobile phones, smoke detectors, ink cartridges and X-rays. You can drop off small quantities of these recyclable items for free at a CRS.

There are 25 CRSs across the Far North Coast (from Tweed out to Kyogle and down to Grafton and in-between). CRSs are generally located at libraries, community centres or council admin centres and even at some Bunnings stores.

To check out the location of your nearest CRS and what you can drop off visit http://newaste.org.au/crs This is survey is for residents of the following council areas: Ballina Shire, Byron Shire, Clarence Valley, Kyogle Shire, Lismore City, Richmond Valley or Tweed Shire, and survey entry closes at 5pm, Friday, May 14.

Winners will be contacted via email week starting May 17.

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Big day out in Clarence for Our Kids

OUR Kids hosted the Clarence Property Our Kids Day Out last Sunday, 2 May at Missingham Bridge Amphitheatre in Ballina.

As always, it was a day with lots of fun for the whole family, with a range of live entertainment, including Newcastle Permanent who are presenting the main show ‘Blinky Bill’.

To help feed everyone the Ballina Lions cooked up a storm, serving their famous steak sandwich.

The Our Kids charity raises money for the Lismore Base Hospital Children’s Ward and for kids living in the broader

Richmond Valley and further afield, so they can receive specialist medical care locally.

Lismore Base Hospital is the region’s major referral hospital and cares for more than 10,000 children a year in its Paediatric Unit, Special Care Nursery and Emergency Department.

This year, the emergency services came bringing their trucks, cars and boats which the children loved climbing through and getting to know all about what each services do.

Our Kids presented the Suzie Levot Memorial Our Kids Bravery Award to recognise the courage of a

local family and their young daughter, Ebony Duff. Ebony is 8 years old and has spent time in the Children’s Ward at Lismore Base Hospital.

Ebony has juvenile arthritis and has needed lots of trips to Lismore and Brisbane hospitals for care. Ebony loves her guitar and is teaching herself how to play. Ebony has shown incredible bravery during her hospital visits

and still manages to smile and bring joy to the nurses who care for her. Ebony also features in the much loved Our Kids Calendar, as Miss December.

“Ebony truly deserved to be Centre stage at the Our Kids Day Out celebration,” Our Kids Fundraising Coordinator, Rebekka Battista, said.

At the day on the Clarence Property Our Kids Day Out

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Young mum finds new direction with DAISI MARY Felton is DAISI’s newest reception and admin trainee. DAISI is a Ballina based charity that works with people experiencing disadvantage, particularly those with disabilities people who are ageing, and their families and carers. .

“Even in the short time she’s been with us, I can see Mary beginning to grow in confidence,” says Lori Kelly, Mary’s boss at DAISI. “She has initiative and is adding to her skill set every day, we think she’s brilliant!” she adds.

Mary found employment with DAISI as a result of her work with Opportunity Pathways, a Social Futures service that supports people in social housing find work or training.

“We are a lot more than a job placement service,” explains Lee Sherman, Mary’s

program worker. “A lot of our clients have complex backgrounds, they often lack support in practical areas of their lives, like access to computers, but also many find the job-seeking experience truly daunting and anxietyinducing.”

Lee and the program’s approach is twofold. First, they work with their clients to build self-esteem and confidence. This might extend to going shopping with them, helping them iron out any issues with their lives - like lack of access to transport or getting a driver’s license, to jointly writing their resume.

Then, when they are ready, Lee takes to the streets alongside people like Mary and introduces them to employers in an approach they call ‘reverse marketing’.

Mary says that Lee and

the Opportunity Pathways program have been a huge support. “Lee has been amazing. He’s always checking in and helping keep me motivated,” she says.

Lee and Mary’s journey has been a long one. Mary’s original plan was to become a chef. Lee helped her enrol in a Commercial Cookery course in TAFE and find a

trial work placement in a cafe.

COVID-19 and the reality of working in a busy kitchen saw her look for a change of direction.

“I really don’t like to give up,” says Lee, “I knew we could find the right place for Mary if we kept at it.”

Working with APM, an employment agency, Opportunity Pathways

negotiated a traineeship and wage subsidy to cover 90 per cent of Mary’s wages for the traineeship with DAISI. Mary, who is a single mum, says her employment with DAISI has given her confidence, as well as a regular income and the opportunity to be a great role model to her daughter.

Her new job is “showing her daughter that working is a part of life and if you want to get somewhere you don’t sit around doing nothing”.

Mary is undertaking a Certificate III in Business which she is enjoying and her goal is to eventually move into disability support work.

Find out more about Opportunity Pathways by visiting the website https://socialfutures.org.au/ opportunity-pathways/ or call on 02 6620 1800.

$50,000 GRANT PUTS GRAFTON GALLERY IN THE BIG LEAGUE A NEW $50,000 grant to Clarence Valley Council signals Grafton Regional Gallery has joined the State’s artistic elite, says Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis.

“It was only last month that Arts Minister Don Harwin and I opened the $7.6 million upgrade of the Gallery funded through the Nationals in Government’s Regional Cultural Fund,” Mr Gulaptis said.

“The refurbished gallery is a wonderful community asset the whole Clarence Valley should be excited about and make the time to visit.

“It’s said to be on a par with the much celebrated Tweed Gallery which is a remarkable achievement.”

The latest funding is for

InlandSee, a three year program of artists residencies and survey exhibitions that demonstrate the cultural viability and importance of Grafton Regional Gallery in a national contemporary visual art context.

This project includes a substantial showcase of recent work that highlights the current practice of 54 artistic voices from across NSW. Grafton Regional Gallery director Niomi Sands said the team is very excited by the news of the success of their application for the InlandSee project.

“It will allow the Gallery to bring the work of outstanding NSW artists to the region as part of this

ambitious project,” Ms Sands said.

“The project will support the creation of new work through a residency program and showcase the work of emerging and

established artists.

“It will provide wonderful creative experiences that we can share with our community and promote cultural tourism to the region.

“We are very excited to be

working with Create NSW to support development of outstanding arts and cultural activity in regional NSW and are eager to get started on the InlandSee project.”

Mr Gulaptis said local arts and cultural spaces are the lifeblood of the Clarence Valley, making a vital contribution to the liveability of the region and driving a sense of community and enjoyment of our everyday lives.

“I look forward to visiting Grafton Regional Gallery again and again to experience their upcoming projects, exhibitions and programs, made possible through the NSW Government’s 2021/22 LGA arts and cultural funding round,” Mr Gulaptis said.

Lights! Camera! Action! Shoot for a Parli-Flicks Award ENTRIES are now open to Northern Rivers and Northern Tablelands high school students to create short films for Parli-Flicks, the inaugural NSW Parliament International Democracy Day short film award.

State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin said the competition has been created to give students a platform to showcase their ideas about democracy.

“It’s not only adults who have a perspective on our system of government,” Ms

Saffin said.

“This initiative puts young people from the Electorate of Lismore in the driver’s seat to share their knowledge in an interactive and creative way.”

The Parli-Flicks Short Film Award is sponsored by the Australasian Study of Parliament Group (ASPG) to mark International Democracy Day on 15 September 2021.

It is open to students in Years 7 to Year 12 and is free to enter. The overall winner will receive $250 in prizemoney and the honour of

taking home the first ParliFlicks trophy.

Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly Jonathan O’Dea MP said all entries must answer the question: “What does democracy mean to you?”

“We are challenging the secondary students of NSW to take the concept of democracy and work it into a short film that grabs attention and makes people think,” Mr O’Dea said.

“There is so much talent out there and we can’t wait to see the results.”

The short film can be fictional or documentary in style, use live action or animation, be serious or light-hearted in tone. Films must run for no longer than 60 seconds and students can submit as an individual or in a group of up to five participants.

Awards will be given for the following categories: • Best Regional Short Film; • Best Metropolitan Short Film; • Best Junior Secondary Short Film (Years 7-9);

• Best Senior Secondary Short Film (Years 10-12); • NSW Parliament Presiding Officers’ Choice; and • Overall winner.

All winners will be invited to an awards night at NSW Parliament House on 15 September 2021, the International Day of Democracy.

The closing date for entries is Friday 4 June 2021.

For more information and details of how to enter visit the NSW Parliament Education website.

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Bigger, better libraries for Casino and Lower Clarence communities CASINO Library as well as the three public libraries in the Lower Clarence are set for immediate major upgrades thanks to a near half million dollar cash injection from the Nationals in NSW Government.

In the Richmond Valley, our partnership with Council literally continues: last year we delivered a major expansion of Evans Head Library and this year it is Casino’s turn.

The $192,000 grant to Casino Library will see the realisation of the Casino Community Library Courtyard project, including a modern entrance and exterior to create a welcoming atmosphere, a 20 per cent increase in floor space and new informal, relaxed reading areas.

Lower Clarence libraries at Maclean, Yamba & Iluka will share in $275,000 in funding to refurbish the three libraries that sit on Yaegl Country.

Yaegl design elements will be incorporated into the upgrade of the buildings. They will also feature new shelving systems, improved technology along with a more comfortable layout.

To ensure the design acknowledges the traditional owners and creates a connection to Country, Clarence Valley

Council will be consulting with the Aboriginal community throughout the design phase of this project.

Libraries are a really valued community resource and space, especially in regional communities.

They aren’t just here to stay, but we are making them bigger and better and we must for them to compete with all the digital entertainment most of us now stream into our homes.

Public libraries provide a lot more

than what you can download on your phone. This includes local history and current events, a social focus, a learners’ meeting place and the same information access to anyone who cares to join regardless of their income level.

NEW EVANS HEAD DEVELOPMENT FOR OVER 50S LIFESTYLE MARKET IN A boost for regional jobs and the local economy, work has begun on a $50 million luxury over 50’s lifestyle development for Evans Head.

Richmond Valley Mayor Robert Mustow turned the first sod for civil works for Serenitas’ new development Thyme Lifestyle Resort at Evans Head.

He was joined for the sod turning by Don and Rosemary Larnach, who will be amongst the first homeowners to call Thyme home.

The 7.9 hectare lifestyle village for the over 50’s will include modern architecturally designed homes and resortstyle facilities including a state-of-the-art clubhouse where homeowners can enjoy opportunities to socialise, set just moments from the beach and Evans River.

“Thyme Lifestyle Resort will set the new standard for over 50’s lifestyle communities in the North Coast of NSW,” Serenitas CEO Rob Nichols said.

“Our focus is on creating luxurious yet affordable architecturally designed homes in a safe and secure community just moments from the beach embracing the pristine location surrounded by waterways with excellent fishing spots, coastal walks, and in a region full of hidden gems and attractions waiting

CEO Rob Nichols, Councillor Robert Mustow and homeowners Rosemary and Don Larnach. to be discovered.

“Thyme Evans Head is set in a premium locale for the over 50’s and within easy reach of the vibrant coastal town centre. Our investment in this beautiful region will benefit local businesses and tourism, as well as the homeowners who will eventually call Thyme home.”

SEE Civil, an awardwinning Northern NSW/ QLD civil construction and engineering company, has been awarded the civil works contract for Stage 1 at Thyme. These works include stormwater, power,

sewer system work and road construction.

The home and clubhouse construction contracts will be tendered in May, and it is anticipated that a number of regional builders and trades will benefit from the massive investment in Evans Head.

“We are proud of the contribution this project will make to local jobs and the region’s economy, which is particularly important as regional Australia navigates the uncertain economic times stemming from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” Mr Nichols said.

“The development of Thyme will create numerous jobs ranging from building and trades to landscaping and fit out, the vast majority of which are likely to be undertaken by local companies, sole operators and labourers.”

Expressions of Interest are now being accepted for homes in Stage 1 of Thyme Lifestyle Resort.

“There has already been overwhelming interest in Thyme with over 20 future homeowners placing deposits, and we look forward to welcoming them to our

community when Stage 1 homes and the Display Village is completed later this year,” Mr Nichols said.

Rosemary and Don Larnach will be among the first homeowners at Thyme Evans Head.

“We have been residents of Evans Head for 20 years, and sold and moved out of our family home in March. We look forward to moving into the Thyme Lifestyle Resort,” the couple said.

“We’re currently living in our mobile home at a caravan park but will continue travelling the coast of Australia over the year.

We have family to visit in Miranda, Nowra, Cairns and Wonga Beach.

“We are so excited to move into a new home with an easier lifestyle, with less maintenance. The most exciting thing for us is that Thyme Evans Head has homes with RV garages so we can store our mobile home undercover.”

“We love walking and the beach which is why we didn’t want to leave the area. We love the lifestyle of Evans Head and love that we can also stay close to all our friends.”

To find out more about Thyme Evans Head Lifestyle Village go to www.thyme. com.au/evans-head.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 13, 2021

RURAL NEWS 37

CREATOR OF PORTABLE IN-PADDOCK WEIGHING SYSTEM WINS MLA PRODUCER INNOVATION AWARD ARMIDALE producer Bill Mitchell has won the 2021 Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Producer Innovation Award for his remote cattle weighing system, Optiweigh, that enables in-paddock weighing and monitoring.

Mr Mitchell was presented the award last night at the Rabobank Beef Industry Awards presented by Queensland Country Life, at Beef Australia 2021 in Rockhampton.

Optiweigh is a fully portable in-paddock weighing system that works in all environments, does not require animal training, and does not require installation of additional infrastructure.

MLA Managing Director, Jason Strong, said the MLA Producer Innovation Award recognises forward-thinking red meat producers whose achievements contribute to a resilient and progressive industry.

“The MLA Producer

Innovation Award recognises producer-led excellence in accelerated adoption of innovations to improve on-farm performance, and result in new products or producer-led new ventures and start-ups,” Mr Strong said.

“Red meat producers are at the forefront of driving this innovation, on-farm and through the supply chain – and this award is an opportunity to recognise some of the best of our industry.

“Bill has not only developed a new innovation but has turned this into a new product and brand and established a start-up business in regional Australia to support this.”

Armidale Producer Bill Mitchell – who was joined at the Awards dinner by wife Jacqui - said he was looking for a system that could provide real-time data on the performance of their cattle by assessing weight gain,

which was their inspiration to develop the Optiweigh system.

“Our operation is focused on meeting target weights for target markets, which is why assessing weight gain was so critical,” Mr Mitchell said.

“Having the unit in the paddock feeding data to us

means we can assess our cattle every day, delivering up to $70 more per head going out the gate on every truckload because we are better meeting sale specifications and avoiding overweight penalties.

“The constant weight updates also help to monitor

paddock condition so you can rotate your stock at the right times, rather than waiting until they’ve started going backwards.”

Optiweigh has now been successfully commercialised, with over 90 units deployed on beef farms across Australia.

Sky’s the limit - drones key in flood recovery effort DRONE technology is helping the NSW Government fast track assessment of damage and efforts to rebuild roads and bridges following last month’s devastating floods.

Deputy Premier and Minister responsible for flood recovery John Barilaro said data gathered by drones was providing a clear picture of the massive amount of soil and debris that needed to be removed and helped in developing plans to do it safely.

“Our drones have allowed us to get a flying start on understanding exactly what damage has been done so our engineers can work out what is required to fix it – from how many tonnes of rock and debris need to be removed to the data we need to build

3D modelling of the slopes affected.

Best of all, they can take images from multiple angles without putting workers’ safety at risk.”

“The sky really is the limit for how useful this technology can be in helping us find temporary solutions to re-open disaster affected roads and designing the permanent solutions needed to rebuild.”

Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole said drones have been used extensively on the Oxley Highway after dozens of landslips cut access between Forbes River Road and Gingers Creek Roadhouse.

“Drones are playing a critical role in our efforts to restore access on key roads like the Oxley as quickly as

possible, allowing us to get a close-up view of the damage well before it was safe to send crews into these areas,” Mr Toole said.

“Access is still dangerous and difficult in many areas where we’ve seen these landslides but drones have meant we can determine the full extent

of damage that can’t be seen from the road.”

Since Transport for NSW started using drone technology in 2019, it has expanded its use to a number of the State’s major disaster events, including the 2020 Blue Mountains bushfires, to fast track recovery times.

Drones are also being used for other transport related work including routine maintenance and planning for infrastructure projects.

“Our flying squad is being put to good use right across Transport – from determining the right dimensions of a new bridge to assessing the condition of a fauna fence or inspecting difficult to reach infrastructure such as the top of bridges or overhead power lines.

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The Northern Rivers Times

May 13, 2021

38 RURAL NEWS

Grafton Cattle Market Report THERE were 262 head yarded at Grafton Fat Cattle Sale 4th May 2021.

There was a reduction in the numbers this week, over-all the quality was back compared to last week, however, the good cattle still sold well.

Bullocks were to light in numbers, while cows sold firm to a shade dearer for the prime heavy weights. The restocker market was slightly cheaper, but this was quality related.

Sale Highlights include: A/c G & L Rose sold Angus/Charolais Cross Steers 334.2c/kg averaged 511.7kg $1,709.99 p/hd.

A/c Billy-John Cox sold a Charolais Cross

Steer 388.2c/kg weighed 480kg - $1,863.36.

A/c Joel Chevalley sold a Brahman Bullock 323.2c/kg weighed 660kg $2,133.12.

A/c DJ & IR Jackson sold Charolais Cross Steers 376.2 c/kg averaged 485kg $1,824.57 p/hd.

A/c P & J Hatgis sold Speckle Park Cross Steer 422.2c/kg averaged 417.5kg $1,762.69 p/hd.

A/c KJ & JN Ellem sold an Angus Heifer 300c/kg weighed 620kg - $1,860.00.

A/c KJ & JN Ellem sold Brangus Cows 298.2c/kg averaged 603.3kg - $1,799.14 p/hd.

A/c Kevin Mackay sold a Santa Cow

FROM TUESDAY 4 MAY

285.2c/kg weighed 630kg - $1,796.76.

A/c Kevin Mackay sold a Santa Bull 275c/kg weighed 1015kg - $2,791.25.

A/c Margaretta Fahey sold a Brahman Bull 283.2c/kg weighed 805kg - $2,279.76.

A/c Alex & Patricia Beaty sold an Angus Steer 420c/kg weighed 400kg - $1,680.00.

A/c GO Beasley sold a Brangus Heifer 454.2c/kg weighed 340kg - $1,544.28.

A/c GO Beasley sold an Angus Vealer Steer 536.2c/kg weighed 20kg - $1,072.40.

A/c D Newton sold Angus Vealer Steers 550c/kg averaged 218.3kg - $1,200.83 p/hd.

A/c A & S Ellis sold Angus Vealer Steers 526.2c/kg weighed 260kg - $1,368.12.

A/c JW & OPD Golding sold Angus Vealer Steers 674.2c/kg averaged 150.6kg $1,015.51 p/hd.

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Lismore Cattle Market Report REPORT FROM TUESDAY 4 MAY

Casino Cattle Market Report

180 CATTLE were sold at Lismore on a very strong market.

The best of the cows this week made to 2.94 c/kg to return tops of $1979.

These better end cows ranged from 2.74c/kg to 2.88c/kg Plainer cows this week made from 178c/kg to 2.72c/ kg Butcher veal this week made up the 4.70c/kg with the best of the heavy calves account Gary Ross

returning $1804.

The weaner steers and heifers sold very well again with a lot of the heavy steer calves ranging from 4.60c/ kg to 5.12 c/kg and making from $1350 to $1538.

Light steer calves ranged between 5.50c/kg to 6.30 c/kg.

Heifer calves also sold strongly making from 4.70c/ kg to 5.40c.kg for the heavier calves and 560 to 640c/ kg for the lighter end calves.

FROM WEDNESDAY 5 MAY AGENTS yarded a total of 939 head at the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange regular prime sale on Wednesday 5 May. The yarding consisted of a good supply of weaners suitable for restockers and backgrounders along with a limited number of veal and cows.

A considerable number of the weaners sold on the day were sent west to various feedlots. Overall, most categories remained steady or saw a slight increase in prices from last week.

Cow prices were consistent on last week with an average of 265.4c/kg and top price of 299.2c/ kg. 1 head sold for a top return of $2,003.61.

Cows and calves topped their market at $1,660.00. Heifer prices also remained steady this week topping their category at 600.0c/kg

and averaging 420.6c/kg and 292kg. 1 heifer sold achieved a return of $1,932.74.

A fair number of 18 bulls in the sale reached a top of 299.2c/ kg and averaged 270.5c/kg and 741kg. Steer and bullock prices were back up again this week with 233 head sold. Steers sold to a top of 738.2c/kg and averaged at 488.0c/kg and 275kg with 1 head selling for a return of $2,482.54.

Bullocks averaged 320.7c/kg and 659kg with 1 head selling for $2,837.33.

Vealer prices were slightly up this week with 387 head yarded.

Prices reached 748.2c/kg and averaged 519.1c/kg and 228kg.

1 head sold achieved a return of $1,748.67.

Friday 14 May will see George & Furhrmann hold a special store sale at the NRLX followed by Ray White Rural on Friday 21 May.

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Tenterfield Cattle Market REPORT FROM MONDAY 10 MAY cents. A good yarding of heifers sold to 435.2 cents.

NUMBERS increased slightly this sale with a total yarding of 341 head. A quality yarding of steers and In the trade section weaner steers sold to 626.2 cents bullocks sold to a strong market with the steers topping while the heifer portion reached 548.2 cents, both at 470.2 cents, while the best of the younger bullocks returning to the paddock. reached 419.2 cents.

A mixed quality yarding of bulls sold to 299.2 cents.

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Feeder steers sold between 300c/kg to 426c/kg. Cows sold dearer trend by up to 80c/kg with the best cows selling to 299c/kg to average 280c/kg.

Young cattle sold firm with weaner steers selling from 420c/kg to 676c/kg and heifers from 380c/kg to 510c/kg.

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It possesses an intriguing premise – people from the past inexplicably start appearing, alive, in the ocean – but it is perhaps the fact that Norwegian-made Beforeigners is a HBO production that it will command TV lovers’ attention. It is also from the makers of the offbeat Lilyhammer, who have infused dark, satirical humour into this fantastical and thought-provoking scifi fable. In tonight’s premiere, new cop Alfhildr (Krista Kosonen, pictured), who comes from the Viking Age, is teamed with Lars (Nicolai Cleve Broch) to investigate the murder of a woman with Stone Age tattoos.

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3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Foreign Flavours. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 NITV News: Nula. 7.30 MOVIE: Storm Boy. (1976, PG) 9.00 Bedtime Stories. 9.10 Lagau Danalaig: An Island Life. 10.10 Collum Calling Canberra. 11.10 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.00 Flip Or Flop Vegas. 7.30 Renovate To Rent. 8.00 Garden Gurus. 8.30 The Block. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 Boise Boys.

11.30 Fixer Upper. 12.30pm House Hunters Int. 1.30 Fixer To Fabulous. 2.30 The Block. 4.00 Flip Or Flop Vegas. 4.30 Renovate To Rent. 5.00 Flip Or Flop. 6.00 House Hunters International. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Hidden Potential. 8.30 Lake Life. 9.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 10.30 Pool Kings. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Headline News. 8.30

11.30 Martha Bakes. Noon Oliver’s Twist. 12.30 Mary’s Kitchen Crush. 1.00 Come Dine With Me UK. 1.30 Food Lover’s Guide. 2.00 Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 New Scandi Cooking. 4.00 Martha Bakes. 4.30 Oliver’s Twist.

5.00 Mary’s Kitchen Crush. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 River Cottage Australia. 8.30 Rick Stein’s India. 9.40 Mystery Diners. 10.05 The Cook Up. 10.35 Come Dine With Me UK. 11.05 Late Programs.

Property Ladder UK. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Cop Squad. 2.00 ICU. 2.30 Weekender. 3.15 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Mysteries Of The Abandoned. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Property Ladder.

1am The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 Our Town. 4.30 Escape To The Country. 5.30 Home Shopping.

Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 The Friday Showdown.

5.00 Fox Sports News. 5.30 The Serve. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Bernardi. 8.00 Kenny On Media. 8.30 The McGregor Angle. 9.00 Hardgrave. 10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs.

Please Note: Programs are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by the Networks.

SATURDAY, May 15 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (R) 1.20 David Stratton’s Stories Of Australian Cinema. (Madnsv, R) 2.30 Love On The Spectrum. (PG, R) 3.30 Brush With Fame.

(PG, R) 4.00 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R) 4.30 Landline. 5.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 21.

Western United v Sydney FC.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 7. H’lights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Sportswoman. 2.30 Lost World: Deeper Into The Black Sea. (R) 4.30 True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi. (PGaw, R) 5.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia.

Stage 7. H’lights.

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Rosehill Gardens Raceday and Andrew Ramsden Race Day. 1.30 To Be Advised.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Easy Eats. 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Surfing Australia TV. 12.30 Our State On A Plate. (PG) 1.00 Reel Destinations.

(Premiere) 1.30 Desert Vet. (PGlm, R) 2.30 Garden Gurus. 3.00 Netball. Super Netball.

Round 3. Collingwood Magpies v Adelaide Thunderbirds. 5.00 News.

5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6.00 WhichCar. (PG, R) 6.30 Ent. Tonight.

(PG, R) 7.00 Escape Fishing. (R) 7.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R) 8.30 All 4 Adventure. (PG, R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 GCBC. (R) 12.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 1.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 1.30 To Be Advised.

2.30 Taste Of Australia. (R) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 The Living Room. (R) 4.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

6.00 To Be Advised.

6.30 Landline. Presented by Pip Courtney.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 The Durrells. (PG, R) Louisa tries to raise some money.

8.20 Sanditon. (Premiere, PG) A chance accident brings a young woman to Sanditon, a seaside resort on the cusp of change.

9.10 Wakefield. (Malv, R) Nik attends his second job interview, despite the strange sensations he has been struggling with.

10.00 The Split. (Ml, R) The Hansen case blows up.

11.00 Miniseries: Dark Money. (Ma, R) 12.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys. (R) 8.30 Eurovision Top 40 Controversies. (Ml, R) Hosted by Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey.

10.30 Eurovision 2020: Big Night In! (PG, R) 1.35 MOVIE: The Death Of Stalin. (2017, MA15+l, R) 3.30 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. (R) 4.40 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 Border Patrol. (PG, R) A man is checked at the border.

7.30 MOVIE: Thor. (2011, Mv, R) After being cast out of the realm of Asgard by his father, Thor, the god of thunder, finds himself bereft of his powers. Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins.

9.50 MOVIE: Die Hard 4.0. (2007, Mlv, R) A detective is assigned to bring in a prominent computer hacker for questioning after a cyberattack on the FBI. Instead, he discovers the young man is being targeted by assassins in the employ of a terrorist.

Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant.

12.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 10. Sydney Roosters v North Queensland Cowboys.

9.35 NRL Saturday Night Footy Post-Match. Post-match interviews and analysis of the NRL game between Sydney Roosters and North Queensland Cowboys.

10.20 MOVIE: Inglourious Basterds.

(2009, MA15+lv, R) A group of soldiers goes on a suicide mission. Brad Pitt.

1.10 New Amsterdam. (Mam, R) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact. (PG, R)

6.00 Advancing Australia.

6.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) Visitors are barred from the beach.

7.00 The Dog House. (PG) Dogs are matched with companions.

8.00 The Savoy. (PGl) A look at London’s Savoy Hotel.

9.00 Ambulance. (Mal, R) Advanced paramedic Luke puts his specialist training to use when he is dispatched to a motorcycle accident.

10.10 999: What’s Your Emergency?

(Malv, R) A suspect is armed with a sword.

11.10 NCIS. (Mv, R) 12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

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 TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 The Set. 8.30 Unprotected Sets. 9.30 Black Mirror. 10.30 Sammy J. 10.35 Live From The BBC. 11.20 Insert Name Here. 11.50 Staged. (Final) 12.15am Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (Final) 12.55 Chris Ramsey All Growed Up. 1.40 Would I Lie To You? 2.10 Escape From The City. 3.10 News Update. 3.15 Close. 5.00 Rainbow Chicks. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon MOVIE: Black Cop. (2017, M) 1.40 New Girl. 4.00 WorldWatch. 5.30 Basketball. NBL. Brisbane Bullets v Perth Wildcats. 7.30 Impossible Engineering. 8.30 The X-Files. 9.20 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 8. Foggia to Guardia Sanframondi. 170km medium mountain stage.

1.35am VICE Guide To Film. 2.30 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Insider Trading. 11.00 Creek To Coast. 11.30 Inside Willinga Park. Noon Equestrian. World Championship Gold Buckle. 1.30 Horse Racing.

Rosehill Gardens Raceday and Andrew Ramsden Race Day. 5.00 Sydney Weekender. 5.30 Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea. 6.30 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. (Premiere) 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Rainbow Country. 11.00 MOVIE: Piccadilly Incident. (1946) 1.10pm MOVIE: The Out Of Towners. (1970, PG) 3.10 MOVIE: Exodus. (1960, PG) 7.30 Rugby Union.

Super Rugby. Trans-Tasman. Round 1. Melbourne Rebels v Auckland Blues. 9.45 Super Rugby Trans Tasman - Post Match. 10.00 MOVIE: Live And Let Die. (1973, PG) 12.30am Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. Noon JAG. 2.00 The Doctors. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder.

4.00 Bondi Rescue. 4.30 iFish. 5.00 Escape Fishing With ET. 5.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 To Be Advised. 11.20 Hawaii Five-0.

1.10am 48 Hours. 2.10 Elementary. 3.10 Blue Bloods. 4.05 The Doctors. 5.00 Home Shopping.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

4pm The Dengineers. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 Mikki Vs The World. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Top Jobs For Dogs. 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Sadie Sparks. 8.55 Moka’s Fabulous Adventures!

9.10 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. 9.30 Cleopatra In Space. 9.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Romeo And Juliet. Continued. (2013, PG) 7.10 Grace Of Monaco.

(2014, PG) 9.05 Ernest & Celestine. (2012, PG) 10.35 The Ash Lad. (2017, PG, Norwegian) 12.35pm Cutthroat Island. (1995, PG) 2.50 What We Did On Our Holiday. (2014, PG) 4.40 Lassie. (2005, PG) 6.35 Hunt For The Wilderpeople. (2016, PG) 8.30 Churchill. (2017, M) 10.30 Outrage Coda. (2017, MA15+, Japanese) 12.25am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 Life Off Road. Noon Bull Riding. PBR Australia.

Replay. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld.

1.30 The Food Dude. 2.00 Canadian Pickers. 3.00 Heavy Rescue: 401. 4.00 American Restoration.

4.30 Picked Off. 5.30 Pawn Stars Australia. 6.00 Pawn Stars. 7.00 Football. AFL. Round 9. Richmond v GWS Giants. 10.00 MOVIE: Unforgiven. (1992, M) 1am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Social Fabric. 2.00 Road Trick. 2.30 Peaking. 3.20 MOVIE: Pokémon: Lucario And The Mystery Of Mew. (2005) 5.20 MOVIE: Cats & Dogs 2: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore. (2010) 7.00 MOVIE: The Last Airbender. (2010, PG) 9.00 MOVIE: Van Helsing. (2004, M) 11.30 Police Ten 7.

Midnight Love Island: Unseen Bits. 1.00 Bad Teen To Ballroom Queen. 2.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 Posh Frock Shop. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 The Dog House. 11.00 MasterChef Australia. 3.30pm Friends. 6.00 Columbo. 7.30 Kojak. 8.25 Spyforce.

9.20 The Big Bang Theory. 9.45 Friends. 10.35 MOVIE: Rock Of Ages. (2012, M) 1am Home Shopping. 1.30 Charmed. 2.30 Supernatural. 3.30 100% Hotter. 4.30 Home Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 2.45pm Drum Beat. 3.00 ABC News.

3.30 The Breakfast Couch. 4.00 ABC News. 4.30 Q+A Highlights. 5.00 ABC News. 5.05 Planet America. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Australian Story. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 New Normal.

8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.10 Four Corners. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Back Roads. 10.00 ABC News Weekend. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Come Dine With Me UK. 1.30 New Scandi Cooking. 2.00 The Big Family Cooking Showdown. 3.05 Nadia’s Family Feasts. 4.00 Secret Meat Business. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.00 The Perfect Serve. 5.30 Cheese Slices. 6.30 Heston’s Fantastical Food. 7.30 Jamie’s American Road Trip.

8.30 Ainsley Eats The Streets. 9.30 The Hairy Bikers’ Northern Exposure. 10.40 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2.25pm Rugby Union. WA Premier Grade. Replay.

3.55 The 77 Percent. 4.25 Indian Country Today.

4.55 APTN National News. 5.25 Te Ao With Moana.

5.55 NITV News: Nula. 6.25 Going Places. 6.55 Yokayi Footy. 7.30 News. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 On The Record. 10.10 MOVIE: CB4. (1993, MA15+) 11.40 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.30 Fixer Upper. 11.30 Postcards. Noon Renovate To Rent. 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 1.30 Flip Or Flop. 2.30 Lake Life. 3.30 Pool Kings. 4.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 5.30 Hidden Potential. 6.30 Our Yorkshire Farm. 7.30 Making It Home With Kortney And Dave. 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 News. Noon News.

12.30 News. 1.00 News. 1.30 News. 2.00 News.

2.30 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Fox Sports News. 3.30 Fox Sports News. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Fox Sports News. 7.00 Bernardi.

8.00 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News.

10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, May 16 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PGa, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Doc Martin. (PG, R) 3.30 Restoration Australia. (R) 4.30 Back Roads. (R) 5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 8. H’lights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Motorcycle Racing. FIM Superbike World C’ship. Round 1. H’lights.

4.00 Sportswoman. 4.30 True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi. (PGa, R) 5.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 8. H’lights.

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 1.00 Kochie’s Your Money & Your Life. 1.30 To Be Advised.

3.00 Highway Cops. (PGl, R) 3.30 Border Patrol. (PG, R) 4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 1.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 3.

NSW Swifts v Melbourne Vixens.

3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 10. Melbourne Storm v St George Illawarra Dragons.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.30 Freshly Picked.

(R) 9.00 Australia By Design: Architecture. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Advancing Australia.

(R) 12.30 Left Off The Map. (R) 1.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 1.30 GCBC. (R) 2.00 MasterChef Aust. (R) 3.10 Everyday Gourmet.

(R) 3.30 Hotels By Design. (PG, R) 4.00 Fishing Aust. (R) 4.30 Taste Of Australia.

5.00 News.

6.30 Compass. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Spicks And Specks. (PG) 8.30 Wakefield. (Madls) Tessa learns of her mother’s intentions.

9.25 Smother. (Mal) 10.20 Top Of The Lake: China Girl. (Final, Malnsv, R) 11.15 Glitch. (Madlnv, R) 12.15 Miniseries: Dark Money. (Ma, R) 1.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.00 Miriam’s Big American Adventure. (PG, R) 4.00 Top Of The Lake: China Girl. (Malnsv, R) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Kenny Rogers: Biography.

(PG, R) A look at the life of Kenny Rogers.

9.00 Destination Flavour Eurovision.

(PG, R) Hosted by Adam Liaw.

10.00 We Say No More. (M, R) 11.20 MOVIE: Professor Marston And The Wonder Women. (2017, MA15+ns, R) 1.20 Child Of Our Time: Turning 20. (PG, R) 2.35 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+alv, R) 4.20 The Record: World’s Largest Family. (MA15+as, R) 4.30 Soccer. UEFA Women’s Champions League. Final. Chelsea v Barcelona.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 7NEWS Spotlight: Craig McLachlan.

8.30 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: The Assassination Of John Newman. (Mav) Takes a look at the assassination of NSW MP John Newman who was gunned down outside his home.

9.45 The Real Manhunter: The Dream City Cinema Fire. (M) Revisits the Dream City Cinema fire.

10.45 The Blacklist. (Mav) 11.45 I Am Heath Ledger. (Malv, R) 2.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 LEGO Masters. (PG) 8.50 60 Minutes. Current affairs program, investigating, analysing and uncovering the issues affecting all Australians.

9.50 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

10.20 Australian Crime Stories: A Deadly Friendship. (Mlv, R) 11.30 Shallow Grave. (Mav) 12.20 The First 48. (Mav, R) 1.10 The Xtreme CollXtion. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project.

A look at the day’s news.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. Amateur cooks compete to impress judges Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo.

9.00 FBI: Most Wanted. Follows the FBI fugitive task force as they investigate and apprehend America’s most dangerous and elusive criminals.

10.00 FBI. (Mv, R) Maggie and OA investigate after a front-running female presidential candidate is targeted with a car bomb.

11.00 The Sunday Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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 TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 The Leadership.

(Premiere) 10.10 Louis Theroux: America’s Medicated Kids. 11.10 Catalyst. 12.10am Tate Britain’s Great British Walks. 12.55 You Can’t Ask That. 1.25 Black Mirror. 2.25 Restoration Australia.

3.25 News Update. 3.30 Close. 5.00 Rainbow Chicks. 5.05 Timmy Time. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Stacey Dooley: Gypsy Kids In Crisis. 12.50 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 1.00 New Girl. 2.30 WorldWatch. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Melbourne United v Cairns Taipans. 5.00 Basketball. NBL. Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers. 7.00 Monty Python.

7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.25 The UnXplained.

9.15 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Castel di Sangro to Campo Felice. 1.20am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 NBC Today. Noon Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. 1.00 The Zoo. 1.30 Paul Murray Live: Our Town. 2.00 The Bowls Show. 3.00 The Yorkshire Vet. 4.00 Escape To The Country.

7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 8.30 Air Crash Investigation. 11.30 To Be Advised.

12.30am The Fine Art Auction. 3.30 Paul Murray Live: Our Town. 4.00 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 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. Noon Xtreme Collxtion. 12.30 Garden Gurus. 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 MOVIE: Our Miss Fred.

(1972, PG) 3.30 MOVIE: Invitation To A Gunfighter.

(1964, PG) 5.30 MOVIE: The Wonderful Country.

(1959, PG) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire. 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 ST: Voyager.

10.30 Escape Fishing. 11.00 Scorpion. 1pm The Doctors. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 4.00 Pooches At Play. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 I Fish. 5.30 Advancing Australia. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.30 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 5. Grand Prix of France. 11.15 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

3.10pm Top Chef Jr. 4.00 The Dengineers. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 Mikki Vs The World. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Top Jobs For Dogs. 7.00 Horrible Histories. 7.35 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Sadie Sparks. 9.05 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. 9.25 Cleopatra In Space. 9.50 Rage. 10.50 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Lassie.

Continued. (2005, PG) 6.55 Cutthroat Island. (1995, PG) 9.10 Hunt For The Wilderpeople. (2016, PG) 11.05 Song Of Granite. (2017, PG, Gaelic) 12.55pm Mosley. (2019, PG) 2.45 Swallows And Amazons.

(2016, PG) 4.35 The Ash Lad. (2017, PG, Norwegian) 6.35 Grace Of Monaco. (2014, PG) 8.30 Ray. (2004, M) 11.15 Haute Cuisine. (2012, M, French) 1am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Fishing. Australian Championships. 11.00 Oz Fish TV. 11.30 River To Reef: Retro. Noon The Fishing Show. 1.00 The Hunt For Monster Bass.

1.30 On Tour With Allan Border. 2.00 Merv Hughes Fishing. 2.30 Step Outside. 3.00 Football. AFL. Round 9. Melbourne v Carlton. 6.00 Pawn Stars Australia. 6.30 MOVIE: Fantastic Four. (2005, PG) 8.40 MOVIE: 2012. (2009, M) 11.50 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 1pm MOVIE: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Spring Breakdown. (2019) 2.00 Dance Moms. 4.00 MOVIE: Stuart Little 2. (2002) 5.30 MOVIE: Galaxy Quest. (1999, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Chronicles Of Riddick. (2004, M) 9.50 MOVIE: Species II. (1998, MA15+) 11.45 Stunt Science. 12.45am Love Island. 1.45 Dance Moms. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 Ninjago. 5.10 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 The Neighborhood. 8.00 Neighbours.

10.30 MasterChef Australia. 12.50pm To Be Advised. 1.50 The Neighborhood. 2.50 Friends.

6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 Friends. 10.00 2 Broke Girls. 11.30 Mom. Midnight Home Shopping.

1.30 Posh Frock Shop. 2.30 Charmed. 3.30 A Million Little Things. 4.30 Home Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1pm ABC News. 1.30 Q+A Highlights.

2.00 ABC News. 2.30 Aust Story. 3.00 ABC News.

3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 Landline. 5.00 News. 5.30 World This Week. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 New Normal. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 Drum Beat. 8.00 Insiders. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Australian Story. 10.00 ABC News Weekend. 10.30 Q+A Highlights. 11.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 12.50pm Nadia’s Family Feasts. 1.40 Secret Meat Business. 2.05 The Cook Up. 4.35 Cook And The Chef. 5.35 Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted.

6.30 Coastal Kitchen. 7.00 Cook Like An Italian.

7.30 Secrets Of The Factories. 8.30 Rick Stein: From Venice To Istanbul. 9.40 Amazing Wedding Cakes. 10.35 Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted. 11.30 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.30pm Rugby League. NRL NT. 3.00 Touch Football. WA State C’ships. 5.15 Football. Indigenous Championship. Highlights. 5.45 Gaelic Football.

Ladies Association. Highlights. 6.00 NITV News: Nula. 6.30 Behind The Brush. 7.30 News. 7.40 Jackie Robinson. 8.40 MOVIE: Burn Motherf**ker, Burn! (2017, MA15+) 10.25 Let The Fire Burn.

Midnight Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 Boise Boys. Noon House Hunters Reno.

1.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 2.00 Renovate To Rent. 2.30 Our Yorkshire Farm. 3.30 Fixer Upper. 4.30 Making It Home With Kortney And Dave. 5.30 House Hunters. 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 Good Bones. 8.30 Flipping Across America. 9.30 My Lottery Dream Home. 10.30 Flip Or Flop. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Sunday Agenda.

9.00 Outsiders. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Business Weekend. Noon News. 1.00 News. 1.30 News.

2.00 News. 2.30 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Fox Sports News. 3.30 Fox Sports News. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Sharri. 7.00 Chris Smith Tonight. 8.00 In My View. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Late Programs.

MONDAY, May 17 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Magical Land Of Oz. (Final, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Durrells. (PG, R) 2.05 Agatha Raisin. (Ma, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Think Tank. (PG, R) 4.55 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 Soccer. UEFA Women’s Champions League. Final. Chelsea v Barcelona.

Continued. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 9. H’lights. 8.00 WorldWatch.

12.30 America: News. 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 Running On Time. (PG) 2.15 Michael Portillo: Housing Crisis. (PG, R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.05 To Be Advised. 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Bond Of Silence. (2010, Mv, R) 2.00 Autopsy USA. (Madv, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, R) 1.00 Explore. (R) 1.10 LEGO Masters. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGadl) 1.00 MasterChef Aust. (R) 2.30 Entertainment Tonight.

3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen.

4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story.

8.30 Four Corners.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 To Be Advised.

10.35 ABC Late News.

11.05 MOVIE: Tea With The Dames. (2018, Ml, R) 12.30 Insert Name Here. (PG, R) 1.00 At Home Alone Together. (Madls, R) 1.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.25 Keeping Australia Safe. (Ma, R) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. (PGa, R) 8.30 Secret Scotland. (Return, PG) 9.25 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) 10.20 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs. (PG, R) 10.50 SBS World News Late.

11.25 Darklands. (MA15+lv) 12.20 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games.

(Msv, R) 2.00 Years And Years. (Mas, R) 3.10 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. (PG, R) 4.10 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+av, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Big Brother. (PG) Hosted by Sonia Kruger.

9.15 9-1-1. (M) The members of the 118 rush to the site of a hit-and-run that leaves a familiar face in critical condition.

10.15 S.W.A.T. (M) The team butts heads with Lt Lynch when she signs them up for an off-book undercover operation.

11.15 The Latest: Seven News.

11.45 Station 19. (Ma) 1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 LEGO Masters.

8.50 100% Footy. (M) Features the latest rugby league news.

9.50 Travel Guides. (PG, R) 10.50 Nine News Late.

11.20 The Arrangement. (Mals) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 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 MasterChef Australia. Amateur cooks try to impress the judges.

8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panelists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week.

9.40 To Be Advised.

10.10 Just For Laughs. (Mls, R) Hosted by Nick Cody.

10.40 The Project. (R) 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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 TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef. (Final) 9.30 Doctor Who. 10.15 Back In Time For Dinner. 11.15 The Set. 11.45 Escape From The City. 12.45am Extras. 1.15 Parks And Recreation. 1.35 30 Rock. 1.55 Peep Show. 2.50 News Update. 2.55 Close. 5.00 Rainbow Chicks.

5.05 Timmy Time. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon The X-Files. 1.50 The Last Man On Earth. 2.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 3.40 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista.

3.50 WorldWatch. 4.15 This Week. 5.10 Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 RocKwiz. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.35 Taskmaster. 9.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Giro d’Italia. Stage 10. L’Aquila to Foligno. 139km flat stage. 1.35am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping.

7.00 Property Ladder UK. 9.30 NBC Today.

10.30 Kochie’s Your Money & Your Life. 11.00 The Bowls Show. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 The Zoo. 2.30 Paul Murray Live: Our Town. 3.15 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Judge John Deed. 10.30 Autopsy USA. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

9.30 Danoz. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon The Gulf. (Premiere) 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless.

2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Story Of Gilbert And Sullivan. (1953) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Queens Of Mystery. 8.30 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 10.30 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.30 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Walker, Texas Ranger. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Hawaii Five-0. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 10.20 To Be Advised. 12.10am Home Shopping. 2.10 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 5.

Grand Prix of France. Replay. 3.40 Escape Fishing With ET. 4.10 MacGyver. 5.05 Star Trek: Voyager.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

4pm The Dengineers. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 Mikki Vs The World. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Operation Ouch!

7.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. 7.35 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Sadie Sparks. 9.05 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk.

9.25 Cleopatra In Space. 9.50 Rage. 10.50 Close.

5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Mosley.

Continued. (2019, PG) 6.50 Love And Friendship.

(2016, PG) 8.35 Swallows And Amazons. (2016, PG) 10.25 Cutthroat Island. (1995, PG) 12.40pm The Constant Gardener. (2005, M) 3.00 Looking Up. (2019, PG, Mandarin) 5.40 Song Of Granite.

(2017, PG, Gaelic) 7.30 The Band’s Visit. (2007, M, Arabic) 9.05 Devdas. (2002, PG, Hindi) 12.35am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 A Football Life. Noon MOVIE: Soldier. (1998, M) 2.00 Motor Racing. TCR Australia Touring Car Series. Round 4. 3.00 Motor Racing. TCR Australia Touring Car Series. Round 4. 3.30 Restoration Workshop. 4.30 Canadian Pickers. 5.30 Storage Wars: TX. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars.

7.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 8.30 MOVIE: Memphis Belle. (1990, PG) 10.45 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Big Fat Gypsy Weddings. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Liquid Science. 4.00 Children’s Programs. 4.10 LEGO Masters. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Baby Driver. (2017, MA15+) 10.45 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 11.45 The Nanny.

12.15am Love Island. 1.15 Bad Teen To Ballroom Queen. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Neighborhood.

7.00 Friends. 8.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch.

10.00 Cheers. 11.00 Friends. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Charmed. 2.00 The Big Bang Theory. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 The Conners.

Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Q+A Highlights. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Mexican Table. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 New Scandi Cooking. 4.00 Martha Bakes. 4.30 Oliver’s Twist. 5.00 Mary’s Kitchen Crush. 5.30 Gourmet Farmer Afloat. 6.30 Nigella Bites. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Bourdain: Parts Unknown. 8.30 Taste The Nation With Padma Lakshmi. 9.00 Tales From River Cottage. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.35pm Behind The Brush. 2.35 Songlines On Screen. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Foreign Flavours. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Under Skin, In Blood. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 Not Just Numbers. 10.00 News. 10.10 The Work. 11.35 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Boise Boys. 10.00 Flip Or Flop. 11.00 Postcards. 11.30 Flip Or Flop Vegas. Noon Good Bones. 1.00 My Lottery Dream Home. 2.00 Flipping Across America. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Flip Or Flop Vegas. 4.30 Renovate To Rent. 5.00 Good Bones. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 8.30 Fixer Upper. 9.30 Bargain Mansions.

10.30 To Be Advised. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda.

11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 WIN News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 News. 5.30 The Serve.

6.00 Credlin. 7.00 AFL Tonight. 7.30 NRL Tonight.

8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 AFL Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, May 18 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Four Corners. (R) 10.45 Meet The Ferals.

(R) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Sanditon. (PG, R) 2.00 Agatha Raisin. (PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 10. H’lights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Pompeii’s Living Dead. (R) 3.00 Living Black. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.05 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia.

Stage 10. H’lights. 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: The Memory Keeper’s Daughter. (2008, Ma, R) 2.00 Autopsy USA. (Ma, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Ellen DeGeneres. (PG, R) 1.00 Explore.

1.10 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.40 LEGO Masters. (R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 MasterChef Aust. (R) 2.10 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen.

4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 7.30. Presented by Leigh Sales.

8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Manu Feildel. (Ml) 8.30 Love On The Spectrum.

(Return, PG) Part 1 of 5.

9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 ABC Late News.

11.00 Q+A. (R) 12.05 To Be Advised.

1.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.25 Keeping Australia Safe. (Ma, R) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? (PG, R) 8.30 Insight. Presented by Kumi Taguchi.

9.30 Dateline.

10.00 The Feed.

10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 The Point. (R) 12.00 Taken Down. (Mals) 1.00 Blinded. (Mdls, R) 2.45 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls, R) 4.30 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+dv, R) 5.00 Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Semi-Final.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Big Brother. (PG) Hosted by Sonia Kruger.

9.00 The Good Doctor. (M) The team faces hard truths about what lines they are willing to cross when one of Claire’s idols becomes her patient.

10.00 The Resident. (M) Nic and Conrad’s plans are interrupted.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 Station 19. (Ma) 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 MOVIE: Bohemian Rhapsody.

(2018, Ml) Charts the life of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the popular rock band, Queen. Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton.

10.15 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

10.45 To Be Advised.

12.00 Emergence. (Mhv, R) Piper experiences confusing visions.

1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 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 MasterChef Australia. Amateur cooks try to impress the judges.

8.40 How To Stay Married. (PGals) Greg’s rivalry with Luna heats up at the school’s dry trivia night and leads to acts of skulduggery.

9.10 NCIS. (Mv) The team investigates a biker killed in a hit and run. Gibbs prepares to testify against a financial advisor.

11.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

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

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 TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Back. 8.55 Doctor Who. 9.40 Extras.

10.10 The Games. 10.40 Live From The BBC. 11.25 Unprotected Sets. 12.20am Parks And Recreation.

12.40 30 Rock. 1.05 Peep Show. 2.00 John Robins: The Darkness Of Robins. 3.00 News Update. 3.05 Close. 5.00 Rainbow Chicks. 5.05 Timmy Time.

5.20 Pocoyo. 5.25 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon The X-Files. 1.40 The Last Man On Earth.

2.40 Curse Of Oak Island. 3.25 Lost Daylight. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 Joy Of Painting. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 RocKwiz. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Patriot Brains. 9.25 The Casketeers. 10.25 Counter Space. (Premiere) 11.25 No Man’s Land. (Premiere) 12.15am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 Property Ladder UK. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Cold Feet. 2.00 The Windsors.

2.30 Sydney Weekender. 3.15 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Inspector George Gently. 10.30 Robbie Coltrane’s Critical Evidence. 11.30 Murdoch Mysteries. 12.30am Pie In The Sky. 1.30 Medical Rookies. 2.00 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 The Gulf. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless.

2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Saraband For Dead Lovers. (1948) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks.

8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Law & Order. 11.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon Walker, Texas Ranger. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Blue Bloods.

10.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 11.20 To Be Advised.

12.15am Shopping. 2.15 MOVIE: Maximum Conviction. (2012, MA15+) 4.15 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

4pm The Dengineers. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 Mikki Vs The World. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Operation Ouch!

7.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. 7.35 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Sadie Sparks. 9.05 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk.

9.25 Cleopatra In Space. 9.50 Rage. 10.50 Close.

5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Swallows And Amazons. Continued. (2016, PG) 6.40 Song Of Granite. (2017, PG, Gaelic) 8.30 Belle. (2013, PG) 10.25 Mosley. (2019, PG) 12.15pm Devdas. (2002, PG, Hindi) 3.45 Love And Friendship. (2016, PG) 5.30 Coming Home. (2014, PG, Mandarin) 7.30 Bugsy Malone. (1976, PG) 9.10 La Vie En Rose.

(2007, M, French) 11.45 A Monster With A Thousand Heads. (2015, M, Spanish) 1.10am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Ax Men. 1.00 Tattoo N’mares Miami. 2.00 Canadian Pickers. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars.

4.00 Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Storage Wars Canada.

5.00 Pawn Stars Australia. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 MegaTruckers.

10.30 Supertruckers. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Timeless. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 Children’s Programs. 4.10 Peaking. 4.40 LEGO Masters. 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Beverly Hills Cop II. (1987, M) 9.35 MOVIE: Another 48 Hrs. (1990, M) 11.30 The Nanny.

Midnight Love Island. 1.00 Bridezillas. 2.00 Dance Moms. 2.50 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Frasier. 7.00 Cheers.

8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Becker.

10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Friends. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 2 Broke Girls. 1.30 Seinfeld.

3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker.

5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 11.35 Frasier. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Raymond.

2.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Aust Story. 1.00 ABC Late News.

1.30 7.30. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Mexican Table. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 New Scandi Cooking. 4.00 Martha Bakes. 4.30 Oliver’s Twist. 5.00 Mary’s Kitchen Crush. 5.30 Gourmet Farmer Afloat. 6.30 Nigella Bites. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Food Safari. 8.00 David Rocco’s Dolce South East Asia. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Seafood Odyssey. 9.00 Red Chef Revival.

9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

12.30pm The Work. 1.55 Footprints On Our Land. 2.35 Make It Right. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Foreign Flavours. 6.30 Blood Brothers.

7.30 The Point. 8.30 Lolo. 9.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 18. Illawarra Hawks v New Zealand Breakers.

11.30 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Beach Hunters. Noon House Hunters. 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.00 Fixer Upper. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Flip Or Flop Vegas.

4.30 Renovate To Rent. 5.00 Bargain Mansions.

6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Escape To The Chateau. 8.30 Restoration Man. 9.30 Building Off The Grid. 10.30 Off The Grid On The Beach. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. 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 AFL Tonight. 7.30 NRL Tonight. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 AFL Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

WEDNESDAY, May 19 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings.

10.00 Gardening Aust. (R) 11.00 Miriam’s Big American Adventure. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch.

(PG, R) 2.10 Agatha Raisin. (PG, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. (R) 5.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 Eurovision Song Contest 2021 SemiFinal. 7.10 WorldWatch. 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 America: News. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight.

(R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.00 Victoria And Albert: The Wedding. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Blue-Eyed Butcher. (2012, Madsv, R) 2.00 Autopsy USA. (Ma, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, R) 1.00 MOVIE: A Smile Like Yours. (1997, Mas, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 MasterChef Aust. (R) 2.10 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen.

4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (Final) 9.00 You Can’t Ask That. (Mals) 9.30 QI. (Mls) 10.00 The Set. (R) 10.35 ABC Late News.

11.05 Four Corners. (R) 11.50 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.10 Insert Name Here. (Final, Ms, R) 12.40 At Home Alone Together. (Mls, R) 1.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 2.55 QI. (Mls, R) 3.25 Keeping Australia Safe.

(Malv, R) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Tony Robinson’s History Of Britain. (PG) 8.30 See What You Made Me Do. (M) 9.30 See What You Made Me Do Forum.

10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 Stella Blomkvist. (MA15+dsv) 12.00 Blood. (Malv) 2.40 George Clarke’s Shed Of The Year. (PG, R) 3.35 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. (R) 4.40 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Big Brother. (PG) The housemates get the shock of their lives as six intruders prepare to turn the game upside down.

9.00 MOVIE: The Hangover.

(2009, MA15+lns, R) Three friends wake up after a bucks’ night and realise the groom is missing. Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis.

11.05 The Latest: Seven News.

11.35 Reckoning. (MA15+av) 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Travel Guides. (PGls) 8.30 Doctor Doctor. (Mad) Hugh and Sharna hit a rocky patch.

9.30 New Amsterdam. (Mamv) A doctor sets out to reform his hospital.

10.30 Nine News Late.

11.00 The Enemy Within. (Mav) 11.50 The First 48. (Mav, R) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project. The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. Amateur cooks compete to impress judges Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo.

8.40 Bull. (Final) The founder of a trial consulting firm uses psychology and technology to win cases for a variety of interesting clients.

11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert.

1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

Morning news and talk show.

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 TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Art Works.

9.00 Tate Britain’s Great British Walks. 9.45 Doctor Who. 10.35 Louis Theroux: America’s Medicated Kids. 11.35 The Leadership. 1.15am Parks And Recreation. 1.35 30 Rock. 2.00 Peep Show. 2.50 News Update. 2.55 Close. 5.00 Rainbow Chicks.

5.05 Timmy Time. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon The X-Files. 1.40 The Last Man On Earth.

2.40 Curse Of Oak Island. 3.25 Big Cats Of The Gulf. 3.55 WorldWatch. 5.25 Joy Of Painting. 5.55 Shortland Street. 6.25 RocKwiz. 7.20 Jeopardy!

7.50 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.45 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 11.

Perugia to Montalcino. 162km rolling stage. 1.35am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 Property Ladder UK. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 2.30 Kochie’s Your Money & Your Life. 3.15 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt.

7.30 Frankie Drake Mysteries. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Mighty Rivers. 11.50 Property Ladder UK. 2.30am Home Shopping.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo.

7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon The Gulf. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless.

2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Dove.

(1974) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances.

8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 Born To Kill? Class Of Evil. 11.50 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. Noon Walker, Texas Ranger. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 NCIS. 12.10am Home Shopping.

2.10 48 Hours. 3.10 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 Walker, Texas Ranger.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

4pm The Dengineers. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 Mikki Vs The World. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Operation Ouch!

7.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. 7.35 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Sadie Sparks. 9.05 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk.

9.25 Cleopatra In Space. 9.55 The Party Set. 10.25 Rage. 11.30 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Love And Friendship. Continued. (2016, PG) 6.10 Devdas.

(2002, PG, Hindi) 9.40 Looking Up. (2019, PG, Mandarin) 12.20pm The Band’s Visit. (2007, M, Arabic) 1.55 Coming Home. (2014, PG, Mandarin) 3.55 Bugsy Malone. (1976, PG) 5.35 Belle. (2013, PG) 7.30 Born To Dance. (2015, PG) 9.15 Florence Foster Jenkins. (2016, PG) 11.20 Boys Cry. (2018, MA15+, Italian) 1.05am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 A Football Life. Noon Ax Men. 1.00 Carter’s W.A.R. 2.00 Canadian Pickers. 3.00 Classic Restos: USA. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Fish’n With Mates.

4.30 Storage Wars Canada. 5.00 Pawn Stars Australia. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 9.00 Family Guy. 9.30 American Dad! 10.30 Family Guy. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Dance Moms. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Timeless. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 MOVIE: Where The Wild Things Are. (2009, PG) 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 8.30 MOVIE: xXx. (2002, M) 11.00 Police Ten 7. 11.30 The Nanny. Midnight Love Island. 1.10 Bridezillas. 2.10 Dance Moms. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Unicorn. 7.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 Frasier.

11.00 Friends. Noon WIN’s All Australian News.

1.00 Mom. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.20 2 Broke Girls. 11.35 The Unicorn.

Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 12.30pm Press Club. 1.35 ABC News Day. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 New Normal. 1.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 3.30pm New Scandi Cooking. 4.00 Martha Bakes. 4.30 Basics To Brilliance. 5.00 Mary’s Kitchen Crush. 5.30 Gourmet Farmer Afloat.

6.30 Nigella Bites. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape. 8.00 Poh & Co. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Cornwall. (Premiere) 9.00 Rick Stein’s Food Heroes: Another Helping. 9.30 Mystery Diners.

10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1pm Lolo. 2.00 Blood Brothers. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Foreign Flavours. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update.

7.30 Over The Black Dot. 8.00 Yokayi Footy. 8.30 See What You Made Me Do. 10.30 News. 10.40 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon Building Off The Grid. 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 Renovate To Rent. 2.00 Escape To The Chateau.

3.00 The Block. 4.00 Flip Or Flop Vegas. 4.30 Renovate To Rent. 5.00 Restoration Man. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Barn Sweet Home. (Premiere) 8.30 Home Town. 9.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 10.30 Hawaii Life. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. 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 AFL Tonight. 7.30 NRL Tonight. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 AFL Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

THURSDAY, May 20 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Aust Story. (R) 10.30 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 11.00 To Be Advised. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 The Weekly. (Final, R) 2.10 Agatha Raisin. (Mv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Think Tank. (R) 4.55 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 11. H’lights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Building The Tube. (PGa, R) 2.55 The Perfect Serve. (PG, R) 3.25 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 11. H’lights. 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Blue Lagoon: The Awakening. (2012, Mas, R) 2.00 Autopsy USA. (Mad, R) 3.00 The Chase.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (PG, R) 1.00 Doctor Doctor. (Mad, R) 2.00 Desperate Housewives. (Ma, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 MasterChef Aust. (R) 2.10 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen.

4.00 Good Chef Bad Chef.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

6.55 Sammy J. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back Roads.

8.30 Q+A. 9.35 To Be Advised.

10.35 ABC Late News.

11.10 Employable Me Australia. (Mal, R) 12.10 Insert Name Here. (Final, Mls, R) 12.40 At Home Alone Together. (Madls, R) 1.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.05 MOVIE: Tea With The Dames. (2018, Ml, R) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.20 Sammy J. (PG, R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 World’s Greatest Bridges. (PGa, R) 8.30 Michael Mosley: Trust Me, I’m A Doctor. (PG, R) Michael takes a look at iodine.

9.30 The Handmaid’s Tale. (MA15+) 10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 The Sleepers. (Malns) 12.00 Dublin Murders. (MA15+a, R) 2.10 Cruising With Jane McDonald. (PG, R) 3.00 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. (PG, R) 4.10 VICE Guide To Film. (Malnv, R) 5.00 Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Semi-Final.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 8.30 10 Years Younger In 10 Days.

(Return, PGam) Ordinary people have their appearances transformed in just 10 days.

9.30 How To Look Good Naked. (Man) Gok Wan helps friends Beth and Hayley reconnect with the confidence that they lost after difficult times around motherhood.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 The Front Bar. (M) 12.00 Zumbo’s Just Desserts. (PG, R) 1.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 11. North Queensland Cowboys v Newcastle Knights.

9.45 Thursday Night Knock Off. Post-match NRL news and analysis.

10.30 Nine News Late.

11.00 Manifest. (Madv) 11.50 The First 48: Calling For A Killer And Boiling Point. (Mav, R) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 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 MasterChef Australia. Amateur cooks compete to impress judges Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo.

8.40 Law & Order: SVU. The unit searches for three women suspected of drugging and robbing wealthy men. Both Benson and Kat discover personal connections to the case.

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) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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 TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Would I Lie To You? (Return) 9.00 To Be Advised. 9.30 Hard Quiz. 10.00 The Weekly.

(Final) 10.30 Doctor Who. 11.15 That Pacific Sports Show. 11.45 You Can’t Ask That. 12.15am David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef. (Final) 1.15 Back.

1.40 Parks And Recreation. 2.00 30 Rock. 2.25 Peep Show. 3.10 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon The X-Files. 1.40 The Last Man On Earth.

2.40 Huang’s World. 3.30 The Eleven O’Clock. 3.45 WorldWatch. 5.10 NBL: Overtime. 5.40 Shortland Street. 6.10 RocKwiz. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 12. Siena to Bagno di Romagna. 212km medium mountain stage. 1.35am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping.

7.00 Property Ladder UK. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Mighty Rivers. 2.00 Crash Investigation Unit. 2.30 Creek To Coast. 3.15 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Inspector Morse.

10.50 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.50 Andrew Denton’s Interview. 12.50am The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo.

7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon The Gulf. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Warlords Of Atlantis. (1978, PG) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. 8.30 Emergency. 9.30 The Equalizer.

10.30 Law & Order. 11.30 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 5. Grand Prix of France. Replay. 9.30 Stories Of Bikes. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 MacGyver. (Final) Noon Walker, Texas Ranger. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder.

5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 SEAL Team. 11.30 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

4pm The Dengineers. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 Mikki Vs The World. 5.25 Miraculous. 6.00 The Deep. 6.30 Operation Ouch!

7.00 Deadly Pole To Pole. 7.35 The Adventures Of Puss In Boots. 8.00 Thunderbirds Are Go. 8.20 Sadie Sparks. 9.05 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk.

9.25 Cleopatra In Space. 9.50 Rage. 10.50 Close.

5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Belle.

Continued. (2013, PG) 6.55 Bugsy Malone. (1976, PG) 8.35 Coming Home. (2014, PG, Mandarin) 10.35 Born To Dance. (2015, PG) 12.20pm La Vie En Rose. (2007, M, French) 2.55 White Tuft, The Little Beaver. (2008) 4.20 Offside. (2006, PG, Farsi) 6.00 Jetsons: The Movie. (1990) 7.30 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 9.20 Billy Elliot. (2000, M) 11.25 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Swamp People. 10.00 America’s Game. 11.00 A Football Life. Noon Ax Men. 1.00 Carter’s W.A.R. 2.00 Canadian Pickers. 3.00 Fishing Addiction.

4.00 Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Storage Wars Canada.

5.00 Pawn Stars Australia. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Towies.

8.30 MOVIE: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. (2011, M) 10.40 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Monster Croc Wrangler. Noon Parenthood.

1.00 Timeless. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 MOVIE: Short Circuit. (1986, PG) 6.00 Malcolm.

7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Meet The Fockers.

(2004, M) 9.50 MOVIE: American Wedding. (2003, MA15+) 11.50 The Nanny. 12.20am Love Island.

1.20 Bridezillas. 2.20 Peaking. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Frasier. 7.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Becker. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 2 Broke Girls. 3.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends.

6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 The Unicorn.

Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Back Roads. 1.00 ABC Late News.

1.30 7.30. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.00pm Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 New Scandi Cooking.

4.00 Martha Bakes. 4.30 Basics To Brilliance. 5.00 Mary’s Kitchen Crush. 5.30 Gourmet Farmer Afloat.

6.30 Nigella Bites. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Strait To The Plate. 8.00 Cook Like An Italian. 8.30 Jamie’s Great Italian Escape. 9.00 Jamie’s Great Italian Escape. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2.20pm Bamay. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Foreign Flavours. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update.

7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.00 Strait To The Plate. 8.30 MOVIE: The Fringe Dwellers. (1986, M) 10.10 The Point. 11.10 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 Barn Sweet Home. 12.30pm Home Town.

1.30 Hawaii Life. 2.30 Garden Gurus Moments.

2.40 The Block. 4.00 Flip Or Flop Vegas. 4.30 Renovate To Rent. 5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters International. 8.30 Fixer Upper: A Restaurant Renovation. 9.30 Fixer To Fabulous. 10.30 Flip Or Flop. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. 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 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 11.00 The Front Page.

11.30 NewsNight. Midnight Late Programs.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 13, 2021

RURAL NEWS 43

Land managers connect across tenures to monitor fauna NATIVE animals use habitat on national parks and state forests. Unlike people, they don’t recognise boundaries.

Without a consistent and comprehensive approach to monitor native animals across tenures, we risk having a piece-meal view on what is really occurring to our native animals.

The Natural Resources Commission is now working with land managers and scientists from the Forestry

Corporation of NSW and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to pilot an approach that will lay the foundation for reliable evidence on the health of native animal populations across the landscape.

The work has started in the north-east coastal forests. The pilot includes: • developing a method to ensure a consistent approach across tenures; • setting up a total of eight new fauna monitoring sites

within state forests; • adding to the existing camera monitoring sites at seven WildCount sites within the national parks estate; • establishing four sub-plots at each of the monitoring sites, including one site in a riparian zone, one on-track site and two forest sites (a total of 32 sub-plots in state forests and 28 in national parks); and • combining a number of

remote survey techniques at each of the sub-plots including (i) an ultrasonic detector to capture bat calls (ii) a call recorder to capture bird and nocturnal mammal, owl and frog calls (iii) an infrared motion-activated camera to capture ground dwelling mammals and reptiles.

The program will resample sites in spring 2021, and scale-up the approach in southern coastal forests in

the same period. The pilot with be evaluated ‘on-the-go’ to ensure methods and data management systems are continually approved. A formal evaluation will occur at the end of the pilot to explore insights and lessons learnt. This will inform decision making to expand the program more broadly across tenures in other NSW forests.

This work links to fauna occupancy modelling funded under the program.

FEEDBACK RAISES CONCERNS OVER FLOODPLAIN HARVESTING POLICY THE Department of Planning, Industry and Environment has finalised consultation on floodplain harvesting regulations that will enable the rollout of the NSW Government’s firstever floodplain harvesting licensing and measurement scheme.

Floodplain harvesting is the last major form of water take to be licensed in the Murray-Darling Basin, and licensing in NSW will mean

significant benefits for water users and the environment.

These regulations allow licences to be issued, measurement requirements to be enforced and a statewide exemption for tailwater drains to be established.

The department welcomed public feedback on four proposed regulations from 23 November to 20 December last year and received 236 submissions. any of these supported the

new rules and focused on the improved clarity, certainty and transparency they will bring.

In response to stakeholder feedback, the NSW Government has decided not to proceed with the proposed temporary exemption for floodplain harvesting and instead focus on licensing and measurement.

Submissions also showed there continues to be concern about how floodplain

harvesting in the northern Murray-Darling Basin affects downstream systems.

We have listened to this feedback and it is important to the department. Licensing floodplain harvesting will benefit downstream users – restricting the amount of water harvested from floodplains to legal limits, will be return water to floodplains and rivers, which will improve flows and environmental outcomes.

The department continues to meet and broadly engage with the public and all stakeholders, seeking their input on the proposed water sharing rules for floodplain harvesting licences.

Implementation of the NSW Floodplain Harvesting Policy is continuing to be supported by the independent peer review of all modelling and technical assessments before they are publicly released.

Government biosecurity support welcome, but more action needed to support growers

Farm work the pick of the bunch

A NEW $371 million biosecurity package will support the vital investment in the nation’s biosecurity sector, but industry representative body AUSVEG says that more action is needed from the Government to ensure the nation’s biosecurity sector is modern, effective and fit-for-purpose.

The biosecurity funding package will be allocated to increased investment for biosecurity-related services and activities in next week’s 2021-22 Federal Budget.

The package includes $84 million into frontline measures to better manage the risk of pests and diseases entering Australia; $80.9 million to build a modern, effective biosecurity system underpinned by the right technology, information systems and analytical capabilities; and $205.9 million to improve Australia’s ability to detect and manage threats offshore, while increasing capacity to respond to incursions.

AUSVEG CEO James Whiteside says that industry has been crying out for more ongoing support for the nation’s biosecurity system for years, with recent biosecurity incursions proof that biosecurity is too important to be left to chance and luck.

“As we have seen over the last 18 months, ensuring Australia has a strong and well-resourced biosecurity system is vital for Australia’s agriculture industry and important for the health and safety of every Australian,” James said.

NSW Farmers urges Australians looking for work to give farm work a go, particularly now the Australian Government has made relocation incentives more flexible.

Under the new banner of AgMove, Australians could be eligible for up to $2,000 in relocation assistance when they complete just 40 hours of agricultural work over a two-week period, reduced from six weeks.

If workers continue in agricultural work and complete 120 hours across a period of at least four weeks, they will be eligible for reimbursement of up to $6,000 for Australian workers and up to $2,000 for temporary visa holders.

NSW Farmers president James Jackson said there are plenty of benefits to relocating to regional areas for temporary harvest work.

“Students on university break, working holiday makers and seasoned workers are all perfect for the harvest workforce. Whether it

“While the Government’s biosecurity funding package is welcome recognition of the ever-growing threat from foreign pests and diseases, AUSVEG is supportive on a longerterm, ongoing funding model that ensures the nation’s biosecurity system is well-resourced and effective.

“While we have natural advantages due to our geographical location, we cannot afford to be complacent.

Recent biosecurity outbreaks in this country, including Fall armyworm and Serpentine leafminer, have shown the tremendous economic and emotional toll that incursions have on an industry and its members.”

“There remain serious and dangerous pathways for pests and diseases to enter the country through imported cut flowers and foliage from countries with unacceptably high levels of noncompliance that threatens Australia’s agriculture industry that need to be addressed by the Government to ensure that an acceptable level of protection is upheld.”

“Funding announcements like these will help plug some holes, but it will not stop the leak in our biosecurity system unless ongoing resources are dedicated to keeping our borders safe from harmful and dangerous pests and diseases.”

“The agriculture industry is working towards a target of $100 billion in value in 2030 and requires a robust and effective biosecurity system to protect crops and communities for harmful pests and diseases.”

be for a respite from city living or the potential to earn significant cash over a short timeframe, agriculture or harvest work could be the right move for right now,” Mr Jackson said.

“Following the harvest trail can be a great way of seeing new parts of Australia, making new friends, and having new experiences to create memories that last a lifetime.”

“We know that relocation costs are one of the barriers to locals taking up short-term agricultural work, but government funding should help remove that

obstacle.”

“There are also plenty of longer term farm work opportunities in the regional areas as farm enterprises are ramping up their operations taking advantage of improved weather conditions.”

Mr Jackson said labour shortfalls have been a significant challenge for our agriculture sector, especially in horticulture and NSW Farmers welcomes the Australian Government’s response to this critical issue.

“Hopefully now we see more people making the most of it and getting out to the regions.”

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Red meat industry urges people to get more facts in their diet RED Meat, Green Facts, a ‘fast-facts’ resource to promote the red meat industry’s credentials and empower Australia’s red meat advocates, has been launched at Beef Australia 2021 by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA).

The new producer pocket guide and online resource provides important information about cattle, sheep and goat production in Australia, with a particular focus on animal welfare, protecting the environment and health and nutrition.

MLA managing director, Jason Strong, said while Australia’s red meat industry had world-leading production systems, was the custodian for half of Australia’s land mass, and played a vital and sustainable role in feeding Australians and the world, frustratingly, we continue to see misconceptions, inaccuracies and criticisms of our industry gain traction.

“Never has it been more important for us to work together across our industry to be proactive and positive about what we do with the facts to counter any negative narrative,” Mr Strong said.

“The reality is, our industry is leading the way in the challenge to lower emissions,

to improve productivity, to constantly improve animal welfare and in doing that, we produce a uniquely nutrientdense and natural protein of the highest quality.

“It is vital our industry is transparent and proud of our ongoing achievements in caring for our land, animals and products, with the evidence to back it up.”

Mr Strong said with this front of mind, MLA has produced Red Meat, Green Facts. It brings together clear, evidence-based messages to empower Australia’s red meat advocates on topics such as the environment, animal welfare, nutrition and plantbased fake meats.”

“For MLA, this work around red meat positioning forms a critical part of our current strategic output. Our consumer and community insights continue to show that perceptions of the red meat industry are improving,” Mr Strong said.

“However, consumers are less informed about the specifics, and are increasingly turning to a wide variety of sources for information. The red meat industry has a good story to tell, and if we don’t start to tell it a little better, it’s a given that someone less qualified or with an anti-meat agenda will.

“Underpinning Australian red meat’s popularity and

quality are the world-leading practices our producers use on-farm, every single day.

“Red meat, green facts highlights the industry’s achievements, targets, stringent standards and most importantly provides science based facts about how red meat is produced.”

“We want our story to reflect the positivity of our industry’s contribution – around long-term sustainability, people’s health, growing our economy and leaving the land in better shape than we found it. That’s how we will resonate with the community most successfully.

“We want those in our industry to use this as a basis

for engaging in conversations with your communities and networks. Let’s be on the front foot, let’s be positive about what we do, let’s be proud of what we produce, and let’s be passionate advocates in the promotion our industry.”

Five Green Facts about the red meat and livestock industry: 1. The Australian beef industry has more than halved GHG emissions since 2005. This reduction in GHG is larger than any other sector in Australia; 2. Most of Australia’s lad mass cannot support any other food production than red meat – just 8% of Australia’s land mass is suitable for cropping; 3. Eating lean red meat 3-4 times a week is recommended by nutritionists for a healthy balanced diet and this consumption is environmentally sustainable; 4. Red meat is a natural product, while plant-based fake meat products are highly processed; 5. Australia’s animal welfare standards are some of the most stringent in the world.

For more information on Red Meat, Green Facts visit www. redmeatgreenfacts.com.au/

Kids to learn from farmers in new program NSW Farmers will be partnering with farmers across the state to provide a diverse range of farm enterprises for primary-school students to experience as part of the Kids to Farms program.

Funded by the Australian Government, The Kids to Farms Program aims to enable every child in NSW to have two educational

interactions with the agricultural sector before they are 12.

“This is a fantastic program and I encourage farmers to get involved,” said NSW Farmers president James Jackson “From the far west of the state to the south and north coast, students in all areas will have the opportunity to

visit a farm in their local area and learn more about where local food and fibre comes from.”

“With agriculture being rolled out across the NSW Curriculum, we aim to provide teachers and students with an opportunity to learn about Australia’s food and fibre production in a handson, interactive environment

with the farmer.”

“We know that 59 per cent of students learn what they know about food and fibre production from their teachers. We cannot underestimate the importance of our primary teachers in supporting our kids to engage with the agricultural industry.”

Mr Jackson said that the

program was a combination of digital programs and on-farm experience.

“We’ve launched our website so that farmers across NSW can get on board with schools to deliver hands-on, practical experiences.”

For more details on Kids to Farms visit www. visitmyfarm.com.au/kids-tofarms-home

800 HEAD GRAFTON SPECIAL STORE CATTLE SALE

800 HEAD

Thursday 20th March 2021 ~ 9:00am Grafton Saleyards

Including lines of Bullocks, Steers, Weaners, Cows & Calves & Cows PTIC

Office: 02 6643 4411 Mitch 0428 470 132 Jonny 0438 735 061 www.raydonovan.com.au

Office: 02 6642 5200 David 0437 448 455 Ben 0477 123 770 www.farrellmccrohon.com.au

ENTRIES STILL BEING RECEIVED & RECOMMENDED ~ CONTACT YOUR PREFERRED AGENT The Grafton Saleyards are continuing to conduct all livestock sales in accordance with the COVID-19 Government Physical Distancing Rules & Regulations

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OPPORTUNITY ABOUNDS WITH THIS GEM

SALE CRASHED - Now Back on the Market

47.5 hectares

771 EWINGAR ROAD, EWINGAR

$420,000 30 SANDILANDS STREET, CASINO

$386,000

Here is an opportunity to develop a beautiful piece of land with some rare features. 771 has power on the block and adjacent to large hay shed. 1.5 kilometers of frontage to Ewingar Creek. Older set of Cattle yards. Water is pumped from creek to water points around the property. 771 is 70 minutes comfortable drive from Casino on all sealed road. Property has been fenced into several paddocks. Pasture is mainly Seteria, Rhodes Grass and Wincassia. 771 is located due south Ewingar Hall only about 4 klms.

Note property was affected in the recent fires.

30 Sandilands Street, Casino is just that WOW! It features 4 bedrooms, the main is massive with an ensuite and walk in robe, the second and third bedrooms also have built-ins, there is a separate kitchen and dining area and lounge room, plus a utility room at the rear that would make a great man cave and also a private entertaining area. This is a fantastic home, handy to schools and with rear lane access. Don’t procrastinate it will be SOLD!

Contact Michael Downes 0427 012 230

Contact Gary Mortimer 0448 114 572

SO MANY OPTIONS

57 CENTRE STREET, CASINO

NEW TO THE MARKET - Brilliant Investment

$389,000 34 LAWRENCE STREET, TABULAM

Are you searching for that lovely family home with plenty of shed space and established gardens? 57 Centre street could be just the option you have been looking for! With four bedrooms and a study this is the perfect home for the young family or as an investment house for the keen property investor. The large, well looked after kitchen offers a warm homely feel of visiting grandma and it feeds into both the air-conditioned lounge and sunroom that catches the afternoon breeze. The backyard boasts a covered BBQ area, well established gardens, a large colorbond workshop and a garage with rear lane access all of which have power and lighting and the front yard has a large carport for ease of access. All this sitting on a near level allotment of some 771m2. Contact us today as this one won’t hang around long!

Contact Gary Mortimer 0448 114 572

$165,000

2 bedroom, cladded home on a half acre block. Very handy location with a small front verandah & adjoining carport. Neat and tidy with open plan kitchen and living area, wood heater and air-conditioning included in the sale. Tabulam is located 53 kms West of Casino, 70 kms east of Tenterfield with the mighty Clarence River running right by! Conveniently located close to the Blueberry farm and with a possible rental investment of $240 per week, returning 7.56% which is well within reach. There is a small creek on the boundary of the property & 2 water tanks, 1000 litre and 500 litre as well as town water are all available. Handy to the Tabulam town centre.

Affordable home priced to sell in the current market.

Contact Michael Downes 0427 012 230

Phone for an inspection now

6662 6666

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GREAT MUSIC AND FOOD AT THE REGENT THE Balcony Sessions – a chance to listen to live acoustic music in a beautiful setting – are underway each Friday night in Murwillumbah.

The Regent presents the Balcony Sessions every Friday night from 6-8pm, showcasing quality musicians in a beautiful acoustic setting while also offering food and drinks.

The sessions kicked off this past week with worldfolk siren Sali Bracewell (who will be back June 4), followed by soul-jazz singer Sarah Stando this

Friday, May 14, (who will be followed by Dustyesky in the auditorium), alt-roots guitar-maestro Bill Jacobi on Friday May 21 and the sublime neo-classical piano of wunderkind Sebastian Winter on Friday May 28.

Welsh songstress Sali Bracewell (pictured), who describes her music as “ethereal alt-pop with folk influences”, sings in English and Welsh, accompanying herself with emotive keys.

With an absolutely gorgeous voice, and a highly original and captivating style, Sali has recently released her new

album, Kismet, which is now featured on over 10 Spotify playlists and has so far garnered over 55K streams.

Sali Bracewell has begun a monthly residence at The Regent for the first Friday of the month.

Superb musicianship with Khanthaly’s Asian street-market food on offer and a great wine and beer selection.

Balcony sessions at the Regent Cinema. Every Friday night from 6-8pm.

Entry by Donation. All Ages.

More information @ www. the-regent.com.au

Fabulous four head to Twin Towns FOUR of the most unique voices in Australian music history will come together at Twin Towns at Tweed Heads as The Fabulous Caprettos.

Spanning across decades of Australian music the group features Daryl Braithwaite, Jack Jones, Russell Morris and Rai Thistlethwayte and will hit the club on Saturday, June 5 from 8pm.

The Fabulous Caprettos are billed as four friends coming together to perform for the first time with a fabulous band.

But if you’ve loved, lived and listened to Australian music since the 60s then this will be something of an occasion. All four are stars in their own right – two are probably certifiable music legends – all are storytellers, chroniclers.

So this performance will be something special as the audience can see and hear all artists performing together on stage for the entire duration of the concert. They will perform their hits/favourites

The Fabulous Caprettos - Daryl Braithwaite, Jack Jones, Russell Morris and Rai Thistlethwayte and songs that will only be heard for the first time at these shows.

I grew up on the music of Daryl Braithwaite and he is showing no signs of slowing down, with a hit single as recently as 2020 year.

A fine interpreter of songs, singer/front man/songwriter from his early days with

70’s supergroup Sherbet to his highly successful solo career. Songs from Howzat to Horses spring to mind without even thinking about it.

“I guess, overall, I’m happy I took up singing,” Daryl said with his customary modesty.

“I really am. And, without

labouring the point, I think that I’ve been very fortunate to have had a lot of help from different people as well. It seems to have come together.

Why it’s lasted this long, I think it’s because I love it.

I love doing it, and I love audiences.”

Then there’s Russell Morris – this man is the Real

Thing – literally. A legend from the late 60s and 70s who reinvented himself in the past decade to record some of his biggest albums in.

In the past seven years he has been on an incredible musical journey creating and releasing three award winning albums of blues and roots music.

Then you have Jack Jones – still a teen when he found fame in Southern Sons who went on to be a much-loved Australian 90s band with songs including Hold Me In Your Arms, You Were There, Heart In Danger and Always And Ever.

Flip forward another decade and it was Rai Thistlethwayte’s turn thanks to Thirsty Merc – 20 Good Reasons, Someday, Someday and In the Summertime – songs that told stories and broke hearts.

The Fabulous Caprettos, Saturday, June 5, 8pm, Twin Towns.

Head to the club’s website for more information.

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May 13, 2021

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BYRON COMEDY FESTIVAL IS FINALLY BACK AFTER a year on Covid hiatus and weeks of counting down the Byron Comedy Fest is finally back.

Thursday (May 13) sees this fledgling event open the doors to its second weekend of all that is fabulous and funny.

Set on the Byron Beachfront at the Byron Surf Club and styled as a classy bespoke beachside speak easy, the event is the creative lovechild of besties Zara Noruzi and Mell Coppin.

“We love comedy and we love this town,” Zara, who believes a beachfront comedy festival is a no brainer, said.

“We are going to be able to attract big names in comedy in upcoming years because everyone wants to come to Byron! Our line-up this year is incredible.’

The girls have never wanted a massive festival.

“Small is beautiful,” Mell Coppin said.

She the two were committed to the boutique

genre for their event.

“It’s imperative to create sustainable events. We are taking a kilo of plastic out of the ocean with every ticket sold with the help of our partner The Hidden Sea. We have offset the whole festival via Our Trace. We are donating the proceeds of one of our closing shows to The Byron Bay Care Farm.”

Good news for punters, the festival is also registered as a NSW Dine and Discover event so vouchers can be used!

The event finally kicks off on Thursday with Karl Kruszelnicki, which is sold out but punters can still catch Dr Karl’s show on Saturday, May 15 at 2pm.

Friday sees the return of the Best of British – also on Saturday night – headed up

by UK legend Dan Willis.

This is a chance to see some international comedy courtesy of internet sensation Rory Lowe and Dublin’s stand-up genius, John Flynn. Dave

O’Neil and Glenn Robbins.

The show is sold out (but those interested can see them on Saturday’s Modern Love panel).

There are still tickets to see star of The Block a few years back, Andy Saunders, dish the dirt alongside Ting Lim. Later that evening Rebel Lyons presents her missive on monogamy: ‘Same Penis Forever’.

Saturday comedy kicks off with Yoga and Giggles, then a slapstick workshop for kids hosted by UK clown and stuntman Alex Frith.

Madeleine West will run

the Theatresports workshop for kids which culminates in a Sunday show. This is an intensive dive into some dynamic comedic training.

Saturday also sees ABC’s Adam Zwar present Modern Love – a panel that features Dave O’Neil, Glenn Robbins, Jean Kittson and Fiona O’Loughlin and their low down on love.

The Queen of Comedy Fiona O’Loughlin is back at her best with her popular festival solo show on Saturday at 7.30pm and later that night at 9pm Dave Callan presents The A-Z of

Dance – complete with back up dancers.

For those up late Mandy Nolan presents the Best of the Fest – an hour of comedy power with some of the surprise stars of the festival.

Up and early Sunday morning is No Eggs for Breakfast – when Mandy Nolan hosts a chat about life beyond fertility, how do we stay relevant AND dangerous without killing ourselves in the process?

Sunday arvo see’s Mandy Nolans latest comedy. kids present their new killer routines and from 3.30pm its Rebel Bingo. So from Theatresports show at 11.30pm its full family programming until the closing show with Zoe Coombs Marr and this years winner of Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Best show Geraldine Hickey at 6pm.

Byron Comedy Fest. Small.

Hilarious. Sensational. 13-16 May at The Byron Surf Club.

Byroncomedyfest.com

Gallery closes its DownTown doors

A UNIQUE chapter in Murwillumbah’s art scene will draw to close with Tweed Regional Gallery announcing its Gallery DownTown annexe is set to shut in mid-June.

Initially launched as a 12-month pilot project in January 2019, Gallery DownTown was an initiative of Tweed Shire Council to act as a driver of creative and economic development in the heart of Murwillumbah.

In its first year, Gallery DownTown welcomed 12,534 visitors and contributed more than $600,000 to the local economy through art and retail sales. Visitor numbers have since risen to almost 34,000 people.

Gallery DownTown has hosted a myriad of exhibitions, offering opportunities to

regional artists and extending the Gallery’s Community Access Exhibitions Program.

The annexe also included a dedicated space to showcase artworks from the Gallery’s permanent collection.

One of the many regional artists to exhibit at the Gallery DownTown, Dave Groom, said his experience at Gallery DownTown had been wonderful.

“Being an annexe of the Tweed Regional Gallery lent Gallery DownTown added status. I felt the additional connection between Gallery Downtown and M|Arts was mutually beneficial for those two galleries,” Groom said.

Gallery DownTown will officially close on Sunday, June 13.

Tweed Regional Gallery

director Susi Muddiman OAM said she was incredibly proud of what had been achieved over the past 28 months.

“I would like to thank my staff and others across Tweed Shire Council for having the drive and ingenuity to help make this happen. I take my hat off to Council for this forwardthinking initiative, which demonstrates their commitment to the arts,” she said.

“Of course, we couldn’t possibly have done it without the M|Arts team, who did

a fantastic job delivering professionally curated gallery experiences.”

Despite the success of the project, Ms Muddiman feels the timing is now right to bring it to an end.

“So much has changed since Gallery DownTown opened as a pilot project in early 2019,” she said.

“The M|Arts Precinct now stands as a tourism drawcard in its own right. With a bustling, creative vibrancy, the Precinct offers a range of

dining experiences, specialty stores, and artists and artisans studios.”

The final exhibitions at Gallery DownTown, Director’s Choice from the Tweed Regional Gallery collection and Sons and Daughters by regional artists Trish Tait and Meli Axford are on display until 13 June.

For information on current and upcoming exhibitions at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, visit artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/

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May 13, 2021

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Outdoor cinema comes to The Quad in Lismore WELL-known film critic and programmer Peter Castaldi is the man behind the Quad’s first-ever outdoor cinema event.

Castaldi has put together a three-day program, to run from May 21-21, and include some cult classics.

The program will be presented with headsets delivering crisp and perfect sound in a truly immersive experience.

Castaldi, who has worked in journalism, film and screen exhibition and marketing and venue and event management throughout his long career, said the program was designed to offer something for everyone; a selection of music and performance-oriented features on Friday night, family friendly classics on Saturday and a deeper dive into the world of arthouse and high end on Sunday.

“This program is designed to delight, entertain and shake the audience around a little.

Each night is specifically tailored to suit different age groups and tastes, but also to appeal to all who might just want to drop in on any of

The Quad’s first-ever outdoor cinema includes an eclectic selection of classic films including Storm Boy and Romeo + Juliet. them,” says Peter Castaldi.

“I’m especially thrilled that this Quad series is the perfect combination of picnic, gathering and great films under the stars - with the bonus of perfect sound heard through WiFi headsets!”

Friday is an epic Aussie double bill featuring One Perfect Day, taking you into the wild and dangerous world of clubbing, trance and dance, followed by Baz Luhrmann’s modern masterpiece Romeo + Juliet.

Saturday night could not get more family-friendly, warm and fuzzy! The original, and the best Storm Boy,

remastered, will always be one of the most moving and captivating family movies to have ever been produced in Australia.

Sunday night is for all those who want to take a leap into the truly unusual. Cory McAbee’s The American Astronaut is a post punk cowboy rock’n roll sci-fi western rich in both reference and originality.

Bring the picnic blankets and hampers and head to The Quad for a great night of outdoor cinema in the heart of Lismore, 21- 23 May. In the event of inclement wet weather the event will be

NAKED AMBITION

FOR AUSSIE MAGICIANS WITH a Las Vegas residency, a season on London’s West End, and seen in 250+ cities across the globe…

Australia’s The Naked Magicians is considered one of the world’s funniest and naughtiest magic show!.

The show, hitting the Ballina RSL on May 29 has now been witnessed by over 50 million on TV (NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS), including America’s Got Talent and it’s the Aussie smash hit that’s taken the world by storm!

The creators and co-stars of this R-rated magic show are the two hot and hilarious Aussie performers who deliver world-class magic and non-stop laughs while wearing nothing but a top hat and a smile.

Described by The Huffington Post as “the wildest night ever”, this tantalisingly satisfying

cancelled and re-scheduled.

The event will go ahead in light rain. Organisers advise to dress warmly as this is an outdoor event.

Quad Outdoor Cinema Program Friday 21 May: Double bill – Paul Currie’s One Perfect Day (6pm) Rated M + Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet (8:15pm) Rated M Saturday 22 May: Storm Boy original, remastered (6pm) Rated PG Sunday 23 May: The American Astronaut + Short Films (6pm) Rated M Lismore Quad, 110

Magellan St Tickets and program: www. lismorequad.org.au Prices: Adult $15, Conc $10. Double bill and group discounts available. Booking recommended.

Food and mulled wine from Slate Café BYO low chair or picnic blanket to sit on - no chairs supplied.

Come early, settle in and enjoy our food or yours and warm yourself around our fire braziers.

The Quad is a licensed venue so no BYO alcohol please. The Quad has a Covid Safety Plan in place.

Colour your world with a fun filled family outing...

Lismore’s 30th Annual

Gemfest magic show strips away the top hats, capes and magic stereotypes, bringing a whole new meaning to “now you see it”.

Good magicians don’t need sleeves and great magicians don’t need pants. This show proves just that!

It’s an 18+ only show as it includes full frontal nudity, sexual references and coarse language… strap yourself

in for a hilarious and unforgettable night.

Facebook – The Naked Magicians, Instagram – @ thenakedmagicians, Twitter – @ nakedmagicians, Website – www.nakedmagicians. com.

The Naked Magicians, May 29 @ 8.30 pm - 10pm. Doors open 7.45pm for 8.30pm show.

Tickets: $60 Group of 8 or more: $51pp. 18+

2 FULL DAYS: 15th May 9am - 5pm 16th May 9am - 3pm VENUE: Lismore Showground ENTRY: Adults $5, Children $1 (Under 5 yrs free) Featuring: Gold, Sapphires, Jewellery, Opals, Fossils, Crystals, Meteorites, Raffles, Food Stalls, Kids Activities and Gate Prizes

www.gemclublismore.org.au

ATM available

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May 13, 2021

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Artists in residences announced for NORPA TWO creative powerhouses will join NORPA as part of the theatre company’s artists in residences program.

Melia Naughton. with collaborators Joel Cooper and Anouska Gammon, will develop an operetta to be set in a small-town post office.

Valley Lipcer of Roundabout Theatre will work with local artists, teachers and children to develop an outdoor, interactive theatre work for children 5-9 years exploring themes of bravery, transformation, journey and connection to nature.

“Melia Naughton and Valley Lipcer are both creative powerhouses in our region and we’re thrilled to be able to provide them, and their creative teams, with the support to research and develop these exciting new works,” NORPA artistic director and CEO of NORPA Julian Louis said.

“Both projects share NORPA’s passion for new, bold and ambitious works, that play with form and challenge the conventions of theatre.”

Melia is an actor, musician, songwriter and singing leader who graduated from the

Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) and worked with the Bell Shakespeare Company and Playbox Theatre Company.

One half of Scarlett Affection, a folk-pop act that toured the US, Canada and Australia, Melia currently presents the extremely popular pub choir experience Shire Choir, singing circles and dynamic vocal workshops.

“We want to create something immersive and engaging and this opportunity provided by NORPA is thrilling as it offers us the space to do this, to collaborate and combine our skills and to tell local stories in surprising and bold ways,” she said.

“As makers and creators it is wonderfully affirming to have the support of NORPA.” During their residency with NORPA, Melia and her collaborators will research and develop an operetta, with the working title ‘New Blood’, exploring the relationships and stories that circulate within a small town as it undergoes significant shifts due to an influx of urban dwellers buying into the regional dream.

“The post office is a central

Valley Lipcer and Melia Naughton. heartbeat and community epicentre of any small town.

Everyone at some point enters the regional post office to sign documents, pay bills, send and pick up packages,” says Melia. “There are so many new locals. Everyone has come from somewhere. From everywhere. It’s a cocktail of diversity. This project poses the questions: What makes a ‘local’? What is it to belong to a small town?”

Valley Lipcer, a director, performer and creative producer, toured to more than 100 international arts festivals with Strange Fruit and Snuff

BECCY BRINGS BAWDY HUMOUR AND BEAUTIFUL VOICE TO BALLINA FOR more than 25 years, Beccy Cole has been delighting Australian music fans with her unique brand of true entertainment and she’s coming to Ballina RSL on Friday, May 21.

The South Australian star’s glowing warmth, husky tones, bawdy sense of humour and hundred-watt smile have helped make Beccy one of the nation’s best-loved and most celebrated artists.

With eleven Golden Guitars (Country Music Awards of Australia) to her name (including five for Female Artist of the Year) as well as multiple ARIA Top 10 Country and Top 40 Mainstream albums, a Top 10 DVD, three gold-certified releases, and more than a dozen No.1 Australian country singles, Beccy Cole is one of Australia’s most successful singer-songwriters.

She is also a sought- after live performer, having a reputation for bringing an audience to fever pitch and quite often, stomach clutching laughter!

A self-confessed ‘gig pig’, Beccy Cole is at her happiest on the road and entertaining Australian audiences. Whether singing in front of [but not for] the American President, entertaining Australian

troops in the Middle East or at the RSL of a small rural town, Beccy has always given her all and we imagine, always will.

Beccy Cole is the real deal, a working mother, a comedienne, an author, a passionate supporter of and member of the LGBT community and as honest, funny and genuine in real life as she comes across on stage.

Her ability to laugh at herself and write her songs and tell her stories with such brazen truth is refreshing and most of all, entertaining.

Beccy Cole plays the Ballina RSL, Friday May 21 from 8.30pm.

See the Ballina RSL website for more information.

Puppets.

She founded Roundabout theatre in 2005 and has created a diverse body of original theatre works including immersive, site specific, promenade and educational shows as well as placemaking projects, participatory arts events and festivals. Lipcer has also worked as a creative producer for NORPA, Mullum Circus Festival, Falls Festival and Lismore City Council.

“This residency provides an opportunity for me to develop a show in a totally new and exciting way – to take some

creative risks, experiment with form, format and sites, to collaborate with diverse artists and to play-test ideas with young people,” she said.

Valley Lipcer and collaborators will research and develop an interactive, outdoor theatre work, with the working title ‘Understory’, for children aged 5-9.

The work explores the concept of the child as a hero called to adventure.

The audience will be active participants in the show, affecting the progress of the story through imaginative problem solving, courage and creativity.

“The project I’m interested in developing takes inspiration from the groundswell of people in this region who are creative, progressive and proactive in bringing about alternative approaches to education, living and raising children,” she said.

The NORPA residencies will support the research and development of these inspiring projects over the next three months.

This is a key part in developing new Australian work for presentation in later years.

Two regional artists on display IN Quiet is an expression of Reid’s experiences and observations during the lockdown period. The artist considers the works as a documentation of time passing - exploring light, shadow and architectural features.

“In lockdown the experience of home was concentrated; we were bound to it. The functions of home clarified and expanded - a sanctuary, a site of performed domesticities, a liminal space transitioning into a changed way of being in the world together,” Reid said.

Figura Subcinctus is a continuation of Dawson’s fascination with the juncture where our civilised selves meet with our untamed, instinctual natures. The exhibition contains artworks that are themselves hybrid in nature, using a range of materials and employing Dawson’s preferences for myth, fairytale, history, natural science, costumery and a pinch of kitsch to ferment a shape-shifting body of work.

Figura Subcinctus and In Quiet will open alongside the exhibition Void on Friday 7 May at 6pm with guest speakers artist Ree Hegh and artist Andrea Newton. Tickets for the official opening event are $20 and include entry into Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly series. Bookings are essential due to current capacity restrictions, visit

Living Room by Amelia Reid https://mayopenings.eventbrite.com.au In Conversation & Workshop, Sunday 13 June, 2-4pm, $20. Bookings essential.

Join Michelle Dawson and Dr Kellie O’Dempsey as they discuss naturalism and the absurd. Attendees will use collage and supplied drawing materials to create a metaphysical self-portrait or hybrid avatar.

Book by visiting: https:// dawsonodempsey.eventbrite.com.au Drop In and Draw, Sunday 30 May, 11am-4pm, Free.

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May 13, 2021

CINEMAS & MOVIE GUIDE 53 MOVIE REVIEW

by Tania Spiers Phillips Locked Down (M) Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anne Hathaway, Stephen Merchant. 1 hour 58mins.

Is it too soon for a rom com about the pandemic? How long after a major event in human history should we wait before laughing at it?

These are questions running through my head about Locked Down, the thought-provoking and thoughtful romantic comedy set against the early days of lock down this past year in London.

This is not a laugh a minute, movie though, instead taking time to build characters to a point where we believe them, empathize with them and want to know more about them. For some this might seem slow and maybe even tedious, but it was worth it in the end and somehow really conveyed the weirdness and hopelessness of what we all went through. The early parts of the movie are stark, with no music really used until we after the first half. It’s jarring but necessary – allowing the lead characters Paxton (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Linda (Anne Hathaway) to grow and become acquainted with their audience.

The duo – Hathaway an Oscar winning actress and Ejiofor, Oscar nominated, put in stellar performance and have good chemistry – though not necessarily romantic chemistry until the end.

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May 13, 2021

54 HEALTH

Placing Places in Our Mind by Nigel Dawe

Years ago, a workmate of mine made mention of an old-timer he met in New Orleans once, who matter-of-factly said, out of the blue: “Everywhere you go, that’s where you are!”

And while it sounds comical if not outright quirky, it somehow captures the deep fascination I’ve always felt with regards to our connection to, and understanding of, place.

How we refer to the locations we go, and come to know – from different countries to major cities and their suburbs, to the tin pot towns that comprise the fabric and soul of vicinity – shape our very perceptions and reactions to where we ‘find’ ourselves, at any given time.

More often than not, the stories behind how places come to acquire their name, are as intriguing, and often veiled and entertaining as the most incredible works of fiction.

Take ‘Melbourne’ for example, a little-known fact of this one-time British PM’s life, was the scandalous affair his wife had with the rollicking poet Lord Byron; it was Melbourne’s other-half who famously said, that the hell-raising bard was outright: “mad, bad and dangerous to know.”

Even the word we have for this country of ours, that is famously ‘girt’ by sea, has an explanational lineage that meanders all the way back to ancient Greece. It derives from the phrase ‘Terra Australis Incognita’, which was first coined

by Aristotle, and means ‘Unknown South Land’. Centuries later, it inspired the first person who circumnavigated what was then ‘New Holland’ – Matthew Flinders, to tweak, twirl and eventually unfurl, the name ‘Australia’.

Even the title of ‘America’, on face

value, is not what it appears to be. By all accounts, the moniker is derived in honour of the 16th century explorer ‘Amerigo Vespucci’, so it’s a good thing the USA is renowned for being a place of first names, because the United States of Vespucci, just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

On the topic of acoustics, and the way words roll off your tongue in terms of what they evoke or ‘capture’; how’s the word for ‘place’ in Croatian, it is the wonderful ‘mjesto’, or in Uzbek, it is simply the apt, and truly unbridled word – ‘joy’. Appropriately, the Belgian theorist Georges Poulet once reflected: “Without places, beings would be merely abstractions, it is places that make their image precise.”

Not having remotely scraped the surface of my fascination for places, and how we come to revere and refer to them; you can now imagine my excitement at having won the competition in 2006 (out of the overall 1600 submissions) to name East Darling Harbour – Barangaroo (after the fearless gender and racial stereotype-defying wife of Bennelong).

The full ‘back-story’ to this is perhaps a tale for another time, but ‘place’ is as much about celebration as it is remembrance, and hope – for the potential, to reside and thrive in localities, albeit ‘surroundings’ that fully support and nurture, the dreams and presence of each and every one of us.

LEADING AGED SERVICES AUSTRALIA SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT FOR NURSES

IN AGED CARE This International Nurses Day (12 May 2021), Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of aged care, is supporting extra nurses in aged care and a workforce program to attract and retain nursing talent in the industry.

LASA CEO Sean Rooney said the value

of qualified nurses in aged care should not be underestimated and is calling on

the Government to implement recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.

The Royal Commission recommended minimum quality and safety standards for staff time in residential aged care, including a mix

TELESTROKE WILL BOOST ACCESS TO STROKE TREATMENT

Stroke Foundation welcomes the announcement of the New South Wales (NSW) Telestroke Service expansion into Tweed, saying it would transform emergency stroke treatment in the northern NSW region.

The Tweed Hospital is among up to 23 rural and regional NSW hospitals that are due to be included in the service’s roll out. The NSW Telestroke Service, managed by the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, speeds up diagnosis and supports regional clinicians in deciding the best care for the patient. This may include blood clot dissolving treatment or urgent transfer to a specialist stroke unit for more complex treatment.

Stroke Foundation NSW State Manager Rhian Paton Kelly said telehealth was being relied on more than ever in this time of

coronavirus (COVID-19) and the NSW Telestroke Service demonstrated the technology’s value extended well beyond the pandemic.

“The NSW Telestroke Service is transforming stroke treatment in our state, and is giving the people of Tweed the best opportunity to survive and live well after stroke,” Ms Paton-Kelly said.

“When a stroke strikes, it kills up to 1.9 million brain cells per minute, but treatment can stop this damage.

Time saved in accessing stroke treatment is brain saved.”

A Stroke Foundation report found the people of Tweed were among Australians at highest risk of stroke.

The electorate of Richmond is ranked fourth out of Australia’s top ten hotspots for stroke, with a total on 232 residents estimated to have experienced a

stroke for the first time in 2020.

Ms Paton-Kelly said the first step in ensuring better outcomes from stroke was getting to hospital quickly, and that means recognising the F.A.S.T. (Face. Arms.

Speech. Time) signs and calling triple zero (000) straight away,’’ she said.

“I urge everyone to learn the F.A.S.T. message and share it with your friends, family and colleagues,’’ she said.

The F.A.S.T. test is a simple way we can all learn and remember the signs of stroke: • Face: Check their face. Has their mouth drooped?

• Arms: Can they lift both arms?

• Speech: Is their speech slurred? Do they understand you?

• Time is critical. If you see any of these signs call triple zero (000) straight away.

of registered nurses and enrolled nurses alongside personal care workers, with at least one registered nurse on-site at all times.

It also recommended that approved providers with a higher than average proportion of high needs residents should be required to engage staff in addition to the minimum requirement.

This would require a redress of workforce issues, to ensure sufficient numbers of qualified nurses are available to meet the needs of the more than 200,000 older people currently living in residential aged care homes across Australia – and the expected increase as

our population ages.

“It is incredibly important for the health, safety and wellbeing of older Australians in residential aged care, that we have sufficient nurses who are suitably qualified in geriatric care,” said Mr Rooney.

“Qualified nurses are educated to understand and treat the often complex physical and mental health needs of older people, and to recognise and respond to deterioration in cognitive skills or physical function.

“Attracting and retaining professional, qualified and caring nursing staff across Australia, particularly in regional and remote areas, will require a review of minimum

award wages, with a focus on pay parity and provision for funding award increases.

“There should be a workforce program to support training, clinical placements, scholarships and other initiatives to respond to workforce challenges in a targeted manner.

“The Government and the Fair Work Commission have a role to play in increasing the number of qualified nurses working in aged care, and should do all they can, to ensure the most vulnerable members of our community get the care they deserve.”

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May 13, 2021

GARDENING 55

Water-loving native plants for your garden

Cunjevoi in flower, Alocasia brisbanensis

Swamp lily, Crinum pedunculatum

Swamp orchid, Phaius australis

WITH a little bit of extra water lying around this autumn, some gardens might be perfect spots to plant some water-loving native plants.

Nymphoides indica, white snowflake water lily, has submerged roots and huge floating leaves with delicate fringed flowers appearing above the water, resembling snowflakes, as the name suggests. The flowers are white with a yellow centre and can be seen from spring to autumn. Snowflake water lilies are hardy, prefer a water depth of 25-30 centimetres and quickly spread over the water’s surface, providing shade which minimises algae growth. They prefer full sunlight to bloom well and thrive. They are easy to thin if they become overcrowded.

Typha orientalis, cumbungi or bulrush, loves water and

White snowflake water lily, Nymphoides indica. can also help to keep your pond or dam clean. This common species grows from two to four metres high in bodies of water and in boggy or poorly drained areas, and grows from rhizomes. The female flowers in summer are the familiar brown, velvety flowers seen in many waterways. The rhizomes of the plant can be roasted, new shoots eaten fresh and young flower stems steamed.

The swamp orchid, Phaius australis, enjoys a wet spot

Cumbungi or bulrush, Typha orientalis

in the garden too. It is an endangered evergreen orchid found only in Queensland and south to the Hastings River. In nature it was found in colonies in paperbarks forests near the coast. The large clumps of broad leaves with pleats are very attractive and the

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The Crinum pedunculatum or swamp lily and Alocasia brisbanensis (cunjevoi) are two more plants happy to have a wet shaded position in the garden. Both have interesting flowers and leaves which liven up and fill a damp area, also helping to keep weeds at bay.

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May 13, 2021

56 LET’S COOK

Slow Cooker Chicken Diane

0:10 Prep • • • • • • • • • • • • •

4:15 Cook

8 chicken cutlets, excess fat trimmed 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil 1 brown onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 2 tablespoons Cornflour 125ml (1/2 cup) Massel chicken style liquid stock 250ml (1 cup) pouring cream 180ml (2/3 cup) passata 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 200g button mushrooms, thickly sliced 1/2 (375g) packet fresh egg fettucine Chopped continental parsley, to serve

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INGREDIENTS

Step 1 Heat a large non-stick frying pan over high heat. Season the chicken

6 Servings

and place, skin side down, in the pan. Cook for 3 minutes or until golden. Turn and cook for a further 2 minutes.

Transfer to the bowl of a slow cooker.

Step 2 Drain the rendered fat from the pan and discard. Heat the oil in the frying pan. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes or until soft.

Add to the slow cooker.

Step 3 Meanwhile, place the cornflour in a large jug and gradually whisk in the stock. Add the cream, passata, Worcestershire sauce and mustard.

Add mixture to the to the slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low for 3 1/2 hours. Add the mushroom and cook for a further 20 minutes.

Add the pasta and cook for 10 minutes or until tender. Sprinkle with parsley to serve.

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LET’S COOK 57

Mongolian Lamb Stir-Fry

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0:15 Cook

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wedges 1 carrot, halved lengthways, sliced diagonally 1 bunch broccolini, trimmed, halved 2 tbsp black bean sauce 1 tbsp shao hsing (Chinese cooking wine) 2 green onions, thinly sliced Steamed white long-grain rice, to serve

METHOD

MONGOLIAN LAMB STIR-FRY FOR A SIMPLE, TASTY WEEKNIGHT MEAL.

INGREDIENTS • •

1 tbsp cornflour 1/2 tsp Chinese five

• • •

spice 1 tbsp brown sugar 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1/4 cup soy sauce

• • •

600g lamb leg steaks, thinly sliced 1/4 cup peanut oil 2 brown onions, halved, cut into

Step 1 Combine cornflour, five spice, sugar, garlic and 1/2 the soy sauce in a medium bowl. Add lamb.

Toss to coat. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.

Step 2 Heat a wok over medium-high heat. Add

4 Servings 2 tablespoons oil. Swirl to coat. Stir-fry lamb mixture, in 2 batches, for 3 to 4 minutes or until browned. Transfer to a heatproof bowl.

Carefully wipe wok clean.

Step 3 Heat wok over mediumhigh heat. Add remaining oil. Swirl to coat.

Stir-fry onion, carrot and broccolini for 2 to 3 minutes or until charred and almost tender. Add black bean sauce, shao hsing, 2 tablespoons water and remaining soy.

Stir-fry for 1 minute.

Return lamb to wok.

Stir-fry for 1 minute or until heated through.

Step 4 Sprinkle stir-fry with green onion. Serve with steamed rice

3 Ingredient Smartie Fudge Crème Brûlée Step 2 Over a low heat, cook the milk chocolate and condensed milk while stirring regularly for 8-10 minutes until the chocolate has melted and the ingredients are smooth and well combined.

INGREDIENTS • • •

400 g milk chocolate 395 g condensed milk 180 g Smarties

METHOD Step 1 Line a 20cm square

cake tin with baking paper. Make sure your baking paper extends up the sides of the tin, as this will help you to remove the fudge once it has set. Break the milk chocolate into squares and place it along with the condensed milk into a medium saucepan.

Step 3 Remove the saucepan from the heat and quickly pour the chocolate fudge into your prepared tin. Gently smooth the surface and sprinkle the Smarties over the top. Place the fudge into the fridge for a minimum of 6 hours (preferably overnight) to set.

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2 tablespoons brown sugar

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INGREDIENTS •

2 1/2 cups (625ml) thin cream

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May 13, 2021

58 MOTORING TEST DRIVE

A LITTLE AMG MAGIC GOES A LONG WAY WITH SMALL SUV to a massive 1800 litres with the 40 / 20 / 40 split-fold middle bench vacant. Turning circle is an unwieldy 12.5 metres.

By DEREK OGDEN Who’d have thought it?

Mercedes-Benz, that automotive innovator, that made its name catering for the wellto-do of this world with large luxury vehicles, now continues to carve a niche with small cars.

With the recent arrival of the GLB-Class, this brings to six the number of models in the Mercedes compact car portfolio, which includes the A-Class hatchback and sedan, B-Class, CLA Coupe and GLA compact SUV. Britta Seeger, Daimler AG management board member, responsible for Benz car sales says: “Every third MercedesBenz is now an SUV, every fourth a compact car, so a compact SUV such as the GLB blends all the success factors of our two highest vol-ume segments.”

Latest model, and the flagship, to land on Australian shores is the high-performance Mercedes-AMG GLB 35 4Matic sports utility vehicle, topping out the range at $88,900, plus on-road costs.

AMG also has skin in the game with performance enhancing features such as a spe-cial exhaust system high-action brakes, speed sensitive power steering and AMG ride control sports suspension with electronically controlled damping.

The entry-level GLB 200 is priced at $59,900, plus ORCs, the GLB 250 4Matic $73,900 and the AMG GLB 35 4Matic range-topper $88,900.

STYLING Flat front, square body, squat stance . . . that just about sums up the Mercedes-AMG stab at this compact sports utility vehicle. Morphing a small hot hatch into a similarly highperformance SUV has resulted in the MercedesAMG GLB 35 4Matic.

AMG bodywork and lettering, Night Package exterior trim features, dark tinted privacy glass from B-pillar to back, black roof rails, plus 20-inch five twin-spoke alloy wheels are all in the mix.

SUMMARY Hot hatch or practical seven-seat SUV, that’s the million-dollar question for buyers of the Merc GLB 35 4Matic. It really is down to the dollars and cents but where else can you get an AMG marked car for less than 100K?

The result is a look that owes more to the traditional wagon than the softer swoopy-coupe styling of others in the small SUV segment.

However, there’s plenty of AMG magic in the mechanicals.

INTERIOR Inside exclusive features include carbon-style interior trim, an AMG Performance steer-ing wheel wrapped in Nappa leather, with AMG Drive Unit controller for swift switching between drive modes, and Comfort Sport. There’s stylish Lugano leather.

Brushed stainless steel pedals with rubber studs help the enthusiastic driver keep their feet when in full flight, while the ambience is set off by carbon style trim and a so-called Energizing Comfort Control that can conjure up a complete in-cabin mood.

INFOTAINMENT Twin 10.25-inch highresolution displays – a touchscreen and digital instrument clus-ter – are positioned side by side on the dashboard. Both are controlled by the Mer-cedes-Benz MBUX multimedia system with its pally ‘Hey, Mercedes’ voice activation.

ENGINES / TRANSMISSIONS The AMG performance arm is at the heart of this

The Mercedes-AMG GLB 35 4Matic … a sturdy SUV with a hint of hot hatch. with an in-house tuned 2.0-litre, four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine stumping up 225 kW and 400 Nm. This is put to ground via an AMG Speedshift DCT eight-

front and rear park-ing sensors.

Other standard safety equipment includes nine airbags (dual front, front-side, curtain and rear-side plus driver’s

speed auto transmission, with Dynamic Select func-tion, 4Matic all-wheel drive.

knee), anti-skid brakes, electronic brake-force distribution and electronic stability and traction control.

Steering assist, adaptive cruise control, active blind-spot monitoring and front cross-traffic alert are in an optional Driving Assistance Package ($1990) surround-view cameras and high-beam assist included in an optional Vision Package ($1190).

SAFETY The GLB range earned a maximum ANCAP five-star safety rating in 2019. Advanced driver-assist systems in the GLB 35 include autonomous emergency braking with pe-destrian and cyclist detection, lane-keep assist, blind spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, traffic sign recognition, driver attention alert, tyre pressure monitoring, hill-descent control, hillstart assist, park assist, reversing camera and

DRIVING There’s acceleration from rest to 100 km/h in a sharp 5.2 seconds for a start. This is accompanied by a sporty

engine exhaust crackle.

Merc makes the claim fuel consumption of 8.3 litres per 100 kilometres on the com-bined urban / highway cycle. The test vehicle recorded 13-plus litres per 100 kilome-tres around town and 6.3 on the motorway.

With Drive Select in ‘Comfort’ mode, it was a toss-up as to what the GLB 35 was up to – hot hatch or practical SUV. Times got hard, literally, with the car picking up the smallest pothole after recent heavy rain. A firm ride persisted on all surfaces.

Braking was assured thanks to bigger brakes with AMG-stamped silver callipers up front, and unlike the choppy ride, steering held no surprises, despite the high-riding SUV stance.

Needless to say, this was with driver alone aboard. With seven up, added ballast may have told a different story. The same goes for seating arrangements.

Even with the middle bench able to slide fore and aft by up to 140 mm, entry to the third row of seats is hard to navigate as the middle is unable to tumble forward. With most or all seven seats taken, comfort is at a premium.

Cargo capacity is the opposite, with the 50 / 50 split-fold third row put away there’s 565 litres.

This can be increased

AT A GLANCE MODEL LINE-UP Mercedes-Benz GLB 200 $59,900 Mercedes-Benz GLB 250 4Matic $73,900 Mercedes-AMG GLB 35 4Matic $88,900 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Mercedes-Benz dealer for drive-away prices.

SPECIFICATIONS (Mercedes-AMG GLB 4Matic 2.0L Turbo 4-cylinder petrol, 8sp dual-clutch automatic AWD SUV) ENGINE: Capacity: 1.991 litres Configuration: Four cylinders in line Maximum Power: 225 kW @ 5800 rpm Maximum Torque: 400 Nm @ 3000-4000 rpm Fuel Type: Petrol 98 RON Combined Fuel Cycle (ADR 81/02): 8.3 L/100km DRIVELINE: Eightspeed AMG Speedshift DCT automatic, 4Matic AWD DIMENSIONS, WEIGHT AND CAPACITIES: Length: 4650 mm Wheelbase: 2829 mm Width: 1845 mm Height: 1660 mm Turning circle: 12.5 m Kerb Mass: 1839 kg Fuel Tank Capacity: 60 litres BRAKES: Front: Ventilated disc Rear: Solid disc STANDARD WARRANTY: Five years / unlimited kilometres

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May 13, 2021

MOTORING 59

REVISED ALFA ROMEO STELVIO SPORT

By EWAN KENNEDY

Alfa Romeo has a 110year racing history that includes Formula One drivers’ championship in the first two years of F1, in 1950 and 1951. Italian’s love of motorsport continue to this day and the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sport not only celebrates that, but also the way Italians just love life.

Sporty features include 19-inch alloy wheels, red brake calipers, gloss black openings and side and rear privacy glass.

The uprated Alfa Romeo Stelvio Sport is powered by a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbopetrol engine producing 147kW, and 330Nm of torque at just 1,750rpm.

It’s not really an offroad vehicle, but Alfa’s Q4 all-wheel-drive that assists in accelerating it from zero to 100 km/h in a pretty reasonable 7.2 seconds.

Inside the cabin,

Director, Marketing Communications for Alfa Romeo.

“Introducing an interactive new Multi-Touch display and Advanced Driver Assistance System, the Stelvio Sport stands out from the crowd, combining this updated tech with sophistication, performance and iconic Italian heritage, wrapped up into a compelling value proposition.”

the latest Stelvio Sport has a driver-focused, redesigned centre console featuring a leather-wrapped gear lever and a wireless phone charger. Comfort is enhanced with premium Sports leather seats, heated front seats,

steering wheel, and

Multi-Touch display

aluminium pedals and

now has interactive

dashboard inserts.

widgets, full-screen

maps, performance management features and a touchscreen interface.

“The Alfa Romeo Stelvio is now as intuitive as it is stylish, featuring class-leading safety and convenience features,” said Tom Noble,

charging among its equipment highlights.

In addition, the 40 TFSI quattro S line adds

mirror and aluminium interior accents.

Audi Q2 has a five-star Euro NCAP and ANCAP

Red and black finishes call out the sporty nature of the updated Alfa Romeo Stelvio. heated leather Sport

AUDI Q2 UPDATED

Audi Q2 is a smart looking SUV with styling changes aimed to attract more buyers.

By EWAN KENNEDY Audi’s Q2 SUV been heavily revised with biggest news being an advanced new 1.5-litre TFSI engine. It also has technical upgrades and a modified appearance.

The headlights now have a more distinctive shape and the octagonal Singleframe grille is slightly lower than before to make the front appear wider.

To further enhance the aesthetics of the Q2, dynamic 18-inch alloy wheels are now standard across the range.

The Audi 35 TFSI has an all-new 1.5-litre TFSI turbo-petrol with outputs of 110kW, and 250Nm between 1500 and 3000rpm. Its Cylinder-on-Demand (CoD) function can shut down two of its four cylinders imperceptibly at low throttle load and engine speeds, resuming full power seamlessly as required. This minimises emissions and fuel use.

The 40 TFSI quattro S line has a 2.0 TFSI engine that produces 140kW/320Nm continues as before.

Both engines are

mated to a seven-speed S tronic dual-clutch transmission.

All Audi Q2 models now have heated exterior mirrors and convenience key, as well as MMI navigation plus with MMI touch (including its 8.3-inch colour display).

The 35 TFSI continues to offer LED headlights, contrasting bumpers and C-pillar, leatherappointed seats and steering wheel, dualzone climate control, digital driver information display as well as Audi smartphone interface and phone box light wireless

Its 8.8-inch

a new Audi Sport 18inch alloy wheel, Audi drive select, the electric tailgate sport front seats, auto-dimming interior

safety rating, and comes equipped with driver assistance features. The Audi pre-sense city with pedestrian detection, side

MODEL RANGE Stelvio 2.0-litre petrol: $65,900 Stelvio Sport 2.0-litre petrol: $69,450 Stelvio Ti 2.0-litre petrol: $78,900 Stelvio 2.2-litre diesel: $67,900 Stelvio Quadrifoglio 2.9-litre petrol: $149,900 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Alfa Romeo dealer for drive-away prices. assist, cruise control, parking system plus with sensors and rear camera, as well as tyre pressure indicators.

The Audi Q2 range is available in up to 11 exterior colours and two interior colour combinations, depending on the model you choose.

MODEL RANGE Q2 35 TFSI: $42,900 Q2 40 TFSI quattro S line: $49,900 SQ2: $64,400 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Audi dealer for drive-away prices.

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May 13, 2021

60 MOTORING

NEW AND ENHANCED FORD RANGERS

By EWAN KENNEDY

Ford Australia has introduced new and enhanced Ranger models. Perhaps the most important are improved standard safety features. That’s the good news, the bad news is that they won’t all be in showrooms until late June or sometime in July.

FORD RANGER 4X2 XL SPORT: Based on the Ranger 4x2 XL Double Cab, the 4x2 XL SPORT has styling cues from the XLS SPORT and more than $4,500 worth of extra features compared with standard XL. It features black accent styling, a new black rear bumper and ‘SPORT’ decal on the tailgate. The Ranger 4x2 XL SPORT includes the following SPORT specific features: Black 16-inch alloy wheels Black sports bar Black bedliner Black side steps Black grille Black rear bumper “SPORT” decal on tailgate.

Buyers will be able to choose from the following colours: Arctic White True Red Note that the following three colours are at an extra cost, Shadow Black Meteor Grey

Aluminium Metallic Ford Ranger 4x2 XL SPORT Double Cab is powered exclusively by a 2.2-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel with 118kW at 3,200rpm, and 385Nm of torque from 1,600 to 2,500rpm, and is only available with a sixspeed automatic.

Price is $43,790 plus on-road costs.

FORD RANGER XL 4X4 HEAVY DUTY SPECIAL EDITION: Ranger XL 4x4 Heavy Duty Special Edition Double Cab Chassis has the factory fitment of popular accessories to the vehicle.

It’s painted exclusively in Arctic White and

Ford Ranger is a serious pickup truck that features black on its SPORT models. combines two previously separate packages into one offering, with nine accessories fitted to enhance its off-road capability, character and value.

It has a factory-fitted Genuine Ford Steel Bull Bar which meets Ford’s stringent engineering and safety standards and has been crash-tested for compatibility with vehicle safety systems, which on XL includes AEB with Pedestrian Detection.

The bull bar has integrated mounting points for driving lights and UHF antennas, and

is fitted with an LED light bar and a Ford Genuine fixed-head snorkel.

It has black 17 x 7.5-inch steel wheels with Continental CrossContact All-Terrain tyres. The tyres have been tested against Ford’s tough Trustmark handling requirements, including compatibility with the vehicle’s stability control systems, ensuring maximum capability, safety and performance.

Heavy-Duty suspension has been fitted as standard. This is designed and developed

by Ford to improve the Ranger’s ride and handling when carrying heavy loads.

Compared to regular Ranger models, the Heavy-Duty suspension sees the fitment of new, thicker springs with a revised spring rate, and new front and rear dampers. The suspension meets Ford’s stringent engineering and safety standards and boasts a bespoke ABS and Electronic Stability Control tune.

Previously a key component of the optional Tech Pack, Adaptive Cruise Control is now standard on the updated Ranger XLT, including both 4x2 and 4x4 Super Cab, Double Cab, and Cab Chassis

variants. The inclusion of Adaptive Cruise Control as standard is designed to improve the safety, convenience and value of Ranger XLT. Ranger 4x4 Heavy Duty Special Edition is priced at $52,790 plus on-road costs.

“Ranger has been designed and engineered in Australia, and our harsh continent is an ideal place to develop, test and test again to ensure Ranger meets Ford’s Tough Done Smarter mantra,” said Andrew Birkic, President and CEO of Ford Australia and New Zealand.

“With the new XL SPORT and 4x4 XL Heavy Duty Special Edition variants, we’re working hard to ensure that tradies and businesses all across the country have the right equipment and support to get on with the job.

“And our 4x4 XL customers will have even more choice with the inclusion of our premium Bi-Turbo powertrain, while adding Adaptive Cruise Control as standard to XLT, a decision based on customer feedback and Ford Australia’s desire to continually improve our product. These additions will make Ranger even more convenient for those who spend a lot of time on the road.”

SUBARU BRZ SPORTS SECOND GENERATION

Newest Subaru BRZ has a standout look, especially in the traditional blue colour.

By EWAN KENNEDY At this stage, Subaru estimates first second generation BRZ will arrive in Australia

during quarter four this year. And the local importer has introduced an online Register Your Interest section on subaru.com.au.

Subaru General Manager, Blair Read, said: “We’ve been staggered by the amount of interest in new BRZ. The level of dealer

enquiry and calls to our own customer service centre indicates massive interest among sports car fans and we look forward to sharing more

details closer to launch.”

He added: “We only have around 50 of the current generation BRZ left, and it’s likely there will be a gap in supply until the new model launches. So, it’s timely to alert customers that the new model is coming, and to register their interest if they’re keen to be among the first in line when deliveries begin.”

Specifications and pricing for Australia’s second generation BRZ are yet to be confirmed, but at last November’s global unveil, Subaru confirmed it will have engine capacity increased to 2.4 litres, delivering almost 18 per

cent more torque than the superseded manual model and over 20 per cent more torque than the outgoing automatics have a revised Sport mode.

BRZ’s new body delivers approximately 60 per cent greater front lateral bending rigidity and approximately 50 percent more torsional stiffness.

The stiffer body make for improved steering response, more nimble handling and better stability.

Those with an automatic transmission have Subaru’s EyeSight Driver Assist Technology for the first time in a BRZ.

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By EWAN KENNEDY The first variants of the all-new range of Hyundai Tucsons have arrived in Australia, with others to follow in several stages later in the year.

Its new style features a huge grille, a long bonnet, aggressive side curves with large guards, short overhangs and deeply inset doors. It certainly stands out from the crowd, making others in the class look rather mundane in their shape.

New Tucson sits on a longer wheelbase than the model it supersedes and has more cabin space as a result. We are yet to drive a new Hyundai Tucson, but will comment on this when we do so.

The range-opening Hyundai Tucson has an eight-inch multimedia unit with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a 4.2-inch supervision cluster, power folding automatic side mirrors, 17-inch alloy wheels, dusksensing headlights and LED daytime running lights.

Tucson Elite adds a 10.25-inch navigation multimedia unit, leather upholstery, heated front seats and a powered adjustable driver’s seat, dual-zone airconditioning, Smart Key with pushbutton start, rain-sensing wipers and 18-inch alloy wheels.

The flagship Tucson Highlander features a BOSE Premium Audio,10.25-inch LCD instrument cluster display, a panoramic sunroof, heated steering wheel, heated and ventilated front seats, and heated rear seats.

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driver’s seat, an eightway powered passenger seat LED cabin lights, ambient mood lighting, and smart power tailgate.

Three powertrains are offered. A 2.0-litre petrol with six-speed automatic and front-wheel drive is available in all variants.

Elite and Highlander add a choice of a 1.6 turbo-petrol with sevenspeed DCT and all-wheel drive, or a 2.0 turbodiesel with eight-speed automatic and AWD. Both have pushbutton gear selection and shift paddles.

The range-opening Hyundai Tucson has an eight-inch multimedia unit with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a 4.2-inch supervision cluster, power folding automatic side mirrors, 17-inch alloy wheels, dusksensing headlights and LED DRLs. The 2022 Tucson

Latest Hyundai Tucson is a standout from the huge grille back to the bold tail.

pack offered from the range-opening Tucson up introduces sportsinspired styling, 19-inch alloy wheels, and LED front and rear lighting, as well as the 10.25-inch LCD instrument cluster display and leather and suede upholstery.

SAFETY Standard in every 2022 Tucson is a seven-airbag system that includes a front centre side airbag.

Elite adds a 10.25-inch navigation multimedia unit, leather upholstery, heated front seats and a powered adjustable driver’s seat, dual-zone air-conditioning, Smart Key with pushbutton start, rain-sensing wipers and 18-inch alloy wheels.

The flagship Tucson Highlander features a futuristic, unshrouded 10.25-inch LCD

instrument cluster display, a panoramic sunroof, heated steering wheel, heated and ventilated front seats, and heated rear seats.

There is also a memory driver’s seat, an eight-way powered passenger seat, BOSE Premium Audio, LED cabin lights and ambient mood lighting, and smart power tailgate.

An optional N Line

All 2022 Tucsons have an advanced SmartSense suite including: Blind-Spot Collision Warning Lane Keeping Assist Forward CollisionAvoidance Assist (car, pedestrian and cyclist) with Junction Turning function Intelligent Speed Limit Assist Rear Parking Distance Warning Leading Vehicle

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“Since its introduction in 2004, Tucson has established itself as an SUV with broad family appeal, selling more than 220,000 units in Australia,” Hyundai Motor Company Australia Chief Executive Officer, Jun Heo said.

“Now in its fourth generation, all-new Tucson’s futuristic styling, segmentleading active safety, convenience and comfort technologies, and enticing N Line pack make it a uniquely appealing medium SUV,” he said.

MODEL RANGE Tucson 2.0 MPi FWD: $34,500 Tucson Elite 2.0 MPi AWD: $39,000 Tucson 2.0 MPi AWD: $46,000 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges. Contact your local Hyundai dealer for drive-away prices.

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64 WEEKLY LOVE HOROSCOPE Aries Mar 21 - Apr 20 The love you crave is already within you, Aries. Today’s moon will slip into your mystical twelfth house of closure, dreams, karma, solitude, and all things behind the scenes— encouraging you to take a step back from the mundane day-to-day grind, in order to break away from the chaos. Luna will also be in harmony with your red-hot planetary ruler, Mars, creating a harmonious synergy between your intuitive instincts and your actions.

Not sure if you’re a fan of astral projecting, but reveling in steamy daydreams is more than likely under today’s astro weather. Luna will also be in harmony with rebellious Uranus, so don’t disregard your romantic epiphanies.

Cancer Jun 24 - Jul 22 Sizzling Mars continues to ignite your cardinal waters, which means you’re as audacious as ever, Cancer. And though your lovers and admirers wouldn’t have it any other way, it’s important to be mindful of your romantic approach, as your love language could easily come across as intense and/or overbearing.

Fortunately for you, Mars will be in harmony with your planetary ruler, the moon, amidst its journey through your expansive ninth house of adventure today. Single or attached, this motivates you to take the necessary risks when regarding your passions. But even then, it’s important that you find an outlet to express any pent-up energies.

Libra Sep 23 - Oct 23 Audacious Mars governs your committed seventh house of significant others and one-on-one relationships, and it continues to sizzle through your traditional tenth house of authority, encouraging you to follow your intuitive instincts in your current partnerships. More importantly, today’s moon will be in harmony with the red planet, creating a harmonious synergy between your desires and emotional state. Despite whether you’re single or attached, this is an opportunity for you to explore your relationship desires in a more practical, and perhaps down-to-earth way. Although, Luna’s sextile to rebellious Uranus via your sultry eighth house of intimacy could also add a layer of lust to your latest infatuation, Libra.

Capricorn Dec 22 - Jan 20 Listen to what your cutie has to say, Capricorn. Then again, with the moon igniting your chatty third house of communication, this could very well be the other way around.

Don’t be afraid to speak up.

You might have something important to share and as strange as this sounds, the more open you are to being vulnerable, the better it will go. Luna will simultaneously link up with go-getter Mars via your committed seventh house of significant others, so the enthusiasm you seek from your person won’t be a problem. On the contrary, this is an opportunity for passionate romance, and sizzling exchanges. You won’t know unless you try.

Taurus Apr 21 - May 21 Someone you fancy could be sliding into your DMs, so get ready to get your flirt on!

Amidst the moon’s transit through your eleventh house of associations, friendships, technology, and sense of belonging in the world, it will form a sweet trine to red-hot Mars via your third house of communication. Express yourself, don’t repress yourself, Taurus. This will not only encourage you to take action towards your desires, it will also make it a whole lot easier to speak your truth. Whether it be an innocent double-tap or a sexy selfie, don’t hesitate to put yourself out there today. Venus is in your sign and your admirers are here for it.

Leo Jul 23 - Aug 23 Your fantasies could very well become a reality, but it’s up to you to go for it, Leo. In addition to today’s moon igniting your sexy eighth house of intimacy, energetic exchanges, soulmate connections, and all things taboo-like, Luna will also form a harmonious alignment with go-getter Mars via your secretive twelfth house of closure, dreams, clandestine affairs, and hidden agendas. You may or may not be a fan of keeping secrets but considering today’s astro-weather, it wouldn’t hurt to keep a card or two up your sleeve. This is especially true for those of you who have been secretly manifesting the partner of your dreams, so don’t lose momentum.

Scorpio Oct 24 - Nov 2 Your Plutonian passions create a sense of restlessness, but this isn’t your first rodeo, Scorpio.

You know a thing or two about manifesting your desires and if you happen to be in the process of conjuring up the ideal partner, today’s astro weather could certainly work in your favor. For instance, in addition to the moon igniting your romantic fifth house of love, passion, and pleasure, it will also form a harmonious trine with audacious Mars via your adventurous ninth house of expansion. Is this love worth the risk? Luna will also sextile Uranus via your committed seventh house of significant others, inspiring you to break away from stagnant partnerships.

Aquarius Jan 21 - Feb 18 It’s time to make things official, Aquarius. The sun governs your committed seventh house of oneon-one relationships, interpersonal connections, and significant others.

And it’s currently transiting your emotionally driven fourth house of home, family, and innermost feelings. Keep in mind, Venus and your modern ruler, Uranus, are also conjugating via this area of your chart, which means things in your love life could be getting personal... if they haven’t started to already. More importantly, today’s moon will light up your stability-seeking second house of comfort, value systems, and sensual pleasures, encouraging you to indulge in the things you cherish most. Now the question is: Is your honey invited?

Gemini May 22 - June 23 You’ve got your eyes on the prize, and your mind on your money bag, Gemini. By no means is this insinuating your inhibition towards romance; on the contrary, you’re simply working on manifesting the stability you crave before investing your time and energy on a lover. This is especially true with today’s moon igniting your career-driven tenth house of authority, let alone making a trine to Mars via your money-hungry second house.

Although, given the ambition stemming from this transit, you could easily fall for someone in similar circumstances. In other words, the hardworking, go-getter is bound to turn you on more than usual.

Virgo Aug 24 - Sep 22 Feeling smitten, Virgo? With today’s moon roaming through your committed seventh house of compromise, one-on-one relationships, and significant others, you’re intuitively preoccupied with themes revolving around the “give and take” of particular union. Some of you might even be feeling more emotionally connected to a crush and/or lover… but there’s more. The moon will be in harmony with red-hot Mars via your experimental eleventh house of associations, society, and social networks, turning up the heat and bringing the fire to this area of your chart. So, if you suddenly find yourself lusting over your crush via social media, now you know why.

Sagittarius Nov 22 - Dec 21 Check in with yourself and your sweetheart, Sagittarius. The moon slips into your cozy fourth house of home, family, innermost feelings, and emotional foundations today, encouraging you to go inward and prioritize your sense of stability. More importantly, however, the moon will be making a harmonious trine to go-getter Mars—the ruler of your romantic fifth house of love—via your eighth house of intimate unions, energetic exchanges, and soulmate connections. For instance, if you’ve been reluctant to open up to a crush or lover, today’s astro weather is providing you with the confidence and courage to move forward. Being vulnerable is hardly an easy task, but it’s time.

Pisces Feb 19 - Mar 20 You’re feeling yourself, and so is everyone else, Pisces.

Red-hot Mars governs your stability-seeking second house of comfort, finances, and value systems, and it’s currently lighting up your romantic fifth house of love, passion, and pleasure. So in addition to capitalizing on your talents, the astro-weather is reminding you of your value but more importantly, it’s encouraging you to invest in romantic partnerships that measure up to your self-worth. The moon is also activating your mutable waters, so cultivating compassion for yourself is key. The good news is, Luna will also form a charming trine with Mars, fusing the essence of your mystical depths with your carnal desires.

May 13, 2021

The Northern Rivers Times

IN MEMORIAM 65 Death Notice

Edwin Lindsay Leeson “Eddie”

Passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday 4th May 2021, aged 91 years.

Late of Wollongbar and formerly of Whian Whian.

Beloved husband of Val (dec) and Betty.

Treasured father and father-in-law of Christine, Karen & David, Phillip & Ros, Naree & Frank, Libby (dec) & Mick, Gayle, Janine & Bruce, Kate (dec) & David.

Much loved Pa of 26 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren.

Loved brother and brother-in-law of the Mortimer and Leeson families.

“Forever in our hearts”

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ALEXANDER RICHARDSON “ALEX” 27.07.1939 – 30.04.2021

Passed away peacefully with his loving wife by his side. Late of Ballina and formerly of Bangalow.

Dearly beloved husband of Joy. Much loved father and father-in-law of David; Dianne & Michael.

Loved Grandad of Jessica, Jordan, Cameron, Abbie and Olivia.

In keeping with Alex’s wishes a private family service has been held.

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Dixon Brenda Philip Catherine Thompson Born on 15th June 1942 at Mullumbimby District Hospital. at Byron Bay on Passed away peacefully Passed away peacefully on Sunday, Friday 18th December2nd 2020May at The2021.

Tweed Hospital

Aged Aged78 99Years. years.

Dearly loved son of Philip & Bessie Dixon (bothofdec’ d), Beloved wife Arthur (dec’d).

Philip wasloved born 3mother months after his father’s in death Much and mother lawwho of was 30 years old at the time.

Lynette & Mike Bull and Loved younger Brother of Lorna, Alan (dec’d) and Kerry Gordon. & Ron Hincks.

Loved Grandmother of Brianna, Family and Friends are warmly invited to attend Lucinda, Daniella, Celine Great Philip’s Funeral ServicePeter, to be held at theand Uniting Church, Dalley Grandmother Street Mullumbimby, of 7.on Wednesday 6th January at 10.00 am (NSW).

Missed sister2021, of Joyce, Betty and Faye.

After the service, the cortege will leave for the Bangalow Cemetery, Pioneers Crescent Bangalow.

A private cremation has been held.

McGuiness Funerals Murwillumbah (02) 6672 2144

Funeral Notice

Keith Austin

26 November 1935 - 6 May 2021

Keith passed away peacefully on Thursday 6th May 2021 at St Andrews Nursing Home - Ballina.

He was the loving husband of Wilma (d. 18 Mar 2020),

Father to Peter, Sue and Diane, with 8 adoring grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

He was loved by all his family and will be greatly missed but not forgotten.

Keith was born in Molong NSW the youngest of Lesley and Violet Austin’s seven children, he was the last surviving member of his generation of Austins.

A service to celebrate Keith’s life will be held at 10am on Monday 17 May at Guardian Funerals Chapel, 74 Kalinga St, West Ballina.

Ballina

Death Notice

Albert ZEHETNER Passed away peacefully at Crowley Care on Saturday, 8th May 2021.

Aged 85 years.

Much loved father of Albert and Anthony.

Loved Opa of Isla.

Funeral Notice

PHOLI, ASHLEY WILLIAM Passed away peacefully at St Vincent’s Hospital, Lismore on 9th May 2021.

Aged 78 years.

Late of Mummulgum & formerly of Dalby & Wyreema (Darling Downs).

Loving father & father in-law of Wayne, Julie & Terry Llewellyn.

Treasured pop of McKenzie Ashley, Trent James & Kayden William. Cherished brother of Shirley, Val & Bill.

Rest in Peace- Forever In Our Hearts Relatives & friends of Ashley are invited to attend his funeral service to be held on Monday 17th May, 2021 commencing at 2:00pm at the graveside in Casino Lawn Cemetery, Reynolds Road, Casino.

A service has been held.

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Ronald Roger “Peter” O’Brien 10.5.1931 – 29.4.2021

Joan, Lisa, Debbie and family wish to offer their sincere thanks to all who attended Peter’s farewell, and to everyone who has offered support, words of comfort or any assistance during this sad time of loss for our family.

Your thoughts, prayers and kindness are deeply appreciated.

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Livestock For Sale

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BANGALOW FARMER’S MARKET Saturdays 7am till 11am at Bangalow Hotel Carpark.

BLUE KNOB FARMER’S MARKETS Saturdays 8.30am till 12pm at Blue Knob Café, Lillian Rock.

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KYOGLE FARMER’S MARKET Saturday mornings Stratheden St, Kyogle.

LISMORE CAR BOOT MARKETS Lismore Square – 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month.

LISMORE FARMER’S MARKET Saturdays 8am till 11am at Lismore Showgrounds.

LISMORE PRODUCE MARKET Thursdays 2.30pm till 6.30pm at Magellan & Carrington streets.

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LISMORE RAINBOW REGION ORGANIC MARKET Tuesdays 7.30am till 11am at Lismore Showgrounds.

MULLUMBIMBY COMMUNITY MARKET 3rd Saturday of the month.

MULLUMBIMBY FARMER’S MARKET Fridays 7am till 11am at Mullumbimby Showground.

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MURWILLUMBAH FARMER’S MARKET Wednesdays 7am till 11am at Murwillumbah Showgrounds.

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NEW BRIGHTON FARMER’S MARKET Tuesday 8am-11am New Brighton Oval River St. Contact Allie on 02 6677 1345.

NIMBIN FARMERS MARKET Wednesdays 3pm till 6pm at Green Bank Carpark. Contact Jason on 02 6689 1512.

THE CHANNON CRAFT MARKETS 2nd Sunday of the month.

UKI FARMER’S MARKET Saturdays 8am till 12.30pm at Uki Hall.

YAMBA FARMER’S MARKET Wednesdays 7am till 1pm.

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CRAWFORD HOUSE MUSEUM The latest exhibition at Crawford House Museum, “At Home with the Crawfords”, tells the story of the William Ambrose Crawford family who lived at “Olivene” (now Crawford House Museum). It runs ‘til 30/5/21. The museum is at 10 Wardell Road Alstonville and is open Fridays 10am-4pm and Sundays 1pm-4pm. The Community Resource Centre is open for research Fridays only – prior bookings essential. Enquiries (02) 6628 1829, aphs2477@yahoo.com.au or www. aphsmuseum.org.au ALSTONVILLE PLATEAU HISTORICAL SOCIETY This year is the 20th anniversary of Alstonville Plateau Historical Society and they are going to celebrate the occasion on Saturday, October 2. All past and present members are welcome.

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RVSP by May 28 by email at aphs2477@yahoo. com.au or phone 66281829.

THE ALSTONVILLE BRANCH OF AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS will meet On Thursday,13th May at 1.30 p.m. at 3 Newbon Place, Alstonville. Apologies and enquiries to Colleen 0418623994.

SQUARE DANCING Summerland Larrikins Squares Alstonville, Fridays 7.30pm-9.30pm at Uniting Church Hall, 59 Main Street, Alstonville. Contact 0407663017 for further information. New dancers welcome.

NORTHERN RIVERS PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP The Northern Rivers Parkinson’s Support Group is holding their monthly Coffee Catchup on Friday 14th May from 10am-11.30am at Summerland Farm, Wardell Road, Alstonville.

This month we welcome Monique Feain, a local dance teacher who is also a qualified ‘Dance For Parkinsons’ instructor. She will highlight the benefits that movement has on those living with Parkinsons Disease and also lead a seated dance demonstration. You can also come and meet Rebecca Manners our Parkinson’s Support nurse. Our group offers support and information for both those living with Parkinson’s Disease and also those who are supporting them. Please RSVP to either Cheryl 0428286753 or Yvonne 66285884.

BALLINA BALLINA BACCI EXHIBITION SUCCESS Ballina Arts & Crafts Centre Inc, or BACCI, are proud to donate a cheque for $1000 to Paradise FM for their continual community support. The funds were raised from the BACCI Autumn Exhibition on 1 & 2 May. The event was opened by Hon Ben Franklin MLC and Jenny Ellenbroek, Station Manager from Paradise FM, and the exhibition received wonderful reviews. Receiving the cheque and pictured from L to R - Jenny Ellenbroek (Station Manager), Deb McFarlane (BACCI President) and Mary Richards (BACCI Vice President). BACCI always welcomes new member to show their arts and/or crafts and raise money for deserving community groups. Many thanks for the sponsorship from many local businesses, and The Northern Rivers Times. The next exhibition will be in November.

IN FOCUS TOASTMASTERS CLUB How about trying something different? If you would like to improve your communication and leadership skills or simply make new friends and have fun, you are warmly invited to attend the In Focus Toastmasters Club.

We meet the 3rd Wednesday evening of each month. You may attend either from the comfort of your own home via zoom or join us in person at the Cherry Street Sports Club, Ballina. For more information please contact: President Udo Moerig email tmumoerig@

gmail.com or Vice President Membership email Jan Coleman janetlcoleman@gmail.com Webpage: https://3209990.toastmastersclubs. org/ BALLINA LIFEBALL Each Tuesday (9:30-11am) at Ballina Indoor Sports Centre. Come and join us for exercise, fun and friendship. Contact Yvonne 0448004161 THE FREE BRUNCH CENTER It’s Back the Free Community Brekky Center is now reopening as The Free Brunch Center in Ballina, on the 1st Saturday of every month.

There will be sausage sizzle available along with hot dogs, sandwiches, fruit salad, tea, coffee and take away meals also available.

This will be presented under new Covid safe rules and restrictions. This is totally free and everyone is welcome. This is to be held at the Ballina Presbyterian Hall which is just behind the church, on the corner of Cherry & Crane Sts. The Brunch Center will be on the 1st Saturday of every month between 10am and 12pm.

BALLINA TOY LIBRARY Welcomes families from Ballina Shire, 9 Regatta Ave, Ballina. Open Saturday 10am 1pm, By appointment only on Tues & Wed. Ph. 0411719074 THE DEMENTIA INCLUSIVE BALLINA ALLIANCE invite those living with dementia and their carers to two art workshops being held between 9:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on the 14th and 21st May 2021. The venue is the Richmond Room, Ballina (behind Ballina library). The cost is $10 for materials.

Morning tea will be provided from 9:00am.

Live music will accompany the workshops.

The event is in collaboration with Dementia Australia. Please call or text Sue Hetherington

by Wednesday 12th May to register for a fun event. 0400052505.

BALLINA ARTS & CRAFTS The recent Autumn Art Exhibition held on 1-2 May by members of Ballina Arts and Crafts Centre Inc was a Great success with members receiving lots of great feedback from the crowds which flocked in both days. Opened by both Jenny Langbroek from Paradise Radio Ballina and Secretary for the Arts also local Ben Franklin MP both speakers applauded the talent of the artists and makers on display. The group will share proceeds from the exhibition with local nominated Ballina support services.

Next monthly meeting will be held first Monday of the month at Cherry St Sports from 5.30 pm sharp.

EAST BALLINA LIONS CLUB East Ballina Lions Club warmly welcome the community to the Ballina Community Market on Sunday 16th May Canal Road Ballina at 7:00am to 1:00pm. The Café Under the Trees is a great place to meet family and friends to relax and enjoy the Ballina Concert Band from 9:00am and live music all morning. The Lions will be serving their $8;00 plated full breakfast of bacon, egg, sausage, hash brown, tomato, onions and hot buttered toast. The stalls will be offering a good variety of goods for sale and new stall holders are welcome with site fees only $15;00. For enquiries and bookings please ring Wayne on 0410565477 or email ballinalionsmarket@gmail.com BALLINA HOSITAL AUXILIARY The results of our recent cake and craft stalls raise the sum of $1522.50 altogether. The winners of our Mother’s Day Raffle were:1st prize on Ticket No F88129 Maureen Weir, winning a Pampering Package for $110, Chocolates and Champagne.2nd prize on Ticket F88190 M. Graham, winning a beautiful hand made Quilt. 3rd Prize on Ticket F88197Lorraine McCleod, winning another beautiful handmade Quilt. We wish to thank the Ballina Sbire Community for all their support at our recent events.

PROBUS CLUB OF BALLINA WATERS The Probus Club of Ballina Waters will hold its next monthly meeting on Wednesday 19th May, commencing at 10.00 a.m. at the Cherry Street Sports Club. This will be the regular Monthly meeting, with Sue Bell as the guest speaker. Other activities coming up are a

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70 TRADES AND PROFESSIONAL luncheon on 28th May, a cheese factory tour and lunch on 27th May, and a day at the races on 14th June. This Probus Club is a mixed club and men and women are invited to attend and join this friendly group. Further details can be obtained by calling Faye on 66866585.

BALLINA CWA Ballina CWA Handicraft & Friendship mornings are held every Wednesday morning from 9 until 12 in our rooms on River Street.

Numbers are covid safe limited so could you please ring our Handicraft Officer Barb 0428116668 on Monday night to book a place.

Ballina CWA meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of the month at 9am in our rooms, please ring our Secretary Janet 0435323079 for more information. Mahjong is being played once again in The Ballina CWA rooms on River Street, Wednesdays & Thursdays starting at 12:15, for more information please ring David 0473587412.

NORTHERN RIVERS DAY PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP The next meeting of the Northern Rivers Day Prostate Cancer Support Group is to be held on Monday 17th May 10am until 12 noon at the Ballina Cherry Street Bowling Club Men diagnosed or newly diagnosed with prostate cancer and their partners or carers are most welcome to attend. These meetings are a wonderful opportunity to share, learn and benefit from other people’s experiences -Enquiries phone Bob Corney (02) 66281527 or 0400747630.

NORTHERN RIVERS FELLOWSHIP OF FIRST FLEETERS will be held on Sunday 23rd May 2021 at the Cherry Street Sports Club, Ballina at 11.15am.

The guest speaker will be speaking about Kezia Brown and William Millwood. All visitors are welcome. If you wish to attend please contact Roddy Jordan on 66875339 or via email hollysbuddy1@bigpond.com BRUNSWICK HEADS THE BRUNSWICK HEADS CWA Monthly meeting is held on the first Friday of every month. All members invited, new members welcome. Craft morning is every Friday from 10am to 2pm. Come and join this friendly group, learn how to knit, crochet and quilt with experienced and patient teachers!

Gold coin donation, please. For more information contact 0431908063.

BRUNSWICK VALLEY VIEW CLUB Our next luncheon meeting is on May 13 at 10.30am at Brunswick Heads Bowling Club.

Come along and hear an interesting guest speaker. Book with Wenda on 0449 563 580 or email wjhunt@yahoo.com.au no later than the Monday before. Our club continues to support seven disadvantaged students in The Smith Family’s Learning for Life program. To find out more about VIEW, visit www.view.org.au or call 1800 805 366.

CASINO CASINO CASINO MEALS ON WHEELS WK 1 MON: D.Clarke, D Allen, J & J Whittaker.

TUE: D Coleman, J Sweeney & own help.

WED: K Bratti, N McKee. THU: M Goodlad & own help.

FRI: L Dorrington, P Plunkett & own help OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS CASINO Wednesday 12noon AEST Free conference call & in-person meeting. Free conference call (03) 86720101, Access code 284 9437#. In person meeting Uniting Church Hall, corner Diary & Canterbury streets (please always phone to confirm in-person meeting is attended today) for info call 67376812 Angela.

CASINO - BEEF WEEK LUNCHEON Windara Nursery and Function Centre at Sextonville Road will be hosting the Beef Week Luncheon on Wednesday, 26 May. Guest Speaker, author of children’s books Gwendolyn Gray. A 2 course meal will be served. Doors open at 10.30am. Tickets $30 numbers limited. Covid restrictions apply.

Closing date for bookings 24 May. BIG MORNING TEA There will be a Big Morning Tea held at Clovass McKees Hill Hall on Wednesday 19th May from 10am. Raising funds for cancer care

charities. We will have tasty country cooking, lucky door prize, bring and buy stall and an interesting speaker. Entry by donation. Call Catherine for any enquiries 66631412.

CASINO RICHMOND RIVER MUSIC CLUB Will hold our country music singalong on Sunday 16th May at 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 66622625 or 0412910884.

AIR RIFLE CLUB Sat 8-12, rifles, ammunition & targets supplied Call Ollie 0414622272.

CASINO & DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP Advise we have a new phone number 66641118 & email casinofhg@gmail.com 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 0414625680.

LISMORE CASINO NAVAL ASSOC. Meets bi-monthly at Casino RSM, new members welcome. More info Chris 66293269 or Jim 0427400625.

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 50 members, 8am – 1.30 pm. Contact 66626423 DH or casmenshed@live.com.au CASINO MINI RAIL Every Sunday 10am to 4pm. Weather permitting. West Street Casino. Phone 0472638044.

CASINO VIEW CLUB Monthly luncheon meeting at Casino RSM Club at 11am, second Thurs of every month.

Contact Barbra on 66612530 or 0448969498.

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 66621838 or Jan on 66626424.

CASINO MIXED PROBUS CLUB Meeting 4th Thurs of the month. For more information call the secretary on 0419886119.

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 EVENING CWA Meets first Thurs of month. Casino Uniting Church at 6pm and for further information please ring Alison 0400956404 or Penny 0422301799.

CASINO & DISTRICT ORCHID SOCIETY AUTUMN SHOW Thursday 27th May 9am-3pm, Friday 28th May 9am-3pm, Saturday 29th May 9am-1pm.

St Marks Anglican Church Hall Barker St Casino.

CASINO BRANCH CWA MEETING DATES Casino branch CWA hold meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month at Casino Community Cultural Centre at 9.00am. Next meeting is 13th May, one week earlier because members are working at Primex. Our 95th birthday morning tea is being held on Friday 14th May. Thank you to all those wonderful people who supported our Mothers Day raffle. All proceeds go to local worthy causes.

Congratulations to the prize winners. 1st prize $100.00 voucher to spend at Scrivener and Webb: Betty Smith. 2nd prize gift basket donated by Scrivener and Webb: Janelle Mclennan. Thank you sincerely to Scrivener and Webb Chemist for your generous

donation and continued support of Casino CWA.

EVANS HEAD EVANS HEAD EVANS HEAD CWA meets over lunch, 3rd Tuesday every month @ Illawong Hotel, 12noon. New members welcome. Further info 0427825560.

EVANS HEAD BOWLING CLUB Congratulations to our Evans Head ladies who have won the No: 3 District Pennant for 2021.

They now play at the Regional Pennant Playoffs in Tweed/Byron district in August. The Grade 4 ladies still have games to play due to wet weather. They played Alstonville on 14/4 and secured 5 points. They now play Lennox Head on Friday. A social game was also played Wednesday with both games scoring 23-14.

Names are now being called for Major Singles and Pairs.

GRAFTON GRAFTON GRAFTON VIEW CLUB Grafton VIEW Club meets on the 4th Tuesday each month at Grafton District Services Club, Mary Street, commencing at 10.30am. Please come along & enjoy yourself with a tasty meal, motivated guest speaker & at the same time you will help disadvantaged children.

Please phone Vorna at 66424719 for catering purposes no later than the Friday before the meeting. As well, a social outing is held each month. You are warmly invited to come along, have some fun & you will be helping others as well. See you there!

GRAFTON & DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB We would love to welcome new members, come and see what we have to offer. Meeting on the 3rd Monday of every month. At the Grafton Masonic Centre, 104 Bacon St Grafton. Next meeting is Monday 17th May. Gather at 3.30pm for afternoon tea, meeting starts 4.30pm. Visit private gardens, enjoy bus trips with like-minded people, buy or swap plants and have fun! Further enquiries please text Rhonda on 0418685728. You can also find and follow us on Facebook.

UNITED HOSPITAL AUXILIARY GRAFTON BRANCH We what an amazing couple of weeks, the highlight was definitely the opening day of our new Clothing & Collectables Shop in Prince St. next door to the Saraton Theatre.

After finalising the details of a new shop at our meeting on Mon.26th April , we rallied the troops and set about getting the new shop ready for openning day Sat.1st May. A huge undertaking as we are a relalatively small group of volunteers, but as usual our members proved how capable and dedicated they are, and gave 110%. Mind you there was a few aches & pains at the end of each day.

Thank you to our patrons and invited guests for their kind words and encouragement, and all the members who made our opening day one to remember. Many thanks to Anthea Todd & The Notaras Family for your support in making this opportunity possible. And what a success our new shop has been,so many of the community calling in , buying up and donating goods and supporting us.

A big thank you each and everyone of you!

Lots of compliments about the look & style of the shop,and also for work our ladies do raising funds to purchase equipment for our Grafton Hospital. Thank you also to our volunteers who helped selling tickets in our beautiful Mothers Day raffle, which was drawn on Sun. 2nd May at GDSC. Ist prize a framed painting was ticket number A16860, 2nd prize a handbag set was ticket number A17990 and 3rd prize an electric pan was ticket number A15985. Our previous Easter Egg raffle winning ticket was A16669. We are also looking for people to join us in our fundraising, please call in and have a chat to our ladies at the shop or your welcome at our next monthly meeting at GDSC on Wed. 26th May at 1pm. The Grafton UHA Clothing & Collectables - Pre loved,Reloved and Handmade Goods, shop hours are, Tues - Fri 9.30am-3.30pm, Sat 9.30am-12.30pm Next door to Saraton Theatre, Prince St.

GRAFTON’S MIGHTY CLARENCE TOASTMASTERS CLUB Perhaps its time to find out what its all about!!! If you would like to improve your communication and leadership skills. Make new friends and have fun, you are warmly invited to attend the Mighty Clarence Toastmasters Club. We meet on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday evening of each month. You may attend either from the comfort of your own home via zoom or join us in person at the Joan Muir Community Centre 194 Turf Street Grafton. For more information please contact: Vice President Membership email Jan Coleman janetlcoleman@gmail.com Face Book page:https://www.facebook.com/ graftontoastmasters

KYOGLE KYOGLE KYOGLE SUNSHINE CLUB Meets every Thurs at 9.30am. For more details contact 0499824274.

RICHMOND RIVER BEEF PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION Meet on the 2nd Wed of every month at Kyogle Showgrounds in the luncheon room at 7pm. For more details Phone Jan on 0427293455.

KYOGLE COUNTRY MUSIC Kyogle Country Music will NOT be holding a show in May due to the unavailability of the Golf Club. Our next show will be on 13th June hope to see you then. Next day is on at 11am on Sunday 13th June. (No day in May due to previous booking of KYOGLE GOLF CLUB) It will begin with a short meeting with music shortly after. Lunch, Afternoon Tea and Drinks available. ALL WELCOME. 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 66322233.

SERVICE NSW’S MOBILE SERVICE CENTRE will be in Kyogle on Thursday, May 20 outside the Kyogle Memorial Institute Hall from 9am-3pm. The mobile centre will be able to take applications for Dine & Discover NSW vouchers as well as the popular Regional Seniors Travel Card, a $250 prepaid card to help ease the cost of travel. Other services available at the mobile centre include: driver licences and photo cards; driver knowledge tests; Working with Children checks; and applying for births, deaths and marriage certificates. *Appointments with a Cost of Living Specialist to access more than 90 government rebates and savings. The Mobile Service Centres are fitted with a ramp for easier access for all members of the community. It is a cashless service and will accept payment by cheque, EFTPOS or credit card. Please bring all your paperwork and supporting documents with you and check the website service.nsw.gov.au/msc on the day for final confirmation of the Mobile Service Centre arrival or call 13 77 88. *You are not able to make a Cost of Living appointment at a Mobile Service Centre however a Cost of Living Specialist will be able to assist when you arrive.

LENNOXHEAD HEAD LENNOX LENNOX HEAD LIONS CLUB New members welcome to join our close-knit club where the emphasis is on community service in a fun environment. Meetings are on the first and Third Wednesday of each month at Club Lennox starting at 6.30pm. Members do what they can, when they can to facilitate the needs of our club.

LENNOX HEAD DAY VIEW CLUB The Lennox Head Day VIEW Club meets on the first Monday of each month at the Lennox Head Community Centre. with the meeting starting at 11:00am and includes an interesting speaker and concludes with a light lunch. An informal Coffee and Chat meeting is held on the third Monday of the month. The Club sponsors three students through The Smith Family Learning for Life scholarship program that provides educational items for disadvantaged Australian children.

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COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD 71 New members and guests are most warmly welcomed and enquiries may be made to Enid 047 187 511 or Dawn 0466717435.

LENNOX HEAD CWA Handy Craft Mornings on Mondays 9.30am -12pm in the community centre at Lennox Head, Call Jan on 66816150.

PROBUS CLUB OF LENNOX HEAD The Probus Club of Lennox Head meets 9.30 for 10.00 a.m at Club Lennox, 10 Stewart Street, on the 1st. Thursday of each month.

Visitors are welcome. Also, retired or semiretired people wishing to join our non-service.

Club to hear interesting guest speakers and to join in trips and outings are invited along.

Phone Jan 66876859.

LISMORE LISMORE LISMORE BASE HOSPITAL AUXILLIARY Our Craft Market which was held on the 1st and 2nd of May at the Lismore Heights Sport, Recreation & Community Club Lismore Heights was a wonderful success. We raised $4,700.00 for the two day event. The Mother’s Day Raffle was won by a lovely lady from Alstonville. Thank you to everyone who supported us . Our wonderful members need applauding as they all worked very hard setting up, working on the stalls and packing up after the event. Meeting days are 2nd Thursday of the month at 2pm at The Lismore Heights Sport, Recreation & Community Club, Lismore Heights. New members always welcome. Next concert Sunday May 23rd.

Room 7 & 8 with Check 2 & Great Artists.

Free Show from 11am.

LISMORE HOME GARDEN EDUCATION CLUB May Meeting 1pm Thursday 13th May Lismore Workers Club. Flower for May Salvia or Daisy. Info contact Sec. dcoles39@outlook. com. 0448294496.

LISMORE TARGET RIFLE CLUB For .22 calibre rifles, meets Mon & Wed nights from 6.30 pm & the 1st & 3rd Sat of each month from 12 noon. Air Rifle shooting for .22 & 177 air rifles will also be available at the Saturday shoots. For more info please phone Derek on 66282082 (AH).

LADIES INDOOR BOWLS Played at Lismore Workers club, Mon mornings 9am, New members welcome.

Info Rosemary 0434611520 or Veronica 0417004622.

NR U3A LISMORE INC. (UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE) Retired? Make new friends, gain knowledge, laugh and learn, enjoy a richer retirement.

U3A offers over 30 classes and activities each week. One yearly fee of $50 entitles you to attend all classes / activities of your choice.

Interested ? Check out our webpage http:// www.u3anriv.org.au for course list, times and venues or contact 66227408 Follow us on Facebook.

ROTARY CLUB OF SUMMERLAND SUNRISE Meets every Friday at 7.05 am for breakfast at Coffee Shots Molesworth St, Lismore.

Interested in contributing to community?

Local and international? Join us please. Phone 0435 990 919 for more details.

TABLE TENNIS AT GOONELLABAH Tuesday and Thursday mornings social playing 9.00-12noon; Monday and Wednesday nights social playing 7.00-9.00pm; Training Monday mornings 9.00-12noon; Junior coaching after school Wed 3.30pm-4.45pm $6.00 a game to a session. Everybody is welcome – all levels. Phone centre on 66251602 Mon-Thur 9.00- 1.00pm or visit website www.fnctabletennis.com.au

JIGGI-GEORGICA RED CROSS The members of Jiggi-Georgica Branch of Red Cross would love the chance to welcome some new members to our meetings held in the R/ Cross Rooms (next to Tea Rooms) in Keen St, Lismore @ 11am on the 2nd Friday of each month. Lunch available from T/Rooms. Any inquiries please contact Joan 66888127.

LISMORE GIRL GUIDES 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, but please make contact first. 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.

SUMMERLAND AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Meetings of the club are normally held on the second Sunday of each month at the clubrooms: 412 Richmond Hill Road, Richmond Hill, 2480 at 1.00 pm. Visitors are welcome. The clubrooms are usually open on Sunday afternoons from about 1pm onwards. We are primarily amateur radio enthusiasts and welcome persons interested in radio, electronics, astronomy and similar subjects. For more details about the club and its activities,see the club’s website: https://sarc. org.au/ or check us out on Facebook at https:// www.facebook.com/SummerlandARC “MAINLY MUSIC” IN LISMORE FOR 2021 mainlymusic.org An interactive session for 0-5 year olds & parents/carers using fun songs and actions to help develop co-ordination and motor skills, followed by home cooked morning tea for adults while children enjoy supervised play time. Tuesdays 9.30-11.30 in school term. Anglican Parish Hall, Zadoc St Lismore. Enquiries 66213200 ROTARY CLUB OF LISMORE NETWORKING ‘Want to be part of an innovative, interesting and inclusive networking group who meet fortnightly to share ideas, meet other professionals and work together to make a difference in your community? Then Rotary Club of Lismore Networking could be the answer for you! Meets fortnightly on Wednesdays at the Rous Hotel, Keen Street, Lismore at 5.30pm. For more information contact Rita on 0413300578 or Gae 0412742095.

LISMORE REGIONAL PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP Lismore Regional Parkinson’s Support group meets every third Friday of the month at 10am Lismore Workers’ Club, Keen St, Lismore. The group gatherings alternate each month between a more formal meeting, complete with guest speaker one month, and the next month, a more social Coffee Catch-up. There is always an opportunity to share in a confidential, non-judgemental, positive and welcoming environment. All members of the Parkinson’s Community and their carers are most welcome. Contact: Di 66227959 or John 0490332268 or visit Lismore Regional Parkinson’s Support Group’s FaceBook Page https://www.facebook.com/ ParkinsonsLismore” ROTARY CLUB OF LISMORE WEST INC is in its 60th year and meets at the East Lismore Bowling Club each Thursday at 6.00 pm. New members would be made most welcome. Further information available on 0428151934.

COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES NORTHERN NSW Compassionate Communities of NSW are taking a break from the Ballina Coffee and

Community and Cafe Catch Up gatherings for the next few months. Threshold Choir rehearsals, Lismore Coffee and Community and Walks in Nature will continue. Please check this paper for and our facebook page for more information on when the coffee gatherings will resume EMBROIDERS GROUP Meetings are 9.30am-2.30pm 1st and 3rd Wednesdays and 3rd Saturday of each month, Red Dove Centre, Keen Street, Lismore. We welcome embroiderers of all ability levels from all towns and districts in the Northern Rivers.

PROBUS CLUB OF GOONELLABAH The Goonellabah Probus club meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month at Workers Sports Club Oliver Ave Goonellabah. Meetings commence at 10 am. New members welcome.

Contact Gloria Francis 66291442.

MACLEAN MACLEAN MACLEAN VIEW CLUB Monthly Meetings again, after months of Lock Down. It will start as usual 3rd, Thurs of month at 11am Contact Ruth Toyer on: 0409844212 by Mons, no later than 7 pm.

Numbers are required for catering purposes.

hands-on connection with the community, which was really hard for a lot of people.

“Volunteering is a great way to get back out there, make friends, and feel like you’re really making a difference to the lives of young people and their families,” she said. Members of Twin Towns Day VIEW Club volunteer for The Smith Family by keeping our members informed on the progress made by our clubs Learning For Life students provided to us by The Smith Family President Kathie said “There are many opportunities for people to help out”.

“We are always looking for women to join us in supporting The Smith Family and we’d encourage anyone interested to get in touch and come along to our next meeting to learn more about VIEW.” The Smith Family’s Acting CEO, Judy Barraclough, said volunteers were integral to deliver the work of The Smith Family. “By donating your time, talent, and expertise, we’re able to continue to provide critical education support to thousands of disadvantaged Australian children and their families. We couldn’t do it without you,” Ms Barraclough said. Anyone interested in finding out more about Twin Towns Day VIEW Club contact President Kathie on 0407709629 or visit www.view.org.au

MURWIILLUMBAH MURWILLUMBAH COMMUNITY GARDEN Members and visitors are invited to join the group for activities and gardening tips most Sundays. Time 3-5pm NSW Street parking Byo covered footwear, comfy clothing, hat and water. Children ok with strict supervision Covid plan operating Enq: Murbahcommunitygardens@ gmail.com Follow us on Facebook #MurwillumbahCommunityGarden COMMUNITY PRINTMAKERS MURWILLUMBAH Fine art printmakers. Meet at studio space.

224 Stokers Rd. Stokers Siding 2484.

Prints, gallery, workshops and more! E: cpmmurwillumbah@hotmail.comT: Peter 0498399640 or Sue 0408493253. Find us on Facebook & Instagram.

YAMBA YAMBA YAMBA DAY VIEW CLUB Yamba Day View Club’s monthly luncheons are held at Yamba Bowling Club on 3rd Monday of month, starting 10 for 10.30am.

Acceptance and apologies to President Lyn 66463164 by Friday prior to luncheon for catering purposes. We hold a monthly social outing either for lunch or morning tea and visitors are always welcome.

YAMBA LIONS CLUB Yamba Lions Club’s meetings are held 2nd & 4th Thursdays of month at Yamba Bowling Club, com. 7 for 7.30pm. For further information, please contact the Secretary Peter 0417546097. Social outings also held at various time and Visitors and New members welcome.

POTTSVILLE POTTSVILLE POTTSVILLE FUN CROQUET CLUB Meets at Black Rocks Sports Fields on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8.30am. New members are welcome to come and join us for a hit and a bit of fun. For any further enquires please call Jean on 0431606375. We will have a new starting time at the end of daylight saving.

We will begin play at 9.30am commencing on Tuesday, 6th April and Thursday, 8th April.

We play at Black Rocks Sports Field. New members are welcome. For further enquires please ring Jean on 0431606375.

ALLNORTHERN NORTHERN RIVERS ALL RIVERS TOASTMASTERS CAN HELP! Would you like to become better at socialising? Then Toastmasters Speechcraft can help. Do you need to make an important Speech? Then Toastmasters Speechcraft can help. Are you wanting to apply for that important promotion at work? Then Toastmasters Speechcraft can help. In Focus Toastmasters club will be running a 6-week Speechcraft course commencing 17th May at 7:30pm. The course will be run online through zoom Cost: $100 (if you decide to join Toastmasters after the course, to continue your journey, this cost will pay for your membership and fees up to September).

For details, please contact Donna on Ph: 0428878421.

NORTHERN RIVERS PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP The Northern Rivers Parkinson’s Support Group is holding their monthly Coffee Catchup on Friday 14th May from 10am-11.30am at Summerland Farm, Wardell Road, Alstonville.

This month we welcome Monique Feain, a local dance teacher who is also a qualified ‘Dance For Parkinsons’ instructor. She will highlight the benefits that movement has on those living with Parkinsons Disease and also lead a seated dance demonstration. You can also come and meet Rebecca Manners our Parkinson’s Support nurse. Please RSVP to either Cheryl 0428286753 or Yvonne 66285884.

TWEED HEADS TWEED HEADS TWIN TOWNS VIEW CLUB VIEW Clubs calling for volunteers to reconnect as COVID restrictions ease. Twin Towns Day VIEW Club is calling on members of the community to consider volunteering for children’s education charity, The Smith Family, as part of National Volunteer Week (17-23 May). VIEW (Voice, Interests and Education of Women) is a leading women’s organisation with 300 clubs across Australia, all dedicated to supporting children in need with their education through The Smith Family. Members do this through community fundraising, spreading awareness, and volunteering. This year, one of the key themes for National Volunteer Week is ‘reconnection’, which Twin Towns Day Club President Kathie said is more important than ever before. “Last year, COVID meant we couldn’t have that

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72 FISHING / TIDES/ WEATHER JUMPINPIN

FISHING NEWS

Snapper and mulloway on the reefs east of Jumpinpin, tailor inside the Pin Bar and along Kalinga Bank and mud crabs around Kangaroo Island.

STRADBROKE ISLAND Tailor in the surf at South Straddie, sand whiting in Fishermans Channel and along Never Fail Islands, flathead around Mosquito and Eden Islands and threadfin salmon in the lower reaches of the Logan River.

Yellowfin tuna, blue and striped marlin on the Continental Shelf, pearl perch and snapper on the 42s, school mackerel on the 18s and 24s, flathead, chopper tailor and tarwhine along the beaches, trevally, mulloway, tailor and tarpon in Southport Seaway, mulloway inside the Pin Bar, flathead, whiting and bream throughout Southport Broadwater and bream and trevally around the bridges and rocks walls in the rivers and creeks.

CURRUMBIN School mackerel on Palm Beach Reef and the Gravel Patch east of Burleigh,

SOUTHPORT

flathead and whiting in the low tide gutters and a few tailor on top of the tide along the beaches and flathead, bream and whiting in the lower reaches of the creeks.

TWEED COAST Flathead, bream and trevally on lures in the middle reaches of the Tweed River.

TWEED OFFSHORE Snapper, tuskfish, maori cod, moses perch and flathead on the 24s and 30s east of the Tweed POTTSVILLE

Dart, bream and a few tailor along the beaches, flathead, whiting, bream and mud crabs in the middle reaches of the creeks and luderick around the rock walls and bridge pylons in the lower reaches.

EVANS HEAD Snapper and trag jew on Kahors Reef, spanish and spotty mackerel on North Ground, tailor and mulloway at night along the beaches, bream, tailor and mulloway along the rock walls at the Evans River mouth and bream, flathead and whiting in the lower reaches.

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

Thurs 13th May 22 - 13 21o - 18o 22o - 14o 21o - 18o 22o - 17o 22o - 17o o

o

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6% 63% 47% 63% 61% 48%

23 - 10 22o - 15o 23o - 11o 22o - 15o 22o - 16o 24o - 13o o

MOON PHASES Fri 14 May

Mon 17 May

Thu 20 May

o

Sat 15th May 3% 4% 3% 4% 4% 3%

20 - 6 20o - 12o 19o - 9o 20o - 12o 20o - 12o 22o - 12o o

o

5% 46% 5% 46% 41% 39%

Sun 16th May

Mon 17th May

Tues 18th May

Wed 19th May

22 - 7 21o - 13o 21 - 10o 21o - 13o 21o - 13o 21o - 13o

21 - 6 19o - 13o 18o - 10o 19o - 13o 19o - 13o 20o - 12o

21 - 7 21o - 13o 20o - 10o 21o - 13o 21o - 13o 22o - 12o

21o - 7o 22o - 12o 20o - 10o 22o - 12o 23o - 12o 23o - 12o

o

o

6% 48% 40% 48% 49% 40%

o

o

6% 77% 52% 77% 67% 47%

o

o

5% 43% 5% 43% 43% 5%

5% 40% 6% 40% 40% 5%

TIDE TIMES & HEIGHTS CLARENCE - RIVER ENTRANCE

Waxing Crescent 6% Visible

Waxing Crescent 27% Visible

First Quarter 50% Visible

Sunrise & Sunset

DAY Thursday 13th May Friday 14th May Saturday 15th May Sunday 16th May Monday 17th May Tuesday 18th May Wednesday 19th May

DAY Thursday 13th May Friday 14th May Saturday 15th May Sunday 16th May Monday 17th May Tuesday 18th May Wednesday 19th May

SUNRISE 6:22 am 6:23 am 6:23 am 6:24 am 6:24 am 6:25 am 6:26 am

LOW 3:29 am 0.5m 4:07 am 0.52m 4:47 am 0.55m 5:31 am 0.59m 6:23 am 0.62m 7:22 am 0.64m 8:26 am 0.62m

HIGH 9:42 pm 1.67m 10:17 pm 1.66m 10:56 pm 1.63m 11:38 pm 1.59m 12:57 pm 1.08m 2:14 pm 1.1m

LOW 3:00 pm 0.47m 3:30 pm 0.51m 4:01 pm 0.56m 4:36 pm 0.61m 5:19 pm 0.66m 6:15 pm 0.71m 7:26 pm 0.74m

EVANS HEAD - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 13th May Friday 14th May Saturday 15th May Sunday 16th May Monday 17th May Tuesday 18th May Wednesday 19th May

NORTHERN RIVERS AREA

HIGH 9:11 am 1.29m 9:47 am 1.24m 10:26 am 1.19m 11:07 am 1.14m 11:56 am 1.1m 12:25 am 1.55m 1:21 am 1.52m

HIGH 9:06 am 1.41m 9:45 am 1.35m 10:24 am 1.29m 11:08 am 1.24m 11:56 am 1.19m 12:23 am 1.71m 1:17 am 1.67m

LOW 3:35 am 0.49m 4:15 am 0.49m 4:58 am 0.52m 5:43 am 0.56m 6:30 am 0.6m 7:22 am 0.64m 8:18 am 0.65m

HIGH 9:33 pm 1.84m 10:10 pm 1.83m 10:49 pm 1.8m 11:33 pm 1.75m 12:52 pm 1.16m 1:59 pm 1.16m

LOW 3:09 pm 0.46m 3:42 pm 0.49m 4:18 pm 0.54m 4:59 pm 0.6m 5:45 pm 0.65m 6:41 pm 0.69m 7:45 pm 0.71m

BALLINA - RIVER ENTRANCE SUNSET 5:05 pm 5:05 pm 5:04 pm 5:04 pm 5:03 pm 5:02 pm 5:02 pm

DAY Thursday 13th May Friday 14th May Saturday 15th May Sunday 16th May Monday 17th May Tuesday 18th May Wednesday 19th May

HIGH 9:14 am 1.28m 9:51 am 1.22m 10:30 am 1.17m 11:12 am 1.12m 12:02 pm 1.08m 12:30 am 1.57m 1:27 am 1.55m

LOW 3:36 am 0.54m 4:15 am 0.55m 4:56 am 0.57m 5:41 am 0.59m 6:30 am 0.63m 7:28 am 0.64m 8:29 am 0.64m

HIGH 9:43 pm 1.71m 10:19 pm 1.69m 10:58 pm 1.66m 11:41 pm 1.61m 1:04 pm 1.07m 2:17 pm 1.1m

LOW 3:01 pm 0.47m 3:32 pm 0.5m 4:05 pm 0.54m 4:43 pm 0.58m 5:28 pm 0.64m 6:23 pm 0.69m 7:33 pm 0.73m

BRUNSWICK HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE

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DAY Thursday 13th May Friday 14th May Saturday 15th May Sunday 16th May Monday 17th May Tuesday 18th May Wednesday 19th May

HIGH 9:01 am 1.3m 9:36 am 1.24m 10:13 am 1.18m 10:53 am 1.13m 11:41 am 1.09m 12:18 am 1.6m 1:15 am 1.57m

LOW 3:18 am 0.49m 3:57 am 0.51m 4:38 am 0.54m 5:23 am 0.57m 6:15 am 0.6m 7:12 am 0.61m 8:13 am 0.59m

HIGH 9:35 pm 1.74m 10:11 pm 1.72m 10:49 pm 1.69m 11:30 pm 1.64m 12:43 pm 1.07m 1:58 pm 1.09m

LOW 2:44 pm 0.38m 3:15 pm 0.42m 3:47 pm 0.47m 4:24 pm 0.53m 5:08 pm 0.59m 6:06 pm 0.64m 7:20 pm 0.67m

TWEED HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 13th May Friday 14th May Saturday 15th May Sunday 16th May Monday 17th May Tuesday 18th May Wednesday 19th May

HIGH 8:53 am 1.31m 9:29 am 1.26m 10:07 am 1.21m 10:47 am 1.15m 11:36 am 1.11m 12:21 am 1.58m 1:18 am 1.56m

LOW 3:05 am 0.56m 3:43 am 0.58m 4:24 am 0.61m 5:09 am 0.64m 6:01 am 0.67m 7:00 am 0.68m 8:04 am 0.66m

HIGH 9:30 pm 1.69m 10:08 pm 1.68m 10:48 pm 1.65m 11:31 pm 1.62m 12:40 pm 1.09m 2:00 pm 1.1m

LOW 2:36 pm 0.46m 3:08 pm 0.5m 3:41 pm 0.55m 4:18 pm 0.6m 5:02 pm 0.65m 5:59 pm 0.7m 7:13 pm 0.73m

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SPORTS RESULTS 73 KYOGLE BOWLS RESULTS Pennant results Kyogle grade 5 defeated Lennox Head 8.5 points to 1.5, grade 3 lost to Alstonville 1 point to 9.

ZONE ONE BOWLS NEWS Bowls New South Wales Annual Inter Zone Championships would have to be the most prestigious events for bowlers to represent their Zones at either Open or Seniors level. The sixteen Zones within the State have now completed their side selections, having considered contestants whose performances at various competitions and trials have been scrutinized.

Zone One final selections to compete at the 2021 tournament in the Tamworth precinct, 17-22 May, have been announced as hereunder.

SENIORS INTER ZONE CHAMPIONSHIP 17-19 MAY: Cliffe Vagg, Yamba; Des Johnson, Maclean; Graham Meaney, Yamba; Don Plummer, Yamba; Steve Jackson, Yamba; Steve Massey, Kingscliff; Ken Coyte, Cabarita Beach; Geoffrey Mullen, Kingscliff; Terry McFadden, Lismore Heights; Terry Lee, Kingscliff; Brian Burton, Byron Bay; Ian Parker, Yamba. Reserve – Wayne Bartlett, Kingscliff.

OPEN INTER ZONE CHAMPIONSHIP 20-22 MAY: Josh McDonnell, Alstonville; Phil Sharp, Lennox Head; Indy Conlan, Ballina; Peter Taylor, Alstonville; Ricky Barnes, Ocean Shores; Richy Northcott, Mullumbimby; Kris Lehfeldt, Pottsville; Brendan Egan, Ocean Shores; Ron Piggott, Grafton; Paul Earl, Pottsville; Troy Makin, Ocean Shores; Luke Jones, Ballina.

Reserve – David Cranwell, Condong.

Best wishes for good bowling to these final Zone One bowlers as they do battle at Tamworth next week.

SOUTH TWEED SPORTS (BOWLS SECTION) AKA SOUTH TWEED SHARKS Bowls Results Week Date: Saturday…1st May to Friday 7th May 2021 Saturday Open Bowls Winners: Ted Robinson, Elmo Koelmeyer, Ian Whitehall Runner Up: Jock Reid, John O’Neill, Barry McLennan, Peter Johnston Saturday Open Pairs: Winners: Lyn Kennedy & Shane O’Toole Runners Up: Norma Robertson & Kim Mitchell Tuesday Open Bowls: Winner: Pauline Howlett & Barbara Welsh Runner Up: Jock Reid, Bev Wheatley, Lyn Kennedy Wednesday Morning Open Pairs: Winners: Alan Fawcett & Warren Peart Runner Up: Glenn Coste & Ivan Ensbey Wednesday Open Bowls: Winners: Washed Out Runners Up: Thursday Sharkies Singles: Winner of Winners: Wayne Earea Runner Up of Winners: Tony Middlemiss

Winner of Losers: Bill Greenway Runner Up Winner of Losers: Barbara Welsh

E.Thorman J. Payne 26 d S.Keen B. Hardy 13 R. Poynting 20 d L.Turner 15 P. Hume L.Hardy 15 d P. Payne S.Hume 8 R. Poynting L Hardy 20 d S.Hume E. Thorman 8 Championship game : N.Poynting R. Chapman12 d G.Drew G.Porter 9

Longest drive male went to Justin Skaines and female to Tabita Haynes.

The final amount raised was $1578 after expenses.

The latest round of the Mid Richmond Education Fund is now open until June 20. For more information and how to apply for funding, visit

midrichmondeducationfund.org Photos by Samantha Elley

L to R Barbara Welsh Bill Greenway Wayne Earea Tony Middlemiss

CASINO RSM WOMEN’S BOWLS RESULTS Casino women’s bowlers day out

Results for Wednesday 5/5: Winners for the day were: D. Skinner & K. Jonsson def R. Skirrey & A. Williams Other rink winners were: J. Carthew, J. Dwyer & A. James def C.Doyle, D. Grice & I. Watson J. Newell, C. Haynes & H. Lavelle def P. Brown, N. Moran & A. McLean Results for Friday 7/5 Winners were : S. Birrell, C. Doyle & C. Haynes def J. Newell, J. Carthew & I. Watson Major Singles championship start on Wednesday 12/5 CHERRY STREET CROQUET CLUB SPORTS RESULTS

Pennants: Alstonville 5 d Cherry Street 1 Ballina 5 d Casino 1 Byron Bay 3 d Lismore 3 Association :

Beryl Chambers Northern Rivers Qualify was won by Gary Urquhart Sawtell.

Runner up : Neville Poynting Cherry Street.

N.Poynting 14 d G.Porter 13 G.Urquart 14 d R.Chapman 7 G.Urquart 17 d N.Poynting 9 R.Chapman 26 d G.Porter 22 N.Poynting 21 d R.Chapman 14 G.Porter 17 d G.Urquart 14.

Congratulations to David Scott who has been selected in the CNSW mens golf squad.

Golf : Div 2 Club Championship final winner Norma Watts with runner up Gail Frederiksen.

A very close game with plenty of tactics and excitement for spectators.

Final score 7 / 4.

Leanne Clarkson, president of the Mid Richmond Education Fund with the winning team of the fund’s Golf Day on May 2.

GOLF DAY FOR MID RICHMOND EDUCATION FUND It was touch and go as far as the weather was concerned but the Mid Richmond Education Fund’s Golf Day went ahead on Sunday, May 2, amidst more sunshine than rain.

While there were wet puddles throughout the Woodburn-Evans Head golf course and a few balls went missing, only to be retrieved once the drains dry out, all participants had a great day.

Local golfers of all handicaps gathered to help support the fund in the first of their two fundraisers for the year.

For the last 11 years the fund has been helping young people of the MidRichmond to achieve their career goals by offering a grant for tools, textbooks, laptops or any other requirements needed.

The fund has already granted over $12,000 to young people, even helping one young woman to set up her own business.

The golf day had a shotgun start at 8am after a bacon and egg roll breakfast and shared the course with kangaroos, black cockatoos and even a koala.

This writer even got in the firing line, thanks to a wayward tee off while taking a photo. It was a near miss.

Lunch was a barbequed sausage and onion sandwich and presentations were held in the clubhouse.

Winners of the day were R Pursey, B Mayes and P Carey, second were D Cottes, M Flaherty and C Flaherty, third went to L Lewis-Hughes, T Martin and J Skaines.

NTP male was Mat Flaherty, NTP female was Louise Young.

The Evans Head Golden Oldies took care of breakfast and lunch for the golfers.

Some damp obstacles were overcome on the day.

This shot was headed straight for the photographer.

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GRAFTON TO INVERELL CYCLE CLASSIC

By Tim Howard

Australian under-23 cyclist Rudy Porter has taken out the 60th Grafton to Inverell Cycle Classic with a time of 5hrs56min12sec for the 228km Australian National Road Series event.

The time is more than 10 minutes outside Neil Van der Ploeg’s 5.46.26 race record set in 2017.

Veteran Grafton Cycle Club rider Dallas Parker has picked up second place in the third division of to be the best performed local rider in the 2021 event held on Saturday.

He finished 38 seconds behind Inverell Cycle Club rider Codie Millar, who crossed the line in 7:16:34.

Parker was the best of a contingent of Grafton and Yamba riders who competed in the third division of the classic.

The next best Clarence

Grafton Cycle Club members Blake Called and Lena Jansen finished in 63rfd and 64th positions, followed by the Grafton Wheelmen, Tim Keogh, Brock Standfield,

Garry Reardon and Jye Reardon filling positions 64 to 67.

Yamba riders Derek Van Leest and Benjamin Patch were 69th and 70th and

Grafton Cycle Club riders Michelle Newstead and Grant Hodgins were 77th and 78th.

It was Keogh’s first ride in the classic, a decision he put down to the persistence of his friend Garry Reardon.

“Why would you do it?

Stupidity,” Keogh said minutes before he and about 80 other riders lined up under the starting gate opposite Memorial Park in Grafton before setting out on the rise which includes the formidable 17km climb up the Gibraltar Range.

Keogh has only been cycling competitively for the last couple of years in Grafton, was persuaded to join this year’s event as a personal challenge.

“The local riders do it as a challenge and I decided to be part of it this year,” he said.

For a full list of results go to: https://www. graftontoinverell.com.au/ results/

Female sporting teams across regional NSW will benefit from new and improved facilities and regional towns will soon see even more investment in community infrastructure and programs that will make a big difference to everyday life in the bush, thanks to the $100 million Stronger Country Communities Fund.

Deputy Premier John Barilaro, Minister for Women Bronnie Taylor and Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning Sarah Mitchell said applications are now open for Round Four and communities are encouraged to apply.

“Up to $50 million is dedicated to the delivery of female sports facilities and programs, to encourage greater female participation in all levels and codes across regional NSW,” Mr Barilaro

said.

“This NSW Government funding will make a big difference in the bush by delivering new and improved facilities as well as programs for female sports teams and is another step towards levelling the playing field for girls and women in remote, rural and regional communities.”

“A lack of adequate amenities, especially for females, can often be a barrier to participation. By improving and building purpose-fit facilities and developing programs, girls and women will feel more welcome, safe and encouraged to regularly participate in sports and active recreation,” Ms Mitchell said.

Mrs Taylor said getting facilities up to date, particularly women’s change rooms, will ensure all female athletes are supported to take part in a wide

range of sports, including once male dominated codes.

“Facilities designed exclusively for women should be standard and this funding will help women all over rural and regional NSW overcome a major hurdle and feel empowered to play the sports they love with comfort and confidence,” Mrs Taylor said.

“We’re supporting female athletes of all ages and backgrounds to participate in sport, from grassroots to elite level and the Stronger Country Communities Fund is all about building a safer, stronger NSW for everyone.”

The Stronger Country Communities fund is part of the NSW Government’s $2 billion Regional Growth Fund.

Applications for Round Four close on June 25. For more information, go to: www.nsw. gov.au/SCCF

Clarence Valley riders crowd the start line of the Grafton to Inverell Cycle Classic third division section.

Valley rider was Yamba Cycle Club rider Richard Hunt who finished 34th in 7:22:20.

Another Grafton rider, Benjamin Smith, finished 39th in 7:34:46.

Ballina Dragons Slay the competition !!!!

Regional Sports Funds

Tiffany Keenan and Eman Javidi.

The Ballina Dragon Boat Racing Club travelled south to compete at the annual Urunga Dragon Boat Regatta in the first weekend of May. Over 22 teams from the Hunter and North Coast of NSW competed, with Ballina Dragons placing in every category.

The first event, a 7.5k marathon is a true test of endurance, a gruelling distance that relies on physical stamina and teamwork. Ballina Dragons had a convincing win, placing first with a 40 second lead.

On Sunday, the club had wins in the Women’s 20’s and the Mens 10’s, placed second in the Mixed 20’s and third in Women’s 10’s.

In line with tradition their

newest paddlers went up to receive the trophies, with their eye-catching orange team hats and shirts sporting the iconic “dragon prawn”, Ballina Dragons have certainly put their stamp on what should be a competitive regatta season.

Ballina Dragon Boat Racing Team train Mondays and Thursdays at 5.30pm, and Saturday mornings at 7.30am. With the assistance of our major sponsors, Cherry Street Sports Club in Ballina, the club is upgrading its equipment to enable us to welcome new members to come and try Dragon Boating for fun, fitness and competition. Go to http:// www.ballinadragons.net/ for more information.

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ALL GIRLS SURFRIDERS APRIL COMPETITION Renee Adamson reports on the All Girls Surfriders April competition: “Wow, wow and wow! What an absolute ripper of a round.

After almost lake-like conditions over the last couple of days, Huey did not disappoint for our April Club round, providing us with beautiful, autumn sunshine and a glassy 1–4-foot swell.

There were some absolute bomb sets coming through out the back testing the skills of those brave enough to take them on as well as plenty of steady reforms on the inside sections for our beginner and intermediate surfers.

All in all, another great round of surfing from all divisions leaving plenty of big smiles, surf stoke and even a few surprise results at the end. Congratulations

Opens Surfers Kahlila Marshall, Ruby Muir and Mia Baker.

Photographer: Renee Adamson

to all of our competitors.

See you next club round at

our Arrawarra Campout.

Checkout the newsletter

for more details.”

Results: Opens 1st

Kahlila Marshall, 2nd Mia Baker, 3rd Amy Hsieh, 4th Lilian Beadham. Longboard 1st Mel Mott, 2nd Helen Sherman, 3rd Maz Pentecost, 4th Nat Edminston. Junior Beginner 1st Mika Cruden, 2nd Miliani Tighe, 3rd Isabelle McRae, 4th Sienna Johnson. Junior Intermediate 1st Cinta Hamilton, 2nd Coco Gallagher, 3rd Lani Ferwerda, 4th Ruby Campbell. Senior Intermediate 1st Marika Ilic, 2nd Deb Stokes, 3rd Renee Adamson, 4th Berenice Roberts. Senior Beginner 1st Erin Baker, 2nd Laura Woolcott, 3rd Tara McGready, 4th Danielle Boal. Wahine Masters 1st Jane Collins, 2nd Serena Adams, 3rd Danah Benson, 4th Nat Edminston.

CHARITY EVENT RETURNS

By Tania Spiers-Phillips

More than 144 players took part in the 17th Annual (except for last year) Tweed District Men of League Golf Club at Coolangatta Tweed Golf Club on Friday in perfect weather.

Players came from as far away as Runaway Bay, Kyogle and Lismore to play in the event which has been held every year since 2005 (with only Covid halting the competition last year).

MOL Tweed Secretary Tom Cassin said while there were a lot of players that had been involved from the start this year there were 13-14 teams who haven’t played before.

The event is one of the major fundraisers for the Tweed chapter of the Men Of League charity “It’s one of our major fundraisers for the year – we’re fairly active here on the Tweed, The Men Of League (MOL) we have about five or

Representing Seagulls are Craig Overall, Terry Kean, Steve Annikin, Aroha Wezner and Terry Colivas. six functions a year but this is one of our main ones,” Tom said.

He said the group had more

The engine room – Dennis Johnson, Paul Rimington and Tom Cassin register the players and welcome them to the event.

than 200 members as off last year – but with membership currently renewing he was unsure how many they would

have on their books for 2021.

“We used to have a lot more than that – but people move around and some people have

MOL stalwarts Graham Callaghan and Kel Judd man the front door.

dropped out but it’s still a good number,” Tom said.

“MOL is a charity set up in 2002 with the aim of helping ex-footballers (and officials) and their families who had fallen on hard times and were doing it tough, medically or mentally. We help people out buying them motorized scooters, we help them out with medical bills, with food vouchers, different things like that.

“We don’t give them cash but we will pay bills for them if they demonstrate a need.

“They don’t have to be an ex-footballer, they can be the family of footballers – their kids. A lot of people were under the misconception originally that men of league was only for blokes who played at the top level but it’s not it’s for anybody, its for their families, referees families and all that sort of stuff.

“It’s Australia-wide now, there’s about 30 committees scattered around Australia, mainly down NSW, Qld and Melbourne, ‘cause that’s where most of the population lives anyway!”

Tom said in 2019 the MOL gave out grants and well being to the value of more than a million dollars.

“We raised about $45K here on the Tweed but we got grants back to the value of $50k,” he said.

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FAR NORTH COAST TABLE TENNIS

By Tonia Dynan

ABOUT 30 teens from four local high schools filled up the Far North Coast Table Tennis Centre last week for the annual interschool table tennis competition.

The students from Kadina, Alstonville, Richmond River and Kyogle high schools competed to be the winning team and potentially play for a Northern Rivers table tennis team.

“They’re all playing each other in a round robin, and then we’ll end up ultimately with a team that wins, and from that I understand they select a Northern Rivers team and go on to a competition with other high schools,” Julie Burton, a level one nationally accredited coach who was on hand to help the players, said.

At the end of the day, Richmond Rivers High

School won both the doubles competition and the singles competition.

“It’s great, a good turnout.

The students from Kyogle are only in Year 7, so it’s the first time they’ve ever been here and they’re having a great

time. They want to know when they can come back.

Ms Burton said table tennis was a sport for life.

“If you learn to play as a junior, you probably find you move on and suddenly you’re at college or TAFE or uni and you’ll find someone playing table tennis.

“And then as an older person anywhere you go, on holidays or anywhere, someone will say, ‘let’s play some table tennis’.

“I started playing when I was 12, I’m 60 and still playing and still coaching.

I’ve had some big gaps where I haven’t played for many, many years, but I come back to it and just pick it up.

“It’s great for fitness, great socially and it’s fun, it’s a happy sound. It’s an Olympic sport, it’s cheap to play and a great game for people to access with their children.

“We have one of the best centers in New South Wales right here, so let’s make use of it.”

Third-placed Seagulls snatch Ipswich victory

By Neil Cadigan The Campbell Construction Co. Tweed Seagulls had to, yet again, come from behind on the scoreboard to record their fifth win from six games and retain third spot on the Intrust Super Cup ladder with a 32-26 victory against Ipswich Jets at North Ipswich Reserve on Saturday.

The Seagulls have only once this season not given up a lead either by halftime or in the second half but have failed only once to peg back the deficit – in the second round 36-24 loss to the unbeaten Wynnum Manly.

In four of their five victories – against the Capras, Magpies, Bears and Jets – they have shown the character and confidence to overhaul their opponents (they led most of the game against Redcliffe, the Gulls’ best win of the season).

And it was the case again against the unconventional Jets in a game in which Tweed conceded an eightpoint try, four penalty goals and possession from three shallow kick-offs – all of which shows what visiting teams confront in Ipswich: a style which can put opponents out of stride.

“It wasn’t a pretty victory but that’s what you get against Ipswich,” said coach Ben Woolf.

“It’s hard to keep any momentum against them because it’s such a stop-start

Action from round five of the Intrust Super Cup QRL competition match between Tweed Seagulls and Ipswich. Pictures Dylan. game with their short kickoffs, slow play the balls and a heap of penalties. It was a frustrating game but we rolled downfield well against them and I always thought we could score points if we kept the ball.

“We stood back waiting for something to happen and let them run across the field too much but in the end we corrected that a bit and got a valuable win.”

Right winger Talor Walters scored a hat-trick of tries, the first coming in sixth minute from a smart passing movement down the short side after a run of possession.

Lindon McGrady’s conversion made it 6-0 but the Jets scored the next 18 points over 28 minutes,

a period that saw Tweed forwards Darius Farmer and JJ Collins spend HIA stints on the sideline.

The first of the Jets’ touchdowns was ruled an eight-point try with McGrady penalised for using his legs dangerously even though it seemed an innocuous incident after Ipswich prop Nathanial Neale pounced on a grubber kick that rebounded off a Tweed defender.

A converted try and two more penalty goals gave Ipswich an 18-6 lead after 34 minutes before Lee Turner crossed on the left to bring the score back to 18-10 at the break.

The Jets went to 24-10 ahead with a converted try

scored by second-rower Julian Christian when he rolled through the middle of the ruck from close range.

Tweed quickly gained some composure with Walters crossing for his second try from a scrum after a Jets’ dropped ball before former Souths Logan Magpies forward Luke Burton picked up a double on debut for the Seagulls within seven minutes with McGrady’s conversions giving Tweed the lead at 26-24 for the first time since early in the match.

Burton, who played for Runaway Bay in the Gold Coast competition last season after the Intrust Super Cup was abandoned,

accepted a tip-back from centre Treymain Spry after a Seagulls bomb and then hit a hole off hooker Liam Hampson to grab his second.

It was left to Walters, who played strongly and had plenty of work to cross for all three of his tries, to secure the victory when he crossed in the right corner with three minutes remaining.

His strength, footwork and pace has turned the former fullback into a quality finisher on the right flank and his hat-trick gives the utility back, who scored 14 tries in 2019, five for the season.

There were no stand-out performers for the Seagulls in a match marred by continual stoppages but none were better than prop Jai Whitbread who has dropped back from the Titans with good energy and commitment in every game this season.

The Seagulls stand two points behind leaders Wynnum Manly on the ladder, level with the unbeaten Norths Devils who were scheduled to play Burleigh Bears on Sunday.

Tweed take on Northern Pride at Piggabeen Sports Complex next Saturday.

TWEED HEAD SEAGULLS 32 (T Walters 3, L Burton 2, L Turner tries; L McGrady 4 goals) def. IPSWICH JETS 26 (N Neale, T Coburn, J Christian tries; J Cleeland 7 goals) at North Ipswich Reserve.

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Women’s Water Polo Team Finetune in Alstonville The Australian Women’s Water Polo Team is training in the Northern Rivers, just 10 weeks out from the Tokyo Olympics.

The national team is a strong contender for an Olympic medal. In the past the women’s team have won gold in 2000 in Sydney and bronze at the 2008 and 2012 games. This team placed third in the last World Championships, played in 2019.

The 16 teammates will spend three weeks at the Alstonville pool and stay in Lennox Head with their coaches. Only 13 of the 16 will be selected to go to the Tokyo Olympics and the selection will be made by the coaches in two weeks.

Maddy Steere, 24, is hoping to qualify for her first Olympics.

“I am a little bit nervous, I think it’s unavoidable to feel nerves but I’m also excited to hear to the team announced, because Covid delayed that for a year. The suspense is

killing us, finding out will be a relief,” she said.

Ms Steers said she was concentrating on playing with confidence and being versatile.

“I want to use all the skills I have and not be too nervous or shy to execute shots in the moment. It is a dream of mine to go to the Olympics and I hope it will come true.”

Teammate Pascalle Casey, 26, is concentrating on ensuring play combinations with her teammates are sharp and ready to go.

“We have been together now for four year but recently we’ve really been working on those combinations in certain positions and that will help us in Tokyo,” she said.

Seven girls on the team did compete in the Rio Olympics and Ms Casey says their experience shows.

“It’s once every four years and you just can’t replicate the Olympics. All the girls here want it as much as each other and we’re all working hard in every session

to improve our position and make it the best team possible.”

Head coach Predrag Mihailovic said the four coaches – the head, two assistants and a goal coach – would choose the team.

“Of course, we haven’t been able to play international games, so that is one minus. We do play the under-19 and under-20s Australian men’s squads,” he said.

Mr Mihailovic said a water polo player needed to be a strong swimmer and have solid technique and sharp game awareness.

“It’s a tough sport,” he said, “and to combine all these skills is a big request.”

Mr Mihailovic said the players and coaches were all relieved to be getting the Covid vaccine ahead of travelling to Japan.

“It has given us all more certainty. This is about safety so there are no consequences going to Japan. It’s a good thing,” he said.

Pascalle Casey with Maddy Steere

RTC GROUP JOINS NORTHERN NSW FOOTBALL TO ANNOUNCE INAUGURAL INDIGENOUS ROUND TO BE

HELD 28 – 30 MAY 2021 Today, Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) has undertaken the first step in celebrating and recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of the football community through the introduction of the inaugural RTC Group Indigenous Round to be held 28 - 30 May 2021 - an initiative presented to NNSWF by RTC Group Founding Director and Executive Chairman, Richard Claut.

Timed to coincide on the weekend in the middle of National Reconciliation Week 2021, (27 May – 3 June) RTC Group Indigenous Round will be celebrated across all Northern NSW Football (soccer) competitions.

Northern NSW Football CEO David Eland said this is Northern NSW Football’s first step towards connecting with the region’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and diverse history.

“The purpose of the inaugural Indigenous Round is to provide the football community

with an opportunity to celebrate and recognise the contribution and participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout our game in northern NSW. “Northern NSW Football acknowledges that we haven’t been proactive in this regard despite the geographic spread and significant representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within our jurisdiction.

“Our Strategic Plan identifies the goal of ensuring the game is inclusive and accessible by addressing the barriers to initial participation as well as equipping clubs to provide safe and enjoyable football experiences for their local communities – this is just a start.”

In addition to hosting RTC Group Indigenous Round, Northern NSW Football will also highlight and interview key Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants and leaders during Reconciliation Week.

“We encourage our Member Zones and Clubs throughout northern NSW

to do the same and will be providing a suite of materials to assist.”

Eland reaffirms this is just the first of many initiatives which aims to ensure the State’s largest sport is more inclusive.

“With the help of our partner RTC Group and key Indigenous leaders within the sport, we’ve already identified a number of opportunities which will be implemented over coming months.

“We aim to provide support to Indigenous players, coaches and match officials to reach their potential by breaking down barriers.

RTC Group Founding Director and Executive Chairman, Richard Claut said his organisation (RTC Group) had a passion for assisting the underrepresented achieve their goals.

“An integral part of RTC

Group’s business plan has always been (and continues to be) to reinvest into, and partner with the local community.

“RTC have a proud history of supporting local sportspeople, community groups, teams and associations,

thus becoming a valued member of the communities in which, we work.

“This has led to RTC Group establishing a not for profit Sports Development Centre (The Concept) and a Foundation for youth with full Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status (Foundation #1).

“Our vision is to weave RTC Group and our people into communities through giving back to those who need a helping hand - this partnership with Northern NSW Football is allowing us to do this in a very tangible way.

“We’re excited to be partnering with Northern NSW Football in this space and look forward to upcoming announcements,” said Claut.

Eland concluded that NNSWF is looking forward to continuing to invest and build upon our commitment to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community with the support of RTC Group.

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GHOSTS AND REBELS IN FINE FORM FOR FIRST LOCAL DERBY The Grafton Ghosts and South Grafton Rebels couldn’t be in better form coming into this weekend’s first local derby at Frank McGuren Field.

Both teams are coming off solid wins this week with the Rebels downing Bellingen 34-24 and the Ghosts rediscovering the winning feeling with a 22-16 win over Woolgoolga on Sunday.

Grafton league fans are in for a local derby overload with the six-team competition creating three boasting-rights clashes in 2021.

Both teams are in good nick for the big game.

The Rebels under captain coach Roy Bell, started slowly with losses to Macksville and a controversial loss to Woolgoolga, when the game was called off 12 minutes early.

That loss drew up the blueprint for the Rebels, who felt they were robbed when Group 2 officials called the game after an extended injury delay.

Despite being behind at half time, the Rebels were on fire in the second half against Woolgoolga and with 12 minutes left, were confident they could finish over the top of the Seahorses.

The results in the next two games showed the Rebels had every right to feel they were robbed.

The following week, against

Ghosts captain coach Todd Cameron has led from the front since taking the reins this season. the Coffs Comets, they were down at half time, but drew away in the second half to get the points.

Last weekend the Rebels were again behind at Bellingen, but again secured the points with a dominant second half.

Club president Brendan Breitnauer said it had taken the Rebels a couple of games

to learn how to play to their strengths.

“Our big guys just keep bringing the ball forwards,” he said. “We base everything else we do off that.”

The change in the Rebel’s fortune also coincided with the availability of classy prop forward Ryan Binge, who missed the first two games of the season.

“Ryan leads from the front,” Breitnauer said. “He does everything asked of him and more and that sets the example for the rest of the boys.”

He said with players like Hughie Stanley, Grant Stevens and Luke French in the pack, it was not too hard too work out where the Rebels see their chance to dominate.

“The Ghosts are a young

side, but there are enough experienced players to make it tough for us,” Breitnauer said.

While the Ghosts bounced back to beat Woolgoolga on Sunday, the result was not a typical overpowering performance from the team that has been the dominant force in Group 2 before COVID. Without NRL stars Danny Wicks and Clint Greenshields, they have come back to the field as the game against Macksville the previous week revealed.

Down by three tries in the first half, the Ghosts were unable to recover against a team that muscled up in the forwards and played to its strengths.

Injuries to key players also made it tough for the Ghosts and this week against a tough Woolgoolga team they were able to cling to a narrow lead.

Sunday’s game at Frank McGuren should be one for the league traditionalist to savour with both teams seeking to get on top in the forwards before spreading the ball wide.

It was a mixed day for the lower grades at both clubs.

The Rebels reserve drew their game 22-22, the under18s lost 28-16 and the Ladies league tag lost 24-12 The Ghosts reserves lost 36-0 and the ladies league tag won 40-4.

JOIN THE GROWING POPULARITY OF PICKLEBALL AT BISC It’s the fastest growing sport in the USA and it has taken off in Ballina. The sport, a cross between tennis and table tennis is rapidly growing in popularity and the Ballina Indoor Sports Centre (BISC), is proud to be the home of Pickleball for the far north coast.

“We started to promote Pickleball after the sports centre reopened following the easing of COVID restrictions last year. It is a safe sport that was a way to reconnect people, bring patrons back to the sports centre and lift the spirits of our community at a time when they needed it most.

We’ve been overwhelmed by the interest in the game, and our “Picklers” are growing each week. We’ve even had players travel from the Gold Coast to play games at the centre on Sunday.” said Roberta O’Brien, Council’s Coordinator of Community Facilities.

The sport develops mental, physical and social aspects

A group of regular ‘Picklers’ at the Ballina Indoor Sports Centre while having fun at the same time. “It’s an easy game to learn, and it’s suitable for children through to seniors, so it’s an ideal social game for the whole community.”

The Pickleball Association of NSW, coordinates championships across the

state, and more and more clubs are starting to pop up. “The Ballina Indoor Sports Centre is the only venue between Coffs Harbour and Tweed that offers the community a place to come together, learn a new sport and have a lot of fun at the same time. It’s one

of those games that once you play it, you’re addicted” added Ms O’Brien.

The Ballina Indoor Sports Centre recently extended its social games to twice a week, Mondays and Fridays at 10.15am and the first Sunday of every month from

10am to 12pm. The cost is $6 per session making it an affordable activity the whole family can enjoy.

The Ballina Indoor Sports Centre (BISC) is located at 63 Cherry Street, Ballina. Visit www.communityspaces.com. au.

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- 8th in the U14 Beach Sprint final Scarlett George semi-finalist in the U14 female surf race Sylas Philips semi-finalist U15

160yrs Female boat race - Christie Cameron, Jacqueline Hutchinson, Tanya Casanova, Rachel Robinson, Mark Buckman (sweep)

Sophie Boyd – open board winner.

“After last years Aussie event was cancelled due to COVID our athletes were keen to get an opportunity to race against the best in Australia and the SLSA staff did a fantastic job of delivering the championships on the Sunshine coast,” he said.

“This was the first Aussies for our Youth Team (U14 and U15 year) and they got to experience all of the excitement that a championship of this size delivers. Our athletes acquitted themselves well and we came away with some fantastic results.”

RESULTS. YOUTH Deacon Streader 3rd place in the U14 beach Flags

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ironperson Pat Carey semi-finalists in the U15 male board race U15 male board relay - semi-finalist (Sylas Philips, Pat Carey, Koa Lowien-britt) U15 male Cameron - semi-finalists (Sylas Philips, Pat Carey, Koa Lowien-britt, Deacon Streader) MASTERS Derek Goodchild – 2nd place in the 70-74yrs male surf race • 3rd place 7074yrs male board race • 4th place 7074yrs male ocean swim Adam Mills 2nd place in the 50-54yrs male beach flags Warren Coping 4th Place in the 65-69yrs male 1 km beach run Ladies Boat Crew - 6th place in the

OPEN 1st place in the Open female board riding - Sofie Boyd 1st place in the U17 female 2km beach run - Olissa Onley 6th Place open board re scue Hayley smith/Chloe Jones Finalists Open male board relay - Scott McCartney, Luke Chaffer, Rory Matthews Finalist Open male board race Luke Chaffer Finalist U19 Female board race - Hayley Smith Note: A big shout out to our volunteer IRB crews for taking the time out to assist with our water safety duties (Brett Tetlow Ian Thomas, Sven Loemker, Jason Pearson)

Deacon Streader who came 3rd in the U14 Male beach flags

SPORTS-MAD AUSSIES MOVED

BY OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC ATHLETES We’re a nation of sport lovers and participants who are proud of and inspired by our Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games athletes, with new data from Sport Australia showing four in five of us are proud of the athletes representing the nation at these global events.

Sport Australia’s latest AusPlay report focuses on participation in Summer Olympic and Paralympic sports finding that 10.4 million Australian adults play an Olympic sport and 1.8 million volunteer in Olympic sports.

The report includes AusPlay data which identifies sport and physical activity habits across Australia, and Sport Australia’s other survey tool, the Community Perceptions Monitor, which captures public attitudes towards sport.

Australians who love to play and watch sport say they are extremely proud of our Olympians and Paralympians, with 32 per cent of Australians surveyed who said they are not interested in sport also admitting our Olympians and Paralympians make them feel proud.

Minister for Sport, Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck said the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics present another great opportunity to get Australians more active and involved in sport.

“The report shows that Australians love participating in Olympic sports and also feel a lot of pride and are inspired by our Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games athletes further highlighting that sport really is an essential part of Australian life.”

It is also a ringing endorsement for Australia’s current bid to host the 2032 Brisbane Olympics and Paralympics.

Sport Australia Acting CEO Rob Dalton said the results show the Olympics and Paralympics impact us all, whether it’s playing a sport, volunteering or being inspired watching our Olympians and Paralympians compete.

“Just over 7 million Australians participate in athletics, swimming or cycling each year, making

them the most popular Olympic sports,” Mr Dalton said.

Athletics (including running/jogging) is the most popular sport for men while swimming is the most popular sport for women. When it comes to Olympic team sports, football/soccer and basketball are played the most.

“More men participate in shooting, rugby union and mountain biking, while more female participants enjoy equestrian, gymnastics and softball,” Mr Dalton added.

Around four in five adults with long-term disability also participate in some kind of sport or physical activity at least once a year. The top three Paralympic sports are swimming, cycling and athletics making them the same as Olympic sports but in a different order.

Mr Dalton said now is the perfect time to get involved in sport, either as a participant or volunteer adding that you don’t have to play the sport you volunteer in.

“Sports such as rugby union, football/soccer, gymnastics and basketball have a higher number of volunteers who don’t play. In many cases, this could be a parent volunteering to coach their child’s sporting team, but it highlights you just need the time and willingness to get involved and you will enjoy the many benefits that come with being a part of the sporting community.”

More than 3.5 million (or 73 per cent) children participate in an organised sport or physical activity outside of school hours with 2.9 million (or 61 per cent) playing an Olympic sport, with swimming the most popular for both boys and girls.

The report also highlights that there is a Summer Olympic or Paralympic sport for everyone and every age.

Sports like athletics, hockey, volleyball, swimming and rowing have similar numbers of male and female participants, while over55s dominate sports such as golf, sailing, shooting and table tennis.

AusPlay provides the sport sector with vital insights into the sport and physical activity behaviours of adults

and children and critical evidence to inform strategies to grow participation.

How many Australian adults participate in an Olympic sport^?

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18.3 million adults participate in some kind of sport or physical activity (90 per cent) • 10.4 million adults participate in an Olympic sport (51 per cent) • 2.1 million adults only participate in Olympic sports (11 per cent) • The majority of participation in Olympic sport (76 per cent) is ‘organised’ so participated in through an organisation or at a venue ^Australians aged 15+ who participate in an Olympic sport at least once a year.

Sports with fun/ enjoyment as their top motivation*: 1.

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Surfing, 81 per cent Sailing, 77 per cent Skate sports, 76 per cent 4. Equestrian, 74 per cent 5. Canoeing/kayaking and table tennis, 66 per cent *Proportion of participants of each sport giving it as a reason for participating.

Sports with physical health/fitness as their top motivation^^: 1. Weightlifting, 83 per cent 2. Athletics (running/ jogging), 82 per cent 3. Boxing, 75 per cent 4. Rowing, 74 per cent 5. Cycling, 65 per cent ^^Proportion of participants of each sport giving it as a reason for participating.

Top Olympic sports for Australian children: Top Olympic sports for boys • Swimming, 32% • Football, 22% • Basketball, 9% • Tennis, 7% • Athletics, 5% • Gymnastics, 4% Top Olympic sports for girls • Swimming, 35 • Gymnastics, 15% Football, 7% Athletics, 5% Basketball, 5% • Tennis, 5%

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The youth team (Koa Lowien-Britt, Patrick Carey, Syllas Phillips, Kloe Mills and Scarlett George)

BOYD LEADS THE WAY AS CUDGEN SHINE AT AUSSIES Open’s competitor Sophie Boyd led the way as Cudgen Headland Surf Lifesaving Club returned from this year’s Nationals on the Sunshine Coast with a swag of medals.

Boyd, a member of the club since nippers, starred in the Open Female Board riding to capture the national title while Olissa Onley also won a national title in the Under 17

2km beach run.

As always the club had strong master’s competitors with Derek Goodchild dominating the 70-74 years division.

Goodchild took out second in the surf race, third in the board and fourth in the ocean swim in a packed weekend of competition while the Club’s Surf Sports Director Adam

Mills finished the Aussies with a second place in the 50-54 years beach flags.

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