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May 20, 2021

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BLUESFEST BACK ON

ORGANISERS of the Byron Bay Bluesfest have vowed the festival will “rise again”, with new dates announced for the October long weekend.

Bluesfest was originally set to go ahead in the usual Easter spot in April, before NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard cancelled the event due to a Covid outbreak from a hen’s party visiting Byron Bay. The festival was cancelled less than 24 hours before gates were due to open.

It was also cancelled last year during the height of the pandemic.

The new October season,

from Friday, October 1 to Monday, October 4, is a jampacked four days.

“We had to get off our back and onto our knees, then learn to crawl and walk again,” festival promoter Peter Noble said of the cancellation.

“That was one of the most traumatic things that ever happened to any cultural event in the history of Australia.”

Mr Noble said bouncing back from the considerable setbacks was “about perseverance and belief”.

“I believe in the Australian music industry — I believe we have a right to come back

to work,” he said.

“We have been, along with the tourism industry, the most affected of all industries.

“We need to find a way back.”

Bluesfest 2021 will now shrink to a four-day event, but organisers also promise more Australian artists will be added to the new line-up, which will be announced next Wednesday.

Season tickets will also go on sale this week, with three-day and one-day tickets on sale.

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The Easter event was almost sold out and with a rollover of patrons, plus only limited availability, organisers expect to see the same for this new event.

Lismore MP Janelle Saffin moved a motion in Parliament last week to provide a support package for small businesses and artists in the electorate affected by Bluesfest being postponed.

“It’s great that Bluesfest will go ahead on the October

long weekend and I look forward to our local artists and businesses being supported to make it happen,” Ms Saffin said.

“The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Australia’s live music industry hard so it’s vital for the NSW Government to provide financial assistance to get shows back on the road.”

The notice of motion called on the State Government to provide Bluesfest with a targeted grant and a push for the previously proposed Business Interruption Fund, which would assist businesses in emergencies like a late cancellation.

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ALMOST 57K COVID-19 VACCINATIONS ON NORTH COAST NORTH Coast residents are showing strong support for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and getting protected against the virus.

Healthy North Coast, which delivers the North Coast PHN program, has shared that almost 57,000 vaccinations have been given across the region (see Figure 1).

So far, 51,663 doses of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine have been administered, predominantly through primary care, and more than 5,300 Pfizer doses have been provided to older people living in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) and frontline health workers.

From 17 May 2021, local vaccine supply will increase and participating general practices will have more

Figure 1 – COVID-19 vaccinations to 11 May 2021 on the North Coast doses to offer patients. Local Health Districts are also increasing vaccination clinics across the region.

Healthy North Coast chief executive Julie Sturgess said, ‘It’s terrific to see vaccination numbers going up in our

region and excellent we have passed the 50,000 milestone. We are a long way off the majority of North Coast residents being vaccinated though.

‘The threat of a COVID-19 outbreak remains a real possibility.

Expanding the dose availability in the coming weeks will give more and more residents the opportunity to get protected, which is great.’

Anyone aged 50 and over can now make an appointment to get a COVID-19 vaccination.

You can make a booking with your local participating GP, one of several centrally located GP Respiratory Clinics or your local Aboriginal Medical Service. Check the COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility Checker for a list of services available in your area.

Pharmacists ‘wait and see’ on Covid jabs

By Tim Howard

convinced health authorities to allow pharmacists to deliver flu A CLARENCE Valley vaccinations. pharmacist heavily involved He said it had been in the inclusion of pharmacies so successful, he hoped in influenza vaccinations says pharmacists could take a similar result for COVID-19 a similar role in helping injections may not be as to deliver COVID-19 successful. vaccinations.

Southside Pharmacy owner, “There’s been some Michael Troy, said his South issues because of vaccine Grafton pharmacies have complications, so we’re taking begun vaccinating people with a wait-and-see approach.” the influenza vaccine for the Mr Troy said Australia’s 2021 flu season, but it’s been success in almost eliminating wait and see for COVID-19 the spread of COVID-19 involvement. through social distancing “Originally the plan was regulations, lockdowns, pharmacies would be involved hygiene awareness and in the Stage 2 rollout of the contact tracing bizarrely was Astra Zeneca vaccine,” Mr contributing to the vaccine Troy said. hesitancy.

“But since the blood “The incidence of blood clotting issues have emerged, clotting from the vaccine is everything has been put on vanishingly small – about six in hold. a million of people after their He said the guidelines from first vaccination shot,” he said.

NSW Health was the Stage 2 “Women taking the roll out was it would involve contraceptive pill have a greater healthy adults from 18 to 65 (but still small) chance of blood who would receive the Pfizer clots than someone having vaccine. the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 “Because it needs to be injection.” stored in special freezers, He said people in Australia pharmacies and most regional had not experienced the medical practices won’t be able devastating effects of to be part of the vaccine roll COVID-19 infections in the out,” Mr Troy said. community and so were more Several years ago Mr Troy prepared to wait longer for played a leading role in of vaccination. a group of pharmacists who “The complications from the

Southside Pharmacy owner Michael Troy gets his vaccination from pharmacist Shelley Cooper.

(Astra Zeneca) vaccine grabbed everyone’s attention,” he said.

“If people in Australia had experienced the numbers of COVID-19 deaths as the USA, UK or France, they might think differently.

“The risk of death from COVID is much, much higher than the risk of complications from the vaccine.”

But Mr Troy said there still should be an incentive for people to get a COVID-19 vaccination as the other countries push ahead with vaccinating their populations.

“We risk being left behind as other countries become vaccinated,” he said.

The astonishing drop in flu

cases over the past year pleased Mr Troy, but he cautioned it should encourage people to get flu vaccinations rather than lead to complacency.

Department of Health data shows confirmed flu cases have fallen from more than 300,000 cases in 2019 to 21,215 in 2020.

“It shows what we’ve done is working and we need to keep doing it,” he said.

“The number of people who’ve come in for their flu shots last year was up, probably because of COVID-19 and it worked out really well.

“It’s still important to get vaccinate for either the flu or COVID-19.

“There’s a two week wait for the flu vaccination after you get your COVID-19 vaccination or vice versa.

“So either way, you should get vaccinated for the flu or COVID-19 now if you can.”

Mr Troy said his South Grafton pharmacies had received supplies of the the latest flu vaccine in March and had been vaccinating people for this winter’s flu.

“If you’re walking past, you can come in and get a flu jab immediately,” he said.

“There’s no need to book and there’s only a short wait after the vaccination for staff to be sure there’s no adverse reactions.”

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Mary clocks up a century

Mary Bruce (pictured, centre) who turns 100 on Friday, May 21, surrounded by family (l-r) Jan Wortz (was Menzies), Lyn McCudden (step-daughter), Jean Cope (was Menzies), Carol Pinkey (was Menzies) and Margaret Menzies at the SDA retirement home in Alstonville. Mary was chuffed to receive many letters of congratulations, including the prime minister, but none more so than the one from HRH Queen Elizabeth (pictured below). Happy 100, Mary!

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Mayor Lyon will hold the position of mayor until the NSW Local

Government Election which will be held on 4 September 2021. Cr Sarah Ndiaye was elected as deputy mayor.

At the election in September eligible residents in the Byron Shire will have the opportunity to vote for a new, popularly elected mayor and eight councillors who will serve until September 2024.

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FEDERAL BUDGET

‘Political fix’ Budget fails North Coast – Elliot RICHMOND MP Justine Elliot said the Morrison Government’s Budget is yet another marketing exercise that can’t re-brand the mismanagement and missed opportunities that define eight long years of this LiberalNational Government.

“This Budget is just a shameless political fix, rather than the genuine reform needed to make Australia’s economy stronger, broader and more sustainable.

“Despite spending almost $100 billion and racking up a record $1 trillion in debt,

the Morrison Government’s Budget reveals real wages will go backwards.

“After eight long years of neglect from Scott Morrison and Liberal-National Government, there are so many urgent issues they’ve failed to address on the North Coast, including a plan for housing affordability, the rental crisis and homelessness.

“In terms of the bungled vaccine rollout, the Morrison Government won’t tell us when locals will be vaccinated, they haven’t secured more vaccines and they won’t come clean on

the cost and risk of delay. The Morrison Government has also failed to deliver fit-for-purpose quarantine facilities.

“Instead of securing Australia’s recovery, the Morrison Government is risking it.

“For eight long years, this Government has overseen record-low wages growth, chronically high underemployment, and they still don’t have a credible plan to create secure jobs.

“For eight long years, this Government has presided over an aged-care crisis, an energy

crisis, a housing crisis and a skills crisis.

“Even in the face of a damning Royal Commission, the aged care package falls short of the Commissioners’ recommendations.

“The Budget would have racked up less debt if there were fewer Morrison Government slush funds, rorts, dodgy land deals, and JobKeeper payments to already profitable businesses that don’t need it.

“After eight long years of job insecurity, weak wages growth, neglect, waste, and no action

on climate change, this Budget is another missed opportunity to invest in Australians, their jobs and their future,” Justine said.

Business responds positively to Budget announcements THE Federal Government has delivered a budget that supports a business led economic recovery from the depths of the COVID pandemic, according to the state’s peak business organisation, Business NSW. The Treasurer has announced the deficit will reach $161 billion for the current year, falling to $57 billion in 2024-25.

The unemployment rate is expected to fall to 5 per cent in mid-2022 before falling further to 4.75 per cent in mid-2023.

Business New South Wales says while the budget is good for businesses, skill shortages continue to be an issue across the North Coast.

Regional manager Jane Laverty (pictured) says it’s pointless investing in training, if no one wants to enter the targeted industries.

“Many of the initiatives announced have been road tested out of the last budget, they worked and quite rightly have been extended,” she said.

“For the budget measures to be most impactful it is imperative that it is

accompanied by good strategy on the ground with industry.

“It is no use putting investment into training if we do not have people inspired to pursue a career in those industries.

“Aged care, hospitality and construction need an image lift - an intelligent and innovative campaign to inspire and attract a new workforce into these sectors.

“We need the skilled workers to support the businesses wanting to take advantage of apprenticeship/traineeship wage subsidies. (I have an electrician at the moment who cannot take on anymore apprentices as he cannot find any more fully qualified electricians to supervise).

“More will need to be done by both federal and state governments to address housing stress in the region. The population migration numbers are evident and the need for affordable housing to support the workforce needed for recovery is plain for all to see.”

Business NSW CEO Daniel Hunter said the budget was full of optimism that the next

resolved.”

Mr Hunter said there wasn’t any doubt the closing of the international borders had an incredible impact on the tourism and hospitality sectors, especially in NSW. “Almost $275 million has been set aside in this budget towards the expansion and extension of successful programs to support Australian businesses such as travel few years would be more initiative. agents, zoos and aquariums and prosperous through job creation “These are important events providers that rely on and infrastructure spending. measures that have a big international tourists,” he said.

“Overall, the budget impact and make it easier for “That will give many supports job maintenance small business owners to keep operators in that sector the and job creation, allowing their doors open each day and confidence they need to business owners of all sizes to employ their fellow Australians. continue operations while continue to drive the economic “Tax cuts for low- and uncertainty over international prosperity of the nation,” Mr middle-income workers will tourism remains.

Hunter said. also put more money in the “Small businesses are being “It is pleasing to see pockets of workers, allowing supported to adopt digital meaningful measures that them to support their local technologies through a $12.7 business owners have embraced businesses. million expansion of the Digital have been extended, including “Small business owners Solutions – Australian Small the instant asset write off have also been provided some Business Advisory Service. A scheme, allowing business relief from tax office debt further $15.3 million will be owners to purchase much recovery actions, with new used to drive business uptake of needed equipment to allow powers for the independent e-invoicing, which can ensure their business to grow, while umpire to pause the process businesses get paid quickly and the small business loan scheme while disputes are underway, more efficiently.” has been extended, as has the and no payments will now be temporary loss carry back required until a matter has been More budget news p17 ☛

Applications for the Stronger Country Communities Fund Round 4 are now open!

Round 4 focuses on projects that increase female participation in sport but is also available to other community and sporting projects. Applications close at 12 pm, Friday, 25 June 2021.

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HOGAN SPRUIKS BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENTS FEDERAL Member for Page Kevin Hogan has welcomed the 2021-22 Federal Budget, which was presented to the Parliament last week.

“Australia’s unemployment rate has dropped from 7.5% to 5.6%, consumer confidence is at a 12-year high, and job advertisements are at their highest in two decades,” Mr Hogan said.

“This budget continues to build on this and outlines our Economic Recovery Plan for Australia.

“It focuses on creating jobs and keeping our economy strong.

“Australia is the only country in the world where there are more people employed today than there were before the pandemic.

“We are continuing guaranteeing the essential services Australians rely on, and building a stronger and more resilient community to keep us safe in these uncertain times.”

Key budget announcements include: • $250 million for a sixth round of the Building Better Regions Fund. Through this fund I have secured money for Casino Saleyards, Grafton Riverside Precinct, Crozier and Oakes Oval upgrades, Woolgoolga Sports Complex and Ballina Airport; • Providing tax relief for more than 10 million Australians, to put more money in their pockets to spend in small businesses across the country helping to create jobs; • Incentivising business to invest, creating more economic activity and more jobs by extending the Instant Asset Write-Off

until 30 June 2022; • In response to the Aged Care Royal Commission, we will commit $17.7 billion on top of our existing investment; • Building infrastructure with a record 10-year $110 billion infrastructure pipeline, which is already supporting 100,000 jobs across the country; • To cut the cost of living for around a quarter of a million families and to help boost workforce participation, the Government is making an additional $1.7 billion investment in childcare; • $2.3 billion National

Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan, including $820.1 million for a national network of Adult, Youth and Children’s Treatment centres; • The Budget also funds more than 170,000 new apprenticeships and traineeships, 5,000 higher education short courses and 2,700 places in indigenous girls’ academies to help them finish school and get a job; • Providing around $124.7 million for an additional two years of funding for the states and territories to meet their social and community

housing responsibilities under the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement; • $351.6 million in woman’s health and wellbeing measures, $1.1 billion for women’s safety, and $1.9 billion to support women’s economic security and leadership; • $486 million in new environmental funding for oceans, biodiversity, waste and recycling, and climate resilience; • A record Commonwealth funding of $24.1 billion in 2021-22 for all Australian schools;

• Small businesses will benefit from $45.4 million in tailored programs over the forward estimates; • The Government is doubling its commitment to the JobTrainer Fund to support a further 163,000 new training places to upskill job seekers and meet skills shortages; • An additional $13.2 billion for the NDIS up until 202324 to reflect the forecast demand for participant supports required into the future. This is in addition to the extra $3.9 billion included in the 2020-21 Budget; • $1.5 billion to further extend the Boosting Apprenticeships Commencement wage subsidy for an additional six months from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022; • $145.3 million over two years for the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicides; • Establishing the Family Home Guarantee with 10,000 guarantees made available over four years to single parents with dependents. The Family Home Guarantee allows them to purchase a home sooner with a deposit of as little as two per cent; • $9.5 billion to permanently increase the rate of working-age payments by $50 a fortnight benefiting around 1.9 million Australians; • $16.4 million for better mobile connectivity in bushfire-prone areas on the fringe of our cities; and • Investing $215.0 million in the delivery of affordable reliable power for consumers across Australia.

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LANTERN PARADE BACK, BUT DIFFERENT THIS year the Lantern Parade is back, but not on the streets of Lismore.

LightnUp Inc artistic director and CEO Jyllie Jackson said she was disappointed the parade wouldn’t be weaving through the city streets this year, but the event had to be moved due to Covid restrictions.

“Every year it seems we have to change something flooded parklands, renovating sports fields, always something,” she said.

“We have had to re-imagine the Lantern Parade every year for the last five years. We love the challenge of change it keeps us all on our toes.

“We’ve had to move it to the showgrounds and we’re really sorry that we are having to charge people entry, but we’re looking at ways of making it affordable for people.

“But we’ve included some extra things because we want to make it a festival, so it’s a whole day, not just popping in for a 20-minute parade and then a bit of fireworks - it’s a whole day of events.”

The Lismore Lantern Parade is an annual community event held on or around the longest night of the year, being the Winter Solstice. The event attracts about 30,000 people each year and is estimated to contribute $3.4 million to the local economy.

This year the theme is “Innovation, Inspiration, Regeneration”, celebrating the real-world innovation, creativity and resilience of the Northern Rivers community.

One main feature is the Regen Expo 21, a new initiative showcasing the work of inspirational, regional businesses and organisations.

The expo will run from 11am – 4.30pm.

Alongside the expo will be a series of speakers, discussion panels and videos hosted by the delightful Scrapboy, from ABC television’s DirtGirl, and Costa Georgiardis, from Gardening Australia.

Back by popular demand, the lantern parade’s Fabulous Festival Feast will be held, with tickets on sale soon.

Costa will be the guest speaker and the feast will be catered by Lismore’s Ghetto Babe.

For creatives committed to a cool, cleaner, greener environment, there will be the Green Couture Catwalk Parade, showcasing inspired, innovative and outrageous outfits from recycled materials to be paraded at the Lismore Lantern Parade on the Heartbeats Festival stage.

“We’re after people to create outfits or costumes out of recycled materials not something that’s been repurposed from an op shop - it has to be created using what otherwise would be junk thrown away or discarded,” catwalk organiser Angela McCormick said.

“The Shearwater Steiner School are putting in some outfits, one of which is, I believe, created out of old tea bags so I’m looking forward to seeing that.

“You’re only really confined by your imagination. It’s $5 to put an entry in and you can supply your own model, or we can supply a model for you.”

Interested designers can register on the lantern parade’s website or via email at greencouture catwalk@gmail. com.

And, of course, the Lantern

Parade and Fiery Finale, held in the Showground Arena, culminating in the traditional bonfire and fireworks display.

In amongst it all to keep the fun going all day there will be entertainment on the Heartbeats Festival Stage, a Kids Artfest, markets and

more.

“We’ve just had this kind of hiatus in our lives and our worlds, and it’s such an amazing opportunity to reset,” Ms Jackson said.

“How we manage things, how we take care of each other, how we live on the

planet, how we go forward into the future and to give some kind of hope, and something to look forward to for our young people and ourselves.”

Tickets to the festival are limited to 5000 and are on sale now.

Significant reduction in Aboriginal youth in custody IN the four years since 2015, the number of Aboriginal young people in custody in NSW fell by 25%.

A new report released last week by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) shows that this reduction is primarily due to a drop in offending by Aboriginal young people and a reduction in the number and proportion of Aboriginal young people receiving a custodial sentence.

Between 2015 and 2019, the average number of Aboriginal

young people in custody declined from 161 per day in 2015 to 121 in 2019. Falls in the number of Aboriginal young people in remand and in sentenced custody both contributed to the decline (down 21% and 29% respectively).

Two key factors contributed to the downward trend. The first was a reduction in the number of Aboriginal young people charged by police and appearing in court. Between 2015 and 2019, the number of Aboriginal young people

proceeded against to court by police declined from 3,685 in 2015 to 3,324 in 2019. Large reductions were seen in break and enter, property damage and traffic offences.

The second factor was a decline in Aboriginal young people sentenced to a custodial order (down from 404 in 2015 to 221 in 2019). This was due in part to the reduced volume of Aboriginal young people in court (down from 2,896 convictions in 2015 to 2,198 in 2019). In addition, however,

the proportion of convicted Aboriginal young people receiving a custodial sentence fell from 14% to 10%.

BOCSAR also released new statistics showing the number of adults and young people in custody up to March 2021. These figures confirm that adult and youth custodial populations remain low following pandemic-related changes occurring from March 2020.

Commenting on the research findings, BOCSAR executive director Jackie Fitzgerald

welcomed the reduction in Aboriginal children in detention noting that positive trends for Aboriginal people are all too rare in criminal justice.

“The result allows for cautious optimism that Aboriginal over-representation in custody can be shifted.

Unfortunately, despite improvements, we still have a long way to go. Aboriginal young people currently make up 40% of young people in detention, so the issue remains significant.”

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Nosy parkers and alfresco diners finally get their chance to shine in Grafton

By Lesley Apps The long-time coming nose-in parking trial for Grafton’s CBD is finally underway in a section along Prince Street.

The “tactical trial” is just one that the Clarence Valley Council, in collaboration with private consultancy firms, is conducting during the planning stages of the Grafton Precinct Plan and Transport Strategy project to “see how well they work” and “if residents like them”.

The low cost, temporary installation is designed to “activate the street and get people interested in the project and excited about Grafton”, the post on the council’s community hub Clarence Conversations announced.

“We will test out things that could become permanent.

This includes trailing wider footpaths, slowing traffic, nose in parking, cycle parking, outdoor dining and landscaping,” the post said.

The nose-in parking trial currently underway for the next month is in the section between the railway viaduct and Bacon Street, which is being earmarked in the plan as the artisans precinct.

The parking trial also extends to include a temporary section for alfresco dining and bike racks.

Co-owner of popular eatery Heart & Soul Wholefood Cafe Racheal Koning said she didn’t mind being part trial for something as exciting as the proposed CBD makeover and was keen to embrace the opportunity.

“We’ll be furnishing it (trial alfresco section) and putting in festive lighting. We’re going to make the most of it over the next month it’s here.”

Mrs Koning said they would be teaming up with Bonnies Flowers (florist next door) to put on some special evenings later this month.

“We’re planning on partnering with Sanctus Brewery to do a couple of evening events here with live music. We’ll have the outdoor heaters going, beer on tap and beautiful wines from the Tablelands.

As far as the nose-in parking goes Mrs Koning said

so far the feedback has been really positive.

“We’ve had some great feedback on it from day one.

I know when you are sitting outside it’s not nice to have car fumes coming at you.”

She said anything that helps to slow passing traffic down was also a good thing.

“When you come into that part of town you should automatically slow down so any help on that front is welcome.”

Mrs Koning said the pedestrian crossing near the cafe could be “really scary.”

“They (vehicles) need to slow down. I have seen issues with that crossing. I worry when I cross it and care about other people having to cross there. Changing the traffic conditions will improve that.”

Mrs Koning said despite losing a few car parks for the alfresco area, there was ample parking down the side of their block in Bacon Street.

“There will also be a couple of 15 minutes spots in there for people wanting to duck in to get a takeaway coffee or pick up flowers.”

She said Grafton’s wider streets meant there was plenty of room to back out into.

“We have to move with the times and we were probably the safest end of town to trial nose-in parking. We really keen on it but we have been slayed on Facebook for that. I don’t understand that mentality.”

While the popular cafe was concerned about the recently opened highway bypass to Grafton, Mrs Koning said it was hard to gauge accurately yet.

“We have a lot of travellers that come here every year as a stopping point and I was worried how much the new highway would affect us but we can’t tell yet because of COVID. This town is awesome but we can make it better. We’ve got the beautiful architecture, the river, and a great cafe life but our night life is pretty ordinary so we have to work on that and need a bit of encouragement on that front.”

“Hopefully, putting on some evening events will help to get people out and enjoy the place and encourage visitors to stay overnight

The temporary alfresco dining area recently installed by Clarence Valley Council to trial a facet of the proposed Grafton Precinct Plan and Transport Strategy aimed at improving and revitalising city’s CBD. Photos: Lesley Apps

A first for Grafton’s Prince Street. Nose-in parking is part of the trial section implemented by Clarence Valley Council last week.

Locals and visitors started embracing the temporary alfresco dining area soon after being installed by Clarence Valley Council. in a B&B. I’d stay. It’s a cruisy place, there are nice little places to stay, awesome coffee, awesome cafes. I think

our cafe culture is exceptional here and these changes will help to make it even better.”

To check out the plans and

have your say on the Grafton Precinct Plan and Transport Strategy visit the Clarence Valley Council website.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

NEWS

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Helicopter flights DA stirs up hornets’ nest

By Tim Howard A PROPOSAL to operate helicopter joy flights from a riverside park in Yamba has stirred up a hornets’ nest among nearby residents.

Barely a week after Clarence Valley Council distributed a leaflet to 84 residents in the streets neighbouring Ford Park, there has been a whirlwind of opposition to the proposal.

Coffs Harbour company Precision Helicopters, which operates a scenic flight service at Coffs Harbour, registered a DA with the council to operate scenic flights in conjunction with the monthly markets held in the park.

One resident opposite the proposed site, Irene Bass, said the proposal was totally out of step with the lifestyle of the area.

“It’s an area that’s tranquil and relaxing,” she said.

“That’s one of the things that attracted us to the area.

“To have helicopter flights operating from the park would be noisy and intrusive.

Then there are the walkers,

cyclists, kids playing, people using the exercise equipment, dog walkers and a variety of other park users who will be impacted upon.”

She said the frequency of the service hadn’t been clear in the company’s proposal.

“In the notification letter received it states the helicopter company proposes to have 10 minute scenic flights over Yamba between 9am-4pm on certain days, like market days, so this potentially means up to around 42 flights a day,” she said.

Mrs Bass said the neighbourhood was also popular with visitors to Yamba, who came to enjoy the tranquility of the area.

“Our place does not even have a street frontage, which was a bonus to us because of the absence of traffic noise,” she said.

Mrs Bass and her husband Lionel were also surprised so few neighbours were notified of the proposal.

She said she immediately phoned neighbours about it, but found many had no idea of the DA.

A Bell JetRanger five-seat helicopter, which is part of the Precision Helicopters fleet.

“That’s why we put posts up on social media,” Mr Bass said.

“So far there have been about 90 responses: 86 of them have been against the idea and four in favour.

“We don’t have enough time to raise a petition, but this gives you an idea of how people feel about the proposal.”

Mr Bass was said the council had sprung the DA on residents at short notice.

“We have only got 11 days to make a submission to the council,” he said. “The

helicopter company has had months to work on its proposal.

“It’s really pretty rude, like having a gun put to your head, because it feels like there’s not enough time to organise a community response.”

The council’s director environment, planning and community Des Schroder said it was early days in processing the DA. “The DA is on exhibition and the closing date for submissions is May 21,” he said.

“It’s likely we could

extend the deadline for late submissions. I don’t think that would be a problem.”

Mr Schroder said there was a possibility the DA could come council at the June meeting, but it would be more likely surface in the July business papers.

Precision Helicopters head pilot Gavin Morgan said the reaction in Yamba had surprised him.

“Normally people like the idea of a new attraction in the area,” he said.

Mr Morgan said residents may have misunderstood of the operation the company has proposed.

“We want to operate in conjunction with the Yamba Markets, which happen once a month,” he said.

“I saw where people were saying we would be doing 40 flights a day, taking off every 10 minutes. There’s no way that would be happening.”

He said the company would take not of the community response and make any future decisions with that in mind.

“We are going through all the right processes which still have a some time to run,” he said.

LISMORE REQUESTS RETHINK ON LEGISLATION OVER KOALA HABITAT

By Tonia Dynan PROPOSED changes to state legislation could impact on koala protection across the Northern Rivers.

Lismore City Council carried a motion last week to write to the Premier, Minister for Planning and Minister for the Environment urging them to reconsider the legislation.

Councillor Elly Bird said there was a raft of proposed legislative changes afoot and it was all a bit confusing.

“The concerning one is that there’s proposed amendments to the guidelines for local land services that would take away our ability to regulate private native forestry

activities on private land,” she said.

“The motion really speaks to councils being able to retain some oversight and control over this space in order to be able to protect koala habitat, and to protect core koala habitat.

“The first one, you can see, speaks to the private native forestry aspect. Currently Lismore isn’t captured in what the proposal will be but if at any time we want to amend our LEP, we need to be able to retain the rights to be able to grant development consents to private native forestry.

“Secondly, we’re looking at maintaining council’s

ability to use and regulate ‘E’ zones to protect lands that are identified as koala habitat.”

Cr Bird said if the legislation was to go ahead as is, council would be even more restricted with no ability to apply ‘E’ zones anywhere and that the minister would

be the only person with the power to apply any ‘E’ zones whatsoever.

“So, again, we have no ability to protect these core key ecological zones and that would extend I would say beyond koala habitat as well,” she said.

“The third one goes to that basically the new proposal would be that councils are wholly responsible for mapping koala habitat, for identifying all of the core wild habitat, and we would basically be carrying a huge burden around protecting koalas with no support from the State Government.

“The fourth one goes to the guidelines issue. The new guidelines will basically be incredibly onerous, they do away with some current accepted methods which is about analyzing historical data, and they would basically make it cost prohibitive and practically impossible to be able to map habitat.”

Free workshops for potential council candidates FREE workshops for people interested in running for council at the September local government elections will be held at Kyogle in June.

The workshops will be conducted by a facilitator from Local Government NSW and are aimed at giving potential candidates a better

understanding of the role and responsibilities of an elected member of council.

The same content will be presented at both workshops, with one scheduled to be held from 5-8pm on Tuesday 22 June and the other from 9am-noon on Wednesday 23 June at the Kyogle Memorial

Institute Hall.

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: Identify the key requirements for becoming a candidate at the NSW local government election on 4 September; Understand the role of a councillor, and how it fits in with other roles and levels of

government; Understand the role as an elected member of the governing body; Understand the expectations and potential challenges in becoming a councillor; Understand the Integrated Planning and Reporting framework, and how

councillors work within this; Identify key elements of council meetings, including code of meeting practice, code of conduct and conflict of interest.

If you are interested in attending, just come along to the workshop of your choice on the day.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

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Nan Nicholson certainly writes an emotive letter to the editor in NR Times (6/5) about our new Dunoon Dam. I am not an activist but I do consider myself very environmentally aware. That’s why I can’t understand why the dam isn’t the preferred option. It has the least environmental impact and a long list of positive reasons why it should be built.

I see all the positives the dam will have for the community. Employment in both the short and long term, an excellent tourist (and local) attraction for canoeing, fishing etc, planted koala habitat and corridor leading to Nightcap National Park, a pristine environment for fish and platypus, walking trails for visitors and activities beneficial to the community as a whole.

The fact that it will also be used as flood mitigation tool is a bonus. Agreed, there may be some issues that need addressing, that is why we want the dam back on the agenda so that all options can be considered. To deny this is irresponsible to the

community in the extreme.

What about the environmental damage extracting water from the aquifers causes? That’s if they can get permission to do it. This will have an impact on thousands of hectares surrounding the bores (remember the “inexhaustible” Great Artesian Basin).

What about the huge amount of power needed to run a desalination plant as well as the extraction and return line is in a national park? People have suggested it be run by solar/wind generation.

Acres of solar panels and hundreds of wind generators at Byron Bay? I would think that is unlikely.

What about the environmental damage caused by building filtration plants and the hundreds of kilometres of pipeline that must be installed for recycling water? That’s if they can get permission from all landholders to run pipes through private property.

None of these major drawbacks to the alternatives to a dam have been mentioned. Cost of alternatives is also a major factor compared to a dam.

The claim that if we have a protracted five year drought the dam will be empty (dams are never fully emptied) is not based on known fact, only Nans suppositions. I remember Tim Flannery’s climate claim that Warragamba dam would never be full again. If indeed this did happen, as unlikely as it is, what does Nan think would happen to the “rainforest” she claims is

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Obviously it would be dead along with all fish, eels, platypus etc that are in the waterway. Many trees lost their leaves and many died during the last two year drought. How many would survive five years? As the dam would never dry up there would always be a water source for all local animals and birds as well as platypus. Dams release environmental flows in times of drought to keep the streams and rivers alive. Without these flows the river ecosystems will collapse.

My understanding of climate change for this area is that the pattern of rainfall may change over the long term (tens or hundreds of years) but the total per year will be the same only delivered in heavier shorter rain events.

This scenario absolutely supports dam technology.

Andrya Hart claims in the same paper that we should draw our water from sources that are not rain dependant. Rous’s first option is for aquifers. I wonder where this water in the aquifer comes from if not from rain. Does it just magically appear in the aquifer?

Andyra’s preferred method is purified recycled water also not dependant on rain. How can recycled water be a closed system?

People water their gardens, wash their cars, top up pools, water animals, sweat and lose water in many ways that are not recoverable. We need water from another source to keep the recycling going. When our rainwater tanks ran dry in the last drought, where did we get water then? From water tankers that fill up from the Rocky Creek Dam supply.

If they use indirect recycled water there needs to be a storage capacity to hold it whilst be processed.

Where is this facility?

Perhaps they will build a dam to hold it.

Direct recycling means straight from your waste water (toilet included) to your house water supply.

Hence ”toilet to tap” I live in a house with

a septic system and am hooked up to Rous water.

I asked a well known plumbing company for an estimate on converting my present system to one that could be recycled.

Their estimate minimum of $30,000 to $40,000. I wonder who will pay for this if the people against the dam get their way.

Let’s remove the emotion and look what is best for all.

Col Baker Modanville

gain of nothing.

I suggest the desperately searching for a feel good cause to fulfill their meaningless lives mob get their own house and lives in order before trying to save the world.

As for Mr Johnson’s alleged “juvenile tempertantrum” may I suggest the accuser have a good look at his own style of writing.

Mr Morrison would not give a hoot about inner-city latte sipping do-gooders as many don’t vote for the coalition Free education anyway.

The way forward for If you are interested Australia is free education in some common sense for universities and tradies. about climate visit Bjorn We can’t rely on the rest Lomborg’s website. of the world, that’s been G MacDonald shown on our over reliance Pimlico on China. If we want to turbo charge our economy Paper positives then education is the I want to congratulate way to go. With the huge the team of The Northern debt we have because of Rivers Times on their Covid 19, free education current edition of the – allowing people to get a Times (number 45) with degree or learn a trade for the Primex feature. free – would create many I have read it from jobs and create very low front to back and then unemployment, which again. I am in awe of treasurer Josh Frydenburg how this newspaper is wants. going and how well it is Alan Mosley presented. The Northern Yamba Rivers has never ever had a newspaper of such Factional spat quality and information In reply to Keith Duncan and I must say that the (Letters 13/05) I suggest loss of Murdoch papers many people of the leftist at first was shock but movement take a Bex and what you people have have a good lie down. done has actually given Your extreme hatred for us, the Northern Rivers the conservative side community our own of politics is surely not newspaper that is even healthy, I can see your better than those of the faces turning red and your capital cities. I know for heads about to explode. a fact that others in my I commend Mr Johnson immediate community also for his well aimed and share my comments. articulated comments Thank you for what (Letters 6/05). you have given us and All of you climate stepping up and taking on alarmists must understand something that must be that it would make a huge undertaking each absolutely not one iota week. of difference to the Rod Jenkins global temperature if Byron Bay Australia went back to the stone age era with zero Open letter to PM anthropogenic carbon My letter to you is about dioxide emissions (not my concern for the carbon emissions). Carbon ongoing detention of the is black, a non-metal Murugappan family living that has two main forms in isolation on Christmas (diamond and graphite).

Island. I believe this Carbon occurs in impure situation demonstrates form in charcoal, soot and cruel, inhumane treatment coal. The left would be of a family innocent of any ecstatic if our economy crime against Australia. was wiped out for the nett Talk to Jenny about

this: imagine your own two girls living for years in such soul- destroying, mind-numbing isolation.

How would your daughters cope living for three years in such conditions? What have those two little girls, Kopica and Tharunicaa, done to deserve such cruel treatment? At three years of age, Tharunicaa has experienced no other life but that of fenced-in isolation with her family.

The fact that the Biloela community has given unwavering support to this family through their whole ordeal demonstrates the calibre of the amazing parents, Priya and Nades.

They exemplify exactly the families Australia encourages.

Rather than being any burden on Australia’s health system or social services system, the family was self-sufficient, industrious, employed in local regional industry and volunteering in local school and community organisations: they were an integral part of the Biloela community.

In spite of the contribution the family was making to a remote region, your Government has spent around $6 million dollars trying to deport them, including $1.2 million to keep them on Christmas Island for the last year.

Imagine that!

Step back, Prime Minister, and ask yourself: is this a constructive use of taxpayer’s money? $6 million could have built a hospital, a school, a community centre or a sports complex for a community the size of Biloela.

Please, Prime Minister, quickly and quietly send this family home to Biloela. There will not be any dangerous or negative repercussions for the security of Australia: rather, such an action will demonstrate christian values of empathy, kindness and mercy christian beliefs you have spoken of publicly as being your own.

Please allow this family to return to their Biloela community. You can do this!

Marilyn Perkins Wollongbar

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

OPINION 11 Destructive dam The wall of the proposed Dunoon dam in The Channon Gorge is right on the boundary between the subtropical rainforest and the warm-temperate rainforest.

Both forest types are part of the Endangered Ecological Community of Lowland Rainforest.

Can you imagine how much extra destruction would be wrought by the construction works and their associated roading? Then add the massive downstream movement of sediment during construction, the altered flow regimes, the cold water pollution and the guaranteed overspill effect from a big dam in the largest floods. You can see why the detailed Rous ecological studies showed that 6ha of the 7ha of warm-temperate rainforest in the Gorge would be destroyed.

Nan Nicholson The Channon

Please listen Phil Silver in his defence of the Dunoon Dam (NRT 29/4) repeats the transparent old line: “Cultural issues are important and are to be respected”.

He suggests that First Nations people should accept the destruction of their ancient sites because there would be an area outside the sites that they could protect.

This is a bit like telling the parishioners that they shouldn’t fuss about their historical cathedral full of memories being pulled down because there will still be a car-park nearby and, what’s more, they might be able to get jobs as car-park attendants.

No-one in favour of the Dunoon Dam seems capable of actually listening to what First Nations people have to say about the significance of

their own sites.

My wife is a direct descendant of Maria Locke whose father was Yarramundi, of the Boorooberongal clan of the Darug people. We feel a connection to the whole land not pieces.

We do not want cultural areas being destroyed. Would the destruction of the Pyramids be ok? Would flooding the Dunoon cemetery be ok?

This is living history.

Phil, would you accept First Nations people telling you what is important to you?

Tharun Markandu Modanville

Dam alternatives With the dam now officially off the table, the community has to decide whether we want our future permanent water supply to come from

a combination of aquifers, desalination and/or direct and indirect potable recycled water - more clearly understood by the community as “toilet to tap”.

Each of the proposed options has challenges, issues and a variety of timelines such as Environmental, Indigenous Cultural Heritage, Regulatory Approval, Logistical Constraints, Social License, Political Will, Intergenerational Equity & Costs. Some are harder to overcome than others.

If not funded by State and potentially Federal Governments, then the chosen option must be paid for entirely by Rous itself.

This means all costs will be directly passed on to our regional community.

Currently Rous charges each council $1.78 per mg/l for bulk water supply. Each

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council then adds “costs” to charge water ratepayers: Lismore CC: $4.07 kl (about to go up 8% and already the dearest water in the state), Byron Shire: $2.80 kl, Richmond Valley: $2.57 kl and Ballina Shire: $2.29 kl.

The Revised IWCM document from Rous includes costings for aquifers, desalination and the dam but there are no costings for the recycled water option.

Using Rous and industry costings for recycled water applied specifically to the Rous grid, here is a comparison of the combined infrastructure and water production whole of life cost of all options to 2100.

Toilet to tap recycled water $63,000 /ML; Desalination $50,000/ML; Aquifers $40,000/ML; or Dam $19,000/ML. Which option are you

prepared to pay for in your water bill in the future?

Meanwhile, over the past four months whilst these discussions have been taking place, the overflow from Rocky Creek dam was sufficient to fill the proposed 50 gigalitre Dunoon Dam, effectively supplying sufficient water for at least a four year prolonged drought period.

We need the dam back on the table so a thorough investigation of all four options can continue.

If you don’t want to pay these very expensive future water costs please put in a submission directly to Rous or on our website ourfuturenorthernrivers.com.

Community consultation closes on May 28.

Beth Trevan Coordinator Our Future Northern Rivers

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

12 NEWS

Are we back on track with unemployment?

By Tonia Dynan THE Federal Government says we’re on the economic road to recovery leading out of the coronavirus pandemic, but are we on track with unemployment?

Regional Development Australia reports the unemployment rate across the Northern Rivers was 5.6 per cent as of December last year.

The unemployment rate decreased to 5.6 per cent nationally, 5.4 per cent across the state in March, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said the unemployment rate had dropped from 7.5 per cent at its peak to 5.6 per cent in March.

70,700 jobs were created last month alone.

“New data released from Seek also shows job advertisements are at the highest level in the company’s 23-year history,” Mr Hogan said.

“The biggest issue we are hearing from small businesses in the community is that they cannot find workers. This goes from retail and hospitality, to tradies.

“I speak to small businesses every day that say they cannot get enough staff.

“As a government we are supporting new job opportunities for apprentices, trainees and assisting employers to hire new staff.

“The Boosting Apprenticeship Commencements wage subsidy program was fully subscribed, helping to create 100,000 apprenticeships in less than five months. We recently expanded this program.

“The program will now become demand driven and expanded for a full 12 months for new apprentices and trainees signed up prior to September 30. By expanding this wage subsidy for another 12 months, we’ll be helping businesses to create even more jobs.

“Our JobMaker Plan also includes the establishment of the $1 billion JobTrainer Fund to create up to 340,000 free or low-cost training places for school leavers and job seekers.

“We are also supporting nearly half a million young Australians with a new JobMaker hiring credit. The $4 billion JobMaker Hiring Credit

BACKING BUSINESS: Lismore MP Janelle Saffin regularly meets with local chambers of commerce. She is pictured with Lismore Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Sarah Smith, Deb Jackson, Felicity Hyde, executive officer Emma Wallace, NSW Opposition Leader Jodi McKay MP, and Simon Mumford, during a visit by Ms McKay last November.

will be payable for up to 12 months for each new job and is available to employers who hire eligible employees aged 16-35.

“We have more to do but there is no country in the world you would rather be on both a health and economic front right now.”

Federal Minister for Richmond Justine Elliot disputed Mr Hogan’s figures, stating in March the unemployment rate rose from 4.9 per cent to 5.7 per cent on the Northern Rivers and 5200 jobs were lost in our region.

“The youth unemployment rate also rose from 9.4 to 11 per cent,” Ms Elliot said.

“These figures were as at March 2021, prior to the Morrison Government cutting JobKeeper.

“At the end of March there were more than 4200 businesses in the Richmond electorate that were dependent on JobKeeper, and this was keeping their workers in jobs and keeping their businesses going. There’s a lot of uncertainty in our local economy created by the government’s JobKeeper cuts.

“Local jobs and businesses are suffering, and the JobKeeper cuts are another blow from this government.

Many local businesses have told me that with this financial support finishing, they may

have to close their doors.

“I’ve consistently called on the Morrison Government to urgently provide specific assistance for regions like ours. The government should be looking at and considering options for targeted support, to keep those people in jobs and to keep our businesses going.”

State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin said a fresh multi-layered approach was needed to combat unemployment on the Northern Rivers, Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast, particularly high youth unemployment.

“I know we have some regional employment facilitators but we need more regionally based employment project officers with specific skills in connecting with established sectors like services, hospitality and retail, emerging industries, and young jobseekers,” Ms Saffin said.

“These project officers could work hand in glove with local councils’ economic development units and local chambers of commerce.

“Regional Development Australia boards would be best placed to coordinate this network as ‘honest brokers’ contracted to minimise duplication and to leverage other existing facilitator positions and State and Federal funding.

“I have long advocated for the NSW Government to develop and fund a Regional Jobs Plan, and I particularly like RDA-Northern Rivers and RDA-Mid North Coast’s joint initiative, North Coast NSW Employment Strategy and Action Plan, as a blueprint for such a plan.

“I believe the RDAs’ employer-led, pull-through strategy of helping employers create local jobs has rigour around it and the best chance of success. This could be the fresh approach that we need.

“At the state level, there still is an estimated $1.7 billion of unspent Restart NSW funds that are legislatively earmarked for regional New South Wales, so hopefully some of that funding could be unlocked for a Regional Jobs Plan, driven by more local employment facilitators.”

Ms Saffin said the NSW Government could fund a Regional Employment Forum to highlight what had been done to grow employment, where there were still gaps and identify future priorities for our regions.

Some of her ideas for employment creation include: • A ‘locals first’ policy for all State Government-funded programs, which would really support our local tradies and local suppliers; • The NSW Government

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must review its Expression of Interest (EOI) for NSW Whole of Government Waste Management for Health, TAFE and caravan parks on Crown reserves, to ensure our regional companies do not lose out to foreign-owned multinationals; Creating and fast-tracking social housing development, of which we have a dire shortage. The sector is looking to upcoming NSW and Federal budgets for a major injection of funding, which needs to reach the North Coast rather than be concentrated in metropolitan areas; Taking on resourced apprentices and interns, and reinvigorating TAFE as our primary provider of vocational education and training; More targeted support for our vibrant arts industry, which has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic; and The NSW Government has established Special Activation Precincts in Parkes, Wagga Wagga, Snowy Mountains, Moree and Williamtown to turbo charge local economies.

These SAPs or associated Local Activation Precincts may or may not be the right fit for the North Coast but they are certainly worth further investigation.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

NEWS 13

NEW BYRON HUB FOR HOMELESS RESPONDING to the growing need for services supporting the local homeless, Byron Community Centre and Creative Capital (the team behind Habitat) have joined forces to reopen Fletcher Street Cottage, located in the middle of town.

Previously run as a drop-in centre for people at risk of becoming homeless, and those already sleeping rough, Fletcher Street Cottage has been closed for five years, due to a lack of funding.

Owned by Council, they recently voted to reopen the cottage as a hub for Byron’s most vulnerable with colocated services making for easy access.

There will be assistance with housing, mental health, physical health, plus other basics like providing a safe place to have a shower and do some washing.

Led by general manager for the Byron Community Centre, Louise O’Connell, the Creative Capital team are volunteering their time and skills to raise funds, redesign the

space and manage the renovations.

“Byron is second only to Sydney for homelessness,” Louise said. “This hub will provide much-needed services for our growing homeless, many of whom are women.”

Brandon Saul, director for Creative Capital agreed, saying, “There’s never been a more critical time for these services. With the ongoing housing crisis, we need to look after everyone in the local community.”

Creative Capital have already secured funding for staff to manage the new project. And with the new plans almost finished, the goal is to have the space open as soon as possible.

Have your say on Kyogle Kyogle Council is seeking comment and feedback from the community in connection with draft landscaping proposals for the Kyogle town centre.

The draft plans include the following: • Comprehensive landscaping proposals for the town centre, including works to create a new civic ‘plaza’ focused on Stratheden Street; • Revised parking, access and traffic management arrangements – including the introduction of a 40kph zone throughout the town centre; • Opportunities for new landscaped outdoor dining/rest spaces, street furniture and other features; and • Proposals to introduce new lighting and public art into the town centre – including a ‘Laneway Strategy’ to better activate Roxy Lane and Crockford Lane.

Byron Business After Hours All members of the Byron Bay Business Community are invited to the May Business After Hours Networking Event hosted by TAFE NSW on Thursday, May 20 from 5:30pm-7:30pm.

These casual evening events provide fantastic networking opportunities

“One of the next steps will be putting a call out for skilled volunteers,” creative director for Creative Capital, Fraser Williams-Martin said.

“We’re going to need trades like builders and painters, as well as materials from businesses, plus general volunteers for working bees. Everyone will get a chance to help revive this important community asset. “ To support by donating your time or money and for updates on how the project is progressing you can do it all online at fletcherstreetcottage. com.au For more information contact Elise on elise@ thecreativecapital. company or 0439 982 252.

in a relaxed setting and give hosting members the opportunity to promote their business.

The May BAH is hosted by TAFE NSW at the Beach Hotel.

Tickets are $15 for members and $25 for non-members. Includes nibbles and welcome beverage. https://events. humanitix.com/

Scam alert The ATO is receiving reports of a new email scam that asks people to update their myGov or myGovID details.

Scammers pretending to be from the ‘myGov customer care team’ are emailing people and telling them they need to verify their identity by clicking on a link. The link goes to a fake myGov logon page designed to steal their personal information.

If you receive an SMS or email that looks like it’s from myGov, but it contains a link or appears suspicious, you can report it to ScamWatch. If you have clicked on a link or provided your personal information, you can contact Services Australia’s Scams and Identity Theft Helpdesk on 1800 941 126.

Visit www.ato.gov.au/scamalerts to find out more.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

14 NEWS

LCC debates leak policy costs to ratepayers

By Tonia Dynan ONE man’s fight to have $2000 reimbursed on his water bill was lost last week.

Tim Hickey received an excessive water bill caused by a water leak unknown to him and subsequently rectified by him.

Mr Hickey paid the resulting bills in their entirety despite being above his normal use and was asking council to be reimbursed for the excess amount.

Cr Adam Guise (pictured) said the issue was first raised by the resident back in November.

“This resident, through no fault of their own, has incurred an excessive water bill based on a water leak that existed

prior to him purchasing the property and was known to council,” Cr Guise said.

“Here we are in a situation where we knew about the leak.

This landholder incurred this leak, unbeknownst to him, and as soon as it was brought to his attention, he did something about it.

“The fact that Lismore City Council does not incur these genuine costs is, in itself, good reason to compensate him.”

Cr Darlene Cook said she was against the reimbursement as it would be providing an outcome for one customer that was not available to any other customer in the same situation.

“It seeks to create a dangerous precedent in my mind that Council can choose to openly ignore its

own policies and provide an outcome to a particular customer just because the customer has drawn their plight to the attention of a number of councillors and not just relied on our hardship policy applications.

“This council has spoken

on numerous occasions on the importance of following due process, of being open and transparent and accountable in all our decisions. This motion breaks those rules and ignores the proper process of a formal review under either the existing or the draft revised water leaks policy.”

Later, in the same council meeting, council voted to put the amended Concealed Water Leaks policy on display for 28 days.

The amended policy would see part write-offs for consumption charges incurred during a water leak.

Cr Cook said the policy was to provide financial relief to customers, who through no fault of their own, received excessive water bills.

Council staff said under the revised policy, Mr Hickey would be compensated around $700.

“I’m disappointed that councillors couldn’t see the injustice of this situation and have not voted in support of reimbursing him some amount of what he unfairly incurred,” Cr Guise said.

“We’ve heard from this policy, that it would only reimburse him up to $700 that in my mind puts him out of pocket for what he would have genuinely incurred.

“I consider this profiting by someone else’s mistake, or innocence or ignorance, and we should not as a council be doing that. So, we are making money from this unfortunate situation.”

GET INFORMED ON WATER OPTIONS ROUS County Council has announced a series of information days to be held this month where the community can ‘drop in’ and find out more about the revised draft Future Water Project 2060.

Seven community information days have been scheduled across the Lismore, Richmond Valley, Ballina and Byron Bay local government areas.

Rous County Council’s Chairperson Keith Williams said the information days are a great opportunity for residents to talk directly with the project team.

“A secure drinking water supply is one of the community’s most critical pieces of infrastructure,” Mr Williams said.

“Residents need to be fully aware of the water security challenges Rous’ regional supply is facing from population growth and changing climate conditions as well as better understand the new water sources that are needed.

“The upcoming information days are an important part of the conversation we must continue to have with the many communities that depend on us for their drinking water each day.

“Our draft Future Water Project requires as much input and feedback from the community as possible in order to deliver a water supply that meets its needs,” he said.

The community information days will be held: • Thursday 20 and Friday 21 May 2021 – Rous County Council marquee at the Casino PRIMEX Field Days; • Monday 24 May 2021 – Richmond Room – Ballina Library; • Tuesday 25 May 2021 – Lennox Community Centre; and • Wednesday 26 May and Thursday 27 May 2021 – Cavanbah Centre in

Byron Bay. Each information day will run from 9am until 4pm, with residents able to drop in at any time that suits them.

Residents who are unable to make an information day can still contact Rous County Council directly to discuss any questions or concerns with the project team.

Rous County Council’s general manager Phillip Rudd said it was pleasing to be able to return to face-toface engagement with the community after a challenging past year.

“COVID-19 has made it very difficult to have the personal engagement with the broader

community that is needed with a major initiative like the Future Water Project,” Mr Rudd said.

“Unfortunately, our efforts to hold these information days earlier were hampered by the temporary reintroduction of restrictions for Northern Rivers residents at the start of April, right when we commenced our public exhibition period.

“But the project team has still been able to meet with and present to many community groups over the past month.

“Based on current public health advice, we’re confident it’s now safe and appropriate to hold these information days.

“Although the timing is not ideal, it’s important we still provide as many opportunities as possible for residents to speak with us face-to-face,” Mr Rudd added. The revised draft Future Water Project 2060 is currently on public exhibition until Friday, May 28.

For more information on the Future Water Project 2060 (including how to provide feedback), visit www.rous. nsw.gov.au.

All residents attending the community information days must adhere to COVID-safe practices and guidelines

Free ‘healthy mindset’ workshop for Byron Shire business owners BUSINESS owners in the Byron Shire are invited to attend a free workshop aimed at providing them with resources and tools to improve theirs and their employees’ mental health and wellbeing, as well as the opportunity to connect with other business owners.

The workshop is facilitated

by Mullumbimby Psychology and will be held on 10 June 2021 at the Cavanbah Centre on Ewingsdale Road.

Lisa Richards, Council’s Business Enterprise Officer, said the aim of the workshop was to provide business owners with strategies and tools to cope with the mental stress

of owning or running a small business.

“Council ran a similar workshop in October last year and we had terrific feedback from those who attended,” Ms Richards said.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has put an enormous amount of pressure on businesses in

the Shire in a range of different ways including the need for some to diversify and change the way they operate and find staff to help them keep the doors open”.

“This workshop, which is being facilitated by Mullumbimby Psychology, will look at things including skills

to help people manage burnout and how to look after their mental health,” she said.

The workshop will run from 8:45am – 3:30pm and lunch will be provided.

Numbers in the workshop are limited and people can register by emailing lrichards@byron. nsw.gov.au.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

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KOALA WILDLIFE CORRIDOR HITS 100K TREES BANGALOW Koalas Inc reached an important milestone last week, planting their 100,000th tree on a property at Bungawalbin.

It’s hard to imagine that many trees but it’s enough to plant an area the size of the MCG. The 100,000th tree planted is the culmination of 49 plantings on 37 properties since 2018. 80 per cent of these trees have been planted since the devastating Black Summer bushfires of 2019/20.

It’s easy to underestimate the amount of work that goes into finding willing landowners, securing funding, preparing the land and planting each tree, one at a time, by hand.

It wouldn’t be possible without the hundreds of volunteers who turn up to plant trees on both weekdays and Saturday mornings. It wouldn’t be possible without the tightknit team at the core of Bangalow Koalas Inc, led by president Linda Sparrow.

And it wouldn’t be possible without the support of the individuals, companies, charities and government departments that provide funding.

The planting of 4500 trees

at Bungawalbin is stage 1 of 7450 trees funded by WWF Australia’s Koalas Forever Program, with trees funded by One Tree Planted and Foresty NSW. WWF have entered into a three-year funding commitment with Bangalow Koalas that will help them plant an additional 100,000 trees.

Bangalow Koalas won’t be resting up after the 100,000th tree is planted. Their aim is to plant 250,000 by the end

of 2025 to create a Koala Wildlife Corridor across the Northern Rivers.

“If there’s one lesson we’ve learnt it’s that real impact can only happen with collaboration. Individuals, companies, charities, government all working together to protect our beautiful and precious biodiversity,” Linda said.

Property owners Gray Pritchett and Suellen Thompson bought the farm in

December 2019.

“Early in 2020 I was sitting in an office, 24th floor of a high-rise in Brisbane and writing engineering software for Shell and now I helped plant the 100,000 tree for Bangalow Koalas,” Gray said.

“I’ve never been happier.

The Covid downturn saw me being retrenched and we took the opportunity to make a tree change. We sold the city house on 460 square metre block and bought 170 acres

for about half the price.

“What to do with all that land when we really wanted to set up a flower farm that needs about an acre and run a few cattle? Well, the answer was obvious when we saw the devastation from the bushfires – give some of it back.

“We have set aside about 25% of our property for Koala Habitat and bush regeneration and with the amazing help of Linda and her team we have so far put in about 7000 trees and fenced off areas for wetland and habitat.

“By separating the cattle and the wildlife we can show we can co-exist and conservation doesn’t mean you can’t still make a living from the land while putting something back for future generations.

“Shell called me a while ago and asked me if I’d like to come back, I was on the tractor at the time and I said, ‘yeah… nah’.”

The group will be planting more trees in the coming months.

To enlist in the Koala Wildlife Corridor, volunteer to plant trees or donate to help us create our corridor contact Bangalow Koalas Inc at president@bangalowkoalas. com.au

Resurrection of failed shipyard DA doomed

By Tim Howard AN attempt to resurrect a rejected plan for a shipbuilding yard on Palmers Island, near Yamba, is almost certain to fail says a neighbour who has led a residents fight against the plan.

Yamba Marina owner Peter Sutton and his wife Kay Cottee and other residents have fought the proposal since it first surfaced as a rezoning application to Clarence Valley Council in 2013.

The proponent, Bill Collingburn, sought to have an agricultural block he owned in School Rd, Palmers Island, rezoned to allow his boatbuilding business, Yamba Welding & Engineering to expand.

Although the rezoning was eventually successful, the DA stumbled at several hurdles.

The council hand-balled it to the State Government’s Gateway Planning group, who rejected the plan in 2017.

The Joint Regional Planning

Panel appeared to throw the plan a lifeline when it found a loophole that might allow the development in 2018.

But NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes finally rejected the plan in May 2020.

Mr Collingburn has since sold the business and new owners, the Whiskey Project Group, have taken control of his successful boat building operation based at Yamba.

It appeared the Palmers Island expansion was dead and buried, but at last month’s council meeting Cr Karen Toms revealed there was still some life left in it.

Despite failing to bring written evidence, she convinced councillors to support a notice of motion that council write to Mr Stokes, advising he was erroneously advised by a senior departmental staff member there was “lack of any evidence that there was any support for the proposal from councillors”.

The council, pending Cr Toms providing written evidence of the departmental staffer’s comments, will write to Mr Stokes.

The letter will say council is aware that one of the grounds advised as reason for the Minister not approving the proposal was: “lack of any evidence that there was any support for the proposal from councillors”, is incorrect and further advise that it has and did support the rezoning of part of Lot 2 DP598769 School Road Palmers Island to facilitate the development of a marine based industry.

Some councillors had concerns the move from Cr Toms was an attempt to get the DA back on the books.

Cr Peter Ellem described the NOM as a “back doorway of getting into the ear of the minister”.

Cr Greg Clancy said he was “disappointed that this issue has been exhumed”.

Cr Richie Williams denied the

proposal would be “exhumed”.

He said there were “five pretty strong points (for non-approval) that will remain no matter what”.

Mr Sutton said he has advice the Minister’s rejection of the proposal would stand.

“I discussed this with the planning department’s Northern Region director Jeremy Gray and he said the proposal had been rejected three times and that was the end of it.

Mr Sutton said the council decision was hard to understand because it voted that it would take a neutral stance on the project before it handed the decision making over to the State Government.

“He’s assured me there’s nothing going to come of it,” Mr Sutton said.

The council’s director environment, planning and community Des Schroder said there was no way of resurrecting the original plans.

“The only way would be to start again from scratch,”

he said. “And because the Minister has already rejected it, it would have to be a pretty good proposal.”

A spokesperson for the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment said the department refused the Palmer Island planning proposal to rezone land to allow for a boat-building facility in April 2020 because of its inconsistency with state and local government strategies for the area and it didn’t address a number of key issues raised in submissions including flooding risk, noise, traffic and visual impacts and loss of important farmland.

“If a further application for development on the subject land is made, or at an alternate site, the Department will consider the application on its merits,” the spokesperson said.

The council vote went: for: Crs Toms, Lysaught, Baker, Williamson and Simmons; against: Crs Novak, Ellem, Kingsley and Clancy.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

NEWS 17

Universities feeling the pinch in Budget 2021 THE union representing university employees says the Federal Government has left workers out to dry with a cut of almost $1 billion to research funding in last week’s Federal Budget.

The union is considering industrial action and protests in response to lack of support to the sector.

The tertiary sector has struggled since the COVID 19 pandemic began, and it was hoping for funding and Tuesday night’s budget.

National Tertiary Education Union national president Dr Allison Barnes says the government has left the universities out in the cold.

“The government has ceased the emergency research funding provided in last year’s budget,” she said.

“It has also acknowledged that its Jobs Ready Graduates package passed by parliament last year will in reality result in a funding cut to the sector of 9.3% over the next three years, despite its claims to the

contrary at the time.

“While the private higher education providers will welcome the additional public funding, the government is hanging university workers and Australia’s future out to dry.

“If this government was serious about wanting to invest in skills, education, and training to tackle unemployment, it would invest more in higher education than just 5000 short course places.

“Instead, there’s a pittance in this budget for higher education, from a government which has abandoned Australian university workers and students.

“Where is the rescue package for higher education,

our fourth largest export sector which has lost over 17,300 jobs and thousands of courses after being locked out of JobKeeper?

“Where is the pathway for the return of international students?

“This is a big-spending budget that ignores the nation’s brains trust. Once again, the government has turned its back on higher education staff, students and school leavers.

“Higher education is a smart, triple-dividend investment: it employs more than a quarter of a million workers, it educates the next generation of workers and it drives the research and innovation to power our economy.”

The NTEU is calling for a continuation of last year’s $1 billion injection into research funding, and a commitment to recurrent funding of at least 1% of GDP to protect the sector in the wake of COVID-19.

LAW COUNCIL WELCOMES FUNDING BOOST FOR LEGAL SERVICES ADDITIONAL funding for Australia’s legal assistance sector announced in the Budget with a focus on improving access to justice for women and those experiencing mental health issues have been welcomed

by The Law Council of Australia. Key funding measures in the 2021-22 Budget will provide a range of further legal assistance resourcing under the National Legal Assistance Partnership, including: • $129 million over four years for women’s legal services to increase their capacity to

women, including those experiencing, or at risk of, family violence; • $17.1 million over four years to Domestic Violence Units and Health Justice Partnerships, to deliver additional mental health specific services for women who have experienced family and domestic violence; and • $60 million over four years for the legal assistance sector to provide support to people experiencing mental health conditions.

“The legal assistance sector has been chronically underfunded over many

years, and this Budget is a step in the right direction towards a greater recognition of the critical role these services play in providing access to justice for some our most vulnerable communities,” president of the Law Council, Dr Jacoba Brasch QC said.

“Women’s legal services in particular have faced a significant increase in demand over the last 12 months, with the COVID-19 pandemic pushing these already resource-poor centres to breaking point.”

Frontline legal services within the legal assistance

sector – Legal Aid Commissions, Community Legal Centres, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, and Family Violence Prevention and Legal Services – are fundamentally important to improving the lives of marginalised and vulnerable communities.

“The downstream savings created by proper investment in the legal sector are clear. It’s time government recognizes that a failure to adequately invest in these services has broader implications to health, housing, social services and

welfare, child protection, families, corrections, policing and justice portfolios,” Dr Brasch said.

“While we want to see significant increases in funding across all parts of the legal assistance sector, particularly for specialised and culturally appropriate legal services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, we are hopeful that this Budget indicates a recognition by government that resourcing this sector is a fundamental component to responding to challenging social and economic problems.”

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The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

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TAFE project raises funds for rescue chopper FROM what started as a generous donation of a car some 12 years ago to TAFE NSW - Wollongbar campus, an epic long-term project is coming to its pointy end.

Nearly 90 students (mechanical, panel and paint) and their supporting teachers have been practicing and developing their skills in line with units of their apprenticeship through the careful restoration of a 1986 VL Commodore (pictured) back to its former glory. This has built a sense of contribution and pride amongst the young tradespeople as they demonstrate their technical ability.

The vehicle also has an added back story in that it has been repainted, thanks to the support of PPG, in its

original ‘Waltons Blue’ 1B-107 which was a limited edition fleet colour reserved only for a Waltons department store vehicles.

When the vehicle was donated the

original owner asked that the vehicle be auctioned when completed and profits forwarded to support the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service.

This has added further pride for the

project with the vehicle hoped to raise over $30,000.

The project is on track to be finished in early 2022 where it is anticipated that the vehicle will be shown at local car shows and alike with great interest expected from potential buyers from across Australia given the significance of the Holden brand which is no longer in production.

Representatives from TAFE and the Rescue Helicopter hope that this initial teaser unveiling will develop further interest as the students continue to complete the upholstery and final trimmings on the restoration. To find out more contact can be made via the TAFE NSW Wollongbar campus automotive department.

TOP TOURISM TOWN FINALISTS REVEALED THE NSW Tourism Industry Council has announced the finalists for the inaugural Top Tourism Town Awards for NSW, with 42 ambitious towns from across the state now in the running to take out this prestigious award.

Maclean and Tyalgum are in the Top Tourism Town less than 5000 residents and Ballina, Grafton and Kingscliff are in the Top Tourism Town greater than 5000 residents.

“The Top Tourism Town Awards celebrate the unwavering spirit of these communities and demonstrates the true value of tourism and the visitor economy to these towns,” said NSW Tourism Industry Council executive manager, Greg Binskin.

“It’s a real testament to the

resilience of these towns that in this first year, we have an incredible 42 finalists in two categories: those with populations over 5,000 residents and those under 5,000.

“These Awards are all about community

collaboration, groups such as Local Chambers of Commerce, Tourism Associations, Councils and Visitor Information Centres have come together to showcase their town as a tourism destination worthy of celebrating.

“The process was highly competitive with inspiring editorial, images and video content accompanied by a compelling 3 – 4 day itinerary essential to be a Top Tourism Town finalist,” Mr Binskin said.

“It has been great to see so

many NSW towns embrace the Top Tourism Town Awards. Enormous work is done by regional towns to attract visitors, all in support of their local businesses and economies, and this has been a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge and reward that work. The number and quality of entries has been remarkable, and they are an exciting example of what NSW has to offer,” said NSW Tourism Industry Council president, Simon Spellicy.

Voting closed on May 14. The winners will be announced by the Hon. Stuart Ayres, Minister for Tourism, Investment & Jobs at the Local Government NSW Destination & Visitor Economy Conference, Thursday, May 27.

Changes to state compliance levies raise ire of LCC

By Tonia Dynan

levy on development applications.

A CHANGE in compliance “That means if we’ve got levies by the State Government a compliance matter and we could end up costing Lismore issue a notice, we might get City Council about $300,000 some cost back, but not cost a year. recovery, or if we have a Mayor Vanessa Ekins raised compliance matter and there’s the issue in her mayoral no notice issued we won’t get minute at last week’s council any costs back,” she said. meeting.

“DA assessment fees are “The proposal is here that set by the State Government we ask the State Government and it’s well known they do to defer consideration of not cover the cost of doing a introducing these changes development assessment and to compliance levies, so that the State Government said councils in the local area can there is no need to increase have adequate consultation those fees. about what it means for our “We rely on those fees to planning departments,” Cr do compliance matters and Ekins said. we know that this is really The proposal is for councils important to our community to stop having a compliance and it’s going to become

increasingly important to our community as there’s more changes in building certification legislation in our community expects me oversight and have higher expectations of us.

“We need funds to do that, otherwise we have to scale down our compliance response.”

Cr Ekins used a recent example of a development on Fischer Street in Goonellabah.

“Members of the public noticed huge erosion happening,” she said.

“That development was under private certification, yet our staff had to go out there and sort out the erosion that was happening on that site.

“Under this circumstance

we wouldn’t have any money to do that and we had no way to recoup those costs but there would be expectation on our community that we still went out and did those works.”

Cr Ekins said there hadn’t been any consultation from the State Government about the changes.

Cr Adam Guise said it was a “despicable” act by the State Government.

“We’ve talked in this chamber about cost-shifting, we’ve been very vocal about it, and here’s a case in point right at a budget time where we are cutting left, right and centre and taking services away from our community because of State Government cost-shifting,” he said.

“Our community well knows how compliance is important to them, important to development, the types of development and what occurs in our LGA. “So, for the State Government to, by stealth, without any consultation with councils nor our community, propose to take away significant fees needed to enact lawful and proper compliance is despicable.

“The State Government should be called to account on this and should genuinely consult with councils around the state to genuinely take account of the costs for doing business in our LGA.” The change to the levy is set to start on July 1.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

NEWS 19

‘Triage’ approach taken to Kyogle roadworks

By Tonia Dynan

Director of Assets and Infrastructure Services Tony ROADWORKS was the hot Lickiss said the roads were in topic at the Kyogle Council the current state due to adverse meeting last week. weather conditions.

Cr Maggie May said the “We came out of a prolonged roadworks along Afterlee drought that cracked the soil, Road seemed to be progressing cracked the seals and then we well and asked how soon the went into three rolling floods,” rest of the works on the $2.75 he said. million project would be started “The quickest thing to kill a after the current stage was road is fluctuation in moisture completed. content. If you can keep a road The project is to upgrade saturated or keep a road dry, Graham Kennett deteriorated sections between down the topside straight across Cr Earle Grundy you don’t see the problems that Ettrick Rd and Brown Knob Rd the road in certain places,” Cr we’re seeing with potholes. with culvert replacement works Grundy said. answer was yes. the inputs to the design model “Exacerbating that is, we in progress.

“I hope that drainage is “We design them around the do change frequently and have have a very, very large capex General manager Graham planned for that area before the frequency of flood events or been revised in recent years program and we’ve had to pull Kennett said the rest of the work job’s finished, and that we’re rainfall events,” he said. because of projected impacts graders into that capex program. would be started very soon not going to have that sort of “I think the road crossing in of climate change and other “Basically, we’re triaging after, “in a matter of three or problem. rural areas is about a one-in-five factors.” the network now from a four days”, as the crew running “Do we do we make year event is allowed to cross The Clarence Way between maintenance point of view, that job had some unsealed allowances now in roads that we the road, where the culvert is Woodenbong and Urbenville where we’re addressing roadwork to finish first. build, to take into account what allowed to not have capacity is being rebuilt as part of a dangerous first, so anything He said the road would not we think is going to happen and we use the rainfall and $5million project jointly funded that is actually a danger to life be closed during that period but with global warming, where we runoff manual that’s provided

by Kyogle Council and the and limb, we’re addressing would be operated under traffic may not get more rain but more by the Australian Government, Federal Government. those immediately, and as you control. intense falls occasionally.

Australian rainfall and runoff Works started in February this go down through the triage, Cr Earle Grundy asked “As in, instead of putting indexes, and they change year and the first kilometre was comfort and economy is at the about drainage for the section back in 450 culverts wherever incrementally with things like sealed last month. Construction lowest point in that. being worked on just north we do little upgrades, we put a predicted climate change, from the Urbenville end is in “So, potholes whilst of Tunglebung Creek on the slightly larger culvert. Have we intensity rainfall and changes. progress. inconvenient aren’t considered Clarence Way. got anything that we’re doing “The rule book that we’re Cr Grundy what plans council dangerous. They will slow your “The other night, we had a bit for that?” playing from doesn’t change in had to fix the “appalling” state trip down, but you will still get of a downpour and water ran Mr Kennett said the short terms of the design criteria, but of the roads in the shire. there safely.”

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The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

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Nimbin CWA branch revitalised after 25 years

By Linnet Pike ANYONE with an interest in local history can scroll through old copy from our local newspapers, much is archived from many decades of rural reportage. Once, secretaries of local organisations would send in a monthly report on their doings so that everyone in the district knew details of what was going on in the settlements of the Far North Coast.

Thus, we know that in July of 1943, the Nimbin Branch of the CWA had made and passed on twenty camouflage nets to the Australian Army.

At that time, all over Australia, hundreds of women’s netting circles produced thousands of nets for this vital war need.

The Country Women’s Association was founded in 1922 and by 1928, a Nimbin Branch had been formed which existed until 1994.

We know what a crucial role the CWA played in rural and remote Australia. Baking and handicrafts on stalls and shows, dancing and cards, catering, cabarets and balls brought much needed recreation and socialising but these were also the foundations of vital rural fundraising for local hospitals, infant care programmes and many services for country women and their families that were provided by the CWA throughout much of the twentieth century.

We know that CWA Nimbin was producing successful and elaborate cabarets from 1930 onwards, and these

provided not only a touch of glamour and fun in rural life but much of the focus of their fundraising was to cover health needs. The CWA Memorial Hospital in Nimbin opened in 1933, with the branch providing everything from linen and beds to chip heaters.

Fortunately, when CWA Nimbin branch re-formed in March 2019 it was not expected that we would have to outfit a hospital. However, after less than a year, we were faced with the Mount Nardi Fire event of 2019-2020.

Until then we had enjoyed a quiet year getting established; we had held several stalls at our local community markets, put together pamper packs (or Goddess Gifts, as we called them) for local women in need, and been enthusiastically involved in both the Nimbin Country Show and the Lost Arts Fair at Djanbung Gardens, our local Permaculture Centre.

During the fire emergency many of our branch members were evacuated from their homes, however we were able to initiate a programme “Food for Firies” which not

only fed our local firies with home style nutritious meals but extended that service to defenders who stayed on communities fighting the fires. We were able to collaborate and coordinate with local businesses and other local organisations to support our community in this unprecedented situation.

Co-ordinating such a large event and turning out hundreds of delicious meals in a crisis situation was certainly a bonding experience for our members but also embedded us within our community and pushed us to find a permanent CWA home.

When Covid hit, we had just signed a lease to rent a space in the Nimbin Community Centre; we thought it an ideal place in the heart of our village, to be able to engage with both the community and other Community Based Organisations (CBOs) and it has proved to be a good home for us, Covid restrictions notwithstanding. We are able to hold meetings there, allow other community organisations to use our space and with a new kitchen installed, we hope to hold workshops and offer

Photos by Sue Stock

pop up shops with traditional CWA tea and scones on offer.

However, as we know, the CWA is ‘more than tea and scones’ and over this last year we have been able to grant CWA Resilience Awards to two students at Nimbin Central School, contribute to NAIDOC Day at the Nimbin Widjabul Wia:bal Cultural Centre, have monthly stalls at our community markets and engage with the weekly Nimbin Farmers’ Market.

We have held regular fund-raising raffles and become familiar faces on the street in our community. We have recently made a foray into the world of popular culture, holding monthly CWA trivia nights at the Nimbin Bowlo and this has received great support. We discovered the community sweet tooth through the Farmers’

Markets and now we see the competitive intellectual side of our community with the trivia competition. On the spiritual side, our poppy installation in the garden surrounding the Nimbin War Memorial was a moving tribute on Remembrance Day and both our branch members and our community created red poppies for this project.

Certainly, over our two years of tumultuous and highly enjoyable existence CWA Nimbin has flourished in our community and continues to grow, consolidate and discover ways to serve and be part of community life. Our branch meets on the second Monday of the month at 5pm, in the Figtree Building at the Community Centre and is welcoming and inclusive to all women.

REGIONAL HEALTH INQUIRY TO BE LIVE STREAMED AN upcoming public hearing of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Health to be held later this year in Lismore could be live streamed.

The next two public hearings in Wellington and Dubbo of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Health outcomes and access to health and hospital services in rural, regional and remote NSW will be live streamed after a successful motion by Greens MP and health spokesperson Cate Faehrmann, who is also a member of the NSW Upper House Health Committee.

The move comes after Cate Faehrmann spoke in parliament on the inequities caused by not live streaming

the inquiry, depriving many of those in rural and regional communities from the opportunity to participate in, observe and report on the inquiry.

“I’m really pleased that a solution was able to be found to ensure that those most impacted by the lack of health services in remote and rural NSW can access these hearings,” Ms Faehrmann said.

“This is about fairness, transparency and accountability. That’s why it’s so important that these hearings are made available to everyone. What’s more, in 2021 and with most of Australia and the world

conducting all sorts of business via video link, it’s unacceptable to the community that such an important Inquiry as this one is not able to do the same.

“It is certainly my hope that this trial, which will be in place for the Wellington and Dubbo hearings, be extended to all of the remaining hearings. If we can’t even

give rural and regional people access to a livestream what hope have we got of giving them access to improved health services?

“The irony that an Inquiry established to investigate the issues faced by remote communities and provide an opportunity for them to tell their stories is not available online was not lost on those wanting to observe and report on the inquiry.”

The webcasts will be available on the NSW Parliament’s website.

The other hearings will be held in Gunnedah, Taree, Lismore, Tumut, Wagga Wagga, Walgett and Broken Hill.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

NEWS 21

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May 20, 2021

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Brookfarm’s transformation from desolate farm to towering rainforest

By Chris Byrne Communications manager, Big Scrub Landcare

rainforests of Gondwana, was of crucial importance to establishing a sustainable and responsible farming business.

IN 1989, Pamela and Martin That mantra fuelled the Brook purchased a run-down development of Brookfarm, dairy farm in the Byron Bay and more recently Cape Byron hinterland to live their dream Distillery and We The Many. of moving to the country.

Settlers to the area weren’t Over the decades since, always so environmentally they tirelessly converted the minded, however. When desolate farm into a thriving Europeans began inhabiting orchard, hilltop distillery northern NSW in the 1880s, and towering rainforest – an they were issued a governing achievement that must have imperative to clear the been difficult to envision at the land to create industry and time. food supply. This resulted The transformation began in an ancient rainforest of with trips up from Melbourne, over 75,000 hectares – the where Pamela ran a dental largest expanse of lowland practice and Martin worked subtropical rainforest in the in film and TV. During what country – being cleared to was a period of economic 1% of its original size. Today, downturn, the family would this ecologically significant make a handful of trips up rainforest, which still contains each year, with sons Will and the highest proportion of Eddie put to work planting Gondwana-descendant species and weeding. Over a span of of any rainforest in Australia, 30 years, the family oversaw exists in small remnants a complete transformation of between Byron Bay, Ballina the land, planting over 4,000 and Lismore. macadamia trees and more Upon learning of this than 35,000 rainforest trees and decimation, the Brook family natives. undertook planting that has It was the family’s belief regenerated an 18 hectare patch that regenerating the native of native forest. Many of the rainforest, which descends canopy species are reaching 40-million years to the mature size, providing habitat

for up to 100 threatened species that call the Big Scrub home, as well as the 17 botanicals used in Brookies Gin. The results are testament to the Brook family’s devotion to caring for the land and building sustainable business that adds value to the community and environment.

Many other landowners in the area are following a similar path, with hundreds involved in Big Scrub Landcare’s Rainforest Re-establishment Program. Since beginning almost 30 years ago, the program has seen around 2.5 million trees planted to create over 600ha of new rainforest, increasing the size of rainforest in the region by almost 70%.

Martin Brook spent many years as vice-president of Big Scrub Landcare and continues to serve in a volunteer role on the executive committee.

The efforts of the Brook family are a legacy with significant impact on the conservation of our precious natural environment, and an inspiration to generations to come.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

NEWS 23

Feedback sought on Draft Scoping Study for Byron’s southern coastline

ART ON BINS COMP AS part of the Lismore Laneways revitalisation project, Lismore City Council in collaboration with the Back Alley Gallery, is calling for your art to be placed on new bins that will be installed in Carrington Street.

The competition is open to artists of all ages and artistic levels living in the Northern Rivers.

We are looking for artwork that reflects the character

and uniqueness of Lismore.

The only restriction is that the designs utilise the provided colour palette, which will complement the upcoming Lismore Laneways revitalisation works.

You must submit your designs by June 4.

Head to https://yoursay. lismore.nsw.gov.au/your-arton-bins for more information, colour palette details and to submit your design.

BYRON Shire Council is asking for public feedback on a draft Scoping Study which compromises Stage 1 of the process to develop a Coastal Management Program (CMP) for the coastal area stretching from Cape Byron to Seven Mile Beach including the Tallow Creek and Belongil Creek estuaries.

The areas included in the Scoping Study include: Belongil Creek estuary and catchment, Cape Byron Headland Reserve, Tallow Beach, Tallow Creek estuary and catchment, Suffolk Park Beach, Broken Head Beach, Broken Head Nature Reserve, Kings Beach, Whites Beach, Brays Beach and Seven Mile Beach.

It’s the first of several stages necessary in the development of a Coastal Management Program (CMP) for the beaches and coastal areas in the southern part of the shire.

A CMP is a long-term strategy that focuses on the management of the coastal zone taking into account what people value about

the beaches, estuaries and coastal areas, what issues are important, current and future threats to the natural environment and how to ensure they are maintained and protected well into the future.

“We surveyed stakeholders and the community at the end of 2020 and they told us the preservation of the natural environment was a primary concern,” Chloe Dowsett, Council’s Coast, Biodiversity and Sustainability Coordinator, said.

The scoping study for the southern beaches and coastal areas of the Byron Shire outlines management issues and community values as well as identifying gaps in the knowledge of Council and further studies that need to be done.

“Once we get feedback from the community about the Draft Scoping Study, staff and consultants will review and incorporate the information which will be provided to Council for endorsement,” Ms Dowsett said.

“We will then move onto the next step in the preparation of the CMP which is a range of detailed studies required to fill priority information gaps.

“This will allow Council, in collaboration with public agencies and land managers to develop credible, evidencebased management actions,” Ms Dowsett said.

Council understands the community is concerned about erosion on Main Beach but this scoping study is looking at the beaches and estuaries south of the Byron Bay lighthouse and the Belongil estuary.

The Draft Scoping Study for Byron Shire’s Southern Beaches is available at Your Say Byron Shire.

The closing date for submissions is 11 June 2021.

Council has already adopted a Scoping Study for the open coastal from Cape Byron to South Golden beach and has commenced Stage 2 of the process with the design and investigation of the Main Beach coastal protection works.

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The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

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Work starts on $540k facelift for Townsend Park WORK has begun on an ambitious $540,000 playground development for the Townsend, Gulmarrad, James Creek and Maclean communities.

The Townsend Park facelift of its playground and surrounding amenities comes courtesy of the collaborative efforts of Clarence Valley Council, the NSW and Australian Governments who have all contributed funding towards the ambitious project totalling almost $540,000.

Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis joined with Clarence Valley Mayor, Cr Jim Simmons, Principal of Pacific Valley Christian School Brett Sharrock, and members of the Maclean Lions Club, for a sod-turning event to mark the start of construction.

Mr Gulaptis said the upgrade is significant and long overdue. It will include a multi-use half-court, an inclusive and accessible playground, picnic shelter and facilities as well shade structures, footpaths and fencing.

“This is terrific news for young people in Townsend and surrounding communities

Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis, Clarence Valley Mayor, Cr Jim Simmons, principal of Pacific Valley Christian School Brett Sharrock, and members of the Maclean Lions Club turn the first sod at the park re-development. and I congratulate everyone involved, including members of the Maclean Lions Club, who manage the park and never gave up on their dream for the local community,” Mr Gulaptis said.

Clarence Valley Mayor, Cr Jim Simmons was keen to point out the role Maclean Lions Club members played in securing funding from

government and their vision to see the project come to life.

“This much-anticipated upgrade to the park and playground in Townsend will see it become a true destination for the Townsend, Gulmarrad, Maclean and James Creek communities,” Cr Simmons said.

“An accessible footpath network will connect activity

points within the park and beyond, linking the park to the local footpath and adjoining schools and preschools.”

“The half-sized court and rebound wall is a popular inclusion in the plan. A picnic shelter, with barbecue facilities and seating, an inclusive playscape, improved informal kick-a-bout area and nature trail are other highlights

in the design.”

Playgrounds in the Clarence Valley have changed dramatically in recent years with a focus on things like inclusive play and accessibility.

The Townsend Park redevelopment demonstrates the implementation of the ‘Everyone Can Play’ guidelines developed by the NSW Government.

‘Everyone Can Play’ outlines the design principles and best practice recommendation for inclusive, modern playscapes. At its heart are three basic principles. Can I get there?

Can I stay? Can I play?

Parks and playgrounds are important assets that provide everyone in the community with areas for recreation, relaxation, learning and fun.

Council anticipates the upgraded park will be ready for play in July this year.

The NSW Government contributed almost $315,000 towards the project under the Stronger Country Communities Fund and Everyone Can Play program, Council $175,000 and the Federal Government $50,000.

FAMILY COURT TO UNDERTAKE FAMILY VIOLENCE TRAINING THE prevalence of family violence in our community has been the subject of considerable public focus and discussion recently. It is an issue faced by many individuals and families who come to the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court to have their family law disputes resolved.

As the safety of children and families is cited as the highest priority for the Courts, it is important that judges, registrars, family consultants and other staff of the Courts are provided with the opportunity for regular training on the issues of family violence and the impact on children.

The Courts have recently engaged the Safe & Together Institute from the United States of America to deliver court-wide training based on the Safe & Together Model developed by leading expert, Mr David Mandel.

The Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia and Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, the Hon Will Alstergren

(pictured) explained that this training is one of many initiatives of the Courts that are aimed at providing safer family law outcomes.

“How the Courts address issues of family violence is the most challenging, but most critical area of the Courts’ work. It is imperative that we continually review our training and knowledge in this area of work. With this in mind, the Courts are very pleased to have engaged the services of Mr Mandel to deliver training this year that will focus on issues such as the protection of children in the context of family

violence, identification of protective parenting, coercive controlling behaviours and the impact of family violence on children,” Chief Justice Alstergren said.

The call for continued professional development and training has been addressed in a number of inquiries including in the 2017 Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into a better family law system to support and protect those affected by family violence which specifically recommended that family law practitioners receive training in the Safe & Together Model.

The Safe & Together Model has been endorsed by many of Australia’s leading family and domestic violence experts and the approach underpins a suite of research projects funded by Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS).

David Mandel, the executive director of the Safe & Together Institute and creator of the Safe & Together Model, said that the Model is a ground-breaking and globally recognized approach to improving outcomes for adult and child survivors of domestic violence and is used by most Australian state

governments.

“The Safe & Together Model’s behavioural approach to mapping domestic violence perpetrators’ patterns onto child and family functioning will advance the ability of Australia’s family law courts to make the best decisions possible for children.

“The Model closes the gap between assessment of child abuse and domestic violence, helps reduce victim-blaming and increases accountability for parents who are using violence and coercive control.

“The holistic, whole family approach is ideally suited for the needs of Australian families including indigenous and, culturally and linguistically diverse families.

“With this training, Australia’s family law courts are well-placed as a global leaders in the reform of family court domestic violence practices. We’re proud to be part of this effort and are hopeful that families using the Courts will reap the benefits of them becoming more domestic violenceinformed,” Mr Mandel added.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

NEWS 25

Women’s safety front and centre for SCU graduate AS a child of the women’s refuge movement, Hayley Foster knew from a young age she’d follow in her mother’s footsteps and pursue her own passion for justice, wellbeing, and social change advocacy.

Her mother Pamela (Ela) Foster was the executive officer of the NSW peak body for women’s refuges at the time, and Hayley distinctly remembers attending a protest as a teenager with her mother and grandmother to stop the defunding of a state-wide women’s domestic violence legal centre.

Decades later, while managing the Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre, Hayley completed her Bachelor of Laws at Southern Cross University and went on to become CEO of Women’s Safety NSW. “Violence against women is at epidemic levels right throughout our communities, with one in four women experiencing some form of violence over their lifetime and intimate partner violence being the leading preventable driver of death, disability and illness in women aged between 15 to 44 years of age,” said Hayley.

“The reason it continues to perpetuate at such high levels is that governments have not prioritised targeted measures to both address the violence and abuse and prevent it from occurring in the first place.

This is, however, beginning to change as the community becomes more aware and focussed on the issue.”

Hayley was appointed CEO of Women’s Safety NSW in 2018 and has more than 15 years’ experience in the community and justice sectors in the areas of domestic and family violence policy,

practice and law reform. She says a key focus of her present work is to advocate alongside survivor-advocates and other leaders in the field for the criminalisation of coercive control which is at the core of domestic abuse, and often its most dangerous and damaging element, and for policing and court reforms to support effective implementation of these changes.

“As we’ve seen with the tragic Hannah Clarke and Kelly Wilkinson cases, coercive control is not just damaging, it’s extremely dangerous. We must update our laws to reflect the lived realities of victim-survivors of domestic abuse and send a clear signal that this harmful conduct will no longer be tolerated,” she said.

“Women’s Safety NSW works closely with government but is also very transparent, taking the conversation into the public forum to help increase community-wide understanding and to encourage community members to express their concerns to government – for instance we wanted to know how the community felt about the increased bailing of domestic violence offenders during COVID, and how they felt about victims of domestic violence being directly crossexamined by their abusers in court – a lot of people did not know this was happening until our organisation shone a light on it.

“At the state level, our most significant achievements in 2020 included changes to domestic violence laws and court procedures to ensure victim-survivors can give evidence safely either in a closed court or via audio-

visual link and to protect them from direct cross-examination by their unrepresented abuser from September this year. We also advocated for changes to domestic violence laws to recognise animal abuse within relationships as a form of intimidation, and to automatically protect animals as part of an apprehended violence order.

“At the federal level, we successfully advocated for enhanced funding and reforms to support frontline domestic and family violence agencies deal with the shadow pandemic of escalating violence against women during the COVID crisis, and for the establishment of an urgent national online list in the Federal Circuit Court to streamline family law matters involving family violence where risk has heightened due to COVID. This “COVID List” has been a huge success, particularly for families impacted by domestic violence in regional, rural and remote

From Byron to Casino and surrounding areas

areas where timely access to a family law registry can be limited. Women’s Safety NSW and women’s legal services across the country continue to consult with the Chief Justice regarding further expansion and extension of this list, post-COVID. “I find my job extremely fulfilling, working with innovative experts across many sectors, our amazing member organisations on the frontline who support over 50,000 women escaping violence each year, and with victim-survivors of violence themselves. I also relish in the opportunity to mentor a highperforming team of socio-legal student researchers who will take the philosophy and experience of Women’s Safety NSW into their careers where they themselves will one day become leaders in their chosen fields,” she said.

“The only way we get governments to prioritise these critical issues with real traction is by elevating the

voices of a diverse range of people with lived experience and those advocating alongside them.”

When Hayley graduated with her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Hons) from Southern Cross University in 2019 she was awarded the University Medal for being the highest academic performer in any Honours degree. Just days later she met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office to advocate for improvements to the family law system.

“The knowledge and skills I have gained in my law degree have been instrumental in ensuring my effectiveness in the role as CEO of Women’s Safety NSW. I chose Southern Cross University because of the calibre of law degree and teaching staff,” said Hayley, whose Honours thesis focused on judicial discretion in family law matters in the context of domestic and family violence.

“I wasn’t even sure if I wanted to be a lawyer, but I knew I wanted to be effective in advocating for social justice, and the rights of women and girls in particular, whether through legislative reform or case law, so this law degree with its emphasis on social justice was the perfect fit.

“Knowing the law and how it operates in practice means I am able to ask the right questions of my members and better engage with key stakeholders right throughout the civil, family and criminal justice systems and with elected parliamentary representatives and departmental staff. I would not be in the position I am today, driving these changes, without my law degree from Southern Cross University.”

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May 20, 2021

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

The Mouse & The Snake Gidday, ‘Leemo Cat’ back...I am so so proud of myself...now that I am feeling ‘MUCH’ better, I can hunt again. (Mind you, the nice Vet lady Doc. Gerritt, still wants to see me again...hmmmm!)

Anyhow, I very expertly caught a tiny wee mouse the other day...I didn’t maul or eat it or anything...I think I simply scared it to death with my fearsome but stunning eyes, and by waving my sharpy claws at it. I figured I would bring it in to show ‘Mum Jane’... miaorrowing excitedly and waiting for a soft stroke and a pat and reward when I showed it to her. Her response was not truly, what I had expected. Oooh…not at all. ‘Mum Jane’ was in one of ‘those moods’ ONLY LADIES have...“well Leemo” she said…“why would you scare to death a tiny wee mouse in Lismore...why don’t you catch a bus to Dubbo, Ballimore, Walgett, Trundle, Cumnock, Tallimba, Tottenham, Molong, Mullaley, Leadville, Junee, Young, Condobolin, Lake Cargelligo, Coleambally, Goolgowi, West Wyalong, Narrabri, Bingara, Croppa Creek and Moree…and make a name for yourself with your apparently superior skills in scaring mouses to death? You may even end up being a circus star or at least working for the Rural Lands Board. THESE “COMMUNITIES have more mousies running around than you can even imagine… like TRILLIONS...I am

happy to let you use my Pensioner’s Travel Card… so off you go!” Oooh, crikey...I didn’t mention the baby snakie did I? Well, the same day I bought the tiny wee mouse in, which obviously did not go well, I had a second hunt. Instead of catching the bus to those far flung places to catch mousies I went down into the back yard...whoohoo... in my STEALTHY prowling around, I came across a little ‘wriggling’ snake, just waiting for me to come along…(NOT!) Oooh... how exciting, THIS would impress Mum. I expertly caught it right in the middle of its tummy...putting into practice my lightening quick moves and astute feline skills. Hoping to regain some favour, I ran up the back stairs, and bought it in to her...snakie was still wiggling around at the time...it’s wee head and tail were going round and round, and “I” had caught it in my fearless way, all by myself. Once again expecting a pat, a stroke and a treat, I was sorely disappointed. ‘Mum Jane’ glared at me, held my head, and gently removed the wriggling snake from my lion-like jaws with a cloth, took it outside and released it back into the wilds of our yard. (I was surprised it wasn’t given a packed lunch!) Hmmmm.

Mum said to me, “Leemo, I thought we had already been through the ‘bringing snakes into the house debacle’... this is the third time you’ve done it, and it has to be the last! Do you remember bringing one in and jumping up on my bed with it in your mouth...at a time when I was recovering from foot surgery and couldn’t move?” Eeeek...I DO kinda remember that...

Mum did a commando roll out of bed and ended up on the floor tangled in the doona...I won’t write the words she shouted at me... too rude. The snake saw an escape opportunity in the ensuing chaos and slithered away, out the back door and into the yard next door.

Yeeessss...I DO remember.

I had dry bread and gruel for 3 days after as punishment.

NOW WHAT? Oh well, I guess I shall have to put my mind to other adventures... snakes, birds, mousies and bunnies are OUT! I shall explore my options and try to stay out of strife.

Purrsies, Leemo.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SALVOS APPEAL THE Salvation Army is calling on the local community to volunteer with the annual Red Shield Appeal as they seek to recruit 10,000 ‘Digital Doorknockers’ across the country.

Now in its 56th year, The Red Shield Appeal is The Salvos flagship fundraising appeal which aims to raise $32 million to fund over 2000 centres and services across Australia. In the Northern Rivers The Salvos are aiming to raise $26,000, with funds raised locally staying local.

After the devastating impact of COVID-19 in 2020, The Salvos are seeing some of the greatest need in their history, making this year’s Red Shield Appeal vitally important.

The Salvos need community members to volunteer for the Red Shield Appeal this May in their local area, where all local funds raised will stay in the community.

“The Northern Rivers community have always faithfully backed The Salvos, and this year we need people to volunteer and raise funds to ensure that we can continue the work in the community for years to come,” says Captain Philip.

“Last year, through the generous support of the community, even amongst all the CoVid restrictions during the Red Shield Appeal, we were able to raise vital funds that allowed us to continue our Christmas Cheer program and help over 100 families with Toys and Food hampers, bringing hope to families during the Christmas Season.

Money raised locally this year will help enable us to once again provide support during the Christmas Season, as well as see an expansion of our Community Support and provide support through a new CBD location attached to our Family Store.

The Salvos are encouraging the community to become ‘Digital Doorknockers’ by creating an online fundraising page to raise money for their local Salvos. To become a Digital Doorknocker, visit https://digitaldoorknock.salvationarmy.org. au/t/northern-rivers-salvos, create your personalised page and share it with your family, friends and fellow community members.

You will also be able to give in person across the week of the 24th – 30th May, with Salvo collectors located at Lismore Central, Lismore Square, Woolworths Goonellabah, Woolworths Casino and Alstonville Plaza.

Last year, The Salvos across Australia provided over 1 million occasions of care to those in need, supported more than 40,000 people experiencing homelessness, distributed 1.5 million meals through our homelessness services, gave over 43,000 occasions of care to those experiencing family and domestic violence, and distributed almost $100 million worth of financial assistance to people doing it tough.* Captain Philip says, “The Salvos cannot do what we do without the generosity of the public in our community. If you have the means, please consider donating to the Red Shield Appeal or become a volunteer this year. Your generosity and support will help us to leave no one in need.”

To donate or volunteer for The Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal, or if you need support from The Salvos, visit salvationarmy.org.au or call 13 SALVOS. You can also donate at any Salvos Store.

Skinners Shoot Road upgrades

MORE than $500,000 of safety improvement work on Skinners Shoot Road near Byron Bay started this week.

The work includes upgrades to two sharp curves that are approximately 1.2km south-west of the Arts Factory with the aim being to make the road wider and improve the elevation needed for safe and smooth driving.

“We are thrilled to have received

a $510,000 grant from the NSW Safer Roads program to be able to do this work and I know the residents who live in that area will be really pleased to see this project underway,” Phil Holloway, Director Infrastructure Services said.

“Council has received many complaints about this road so we are looking forward to making it safer for locals and visitors who like to explore the area,” Mr

Holloway said.

Signs warning drivers of the winding road and the suggested speed limit will also be installed as part of the project.

The project will take approximately three weeks to complete.

During this time only one lane of traffic is open but staff will ensure the waits are minimised whenever possible.

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May 20, 2021

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May 20, 2021

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The carnival will run all day on Thursday 27th May (9:30 - 1:30pm) at Colley Park and is the day before the traditional Beef Week Friday celebrations annually held in all local primary schools. This day was originally developed as an initiative to enhance the relationships and interactions between the primary schools in Casino as well as providing the children of the schools with an opportunity to showcase their sporting talents and abilities.

• A much-loved teacher; • Three life memberships of various levels of the Surf Lifesaving Association; • Life member of the Casino Soccer Association; • Secretary of Casino Men’s Shed; • Past chair of Casino Cancer Council Relay for Life; • Past secretary for Casino Junior Rugby League and coach; • Past chair of Meals on Wheels; • His ongoing school involvement right up until his passing; • Mayor, deputy mayor and councillor.

The Charlie Cox Beef Week Cup will now take on even greater significance

The Primary Schools Beef Week Cup has been developed to provide Stage 2 and Stage 3 students (8-12 year olds) from local Casino primary schools with the opportunity to participate in a fun and engaging sporting carnival in a healthy competitive environment.

Students compete against each other across 3 popular sports – Rugby League, Soccer and Netball.

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Last year’s event was cancelled due to the Covid pandemic, and this year’s event has also been impacted by restrictions, but organisers are glad it’s at least going ahead.

bit different because, where we normally have it on the roundabout, and it’s been iconic to have it on the roundabout, but because of the different entrances in and out we’ve had to move that down to Barker Street,” Mr McKey said. “We will have some markets in Barker Street and also a couple of food stalls, but a lot of the events will be separated.

“We’ll have more events down Canterbury Street this year, including the amusement rides.”

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Hobbies: I have been lucky enough to have grown up competing with my family’s Australian stock horses at local and royal shows. My hobbies also include singing and playing the guitar, which I was lucky enough to be employed in 2019 at Australian Outback Spectacular to perform.

Special interests: As mentioned, I ride and compete with horses and I like to sing and play the guitar. I love talking, making people feel welcomed, and making sure everyone is laughing.

Community involvement: I was fortunate enough to be presented with Casino Showgirl for 2019 and 2020 and I am currently working at (an agricultural business) where we can help with all your agricultural needs.

What made you enter the Casino Beef Week Queen contest?

Beef Week has always been the best time of the year.

It brings the community together. Everywhere I go, I brag about Beef Week and I will highly encourage (almost peer pressure) everyone to attend. I love Casino and I love being able to represent my hometown.

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Special interests: Horse training and dog training. I have done cattle breaking and leading for local ag shows and compete on my horses.

Community involvement: Committee member and rides of the Richmond Valley Riders Club.

What made you enter the Casino Beef Week Queen contest?

Something new and I love a challenge.

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Special interests: Travelling around Australia, fundraising for Cancer Council through Sh*t Box Rally, poultry. I live on my family’s mixed farming property at Tatham and have always enjoyed working in Casino.

Community Involvement: Member of Clovass McKees Hill hall committee, volunteer at the Casino Show.

What made you enter the Casino Beef Week Queen contest?

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Special interests: My special interest is improving my knowledge within the beef industry, currently learning how to read estimated breeding values correctly to improve herds.

I have represented the North Coast at Sydney Royal Show in 2019 and 2021 for beef paraders, with receiving fifth in my heat this year.

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What made you enter the Casino Beef Week Queen contest?

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CLASSIC CARS Classic cars roar back into Beef Week with exciting new venue for Show & Shine HUNDREDS of unique cars will roar back into Casino this year as the much-loved Beef Week Show & Shine debuts at a new location on the greens of Casino Golf Club.

event in its own right during that it was time to give it its own day and venue,” Mr McKey said.

“The community will be able to attend the usual Beef Week Saturday events, and have another chance to get amongst it on Sunday with the Show & Shine on the lush green of the Casino Golf Club.”

Show & Shine organiser Sue Eveston said there would be hundreds of cars lining up this year, with owners coming from across the Northern Rivers and southeast Queensland.

“The Show & Shine goes all the way back to very first Beef Week in 1982, when a small collection

“We had 276 cars at the last event in 2019.”

Trophies are awarded across nine categories, which include veteran vintage, bikes, street machines, hot rods, muscle cars, race cars, and modern. “These vehicle are the pride and joy of their owners and have often been lovingly restored at great cost or cared for over a lifetime,” Ms Eveston added.

“Entry is completely free, so be sure to come down and take a look.”

Show & Shine organisers agreed the Golf Club was a perfect setting which would be able to cater to the COVID Safe plan to maintain crowd numbers, and provide hand sanitiser, contact tracing, and physical distancing.

Beef Week president Frank McKey said the Beef Week Committee and Show & Shine organising team had been working tirelessly to create a COVID Safe solution to successfully deliver one of the most popular events of Beef Week. “We feel we’ve come up with a great solution that will enhance the experience for everyone attending the car show,” Mr McKey said.

The Beef Week Show & Shine will be open to the public on Sunday 30 May from 9am to 2pm, at the Casino Golf Club. Entrants can bump in at 7am to be in position by 9am.

As well as relocating from Walker St to the Casino Golf Club, the event will also be held on the final Sunday of Beef Week (30 May), instead of Beef Week Saturday. “The Show & Shine has become such an iconic Beef Week

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WEDNESDAY

ANH’S BRUSH WITH FAME

ABC, 8pm

FRIDAY

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2021 SEMI-FINAL

SBS, 8.30pm

For many, it was a sign that the world was truly in turmoil when Eurovision, the safe place for over-thetop glitz and glamour-filled song-and-dance routines, was cancelled. The much-loved spectacle was pulled and the venue was instead used as an emergency hospital for COVID patients. It was a sobering turn of events that many would like to forget and watching tonight’s ostentatious performances in Rotterdam, Netherlands, will certainly help. Music buff Myf Warhurst (above left) and comedian Joel Creasey (above right) will provide the insightful commentary, with Aussie artist Montaigne performing her new track, Technicolour, from Australia.

Over six seasons, comedian, writer and painter Anh Do (below) has interviewed and effortlessly painted a portrait for a who’s who of Australian celebrity and talent. From TV stars, to politicians, sports people, musicians, actors and fellow comedians, Do has been spoilt for choice.

Interestingly, tonight’s guest may be a name many have never heard of but it will be one they remember after hearing his compelling story. Tonight, Chinese-Australian ballet dancer Li Cunxin sits down for an expansive chat about his extraordinary life. Better known as “Mao’s Last Dancer”, Cunxin overcame severe poverty in communist China to become a star on the world ballet stage.

DOCTOR DOCTOR

NBN, 8.30pm

Now more than halfway through season five (after tonight, there are only three episodes to gorge on), the shenanigans in small-town Whyhope are as fun and diverting as ever. With just the right amount of romance, frivolousness, comedy and tension, it’s an Aussie drama which easily exports its good humour and heart (it airs in more than 10 countries). Tonight, Hugh (Rodger Corser, Glitch, above) is forced to choose sides when his mother Meryl (Tina Bursill) sets her sights on ruining new flame Sharna’s (Chantelle Jamieson) career. Ken (Charles Wu) reveals a shocking secret when his parents visit town and Hayley (Chloe Bayliss) has a crisis of faith after a very bad day.

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FRIDAY, May 21 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings.

10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (R) 11.50 Dream Build.

(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Back Roads. (R) 1.30 That Pacific Sports Show.

(R) 2.05 Smother. (Mal, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. (PG, 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 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 12. H’lights. 8.10 WorldWatch.

2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Building The Tube. (PG, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 12. 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: Jesse Stone: No Remorse. (2010, Mav, R) 2.00 House Of Wellness. (PG) 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) 1.00 MOVIE: The First Wives Club. (1996, PGal, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10.

(PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 The Living Room. (R) 2.00 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. Analysis of the day’s news.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 Gardening Australia. Costa tries some tasty plant-based drinks.

8.30 Vera. (Ma, R) Part 1 of 4.

Vera investigates the murder of a trainee forensic psychologist.

10.00 Doc Martin. (PG, R) Martin must pass three refresher courses.

10.50 ABC Late News. Detailed coverage of the day’s events.

11.05 The Vaccine. (R) Looks at the COVID-19 vaccine.

11.20 The Weekly With Charlie Pickering. (R) A satirical news program.

11.50 You Can’t Ask That: Amputees. (Mals, R) 12.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia.

(PG) Presented by Marc Fennell.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Hunting Egypt’s Lost Treasures: Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb. (PGa, R) A look at the search for Cleopatra’s tomb.

8.30 Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Semi-Final. (R) Coverage of the first semi-final from the 65th annual Eurovision Song Contest from Rotterdam, Netherlands.

11.00 SBS World News Late.

11.30 Beforeigners. (MA15+an) 12.25 Mr Mercedes. (MA15+av) 2.25 MOVIE: The Breaker Upperers. (2018, Mdls, R) 3.50 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Better Homes And Gardens. Joh meets two-time Olympian Jo Brigden-Jones.

8.30 MOVIE: The Ugly Truth.

(2009, MA15+s, R) A romantically challenged producer becomes embroiled with the chauvinistic host of a TV program who offers to help her find love so she can prove his theories about dating are correct.

Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner.

10.40 7NEWS Spotlight: Craig McLachlan. (R) An interview with Craig McLachlan.

12.10 Andrew Denton’s Interview. (Ml, R) Andrew Denton interviews Jade Hameister.

1.30 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 11.

Cronulla Sharks v St George Illawarra Dragons. From Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney.

9.50 Golden Point. A wrap-up of the Cronulla Sharks versus St George Illawara Dragons match, with NRL news and analysis.

10.35 MOVIE: The Foreigner.

(2017, MA15+lv) A businessman seeks justice. Jackie Chan, Katie Leung.

1.00 Our State On A Plate. (PG, R) Stuart Laws experiences craft beer.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Global Shop. (R) 4.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 A Current Affair. (R)

6.30 The Project. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Living Room. Amanda Keller, Dr Chris Brown, Barry Du Bois and Miguel Maestre help guide, educate and enlighten Aussies.

8.30 The Graham Norton Show.

(PGa, R) Graham Norton chats with a host of guests including Lady Gaga, Chris Evans, Michelle Dockery, Josh Gad and Michaela Coel. Niall Horan gives a home performance of his single Black and White.

9.25 To Be Advised.

10.55 The Project. (R) The hosts and guest panellists take a look at the day’s news, events and hot topics.

11.55 WIN’s All Australian News.

1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Hosted by Stephen Colbert.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R)

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

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 Miniseries: The Hollow Crown. 10.30 Doctor Who. 11.15 Art Works.

11.45 Brush With Fame. 12.15am Insert Name Here.

12.45 Catalyst. 1.45 QI. 2.15 Parks And Recreation.

2.40 30 Rock. 3.00 Peep Show. 3.50 News Update.

3.55 Close. 5.00 Rainbow Chicks. 5.05 Timmy Time. 5.20 Pocoyo. 5.25 The Furchester Hotel. 5.40 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon The X-Files. 1.45 The Last Man On Earth. 2.45 Huang’s World. 3.35 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 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 Dynamo: Magician Impossible. 9.20 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 13. Ravenna to Verona. 198km flat stage. 1.35am News. 2.00 Highway Of Tears. 2.30 NHK World English News. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop: Home Shopping.

7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon The Gulf. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Iron Maiden.

(1962) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II. 8.40 MOVIE: Twister. (1996, PG) 10.55 MOVIE: Solace. (2015, MA15+) 1am TV Shop.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager.

11.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. Noon Walker, Texas Ranger. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Blue Bloods. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Law & Order: SVU. 11.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 Walker, Texas Ranger. 3.00 JAG. 4.00 Hawaii Five-0. 5.00 MacGyver.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Walking On Sunshine. Continued. (2014, PG) 6.50 White Tuft, The Little Beaver. (2008) 8.15 Offside. (2006, PG, Farsi) 9.55 The Straight Story. (1999, PG) Noon Billy Elliot. (2000, M) 2.05 Jetsons: The Movie. (1990) 3.35 Cheerful Weather For The Wedding. (2012, PG) 5.25 Florence Foster Jenkins. (2016, PG) 7.30 Heart Beats Loud. (2018, PG) 9.20 The Blues Brothers.

(1980, M) 11.45 Thick Lashes Of Lauri Mäntyvaara.

(2017, M, Finnish) 1.25am Baby Bumps. (2017, M, French) 3.10 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 Bull Riding. PBR Australia. Reply. 3.30 Rodeo. Coonamble Rodeo.

Highlights. 4.00 Timbersports. 4.30 Storage Wars Canada. 5.00 Pawn Stars Australia. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Friday Night Countdown. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 10. Brisbane Lions v Richmond. 10.30 AFL Post-Game. 11.00 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: Open Season: Scared Silly. (2015, PG) 5.45 MOVIE: Show Dogs. (2018, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Puss In Boots. (2011, PG) 9.15 MOVIE: Wedding Crashers.

(2005, M) 11.35 Love Island. 12.35am Bridezillas.

1.30 Monster Croc Wrangler. 2.30 Peaking.

3.00 Beyblade Burst Turbo. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Pokémon Journeys. 4.50 Kaijudo: Rise Of The Duel Masters. 5.10 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 Charmed. 2.00 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 The Conners. 10.30 Charmed. 11.30 Friends. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Raymond. 2.30 Becker. 3.30 A Million Little Things. 4.30 Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs.

3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 4.30 Friday Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour.

6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News.

7.45 The Vaccine. 8.00 Planet America. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Close Of Business. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News.

12.15 Planet America. 1.10 ABC Late News. 1.30 Friday Briefing. 2.00 DW News. 2.15 The Vaccine.

2.30 The Drum. 3.30 DW Conflict Zone. 4.00 The World. 5.00 Planet America.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Stolen Glory: The Tale Of Porky Brooke. 12.10pm Brass Against The Odds. 12.20 MOVIE: The Fringe Dwellers. (1986, M) 2.00 On The Road. 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: Tia And Piujuq. (2018) 8.55 Bedtime Stories. 9.05 The Fifth Region. 10.00 Stockman’s Strategy. 11.00 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Renovate To Rent. 8.00 The Block. 9.20 Garden Gurus Moments. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Boise Boys. Noon Fixer Upper. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 2.00 Fixer To Fabulous. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Flip Or Flop Vegas.

4.30 Rustic Renovation. 5.00 Flip Or Flop. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Hidden Potential. 8.30 Island Life. (Return) 9.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 10.30 Pool Kings. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Headline News. 8.30

2.05pm Find Me In Paris. 2.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 2.55 The Next Step. 3.15 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.35 Junior Vets. 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 Operation Ouch! 7.00 MOVIE: The Son Of Bigfoot. (2017, PG) 8.30 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.50 Fruits Basket. 9.15 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 9.35 Radiant. 10.00 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

Noon Jamie’s Great Italian Escape. 12.30 Mystery Diners. 1.00 Nigella Bites. 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 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 River Cottage Australia. 8.30 Rick Stein’s India. 9.40 Mystery Diners. 10.05 The Cook Up. 10.35 Nigella Bites.

11.05 Late Programs.

Property Ladder UK. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Mighty Rivers. 2.00 Crash Investigation Unit. 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. 11.45 Property Ladder UK. 1am The Fine Art Auction. 4.00 Paul Murray Live: Our Town. 4.30 Escape To The Country. 5.30 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 22 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) 1.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 2.00 Soccer. A-League. Round 22.

Wellington Phoenix v Western United.

4.00 Love On The Spectrum. (PG, R) 5.00 Landline.

5.30 Ask The Doctor. (PG, R)

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 WorldWatch.

2.00 Cycling. Amstel Women’s Gold Race.

H’lights. 2.30 Cycling. Amstel Men’s Gold Race. H’lights. 3.00 Cycling. La Flèche Wallonne. Women’s Race. H’lights. 3.30 Cycling. La Flèche Wallonne. Men’s Race.

H’lights. 4.00 Travel Man. (PG, R) 4.30 True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi. (PGa, R) 5.30 Cycling. Giro d’Italia. Stage 13. H’lights.

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Horse Racing. Lord Mayors Cup Day and National Jockeys Trust Race Day. 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. (PG, R)

6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Our State On A Plate. 12.30 Animal Embassy.

(R) 1.00 Reel Destinations. (Premiere) 1.30 Desert Vet. (PG, R) 2.30 Garden Gurus.

(Final) 3.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 4.

Collingwood Magpies v Queensland Firebirds.

5.00 News: First At Five.

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 Wild Australia: After The Fires.

(PG, R) Narrated by Hugo Weaving.

7.00 ABC News. Takes a look at today’s top stories.

7.30 The Durrells. (PG, R) Larry’s novel is being published in England.

8.20 Sanditon. (PG) Charlotte and Sidney clash again, only for Charlotte to be left confused by a chance encounter.

9.05 Wakefield. (Madls, R) James suffers a catastrophic loss of identity and experiences a near-fatal overdose.

10.05 The Split. (Final, Mls, R) Hannah’s marriage is in turmoil.

11.05 Miniseries: Dark Money. (Ma, R) 12.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 The World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys: Switzerland.

(R) Narrated by Bill Nighy.

8.30 Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Semi-Final. (R) Coverage of the second semi-final from the 65th annual Eurovision Song Contest from Rotterdam, Netherlands.

11.00 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls, R) 12.50 MOVIE: The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir. (2018, Mlv, R) 2.30 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. (R) 3.40 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+v, R) 5.00 Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Grand Final.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 MOVIE: The Day After Tomorrow.

(2004, PGal, R) A sudden ice age engulfs Earth. Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal.

9.30 MOVIE: A Good Day To Die Hard. (2013, Mlv, R) After learning his estranged son is in trouble, a New York cop heads to Russia to lend a hand. Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch.

11.30 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: A Killer Amongst Us – The Norfolk Island Murderer.

(MA15+av, R) Takes a look at the 2002 murder of Janelle Patton, a young Sydney woman killed on Norfolk Island.

1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Space Invaders. (PGa) 8.30 MOVIE: Jurassic World.

(2015, Mv, R) A genetically modified hybrid dinosaur escapes containment and goes on a killing spree at a theme park. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard.

10.55 MOVIE: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. (2016, MA15+ahv, R) 12.50 New Amsterdam. (Mam, R) 1.40 Ready 4 Adventure. (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. (PGl, R) 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 Australia.

(Mad, R) A car crash in front of their ambulance forces paramedics Pete and Phil to perform a resuscitation.

10.00 999: What’s Your Emergency?

(Mal, R) Police investigate a suspicious man peering into houses.

11.00 To Be Advised.

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 To Be Advised.

12.20am Louis Theroux: America’s Most Dangerous Pets. 1.20 Would I Lie To You? 1.50 Escape From The City. 2.50 News Update. 2.55 Close. 5.00 Rainbow Chicks. 5.05 Timmy Time. 5.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon New Girl. 12.30 Basketball. WNBA. Las Vegas Aces v Los Angeles Sparks. 2.30 Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Semi-Final. 5.00 WorldWatch. 5.30 Basketball. NBL. NZ Breakers v Sydney Kings. 7.40 World’s Greatest Hotels. (Premiere) 8.30 The X-Files. 9.20 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia.

Stage 14. Cittadella to Monte Zoncolan. 205km mountain stage. 1.35am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Insider Trading. 11.00 Bargain Hunt. Noon The Great Australian Doorstep. 12.30 Weekender. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Sydney Weekender. 2.30 The Great Australian Doorstep.

3.00 Property Ladder. 4.15 Property Ladder UK. 5.30 Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea. 6.30 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 MOVIE: The Titfield Thunderbolt. (1953) 12.45pm MOVIE: Will Any Gentleman…? (1953) 2.30 MOVIE: Return To Paradise. (1953, PG) 4.20 MOVIE: Hatari! (1962) 7.30 Rugby Union. Super Rugby Trans Tasman. Round 2. Queensland Reds v Crusaders. 9.45 Super Rugby Trans Tasman - Post Match. 10.00 MOVIE: The Man With The Golden Gun. (1974, PG) 12.35am 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 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 5. Grand Prix of France. Replay. 3.40 Escape Fishing With ET. 4.05 The Doctors. 5.00 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. 9.05 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk.

9.25 Cleopatra In Space. 9.50 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Jetsons: The Movie. Continued. (1990) 6.30 Heart Beats Loud. (2018, PG) 8.20 Midnight In Paris. (2011, PG) 10.05 Cheerful Weather For The Wedding. (2012, PG) 11.55 White Tuft, The Little Beaver. (2008) 1.20pm Offside. (2006, PG, Farsi) 3.00 Walking On Sunshine. (2014, PG) 4.50 The Straight Story. (1999, PG) 6.55 Abe. (2019, PG) 8.30 Love And Mercy.

(2014, M) 10.45 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 Life Off Road. Noon Bull Riding. PBR Australia.

Reply. 12.30 Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 Storage Wars. 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 Border Security. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 10. Fremantle v Sydney. 10.30 American Pickers. 11.25 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Social Fabric. 2.00 Road Trick. 2.30 Surfing Australia TV. 3.00 MOVIE: Pokémon Ranger And The Temple Of The Sea. (2006) 5.10 MOVIE: Major Payne. (1995, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: The Mummy. (1999, PG) 9.25 MOVIE: 47 Ronin. (2013, M) 11.40 Police Ten 7. 12.10am Love Island: Unseen Bits. 1.10 Bad Teen To Ballroom Queen. 2.00 Social Fabric. 2.30 Road Trick. 3.00 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. 3.10pm Frasier.

4.05 Friends. 6.00 Columbo. 7.30 Kojak. 8.25 Spyforce. 9.20 The Big Bang Theory. 9.45 Friends.

10.35 MOVIE: Before Sunrise. (1995, M) 12.40am Home Shopping. 1.40 Charmed. 2.35 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 Stan Grant’s One Plus One. 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 Destination Flavour Eurovision.

2.00 The Big Family Cooking Showdown. 3.10 Nadia’s Family Feasts. 4.00 Secret Meat Business.

4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.00 The Perfect Serve.

5.30 Gourmet Farmer Afloat. 6.30 Heston’s Feasts.

7.30 Jamie’s American Road Trip. 8.30 Ainsley’s Australian Market Menu. 9.30 The Hairy Bikers’ Northern Exposure. 10.40 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2.25pm Rugby Union. WA Premier Grade. 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 MOVIE: Burn Motherf**ker, Burn! (2017, MA15+) 10.10 MOVIE: Friday Night Lights. (2004, M) 12.05am Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.30 Fixer Upper. 11.30 Postcards. Noon Rustic Renovation. 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 1.30 Flip Or Flop. 2.30 Island 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 23 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. (PG, 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.

(PG, R) 4.30 Back Roads. (R) 5.00 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.00 Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Grand Final. 8.40 Cycling. Giro d’Italia. Cittadella to Monte Zoncolan. 205km mountain stage.

9.40 WorldWatch. 1.00 Speedweek. 3.00 Sportswoman. 4.00 Bangladesh From Above.

(PG, R) 4.30 True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi. (PGa, R) 5.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour.

Giro d’Italia. Stage 14. Cittadella to Monte Zoncolan. 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. (PGal, 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) A discussion of all things NRL. 1.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 4.

Sunshine Coast Lightning v NSW Swifts.

3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 11.

Parramatta Eels v Manly Sea Eagles.

6.00 Morning Programs. 8.00 Pooches At Play. (R) 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) Hosted by Adam Hills.

8.25 Wakefield. (Mls) Nik applies for a new role at the ward.

9.25 Smother. (Mal) Val looks to Mairead for support.

10.15 Unforgotten. (Ml, R) 11.05 Glitch. (Mlsv, R) 12.05 Miniseries: Dark Money. (Ma, R) 1.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.10 Miriam’s Big American Adventure. (Ml, R) 4.10 Unforgotten. (Ml, R) 4.55 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Grand Final. (R) Coverage of the 65th annual Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final from Rotterdam, Netherlands.

11.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mlns, R) Hosted by Jimmy Carr.

1.20 Reinventing Barbie. (PG, R) 3.05 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. (PG, R) 4.15 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+anv, R) 4.45 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 7NEWS Spotlight: Martin Bryant’s Dark Secrets.

8.10 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: John Ernest Cribb – The Devil Inside. (Mav) Takes a look at the case of John Ernest Cribb.

9.30 The Real Manhunter: The Murder Of Bridie Skehan.

(Mav) Details the murder of Bridget “Bridie” Skehan.

10.30 Criminal Confessions. (Malv) 11.30 The Blacklist. (Msv) 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Celebrity Apprentice Australia. (Premiere, PGl) 8.40 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.

9.40 Nine News Late. A look at the latest news and events.

10.10 Australian Crime Stories: The Hunter. (Mlv, R) A look at the case of David Prideaux.

11.20 Shallow Grave. (Mav) 12.10 The First 48. (Mav, R) 1.00 Our State On A Plate. (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) Kristen wrestles with her commitment to the Bureau after a shooting at a nightclub.

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 Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic. 9.15 Love On The Spectrum.

10.15 Catalyst. 11.15 Tate Britain’s Great British Walks. Midnight You Can’t Ask That. 12.30 Black Mirror. 1.30 John Mulaney: New In Town. 2.10 News Update. 2.15 Close. 5.00 Rainbow Chicks. 5.05 Timmy Time. 5.20 Pocoyo. 5.25 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Semi-Final.

2.30 WorldWatch. 3.00 Basketball. NBL. Adelaide 36ers v Perth Wildcats. 5.00 Basketball. NBL. Illawarra Hawks v Cairns Taipans. 7.00 Monty Python. 7.35 Abandoned Engineering. 8.30 The UnXplained With William Shatner. 9.20 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 15. Grado to Gorizia.

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 Kochie’s Your Money & Your Life. 1.30 Our Town Queensland.

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 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

7.00 Leading The Way. 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 Garden Gurus. 12.30 Getaway. 1.05 Edgar Wallace Mysteries. 2.25 MOVIE: Ice Cold In Alex. (1958, PG) 5.05 MOVIE: Father Goose. (1964) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Chicago P.D. 9.40 Chicago Fire.

10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Morning Programs. 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 iFish Summer. 5.30 Advancing Australia. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles.

10.20 MOVIE: Forced Vengeance. (1982, MA15+) 12.45am 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 Cheerful Weather For The Wedding. Continued. (2012, PG) 6.50 The Straight Story. (1999, PG) 8.55 Bend It Like Beckham. (2002, PG) 11.00 Flash Gordon.

(1980, PG) 1.05pm Abe. (2019, PG) 2.40 Heart Beats Loud. (2018, PG) 4.30 Midnight In Paris.

(2011, PG) 6.15 Loving. (2016, PG) 8.30 Loro. (2018, MA15+, Italian) 11.20 Shin Godzilla. (2016, M, Japanese) 1.35am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Canadian Pickers.

7.00 Pawn Stars. 8.00 Shopping. 10.00 Fishing.

Australian Championships. 11.00 Oz Fish TV. 11.30 River To Reef: Retro. Noon The Fishing Show. 1.00 Football. AFL. Round 10. GWS Giants v West Coast.

4.00 Storage Wars Canada. 4.30 Graveyard Carz.

5.30 American Restoration. 6.30 MOVIE: Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer. (2007, PG) 8.30 MOVIE: The Meg. (2018, M) 10.45 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Dance Moms. 2.30 The Break Boys. 3.00 Children’s Programs. 3.10 MOVIE: Pixels. (2015, PG) 5.15 MOVIE: Yours, Mine And Ours. (2005, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: 17 Again. (2009, PG) 9.00 MOVIE: Riddick. (2013, MA15+) 11.30 Police Ten 7. Midnight Love Island. 1.00 Dance Moms. 2.00 Bridezillas. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Super. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Pokémon. 4.50 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 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 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 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 12.40pm Nadia’s Family Feasts.

1.30 Secret Meat Business. 2.00 The Cook Up. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted. 6.30 Coastal Kitchen. 7.00 Cook Like An Italian. 7.30 Secrets Of The Factories. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends. 9.40 Amazing Wedding Cakes. 10.30 Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted. 11.25 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.30pm Rugby League. NRL NT. 3.00 Ice Hockey.

SA Premier League. 4.30 Football. NT Women’s Premier League. 6.00 NITV News: Nula. 6.30 Behind The Brush. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 Australia In Colour. 8.30 Black Lives Matter. 9.35 Inside Human Zoos. 10.35 Footprints On Our Land.

11.20 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. 11.00 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 The Future Of Food. 3.00 News.

3.30 News. 4.00 News. 5.00 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 24 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 Hawke: The Larrikin And The Leader. (PGl, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 The Durrells. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Think Tank. (R) 5.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 This Week. 7.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 15.

Grado to Gorizia. H’lights. 8.00 WorldWatch.

12.30 America: News. 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 Building The Tube. (PG, R) 2.55 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.05 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia.

Stage 15. Grado to Gorizia. 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: We Have Your Husband. (2011, Msv, R) 2.00 Autopsy USA. (Madn, 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) 1.00 Explore. (PG, R) 1.15 Celebrity Apprentice Australia. (PGl, 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) 2.30 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. Investigative journalism program.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 To Be Advised.

10.25 ABC Late News.

10.55 Love On The Spectrum. (PG, R) 11.50 At Home Alone Together. (MA15+l, R) 12.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.25 Keeping Australia Safe. (Mal, 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. (PG) 9.20 24 Hours In Emergency. (M) 10.15 SBS World News Late.

10.45 Darklands. (MA15+al) 11.40 Agatha Christie’s Criminal Games. (Masv, R) 1.25 Years And Years. (Mals, R) 2.35 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. (R) 3.45 24 Hours In Emergency. (Ma, 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. (PGa) 7.30 Big Brother. (PGal) Hosted by Sonia Kruger.

9.00 9-1-1. (M) When a famous mystery writer dies, Athena, Bobby and the 118 respond to the chaos caused by a city-wide treasure hunt.

10.00 S.W.A.T. (Mdv) Deacon’s family is targeted by a drug cartel.

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 Celebrity Apprentice Australia. (PGl) 9.00 Emergency. (Mam) 10.00 100% Footy. (M) 11.00 Nine News Late.

11.30 The Arrangement. (Mals) 12.15 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.05 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 compete to impress judges Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo.

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) Hosted by Nick Cody.

11.10 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 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. 8.00 QI. 8.30 The Making Of David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef. 9.20 Doctor Who. 10.10 Back In Time For Dinner. 11.10 The Set. 11.40 Escape From The City. 12.40am Extras. 1.10 Parks And Recreation. 1.30 30 Rock. 1.55 Peep Show. 2.45 Back In Very Small Business. 3.15 News Update. 3.20 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Grand Final.

4.00 WorldWatch. 4.25 This Week. 5.20 Joy Of Painting. 5.50 Shortland Street. 6.15 Forged In Fire.

(Return) 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Taskmaster. 9.20 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 16. Sacile to Cortina d’Ampezzo. 1.35am The Point. 2.35 France 24. 3.00 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 Our Town Queensland. 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. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: Kind Hearts And Coronets. (1949, PG) 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 Elementary. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 5.

Monaco Grand Prix. Highlights. 11.20 To Be Advised.

12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 MOVIE: Term Life.

(2016, M) 4.10 MacGyver. 5.05 Star Trek: Voyager.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

3.35pm Junior Vets. 4.00 The Dengineers. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 So Awkward. 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 Midnight In Paris. Continued. (2011, PG) 7.20 Richard The Stork. (2017) 8.55 Abe. (2019, PG) 10.30 Amazonia.

(2013, No dialogue) Noon Shin Godzilla. (2016, M, Japanese) 2.15 The Red Turtle. (2016, PG, No dialogue) 3.45 The Man Who Knew Infinity. (2015, PG) 5.45 Bend It Like Beckham. (2002, PG) 7.50 Paradise Now. (2005, M, Arabic) 9.30 Dogman.

(2018, MA15+, Italian) 11.25 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.05 America’s Game. 11.05 A Football Life.

12.05pm MOVIE: Demolition Man. (1993, M) 2.30 Restoration Workshop. 3.30 Graveyard Carz. 4.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Championship Support Races. Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers: Best Of. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Aussie Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: Dunkirk.

(2017, M) 10.45 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Xtreme Collxtion. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Timeless. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Liquid Science. 4.00 MOVIE: Waiting For The Light. (1990, PG) 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: Shooter. (2007, MA15+) 11.00 Paranormal Caught On Camera. Midnight Love Island. 1.30 The Nanny.

2.00 Bridezillas. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Surge. 3.30 Ninjago. 4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 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. 1.40pm Capital Hill. 2.00 Parliament.

3.15 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 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33)

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2.10pm Behind The Brush. 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 News. 7.30 Australia In Colour. 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 Indictment: The Crimes Of Shelly Chartier. 9.55 NITV News Update.

10.05 Gifts Of The Maarga. 10.55 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 Rustic Renovation. 5.00 Good Bones.

6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 8.30 Fixer Upper. 9.30 Bargain Mansions. 10.30 Who’s Lived In My House. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm 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 Basics To Brilliance. 5.00 Mary’s Kitchen Crush.

5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 Food Fight Club.

7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Jerusalem On A Plate. 8.35 Hairy Bikers’ Route 66. (Premiere) 9.35 Mystery Diners. 10.05 The Cook Up. 10.35 Late Programs.

6am Headline News. 8.30 News. 9.00 News. 10.00 AM Agenda.

11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 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 25 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) 11.00 Antiques Roadshow.

(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Sanditon.

(PG, R) 2.00 Parliament.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Think Tank. (R) 4.55 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 16. Sacile to Cortina d’Ampezzo. H’lights. 8.00 WorldWatch. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Building The Tube. (PG, R) 3.00 Living Black.

(R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.05 Cycling.

UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 16. Sacile to Cortina d’Ampezzo. 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: Left To Die: The Sandra And Tammi Chase Story. (2012, Madv, 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) 1.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 1.30 Celebrity Apprentice Australia. (PGl, 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.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG) 8.30 Love On The Spectrum. (PG) 9.25 Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic. (MA15+l, R) 10.15 ABC Late News.

10.45 Q+A. (R) 11.50 A Life In Ten Pictures. (R) 12.50 At Home Alone Together: Extra Dose. (Mals) 1.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.25 Keeping Australia Safe. (Mal, 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.

9.30 Dateline.

10.00 The Feed.

10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 The Point. (R) 12.00 Taken Down. (MA15+as) 1.00 Blinded. (Mlv, R) 2.45 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. (R) 3.55 24 Hours In Emergency. (Ma, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour Bitesize. (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. (PGa) 7.30 Big Brother. (PGal) Twelve housemates are locked up together under 24/7 surveillance.

9.00 The Good Doctor. (M) 10.00 The Resident. (M) On the day of Nic’s baby shower, Billie takes full control to make sure it goes smoothly.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 Station 19. (Ma) The crew poses for a calendar photo shoot.

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Celebrity Apprentice Australia. (PGl) The celebrities run a restaurant service.

9.00 The Weakest Link. (PGl) Hosted by Magda Szubanski.

10.00 Kath & Kim. (PGls, R) Sharon goes out on a date.

11.10 Nine News Late.

11.40 Emergence. (Mhv, R) 12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, 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.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. Amateur cooks try to impress the judges.

8.30 How To Stay Married.

(PGls) Married couple Greg and Em continue to struggle through the day-to-day problems of family life.

9.00 NCIS. (M) The team track a stolen laptop.

10.00 NCIS: Los Angeles. (Final, M) 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. 8.50 Back. 9.15 Doctor Who. 10.35 Extras. 11.05 The Games. 11.30 Would I Lie To You? Midnight Unprotected Sets. 12.55 Live From The BBC. 1.45 Parks And Recreation. 2.05 30 Rock. 2.25 Peep Show. 3.20 Back In Very Small Business. 3.50 News Update. 3.55 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.

3.05 Curse Of Oak Island. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Patriot Brains. 9.25 Creamerie.

(Premiere) 10.25 Counter Space. 11.25 No Man’s Land. 12.15am News. 12.40 MOVIE: Captain Fantastic. (2016, M) 2.45 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. 3.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 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.

3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Baby And The Battleship. (1956) 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 Star Trek: Enterprise. 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 Home Shopping. 2.15 MOVIE: Reclaim.

(2014, M) 4.10 Hawaii Five-0. 5.05 JAG.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

3.35pm Junior Vets. 4.00 The Dengineers. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 So Awkward. 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 The Man Who Knew Infinity. Continued. (2015, PG) 7.50 Flash Gordon. (1980, PG) 9.55 Loving. (2016, PG) 12.10pm Paradise Now. (2005, M, Arabic) 1.50 A Monster Calls. (2016, PG) 3.50 Amazonia. (2013, No dialogue) 5.20 Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety. (2018, PG, Hindi) 7.50 Anori. (2018, M, Greenlandic) 9.30 Tell No One. (2006, MA15+, French) 11.55 Paradise Now. (2005, M, Arabic) 1.35am 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 Graveyard Carz. 3.00 Swamp People. 4.00 Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Canadian Pickers. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers: Best Of. 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 Xtreme Collxtion. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Timeless. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 MOVIE: Material Girls. (2006, PG) 6.00 Malcolm.

7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 MOVIE: Beverly Hills Cop III. (1994, M) 9.35 MOVIE: National Lampoon’s Animal House. (1978, M) 11.50 The Nanny. 12.20am Love Island. 1.50 Bridezillas. 2.50 Clarence. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Surge. 3.30 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. 1.40pm Capital Hill. 2.00 Parliament.

3.15 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 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 Basics To Brilliance. 5.00 Mary’s Kitchen Crush. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 Food Fight Club. 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.

2.10pm The Other Side. 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 On Country Kitchen. 6.30 Blood Brothers. 7.30 The Point. 8.30 Ghosts Of Ole Miss.

9.30 Basketball. NBL. Round 19. New Zealand Breakers v South East Melbourne Phoenix. Replay.

11.30 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 Holmes: Next Generation. Noon House Hunters. 1.00 Who’s Lived In My House. 2.00 Fixer Upper. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Mountain Life. 4.30 Rustic Renovation. 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. 11.00 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 Parliament Live.

3.15 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 26 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) 2.00 Parliament. 3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. (R) 5.00 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 PBS News.

2.00 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 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: Murdered At 17. (2018, Mav, R) 2.00 Autopsy USA. (Mav, 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) 1.00 Driving Test. (PGl, R) 1.30 Celebrity Apprentice Australia. (PGl, 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. (Mad) 1.00 MasterChef Aust. (R) 2.00 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.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (Return) 9.00 You Can’t Ask That. (Mal) 9.40 QI. (Final, PGls) 10.10 The Set. (R) 10.40 ABC Late News.

11.15 Four Corners. (R) 12.00 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.15 To Be Advised.

1.05 QI. (PGls, R) 1.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.25 Keeping Australia Safe. (Final, Mad, 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 Jack The Ripper: The Case Reopened. (Mav, R) Takes a look at Jack The Ripper.

9.35 Bloodlands. (Premiere, M) 10.45 SBS World News Late.

11.15 Stella Blomkvist. (MA15+v) 12.10 Blood. (Madlv) 2.55 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. (R) 4.00 24 Hours In Emergency. (Ma, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGas) 7.30 Big Brother. (PGal) Hosted by Sonia Kruger.

9.00 MOVIE: The Hangover Part II. (2011, MA15+dlns, R) A group of friends travels to Thailand for a pre-wedding brunch after an unforgettable bachelor party in Vegas. Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis.

11.10 The Latest: Seven News.

11.40 Autopsy USA: Muhammad Ali. (Madn, R) 1.00 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. (Ma) Hugh is forced to choose sides.

9.30 New Amsterdam. (Mamv) A doctor shakes up the status quo.

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. A look at the day’s news.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. Amateur cooks compete to impress judges Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo.

8.30 Bull. (Mv, R) Bull’s romantic rival, Diana Lindsay, jeopardises her career when she secretly has Bull come to Texas to assist a couple fighting against her former client for custody of their grandchildren.

10.20 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

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.

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. 10.50 Restoration Australia. 11.50 To Be Advised. 12.35am Parks And Recreation. 1.00 30 Rock. 1.20 Peep Show. 2.10 Back In Very Small Business. 2.40 News Update. 2.45 Close. 5.00 Rainbow Chicks. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon The X-Files. 1.40 The Last Man On Earth.

3.05 Curse Of Oak Island. 3.50 WorldWatch. 5.15 Joy Of Painting. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy! 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Cycling. UCI World Tour. Giro d’Italia. Stage 17. Canazei to Sega di Ala. 1.35am News. 2.00 The Therapist. 2.30 France 24. 3.00 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. 3.00 To Be Advised. 4.00 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Coroner.

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.

3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Billy Liar.

(1963, PG) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances.

8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.50 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 JAG. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 11.00 Star Trek: Enterprise. Noon Walker, Texas Ranger. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Elementary. (Final) 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 NCIS. 12.10am Shopping. 2.10 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 5. Monaco Grand Prix. Highlights. 3.10 48 Hours. 4.05 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

3.35pm Junior Vets. 4.00 The Dengineers. 4.35 100 Things To Do Before High School. 5.00 So Awkward. 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 Morning Programs. 8.05 Alone In Space. (2018, PG, Swedish) 9.35 The Red Turtle. (2016, PG, No dialogue) 11.05 The Man Who Knew Infinity. (2015, PG) 1.05pm Anori. (2018, M, Greenlandic) 2.45 The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus. (2009, PG) 5.00 All Quiet On The Western Front. (1979, PG) 7.50 Liquid Truth. (2017, M, Portuguese) 9.30 The Heist Of The Century. (2020, M, Spanish) 11.35 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 Storage Wars Canada. 3.00 Classic Restos: USA. 3.30 Blokesworld. 4.00 Fish’n With Mates.

4.30 Canadian Pickers. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers: Best Of. 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 Xtreme Collxtion. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Timeless. 2.00 Sliders. 3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 MOVIE: Courage Mountain. (1990, PG) 6.00 Malcolm. 7.00 The Nanny. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 8.30 MOVIE: xXx: State Of The Union.

(2005, M) 10.30 All New Traffic Cops. 11.30 The Nanny. Midnight The Bi Life. 1.00 Big Fat Gypsy Weddings. 2.00 Bridezillas. 2.50 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 Capital Hill.

2.00 Parliament. 3.15 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 One Plus One. 1.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 3.00pm Chefs’ Line. 3.30 New Scandi Cooking. 4.00 Martha Bakes. 4.30 Basics To Brilliance. 5.00 Mary’s Kitchen Crush. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 Food Fight Club. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape. 8.00 Poh & Co. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Cornwall. 9.00 Rick Stein’s Food Heroes: Another Helping. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 2pm Blood Brothers. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.25 Bushwhacked!

3.55 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 On Country Kitchen. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Wellington Paranormal.

8.00 Yokayi Footy. 8.35 Over The Black Dot. 9.30 NITV News Update. 9.40 Rugby League. NRL. WA Premiership. Replay. 11.30 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 Off The Grid On The Beach. Noon Building Off The Grid. 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 Escape To The Chateau. 2.30 The Block. 4.00 Mountain Life.

4.30 Rustic Renovation. 5.00 Restoration Man. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House In A Hurry. (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 Parliament Live.

3.15 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 27 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 The Pool. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (R) 2.00 Parliament.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank.

(R) 4.55 Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery. (PG, R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Cycling. Giro d’Italia.

Stage 17. Canazei to Sega di Ala. H’lights.

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9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

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4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

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5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10.

(PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Mal) 1.00 MasterChef Aust. (R) 2.00 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.

6.55 Sammy J. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back Roads: Strahan, Tasmania. (Final, PG) 8.30 Q+A. Hosted by Hamish Macdonald.

9.35 A Life In Ten Pictures. (Ml) 10.30 ABC Late News.

11.00 Employable Me Australia. (PG, R) 12.05 Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic. (MA15+l, R) 1.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 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 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. (PGa, R) 8.30 Michael Mosley: Trust Me, I’m A Doctor. (PGa, R) 9.30 The Handmaid’s Tale. (MA15+) 10.25 SBS World News Late.

10.55 The Sleepers. (Malv) 12.05 Dublin Murders. (MA15+alv, R) 2.15 Cruising With Jane McDonald. (PG, R) 3.05 Alex Polizzi: Chef For Hire. (R) 4.05 VICE Guide To Film. (Malv, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

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6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PGa) 8.30 10 Years Younger In 10 Days.

(PGa) Ordinary people have their appearances transformed in just 10 days.

9.30 How To Look Good Naked.

(Man) Gok helps two sisters struggling with their insecurities to learn to love their bodies again.

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 12.

Brisbane Broncos v Melbourne Storm.

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: Rookie/ The Cornered. (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. Follows the Special Victims Unit, an elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sex-related crimes and bring abusers to justice.

10.30 This Is Us. (Final, M) A group of people find their lives interconnected.

11.40 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.40 The Project. (R) 1.40 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 2.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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Rovereto to Stradella. 1.35am News. 2.00 The Feed. 2.30 Deutsche Welle. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping.

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8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Murdoch Mysteries.

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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. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Small Back Room. (1949, PG) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Kings Cross ER. 8.30 Paramedics. 9.30 The Equalizer. 10.30 Law & Order. 11.30 Late Programs.

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ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1.40pm Capital Hill. 2.00 Parliament.

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11.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. Noon House In A Hurry. 1.00 Home Town. 2.00 Hawaii Life. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Mountain Life. 4.30 Rustic Renovation. 5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters International. 8.30 Fixer Upper. 9.30 Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa.

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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. 10.30 AFL Tonight.

11.00 Late Programs.

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Federal budget on the right road for regions INVESTMENT in farm businesses, infrastructure, biosecurity and telecommunications are the standout announcements for regional Australia in the 2021/2022 Federal Budget and will contribute to stronger regions, according to NSW Farmers.

President of NSW Farmers’ James Jackson said a $15 billion infrastructure spend including a significant allocation to the Great Western Highway duplication, over $370 million for biosecurity, and the continuation of instant asset write-offs for small business all indicate regional NSW and agriculture are valued aspects of Australia’s economy.

“NSW Farmers has led advocacy for Great Western Highway upgrades, so it is heartening to see a significant sum directed to its upgrade,” Mr Jackson said.

“The duplication of the Great Western Highway will enhance safety and efficiency for the transport of primary produce from the Central West over the mountains and will also improve access to the

Eastern Sea Ports.”

“The additional $1 billion in road safety upgrades, as well as $1 billion for local road infrastructure projects are critical commitments for regional communities.”

Mr Jackson said farm businesses are at the core of a productive agriculture sector, so the continuation of the instant asset write off schemes are an important support mechanism.

“We applaud the Australian Government on continuing the instant asset write-off to June 2023, especially after years of setbacks including drought, bushfires, COVID-19 and flooding.”

In response to the systemic unfair trading issues identified in the Perishable Agricultural Goods Inquiry by the ACCC, $5.4 million to fund projects that improve market transparency in the perishable agriculture goods industry is a welcome first step.

Mr Jackson said NSW Farmers has been at the forefront of raising biosecurity risks and the Association is pleased the country’s efforts to fight threats to livestock and

crops will be boosted by $371 million.

“NSW Farmers has been particularly active in raising awareness around container cargoes and the threats they can introduce, such as African swine fever (ASF).

It’s promising to see $160 million has been set aside to strengthen Australia’s defence against biosecurity threats at the border, including $60 million specifically for ASF.” The Budget also gives regional connectivity a much needed boost with $105.8 million for a second round

of the Regional Connectivity Program – and the added commitment of $24.6 million to fund additional shovelready projects.

“Increasingly the agricultural sector is expanding technological onfarm processes. For these to deliver the productivity gains anticipated reliability must be assured.”

Mr Jackson said significant opportunity lies in investment in skills and training, as well as in manufacturing, however the devil lies in the detail in how this will benefit

agriculture and regional NSW. “The Australian Government has announced 450,000 new training places for job seekers and young people, including 170,000 new apprenticeships and traineeships.”

“Education and jobs are central to strengthening regional areas and the agriculture sector, and NSW Farmers has flagged plenty of opportunities in this space.”

Other budget announcements relevant to agriculture and regional communities include: • $198.2 million to support Australian exporters and businesses and $37.4 million to implement the Simplified Trade System reforms to enhance international competitiveness; • $29.8 million to grow the agricultural workforce; • $214,500 commitment to enhance wild dog management; and • $65 million to boost bulk billing rebates to provide more affordable healthcare for patients in regional, rural and remote areas and deliver regional and remote incentives.

Fall armyworm found in north coast forage sorghum FOLLOWING the first detection of fall armyworm (FAW) in forage sorghum in NSW, North Coast Local Land Services (LLS) and NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) are urging producers to monitor crops for signs of FAW. In NSW, the pest had previously only been seen in maize crops, but has recently been found in forage sorghum in the Cudgen area.

North Coast LLS Land Services Officer Donna Cuthel said while pheromone traps have been set up across the region to monitor populations, producers should be on the lookout for damage to crops.

“Landholders should be looking for windowing of leaves where larvae have hatched and small shot holes as leaves expand, caused by larvae feeding in the developing leaf whorl,” Ms Cuthel said.

“Small larvae are difficult to identify, so we recommend growers keep suspect larvae on host crop leaves and grow them out for a few days until they can be more

easily identified through photographs.”

In NSW, Maize has been the preferred food source for FAW since it was detected last year. However, as maize crops are harvested,

other crop species, such as sorghum, pulses, winter cereals, sugar cane, rice and cotton, will become more susceptible.

NSW DPI research entomologist Dr Lisa Bird

said results from moth trapping activities show that populations are persisting in some locations on the North Coast.

“We are monitoring the situation closely and this

will help us understand host preference of FAW during the winter cropping cycle in this region,” Dr Bird said.

“We encourage growers to conduct regular monitoring of forage crops. If sprays are warranted, the use of chemical rotation will reduce the risk of resistance development and optimise the cost of insecticide applications.”

The best way to notify of suspected cases and get assistance with identification is to email clear photos, along with your name, location and phone number to fallarmyworm@dpi.nsw. gov.au The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority has issued FAW control permits, including permits for control in rice, sweetcorn, safflower and sunflower.

More information on identification, treatment options and resistance management is available on DPI and LLS websites.

Farmers should contact LLS staff for advice on FAW management.

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Grafton Cattle Market Report THERE were 98 head yarded at Grafton Fat Cattle Sale 11th May 2021.

After the big numbers last Thursday, there was a small yarding this week.

The market was a shade cheaper due to quality and numbers. There were very few young cattle yarded.

Sale Highlights include: A/c Zoe Kennedy sold store Angus Cross Steers 384.2c/kg averaged 445kg

- $1,709.69 p/hd.

A/c RJ Connors & K Sullivan sold an Angus Heifer 270c/kg weighed 605kg - $1,633.50.

A/c Patrick Mathon sold Angus Heifers 416.2c/kg averaged 367.5kg $1,529.54 p/hd.

A/c McPhee Bros sold an Angus Cross Cow 280c/kg weighed 715kg $2,002.00.

FROM TUESDAY 11 MAY

A/c Shaw Holding sold Charolais Steers 482.2c/kg averaged 341.7kg $1,647.52 p/hd.

A/c Hazel Faircloth sold Angus Steers 482.2c/kg averaged 335kg $1,615.37 p/hd.

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Lismore Cattle Market REPORT FROM 11TH & 15TH MAY

Casino Cattle Market Report FROM 12TH & 14TH MAY AGENTS yarded a total of 958 head at the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange regular prime sale on Wednesday 12 May. Similar to last week, the yarding consisted of a good supply of young cattle suitable for restockers and backgrounders along with a limited number of processor suitable cattle. Some lower quality runs this week saw a drop in price across some categories with others remaining steady or seeing a slight increase.

Cow prices were down on last week with an average of 257.3c/kg and top price of 297.2c/kg. 1 head sold for a top return of $2,154.88.

Cows and calves topped their market at $1,940.00. Heifer prices were up this week topping their category at 600.2c/kg and averaging 444.0c/kg and 256kg. 1 heifer sold achieved a return of $2,029.50.

A good number of 22 bulls in the sale reached a top of 295.0c/kg and averaged 274.1c/kg and 773kg. Steer prices were down whilst bullock prices were slightly up this week with

238 head sold. Steers sold to a top of 746.2c/kg and averaged at 465.8c/ kg and 270kg with 1 head selling for a return of $2,251.25. Bullocks averaged 346.6c/kg and 680kg with 1 head selling for $2,761.04.

Vealer prices saw a slight drop this week with 304 head yarded. Prices reached 728.2c/kg and averaged 511.7c/kg and 222kg. 1 head sold achieved a return of $1,726.11.

George & Furhmann held a store sale at the NRLX on Friday 14 May with 596 head sold. Heifers reached a top of 592.2c/kg and averaged 503.2c/kg and 207kg. Steers averaged 519.1c/kg and 267kg with a top price of 690.2c/kg. Cows achieved a top return of $2,240.00 whilst Cows & Calves reached $2,900.00.

Friday 21 May will see Ray White Rural hold a special store sale at the NRLX with bookings already made for lines of excellent quality Speckle Park heifers, EU accredited PTIC Charolais cross heifers and PTIC purebred Angus heifers.

A very small yarding of 98 cattle yarded at Grafton last Tuesday. Store bullocks sold to 386c/kg. Feeder steers sold to 438c/kg. The cow market was solid with most sales between 260c/kg and 290c/kg. Huge week last week with over 2700 cattle being sold at the Weaner Sale. All categories selling extremely well. Our next Special Store Sale is on the 20th May starting at 9am. Your bookings are invited and recommended.

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150 CATTLE were sold at the Lismore Saleyards on Tuesday 11 May. It was a pretty good quality yarding and prices for all classes were high.

A good run of heavy yearlings sold to $4.95 to $5.18c/kg.

Green Chute Partners Angus steers returned $1721.

Neville Morrows Angus $4.74 c/kg $1825.

Butcher Vealers topped at $4.86 c/kg for Darby and Lorraine Tickles’ heifer, $1726.

Medium and light weaners sold at recent strong rates. Light Steers $6.75 c/kg $1195, Light heifers $5.95 c/kg, $1083.

There were mainly a secondary quality yarding of cows on offer this week with most meat operators and restockers competing. Most ranged from $2.30 to $2.70 c/kg.

Don’t Forget Saturday Store Cattle sale this weekend commences at 9am, with 50 Feeders Steers, 400 Weaner Steers and Heifers followed by a good line up of cows and calves to be sold at approximately 11:30am.

800 CATTLE were sold at the Lismore Saleyards on Saturday 15 May. Numbers were higher than expected showing the popularity of the sale which is held every 3 weeks.

A good line up of heavy feeder steers sold from $3.90 to $4.44/kg.

The Auchram partnerships Simmental X steers topped at $2,036.

Russell Batsuns Angus $4.44/kg, $2,102.

Begley & Waters 19 month old grey steer $1966.

Weaner steers sold at high rates with most 7-8 month old British X Euro breeds selling in the $5.20 to $6.50/kg range.

Heavy weaner & yearling steers sold from $4.50 to $5.50/kg for returns of $1520 to $1812.

A good run of weaner heifers sold to strong competition with buyers from the Western Slopes & the Tablelands setting the pace.

Heavy heifers $4.50 to $5.00/kg.

Medium & light heifers $5 to $5.50/kg.

Cows & Calves topped at $2,875 with most in the $2,200 to $2,600 range.

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REPORT TABLED ON NSW DAIRY INDUSTRY AN Upper House Committee has today handed down its report and recommendations into the long-term sustainability of the dairy industry in New South Wales.

The Hon Mark Banasiak MLC, Committee Chair, said: “The sustainability of the dairy industry in New South Wales, and in fact Australia wide, is of great concern.

The committee heard during this inquiry that there are a number of factors that are impacting on the viability and profitability of dairy farming, including the drought and recent bushfires, as well as market and pricing issues.”

The Chair continued, “This is the second inquiry

conducted by a New South Wales Legislative Council committee into the sustainability of the dairy industry. Many of the concerns raised by stakeholders in the first inquiry conducted in 2018, are much the same in this inquiry, begging the question as to whether recent government actions are making enough of an impact on the viability of the dairy industry. The committee has therefore made eight recommendations in its report to further support the viability, profitability and long-term sustainability of the dairy industry in New South Wales.”

“The report recommends that the Dairy Advocate work with the Australian Government to further refine the provisions under the Dairy Industry Code of Conduct and investigate measures to improve the dairy milk pricing

environment, as well as finalising the New South Wales Dairy Industry Action Plan. Further, the report recommends support to new dairy farmers entering the industry, including additional funding for dairy specific traineeships, subsidised

university degrees and TAFE programs, as well as support for farmers wishing to transition out of the dairy industry,” said the Chair.

The Chair concluded: “The dairy industry in New South Wales can be sustainable in the long-term, with support and commitment from government and industry stakeholders. The government is urged to take action to ensure that we do not lose our local dairy farmers and an industry that brings great economic benefits to the state of New South Wales.”

The committee’s report and other inquiry documents can be found on the committee’s website.

Rural Aid delivers hay to flood-stricken Mid North Coast AUSTRALIA’S leading rural charity Rural Aid has delivered multiple trailers of hay to farmers recovering from the recent New South Wales floods.

Eight trailer loads have been delivered in and around the Taree area in the past week, with 23 farmers receiving almost 350 hay bales in total.

Today, 13 farmers registered with Rural Aid were today invited to Taree South to collect their bales.

The fodder drop follows Rural Aid’s week-long volunteer efforts on Oxley Island dairy and beef farms. Last week, 20 volunteers helped five farmers repair fences, clear debris and wash down milk vats.

Rural Aid CEO John Warlters said it was important to offer the Mid North Coast farmers as much help as possible.

“These farmers

have just been putting one foot in front of the other, as they try and recover from the recent, devastating floods.”

“Rural Aid can provide disaster affected farmers with financial, mental wellbeing, and fodder assistance.

“These resources give our farmers a bit of breathing room, in the midst of a crisis,” Mr Warlters said.

Today’s hay drop was made possible by Bushells and generous Rural Aid donors, including a Rural Aidregistered farmer near Scone.

The primary producer f rom Woolooma receive d hay during the drought, but is now enjoying a better season and decided to generously donate trailers of hay to flood affected farmers.

“It’s truly humbling to see the lasting impact of Rural Aid’s efforts within the farming community,” Mr Warlters said.

“We can’t thank Rural Aid’s wonderful supporters and donors enough.”

Rural Aid’s efforts in and around Taree are part of Rural

Aid’s Disaster Assistance program. The program provides practical support and resources to farmers and rural communities before, during

and after disasters such as drought, flood and fire.

To register with Rural Aid for assistance, please go to www.ruralaid.org.au

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UP TO $75K IN FLOOD RECOVERY FUNDS

IF you have a farm or primary production business, and you have been directly impacted by the recent floods, then you may be eligible for a flood disaster recovery grant.

The Rural Financial Counselling Service NSW Northern Region (RFCSNR) can help you with applying

for the NSW Flood Recovery Grant.

RFCSNR is an independent and impartial Non-For-Profit providing free financial support and financial counselling to farmers, primary producers and small business owners in rural NSW. The grant, made available

by the Rural Assistance Authority, is to help you cover costs of reinstatement of your small business due to direct damages by flood or storms on or after the March 10, 2021.

Primary Producers can access up to $75,000 to help pay for costs of clean-up and recovery from damages.

The money can be used for many expenses, including the following: • Hiring or leasing equipment or materials to clean premises, property or equipment; • Repairing or replacing fencing and/or other essential property

infrastructure; • Purchasing and transporting fodder or feed for livestock; • Replacing livestock; • Repairing, reconditioning or replacing essential plant of equipment.

For more information or for free assistance visit the RFCSNR website.

Landcare workshops for maintaining healthy soils MAINTAINING and regenerating healthy soil is recognised as the keystone to successful production.

Hear from producers, recap on soil health, hear from expert soil and farm advisors, and operators at a series of talks across the Northern Rivers.

Why is soil so important?

Learn what a difference a healthy soil makes to production and farm ecosystem management.

Learn about soil’s crucial role in water, nutrient and carbon management and carbon trading, as well as industry trends for producers.

These workshops are ticketed events. Cost is $27 per person to help cover

costs. Morning tea, lunch and wind-up drinks included.

Interactive, on-farm workshops represent regional grazing and macadamia industries, aligned in their objectives for environmental stewardship. Brought to you by Casino Food Coop, Australian Macadamia Society, Northern Rivers Food and Farming Into The Future.

Featuring MC Charlie Arnott and host producer, Glenn Morris (Regen grazier/ soils New England) - ‘The journey from conventional to regenerative practices via soil health’, John Grant (PhD, Sthn Cross Uni Soils) - ‘Soil-Back to Basics’, Alan Coates and Dave Forrest (consultant soils experts) - ‘Soil

Management-Why it’s the keystone for future farming’, Kevin Glencross (PhD, consultant) - ‘Soil carbon and soil nutrient cycle; the role of on-farm vegetation for drought resilience, soil health and C capture’, Nathan Jennings (Local Land Services Snr Ag officer) ‘What’s happening in the

field’, Joe Leven (Casino Food Coop) - ‘Industry Trends\Endorsement\Why adoption of RAg practices is now so prominent; Carbon Schemes for Industry’ and a paddock inspection (looking at examples in the field).

Monday, June 21 at Malua Farm, Linendale - macadamias with wide rows, grassed

surfaces and inter-row cropping, soil testing and insectories - Leonie Kojetin (AMS) and Richard Lewellyn ( BioResources) Wednesday, June 23 at Leela Farms, Mullumbimby - grazing and mixed farm practising rotational grazing and soil improvements - Johan Kortenhorst, John Grant and Alan Coates Friday, June 25 at Rosedale Farm, Doubtful Creek - grazing adopting de-compaction trials, yeomans, rotational grazing, multi-species pastures - Gavin Tinning, John Grant and Alan Coates Contact info@ brunswickvalleylandcare.org. au, or call 0421 244 640.

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May 20, 2021

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Showcase of talent at Byron Music Festival THE famous Byron Bay music scene is set to make a comeback next month thanks to the brand-new Byron Music Festival according to festival director Nick Sergi..

Nick Sergi, the owner of Byron Music, said from June 18-20, the Byron Bay CBD would come alive with multiple live music performances, a youth music showcase, local business activations, markets, and a music industry conference and speaking program.

The all- ages, multi-stage festival is set for Dening Park on the foreshore of Byron Bay and will feature an all-local lineup of 20+ artists, street food markets, local stalls, family entertainment and live art.

The lineup will include Wolfmother, Hayley Mary, Kyle Lionhart, Tijuana Cartel, Bobby Alu, Drop Legs,

Wharves, The Oogars, Mylee Grace, The Buckleys, Family Jordan, Narli, The Sidemen, Kimmy, Nidala, Sophie Ozard and Loose Content.

Nick said the mission of BMF was two-fold.

“We want to bring the idea of a Byron music festival back into Byron itself,” he said, “I have been determined to make the event as accessible to as many in the community as possible, through location, ticket pricing, and programming. It’s something that will attract visitors, yes, but it’s hopefully an event the local community can enjoy and share together.

“We’ve purposely chosen to hold the event in winter to inject activity into the CBD during a historically insecure time for local business. This event will not only support local creatives, but local businesses as well”.

Operations manager Monique Hartman said the team have worked closely with senior staff in Service NSW to ensure a solid COVID safe plan along with contingencies to give the event its best chance of success.

“This is a crucial time for music and the live events industries … it’s been the toughest year in the industry’s history,” she said.

“We need to ensure the survival of the industry in the best interest of our community, so we’ve decided to open up the conversation usually held behind closed doors and invite the community in to be part of it.

According to Nick the Festival will “showcase the rich creative talent of the region whilst illuminating the region as a hub for innovation

and a place you can do serious business”.

“It is a unique region where business and creativity can live side by side with incredible outcomes,” he said. “It’s a celebration of the uniqueness of our region”.

BMF runs from Friday 18 June – Sunday 20 June and is working with charities Support Act, Byron Youth Services and Be Happy Music Club.

Events will be held at Denning Park, Byron Youth Centre, The Beach Hotel, Byron Theatre, and The Great Northern Hotel.

Each event ranges from free entry to modest ticket prices.

BMF is presented by Byron Music Productions and proudly supported by Byron Music, Arts Northern Rivers, NSW Government, Create NSW, and Byron Bay Brewery. For more info visit www.byronmusicfestival.com. au

FOOD LOVERS HUNGRY FOR EAT LOCAL WEEK Foodies are hungry for Scenic Rim Eat Local Week with events selling out just days after the program launched.

Celebrating a decade of deliciousness in 2021, Eat Local Week will be held from June 26 through to July 4. It is the biggest program in the event’s 10 year history with over 125 events across 48 locations.

Already the Winter Italian Feast at The Overflow Estate 1895 has sold out and there’s less than 10 tickets remaining for The Long Lunch. Dinner under the Stars with the Scenic Rim Astronomy Association in Laravale is sold out, the Scenic Rim Cooking Class program is at capacity, the two-day Tour with the Old Church B&B

is sold out and Mt Barney Lodge has added a second Sunset Eco Tour given the first one is fully booked.

Scenic Rim Regional Council Mayor Greg Christensen said he was thrilled events were selling out already, and urged people to buy tickets to their favourite events now.

Featuring events from Canungra to The Lost World, Beaudesert to Boonah, Tamborine Mountain to Kalbar, Scenic Rim Eat Local Week 2021 is the ultimate backstage pass to the farms, wineries and food stories of this extraordinary region. Over the past 10 years, Eat Local Week has grown to become one of Australia’s most authentic

food festivals and this year will be attended by an army of eat local champions. The program features festivals, farm-gate events and culinary experiences for foodies of all ages, from Jamming with the Lambs at Towri Sheep

Cheeses, Breakfast with the Jersey Girls at Tommerup’s Dairy Farm and Beer & Banter at the Scenic Rim Brewery, to long lunches and degustations under the stars, to the Kalbar-BQ, Kalfresh Carrot Day and

the Winter Harvest Festival, to wine tastings, cocktail masterclasses and sunset experiences. An entrée highlight to Eat Local Week is the Decade of Delicious dinner at Rosewood Estate on the stunning Lamington Plateau at Beechmont on Saturday June 19. This event stars Scenic Rim Regional Food Ambassadors in Josue Lopez, Ash Martin, Javier Codina, Kate Raymont, Glen Barratt, Cameron Mathews and Brenda Fawdon. Eat Local Week is set against the natural beauty of the Scenic Rim, a region of more than 4,200 square kilometres of rich volcanic soil surrounded by ancient mountains and home to thousands of farmers and food creators.

Poets Out Loud for Super Slam at Mur’bah

Sarah Temporal Pic: Marie Cameron

POETS Out Loud presents the SUPER SLAM at the Regent Cinema in Murwillumbah on Sunday, May 30.

The Slam is a special event as part of this year’s Murwillumbah Arts Trail.

Organisers believe it will be a chance to come along to witness the region’s sharpest wordsmiths battle it out, live at The Regent in an epic battle of the spoken word.

Hosted by local Poets Out Loud creator, Sarah

Temporal the event will feature a performance from 2018 Qld Poetry Slam Champion, Dave Knobel.

Each poet is given just two minutes and a microphone to share their most powerful poetic creation with the audience.

The winning poet will be chosen by random audience judges, meaning anyone can play a part in selecting the Super Slam Champion!

With a sensational prize package up for grabs, this

is a larger-than-life poetry experience to engage, entertain, amuse and delight.

Come early for a beer on the balcony and a Gourmet Byron Bay Pizza.

And for those who have a poem to perform entry opened May 1 – check out poetsoutloud.org for more information.

Poets Out Loud – Super Slam, Sunday May 30 3-5pm at The Regent Cinema, Murwillumbah.

Tickets $15.

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May 20, 2021

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Clarence Valley Indigenous Art Award focus on local artists THE vibrancy of local Aboriginal artists is celebrated with the 2021 Clarence Valley Indigenous Art Award (CVIAA). Entries are open now to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists of any nation who live in the Clarence Valley. Artists can enter a range of chosen media from painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and more, and are invited to submit up to two entries each.

Applications close 8 June 2021.

The CVIAA aims to promote contemporary Indigenous art of the Clarence Valley in New South Wales and develop the collection of local Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander art held by the Grafton Regional Gallery. Prize money for

the 2021 CVIAA is $6000, with $5000 being the main acquisitive prize, and a $1000 encouragement award also to be awarded.

To provide support for artists in preparing their artwork, the Gallery has announced a Kick Start Opportunity. Four Clarence Valley businesses have partnered with the Gallery to help a limited number of artists to access goods or services to the value of $250 from one of the following: • Framing from Cher Breeze Framing, Halfway Creek; • Framing from Yamba Picture Framers, Yamba; or • Art Materials or framing from Bentleg Gallery in South Grafton.

Application forms for the Kick Start Opportunity are

Aneika Kapeen, Clarence Valley Council Local Government Area Map, 2021 available now from the Gallery and must be received before 21 May. The Gallery is hosting drop-in days to print and complete the Kick Start application form or CVIAA entry form on Wednesday 19

and 20 May between 11am3pm each day. The Grafton Regional Gallery is located at 158 Fitzroy Street, Grafton.

Grafton Regional Gallery director, Niomi Sands said; “The Gallery brings the best

of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander art to the Clarence via our touring exhibitions. The CVIAA is about supporting our local artists and showcasing the best Indigenous art from our area and we are thrilled to be able to offer this significant prize to local artists with the support of the Yulgilbar Foundation and Create NSW.” The CVIAA exhibition will be officially opened at the Grafton Regional Gallery on Saturday 19th June and will be on exhibition until 1 August 2021.

Application forms for the CVIAA exhibition and Kick Start Opportunity are available from the Gallery. Contact via email gallery@clarence.nsw. gov.au or phone; 02 6642 3177.

WILD DREAMER SET TO FILL THE VOID AT HOTA GOLD Coast theatre company, Wild Dreamer Productions has risen from the ashes of Covid by re-launching its new original stage show, VOID at HOTA (Home of the Arts) on the Gold Coast.

The dramatic two-person production was set to make its world-premiere on the Gold Coast just weeks just before lockdown last year and will now take to the stage from June 3-5.

Starring Wild Dreamer Productions’ founder and creative director, Aarti Bajaj, VOID aims to highlight the impact of missing persons on families, relationships and society as a whole.

Aarti, who was honoured with a Cultural Achievement Award at the City of Gold Coast 2020 Australia Day Awards, said the show‘s message had touched her when she first read the script.

“What really attracted me to the show is that it’s needed in society,” she said.

“It’s about a missing child.

A daughter goes missing on her fourth birthday and now we go forward to her 18th birthday, with everything that’s happened in the past 14 years.

“It’s about how that one incident has affected (the parent’s) entire lives, their family, their relationships.”

VOID was written and

is directed by former Bond University professor Chamkaur Gill, and will also star actor and barrister, Lance Jones in the role of the father.

“All any parent wants is nothing but the best for their child,” Chamkaur said.

“To grow up joyous, to grow happy, to grow filled with the best parts of life.

And for two parents, that was exactly how things were, until one unforgiving afternoon at the local park changed everything. Their beautiful

and bright daughter, abducted in broad daylight.

“Fourteen years have passed, but a parent never gives up hope. Never on their own children. Longing once again to see their beloved, this is a story of how a helpless mother and father grapple with one of the most heartbreaking situations any parent could face. The void created by the loss of their child.”

VOID will play from June 3-5 at 6pm at HOTA (Home of the Arts) at Bundall on the Gold Coast. Tickets start from $22 each and can be purchased at https://hota.com. au/theatre/void.

Tweed Coaster JK-47 to headline festival of the Stone BUNDJALUNG indigenous, hip-hop MC, JK- will headline the Stone & Wood’s Festival of The Stone 2021 on June 5 with tickets now on sale.

With the festival set to be Byron’s biggest neighbourhood block party, the Tweed’s JK-47 will be joined by a line-up bursting with locals.

Indie-pop crew Seaside, underground DJ Casimir, musical misfits The Hombres, funk outfit The Booty Affair, Club Raiders DJs and local DJs are all locked in with more acts to be announced shortly.

Hailing from the Tweed Coast, JK-47, first came to the nation’s attention in 2020

when material from his debut album, Made For This, saw him named as one of triple j Unearthed’s best artists to come through that year.

Recently, his Like A Version cover of 2Pac’s Changes lit up triple j’s switchboard and cemented his place as one of the country’s most exciting new hip hop talents.

Byron four-piece Seaside have been making dreamy waves with their indie pop since 2017.

After Covid played havoc with their 2020 touring plans, the band have hit the studio and are back with a slew of new singles including State of Grace, released earlier this month.

Homegrown in the Byron Shire, Dan Musgrave aka Casimir is an underground DJ first and foremost. Known for his melodic, progressive house productions Casimir has been making the beats for Byron for years, holding residencies at the best venues in town.

A Byron supergroup of sorts, The Hombres are a mix of well-matched musos coming together for your cover music pleasure. With members moonlighting from other bands such as Flight Facilities and Grinspoon, grooves and good times are guaranteed.

Set to get the crowd moving are specialists in lowdown streetfunk, disco and electro boogie house, The Booty

Affair.

The challenge will be balancing your beer while getting down as the fabulous Miss Chloe struts her stuff out the front. Supplying the beats across the festival, local promoters Club Raiders DJs are calling on Byron’s best to keep the dancefloor filled from kick off to lights off.

DJs Cashew and Richie

Carter are heading up the local DJ contingent, with more familiar faces to join the crew.

An annual event celebrating this year’s limited winter release, Stone Beer, Festival of the Stone is a chance for Stone & Wood to invite the amazing local community and beer lovers alike to take a moment, come together and welcome in the winter.

General tickets are on sale now ($36 +BF) through Eventbrite, which includes a tasting of Stone & Wood’s seasonal limited Stone Beer.

For Festival of the Stone news and updates, readers are encouraged to visit www. stoneandwood.com.au and check Stone & Wood’s socials.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

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by Tania Spiers-Phillips Those Who Wish Me Dead (MA 15+) Starring: Finn Little, Nicholas Hoult, Jon Bernthal, Tyler Perry, Jake Weber, Aidan Gillen, Angelina Jolie. 100 minutes.

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Jolie stars as Hannah a “smoke jumper” forest-fighter who, still reeling from the loss of three lives she failed to save from a fire.

Failing her pscych evaluation she is put on fire tower duty where she comes across a traumatized 12-year-old boy Connor (Australia actor – Finn Little of Storm Boy, Harrow and Tidelands) who is lost in the remote forest. Trying to bring him to safety, Hannah puts herself in the firing line of two hitmen (X-Men star Nicholas Hoult and Game of Thrones actor Aidan Gillen) hunting him and just for added danger – a fire

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Songs at the Summit to benefit disadvantaged kids AWARD winning musicians, singer-songwriter Andrea Soler and The Lonesome Boatman are lending their talents for a special night of music raising money for disadvantaged kids.

Taking place at The Summit Sports and Fitness Centre in Goonellabah on Friday 11 June from 5:30pm, Songs at the Summit promises to be a special evening of wonderful tunes, musical tales, and delicious food and drink, underneath the stars.

All profits from the event are being donated to Gospel Gloves – a free boxing gym for young people in Goonellabah.

Gospel Gloves organiser, Hayley Brown says the free boxing gym which has been operating for just over a year, has become incredibly popular with young people in the area.

“I saw these kids just running around town with nothing to do. Many come from disadvantaged backgrounds, and this

gym gives them an option.

Something to do which builds their confidence and self-esteem, and a safe place to be.”

“Some of the kids come in a bit cocky at first and you think they don’t care, but you can see their attitudes change and their confidence grow as they come more regularly” Hayley said.

Gospel Gloves currently operates classes two nights a week and also provides meals and little extras which Hayley puts together, including things like toiletry, dental and skin care packs.

“We operate entirely from donations and local businesses have been really generous supporting this by giving what they can. Money to keep going is always an issue though so I’m thrilled about this fundraiser!” Hayley said.

Summit Sports and Fitness Centre owner, Matthew George knows the importance of fitness and health on wellbeing and jumped on

board to support the event.

“I really admire what Hayley does. Having a place to go to get fit, to learn skills, to make friends can have such a positive impact on young people and it’s awesome to be part of a community that pulls together to support people doing good things,” Matthew said.

“We’re going to transform The Summit Fitness Centre for the night with outdoor fire places and lighting and attendees will be treated to an evening of wonderful tunes

by some incredibly talented musicians.”

The ticket price of $26.00 includes dinner by market favourites, Pocket Curries, who will be serving up a range of delicious curries with meat and vegetarian options available.

Songs at the Summit will be held on Friday 11 June with dinner from 5:30pm and music starting at 6:00pm.

Award-winning singer songwriter, Andrea Soler has been described as “Gentle, caressing, evocative and

bell-like” (Michael Smith, Drum Media). With her wild honey vocals, Andrea exudes a warmth and charm that quickly envelops an audience – she has become a festival sweetheart in Australia and throughout Europe and is an utter treat to see live.

The Lonesome Boatman trio is made up of three uniquely talented award winning musicians, Phil Levy (Guitars, Mandolin Banjo & vocals), Steve Gilbert (Harmonica and Vocals) and Michael Turner (Bass and Baritone Guitar).

Their Folk, Blues and Celtic inspired music takes listeners on a journey to far flung lands, where sailors sang shanties, drank whiskey and told tales of love, loss and the sea.

You’ll be tapping your toes, swaying in your seats and dancing a jig before you know it.

Tickets can be purchased online at https://www. eventbrite.com.au/e/ songs-at-the-summittickets-152230027109

For more informa�on or to find more bussinesses accep�ng the vouchers checkout Service NSW webpage h�ps://mybusiness.service.nsw.gov.au/dine-and-discover/business-finder

Dine & Discover NSW now available in the Northern Rivers The NSW Government has launched Dine & Discover NSW to encourage the community to get out and about and support dining, arts and tourism businesses.

NSW residents aged 18 and over can apply for 4 x $25 vouchers, worth $100 in total • 2 x $25 Dine NSW Vouchers to be used for dining in at restaurants, cafés, bars, wineries, pubs or clubs. These can be used 7 days a week including public holidays • 2 x $25 Discover NSW Vouchers to be used for entertainment and recrea�on, including cultural ins�tu�ons, live music, and arts venues. These can be used 7 days a week including public holidays THE VOUCHERS: • can be used at par�cipa�ng NSW businesses that are registered as COVID Safe • are valid to 30 June 2021 NSW residents will be able to easily apply online to receive their vouchers through the latest version of the Service NSW app and website, and customers who do not have access to a smartphone and/or computer can call Service NSW on 13 77 88 or visit a local Service NSW Centre.

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GARDENING 49

The importance of shade trees

Rosewood or Australian rose mahogany (Dysoxylum fraserianum) SHADE trees in home gardens, parks and public gardens are becoming more important as our climate warms. Planting even just one large feature tree, in a well thought out southwestern position at a certain distance from your home, can reduce indoor temperatures significantly in summer. They serve as wonderful canopies for many other native plants and a perfect place to stretch the hammock.

Dysoxylum fraserianum (rosewood or Australian rose mahogany) is a large tree native to our region. Mature trees can grow up to 40 metres and are one of the most common trees in subtropical rainforests of Australia. It is a long-lived, slow-growing and shade-tolerant tree. The crown of the tree is dense and shiny.

Dainty creamy-white to mauve fragrant flowers and attractive red brown fruit can appear at almost any time of the year.

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Rosewood is known for its rose- scented and attractive timber often used in cabinet work and furniture, which is termite proof. Plant it in rich, well-drained soil and protect it from hot sun and frosts when young.

Araucaria cunninghamii (hoop pine) is another large tree, native to this area, which has a pleasant conical shape, making it a beautiful silhouette tree. Suitable for larger gardens, it is an adaptable but slow-growing plant. The hoop pine can live for over 400 years. Preferring subtropical climates, there are some trees which are up to forty metres tall. The bark is very attractive

with horizontal marks or hoops which give it its common name. Male and female cones grow on the same tree. A stunning landscape plant, it will grow with a single trunk.

This should not be pruned as the tree will lose its shape.

The hoop pine attracts many birds which love to nest in its protective prickly foliage and is an excellent host for lots of native orchid species. The dinosaurs knew these plants as they were dominant at that time on the earth.

Leptospermum petersonii or lemon scented tea tree is a species of shrub or small tree that is endemic to eastern Australia and grows to a height of about four to five metres and about three metres across. It has thin, fibrous or flaky bark, strongly lemon scented leaves on attractive red stems and masses of white flowers, which are very attractive to birds, bees and other insects. New leaves

Hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) are a pretty rose-red colour.

This tree is quick growing and drought hardy, ideal for sunny locations in both coastal and inland gardens. Pruning will keep it as a smaller shrub, so

it’s suitable for hedging and windbreaks. Flowering mainly occurs from December to January. The leaves are distilled commercially for their essential oils.

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50 HEALTH

Courage at the heart of life

by Nigel Dawe

EARLY DETECTION OF OVARIAN CANCER POSSIBLE BUT PROGNOSIS

REMAINS UNCHANGED

Professor Ian Jacobs,

NONE other than ‘The Duke’ – John Wayne, once said: “Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” Which was a comment that came fresh to mind as I watched a great documentary recently, about Australian soldiers who fought on the Kokoda Trail.

One former digger in particular, made memorable mention of the fact he had only been in the army for six weeks, never been to a rifle range nor even stepped foot on a plane before he was ‘dropped out of one’, into arguably the fiercest and most inhospitable combat zone our military has ever encountered.

In everyday terms, that act alone transcends and far exceeds what many of us could even remotely imagine, let alone come to terms with, or outright ‘overcome’ in real time, for the sake of everything we hold most dear.

As such, the origin of our word ‘courage’ comes from the old Latin ‘cor’, which means ‘heart’; and when you think of all the different fields of human endeavour in which this attribute is displayed, and valued above all else: it makes total sense that ‘heart’ comprises the ‘very heart’ of the concept itself.

But sometimes, if not most times, courage manifests itself in a myriad of seemingly non-evident or unnoticed ways, as Mary Anne Radmacher once observed: “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”

Which is a sign-post of sorts, reminding us all to keep going irrespective of the odds; and that you don’t have to be wearing a sporting team’s uniform or any other uniform for that matter, to be courageous.

Getting through all manner of daily hardships and hurdles, with your head held high and your spirit intact, is equivalent to a thousand hard fought grand final wins, any day.

One hugely inspiring example and testament to this, is our Australian of the Year – Grace Tame, a young woman who not only survived the appalling abuse of someone she trusted, but rose above it to be of infinite hope to countless others who have endured serious mistreatment and abuse in their own lives.

To a degree, one facet of courage that is discernible in just about every expression of antic that is considered such, be it on a flood-lit public stage or a private forum, is reflected in Napoleon Bonaparte’s own glaring admission: “Courage isn’t having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don’t have strength.”

Thus, the ability to ‘find something’ when all seems lost, and the sheer will to not succumb in the face of overwhelming hardship, appears the defining essence of our most esteemed, albeit ever redeemable, and ‘expansive’ quality.

Afterall, as Anais Nin once highlighted: “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”.

RESEARCHERS in the UK have established that although a method of screening can detect ovarian cancer early and before women develop symptoms, it does not translate into saving lives.

The United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) tested two different screening methods but found no evidence that either screening approach reduced deaths from ovarian cancer, compared to no screening.

The study into the longterm impact of screening on ovarian cancer mortality spanned three decades and involved 200,000 postmenopausal women.

Professor Ian Jacobs, ViceChancellor of the University of New South Wales (UNSW), has led the ovarian cancer screening research programme since 1985 and was the Lead Investigator of UKCTOCS from 2001-2014. ‘“My thanks to the thousands of women, healthcare professionals and researchers who made this trial possible. The multimodal screening strategy did succeed in detection of ovarian cancer at an earlier stage, but sadly that did not save lives. This is deeply disappointing and frustrating given the hope of all involved that we would save the lives of thousands of women who are affected by ovarian cancer each year.”

Professor Jacobs noted: “Population screening for ovarian cancer can only be supported if a test is shown to reduce deaths in a future randomised controlled trial.

I remain hopeful that a new effective screening test will be found eventually, but it will take many years to conduct a large trial of the test. Realistically, this means we have to reluctantly accept that population screening for ovarian cancer is more than a decade away.”

In Australia, more than 1500 women are diagnosed

with ovarian cancer each year.

Most are not diagnosed until the disease is in a late stage.

UKCTOCS was designed to test the hypothesis that a reliable screening method that picks up the cancer earlier, when treatments are more likely to be effective, could save lives.

The results of the trial, recently published in The Lancet, looked at data from women whose progress was followed up for an average of 16 years. Women aged between 50 and 74 were enrolled in the trial between 2001 and 2005, screening continued until 2011 and followed up until 2020. The women were randomly allocated to one of three groups: no screening, screening in the form of an annual ultrasound scan, and annual ‘multimodal’ screening involving a blood test as an initial test followed by ultrasound as a second test.

“This was a very large trial conducted with rigor and with enormous attention to detail but showed the number of deaths from ovarian cancer was not significantly reduced between the screened and unscreened groups.”

‘Although multimodal screening found more women with earlier stage disease, this did not lead to lives saved. We therefore cannot recommend ovarian cancer screening for the general population using these methods.’

Prof. Jacobs said the study, one of the largest undertaken in the UK, has advanced medicine’s understanding of ovarian cancer as well as other diseases. He said the UKCTOCS team has created a rich resource of data for researchers who will now continue the work on ovarian cancer.

‘The research must continue,’ he stressed, ‘and I urge funding agencies and charities to keep supporting this vital mission.’

‘We now better understand the natural history of the

disease, have created a template for large, randomised trials, and can build models of what is required of new screening tests.’

Prof. Jacobs said significant research is also being done on other cancers and diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, using the samples from the UKCTOCS study.

The research had its genesis in 1985 when Prof. Jacobs, at that time a newly graduated doctor, worked with a women’s cancer surgeon in Royal London Hospital in London’s east end. Here he saw women diagnosed with ovarian cancer enter the operating theatre filled with hope, only to return to the clinic months or years later with a recurrence of the cancer.

‘That, to me, was heartbreaking.’

‘The fact that most of the cancers were only diagnosed in later stages of ovarian cancer gave women such a small chance of survival beyond five years after diagnosis.’

There began a more than 30-year journey to find an effective screening test.

‘Research does not always give you the results you strive for, but it is never futile. Every stage of this trial brought us closer to understanding ovarian cancer and I take comfort in the knowledge that we have given researchers who take the mantle from the UKCTOCS team a substantial head start.’

Prof. Jacobs said the UKCTOCS story is one of enormous passion and goodwill and he thanked Professor Usha Menon, Lead Investigator of UKCTOCS, his co-collaborators, those who funded the research including the Eve Appeal, Cancer Research UK, the Medical Research Council and the NHS, and most of all the women who volunteered for the trial.

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52 LET’S COOK

WONTON NOODLE SOUP RECIPE Ready, set, slurp. Dinner is on the table in 30 minutes flat with this simple Asian soup, loaded with chicken, dumplings and noodles.

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5 garlic cloves, peeled 5 garlic cloves, peeled 4cm piece ginger, peeled, coarsely chopped 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 700g (4) boneless chicken thigh fillets 2L (8 cups) Massel chicken style liquid stock 2 whole star anise 80ml (1/3 cup) soy sauce 12 frozen wontons or dumplings 400g cooked Chinesestyle egg noodles (such as shelf-ready thin hokkien noodles or cooked fresh thin Chinese egg noodles) 4 baby pak choy,

INGREDIENTS Base • 300g digestive biscuits • 100g toasted pine nuts • Handful of basil, chopped • 75g unsalted butter Filling • 300g digestive biscuits

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100g toasted pine nuts Handful of basil, chopped 75g unsalted butter 500g cooked beetroot in natural juice 600g soft cheese 500g Mascarpone cheese 2 whole free-range eggs 3 free-range egg yolks

100g caster sugar

Jelly top • 300g digestive biscuits • 100g toasted pine nuts • Handful of basil, chopped • 75g unsalted butter • 500g cooked beetroot in natural juice • 600g soft cheese • 500g Mascarpone cheese • 2 whole free-range eggs • 3 free-range egg yolks • 100g caster sugar • Juice of one orange • 2 sheets gelatine • Juice from beetroot, (75-100mls) • 150mls water • 50g caster sugar METHOD STEP 1 Heat the oven to 180c/gas 4 STEP 2 Line a 23cm spring form tin with baking parchment and set

quartered lengthways Thinly sliced long fresh red chilli, to serve

METHOD Step 1 Use a mortar and pestle or a small blender to combine the garlic, ginger and peppercorns into a rough paste.

Step 2 Heat the vegetable oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Season the chicken with salt and cook 2-3 minutes each side or until just starting to colour. Add the garlic mixture and cook, stirring, for about a minute or until aromatic. Add the stock, staranise and soy sauce. Bring to a gentle simmer then reduce heat to low and cook for 10 minutes or until chicken is

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aside. Pop the pine nuts in a dry pan until nicely toasted. Watch carefully as they burn easily.

Blitz the biscuits and pine nuts in a processor.

STEP 3 Add the chopped basil to the biscuit/pine nut mix and stir in the butter. Press the mix into the prepared tin and bake for 5 minutes. Once baked, set aside and reduce the oven temperature to 160c/gas 3.

STEP 4 Drain the cooked beetroot, keeping the juices and blitz the beetroot bulbs until smooth and have a little texture. Using an electric whisk, in a separate bowl, beat together the soft cheeses. Add the sugar and beat in along with the whole eggs and egg yolks. Finally, add the beetroot pulp and beat together thoroughly. Pour into the tin and bake for 40-45 minutes or until the cake has a little wobble.

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cooked through.

Step 3 Meanwhile, fill another saucepan with water. Place over high heat. Once boiling, add wontons or dumplings.

Cook for 3-4 minutes or until just cooked through. Drain.

Step 4 Divide the noodles and pak choy among serving bowls and top with the wontons or dumplings.

Step 5 Use tongs to transfer the cooked chicken from the soup to a chopping board.

Slice the chicken and divide among bowls. Strain the soup and discard the solids.

Season with salt or soy sauce, to taste. Ladle the hot soup into the bowls. Sprinkle with sliced red chilli to serve.

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and leave the cheesecake to cool in the oven with the door open. This helps to stop the cake cracking.

STEP 5 To make the jelly top, soften the 2 gelatine sheets in cold water until pliable. Add the orange juice, water, beetroot juices and sugar to a pan and gently heat until the sugar has disolved.

Squeeze the water surplus from the gelatine sheets and add the leaves to the pan. Heat until the gelatine has disappeared into the mixture. Stir thoroughly and allow to cool a little, but don’t allow it to set. When the cheesecake is completely cool, gently pour the jelly mix onto the cheesecake and chill in the fridge until set.

STEP 6 SERVING TIP: Make sure you use a hot blade to cut the cheesecake. I soak a knife blade in very hot water and dry it before cutting.

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May 20, 2021

MOTORING 53

THE LATEST MAJOR UPDATES FOR LEXUS ES

By Ewan Kennedy

LEXUS tells us it will, “reset the benchmarks for comfort, craftsmanship and technology in the luxury medium sedan segment when the new ES arrives in Australia sometime in the second half of 2021.”

The Lexus ‘spindle’ grille incorporating an L-shaped mesh pattern that emphasises lateral flow. Machined surface 17- and 18-inch wheels. There will be glossblack 19-inch wheels on the Lexus ES F Sport.

It will have geometric square bezels within the headlamp cluster. And will have BladeScan adaptive high-beam technology, though this is not in all grades.

Ride comfort and dynamics befitting will have rear suspension braces of changed from a single-sheet structure to a stronger dual-sheet structure. Improved torsional and lateral rigidity of the rear suspension enhances control and achieves more linear and neutral handling.

The Lexus ES F Sport grades will have updated linear-solenoid adaptive variable suspension.

The ES F Sport is now more responsive to low damping forces, achieving high-quality ride comfort while advancing steering response and stability.

Soft-touch dashboard and door materials, finely detailed stitching are now extended by the availability of new Walnut material ornamentation.

The high-resolution 12.3-inch widescreen display has been brought forward by more than 100mm compared with the previous model, debuting touch-display functionality to increase usability options for the driver and front passenger.

A newly applied Hazel interior colour follows the existing availability in the flagship Lexus LS, while

shape of the vehicle, and Sonic Chrome, which exhibits a metallic quality in high-gloss grey.

call, automated collision notification and stolen vehicle tracking.

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Styling of the upcoming Lexus ES give it the looks similar to that of the topline Lexus LS a newly developed Mauve blends brown and grey tones.

The F Sport grades are have a new addition of White-andFlare Red colour scheme for the seat cushions combined with seatbacks in Black.

New interior colours complement two new exterior colours; Sonic Iridium, a silver that takes advantage of strong shadows to further accentuate the

The new BladeScan AHS broadens the range of high beam illumination, enabling the driver to recognise pedestrians and road signs without impeding the visibility of the proceeding driver or of drivers approaching from the opposite direction.

Lexus Connected Services is fitted for the first time on ES, including SOS

employs a Data Control Module that is able to automatically generate an SOS emergency call to a 24/7 Lexus Emergency Call Centre and relay the location of the vehicle in the event of a collision that requires intervention, or if an airbag deploys.

The driver can also request emergency assistance via an SOS button on the overhead

console and if the vehicle is reported stolen, Lexus Connected Services can assist authorities to help track the vehicle’s location via the Stolen Vehicle Tracking service.

For the improved Lexus Safety System+, the performance of the single-lens camera and millimetre-wave radar has been improved to expand the response range of the Pre-Collision System. This can detect daytime cyclists and pedestrians in low-light conditions.

Newly adopted functions include Emergency Steering Assist, which assists steering within the vehicle’s lane as chosen by the driver. Low Speed Acceleration Control, supports the prevention of collisions caused by pedal misapplication at low speed.

Controllability has also improved for the Dynamic Radar Cruise Control and the lane-recognition functions of Lane Tracing Assist which is an advanced driving support function that supports steering to keep the vehicle in the centre of the lane.

(Can’t say we are keen on this system as we prefer to steer towards the edges of the lanes to give the car better flow through the bends.)

Lexus International Chief Engineer Tetsuya Aoki said: “Our goal was to deepen the high quality of the ES and to add new value. In addition to further improving quietness and ride comfort, we pursued linearity in vehicle movement, in response to steering wheel operation, that is faithful to the driver’s intentions.”

Prices and exact specs for Australia are yet to be announced we will bring these to you, together with dates of the introduction of the Lexus ES when we receive them.

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54 MOTORING

SUBARU WRX STI EJ25 FINAL EDITION

By EWAN KENNEDY Subaru has said farewell to current generation WRX STI, with a final special edition packed with considerable extra kit.

Only 75 of the WRX STI EJ25 Final Edition models will be sold, each individually numbered; 30 will be available for sale online at www.subaru. com.au, with the balance through the 24-strong STI network nationally.

EJ25 refers to the code of the current WRX STI 2.5-litre turbocharged engine – the last in line ahead of an all-new powerplant for the next generation. The EJ25 debuted in 2005, in the Model Year 2006 WRX STI. WRX STI EJ25 Final Edition adds to WRX STI spec.R AWD specification: • EJ25 Final Edition numbered internal badge • EJ25 Final Edition rear exterior badge • EJ25 Final Edition plate in the engine bay • 19-inch BBS forged aluminium wheels (gold) • Silver Brembo brake calipers with STI logo • RECARO sports bucket front seats with silver highlights • Ultrasuede steering wheel

Identifying features of the Final Edition are BBS forged aluminium wheels in gold and silver Brembo brake calipers with STI logo.

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Red STI push-start button Silver seat belts Silver interior stitching Carbon fibre look instrument panel decoration Front grille with pinstripe Black door mirror covers and shark fin antenna

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Black front fender inserts with STI logo Black rear WRX badge Exterior colours: WR Blue Pearl (50 units) Crystal White Pearl (15 units) Crystal Black Silica (10 units)

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May 20, 2021

58 WEEKLY HOROSCOPE Aries Mar 21 - Apr 20 The week begins with you feeling a little more flirty and ready to send out clever texts to your crush. After all, Venus has entered your third house of communication as of May 24, enticing your interest in intellectual connection with your lover. In fact,

by May 26, an important conversation could take place as Mercury joins forces with the North Node in your talkative third house. Could this be the conversation in which you finally confess your feelings to a lover?

This week ends with so much romantic energy as the sun in your sensual second house forms a sextile with Neptune in your spiritual twelfth house on May 13. Get to know your lover through touch as well as intuitive connection.

Cancer Jun 24 - Jul 22 Your love life is taking on a more secretive tone as this week commences. As of May 8, Venus will be swimming through the depths of the psychic ocean in your twelfth house. Not only will this make you feel more intuitive about how you and your lover are feeling, but you may feel like taking a break from the prying eyes of the world to spend more time alone together.

In fact, when Mercury joins forces with the North Node in your spiritual twelfth house on May 22, you may have a heart-to-heart that deepens your empathy for each other. By May 23, the sun in your eleventh house of friendship will sextile Neptune in your expansive ninth house, encouraging you to run off on adventures and spontaneous escapades with your extended social circle.

Libra Sep 23 - Oct 23 You’re embracing a more open-minded understanding of love this week. After all, Venus entered your spontaneous ninth house on May 8, changing your whole perspective of what love is and can be. You may feel more inclined to experiment with something new in your love life. In fact, on May 22, Mercury in your thrill-seeking ninth house will sextile Chiron in your partnership sector, proving that embracing a little adventure can heal your relationship.

When the new moon on May 26 radiates throughout your eighth house of transformation, it may initiate beginnings and endings in your relationships. You may find yourself letting go of toxic cycles in your love life and working through intimacy issues.

Capricorn Dec 22 - Jan 20 You may feel inspired to be a giving lover this week. After all, as of May 25, Venus is now swirling through your selfless sixth house, transforming your love language into “acts of service.” Making your lover’s life easier by helping them out is definitely a form of romance.

And the romance definitely doesn’t stop there, because, on May 21, the new moon will dance through your passionate fifth house, inspiring you to embrace a level of romance in your life that’s simply irresistible. This could reignite a stagnant relationship with that “spark.” If you’re single, it could lead you to develop feelings toward someone who totally rocks your world.

Taurus Apr 21 - May 21 You may start to feel more grounded in your love life as this week begins. As of May 23, Venus will have entered your stable second house, encouraging you to let go of fickle relationships in favor of dependable ones. You want to know that someone is going to be there for you when times get rough. In fact, on May 22, Mercury in your down-to-earth second house will sextile Chiron in your spiritual twelfth house, inspiring you to heal yourself by embracing a kind of love that is also reliable. And as the moon-Venus conjunction dances in your sensual second house, you may find feelings developing for someone who makes you feel supported and understood.

Leo Jul 23 - Aug 23 Friendships could turn into something more now that Venus has entered your platonic eleventh house as of May 28.

This will inspire you to spend time with your social circle, to take up invitations to interact with other like-minded people. This is the perfect time to be introduced to a friend of a friend who might just be a perfect match for you. As the new moon blasts through your tenth house of reputation on May 21, it will leave everyone talking about you. You may feel encouraged to update your social media and your dating profiles so they reflect how awesome you are. Your public persona is coming into play, affecting and impacting the vibe potential lovers are getting from you.

Scorpio Oct 24 - Nov 2 You may be craving more intimacy and deeper connections from your love life now that Venus has entered your passionate eighth house as of May 28. You may find yourself far more willing to open your heart and let a lover in on your secrets. And when Mercury joins forces with the North Node in your intimate eighth house on May 22, you may exchange a secret with your lover that takes your relationship to the next level. On May 24, the sun in your seventh house of partnerships will sextile Neptune in your poetic fifth house, sending a pink cloud of romance over your love life and encouraging you to show your partner how you feel.

Aquarius Jan 21 - Feb 18 Romance is all around you, especially since Venus entered your playful and passionate fifth house as of May 24. This transit will tap into your desire for poetry, romance, love letters, and all of those cheesy clichés. Who knows?

It may even invite a brand-new whirlwind love affair into your life. And as Mercury joins forces with the North Node on May 22, it could lead to a romantic conversation that changes everything. Romance is truly guiding you forward, and by May 24, it may even guide you to yourself. As Mercury forms a trine with Saturn in Aquarius, you’re learning the type of supportive romance that allows you to grow and become a better version of yourself.

Gemini May 22 - June 23 Your love life is taking on a more secretive tone as this week commences. As of May 23, Venus will be swimming through the depths of the psychic ocean in your twelfth house. Not only will this make you feel more intuitive about how you and your lover are feeling, but you may feel like taking a break from the prying eyes of the world to spend more time alone together. In fact, when Mercury joins forces with the North Node in your spiritual twelfth house on May 26, you may have a heart-to-heart that deepens your empathy for each other. By May 25, the sun in your eleventh house of friendship will sextile Neptune in your expansive ninth house, encouraging you to run off on adventures and spontaneous escapades with your extended social circle. Who said loving your friends wasn’t just as valid of a love story?

Virgo Aug 24 - Sep 22 You may feel all swept up in a dizzying and intoxicating romance as this week begins.

On May 24, the moon in your possessive eighth house will square Pluto in your romantic fifth house, which could leave you confusing toxic attachment with love. There’s nothing wrong with a little darkness and taboo, but protect your heart and your boundaries first.

On May 23, the sun in your adventurous ninth house will sextile Neptune in your partnership sector, encouraging you to have faith in the unknown and to enjoy the process of slowly getting to know someone. May 23 is also when Jupiter will activate your seventh house of relationships, attracting love and commitment in all its forms.

Sagittarius Nov 22 - Dec 21 As of May 26, Venus has officially moved into your seventh house of partnerships, activating your love life in a major way. You may find yourself craving a steady relationship with someone who encourages you to be your best self and inspires you to nurture a relationship that lasts. As Mercury and the North Node join forces in your partnership sector on May 24, you may find yourself forming a relationship with a lover that strengthens you for the better. And as Mercury forms a sextile with Chiron in your passionate fifth house, it’s clear that love and romance are exactly what your relationships need right now. However, by May 22, Mars in your fearful eighth house will square off with Chiron, which may leave you feeling unmoored by feelings of love and lust.

Pisces Feb 19 - Mar 20 You may be craving a warm, nurturing, and comforting affair now that Venus has entered your cozy fourth house as of May 23.

This will tap into your desire for a feeling of being at “home” with your lover. You don’t want something based on superficial desires, you want to know that your lover understands and supports you emotionally. And on May 25, Mercury will join forces with the North Node in your domestic fourth house, which may encourage you to think about how you can build your own idea of “home” together. Luckily, by May 27, Mercury will trine Saturn in your spiritual twelfth house, encouraging you to heal this mentality. Discover where the root of this belief lies and work on letting it go, you’re approaching a level of confidence that will help you forget all about these insecure moments.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

IN MEMORIAM 59 Death Notice

Tony Lees

12 July 1963 - 12 April 2021

Aged 57 years Passed away suddenly at home

Funeral Notice

MATTHEW SMITH-TRACEY Passed away peacefully at Lismore Base Hospital on 12th May, 2021. Late of Casino.

Aged 29 years.

Dearly loved son of Elizabeth Smith & Neil Tracey.

Loved brother of Christopher.

Funeral Notice

Sanders, Betty May 13th May, 2021 Late of Ballina/Oatley

Much loved wife of Ray (deceased), loved mother of Terrie, Robyn and Paul.

Adored grandmother and great grandmother.

Loving son of Allan & Lynette Lees of South Gundurimba

“That guy in the red wheelchair, with the helmet & camera”

Loving brother & brother in-law to Julie & Phillip, Sharon & Greg & Frank Uncle to Ashlee, Laura, Leah & Cayd

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Aged 94 Years

Relatives & friends of Matthew are invited to attend his funeral service to be held on Friday 21st May, 2021 commencing at 11:00am at the graveside in Casino Lawn Cemetery, Reynolds Road, Casino.

Forever In Our Hearts A sevice will be held, please contact the family for details.

The celebration of our beautiful Tony’s life was held on Tuesday the 4 May at the Northern Rivers Memorial Park South Gundurimba

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All guests will be required to comply with the COVID-19 mandatory QR code sign-in for contact tracing purposes, and must ensure social distancing is maintained

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McKINNON, WALTER JOHN “Wally”

BOYLE, Terrence Joseph (Terry)

Passed away suddenly in Casino on Sunday 16th May 2021.

Late of Beaudesert.

Adored & Dearly Loved Husband of Sue (decd).

Much Loved Father and Father in-law of Jacqueline & Geoff, Patrick & Justine, Sean & Alys and Tim & Brie.

Cherished Grandad of Kiara & Georgia, Sinead, Liobhan & Tayghan.

Dear Brother of Tom & Vin. Passed away peacefully 11th of May 2021

Aged 85 years

Beloved husband and stirrer of 65 years to Mae. Much loved father and father-in-law to John, Julie, David, Geraldine and Kevin.

Cherished Poppy Wal to his grandchildren Abbey, Joseph, Kristy, Katie, Gemma and Zac (dec) and his great-grandchildren Olivia, Amity, Jackson, Lily, Will and Summer.

At peace.

A graveside service will be held for Wally at Evans Head Cemetery this Thursday 20th May 2021 commencing at 11:00am.

All guests will be required to comply with the COVID-19 mandatory QR code sign-in for contact tracing purposes, must ensure social distancing is maintained.

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Formerly of Urbenville & ‘Naturi’ Yuleba.

AGED 80 YEARS

Relatives and Friends of the late Terry Boyle are respectfully invited to attend His Funeral Service to be held at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, 156 Summerland Way Kyogle, Friday 21 May 2021, commencing at 11:00am followed by a service of burial at the Kyogle Lawn Cemetery.

Vanessa & Sebastian Fear (02) 6632 1720

Memoriam

Bill Davis

05.12.1941 - 20.05.2020

Memorial Service Due to covid restrictions last year we are holding a memorial service for Bill Davis on Saturday the 22-05-2021 at 11.00am at the Alstonville Uniting Church.

All are welcome to attend while we remember and swap cherished memories of a wonderful man who is missed beyond measure.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

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FREELANCE JOURNALISTS The Northern Rivers Times is the largest regional newspaper in the Northern Rivers area, we require 2 seasoned journalists to cover the Tweed Heads region.

Essential: • Keen news sense • Proven skills in news gathering, research and analysis • Strong news and community interest writing skills • Examples of well-balanced accurate reporting • Ability to develop and maintain community contacts • Can deliver under pressure to daily deadlines • Initiative and strong work ethic • Basic photography skills • A valid driver’s licence.

Desirable: • Experience in publishing to online platforms including social media • University degree in communications or commensurate journalism experience Please send Resume & Cover Letter to employment@heartlandmedia.com.au or call Jeff Gibbs on 0417 516 004

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The Northern Rivers Times is the largest regional newspaper in the Northern Rivers area, we require a seasoned journalist to cover the Byron Shire area.

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Desirable: • Experience in publishing to online platforms including social media • University degree in communications or commensurate journalism experience Please send Resume & Cover Letter to employment@heartlandmedia.com.au or call Jeff Gibbs on 0417 516 004

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PRELIMINARY NOTICE

Store Cattle & Feature Breeder Sale

FRIDAY 21ST MAY 2021 CASINO SALEYARDS @ 10.00AM

700 HEAD BOOKED

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May 20, 2021

CLASSIFIEDS 61 Livestock For Sale

Livestock For Sale

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May 20, 2021

COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD 63 AA - ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Monday 10:30am Byron Bay, church hall, Ruskin St, James 0417463057 & ZOOM 8245993030 Pwd 122436 12.15pm Lismore - Ch Hall (at back) Cnr 118 Woodlark St & Church Ln 0417 477 151 (Terry) 6:00pm Grafton Salvation Army Hall 91–93 Oliver St David 0429528537/Leonie 0407585527 6.00pm - Womens Meeting 2/3/4th weeks/month Brunswick Hds CWA Hall Cnr Park&Booyun Deb 0401204279

6.30pm Lismore, Womens Meeting, For ZOOM details contact 0455316248 7.00pm Byron Bay, Ch Hall rear of13 Ruskin St 0402576493 Mitch 7.00pm Casino, Nth Cst Comm Ch 67 Richmond St (via rear lane), Annie 66619141/Di 0477004453 Tuesday 10.00am Murwillumbah, ConXions Ch,19 Prince St, 0412092497 Kevin ZOOM 246715814 Pwd UKI 10.30am Mullumbimby, Uniting Ch Hall Cnr Dalley & Whian Sts 5.00pm Tabulum, CWA Hall, 16 Court St, 1hr, Sarah 0457812962 5:30pm Bangalow, Church hall 73 Byron St - 1 hour 7.00pm Online Only, Northern Rivers Promises – ZOOM 83159091987 Pwd AA 7.30pm Tweed Hds, ZOOM 82827792107 Pwd 895224 Mens Mtg Wednesday 6.30am Mullumbimby, Iain 0499282820, 1hr mtg, ZOOM 198385272 Pwd 804343 10.00am Ballina, ch hall Cnr Burnet & Norton Sts Penny 0428 871 356 / Nicole 0407 939 356 10.00am UKI Holy Trinity Church 1473 Kyogle Rd 12.15pm Lismore - Ch Hall (at back) Cnr 118 Woodlark St & Church Ln 0417 477 151 (Terry) 12:15pm Lismore, 66899351 Richard, ZOOM 232109437 Pwd doVe 1.00pm Yamba Comm Ctr, Treelands Dr near Osprey Dr 1.00pm Brunswick Hds, RSL Hall, Cnr Fawcett & Tweed Sts, Dennis 0412512941 6.00pm Kyogle, ch hall, cnr Campbell & Kyogle Rds, 0429200955 Gordon ZOOM 82360835965 Pwd Unity 6.30pm Lismore, ZOOM 86700409512 Pwd AA 7.00pm Byron Bay, ZOOM 7490467278 Pwd 767201, Lee 0423166225 Thursday 12.30pm Mullumbimby, CWA Hall Tincogan St 6.00pm Murwillumbah, church hall cnr Waterloo St & QLD Rd, Robert 66795076 7.00pm Byron Bay, St Pauls Anglican Ch, 14 Kingsley St, Byron 7.00pm Pottsville Beach Public School, Tweed Coast Rd 0423578899 Janet 7.00pm Casino, Ch Hall 67 Richmond ST (Entry at rear via lane) Annie 66619141 or Di 0477004453 8.00pm Ballina, ch hall cnr Burnet & Norton Sts, Steve 0412324570 Jack 0429772867 Friday 8.00am Pottsville, Black Rock sporting oval, Text Scotty 0419443196 ALL WEATHER 12.00pm Byron Bay, Presbyterian Ch, Ruskin St 12.15pm Lismore - Ch Hall (at back) Cnr 118 Woodlark St & Church Ln 0417 477 151 (Terry) 12:15pm Lismore, 0417477151 Terry – ZOOM 232109437 Pwd doVe

5.30pm Brunswick Hds, CWA Hall Cnr Park & Booyun Sts, 1 hr 6.30pm Lennox Head, Scout Hall 1 Mackney Ln 6.30pm Maclean, church hall, 8-10 Wharf St, John 66464263 7.00pm Byron Bay, Presbyterian Ch, 13 Ruskin St (at back) 1 hr, Greg 0427 629 487 Saturday 8.00am Ballina, BBQ area near skate park, Kingsford smith Dr roundabout 9.00am Sth Golden Beach Sth Golden Bch hall Pacific Espl.

3.00pm Nimbin, 54 Cullen St (between Enviro Ctr & Apothecary) 3.30pm Byron Bay, church hall, Ruskin St 1hr Mens Mtg 3.30pm Byron Bay, Community Cabin - Carlyle St & ZOOM 6077766231 Pwd 026887 Nicole 0413358457 Womens Mtg

5.00pm Murwillumbah, ConXions Ch, 19 Prince St 6.30pm Lismore, ZOOM 657706645 Pwd AA Sunday 9 00am Ballina, St Marys Church Cnr Burnet & Norton Sts 1hr 10.00am Lismore, Uniting Ch Hall, Cnr Woodlark St & Church Ln (entry at back) 66213745 Ina 12.15pm Alstonville, ch hall, The Avenue (entry via car park at back) alstonvillesundaybbs@gmail.com 6.30pm Yamba, Community Ctr, Treelands Dr 7.00pm Brunswick Hds, Uniting Ch, Cnr Fingal & Byron Sts, 1hr, Jo 0413720771, & ZOOM 9875553 164 PW 645162 AA CONTACTS Northern Rivers Central District – 0468360160 nrcdofaa@gmail.com Byron Shire District 1800423431 or 0401945671 Iluka 0428303074 (Di) / Tabulum 0457812962 (Sarah) National Website http://www.aa.org.au

AL-ANON Family Groups (families / friends of Alcoholics) 1300 252 666 - www.al-anon.org.au Monday 6:30pm Banora Point Salvation Army Tweed Ctr, Cnr Woodlands/Leisure Dr Tuesday 12.00PM Grafton CWA Rooms, Cnr Duke / Pound St. 1:00pm Lismore Z Block 1st Floor Room 82 Sthrn Cross Uni, Rifle Range Rd off rear verandah & ZOOM ID 252 666 0000 Wednesday 6.30pm Ballina– Anglican Ch Admin Building, 24 Burnet St & ZOOM 2526660000 Thursday 12:30pm Yamba Community Ctr, 24 Treelands Dr 5:00pm (QLD time) (with Alateen) Tweed Hds Anglican Ch, 13 Powell St Friday 12.00pm (QLD time) Tweed-Coolangatta St Augustine Parish Ctr, 58 McLean St 2:00pm Bangalow ZOOM 2526660000 Sunday 4:00pm Chinderah 7th Day Adventist Ch, 83 Phillip St.

COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD MAXIMUM OF 50 WORDS To be included simply email your communtiy notice to: janelle@heartlandmedia.com.au

LOCAL MARKETS BALLINA MARKETS 3rd Sunday of the month.

BALLINA FARMER’S MARKET Sundays 6am till 1pm at Commemoration Park Ballina.

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.

BYRON BAY FARMER’S MARKET Thursdays 7am till 11am at Cavanbah Centre Byron Bay. CASINO GOLF CLUB MARKETS 2nd Sunday of every 2nd month.

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.

Contact Tom on 0450688900.

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.

Contact Allie on 66771345.

MURWILLUMBAH FARMER’S MARKET Wednesdays 7am till 11am at Murwillumbah Showgrounds.

Contact Sue on 0498733766.

NEW BRIGHTON FARMER’S MARKET Tuesday 8am-11am New Brighton Oval River St. Contact Allie on 66771345.

NIMBIN FARMERS MARKET Wednesdays 3pm till 6pm at Green Bank Carpark. Contact Jason on 66891512.

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.

ALSTONVILLE

ALSTONVILLE

ALSTONVILLE INNER WHEEL CLUB Meet socially 3rd Wed of every month Contact President Carol Vidal 0427326832.

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 10am4pm and Sundays 1pm-4pm. The Community Resource Centre is open for research Fridays only – prior bookings essential. Enquiries (02) 66281829, 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.

The group will be looking back over the years and launching Ian Kirkland’s book on the history of the society. Inside the museum there will be photos and videos of functions and exhibitions showing the history over the years. RVSP by May 28 by email at aphs2477@yahoo.com.au or phone 66281829.

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.

BALLINA BALLINA 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.

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 5.30pm sharp.

BALLINA MAHJONG 14TH MAY 2021 Shirley Coleman 1,Jeanette Henwood 2, Wendy Thornton 3, Gail McDonagh 4, Pauline Kearney 5, Jan Williams 6, Lorna Simpson 7, Sally Lowry 8, Leslie Richie 9, Caralyn Chatt 10,Pauline Bolte 11, Yvonne Weddup 12,Joan Murphy 13, Margaret Bryant 14, Janene Jarvis, Coral Lavelle 15, Lisa Wong 17, Bev Lasater 18, Betty Perkis 19, Alison Kelly 20, Shirley Atkinson 21, Shirley Henry, Kath Hubbard, Jan Henley 24, Jan Small 25, June Grebert 26, Val Heinritz 27, Susan Allan 28, Jenny Lang 29, Gladys D’Anna 30, Janic Jemison 31. Mahjong is played on Friday at 12:30pm at the Ballina Bridge Club North Creek Road.

Enquiries for new players phone Vanessa on 66874181.

PROBUS CLUB OF BALLINA WATERS Activities coming up are a 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.

COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB INC. Charity Day for Local Volunteer Emergency Services, Sunday 30th May 2021 9am to 5pm, Ballina RSL Club Auditorium. Country Music all day. A, B, and the 2J’s, Mullumbimby Music Club & Dusty Trax, Local talented solo acts, 2 Raffles to total value $1160, both drawn on the day. Multi Draws raffles all DAY – tickets remain LIVE, 55+ prizes ‘Total value over $3000’ Silent auctions 10items. Entry by gold con donation.

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

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May 20, 2021

64 COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD David 0473587412.

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 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.

CASINO CASINO OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS CASINO Wednesday 12 noon AEST Free conference call & in-person meeting.

Free conference call (03) 8672 0101 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.

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. 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 0414 625 680.

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.

COMMUNITY MEN’S SHED Mon, Tues, Wed, attendance limited to 50 members, 8am-1.30pm. 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.

EVANS EVANSHEAD HEAD EVANS HEAD CWA Meets over lunch, 3rd Tuesday every month @ Illawong Hotel, 12noon.

New members welcome. Further info 0427825560.

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. 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.

GRAFTON SENIORS MAY MEETING & TRADE TABLE Attendance 61, apologies 14. Mother’s Day competition winners: S. Haslam; H. Cashel; M. Townsend; A. Moran; R. Watkins; B. Booker; Val. Guest speaker: Helen Dobra, Pain Relief.

Spoke on Bowen Therapy & client Jim spoke about therapy experience.

Birthday wishes: those celebrating; best wishes, those unwell. Deaths: Sympathy, families of, Rita Kingsley & Isabel Wilson. New members: Anita Preac; Marie Fitzgerald; Bronwyn O’Donohue; Eric Williams.

Correspondence in : Westpac helicopter newsletter; Northland account; thanks, Yvonne C; Joy & Ken R. Correspondence out : welcome letters, new members; sympathy & get well cards; General business: distributing newsletter, May meeting; meeting day morning teas, resume June. Coach Trips: Coffs Harbour attractions, 21 May; Mystery venue, June; 8 Day tour, Queensland, Aug. Competition winners: J. Campbell; A. Douglas; H. Campbell; J. Schulz; B. Cavanagh; Z. Want; P. Cooke; J. Haggarty. Next meeting: 8 June, 2021, 10.30am, Racecourse.

Speaker, Ken Wilson, Council Waste Management. Enquiries: Sandra, 6642 7720.

GRAFTON’S MIGHTY CLARENCE TOASTMASTERS CLUB Perhaps it’s time to find out what it’s 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 PRODUCER’S 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 137788. *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.

LENNOX LENNOXHEAD HEAD 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. New members and guests are most warmly welcomed and enquiries may be made to Enid 047187511 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 10.00am at Club Lennox, 10 Stewart Street, on the 1st. Thursday of each month. Visitors are welcome. Also, retired or semi-retired 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 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.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD 65 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 7.05am for breakfast at Coffee Shots Molesworth St, Lismore. Interested in contributing to community? Local and international?

Join us please. Phone 0435990919 for more details.

TABLE TENNIS AT GOONELLABAH Tuesday and Thursday mornings social playing 9.00-12noon; Monday and Wednesday nights social playing 7.009.00pm; Training Monday mornings 9.00-12noon; Junior coaching after school Wed 3.30-4.45pm; $6.00 a game to a session. Everybody is welcome – all levels. Phone centre on 66251602 Mon-Thur 9.00am-1.00pm or visit website www.fnctabletennis.com.au GLITZ AND GLAMOUR BALL – McKEES HILL HALL 29th May 2021 7pm - music by our great team Dean Doyle & Judy Johnston, New Vogue, Old Time and requests.

Dress code as formal as one pleases, QR code sign in and Covid 19 plan in place, lucky door, raffles and Monte Carlo. BYO drinks & snacks, tea coffee and wrapped biscuit provided. Everyone most welcome.

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 every second month. Lunch available from T/Rooms Next meeting will be Fri 9th July, which is our AGM.. Any enquiries please contact Joan 66888127.

COUNTRY CARNA AT LISMORE WORKERS CLUB Next concert Sunday May 23rd. Room 7 & 8 with Check 2 & great artists. Free show from 11am.

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 0412866766, 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 0r 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 6.00pm. 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 7pm. Numbers are required for catering purposes.

MURWILLUMBAH MURWILLUMBAH 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. com T: Peter 0498399640 or Sue 0408493253. Find us on Facebook & Instagram.

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.

TWEED TWEEDHEADS HEADS TWIN TOWNS VIEW CLUB Twin Towns Day VIEW Club celebrated their 53rd. birthday in style even with Covid restrictions as nothing was going to disrupt celebrations as was the case last year when the whole nation was thrown into disarray! During the following month outings were to Coolangatta and Ocean Shores and coming up is the June 3rd. monthly luncheon to be held at the South Tweed Bowls Club. New members are always welcome and further information can be sought from President Kathie on 0407709629 or Freda on 07 55241357.

WOLLONGBAR WOLLONGBAR THE PROBUS CLUB OF WOLLONGBAR Will be holding the regular monthly meeting on Thursday May 20th beginning at 10am at the Alstonville Bowls and Sports Club Deegan Drive Alstonville. All Covid -19 protocols will be met. Our guest speaker will be Charlotte Jenkins who talk of the Oyster Reefs in our rivers. For further details contact Ron on 0421069504 or 66283381.

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.”

ALL ALLNORTHERN NORTHERNRIVERS 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.

The Northern Rivers Times

May 20, 2021

66 FISHING / TIDES / WEATHER BALLINA Isolated showers for most of this week is going to make the fishing a little uncomfortable for most anglers, and the smaller tides may mean the fishing is a little slow.

It will probably slow the flathead up a little more in the river so try pilchards or mullet for bait and stick with hard body lures or blades as these have more vibration to entice the lethargic flathead.

There are plenty of bream and a few whiting from the mouth of the river to the ferry.

Prawns and squid have been the best baits and lightly weighted soft plastics

FISHING NEWS

have also had some success.

Offshore is going to a bit of a lottery with the wind and swell predicted to be up for most of the week. If you can get out there the water on the close reefs has cooled down so it will be worth chasing some snapper on soft plastics and floating pilchards. The current has still been a bit of a problem out wide, but there are some good quality pearl perch and a number of snapper on the 42’s, and a few boats have been to the shelf with some quality bar cod, nanny Gia and flame tail snapper being landed. Tight lines. Brett.

EVANS HEAD

Snapper, trag jew and mackerel on North Ground and Kahors Reef, bream and tailor along Main and Airforce Beaches, luderick and bream along the rock walls at the Evans River mouth, bream, flathead and whiting in the lower reaches and mud crabs in the upper reaches.

POTTSVILLE Snapper, tuskfish, spanish and spotty mackerel on the inshore reefs, bream, dart, flathead and a few chopper tailor along the beaches, flathead, bream and whiting in the middle reaches of the creeks, luderick around the bridge pylons and rocky

points in the lower reaches and a few mud crabs in the upper reaches.

TWEED COAST Flathead, bream, trevally and school jew in the middle reaches of the Tweed River.

Offshore Snapper, pearl perch, tuskfish, moses perch and small black marlin on the 30s east of the Tweed.

CURRUMBIN 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.

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

Thurs 20th May 22o - 6o 22o - 8o 21o - 6o 22o - 8o 22o - 8o 23o - 6o

Fri 21st May

5% 49% 41% 49% 50% 6%

21o - 6o 22o - 12o 20o - 6o 22o - 12o 22o - 12o 23o - 10o

MOON PHASES Thu 20 May

Sun 23 May

Wed 26 May

6% 55% 43% 55% 59% 47%

Sat 22nd May 22o - 9o 19o - 12o 18o - 10o 19o - 12o 19o - 12o 22o - 10o

9% 80% 55% 80% 70% 50%

Sun 23rd May

Mon 24th May

Tues 25th May

Wed 26th May

23o - 7o 21o - 12o 20 - 10o 21o - 12o 21o - 12o 23o - 11o

24o - 8o 21o - 12o 21o - 10o 21o - 12o 22o - 12o 25o - 11o

23o - 8o 21o - 12o 21o - 10o 21o - 12o 22o - 12o 24o - 11o

23o - 10o 21o - 11o 20o - 10o 21o - 11o 22o - 11o 23o - 11o

7% 49% 57% 49% 45% 6%

42% 5% 6% 5% 5% 5%

60% 42% 5% 42% 6% 5%

5% 39% 5% 39% 5% 4%

TIDE TIMES & HEIGHTS CLARENCE - RIVER ENTRANCE

First Quarter 50% Visible

Waxing Gibbous 87% Visible

Full Moon 100% Visible

Sunrise & Sunset

DAY Thursday 20th May Friday 21st May Saturday 22nd May Sunday 23rd May Monday 24th May Tuesday 25th May Wednesday 26th May

DAY Thursday 20th May Friday 21st May Saturday 22nd May Sunday 23rd May Monday 24th May Tuesday 25th May Wednesday 26th May

SUNRISE 6:26 am 6:27 am 6:27 am 6:28 am 6:29 am 6:30 am 6:30 am

LOW 9:25 am 0.57m 10:18 am 0.5m 11:05 am 0.42m 11:49 am 0.35m 12:16 am 0.48m 1:14 am 0.39m 2:10 am 0.33m

HIGH 3:30 pm 1.17m 4:32 pm 1.28m 5:26 pm 1.42m 6:15 pm 1.57m 7:02 pm 1.71m 7:49 pm 1.82m 8:38 pm 1.9m

LOW 8:48 pm 0.72m 10:05 pm 0.66m 11:14 pm 0.58m

LOW 9:17 am 0.62m 10:14 am 0.56m 11:03 am 0.48m 11:48 am 0.39m 12:23 am 0.44m 1:18 am 0.35m 2:13 am 0.28m

HIGH 3:10 pm 1.22m 4:15 pm 1.33m 5:10 pm 1.48m 6:00 pm 1.65m 6:46 pm 1.81m 7:33 pm 1.94m 8:20 pm 2.02m

LOW 9:28 am 0.6m 10:20 am 0.53m 11:08 am 0.46m 11:52 am 0.39m 12:19 am 0.54m 1:16 am 0.46m 2:13 am 0.4m

HIGH 3:29 pm 1.19m 4:32 pm 1.31m 5:26 pm 1.47m 6:17 pm 1.62m 7:05 pm 1.77m 7:53 pm 1.88m 8:41 pm 1.96m

LOW 8:54 pm 0.73m 10:10 pm 0.69m 11:18 pm 0.62m

LOW 9:12 am 0.54m 10:04 am 0.46m 10:51 am 0.38m 11:35 am 0.29m 12:02 am 0.45m 1:00 am 0.37m 1:57 am 0.32m

HIGH 3:15 pm 1.17m 4:19 pm 1.3m 5:15 pm 1.45m 6:08 pm 1.61m 6:58 pm 1.76m 7:46 pm 1.89m 8:35 pm 1.98m

LOW 8:41 pm 0.66m 9:55 pm 0.61m 11:01 pm 0.53m

LOW 9:02 am 0.6m 9:55 am 0.52m 10:41 am 0.44m 11:25 am 0.35m 12:08 pm 0.28m 12:50 am 0.42m 1:45 am 0.37m

HIGH 3:15 pm 1.18m 4:16 pm 1.29m 5:10 pm 1.44m 6:00 pm 1.59m 6:48 pm 1.73m 7:36 pm 1.85m 8:27 pm 1.92m

12:32 pm 0.29m 1:15 pm 0.27m 1:57 pm 0.27m

EVANS HEAD - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 20th May Friday 21st May Saturday 22nd May Sunday 23rd May Monday 24th May Tuesday 25th May Wednesday 26th May

NORTHERN RIVERS AREA

HIGH 2:23 am 1.51m 3:27 am 1.53m 4:26 am 1.55m 5:20 am 1.56m 6:13 am 1.56m 7:03 am 1.53m 7:55 am 1.48m

HIGH 2:16 am 1.65m 3:16 am 1.64m 4:16 am 1.64m 5:10 am 1.63m 6:02 am 1.6m 6:53 am 1.56m 7:44 am 1.5m

LOW 8:59 pm 0.7m 10:14 pm 0.64m 11:22 pm 0.55m 12:30 pm 0.31m 1:13 pm 0.25m 1:56 pm 0.23m

BALLINA - RIVER ENTRANCE SUNSET 5:02 pm 5:01 pm 5:01 pm 5:00 pm 5:00 pm 5:00 pm 4:59 pm

DAY Thursday 20th May Friday 21st May Saturday 22nd May Sunday 23rd May Monday 24th May Tuesday 25th May Wednesday 26th May

HIGH 2:30 am 1.55m 3:32 am 1.58m 4:30 am 1.61m 5:25 am 1.63m 6:17 am 1.61m 7:09 am 1.57m 8:00 am 1.49m

12:33 pm 0.34m 1:15 pm 0.31m 1:58 pm 0.31m

BRUNSWICK HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE

BE SEEN IN THE NORTHERN RIVERS TIMES BY OVER 200,000 READERS EACH WEEK TO ADVERTISE CALL 6662 6222 OR EMAIL sales@nrtimes.com.au

DAY Thursday 20th May Friday 21st May Saturday 22nd May Sunday 23rd May Monday 24th May Tuesday 25th May Wednesday 26th May

HIGH 2:17 am 1.56m 3:21 am 1.57m 4:21 am 1.59m 5:16 am 1.61m 6:09 am 1.6m 7:00 am 1.56m 7:51 am 1.49m

12:17 pm 0.23m 12:59 pm 0.18m 1:41 pm 0.17m

TWEED HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 20th May Friday 21st May Saturday 22nd May Sunday 23rd May Monday 24th May Tuesday 25th May Wednesday 26th May

HIGH 2:19 am 1.55m 3:19 am 1.56m 4:15 am 1.58m 5:08 am 1.59m 5:58 am 1.57m 6:46 am 1.54m 7:36 am 1.48m

LOW 8:33 pm 0.72m 9:46 pm 0.67m 10:52 pm 0.59m 11:53 pm 0.5m 12:49 pm 0.23m 1:32 pm 0.23m

May 20, 2021

SPORTS RESULTS 67 SEND YOUR SPORTS RESULTS TO sports@nrtimes.com.au Please try to keep under 150 words. Photos can be sent but publishing is at the discretion of the Editor Results must be sent in word, pdf or pages format CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS FOR THE BALLINA ATHLETICS CLUB 9/5/21 Cross Country Results 09/05/2021 Best of the improvers were: 1K Mike Davis, Oliver Miller, Anna Farrell. 3K Michael Heyward, Hayden Muller, Peter Brown.

6K Alex Dogan, Dylan Wilson, Sharyn Anderson Mother’s Day runners enjoyed a beautiful day and all Mum’s were rewarded with a chocolate Bar. 1K Results 7 & under Female O Farrell 1,H O’Connor 2,M Miller 3 8-14 Female L Lachmann 1,H Lindsay 2,M Tighe 3 15-55 Female N Smith 1,A Farrell 2,J Herzog 3 56 + Female A Harriss 1,J Fulkerson 2,J Williams 3 9 & under Male E Smith 1,B Russell 2,R Lachmann 3 10 + Male M Davis 1,D Smith 2,T Lachmann 3 3K Results 10 & under Female E Drew 1,B FarrellyWight 2,E Bailey 3 11-21 Female J Torres-de-Oliveira 1,S Dogan 2,C McEwan 3 22-41 Female E Hill 1,S Lethorn 2,T Russell 3 42-50 Female C McEwan 1,I Torres-deOliveira 2,V Wight 3 51-64 Female K Clark 1,A Marsic 2, 65 + Female M Holmes 1,K McLean 2,R Gradwell 3 10 & under Male T Kirby 1,K Miller 2,I Lethorn 3 11-14 Male K Muller 1,S Patch 2,O Brisbane 3 15-40 Male R Miller 1,S Russell 2,O Cowan 3 41-64 Male M Heywood 1,T Muller 2,D Clark 3 65 + Male P Brown 1,J Baxter-Wright 2,A Brown 3 6K Results 45 & under Female A Dogan 1,C Drew 2, 46 + Female S Anderson 1,P Butler 2,A Rigley 3 45 & under Male D Wilson 1,B Farrell 2,A Wright 3 46-59 Male B Leech 1,I Batterham 2,M Parker 3 60 + Male D Howard 1,G Simes 2,B Wells 3 Enquiries: 02 6686 4401 or Face book: ballinaathleticsclubNSW CHERRY STREET CROQUET CLUB SPORTS RESULTS Pennants: Cherry Street 3 d Ballina 3 Lismore 4 d Alstonville 2 Byron Bay 6 d Casino F. Ricochet: R.Poynting 22 d J.Doust P.Bolte 14 G.Kerr J.Hannigan 17 d P.Doyle N.Barnes 10 R.Poynting 20 d N.Watts 10

P.Scott G.Kerr 20 d A.Kelly P.Bolte 15 J.Doust 12 d R.Allen N.Barnes 11 J.Hannigan 17 d J.Murphy M.Field 14 N.Poynting R.Chapman 11d D.Scott P.Doyle 11 P.Scott P.Doyle 13 d M.Russell G. Porter 13 B.Wellings P.Bolte 22 d J.Hannigan 15 D.Scott P.Waters 19 d B.Waters R.Chapman 13 Association: G.Porter 18 d P. Payne J. Payne 11 L.Hardy 26 d B.Hardy 15 G.Porter 23 d B.Reddy 16 Championship game : G.Drew 13 d B.Reddy 4 Golf: J.Doust D.Taylor 9 d B.Liebmann J.Hannigan 5 C.Gale B.Wellings 5 d N.Watts F.Duncan 4 R.Allen P.Bolte 9 d J.Saunders J.OSullivan 3 C.Gale J.Hannigan 10 d P.Bolte 6 P.Scott N.Watts 6 d J.Doust J.OSullivan 5 D.TaylorB.Liebmann 6dJ.Hannigan B.Wellings 4 G.Kerr F.Duncan 10 d J.Campbell J.Saunders 4 R.Allen B.Wellings 8 d P.Bolte J.Campbell 3 G.Kerr N.Watts 5 d J.Huxley D.Scott 4 J.Saunders P.Scott 8 d C.Gale B.Liebmann 7 J.Doust D.Taylor 8 d J.OSullivan J.Hannigan 5

Association division 1 club championship final winner Lance Turner all smiles after a clean sweep to take the title.

Runner up was Ray Chapman.

CASINO GOLF CLUB ONGMAC CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS. Under magnificent conditions, the final groups of the 2021 Ongmac Casino Golf Club Championships teed up on Saturday afternoon. Holding a sizeable lead in A Grade, it was a question if anyone could catch Daniel Rogers. With reasonably quick greens, the answer after 18 holes was that Daniel Rogers played a solid round of golf, to become the Ongmac Club Champion for 2021 with a total score of 299. The many hours of practice, paid dividends for him with scores of 74, 72, 74 and final round 79. Congratulations also goes to Wayne Underhill Jnr, who was runner up this year.

In the A Reserve Andrew ‘Slip’ Fulwood prevailed in a hot field of contenders, with an excellent four round total of 320 after a mighty tussle with Jason Adam on 325 who was the runner this year in the grade.

The Ongmac B Grade Championship went to Peter Smith with a total four round score of 350 with runner up in the grade, Chad Pearce not far behind. Chad said that he had a very ordinary score on the 14th hole after going out of bounds. Well done Pete on a great win.

It was one our local junior members who came out on top in C Grade. Colby Leeson had an excellent four round total of 366 from runner up Robert Oaten. No doubt in years to come Colby will be challenging for the Club Championship crown. He was one of 3 junior members who played in

the Ongmac Championships, completing the double by winning the Junior title from Connor Turner and Trent Llewyllen.

The A Grade nett winner in the 2021 Ongmac Club Championships went to one of our long serving members John Quirk with a score of 291, from Gavin Hayter.

A Reserve nett winner went to Nathan Chadderton with a four round total of 284 from Justin Dougherty.

B Grade winner was David Mclean with a total 286 after the four rounds, two shots better that Donald Hampson on 288.

Troy Hook had a fine score of 299 to win the C Grade nett competition from Robert Ferguson who finished with a total nett score of 310.

The Ongmac Veterans Champion for 2021 was Billy Walker.

Congratulations goes to all the members who competed in the four rounds this year of the Ongmac Club Championships.

Left: Daniel Rogers the winner (right) Greg McMahon the sponsor from Ongmac Trading 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 COMMERCIAL HOTEL KYOGLE SOCIAL GOLF CLUB RESULTS FOR SUNDAY, MAY 16TH. Two Man Ambrose: Winners; C. Woosley/E. Skinner - 31.5 Runners Up; R. Heywood/B. Walker - 32 NTP’s; R. Nicholson, R. Lamond, D. Orr Ball Rundown: r. Green, D. Orr, H. Dustin, P. Harris, B. Lane.

The next outing May 23rd - Murwillumbah - Bus Trip. For further enquiries phone 0429 362 281 or visit http://www. kyoglegolf.org CORAKI VETERANS GOLF RESULTS THURSDAY 13/5/21 May Monthly Medal 43 starters Medal winner A Parr, vets winner B McDonald, 2nd W Lunnon, 3rd R Earnshaw free game M Bruggy, chicken/ball winners W Henwood, R Gacioppa, J Sauer, J Savins, M Perkins, D Vagne, T Duff, K Arther, B Micheal. Nearest pins 3rd/12th P Martin 6th/15th W Henwood. Putting comp A Parr. This Thursday 20/5/21 we will be playing an 18 hole single stableford commencing with a shot gun start at 8.30am.

KYOGLE BOWLS RESULTS Wednesday May 12 - L Condon J Arnold R Goebel d M Brown P Crewe G Miller + 17, W Farrell T Burgess Rex McKernna d G O’Reilly D Condon J King + 7, M Lavelle R McKenna G Lavelle d G Knapp K Hayes N Bodycote + 3. Pennant results Grade 3 lost to Ballina 1.5 points to 8.5, grade 5

defeated Nimbin 9 to 1.

SPEEDWAY RESULTS Sunday, May 9, 2021 Toowoomba RSA Juniors Sedans All Stars. Heat 1: Connor Reeves, 1; Ryley Smith, 2; Jackson Goldie, 3. Heat 2: Jackson Goldie, 1; Ryley Smith, 2; Connor Reeves, 3. Heat 3: Jackson Goldie, 1; Connor Reeves, 2; Ryley Smith, 3. Feature: Ryley Smith, 1; Jackson Goldie, 2; Connor Reeves, 3.

RSA Junior Sedans New Stars. Heat 1: Jack Betts, 1; Jack Walker, 2; Luke Putsey, 3. Heat 2: Jack Betts, 1; Jack Walker, 2; Luke Putsey, 3. Heat 3: Jack Betts, 1; Jack Walker, 2; Luke Putsey, 3. Feature: Daisy Smith, 1; Jack Betts, 2; Jack Walker, 3.

Production Sedans. Heat 1: Joel Berkley, 1; Adrian Stott, 2; Nic Bleys, 3. Heat 2: Brett Barron, 1; Ashley McKellar, 2; Mark Quirk, 3. Heat 3: Ashley McKellar, 1; Brett Barron, 2; Nic Bleys, 3; Heat 4: Amy Evans, 1; Joel Berkley, 2; Matthew Layton, 3. Heat 5: Joel Berkley, 1; Beau Smithwick, 2; Norm Townsend, 3. Heat 6: Matthew Layton, 1; Nic Bleys, 2; Thomas Fuller, 3.

Feature: Joel Berkley, 1; Brett Barron, 2; Matthew Layton, 3.

Modified Sedans. 2021 T-Bar Nationals Feature: Max Clarke, 1; Rodney Parmenter, 2; Michael Shelford, 3.

Saturday, May 15, 2021 Gatton RSA Juniors Sedans All Stars. Heat 1: Ryley Smith, 1; Jeremy Wade, 2; Harley Graham, 3. Heat 2: Connor Reeves, 1; Jeremy Wade, 2; Ryley Smith, 3. Heat 3: Ryley Smith, 1; Connor Reeves, 2; Jeremy Wade, 3. Feature: Ryley Smith, 1; Connor Reeves, 2; Harley Graham, 3.

RSA Junior Sedans New Stars. Heat 1: Jack Betts, 1; Cody Stein, 2. Heat 2: Jack Betts, 1; Luke Putsey, 2; Jack Walker, 3. Heat 3: Jack Betts, 1; Luke Putsey, 2; Hayden Fleming, 3. Feature: Jack Betts, 1; Luke Putsey, 2; Jack Walker, 3.

Archerfield Wingless Sprints. Heat 1: Robert Mazzer, 1; Shaun Knight, 2; Liam Atkinson, 3.

Heat 2: Kevin Willis, 1; Jason Bates, 2; Ian O’Toole, 3. Heat 3: Michael Butcher, 1; Mark Blyton, 2; Paul Robinson, 3. Heat 4: Seiton Connor-Young, 1; Daniel Nikiforoff, 2; Robert Mazzer, 3. Heat 5: Jayden O’Toole, 1; Paul Robinson, 2; Brett Russo, 3. Heat 6: Dave Eggins, 1; Mark Blyton, 2; Corey O’Toole, 3. Feature: Mark Blyton, 1; Robert Mazzer, 2; Jason Bates, 3.

AMCA Nationals. Heat 1: Cody Simmons, 1; Matt Hardy, 2; Shane McKinnell, 3. Heat 2: Thomas Vickery, 1; Brett Robotham, 2; Steve Price, 3. Heat 3: Bruce Marshall, 1; Steve Potts, 2; Steve Price, 3. Heat 4: Matt Hardy, 1; Shane McKinnell, 2; Troy Price, 3. Feature: Matt Hardy, 1; Shane McKinnell, 2; Bruce Marshall, 3.

Maryborough V8 Dirt Modifieds. Heat 1: Mitchell Randall 1; Taylah Firth, 2; Geoff Phillips, 3. Heat 2: Andrew Pezzutti, 1; Ray Klarich, 2; Kevin Britten, 3. Feature: Kevin Britten, 1; Geoff Phillips, 2; Mitchell Randall, 3.

SOUTH TWEED SPORTS (BOWLS SECTION) AKA SOUTH TWEED SHARKS BOWLS RESULTS Week Date: Saturday…8th May to Friday 15th May 2021 Saturday Open Bowls Winners: Don Bateson, Judy Sharpe, Barry McLennan Runner Up: Elmo Koelmeyer, Peter Johnston, David Sharpe Saturday Open Pairs: Winners: David Knox & Daryl Maxwell Runners Up: Ron Moloney & Shane Knight Tuesday Open Bowls: Winner: Derek Wheat, Jan Monger, Rob Tonges Runner Up: Fred O’Donnell & Cheryl Moran Wednesday Morning Open Pairs: continued page 69

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SPORT AUSTRALIA WELCOMES SPORTING SCHOOLS FUNDING BOOST Sport Australia has welcomed the Australian Government’s continued investment in keeping kids active through sport with funding announced in the 2021-22 Federal Budget to extend the Sporting Schools program.

The program, which has reached 77 per cent of schools in its first five years, received a further $40.8 million in Tuesday’s budget to continue the program until the end of 2022.

Australian Sports Commission Chair Josephine Sukkar AM said the funding will ensure even more children across Australia experience the physical, social and psychological benefits of participation in sport.

“Sporting Schools can provide that important first step to get children active and engaged through sport. We want to give every Australian child the opportunity to identify and build skills in a sport they like, and then connect them with community sports organisations,” Ms Sukkar said.

Since its launch in 2015,

more than 8,000 schools have been funded by the Sporting Schools program with more than 520,000 children participating in a Sporting Schools program each term.

Sporting Schools partners with 35 national sporting organisations to provide free and fun sporting opportunities for children before, during

and after school. Programs are offered in primary schools with a targeted program for Year 7 and 8 students in secondary schools.

Sport Australia Acting CEO Rob Dalton added: “Sport and physical activity is vital to the overall development of children. Studies have shown that more than half

of Australian schoolchildren are not meeting the daily recommended level of physical activity – 60 active minutes each day. Not only will sport benefit their mental health and wellbeing, it will help them build friendships and confidence, and more often than not improve their academic performance and

attention span.”

“We know that active children are more likely to become active adults and that’s why this program is so important. One positive connection with Sporting Schools could help make a lifetime of difference.”

Mr Dalton also welcomed the Australian Government’s continued investment in women’s sport including $5 million to plan and deliver the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup and increase female participation and leadership in basketball. Funding was also allocated to support the Matildas and national youth teams ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. “Hosting major sporting events like these on home soil will play a significant role in the nation’s recovery from the pandemic. These two showpiece women’s World Cup events come after an incredibly successful ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia in 2020 and offer further opportunities to inspire our young girls and women to get involved in sport.”

ROUND SIX ACTION AND GALA DAYS FOR SOCCER CLUBS

By Steve Mackney A weekend of magnificent weather was greeted with enthusiasm by thousands of players, as the Football Far North Coast season continued its momentum across the region.

unplayable by coring and then spreading fertiliser last week.

Despite the curve balls thrown, whether its human influence, or “Acts of God”, the beautiful game shall prevail.

Most senior competitions have reached the Round Six stage, however a raft of catch-

League Five men’s action between Thistles and Lennox Head. Pictures Steve Mackney.

coach Brian Bugden was wanting. Anzac Day Cup winners South Lismore look to be the main challenges to

Rovers resurgence and are yet to face defeat in the pointscore season thus far. Byron Bay FC has stamped itself as the

Action from the Goonellabah Football Club Gala Day on Sunday. Pictures Steve Mackney.

Play was however not without its disruption, as some fields remain too soft to allow play after recent wet conditions and many games had to be moved to alternate locations.

The effects of multiple player illness left some teams with no choice but to forfeit their game and an extraordinary situation at North Ocean Shores was identified on Friday evening where Byron Shire Council had inexplicably rendered that field

up games as a consequence of the recent wet weather means that it will take some weeks for every team to have played the same number of matches.

Lismore Richmond Rovers FC that finished last on the men’s premier league table in 2020, first time for many decades, are in good shape near the top of the table this season.

A physical game against arch rivals Byron Bay FC achieved the three points that

Seniors action from the Men’s championship game between Alstonville and Ballina. Pictures Steve Mackney.

benchmark in the women’s premier league, leading that competition in dominant fashion.

Football of course exists across dozens of other competitions, with results fortunately not always the measure of enjoyment.

The focus last weekend was fun and participation when Goonellabah FC hosted the first Gala Day for 2021.

A range of clubs will run a Gala Day this year and the opportunity exists for players aged 5 to 11 to play in a carnival style activity against teams on one day that brings families together for a full day of entertainment.

Congratulations goes to the crew at Goonellabah FC for bringing 35 teams and 200 miniroos players together, with a big shout out to Belinda Nott, who did an amazing job to organise a wonderful event.

Apart from the ongoing focus on participation, next weekend is a dedicated Mental Health Round, with the game highlighting the role that we collectively have to support positive activity and mateship.

Sport has been shown to inspire and to help, whether things are going terrific and certainly more importantly, when we feel off our game.

Football Far North Coast stands with the community and remind those who are still wanting to get involved this season, that player registrations will remain open until June 30.

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RAINBOW DRAGONS HAVE A LOT TO GRIN ABOUT

Last weekend, Lennox Head’s Rainbow Dragons won gold and silver medals in 10 out of 12 categories that they raced in at the national Coast to Coast Dragon Boat Festival, on the Sunshine Coast.

The 44 Rainbow Dragons demonstrated depth of skill, consistency and strength across the three-day event in 2000m, 1000m, 500m and 200m distances.

Head coach, Mary Davis, said “Most impressive were the two wins for the 2000m 40+ races as the club has never medaled in these distances before.”

As the sweep/steerer, Davis was found ecstatically yelling “BEST PADDLING EVER!” when Rainbow Dragons’ 55+ yrs Women’s 20s team won

Now, get ready for the next challenge.”

This means, the coaches are already planning a structured training schedule in the lead-up to the Pan Pac Masters Games on the Gold Coast later this year and then State and National competitions in early 2022. rainbowdragons.com.au Come & try dragon boating with 5 free sessions to get you on your way.

their final 500m race. This team had held their racing mettle by winning all of the three heats.

Off the back of the third place in the combined Rainbows Coffs Coast Open/ Mens team at Urunga regatta the weekend before, the 55+

yrs Opens/Mens 10s crew placed second in all three race distances of 1000m, 500m and 200m. Although it was a 55+yrs category, 6 out of the 10 Rainbows crew are a dynamic 70+ years old.

Another club highlight was the Rainbows Dragons

Abreast team’s second place (by 0.08 of a second!), in the Breast Cancer Survivors (BCS) 200m race which was a first regatta for a couple of the team members.

Davis concluded “Tremendous paddling and team work from everyone.

Results: 2000m 40+ Mixed 20s- 1st, 40+ Women’s 20s – 1st 1000m 55+ Open/Mens 10s - 2nd 500m 55+ Mixed 20s -2nd, 55+ Women’s 20s- 1st, 55+ Open/ Men’s 10s- 2nd 200m 55+ Mixed 20s -1st, 55+ Women’s 20s- 2nd, 55+ Open/ Men’s 10s- 2nd, BCS-2nd

GRAFTON SPEEDWAY - NSW TITLE Darryl HEADLINES SEASON the Grafton Showground, which Armfield and the lone The 2020-21 season for Hession’s Auto Parts Grafton Speedway is set to conclude this Saturday afternoon, and the NSW Title for the Modlites class is going to be the headlining act.

After hosting the 2019 running of the event, the NSW Title returns to Grafton Speedway and one driver who is eager to fight it out for the top honours is NSW entrant Will Butler. The Northern Rivers, NSW-based racer might have quite a lot of Grafton Speedway experience but it’s certainly not going to be easy up against a quality field of out-of-town racers.

When it comes to the NSW Title contenders, the Queensland-based duo of

Queensland entrant Phil Roberts.

The final Northern Rivers Rumble Series round for the RSA Street Stockers, along with the Production Sedans, RSA Four Cylinder Sedans, and Junior Sedans (RSA and SSA), make up the support classes.

defending NSW Champion Klinton Hancey, who won the 2019 version of the event at Grafton Speedway, and arch rival Terry Leerentveld are going to be hard to stop and therefore shape as the likely front runners.

Apart from the NSW Modlites Title, the V8 Dirt Modifieds

RESULTS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 67 Winners: Rowan Norris & Darren Black Runner Up: Alan Lynch & Kim Mitchell Wednesday Open Bowls: Winners: Ted Robinson, Jim McBain, Ian Whitehall Runners Up: Ted Manchip & Laurie Gersbach Thursday Sharkies Singles: Winner of Winners: Meg Middlemiss Runner Up of Winners: Ray Hevers Winner of Losers: Tony Wonka Runner Up Winner of Losers: Robyn Charles

will be taking to the 440-metre Grafton Speedway track for the final time this season. Locals Andrew Firth and Joshua Rose headline the action and they are no doubt both hoping finish the season on a high. Other nominations include Taylah Firth, Luke Dunn, Scott Quirk, Zak Blanch, Brock Gardiner,

Grafton Speedway Entry Prices: Adults: $25 Pensioners (age and TPI): $20 High school children (with card): $15 Children (under 12): $10 Family (two adults and two children): $65 The racing action at Grafton Speedway will begin at 3pm.

Grafton Speedway is part of

FOUNDED IN 1936, BALLINA CROQUET IS CELEBRATING ITS 85TH BIRTHDAY IN MAY 2021.

is located on Prince Street in Grafton, NSW. Grafton Speedway would like to thank Hession’s Auto Parts for their support throughout the 2020-21 season. Based in Grafton, along with their second store location in nearby Coffs Harbour, Hession’s Auto Parts stock a wide range of parts and accessories at competitive prices. To find out more about Hession’s Auto Parts, you can contact them on 0266 423 085 (Grafton) and 0256 456 361 (Coffs Harbour) or visit their website at www. hessionsautoparts.com.au.

For more information, contact Grafton Speedway promoter Mick Corbett on 0427 310 009.

from the 1930s and members and visitors dressed in fashion from the thirties as well as fun games of croquet. The occasion will draw croquet club members and visitors from across the Northern Rivers and the Tweed and Clarence valleys.

Club members have already organised their 1930 inspired outfits, transport and mallets. Pictured Judy and Neville King , Lyn Wigmore and Richard Hughes.

Neville, Judy, Lyn, Richard

The members are in the midst of planning a community event to celebrate the occasion on 28 May 2021. The event will feature fundraising for the Cancer Council Biggest Morning Tea, a display of vintage cars

Neville, Lyn

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SURFING 2021

CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR The last stop of the extended Australian leg of the 2021 Championship Tour has arrived with the muchanticipated Rip Curl Rottnest Search presented by Corona.

With only a week’s time between the last stop at Margaret River’s Main Break and this event at Rottnest Island’s Strickland Bay, the injury replacement surfers and wildcards have been decided.

John John Florence will miss the event due to the knee injury he sustained during the Round of 16 at Margaret River. He will be replaced in the draw by the Northern Rivers own Stu Kennedy, who is next on the CT replacement list.

A perennial giant slayer throughout his distinguished career, Kennedy will face a surging giant Jordy Smith and Aussie lead foot Wade Carmichael in his seeding round heat. Don’t take Stuart Kennedy lightly.

At the 2016 Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast he beat John John Florence, Gabriel Medina and Kelly Slater in a dream run that was cut short in the Semifinals by Kolohe Andino. Kennedy’s wife and family will be cheering him on as well as his team mates

Pictured: Stuart Kennedy Photographer: Ethan Smith/SNSW

from the Lennox-Ballina Boardriders club are stoked to see him back competing amongst the world’s best they will miss him representing the club at the nudie Australian Boardriders Battle in Newcastle, which is the country’s biggest grassroots, boardriders event series with AUD150,000 in cash and prizes.

The nudie Australian Boardriders Battle involves more than 60 of Australia’s best boardriders clubs in eight State qualifying rounds and culminates in a

large-scale National Final for 24 clubs where one club will be crowned Australian Champions.

The other Northern Rivers club who qualified for the national final is Kingscliff Boardriders Club and with both local clubs having a wealth of young talent to pick from are solid contenders to be Australia’s top club. The nature of the tag team section of the event often produces major upsets and makes for very exciting competition, add in the fickle nature of the surf and it’s anyones to win at this level.

FNC BASEBALL

by Amie Weeks

There are many sounds out at Albert Park, the smack of the fast ball into the catcher’s glove, the ting off the bat of a fly popup, the thud of the foul ball on the roof, the sound of the kids playing 23 Home or ‘wall ball’.

But a sound that grounds us, a sound where there can be no doubt in our minds as to where we are, is the voice of one of FNC’s iconic umpires.

This particular umpire has been making calls since Babe Ruth was a boy. Scorers will tell you, with this man behind the plate, they don’t even need to look up from their books until the ball is hit, spectators on other fields will know exactly how many visits that particular pitcher on the mound has had, and there is never any doubt how many are out.

I don’t need to mention his

name if you are baseball people, you already know I am writing about Patty Leadbeatter.

Pat started playing baseball for Marist Brothers when he was 15 years old, he has only missed one season and he retired from playing the game in 2010 because of his knees.

His favourite moment playing was in 1992 when they ran out of light and Bob Lavis was umpiring and they had to go into extra Innings.

In winter it is all blue and yellow for Pat, when he isn’t umpiring he sits in the dugout with the juniors, talking them through the game that he clearly loves.

Pat is a life-member of Marist Brothers Baseball and the FNC Umpire’s Association. After all these years of service to the baseball community he is still umpiring and giving back. If only we had more Pat’s in the world.

When he was managing the electronic scoreboard at the recent ABL game in Lismore between Canberra Calvary and Sydney Blue Sox, a man came up to him and said ‘Hey I remember you from Timberjacks you umpired me when I was a boy, maybe if Timberjacks is on this year you might be there.’

The circle of life even happens in baseball.

When you see Pat, and you will if you are at Albert Park, thank him for his hours spent volunteering over the years.

Final Australian Qualifying Surfing comes to Tweed Top-flight surfing comes to the Tweed Coast next month when the region plays host to the final Australian Qualifying event on the World Surf League Calendar.

Surfers from Australia and New Zealand will compete in the event from June 19-25.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW John Barilaro said the Regional Events Acceleration Fund is providing funding support for the 2021 Tweed Coast Pro, which will be broadcast around the world on Kayo Sports, 7 Plus and the WSL App. “Some of Australia’s best and emerging surfers and around 10,000 supporters are expected to attend the event, which follows on from the two successful WSL Championship Tour competitions held in Narrabeen and Newcastle in April 2021,” Mr Barilaro said.

“Amid COVID lockdowns overseas last year the NSW Government was approached

Preparing for the surf event to host an international surfing event, but now a year on we’ve managed to secure all three and I’m delighted another event will be hosted in Tweed, bringing in much needed tourism dollars and leveraging off the success of the recent NSW WSL events.

“Attracting large events like the Tweed Coast Pro is helping communities in regional NSW recover from the impacts of floods, bushfire and COVID-19 by putting heads on the beds of local motels and bringing more visitors to local restaurants and cafés.”

Member for Tweed Geoff Provest said hosting the Tweed Coast Pro will help stimulate the local economy and shine a spotlight on all the region has to offer.

“This exciting event will showcase some of the best beaches and hinterlands on the

NSW North Coast and will see the region receive valuable tourism dollars and encourage future competitions to be held on the Tweed Coast,” Mr Provest said.

World Surf League Asia Pacific General Manager Andrew Stark said the NSW Government’s ongoing support of WSL events in NSW is a major boost for Australian professional surfers and upand-comers as they progress towards other international competitions.

“WSL is expecting over 200 of Australia and New Zealand’s best up-and-coming talent to descend on the region for the event which will play a massive role in qualifying surfers to the Challenger Series to run later this year,” Mr Stark said.

“Qualifying Series events are a key part of the pathway for aspiring competitive surfers and the Tweed Coast Pro will be the most pivotal event on the 2021 calendar for emerging talent.”

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Campbell stars for Seagulls continued from back page

By Neil Cadigan Slightly-built fullback Jayden Campbell scored three brilliant tries reminiscent of his famous father Preston during the Campbell Building Company Tweed Seagulls’ 18-all draw with a resolute Northern Pride in the Intrust Cup Queensland Rugby League Competition at Piggabeen Sports Complex on Saturday afternoon.

As Seagulls fans have come to expect this season Tweed again had to come from behind, again they drove into tackles in the middle in an absorbing battling between the forwards and, again, the 21-year-old Campbell had some magic touches in taking his try tally to five in five games as his Dad watched on.

Two came from kickand-regather efforts, the first his own boot and the second from classy halfback Toby Sexton, and the other when he exploded off a neat Jai Whitbread pass from 40-metres for a try that levelled the scores at 18-apiece in the 60th minute.

Both teams could not get across the line after that and had failed field goal attempts, Pride five-eighth Tom Steadman hitting the left upright from in front in three 72nd minute and Sexton missing from just to the right of the post in the 75th.

Tweed – who had two tries

in the first half called back by the referee for obstruction in what seemed harsh calls and Whitbread sin-binned in the sixth minute for a high tackle - did well to strike back from 18-6 behind after the Pride scored two soft tries in successive sets early in the second half.

Seagulls coach Ben Woolf felt his side became too conservative and onedimensional in the final 10 minutes as they ran one out looking for field goal position when he would have liked them to continue their positive passing which has been a feature of their success this season.

“We paid for a couple of defensive lapses early in the second-half but I thought we did well to come back and level the scores,” said Woolf, “but, after starting to break them down by playing some footy, we went away from that and were looking at hit up after hit up to set up for a field goal or the one winning play instead of probing them and probing them.

“We went from rolling well down the middle then playing some good shape to going one out. But that’s part of learning as a team.”

On Campbell’s performance, Woolf says his footwork and speed has troubled every defence this season, whether

Mental Health Round for North Coast Football This week’s rounds of Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) competitions will aim to raise awareness and break the stigma surrounding Mental Health within the football and greater community.

Northern NSW Football CEO David Eland said the Mental Health Round would be held across its Premier Competitions for the second year in a row.

He said the governing body remained committed to shining a light on mental health following the success and acceptance of the inaugural Mental Health Round in 2020 – which included Premier Clubs adopting a Mental Health Pledge which committed their club to fostering a culture which is inclusive supportive and respectful.

“We are again partnering with Lifeline Hunter Central Coast and Talk2MeBro, as well mental health advocate Craig Hamilton and sport psychologist Fiona McCarthy to provide tangible advice to administrators, coaches, players and parents,” he said.

“Football is the largest participation sport in the country, we have the capacity to directly communicate with thousands of players, coaches, volunteers and match officials, many of whom are young people.

“The activities aim to provide volunteers, coaches and parents with the tools to identify signs and symptoms of poor mental health and where they can seek help,” confirmed Eland.

returning the ball or jumping onto some good lead-up work, but the 80kg stringbean may need to build his weight and strength to handle the rigours of week to week play NRL. Tweed had three clear scoring opportunities go begging in the first half to spoil what could have been a decisive start to the game.

Talor Walters looked set to cross in the right corner in the seventh minute but went touch-in-goal as he dived over the line with the defence converging. Three minutes later Lindon McGrady seemed to have scored on the left edge but was called back for obstruction by a lead-runner.

The Pride were able to ice their first real chance after gaining possession when Campbell lost the ball in a tackle after taking a bomb.

Three tackles later, with Tweed down to 12-men with Whitbread’s binning, Pride halfback Matthew Egan brilliantly ran into space from close range for a try to the left of the posts which gave the Pride a six-nil lead with Steadman’s conversion in the 18th minute.

Campbell’s first try came in the 30th minute. He snapped up a pass from Sexton near his ankle on the right side, finished on his knee, found his feet and ducked under a tackle, crabbed to his left

then grubber kicked through the line from 10-metres and regathered under the posts.

That finished the first-half scoring with Tweed denied another try after left centre Lee Turner crossed from a neat held-up pass from Lindon McGrady in what seemed a well-executed shape, only for another obstruction call.

The Pride started the second half better than their opponents and were rewarded when they took advantage of an error in yardage by the Seagulls (a pass from Liam Hampson went to ground).

Two tackles after the resulting scrum Steadman stepped through the defence to score and, from the set after the kick-off, the ball went to the left and winger Shawn Bowen grabbed an overlap, broke away and found fullback Jayden Corrigan in support.

His converted try made it 18-6 after 47 minutes.

To their credit, the Seagulls upped the tempo and Campbell soon after was in for his second try. Halfback Sexton put a crafty last-tackle grubber kick through from 30 metres and Campbell shot through the line to be first to the ball and shook off a defender before scoring for 18-12 with McGrady’s goal.

At the 59th-minute mark Whitbread, who had a strong game, drew in the defence and

created space for Campbell with a good pass at the line.

Once Campbell gets into space on the fly there is little chance of stopping him and he easily stepped Corrigan to go in beside the posts to level the scores.

One of the Pride’s strongest performers, skipper and hooker Chris Ostwald, looked like he might snatch victory in the 65th minute when he burrowed over the line but he was brilliantly held up

by Lamar Liolevave and Hampson who went off for a HIA spell for his troubles.

From then neither side was able to create a winning play and the Pride secured their second draw of the season (both 18-18) after sharing the points in round two with the Capras while the Seagulls took their unbeaten run to five games.

Both packs of forwards deserve credit for tearing into each other relentlessly on the heavy surface while Titans-contracted 20-year-old Sexton controlled play well for Tweed as he continues his apprenticeship towards an NRL debut.

TWEED HEADS SEAGULLS 18 (B Campbell 3 tries; L McGrady 3 goals) drew with NORTHERN PRIDE 18 (M Egan, T Steadman, J Corrigan tries; Steadman 3 goals) at Piggabeen Sports Complex.

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