The Northern Rivers Times Edition 51

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June 24, 2021

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SAVANNAH SET FOR OLYMPICS

By Tonia Dynan THE news that her Olympic dream will soon be a reality had not yet sunk in for Cabarita Beach hockey player Savannah Fitzpatrick last week.

The Hockeyroos striker was ecstatic to be picked for

the Tokyo Olympics team but also saddened as her fellow Hockeyroo and sister Madison had missed out on a spot in the final 16.

“It’s so hard as I have my sister in the squad with me, and I feel so bad for Maddie,” Savannah said.

It’s not the 26-year-old’s first

trip to Tokyo, as she played an exhibition match there in 2019.

“I was really lucky as I was in the squad in 2019, and we went as like a kind of practice Olympic event for the Japanese, so I know exactly how disgustingly hot it’s going to be,” Savannah said.

Savannah, who has made

of the International Festival of Hockey and the Japan Test Series where she scored four goals in eight games and earned a spot in the 2018 National Senior Women’s Squad.

She was part of Australia’s 2018 Commonwealth Games team and got a late call-up to the 2018 World Cup team.

Savannah and the rest of the team in Perth have all had their first Covid vaccination and she is awaiting her second shot on June 29.

“The Australian Olympic Committee are really good, and they’ve given us so much information on how it’s all going to look like in the village and everything,” she said.

“Everyone will be vaccinated, both men and women teams. I’ve only got the first one and it seems to be the second dose that has knocked a few of the other girls and I’m getting that in two weeks’ time, so I’m a bit worried about that. But I know it’s going to be helpful to what we are doing.”

Mum Margie Coleman is in Tweed and just wanted to reach out across the country and give her girls a hug.

She said Savannah played so well in the lead up to the selection, scoring goals left and right, and it didn’t even occur to her that Maddie wouldn’t get in.

Margie, who is also the president at Hockey Tweed Inc, said the Olympic team announcement had been bittersweet and heartwrenching, but she was so proud of all her girls.

60 international appearances, returns to the Hockeyroos fold after missing out on selection last year.

Savannah debuted for Australia in April 2015 against China in Sydney. She got irregular opportunities before firmly breaking into the side in late 2017, as part

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READ ALL ABOUT IT Savannah all set for Tokyo THE concept of the Green Couture catwalk parade at the Lismore Lantern Parade was to make inspired, innovative and outrageous outfits, clothing and costumes out of recycled materials.

This Northern Rivers Times dress, designed and created by Angela McCormick, has a hand pleated bodice and the newspaper was sewn on her sewing machine and treated like fabric.

Katie McCormick is pictured here wearing the Northern Rivers Times ‘read all about it’ dress ready to be paraded at the Lismore Lantern Parade on the Heartbeats Festival stage.

See our Lantern Parade pictorial, pages 22-23.

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Photo: Christine Tondorf

$12 Million boost for mums and bubs in the bush NEW parents in Grafton and Tweed will have access to increased specialised support thanks to $12.2 million in funding to enable Tresillian and Gidget Foundation Australia to collaborate and expand their services.

Minister for Mental Health Bronnie Taylor said the funding would go towards six new Regional Family Care Centres (FCC), including one at Grafton, five Tresillian mobile vans, including one based at Tweed, and continued funding for staff at the Macksville Residential Unit.

“We know that up to 50 per cent of mums whose babies have sleeping or feeding issues, suffer from post-natal anxiety and depression. These centres have Tresillian nurses and a Gidget Foundation mental health clinician working together to help the baby and parents,” Mrs Taylor said.

“I know how difficult it can be adjusting to life with a newborn and having services like this close to home really will be life changing for regional families.”

Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the support package was included in the

NSW 2021-22 Budget in recognition of the challenges that can arise during the early years.

“We all know babies are a blessing, but their arrival can also be a challenging time for some parents, dealing with issues such as post-natal depression or struggles when feeding or settling doesn’t quite go to plan,” Mr Perrottet said.

Tresillian is the largest early parenting service in Australia, providing advice, support and evidence-based programs to families in the early years as well as leadership and support for other agencies and organisations.

Gidget Foundation Australia is a not-for-profit organisation that helps new and expectant parents to receive specialist care through a range of programs, including face-to-face and telehealth psychological counselling by experienced perinatal clinicians.

The NSW Government funded five FCCs in the 2018-19 Budget. In the past two years these Regional FCC’s have provided more than 14,000 services to families.

“I suppose I went in with a little less pressure than the other girls, and perhaps that helped,” Savannah said.

“I guess I was trying not to think about it (being part of an Olympic team), but obviously with our sport specifically it’s the pinnacle, as much as I don’t like using that word for it.”

Although the ultimate aim is a gold medal, Savannah said the squad’s head coach Katrina Powell was incredible.

“She keeps us all task focused and purposeful in everything that we do, so there’s a little bit of talk about that, but I think it’s the other stuff that’s more the priority to have,” Savannah said.

“Our coach was one of the best players for the Hockeyroos ever and she’s a gold medalist, so I think that’s what’s really cool is she knows exactly what it takes and she’s a leader.”

Katrina said Savannah played really well in the five intra-squad games and proved herself to be a constant goal scoring threat in the penalty circle.

“She has shown improvement in key areas that she needed to work on,” the head coach said.

“Coupled with her previous international experience, having Savannah in the group

will be beneficial as we ramp up our preparations for Tokyo.”

After a “hell of a year” for the Hockeyroos, Savannah said she was just grateful to initially be able to play for the Australian team.

“I don’t know if it’s known in the wider community, but the Hockeyroos have been to hell and back in the last sort of 12 months, so it’s just so incredible to be a part of the shift, and just how strong they’ve all been through what’s been a really tough time,” she said.

“And to still be playing incredibly well in the hockey side of things, that’s just really cool to be a part of.”

Savannah and Madison grew up in a hockey family, and their dad played for Australia when he was younger.

“I liked all sports and I was loving like swimming and cross country and surfing, but you just can’t beat the team sport thing and like the family aspect of it,” Savannah said.

“With all of us playing on a Saturday morning, I just loved it.”

Savannah’s other ambition is studying to be a primary school teacher and she has enjoyed coaching some of the Tweed junior hockey players on her visits home.

“I had the blessing of being home during Covid and everything and the kids are the best bunch of kids coming through,” she said.

“A lot of the time it has been timed really well as it’s when they are trying to prepare for their state trials, trying to make their first state team. I just love being a part of that as I remember how excited I was at that age.”

And now, hopefully, the kids will be even more inspired being coached by an Olympian.

“That’s all I aim to do really. I remember how inspired I was at that age, around 12-16. I just hope I can do that along the way,” Savannah said.

Savannah will join the team will aim to build on a phenomenal Olympic record of three gold when they begin their campaign on July 25 against Spain.

CORRECTION Council endorses submission, not sand plant expansion The article and headline in our June 10 issue ‘Sand plant expansion endorsed

by Tweed Council’ was incorrect.

Council voted to endorse a submission prepared by Council staff to the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. The submission identified a number of concerns, many of which required further information in order to determine the acceptability of the proposal.

Before endorsing the submission, Council resolved to add a number of additional concerns, as outlined in last week’s article.

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Heartbreaking stories from rural health inquiry

By Samantha Elley

Ms Grundy also said residents often waited two weeks before ACCOUNTS of early discharge they had the chance to see from hospital, long waits for a doctor at Bonalbo and an doctors’ services and ambulance ambulance could take hours to transport were told by Northern get to a patient.

Rivers residents in the Lismore Sharon Bird, owner and Workers Club last week. pharmacist of Bonalbo The voices of rural Pharmacy said many of her Australians have been heard customers experienced negative regarding health and hospital outcomes when they accessed services, thanks to a NSW healthcare in the referral Upper House inquiry. centres.

Submissions for the inquiry In Coraki where the only were opened in September last hospital had closed in 2011 due year and the committee visited to a leaking roof after a storm, Lismore last week to hear from George Thompson, on behalf stakeholders and members of of the Coraki Health Reference the public at the club.

Group, said the loss was keenly The committee heard from felt.

Marilyn Grundy, branch “With the hospital closed, it president of Old Bonalbo became difficult to retain the CWA who said residents services of a GP in Coraki,” he in Old Bonalbo were being said. shuffled outside Lismore Base “In our view the most Hospital after they had received essential primary health service treatment. in such communities is that “My son was taken by provided by a GP.” ambulance to Lismore Base He confirmed Coraki Hospital and was discharged desperately needed its own at 2am... there’s no public general practitioner and despite transport, the ambulance has attempts, none has stayed very gone to another case,” she said. long.

“They could be stuck there as His experience is personal many people in our area don’t when speaking of the lack of an have their own transport.” ambulance service in Coraki.

NSW Shadow Minister for Health Ryan Park and Janelle Saffin MP attended the inquiry in Lismore.

“While ambulances are available from Casino, Evans Head and Lismore, the extra half hour they take to reach Coraki can be critical and my wife’s experience illustrates this when she suffered a stroke at home in East Coraki in 2012,” he said.

Mr Thompson said an ambulance arrived 30 minutes later and a further 40 minutes to arrive at Lismore Base Hospital meant the window of opportunity to diagnose and treat thrombolysis, to remove the clot in her brain, was closing.

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“She has not walked since.”

Mr Thompson said an ambulance stationed in Coraki could make a huge difference to local residents needing urgent emergency care.

In the afternoon of the inquiry, the committee heard from Wayne Jones, Chief Executive, Northern NSW Local Health District who outlined the state of the current situation.

“It is recognised that we have

roughly 220 hospitals in NSW and we cannot provide full services for all of them so we need to network services, “ he said.

“One of the challenges we have, like all our services around the world, is recruitment and retention of a highly skilled workforce.”

Mr Jones praised the staff that work in the organisation, both clinicians and non-clinicians.

“Our staff are our backbone… the last 18 months in particular has been incredibly challenging for all our staff,” he said.

When questioned by committee member, Labor’s Walt Secord about early discharging from emergency departments, Mr Jones said that should not be the case.

“We do not discharge people because of bed pressures… patient discharge and admission is a clinical decision,” he said.

“What’s occurred in these circumstances…and unfortunately due to lack of complete preparation they have been discharged out without transport home…these are rare occasions in our service.

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BYRON MAYOR ANNOUNCES COUNCIL TICKET BYRON Shire Mayor Michael Lyon has announced a group of candidates to run for the upcoming Council elections in September. Joining him on the ticket are Women’s Village Collective founder Sama Balson, former Councillor Peter Westheimer and current councillor Jeannette Martin.

“I’m very happy to announce our dedicated and passionate team of independents who are seeking to represent the Byron Shire community on Council for the next three years,” Mayor Lyon said.

“We are united in our desire to solve the housing crisis and to protect and enhance our natural environment.

“Sama has been a strong advocate for housing security and social justice for women in the Northern Rivers.

“On Byron Shire Council she would be an amazing asset, being able to lend her voice to really push for the change that just has to come on housing.

“There are structural issues that must be addressed and we need to send the strongest signal possible to those in State and Federal Government that we will stand up and protect our community and not allow it to be torn apart.

“Peter brings great experience to the team with a track record of achievements in the Shire including the major repair and reopening of the

Water project update THE Revised Draft Future Water Project 2060 public exhibition period ended on May 28 after having received formal submissions from the community for an eight-week period.

Council received more than 13,500 submissions during this time and is currently in the process of verifying and collating the information. A report of the results will be provided to Rous County Council councillors for their examination at the upcoming council meeting in July.

Rous County Council wishes to thank the many thousands of community members who made a formal submission.

For more information about how Rous County Council is securing water for the region’s future, please visit: https://rous.nsw.gov.au/future-waterfor-our-region.

FTA great for region - Hogan A NEW free trade agreement with the UK will deliver more jobs and business opportunities for exporters in our region according to Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan who today welcomed the announcement of an Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

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“His current role on the Biodiversity Committee of Council has kept him in touch with issues on the ground.

“Peter is active in the community, working towards linking housing security with environmental regeneration of our rural areas.

Cr Jeannette Martin has

“We export a lot our local produce to other countries, so this new deal is fantastic for our farmers and producers,” Mr Hogan said.

“Tariffs on all Australian exports will be phased out over the coming years – this includes beef, dairy, sugar, sheep, wine, rice, and much more.”

“Australian consumers will benefit from cheaper products, with all import tariffs eliminated within five years.”

“This is about driving economic growth and job creation in our community.”

“It is also great news for workers, with Australia and the UK committing to provisions on temporary entry that will encourage people to travel and work in each other’s country.”

“Working Holiday Visa makers in the UK will get expanded rights and will now be able to stay for three years with an increased cut off age of 35.”

“There will also be provisions to support mutual recognition of qualifications and greater certainty for skilled professionals entering the UK labour market.”

The two countries will now finalise the text, and carry out the domestic processes required to enable signature and the subsequent entry into force of the FTA.

financial performance in challenging circumstances, record investment in roads and great additions to our Shire in the form of parks, playgrounds, town centre improvements and ground-breaking environmental projects such as the 5MW solar farm in Myocum and the soon-to-be delivered Bioenergy plant, an Australian first. recently resigned from the “Equally important to me Greens to back Michael Lyon’s as delivering outcomes is reelection campaign. being honest, transparent and “It is a big vote of confidence accessible to my community. that someone who has worked We won’t always agree and with me for these last five there will be issues that can years on Council has thrown be used to try to divide us her support behind me,” Mayor however I will continue to Lyon said. strive to be inclusive and open “I will be running on my to the diversity of views in our record of delivering strong community.”

Community Byron launches all female council ticket THE ‘Community Byron’ group has announced their ticket for the Byron Shire Council elections.

Led by the current independent councillor, Cate Coorey (pictured), Delta Kay, Kim Goodrick and Bronwyn Morris are joining Cate on the ticket.

“I can’t believe how fortunate I am to have such a great group of women on this ticket,” Cate Coorey said.

“I don’t need to introduce Delta Kay to anyone as she is the one that has introduced us all to her country – working for NPWS and now in her own business. My personal experience of Delta is why I asked her to join my ticket – we have worked alongside each other over several years now – in protecting West Byron, campaigning

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to keep rocks of our beaches and, more recently, sharing her knowledge of Tallow Creek and sea country with the students I teach at Byron Community College. I admire her immensely and she is also good fun to work with.”

Kim Goodrick from Eureka is a scientist with a background in safety and risk assessment in high hazard industries.

Kim has been an active

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Bronwyn Morris joins the group following her involvement with the West Byron campaign, recently making an impressive presentation recently to the Land and Environment court hearing on West Byron. Bronwyn has a background in education, as a high school teacher and later as a school counsellor over many years.

“I’m really look forward to sharing a campaign platform with these intelligent, active and principled women of our community; they are what this Shire needs,” Cate said.

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Lismore Greens launch re-election campaign LISMORE’S Mayor, Vanessa Ekins and Councillor Adam Guise today launched their re-election campaign and introduced their vibrant team of community candidates in the lead up to the Council Election on 4 September.

Vanessa Ekins is seeking to be re-elected as Lismore’s mayor.

“Having served on Lismore Council for 17 years and on Rous County Council for 13 years I am the most experienced councillor and I believe I am the best person to lead our Council and communities through the next term of Local Government,” Cr Ekins said.

“Since becoming Mayor in February I have worked hard to improve our financial position and community confidence in Council. We now have a strong strategy for sustainability and I want to drive that with the new Council,” she said.

“Vanessa has been a steady and unifying leader who our community has needed in these challenging times.

We have faced financial challenges, flood, fire,

The Greens ticket for Lismore Council are (l-r) Shae Salmon, Dr Linda Banbury, Mayor Vanessa Ekins, Ivy Young, Kashmir Miller and Cr Adam Guise. drought and COVID-19,” Councillor Adam Guise said.

“Vanessa displays deep knowledge of our community. She understands the complex workings of Council and is determined to get positive outcomes for our community. Vanessa celebrates the diversity of our communities and is

committed to protecting our rich environment,” he said.

Councillor Guise helped lead the successful charge against Coal Seam Gas in our region and has been on Council since 2016.

“I am deeply committed to ethical and transparent decision making within Council. The community

should be at the forefront of decisions affecting them,” Cr Guise said.

“Lismore is facing many challenges including homelessness, extreme weather events, maintaining our public infrastructure and roads in the face of these events, water security, cost shifting of State Government

onto Local Council and the increased pressures on our unique and important biodiversity, including our precious koala populations,” Mayor Ekins said.

“These emerging issues require new and innovative solutions. The key thread to addressing all of the problems we face is maintaining the heart and soul of our region and building our resilience.

We do this by looking after the natural environment, our public infrastructure and each other.”

The Greens ticket comprises Kashmir Miller, youth advocate - Ivy Young, village representative and small business operator - Dr Linda Banbury, scientist and tutor - and Shae Salmon, university teacher and academic. Headed by the experienced steady hands of our current mayor the Greens believe they are the most effective and representative team to take Lismore forward.

The Greens currently have 58 councillors working for positive change across 32 councils in NSW.

Housing, homelessness and finding solutions in Byron Shire

The MST team for Byron Shire Council are (l-r) Xavier HanckelSpice, Dr Meredith Wray, Mark Swivel, community lawyer (centre), Venetia Scott and Evan Anderson.

ONCE, when people talked of moving to Byron Shire, it was all about how they were going to live.

Now it’s where? Where on Earth can I find a place to live in a community struggling with homelessness? Where rental properties are so rare and house prices are so high? They are the question on everyone’s lips, and yet answers are hard to come by.

Mayoral candidate Mark Swivel has been thinking and talking about answers.

Some new ideas need to invigorate the discussion

and the Mark Swivel Team is wanting to make equitable housing more than just a concept, as Mark explained: “We need more homes for women, for essential workers, for creative types, for single mums, and for older locals.

We need a 90-day limit on short term holiday letting (STHL), and we need to support community land trusts to “disconnect” from an overheated market.”

Mark Swivel argues that we need a Council land audit to earmark land for lower income housing and for agricultural

land trusts. He’s adamant that Council can play a bigger, more effective role in dealing with the housing issue.

“There’s a whole bunch of things I’d like to see. To start with, I think Byron Council needs to take a more active role in creating homes and houses for less well off people.

Whatever it takes. We need to consider community land trusts for affordable housing.

We really need to commit to this. Policy in housing across the board has been bad. We need to identify spots and get on with this,” he said.

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New Grafton vaccination clinic busy from day one

By Tim Howard “I DIDN’T even feel it,” said Yamba’s Renee Preston when the needle containing her first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination went into her arm at Grafton’s new vaccination clinic in Prince St. The clinic was a popular destination for people many people like Ms Preston, when it opened last Wednesday morning.

She has a government office job, classified as a front line worker, so was eligible for the Pfizer vaccine, which had been restricted to people aged under 50 at the time of her injection.

The next day regulations changed opening the age limit for Pfizer to 60 years.

Ms Preston said she felt privileged to live in Australia, which has an excellent, well organised health system, able to offer services like the vaccination clinic.

Northern NSW Local Health District chief executive, Wayne Jones, said the clinic was an additional avenue for people who

could not access the vaccine through their usual general practitioner.

“We’re excited to be opening this new clinic, making it easier for people to come forward and get vaccinated against COVID-19,” Mr Jones said.

“We’ve seen a great response to the shopping centre clinic we recently opened in Lismore, and we look forward to being able to provide the same quick and easy vaccination process for people in the Clarence.

“I encourage everyone who is eligible to get a vaccination to do so as soon as possible.”

A health district spokesperson said the clinic would vaccinate up to 90 people a day and was already taking plenty of bookings.

She said there were two Last Thursday the health district accepted new advice provided by the Australian Technical Advisory Group) on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in response to new vaccine safety concerns.

ATAGI recommended the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine

Renee Preston, of Yamba, receives her first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on June 16. the day the Grafton Vaccine Clinic opened in Prince St. (Comirnaty) as the preferred vaccine for those aged 16 to under 60 years.

This updates the previous preferential recommendation for Comirnaty over COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca in those aged 16 to under 50 years.

The recommendation is revised due to a higher risk and observed severity of thrombosis and thrombocytopenia syndrome related to the use of AstraZeneca COVID-19

vaccine observed in Australia in the 50-59 year old age group than reported internationally and initially estimated in Australia.

Local health authorities said these changes would put greater pressure on supplies of the Pfizer vaccine, but urged people to make bookings.

A spokesperson said supplies had been earmarked for the North Coast clinics so they would be supplied with vaccine and this would increase as demand increased.

For those aged 60 years and above, the individual benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine are greater than in younger people.

The risks of severe outcomes with COVID-19 increase with age and are particularly high in older unvaccinated individuals.

The benefit of vaccination in preventing COVID-19 with COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca outweighs the risk of TTS in this age group and underpins its ongoing use in this age group.

Eligible members of the public aged 40 and over, as well as other priority groups, can now get vaccinated against COVID-19 at a new clinic at the Link Arcade on Prince Street in Grafton.

The Grafton COVID-19 vaccination clinic is in the Link Arcade, Prince Street end, Grafton.

Open Monday to Friday 7.30am – 4pm.

Bookings are essential and can be made through the online COVID-19 eligibility checker at www.health.gov. au.

GREEN LIGHT FOR TWEED LEG OF NORTHERN RIVERS RAIL TRAIL THE next step in the Tweed leg of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail will move forward after Tweed Shire councillors voted last week to award an $11.8 million contract to one of four preferred tenderers.

Councillors awarded the contract to Hazell Bros (Qld) Pty Ltd. The decision was made in a confidential hearing following legal advice that was sought after a threat of legal action by a third-party group.

The Tweed Valley Rail Trail design will now be refined if needed and finalised, after which the community will be able to view the final rail trail design.

The Northern Rivers Rail Trail is a proposed 132km bike and walking pathway which is envisioned will eventually stretch from Murwillumbah to Casino, within the rail corridor of the former North Coast Rail Line.

The trail will be constructed in four stages, each delivered separately by the four local councils, as funding allows.

The Tweed section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail is the first stage to go ahead. It will include 24km of shared-user path from the former Murwillumbah Railway Station to Crabbes Creek, terminating south of Wooyung Road.

This stage incorporates two tunnels (one being 517m long), 26 bridges and provides multiple vistas of the Tweed

Caldera landscape.

Northern Rivers Rail Trail Supporters applauded council on their decision.

“Well done on a fantastic result and thanks to all the Northern Rivers Rail Trail supporters, with the Tweed Shire Council today awarding the construction tender for the Murwillumbah to Crabbes Creek section,” a group spokesperson said.

Tom Rayner, from the We Can Ride Together group, said most of the councillors showed no interest to the community concerns.

“Although our group offered a win-win solution of negotiating with the contractor who offered the off formation (bike trail beside the track), that could be constructed within the budget, and satisfy the majority of our communities demands of saving our railway track so that future generations can use it,” he said.

Tweed Mayor Chris Cherry said she felt council had failed the community in regard to consultation and she voted against the motion to approve the tender, as did Cr Katie Milne.

Funding for the Tweed section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail has been provided by the Australian Government, under its Regional Jobs and Infrastructure Package Fund, and the NSW Government under its Restart NSW program.

Covid jabs now available at Tweed Mall ELIGIBLE members of the public aged 40 and over, as well as other priority groups, can now get vaccinated against COVID-19 at a new pop-up clinic next to Aldi supermarket at the Tweed Mall, Tweed Nationals MP Geoff Provest has announced.

“The NSW Government is vaccinating people as fast as supplies from the Commonwealth safely allow, and a priority for the Nationals in Government is to make sure regional areas like the Tweed are inoculated in the same time frame as the cities,” Mr Provest said.

“This new hub provides choice for people who have not secured the

vaccine through their usual GP and I encourage anyone who is eligible to get the jab as soon as possible.”

The clinic is from 7.30am to 4pm on weekdays. Bookings are essential and can be made by calling 1800 438 829 (1800 GET VAX) for people who are eligible after visiting the online COVID-19 eligibility checker at www. health.gov.au.

Anyone in NSW aged 50 and over can book to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine by visiting www.health.gov.au.

People aged 40-49, and those aged of 16 to 39 who are eligible through the Australian Government priority groups 1a and 1b, can book to receive the Pfizer vaccine at www.health.gov.au.

The Northern Rivers Times

June 24, 2021

NEWS

CLARENCE LEVEL 1 WATER RESTRICTIONS LIFTED AT LAST WATER restrictions across the Clarence Valley have been eased as water levels rise in the region’s major water catchment.

The manager for Water Cycle at Clarence Valley Council, Greg Mashiah, said Level 1 water restrictions were lifted on Wednesday, June 16 and the permanent water conservation measures introduced.

Permanent Water Conservation Measures were introduced to the Clarence Valley in 2007 and permit hand-held hoses for watering gardens and lawns at any time. Sprinklers can be used but are banned between 9am and 4pm.

Mr Mashiah said despite heavy rainfall and flooding across the region, Clarence Valley and the Coffs Coast were kept on remained on level 1 restrictions until last week.

He said there had been “issues” with water extraction infrastructure which had limited the amount of water that extracted from the Nymboida River to the Shannon Creek Dam, the Regional Water Supply’s major water storage.

He said water extraction from the Nymboida River was on track to see Shannon Creek Dam reach its maximum storage capacity.

“As Shannon Creek Dam is the major drinking water storage facility for our Regional Water Supply

Scheme, our focus is now to get the dam to 100% full as quickly as possible while river conditions allow,” he said.

“Frequent heavy rainfall events in the Nymboida catchment throughout the summer continued to cause issues with river water quality and delayed the refilling of Shannon Creek Dam. “We also experienced issues with extraction infrastructure, which further limited the amount of clean water which could be taken from the Nymboida River to replenish water levels in the dam.

“The river extraction infrastructure is now fixed, environmental releases are completed, and river water quality issues have eased.

“Recently we have been able to increase extraction from the Nymboida River into Shannon Creek Dam to around 50 megalitres/day (ML/d), building storage capacity to around 84%.”

He said the smaller Karangi Dam, near Coffs Harbour, was at around 99% capacity.

Clarence Valley Council currently has their latest draft Water Restriction policy on exhibition and open for public comment. Provide feedback or make a submission by June 25. https://www.clarence.nsw.gov.au/ onexhibition

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Travel card extension a win for region’s pensioners THE extension the Regional Seniors Travel Card, is a big win for more than 15,000 older Clarence and Richmond Valley residents, according to Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis.

The free $250 prepaid Visa card is a State Government policy available to eligible seniors in regional NSW only and can be used for fuel and taxis.

“Not only have we convinced the government to extend the card for two more years, we will from next year increase the number of people eligible to include those entitled to the Age Pension and receiving either a Disability Support Pension or a Carer Payment from Services Australia,” Mr Gulaptis said.

“When that starts next year, it will significantly increase the number of eligible local seniors, which under the current criteria stands at about

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10,700 in the Clarence Valley and 4400 in the Richmond Valley.”

Mr Gulaptis said more than 8200 Clarence Valley seniors and 3400 in the Richmond Valley had already secured their card this year and he encouraged all eligible people to apply.

“This $250 is your money and should be in your pocket. It recognises the fact that you don’t have access to subsidised mass transit like your contemporaries in the cities do,” Mr Gulaptis said.

Mr Gulaptis said that included more than $3 million a year that local seniors were pumping

into the Clarence and Richmond Valley economies thanks to their $250 cards.

Eligible seniors have until 30 November 2021 to apply. Seniors must be an age pensioner with a valid Pensioner Concession Card or hold a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card issued by either the Department of Human Services or Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

Applications for the card can be made online at www.service.nsw.gov. au, by calling 13 77 88 or by visiting a Service NSW Service Centre in Grafton, Maclean, Casino, Lismore or Ballina.

The Northern Rivers Times

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June 24, 2021

NEWS

New program to support disadvantaged youth A PROGRAM motivated by a desire to meet the needs of the many young people falling through the net of existing services and community supports was launched at The Citadel in Murwillumbah last week.

The RiverTracks program was developed by Ahri Tallon, Sean Burns and Nick Condon, Roland Fraval, Glenys Woolcock, Richard Roberts and Ellen Walker and their concern for the alarming rate of suicide, incarceration and mental health issues experienced by young people.

Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin congratulated the group on a successful launch.

Tweed Shire Councillor Warren Polglase joined Ms Saffin, alongside many members of the community, at the launch.

“The RiverTracks program focuses on empowering young people with opportunities for belonging and skills to find their individual purpose, in a safe, supportive and inclusive environment,” Ms Saffin said.

“I am pleased to know that young people in Murwillumbah now can access and join RiverTracks.

“I have known Ahri for a long while and I know that he, and his team, would do well with this youth-focused program. I am supportive of this program and ask you to get behind it. I also encourage you to make a donation now, as until June 30 every dollar will be matched by a generous donor.”

The program aims to bring the youth sector and the broader community together in the Tweed Valley region to support at-risk young people

in the community.

“Our aim is to provide a service and support that is person-centred in its approach, able to meet each young person where they are at, identifying and meeting their specific needs to enable them to thrive,” the group said.

“The program, in collaboration with local businesses and community services, will be centred around a connection to the land and animals, engaging

young people in work that is ‘fun’ and rewarding, whilst also providing opportunities for social connection.”

RiverTracks offer a lifeline to marginalised and socially disadvantaged young people by connecting them to community and opportunities that create hope and pathways for a better future.

Their goal is to emulate the innovative approach to working with young people established by BackTrack in Armidale.

BackTrack is a centre of excellence for working with disengaged young people to enable them to achieve full potential in their lives and have a positive impact in the communities they live in.

RiverTracks will take a focused approach to establish a program for young people across the Tweed Valley by initially starting work with a group of under 10 young men aged 13-16 based in the Murwillumbah area.

The young people at risk will be defined as having high levels of school truancy, suspensions or expulsions, having past or present criminal charges, drug usage problems and or other serious life challenges that are making engagement in education very difficult.

By starting with a focus on this cohort, the group hopes to be able to build their organisational capacity to expand steadily to provide opportunities to both genders, a broader age range and to other young people across the whole Tweed Shire region.

To learn more or to support the program, visit https:// rivertracks.org/

It’s hard work for families to make sure kids can learn and play THE first independent, national report on how families experience early childhood education and care (ECEC) across Australia shows a clear need to improve affordability, flexibility and quality.

The Front Project CEO, Jane Hunt, said the research out today reveals surprising insights while providing a deeper understanding of what ECEC choices and experiences are like for families.

“Families see early learning

as vitally important to their lives and understand the multiple benefits that it delivers, but the system could work better for them,” Ms Hunt explained.

“Around 80 per cent of families believe that access to ECEC supports mental health and wellbeing for the whole family – this is on top of supporting children’s learning and development and assisting parents to work.

“However, finding early learning that is the right fit

can be stressful. Parents feel like they lack genuine choice after taking into account issues surrounding affordability, available places and alignment with individual family needs.

“Costs are getting in the way of work opportunities for parents – over 70 per cent say ECEC costs are a barrier to finding or returning to work, working more hours or retraining or studying.

“There is also evidence that ECEC costs are impacting decisions about having more

children.”

The findings show that parents widely recognise the value of high quality early learning and think the ECEC workforce is key to ensuring quality. Over 80 per cent of parents agree that ECEC professionals have a significant impact on children’s learning and wellbeing and more than 70 per cent support changing pay and conditions to reflect the importance of this work.

While the report shows

clear value for ECEC overall, there is strong agreement that the existing system needs to change. Parents want to see government intervention to improve affordability, ensure appropriate geographic spread and increase availability outside of usual work hours.

The full report, Work and Play: Understanding how Australian families experience early childhood education and care is available online at www.thefrontproject.org.au/ resources

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The Northern Rivers Times

June 24, 2021

10 CRIME

LOCAL POLICE BEAT Appeal to locate missing Cudgen man Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man missing from the state’s Far North Coast.

Mark Mercer, aged 57, was last seen at his care home on Cudgen Road, Cudgen, about 10pm on Saturday 19 June.

He was reported missing to officers from Tweed Byron Police District on Sunday 20 June, who commenced an investigation into his whereabouts.

Police and family are concerned for his welfare as he suffers from a medical condition that requires frequent treatment.

Mark is described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 170cm tall, of a large build, with a fair complexion, grey hair, beard and green eyes. He uses a wheelchair and walking frame for mobility, however these were left behind.

Anyone who sees Mark or knows of his whereabouts is urged to contact Tweed Heads Police Station on (07) 5506 9499 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Critical incident declared after man dies at Bucca Officers from the Coffs/Clarence Police District and NSW Ambulance paramedics were called to a home on Bucca Road, Bucca, about 20km north west of Coffs Harbour, shortly before 2.30am on Sunday 20 June, responding to reports a man was acting erratically.

Police were outside the home when the 31-year-old man came to the door in an agitated state and fell onto concrete.

Police assisted paramedics treating the man before he was loaded into the back of the ambulance, before he became unconscious.

Both police and paramedics performed CPR and he was taken to the Coffs Harbour Health Campus but was unable to be revived.

Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the incident is now underway.

Pedestrian critical after being hit by car – Sawtell Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was hit by a car south of Coffs Harbour.

About 6.50pm on Thursday 17 June, emergency services were called to the intersection of First Avenue and Bridge Street, Sawtell, after reports a man had been hit by a Toyota Corolla travelling south.

The driver – a 45-year-old woman – stopped to render assistance prior to NSW Ambulance paramedics arrival.

The 43-year-old man was airlifted to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition.

The driver was taken to Coffs Harbour Health Campus for mandatory blood and urine testing.

As inquiries continue, anyone who may have dashcam footage or who may have witnessed the incident is urged to come forward.

Man dies following serious assault – Tweed Heads A man will face court following the death of another man after a serious assault last week.

About 9pm on Saturday 12 June, emergency services were called to a unit on Kennedy Drive, Tweed Heads West, following reports a man had been assaulted.

The 20-year-old man was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Tweed Heads Hospital in a critical condition.

A 19-year-old man, known to the older man, was arrested at the scene and charged with reckless grievous bodily harm (DV).

Police were advised the 20-year-old died of his injuries on Tuesday 15 June.

The younger man was additionally charged with assault causing death.

Operation Queen’s Birthday 237 drivers were charged with drink driving in NSW during Operation Queen’s Birthday, during the long weekend.

Across the state, police issued 243 restraint fines, 156 mobile phone fines, and 4610 speeding fines. They also conducted 108,125 breath tests, and 413 drug tests.

Northern Region figures: Restraint infringements – 43 Mobile phone infringements – 26 Speed infringements – 1,248 Breath tests – 17,287 PCA charges – 79 Fatal crashes – 0 Lives lost – 0 Reported major crashes – 64 People injured – 29

COVID-complacency concerns during Operation Pariac More than 100 licensing breaches have been detected during inspections at more than 1000 licensed venues as part of a high-visibility operation targeting alcohol-related crime and COVID-Safety compliance across regional NSW. Northern region breakdown: Arrests – 21 Charges – 31 Business inspections – 388 Liquor & Gaming infringements – 14 Move on directions – 6 COVID-19 related warnings – 13

Anyone with information about these incidents are urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au.

Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.

Four more police recruits for north coast following graduation THE NSW Police Force has welcomed 192 police recruits after they were sworn in as probationary constables at a ceremony in Goulburn.

The new probationary constables have been assigned to police area commands and police districts across the state.

Two recruits are heading for the Coffs/Clarence area and two to the Richmond police district.

Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott congratulated the new recruits who bring a fresh boost to the force.

“Congratulations to the men and women of class 347, who graduate today and will join the NSW Police Force at its strongest and most efficient,” Mr Elliott said.

“After eight months of world-class training, the attesting officers will join their stations next Monday and invigorate the policing capabilities of this state.”

The NSW Government has committed to invest $583 million to introduce 1500 extra police over four years to enhance community safety

across NSW and is investing $60 million over four years to upgrade the Goulburn Police Academy.

Police Commissioner Mick Fuller APM welcomed the latest intake of probationary constables.

“Today is a significant day for each of the attesting recruits. Policing is a job like no other and as the probationary constables of Class 347 start their duties next week, I congratulate them on the hard work and diligence which allows them to attest today.” Commissioner Fuller said.

“They have sworn their oath of office and will now embark on a rewarding career in policing.”

Class 347 includes 137 men and 55 women. Twenty-one recruits were born overseas in countries including Jamaica, the Philippines and China.

Many are from non-English speaking backgrounds, with seven recruits fluent in a second language including Arabic, Chinese and German.

Seven recruits are Indigenous with 1 recruit coming through the Indigenous Police Recruitment Our Way Delivery (IPROWD) program.

National Police Checks for organisations goes digital THE NSW Police Force has added another secure service to its online offering, with organisations now able to obtain criminal history checks for all employees in the one place.

Currently, individuals can apply online for a National Police Check directly from the NSW Police Force.

From this month, the service is being expanded to Private and NSW Government Organisations to become registered and conduct checks directly and securely through the protected online portal.

The streamlined digital service was launched earlier this year for individuals. It removes the need for third parties as it provides an end to end online process from application submission, identity verification, payment and the issuing of a branded, digital NSW Police Force National Police Check Certificate.

Organisations may wish to use this service to conduct nationally coordinated criminal history checks for employment, licensing, adoption, volunteer or probity purposes.

“This is a seamless and straightforward process with the NSW Police Force,” said Assistant Commissioner Michael Fitzgerald APM, Commander Forensic Evidence & Technical Services Command.

“Police continue to deliver quality customer service and with the online platform, we can offer not only convenience and flexibility but a secure portal for organisations to

manage National Police Checks.”

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June 24, 2021

12 OPINION

LETTERS, FEEDBACK AND OPINION Why are these speed camera vehicles catching vehicles less than 10% over the speed limit – ie 60km speed limit, but people being fined for 65km?

Stop the excuses, stop the lies, stop the money hungry greed. I wouldn’t mind if this money went into better roads, better schools, better health system but it doesn’t.

What happened to old fashion policing? Police present on our streets and roads.

Stop voting these politicians in parliament, and stop listening to their lies. Take a stand.

Australian was once a democratic society, but slowly becoming a dictatorship.

Luke ONeill Alstonville NSW

Check it out for yourselves.

Paul Brecht Evans Head

coming up in September, candidates will have to show that they are fully across the new direction for water security in this region. Anyone proposing a return to ‘big new dam’ options will be a laughing stock.

John Revington The Channon

flightpath for Westpac from Lismore to Brisbane and it often flies directly overhead any time day or night. This is a much Positive future larger aircraft and much A big thank you to Rous noisier than a Cessna but County Council for I’ve never heard any one acting quickly on the complain about it! preliminary planning and Students learn in implementation of the Cessna’s which are a We’d love to hear diverse water options in its piston driven fixed wing from you! revised Future Water 2060 Razor sharp aircraft. Their noise level letters@nrtimes.com.au plan.

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This flight school, Airways governments continue to Mass dosing advanced water efficiency We’re sure to be Aviation Australia, is be? How much tax can Watching Dateline on SBS program. These initiatives treated to another verbose bringing a lot of money to they squeeze out of us?

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Dr Ulf Steinvorth Aircraft must be serviced, camera vehicles? that people’s choice not to The recent talk at Dunoon parts and labour, fuel Why are the mobile vaccinate for any reason Primex Field Day by purchased to fly, landing speed camera vehicles made the anti-vaxers Rous’ Future Water Flying high fees paid, rent on hangers owned and operated by appear as Satan’s children. Project manager, A letter is circulating and and admin buildings etc.

Macquarie Bank?

Anti-vaxers have a Michael McKenzie, a petition is on change.

This all brings a huge Have you noticed where reason for not wanting big (www.youtube.com/ org about the expanding amount of money to our they placed these speed Pharma to be able to mass watch?v=cnrS98ECd2Y) aviation industry in area as well as using a camera vehicles? When dose us, with the help explains the numerous Lismore and Casino. hugely under utilised asset, was the last death on of the Australian Health scalable and cost-effective The letter/petition was the airport. these roads where they Department. options which Rous is now apparently started by Mrs I don’t know the frequently place them?

We are already being pursuing. He also provides Judith Forsyth, whom I signatories history but I do Kerr St Ballina? Old mass dosed with fluoride clear rebuttal of the presume is a Lismore know that the airports have Byron Bay Rd? Ballina in our water systems, misinformation circulated resident. been here for many many Rd Alstonville near except Byron Shire. recently by a local She rails against the years and I would guess Crawford Park at 3am in Also, all flour mills pro-dam lobby group. It is “excessive noise” caused that they were here before the morning, just a few have been directed by a pity those who signed the by student pilots learning the complainants, so why examples. Where do they said health department to pro-dam group’s petition to fly. She also states move into an area and get their statistical data administer oestrogen into and submission forms did she has no objection then complain about what from? their products - except not access the information to Westpac helicopter, happens in that area.

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time by learner drivers of cars or trucks. Rightfully we accept this minor inconvenience as we know they are being taught a skill to better themselves and it’s a small price to pay for the rest of us to see their goal realised.

Instead of being negative, I encourage Judith and her fellow signatories to withdraw their complaint and encourage growth and new industries for our area and in particular our aviation industry.

Col Baker Modanville

Dedication pays off Re your story about Connor Meldrum (NRT 10/5, p18), I’m a local who sustained many injuries including serious brain injury being a passenger in a motor vehicle accident.

This occurred in 1992 while studying my HSC. Almost straight out of coma from hospital I attended my high school to sit the trial exam but was told not to attend by teachers. This was because the education department wanted to base my outcome on previous performance. Also eventually by the actual HSC I was allowed to attend and given extended time to complete. All I can advise you Connor is to do your best alongside your friends, have a break in between and then if you find the HSC still important, finish at TAFE. It’s a long journey mate and in reality the score you get means nothing to employers who see dedication. As you have shown now.

Luke Mcinnes Goonellabah

The Northern Rivers Times

June 24, 2021

NEWS 13

Little Liam progressing in battle with leukaemia

By Tonia Dynan WITH one cycle of chemotherapy down, little Liam Maher is doing well considering.

The two-year-old is still in Brisbane with his parents Hiep and Steve as they stare down five more chemo cycles to tackle Liam’s acute myeloid leukemia.

Liam and the family have had a small respite from the hospital ward as they wait for Liam’s neutrophil count to be high enough to start round two, which was due to start last Thursday.

The family is being housed in a unit close to the Queensland Children’s Hospital by the Queensland Children’s Cancer Centre.

“They are lovely here,” the Lismore Base Hospital nurse said.

“He’s getting better, however his neutrophil levels are low.

“They say kids with AML get clear after their first chemo, but they need to complete the full chemo cycle, so now we go back and forth with him again.

“They want to now give him more opportunity to gain more strength before the next chemo

cycle because the medication is stronger.”

Liam is showing just how strong he is, adapting to his transfusions, treatments, and tests.

“The first week was horrible as he thought everyone was attacking him - it was a nightmare, because he was crying and he freaked out,” Hiep said.

“But now he’s really good.

He lets the nurses do the observations and when he saw them do the temperature, he copied them and did the temperature on us. And when the nurse comes and says now to do the blood pressure, now he puts his arm out.”

From not being able to

walk when he was rushed to emergency on Mother’s Day, Hiep said Liam can now get himself up off the floor and can walk around the unit now.

“The first one (chemo) made him very sick - he had a couple of fevers, had a lot of diarrhea.

It was a shock for me,” she said.

“It’s reality when you see his hair fall out. I cried and cried.

Because it’s in the bloodstream, you don’t see it and don’t realise, but now it’s real he has cancer.”

Liam will be admitted to the hospital for 28 days for the second cycle.

“And then we might be back again in the unit for like a week or two weeks before the next cycle,” Hiep said.

Liam’s dad Steve is still

working on the Northern Rivers and driving back and forth between the hospital and Alstonville.

“You have no choice,” Hiep said.

“You just have to keep going.”

Hiep hasn’t been home since Liam was diagnosed but said the support she was receiving from her “family” on the Northern Rivers was amazing.

“I came to this country (from Vietnam) with no family here,” she said.

“My friends, work friends and neighbours have been amazing – I could not believe how much love I got from them and that means the world to us.

“They keep texting me and asking how I’m going; they really have been amazing – I didn’t expect that. I think of them as my family.”

Lucky for Liam, he was out of hospital on the day the Brisbane Broncos rugby league players came to paint the fence at the children’s accommodation.

“They bring a smile to others,” Hiep said.

“He was hugging them, and hi-fiving them and he had a great time.”

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Breast surfing day ever!

Photos by Ricky Forsyth

By Samantha Elley PINK was the colour of the day on Saturday, June 19 at Main Beach, Evans Head when the women came out to surf.

The Breast Competition Ever was held by the Evans Head Malibu Club to raise money for breast cancer.

It was a women’s only competition and according to organiser Emma Perrier, was an electric day. “(Breast cancer) is a cause close to my heart as I lost my aunty two years ago,” she said.

“After having a chat with (Malibu founding member) Harry Hann, we were talking about how many women we had in our club and how good

it would be to have a women’s only event and fundraise at the same time.

“Breast cancer affects so many in the community.”

With only 10 weeks to organise the event, Emma was incredibly busy but it paid off.

“The turnout was insane,” said Emma.

“There were 54 competitors and about 150-200 people there the whole time.

“The weather forecast was for a bad day, but it turned out perfect. Our angels were watching over us.”

Women came from as far as Bonny Hills in the south and the Sunshine Coast in the north and everywhere in between to take part in the competition.

“Entries sold out in 48

hours and we also had a waiting list,” Emma said.

“We had Pauline Menczer there. She is the 1993 world champion and she won our over 50s division.

“We had Rachael Tilly in the opens as well. She was the world’s youngest long board champion in 2015.”

With such star power and

KYOGLE COUNCIL’S TURN FOR PAY RISE CR Kylie Thomas was the only councillor at the Kyogle Council meeting to vote against a two per cent pay increase for councillors and the mayor.

As a result of previous decisions of council and the recent determination of the Local Government Renumeration Tribunal, it was recommended that the maximum be paid to councillors and the mayor,

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with $1500 paid to the deputy mayor in accordance with a council resolution made in 2019.

Councillors will now be paid $12,400, the mayor $27,060 and the deputy mayor an extra $1500.

The Tribunal determined there would be a 2% increase in fees for councillors and mayors for the 2021/2022 financial year.

Section 249(5) of the Local

a relaxed fun day for all the women competing as well as the spectators, Emma said the atmosphere was very special.

“Because it was a women’s only competition it was so nice to band together and meet new friends,” said Emma.

“There aren’t many women’s comps around, so it was something special and for

Government Act allows council to pay the deputy mayor a fee and requires that any fee paid to the deputy mayor be deducted from the mayor’s annual fee.

The motion provides for this payment to only be applied whilst the mayor holds the position of chair of the Northern Rivers Joint Organisation.

On May 17, 2021 the Minister for Local Government announced that the passing through Parliament of the

a good cause.”

That didn’t mean the men were left out of the day either.

“The amount of men who have lost wives, sisters, mums and aunties to breast cancer means we had a lot of male helpers from the club and I couldn’t have done without them,” Emma said.

The total amount raised from the day and their online fundraising is currently guesstimated at $50,000.

“There will be $35,000 going to National Breast Cancer and $20,000 towards breastcare nursing at Lismore,” said Emma.

“People have been asking if we will hold this again and I am happy to make it an annual event, bigger and better next year.”

Local Government Amendment Act 2021, means as of July 2020 council’s will have the option of making superannuation payments to mayors and councillors on top of their annual fees.

There is an annual budget allocation for councillor fees that is sufficient to cover the $138,660 for the maximum mayoral and councillor annual fees.

If council had voted to implement the minimum fees, $44,350 would be saved from the budget.

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June 24, 2021

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Kyogle aims high with community funding applications SECURING a grandstand for the Mallanganee Sports Ground will be a priority for Kyogle Council, which they will hope to do with funding from the Stronger Country Communities Fund.

New amenities and a grandstand at the sports ground will cost $300,000.

Other projects endorsed by council would be lighting improvements at Kyogle High School and Soccer Grounds to the cost of $104,825 and new jockey rooms at Tabulam Racecourse for $100,000.

An application for $300,000 for a new kiosk and amenities shed at Woodenbong Sports Ground would also be submitted.

The NSW Government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund round four has $804,825 allocated to the Kyogle Local Government Area. Half of the funds must be used on projects that remove barriers or increase female participation in sports.

The Australian Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program has allocated $2,048,312 to Kyogle Council.

Council also still has applications pending for the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund, with the latest advice being that the program was heavily oversubscribed, and that council would be advised of outcomes this month.

Applications for this fund were the Clarence Way Upgrade – Bruxner Highway to Bonalbo; Health and Well

Being Hub – indoor sports stadium, pools and gym complex; Woodenbong, Tabulam and Bonalbo Resilient Safer Places; and Richmond River Riparian Restoration Support.

The following projects have been funded through the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program phase two and are about already in progress or about to start:

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• Tabulam Sports Ground – kiosk/clubhouse refurb, barbecue and shelter, playground shade; • Woodenbong – pool fence and mural; • Bonalbo NJ Park – stormwater lagoon improvements, playground shade, picnic seating, pool fence and mural; • Bonalbo pre-school – building repairs and

painting; • Bonalbo caravan park – amenities building repairs and painting; • Kyogle pre-school – building repairs and painting and new fence; and • KMI Hall – supper room improvements.

The following projects have had funding approved recently: • Kyogle Civic Precinct improvements - $2m through NSW Government’s Public Spaces Legacy Fund for the improvements to the Stratheden Street/KMI civic precinct area, with the master plan currently on public display; and • Toonumbar Waters Retreat building improvements funded $330,000 through the Cross Border Commissioner Fund and $330,000 from WaterNSW. The average expenditure per capita in the areas covered

by C Ward has been $918 per person, whereas the per capita expenditure in A and B Ward has been $271 per person.

The Stronger Country Communities Fund round four applications close June 25.

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June 24, 2021

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CON GETS A LIFT THE Northern Rivers Conservatorium has received a $277,000 State grant to make its heritage building more accessible.

Lismore MP Janelle Saffin welcomed Government MLC Ben Franklin’s announcement that the grant would fund a lift so that people with disabilities can access all three levels of the building in Lismore’s Central Business District.

Ms Saffin says her advocacy over the past two years has paid off.

“The Con came to me for help on several occasions and I made direct representations to NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro, meeting with responsible policy advisers to explain the need, to ensure it stayed on the Government’s radar,” Ms Saffin said.

“The Conservatorium has a track record of successfully securing over $600,000 in funding to upgrade its

teaching, administration and performance spaces, so I was confident this missing piece of infrastructure had a good chance of being funded.

“This much-needed project includes the installation of a lift, and upgrade of amenities and grounds to meet modern day accessibility standards.”

Ms Saffin paid tribute to the tenacity of the Northern Rivers Conservatorium’s executive director

Anita Bellman and her dedicated staff.

“The Con plays a significant role in enhancing the educational, cultural and social vibrancy of the Northern Rivers community,” Ms Saffin said.

“Once completed, the lift project will allow for true inclusion and participation for all, and over time attract more members by aligning its physical spaces with the excellent education services it provides.”

$196 million to reform NSW curriculum THE NSW Government has announced almost $200-million to supercharge a major overhaul of the NSW curriculum will be included in the 2021-22 Budget.

Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the $196.6 million package over four years represented the first major rewrite of the school curriculum in thirty years.

“Education is key to giving our children the brightest futures and this government is investing in education like never before, improving schools inside and outside the classroom, helping our young people reach their potential through a world class education,” Mr Perrottet said.

“Under this reform, the curriculum will be updated and streamlined by more than 200 syllabus experts to ensure it provides a strong foundation in literacy and mathematics, and clearer post-school pathways, linking learning to future employment or study.”

The new NSW Curriculum will be delivered on a new interactive digital portal to support teachers deliver the curriculum in the classroom, a first for

NSW. Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said the new curriculum portal is a critical part of the most significant curriculum reform in a generation.

“The NSW Curriculum reform is about delivering the knowledge and skills students need to succeed, and it is all backed up by evidence,” Ms Mitchell said.

“The new portal will help teachers integrate syllabus materials and deliver lessons driven by the latest research and resources, meeting the needs of our students in a way we have never been able to do before.

“The new curriculum and the portal will save time for teachers, improve clarity and make the implementation of the syllabuses even easier. The investment will allow teachers to unlock the curriculum’s potential while arming them with the best resources, multiplying the positive impacts of the reform.”

The new platform is under development, with the goal of going live in Term 4, 2021 with the new K-2 English and Mathematics syllabuses.

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June 24, 2021

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Resilience workshops focus on local and global solutions YOU can help your community become more resilient with a series of free workshops being offered across the Northern Rivers.

Resilient Communities is designed by Bellingen-based organisation OzGREEN, whose founder Sue Lennox was NSW Senior Australian of the Year last year.

There will be seven workshops over seven months, focusing on key areas such as fire, water, food and health resilience.

The workshops are facilitated by local residents who have been trained in OzGREEN’s award-winning community engagement process to empower people to take personal and collective action.

By bringing together residents in key localities, the workshops allow communities to generate their own solutions to local and global concerns.

The workshops aim to: 1. Inform participants (through content delivery and information-sharing between local residents) about the risks and challenges that exist in their local area as

a result of climate change, and the opportunities and limitations of current support structures.

2. Inspire and support participants to take action in their own homes to become more sustainable and better prepared for the next disasters and crises, with the chance to plan for such events at both the individual and community level.

3. Assist in connecting participants with their

communities so that they can work together to find local solutions to local problems. As a result, local communities will become better networked and better able to identify problems and take action together.

4. Give participants access to tools and resources to deal with natural disasters and to make their communities more resilient and regenerative.

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June 24, 2021

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CLIMATE CHANGE PROTEST HEATS UP IN LISMORE

By Tonia Dynan ONE mother’s wish to change the world for her daughter has inspired a group of Lismore residents to protest climate change.

Peach Darvall started Lismore Climate Strike for Effective Action Now and the group protests at the Quad each week to bring awareness to the issue.

“I’m just a mum, I’ve got a disability, I was at home feeling quite depressed and despairing about climate change and the effects on our planet, I’ve got a child and just noticing that I don’t want to feel powerless, I don’t want to feel despair, so I thought I want to do something,” Peach said.

“I’ve been reading things and watching documentaries and I saw what Greta (Thunberg) was doing and I thought, well I’m just going to do what Greta has done, and I’ll just sit somewhere publicly with some signs and maybe people will join me and maybe we’ll get the message out to our Federal Government that what they’re doing is so far below and that they need to lift their game immensely.”

Peach said it was time for the Federal Government to put a huge amount of funding into climate change strategies.

“We need to be preparing Australia for the disasters that have already started, like fires and things, and really shifting priorities away from all fossil

fuels, or the majority of fossil fuels to renewables,” she said.

“I understand that any one type isn’t going to be the answer, but it’s looking at the suite of those, completely stopping with gas with coal, just being really smart about the approach.

“I mean, there are countries all around the world who are doing fantastic and amazing things. They don’t have to reinvent the wheel, there’s so much that’s out there, they can see what’s already being done, and they can do that.”

Peach said she believed the reason the government was not heading in that direction was because they were getting paid not to.

“I think they get money from huge corporations, like from the coal industry and the gas industry, or donations, and I think they’re in bed with a mainstream media,” she said.

“It’s just a system of lining pockets and not about really focusing on the people of Australia, and my issue is that I elected representatives that are meant to be looking after us and I don’t see that occurring.

“I see them looking after themselves and their bodies and big business, and that not only is it appalling and negligent, but it’s just a prurient that they’re doing that to the rest of us.

“No one, particularly the government, gets to not take responsibility for the situation we’re in.”

Hope for change is what

keeps Peach protesting.

“I’d like to see Australia go to below zero emissions -well actually, I’d like to see that way before the end of my life, like within the next 10 years,” she said.

“I’d like to see the increasing carbon situation in the world decrease radically so that we’re not pumping carbon out anymore.

“I’d like to see things regenerating. I’d like to see those environmental feedback loops no longer indicating that we are in a massive catastrophe that will end our species’ habitat.

“I would like to see that there’s a really viable and happy, livable future for our children and our grandchildren.”

If you would like to get involved, the group will hold protests at the Lismore Quad each Thursday from 1.30pm.

Kingscliff Library celebrates 21st birthday LIBRARY technician Larry Price (pictured) recalls fondly the days when the Kingscliff Library was in a demountable building, positioned sideways between the Kingscliff Community Hall and local surf club.

Back then in 1983, Larry used to position a chair so he could keep an eye on the surf break and make a decision about whether he would go out during a lunch break for a wave.

Five years later and the library was on the move to Kingscliff Shopping Village where it remained from 1988 to 2000, located where the existing pool shop is now.

In 2000, the library turned over a new page, relocating to Lot 1, Turnock Street and

on Monday, 28 June this year, it will be celebrating its 21st anniversary in that location.

In his 38 years working at the Richmond Tweed Regional

Library in Kingscliff, Larry has enjoyed the camaraderie of the locals and taken delight in watching young children grow and bring their own

children in.

“It’s been great to see generations still using the library though things have changed with the introduction

of e-books and digital resources,” Larry said.

“It still remains a popular place and a community focal point.”

To celebrate the occasion, the library is planning a gala morning starting at 10 am on Monday 28 June.

There will be a cake cutting at 10:30 am, appearances from Sir Larry of the Library, a public information table, historic displays, games and activities for children including face painting, competitions and a balloon artist.

There will also be a limited amount of free craft handout for children.

For more information contact Kingscliff Library on 02 6674 1607.

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June 24, 2021

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Lismore Musical Festival Society THANKS to the generous efforts of thousands of supporters since 1908 the Lismore Musical Festival Society is pleased to announce the 109th Eisteddfod.

Is your talent in song, or instrumental performance in piano, string, woodwind, or the spoken word? Does your performance joy come through dance - solo, duet, trio or troupe? Or the fun and excitement of primary and secondary/school performance? The Lismore Eisteddfod is your opportunity to step out onto a stage to showcase your talent to our highly qualified adjudicators and appreciative audiences.

Eisteddfod is a Welsh word meaning “meeting together”. Every three years a village eisteddfod was held to examine how well the bards, or poets, knew their work and how to present it. Bards held their tribal history in their heads and were considered very important people. By the time the 16th century arrived the bards had fallen out of favour. The eisteddfod came back in force during the 18th and 19th centuries as a means of preserving the Welsh language.

Welsh miners brought their love of singing to Australia and the first recorded annual competition was held in Ballarat in 1855. The Lismore Musical Festival Society was formed on February 27, 1908. Under the

A ballet group from the Sharon Sidney School of Dance. reputed biggest marquee in the Southern Hemisphere, at the recreation grounds now Oakes Oval, the first Grand Annual or Lismore Musical Festival was held from 4-8 September.

It was reported 4000 people attended the first day, eventually pushing down the barricades and many getting in without paying. Overall, 10,000 people attended.

The competition continued in those days when the river was king and special boats called at all wharves to bring and return performers and audiences. Special trains were run from Grafton and Murwillumbah.

All the proceeds of the 1915 festival were donated to the Red Cross for their work during World War One and it was

a sad, emotional festival as so many young men of the area had been killed or were away fighting.

It was not until 1921 that competitions recommenced in the newly erected Star Court Theatre.

Reports state it was a record year for entries and gate takings.

What changes we have seen over the 100 years since.

The Lismore Musical Festival is now known as the Lismore Eisteddfod. Its stated purpose continues to encourage persons of amateur status to engage in friendly rivalry and have the benefit of receiving written critical opinions of expert adjudicators.

Each year 4000 amateur competitors come from Coffs Harbour in the south

to Brisbane in the north and inland to Inverell and Armidale.

So what’s in it for the participants?

Here is a reason to practice and learn in their chosen discipline, and pursue goals. Competition gives performers opportunities to listen to, watch and learn from their peer groups and to improve skills.

They have the opportunity to perform on magnificent stages in front of an informed and appreciative audience. Their work is appraised by highly qualified adjudicators which amounts to receiving lessons from another teacher.

Most importantly, competitors learn how to lose as well as win - how to handle disappointment with courage.

They also store some wonderful memories.

The performing arts increase our children’s academic, cognitive and social skills and the ability to work as a team. Being able to enjoy themselves underpins all this.

Participants learn to appreciate the culture and, as they grow in maturity, they pass this onto the next generation.

Join us at the Lismore Workers Club Auditorium and the Lismore City Hall for the 109th Eisteddfod held over 21 days in August and September this year. Competition schedules can be found by visiting our website: lismoreeisteddfod.com.au

LISMORE MUSICAL FESTIVAL SOCIETY presents

109th Lismore Eisteddfod 30th August to 19th September 2021

DRAMA/ SPOKEN WORD VOCAL

DANCE

Troupe, Ballet, Song & Dance, Hip-Hop, Tap, Jazz (from 11th September)

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Choirs, Bands, Ensembles, Dance, Drama, Poetry, HSC Individual Performance

Entry forms/schedules available from website: lismoreeisteddfod.com.au

Entries close: 12th July 2021 More information phone 6621 6015

INSTRUMENTAL Woodwind, Piano, Brass, Strings

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June 24, 2021

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SOD TURNING BRINGS AMBO STATION DREAM CLOSER RESIDENTS of the Clarence Coast village of Iluka can now start believing their dream of having the own ambulance station will come true.

Last Wednesday Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis, members of the Iluka Ambulance State Action Group, Clarence Valley Mayor Jim Simmons, representatives from the Iluka Bowling Club, local paramedics and officials from NSW Ambulance and Health Infrastructure met on the site of the proposed station to ceremonially turn the first sod in construction of the station.

Mr Gulaptis said the project was “powered by people and the sun.”

“It was definitely people power that made this possible,” he said. “There is no way I could have convinced the government to go ahead without the drive of the Iluka community, led in this instance by the tireless Triple-O heroes Ann and John Maclean.

“It has also been sped along with the enthusiastic cooperation of many stakeholders, including

Ann and John Maclean, and Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis front and centre turning the first sod on the long-awaited Iluka Ambulance Station project. the Iluka Bowls Club and Clarence Valley Council.”

“And because we are a nature loving bunch here in the Lower Clarence, the new building is going to be solar powered to reduce its impact on the environment.”

The station will be in Spenser Street next to the bowls club that provided the land.

Mr Gulaptis said the station

would be constructed by award-winning Northern Rivers family builders Bennett Constructions. The company estimated the work would take about six months.

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The Iluka community was initially told their town was too small to justify an ambulance station, but after Mr Gulaptis brought Deputy Premier and Nationals Leader John Barilaro to meet locals, the bureaucrats were overruled and ordered to get the project under way.

The sod-turning ceremony marked the official start of construction with main works

on the new station scheduled for completion by early 2022, followed by a fit-out and an operational commissioning phase prior to the commencement of operations from the new facility.

The station was being delivered as part of the $132 million Rural Ambulance Infrastructure (RAIR) Stage 1 program by the NSW Government.

Further $268.2 million responding to bushfire inquiry recommendations FIREFIGHTING drones, aerial firefighting, enhanced strategic fire trails and improvements to local emergency infrastructure and equipment will be funded by an additional $268.2 million over four years as part of the NSW Government’s response to the independent NSW Bushfire Inquiry.

Treasurer Dominic Perrottet and Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott were joined

by NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) Commissioner Rob Rogers AFSM, Commissioner of Resilience NSW Shane Fitzsimmons AFSM, and Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Acting Commissioner Jim Hamilton to announce the funding package.

This takes the total amount committed by the Government in response to the Bushfire Inquiry, in partnership with the Commonwealth, to more than $460 million.

Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the funding will help rollout critical projects that will assist firefighters to protect communities right across the State.

Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott said the NSW Government will continue to act on the learnings of our ‘Black Summer’ of bushfires.

RFS Commissioner Rob Rogers said fire agencies at all levels were working

hard towards implementing the recommendations from the Inquiry.

“This commitment will assist by increasing mitigation crews on the ground, getting aviation assets in the sky, and most importantly providing safer trucks for our firefighters.”

Fire and Rescue NSW Acting Commissioner Jim Hamilton said the additional funding would go a long away in ensuring emergency services are more prepared for the future.

“The funding will deliver stateof-the-art equipment, systems and appliances so our firefighters can better protect the NSW community in years to come,” Acting Commissioner Hamilton said.

Commissioner of Resilience NSW Shane Fitzsimmons said resourcing local communities was paramount for an effective response.

“We know local communities and their efforts are the frontline of response, but also key to preparedness for the disasters that will most likely impact them,” Commissioner Fitzsimmons said.

The NSW Bushfire Inquiry was commissioned by Premier Gladys Berejiklian to examine the causes, preparation and response to the devastating 2019-20 Summer Bushfires. The NSW Government has accepted the 76 recommendations.

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June 24, 2021

NEWS 21

Farewell to favourite Evans Head café

By Samantha Elley IT is only a few more days before Johnny’s Café in Evans Head, a community run business, closes its doors for the final time.

It was announced via Facebook on June 11 that the doors would be permanently closed on Tuesday, June 29.

Customers are invited to say their official goodbyes to the staff before they head on to their new journeys.

Madison Deas, café manager has been working for Johnny’s since September 2020.

“Originally I applied as a café cook … however roughly 3 months into working in the café the opportunity arose to potentially become the new café manager,” she said.

“I worked extremely hard for the weeks that followed and excitingly enough I was accepted into the role of the Mid-Richmond Neighbourhood Centre Social Enterprise Café Manager in early February 2021.”

“The biggest skill I have learnt over the past few months is how to respectively run an awesome work place

Johnny’s Café at Evans Head.

Photo: Samantha Elley and create a wonderful environment where my staff and even my customers truly felt the most comfortable and accepted.

Amongst the little personal skills such as learning how to be patient, yet stern and accommodating for all 13 of

my wonderful staff.”

Madison said she wakes up every day with a smile on her face knowing she get to go to work and be surrounded by some of the greatest individuals she has ever met.

“Knowing that I have helped create a place where

everyone and anyone feels as though they belong and that they are a part of a community is the thing I will proudly say was the part I loved most about working at Johnny’s Café,” she said.

With the closure of the café, Madison isn’t sure what her

next step is.

“I have a pretty fair idea on where I would like to go in my life, however, I haven’t quite figured it out as yet,” she said.

“There is honestly too many people I would like to thank.

But most of all my bloody awesome team. I will never underestimate the power of a work team.

“Thank you also to all the staff at The Mid-Richmond Neighbourhood Centre, there was not a day that would pass where I did not feel loved or appreciated.”

Newly appointed Mid Richmond Neighbourhood Centre (MRNC) general manager, Rachel McNaught said the decision to close the popular café was made by the MRNC Management Committee.

“MRNC have a plan for the site and when finalised we will notify the community,” she said.

Johnny’s was established by the MRNC as a not-forprofit venture to provide training, life skills and build confidence for Evans Head youth.

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Rare glass plate negatives of Grafton and Yamba up for auction

By Lesley Apps HISTORY buffs take note.

Rare images of Grafton and Yamba are now up for sale in a monumental auction of one of Australia’s most significant photographic collections ever uncovered.

The Rose Stereograph Company collection had been held across four generations of the same family, stored in a spare bedroom of a home in Victoria, and includes remarkable images from Australia’s history and the world.

Dating back to 1880, the collection features more than 100,000 items including rare glass plates negatives of Grafton and Yamba taken in the 1930s.

The images feature recognisable landmarks and landscapes revealing early development of the Clarence Valley towns.

These include aerials of the Clarence River and early development Grafton and South Grafton, Market Square, Prince Street, Grafton Bridge, Jacaranda Avenue.

The Yamba images include its famous Pacific Hotel, Main Beach and headland, shopping precinct and Yamba bay among others.

Auction house Lloyds is handling the sale and Chief Operations Officer Lee Hames said it was likely these images were early examples of tourism for the region.

“The Rose Stereograph Company was one of the first

commissioned companies for postcards so (Grafton and Yamba) were obviously towns they were trying to promote and bring to people to,” Hames said.

He said the current custodians were the Cutts family who joined Rose Stereograph Company after it was set up in the late 1800s.

“One of the grandsons in Victoria was passed on the boxes and boxes (enough to fill a bedroom) and told by his grandfather to ‘hang onto these they may be of some value one day’. Whether it converts to monetary value we won’t know until the auction but they certainly have historical value,” Mr Hames said.

Among the local scenery, rare photographs featuring Ned and Dan Kelly’s armour (photographed at trial), baby photographs of Queen Elizabeth II, the landing at Gallipoli in 1915 and Phar Lap winning the Melbourne Cup are also up for sale.

“This has to be one of the most important photographic collections in Australia if not the world,” Mr Hames believed. “We needed a call centre dedicated to this collection. We’ve been taking calls non-stop.”

He said the images were important to a lot people and institutions whether connected emotionally, historically or geographically, and the Cutts family were “excited to see them shared and passed on.”

“You can image every racing community would love to own that negative of Phar Lap.” Mr Hames said because the items had been stored so well by the family, while fragile, the detail on many of the plates was astonishing.

“They are revealing

historically because they date back so far and are of such high resolution. You won’t believe the condition.

It actually challenges modern day digital technology as far as detail goes.

“One of the first glass plates we pulled out was the image of Ned Kelly’s armour.

From that moment we knew what we had was special.”

The Rose Stereograph collection is now up for auction via the Lloyd’s website (www.lloydsonline. com.au/photos). Bidding for the Clarence Valley images closes on June 25, 7pm. For more details visit the website.

ON SITE CONSTRUCTION POSSIBLE FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING ESTATE

By Tim Howard A DEVELOPMENT proposing to build a 250site manufactured home estate at Gulmarrad could include on-site construction facilities.

At the Clarence Valley Council’s environment planning and community committee meeting Cr Andrew Baker was successful in removing a condition of development – number 83 – which would allow the developer to construct buildings at the site.

Cr Baker said since 2004 council has intended this area, plus another small area for neighbourhood shopping, to be zoned residential.

“Over the next seven

years and following a great deal rigour, eventually this approval for the residential and the neighbourhood shopping was provided and has been included in the LEP since 2011,” Cr Baker said.

“It’s there for a specific purpose, to put residential on the site.”

Cr Baker said wanted to allow local construction of the manufactured housing to help the local economy.

“There is the hope the component manufacture of these manufactured homes could in fact be brought into the Clarence Valley or onto the site,” he said.

“I didn’t have a way of saying in the Clarence Valley so I concentrated on the site.”

Cr Baker said the site plan showed if the manufacturing facility was put somewhere around the where the proposed clubhouse was indicated, it would hundreds of metres away from other residences and because of the topography, hidden from homes to the east of the site.

Cr Greg Clancy was the only councillor against the motion.

He said the high density development was out of character with the the large lot holdings in the area and there were drainage issues which he wanted more time to consider.

Gulmarrad residents seemed to share Cr Clancy’s view.

The developers, owners Jim Bricknell Chiropractor

and the applicant Land Dynamics Australia have claimed the development is aimed at older residents, over 55 years of age.

But during a deputation from them before the meeting a spokeswoman admitted that while the development was marketed to over-55s, anyone could buy a house in the estate.

There was also issues around biodiversity offset credits totalling nearly $3 million which developers must buy to compensate for vegetation and habitat loss.

Developers disputed the costs, but if they remained, then would need to recover these additional them, which could affect the ability to market.

Cr Richie Williamson

said he was staggered at the cost of these offsets, for a site which he said had been cleared to the extent it “looking like a bowling green”.

Cr Baker noted these costs would ensure it would not qualify as “affordable housing”.

“Between them the State and Federal governments are making sure there is nothing affordable about a site like this,” he said.

The committee recommended the approval of the DA amended to allow onsite construction 4-1. The full council met to decide the matter on Tuesday, after publication deadline. A full report on the issue will be in The Northern Rivers Times next week.

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FROM BERMUDA TO WOODBURN: A LIFE MOST INTERESTING

By Samantha Elley WOODBURN’S Pam Bellingham recently turned 80+1 years and celebrated with a small gathering of friends.

“I sent a message out to my friends and asked them to come and celebrate my 80th birthday, as we couldn’t do it last year,” said Pam. “I don’t mind if people think I am still 80.”

Pam has been a resident of Woodburn for the past 45 years and lives in ‘Riverview’, a stately home with french doors, high pressed metal ceilings and wide verandahs on the banks of the Richmond River.

“The home was owned by the Wagner family and I think (Mrs Wagner) felt she had to have a stylish home,” said Pam. Pam is well-known for her community work in the small riverside village, including the organisation of the annual Riverfest celebrations.

“Fingers crossed we will have a Riverfest this year as for the last three years it has had to be cancelled,” she said.

“Two were cancelled due to the weather and the third because of Covid.

“We have moved the event to 11th September this year, from October, as it seems the storm season is beginning earlier each year.”

The day will be full of events on the riverbank at Woodburn including the hotly contested council challenge between Richmond Valley and Lismore, the biathlon which includes a swim and a run and the home-made raft race, always a favourite.

Born in Bermuda, to a Bermudan father and English mother, Pam grew up in the North Atlantic island country

before heading to England to study languages at Edinburgh University.

“I studied French and Latin and some Spanish, then as part of the course lived a year in France, teaching in a school, then a year in Spain,” she said.

“I then studied secretarial skills in London before heading back to Bermuda.

“It was a lovely life there with a great climate, but I soon headed for Australia.

“I wanted to go as far as I could and work my way back.”

Pam didn’t make it back to Bermuda, as she met her future husband Barry Bellingham a week after arriving.

“My main objective going to Australia was to visit Uluru, but it took me 30 years before I got there,” she said.

After marrying in Bermuda and living in Alexandria, a suburb of Sydney, the Bellingham family with young daughter Katherine, moved to St George, Queensland where Barry managed a cotton farm.

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“It was long hours, but a pretty little town with friendly people,” Pam said.

“You made sure you went to everything though or you would be gossiped about.”

Their move from St George came about when rumours were rife of no live babies being born on the cotton farms due to the poisonous chemicals used.

“We were planning to have a second child so we decided to move back to Sydney,” Pam said.

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She got involved in the Woodburn Central School teaching French on a voluntary basis, the P&C, started up the Pam Bellingham’s School of Ballet and Dance and taught on a casual basis at Maclean.

“With the ballet school I am now teaching the children of the children I taught when I started,” she said.

Over time Pam has seen many changes in Woodburn.

“Building the bridge to replace the ferry made a big change to the town,” she said.

“It was easier to get to Lismore and travel from either side of the river as you didn’t need to wait for the

ferry.

“The bypass will also change the town gradually where families are in the park more and more events will help bring locals out.”

Pam is also a life member of Woodburn’s Chamber of Commerce and is involved in the Hall Committee.

“The Woodburn Hall has been there since the 1950s and is a wonderful asset for the community,” she said.

“The night of the 2012 storm there was a dance concert and I believe that saved people’s lives, as many of those attending had their houses destroyed.

“The hall also stood up against the storm.”

Pam’s vision for Woodburn in five years’ time is that of a community with lots of events happening.

“The CWA rooms used to be the hub of the town, with meetings held in there every week.”

According to Pam, locals have the chance to take back their town and become a more cohesive community, now the bypass has opened.

Richmond – Upper Clarence Regional Library can help you get connected with technology Does your smartphone confuse you? Are you having trouble with your laptop?

Library staff offer free one-on-one assistance as part of the nationwide Be Connected initiative committed to increasing the confidence, skills and online safety of older Australians.

We can support you with: • Getting to know your device • Getting started and staying safe online • Sharing and socialising online • Connecting with others Assistance is available at Casino and Kyogle branches. We are also taking expressions of interest from those members who use our Mobile Library Please phone 6660 0250 for further information

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“Leemo’s View” Bin art comp winners announced “LEEMO has views on just about anything”

PHOBIAS? ME & ‘Mum Jane’ A purry hello...‘Leemo Cat’ here. Oooh...I had such a fright last week. I was snuggled up in my plush blue blankie, and all of a sudden thunder and lightning and rain stuff started up in the sky, really TRULY loud.

It sounded like whips cracking just at my window. I become very anxious and alarmed when there is rain and thunder.

I bounded out of my blankie cave and ran up the stairs. I did a mighty ‘gazelle like’ leap straight on to ‘Mum’s bed and burrowed into the covers like a mole ‘till I felt safe, snug, warm and protected.

‘Mum Jane’ was cantankerous. I don’t blame her I ‘spose... she HAD been asleep until I landed on her. Once she had recovered she asked me “Leems, it is of concern that you are still scared of rain & thunder. At your age you should be over it”. Hmmm. I was right down under the blankies so I bit her on the ankle for being unmerciful.

“Aaaaargh scream!”

(Mum actually said

worse than that). I determined I should speak up. “Mum, you know I hate being wet. Thunder and stuff means rain...rain means WATER, and water is wet...got it?”

There was a BIG sigh from Mum. “Oh for heavens sake Leemo, stop being so bloody melodramatic.” She emitted a snore like sound. I put a stop to that with a mini ankle nip. “Mum, I haven’t finished. I know there are cats that like water and even SWIM... like Turkish ‘Van’ cats. Tigers, Leopards, Jaguars, Lions, and Ocelots also have nifty swimming skills.

NUP, not for this feline. I AM NOT OF A WATER LOVING CAT SPECIES. I am a simple plush blue blankie cat who likes eating and sleeping, getting brushed and playing ‘Feathers on a Stick’ but NOT SWIMMING. (Mum rolled her eyes.)

AND, I hate my paws being wet which is why I make loud yuurroih noises when it happens. Not only do I dislike being wet prodigiously, loud thundery sounds and cracks of lightning frighten me. And, that’s it in a nutshell, so don’t be so RUDELY intolerant of my phobias”.

Hmmm. Hmmm again. I thought about things and said “Mum. I VIVIDLY recall the screams, cussing and yelling from YOU when you hopped under a cold shower instead of a warm one last week.

It was frightful. Did I ridicule you and your cold water phobia? NUP, I didn’t.” Whoohoo...she went ever so silent. I believe I am winning this debate so snorrsie time. Purrsies, Leemo.

(PS...I am NOT going to swim school.)

INDIGENOUS art, koalas, rainbows, bats and lorikeets all feature in artwork that will soon be printed onto new bins in Carrington Street as part of the Lismore Laneways Project designed to create a more vibrant CBD to support our local businesses.

The artworks were created by local artists as part of the Design A Bin competition which received close to 50 entries.

Lismore City Council Mayor Vanessa Ekins congratulated the six winning artists and thanked those who entered.

“The winning artwork reflects the diversity of our community and will draw visitors into our fantastic vibrant laneways, which is great for our CBD businesses,” she said.

The competition, in collaboration with the Back Alley Gallery, is being supported by Northern Rivers Waste in conjunction with The Lismore Laneways Project.

Lismore City Council’s manager of liveable and active communities Tony Duffy said the Lismore Laneways Project will have a positive impact on the CBD and businesses.

“Already rich with local art, the Design A Bin competition will make our laneways even more of a destination that is truly unique to Lismore, bringing tourism and supporting local businesses,” he said.

“The Lismore Laneways Project will also activate underutilised land, create new public space at the city centre while showcasing local art.”

The six selected artists chosen to feature on the new bins on Carrington Street are Interwoven: People & Place by Carmen Grady, The Heart of Lismore by Rebekkah Cottam, Everything Lismore by Nina Hurr, Birds & Bats by Morgan Beresford, Cattle Dog & Rainbow by Mish Moran and Respect & Effort by Rasharnie Smith.

MOTORISTS URGED TO SLOW DOWN AFTER TWO MOTHER KOALAS HIT KOALAS on the move in new Terranora Road safety zones Motorists are advised to take extra caution through new koala zones marked on Terranora Road, following several sightings and two accidents involving the much-loved marsupials in recent weeks.

Signage and road markings have been in place for less than two weeks but unfortunately there has already been a number of incidents within the past week.

On Tuesday night, a female koala was hit on the road near the quarry. The motorist involved stopped to check on the female and while moving the body felt movement in the tummy.

The motorist transported the heavily pregnant female to Currumbin Wildlife Hospital where the male joey was removed from her pouch and is now in the care of hospital staff.

The motorist was asked by staff to name the joey which he did after his son, Heath.

Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Senior Veterinarian Dr Michael Pyne said unfortunately the mother did not survive the accident but the joey had a good

chance of survival in foster care.

“From Terranora Road alone, we’ve seen 3 koala admissions in the past week. All of these koalas have suffered severe life-threatening injuries,” Dr Pyne said.

“With shorter daylight hours, it is important motorists are aware that koalas are on the move and sharing our roads as we come into the breeding season.

“If you are involved in an accident with a koala, it’s critical you call Currumbin Wildlife Hospital immediately or a 24-hour wildlife rescue group such as Friends of the Koala and Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers.”

It is the second incident involving pregnant koalas moving on Terranora Road.

On Friday last week, a beautiful healthy koala carrying a tiny joey was hit by a car right in the new koala zone marking.

Friends of the Koala responded to the call.

The koala, who has been named Jamie, suffered serious injuries to her face, and needed immediate surgery. She is now out of intensive care, but had

to have one eye removed, and both mother and joey are being monitored by hospital staff.

The koala zone is designed to serve as a reminder to drivers that koalas are active on these roads at all times of year, and to drive with care and heightened attention always.

Council senior program leader biodiversity Scott Hetherington said the koala zone was installed on Terranora Road in response to an increasing number of sightings over the past two years.

In the past 18 months on this stretch of Terranora Road, residents have reported 16 koalas either been killed, injured or seen crossing the road.

Motorists who happen to hit a koala or other wildlife on the road are urged to take time to stop, check on the animal and call for help if needed. Friends of the Koala and Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers are on call 24 hours a day for rescues.

Put the numbers in your phone today: Friends of the Koala 02 6622 1233 and Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers 02 6672 4789.

Report all koala sightings at www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/koalas

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KYOGLE COUNCIL PLANS HAZARD REDUCTION BURNS RURAL Fire Service Northern Rivers plans to conduct hazard reduction burning operations in the area surrounding critical communications infrastructure in Donaldson State Forest.

Kyogle Council has also request further hazard reduction burning in Bald Knob, Woodenbong and the balance of Donaldson State Forests as a priority.

On March 11, 2019, council resolved to submit a motion for consideration at the 2019 NSW Local Government Conference that the NSW Government set upper limits on fuel loads in all crown land forests, including State Forests and National Parks, and mandates hazard reduction programs to achieve these targets.

“This motion was intended to address the potential for a wildfire in the forest estate, particularly around Woodenbong,” Cr Lindsay Passfield said.

“An amended version of this motion was passed at the State conference, but no action has been taken.

“Over the late 2019 early 2020 period, a fire which

originated in Queensland crossed into NSW causing a huge amount of damage to the forest and private property.

“Local property owners saw this risk, prepared fire breaks and prepared to reinforce this with backburning operations.”

Cr Passfield said the local RFS personnel then became involved, supported the proposed backburn in ideal weather conditions but were directed by RFS headquarters not to proceed.

“Subsequently, after two

days of ideal backburning conditions, and no need, or request, for RFS resources, the wind direction changed and the fire escalated to require a huge effort by local people, State Forests, National Parks and RFS to bring it under control at McIntoshes Road, Dairy Flat,” he said.

“This unprecedented wildfire in our local area traumatised the local community with constant ABC radio alerts, premature road closures, confusing

evacuation advice and damage to property and livestock.

“During 2020, contact was made with the RFS Superintendent numerous times, eventually concerns were relayed from RFS to Forest Corporation NSW and an inspection of the forest estate carried out.

“Feedback from Forest Corporation NSW suggested that no action was likely in the foreseeable future due to a lack of resources and planning requirements.”

Cr Passfield said the situation remained that Forest Corporation NSW assets closest to Woodenbong had not had a fire reduction burn for about 40 years.

“The same fuel load that was used to justify the emergency management notice for residents to prepare to evacuate is still there and has increased during the past year,” he said.

“Of greatest concern is the fact that the local communications tower, which carries critical radio and mobile phone infrastructure, is surrounded by unburnt, dangerous levels of fuel in steep inaccessible terrain.

“Whilst ever bureaucrats maintain a regime of fire prevention and effectively intimidate responsible property owners from carrying out fuel reduction burning through regulation and onerous conditions on permits, this situation will continue to deteriorate.

“In the face of an escalating rate of climate change, the need for fuel reduction is vital for the health and regeneration of our forests and the fauna that live in them.”

New CEO appointed for Tenterfield Council FOLLOWING a very competitive recruitment process involving rigorous assessments and interviews, the Councillors of Tenterfield Shire Council have reached a unanimous decision to appoint a new chief executive officer.

Out of an impressive field of 24 applications, there was a very good mix of representation from government, local government and the private

sector.

The Councillors, in workshop first, interviewed eight candidates for the role

by Zoom video conference in late May – and then on Tuesday 8 June the Council met in a convened Council meeting to personally interview four candidates at Tenterfield. Arising from that interview Mr Daryl Buckingham, current chief executive officer of the Flinders Shire Council in

Queensland was selected and after negotiations on Contract terms and conditions, Mr Buckingham accepted the role and he and wife Amanda will move to the Shire to take up the role in July.

Daryl has been the CEO at Flinders since early 2019, and has had prior roles as CEO of the Mildura Regional Development Corporation, senior manager innovation and marketing with the City of Playford in South

Australia, general manager of General Trades, marketing advisor to Coal Services, national sales and marketing manager of Ultimate Off Road Campers, marketing and communications manager at Turnbull Lawyers and CEO of Blue Mountains Tourism.

Daryl has an Advanced Diploma in Management from the University of Ballarat in 2005. He has been appointed on a five year performance based contract and will enter

into a performance agreement within three months of commencing in the role.

“With my past background in tourism and economic development I am keen to get out and understand the opportunities we have to grow jobs and attract business to our Shire – to bring jobs for our youth in particular.

I am a good listener and I want to hear what the Council can improve to build a better Shire,” Daryl said.

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The Big Lift helps Bonalbo

On its 12th anniversary trip, The Big Lift from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) are setting themselves across regional New South Wales and Queensland on a mission to share their volunteering movement across the country.

Founded on the philosophy of ‘Paying it Forward’, The Big Lift is a student run, volunteer organisation that takes eighty students on a nine-day bus trip through regional Australia to complete various volunteering projects. These include painting, gardening, cleaning and simple construction/ deconstruction tasks. With a focus on community engagement, The Big Lift works closely with towns across the country to provide help where it is needed.

“The Big Lift gives students a unique experience

to discover how simple and rewarding volunteering is to help out the wider community.

The aim of the trip is to demonstrate the idea that if we all come together for a great cause, real change can be achieved,” says President

of The Big Lift, Alysson Zamora.

The Big Lift bus will visit Bonalbo from Wednesday, 7th July 2021 (evening), departing Thursday, 8th July 2021 (afternoon) to help various organisations around

the town including Bonalbo Central School (general cleaning and gardening, clearing graffiti, painting and planting) and Bonalbo’s Country Women’s Association (general maintenance and cleaning).

“The Big Lift aims to help create global citizens that are socially conscious and empowered to be a part of things they want to see changed,” says Ms Zamora.

“I’ve seen so many students do great things for their community after being inspired by the volunteering projects they participated in on past trips. In a generation that has every potential to become positively connected with the world, The Big Lift plays an essential role in building that sense of community” says town organiser Ruvi Ratnayake .

UTS students will depart Sydney on Saturday 3rd July 2021 with their trip spanning over nine days. The Big Lift is a recipient of the City of Sydney Volunteer Grant and sponsored by University of Technology and UTS Activate Clubs.

New look for Visitor Information Centre

By Tonia Dynan

There is also an aim to develop a program of regular THE new Rous Cultural, community presentations and Environmental and Information guest speakers.

Centre, formerly the Lismore The second focus of the Visitor Information Centre, will centre would be to partner be open seven days a week but with the region’s Aboriginal finding and funding the staff community to utilise the centre might be a difficult task. for cultural heritage displays, Lismore City Council closed events and other activities, the centre in July 2020 and which would also depend on Rous County Council was volunteer arrangements. recently granted a lease for the The centre’s existing indoor upper floor of the property. rainforest replica, Aboriginal The proposal is for the historical display, and visitor centre to be a regional base information resources as well for community engagement as some retail functions and and tourism and staffing products will be retained. would come from Lismore Rous County Council City Council’s engagement deputy chair and Ballina Shire and customer service teams councillor Sharon Cadwallader but would be propped up by said this was a great volunteers. opportunity for both councils A rostered system of to re-open the building. technical specialists (for “What I’m hearing, example weed biosecurity, particularly from the bush regeneration, water community, is that the tourism sustainability, floodplain, component is hugely important etc) would be on hand so now,” Cr Cadwallader said. community members could “Regional tourism in drop in to discuss and learn Australia is at an all-time high, about key natural resource and the quicker we can get this management issues. off the ground, the better.

“The origins of this facility, and what it was meant to do with tourists, I believe that the best people to do that is the tourism-trained people, that is the people Lismore City Council hopefully still have, and would be able to train up and provide the services that the community really want.”

Lismore Mayor Vanessa Ekins said it was all well and good to want the centre open seven days a week, but Lismore City Council had only budgeted for a staff member at the site for three days.

“That’s fine to go and ask council, but we adopted our budget last night, and there is provision in that budget for three days to go into the visitor information centre there and most of that role, I think, will be facilitating the training of

volunteers to run that centre,” Cr Ekins said.

“I don’t think you’ll get much movement there.

“The rest of our tourism focus is three days out at Nimbin with the Chamber of Commerce matching that to have someone out there full time because, you know, local government areas, that is the main focus of our tourism is in the Nimbin area.

Cr Ekins acknowledged there was a “bit of disquiet” about the closing of visitor information centres.

“The thing that really excites me about this proposal is the opportunity for Aboriginal cultural exchange and I think that’s a really big story that we can start to tell,” she said.

“I know there’s a huge thirst among visitors and locals for

Aboriginal cultural knowledge, and storytelling and we are so lucky in this area that we have elders who are really generous with their time, and have a lot of knowledge of their place in this community, and Widjabul/ Wybul country.

“I’m hoping to see that talks are hosted in there, storytelling, all those sorts of things and that is an income-generating opportunity for our Aboriginal communities.”

The lease starts on July 1 for a term of three years, with an option to extend for a further three years. Rent payable starts at $17,600 (including GST) per annum.

The centre could be open to the public from October.

Rous County Council has asked for a progress report every six months.

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HEALTHY LIVING FOR SENIOR PROGRAM AVAILABLE SENIORS aged 60 years and over and Aboriginal people aged 45 years and over living in the Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) can now take part in a free, online healthy lifestyle program.

Healthy and Active for Life Online is a free NSW Health initiative designed for people who are living at home and who wish to increase their confidence, knowledge and skills to lead an active and healthy lifestyle.

“This is a great opportunity to get active and learn about healthy lifestyle habits from the comfort of your own home, and with advice from trained coaches at a time that suits you,” said NNSWLHD health promotion manager Jillian Adams.

“I encourage anyone thinking about becoming more active and healthier to sign up,” she said.

Each program runs for 10 weeks during NSW school terms.

She said the next program began on Monday July 12 and registrations were open now.

The program included access to 10 self-directed online modules on healthy lifestyle topics and a home exercise program.

Participants would also receive a weekly phone call from a trained phone coach at a time that suited them.

For further information or to book, please visit https:// www.activeandhealthy.nsw. gov.au/home/healthy-andactive-for-life-online/.

Building cubbies while winning national award

6 Burrawan Place, Bangalow with the popular artwork Photos courtesy Belle Property

By Samantha Elley A WINTER’S night in Darwin recently saw Braden Walters, principal of Belle Property Byron Bay & Lennox Head, announced as Property Marketer of the Year at the annual Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) awards.

Unfortunately, Mr Walters wasn’t there to receive his award, as taking time out to fly to Darwin wasn’t possible with his workload. A good problem to have.

“When the announcement was made, I was actually in the wardrobe building a cubby with my 6-year-old daughter, while watching the

awards on my laptop,” said Mr Walters.

The new Belle Property office opened in the first week of January in 2020 and according to Mr Walters, it has been a whirlwind ever since.

“Two months later COVID hit and we had an interesting first quarter as far as getting sales done,” he said.

“We had plenty going on.

As a young, small agency we were quite nimble and adapted to restrictions.

“Because we had everything riding on this new business, we didn’t sit at home.

“We worked from home and made excessive amounts

of phone calls.

“Once we came out of lockdown we were way in front of everybody else.”

Mr Walters attributes his win as national property marketer to a Bangalow property he sold that received more website hits than the average property.

“The house achieved the highest views of 210,000 in 10 days on the realestate.com. au website,” he said.

“Normally properties average 4,000 in a month.

“We were very lucky as the client was an interior designer and florist and when we added our Belle Property style and photography, it just stood out.”

Braden Walters, principal of Belle Property, Byron Bay and Lennox Head won National Property Marketer of the Year at the REIA annual awards in Darwin.

The property located at 6 Burrawan Place, Bangalow eventually sold for $1,769,000.

“The owner had a piece of art hanging on the wall in one of the photos and the artist rang to say people were offering to buy it,” Mr Walters said.

“Attention to detail is just so important.”

Mr Walters’ predictions for the Byron Bay/ Lennox Head market could see a change to its current trajectory when the Spring market activates.

“I feel prices are getting to a level where less people are finding it affordable,” he said.

“There have been some impressive gains but buyers are now having issues getting finance approval.

“I don’t think we will take a backward step but we may find more stock come out in Spring which will slow the market down.”

Mr Walters was quick to thank his team and Belle Property corporate for all the support the new office received in such turbulent times.

“I thank my staff, all our clients and buyers and corporate for helping set up the office,” he said.

“It’s great to be recognised but we enjoy what we do.”

The Northern Rivers Times

June 24, 2021

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Men’s mental health at the heart of Mustang fundraiser CAR lovers from across NSW have the chance to win a beautifully restored 1965 Mustang Fastback worth more than $90,000 when it goes to raffle in July in support of men’s mental health.

The classic collectable car will be raffled off in aid of Top Blokes Foundation – a not-for-profit organisation that provides group mentoring and social education programs for boys and young men.

Top Blokes Foundation’s managing director Melissa Abu-Gazalah said that Men’s Health Week (June 14-20) was the perfect time to launch the initiative, to raise awareness of the state of men’s mental health in Australia and the need for funding to maintain and grow crucial emotional health and wellbeing programs.

“One in seven young men aged between 16 and 24 in Australia will experience depression or anxiety each year, and statistics show we are losing seven men and boys a day to suicide,” she said.

“Each ticket sold as part of this raffle will help young men across the country access essential mental health

programs that reduce the risk of youth suicide, family violence, drug and alcohol abuse and other risk-induced behaviours, empowering them to live healthier and more rewarding lives.”

The Mustang raffle is the brainchild of Sheona Devin, an entrepreneur and philanthropist who donated the car in honour of her father Mike - a vintage car lover who endured his own mental health challenges following his wife’s battle with two cancer diagnoses.

“My family could see that

dad was hurting, that he was struggling,” Sheona said. “I wanted to create a project that allowed him to work with expert mechanics and other blokes on something he loves – rebuilding a beautiful classic car – while supporting each other’s mental health at the same time.”

It achieved the desired outcome and Sheona hopes to extend the life of the project by raffling off the car to raise awareness of Top Blokes and provide men of all ages with more avenues to seek the emotional and wellbeing

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The A-Code Mustang Fastback has been restored with a 289 Windsor V8 motor, C4 automatic transmission, styled steel wheels, a honey gold exterior and an ivy gold interior, and “is a fantastic machine,” says head mechanic Dave Swarbrick.

Raffle tickets are available to purchase individually for $30 or in bundles until Friday, 3 July 2021, with the raffle open to residents aged 18 and over in NSW, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and Victoria.

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A prize pack from star Supercars Champion motor racing driver Andre Heimgartner is also up for grabs, including a TAG Heuer watch worn by him for the duration of the 2020 Supercars season, valued at $4,000, and race-worn OMP race gloves signed by Heimgartner. There are also eight $200 Bunnings or Autobarn vouchers up for grabs.

“Buying a raffle ticket not only gives you the chance to win this incredible Mustang, but it helps to give today’s young men and blokes the tools to navigate life’s hurdles, which can help to make real impacts and lasting changes to the future of men’s mental health in Australia,” Ms Devin said.

Tickets can be purchased at www.topblokes.org.au until 30 July 2021.

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The Northern Rivers Times

June 24, 2021

32 HEALTH

Emergency activity back to pre-pandemic levels HOSPITALS in Northern NSW Local Health District have performed better than the state average despite once again recording a high number of emergency department attendances in the latest Bureau of Information (BHI) Healthcare Quarterly report.

The district’s ED attendances returned to pre-pandemic levels during January to March 2021, with an increase of 814, or 1.5%, to 55,303 attendances compared with the same quarter in 2020.

This is NNSWLHD’s second highest number of ED attendances for any quarter on record.

Increases in presentations were seen in both the triage category 1 (resuscitation), with 11.1% more presentations (up by 26 to 260) compared with the same quarter in 2020. In the triage category 2 (emergency), there were 12.1% more presentations (up 634 to 5865) across the District.

Despite the increased pressure on the EDs, 74.6% of patients left the ED within four hours, which is above the NSW average of 67.6%.

The median wait time to start treatment for triage category 2 (emergency) patients was eight minutes, two minutes below the NSW target of 10 minutes.

NNSWLHD chief executive Wayne Jones said trends in hospital activity and performance echoed the experience around the state.

“The efforts of our workforce over the last 15 months has been outstanding despite increased patient presentations, and additional

challenges and changes as a result of COVID. It has not been easy but our workforce has risen to the challenge,” Mr Jones said.

In the January to March 2021 quarter, 3,499 elective surgeries were performed, an increase of 2% (or 70 more procedures) compared with the same quarter in 2020 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Almost all (99.2%) of the 757 urgent elective surgeries were performed on time.

“We’re focused on reducing our elective surgery wait list which was impacted by National Cabinet’s temporary pause on non-urgent surgeries in March last year,” Mr Jones said.

“Our elective surgery activity is now back up to where it was pre-pandemic thanks to the outstanding efforts of our staff.

“We’re looking at alternative models to improve the flow of surgical activity around the District, including accommodating our postoperative patient recovery at smaller sites such as Casino and Ballina to free up capacity in Lismore.

“We are also working closely with private hospitals in the region to provide

additional surgical capacity for local patients.”

Since March 2020, the NSW Government has committed more than $3 billion to increase the capacity of the health system, including $458.5 million to fast-track elective surgeries. This boost in funding has helped bring the 2020-21 Health budget to a record $29.3 billion.

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

Between mid-2012 and mid-2020, the Northern NSW Local Health District increased its workforce by an additional 1008 full time equivalent staff – an increase of 26.7% – including 171 more doctors, 367 more nurses and midwives, and 121 more allied health staff.

Individual hospitals Ballina District Hospital ED had 4,965 ED attendances, an increase of 4.3% (or 204 more people) during January to March 2021. More than three quarters (78.1%) of patients left the ED within four hours. The median wait time for treatment in the triage

category 2 (emergency) was on target at 10 minutes.

Non-urgent presentations increased by 25.9% (or 76) to 369 for the quarter.

Byron Central Hospital ED had 5,953 ED attendances, an increase of 3.7% (or 213 attendances) compared with the same quarter in 2020. The largest increase was seen in triage category 2 (emergency) with 19.6% (or 84) more presentations. More than three quarters (77.3%) of patients started treatment on time, with a median wait time to treatment for triage category 2 (emergency) of nine minutes, below the NSW target of 10 minutes.

Casino and District Memorial Hospital ED had a 4.1% decrease in ED attendances, down 138 people to 3,269. A majority (89.5%) of patients left the ED within four hours. The median wait time to treatment for triage category 2 (emergency) was on target at 10 minutes.

The hospital reported 198 elective surgeries were performed, up 13.8% (or 24 more procedures) on the same quarter in 2020. All (100%) urgent elective surgeries were performed on time.

Grafton Base Hospital ED

had 6,943 attendances, up 4.6% (or 308 attendances) on the same quarter in 2020.

The median wait time to treatment in triage category 2 (emergency) was eight minutes.

Lismore Base Hospital ED had 10,582 attendances during the January to March 2021 quarter, up 4.4% (or 443 more attendances) on the same quarter in 2020. This is the highest number of ED attendances on record for the hospital.

Triage category 1 (resuscitation) presentations increased 38.6%, up 17 presentations to 61 for the quarter, while triage category 2 (emergency) presentations increased by 24.4%, up 255 to a total of 1301 presentations.

The median wait time to treatment in triage category 2 (emergency) was seven minutes.

Murwillumbah District Hospital had a 2.7% increase in ED attendances, up by 121, to a total of 4,529. A majority (87.3%) of patients started treatment on time, up 3.9 percentage points on the same quarter in 2020. There was a median wait time to treatment in triage category 2 (emergency) of seven minutes.

The Tweed Hospital had 13,279 ED attendances in the January to March quarter, a decrease of 2.6% (or 352) compared with the same quarter in 2020. Around 72.3% of patients started their treatment on time, with a median wait time to treatment for triage category 2 (emergency) of nine minutes, below the NSW target of 10 minutes.

$7.7M BOOST FOR ADHD AND BEHAVIOURAL SUPPORT IN REGIONAL NSW THE NSW Government will invest $7.7 million to trial a new model of care and management for children with behavioural issues including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in regional NSW. Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the funding would be included in the upcoming 2021-22 NSW Budget to provide greater support for families in the bush.

“This is about ensuring kids and young people across our State are able to get the help they need when challenges arise. We don’t want families to just survive, we want them to thrive and meeting health

needs plays a vital part in that,” Mr Perrottet said.

Health Minister Brad Hazzard said the pilot program will give people greater access to vital services closer to home.

“We are pleased to invest in a trial that will help children and young people with behavioural issues including ADHD and their families seek the care they need in their local community,” Mr Hazzard said.

“Medical and allied health staff will be employed in regional areas to work directly with the families to help children and young people transition from school

to tertiary education or work while managing their behavioural issues.”

The mixed model service will connect children and young people with behavioural management and support needs to a range of state-wide services including: • existing diagnostic

services; • paediatric psychiatry support; • tertiary children’s services; • transition care and management; and • telehealth and outreach clinics.

The trial builds on the recommendations of the

Henry Review which examined the current model of care for the assessment and management of children and young people with behavioural issues including ADHD in NSW. “We have taken on board the three recommendations of the Henry Review, and the new model of care will be informed by input from medical and allied health staff across NSW,” Mr Hazzard said.

In 2021-22, the NSW Government will contribute $1.8 million funding for the ADHD pilot program, with a total investment of $7.7 million over four years.

The Northern Rivers Times

June 24, 2021

HEALTH 33

Time to strengthen the rights of older people ON World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, the Law Council of Australia remains committed to strengthening the rights of older people.

President of the Law Council, Dr Jacoba Brasch QC, says that given Australia’s changing demographics, it is essential to ensure that Australia’s laws are fit for purpose to protect the human rights of older persons in practice.

“Legal practitioners are in a key position to recognise and prevent the abuse of older persons, including financial abuse,” Dr Brasch QC said.

“The Law Council fully supports the call for a ‘comprehensive overhaul of aged care system’ made by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety,” Dr Brasch said.

“The fundamental shift towards a human-rights oriented approach to the rights of older persons in aged care is refreshing and reflects calls previously made by the Law Council.”

“As stated in the Royal Commission’s final report, rights are, of course, of little use if they are not enforceable. That is why they must be enshrined in law,” Dr Brasch said.

The Law Council recognises the significant work that is being undertaken by the Australian Government towards addressing these challenges, including its announcement of a new aged care Act,

and its substantial Budget investment of $17.7 billion to improve aged care.

“While there is no doubt that the Royal Commission has underlined the urgency of these efforts, it will also be essential to get things right as we go forward,” Dr Brasch said.

“In this context, the objectives of the current Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendments (Royal Commission No 1) Bill 2021, aimed at better regulating the use of restrictive practices and currently before the parliament, are welcome.”

However, the Bill does not limit these practices to the extent recommended by the Royal Commission. The Law Council believes that greater parliamentary scrutiny and public consultation are important to achieve the right legislative settings,” Dr Brasch said.

DIRE AMBULANCE RESPONSE TIMES SHOW PARAMEDICS AT BREAKING POINT NSW Ambulance response times are the worst they have been in at least five years, according to a new report, proving the service needs an urgent resourcing boost.

The latest Bureau of Health Information quarterly report shows, between January and March, the median response time for P1 life-threatening emergencies was the worst it has ever been at 12.6 minutes, exceeding the accepted target of 10 minutes.

The analysis also found the percentage of life-threatening emergencies responded to in less than 10 minutes was down compared to last year.

67.6 per cent of patients were seen during that time, down 0.9 per cent, to the lowest rate for any January to March quarter over the past five years. This is despite an increase of just 0.5 per cent in ambulance call outs.

The report also shows fewer patients were transferred from ambulance to hospital care within thirty minutes, compared to the same time last year.

Only 83.8 per cent of patients were transferred from ambulance to hospital care within thirty minutes,

down 4.7 per cent, which is the lowest result for this measure of any quarter in the past five years.

Health Services Union NSW Secretary Gerard Hayes said it shows the NSW Government must urgently act to help paramedics who are increasingly under strain.

“Paramedics are exhausted to breaking point. There aren’t enough of them, and because their pay is the worst in the country and they are more likely to suffer illness and injury, they are increasingly moving to states and territories that pay them properly and look after them,” Mr Hayes said.

“The NSW Government needs to employ more paramedics but it also needs to retain them, and that will only happen if pay reflects the skills and productivity our paramedics contribute to the health and hospital system.”

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The Northern Rivers Times

June 24, 2021

34 BUSINESS

ATO HERE TO HELP THOSE HIT BY

COVID-19 AND NATURAL DISASTERS The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) recognises the significant challenges that continue to face the Australian community this year. Many Australians have received different income, such as support payments, or have lost records due to natural disasters. The ATO is working to make tax time easier.

Assistant Commissioner Tim Loh is reassuring taxpayers that no matter their circumstances, the ATO has a range of information and support options to make tax easy.

“Whether you’ve received JobKeeper, JobSeeker, COVID support or disaster assistance payments, accessed your super early, or had your records damaged, destroyed or lost, the ATO is here to give you the tools you need to get it right this tax time,” Mr Loh said.

TAX TREATMENT OF DIFFERENT PAYMENTS JOBKEEPER JobKeeper payments received as an employee will be included in your income statement as either salary and wages or as an allowance.

“If you’ve received JobKeeper payments from your employer, you don’t need to do anything different. We will automatically include this information from your income statement in your online tax return for you,” Mr Loh said.

Your income statement can be accessed in ATO online services through your myGov account and should be finalised by 14 July. If you use a tax agent, they also have access to this information.

Sole traders who have received JobKeeper payment on behalf of their business will need to include the payment as assessable income for the business.

JOBSEEKER If you have received JobSeeker payments, this information will also be included in your tax return at the Government Payments and Allowances question once it’s ready. If you are lodging before this information is there, you will need to add it yourself.

Leaving out income will

slow your return.

STAND DOWN PAYMENTS “You may have received a one-off or regular payment from your employer after being temporarily stood down due to COVID-19.

These payments are taxable and should appear in your income statement and will be automatically included in your return,” Mr Loh said.

If you aren’t sure whether these amounts have been included in your income statement, check with your employer.

COVID-19 DISASTER PAYMENT FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY RESTRICTIONS The Australian Government (through Services Australia) COVID-19 disaster payment for people affected by restrictions is taxable. When lodging your return, you must ensure you include this income.

TAX TREATMENT OF OTHER ASSISTANCE The tax treatment of assistance payments can vary; the ATO website outlines how a range of disaster payments impact

your return.

The ATO website also includes guidance on COVID payments, including the taxable pandemic leave disaster payment.

EARLY ACCESS TO SUPERANNUATION “If you accessed your super early under the special arrangements due to COVID-19, you do not need to declare this in your tax return. Any eligible amounts withdrawn under this program are tax-free,” Mr Loh said.

LOST, DAMAGED OR DESTROYED TAX RECORDS “We know that many taxpayers are facing lasting impacts left in the wake of natural disasters. If you find your records have been lost or destroyed, whether in cyclones, floods or bushfires, we are here to help,” Mr Loh said.

“If you have a myGov account linked to the ATO, you’ll be able to view some of your records, including income tax returns, income statements and previous notices of assessments.

If you lodge through a

registered tax agent, they can also access these documents on your behalf.”

Government agencies, private health funds, financial institutions and businesses provide information to the ATO which is available to your tax agents and automatically included in returns by the end of July.

If you’ve lost receipts, we can accept reasonable claims without evidence, so long as it’s not reasonably possible to access the original documents. You may be required to tell us how you calculated the claim. It is important to note this is not our general approach, but it can apply if your documents were destroyed in a natural disaster.

OTHER ATO SUPPORT “We understand that unexpected life events can make it hard to pay your tax,” Mr Loh said.

Even if you can’t pay, it’s still important to lodge on time. Once you lodge and have up-to-date records, we can help you understand your tax position and find the best support for you.

“If you can’t pay your tax bill in full, the best thing to

do is get in touch. It’s never too late to ask for help.”

We can work with you to tailor a payment plan to your circumstances. In most cases, taxpayers are able to set up their own payment plan online depending on how much they owe.

Support is also available to all registered tax agents at any time, and we are working hard to ensure that this help is tailored and personalised. Agents that need assistance for any reason, are encouraged to reach out to us as soon as possible.

More information Taxpayers and their registered tax agents impacted by COVID-19, natural disasters, or financial hardship can access support at: ato.gov.au/disasters.

Information about reconstructing your tax records is available at: ato. gov.au/Reconstructing-yourtax-records.

Information about support to lodge and pay is available at: ato.gov.au/ supporttolodgeandpay Support services for tax professionals, including requests for deferrals, at: ato.gov.au/TPSupport

tv listings BEST ON THE BOX MONDAY

COURTNEY ACT’S ONE PLUS ONE

ABC, 8pm

FRIDAY

JAMIE’S FOOD ESCAPES

SBS FOOD, 8.30pm

In many ways, food is a timeless indulgence. But there will be two things you can’t help focusing on, with equal parts envy and admiration, in this series. One: Jamie Oliver is travelling, and who wouldn’t give to trek to exotic Marrakesh but for this pesky pandemic! Two: Jamie Oliver seems to have cooked up a youth-giving serum! His face is a wrinkle-free, cherubic delight!

But all is not what it seems; this diverting travellingchef series is more than 10 years old, which explains everything – we can watch it and forget our recent troubles. Tonight, Jamie is in Marrakesh, Morocco, exploring the extraordinary cuisine borne out of the French, Arab and Berber cultures.

Scripted dramas and reality TV may be all the rage, so where do you go to soothe the soul with life-affirming stories and comic warmth? If you haven’t already made the discovery, it’s this unique interview series. With different interviewers each season – journalist and professor of global affairs Stan Grant and Paralympian Kurt Fearnley have asked the questions – this round boasts singer and drag queen Courtney Act. Through five episodes, kicking off tonight, she chats with some notable young people who are keen to make a difference. Tonight Lisa Origliasso, one half of pop duo The Veronicas, delves into sexism in the music industry and the pivotal role of family.

WEDNESDAY

THE SIMPSONS

7MATE, 8.30pm

Many avid TV watchers don’t know a time when The Simpsons wasn’t on the box. As the longestrunning TV sitcom of all time, it has clocked up a mind-blowing 32 years of hilariously offbeat storytelling, centred on the very dysfunctional animated family. The world has markedly changed since 1989, but somehow, with mixed results, the Simpson clan has managed to keep up with the times. Special guests are the gravy on top of the show’s unpredictable tales, with a who’s who appearing across the decades. Tonight, in “The Man From G.R.A.M.P.A.”, British comedian/writer/ presenter extraordinaire Stephen Fry joins the illustrious list as a secret agent on a mission in Springfield.

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PRIME7 (6)

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WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings.

10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.05 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 1.30 That Pacific Sports Show. (R) 2.00 Pine Gap. (Mls, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.00 One Plus One. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Inside Hitler’s Killing Machine. (PGavw, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 Songlines On Screen. (PG, R) 3.45 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.15 Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy. (PGa, 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: Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer. (2017, Msv, 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 Desperate Housewives. (Mas, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R) Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Mad) 1.00 The Living Room.

(PG, R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. 4.00 Everyday Gourmet.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PGa) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

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

7.30 Gardening Australia. (Final) Costa meets the Wollemi Pine saviours.

8.30 Vera. (Ma, R) DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the death of an apprentice electrician.

10.00 Doc Martin. (PG, R) After Martin rushes a sick Buddy to the vet, he discovers Angela is too sick to operate.

10.50 ABC Late News.

11.05 The Vaccine. (R) 11.20 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (R) Hosted by Shaun Micallef.

11.50 Starstruck. (Ms, R) A young woman meets a movie star.

12.15 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Continuous music programming.

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) Presented by Jennifer Byrne.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 World’s Most Beautiful Railway. (R) Takes a look at Scotland’s Highland Mainline railway which runs though the Cairngorms National Park.

9.20 Diego Maradona. (M) A look at Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona, one of the world’s most celebrated and controversial players.

11.40 SBS World News Late.

12.05 Luther. (MA15+av, R) Luther investigates a spate of murders.

4.05 24 Hours In Emergency: Love’s Young Dream. (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 Better Homes And Gardens.

Ed Halmagyi makes a cake.

8.30 MOVIE: Unknown. (2011, Masv, R) A man awakens from a coma to discover someone has taken his identity and that no one, including his wife, believes him. Determined to reclaim his life, he sets out to discover the truth. Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones.

10.50 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: Date With A Serial Killer – Rodney Francis Cameron. (MA15+av, R) A look at the case of Rodney Francis Cameron.

12.05 Crazy On A Plane. (Mal, R) Dramatic mid-air stories caught on camera.

1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. Women’s State Of Origin. Game 1. Queensland v New South Wales.

9.45 Women’s State Of Origin Post-Match. Post-match wrap up of the Women’s State of Origin, featuring analysis and player interviews.

10.00 MOVIE: The Last Castle.

(2001, Mvl, R) A disgraced general organises an uprising. Robert Redford, James Gandolfini.

12.30 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.20 Explore.

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 visits an extraordinary shop that helps refugees and new migrant women get a foot in the fashion door in Australia.

8.30 To Be Advised.

9.30 The Graham Norton Show.

(Mls, R) Guests include Will Ferrell, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Mescal, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Billy Porter.

10.30 Rhys Nicholson: Live At Darlinghurst Theatre. (MA15+ls, R) A performance by Rhys Nicholson.

11.30 To Be Advised.

12.00 WIN’s All Australian News.

1.00 The Project. (R) 2.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 3.00 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 Romeo And Juliet.

10.00 Doctor Who. 10.50 Art Works. 11.15 Brush With Fame. 11.45 Insert Name Here. 12.15am QI. 12.45 Parks And Recreation. 1.10 30 Rock. 1.30 I’m Alan Partridge. 2.30 MOVIE: The Florida Project.

(2017, MA15+) 4.15 News Update. 4.20 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. 2.30 New Girl. 2.55 Rex In Rome. 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 Dynamo: Magician Impossible. 9.20 Sex Tape Germany.

10.25 Sex In The World’s Cities. 11.25 Yokayi Footy.

Midnight News. 12.25 MOVIE: Seven Psychopaths.

(2012, MA15+) 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 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.55 Antiques Roadshow. 3.25 MOVIE: One Million Years B.C. (1966, PG) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 David Attenborough’s Life Story. 8.40 MOVIE: Miss Congeniality. (2000, M) 10.55 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Round 8. French Grand Prix.

Replay. 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-O. 5.00 ST: Enterprise.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Monkey King: The Hero. Continued. (2016, PG) 6.30 The Ash Lad. (2017, PG, Norwegian) 8.30 Alone In Space.

(2018, PG, Swedish) 10.05 The Falcons. (2018, PG, Icelandic) Noon Beautiful Lies. (2010, M, French) 2.00 Frantz. (2016, PG, French) 4.05 Swallows And Amazons. (2016, PG) 5.55 Kiwi Flyer. (2012, PG) 7.30 Little Woods. (2018, M) 9.30 A Prophet.

(2009, MA15+, French) 12.20am The Guilty. (2018, M, Danish) 1.55 Late Programs. 5.45 Swallows And Amazons. (2016, PG)

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs. 11.00

Motor Racing. Supercars Championship. Round 6.

Darwin Triple Crown. Day 3. Race 14. Highlights.

12.30pm Ice Road Truckers. 1.30 Doomsday Preppers. 2.30 Canadian Pickers. 3.30 Rodeo.

Coonamble Rodeo. Highlights. 4.00 Timbersports.

4.30 Lost In Transmission. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Friday Night Countdown.

7.30 Football. AFL. Round 15. Richmond v St Kilda.

10.30 AFL Post-Game. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Xtreme Collxtion. Noon Parenthood. 2.00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 3.00 Malcolm. 3.30 The Nanny. 4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show. 5.00 Malcolm. 5.30 MOVIE: Angry Birds. (2016, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Despicable Me. (2010, PG) 9.20 MOVIE: The Truman Show. (1998, PG) 11.20 Lip Sync Battle. 11.50 Japandemonium.

12.20am Love Island. 1.20 Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 2.20 Xtreme Collxtion. 2.50 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Seinfeld. 7.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond.

8.30 Rules Of Engagement. 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 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Friends.

10.30 Charmed. 11.30 Big Bang. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

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. 8.45 Wapos Bay. 9.05 Kagagi. 9.30 Bushwhacked!

10.00 First Footprints. 11.00 Fusion. Noon MOVIE: Ray. (2004, M) 2.30 Bamay. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Off The Grid With Pio. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 NITV News: Nula. 7.30 MOVIE: Watership Down. (1978, PG) 9.15 Bedtime Stories. 9.25 Map To Paradise. 10.25 Making A Mark. 11.30 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 Tiny Luxury. 8.00 Outdoors Indoors. 8.30 The Block. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 Flip Wars: Buying Blind. Noon Fixer Upper. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 2.00 Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Mountain Life. 4.30 Tiny Luxury. 5.00 Flip Or Flop.

6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters.

7.30 Maine Cabin Masters. 8.30 Island Life.

9.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt Renovation. 10.30 Supersize My Pool. (Premiere) 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Headline News. 8.30

1.20pm Kung Fu Panda. 1.45 The Unlisted.

2.10 Find Me In Paris. 2.35 Degrassi: The Next Generation. 2.55 The Next Step. 3.20 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.35 Gym Stars. 4.00 The Dengineers. 4.30 Hardball. 4.55 So Awkward.

5.25 Droners. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 The Adventures Of Jurassic Pet. 8.30 Good Game Spawn Point. 8.50 Fruits Basket. 9.10 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations. 9.35 Radiant. 10.00 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

1pm French Food Safari. 1.30 Food Lover’s Guide.

2.00 Cook’s Pantry. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Italy. 4.00 Martha Bakes.

4.30 Palisa Anderson’s Water Heart Food. 5.00 Africa On A Plate. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 French Food Safari. 6.30 Luke Nguyen’s France.

7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 River Cottage Aust. 8.30 Jamie’s Food Escapes. (Premiere) 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 The Cook Up. 10.30 Cook And The Chef. 11.00 Late Programs.

Property Ladder UK. 9.30 Fresh TV. 10.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 11.30 Bowls. Australian Open.

4pm Crash Investigation Unit. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Vintage Roads: Great And Small. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 9.30 Selling Houses Australia. 10.30 Property Ladder UK. 1am The Fine Art Auction.

4.00 Travel And Eat With Dan & Steph. 4.30 Escape To The Country. 5.30 Home Shopping.

Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 The Friday Showdown.

5.00 Fox Sports News. 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, June 26 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. (R) 1.20 Finding The Archibald. (PG, R) 2.15 What Are We Feeding Our Kids? (PGm, R) 3.20 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 3.50 Back Roads. (R) 4.20 Landline. 4.50 Scottish Vets Down Under. (PG, R) 5.20 Secrets Of The Museum. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 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 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.05 Singapore 1942: End Of Empire. (PGv, R) 4.05 Trail Towns. (PG) 4.35 Planet Expedition. (R) 5.35 How The Nazis Lost The War. (Final, PG)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 Morning Show. (PG) 12.00 Business Builders. (R) 12.30 Jabba’s School Holiday Movies. (PGav) 1.00 Border Patrol. (PG, R) 1.30 Football. AFL. Round 15. North Melbourne v Gold Coast Suns. 4.30 Border Security. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

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 Cybershack. (PG) 12.40 Australian Ninja Warrior. (PG, R) 2.30 Explore TV: Norfolk Island. 3.00 Netball. Super Netball.

Round 8. Sunshine Coast Lightning v Collingwood Magpies.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 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 10 Minute Kitchen. (R) 1.30 Australia By Design: Architecture. (R) 2.00 Pooches At Play. 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.

6.10 Extraordinary Escapes: Sindhu Vee. 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 The Durrells. (PGls) Louisa encourages Margot to find a hobby.

8.20 Sanditon. (PG) As the summer regatta approaches, Sidney wrestles with his feelings towards an old flame.

9.10 Jack Irish. (Malv, R) Jack seeks help from Linda as he digs deeper into what his friend knew about the death of an off-duty cop.

10.05 MotherFatherSon. (Madlv, R) Twenty years of hurt come to a head.

11.00 Come Home. (Mal) 12.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Cycling. Tour de France.

Stage 1. Brest to Landerneau. 198km hill stage. From France.

1.30 French Food Safari. (R) Guillaume Brahimi returns to France.

2.00 Food Safari. (R) Hosted

by Maeve O’Meara.

2.30 Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes. (Mn, R) 3.40 Rick Stein’s India. (PG, R) 4.50 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 Surveillance Oz. (PGans) Two thieves make a conspicuous getaway with an empty safe. A do-it-yourself furniture removalist tries to catch a train.

7.30 MOVIE: Guardians Of The Galaxy. (2014, Mav, R) A brash space adventurer joins forces with a gang of criminals after stealing a mysterious orb.

Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel.

10.00 MOVIE: True Lies. (1994, Mlsv, R) A secret agent finds his personal and professional lives clashing as he battles a terrorist group. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold.

1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 David Attenborough’s A Perfect Planet: Humans. (PG) Takes a look at humanity’s impact.

8.40 MOVIE: Hunter Killer.

(2018, MA15+alv) The Russian president is kidnapped. Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman.

11.00 MOVIE: A Walk Among The Tombstones. (2014, MA15+lv, R) 1.05 Explore TV: Norfolk Island. (R) 1.30 Cybershack. (PG, 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 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) Follows the work of elite lifeguards.

7.00 The Dog House. (PG, R) Follows a team of devoted matchmakers as they pair homeless dogs with hopeful companions.

8.00 Ambulance Australia. (Mad, R) A frantic call from a witness to a motor vehicle accident requires concise advice from the medical dispatcher.

9.00 Ambulance. (Mal, R) A suspected terror incident requires a large response and brings back memories of the Manchester Arena attack.

10.00 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. (Final) 8.30 Unprotected Sets. 9.25 Black Mirror. 10.40 Sammy J. 10.45 Live At The Apollo. 11.30 Insert Name Here. 12.05am Fleabag. 12.30 The Moaning Of Life. 1.15 The Stand Up Sketch Show. 1.40 Mock The Week. 2.10 Would I Lie To You? 2.40 News Update. 2.45 MOVIE: The Last Station. (2009, M) 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon The Third Industrial Revolution. 2.00 Letterkenny. 3.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 4.00 WorldWatch. 4.30 Cycling. La Course by Le Tour de France. Womens race. 7.45 World’s Greatest Hotels.

(Final) 8.35 The X-Files. 11.00 Dateline. 11.30 Insight. 12.30am South Park. 1.00 Weediquette.

2.30 France 24. 3.00 Basketball. WNBA. Dallas Wings v Washington Mystics. 5.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping.

8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue.

10.30 Mystic. 11.30 RSPCA Animal Rescue. Noon The Great Australian Doorstep. 12.30 Sydney Weekender. 1.00 House Of Wellness. 2.00 Horse Racing. Tattersall’s Club Tiara. 4.30 The Story Of The Royals. 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 Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 MOVIE: No Time For Tears. (1957, PG) 12.15pm MOVIE: I Was Monty’s Double. (1958) 2.20 MOVIE: Ski Party. (1965, PG) 4.15 MOVIE: Darling Lili. (1970, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Octopussy.

(1983, PG) 9.40 MOVIE: A View To A Kill. (1985, PG) 12.20am My Favorite Martian. 1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

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 Hawaii Five-0. 12.15am 48 Hours.

2.10 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Germany Grand Prix. Race 8. Replay. 3.40 Escape Fishing With ET. 4.05 The Doctors. 5.00 Home Shopping.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

4pm The Dengineers. 4.30 Hardball. 4.55 So Awkward. 5.25 Droners. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness. 8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.35 The Day My Butt Went Psycho! 8.50 The Bagel And Becky Show.

9.05 Soccer. A-League. Grand Final. 10.55 Horrible Histories. 11.25 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 9.10 Wildwitch. (2018, PG, Danish) 11.05 Kiwi Flyer. (2012, PG) 12.40pm The Ash Lad. (2017, PG, Norwegian) 2.40 Journey To The West: The Demons Strike Back. (2017, PG, Mandarin) 4.40 Chalet Girl. (2011, PG) 6.35 Hunt For The Wilderpeople. (2016, PG) 8.30 Once Upon A Time In America. (1984, MA15+) 12.40am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Step Outside. 10.30 Fish’n With Mates. 11.00 Storage Wars. 11.30 Lost In Transmission. 12.30pm Timbersports. 1.00 Blokesworld. 1.30 American Pickers. 2.30 Powerboats. 3.30 Canadian Pickers.

4.30 Picked Off. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.30 Storage Wars. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Football. AFL. Round 15. Port Adelaide v Sydney. 10.30 MOVIE: Bad Company. (2002, M) 12.55am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am MOVIE: My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Sunset’s Backstage Pass. (2019) 7.00 Children’s Programs. 1.30pm Social Fabric.

2.00 Soapbox Racing. Red Bull Series. Replay. 3.00 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Black – Victini And Reshiram. (2011) 5.00 MOVIE: Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London. (2004, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Mirror Mirror. (2012, PG) 9.05 MOVIE: The Hunger Games. (2012, M) Midnight Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 Charmed. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Rules Of Engagement. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 MasterChef Australia. 2.30pm Frasier. 3.30 Friends. 6.00 Columbo. 7.30 Kojak. 8.25 Spyforce. 9.20 The Big Bang Theory. 9.45 Friends. 10.45 MOVIE: A Walk To Remember. (2002, PG) 12.50am Home Shopping. 1.50 Charmed. 2.40 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

3.35 100% Hotter. 4.30 Home Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 2pm ABC News. 2.30 The Vaccine. 2.45 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 Back Roads. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 Australia Talks. 9.00 ABC Nightly News.

9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 ABC News Weekend. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 11.30 Jamie’s Food Escapes. 12.30pm Africa On A Plate. 1.00 The Big Family Cooking Showdown. 3.15 Beautiful Baking. 4.10 Secret Meat Business. 5.05 Pacific Island Food Revolution.

6.00 Cheese Slices. 6.30 Heston’s Feasts. 7.30 Remarkable Places To Eat. 8.30 Ainsley’s Australian Market Menu. 9.30 The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British.

10.40 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2.25pm Rugby Union. WA Premier Grade. 3.55 Touch Football. WA Super League. Replay. 4.55 Indian Country Today. 5.25 News. 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 Inna De Yard: The Soul Of Jamaica. 10.15 MOVIE: Undercover Brother. (2002) Midnight Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.30 Fixer Upper. 11.30 Postcards. Noon Explore TV: Norfolk Island. 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 1.30 Flip Or Flop. 2.30 Island Life. 3.30 Supersize My Pool. 4.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt Renovation. 5.30 Maine Cabin Masters. 6.30 Log Cabin Living. 7.30 House Hunters Family. 8.30 House Hunters. 9.30 House Hunters International.

10.30 House Hunters Reno. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Morning Programs. 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 News. 3.00 News. 3.30 News. 4.00 News. 4.30 The People Who Built Australia. 5.00 News. 6.00 News. 7.00 Bernardi. 8.00 Australia’s Cocaine Crisis. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, June 27 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. (R) 11.30 Praise. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Gardening Aust. (Final, R) 2.30 Doc Martin. (PG, R) 3.15 Scottish Vets Down Under. (PG, R) 3.50 Australia Remastered.

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

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Tour De France: Morning Update. (Return) 8.00 WorldWatch.

9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News.

11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 1. Replay.

1.00 America: News. 1.30 Motorcycle Racing.

Australian Motocross C’ship. Round 4. 4.00 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 4.35 Hitler’s World: The Post War Plan. (PG, R) 5.30 Tour De France Preview Show. (Premiere)

6.00 Shopping. 7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 House Of Wellness. (PG, R) 1.00 Football. AFL. Round 15.

GWS Giants v Hawthorn.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Easy Eats. (R) 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 1.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 8.

West Coast Fever v Melbourne Vixens.

3.00 Explore.

3.10 Australian Ninja Warrior. (PG, R) 5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 RBT. (PGal, R)

6.00 Mass. 6.30 Hillsong. 7.00 Leading The Way. (PG) 7.30 Living On The Coast. 8.00 Destination Dessert. (R) 8.30 Freshly Picked.

(R) 9.00 Australia By Design: Innovations.

(PG, R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Left Off The Map. (R) 12.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 1.00 GCBC. (R) 1.30 Three Veg And Meat. (R) 2.00 MasterChef Aust. (R) 4.00 Hotels By Design.

(PG, R) 4.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

6.30 Compass: Pagans Down Under. (PGan, R) 7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Grand Designs. (Return, PG) Hosted by Kevin McCloud.

8.30 Jack Irish. (Malsv) The countdown to payday begins as Jack hunts down a killer.

9.25 MOVIE: Cheri. (2009, Mds) A retired courtesan begins a love affair.

Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend.

10.55 Unforgotten. (Final, Malv, R) 11.50 Line Of Duty. (Mv, R) 12.50 Come Home. (Final, Mal, R) 1.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.25 Innocent. (Mal) 5.00 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Treasures Of Greece.

(Premiere) Bettany Hughes explores Athens, the crowning landmark of ancient Greek civilisation.

8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 2.

2.00 French Food Safari. (R) 2.30 Food Safari. (R) 3.00 Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes. (R) 4.05 VICE Guide To Film: Alfonso Cuaron. (MA15+sv, R) 4.35 Flowergirl. (MA15+a) 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: Prime Suspect. Looks at the case to convict a calculating boyfriend.

8.30 MOVIE: Forrest Gump. (1994, Mv, R) A kind-hearted, yet simple-minded, man recalls the story of his extraordinary life to anyone who will listen to him, while he waits for the bus to take him to the only woman he has ever loved.

Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Sally Field.

11.30 The Blacklist. (Mv) Red scrambles to counteract a bold move by Liz. 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Rugby League. State of Origin.

Game 2. Queensland v New South Wales.

9.40 State Of Origin Post-Match.

A post-match wrap-up of Game 2 of the State of Origin between Queensland and New South Wales.

10.40 Nine News Late.

11.10 Shallow Grave: After Dark. (Mav) 12.05 The First 48: Deadly Secret/ Behind Closed Doors. (Mav, R) 1.00 Postcards. (PG) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project. Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics.

7.30 MasterChef Australia. Contestants choose between cooking with the black mystery box or the black cloche.

9.00 FBI. (Mv) When a shooting at a girl’s 15th birthday leaves two people dead, the team question who was the intended target and decide that their best plan is to use a witness to take down their prime suspect.

12.00 The Sunday Project.

(R) A look at the day’s news.

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 Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux: Dark States. 9.30 Finding The Archibald. 10.30 Catalyst.

11.25 No Friend But The Mountains, A Voyage Through Song. 1am Black Mirror. 2.15 MOVIE: Looking For Eric. (2009, MA15+) 4.10 News Update.

4.15 Close. 5.00 Rainbow Chicks. 5.05 Timmy Time.

5.20 Pocoyo. 5.25 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon MOVIE: Black Sea. (2014, M) 2.05 Cycling.

Tour de France. Replay. 4.05 WorldWatch. 4.30 New Girl. 6.00 Abandoned Engineering. 6.50 Life After People. 7.40 The Buildings That Fought Hitler.

8.30 WWE Legends. (Premiere) 10.10 Dark Side Of The Ring. (Return) 11.00 VICE. 12.10am MOVIE: Captain Fantastic. (2016, M) 2.20 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 7.30 Leading The Way. 8.00 David Jeremiah. 8.30 Shopping.

10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 The Surgery Ship.

Noon Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. 1.00 Business Builders. 1.30 Travel And Eat With Dan & Steph.

2.00 The Bowls Show. 3.00 My Greek Odyssey.

4.00 Escape To The Country. 7.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line. 9.00 Harbour Cops. 9.30 Air Crash Investigation. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. Noon My Favorite Martian. 12.30 Hitchcock. 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 MOVIE: The Night My Number Came Up. (1955, PG) 3.30 MOVIE: Clambake. (1967) 5.30 MOVIE: That Touch Of Mink. (1962, PG) 7.30 Death In Paradise.

8.40 Grantchester. 9.40 Chicago P.D. 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 7.30 Key Of David. 8.00 Bondi Rescue. 8.30 Star Trek: Voyager. 10.30 Escape Fishing With ET. 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.

5.30 Bondi Rescue. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue.

7.30 NCIS. 9.30 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 9. Dutch Grand Prix. 11.15 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

3.05pm Steve Backshall Vs The Vertical Mile. 3.55 Children’s Programs. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk.

6.30 The Wonderful World Of Puppies. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness. 8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.30 Lost In Oz. 9.50 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 9.10 Journey To The West: The Demons Strike Back. (2017, PG, Mandarin) 11.10 The Little Witch. (2018, PG, German) 1.05pm Hunt For The Wilderpeople. (2016, PG) 3.00 Wildwitch. (2018, PG, Danish) 4.55 Hacker. (2019, PG, Danish) 6.40 Ragnarok. (2013, PG, Norwegian) 8.30 Back To Burgundy. (2017, M, French) 10.35 Life Of Crime.

(2013, MA15+) 12.25am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

1pm Fish’n With Mates. 1.30 Fishing. Australian Championships. Replay. 2.00 Fishing And Adventure. 2.30 Merv Hughes Fishing. 3.00 Towies. 3.20 MOVIE: Invictus. (2009, PG) 6.05 MOVIE: Remember The Titans. (2000, PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Clash Of The Titans. (2010, M) 10.35 MOVIE: Wrath Of The Titans. (2012, M) 12.35am Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am MOVIE: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Holidays Unwrapped. (2019) 7.00 Children’s Programs. 1.30pm Malcolm.

2.00 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 3.00 Hollywood Medium. 4.00 Lip Sync Battle. 5.00 MOVIE: The Nutty Professor. (1996, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Back To The Future Part II. (1989, PG) 9.10 MOVIE: The Bourne Supremacy. (2004, M) 11.20 All New Traffic Cops. 12.20am Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 Broke. 8.00 Neighbours. 10.30 MasterChef Australia. 1.30pm 100% Hotter. 2.30 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. 2.00 MOVIE: The Cabin In The Woods. (2012, MA15+) 4.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 4.30 Home Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1.30pm Foreign Correspondent. 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 New Normal. 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 Foreign Correspondent. 7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Drum Beat. 8.00 Insiders. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. 10.00 ABC News Weekend. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 10.40 Beautiful Baking. 11.35 Pacific Island Food Revolution. 12.30pm Heston’s Feasts.

1.30 Cheese Slices. 2.00 The Cook Up. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.00 Food Fight Club. 6.00 New Caledonia. 6.30 Australia’s Food Bowl. 7.00 Middle East Feast With Shane Delia. 7.30 Made In Britain.

8.30 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends. 9.35 The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British. 10.45 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Football. QAFLW. 11.45 Football. AFL. Heartland Footy. Murray League. 1.30pm Rugby League. NRL NT. 3.00 Ice Hockey. SA Premier League. Replay. 4.30 Football. NT Women’s Premier League. 6.00 NITV News: Nula. 6.30 Art + Soul.

7.30 NITV News Update. 7.40 Hip Hop Evolution.

8.30 BB King: On The Road. 10.25 Ranger To Ranger. 11.30 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Maine Cabin Masters. 11.00 Flip Wars: Buying Blind. Noon House Hunters Reno. 1.00 He Shed She Shed. 2.00 Explore TV: Norfolk Island.

2.30 Log Cabin Living. 3.30 Fixer Upper. 4.30 House Hunters Family. 5.30 House Hunters. 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 Good Bones. 8.30 The Jennie Garth Project. 9.30 My Lottery Dream Home. 10.30 Flip Or Flop. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Outsiders. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Business Weekend. Noon News. 1.00 News. 1.30 News. 2.00 News. 2.30 News. 3.00 News. 3.30 News. 4.00 News. 4.30 News. 5.00 News. 5.30 The People Who Built Australia. 6.00 Sharri. 7.00 Chris Smith Tonight. 8.00 The Alliance. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Outsiders. 10.30 Australia’s Cocaine Crisis. 11.00 Late Programs.

MONDAY, June 28 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 Grand Designs. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Durrells.

(PGls, R) 2.00 Pine Gap. (Mls, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Think Tank. (PG, R) 4.55 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (a, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 6.30 This Week. 7.00 Tour De France: Morning Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France.

Stage 2. Replay. 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 North America With Simon Reeve. (Mal, R) 3.00 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 3.35 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Tour De France Preview Show.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 To Be Advised.

2.00 Motorbike Cops. (PGl, R) 2.30 Highway Cops. (PGl) 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) 1.10 MOVIE: Make It Happen.

(2008, 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. (PGa, R) 1.00 MasterChef Aust.

(R) 2.30 Ent. Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen.

4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (PGav) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. 8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG) Hosted by Paul Barry.

9.35 Murder 24/7. (Malv) Part 3 of 5.

10.35 ABC Late News.

11.05 Finding The Archibald. (PG, R) 12.05 MotherFatherSon. (Madlv, R) 1.05 To Be Advised. (R) 2.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Secrets Of The Tower Of London. (PGa, R) Takes a look at the Tower of London.

8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 3.

1.55 French Food Safari. (R) 2.25 Food Safari. (R) 2.55 Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes. (PG, R) 4.00 24 Hours In Emergency. (Ma, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (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. (PGad) 7.30 Big Brother. (PG) 8.30 9-1-1: Lone Star. (Ma) As a wildfire spreads across Texas, crew members from the 118 firehouse in Los Angeles arrive in Austin to help.

9.30 S.W.A.T. (Mv) Chris struggles to comfort the kidnapped officer’s parents.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 Filthy Rich. (Mas) 12.00 Splitting Up Together. (PGals, R) 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Australian Ninja Warrior.

(PG) The Ninjas are challenged in new and unexpected ways on the toughest course ever designed.

9.20 Emergency. (Mm) A paramedic becomes the patient after stepping on a deadly snake while jogging.

10.20 100% Footy. (M) Features the latest rugby league news.

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

11.50 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 1. Continued.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 MasterChef Australia.

Contestants head to Uluru.

8.30 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panelists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week.

9.30 To Be Advised.

10.00 Just For Laughs. (Ml) Hosted by Nick Cody.

10.30 The Project. (R) 11.30 WIN’s All Australian News.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 Australia’s Ocean Odyssey: A Journey Down The East Australian Current. 9.35 Australia Debates. 10.20 Doctor Who. 11.10 Further Back In Time For Dinner. 12.10am The Set. (Final) 12.40 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 1.20 Parks And Recreation. 1.45 30 Rock. 2.05 I’m Alan Partridge.

2.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon The X-Files. 12.50 Rex In Rome. 1.40 WorldWatch. 2.05 Cycling. Tour de France.

Replay. 4.05 This Week. 5.05 Joy Of Painting.

5.35 Shortland Street. 6.05 Forged In Fire. 7.00 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 Taskmaster. 10.10 Miniseries: The Unusual Suspects. 11.10 E-Sports Revolution. 12.05am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute.

9.30 NBC Today. 10.30 Business Builders. 11.00 The Bowls Show. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 The Surgery Ship. 3.00 Australia’s Deadliest. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation.

4.30 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.

10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon World’s Greatest Journeys.

1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: I Believe In You. (1952, PG) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Wimbledon Tennis Pre-Show. (Premiere) 8.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 1. 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 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Motor Racing.

Formula 1. Race 8. Styrian Grand Prix. Highlights.

11.20 Blue Bloods. 12.15am Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

3.30pm Mikki Vs The World. 4.00 The Dengineers.

4.30 Hardball. 4.55 So Awkward. 5.25 Droners.

6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness. 8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.30 Lost In Oz. 9.50 Rage. 10.55 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 8.10 Hunt For The Wilderpeople. (2016, PG) 10.05 Ragnarok. (2013, PG, Norwegian) 11.55 Hacker. (2019, PG, Danish) 1.40pm Chalet Girl. (2011, PG) 3.35 The Little Witch. (2018, PG, German) 5.30 Polina. (2016, PG, French) 7.30 The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared. (2013, M, Swedish) 9.35 Nadia, Butterfly. (2020, M) 11.35 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 11.00 Sound FX: Best Of. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Canadian Pickers.

3.00 American Restoration. 3.30 Graveyard Carz.

4.30 Motor Racing. Supercars Support Races.

Stadium Super Trucks. Highlights. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars.

7.30 Aussie Pickers. 8.30 MOVIE: War Dogs. (2016, M) 10.50 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 MOVIE: Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back. (1998) 12.30pm MOVIE: Pokémon: The Power Of One. (1999) 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion.

3.00 Malcolm. 4.00 The Incredible Hulk. 5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 RBT. 8.30 MOVIE: The Fate Of The Furious. (2017, M) 11.10 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 12.10am Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Posh Frock Shop.

6.30 100% Hotter. 7.30 Friends. 9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 10.00 Cheers. 11.00 Friends.

Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 Broke. 2.00 The Big Bang Theory. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 The Unicorn.

Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Q+A Highlights. 1.00 ABC Late News. 1.30 7.30. 2.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Mexican Table. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Italy. 4.00 Martha Bakes. 4.30 Palisa Anderson’s Water Heart Food. 5.00 Africa On A Plate. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 French Food Safari. 6.30 Luke Nguyen’s France. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Asia Unplated. 8.00 John Torode’s Asia.

8.30 Hairy Bikers’ Route 66. (Final) 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2.15pm Vote Yes. 2.25 Always Was Always Will Be. 3.00 Jarjums. 6.00 The 77 Percent. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Yulubidyi - Until The End. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Living Black. 9.00 Always Was: Widi Homeland.

10.05 News. 10.15 Te Ao With Moana. 10.45 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Flip Or Flop. 11.00 Postcards. 11.30 Mountain Life. Noon Good Bones. 1.00 My Lottery Dream Home. 2.00 The Jennie Garth Project. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Mountain Life. 4.30 Tiny Luxury.

5.00 Good Bones. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 8.30 Home Again With The Fords.

9.30 Bargain Mansions. 10.30 Who’s Lived In My House. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

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

11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 WIN News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 News. 5.30 The Serve.

6.00 Credlin. 7.00 AFL Tonight. 7.30 NRL Tonight.

8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 AFL Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, June 29 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 Pine Gap. (Ml, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Think Tank. (R) 5.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Tour De France: Morning Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 3. Replay. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 North America With Simon Reeve. (PGadv, R) 3.00 Living Black. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.00 Jeopardy! (PG) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Tour De France Preview Show.

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 To Be Advised.

2.00 Motorbike Cops. (PGl, R) 2.30 Highway Cops. (PGl) 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) 1.10 Australian Ninja Warrior. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal, R) 1.00 MasterChef Aust.

(R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight.

2.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen.

4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

4.30 Bold. (PGav) 5.00 News.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame: Dr Harry Cooper. (PG) 8.30 Finding The Archibald: Brave New Faces. (Ml) Part 3 of 3.

9.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 China Tonight. (R) 11.00 ABC Late News.

11.30 Q+A. (R) 12.35 Marcella. (Malv, R) 1.25 To Be Advised.

3.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? Jeff Fatt. (PG) 8.30 Stutter School: Untold Australia.

(PGa, R) Follows four Australian stutterers.

9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 4.

1.20 French Food Safari. (R) 1.50 Food Safari. (R) 2.20 Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes. (R) 3.25 Rick Stein’s India. (R) 4.30 VICE Guide To Film. (Mlv, 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. (PGad) 7.30 Big Brother. (Final, PG) Hosted by Sonia Kruger 8.30 MOVIE: Wonder Woman.

(2017, Mav, R) After an American pilot crash-lands on an isolated island during World War I, an Amazonian princess resolves to end the conflict by travelling into the outside world to locate Ares, the god of war. Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright.

11.20 Reckoning. (MA15+adsv) 12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Australian Ninja Warrior. (PG) Australians tackle an obstacle course.

9.20 The Weakest Link. (PG) Quiz show featuring eight contestants who answer general knowledge questions, with the “weakest link” voted out by their peers after each round. Hosted by Magda Szubanski.

10.20 Kath & Kim. (PGals, R) Sharon has sworn off men and has been celibate for three months.

11.20 Nine News Late.

11.50 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 2. Continued.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 MasterChef Australia.

The contestants head to Simpson’s Gap. 8.30 NCIS. (Mv, R) The team investigates the murder of a marine sergeant hailed as a war hero for his efforts overseas.

After Gibbs unravels and abandons the team at a crime scene, he turns to Dr Grace Confalone for advice.

10.30 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) 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. 8.30 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 9.10 Intelligence. 9.35 Australia Debates. 10.20 Doctor Who. 11.20 Superwog. 11.40 Starstruck. 12.05am Fleabag. 12.30 The Games. 1.00 Would I Lie To You? 1.30 Unprotected Sets. 2.25 I’m Alan Partridge.

(Final) 2.55 MOVIE: Dead Europe. (2012, MA15+) 4.15 News Update. 4.20 Close. 5.00 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon The X-Files. 12.50 Rex In Rome. 1.45 WorldWatch. 2.15 Cycling. Tour de France. Replay.

4.15 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 The Surrogates. 9.30 Couples Therapy. 10.30 Counter Space. 11.30 No Man’s Land. 12.25am News. 12.50 Curse Of Oak Island. 2.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 House Calls To The Rescue. 8.00 Harry’s Practice.

8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute.

2.00 My Greek Odyssey. 3.00 Surf Patrol. 3.30 Air Crash Investigation. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Robbie Coltrane’s Critical Evidence. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon World’s Greatest Journeys.

1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Day The Earth Caught Fire. (1961, PG) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 Wimbledon Tennis Pre-Show. 8.00 Tennis.

Wimbledon. Day 2. 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 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Blue Bloods. 10.25 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 MOVIE: Showdown In Little Tokyo. (1991, MA15+) 4.00 SEAL Team. 5.00 JAG.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

4pm The Dengineers. 4.30 Hardball. 4.55 So Awkward. 5.25 Droners. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness. 8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.25 Lost In Oz. 9.50 Rage. 10.50 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Hacker.

(2019, PG, Danish) 7.45 The Little Witch. (2018, PG, German) 9.40 Florence Foster Jenkins. (2016, PG) 11.45 Polina. (2016, PG, French) 1.45pm Ragnarok.

(2013, PG, Norwegian) 3.35 1982. (2019, PG, Arabic) 5.35 Leave No Trace. (2018, PG) 7.35 Our Struggles.

(2018, M, French) 9.30 Summer Of ’92. (2015, M, Danish) 11.15 Nadia, Butterfly. (2020, M) 1.15am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 Sound FX: Best Of. Noon Ice Road Truckers.

1.00 Boy To Man. (Premiere) 2.00 Canadian Pickers. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates.

4.30 American Restoration. 5.00 The Mike & Cole Show. (Premiere) 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Highway Patrol. 8.30 Outback Truckers. 9.30 Towies. 10.30 Supertruckers. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

12.30pm 3rd Rock From The Sun. 1.00 Surfing Australia TV. 1.30 Peaking. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion.

3.00 Malcolm. 3.30 The Nanny. 4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show. 5.00 Malcolm.

6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 MOVIE: Twister. (1996, PG) 9.45 MOVIE: Into The Storm. (2014, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Cheers. 7.00 Rules Of Engagement. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 Friends. Noon WIN’s All Australian News. 1.00 The Conners. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 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 Sabrina.

2.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 China Tonight. 8.30 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 China Tonight.

1.00 ABC Late News. 1.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Mexican Table. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Italy. 4.00 Martha Bakes. 4.30 Palisa Anderson’s Water Heart Food. 5.00 Africa On A Plate. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 French Food Safari. 6.30 Luke Nguyen’s France. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Food Safari. 8.00 David Rocco’s Dolce South East Asia. 8.30 Jamie’s Kitchen. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.55pm Ralph. 2.10 Red Earth Uncovered. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock.

6.00 Off The Grid With Pio. 6.30 My Survival As An Aboriginal. 7.20 News. 7.30 Insight. 8.30 Sammy Davis Jr: I’ve Gotta Be Me. 10.20 News. 10.30 Basketball. NBL Grand Final Series. Game 3. Perth Wildcats v Melbourne United. Replay. 12.30am Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.30 Holmes: Next Generation. 11.30 House Hunters. 12.30pm Who’s Lived In My House. 1.30 Home Again With The Fords. 2.30 The Block. 4.00 Mountain Life. 4.30 Tiny Luxury. 5.00 Bargain Mansions. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Country Life For Half The Price. 8.30 Restoration Man. 9.30 Building Off The Grid. 10.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 AFL Tonight. 7.30 NRL Tonight. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 AFL Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

WEDNESDAY, June 30 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 Extraordinary Escapes. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Pine Gap. (Final, Ml, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.00 Kurt Fearnley’s One Plus One. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Tour De France: Morning Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 4. Replay. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 North America With Simon Reeve. (PGa, R) 3.00 Railway Journeys UK. (PG, R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.00 Jeopardy! (PG) 4.30 Letters And Numbers.

(R) 5.00 Tour De France Preview Show.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: Abandoned And Deceived. (1995, PGas, R) 2.00 Motorbike Cops. (PG, R) 2.30 Highway Cops. (PGl) 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) 1.10 Australian Ninja Warrior. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 Headline News. 8.30 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGad, R) 1.00 MasterChef Aust. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen.

4.00 Everyday Gourmet With Justine Schofield.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful. (av) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Win The Week.

8.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 9.00 Starstruck. (Ml) 9.25 Superwog. (MA15+l) 9.45 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. (R) 10.30 The Set. (Final, R) 11.00 ABC Late News.

11.35 Four Corners. (R) 12.20 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.35 Murder 24/7. (Malv, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Britain’s Cathedrals With Tony Robinson: Liverpool Cathedral. (PGa, R) 8.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 5.

Changé to Laval Espace Mayenne. 27km individual time trial. From France.

1.45 French Food Safari. (R) 2.15 Food Safari. (R) 2.45 Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes. (PG, R) 3.50 Rick Stein’s India. (PG, 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. (PGad) 7.30 Highway Patrol. (PG, R) A driver does a burnout in front of officers.

8.30 MOVIE: Aquaman. (2018, Mv, R) A half-human, half-Atlantean goes on a quest to retrieve the legendary Trident of Atlan and protect the water world. Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe.

11.20 The Latest: Seven News.

11.50 The Front Bar. (M) Takes a lighter look at all things AFL. 1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Australian Ninja Warrior.

(PG) The Ninjas are challenged in new and unexpected ways on the toughest course ever designed.

9.20 To Be Advised.

10.20 Kings Cross ER. (Mlmv, R) A look at the emergency department of St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney’s Kings Cross.

11.20 Nine News Late. Takes a look at the latest news and events from Australia and around the world.

11.50 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 3. Continued.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 MasterChef Australia. Contestants use all ingredients in the mystery box.

8.30 The Anti-Vax Conspiracy.

(Mal) A look at the people behind the international COVID-19 anti-vaccine movement and their motivations.

9.30 Bull. (Ma, R) Bull and the TAC team defend a woman who is on trial for her husband’s murder.

10.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

11.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 12.30 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? The Unseen Bits.

8.30 Art Works. 9.00 Ballet Now. 10.00 Australia Debates. 10.45 Doctor Who. 11.50 Back Roads.

12.20am Louis Theroux: Dark States. 1.20 Psychics In The Suburbs. 1.45 Parks And Recreation. 2.10 30 Rock. 2.30 Alan Partridge’s Mid-Morning Matters.

3.00 Great News. 3.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon The X-Files. 12.50 Rex In Rome. 1.40 WorldWatch. 2.05 Cycling. Tour de France.

Replay. 4.05 WorldWatch. 5.05 Joy Of Painting.

5.35 Shortland Street. 6.05 Forged In Fire. 7.00 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 MOVIE: Colossal. (2016, M) 10.30 MOVIE: Rollerball. (1975, M) 12.45am News. 1.10 Curse Of Oak Island. 2.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 7.00 House Calls To The Rescue. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Travel And Eat With Dan & Steph. 2.30 Business Builders.

3.00 Surf Patrol. 3.30 Mighty Cruise Ships. 4.30 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 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo.

7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon World’s Greatest Journeys.

1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.55 Antiques Roadshow. 3.25 MOVIE: Danger Within. (1959) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Wimbledon Tennis Pre-Show. 8.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 3.

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 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 1.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles.

10.20 NCIS. 11.15 SEAL Team. 12.10am Shopping.

2.10 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 8. Styrian Grand Prix. Highlights. 3.10 48 Hours. 4.10 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

4pm The Dengineers. 4.30 Hardball. 4.55 So Awkward. 5.25 Droners. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness. 8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.25 Lost In Oz. 9.50 Rage. 10.50 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am 1982.

Continued. (2019, PG, Arabic) 7.15 Polina. (2016, PG, French) 9.15 Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety. (2018, PG, Hindi) 11.50 Leave No Trace. (2018, PG) 1.50pm Wadjda. (2012, PG, Arabic) 3.35 Florence Foster Jenkins. (2016, PG) 5.40 Operation Arctic. (2014, PG, Norwegian) 7.20 Till The End Of The World.

(2018, PG, Mandarin) 9.30 Erik & Erika. (2018, MA15+, German) 11.10 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 11.00 Sound FX: Best Of. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Boy To Man. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Pawn Stars. 3.30 Blokesworld.

4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Road Hauks. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers.

7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 The Simpsons. 8.30 The Simpsons. 9.00 American Dad! 10.00 Family Guy. 11.00 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs. 1pm 3rd Rock From The Sun. 1.30 Peaking. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Malcolm. 3.30 The Nanny. 4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show. 5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 8.30 MOVIE: Watchmen. (2009, MA15+) 11.40 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Unicorn. 7.00 Rules Of Engagement. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. Noon WIN’s All Australian News.

1.00 The Conners. 1.30 The Middle. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 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. 11.05 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 12.30pm Press Club. 1.35 ABC News Day. 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 One Plus One. 1.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.30pm Mexican Table. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Italy. 4.00 Martha Bakes. 4.30 Palisa Anderson’s Water Heart Food. 5.00 Africa On A Plate. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 French Food Safari. 6.30 Luke Nguyen’s France. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Nigella Kitchen. 8.00 Poh & Co. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Cornwall. 9.00 Rick Stein’s Fruits Of The Sea. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 3pm Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.55 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Off The Grid With Pio. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update. 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. 10.55 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon Building Off The Grid. 1.00 Getaway. 1.30 Tiny Luxury. 2.00 Restoration Man. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Mountain Life. 4.30 Tiny Luxury.

5.00 Country Life For Half The Price. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House In A Hurry. 8.30 Home Town. 9.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 10.30 Big Beach Builds. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Headline News. 8.30 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 WIN’s All Australian News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 AFL Tonight. 7.30 NRL Tonight. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Fox Sports News. 10.30 AFL Tonight. 11.00 Late Programs.

THURSDAY, July 1 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

WIN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. (R) 10.30 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 11.00 Secrets Of The Museum. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

1.00 Win The Week. (R) 1.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (R) 2.00 Mystery Road. (Mal, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Think Tank. (R) 5.00 One Plus One. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 Tour De France: Morning Update. 8.00 WorldWatch. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 5. Replay. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 North America With Simon Reeve. (PGa, R) 3.00 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG, R) 4.00 Jeopardy!

(PG) 4.30 Letters And Numbers. (R) 5.00 Tour De France Preview Show.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) 11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 MOVIE: To Have And To Hold. (2019, PG, R) 2.00 Motorbike Cops. (PG, R) 2.30 Highway Cops. (PGadl) 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) 1.10 Australian Ninja Warrior. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

Hosted by Eddie McGuire.

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (av, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 1.00 MasterChef Aust. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight.

2.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen.

4.00 Everyday Gourmet. 4.30 Bold. (av) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

6.55 Sammy J. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Foreign Correspondent.

International affairs program.

8.30 Q+A. Hosted by Hamish Macdonald.

9.35 Australia Debates. (R) Part 1 of 3.

10.25 ABC Late News.

10.55 Barrenjoey Road. (Ma, R) 11.55 MOVIE: Cheri. (2009, Mds, R) 1.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 3.30 Line Of Duty. (Mv, R) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.20 Sammy J. (PG, R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Great Asian Railway Journeys. (PG, R) 8.30 The Good Fight. (Return, M) 9.30 Cycling. Tour de France. Stage 6.

1.55 French Food Safari. (R) 2.25 Food Safari. (R) 2.55 Alex Polizzi: The Fixer. (PGls, R) 4.00 Cruising With Jane McDonald. (PG, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour Down Under Bitesize. (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. (PGad) 8.30 MOVIE: The Intern. (2015, Mal, R) After a 70-year-old retired widower and former marketing executive is hired as a senior intern for an online fashion startup, his worldly wisdom helps shed new light on the lives of his younger co-workers. Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo.

11.00 The Latest: Seven News.

11.30 Busted In Bangkok. (Madv, R) Follows Thailand’s tourist police.

12.30 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 16. Sydney Roosters v Melbourne Storm. From the SCG. 9.45 Thursday Night Knock Off. Post-match NRL news and analysis of the Roosters versus Melbourne Storm match.

10.30 Nine News Late. Takes a look at the latest news and events from Australia and around the world.

11.00 Tennis. Wimbledon. Day 4.

Continued. From the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England.

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 MasterChef Australia.

The contestants must choose any two cloches and feature whatever is under the cloche in their dish.

8.30 The Battle For Britney.

(Mal) Explores the truth behind the conservatorship that Britney Spears has been held under for the past 13 years.

9.50 Law & Order: SVU. (Mv, R) A teenage girl is assaulted in the projects.

10.50 The Project. (R) 11.50 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. 8.30 Would I Lie To You? 9.00 Win The Week. 9.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. 10.00 Doctor Who. 10.55 That Pacific Sports Show. (Final) 11.25 You Can’t Ask That. Midnight Australia’s Ocean Odyssey. 1.05 Intelligence. 1.25 Live At The Apollo. 2.10 Parks And Recreation. 2.35 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

10.00 Basketball. WNBA. Dallas Wings v Chicago Sky. Noon The X-Files. 12.50 Rex In Rome. 1.45 WorldWatch. 2.15 Cycling. Tour de France. Replay.

4.15 WorldWatch. 5.15 NBL: Overtime. 5.45 Shortland Street. 6.15 Forged In Fire. 7.05 Jeopardy!

7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. (Final) 9.20 Cat Ladies. 10.25 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 House Calls To The Rescue. 8.00 Harry’s Practice.

8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today.

Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Weekender. 2.30 Creek To Coast.

3.00 Sydney Weekender. 3.30 Surf Patrol. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Inspector Morse.

10.50 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.50 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo.

7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Ellen DeGeneres. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon World’s Greatest Journeys. 1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: The Halfway House. (1944, PG) 5.30 The Secret Life Of The Zoo. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow.

7.30 Wimbledon Tennis Pre-Show. 8.00 Tennis.

Wimbledon. Day 4. 11.00 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 9. Dutch Grand Prix. Highlights. 9.30 Stories Of Bikes. 10.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Star Trek: The Next Generation. 2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 SEAL Team. 11.30 FBI. 12.30am Home Shopping.

2.00 Diagnosis Murder. 3.00 Hawaii Five-0. 4.00 JAG. 5.00 Star Trek: Voyager.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

4pm The Dengineers. 4.30 Hardball. 4.55 So Awkward. 5.25 Droners. 6.00 Dragons: Riders Of Berk. 6.30 Operation Ouch! 7.00 Deadly 60 On A Mission: Pole To Pole. 7.35 Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness. 8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.45 The Bagel And Becky Show. 9.05 Dragons: Race To The Edge. 9.25 Lost In Oz. 9.50 Rage. 10.50 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Florence Foster Jenkins. Continued. (2016, PG) 6.35 Leave No Trace. (2018, PG) 8.35 Till The End Of The World.

(2018, PG, Mandarin) 10.45 Flash Gordon. (1980, PG) 12.50pm 1982. (2019, PG, Arabic) 2.50 Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety. (2018, PG, Hindi) 5.25 Mary Shelley.

(2017, PG) 7.40 Warm Bodies. (2013, M) 9.30 Bleed For This. (2016, M) 11.40 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. (2013, M) 1.20am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Shopping. 6.30 The Fishing Show. 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 American Pickers. 9.00 Doomsday Preppers. 10.00 NFL 100 Greatest. 11.00 Sound FX: Best Of. Noon Ice Road Truckers. 1.00 Doomsday Preppers. 2.00 Gold Fever. 3.00 Fishing Addiction. 4.00 Al McGlashan’s Fish’n With Mates. 4.30 Road Hauks. 5.30 Storage Wars. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 To Be Advised.

10.45 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 MOVIE: Pokémon Ranger And The Temple Of The Sea. (2006) 1.10pm Peaking. 2.00 Xtreme Collxtion. 3.00 Malcolm. 3.30 The Nanny. 4.00 3rd Rock From The Sun. 4.30 That ’70s Show. 5.00 Malcolm. 6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 Botched. 8.30 MOVIE: Sex And The City 2. (2010, MA15+) 11.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Frasier. 7.00 Rules Of Engagement. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 10.00 Frasier. 11.00 The Big Bang Theory. Noon Charmed. 1.00 The Conners.

1.30 The Middle. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement.

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 MOVIE: Rock Of Ages.

(2012, M) 1.30am Sabrina. 2.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.45 Road To Tokyo. 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 Road To Tokyo.

12.45 Bee Cause. 1.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 4.00pm Martha Bakes. 4.30 Palisa Anderson’s Water Heart Food. 5.00 Africa On A Plate. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 French Food Safari. 6.30 Luke Nguyen’s France. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Australia’s Food Bowl. 8.00 Middle East Feast With Shane Delia. 8.30 Taste Of The Territory.

9.00 French Odyssey. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.20pm Bamay. 1.50 Stolen Glory: The Tale Of Porky Brooke. 2.30 Boy Nomad. 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 Kriol Kitchen. 6.30 Cooking Hawaiian Style. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 NITV News Update.

7.30 First Footprints. 8.30 MOVIE: The Soloist.

(2009, M) 10.30 News. 10.40 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.30 House Hunters. 11.00 He Shed She Shed.

Noon House In A Hurry. 1.00 Home Town. 2.00 Big Beach Builds. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Texas Flip And Move. 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. 10.30 Flip Or Flop. 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 To Be Advised. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Fox Sports News. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live.

10.00 Fox Sports News. 11.00 The Front Page.

11.30 NewsNight. Midnight Late Programs.

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The Northern Rivers Times

June 24, 2021

RURAL NEWS 41

CAREER OPPORTUNITY – FISHERIES NEED YOU THE NSW Government will recruit first year fisheries officers to ensure the continued protection and management of our aquatic habitats, fisheries resources and ecosystems now and into the future.

Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Western NSW Adam Marshall encouraged individuals who are passionate about the state’s fisheries resources and like the outdoors to consider a career as a NSW Department of Primary Industries fisheries officer.

“This is an exciting career opportunity where you will play a critical role in protecting our aquatic ecosystems and continuing to promote best practices for fisheries management, while getting out on the water and engaging with fishers on a daily basis,” Mr Marshall said.

“Successful applicants enter a 12-month long training and orientation

program covering practical and theoretical areas of fisheries compliance.

“Fisheries officers patrol offshore waters, coastal lakes and rivers, and inland NSW including the Murray Darling system.

“Duties include field-

based work such as patrols and inspections, and delivering information relating to any number of fisheries issues involving recreational and commercial fishers, aquaculture operators and the wider community.”

Mr Marshall said fisheries officers play an important role in ensuring the compliance of fisheries laws across the state and educating the wider community on legal fishing activities.

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“I would encourage anyone with an interest in fisheries or natural resource management and a strong compliance ethic to apply.

“I look forward to welcoming the next cohort of fisheries officers into the ranks.”

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June 24, 2021

42 RURAL NEWS

Union survey reveals rampant wage theft and human rights abuses on Australian farms MIGRANT workers and unionists are taking their concerns to Canberra, as a new survey provides further alarming evidence of widespread exploitation and rampant wage theft experienced by backpackers working in the horticultural industry.

The report, entitled “Working for $9 a day; Wage Theft and Human Rights Abuses on Australian Farms” includes survey results from more than 1300 horticulture industry workers.

This is a joint study conducted by Unions NSW and the Migrant Workers’ Centre in Victoria, and comes at a time when piece rates in the Horticulture Award are under review in the Fair Work Commission. Workers from 54 countries were surveyed about their rates of pay, entitlements and conditions.

Key findings • 78% of survey respondents reported being underpaid at some point.

• 80% were underpaid while on piece rates, and 61% were underpaid on hourly rates.

• Some piece-rate workers reported earning less than $1 an hour.

• Only 2% earned $26 or more an hour.

• The lowest daily wages were reported by piece-rate workers employed on grape and zucchini farms, earning an average $9 per day, followed by blueberry farm workers who averaged $10 per day.

Key recommendations The Fair Work Commission should amend the Horticulture Award to guarantee workers are paid at least the applicable minimum wage.

Additionally, the federal government should: • introduce stronger enforcement of backpackers’ accommodation to combat widespread non-compliance with relevant housing laws;

• make wage theft a crime; • fund regional hubs, and fund unions and community legal centres to run information sessions to empower workers to learn about and stand up for their rights; • introduce a national labour hire licensing scheme modelled on Queensland and Victoria; • make a raft of systemic changes to combat discrimination facing migrant workers, including reforming the temporary visa system, introducing pathways to permanent residency, and providing a social safety net for all temporary migrant workers.

majority of workers in this sector are being ripped off.

“They are also being treated like pawns, with about 12% of those surveyed having worked as many as 20 hours a day under piece rates at least once, while a quarter of respondents say they have had shifts as short as one hour a day.

“The Horticulture Award requires employers to provide workers with a choice between piece rates or being paid an hourly rate, but clearly that is not happening.

Our survey found 63% of workers were given no choice and 34% said they had never even seen a piece-rate agreement.”

Mark Morey, Unions NSW secretary said: “Farmers and the NFF have made fantasy submissions to the Fair Work Commission, claiming that the piece rates system allows workers to earn above the minimum wage.

However the toxic reality is that the overwhelming

Matt Kunkel, Migrant Workers Centre director said: “All workers, regardless of where they’re from or their visa status, deserve to earn a living wage, work in safe conditions, and be treated with dignity and respect.

This survey proves that the majority of farm managers

are engaging in rampant wage theft and outright abuse.

Many are also responsible for injuries sustained by workers, along with discrimination, bullying, sexual assault and harassment.

“For many workers, this abuse is compounded by additional layers of exploitation relating to transport arrangements and overpriced, unsanitary and overcrowded employerprovided accommodation.

And during COVID, migrant workers – who had paid taxes to the Australian Government - were not eligible for JobKeeper nor any kind of support, and in fact were told to go home.

“This is a shameful, inhumane and blatantly racist way to treat migrant farm workers on whom we depend for so much of our food – and who pay their taxes in this country. We are demanding the Federal Government undertake a range of urgent measures to address this catastrophic situation.”

The Northern Rivers Times

June 24, 2021

RURAL NEWS 43

NEW GUIDE TO PROTECT BERRY PRODUCTION THE latest edition of the Berry Plant Protection guide 2021-2022 is available to assist growers with quality crop production and provide technical information on all aspects of protecting plants from major pests, weeds and diseases.

Published by the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) the guide is a valuable tool for Australian blueberry, raspberry and blackberry growers.

NSW DPI Berry Development Officer, Melinda Simpson said this is the fourth edition of the Berry Plant Protection guide and has an integrated pest management focus, providing information on a range of different methods that can be used to manage pests, weeds and diseases in berry crops.

“Following the wet summer and autumn months, growers have had to be more aware of management practices for control of the fungus Thekospora minima, which causes blueberry rust,” Ms Simpson said.

“Diligent hygiene practices will minimise the spread of

rust. Where possible, growers should remove all diseased wood and leaves during pruning and dispose of all fallen and pruned leaves from branches.

“Pruning allows air circulation in the canopy and reduces drying time after bushes become wet”.

Ms Simpson said the guide provides an update on the DPI field trial that is being conducted on a commercial blueberry operation on the NSW north coast to evaluate a range of organic crop protectants to control blueberry rust disease.

“The key project output will be a minor use permit for the product that demonstrates effective control of rust in blueberries and is safe to the crop,” Ms Simpson said.

“This will provide organic and conventional growers with additional options to reduce biosecurity risk and maintain crop productivity and market access.

“The guide provides an effective weed management strategy to control weeds as they compete with bushes for moisture and nutrients and

can create a microclimate that favours pests and diseases.

“Research shows that competition from weeds in young, developing orchards can result in slower canopy establishment and delayed productivity.”

This edition has been co-funded by Hort Innovation using research and development levies from the Blueberry fund, Raspberry and Blackberry Fund and Strawberry Fund and fund from the Australian Government.

More information or to download the Berry plant protection guide 2021-2022 is available on the DPI website https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/ agriculture/horticulture/berries/ growing-guides/berry-plantprotection-guide

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June 24, 2021

44 RURAL NEWS

Casino Cattle Market Report FROM WEDNESDAY 16 & FRIDAY 18 JUNE AGENTS yarded a total of 924 head at the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange regular prime sale on Wednesday 16 June which is consistent with the last few weeks.

Most regular buyers and exporters were in attendance with well-presented grown steers and heifers reflecting firm to dearer trends.

Cow prices again held firm with an average of 279.2c/kg and top price of 314.0c/kg. 1 head sold for a top return of $2,033.33.

Heifer prices remained consistent this week with heavier drafts topping their category at 596.2c/kg and averaging 370.2c/kg and 337kg. Lighter yearling heifers saw an average of 505.3c/kg and top price of 582.2c/kg. 1 heifer sold achieved a return of $2,304.40.

Bull prices and numbers were steady this week with 8 head sold reaching a top of 285.0c/kg and average of 259.1c/kg and 674kg.

Steer prices saw an increase whilst bullock prices remained firm on last week with 230 head sold. Heavier steers sold to a top of 616.2c/kg and averaged 435.2c/kg and

313kg with 1 head selling for a return of $1,980.00.

Lighter yearling steers reached a top of 594.2c/kg and averaged 506.5c/kg with 1 head selling for $2,033.62. Bullocks averaged 341.8c/kg and 680kg with 1 head selling for $2,723.73. Vealer prices remained steady this week with 368 head yarded.

Prices reached 738.2c/kg and averaged 540.6c/kg and 226kg. 1 head sold and achieved a top return of $1,944.46.

GEORGE & Fuhrmann held a store sale at the NRLX on Friday 18 June with 2,981 head sold.

Heifers reached a top of 662.0c/kg and averaged 563.7c/kg and 226kg. Steers averaged 572.7c/kg and 259kg with a top price of 748.0c/kg.

Cows achieved a top return of $2,420.00 whilst Cows & Calves reached $3,160.00.

Ramsey & Bulmer will be holding their annual Casino Bull & Female sale at the NRLX on Friday 25 June with a large selection of quality Hereford & Santa Gertrudis stud bulls & heifers on offer.

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Lismore Cattle Market Report FROM TUESDAY 8 JUNE & TUESDAY 15 JUNE 150 CATTLE were sold at the Lismore Saleyards on Tuesday, 8/6.

Prime butcher vealers/yearlings sold to good competition $4.75 to $4.88/kg.

Penny Smiths black baldy yearling heifers $4.40/kg, $1,914.

Restockers bought the majority of young cattle at similar strong rates to recent sales.

Ida Colautti’s Gelbvieh steers $4.96/kg, $1,700.

A light yarding of cows sold at dearer rates $2.65 to $2.86/kg, M & B Collins Brangus cow returned $1,702.

280 CATTLE were sold at Lismore Saleyards on Tuesday, June 15.

85 cows sold to strong competition with local and western restockers paying from $2.80 to $3.28c/kg for store cows.

Heavy cows were bought by meat

operators $2.70 to $2.98 c/kg.

Peter McMillans cow returned $1888.

Prime Butcher vealers sold from $4.85 to $5.10c/kg. John Hannigans Brahman X, $1832.

Dick Hellyars Angus heifer $5.10c/kg, $1581.

Weaners sold at top rates once again, Jason Thompson’s Charolais heifers $5.36 c/kg, $1568.

Weaner steers sold from $4.80 to $6.55 c/kg depending on breed, quality and weight.

Helen McInnes Charolais $6.55 c/kg, $1048.

Geoff Jolleys Angus $6.20c/kg, $1333.

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The Northern Rivers Times

June 24, 2021

RURAL NEWS 45

Long-term permits now available for travelling stock reserves LIVESTOCK producers across the North Coast Local Land Services have been invited to apply for long-term access to a number of Travelling Stock Reserves (TSRs).

Travelling Stock Reserves Coordinator Sam Hand said producers can now submit an application for a Management Agreement Permit, which will provide them with certainty of TSR access for years to come.

“Everybody benefits from a viable, well-maintained and connected TSR network, and these permits help deliver that,” Sam said.

“The permits will give confidence to livestock producers to make long-term business decisions and allow them to also play a key role in securing the future productivity of our local TSRs.” While a number of carefully assessed TSRs in the region will be available for Management Agreement Permits, all TSRs remain available by application for short-term access permits such as walking stock, as well as recreational activities.

Under measures introduced in 2020

by Local Land Services, Management Agreement Permits across NSW are now standardised, and the process of assessing applications is more robust.

North Coast Local Land Services Travelling Stock Reserves: Management Agreement Permits

Sam said successful applicants are selected using comprehensive criteria, which ensures the region’s TSR network is looked after properly.

“TSRs have a storied history in NSW and they are not only important for agricultural productivity, but they also play crucial role in supporting threatened species and habitats,” Sam said.

“Whether it’s proposed grazing practices, experience, or how pests and weeds will be managed, we need to make sure applicants can effectively manage a TSR, so our industries, and the communities they support can prosper.”

For more information on Management Agreement Permits, producers can: • Find out whether their region is currently open for applications; • View a map of available TSRs; • Submit an application for a permit.

Anyone considering submitting an application should read and understand the TSR State-wide Plan of Management and the Best Environmental Management Practice Toolkit for TSRs, which are both available on the Local Land Services website: https://www.lls.nsw.gov.au/.

View the map of available Travelling Stock Reserves, apply for a permit or more information head to www.lls.nsw.gov.au/tsr Applications must be submitted by 5 pm 30 July, 2021.

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Young fishers and farmers hooked on new crop of digital business tools THE NSW Department of Primary Industries’ Young Farmer Business Program (YFBP) has developed a suite of digital resources, including a new podcast series available to assist young primary producers with future business opportunities.

The two new digital toolboxes featured in the suite are designed to help young fishers and farmers navigate succession, agistment and leasing through a range of topical factsheets, templates, videos, calculators, and other support resources.

Young Farmer Business Program team leader, Lisa McFayden said the online tools are an asset for young business owners and will add value to their strategic growth and development.

“Having easy and accessible resources to use will help young producers feel more confident and prepared when making business decisions” said Ms McFadyen.

“We have partnered with experts to create a comprehensive toolkit that tackles the tricky topics of group governance, how to run meetings and events, budgeting and operational guidelines to help build strong groups in the future.”

To complement the digital toolkits,

a new series of the YFPB Podcast ‘Propagate S3’ launched this week and will focus on getting into the business of being a primary producer without owning land.

The podcast which is available on the YFBP website, Spotify and Apple podcasts has already received more than 21,000 downloads and this seven episode podcast series will feature guests including Mitch Highett, Mel Kiel and Hayley Pattison who attended the recent YFBP conference in Dubbo last month.

Ms McFayden said the latest series is one of the best yet, showcasing that there is no barrier to building a strong new business by thinking outside the square.

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The Northern Rivers Times

June 24, 2021

46 RURAL NEWS

NSW farmers riding high with another good year on the horizon A HUGE boost to water allocations and the prospect of another big grain production year are sustaining high levels of business confidence among New South Wales farmers, according to the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey.

The survey results, released today, reveal commodity prices and seasonal conditions are helping keep NSW farmer sentiment at historically-high levels, albeit lower than confidence readings taken earlier this year.

As they move into winter, 44 per cent of NSW farmers surveyed said they expect conditions to improve over the year ahead while a further 45 per cent expect conditions to remain the same as 2021, which was a big production year.

Cotton growers are most positive about their prospects, with a strong outlook for the next couple of years thanks to the return of water to the system, which is helping to shore up future allocations.

The state’s grain grower confidence is also strong, although slightly down on last quarter.

More than half were still expecting conditions to be even better than last year, however there was concern expressed about the impact of the mouse plague in some regions.

With a great year

behind them, and another good year forecast, NSW farmers now have one of the highest levels of investment intentions in the country, with major capital works and improvements along with property expansion all high on the agenda.

The survey, completed last month, found almost 90 per cent of NSW farmers expect business conditions over the coming year to improve or remain similar to last year.

Strong commodity prices were the dominant factor influencing sentiment across agricultural sectors, cited by 64 per cent of all those NSW farmers expecting conditions to improve – and particularly evident among beef and sheep producers.

Meanwhile the continuation of excellent seasonal conditions in most regions is also behind the ongoing, high levels of sentiment – cited by 57 per cent of NSW farmers surveyed as a key reason business conditions would improve. Farmers in the north west pastoral zones of NSW were particularly upbeat about the season.

The survey results reflect the highest levels of sentiment for this time of year since mid-2011, with just seven per cent of farmers surveyed tipping conditions would deteriorate.

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relatively stable – at 40 per cent compared with 42 per cent last quarter, • NSW farmers head into winter with those expecting conditions strong levels of confidence to deteriorate rose to • Cotton sentiment soaring as general 23 per cent, compared security allocations increase to none with that view • Commodity prices, good seasonal last survey. A total of 37 conditions and favourable interest rates per cent expect similar underpinning business sentiment conditions to last year.

• Business investment and expansion plans Overall income high on the agenda for the coming year projections were down a little for the year Toby Mendl said farmers areas of NSW was ahead – albeit to remain at were “still on a high” after concerning for farmers as historically strong levels – a bumper finish to 2020, they plant winter crops with 49 per cent of NSW particularly for livestock and attempt to protect farmers expecting their producers and croppers. fodder reserves from gross farm incomes to This, combined with the damage and loss. increase over the coming positive seasonal outlook He said farmers were year (down slightly from for the year ahead, meant proactively baiting, with 52 per cent with that there was a great amount mice also forcing many view last quarter) and of enthusiasm among farmers to move grain and 39 per cent (was 38 per farmers, he said. fodder off-farm if they cent) expecting a similar “Last year’s crop was hadn’t already done so. financial result to the amazing and there is still Mr Mendl said 2020/21 financial year. a lot of that grain stored cotton sector sentiment Grain growers remained on-farm and yet to go was robust thanks to a particularly confident through the system which welcome boost to general about prospects for their means many growers are security water allocations. farm incomes over the beginning to realise some The latest survey found coming year, with 58 per of the very good prices for cotton producers were cent expecting a higher grain currently on offer,” now the most positive of gross farm income in Mr Mendl said. all NSW farmers about 2021/22.

“Winter crop planting their prospects for the Mr Mendl said having is still underway and year ahead, significantly experienced a good year while recent rainfall has outstripping other sectors in 2020, and with a similar been very welcome, – entirely due to the sort of year forecast for farmers are keen to season.

2021, farmers were able complete sowing as best And while overall NSW to think ahead and make they can before further rural confidence had eased longer-term plans for rain arrives. somewhat, 55 per cent of business investment and “Early-sown grazing grain growers remained expansion. crops are going pretty well optimistic about their “When the season, which is keeping livestock prospects for the year prices and interest rates producers positive; they’re ahead (was 64 per cent) all line up – as they enjoying a phenomenal on the back of the season. do at the moment – it run of prices and good Confidence amongst helps business sentiment seasonal conditions are NSW beef producers was because people are able just the icing on the cake.” also very good, although to forward plan and Mr Mendl said the also a little back on last be proactive with their impact of mice in many quarter – with 43 per business planning,” Mr cent forecasting a further Mendl said. improvement in business “Many irrigators now conditions over the year have a couple of seasons ahead (down from 58 worth of water in storage per cent). A total of 44 which enables them per cent were expecting to plan ahead, and big conditions to remain returns for beef and sheep stable. producers are helping “Let Us Help” Most NSW sheep with the restocking and producers (60 per cent rebuilding of livestock of those surveyed) numbers following the are expecting similar drought, so producers Please feel free to phone Andrew Pittaway conditions to last year, in those sectors can also Cedardale Park on 02 6688 8304 while 32 per cent expect make longer-term plans. conditions to improve.

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production and allowing farmers to make some meaningful, long-term improvements to their operations.”

The survey is reflective of those views, finding 41 per cent of those surveyed intended to increase investment (was 42 per cent) and a further 54 per cent expect to maintain business investment at current levels.

Of those planning to increase investment, the bulk of that spending is earmarked for on-farm infrastructure (such as fences, yards and silos), while increasing livestock numbers is a priority for almost half of those surveyed. New plant and machinery are also on the shopping list, as well as adoption of new technologies.

One quarter of the state’s farmers intending to increase their business investment over the coming year said they planned to do so through property purchase to expand their farming operation (25 per cent, was 18 per cent).

Mr Mendl said agricultural property prices were still phenomenal and continuing to rise, signalling not just intense demand but an underlying confidence and strength in New South Wales agriculture.

A comprehensive monitor of outlook and sentiment in Australian rural industries, the Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey questions an average of 1000 primary producers across a wide range of commodities and geographical areas throughout Australia on a quarterly basis.

The most robust study of its type in Australia, the Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey has been conducted since 2000 by an independent research organisation. The next results are scheduled for release in September 2021.

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June 24, 2021

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TROY CASSAR-DALEY AND IAN MOSS WILL JOIN FORCES ON STAGE IN GRAFTON DURING THE JACARANDA FESTIVAL AS PART OF THEIR TOGETHER ALONE NATIONAL TOUR.

By Lesley Apps WHEN two of the country’s most respected musicians, Troy CassarDaley and Ian Moss, decided to team up for a powerhouse national tour, there was no question they had to play Grafton.

After all Cassar-Daley, a Gumbaynggirr/ Bundjalung man, grew up and learned his musical

Musical coononfecotiuorns bring tw Grafton best back to

craft in South Grafton, and Moss, whose legendary

sense they will arrive here for the Jacaranda Festival,

band Cold Chisel will forever be associated to the Jacaranda City.

This is thanks to fellow bandmate Don Walker, another Grafton kid done good, whose music is infused in the musical landscape of Australia including the ode inspired by his hometown, the song Flame Trees. So it makes

when the ‘flame trees will blind the weary driver’ Despite having known each other for many years, this is the first time Moss and Cassar-Daley will join forces to tour and share the stage in such an intimate setting as they take the audience on a musical journey across their respective careers.

“I have been a big fan of Troy’s for so long so when this opportunity came up to do a lap around Australia with him I was never going to say no,” Moss said when the tour was recently announced.

“These shows have been about two years in the planning, the set list will have everything plus a few surprises and I can’t wait to finally take it on the road and out to our fans.”

Cassar-Daley was equally full of praise for his touring partner. “From the first chord I heard Ian Moss play on guitar I was hooked, and then he sang!

He has been a major source of inspiration for me for years and to play some shows with him across the country will be something very special,” Cassar-Daley said.

“This will be a great fun musical adventure, I’m so proud to blend what we do on stage for people to see, guitar heaven! I can’t wait

to play.” Besides Grafton, the Together Alone Tour will take the artists all over the country’s capitals and major centres in every state from this October to December. Jacaranda Festival manager Mark Blackadder said he was hugely excited to have two of the country’s greatest musicians performing as part of this year’s festival events.

“Securing the pair was a major coup for the festival and a sign of the overall quality of this year’s event,” Mr Blackadder said.

“Everyone knows and loves Troy, and Ian is an Australian music legend, so to have them play together as part of our program is very exciting.”

Mr Blackadder said the concert would be the first held in the entertainment precinct in Market Square, the public space of jacaranda.

“The Jacaranda Festival is now recognised as an important regional arts festival, so ensuring we

continue to attract major acts like Troy and Ian is extremely important.

“We have plenty of more major announcements to make in the coming months, but this is the perfect one to kick off the entertainment schedule.”

Troy Cassar-Daley and Ian Moss will play the Market Square precinct on Sunday night, October 31.

Tickets for the all ages event are on sale from June 21 from $65 and limited to 600. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.jacarandafestival. com

The 2021 Grafton Jacaranda Festival will run from Friday, October 29 to Sunday, November 7.

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June 24, 2021

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FILM INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO GO BANANAS FOR THE NORTH COAST

Russell Crowe, centre, at the Pacific Bay Resort for the recent announcement the venue will become a film studio. Also pictured in the group from left is Pacific Bay founder Peter Montgomery, actor Jack Thompson, film producer Keith Rodger, Crowe, Deputy Premier John Barilaro (who was there looking into the establishment of a Regional Job Precinct in the area), Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh and Coffs Harbour Mayor Denise Knight.

By Lesley Apps COFFS Harbour is the latest Australian town to be earmarked for a Hollywood makeover mainly thanks to its most famous resident.

Actor and international star Russell Crowe is throwing his clout and money behind a proposed film studio dubbed ‘Aussiewood’ to be based at the Pacific Bay Resort just a few minutes up the road from Coffs Harbour’s other celebrity presence — the Big Banana.

The Pacific Bay Resort Studios & Village will bring together the first fully integrated feature-film production and post-production complex in Australia, boast a film school and long-term accommodation on site for cast families.

Location-wise, the site’s diversity is also appealing with its expanse

of beachfront, nearby mountain range, and proximity to an airport, making the complex a very appealing package deal for movie makers.

Australia continues to enjoys its breakthrough role with Hollywood becoming a filmmaking hotspot for global movie heavyweights since the pandemic began; the country now considered to be one of the most COVID-safe filming locations in the world.

The Coffs Harbour project will supplement the soundstages on the Gold Coast and Brisbane, which are already booked out until next year with blockbusters from Marvel movies and the Mad Max prequel Furiosa being produced here.

Crowe, who has called his Nana Glen farm home for the past 25 years, is financially backing the project along with partners including Pacific Bay resort owner Peter

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Montgomery and film producer Keith Rodger.

“The opportunity to build a facility like this spreads opportunity through the community by creating jobs, but not just jobs: actual professions and careers,” Crowe said at the recent announcement.

“For a number of years, I’ve been thinking how I might be able to combine where I live and my work.”

The planning process is expected to take 12 months and the total cost is not yet known however no taxpayer funds have been committed to the project which is estimated to have capital investment of $438 million.

The Coffs Harbour project is another economical boon for the North Coast region which has been under the international spotlight thanks to big budget productions like Nicole Kidman’s Nine Perfect Strangers being made in the Byron

Bay area.

CEO of Screenworks Ken Crouch said they were excited about the opportunities the new Coffs Harbour film studio would create for Regional NSW and already looking to extend their support to the Mid North Coast.

“We are planning to deliver industry and talent development programs and initiatives in the Coffs Harbour region to address the needs that the new (film studio) infrastructure will create,” Mr Crouch said.

“To get the ball rolling, we have already recently extended our Northern NSW Crew Database to cover professional crew living in the Coffs Harbour and Bellingen Council areas.”

To find out more visit www.screenworks.com.au

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June 24, 2021

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Backsliders, Music Legends Live at Lennox!

The Backsliders are coming to Lennox Head for BYRON MUSIC FESTIVAL 2021 SOLD OUT! the first time ORGANISERS of Byron Music only it being the first major music to play at Festival 2021 are excited to festival to be held in Byron Bay the Lennox announce the inaugural community since COVID-19, stakeholders and music festival was SOLD OUT. the wider community have come on Head “This demonstrates the need in the board from far and wide to celebrate Cultural community for live music and how the ethos the festival is upholding, much people want events like this,” and organisers’ commitment to Centre on said Festival Director, Nick Sergi. environmental sustainability, local Saturday 26 “I am so grateful for how focus, and accessibility. many people have backed us and “We were determined to be as June 2021. supported our dream to bring a aligned with the original ethos of grass-roots, community focused music event back into Byron town.

We’ve worked really hard to bring it to life in the most challenging of circumstances and we were so excited to share it with everyone” There were no tickets available at the gate.

Part of the excitement around Byron Music Festival 2021 was not

what Byron Bay is famous for – celebrating community, culture, and nature,” said Operations Manager, Monique Hartman. Byron Music Festival 2021 has partnered with environmental consultant Earthed Consulting, who developed a robust Environmental Impact Report for the festival that strove for zero waste and carbon neutrality amongst more.

BACKSLIDERS are an award-winning Australian band with a 30 year history of recording and touring the music festival circuit.

The band will showcase their latest album ‘Bonecrunch,’ the

fifteenth and most varied album to date.

Featuring the legendary Rob Hirst on drums and Australian blues guitarist and vocalist, Dom Turner, and young harmonica great, Joe Glover supported by singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist, Karl S Williams.

“We are excited to attract the Backsliders to Lennox Head, performing at Ballina Shire Council’s premier live entertainment venue, the Lennox Head Cultural Centre.” said Roberta O’Brien, Coordinator Community Facilities for Ballina Shire Council. This band is regarded as one of Australia’s greatest blues bands, they’ve been working together for many years and are

well respected artists in their own right. Thanks to Lennox Sessions and Tintenbar Up Front for bringing the Backsliders to the Northern Rivers.”

“If you are looking for a great night of live music and performance, enjoy blues or just wish to pay homage to the likes of Rob Hirst, founding member of Midnight Oil, who stands as one of the world’s great drummers, this show ticks all the boxes. You can even use your Service NSW Dine & Discover vouchers to purchase tickets to this event.” Ms O’Brien added.

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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 31 July 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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BANKSIAS – a good choice for your garden BANKSIAS are a good choice for your garden, their spectacular flowers appearing in autumn and lasting throughout winter. Native birds and insects will appreciate them and there is a species to suit every garden, whether it is coastal, in the tablelands or in rainforest areas.

Banksia robur or swamp banksia is a shrub to two metres with a spreading, open structure and large serrated leaves. New growth is a pretty rusty-red colour. Large greenish yellow flowers change colour as they develop, drying a dusky brown.

The swamp banksia is frost tolerant and may be lightly pruned. An adaptable plant, it can grow well in a moist or dry site and in sun or shade. Sandy coastal areas are also suitable.

Banksia ericifolia or heath leaved banksia has large attractive spikes of yellow to bright reddish-orange flowers, which make a beautiful contrast with the light-green or greyish-green leaves.

Attracting honey-eating birds, flowering begins in autumn and continues through to early spring, giving winter gardens bright eye-catching colour. As cut or dried flowers, they bring sunshine inside the home. This banksia is fast growing, from four to seven metres high, a wonderful feature plant, and useful as a screening plant. It may be very lightly pruned, but its natural shape gives it its distinctive character. In the Aboriginal cultural calendar from Nyangbul Country on the Lower Richmond River and Ballina, the season of banksia flowering brings rainforest pigeons, whales migrating north, sea bream are spawning and it’s the peak nectar time for honey eaters, who feed on banksia flowers.

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Banksia integrifolia or the coastal banksia is a small tree to ten to twenty metres with spectacular pale-yellow flowers. It grows quickly, is frost hardy and can withstand wind and coastal environments.

Usually flowering from autumn to early winter, it may flower throughout the year. The old flowers persist and form interesting seed follicles, the inspiration for Australian author and illustrator, May Gibbs’ ‘Big Bad Banksia Men’.

Banksia aemula, the wallum banksia, is a slower-growing small tree from three to five metres with a sculptured shape, attractive serrated leaves and large showy pale yellow-green flower spikes, up to fifteen centimetres long. It grows in full sun or part shade, but prefers well drained soils. It is a frost hardy plant, fire tolerant and salt spray resistant. Useful as a screening plant in the garden, it can also grow as a pot plant in a large container.

Banksia aemula pygmy possum is a dense prostrate groundcover growing thirty centimetres high and three metres wide. It has glossy serrated foliage and silveryellow flower heads in spring and summer.

Banksia serrata, the old man banksia, is a small tree to ten metres with large serrated leaves and silvery gold perfumed candle-like flower heads, appearing from summer through to autumn. It can tolerate most soils, exposed sites and coastal areas but prefers a drier location.

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6 Lilydale Free Range Chicken Thigh, halved 2 tsp smoked paprika 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil 200g button mushrooms small 100g butter chopped 5 garlic cloves thinly sliced 2 tbs fresh tarragon chopped 1 bunch English spinach trimmed Toasted crusty bread *to serve Mixed salad leaves *to serve

4 Servings

1 lemon cut into wedges *to serve 1 pinch salt and pepper *to taste

METHOD Sprinkle chicken with paprika. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large frying pan over high heat. Add chicken. Cook for 4 minutes each side or until browned. Transfer to a plate.

Cut half the mushrooms in half. Melt 40g butter and remaining oil in pan over medium-high heat. Add mushroom. Cook, stirring,

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for 3 to 4 minutes or until golden. Transfer to a plate.

Add remaining butter to pan. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until butter is golden brown. Add garlic and tarragon. Cook for 1 minute or until fragrant.

Return mushroom and chicken to pan. Cook, turning occasionally, for 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

Remove from heat. Add spinach to pan. Cover.

Stand for 2 minutes or until wilted. Season with salt and pepper.

Serve chicken with bread, salad and lemon wedges.

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METHOD Preheat oven to 200°C. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.

Heat oil in a medium frying pan over a medium high heat. Add onion and bacon and cook for 3-4 minutes or until caramelised. Transfer to a bowl and add zucchini, cheeses and eggs. Season with sea salt and pepper and mix well to combine.

Divide into 6 portions.

Lay pastry sheets on a flat surface and cut in half. Shape a portion of mixture into a log and place along the long edge of a pastry half. Repeat with remaining mix.

Brush the opposite length with egg wash and roll up to enclose filling. Cut

into 3 and arrange on a baking tray. Brush with more egg wash, prick with a fork and bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden.

HOME MADE SWEET & SOUR SAUCE INGREDIENTS • 30ml vegetable oil • 1 brown onion, peeled, sliced • 1 carrot, peeled, sliced • 1 tbsp cornflour • 225g can pineapple pieces in natural juice (drain and reserve 4 tbsp of juice) • 60ml (1/4 cup) Coles Italian White Wine Vinegar • 20ml (1 tbsp) soy sauce • 2 tbsp caster sugar

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2 tbsp tomato sauce 200ml Massel vegetable liquid stock • 1/2 red capsicum, seeds and core removed, cut into 1cm cubes • 1/2 green capsicum, seeds and core removed, cut into 1cm cubes Heat oil in a saucepan. Add onion and carrot and cook over medium heat for 1-2 minutes.

Mix cornflour with half the reserved can juices. Set aside.

Add vinegar, soy, sugar, tomato sauce and stock to onion mixture. Bring to the boil. Add pineapple pieces, remaining juice and the cornflour mixture. Stir until thickened. Add capsicum and cook for a further 1-2 minutes.

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MOTORING FLASH BACK 53

PACKARD V12

By DAVID PIKE Throughout the world the name of Rolls-Royce has been associated with the best in automotive engineering. Prior to World War II the name Packard gloried in the popular title of `the American RollsRoyce’. In fact, during World War II, Packard manufactured more 24-cylinder Rolls-Royce Merlin motors than the entire British aero engine industry. Packard started its climb to success in 1915 when it introduced the world’s first production V12 engine, based on a competition engine built by the British firm Sunbeam.

Packard called their cars using this engine Twin Six cars and they were very popular throughout the 1920s. To compete with General Motors, Packard introduced a

straight-eight engine but some of their customers still wanted the V12.

When Cadillac came out with their V16, Packard had little option but to recreate the legendary Twin Six in the early 1930s.

This, of course, was the time of the Great Depression so Packard resisted the concept of annual model changes and released the Twin Six as a new series rather than giving it a year model. The Twin Six pioneered the vee-shaped radiator which became a feature of all later model Packards. It had hydrolastic bumpers; a vacuum servo boosted the braking system; the aluminiumheaded engine had dual-downdraught carburettors with thermostatically controlled automatic chokes, and the dashboard was fitted

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with an electric fuel gauge. In later models also had an in-built car radio.

The side valve V12 engine had a capacity of 7297cc and powered the rear wheels through a three-speed gearbox and a live rear axle.

Four body styles were originally introduced.

These were a sport Phaeton, a fixed-head

coupe‚ a convertible coupe‚ and a convertible sedan. With the depressed market some of these cars took two years to sell but this merely endorsed the wisdom of Packard’s policy of avoiding annual model changes. It also meant that any model could be changed as the manufacturer saw fit. As new modifications were

introduced the Twin Six went to a Seventeenth Series before being discontinued at the start of World War II. The last model produced was made for President Roosevelt and had bulletproof windows and bodywork. In fact, earlier bulletproof Twin Sixes were popular with a number of people and organisations, such as

the US Secret Service.

Even Al Capone had one during the prohibition period to ensure his safety and models were shipped to places like Venezuela and China for the protection of their leaders and politicians.

The original Twin Six chassis also found much favour with undertakers seeking a stately hearse.

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BMW 3.0 CSL

By DAVID PIKE The CSL was a lightweight version of BMW’s flagship six-cylinder 2800/3.0 CS coupes, although the shape harks back to the 1965 2000 CS. It was built especially to allow the car to meet the requirements needed for European Touring Car Group 2 racing.

The first CSLs, announced in May 1971, were specially modified so as to become 217km/h road racers with thinner body panels, no front bumper, fibreglass rear bumper, racing latches on the bonnet, manual winding side windows made from plexiglas, and of course the alloyskinned opening panels, all in the name of weight

reduction.

BMW even skimped on underbody rust protection and sound deadening, along with some drastically cheaper interior trim enabling 181kg to be pared off the coupe. Although top speed wasn’t much affected, acceleration was decisively quicker.

To stiffen suspension Bilstein gas shock absorbers with advanced progressive-rate springs were added. As a result, the CSL had sure-footed, almost roll-free handling, though oversteer could be a problem in the wet.

Wheels were fat Alpina 17.8cm alloys with chrome wheel-arch extensions to keep them legal. Black accent stripes distinguished the L’ - which stood for

lightweight - from the standard CS/CSi. One hundred and sixty-nine were built, all left-hand drive.

Although the CSL was originally fitted with the 2958cc carburettor version of the in-line six (giving 135kW), a slight bore increase in August 1972 lifted capacity to 3003cc, allowing the car to slip into three-litre Group 2 competition.

At the same time Bosch electronic injection replaced the twin Zenith carburettor and power rose to 150kW, although brochures of the time quote a carburettor-fed 3003cc engine as well.

Five hundred and thirtynine were built.

The British specification RHD car was introduced in the

UK in October 1972 and came with the RHD City package’ to appease drivers who wanted the lightweight racer cachet

without the discomfort.

Most of the excess weight previously stripped off the car was put back.

British importers took 500 CSLs but prices were high - more than an Aston or Jensen - and not everybody liked the awkward to get into Scheel bucket seats, or wanted easily-damaged alloy panels.

The 3.2-litre CSL was announced in August 1973. It was left-hand drive only and had a bigger 3153cc, 154kW engine although it was still badged 3.00-litre.

The same lightweight shell was used, but to take the weight and downforce of the rear wing, the bootlid was steel with a

fitting for the spoiler. To use the wing on the track it had to be homologated on a production car.

These also included a deep front spoiler, a roof hoop spoiler just above the rear window, a small lip spoiler on the edge of the bootlid and rubber spitters’ on the front wings.

Manual steering and Bilstein gas-pressure shock absorbers with three alternative levels of hardness meant the 3.2-litre CSL didn’t need an anti-roll bar. The last CSLs, built in 1974-75, had minor differences such us a three-fin rear batwing and a driver’s seat with an adjustable backrest.

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54 MOTORING ROAD TEST

UPPER-LUXURY MERCEDES AND MAYBACH

By EWAN KENNEDY

The Mercedes-Benz S 450 4MATIC range has been expanded with the introduction of the longwheelbase, V8-equipped S 580 L 4MATIC. Also coming Downunder is the Maybach-badged saloon featuring a V12 engine.

Both have 180mm added to the wheelbase to provide added comfort and luxury for the rear-seat passengers.

THE MERCEDES S 580 L 4MATIC Is powered by a V8 (370 kW and 700 Nm) and for the first time is paired with mildhybrid drive.

Available exclusively in the long-wheelbase configuration the S 580 L has Nappa leather upholstery, as well as glass that reflects infrared and insulates against heat and noise for all windows.

An Active Multi-Contour seat package is also fitted as standard, which includes adjustable air chambers in the front seats for fine-tuning of their position and support, plus a variety of massage programs.

All-new Digital Light headlamps allow new

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MAYBACH S 680 4MATIC Powered by bi-turbo V12

design style throughout the cabin.

The Burmester high-end 4D surround sound system, and Adaptive Ambient Lighting (front and rear).

Front seat passengers enjoy a Warmth Comfort Pack including warmed seats, armrests and centre console, while the driver sits before a heated multifunction steering wheel beautifully crafted

Bigger and bolder than ever, the longwheelbase variants of the topline Mercedes and Maybach. functions. Inside each unit is a light module with three powerful LEDs. These make for a projection range on full high-beam is 150 metres longer than the Multibeam LED. The standard Burmester 3D sound system has 15 speakers and 710 Watts. On the options list is a Burmester high-end 4D surround sound system with 31 speakers and output of 1750 watts includes a subwoofer and eight bass shakers (exciters) in the seats, the latter allowing passengers to feel the music.

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(463 kW and 900 Nm) the Mercedes-Maybach is aimed

from polished woodgrain and Nappa leather.

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to guarantee the second-row occupants travel in first-class comfort.

They have Rear Comfort Doors providing additional powered assistance, high-pile floor mats and Exclusive Nappa leather in distinctive

A TV tuner and DAB+ digital radio tuner are also standard. The interior is finished in standard highgloss black poplar wood trim, with the centre console in crystal-look black.

The Mercedes-Maybach S 680 4MATIC has a front grille featuring narrow vertical bars and 20-inch 5-hole forged alloy wheels.

Exclusive two-tone paint finishes with dividing line can be optionally specified, with a second colour applied by hand in a process that can take up to one week.

Rear-wheel steering, which can turn the rear wheels up to 10 degrees to significantly reduce the vehicle’s turning circle, is also standard (when optional 21-inch wheels are equipped, 4.5-degree rearwheel steering can be added).

The Mercedes-Benz S 580 L 4MATIC saloon is priced at $329,900 (MRLP) while the Mercedes-Maybach S 680 4MATIC saloon is priced at $565,800 (MRLP). Both models will be available to order in Q3, with first customer deliveries expected in Q4 of 2021. Note that these prices don’t include on-road costs and any dealer delivery charges.

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MOTORING NEWS

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SPECIAL EDITION LEXUS LC INSPIRATION SERIES

By EWAN KENNEDY

The special edition Lexus LC Inspiration Series is now available to order in Australia.

It has unique 21-inch forged alloy wheel design to give a more aggressive as well as enhancing aerodynamic performance. Mono-tone gloss black paint on the wheels give the lower areas of the car a tauter impression. Jet-black plating is used for the front radiator grille surround and rear light covers.

Special edition-exclusive black ornamentation continues across the front radiator grille and bumper garnish, headlamp surround, side rocker moulding and rear combination lamp bracket.

The LC Inspiration is available in three body colours - White Nova, Sonic Silver and Onyx.

Inside, black leatheraccented front seats combine with saddle tan accents to create an interplay of tones,

holding performance while Alcantara inserts Special edition-exclusive black by 18 per cent - so further creates a luxury ornamentation gives the Lexus LC there… texture with a velvety, Every Lexus LC also smooth feel. a more aggressive look. includes the Lexus Alcantara is also used production LC, the positioning Encore Platinum on the steering wheel, of the upholstery is deeply owner benefits program, gear selector, across the doors delivering the luxury of time and centre console. Saddle Tan drawn into the pad side to provide the clearance for the with access to valet parking is used on the centre console front occupants’ body to sink passes, the ability to loan and door armrest highlight into the front seat. We are told another vehicle via Lexus on strips, and on the seatbelts.

Demand - as well as exclusive Compared with the series this enhances hip position

LOWER COST MGs

By EWAN KENNEDY

Two lower-priced models have been added to the MG ZST range: the MG ZST Core and MG ZST Vibe.

They have a different front grille with a black high-gloss finish that frames the MG badge. The black high-gloss detailing is also on the door mirror covers, side sill inserts and foglight surrounds (the latter available for Vibe only).

Both variants have keyless entry and push-button start.

There’s Apple CarPlay and Android Auto through its 10.1inch touch screen infotainment system.

Power comes from 1.5-litre

84kW / 150Nm directinjection four-cylinder petrol engine. It drives through a continuously variable automatic transmission driving the front wheels.

MG ZST FEATURES • 17-inch alloy wheels.

• Fabric covered seats.

• Full grain leather steering wheel with contrasting stitching.

• MG Pilot Driver safety suite.

• Four-speaker sound system.

• Synthetic leather interior trim with contrast stitching.

Though they are lower priced, these MGs still have the sporty look of alloy wheels.

MG ZST VIBE FEATURES • In addition to the standard features of the MG ZST Core.

• 17-inch two-tone machined alloy wheels.

• Six-speaker sound system.

• Rain-sensing wipers.

• Front foglights.

• Inbuilt satellite

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Black high-gloss bumper inserts (Front and Rear).

Black high-gloss side sill inserts

They have MG Motor’s standard seven-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty.

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This latest special-edition Lexus LC is available on a strict order-only basis through Lexus Australia dealerships.

Not that fewer than five units are expected to arrive in Australia.

It is priced from $219,393 for the LC 500 and $219,553 for the LC 500h. Dealer delivery charges and on-road costs have to be factored in.

We suggest you contact your favourite Lexus dealer to enquire about this. driveaway for the MG ZST Core, with the MG ZST Vibe starting from $26,990 driveaway. They are available to order now, with first deliveries from June 2021.

“It’s pleasing to see the strong reception of the MG ZST since arriving in Australian showrooms late last year,” said Peter Ciao, CEO of MG Motor Australia and New Zealand.

“The introduction of the MG ZST Core and Vibe will offer a new level of refinement and value to the segment,” he continued. “We’ve listened to our customers and provided an impressive list of features in the new MG ZST variants that are usually only available in the premium segment.”

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58 YOUR WEEKLY HOROSCOPE Aries Mar 21 - Apr 20

Cancer Jun 24 - Jul 22

On June 26, Venus in Cancer makes a trine to Neptune in your house of reputation. This is some very fortunate energy for breaking down barriers in your career. A hiring manager may accept your experience in lieu of a degree. Or the supervisor at your current job could make way for a promotion for you in the near future.

There’s an opportunity for additional money to flow your way as well.

Happy Cancer season, Cancer! If you’ve needed it, you can find support at this time. On June 27, Venus in Cancer makes a trine to Neptune in your house of spirituality. Today, you are highly sensitive to the energies around you. You are more intuitive than usual to the level of being a psychic sponge. You could be picking up emotions from everyone around you. On the plus side, your ability to talk to your pets is very strong today. This could be a good day to get a kitten or a fish.

Leo Jul 23 - Aug 23

Taurus Apr 21 - May 21

On June 28, Venus in Cancer makes a trine to Neptune in your house of future happenings. This is an excellent aspect for visualizing the future you want to have. Daydream about where you’d like to live and fantasize about the relationship you want. The more detailed your visions, the better. Neptune has the ability to remove boundaries between you and the collective consciousness. Today, your energy can harmonize with the abundance of the Universe.

A little rest goes a long way, Leo. A dose of nature with camping could bring a healing experience. On June 28, Venus in Cancer makes a trine to Neptune in your house of investments. Today, you could be lured in by the siren song of day trading and quick money. But this is a mirage in the desert promising easy profits when in actuality, it’s just snakes and cactus. This is not a good day to invest money in video courses from a fasttalking YouTube guy leaning on a Maserati.

Visualize yes, credit card no.

Gemini May 22 - June 23

Buckle up, Gemini, there will be a few surprise expenses this week.

On June 29, Venus in Cancer makes a trine to Neptune in your house of reputation. This is some very fortunate energy for breaking down barriers in your career. A hiring manager may accept your experience in lieu of a degree. Or the supervisor at your current job could make way for a promotion for you in the near future.

There’s an opportunity for additional money to flow your way as well.

Virgo Aug 24 - Sep 22

Are you ready for more responsibility, Virgo? You could be elevated to a board member position or be in charge of fundraising events. On June 27, Venus in Cancer makes a trine to Neptune in your house of relationships. This is either a romantic, rose petals strewn on the bed, champagne, and chocolate-covered strawberry night, or you’re bingewatching the Hallmark Channel. You’re connected with the Universe today. Let Source know your wishes for love.

Hope for hope’s sake

by Nigel Dawe

CONTRARY to the resounding feedback I get, like ‘Latin is a dead language’ when I tell people that I want to write a book one day about

old Latin words; Latin is actually the language that slips under our collective guard, to fully haunt just about every modern-day language there is.

Libra Sep 23 - Oct 23

Libra, Cancer season brings exciting opportunities.

Others are impressed with your accomplishments and make you a great offer. On June 26, Venus in Cancer makes a trine to Neptune in your house of work. Numbers will swim on spreadsheets in irrational directions, and you could spill coffee on your report, giving it a tie-dye finish. Today’s a good day to stay in your pajamas and have your morning coffee on your balcony, far away from paperwork and your keyboard.

Capricorn Dec 22 - Jan 20

Capricorn, your circle of friends expands with some real quality connections. On June 25, Venus in Cancer makes a trine to Neptune in your house of communication.

While this can be beautiful, romantic energy, good for writing songs or standing on balconies reciting poetry, it’s lousy for reviewing contracts. Today, your focus and attention may not be on your work. If possible, take the day off to read a steamy, bodice-ripper romance. Or better still, make a date with your sweetheart for a little adventure.

Scorpio Oct 24 - Nov 20

On June 29, Venus in Cancer makes a trine to Neptune in your house of romance. Today, you could be talking about marriage or a friend is announcing their own engagement. One of your kids may be bringing home someone for you to meet. If you’re looking for love, this is an excellent day to email admirers. If possible, have a phone call together. With this intuitive energy, just hearing their voice will tell you a lot about them.

Aquarius Jan 21 - Feb 18

This week, Aquarius, you may find that shifting some tiny habits can add up to real success. On June 27, Venus in Cancer makes a trine to Neptune in your house of money. You may be very tempted to spend today. Clicking one “buy now” button leads to more clicking, and soon an Amazon driver is unloading packages onto your doorstep. But when the energy of this trine wears off, you may not be happy with your choices. Make sure anything you get today is returnable.

Sagittarius Nov 22 - Dec 21

Knowledgeable people can help you with financial decisions this week, Sagittarius. On June 26, Venus in Cancer trines Neptune in your house of ancestors. Today, you can be in touch with the spirits of those who have gone on before you. This is less of a poltergeist haunting and more like channeling your great grandmother’s indomitable spirit or your great uncle’s business sense. This is a good day to look at photographs (or daguerreotypes) of relatives from the past and welcome them into your present life.

One of my favourite examples, or cases in point – is the word ‘spe’, which finds itself lodged, albeit largely unnoticed in words such as – respect, special, spectate, and speculate. ‘Spe’, being of course, the old Latin world’s adage for ‘hope’.

Rather than being a largely ‘pie in the sky’ word or concept for idle dreamers; ‘hope’ is a notion that has well and truly earned its stripes right throughout history, sometimes in the very worst of the worst of all possible times.

Take the legendary Roman figure – Seneca, who had the misfortune by having the fortune of being a celebrated thinker, to be the personal tutor of Nero (history’s arch-doyen, if not Deakin of political lunatics) an association that would cost Seneca his life, after being implicated in a conspiracy to overthrow the man who would eventually ‘go on’ to laugh as Rome burned to the ground.

It was Seneca who (after no doubt one too many private consults with a leader that would make a Trump or a

Pisces Feb 19 - Mar 20

Someone in the family may have a big announcement, Pisces, or you might be adding a pet to the household.

On June 30, Venus in Cancer makes a trine to Neptune in your own sign of Pisces. Today you can feel in harmony with the soul of the world. People give you smiles and compliments. A child may run to you and tell you how much they love you.

It’s a good day for doing art or sitting on your patio and watching the clouds go by.

Putin appear the most ethical and trust-worthy of men to have ever lived) coined one of world thought’s greatest expressions: ‘Do not hope without despair, or despair without hope.’

At first read, the above ‘advice’ of Seneca’s comes across as contradictory, defeatist or even selfcancelling in some way, but it is perhaps one of history’s most balanced and robust phrases upon closer examination. It’s essence and moral, is one of never getting too carried away in any direction, be that negatively or in an equally picture-skewing, distortedly-positive way.

In a modern-day variation, albeit inspiring tweak of Seneca’s sound observation in the pompous face of fullblown idiocy and arrogance from on high, Martin Luther King Jr once professed: “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”

Intriguingly, it was ‘Hope’ (or Elpis as she was known) that was the last to not escape from Pandora’s box in Greek

mythology, after each of the myriad evil spirits (like greed, envy, and hatred) rushed forth to unleash their harmful and petty selves upon humanity.

But the lasting legacy of this tale is not that Hope was left behind, it is that she remained – never to desert us in the all-too-often blind manner in which we compulsively get through our days.

In a world that hasn’t ever been non-besieged by every manner of evil and ill, whether that be administered by mother nature in the form of her random natural catastrophes, or through the self-invested scruples of ‘leaders’ who should just sit down, or take up gardening and let the more fair-minded among us lead. Hope has ever reigned supreme.

The final word, albeit warning in the name of Elpis herself to tyrants the world over, belongs to the Chilean giant, who paid the ultimate price for his own convictions – Pablo Neruda: “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.”

The Northern Rivers Times

June 24, 2021

IN MEMORIAM 59 Memoriam

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In loving memory of

In loving memory of

Jean Stephens

Janice Theresa Gooley (née Davis)

11.7.1915 – 12.6.2021

Passed away peacefully at Nimbin Aged Care 12th June 2021,

aged 105 years.

Late of Nimbin.

Dearly loved wife of Horrie (dec).

Loved mother and mother-in-law of Ian & Merle (Brisbane), Rob & Lexie (Old Bar), Geoff & Lucy (UK) and Philip (Nimbin).

Treasured grandmother of Vaughn, Kim, Andrew, Joe, Lizzi, Jessica, Michael and Edward and great grandmother to their children.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a celebration of Jean’s life in The Richmond Chapel, Parkview Funeral Home, 43 Holland St Goonellabah on Thursday 24th June 2021, commencing at 1.30pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family would prefer donations to Nimbin Hospital Auxiliary for the benefit of the community.

Janice passed away peacefully on 31 May 2021.

Dearly loved wife of Pat for 60 years.

Devoted mother of Terence (dec.), Tracie-Lee and Jane (dec.).

Cherished grandmother of Dominic and his partner Amy. Sister of Brian (dec.) and sister-in-law of Marlene.

Sister-in-law to John (dec.) & Carmel, Barry, Dan and Cathie.

Jan’s family would like to thank everyone for the beautiful flowers, cards and personal condolences.

Special thanks to staff at St Joseph’s nursing home.

Please accept our heartfelt gratitude for your love and support.

In accordance with Jan’s wishes, a private service has been held.

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Wilson, Elizabeth Winnie 13 March 1936 – 17 June 2021 passed away on Thursday, June 17 2021,

aged 85 years old.

Dearly loved wife of Malcolm (dec); loving mother of Allan and Rebecca; loved mother-in-law of Mark; beloved Grandma and Great – Grandma to her grandchildren; loved Aunty to all her nephews and nieces.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend Elizabeth’s funeral service to be held on Thursday, June 24th, 2021 at The Richmond Chapel, Parkview Funeral Home, 43 Holland Street Goonellabah, commencing at 10:30am followed by a burial at Lismore Memorial Gardens Lawn Cemetery.

SCHAEFER

Peter Richard “Shiv”

12.02.1938 – 19.06.2021 Passed away peacefully at St. Josephs Nursing Home, Lismore,

aged 83 years.

Loved and loving husband of Kathy for 57 years. Cherished father of Chris, Kerry, and Paul.

Adored Poppy to his 10 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

Loved by the extended Schaefer and Cochran families.

Family and friends are invited to attend the liturgy of prayers for the life of Peter. To be held at St. Carthages Cathedral, Leycester Street, Lismore, Friday 25th June 2021 commencing at 10:00 AM. Followed by private cremation.

All guests will be required to comply with NSW government Covid legislation and Covid plan requirements.

Please remain seated and ensure social distance standards are maintained during the service.

Attendees are also required to self-check in by mandatory QR Code. Please attend with a suitable mobile phone and ability or support to comply with this requirement.

Funeral Notice CARRALL, IVY JANE (nee Hillier) Passed away peacefully on 16th June, 2021 at Casino Memorial Hospital. Late of Casino.

Aged 89 years.

Beloved wife of John.

Much loved mother & mother-in-law of Jeff & Steph.

Cherished Nan of Luke and Glen, and Great-Nan of Reef & Summer.

Loving sister of Arthur (decd), Don (decd) and May. Loved and sadly missed by all the Carrall & Hillier families.

Rest in Peace

Relatives and friends of Ivy are invited to attend her funeral service to be held today WEDNESDAY 23rd June, 2021 commencing at 11.00am at The Arentz Chapel, Parkview Funeral Home, 41 Walker Street, Casino followed by burial at Casino Lawn Cemetery.

Please bring a suitable mobile phone, as all guests will be required to comply with the mandatory COVID-19 QR code sign-in for contact tracing purposes, and must ensure social distancing is maintained at all times.

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Betty Isabelle Driscoll 30.10.1931 – 18.6.2021

Formerly of Wyrallah. Passed away peacefully at Caroona Kalina on Friday, 18th June 2021.

Beloved wife of Bill (dec’d).

Much loved mother and mother in law of Lorraine & Darby Tickle, Margaret & Alan McGuiness, and Liz & Peter Scroope.

Loved Nan of Jamie, Aaron, Carissa, Nathan, Hannah, Matthew, Timothy and Gran Nan to Isabelle, Remington, Presley, Bastian, Kahlani, Kana, Melika, Cohen, Ellie and Milla.

A celebration of Betty’s life is to be held at Parkview Funeral Home, 43 Holland St, Goonellabah on Friday, 25th June 2021, commencing at 10.30am. Followed by burial at Lismore Memorial Gardens.

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RAYNER, RACHEL MARY “RAE”

McDONALD, KATHLEEN MARGARET (KATH)

Cameron Andrew Mackie

Aged 93 years.

At rest after a long illness.

A private service and cremation was held in Murwillumbah on Friday 18th June 2021.

Passed away peacefully on Friday 18th June, 2021 at Lismore Base Hospital. Late of Casino.

Passed away peacefully on June 18, 2021. Aged 94.

Forever held in the hearts of her family and friends, with love and gratitude for the great gifts she gave them all. Reunited with her beloved husband Len (dec).

Relatives and friends are invited to attend Rae’s Funeral Service to be held at St Francis Xavier’s Catholic Church, Cherry Street, Ballina on FRIDAY (June 25, 2021) commencing at 10.00 am. After prayers the cortege will leave for the East Ballina Cemetery.

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Beloved wife of Athol (decd).

Adored mother and best friend of Karen (Miss Mac).

Sister of Charlie, Jack and Ted (all decd), and sister-in-law of Kathryn & Jim Dougherty, Jean Brien and Darcy McDonald.

Loved and sadly missed by all her family & friends.

30/01/1967 – 06/06/2021

Rest in Peace

Relatives and friends of Kath are invited to celebrate Requiem Mass for the Repose of her Soul to be offered this FRIDAY 25th June, 2021 commencing at 10.00am at St Mary’s Catholic Church, Canterbury Street, Casino followed by burial at Casino Lawn Cemetery.

Please bring a suitable mobile phone, as all guests will be required to comply with the mandatory COVID-19 QR code sign-in for contact tracing purposes, and must ensure social distancing is maintained at all times.

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ALSTONVILLE ALSTONVILLE INNER WHEEL CLUB Meet socially 3rd Wednesday of every month. Contact President Carol Vidal 0427326832.

CRAWFORD HOUSE MUSEUM Alstonville Plateau Historical Society is holding the finals of a poetry competition for Ballina Shire school students on Sunday 27th June at 1pm on the front lawn of Crawford House Museum at 10 Wardell Road Alstonville. The ten finalists will recite their poems, which must be original and have an Aussie bush/ country theme, and they’ll be judged by well-known bush poet Ray Essery and one other person. Entry will be $10 per person, a gold coin donation for children or $15 per family, to be paid at the gate. Please bring a folding chair or rug and a hat, as no chairs or shelter will be provided.

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

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COMMUNITY NOTICES 63 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 FREE COMMUNITY BREAKFAST It’s back: the monthly Community Breakfast, 9.00-11.00am Saturday 26 June at the Uniting Church Hall, 54 Cherry Street. Lots of food – hot and cold – will be served under Covidsafe regulations. Hopefully, this will be repeated on the 4th Saturday each month. All welcome.

THE RICHMOND-TWEED FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Next monthly meeting will be held on Saturday, 3rd of July at 2:00pm4:00pm in the Players Theatre, 24 Swift Street Ballina. The guest speakers will be Eric and Rosemary Kopittke who will be presenting the topics The Genealogist: What’s the difference, and A 19th Century German’s voyage to the other side of the world. These speakers are accomplished international genealogy speakers. Contact Kerrie on 66281324.

THE BALLINA COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB Held a very successful “Fund Raising Event” for the “LOCAL VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICES” starting in April 2019, pausing for Covid19 and resuming in February this year. Our final event being a Country Musical Charity Day held at the Ballina RSL Club on Sunday 30th May, 2021. The Charity Day provided a day of Country Music from 9am until 5pm plus many patrons supporting the continuous raffle, major raffles, 100 club draws and silent auctions with a gold coin donation.

We wish to thank the many businesses that sponsored our fund raising. At the accumulation of the Charity Day a cheque $4000 was presented to the Marine Rescue Ballina and $10,000 presented to Ballina SES.

BALLINA SCOPE CLUB We are a group of ladies who do fund raising with all money going to local charities. We meet the 1st Monday of the month at the Ballina RSL Club at 7pm. Any enquiries to Ruth on 0429877733.

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 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. Phone 0411719074.

BALLINA CWA BRANCH MARKET There will be plenty of stalls: handicraft, food, gifts and bric-a-brac.

A treasure trove of delights. Saturday 3 July 8.00am to 3.00pm Ballina Masonic Hall, 65 Cherry Street, Ballina. For further information please contact Gai Mason: gaimason881@ gmail.com 0433129339. Future Market Day: Saturday 4 December 2021

PROBUS CLUB OF BALLINA WATERS The Probus Club of Ballina Waters will hold its next monthly meeting on Wednesday 16th June, commencing at 10am at the Cherry Street Sports Club. This will be the regular Monthly meeting, with a guest speaker. Other activities coming up are a day at the races on 14th June and a luncheon on 25th 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.

BACCI GROUP A local Arts based group meet each first Monday of each month. Meet with other local artisans and makers and participate in group exhibitions as they occur. Time 5pm for 5.30pm.

Place Cherry St Sports. Meet beforehand in the club for social time before the meeting – contact ballinaartsandcraftscentreinc@gmail. com

BALLINA MAHJONG Results for 18th June 2021: Joy Lowien 1, Bev Lasater 2, Jan Williams 3, Val Heinritz 4, Shirley Atkinson 5, Lesley Richie 6, Margaret Bryant 7, Joan Murphy 8, Sally Lowry 9, Betty Penklis 10, Pam Farrell 11, Shirley Coleman, Lorna Simpson 12, Judy Brent 14, Jenny Lang 15, Jan Boardman, Valda McLerie 16, Pauline Bolte, Jan Small 18, Yvonne

Weddup 20, Gail McDonagh 21, Gladys D’Anna 22, Helen Young 23, Shirley Henry 24, Diana Auret, Pauline Kearney 25, Janene Jarvis 27, Kath Hubbard 28, Lisa Wong 29, June Grebert 30, Jan Henley 31, June Greenaway 32. Mahjong is played on Friday at 12:30pm at the Ballina Bridge Club North Creek Road.

Enquiries for new players phone Vanessa on 66874181.

BALLINA CWA Ballina CWA Handicraft & Friendship mornings are held every Wednesday morning from 9am until 12noon 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 9.00am 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 12.15pm. For more information please ring David 0473587412.

BRUNSWICK BRUNSWICKHEADS HEADS BRUNSWICK VALLEY VIEW CLUB Are calling on the community to give generously to The Smith Family Winter Appeal, to help thousands of young people across Australia struggling in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The appeal aims to raise $5.1 million by 30 June, to deliver life-changing learning and mentoring programs to students experiencing disadvantage. The Smith Family’s acting CEO, Judy Barraclough, said support is more urgent than ever, after the charity released its Emerging from Covid-19: Insights Snapshot.

This document brings together recent observations from families, schools and Smith Family teams working on the ground in some of Australia’s most disadvantaged communities, to track how they’re faring following the year of disruption and uncertainty that was 2020. “We’re very concerned by the high number of students and families we support who are really struggling, some more than at any stage since the pandemic began. Economic instability, a housing affordability crisis and a lack of employment opportunities for our families are all taking their toll – and we’re really worried about the impact this is having on some children’s ability to engage at school,” she said. Brunswick Valley VIEW Club president Margaret Alderton said support from the community will help more than 12,000 Australian children who need it most. “Our club is committed to supporting young Australians with their education, because it is the best way of stopping the cycle of disadvantage. The Smith Family’s programs help children succeed at school which builds confidence so they can realise their hopes and dreams,” she said. VIEW (Voice, Interests and Education of Women) is a national women’s organisation and support network, bringing together women to enjoy social activities, develop skills,

and make connections – all while supporting Australian children in need.

For those who are interested to find out more about VIEW or who would like to join, visit view.org.au or call Margaret on 0429 966 894.

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 0431 908063.

CASINO CASINO CASINO MEALS ON WHEELS WEEK 5 MON: S Forrester, J Whittaker & family; TUE: D Coleman, K Rowse, K Evans; WED: L Barton, J Cornell, P Muntelwit, G Mannix; THU: H Moffitt, J Hanna; FRI: Richmond Valley Council Staff.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Wednesday 12noon 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 Angela on 67376812.

AIR RIFLE CLUB Saturdays - Rifles, ammunition & targets supplied, shooting starts 8am until 12noon. Call Ollie on 0414622272.

CASINO & DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY GROUP Advise we have a new phone number which is 66641118 and email casinofhg@gmail.com CASINO SENIOR CITIZENS All welcome, our activities currently are Wednesday afternoons at Casino RSM 1.00pm to play Hoy, Euchre. We have group play on Thurs afternoons 1.00pm. Contact Jan Danaher on 0414625680.

LISMORE CASINO NAVAL ASSOCIATION Meets bi-monthly at Casino RSM, new members welcome. For more information phone Chris 66293269 or Jim 0427400625.

LION’S CLUB CASINO Lion’s Club meeting is held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month at Casino RSM Club from 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start.

CASINO COMMUNITY MEN’S SHED Mon, Tues, Wed, attendance limited to 50 members, 8.00am-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.

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64 COMMUNITY NOTICES CASINO VIEW CLUB Monthly luncheon meeting at Casino RSM Club at 11am, second Thurs of every month. Contact Barbra on 66612530 or 0448969498.

book as limited amount of room by calling Joy on 0400372948, COVID conditions apply.

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.

EVANS HEAD BRANCH CWA We meet over lunch, 3rd Tuesday every month, 12noon at the Illawong Hotel. New members welcome. Further info 0427825560.

HANDS ON SEARCHING FOR ANCESTORS 28 June, Monday night, 6.30 – 9pm, cost $5.00. Workshop for anyone wanting to advance their family history researching skills using resources available at Casino & District Family History Group’s research library. The night would be particularly relevant to anyone who has attended ‘beginner’ workshops in the past. Come prepared with details you already know of your ancestor/s these known details will help link you back in time generation by generation. Bring your own laptop computer if you wish, this will save waiting in turn to use a computer.

RSVP Friday 25 June. Ph 66641118 or place name on list on reception desk.

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CASINO LADIES AND FRIENDS CRAFT GROUP Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month. Bring your own morning tea and wear a mask. Names to be in by Lunch time Monday. Phone Vivian on 66621838 or Jan on 66626424.

CASINO MIXED PROBUS CLUB Meeting 4th Thursday 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 Thursday of the month.

Casino Uniting Church at 6pm and for further information please ring Alison 0400956404 or Penny 0422301799.

CASINO BRANCH CWA Casino branch CWA hold meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month at Casino Community Cultural Centre at 9.00am.

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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! For any enquiries please send an email to graftondistrictgardenclub@ gmail.com - you can also find and follow us on Facebook.

GRAFTON SENIORS June meeting, includes trade table, attendance 59, apologies 18. Guest speaker: Ken Wilson, Council Waste Management, spoke on climate change, local waste, & their connections.

Birthday wishes: those celebrating; best wishes, anyone unwell, - Doris H; Yvonne H; Max S. New members: Bev Dowell; Charlie Gillett; Jan Allen.

Sympathy: Elizabeth Holdway, passing of husband, Ken. Correspondence in: Letter from Doreen Schuhmacher.

Correspondence out: welcome letters, new members; sympathy, get well cards. General business: latest newsletter all distributed; Christmas luncheon, 3 December. Racecourse upstairs function room, entertainment, Croozin Broadway. Trips: day trip, mystery venue, June 25, full, reserves noted. 8 Day Queensland tour, spare seats. Meal options being sought.

Competition winners: V. Collins; A. Preac; J. Campbell; G. Hunter-

Blanch; R. Jackson; F. Martin; D. Schuhmacher; B. Ling. New members: over 50’s welcome. Next meeting: 10.30am Tuesday 10 August, 2021 at Racecourse. Guest speaker: Warren Tozer. NOTE: no meeting in July due to races. Enquiries: Publicity Officer, Sandra 66427720.

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 on email Jan Coleman janetlcoleman@gmail.com or Facebook page:https://www.facebook. com/graftontoastmasters KYOGLE KYOGLE KYOGLE SUNSHINE CLUB Meets every Thursday at 9.30am. For more details contact 0499824274.

KYOGLE BAZAAR Saturday 26th June, 9am-2pm.

Kyogle Amphitheatre - behind the Kyogle Information Centre. Over 30 local stallholders selling handmade, homegrown, artisan, second-hand and vintage items. Great coffee and cakes. Entertainment all day by local youthies and the talented John Howley.

Sierra Leone Education Project will be running the BBQ and fundraising for equal access to quality education for children. Our donations will help them provide libraries and library teachers for children in disadvantaged schools and communities in Sierra Leone.

LENNOX LENNOX HEAD HEAD LENNOX HEAD LIONS CLUB New members welcome to join our close-knit club where the emphasis

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-12noon in the community centre at Lennox Head, Call Jan on 66816150.

PROBUS CLUB OF LENNOX HEAD Meets 10.00 for 10.30am at Club Lennox, 10 Stewart Street, on the first 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.

RICHMOND RIVER BEEF PRODUCER’S ASSOCIATION Meet on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Kyogle Showgrounds in the luncheon room at 7pm. For more details Phone Jan on 0427293455.

LION’S CLUB OF KYOGLE Meeting is held on the 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month at the Kyogle Lion’s shed from 6.30–7.00pm For more information contact Neville Moon on 66322233.

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.

LISMORE LISMORE COUNTRY CARNA AT LISMORE WORKERS CLUB Next Concert Sunday 27th June.

Auditorium with Check 2 & great artists. Free Show from 11am.

THE ROTARY CLUB OF SUMMERLAND SUNRISE We meet every Friday at 7.05am for a Breakfast meeting at Coffeeshots, Molesworth St, Lismore. Interested in contributing to community? Local and international? Join us at Coffeeshots please. Phone 0435990919 for more details.

LISMORE BASE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY Lismore Base Hospital Auxiliary’s Christmas in July on 24th all tickets SOLD. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets.

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.

Ph: 0434 232 538 or 0431 118 483 Email bookings@onpointbushire.com.au

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COMMUNITY NOTICES 65 Air Rifle shooting for .22 & 177 air rifles will also be available at the Saturday shoots. For more info please phone Derek on 66282082 (AH).

LADIES INDOOR BOWLS Played at Lismore Workers club, Mon mornings 9am, New members welcome. Info Rosemary 0434611520 or Veronica 0417004622 NR U3A LISMORE INC. (UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE) Retired? Make new friends, gain knowledge, laugh and learn, enjoy a richer retirement. U3A offers over 30 classes and activities each week. One yearly fee of $50 entitles you to attend all classes/activities of your choice.

Interested? Check out our webpage http://www.u3anriv.org.au for course list, times and venues or contact 66227408 Follow us on Facebook.

TABLE TENNIS AT GOONELLABAH Tuesday and Thursday mornings social playing: 9.00am-12noon; Monday and Wednesday nights social playing: 7.009.00pm; Training Monday mornings: 9.00am-12noon; Junior coaching after school Wednesday 3.30pm-4.45pm, $6.00 a session. Everybody is welcome – all levels. Phone centre on 66251602 Mon-Thur 9.00am-1.00pm or visit website www.fnctabletennis.com.au JIGGI-GEORGICA RED CROSS The members of Jiggi-Georgica Branch of Red Cross would love the chance to welcome some new members to our meetings held in the Red 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 Friday 9th July, which is our AGM. Any enquiries please contact Joan on 66888127.

LISMORE GIRL GUIDES Lismore Girl Guides meet every Tuesday during school terms from 5.30 to 7.30pm at our hall, Magellan Street Lismore. Any girl aged from 7 to 17 is most welcome to attend for two nights free, but please make contact first. AND Any adult female aged 18 and over interested in becoming a volunteer with youth, are encouraged to contact Leonie on mobile number 0412866766, for further details. Our hall is also available to hire.

“MAINLY MUSIC” IN LISMORE FOR 2021 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 9.30-11.30am in school term. Anglican Parish Hall, Zadoc St Lismore. Enquiries 66213200 or mainlymusic.org 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.

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 at 1.00pm.

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 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.

RED CROSS LISMORE BRANCH Meets the 3rd Monday of the month at 2.00pm in the Red Cross Tea Rooms in Keen Street Lismore. As well as fund raising we are also an active social group and welcome new members.

New volunteers are also required to assist in our popular Tea Rooms. If you can commit to 1 or more days a month please contact Lynn 66217642 or Rhonda 66241950 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 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 10am. 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 Thursdays of each month at 11am.

Contact Ruth Toyer on 0409844212 by

Mondays, 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 time, street parking, Byo, covered footwear, comfy clothing, hat and water. Children ok with strict supervision. Covid plan operating.

Enquires: murbahcommunitygardens@ gmail.com - follow us on Facebook #MurwillumbahCommunityGarden COMMUNITY PRINTMAKERS MURWILLUMBAH Fine art printmakers. Meet at studio space 224 Stokers Rd, Stokers Siding.

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.

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 10am 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, commencing at 7pm 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.

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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. For details, please contact Donna on 0428878421.

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66 FISHING / TIDES / WEATHER BALLINA This week the weather appears to be improving as the week goes along, but we will have some scattered showers throughout the week. The offshore fishing looks like it will be Thursday or so before we can get back out there, but the close reefs will be worth a look as the snapper numbers continue to improve in close.

Lightly weighted soft plastics and pilchards have both had some success, along with a few 100 mm vibes in brighter colors.

The current out wider has been inconsistent, so take some heavier lead just in case. The pearl perch and smaller kingfish have been fairly aggressive on the 48 fathom line, with live baits and jigs all getting

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smashed.

The beaches will be similar to the offshore fishing with the better conditions later in the week. The tailor numbers are still a little hit and miss, but we are seeing some good quality fish up to 3kg. Metal spinners have worked well early morning and pilchards have been better on the beaches late afternoon and into the night.

The run in tides have produced some of the better bream and luderick. The bream have been taking some metal blades and soft plastics, as well as showing plenty of interest in prawns and mullet for those wanting to use bait. The high tides this week will be good for some mulloway in the deeper holes with live baits. Tight lines!

Brett POTTSVILLE Bream, dart, flathead and tailor along the beaches, flathead, bream and a few whiting in the mid to upper reaches of the creeks, luderick around the rock walls, rocky points and bridge pylons and mud crabs in the upper reaches.

TWEED COAST Flathead, bream and tailor in the mid to lower reaches of the Tweed River.

Offshore Snapper, pearl perch, tuskfish, moses perch and flathead on the 24s and 30s NE of the Tweed.

CURRUMBIN Snapper on the 36s, tailor along the beaches, flathead and whiting in the lower reaches of Currumbin and Tallebudgera Creeks and mud crabs in the upper reaches.

SOUTHPORT Snapper, pearl perch, amberjack and yellowtail king on the 42s, snapper on the 24s, mulloway and tailor on the 18s, tailor along the beaches, mulloway in Southport Seaway and inside the Pin Bar, school flathead throughout Southport Broadwater, garfish and arrow squid in the channel from Runaway Bay Marina to the Grand and bream at night near the entrance to the canals, rivers and creeks.

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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 CHERRY STREET SPORTS RESULTS Ricochet : N.Poynting P.Doyle 15 d N.Watts D.Scott 14 J.Doust P.Scott 10 d R.Poynting 8 P.Bolte 19 d B.Wellings J.Murphy 18 A.Kelly P.Doyle 14 d J.Doust P.Bolte 14 R.Poynting M.Field 9 d P.Scott J.Murphy 9 Club Handicap Singles match : N.Poynting 15 d H.Young 13.

Association : R.Poynting N.Poynting 16 d L.Hardy G.Porter 14 NORTHERN RIVERS GOLF CROQUET TOURNAMENT : OBE : Winner Betty Duncan, Sandra Munroe, Alstonville.

Runner up Joan Doust, Norma Watts, Cherry Street.

Handicap Doubles : Winner Shane Hambly, Mike Cleaver, Lismore.

Runner up Mary Ayshford, Leonie Condon, Casino.

Novice Singles : Winner Michael Dalton Byron Bay. Runner up James Bate Alstonville.

Handicap Singles : Winner Shane Hambly Lismore.

Runner up Chris Wyer Byron Bay Doubles Level : Winner Ray Chapman, David Scott, Cherry Street.

Runner up Bernadette Ryan, Shane Hambly, Lismore.

Tournaments :

Social 18/6 c Tait, Jane rose 25 d g , D morrow19 J Fowler ,s Savin’s 25 d N Nugent, J Kennedy 21 M Moss, B Hutchinson , A Wilson 22 d J Ackers, G Rose, R Moss R MOSS22 LBryant, G Moss, C Vanderwall 13d. Joan Rose, R Hoskin, DSmart 7 19/6 Greg Rose, S Smart 30 d N McDonald, M Rose 12j Joan Rose, G Cox, S Roberts 31 d K Hoffman , C Vanderwall, N Nugent 16 R Hoskin, W Woods, B Hutchinson 35 d. J Davis, D Morrow G Vanderwall 10 Jane Rose, P Coulson, D Pearce 24 d R Campbell, R Walker, G Moss 14 Minor Singles Championship JFowler 31 d K Morrow 16__ , G Sullivan 31 d J Jacobson 16 M ajor Singles club Championship Gary Rose 31 d Jack Piper 12 KYOGLE BOWLS RESULTS Wednesday June 16 - G Turner T Burgess d G Knapp K Hayes + 22, N Bodycote S Barton R McKenna d B Ryan W Farrell R Clark + 6, M Brown B Hyde d P Anderson P Doyle + 1. Saturday June 19 - J Watts G King N Bodycote d A Rogers M Rogers R Rogers + 18, D Williams N Parker B Hyde d G O’Reilly L Condon B Creighton + 8, W Farrell G Lavelle P Doyle d P Anderson R O’Reilly T Holder + 5, B Ryan J Arnold T Winkler d G Knapp M Windsor K Hayes + 5. Championship games - B grade singles N Parker d D Warren 31 to 11, A grade singles P Williams d T Burgess 31 to 29, A grade pairs D Farrell S Hall d S Colleu M Brown 21 to 11.

COMMERCIAL HOTEL KYOGLE SOCIAL GOLF CLUB RESULTS FOR SUNDAY, JUNE, 20TH. 9 Hole Stroke Event Winners; Hayden Moore Runners Up; Mick Tough Putting; Mick Tough Guzzler; Hayden Mooren NTP; D. McQuilty, W. Groves, C. Kennedy, B. Thuell, R. Lammond, H. Dustin..

The next outing 4th July - American Foursome (Partners).

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS FROM EVANS HEAD WOMEN’S BOWLING CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL RESULTS PLAYED 16/6/21 MAJOR SINGLES Sue Downs defeated Alice Peel MINOR SINGLES Pam Freeman defeated Susan Smith

Queensland Division 3 Association Betty Duncan, Sandra Munroe, OBE winners with runner up Joan Doust, Norma Watts.

Croquet Championships held at Wynnum.

Greg Porter Cherry Street 1st.

Cameron Unwin Wynnum 2nd.

Zach Kominar Merthyr 3rd Eunice Frater Southport 4th.

LISMORE WORKERS SPORTS BOWLING CLUB RESULTS

SPORTS CLUBS BREWERY & WINE TOURS BUCKS, HENS - WEDDINGS AIRPORT SHUTTLE DAY TOURS SCHOOLS SHOPPING TOURS

SOUTH TWEED SPORTS (BOWLS SECTION) AKA SOUTH TWEED SHARKS BOWLS RESULTS Week Date: Saturday…12th June to Friday 18th June 2021 Saturday Open Bowls Winners: Elmo Koelmeyer & Trevor Payne Runner Up: Les Bailey, Ted Robinson, Norman Fletcher Saturday Open Pairs: Winners: Kevin Wormald & Laurie Gersbach

Runners Up: Pat Eakin & Gordon Wood Tuesday Open Bowls: Winner: Lee Reeves & Sue Johnston Runner Up: Twenette Melville & Di Fairhurst Wednesday Morning Open Pairs: Winners: Dennis Devine & Terry Dealy Runner Up: Ross Morrow & Jon Bosisto Wednesday Open Bowls: Winners: Bill Bell, Speedy Murphy, Barry McLennan Runners Up: Keith Ward, Beryl Bell, Mike Hardinge Thursday Sharkies Singles: Winner of Winners: France Wilmann Runner Up of Winners: Geoff Mitchell Winner of Losers: Marlene Wormald Runner Up Winner of Losers: Meg Middlemiss Friday 2 Bowl Triples: Winners: John Lovelock, Lorraine Earea, Wayne Earea Runners Up: Ellen Joselin, Rob Claridge, Shane O’Toole Third Place: John Stone, Bob Baird, Marlene Stone

L to R Meg Middlemiss Geoff Mitchell France Wilmann Marlene Wormald CASINO GOLF RESULTS Monday June 14 the Queens Birthday Public Holiday Medley took place and the winner of the day was Norton Bolt (12) with 41 points from Daniel Rogers (3) having 37 points. The ball rundown went to 34.

Tuesday June 15 the Vets held their Open Day with an a.m. field and a p.m. field.

Hulky Rankin won the morning session with 39 pts from Bruce Jacobson (WEH) with 38 on a c/b from Jean Ellis (MCL) then Rodney Ellis also (MCL) with 37 on a c/b from Rodney Wade (OS). Noel Kinsley won the afternoon session with 39 pts from Rick Wagner (LIS) having 38 from John Nipperess 36 then Robert Van Klaveren (LIS) with 35 on a c/b from Bill Walker.

Wednesday June 16 the ladies played for the Speedy Electrical & Data Trophy. Div 1 was won by Linda Dean with 73 from Sue Leeson 77 and Julie Llewellyn with 79. Div 2 was won by Janelle Godfrey with 73 from Roanne Lenton with 76 then Reinie Kinsley with 77. Div 3 was won

by Dorothy Willis with 78 from Heather McAndrew with 78 then Betty Quinn having 79. The Ball rundown went to 86 and the Eagles Nest has 28 balls which was not won.

Wednesday June 16 was also the final round of the 54 Hole Ladies Thomas Noble & Russell Championships. The raining champion Sue Leeson kept her crown coming in with a final 3 round score of 271 Scr from her closest competitor

Runner Up Linda Dean with 282. Julie Llewellyn won the Div 1 Nett with 228 from Nora Viel with 282. Div 2 Gross Winner was Janelle Godfrey with 301 Scr from Roanne Lenton with 308; the Div 2 Nett Winners were Reinie Kinsley with 230 Nett from Kay Clapham with 241. Div 3 Gross Winner was Heather McAndrew with 334 Scr from Dorothy Willis with 353 and the Nett Winners were Dianne Black with 256 Nett from Judith McHugh with 257.

Thursday June 17 there were 51 in the field for the Mens Stableford. Greg Northfield shot the best score of the day with 40 pts from Barry Estreich with 39 on a c/b from Peter Rogerson and Terry Oaten. The Ball Rundown went to 33 on a c/b.

Friday June 18 Div 1 was won by Anne Innes with 33 pts from Terri Campbell with 32 then Margaret King with 31. Div 2 was won by Heather McAndrew with 34 from Betty Quinn with 32 then Dorothy Willis with 31. The Ball Rundown went to 26 and the NTP’s were won by Judith McHugh on the 5th and Reinie Kinsley on the 17th.

Saturday Jun 19 the day was sponsored

by Betta Home Living; and the game was a 2BBB Stableford with a Single Stableford in conjunction. The winners of the BB were Wayne Jackson & Norton Bolt with an excellent 47 pts from Alan Jones & Wayne Nowland with 45 on a c/b from 2nd Runner Ups Greg Snow & Phillip Johnson. The ball rundown in this competition went to 41 pts. The Single Stableford event was won by Andrew Campbell with 36 pts from Mick Montgomery with 35 and the ball rundown went to 29 on a c/b. The Eagles Nest has 36 balls in it and wasn’t won.

The HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY was for Jeremy Schofield; he decided to leave his driver at home as he hits his 3 wood just as far, with the wind behind him on the 6th Tee he smashed his 3 wood down to the middle of the fairway around about 190 mtrs out from the green proceeding to his a 7 iron into the green thinking he might have gone through to the back BUT alas when they looked in the hole there his ball was awarding him an ALBATROSS (2) on a Par 5.

Sunday June 20 the first Mixed day of the year sponsored by the Casino Vets. It finally happened after the rain, Championships, Pennant etc etc. The field was good and the winners of the day were Julie & Terry Llewellyn with an excellent 44 pts on a c/b from John & Allysen Weaver (LIS). NTP’s were won

by Jim Dean for the men and a draw of the cards gave Dorothy Willis the ladies pin.

The ball rundown went to 32. The next mixed day will be Sunday 4th July – The Hudson Donnelly 2BBB and there will be a Single Stableford in conjunction promoting the TRI CHALLENGE between Casino, Coraki and Woodburn Evans Head being sponsored by Richmond Dairies. All players are welcome, the Hudson Donnelly event is a partner event and the partners must be male/female.

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June 24, 2021

68 SPORTS

NSW GOVERNMENT BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS IN WOMEN’S SPORT

By Tonia Dynan NORTHERN NSW Football will receive almost $40,000 this year to get more women and girls involved in sport.

The Her Sport Her Sport Way grant program will pay out more than $640,000 to 17 sports across the state, including football, basketball, cricket and hockey to name a few.

Northern NSW Football has been granted $14,745 to host Female Football Week 2021, providing participation opportunities for women and girls on and off the field.

Events were held at Alstonville Football Club and Kyogle Soccer Club recently, and the last event will be at Byron Bay Football Club in August.

Northern NSW Football was also granted $12,600 for a advance female coaching scholarship and $10,000 for the 2021 club female development officer

program.

Minister for Sport Natalie Ward said the NSW Government was levelling the playing field for women’s sport.

“Women’s sport has experienced enormous success in recent years, but there is still a mountain of work to be done to level the playing field to ensure women and girls are valued, recognised and

have equal opportunities to participate,” Mrs Ward said.

“This funding will assist sports to break down barriers and encourage more women and girls to get involved, both on and off the field.”

The NSW Government’s women in sport strategy is providing more than $2.5 million over four years to drive change in women’s sport.

Minister for Women Bronnie Taylor said the grants would deliver a welcome boost that would benefit the whole community.

“Women’s sport is going from strength to strength and these grants are a fantastic way of encouraging even more women and young girls to get involved and become role models for those

around them,” Mrs Taylor said.

Byron Bay Football Club will host a MiniRoos Gala Day for Girls on Sunday, August 22 from 9am – 2pm at the Byron Bay Recreational Fields.

This will be the third annual MiniRoos Girls Gala Day the club has hosted, which aims to bring girls together to participate in football matches on smaller fields in a round robin format.

The focus is entirely on enjoyment and participation as there will be no winners or scores recorded, with the only awards for participation or the fair play initiative.

The Gala Day is for registered club teams and girls that want to have a fun day, played in a full female environment.

For more on the Gala Day, email secretary@ byronbayfc.com.au.

OAKEBERRY TWEED COAST PRO JUNIOR 1 then cruising through Day 2 day to lock herself a spot in the finals in what was the first time she had ever surfed in Cabarita.

Hailing from Japan, Sai and her family relocated to the Gold Coast two years ago to

place already. I live at Kirra now with my family and go to high school on the Gold Coast but I have never surfed here before - I will be coming back because it is very special to me now and it is a beautiful place with great waves and lovely

Lennix Smith LENNIX Smith and Sai Maniwa have taken epic wins at the Oakeberry Tweed Coast Pro Junior on the weekend in clean two-to-three foot surf at Cabarita Beach.

The pair had to overcome a massive field of Australia’s best up and coming competitive surfers in the first WSL Pro Junior event the country has seen in over 12 months.

In what was his first ever World Surf League event appearance, Lennix took the biggest win of his young career with this victory. The 16-year-old Woolangong surfer may have been feeling the nerves of competing in his first ever professional event but it didn’t show as he tore through the field, even posting the second highest heat total of the day in his Semifinal appearance.

“This is my first ever WSL event, so I was so nervous all

week,” Lennix said.

“I never thought I’d be in this position today so I’m really happy. I spend a bit of time up here training, so I surf in this zone a bit and enjoy it here. I’ve been competing in state and ‘grom’ comps with all of these guys my whole life, so it was cool to compete in a Final with them today.

It’s been a sick weekend but now It’s time to focus on the Skullcandy Ozgrom Comp Pro Junior in a few weeks at Lennox.”

To take the win, Lennix took down Tweed Coast local Marlon Harrison who finished runner-up, Ty Richardson who finished in third with Touma Cameron in fourth place. The final was anybody’s with all four surfers dominating their semi and quarterfinal heats earlier in the day.

Sai Maniwa was a standout all event, posting the highest two-wave combination on Day

Marlon Harrison focus on her surfing and today it paid dividends with the powerful natural footer taking the first win of her career.

Sai will hope to continue her ominous run of form as she now shifts her focus to the QS5,000 event which is set to commence tomorrow here at Cabarita Beach.

“I’m so happy with this win,” Sai said.

“There are so many people including my family, my trainer, my coach and many others that have shown me so much support, so I feel like this has paid off for all of us with this win. I have only done a few junior events, so I feel fortunate to take first

people. This is definitely a confidence booster for me

In the final, Sai had the tough task of overcoming other form surfers Ellie Harrison and Cabarita standout Zahli Kelly who both had solid scores in the bank with only 0.35 of a point separating first second and third. Phillip Island’s Sage Goldsbury rounded out the final in fourth position in what was her second JQS finals appearance.

The Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro Qualifying Series 5000 event will run until Friday and see Australia and New Zealand’s best up and coming competitors jousting for a spot on the WSL Challenger Series, the gateway to the elite Championship Tour.

The 2021 Oakberry Tweed Coast Pro QS5,000 and Pro Junior Events are set to run on the Tweed Coast all week. For

Sai Maniwa before the QS event tomorrow - I’m so excited to compete again this week here on the Tweed Coast.”

more information on the event head to www.worldsurfleague. com.

Photos Credit: WSL / Matt Dunbar

June 24, 2021

SPORTS 69

SURFING WITH MAX PERROTT The Lennox Head based All Girls Surfriders hosted the Ma Bendall- Phyllis O’Donnell Memorial Shield Interclub tag team event in classic, sunny, offshore winter Lennox Head beach breaks in front of the pub.

The competition has been held 19 times over the 30-year history of the club against teams from as far north as the Sunshine Coast in Queensland down to the Mid North Coast of NSW. It celebrates two famous pioneers of women’s surfing; At age 27O’Donnell became the first Women’s World Surfing Champion in 1964 at Manly Beach. Bendall started surfing in her 50’s in the 1950’s on the Sunshine Coast.

Ma was a staunch supporter of women’s surfing and encouraged young girls to compete.

This year the Mid North Coast Girls Boardriders travelled up for the challenge with the All Girls Surfriders victorious with 87.4 points over the MNCG with 63.75 points.

Pictured: The victorious All Girls Surfriders team.

Photographer: Alexis Zahner

Competition director and Lennox local Mell Mott said: “Huey once again blessed our event with magic conditions and a significant increase in swell from the previous day providing 1 to 4-foot waves.

The outside bank had some super-fast freight trains and bombing close outs, but also provided the occasional opportunity to score in the excellent range.

Congratulations to Ocea Curtis, Sam Egan and Sarah Morrison who all achieved

excellent range scores. A huge thanks to all the girls (and ladies!) in this year’s 3 All Girls teams, and also to the reserves and other team members who made the time to come down to support and help on the day.

Thank you also to Rob

Van Iersal for being our Head Judge, Kellie O’Brien as our All Girls Club judge, Georgia Laddin and Berenice for the tallying work, Maz Pentecost and Sarah Morrison for team captain duties and Marg Bryant for organising the catering and to her and Carol Stevenson for making food treats for the day.

Our brand-new shiny Shield was presented to club president Berenice Roberts by 1993 Women’s World Champion and life member of All Girls, Pauline Menczer. Everyone watched the awesome “Girls Can’t Surf” movie and after which Pauline answered questions from the frothing groms both young and old present.

Thank you to Marika and Dave for sorting out the technology for this evening. Both teams greatly enjoyed the pizzas from Lennox Pizza Pasta for lunch and, including the money raised at the movie night All Girls will donate over $150 to the Australian Seabird Rescue.”

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Woolgoolga finish with 10 after send off carnage

By Tim Howard Three send-offs in a bizarre final few minutes of carnage turned a routine Grafton Ghosts rugby league win into a talking point.

After 75 minutes of play against visitors Woolgoolga, with the Ghosts leading 24-8, minds were turning to the Ghost’s Old Boys post match celebration in the corner at the greyhound track end of the ground.

With the end only a few minutes away an innocuous looking scuffle ended with Woolgoolga centre Bradley Collinson heading to the showers.

This put some sting into the final few plays of the game when the referee and the Ghosts took exception to a high shot which resulted in all players jostling in the middle of the field.

Two more Seahorses received their marching orders and with about 10 seconds left

A Woolgoolga forward hands out the don’t-argues to the Ghosts defence during the game at Frank McGuren Field on Sunday.

off defenders on a 60m dash to the line.

Ghosts captain coach Todd Cameron was glad of the two points, as the club managed a nasty injury list.

flash.

He said the send offs at the end of the game surprised him.

“It was a hard game, but there didn’t seem to be much happening,” he said. “It’s not like there was any extra niggle or feeling out there.”

The dismissals hit a nerve with the visiting Seahorses fans who let the referee know what they thought of his rulings, which left their team with just 10 on the field when he ended the game 10 seconds before the scheduled end.

After the match the Ghosts headed across the field to join the Ghosts Old Boys in celebrating the win.

Club stalwart Gary Smith made a moving address to the players thanking for their loyalty and dedication the club in a difficult time.

In the lower grades Grafton’s ladies league tag team won 26-8 while the reserves went down 25-22.

Across the river the South Grafton Rebels were on the losing end of a 32-22 scoreline

GHOSTS WIN WITH WITH “ALBERT” IN THEIR HEARTS Rebels winger Keiron Johnson-Heron makes good metres up with middle against Bellingen with a dummy half run.

on the clock, the referee blew full time.

Apart from send offs, the match turned into a dour affair, livened by a piece of Mitch Lollback brilliance in the second half.

Woolgoolga threatened to make a match of it midway through the first half after the Ghosts skipped away to a 12-0 lead when Collinson and five-eighth Jason McGrady scored two quick tries.

But spurred on the the support pouring from the Ghosts Old Boys tent, the below strength Ghosts halted the bleeding and kept their opponent scoreless for the rest of the game.

The game turned into a midfield wrestling match until lit up by a moment of Mitch Lollback magic about 15 minutes from the end.

Backing up after five-eighth Oliver Scott caught a kick on the Ghosts quarter line, Lollback accelerated, brushing

Most worrying for the Ghosts is the season-ending groin injury to tough prop Adam Slater.

Cameron admitted that was the injury that hurt the most, although the absence of devastating centre Dylan Collett was also a worry.

“Collett is likely to be back in a week or two,” Cameron said. “But Slats is gone for the season it seems and that’s a real worry.”

The English import came to the Ghosts when Woolgoolga dropped out of the competition in 2015 and quickly became the cornerstone of a hard working Grafton forward pack.

His tough tackling and hard running plus and ability to read the play made him one of the top front rowers in the group.

Cameron said his team have showed they’re willing to dig in the tough times and win games without looking too

By Tim Howard As the Grafton Ghosts Old Boys cheered the team to another Group 2 win over Woolgoolga on Sunday, thoughts inevitably turned to an “absent friend” Daryl “Fat Albert” Gleeson.

Only a few days earlier many of their number had attended his funeral at the Grafton Race Track, where many of the Jacaranda City’s sporting community had gathered to farewell a true sporting character.

Gleeson or “Albert” as most knew him, was at equally home at a rugby league ground, a greyhound track or a race course.

And in Grafton he felt right at home because his three greatest loves were a little more than an average golf shot apart.

Ghosts old boy Stephen Haines is also the vice chairman of the Clarence River Jockey Club so knew “Fat Albert’s” passion for

footy and racing.

“He’s always been our No.1 supporter. That’s what he called himself and he even had a spot over near the canteen with a sign saying that,” Mr Haines said.

“He was well known and everyone loved to have a chat with him about football.

“Once you got him started on the Ghosties, it was hard to shut him up.”

He said Albert had been battling a form of leukaemia for about 18 months and had not been well enough to attend games this season.

“It’s been a bit strange coming to the ground and not

against Bellingen.

Like the Ghosts, injuries have had a major impact on team selections with selectors performing a juggling act to fill key position.

Second rower Hughie Stanley turned back the clock several years to return to the No.6 jersey and hard running centre Mike Rigg turned out in the second row.

Veteran back rower Grant Stevens was on the sideline again and his loss was immediately noticeable when the Bellingen forwards made inroads from the opening set.

Down two tries to nil in the first 15 minutes of the game, the Rebels fought back hard to get back into the game.

In the end both teams scored five tries, but goalkicking turned out to be the difference with the Magpies landing six goals, while the Rebels kicker Vincent Williams only converted once.

The Rebels won the reserve grade 26-10 and fought out a 10-all draw in ladies league tag.

The under-18s lost 18-10 to Sawtell.

The two Grafton clubs meet for the second of three local derbies next Sunday, this time at at the Rebel’s home ground, McKittrick Park. having a chat to Albert,” he said.

He said Gleeson had always loved a punt and when they had betting on the outcome of football games were on, he made sure he was involved.

“He’s go around and encourage us to have a bet and he would hold the money,” Haines said.

“He loved everything about the game and being involved in it.”

Another old boy whose playing and coaching career began with the Grafton Ghosts in 1963, Gary Smith, was another who remembered Gleeson fondly.

“He just always seems to have been around,” Smith said.

“I think he went away up to the Gold Coast for a while with work, but when he came back, he slipped straight back into the No.1 fan position.”

Gleeson shared his family’s passion for greyhound racing and for years his weekly reports and previews on local meeting were required reading for local punters.

Gleeson died on June 9. He was just 53.

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By Tim Howard Country racing devotees are about to be reminded of just how good going to the races can be as the Clarence River Jockey Club prepares to launch its annual July Racing Carnival.

The club’s chief executive, Michael Beattie, said the fortnight of racing which kicks off with Westlawn Prelude Day on Sunday, will be back as “close to normal as you can get” after the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beattie said the only change punters would notice would be getting onto the course where QR code would be required.

“Our plans are to streamline this as much as we can by

having more entrances to get into the course,” he said.

“They will be monitored to ensure people comply with the regulations.”

But he said once on course, patrons would experience business as usual.

Beattie said the jockey club had its collective fingers crossed there were no more COVID outbreaks between now and the end of the carnival, but was confident the planning in place would allow the carnival to go ahead, even if there was an emergency.

“We’ve got a chief medical officer and a Premier of Queensland who make these things touch and go, but I believe we’re well prepared to cope with just about anything that comes up,” he said.

While Beattie is looking forward to see crowds thronging to his track, it’s the

racing that makes his heart beat faster.

“One of the great stories that could come from the Grafton Cup this year is the performance of Happy Go Plucky,” he said.

“People might remember Happy Go Plucky came here in 2019 with the Grafton Cup in its sights.

“It won the Westlawn Prelude Handicap which gave it automatic entrance to the Cup and was rated a real chance.

Unfortunately the breaks didn’t go its way but it still finished a creditable sixth, three lengths behind winner Sacred Day.” Beattie said Happy Go Plucky’s form couldn’t be better coming into this July Carnival.

“He’s coming off a win in the Ipswich Cup on Saturday,”

he said. “I know he’s been aimed at this year’s Grafton Cup, so it will be interesting if he can do what he just missed out on in 2019.”

Beattie said punters would need to watch form guides closely to see what might pan out for over big race of the carnival the Ramornie Handicap.

“There’s a shroud of secrecy about who’s coming for the Ramornie this year,” he said.

“Normally there’s a bit of a buzz about who might be coming, but so far, zip.”

Beatties said the only downside for racing this year was running the Grafton Cup just five days after the Caloundra Cup. “It will make it tougher for us to get the runners we might have,” he said. “But more important for us this year was to have the cup run during the

school holidays.”

Beattie reminded race goers Sunday’s Westlawn Prelude was free entry for the day.

“Westlawn picks up the tab for the gate, which makes it a great day for everyone to get out and enjoy some wonderful racing,” he said.

“We actually got some really good fields for the day and of course there’s always the celebration of Gold and Black fashions on the day.”

Grafton July Carnival dates: June 27: Westlawn Finance Prelude Day July 4: Grafton Toyota South Grafton Cup Day July 7: Grafton District Services Club Ramornie Handicap July 8: The Maclean Hotel Grafton Cup July 11: Maclean Bowling Club Maclean Cup Day

Networking evening to headline Northern NSW Football’s 2021 Female Football Week A networking evening that coincides with the Herald Women’s Premier League Match of the Round will headline Northern NSW Football’s 2021 Female Football Week celebrations.

NNSWF’s Female Football Week will run from Saturday 19 June to Sunday 27 June, giving the football community the chance to celebrate the immense growth of the women’s game and acknowledge female players, coaches, referees and administrators in football.

While the National Female Football Week was held to coincide with International Women’s Day in March, NNSWF’s Female Football Week is celebrated in season.

The marquee event of the week is the networking evening to be held at the Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility on Saturday 26 June.

The night will celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of women in football as well as volunteers who have donated hours

of service to growing and improving the game for women and girls across northern NSW.

The Herald Women’s Premier League Match of the Round between Adamstown Rosebud JFC and Warners Bay

Annelise Rosnell

NNSWF will announce its 2021 Female Football Week award winners at the event, as well as the recipients of the 2021 ‘C’ Licence Scholarship for Women.

FC will follow the networking evening, with the fixture to be played on the grass pitch at the Lake Macquarie Regional Football Facility.

In addition to the

networking evening, Northern NSW Football will host another 11 events across the week including a Newcastle Permanent Coaching Masterclass conducted by Football Australia’s Girls Youth Development Manager Debbie Fisher, while FIFA listed referee Kate Jacewicz will conduct a Referee Masterclass.

Jacewicz will then lead an all-female team of match officials to take charge of the NPL NNSW Match of the Round between Maitland FC and Newcastle Olympic at Cooks Square Park. This will be the first time an all-female match official team has officiated a NPL NNSW fixture.

“Female Football Week is our opportunity to celebrate the significant contribution that women and girls make to football across northern NSW,” Northern NSW Football Female Participation and Inclusion Officer Annelise Rosnell said.

“Women and girls have

made massive progress in football across northern NSW in recent years and we want to acknowledge that.

“We are holding 10 events across the week with the networking evening being the marquee event where our football community will come together to celebrate the growth and accomplishments of women’s and girls’ football as well as listen to a couple of wonderful guest speakers.”

There will be another 43 Female Football Week events run by northern NSW clubs during the week.

For a full list of events and more information visit northernnswfootball.com.au/ female-football-week

Touch State of Origin Comes to Coffs for First Ever Tournament The delayed – but muchanticipated - State of Origin Touch Football Series finally comes to C.ex Coffs International Stadium this weekend.

“If anything the delay caused by the pandemic has heightened the excitement about hosting this tournament for the very first time,” said Dan Heather, Council’s Group Leader City Prosperity (Acting).

“It’s another fantastic opportunity to showcase our amazing Stadium to another new audience of thousands of players and fans from across NSW and Queensland.

“We’re expecting to welcome around 600 players along with 1200 supporters to the city, providing a significant economic injection into the local tourism and business sectors during the quieter winter tourist season.”

Coffs Harbour has previously had the privilege of hosting the 2015 World Touch Cup and the annual National Touch League competitions since 2012.

The C.ex Coffs International Stadium has this year also hosted the Cronulla Sharks and Gold Coast Titans in an NRL Telstra Premiership clash and will be hosting the women’s rugby Buildcorp Super W 2021

Tournament later this month.

The Touch Football version of State of Origin consists of 15 divisions from the Under20s through to Over55s.

The State of Origin is a best of three games format across every division. Games commence at 2 pm on Friday 18 June, with Women’s and Men’s Open showcase games played at 5.40 pm and 6.35 pm, respectively. All

divisions will then compete in two games on Saturday to once again determine the country’s strong state in Touch Football.

This series also sees a sprinkling of ex NRL talent with NSW’s Cliff Lyons as an Assistant Coach in the Men’s 55s and Scott Prince representing Queensland in the Senior Mixed division.

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