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HARD BORDER CROSSING

– in so many ways for commuters

By Margaret Dekker AS wait times to cross the NSW-Queensland border blow out by up to an hour, border commuters are being told to buckle up for the long haul as the Queensland Government advises the hard border could

be in place until at least September 27.

A spokesperson for Queensland Health confirmed with The Northern Rivers Times the hard border is in place until the end of August when it will be reviewed in line with Sydney’s public

health situation. There are provisions to extend it beyond that.

Introduced last Friday July 23 to help safeguard Queensland from the “current public health emergency” there are four border checkpoints along the southern Gold

Coast servicing thousands of commuters who travel daily.

Monday morning’s peak hour saw frustrated commuters in a hard situation, with big queues to the border building before 6am (pictured) and long wait times depending on the checkpoint.

“Highway was backed up to the airport and I have barely moved in 30 minutes,” Bec Hanzic posted on social media.

“Definitely take Tugun.

Highway is badddd,” Ash Bryant said. continued on page 7 ☛

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Northern NSW put on COVID alert

By Tonia Dynan A MAN who knowingly boarded a flight from Sydney to Ballina as a close contact of a COVID case has put the Northern Rivers on a public health alert.

The man arrived at the Ballina Byron Gateway Airport on July 14 on flight VA 1139 and all passengers and crew on the flight are considered close contacts and NSW Health says must get tested and isolate for 14 days from the date of exposure.

People at the airport arrival lounge between 11.45am to 12.10pm on that day are now considered casual contacts who NSW Health says must immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received.

Northern NSW Local Health District acting chief executive Lynne Weir is urging residents and visitors to northern NSW to monitor their health for any COVID-19 symptoms and come forward immediately if they feel at all unwell.

“NSW Health has received the flight manifest and has contacted all passengers,” Ms Weir said.

“Others who were inside the Ballina airport terminal between 11.45am and 12 noon on Wednesday, July 14 should get tested immediately and isolate until they receive a negative result.

“The traveller was originally tested on July 12 following identification of a workplace exposure.

“Advice received by NSW Health indicates his positive test result was mistakenly reported to him by the private lab as a negative result after arriving in Queensland.”

Ms Weir said the man was required to isolate while awaiting his test results.

“Following whole genome sequencing, which is routinely performed on all positive test results, NSW Health was alerted on July 20 that this person was in fact positive for COVID-19,” she said.

“When contacted by NSW Health, he advised he had been

isolating since July 10.

“NSW Health is now concerned he was potentially infectious in the community in Sydney, on the flight to Ballina, in the airport terminal and in Queensland.

“NSW Health is working with Queensland Health to investigate this person’s movements and venues that he attended and take appropriate public health actions.”

Ms Weir said the matter had been referred to NSW Police.

“This incident highlights the importance of following the public health advice and orders, particularly if you are identified as a close contact, and the risks that can arise if people breach the isolation rules put in place to protect the community and reduce the risk of further spread of COVID-19,” she said.

“Any person who travels to regional NSW from Greater Sydney must follow the stayat-home rules for 14 days after leaving Greater Sydney.”

Health authorities confirmed the man was picked up from the airport by a Qantas flight attendant, who tested positive with the Delta strain last week after working on flights in Queensland while infectious.

“We believe he travelled to Queensland on July 14 and we’re concerned about the nature and extent of these exposures on the flight and in the community both in NSW and Queensland,” Dr Jeremy McAnulty, from NSW Health said.

“We are concerned about the nature and extent of his exposures on the flight and in the community, both in New South Wales and in Queensland.”

Ballina Byron Gateway Airport hoped to alleviate concerns, issuing a media release assuring all travellers and the general public that “stringent measures continue to be in place at the airport to protect the community’s health and safety”.

“Ballina Byron Gateway Airport is COVID-safe and our health and safety measures remain stringent,” Ballina

Shire Council’s general manager Paul Hickey said.

“We will continue to work with the airlines and the NSW Government to ensure the safety of passengers, staff and the community.”

The media release stated: “at this time, the significantly reduced flight schedule was operating as normal”.

“If there are any changes to scheduled flights airport management will advise the public,” the release stated.

“The airport and our airline partners are closely following all federal and state government public health orders.

“The airport has a COVID-19 Safety Plan and is a registered COVID-19 safe business on the NSW business register.”

Measures in place at Ballina Byron Gateway Airport included: mandatory check in; contactless temperature testing; safety screens at customer service desks; increased cleaning and sanitisation of all touch points, counters, tables, chairs, bathrooms, doors and screening equipment; restricted access to the terminal; social distancing; hand sanitisation stations and airport staff wearing masks when serving customers.

Meanwhile, recent sewage surveillance testing in the Byron Bay area detected fragments of the COVID-19 virus.

“Further sewage testing has been conducted in the local area, following detection of fragments of the COVID-19 virus in sewage samples taken from the Byron Bay sewage treatment plant on July 20,” Ms Weir said.

“Sewage tests conducted on Friday, July 23 at the Ocean Shores, Byron Bay, Brunswick Valley and Bangalow treatment plants have all returned negative results.

“Samples collected on July 22 at the Kingscliff, Banora Point, Murwullimbah and Hastings Point treatment plants were also negative.”

Ms Weir said the NSW’s sewage surveillance plan was being reviewed daily in accordance with needs across the state.

“At present, the Byron Bay Treatment plant will be tested daily until further notice, while other North Coast sites will continue being tested weekly,” she said.

“There are currently no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Northern NSW Local Health District, but we need to continue to be vigilant and get tested at the first sign of event the mildest of symptoms.”

Byron Shire Mayor Michael Lyon said the detection was the first at the Byron Bay sewage treatment plant this year.

The Byron STP serves about 19,000 people in Byron Bay, Wategos, Suffolk Park, Sunrise and Broken Head.

“There have been no other sewage detections in samples taken at the 12 collection sites within the district,” North Coast Public Health Unit director Paul Corben said.

“The last positive sewage detection in the area was in Lennox Head in April 2021.

“Testing sewage can help provide early warning of undetected infections in an area. In this instance, where there are no known cases of COVID-19 this is of particular concern.

“Detection of virus fragments in sewage can also be due to shedding of the virus by someone who may have previously had the illness and may no longer be infectious.

It can also be the result of a person with COVID-19 who may have visited the community and has since left the area.”

Mr Corben said as well as being present in stools, viral fragments could enter the sewer when washed off hands and bodies through sinks and showers.

“Usual sewage treatment processes inactivate, or kill, the COVID-19 virus,” he said.

Earlier last week at Lismore Base Hospital, two contractors who were identified as close contacts of a COVID-19 exposure site in Coffs Harbour tested negative for COVID-19 and were ordered into selfisolation for 14 days.

A further 77 construction workers and project staff were identified as secondary close contacts and were selfisolating while they awaited test results.

Ms Weir said Lismore Base Hospital was construction on the Stage 3C redevelopment site was temporarily paused on Tuesday, July 20 as a precautionary measure to allow investigations into the two construction workers.

“There is no operational impact to patients or staff at Lismore Base Hospital, and people should continue to present for medical care,” she said.

“I would like to thank these construction staff and our community for their ongoing adherence to these public health measures.

“Thank you to everyone who has come forward for testing so far. The safety and wellbeing of our local community is our priority.”

New drive-through testing clinics also popped up last week at Byron Bay, Ballina and Lismore.

A full list of clinic locations and opening hours are listed on the NSW government website at COVID-19 testing clinics.

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$19 million funding boon for Lower Clarence

By Lesley Apps WHILE the 2019 bushfires seem a distant disaster next the global pandemic that has been weighing on planet’s populations and economies, the ramifications of those ‘unprecented’ Australian summer fires, lives on in the communities hardest hit as they continue to rebuild.

So too, does the funding that was set up to help affected areas and the communities around them.

The Lower Clarence received confirmation of a large chunk of economical stimulus last week when the ‘Team Government’ initiative supported at both the federal and state levels announced the funnelling of money to support their local government counterparts.

The Clarence Valley Council area will benefit

from almost $19 million worth of projects in the coming cycle; two in the coastal hamlet of Yamba and one, longawaited transformation, in the riverside town of Maclean.

The diverse range of projects to be funded by the overarching $4.5 billion Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Package includes a long-awaited $5 million makeover for Maclean’s Civic Centre and performing arts space,

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while Yamba will see its community precinct in Treelands Drive overhauled to the tune of $13 million.

A further $900,000 will fund the next phase of planning of a ground-breaking project driven by the traditional landowners and Native Titleholders the Yaegl people who will be creating an eco-camp on Hickey Island in Yamba.

Read more about each of these projects on pages 18 to 20.

FESTIVALS POSTPONED DUE TO PANDEMIC LISMORE’S popular Eat the Street Festival and Shine Festival of Light have been postponed due to COVID-19.

The inaugural Shine Festival, which will illuminate Molesworth Street and its laneways with artwork, will now be held later in the year.

Eat the Street will also be held at that time to coincide with the last day of Shine. Unfortunately, Eat the Street will also be scaled down and will now be held in Eggins Lane and Carrington Street only.

Lismore City Council’s Manager of Liveable and Active Communities Tony Duffy said council made the decision to help protect our community from the spread of COVID-19.

“The safety of our community always come first and with the COVID-19 situation changing almost daily, we decided to err of the side of caution,” he said.

“We understand the community’s disappointment and we will let everyone know once the new dates are confirmed.”

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DEATH OF TV AND BUSINESS LEGEND

By Margaret Dekker AUSTRALIAN television legend and Byron Shire businessman John Cornell is being remembered as a pioneer and giant in entertainment, sport and hotel worlds and a beloved husband, family and community man following his death from Parkinsons Disease in Byron Bay on Friday July 23, 2021, aged 80.

With mate Paul Hogan, John Cornell brought Australia the 70’s comedy classic ‘The Paul Hogan Show’ which ran for 12 seasons between 1973 and 1974. The show turned Hoges and Cornell into household names for their breakout portrayals of the Sydney bridge-rigger and his hapless housemate ‘Strop.’

In real life, John Cornell was anything but hapless, going on to global recognition and

Left: Paul Hogan, John Cornell and Delvene Delaney became household names in the 70s and 80s with The Paul Hogan Show. Right: Making fun in his beer garden. John Cornell co-owned and operated Hotel Brunswick for 40 years. success with the cult hit movie Crocodile Dundee which John co-wrote and produced in 1986 with its sequel Crocodile Dundee II, in 1988.

Before this, John was credited with redefining Australian and International Cricket by conceiving and

bringing (controversially at the time) World Series Cricket to the sporting stage with television mogul Kerry Packer and Channel 9.

All the while, John and new wife Delvene Delaney had purchased the beachfront ‘Surfside Hotel’ in Byron

Bay, developing the rebranded Beach Hotel or ‘Beachie’ into an entertainment juggernaut in the 90s and helping turn Byron Bay into the iconic tourist town it is today. The pair sold it in 2007 for a reported $65 million dollars.

All the while it was the

Hotel Brunswick where John Cornell’s heart remained, purchasing the lease and freehold of the landmark Brunswick Heads hotel with Delvene in 1981. John coowned and operated the classic ‘Brunz Hotel’ for forty years until his death on Friday.

Its Facebook page has since been flooded with more than 560 tributes for the man, the legend, the local employer and admired community man.

“What a man and what a life! John Cornell 02.03.1941 Kalgoorlie – 23.07.21. May you raise a toast to this man this afternoon from wherever you are.” Hotel Brunswick’s post read.

John Cornell is survived by wife, Delvene Cornell and his three daughters, Melissa, Allira and Liana and his grandchildren.

RIP John.

Lismore councillors vote for maximum pay rise

By Tonia Dynan THE Lismore mayor will be paid $61,280 per annum from now on after a majority of Lismore City councillors voted in favour of a pay rise at the recent council meeting.

The Local Government Remuneration Tribunal determined a two per cent increase in the minimum and maximum fees.

The maximum fee for councillors would be $24,810 each ($272,910 in total) and the fee included in the budget

by Lismore Council for the 2021/22 financial year was the total amount of $242,300 ($22,027 each).

The mayoral fee for regional centre councils, which Lismore falls under, is a minimum fee of $29,330 and a maximum fee of

$61,280. The fee included in the budget by Lismore Council for the 2021/22 financial year was the amount of $60,080.

Councillor Darlene Cook firstly tried to set the pay increase for councillors at 2.5% to $20,750 for councillors and $46,535 for the mayor. No one seconded this motion, so it lapsed.

“Last year we decided after consideration of our finances at the time not to award ourselves any increase whatsoever,” Cr Cook said.

“The business paper, the increase in the budget is at 8% and for the mayor is at 25%.

“The tribunal handed down a two and a half per cent increase to all public servants, Fair Work Commission has two and a half per cent increased all Australians covered by

Commonwealth awards.

“This motion is a compromise between zero increase and the amount set aside in the council’s budget.

“It gives a reasonable increase to us to keep track with the cost of living, it brings savings to the budget … but it is recognising the amount of work we do, the cost of living, the time we put in here, and the fact that

we are really trying to attract professional people, young people, to local government.”

Cr Bill Moorehouse, who isn’t standing in the upcoming September local government elections, put forward the motion for the maximum pay increase, which was passed.

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After Mayor Vanessa Ekins called on councillors to be brave, Cr Cook seconded the alternative motion for maximum pay.

Cr Elly Bird foreshadowed a motion where the fees for councillors and the mayor would stay at the current rate, which was last increased in 2019.

But that did not eventuate with Cr Cook, Cr Ekins, Cr Adam Guise and Cr Moorehouse voting for the maximum fees, being $61,280 for the mayor and $24,810 for councillors.

Cr Elly Bird, Cr Eddie Lloyd and Cr Neil Marks voted against the motion, and Cr Nancy Casson was absent for the vote.

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Northern NSW population surges into COVID test clinics THE Northern Rivers community has responded recent COVID-19 finds with a dramatic surge in testing say health authorities.

The acting chief executive for the Northern NSW Local Health District, Lynne Weir, said there were more than 1100 tests carried out in a four-day period last week after reports of COVID-19 contacts in the region during the week.

Ms Weir thanked the community for its ongoing vigilance and quick response.

“Thank you to everyone who has come forward for testing in recent days, helping to protect themselves and their communities,” she said.

“It’s important that people come forward at the first sign of any symptoms, because that way our contact tracers in NSW Health have the best chance of responding to new cases, and we reduce the chance of the virus spreading to others.”

For the four days from July 17 July 20 there were 1511 tests conducted across the four hospital-based testing clinics in the District.

The most significant increases were seen at The Tweed Hospital clinic on July 18, which increased 63% on the previous Sunday, and at the Grafton Base Hospital clinic on July 19, where 67% more tests were conducted then

the previous Monday.

These figures do not include the additional tests conducted at numerous private pathology and Commonwealth respiratory clinics across the region.

“People are understandably concerned about the current outbreak,” Ms Weir said.

“The best thing we can do at the

moment is to follow the health advice, as all these measures are important in creating a COVID-safe community.

“That means getting tested immediately, self-isolating until you get a negative result, and following the public health measures of hand hygiene, physical distancing, mask wearing, checking-in with QR codes, and limiting visitors to your household or business in line with the current orders.”

Clinic locations and opening hours are listed on the NSW website at COVID-19 testing clinics. There are more than 400 COVID-19 testing locations across NSW, many of which are open seven days a week.

“If you are eligible, please also come forward for vaccination as soon as possible, as vaccination is key to defeating this deadly virus,” she said.

“There are more than 100 NSW vaccination clinics and outreach locations across the state.”

TWEED MAYOR URGES RESIDENTS TO STICK TO RESTRICTIONS QUEENSLAND has closed its border to NSW and a border zone has come into effect – which includes a number of NSW local government areas (LGAs), including the Tweed.

NSW border zone residents can only cross the border for a permitted purpose. Likewise, Queensland residents can only enter the NSW border zone for a permitted purpose.

Permitted purposes include healthcare, work, education and caring for vulnerable people.

NSW will remain a declared hotspot for four weeks, with a

possible earlier review pending the outcome of the current outbreak.

Councillor Cherry (pictured) said Council had advocated for the Tweed, and other Northern NSW LGAs, to be included in a border zone.

“The arrangements announced today appear to be the best thought through to date,” Cr Cherry said.

“However, the border closure will have major impacts on our way of life, and residents should prepare for significant congestion at border crossings, especially in the coming days.”

Councillor Cherry encouraged residents to follow the NSW COVID-19 restrictions in place for the Tweed – and for residents to support local businesses.

“Our businesses are going to be doing it tough for the next four weeks at this stage, so please support them as much as you can but, of course, in a COVID-Safe way including wearing face masks, social distancing and checking in with QR codes,” she said.

“This is also going to affect many people’s mental health and I know our community will come together once again and support one another, and I encourage all those going through tough times to reach out to the support which is available,” Cr Cherry said.

The NSW LGAs and regions included in the border zone are Ballina, Bourke, Brewarrina, Broken Hill, Byron, Clarence Valley, Glen Innes Severn, Gwydir, Inverell, Kyogle, Lismore, Moree Plains, Richmond Valley, Tenterfield, Tweed, Unincorporated Far West and Walgett.

For more information on the border zone, visit the Queensland Health website www.qld.gov.au/ health/conditions/healthalerts/coronavirus-covid-19/ current-status/urgent-covid-19update#nsw-border-zone

Seeking COVID clarity for business, workers and residents LISMORE MP Janelle Saffin this week sought clarity from the Office of the Minister for Health on the NSW Government’s working from home direction in regional New South Wales and other related COVID-19 issues.

Ms Saffin said she had raised local businesses’ concerns after Public Health Orders had mistakenly lumped in regional NSW with Greater Sydney, where employers were REQUIRED to direct employees to work from home where reasonably practicable.

“Thankfully, those Public Health Orders were quickly amended and the advice is that employers in regional NSW must ALLOW people to work from home where reasonably practicable,” Ms Saffin said.

“There is a difference in these working from home

directions as they apply to Greater Sydney and to here, so hopefully this will clear up any confusion for employers and employees.”

Ms Saffin said she had also sought clarification as to whether anyone, including tradies, could leave the lockdown areas of Greater Sydney to travel to regional NSW for essential work.

“Locals are contacting me concerned that people are coming here from Greater Sydney,” Ms Saffin said.

Here is the Office of the Minister for Health’s response: For residents of Greater Sydney (other than those living in the Fairfield, Canterbury Bankstown and Liverpool Local Government Areas who are not exempted workers), it is a reasonable excuse to leave your residence for work – but

only when it is not practicable to work from home.

People who travel more than 50km outside Greater Sydney for work they are unable to do from home must not enter a premises for work unless they have been tested for COVID-19 in the preceding seven days. Workers must have evidence of the test available for inspection on request by an employer, occupier of the premises, or the police.

We note that any person whose place of residence or usual place of work is in Greater Sydney must still follow the stay at home rules while they are outside Greater Sydney – that is, they should not go to a restaurant or a pub or go shopping for anything other than essential goods. They should only spend time at work and their

accommodation while working in regional NSW. Ms Saffin said she had also expressed the concerns of the local community that we don’t know where the close contacts of the COVID-positive removalists from Chinderah Service Centre and the Coffs Harbour locations went after they were exposed to COVID-19.

“I asked for an update on the contact tracing that has occurred,” Ms Saffin said.

Office of the Minister for Health’s response: For privacy reasons, NSW Health does not disclose details about venues unless there is a public health reason.

When a confirmed COVID-19 case attends a venue while possibly infectious, NSW Health carries out a risk assessment on that

venue to determine whether other people may have been exposed and whether there is a public health risk.

Risk assessments may be re-evaluated as new evidence emerges, for example evidence of transmission of COVID-19 in a specific venue after further contact tracing has occurred.

Further to this, where contact tracing has allowed NSW Health to get in touch with every possible contact at a venue, and it is determined there is no public health risk, a venue will cease to be listed as a venue of concern on the NSW Health site (if it was even listed in the first place).

Ms Saffin has requested that Minister Hazzard brief all regional and rural MPs on what is being done to keep regional communities safe.

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Hard border crossing – in so many ways for commuters continued from front page From Phil Roden, “1 hour from Hastings Point to John Flynn” (Hospital, in Tugun).

“Insane! Thanks for the update, think I’ll just work from home this morning!”

Holly Grant said.

Cross-border commuters must complete an ‘X-Pass’ online prior to entering Queensland with police checkpoints at the M1 at Currumbin, Gold Coast Highway at Bilinga, Griffith Street Coolangatta and NerangMurwillumbah Road, Natural Bridge (manned 7am-7pm).

The Miles Street/Ducat Street checkpoint used in 2020 was still closed to traffic at the start of the week but it may reopen soon. Tomewin in the hinterland is limited to emergency vehicle access only.

Tweed Shire Councillor James Owen described last Friday’s start to the hard border as “nothing short of chaos” with the Tweed business district gridlocked, access to Tweed Hospital blocked, workers – including healthcare professionals late to work or not arriving at

all, children stuck on school buses and important medical appointments missed.

“Past experience has shown us that as the days and weeks go on, delays at the checkpoints will resolve somewhat. This is by no means an ideal situation but it is our current situation,” Cr Owen said.

Entry into Queensland is only allowed by NSW residents living in the declared ‘border zone’ which runs from Tweed Heads to Coffs Harbour and west to the South Australian border.

Entry is limited to essential purposes only including work, study, caregiving, medical and legal appointments. Border Zone residents and Queensland residents cannot cross the border for a wedding or funeral, exercise or recreational purposes including social visits to friends and family, a holiday, spectating at professional sport or going to the cinema, theme park or tourist experience.

Further, NSW Border Zone residents and Queensland residents cannot travel outside the declared NSW Border Zone and then enter/re-enter Queensland and the border

Northern Rivers Times he continues to be contacted by concerned Tweed residents wanting more information about the movements of the COVID-positive pair and their close contacts in particular.

“People want to know where these people in isolation are, are they in a house next to me?

The state government should be honest and clear in their interpretation as to what is taking place,” Cr Polglase said.

Federal Labor member for Richmond Justine Elliot echoed this, telling The Northern Rivers Times “everything” about the Chinderah COVID-19 exposure site is concerning.

“Everything about it concerns me, the lack of information about where the infected pair were before they were at the service station, where they went afterwards, we have no answers on that,” Justine Elliot said.

Northern NSW Health reports in the period to July 25, 2021, no new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the northern NSW local health district from 19,848 tests.

No new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in northern NSW. zone cannot be used by visitors as a ‘14-day holding pen’ to then try and enter Queensland.

NSW Health continues to urge all residents and visitors to northern NSW to monitor their health for any COVID-19 symptoms and come forward immediately if feeling unwell.

Mystery still surrounds two COVID-19 positive cases detected at the Ampol Northbound service station at Chinderah between 8.30pm on Tuesday, July 13 and 7.30am on Wednesday, July 14.

“Several” close contacts of the pair are finishing their isolation this week in accommodation arranged by NSW Health, NSW Police and

the North Coast Public Health Unit.

In a statement, NSW Health explained, “The accommodation has been arranged so that the individuals have suitable accommodation to be able to isolate properly. These isolation accommodation arrangements provide a secure and supportive environment for these guests.”

“All guests will undergo the required testing during isolation, and will receive regular wellbeing checks from NSW Health,” Lynne Weir, A/ Chief Executive Northern NSW Local Health District said.

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ROUS HITS GROUND RUNNING TO SHORE UP REGIONAL SUPPLY THE Clarence-Moreton Basin deep below Alstonville’s aquifer, along with Tyagarah’s underground water resources are set to help secure the regional water supply for at least the next 20 years.

A three-stage Future Water Project 2060 was adopted by Rous County Council at an extraordinary meeting, with groundwater front and centre for the project’s first two stages.

“Most importantly, we’re confident that groundwater from the Clarence-Moreton Basin can be used to quickly boost our regional supply and meet increasing demand from 2024,” Rous County Council’s chairperson Keith Williams said.

“Accessing groundwater in Alstonville from the deeper basin is our preferred approach so as not to impact agriculture and ecosystems that depend on the area’s higher aquifer,” Councillor Williams added.

Stages one and two of the Future Water Project 2060 also prioritise the continued implementation of more innovative water conservation measures to better manage

Widjabul Wiabal traditional custodians protesting the proposed dam site as sacred to them regional demand.

Activating groundwater sources in Alstonville and Tyagarah over the next decade will give Council the security of supply needed so further options for meeting increased demand until 2060 and beyond can be properly assessed.

“Stage three of the adopted future water project depends on the outcome of extensive investigations into the potential use of purified recycled water, desalination

and more groundwater schemes as additional sources beyond 2040,” chairperson Williams said.

“Moving ahead with our plans to design and build a pilot scheme that can supply purified recycled water directly to the Perradenya Estate near Lismore is a key part of this process.

“The costs of producing purified recycled water and desalinated water as well as community expectations

for either source as part of the drinking water supply, are issues that need to be looked at closely,” Councillor Williams said.

Council also acknowledged the results of the project’s most recent public exhibition period but again, decided not to undertake any more assessments for a new dam at Dunoon.

“From the over 13,000 written submissions and petition signatories

received, around 86 percent of respondents requested the Dunoon Dam proposal be further investigated,” chairperson Williams said.

“While Council carefully considered this significant response, it is crucial our community appreciate the significant risks to the environment and Indigenous cultural heritage posed by the dam.”

As part of the eight-week exhibition period across April and May 2021 for the revised draft Future Water Project 2060, Council received almost 14,000 responses via written submissions, petition signatories and online surveys.

“Not only does this represent a 10-fold increase on the response to last year’s public exhibition of the initial draft project, but it is the largest response we’ve received to a single project or issue. A robust water security plan needs constant input from the many communities we serve. On behalf of my fellow councillors, I’d like to sincerely thank all those individuals and organisations who took the time to respond,” chairperson Williams said.

Backlash against water security plan; a dam shame

By Samantha Elley THE recent decision by Rous County councillors to ignore plans for a dam at Dunoon has been met with community outcry.

As our regional water authority grapples with the issue of longterm water security, the gloves have come off over the debate for and against the plans for a 50 gigalitre dam at Dunoon.

An extraordinary meeting

by Rous County Council last week saw the discussion around the Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy (IWCM) and the recommendations by council staff to adopt the revised draft which had been amended to include the Dunoon dam proposal as a contingency option.

This recommendation for amendment came about after the results of the public exhibition process that saw more than 11,000 submissions in support of a dam.

A separate motion by Cr Darlene Cook, however, to take the option of the dam out of the strategy, was passed 5-3.

Critics to the decision have become vocal, including local MPs. NSW Parliamentary Secretary

for Water Infrastructure, Sam Farraway said current projections of population growth in the Northern Rivers demonstrates water demand is forecast to grow by 37 per cent by 2060, and that changing land uses to support this growth will only increase community flood risks.

Mr Farraway said water infrastructure is key to the economic growth of the region, and essential to addressing the region’s housing shortages.

“You can’t grow a community without access to a safe, clean and reliable water source,” he said.

“Having the right infrastructure in place to increase the amount of water captured in our systems puts us on a war-footing ahead of more infrequent but intense rainfall.

“We are already experiencing increased climate volatility and we need to ensure we capture rain when it falls to sustain us during periods of drought.”

Clarence MP, Chris Gulaptis said Rous County Council needs to use some common sense in developing its future water strategy.

“Councillors voted 5-3 to keep the Dunoon Dam out of the

region’s future water strategy and instead tap into ground water aquifers in Alstonville and Tyagarah, which the most recent studies show is very limited,” he said.

“I applaud Councillors Robert Mustow, Sandra Humphrys and Sharon Cadwallader for supporting the wishes of over 11,000 petitioners and written submissions who were in favour of the Dunoon Dam proposal being further investigated.”

Mr Gulaptis said he acknowledged that desalination, recycling and extraction from the aquifers is an option, but he also underlined the fact that so too is the dam.

“I strongly believe all options should all be on the table, including the dam, for investigation to assure the community that Rous has been thorough in arriving at the best option for the region’s future water needs.”

Concerns from the Rous County Council’s recommendations is without a current adopted IWCM strategy, Council lacks a confirmed strategic direction for managing regional water security risk.

What is the IWCM Strategy?

An IWCM Strategy is a framework designed to identify water supply management problems and then address them by determining appropriate responses that best meet social, environmental and economic objectives.

In 2020 a review of the IWCM strategy saw the initial draft of the Future Water Project 2060 (FWP 2060) developed.

Key points of the Future Water Project 2060 There were two key points: 1. Groundwater: to secure the short-to-mediumterm water supply 2. Surface water: to secure the long-term water supply (Dunoon dam proposal).

Timeline of the FWP 2060 July 2020 – September 2020 – Public exhibition of initial draft FWP 2060 December 2020 – Results of public exhibition reported to Council at its meeting and decision made not to proceed with Dunoon Dam investigation. A revised FWP 2060 excluded the dam.

March 2021 – council approved the revised draft FWP 2060.

April 2021 – May 2021 – public exhibition of the revised FWP 2060 excluding dam proposal.

July 2021 – Council recommended adopting the revised draft with the amendment to include the Dunoon dam proposal as a contingency option, due to overwhelming support by the public. A motion by Cr Cook was passed 5-3 to continue excluding the option of a dam.

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Grant funding for hard-hit residents THE Northern Rivers Community Foundation’s annual Community Grants Round this year will offer streams of funding that focus on four priority areas.

The four areas include projects that address the social, economic, cultural and/or educational disadvantage; supporting the conservation of our natural environment; supporting smaller community organisations in their recovery from COVID-19 and/

or recent natural disasters; and housing and homelessness.

The grants round will open on Wednesday, August 4 and closes on Monday, September 6.

Visit the website nrcf.org.au to download the guidelines, which also include a sample list of grant application questions.

The application form will be available to download from this website on Wednesday, August 4.

LOCAL POLICE BEAT

Wallangarra heavy vehicle incident A 43-year-old man was issued with four infringements following a heavy vehicle traffic stop at Wallangalla last Wednesday.

It will be alleged, at 11.30am when police requested the driver produce documentation, he produced two passes which were invalid.

Police will further allege the driver became abusive, striking parts of his truck with his fists.

When the intercepting officer advised the driver, he would be turned around to NSW, he allegedly ignored three requests to produce his driver’s license.

It will be alleged when the driver saw an infringement notice being issued, he performed a U-Turn, almost hitting the intercepting officer and leaving black tyre tracks while driving away at speed.

The truck was followed to a service station in NSW where he was again spoken to however it is alleged he refused to get out of the cab and began throwing items out of the driver’s seat window.

Police managed to negotiate with the driver, explained his border pass requirements and helped him complete a new pass.

He has been issued with one Fail to Comply – Covid 19 Border Direction, and three traffic infringement notices for fail to produce a driver’s license, fail to wear seatbelt and conducting a U-Turn over a single or double white line.

Bushfire rates relief extended VICTIMS of the devastating 2019-20 bushfires will benefit another six months of council rate relief for those who lost their main properties.

291 properties in the Clarence Valley local government area have received $323,301.82 to date in rate relief, 90 in the Richmond Valley received $78,338, 60 in Tenterfield received $62,736.20, six properties in the Kyogle area have received $6514.15, and two in the Lismore area received $28,570.80.

“I am pleased to announce council rate relief has been extended for a further six months for people whose main property was significantly damaged or destroyed by bushfires, if it has not yet been rebuilt or changed ownership,” Deputy Premier and Minister responsible for disaster recovery John Barilaro said.

The additional $2.5 million follows on from more than $5.4 million in council rate relief that has already been provided to more than 3300 property owners.

“In February 2020, the NSW Government announced it was funding six months of council rate relief for owners of homes, farms and businesses whose properties suffered damage beyond repair in the bushfires,” Minister

for Local Government Shelley Hancock said.

“Then in June last year, we announced a further six months of rate relief for eligible property owners to ensure they can direct more of their finances towards rebuilding.”

Member for Bega Andrew Constance said funding had been paid directly to 34 local councils which meant eligible ratepayers didn’t have to pay anything and it did not cost local government anything to support these property owners.

“Our north and south coasts suffered terribly during the 2019-20 bushfires and I am pleased to say that these areas have received significant council rate relief,” Mr Constance said.

“As the local member of two of the hardest hit regions, I know that the additional support will be welcomed across our region and will further assist in taking pressure off residents as they rebuild their lives.”

Mrs Hancock said the additional rate relief will cover the second half of the 2020-21 rates period, recognising that some owners are still recovering and rebuilding their properties.

Investigations are ongoing.

Fatal crash near Grafton A man has died following a fatal single-vehicle crash in the state’s north.

About 2.20pm on Thursday 22 July, a Toyota Estima van was located crashed by passing motorists in bushland off Armidale Road, Coutts Crossing, about 20km south of Grafton.

Emergency services responded and found the driver and sole occupant, a 40-year-old man, deceased.

Officer from Coffs/Clarence Police District established a crime scene and commenced an investigation into the circumstance surrounding the crash.

Police will prepare a report for the information of the Coroner.

Stealing from a school is inde-fence-ible!

By Samantha Elley

Coffs man charged with animal cruelty A man has been charged after allegedly killing a cat in the states north.

On Thursday 22 July police were notified about a social media post relating to the drowning of a stray cat in a garbage bin.

Officers from Coffs/Clarence Police District commenced an investigation into the matter.

About 3.30pm that afternoon, officers attended a home in King Street, Coffs Harbour, and arrested a 70-year-old man.

He was taken to Coffs Harbour Police Station and charged with Torture, beat etc and cause death of animal.

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.

This particular theft was discovered when Ms Ford went to the school on YOU must be pretty hard up when you the Saturday before term started to feed steal nine panels from the agricultural the animals. department of a public high school.

“The panels were there on the That’s exactly what someone did two Saturday, but when I came back on the weeks ago, during the school holidays Sunday, the nine panels were gone,” at the Richmond River High School she said. campus.

Police have been notified and “Someone unscrewed nine panels out neighbours made aware to look out for of the fence to our overflow paddock,” anyone lurking around the school. said agricultural teacher, Sally Ford.

“My beautiful kids in Years 11 and “Now we can’t take the sheep or cattle 12 Primary Industry Studies have been over there and it means we are cutting thinking of solutions,” Ms Ford said. the fodder and bringing it to them.

“They were horrified at the theft and “Those panels are around $100 each have been scrolling market places to and it’s money we just don’t have.” see if anyone is selling them.

Ms Ford believes because those “The extra cost of replacing the particular fence panels are no longer panels means the kids will probably made, they have become quite popular. miss out on something else.”

“Over the last two years we have Members of the community are come across the panels, unscrewed and encouraged to keep an eye out for on the ground, ready to be taken,” she any damaged fences that have been said. mysteriously fixed in the last two “We have obviously put them back.” weeks.

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MASKING THE GREAT COMMUNITY DIVIDE

By Margaret Dekker

On its social media page, Nectar posted, “Whilst we COMMUNITY stalwarts say are taking the current Covid tensions are growing across situation very seriously and the Northern Rivers as some our staff are wearing masks for businesses opt out of enforcing yours and our safety – we do public health orders on masks not know your situation. If you and QR code sign-ins in choose not to wear one, that is their shops and cafes, instead your prerogative. Everyone is displaying alternative signs. welcome in our café,” Nectar’s Across Byron and Tweed Facebook page read to mixed shires, the poster “No Mask, responses from followers.

We Don’t Ask” has gone up Nicqui Yadzi, who lives (pictured) in shop windows and in Mullumbimby, says on on shop walls, advising, the streets, public displays “To our valued customers. of personal opinions about The NSW government has COVID -19 are going too mandated mask use indoors but far. She says a local woman, please be aware if you’re not a distinguished artist, was wearing one we will assume verbally abused by a busker you’re exempt, no questions because of wearing her mask. asked. We don’t do judgements, The ordeal left the woman shaming or discrimination shaken and reluctant to go out. here, so please know you will “That s*it should not be warmly welcomed and happen,” Nicqui said. respected however you show “Everyone who lives in Above: Mullumbimby, an epicentre of dissent on COVID-19 and public health orders. up,” it reads.

Mullumbimby is a part of the Below: The unidentified ‘No Mask’ poster appearing in some businesses in the Northern Rivers.

The poster doesn’t make clear community who recognised who has written, authorised or each other’s differences and distributed it. carried the same soul but since Long-time local campaigner COVID, that’s just been ripped and Flattening the Curve apart,” she said. spokesperson, Nicqui Yazdi, Nicqui knows of family told The Northern Rivers relationships, old friends and Times she knows firsthand of friendship groups that are the hostility the posters have strained because of conflicting caused. She says in Bangalow, views about the pandemic, and an unidentified woman tried public health orders. to put one up in the window of But it’s Mullumbimby’s café Butcher and Baker without national reputation that’s getting permission. The woman, who hardest hit and stigmatised wasn’t wearing a mask, was she says, despite many people told to leave but the attempt left in the ‘Biggest Little Town in staff fuming.

Australia’ in fact elderly and In Byron Bay, clothing conservative, store Nikau was among “People in Queensland the first to place the sign in are reading articles about its Fletcher Street window Mullumbimby and it’s now (pictured) they’re in windows being seen in a bad light and in Mullumbimby including yet anti-vaxxers are a minority Eden’s Landing Health Foods but a vocal, loud minority. and Lulu’s café and on the Mullum still is old school and Tweed Coast, Nectar juice bar old conservative Mullumbimby at Cabarita Beach displays the is finding it really hard,” Nicqui poster. said.

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LETTERS, FEEDBACK AND OPINION think more adequate supplies of vaccines would arrive here from overseas more quickly? I wonder.

Breathe safely and all the best in the future you choose for those you love.

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rejected the request of the Native Title Trust for appropriate study of the site. During this water security debate, chair Keith Williams has constantly gone on the record as the major advocate for Aboriginal We’d love to hear people on the issue. By from you! rejecting the inclusion RIP baby of a dam as an option, letters@nrtimes.com.au Please keep under 150 words Out of touch Reading about the tragic Rous now legally has & include address and phone In response to Kevin dog attack on a fiveno authority to go onto Hogan’s blast against week-old baby by the private property to In the air LCC’s historic decision family pet. thoroughly investigate The five-year plan to to hand back a parcel This dog was an the site and fulfil the very sandbag in front of of land on the Lismore American Staffordshire specific request of the the Beach Byron Bay Plateau to Bundjalung terrier. I had the Trust. cafe that is perched traditional owners: impression this breed Appallingly, the precariously on Clarkes Hogan, like his was banned in Australia. chair Keith Williams Beach dunes will provide party, is so out of step.

Obviously not. Was it described the 85% of the some welcome relief to The land was going to registered? community responders the cafe’s owners. But require extensive (read So the dog’s going as “a mob... nothing when will we have a expensive) remediation to be or has been put but a mob”. His use five year plan from the to ever put any houses on down, and rightfully so. of sexual language, Federal government to it. It is a parcel fraught I can only assume what among other things in adequately address global with development happened. the debate, insulted heating, the root cause challenges, in addition I’ve got a mate who those present and has of ever increasing beach to being completely had a stuffy and he was threatened the integrity erosion? inappropriate for a great dog, won proxies of the organisation.

Global heating, development for cultural, and shows but when He obviously has no climate change, call it spiritual and ecological another male dog came respect for democracy, what you will, has been reasons. into his range he would the community he was well known about for Anastasia Guise attack, some times much elected to serve and 40 years. Virtually all Larnook bigger dogs too.

Damned dam the organisation he developed countries The dog inquisition On July 21 Rous represents. He should apart from Australia Single solution was probably there councillors met to make step down before he does now have a definite road I want to see a Royal before the baby’s arrival. their decision regarding more damage. map to address global Commission into why Could it be the dog was community consultation As a matter of urgency heating but shamefully the hell we have not used jealous of the change of on the Revised IWCM the NSW and Federal our country has the worst Howard Springs only affection? Who knows?

2020 Future Water governments need to record to date. to quarantine people RIP baby.

Strategy 2060. The intervene and organise an Now for the first time instead of continuing Paul Brecht wishes of 85% of 13,729 experienced, independent ever in human history, to use hotel quarantine Evans Head community responders, scientific research due to the present across the country that who soundly rejected organisation to examine pandemic, we can no has left the country in Why let Covid in? the IWCM proposal, all aspects of water in our longer guarantee the air a complete mess. There How does Covid keeps should have been entire catchment. Only we breathe is safe to are not enough adjectives sneaking through front and centre in all this action will break the breathe anywhere in the in the dictionary to quarantine security? deliberations. current division within world and vaccines are describe how stupid all Anyone in the least Disgracefully, in a 5:3 our community and get in short supply in our our politicians are not to connected to quarantine vote Rous Councillors our water security back country. only use Howard Springs security should be voted to ignore the on track.

But if Australia showed to quarantine people extremely well-paid, wishes of the community, The Dunoon Dam the world that we are coming back to Australia. very well-trained and the largest consultation will be lost if there is no serious about addressing Get fair dinkum you skilled with great support vote ever received by intervention. global warming, do you stupid idiotic politicians, systems.

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Cr Sharon There has been so Democracy has Cadwallader much suffering for the been totally trashed by Deputy Chair Rous COMMUN people of Victoria and chair Keith Williams County Council & N O I ITY EG NSW because of the (Ballina), Vanessa Ballina Shire Council R R breaches that were often Ekins, Darlene Cook ED found to be by people (Lismore), Cate Coorey Level headed who weren’t particularly and Basil Cameron G MacDonald’s rather well-paid, trained or (Byron) in making this lengthy letter (NRT 22/7) supported. decision. Only aquifers, is truly outstanding Apparently the NSW desalination and Toilet because at no point government MPs have to Tap recycled water does it contribute any just voted to give are to be our permanent plausible content. themselves an extra water supply into the His use of Fort $192,000 per year in future. The inclusion of Denison to support his allowances. That money a dam is no longer an very confident analysis is m should be going to option. just deluded nonsense. em io d people on the front lines Unbelievably, despite Mr MacDonald could a P h phismayhemr 0 who are protecting the all the rhetoric, the find out just how silly his 3 : 07 4 people of NSW from the five councillors even letter is by referring to 4 5 3

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difficult and devastating consequences of lockdown.

Here in Northern NSW having had only one Covid case since March 2020, the worst thing has been the closure of the border to QLD. This has caused some terrible situations as our specialist health services are in the Gold Coast and the border goes through a heavily built-up area that divides the Gold Coast and the Tweed Shire. It’s been very sad.

There shouldn’t be one more case allowed to slip through. The communities of Australia should not have to fear this happening again.

I ask our politicians to do more to protect our communities and make quarantine security perfect. Haven’t heard of anyone breaking out of jail lately. There must be a way.

Beth Shelley Booerie Creek

two articles:1. From his much loved BOM he should check out - “Australia’s Baseline Sea Level Monitoring Project”.

2. From the Dept of the Environment he should also check out “Estimation of Relative Sea Level Rise from Fort Denison”.

Mr MacDonald’s baseless condemnation of satellite altimetry is surprising, as this technology has been used for the last 30yrs or so and now has an accuracy of less than +or- 3mm.

Ignorance may well be bliss but when it is foisted on folk who want facts and truth it is no better than pointless background noise.

No doubt Mr MacDonald writes a decent letter but one would hope that in future he bases his efforts on supportable facts.

Ted Strong Seelands

Blind Freddie Oh dear, our “empirical evidence” rejected yet again, “blind Freddie” would have seen that one coming. These entrenched climate deniers “just can’t handle the truth”. G MacDonald is only digging a deeper hole for himself, he not only owes Greta Thunberg a grovelling apology, he now owes her parents the same, for accusing them of child abuse (browbeating).

People who continually embarrass themselves by denying scientific evidence regarding sealevel rise, should relocate to countries where the process is already displacing thousands of people.

Kiribati, whose majority of residents have already moved to one island, is already negotiating with Fiji to relocate its 102,700 residents because of rising sea-level. Five islands in the Solomon group have already disappeared since 1947, six more have lost more than 20% of their area to rising sea-level.

Tuvalu – 11,500 people,

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LETTERS, FEEDBACK AND OPINION averages 6.5m above sea-level, now heavily inundated on the highest tides. Torres Straight islands (274) – sea-level has been increasing by 1.92mm PA since 1914.

Seychelles sea-level has risen by 200mm since 1914, another 700mm will inundate three quarters the land.

Maldives – 1.98m above sea-level, at the present rate of inundation, it’s predicted to be mostly submerged by 2050.

Louisiana USA – 25-35 sq miles of coastline is being lost PA, and since

1930, 1,900 sq miles has been lost to rising sea-levels.

Most intelligent people would notice an obvious trend in this ‘empirical evidence’ however, for ‘struggling’ climate deniers, I would advise adequate care be taken in dealing with this large amount of ‘empirical evidence’.

Instead of being in danger of just tripping over it, the irresponsible could actually drown in it.

Steven McGuiness Wardell

Shades of green With the Greens announcing their intention to contest the Ballina Shire Local Government Election to be held on 4th September this year, we can only admire their gall. Given that the Byron Greens are in total disarray with division, disunity and petty vindictiveness, we can only hold our breath and wonder just what the shire may experience in the event they are successful.

As a start we are not really sure to which

faction of the ‘Greens’ they belong. Are they ‘dark Greens’, ‘lite Greens’, ‘watermelon Greens red on the inside and green on the outside’, ‘tree hugging Greens’ or just ‘no development anywhere Greens’?

Hopefully we will be able to identify them as the campaign unfolds.

In the meantime what needs to be considered is what kind of disruption they may bring to Council that by and large has appeared stable and not racked by dissent and division such has been

Listen to the people Local group ‘Our Future Northern Rivers’ is calling for Rous County Councillors to listen to the people and act in accordance with the “majority view” from the community feedback during the recent Future Water Strategy 2060 public consultation period.

The revised IWCM Future Water Strategy produced for community consultation during April and May 2021 offered only groundwater, desalination and direct and indirect potable recycled water as a permanent water source for the region.

Our Future Northern Rivers spokesman Richard Trevan says “the recommendation put forward today by Rous County Council to the eight councillors has ignored the community’s absolute rejection of the three offered options.

Mr Trevan says that, “The independent analysis of submissions and petitions by the Vaxa Group shows 85% of the 13,729 community responders supported a clearly worded and uncomplicated petition which rejected

groundwater, rejected desalination and rejected recycled water as a permanent future water source whilst reinstating the dam for further investigations.

“Councillors continue to put their preferred ideologies front and centre of the Future Water Strategy by once again promoting groundwater, recycled water and desalination

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Fortunately standing against them we have a solid, pragmatic progressive team of experienced candidates endorsed by the ALP and ably lead by Cr Keith Williams and if elected will bring to Council the support of a major political party.

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Additionally, 85% also made it clear that they did not support the disposal of the land; a motion moved by Councillor Ekins and passed at the December 2020 meeting.

During discussion following the decision then Byron Bay Councillor Simon Richardson was recorded as saying, “I think sometimes what we’ve done is, we’ve burnt the bridge behind us so there is no retreat”.

“Five of eight Rous County councillors are putting their personal ideologies and political ambitions ahead of the job they are paid to do as representatives of their respective local councils. With this result our democracy itself Northern Rivers was that the is in question” said Mr Trevan. dam was the preferred solution “Make no mistake the to our region’s water supply progress of investigation into needs. the Dunoon dam as the region’s “Many respondents to the primary water supply is now community petition could not firmly on the radar of the believe that the councillors had community and this issue is not voted in favour of removing the going away.” Mr Trevan said. dam entirely from the Future Our Future Northern Rivers Water Strategy. Many were will continue to ensure that the unaware it was off the table voice of the silent majority is and were gobsmacked” said Mr heard.

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options despite the majority of the community rejecting them.

“The recommendation “very strategically” tacks on the dam investigation at some time in the distant future to make it appear that they have listened to the community,” said Mr Trevan.

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Local government elections postponed until December CANDIDATES for councils will now be able to campaign longer with the local government elections being pushed back until Saturday, December 4.

Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock said the decision, after

extensive consultation with and advice from the NSW Electoral Commission and NSW Health, was made in response to the COVID-19 situation.

“Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and current Public Health Orders impacting Greater Sydney, we have

made the difficult decision to postpone the Local Government elections until later this year,” Mrs Hancock said.

“We have taken this step to postpone the election to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our communities, voters, polling

staff and candidates.” iVote (electronic voting) will also be available for the first time in the local council elections and the NSW Government has implemented changes to pre-poll to ensure that voters have 13 days to cast their ballot, reducing

congestion on polling day.

Nominations will open on Monday, October 25 and close on Wednesday, November 3.

Prospective candidates can find more information at the Office of Local Government website at www.olg.nsw.gov. au.

BUSINESSMAN’S BID FOR LISMORE’S TOP JOB

By Tonia Dynan LISMORE businessman Steve Krieg launched his campaign to become the next Lismore mayor last week.

And he’s not alone, with 13 other candidates on his ticket.

“When we started to put out what we’re hoping to do the support was amazing,” Mr Krieg said.

“We had people coming out of the woodwork everywhere to try and get on board at least if they’re not on our ticket but to offer their support and help.”

Mr Krieg owns two cafes in Lismore and said it was clear the current council was not working.

“For too long our council has been underperforming and our team is not prepared to sit back and watch this continue,” he said.

“I stand here every day listening to people, pleading for

change.

“And it’s not something that I would necessarily put my hand up to do other than the fact that someone needs to do it, because there is an underlying feeling in the town that we need to see change in Lismore

for Lismore to grow and thrive like it used to.

“I’ve never been a member of a political party in my life, I’ve never donated to a political party. We are purely local people from all walks of life that are interested in saying

local issues addressed.”

Mr Krieg said the team was focused on getting the basics right.

“Fixing our roads, creating jobs, and making life better for families are just some of our priorities,” he said.

“This means supporting projects like the Dunoon Dam, Lismore Square redevelopment, flood mitigation, and ensuring more families can build homes in our region.

“I’ve got a lot of goals and a lot of dreams. I would love to reinvigorate our CBD. Obviously, my businesses are down here, and I’d like to say that.

“But I think, from all our research and from what we’ve heard, I think number one is to get our council budget under control.”

Mr Krieg’s ticket for Lismore City Council includes Peter Colby, Jeri Hall, Andrew Gordon, Electra Jensen, Andrew Bing, Angela Albertini, Darren Butcher, Rebekka Battista, Anthony Durheim, Nardia Pidcock, Paul Deegan, Sarah Frost and Paul O’Neill.

A chance to continue good work in Richmond Valley EXPERIENCED councillors Daniel Simpson and Robert Hayes have joined forces with long time Mid-Richmond local Joanne Slade announcing their team for the upcoming Richmond Valley Council elections.

Whilst the team brings a diverse mix of experience and skills to the table they are united by their passion for all things community and advocate a pragmatic approach to decision making.

Joanne has lived and worked in the Richmond Valley for the past 30 years with her children born and raised in the area.

“I love where we live, be it bush, beach, farm or town and I want to be involved,” said Joanne, in regards to putting her name forward.

This attitude is evidenced through Joanne’s involvement with numerous sporting bodies over the past ten years.

“I feel that the skills I have learnt in my professional life will serve me well

as a representative of the community,” she said.

“I am a doer, a communicator and a negotiator, but above all I am a listener.

“I will listen to your views and then be your voice and representative in the Richmond Valley.”

Both Robert and Daniel are proud of what the council has achieved over the past five years which has seen many of the towns and villages receive funding for upgrades and improvements to community infrastructure.

“Whilst being presented with some significant challenges in the form of bushfires and Covid-19 the council has stepped up to the challenge,” said Daniel.

“We were one of the only councils in the state to not stand down a single employee during Covid, keeping many of our services open when other councils were not.

“We also had some great

success advocating for state and federal funding for our area, which has seen projects completed across all areas of the Valley. “ When asked why the council was so successful in obtaining grant funding Robert Hayes said they worked well as a team.

“Each councillor is given

fair opportunity to present their views and those views are respected,” he said.

“There has been no party politics in Richmond Valley Council for a long time, this means that decisions are based on the collective views of the community through councillor representation rather than along political party lines and

I hope it stays that way.”

Local business owner, Daniel Simpson said he enjoys bringing his business sense, financial management skills and family values to the table.

“Whilst in my view the council has done a good job in the last five years, there is still much to do,” he said.

“Our roads need attention, and for our children’s sake it’s important we ensure the valley maintains and improves upon our way of life and our natural assets, whilst ensuring we attract economic development and manage our council’s financial prosperity.

“One of the highlights of the last term for me was the inclusion of the Richmond Valley as a NSW Regional Jobs Precinct.

“This coupled with the future industrial land expansion opportunities in the Casino industrial precinct help provide the Richmond Valley with a stronger economic future.”

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Byron businesses rally behind local buying campaign as tourist trade slumps

By Margaret Dekker A GROUP of Byron Bay traders met last Friday to discuss a slump in trade in the iconic tourist town due to plummeting tourist numbers and foot traffic.

Katie Munro from clothing label Arnhem told The Northern Rivers Times talk is rife among traders about concerns over in-store sales falling across an array of businesses in the community.

In her conversations with other local businesses there are reports of revenue dropping by as much as 60 percent.

“People were buying last year, but with fear and the ongoing uncertainty about the virus, this year buying habits have shifted to what is essential,” Katie said.

“And there’s no one in town,” she said.

The irony of the situation, Katie says, is while Byron Shire property prices are booming and millions of dollars are being injected into real estate, the big spending is

not being replicated in local tills.

And despite mounting requests from shop tenants, commercial landlords are firmly refusing rent relief on Byron Bay shopfronts which can average around $2,000 a week on the premium strips.

In a united effort to stem the engulfing tide, Byron Bay retailers and restaurateurs have begun a new ‘Love for Locals’

campaign, rewarding shoppers from the Shire with experiences and store discounts, and special offers and deals between traders. ‘Love for Locals’ is being pitched at old and new ‘Byronians’ in an effort to “get the town going again.”

“Conversations have started around buying local, not giving our dollar to big multinational companies... We can make an impact if we stop and consider

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every little spending decision we make,” Katie Munro said.

With news late last week of virus fragments detected in Byron Bay wastewater, and a new alert over a COVID-19 positive person landing in Ballina from Sydney on July 14, the mood has shifted again with Byron Bay last weekend likened to ‘a ghost town.’

But Katie Munro says there is also energy and optimism

stirring as traders collaborate with other local businesses and begin embedding new behaviours with a focus on supporting local; to move from ‘struggling’ to surviving and thriving ‘during these strange times.’

“Conversations have started. There’s a movement, momentum among local traders, we can get through this again,” Katie said.

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July 29, 2021

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COUNCIL CALLS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITTEE MEMBERS KYOGLE Council is seeking expressions of interest from community members interested in joining the Climate Change Working Group.

The working group is made up of three councillors, relevant council staff and six community members from groups concerned with: science, commerce and industry, indigenous representation, community, and youth.

Council is now looking to fill two community member vacancies that currently exist.

The working group provides advice and recommendations around climate change, management of climate risk and implementation on targets relating to climate change and renewable energy in the Kyogle local government area.

Community members are appointed for two years but can nominate for further terms.

The working group has a wide brief, including monitoring the implementation of council’s ‘Sustainable Councils and Communities Action Plan’ and associated targets and its ‘Review

of Climate Change Assessment and Adaptation Initiatives’ report.

The working group assists council to incorporate the latest knowledge of climate change impacts into planning policies and instruments, as well as providing a broader advocacy role with the aim of informing and educating the community.

The working group also identifies opportunities for external funding and joint projects that align with Council’s adopted strategies, and monitors state and federal government climate change adaptation direction and advises council on appropriate responses.

Expressions of interest to join the working group must be submitted in writing to council’s General Manager by close of business Friday, September 24.

EOIs should be emailed to council@kyogle.nsw.gov.au or sent to PO Box 11, Kyogle NSW 2474.

Community members wanting further information about the working group or submitting an EOI, should contact council’s senior environmental services officers Judy Faulks on 6632 1611.

Historic New Italy welcomes plans for service station complex THE recently lodged Development Application for a $14.7m service station and restaurant complex at New Italy has been welcomed by the not-for-profit incorporated association that owns and operates the Historic New Italy site.

“We have been in frequent contact with the developers of the proposed complex and are excited that the DA is now lodged and available for consideration by all relevant parties,” New Italy Museum Inc president Gail Williams (pictured) said.

“Of particular concern to us was that the heritage aspects of the site would be respected and that the development would deliver benefits to both Historic New Italy and the surrounding community of this midRichmond area.

“We are confident that the development will deliver on all counts.”

From Historic New Italy’s perspective,

the service station and restaurant complex will provide increased patronage from visitors to the adjoining complex; a landscaped linkage to Historic New Italy’s facilities from the complex through the Park of Peace; up-front cash from the sale of a portion of the association’s land, currently used for reticulating waste water; connection to a potable water supply; and a contemporary sewerage treatment plant.

“While the

development will help to ‘future proof’ Historic New Italy, importantly it will also be a boost to the local economy from the 150-180 jobs that will be available at the complex when operating,” Ms Williams, who is also a resident of New Italy, said.

The New Italy Museum Inc will host information sessions on the proposed development in the New Italy Community Hall with dates and times to be determined and notified later.

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FEEDBACK SOUGHT ON COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Lifeline welcomes mental health support package LIFELINE North Coast welcomes the joint Commonwealth and NSW Gover nment support package to provide a ran ge of mental health services to those in need across the state.

This support comes at a critical time as communities face the uncertainty of COVID-19 with new cases, extended lockdown rules and border restrictions weighing on people’s mental health. Lifeline reports experienc ing a 25 per cent increase in the volume of calls Australia-wide since the surge in new COVID-19 cases began this July.

“We recognise that an increasing number of people will be struggling with isolation, separation from family and feelings of heightened anxiety. The government package will

help Lifeline to meet the increased demand for our essential services during this time,” John Brogden, chairman of Lifeline Australia said.

Mr Brogden added that it is important for NSW residents and those across Australia to know that Lifeline is there for them.

“We want to reassure every individual that they can call Lifeline at any time of the day or night on 13 11 14. Lifeline’s volunteers have been there for Australians all throughout this pandemic and we continue to be here for you now.”

Telephone: 13 11 14 (24 hours), Lifeline Text: 0477 13 11 14 (6pm – midnight), or chat online: www.lifeline. org.au (7pm – midnight).

STAGE 1 of the new Richmond River Coastal Management Program (CMP) has commenced, and the community is invited to share their local knowledge.

The CMP will follow on from work achieved over the past 10 years through the Coastal Zone Management Plan for the Richmond River Estuary (CZMP), which was developed in 2012 by Ballina Shire, Lismore City, Richmond Valley and Rous County Councils.

The aim of this program is to update the CZMP for the Richmond River in line with new legislation and establish a whole-of-catchment management approach that will capture all issues and activities impacting the health of the estuary.

“The Richmond River estuary and catchment is highly valued by the community for many different reasons,” said Rous County Council’s Chair Keith Williams.

“It supports a network of ecosystems, a rich biodiversity, and a range of human land uses and activities. The area is also the traditional home of the Bundjalung Nation and has spiritual and cultural significance.”

“With such a large catchment area extending from the Queensland border in the north, to Tenterfield

and Clarence Valley in the west, to the Clarence River catchment at its southern border, land uses across these regions have a significant impact on the health of the coastal zone.”

Rous County Council, Ballina Shire Council, Lismore City Council and Richmond Valley Council are partnering with the NSW Government to deliver the CMP. The whole-ofcatchment approach means this CMP will also include the participation of Kyogle Council, Byron Shire Council and Clarence Valley Council.

The Stage 1 Scoping Study, the first of five stages, is now underway. Community input is a critical part of this stage and will help the project team to develop the Coastal Management Program. If you would like to share your local knowledge, concerns, ideas and photos please visit the program webpage at www.hydrosphere.com.au/ richmondrivercmp and complete the feedback form.

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WHILE the funding amount of $900,000 was the smallest dollar-wise of the pack of announcements made on the Lower Clarence last week, the plans its recipients have in store are historically large and life-changing.

The Yaegl Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation are in the process of planning a new eco-camp on Hickey Island in Yamba of which they hold Native Title rights to.

The Yaegl board member have driven and designed the soft-footprint development and this funding will help them to proceed to the next phase in seeing their dream become a reality.

Hickey Island on Yaegl Country is one of the most naturally beautiful spots in Yamba and an important site to the Traditional Owners.

Once complete, it will provide a massive boost for local tourism as well as the Yaegl people who will control and manage the site providing income and employment for their people for generations to come.

The eco-camp design will include pop-up safari tents, DIY sites, and communal fire pits and yarning circles for cultural activities and camp

ground facilities for cooking and cleaning.

The funding comes out of the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Package, a joint federal and state government initiative.

There for the presentation Member for Page Kevin Hogan, Member for Clarence Chris Gulaptis and Clarence Valley Council mayor were thrilled all tiers of governments have recognised the merits of the project.

“It is a plan that will teach culture, environment and indigenous and nonindigenous people about how traditional owners of this land have looked after the land for so long,” Mr Gulaptis said.

“I think this is a plan that can be rolled out not just in the Clarence Valley but right across the country because it has so many positive merits.

“It’s terrific to see Yaegl people business-minded, connected with the community, creating jobs and involved in boosting the local economy.

“I think it’s a wonderful project and I congratulate the CEO of Yaegl Traditional Owners Billy Walker and his team for their vision and in putting forward a successful funding application to government.

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Owners Aboriginal Corporation Billy Walker thanked the dignitaries present and said their vision was now one step closer to reality.

“The fight our old people had. By doing that they left a legacy and if we can follow that legacy… who knows what could happen on Yaegl Country. This (camp) is a good example.”

Mr Walker said a lot of planning, talking and travelling had been put into the project to make sure they had their “t’s cross and their i’s dotted.”

“Moving forward with the island, it’s very exciting.

I can’t wait to see the first pop-up tent.”

He said the camp would not only fill a need for holiday accommodation in the popular tourist town but the project would also be an important part of their identity.

“When people come into Yaegl country they see the welcome sign and people must think well who are these Yaegl people?

“Well, now we’ve got something to show them. This could be the hub where ecotourism starts. Encouraging people from other traditional countries to come and look and take ideas back to their country ‘look what the Yaegl people are doing over there?

Why can’t we do that out here?’.

Mr Walker said a lot had changed for Aboriginal people so finding out where they fit into today’s Australian landscape included “making ourselves known.”

“Going by reports, what people tell us, we’re moving forward in a big way. But we’d like to take everyone here on a journey with us. This is only once place where we can say this is ours but a cross land tenure, across crown land, national parks, forestry. We could make that happen.

“From the mountains to the sea we can camp anywhere we want to. But it’s got to be benefit for everyone. We look after our clients. That is how respect is earned.”

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MACLEAN HALL TO RECEIVE LONG-AWAITED FACELIFT

By Lesley Apps PERFORMING arts teacher Janet Gray knows first-hand, or foot in her case, why the outdated Maclean Civic Centre deserved the funding love it received last week.

She began her dancing career in on the very stage boards at age seven and not a lot has changed in the venue since then.

Ms Gray has been part of the group fighting for what seemed like “time immemorial” to see the hall upgraded and said the $5 million Bushfire Local Economic Recovery funding announcement was beyond their wildest expectations.

“I’d say it’s been 20 years of asking for improvements to the hall so I was surprised by this announcement. We have just been pushing for smaller upgrades like air conditioning, little bit more space. We kept getting requests from council about what would we like and now getting this much funding, it’s going to be a huge bonus,” the owner of the Maclean Scottish Town Dance Centre said.

Ms Gray said council wouldn’t have any problem in spending the $5 million to overhaul the tired and somewhat impractical performing arts space.

“I think overall it needs a complete revamp. Little fixes are not going to do anything.

The building as it stands will keep needing these all the time.

It’s probably better to go in hard and revamp whole thing at once. This money will help to do that.”

Ms Gray, who is also vice president of the Little Scottish Town Youth Theatre Group, put on a well- received run of shows based on The Wizard of Oz at the civic hall earlier in the year and said she was looking

forward to the day when they could get things back up and running and having “bums on seats when it’s safe to do so.”

“The arts sector has really been hit the hardest in this country (during Covid). I don’t care how the funding happened I’m just glad it’s happening finally, especially for the kids.”

While Maclean wasn’t directly impacted by the bushfire activity surrounding Lower Clarence communities were and that’s what the stimulus spending was all about Member for Page Kevin Hogan said.

“Both the federal and state governments came in to help councils with things that burned down but this second round of spending is to stimulate economic activity.

The civic centre has been a priority of Maclean and council for a long time and it really badly needed a refurbishment in what is a great performing arts town.”

Mr Hogan said the funding secured by council was Phase 1 of its Maclean Community Precinct project and while it takes a while to funnel through the processes, another round from the Bushfires fund will announced later in the year.

“While the economy to some of us is wonderfully surprisingly strong, when the drought was on, bushfires hit, start of the pandemic, we really had no idea how we were going to cope with that economically.

A lot of this money is stimulus spending related to that.”

Maclean’s civic centre revamp will include new entrance and foyer extension, catering facilities upgrade, new lighting and sound systems, and accessible amenities, with some existing infrastructure removed to create an outdoor space that connects River Street

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Member for Clarence Chris Gulaptis has a long association with the civic hall that goes back decades including when he served as mayor for the then Maclean Shire Council.

He said the facilities were long past their use-by-date and this extensive upgrade would give the precinct and town a new lease on life.

“The civic hall is a focal

meeting point for a range of community activities such as concerts and musicals, Eisteddfods and public meetings,” Mr Gulaptis said.

“The reconfiguring of the space will also allow for additional capacity to host larger events.”

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July 29, 2021

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Yamba’s $13m one-stop shop for community services

By Lesley Apps THE largest funding boon from the recent round announced for the Lower Clarence comes in the form of $13 million to expand services and improve the Treelands Drive Community Hub at Yamba.

A team effort between the three tiers of government, the quirky amount of $11.1 million will be coming the from the federal and state governments’ Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Package while Clarence Valley Council will contribute $2 million from its own coffers for the project.

The revamped hub will include the relocation and revitalisation of the Yamba library, a more efficient community and visitors centre, an art gallery, dedicated youth space, and new commercial kitchen.

Acting general manager for Clarence Valley Council Laura Black said a lot of these services were already there but the new revamped community space would bring everything together

Behind the masks: from left, Member for Clarence Chris Gulaptis, Clarence Valley Council mayor Jim Simmons, Clarence Valley Council acting general manager Laura Black, and Member for Page Kevin Hogan at the Treelands Drive Community Centre in Yamba. The precinct is earmarked for a $13 million transformation over the next two years thanks to a combined funding effort from the three tiers of government. with some “fantastic add ons”.

“It will be a one-stop shop for Yamba’s community services. Our library is way

down the other end of town so it’s about bringing it all to one place. The new art gallery space also means we can certainly bring some of

the (Grafton) regional gallery collection here,” Ms Black said.

“It’s really important it is a community precinct.

We’ve already got health and education services out the back (TAFE NSW Connected Learning Centre and Yamba Community Health and Ambulance) so we are partnering with them to provide a range of services in the one place for Yamba.”

Ms Black said council was at the concept plan stage of the project and conducting a financial analysis of those to make sure the funding amounts were suitable.

“The detailed design stage will come from this so those initial concept plans may change. At this stage we are not sure whether the detailed design and construction will go to market as one job or put to market separately.

“The current community centre is actually an awardwinning building in its own right so retaining its shell and working around that in the precinct reorient and integration may be something we can look at.

“It’s a big footprint, but a great thing for Yamba, and something we are hoping to see delivered in a couple of years.”

COUNCIL MOVES TO DITCH TOURIST INFO CENTRE SITE

By Tim Howard AFTER five failed attempts to sell off the former Visitor Information Centre in South Grafton, Clarence Valley Council will seek help to give the site a more favourable zoning.

The council’s environment, planning and community committee has agreed council should prepare a planning proposal to rezone the property, at 2 Spring St, South Grafton, from SP3 Tourist to B5 Business Development.

If successful at the full meeting it will the proposal to alter the Clarence Valley LEP 2011 to the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment for a Gateway determination.

The former visitor information centre has been burning a whole in ratepayers’ pockets since 2017 when it was shut down off as the culmination of the council’s withdrawal from face to face tourism information services.

The council was optimistic a buyer for the prime piece of real estate on the Pacific Highway next to McDonalds, would pay $1 million or more for the site, swelling coffers and creating cost savings.

The optimism was not well founded with five deals falling through, including an auction at which not a single bid was made.

The move was also unpopular with

Clarence Valley Council believe rezoning the closed down Visitor Information Centre will help it sell the building. the community who felt visitors to the region enjoyed the service the largely volunteer staff at the centre provided.

It was also an outlet for a local arts and crafts group to display and sell their wares.

Last week this sentiment surfaced again when Greens councillor Greg Clancy attempted to defer making a decision on the proposal until October, after the council election, when a new council might make a different decision.

His motion to defer lapsed without a seconder, but he argued against pushing ahead with the rezoning

proposal, which council staff reaffirmed was necessary for a different use for the building.

“I think the community should be given a chance to have a say in the future use of it,” he said.

“I don’t think a council in its dying stages should be making a decision that a new council might want to change.

“There may be councillors on the new council who may want to retain the centre for tourism purposes. Why make this change at the 11th hour?”

Cr Clancy’s caution was not shared.

Cr Richie Williamson said the site

was a costly burden for ratepayers that needed to be sold off.

“We need to get something happening,” he said. “We need to get something coming through those doors.

“The next council can do as it wishes with it.”

Cr Baker acknowledged the decision to get rid of the centre might not be popular, but it was not so unpopular that councillors had proposed an alternative.

“It hasn’t inspired a councillor to bring a Notice of Motion or move a rescission motion to overturn a previous decision,” he said.

Instead he pointed out since council resolved to rezone the site to help its sale, work had proceeded smoothly.

“What we’re seeing is the implementation of the council’s strategy, without missing a step, until now,” he said.

Mayor Jim Simmons said councillors need not be too concerned the Gateway determination would be the final say.

He said it would likely take some time and the new council could overturn it, if it wanted to take a different path.

Since the committee meeting the NSW Government has announced the local government elections in the state have been postponed until December 4.

The committee recommended pressing ahead with the rezoning 4-1.

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July 29, 2021

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Innovative jobs campaign uses pop-up job stations AN employment campaign using pop-up stations to connect with people seeking work has placed 30 Northern Rivers locals into jobs.

The eight-week ‘Step Into Tomorrow’ initiative, run by community services organisation Social Futures, helped job seekers receiving social housing assistance, or waiting to be placed in social housing.

Social Futures program manager, Jahdon Quinlan, said a van visited locations around the Tweed and Lismore, delivering the support needed for job seekers wanting to enter the workforce.

“Often people in social housing have extra challenges and barriers when it comes to finding work,” Mr Quinlan said.

“For example, they may be impacted by familyrelationship breakdown, disability, limited education or a lack of public transport.

“Our van met them where they were at and signed them up to the employment campaign. Meeting people in the community meant they didn’t have to arrange transport

or child minding.”

Mr Quinlan said the job seekers then went to workshops focusing on resume writing, interview skills, and confidence building before attending job interviews.

“We wanted to get 28 participants into paying jobs, instead ‘Step Into Tomorrow’ found 30 local community members employment and we couldn’t be more thrilled,” he said.

“A new job can have such a positive and transformative

effect on someone’s life. It can provide a sense of meaning and purpose.”

Northern Rivers resident Nikita, who is housed through North Coast Community Housing, secured a job and a traineeship through the ‘Step Into Tomorrow’ campaign.

“After attending the workshops, I had an interview with a local community services organisation,” Nikita said.

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“I am so happy to have a job and an opportunity to now provide financially for my family.”

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RVC DA’S AT 10-YEAR HIGH THE Richmond Valley local government area has seen a steep rise in development approvals in the 2020-21 financial year, led by a home improvement boom, in what is a silver lining for the local economy despite the ongoing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The past 12 months saw 340 development applications approved by Council, worth more than $67 million combined.

The number of development applications represents a 10-year high for the Richmond Valley local government area.

Richmond Valley Council’s director community service delivery Angela Jones said the demand in development approvals had been led by a surge in home improvements such as pools, sheds, decks and other renovations.

“Council’s Planning and Development staff have been working closely with all proponents over the past 12 months to ensure the development application process is as smooth as possible,” Ms Jones said.

“Like all local government authorities, Council has a regulatory role but we also aim to educate proponents about what’s involved in a development application and how to make the process as simple as possible.”

Ms Jones said rather than seasoned

developers or builders, most applicants seeking development approval were “mum and dad” homeowners looking to improve their properties.

“Council has a dedicated development concierge whose exclusive role is to support proponents through the process,” she said.

“For first timers, we understand that the development approval process is not easy and can sometimes come as a shock what is required for even minor upgrades.

“We want to ensure those who are seeking to build or renovate are not bogged down in needless red tape.

“That’s why RVC has a proactive approach to support our community to make the process as streamlined as possible.”

Ms Jones said with the recent introduction of an online-only lodgement system by the NSW Government, all development-related documentation was now submitted through the NSW Planning Portal.

She said most applications and certificates could now be filled out online as well via the Planning Portal, while the remainder could be downloaded from Council’s website.

“We hope once applicants adjust to this new process it will make lodging development applications a simpler process in the future,” Ms Jones said.

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The Northern Rivers Times

July 29, 2021

24 NEWS

Prison officers reject Serco pay offer

By Tim Howard

PRISONER officers at the privately-run Clarence Correctional Centre have overwhelmingly rejected a pay offer from the prison managers Serco and are now considering industrial action.

Over five days until July 19, 206 of the 244 eligible workers at the jail prison voted whether to accept or reject Serco’s offer of $26.88 an hour. The ballot revealed 169 or 82% of the prison officers rejected the offer.

Community and Public Section Union of NSW assistant branch secretary Troy Wright said officers have overwhelmingly rejected Serco’s lowball pay offer, as the union sought industrial action to secure proper pay.

He described it as a humiliating defeat for Serco and said if it had been successful it would have made Clarence Correctional Centre personnel the second lowest paid prison officers in the country.

He said the rejected

offer also failed to include allowances, paid parental leave, and sufficient personal leave.

“Australia’s largest prison shouldn’t be offering the second lowest pay in the country – these prison officers know their worth and rightly rejected Serco’s lowball pay offer,” Mr Wright said.

“The Berejiklian government promised that Clarence Correctional Centre would provide well-paid, meaningful jobs for the region when it opened. Right now, Serco is paying prison officers less than they would earn in Bunnings.”

The union’s Northern Region organiser, Asren Pugh, said while the ballot to a take protected industrial action would not be completed until early August, the union welcomed any return to the negotiating table.

“No-one wants to take industrial action if there can be a negotiated solution,” he said.

He said there was a lot to discuss in the offer Serco had made..

“The 11% increase they put up included the 2.5% in the Fair Work Australia minimum wage increase, so really what they were offering was a 8.5% increase,” he said.

“Taking the pay offer from around $24 an hour to $26.88 was not competitive with the low $30 level available to nearly every other prison office in the country.”

Mr Pugh said the industrial action prison officers could take could range from banning less than three officers escorting inmates up to a 24-hour stoppage.

“But in Australia workers know they’re entitled to a fair day’s pay, and the CPSU NSW will support prison officers to secure proper pay for a dangerous job,” he said.

Serco said the vote on the Clarence Correctional Centre Enterprise Agreement was disappointing. A spokesperson said it included a wage increase of 11% for correctional case officers and a one-off payment of $1000.

“The annual aggregate salary (was) going from

$61,602 to approximately $68,400 immediately in year one and $71,110 in year two,” the spokesperson said.

He disputed the union’s claims about leave entitlements.

“It also maintained leave provisions in line with the Fair Work Act and industry standards,” he said.

He said Serco management accepted the result of the ballot and would work with staff and the union to find a resolution.

The union said the pay dispute had wider ramifications for the Clarence Valley than what happened inside the walls of the jail.

It has had trouble attracting workers and has a low retention rate because the pay is so low.

“This is a maximum security prison – it should have experienced officers on the best pay,” said Mr Wright.

“Instead, there is a revolving door of new, inexperienced officers coming in, and forced to work long hours just to cover all the shifts.

“It is just a matter of time until there is a serious incident and someone gets badly hurt or worse.

The centre is the largest employer in the region, and the union says better pay will deliver economic growth across the region.

“A bad deal for Grafton’s prison officers is a bad deal for the community – it means workers have less cash to spend in the local economy,” he said.

“An under resourced prison is an unsafe prison, and that has serious implications for creating more violent offenders when they return to their communities.

“Our justice system should be run by the state in the public interest. It should not be operated by private providers whose sole motivation is making money.

“When you run a prison for profit your inclination will always be to cut corners.

“It means jails are understaffed and have fewer programs, which makes them more dangerous and violent.”

$500,000 UPGRADE OF KEN LEESON OVAL NEW unisex facilities, including disabled toilets, as well as new storage facilities are part of an upgrade at Iluka’s Ken Leeson Oval.

Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan today officially opened the completed upgrade.

“The existing facilities were nearing the end of their life and their location is disjointed from the majority of activities on the oval and would be better suited in a new location,” Mr Hogan said.

“This $500,000 grant will mean now both men and women can better use the oval and its facilities. It also “New storage facilities for the means better access for people with a different sporting groups have also disability.” been incorporated to allow them to

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hydrogen sulphide gas, which often smells like a rotten egg.

Council can’t say how What’s that smell? long it will linger, but in the BALLINA residents may have meantime try and keep your noticed a bit of an unpleasant car windows up! smell lately.

For more information Council’s environmental contact council’s health officers have done some Environmental Health Team on investigating and confirmed 1300 864 444. the smell is caused by rotting mangrove fruit pods.

Bridge under repair Each year, around July to MAINTENANCE on Pearces November, the mangroves Creek Bridge (Eltham Road, produce fruit and drop their Pearces Creek) will start from pods into the supporting Monday, August 2. wetlands and swamps.

Ballina Shire Council says Unfortunately, this natural the works will take up to and seasonal process releases two weeks to complete and

store the equipment and tools they use.”

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are essential for maintaining the existing timber bridge structure.

Traffic control will be in place and the works will be carried out from 7am to 3pm, Monday to Friday.

Council would like to thank the community for their patience during these works.

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Visitor Centre accreditation success THE Clarence Valley Visitor Centre in the Grafton Regional Gallery has once

Jim Simmons said the project focused on fixing access issues and improving shade concerns so the facility is better equipped to host teams throughout the year.

“The new facility will encourage greater participation in team sports and support a healthy lifestyle for the community,” Cr Simmons said.

“Another exciting part of the project is the new storage room, which means the local sporting groups can safely store equipment and tools.”

The project was jointly funded, with the Federal Government committing $500,000 and the Clarence Valley Council committing $91,502.

again received approval as an accredited information centre.

Mark Greaves, program manager for NSW Accredited Visitor Information Centres, recently met with Tourism Officers in Grafton for the annual onsite review.

“The visitor centre is looking amazing and being located in the Gallery’s heritage building, alongside the new gallery, outdoor courtyard and café facilities, it’s a great contribution to the community,” Mr Greaves said.

“Tourism is big business to both city and regional locations and our accredited

visitor information centre network, which the Clarence Valley is a part of, plays a major role in coordinating the travel for millions of travellers throughout the state each year.

“There is no doubt COVID has dealt a blow to travellers and the visitor services sector globally, although we are confident visitors will return in greater numbers in the not-toodistant future.”

The Clarence Valley Visitor Centre is open for inperson enquiries from Tuesday to Sunday and available online or on the phone seven days a week.

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Council awards tender for construction of new Rappville Community Hall RAPPVILLE residents can again look forward to holding community events in the heart of their village, with Richmond Valley Council awarding a construction tender for the new Rappville Community Hall at its meeting last Tuesday.

Richmond Valley-based Bennett Robertson Builders is expected to start construction next month, with an anticipated completion date of April 2022.

The original hall was destroyed during the devastating Busbys Flat Road bushfire in October 2019.

General manager Vaughan Macdonald said rebuilding the hall had been one of council’s first priorities in the aftermath of the destructive blaze.

“From day one the hall was obviously a key focus of our rebuilding efforts, and the consensus was to deliver something more inspiring than simply an updated replica of the original building,” Mr Macdonald said.

“Council assessed the site and its surrounds and ensured community ideas and inspiration for the new facility were fed into the design process.”

Mr Macdonald said council received critical support toward the project from a $1.4 million bushfire recovery grant from the Australian Government, of which $500,000 was allocated to the hall rebuild.

“The project received additional funding and expert assistance from BizRebuild, a not-for-profit disaster recovery initiative of the Business Council of Australia,

which contributed an additional $500,000,” he said.

“BizRebuild also put council in touch with awardwinning architect Virginia Kerridge and structural engineer Phil Wallace, who designed the new hall, and landscape architect Jane Irwin.”

The plans include a spacious hall, outdoor deck, with an additional building featuring a communal kitchen and supper room, along with a covered outdoor dining area, and storage and amenities areas.

The new facility was designed to not only provide a central community hall, as well as kitchen and entertainment facilities, but also inviting garden spaces which will provide public amenity daily.

Mr Macdonald said as part of the project, council purchased Rappville’s St John’s Anglican Church and surrounding land from the Anglican Diocese of Grafton, with council to retain the church but use a portion of the surrounding land for the new hall.

The plans were unveiled at an event in Rappville in August last year, with development proposal subsequently lodged and approved by council, and a tender process undertaken in June.

“Thanks to the generosity of the Australian Government and BizRebuild, working closely with council, we expect the new hall to be something unique for Rappville,” Mr Macdonald said.

Nominations open for Tweed Sustainability Awards THE biennial awards, launched in 2019, celebrate local sustainability champions and eco-friendly initiatives across the Tweed community.

Nominate an individual, school, local business, a tourism or hospitality provider, club, group or event which is helping to protect and enhance the Tweed’s internationally significant environment.

There are four award categories: • Regenerative Agriculture; • Wildlife and Habitat Conservation; • Tweed Tourism and Hospitality Sustainability; and • Tweed Sustainability.

Past participants have thanked the awards for boosting the profile of their work and bolstering the network of like-minded people dedicated to protecting the Tweed’s environment.

All nominees will also be invited to a sustainability masterclass designed to support participants’ skills and opportunities for existing or new environmental initiatives.

Nominations can be lodged online at tweed.nsw.gov.au/tweedsustainability-awards by 4 pm on Monday 6 September 2021.

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July 29, 2021

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Jumbunna celebrates new community hub

By Samantha Elley CASINO families are about to benefit from a new multipurpose community hub to be built adjacent to the Jumbunna Community Preschool and Early Intervention Centre.

Thanks to the generous donation of two of the four blocks of land by Casino Food Co-op and a partnership between the Federal and NSW State Governments of $1.52 million in funding, the project has become a reality.

Jumbunna has provided $480,000 to purchase the remaining two blocks of land.

“When I heard we had received the grant, it brought tears to my eyes,” said Karen

The land on which the new Jumbunna community hub will be built had two blocks donated by Casino Food Co-op. Federal and State funding will help build the hub.

McDermott, Jumbunna’s general manager.

“It will be a great community hub with room to have community meetings and four consulting rooms.”

Casino Food Co-op Chair, John Seccombe said they were only too happy to donate the land.

“Jumbunna has provided a great service to the community,” he said.

“When we were approached

by Jumbunna, we knew it was a worthwhile donation.

“We had previously donated land back in 2008 as well.”

Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said the project will boost economic recovery and create jobs in the community as well.

“This project includes the construction of a large multiuse room, smaller individual therapy rooms, a yarning circle, an administration area as well as storage and staff areas,” he said.

Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis said Jumbunna has a great history of supporting local families over the past 40 years and had outgrown its current facility.

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SAE Group are the only approved provider, designing and installing solar systems to eligible homes across Northern NSW. To be eligible you must: • Currently be receiving the Low Income Household Rebate • Agree not to receive the rebate for ten years • Own your own home • Not already have a solar PV system • Use at least 3600 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity in a year • Live in the North Coast of NSW • Hold a valid Pensioner Concession Card or a Department of Veteran Affairs Gold Card If you are not the registered homeowner, but your spouse is, you may be considered eligible collectively as a household.

A 3kW system is designed to generate an average of 12.6kwh per day, which will deliver electricity savings depending on each households energy consumption. Managing Director of SAE Group Glen Ashton comments “We know electricity bills continue to place a lot of pressure on households, and we are pleased to be working with the NSW Government to help ease the pressure on low income households.”

SAE Group are a locally owned and operated organisation with more than ten years’ experience in the solar industry. SAE Group are a Clean Energy Council Approved Retailer, and hold accreditations ISO 9001, AS/NZS4801 for safety and quality systems.

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Karen McDermott, CEO Jumbunna, Chris Gulaptis Clarence MP and Kevin Hogan Page MP with some of Jumbunna’s children. Photos by Samantha Elley “The new hub will complement the existing community preschool and will be a culturally safe environment where families can access the support they need from visiting professionals such as Lismore

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Evans Head boat harbour dredging commitment EVANS Head Boat Harbour is one of five NSW waterways across the state set to benefit from one of the biggest ever programs of fully funded dredging to be carried out by the Nationals in the NSW Government, Clarence Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis has announced.

Mr Gulaptis said a total of $6.2 million worth of dredging work will be carried out at the Evans Head Boat Harbour at the entrance to Evans River, Swansea Channel at Lake Macquarie, Town Green Moorings at Port Macquarie, Bermagui Boat Harbour and Ettalong Channel at Brisbane Water.

“Maintaining access to coastal river entrances and harbours is vital in keeping our boating community safe,” Mr Gulaptis said.

“This is positive news that will benefit both the

commercial and recreational fishing communities as well as pleasure craft.

“It has been six years since the Evans River was last dredged so this is very welcome news.”

Mr Gulaptis said NSW Maritime, in its new role overseeing the statewide

dredging program, identified Evans Head as a priority location after carrying out investigations and input from local communities.

“Some waterways are more prone than others to the natural process of sedimentation, in which sand and silt washes downstream

and gradually fills channels or berthing areas,” he said.

“This can have far-reaching economic impacts for communities which are dependent on their fishing and boating industries.”

Mr Gulaptis said the dredging work would be made possible with a $6.2 million

NSW Government stimulus funding commitment, part of the $205 million allocated to maritime infrastructure and projects.

“In these continuing difficult times, we are doing all we can to help out our coastal communities with the support they need to get on with the job,” he said.

“This stimulus package will play a critical role in creating jobs to plan and deliver this infrastructure to assist with the recovery of the state’s economy from the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Once further investigation work has been completed, the full program and timeline for the work will be communicated to the community.”

Transport for NSW will be tasked with carrying out they survey work to develop the scope for dredging works.

New playspace for Bilambil Heights children RESIDENTS from Bilambil Heights have the chance to help design the Coral Street Park upgrade, including a brand new playspace.

Earlier this year, more than 100 residents completed a community survey to share their ideas which were used to develop the draft plan.

Council now wants to hear from the community again and is encouraging locals to have their say on the draft concept plan, which includes: • new play equipment including monkey bars, swings, slides and nature play; • accessible picnic table, seating and drinking fountain; • new pathway and scooter track; and

• community garden planters and landscaping.

Residents can visit www. yoursaytweed.com.au/ coral-street-park to give their feedback by Sunday 15 August 2021.

Manager Parks and Active Communities Stewart Brawley said the park upgrade is part of an initiative to improve the quality of parks and open spaces across the Tweed.

“Thank you to the residents who completed the community survey earlier this year – it played a vital role in developing the draft concept plan, including the range of play equipment being proposed,” he said.

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across the Tweed, this latest upgrade means 15 parks will have received significant improvements over the past three years.

Residents can also view the final concept plans for the upgrades to Clarrie Englert Park on Gollan Drive, Tweed Heads West and Banora Point Community Centre Park on Leisure Drive by visiting www.yoursaytweed.com.au/ parks. Both upgrades are set to be completed by the end of the year.

Council has received additional contributions from the NSW Government’s Everyone Can Play grant program for the upgrades to Clarrie Englert Park and Banora Point Community Centre Park.

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Tweed toilet trial to support male incontinence

By Margaret Dekker TWEED Shire Council is set to trial a men’s sanitary bin at a Banora Point public toilet in a bid to help men affected by incontinence dispose of support products when out and away from home.

Cr Katie Milne put forward the motion at a recent meeting of Council.

In her report, Cr Milne noted numerous men experience continence problems but few public male toilets cater for them, and incontinence can impede an active life for some men.

Before Cr Milne began speaking, Cr Polglase mused he and the other male councillors, “.. all have a conflict of interest,” he said.

While seeing the joke, Cr Milne said support for male incontinence isn’t a laughing matter and is a very important issue.

“If anyone’s been to the pharmacy of late or even the supermarket, there are a lot of items on the shelves and it is obviously a significant issue for men not just older men but men of various ages so as it is

It’s hoped the trial of the men’s sanitary bin will see more bins rolled out across the Tweed for women as well,” Cr Milne told Council.

Cr Milne added incontinence can be embarrassing for men but she was happy to advocate on their behalf to help destigmatise the condition, and provide real support for a basic need.

“Councillors obviously we cater very well for women and their needs but men are not provided the same sort of level of service and I’m not really sure why,” Cr Milne said.

Mayor Chris Cherry agreed, telling Council around 30 percent of men aged 70 to 84 experience incontinence and

she would be happy to see up to ten bins trialled in the Tweed.

“If there’s 30 percent of the male population of that age group having an issue and it might be curtailing them going out and staying out for a while, then I think it’s a small price in terms of gender equality to address this,” Cr Cherry said.

Speaking against the trial sanitary bin, Cr Warren Polglase said he’d seen similar bins in caravan parks vandalised including cigarettes and drink cans ‘shoved into them.’ He also had concerns about contracting suppliers of the

Banora Point Community Centre will trial a new support aid for male incontinence bins and the cost to Council if a bin was damaged or destroyed. He said men were managing the matter individually.

“It’s one of those matters addressed quite adequately by those concerned and I think it should be left that way,” Cr Polglase said.

But Cr Ron Cooper disagreed with his male counterpart, telling Council he totally supported the bin trial.

“It’s an inconvenience if you’ve got to throw the pads

HOW A SHOWER MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO COMMUNITY IN the 2019 bushfires in Tabulam, people would turn up to the CWA rooms covered in ash, wanting somewhere to get cleaned up, but the CWA did not have shower facilities.

That has now changed, with the new CWA shower facilities in Tabulam funded under the NSW Government’s 2019 Community Building Partnership Program.

Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin has praised CWA Tabulam for their efforts in providing better facilities to serve the local community in times of disaster.

Ms Saffin and Ben Franklin MLC recently inspected the facilities and Ms Saffin said the shower would make a big difference.

“I acknowledge the support of Premier Gladys Berejiklian in ensuring the entire cost of the facilities was covered by the funding,” Ms Saffin said.

“The small CWA Tabulam branch plays a big role in the community, including providing an evacuation centre during disasters such as fires and floods.

“I commend their work and also their initiative in applying

in a paper bin and that’s not appropriate,” Cr Cooper said.

Council voted 5-2 in support of a trial for at least one bin at Banora Point Community Centre, Banora Point (pictured).

Bins4Blokes is a national campaign championing the placement of incontinence bins in public toilets which has already seen bins installed in Bundaberg, Camden Council in NSW and in Salisbury, Gawler and BerriRenmark in South Australia.

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for the NSW Government grant that will make a real difference to the support they can offer.”

Nationals Member of the Legislative Council Ben Franklin said it was wonderful to join Ms Saffin and the CWA to celebrate their new shower.

“The Black Summer Bushfires were absolutely shattering and I commend the CWA for their outstanding support to the community in their time of need,” Mr Franklin said.

“The new shower is a gamechanger should we be faced with another disaster like in 2019 and it cannot be underestimated the level of comfort and support this new facility will provide when people need it most.

“The NSW Government’s Community Building Partnership is designed to provide funding for positive infrastructure projects and there can be no doubt that CWA Tabulam is an incredibly deserving recipient.”

CONCERNS about the speed limit on The Coast Road, East Ballina (Angels Beach) have been ignored by Transport for NSW. Local residents raised concerns about the 80km/h speed limit, saying it was dangerous as children used the area to cross the road to access the bus stop for school.

Ballina Shire Council resolved to write to Transport for NSW in May requesting the speed limit be reduced to 60km/h to improve pedestrian and wildlife safety.

Council’s Local Traffic Committee meeting in April recommended a road safety officer consult with bus stop users regarding the possible relocation of the bus stop.

“After receipt of the speed zone review the bus company be given

three months’ notice of the removal of the J pole and request they relocate the bus stop to Bayview Drive,” the report stated.

Ballina Mayor David Wright advised the matter was discussed regularly at the traffic committee meetings.

The option in use of the underpass was also discussed.

Transport for NSW said due to the open nature, limited access roads and the “function” of the road, it recommended the existing 80km/h speed limit be retained.

Meanwhile, Transport for NSW has approved a speed zone reduction for Friday Hut Road, Tintenbar. The existing 80km/h speed limit will be reduced to 60km/h from Tintenbar Road to 600m north of Killen Falls Drive.

The existing 100km/h speed limit will be reduced to 50km/h for the full length of Killen Falls Drive.

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

Mum Jane, explain HEAVEN WELL, Hello again from ‘Leemo Cat’.

I put ‘Mum Jane’ TOTALLY on the spot to-day...“Mum Jane... can you answer 2 questions pleassee...

THIS IS SERIOUS!” Glarey look back.

“OK Leems, ask away”. (Eye roll with deep sigh!) “Mum, what do you reckon it is TRULY like in HEAVEN? Secondly, when can I get a Driver’s Licence and HOW COME you got one?” Hmm. Mum stared back at me with a look of stunned scepticism but quickly regained composure.

“Well Leems, having not truly myself, been to Heaven, this is an irksome question you ask. I am not aware of any travel agent in the world advertising “Package Holidays” in Heaven – like 10 day specials offering buffet brekkies at the Heavenly Resort, and free sox & WIFI and snacks and soft blankies and cushions on the plane. Are you?

Therefore Leems, I will need to include some wide ranging conjecture in my response”. Mum then truly blathered on.

(I was doing limb stretches & eye rolling by this point) “Leems, I had a wonderful friend once called Gwynnie, who was of Irish descent and

35 years older than me...I used to visit her every Sunday morning.

She once shockingly confessed, at the ripe old age of 93, that she didn’t particularly want to go to heaven.

I was truly surprised to hear this and asked her “why’. She responded by saying “Well ‘Janey lovie’, I think it could be rather boring just sitting around on clouds and humming or singing hymns all day...don’t you”. Well, I was so perturbed about this answer from Mum via Gwynnie, my visions of floating and bouncing and frisking around through clouds went right out of my APERTURE of dreams.

I went into meditation stance and did OOORMMMMMM chanting stuff to calm myself. Aaargh...Mum really is unrelenting in the nonsense she talks. “So, Leems, you must by now realise I cannot truly really answer your very stupid question.

Perhaps you yourself could pop up to Heaven (but I wouldn’t wager a bet on your chances of getting in) for a bit of a visit then come back and tell EVERYONE what it is REALLY like...whaddya reckon?” Oooooh... by now I was so very cross with her, she was behaving, by her reponses to me,with HUGE disassociation... flippancy in fact.

Enough of this crapp I decided. .“WELL MUM...what about my 2nd question then.. huh?”. Ooooh...Can you believe this...she yawned (reminded me of the open jaws of a shark) and murmured “ask me another day Leems, another day” and went to sleep”.

How rude is that?

Well…I can assure you most emphatically that my second question WILL be waiting for her the very first thing tomorrow. Nite with cross purrsies..

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Waste centre to stay open during roof replacement FROM Tuesday, August 3 works will start to replace the Ballina Waste Management’s transfer station roof.

The Waste Management Centre will remain open during these works, however access to the waste transfer station public drop-off area will be closed for the duration of the works and a

temporary public drop-off area will be available behind the administration building.

To avoid increased wait times or disruptions, Ballina Shire Council asks residents to delay dropping off non-essential waste until the roofing works are complete and the transfer station is reopened.

Instead, residents are encouraged

to store their waste and drop it off once the works are complete.

Ballina Shire Council would like to thank the community for their patience and understanding during these works.

It is expected that works will be completed by the end of August (weather and site conditions permitting).

Letitia Road reopens at Fingal Head THE gravel road used to access Letitia Spit at Fingal has reopened to the public, two months after it was closed to better protect residents from COVID-19.

Temporary road barriers and signs were erected by Tweed Shire Council in May to help safeguard Aboriginal elders and residents who live along Letitia Road.

Cr Warren Polglase told The Northern Rivers Times confidential legal advice indicated keeping the road closed was unlawful, “We supported the road to be reopened as this is compliant with the law. As an electoral body, we need to comply with the law,” Cr Polglase said.

Above: Maintenance work begins on the reopened coastal road.

Cr Polglase said many people Below: Letitia Road reopens at Fingal Head. had contacted him and other councillors personally since the temporary road barriers were put in place, and that public pressure saw the road reopened sooner than the gazetted September date, “And there are just as many people wanting the road opened as closed,” Cr Polglase said.

Council has since advised caution and low speed on the gravel section are necessary due to its rough surface and scheduled maintenance works.

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UPGRADES TO BRUNSWICK HEADS BOAT HARBOUR TRANSPORT for NSW Maritime is funding upgrades to the existing boating facilities at Brunswick Heads Boat Harbour to improve safe access to the waterway.

In February, Minister for Transport and Roads Andrew Constance announced $2.8 million of maritime stimulus funding for the upgrade of maritime infrastructure at Brunswick Heads Boat Harbour.

Transport for NSW was recently appointed as the Crown Land Manager for the harbour that was previously managed by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment – Crown Lands (DPIE - Crown Lands).

Transport for NSW is reviewing relevant investigations, concepts and community feedback from previous work completed by

Crown Lands for the draft master plan.

The priority for this project is to provide a modern facility that meets current safety and accessibility criteria.

data will be used to develop design options for the onwater infrastructure upgrade and will be presented to key stakeholders.

TfNSW is in the process of identifying utility services and will complete minor repairs and public amenity improvements to the landbased infrastructure along the harbour that will support the upgrade work.

TfNSW has also started a review of existing berth licensing arrangements with current berth licensees. TfNSW will establish a wait list for people wishing to berth their vessels at Brunswick Heads Boat Harbour.

As part of the planning and design, and construction The upgrade plans are design phase, Transport for stages. on display until August 31.

NSW will engage with harbour TfNSW has engaged For more information about users, adjacent landholders and surveyors to determine this project go to the NSW the community throughout the boundaries, depths and existing Government’s Transport for project, including the planning, layout of the harbour. This NSW website.

South Lawson Street carpark improvements underway WORKS to improve safety for pedestrians using Byron Bay’s South Lawson Street carpark started this week.

Construction of a new traffic island will permanently block vehicle entry to the laneway next to the Byron Bay Hot Bread Kitchen from Jonson Street.

Vehicle access into the South Lawson St carpark will be from Lawson Street only. Motorists can, however, still exit the carpark via the laneway onto Jonson Street or via Lawson Street.

“These works are part of council’s rail corridor upgrade and the objective is to stop this carpark’s current use as a rat run to get to Lawson Street and to create slower traffic movements and a safer experience for pedestrians by making the space

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Water barriers will be in place on Jonson Street and traffic control signage to advise motorists of works in the laneway which will take three weeks to complete.

“While the traffic island is being built, there may be short periods that the laneway off Jonson St needs to be shut completely but we will update the surrounding signage to alert motorists to this,” he said.

“Otherwise, what we need people to remember is that entry to the South Lawson Street carpark is from Lawson Street from now on.”

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MILESTONE REACHED FOR OUTGOING MAYOR

By Tonia Dynan IN the time Mayor Robert Mustow (pictured) has been on council, he has been waiting to see development applications for his region hit the 300 mark.

“There’s also been almost 350 applications lodged and that’s the first time that’s been over 300, so these figures they show this confidence in the Richmond Valley and council has encouraged many initiatives to achieve this and has worked with our community to have this outcome,” Richmond Valley Council’s Cr Mustow said.

“It’s not only a council win, but it’s also the community, and developers and people who want to build their first homes and it’s really, really good.

“I’m pleased to say that that has been achieved because to get

300 DAs to me has been a bit of a goal and we’ve always been touching on it, but now we’ve just really jumped over it, and that’s a great.

Congratulations to everyone.”

The figures were revealed in a report about the six-monthly customer service feedback survey.

“You’ll see that the total dollar amount of development applications this year is over $65 million, and it’s never been over $50 million before,” Cr Mustow said.

“I think that’s a pretty substantial increase.”

More than 80 per cent of survey respondents said they were very

satisfied or satisfied with the customer service received when dealing with Richmond Valley Council.

More than half of the respondents to the survey conducted in June contacted council for assistance with development or planning enquiries and their main area of concern related to the lag time of a follow up response to their initial enquiry.

Council has identified some room for improvement that will be the focus of the customer experience team in the coming months, including working closely with applicants lodging applications via the new e-planning portal, and more training and upskilling of newer, inexperienced staff.

Cr Mustow said customer service was a lot of work, but it was a positive report which was great to hear.

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Paper Wings take flight PEOPLE living with a disability and their families can share, learn and connect on the unique new website, Paper Wings – developed by leading social justice organisation Social Futures.

Paper Wings showcases the personal stories of people who have experienced the changes, challenges and triumphs of life with a disability.

Social Futures community development coordinator, Scott Jones, who has been living with a visual impairment for more than 20 years, is one of many to already contribute a personal story to Paper Wings.

“I am always looking for opportunities to speak with people experiencing the same challenges,” Mr Jones said.

“I can empathise with them and show them what is possible.

“For me, Paper Wings was a great way to connect and share my own experiences. I could encourage others to move forward with both confidence and optimism.

“When first diagnosed with a visual impairment, my immediate response was to think of all the things I wouldn’t be able to do. This place of negativity was isolating and depressing.

“It wasn’t until I spoke to others with the same situation that I realised I do have options and opportunities.

I personally was inspired by what I heard.

“I know how important it is to hear positive and encouraging stories told by people with a similar disability. Personal stories offer hope and deliver pathways that can help others work towards improving their circumstances and enhancing their life goals.”

Social Future’s Capacity Building and Engagement Manager, Lynda Hope, came up with the idea for the Paper Wings site.

“It encourages contributors to move away from the short instant messaging of social media, and go back to an old-school style of reflecting, thinking and crafting a very personal message,” she said.

“Paper Wings features helpful prompts and suggests topics, and there is no limit to how many stories you can share. Stories or messages can be published anonymously or with a name, and contributors can choose to upload their own image or choose from the range of images available.

“I hope the people who put their message forward feel that gift of generosity. That by sharing their experiences they can help someone else to understand their own.”

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$100 million in grants rolling in for RV council

By Tonia Dynan ALTHOUGH on the back of disaster, Richmond Valley Council has secured government funding commitments of more than $100 million over the past five years for vital community projects and programs.

“So far $86.4m has been received, with more funding to come as projects such as the Casino Showground, Industry Activation precincts and the Northern Rivers Rail Trail move towards completion,” general manager Vaughan Macdonald said.

“Council’s success in obtaining these grants has been due to its work in

preparing long-term plans and ‘shovel ready’ projects and building a reputation with funding providers as an organisation that delivers projects on time and within budget.

“Council has invested in developing its in-house capabilities to ensure that it has the best chance of competing for funding opportunities and is well prepared to manage disaster recovery claims for community infrastructure.

“This has resulted in 123 successful applications for community projects over the past five years, and commitments of more than $19 million in natural disaster

funding to repair assets damaged in bushfires and floods.”

Mayor Robert Mustow said at the beginning of this term, no one would have thought that more than $100 million would be made available through government grants to the Richmond Valley Council.

“Unfortunately, some of these grants came after disaster that impacted our community, and we as a council have renewed and repaired these assets and gave the undertaking that we would

build back bigger and better, and tonight, we will consider one of those projects being the Rappville Hall,” Cr Mustow said.

“I think it’s outstanding and a lot of the congratulations needs to go to the staff who wrote a lot of those applications and got the master plans done, the DAs through in short times and things like that.

“It’s rewarding, and at the end of the day the communities are the ones that have benefited by it and that’s

what we’re here to do.”

Of the funding received so far, $46.9m was in operating grants and $39.5m in capital grants.

Council will continue to seek funding for community projects and programs identified in council’s strategic plans.

The council also wanted to acknowledge the work for the Member for Clarence and the Member for Page for their ongoing assistance in securing funding for the Richmond Valley community.

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BEAUTY AND THE GEEK

NBN, 7pm

They say that it’s what’s on the inside that counts, and the surprisingly strong connections between the geeky guys and gorgeous gals on this Lego Mastersmeets-Love Island reality series really have proven that. But let’s be honest, all viewers really want to see is what potential lurks behind the geeks’ Star Wars T-shirts and overgrown beards. As such, Nine have cleverly stretched the series’ makeovers over three Sunday night specials. Tonight, the pairs take on a public challenge, providing the half-time entertainment at the footy, before host Sophie Monk reintroduces the remaining fellas to reveal their jaw-dropping physical transformations.

Escape to the rolling hills of small-town Tasmania one last time with the fifth and final season of this heartwarming comedy, premiering tonight. A perfect remedy to the real world, the final season was written during Melbourne’s 2020 lockdown by co-creators and stars Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor, who report that “the scripts have so much joy in them”. As their alter egos Emma and Daniel, the pair are up to their old tricks at McCallum Real Estate, assigned by no-nonsense boss Barbara (Kris McQuade) to track down their missing handyman Damien (David Quirk).

The resulting showdown with neighbourhood watch boss Olive (Gabrielle Adkins) is a treat for fans.

CITIZEN JANE FONDA

SBS, 7.30pm

Jane Fonda has made headlines for decades – first by being born into Hollywood royalty, then as a sex symbol, Oscar-winning actress, fearless businesswoman, aerobics queen, feminist icon and committed activist, who was arrested at the age of 81 for her part in climate crisis protests. This colourful documentary from French director Florence Platarets examines the incredible life of the outspoken Grace and Frankie star and how the seemingly incompatible eras in her life mirror the social and political story unfolding in America, from the 1960s to the present day.

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FRIDAY, July 30 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings.

10.00 Q+A. (R) 11.00 Coronavirus: Public Update. 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Foreign Correspondent. (R) 1.30 That Pacific Sports Show. (R) 2.00 The Trouble With Maggie Cole. (Ml, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Escape From The City. (R) 5.00 Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 11.00 Spanish News.

11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24.

12.30 America: News. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes. (PGl, R) 3.00 NITV News: Nula. 3.30 I Am Black And Beautiful. (PGa, R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.15 The Secret Life Of Al Capone. (PGv, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 7: Morning session.

12.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 7: Day session.

3.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 7: Afternoon session.

5.30 The Chase Australia. Contestants race to answer quiz questions.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 Talking Honey: Princess Diana. (PG, R) 12.15 MOVIE: A Summer To Remember. (2018, PGa) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGalv) 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. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum. Analysis of the day’s news.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 Movin’ To The Country. Craig Quartermaine visits a winery.

8.00 Dream Gardens. Michael McCoy meets a family who are rebuilding their home to make way for a bush billabong retreat.

8.30 Midsomer Murders. (Mv) Barnaby and Winter investigate when a killer strikes during a murder mystery weekend.

10.00 Baptiste. (Mlnv, R) 11.00 ABC Late News.

11.15 The Vaccine. (R) Presented

by Jeremy Fernandez.

11.35 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (R) 12.05 Starstruck. (Final, Mdl, R) 12.30 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 I Am Jackie O. (Mav, R) An examination of Jackie Kennedy Onassis.

9.00 Jane Goodall: My Life With Chimpanzees. (PGa, R) Documents the life and work of renowned British primatologist Jane Goodall.

10.35 SBS World News Late.

11.05 Patriot Brains. (Mls, R) 12.00 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls, R) 12.55 The Hot Zone. (Ma) 3.40 Alex Polizzi: The Fixer. (PGl, R) 4.50 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 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 7: Primetime session. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad. Hosted by Hamish McLachlan and Abbey Gelmi.

10.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 7: Late evening session. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad. Including Tokyo Shinya, hosted by Andy Maher, Lisa Sthalekar and Andrew Gaze.

12.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 7: Overnight session. Featuring highlights from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

3.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 20.

Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys. From Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

9.50 Golden Point. A wrap-up of the Brisbane Broncos versus North Queensland Cowboys match, with NRL news and analysis.

10.35 MOVIE: Southpaw.

(2015, MA15+lv, R) A boxer tries to get his life back on track. Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams.

1.00 Surfing Australia TV. (PG, R) Showcases Surfing Australia’s programs.

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. Peter Van Onselen, Lisa Wilkinson, Nazeem Hussain and Susie Youssef take a look at the day’s news.

7.30 The Living Room. (R) The team meets The Pethers and their 40-year-old caravan, Peachy, which is in desperate need of some TLC. 8.30 To Be Advised.

10.30 The Graham Norton Show. (Mls, R) Guests include Jennifer Saunders, Gal Gadot, Tessa Thompson, Claudia Winkleman, Nicola Coughlan, Lee Mack and McFly. 11.30 The Project. (R) Special guest is Jack Antonoff.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Musical performance by Tones and I. 1.30 Home Shopping. (R)

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

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Hard Quiz. 8.30 MOVIE: The Wrestler. (2008, MA15+) 10.15 Doctor Who. 11.05 Art Works. 11.35 Brush With Fame. 12.05am QI. 12.35 Would I Lie To You? 1.05 30 Rock. 1.30 The Catherine Tate Show. 2.00 Chandon Pictures. 2.55 Great News. (Final) 3.15 News Update. 3.20 Close.

5.05 Miffy’s Adventures Big And Small. 5.15 The Furchester Hotel. 5.25 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch. Noon The X-Files. 2.30 Big Night Out. 2.55 Beerland. 3.25 New Girl. 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 Hoarders. (Return) 9.20 City Porn. 10.05 Fear The Walking Dead. 11.45 Yokayi Footy. 12.20am News. 12.45 South Park. 2.45 NHK World English News. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs. 8.30

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo.

7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon World’s Greatest Animal Encounters.

1.00 Days Of Our Lives. 1.55 The Young And The Restless. 2.50 Antiques Roadshow. 3.20 MOVIE: The Third Man. (1949, PG) 5.30 Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 David Attenborough’s Life Story. 8.40 MOVIE: What Happens In Vegas. (2008, M) 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 JAG. 11.00 Star Trek: Voyager. Noon Walker, Texas Ranger. 1.00 NCIS. 2.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 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 Star Trek: Voyager.

ABC ME (23) 6am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Our Little Sister.

(2015, PG, Japanese) 8.20 Asterix And Obelix In Britain. (2012, PG, French) 10.25 Buoyancy. (2019, M, Thai) 12.05pm Fame. (2009, PG) 2.20 A Month Of Sundays. (2015, PG) 4.20 Jour De Fête. (1949, French) 5.50 Watership Down. (1978, PG) 7.30 Wildlife. (2018, M) 9.30 Born On The Fourth Of July.

(1989, MA15+) 12.10am Tazzeka. (2018, M, French) 1.55 Labyrinth Of Lies. (2014, M, German) 4.10 Little Nicolas. (2009, PG, French) 5.50 Jour De Fête.

(1949, French)

7MATE (63) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00

Pawn Stars. 7.30 MegaTruckers. 8.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 7: Early morning session.

9.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 7: Morning session. Noon Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 7: Day session. 3.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 7: Afternoon session. 7.30 To Be Advised. 10.30 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 7: Late evening session. Midnight Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 7: Wrap. 1.00 MegaTruckers. 1.30 Outback Opal Hunters. 2.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Hollywood Medium. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 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. 6.00 MOVIE: Wonder Park. (2019, PG) 7.45 MOVIE: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. (2008, PG) 9.30 MOVIE: Hercules.

(2014, M) 11.30 Malcolm. Midnight Love Island USA. 1.00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 3.00 Beyblade Burst Rise. 3.30 Lego City Adventures.

4.00 Pokémon. 4.30 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Seinfeld. 7.00 Rules Of Engagement. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 10.00 The Big Bang Theory.

11.00 Frasier. Noon This Is Us. 1.00 The Conners.

1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Friends. 11.30 The Big Bang Theory. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. 2.30 Charmed. 3.30 This Is Us. 4.30 Home Shopping. 5.30 Joseph Prince.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs.

2pm ABC News Day. 3.00 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. 10.55 Heywire. 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 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs. 8.45 Wapos Bay. 9.05 Kagagi. 9.30 Bushwhacked!

10.00 Soul II Soul. 11.00 Fusion. Noon From The Heart Of Our Nation: The Sunset Concert. 2.00 On The Road. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked!

3.55 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 The Storyteller. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.30 Kriol Kitchen. 7.00 NITV News: Nula.

7.30 Kaitangata Twitch. 9.05 Bedtime Stories. 9.15 MOVIE: Betty Davis: They Say I’m Different. (2018, PG) 10.15 Dust And Bones. 11.15 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.00 Fixer Upper. 8.00 Find Me A Dream Home Australia. 8.30 The Block. 9.30 House Hunters Int. 10.30 Flip Or Flop Atlanta. 11.30 House Hunters Int. 12.30pm Fixer Upper. 1.30 Bargain Mansions. 2.30 The Block. 4.00 Worst To First. 5.00 Flip Or Flop. 6.00 House Hunters International. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Maine Cabin Masters. 8.30 Barnwood Builders. 9.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt Renovation. 10.30 Ultimate Pools. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Headline News. 8.30

1.40pm Robot Wars. 2.40 Children’s Programs.

3.20 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.35 Massive Monster Mayhem. 4.00 Gym Stars. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.45 The Inbestigators. 5.00 Dwight In Shining Armour. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. 6.30 Operation Ouch!

7.00 MOVIE: The Adventure Of A.R.I: My Robot Friend. (2020, PG) 8.30 Good Game Spawn Point.

8.50 Fruits Basket. 9.15 Sword Art Online. 9.35 Radiant. 10.05 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

1pm Come Dine With Me UK. 1.30 Food Lover’s Guide. 2.00 Cooks Cape Town. 2.30 Mexican Table. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Italy. 4.00 Free Range Cook. 4.30 Bake With Anna. 5.00 For The Love Of Bread. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 Barefoot Contessa. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 River Cottage Aust. 8.30 Jamie’s Food Escapes. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 The Cook Up. 10.30 Cook And The Chef. 11.00 Late Programs.

Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 Better Homes. 11.00 The Master. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 The Surgery Ship. 3.00 Going Solo In Japan: The Wonders Of Kyushu. 3.30 Surf Patrol. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 7: Primetime session. 7.00 Border Security: Int. 7.30 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 7: Primetime session. 10.30 Selling Houses Aust.

11.30 Late Programs.

Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 NewsDay. 2.00 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 The Friday Showdown. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 Bernardi. 8.00 The Media Show. 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, July 31 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

10.00 Rage. (PG) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 Grand Designs: House Of The Year.

(R) 1.20 Restoration Australia. (R) 2.25 And We Danced. (PGn, R) 3.25 Back In Time For Dinner. (PG, R) 4.25 Chopsticks Or Fork?

(R) 4.40 Landline. 5.10 Scottish Vets Down Under. (PG, R) 5.40 Silvia’s Italian Table. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 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 Motorcycle Racing.

FIM Superbike World C’ship. Round 5. H’lights.

3.05 Gymnastics. FIG Rhythmic World Cup Series. H’lights. 4.35 Planet Expedition. (PGa, R) 5.35 Swamp Ghost. (PG)

6.00 Weekend Sunrise.

9.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 8: Morning session.

12.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 8: Day session. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

3.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 8: Afternoon session.

6.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 The Call.

12.30 The Rebound.

1.00 The Weakest Link. (PGl, R) 2.00 Beauty And The Geek. (PGs, R) 3.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 13.

Giants v West Coast Fever.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Getaway. (PG)

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 The Offroad Adventure Show. (R) 8.30 RV Daily Foodie Trails. (PG, R) 9.00 Places We Go. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 The Dog House. (PGa, R) 2.00 Pooches At Play. 2.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. (R) 3.00 What’s Up Down Under. 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.30 Taste Of Australia. (R) 5.00 News.

6.10 The Repair Shop. (R) Stephen and Will restore a music box.

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

7.30 The Durrells. (PG) Louisa wants to have a party for Gerry.

8.20 Belgravia. (PG) Caroline organises a secret outing which compromises both Anne and Lady Maria.

9.05 The Trouble With Maggie Cole. (PG) Peter is jittery about the press interest from Maggie’s interview.

Marcus finds romance blossoming.

9.55 Endeavour. (Mav, R) Part 2 of 3.

11.25 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Hemingway. (PG) Part 2 of 3.

9.25 MOVIE: The Keeper. (2018, Malv, R) A German POW and a young English woman strive to overcome prejudice, tragedy and hostility. David Kross, Freya Mavor.

11.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mls, R) 12.25 MOVIE: Amélie. (2001, Mans, R) 2.35 Mission Control. (PG, R) 4.25 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+sv, 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 Seven News.

7.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 8: Primetime session. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

10.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 8: Late evening session. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad. Including Tokyo Shinya, hosted by Andy Maher, Lisa Sthalekar and Andrew Gaze.

12.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 8: Overnight session. Featuring highlights from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

3.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 David Attenborough’s Life In Colour: Chasing Colour. (PG) 8.30 MOVIE: Gemini Man. (2019, Mav) A retired hitman battles his younger clone. Will Smith, Clive Owen.

10.50 MOVIE: Survivor. (2015, Mlv, R) 12.40 Australia’s Top Ten Of Everything. (Ma) 1.30 The Rebound. (R) 2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 Global Shop. (R) 5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.30 Wesley Impact With Stu Cameron. (PG)

6.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 6.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) 7.00 The Dog House. (PG, R) 8.00 Ambulance Australia.

(Ma, R) Follows dispatchers and paramedics working for NSW Ambulance’s Sydney operations.

9.00 Ambulance. (Mad, R) The North West Ambulance Service answer over 18,000 calls across a hot May bank holiday weekend.

10.00 To Be Advised.

11.00 Blue Bloods. (Mv, R) Eddie introduces Jamie to her mother.

1.00 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 QI. 8.30 Live At The Apollo. 9.20 Black Mirror. (Final) 10.30 Sammy J. 10.35 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 11.20 Would I Lie To You? 11.50 Everything’s Gonna Be Okay. 12.15am Fleabag.

12.40 The Moaning Of Life. 1.25 Would I Lie To You? 1.55 Grand Designs NZ. 2.40 Escape From The City.

3.40 News Update. 3.45 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon MOVIE: Rollerball. (1975, M) 2.15 The Truth About Racism. 3.20 WorldWatch. 4.50 Seconds From Disaster. 7.35 Building The Ultimate. 8.30 The X-Files. 11.00 Dateline. 11.30 Insight. 12.30am MOVIE: Horses Of God. (2012, MA15+) 2.40 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Sri Lankan Sinhalese News.

5.00 Korean News. 5.30 Indonesian News.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping.

8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 House Of Wellness. 11.00 The Secret Daughter. 5pm Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. 6.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 8: Primetime session. 7.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 8: Primetime session. 10.00 Escape To The Country. Midnight Home Rescue. 12.30 The Story Of The Royals. 2.30 The Master. 3.30 Before And After. 4.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Newstyle Direct. 6.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.00 The Avengers.

11.00 MOVIE: Carry On Spying. (1964) 12.45pm MOVIE: The Courtneys Of Curzon Street. (1947) 3.00 MOVIE: The Rat Race. (1960, PG) 5.10 MOVIE: Houseboat. (1958) 7.30 MOVIE: Runaway Jury. (2003, M) 10.05 MOVIE: Intersection. (2020, M) 11.40 See No Evil. 12.35am My Favorite Martian.

1.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. Noon JAG. 2.00 The Doctors. 3.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 4.00 Bondi Rescue. 4.30 iFish. 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 Scorpion. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: New Orleans. 10.20 Blue Bloods. 11.20 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 1.10am 48 Hours. 3.05 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 4.00 The Doctors. 5.00 Home Shopping.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

4pm Gym Stars. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.45 The Inbestigators. 5.00 Dwight In Shining Armour.

5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir. 6.30 72 Cutest Animals.

7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar.

8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.35 The Day My Butt Went Psycho! 9.00 Slugterra. 9.25 Close.

5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Jour De Fête. Continued. (1949, French) 7.20 Watership Down. (1978, PG) 9.00 Wildwitch. (2018, PG, Danish) 10.55 Nakom. (2016, M) 12.35pm Little Nicolas. (2009, PG, French) 2.15 Asterix And Obelix In Britain. (2012, PG, French) 4.20 Fame. (2009, PG) 6.35 Growing Up Smith. (2015) 8.30 Rust And Bone. (2012, MA15+, French) 10.45 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Pawn Stars. 7.00 Surfing. WSL Presents. 8.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 8: Early morning session. 9.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 8: Morning session. Noon Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 8: Day session.

3.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 8: Afternoon session. 7.00 To Be Advised. 10.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 8: Late evening session. Midnight Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

9.00 MOVIE: Barbie Big City Big Dreams. (2020) 10.20 Children’s Programs. 1.45pm Visions Of Greatness. 2.45 Monster Croc Wrangler. 3.45 MOVIE: Pokémon The Movie: Hoopa And The Clash Of Ages. (2015) 5.20 MOVIE: The Adventures Of Tintin. (2011, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: The Matrix. (1999, M) 10.15 MOVIE: Mad Max. (1979, MA15+) 12.10am Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 Frasier. 8.00 Rules Of Engagement.

9.00 Becker. 10.00 Broke. 10.30 To Be Advised.

3pm The Conners. 4.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.45 2 Broke Girls. 10.45 MOVIE: Butter. (2011, MA15+) 12.30am Home Shopping.

1.30 The Big Bang Theory. 2.00 2 Broke Girls. 2.30 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. 3.30 Funny Girls. 4.30 Home Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 3pm 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 ABC News Regional. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.10 Four Corners. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Foreign Correspondent. 10.00 ABC News Weekend. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 1pm Come Dine With Me UK. 1.30 Cook And The Chef. 2.00 Living On The Veg. 3.00 Beautiful Baking. 4.00 Watts On The Grill. 5.00 Pacific Island Food Revolution. 6.00 Cheese Slices.

6.30 Plat Du Tour. (Return) 7.30 Ottolenghi’s Mediterranean Island Feast. 8.30 Ainsley’s Mediterranean Cookbook. 9.30 The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British. 10.40 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

12.55pm Rugby Union. South Australia League.

2.25 Rugby Union. WA Premier Grade. 3.55 Bowls.

SA Super League. 4.55 Indian Country Today. 5.25 News. 5.55 NITV News: Nula. 6.25 Going Places.

6.55 Yokayi Footy. 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman.

8.30 Olympic Pride, American Prejudice. 10.00 MOVIE: Waru. (2017, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

11.30 Postcards. Noon Find Me A Dream Home Australia. 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 1.30 Flipping San Diego. 2.30 Barnwood Builders.

3.30 Ultimate Pools. 4.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt Renovation. 5.30 Maine Cabin Masters. 6.30 Log Cabin Living. 7.30 Escape To The Chateau. 8.30 House Hunters. 9.30 House Hunters International.

10.30 House Hunters Reno. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Gameday Live.

9.00 News. 10.00 News. 11.00 News. Noon News.

12.30 News. 1.00 News. 1.30 News. 2.00 News.

2.30 News. 3.00 News. 3.30 News. 4.00 News.

5.00 News. 6.00 Fox Sports News. 7.00 Bernardi.

8.00 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News.

10.00 Escape From Iran: Kylie Moore-Gilbert. 11.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, August 1 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 Morning Programs. 10.00 Offsiders.

10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass.

(PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 12.30 Landline. 1.30 Movin’ To The Country. (R) 2.00 Dream Gardens. (R) 2.30 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG, R) 3.15 Scottish Vets Down Under. (PG, R) 4.00 The Sound. (PG, R) 5.00 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.00 France 24 English News First Edition.

6.30 Al Jazeera. 7.30 Italian News. 8.10 Filipino News. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 Speedweek.

3.00 Gymnastics. FIG Artistic World Challenge Cup. H’lights. 5.00 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 5.30 WWII Battles For Europe. (PGaw, R)

6.00 Weekend Sunrise.

9.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 9: Morning session.

12.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 9: Day session.

3.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 9: Afternoon session. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

6.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) A look at the week in sport.

11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show.

(PG) A discussion of all things NRL. 1.00 Netball. Super Netball. Round 13.

Collingwood Magpies v NSW Swifts.

3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 20.

Cronulla Sharks v Manly Sea Eagles.

6.00 Mass. 6.30 Hillsong. 7.00 Joseph Prince. 7.30 Joel Osteen. 8.00 Pooches At Play. (R) 8.30 Destination Dessert. (R) 9.00 Australia By Design: Interiors. (R) 9.30 St10.

(PG) 12.00 Left Off The Map. (R) 12.30 GCBC. (R) 1.00 Three Veg And Meat. (R) 1.30 Freshly Picked. (R) 2.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 To Be Advised.

4.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

6.30 Compass: Too Much Stuff. (R) 7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 Kevin’s Grandest Designs.

(PG) Hosted by Kevin McCloud.

8.30 Miniseries: Innocent. (Mal, R) Part 3 of 4. As Sally and Sam grow closer, the police investigation turns to Gary Walker.

9.15 Miniseries: Agatha Christie’s The ABC Murders. (Final, Malv, R) Part 3 of 3.

10.15 Operation Buffalo. (Malv, R) 11.15 Line Of Duty. (Final, Mav, R) 12.10 Endeavour. (Mav, R) 1.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.10 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG, R) 4.55 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 MOVIE: The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years.

(2016, Ml, R) Takes a look at The Beatles from 1962 to 1966. Paul McCartney.

9.30 Lennon’s Last Weekend. (Mad, R) 10.40 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. (Mals, R) 11.35 24 Hours In Emergency. (Mal, R) 12.30 Life And Birth. (Ma, R) 3.55 Stopping Male Suicide. (MA15+a, R) 4.50 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 Seven News.

7.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 9: Primetime session. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

10.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 9: Late evening session.

Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

12.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 9: Overnight session. Featuring highlights from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

3.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Beauty And The Geek.

8.30 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.

9.30 Nine News Late. Takes a look at the latest news and events from Australia and around the world.

10.00 The Disappearance Of Susan Cox Powell: If Something Happens To Me. (MA15+av) Part 1 of 2.

11.45 Killed By My Stalker. (Malv, R) 12.40 Dr Christian Jessen Will See You Now. (Man, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project. Panellists dissect, digest and reconstitute the daily news, events and hottest topics.

7.30 Australian Survivor.

(PGal) Castaways tackle the BBQ feast reward challenge. A hidden immunity idol is up for grabs.

9.10 FBI. (Mv) When a political reporter is kidnapped and held without a ransom demand, the team must dig into her past in order to pin down her assailant’s motive.

Isobel’s relationship comes under fire.

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 Tall Poppy: A Skater’s Story. 9.55 Louis Theroux: Dark States. 11.00 The Truth About Fasting: A Catalyst Special. 11.55 And We Danced. 12.55am Black Mirror. (Final) 2.05 Live At The Apollo. 2.50 News Update. 2.55 Close.

5.05 Miffy’s Adventures Big And Small. 5.15 The Furchester Hotel. 5.25 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Chinese Dating With The Parents. 2.00 The Osbournes: The Price Of Reality. 2.50 Chris Rock: Bring The Pain. 3.40 New Girl. 4.05 WorldWatch.

4.30 Forged In Fire. 6.00 Abandoned Engineering.

6.50 Life After People. 7.40 The Buildings That Fought Hitler. (Final) 8.30 WWE Legends. 10.05 Dark Side Of The Ring. 10.55 The Investigation.

11.45 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

8.30 Shopping. 10.00 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. 11.00 The Great Australian Doorstep.

11.30 Your 4x4. Noon Escape To The Country. 2.00 The Bowls Show. 3.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 9: Afternoon session. 6.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 9: Primetime session. 7.00 Border Security. 8.30 Cold Case. 10.30 Without A Trace.

11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs. 7.30 In Touch. 8.00 Beyond Today. 8.30 The Incredible Journey. 9.00 TV Shop. 10.00 The AFL Sunday Footy Show. Noon Hitchcock. 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 MOVIE: The Getting Of Wisdom. (1977, PG) 3.00 MOVIE: The Hound Of The Baskervilles. (1959, PG) 4.50 MOVIE: Khartoum. (1966) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Coroner. (Premiere) 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 Reel Action. 9.00 Snap Happy. 9.30 Star Trek: Voyager.

11.30 Scorpion. 1.30pm Bondi Rescue. 2.00 The Doctors. 3.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 4.00 Pooches At Play. 4.30 What’s Up Down Under. 5.00 Mighty Machines. 6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.25 NCIS: Los Angeles. 10.20 48 Hours. 11.20 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

3.30pm Junior Vets. 4.00 Gym Stars. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.45 The Inbestigators. 5.00 Dwight In Shining Armour. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Space Nova. 6.30 72 Cutest Animals. 7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar. 8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.45 Wishfart! 9.00 Slugterra. 9.20 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.45 Rage. 10.45 Close.

5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 7.05 Growing Up Smith. (2015, PG) 9.00 Fame. (2009, PG) 11.15 Hacker. (2019, PG, Danish) 1pm Turning Tide. (2013, M, French) 2.55 Wildwitch.

(2018, PG, Danish) 4.50 Swallows And Amazons.

(2016, PG) 6.40 Song Of Granite. (2017, PG, Gaelic) 8.30 How To Talk To Girls At Parties. (2017, MA15+) 10.25 Brotherhood Of Blades 2. (2017, MA15+, Mandarin) 12.40am Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 9: Morning session. Noon Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 9: Day session. 3.00 To Be Advised. 6.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 9: Afternoon session. 7.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 9: Primetime session. 10.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 9: Late evening session. Midnight Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Malcolm. 2.00 Making A Model With Yolanda Hadid. 3.00 Hollywood Medium. 4.00 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 5.00 Children’s Programs. 5.15 MOVIE: Mr. Bean’s Holiday. (2007, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Johnny English Reborn. (2011, PG) 9.00 MOVIE: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

(2018, M) 11.30 Police Ten 7. Midnight Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 Broke. 8.00 Neighbours. 10.00 To Be Advised. 12.25pm Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 12.55 The Dog House. 2.00 The Conners.

3.00 Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory. 8.30 The Neighborhood. 9.30 2 Broke Girls. 11.30 Mom. Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 Funny Girls. 2.30 Charmed. 3.30 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 4.30 Home Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 2pm ABC News. 2.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. (Final) 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 The Brief. 8.00 Insiders. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Courtney Act’s One Plus One. (Final) 10.00 ABC News Weekend. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 12.35pm Living On The Veg. 1.30 Watts On The Grill. 2.00 The Cook Up. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Michela’s Tuscan Kitchen. 6.00 New Caledonia. 6.30 Australia’s Food Bowl. 7.00 Middle East Feast With Shane Delia. 7.30 Weekend Breaks With Gregg Wallace. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Spain.

9.40 The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British. 10.50 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

8.45 Wapos Bay. 9.05 Kagagi. 9.30 Bushwhacked!

10.00 Football. WKFL Women’s. 11.15 Football.

QAFL. 1pm Rugby League. NRL NT. 2.30 Football.

NT Women’s Premier League. 4.30 Ice Hockey. SA Premier League. 5.45 African News. 6.00 NITV News: Nula. 6.30 First Australians. 7.30 NITV News Update. 7.40 The Ghan: Australia’s Greatest Train Journey. 10.40 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Maine Cabin Masters. 11.00 Flip Or Flop Atlanta. Noon House Hunters Reno. 1.00 He Shed She Shed. 2.00 Find Me A Dream Home Australia.

2.30 Windy City Rehab. 3.30 Log Cabin Living.

4.30 Fixer Upper. 5.30 House Hunters. 6.30 House Hunters Int. 7.30 Good Bones. 8.30 To Be Advised.

9.30 My Lottery Dream Home. 10.30 Flip Or Flop Nashville. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Sunday Agenda.

9.00 Outsiders. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Business Weekend. Noon News. 12.30 News. 1.00 News.

1.30 News. 2.00 News. 2.30 News. 3.00 News.

3.30 News. 4.00 News. 5.00 News. 6.00 Sharri.

7.00 Chris Smith Tonight. 8.00 In My View. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Late Programs.

MONDAY, August 2 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Landline. (R) 11.00 Kevin’s Grandest Designs.

(PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Durrells. (PG, R) 1.45 Chopsticks Or Fork? (R) 2.05 Harrow. (Malnv, R) 3.00 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Escape From The City. (R) 5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News.

1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes. (R) 3.05 Railway Journeys UK. (PG, R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.10 Walking Britain’s Lost Railways. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 10: Morning session.

12.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 10: Day session.

3.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 10: Afternoon session.

5.30 The Chase Australia. Contestants race to answer quiz questions.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 12.30 Beauty And The Geek. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.40 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. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story. (Return) 8.30 Four Corners. Investigative journalism program.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 Maggie Beer In Japan. (R) 10.35 ABC Late News.

11.10 The Truth About Fasting: A Catalyst Special. (PG, R) 12.10 Baptiste. (Mlnv, R) 1.05 Maggie Beer In Japan. (R) 2.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 The Drum. (R) 5.30 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 MOVIE: Becoming Bond.

(2017, MA15+s, R) A model is offered the role of James Bond. George Lazenby.

9.15 MOVIE: Marley. (2012, Mad) Charts the life of Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley and his global influence.

Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley.

11.50 SBS World News Late.

12.20 The Investigation. (Ma, R) 1.15 Das Boot. (Malsv, R) 4.30 VICE Guide To Film. (Malv, 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 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 10: Primetime session. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

10.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 10: Late evening session.

Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

12.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 10: Overnight session.

3.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Beauty And The Geek.

8.40 Botched. (Mamn) An Australian wants Terry’s help.

9.40 100% Footy. (M) 10.40 Nine News Late.

11.10 The Arrangement. (Malsv) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 Australian Survivor.

Presented by Jonathan LaPaglia.

8.40 Have You Been Paying Attention? (Malns) Celebrity panelists compete to see who can remember the most about events of the week.

9.40 Kitty Flanagan: Smashing.

(MA15+ls) A stand-up performance

by Kitty Flanagan tackling a host of topics from sex to algorithms.

11.10 The Project. (R) 12.10 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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

ABC TV PLUS (22)

6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 QI. 8.30 David Attenborough’s Tasmania. 9.20 Devil’s Advocate. 9.30 Doctor Who. 10.20 Grand Designs NZ. 11.05 Escape From The City. Midnight QI. 12.30 30 Rock. 12.50 The Catherine Tate Show. 1.20 The Good Place. 1.45 Gary And His Demons. 2.10 Close. 5.05 Miffy’s Adventures Big And Small. 5.15 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon The X-Files. 2.30 Musk And Mars. 3.25 New Girl. 3.55 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 Hypothetical. 9.20 Taskmaster. 10.10 VICE. 11.20 Savages. 12.15am Big Night Out. 1.05 60 Days In. 2.45 France 24. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News.

4.00 Punjabi News. 4.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 Better Homes.

11.00 The Bowls Show. Noon House Of Wellness.

1.00 MOVIE: Sleeping With The Enemy. (1991, M) 3.00 The Zoo. 3.30 Australia’s Deadliest. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 10: Primetime session. 7.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Judge John Deed. 10.30 Mafia’s Greatest Hits. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Death In Paradise. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Talking Honey: Princess Diana. 3.35 MOVIE: Carry On Cruising. (1962) 5.30 Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Star Trek: Voyager. 9.00 Diagnosis Murder. 10.00 JAG. 11.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. Noon Walker, Texas Ranger. 1.00 NCIS. 2.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 Motor Racing. Formula 1. Race 11. Hungarian Grand Prix.

Highlights. 11.20 Blue Bloods. 12.15am Shopping.

2.15 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

1.40pm Robot Wars. 2.40 Children’s Programs.

4.30 Odd Squad. 4.45 The Inbestigators. 5.00 Dwight In Shining Armour. (Final) 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Space Nova. 6.30 Operation Ouch!

7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar.

8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.45 Wishfart!

9.00 Slugterra. 9.20 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.50 Rage. 10.50 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Swallows And Amazons. Continued. (2016, PG) 6.50 Wildwitch. (2018, PG, Danish) 8.45 Dean Spanley.

(2008, PG) 10.40 The Triplets Of Belleville. (2003, PG, French) 12.10pm Song Of Granite. (2017, PG, Gaelic) 2.00 Growing Up Smith. (2015, PG) 3.55 Hacker. (2019, PG, Danish) 5.40 Boychoir. (2014, PG) 7.35 A Man In A Hurry. (2018, M, French) 9.30 Gainsbourg. (2010, M, French) 11.45 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Home Shopping.

7.00 Heavy Rescue: 401. 8.00 Storage Wars. 9.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 10: Morning session. Noon Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 10: Day session. 3.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 10: Afternoon session. 7.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 10: Primetime session. 10.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 10: Late evening session.

Midnight Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Hollywood Medium. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 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: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. (2013, M) 10.50 MOVIE: Ted 2. (2015, MA15+) 1.10am Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Middle. 7.00 Friends. 9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 10.00 The Neighborhood. 11.00 Broke. Noon This Is Us. 1.00 Five Bedrooms. 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 Friends. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Sabrina.

2.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 2pm 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 Q+A Highlights.

1.00 ABC Late News. 1.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.00pm Cooks Cape Town. 2.30 The Incredible Spice Men. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Italy. 4.00 Free Range Cook. 4.30 Bake With Anna.

5.00 The Perfect Serve. 5.30 Cook And The Chef.

6.00 Barefoot Contessa. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Asia Unplated. 8.00 John Torode’s Asia. 8.30 Amy Schumer Learns To Cook. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2pm First Australians. 3.00 Jarjums. 6.00 The 77 Percent. 6.30 On Country Kitchen. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Keep Calm And Decolonize. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Karla Grant Presents.

9.00 Outlier: The Story Of Katherine Johnson.

10.00 News. 10.10 Te Ao With Moana. 10.40 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

9.00 Flip Or Flop Atlanta. 10.00 Windy City Rehab.

11.00 Postcards. 11.30 Find Me A Dream Home Australia. Noon Good Bones. 1.00 My Lottery Dream Home. 2.00 To Be Advised. 3.00 The Block.

4.00 Worst To First. 5.00 Good Bones. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 8.30 Home Again With The Fords. 9.30 Boise Boys. 10.30 Who’s Lived In My House? 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Breakfast Show. (Premiere) 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 In My View. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 The Bolt Report. 8.00 Alan Jones. 9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 PML Later. 11.00 News. 11.30 News. Midnight Credlin.

1.00 Bolt Report. 2.00 Late Programs.

TUESDAY, August 3 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (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 Belgravia. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Escape From The City. (R) 4.55 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, 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 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.15 World’s Most Luxurious… (R) 3.05 Railway Journeys UK. (PG, R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.10 Walking Britain’s Lost Railways. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 11: Morning session.

12.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 11: Day session.

3.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 11: Afternoon session.

5.30 The Chase Australia. Contestants race to answer quiz questions.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 Desperate Housewives. (Mas, R) 1.00 Beauty And The Geek. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Mms) 1.00 To Be Advised. 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. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Ms Represented With Annabel Crabb. (PG) 8.35 The Wildlife Revolution – A Catalyst Special.

9.35 And We Danced. (R) 10.35 ABC Late News.

11.10 Q+A. (R) 12.10 Parliament Question Time.

1.15 Putin: A Russian Spy Story. (PGa, R) 2.00 Miniseries: Agatha Christie’s The ABC Murders. (Malv, R) 3.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 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? (PGa, R) 8.30 Insight. Presented by Kumi Taguchi.

9.30 Dateline.

10.00 The Feed.

10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 Cacciatore: The Hunter. (MA15+dlv) 12.00 Cardinal. (Mav, R) 3.20 Alex Polizzi: The Fixer. (R) 4.30 VICE Guide To Film. (Madlv, 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 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 11: Primetime session. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

10.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 11: Late evening session.

Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

12.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 11: Overnight session.

3.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Beauty And The Geek.

(Final) Hosted by Sophie Monk.

8.40 MOVIE: Bad Moms.

(2016, MA15+lns, R) Three exhausted mothers decide to have fun.

Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn.

10.40 Nine News Late.

11.10 Emergence. (Mhv, R) 12.05 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 Australian Survivor. When a winning reward challenge also doubles as winning immunity, all bets are off.

9.00 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was.

10.00 Akmal: Transparent.

(MA15+l, R) Comedian Akmal Saleh’s stand-up performance Transparent.

11.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late night talk show.

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 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 8.50 Everything’s Gonna Be Okay. 9.20 Doctor Who. 10.10 Starstruck. (Final) 10.35 Fleabag. 11.00 The Games. 11.30 Would I Lie To You? (Final) Midnight 30 Rock. 12.25 The Catherine Tate Show. 12.55 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 1.35 The Good Place. 1.55 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Secrets Of America’s Shadow Government.

12.55 Seconds From Disaster. 3.40 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 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 Roswell: The First Witness. 9.30 Limetown.

10.40 Counter Space. 11.40 Detective Chinatown.

12.30am News. 12.55 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Shopping. 7.00 Auction Squad. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 Better Homes. 11.00 The Master.

Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 The Surgery Ship. 3.00 Surf Patrol.

3.30 Border Patrol. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 11: Primetime session.

7.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Lewis.

10.30 Deadly Dates. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Danoz. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Poirot. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives.

2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 Talking Honey: Princess Diana.

3.35 MOVIE: The Syndicate. (1968, PG) 5.30 Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks. 8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 JAG. 11.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. Noon Walker, Texas Ranger. 1.00 NCIS. 2.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 3.00 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: Be Kind Rewind. (2008, M) 4.15 SEAL Team. 5.05 Star Trek: The Next Generation.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

1.40pm Robot Wars. 2.40 Children’s Programs.

4.00 Gym Stars. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.45 The Inbestigators. 5.00 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Space Nova. 6.30 Operation Ouch!

7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar.

8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.45 Wishfart!

9.00 Slugterra. 9.20 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.45 Rage. 10.45 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Song Of Granite. Continued. (2017, PG, Gaelic) 7.40 Hacker.

(2019, PG, Danish) 9.25 Swallows And Amazons.

(2016, PG) 11.15 Gainsbourg. (2010, M, French) 1.30pm Dean Spanley. (2008, PG) 3.25 The Tree Of Life. (2011, PG) 6.00 The Triplets Of Belleville.

(2003, PG, French) 7.30 The Wave. (2015, M, Norwegian) 9.30 The Band’s Visit. (2007, M, Arabic) 11.05 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Home Shopping.

7.00 Heavy Rescue: 401. 8.00 Storage Wars.

9.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 11: Morning session. Noon Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 11: Day session. 3.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 11: Afternoon session. 7.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 11: Primetime session. 10.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 11: Late evening session.

Midnight Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Hollywood Medium. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 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. 6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 MOVIE: Sahara. (2005, M) 10.00 MOVIE: Once Upon A Time In Mexico. (2003, MA15+) Midnight Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Seinfeld. 7.00 Rules Of Engagement. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 10.00 Friends. 11.00 Frasier. Noon This Is Us. 1.00 Five Bedrooms. 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 Mom. 11.35 Frasier.

Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Sabrina. 2.30 Funny Girls.

3.30 This Is Us. 4.30 Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1.40pm Capital Hill. 2.00 Parliament.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.55 Heywire. 7.00 ABC National News.

8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World.

11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 3.00pm Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Italy.

4.00 Free Range Cook. 4.30 Bake With Anna.

5.00 The Perfect Serve. 5.30 Cook And The Chef.

6.00 Home Cooking Made Easy. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Destination Flavour: Japan. 8.00 David Rocco’s Dolce South East Asia. 8.30 Jamie’s Great Britain. 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2pm Keep Calm And Decolonize. 2.10 Red Earth Uncovered. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked!

3.55 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Musomagic. 4.30 Grace Beside Me. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.30 Our Stories. 6.50 First School At Middle Beach. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 Insight. 8.30 This Magic Moment. 10.20 MOVIE: The Payback.

(2017, M) 11.35 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon House Hunters. 1.00 Who’s Lived In My House? 2.00 Home Again With The Fords. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Flipping Vegas. 5.00 Boise Boys.

6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Escape To The Farm With Kate Humble. (Return) 8.30 Restoration Man. 9.30 Building Off The Grid: North Pole. 10.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Breakfast Show. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda.

11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 Alan Jones.

2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 The Bolt Report. 8.00 Alan Jones.

9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 PML Later. 11.00 News. 11.30 News. Midnight Credlin. 1.00 Bolt Report. 2.00 Late Programs.

WEDNESDAY, August 4 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 The Recording Studio. (PG, R) 11.00 The Repair Shop. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon.

12.30 Press Club. 1.35 Media Watch. (PG, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Escape From The City. (R) 5.00 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 Spanish News. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.10 Dateline. (R) 2.40 Insight.

(R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.10 Walking Britain’s Lost Railways. (R) 5.05 Jeopardy!

(PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 12: Morning session.

12.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 12: Day session.

3.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 12: Afternoon session.

5.30 The Chase Australia. Contestants race to answer quiz questions.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 Desperate Housewives. (Mas, R) 1.00 Beauty And The Geek. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Mad) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.10 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. (PG) 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 Rosehaven. (Return, PG) 9.30 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R) 10.00 Staged. (MA15+l, R) 10.25 ABC Late News.

10.55 Four Corners. (R) 11.40 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.00 Parliament Question Time.

1.00 Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean.

(PGl, R) 1.50 Miniseries: Innocent. (Mal, R) 2.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.30 The Drum.

(R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Jackie Chan: Building An Icon.

(M) A look at the career of Jackie Chan.

8.30 Billy Graham. (PG) Explores the life and career of Billy Graham, one of the most influential religious leaders of the 20th century.

10.35 SBS World News Late.

11.05 Unknown Amazon: Secrets Of Survival. (M) 11.50 Trapped. (Malv, R) 4.35 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+alnv, 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 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 12: Primetime session. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

10.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 12: Late evening session.

Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

12.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 12: Overnight session.

3.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sport and weather.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Travel Guides. (PGls, R) 8.30 MOVIE: Instant Family.

(2018) A couple foster three siblings.

Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne.

10.50 Nine News Late.

11.20 The First 48: Rocky Road/ Something She Said. (Mav, R) 12.10 Bluff City Law. (Ma, R) 1.00 A Current Affair. (R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

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

7.30 The Bachelor Australia. Jimmy and a lucky lady soar to new heights until a mid-air emergency puts them on high alert.

8.40 Bull. (Mm, R) Bull finds himself having to deal with national attention as part of a high-profile case involving a doctor who is accused of bribing his way into university, just as Bull’s ex-wife, Isabella, is due to give birth.

10.30 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news.

11.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late night talk show.

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? 8.30 Art Works.

9.00 Whiteley. 10.30 Doctor Who. 11.20 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. 12.25am Back Roads. (Final) 12.55 Louis Theroux: Dark States.

1.55 30 Rock. 2.15 The Catherine Tate Show. 2.45 The Good Place. 3.05 Gary And His Demons. 3.30 News Update. 3.35 Close. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Secrets Of America’s Shadow Government.

12.55 Seconds From Disaster. 3.40 Lee Lin Chin’s Fashionista. 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 The Act. 9.35 I Am Steve McQueen. 11.15 MOVIE: Sleepy Hollow. (1999, MA15+) 1.15am Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 Better Homes.

11.00 The Master. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 The Surgery Ship. 3.00 Jabba’s Movies. 3.30 Australia’s Deadliest. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 12: Primetime session. 7.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Coroner. 8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.15 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.15 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am TV Shop. 7.00 Creflo Dollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon New Tricks. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Folly To Be Wise. (1952) 5.30 Beauty And The Reef. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.50 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Diagnosis Murder. 9.00 JAG. 11.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. Noon Walker, Texas Ranger.

1.00 NCIS. 2.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

3.00 Diagnosis Murder. 5.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 8.30 NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.15 SEAL Team. 12.10am Shopping. 2.10 Motor Racing.

Formula 1. Race 11. Hungarian Grand Prix. Highlights.

3.10 48 Hours. 4.05 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

1.40pm Robot Wars. 2.40 Children’s Programs.

4.00 Gym Stars. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.45 The Inbestigators. 5.00 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Space Nova. 6.30 Operation Ouch!

7.00 Deadly 60. 7.35 The Penguins Of Madagascar.

8.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.45 Wishfart!

9.00 Slugterra. 9.20 Sailor Moon Crystal. 9.45 Rage. 10.45 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Dean Spanley. Continued. (2008, PG) 7.40 The Triplets Of Belleville. (2003, PG, French) 9.10 The Tree Of Life. (2011, PG) 11.45 A Man In A Hurry. (2018, M, French) 1.40pm Boychoir. (2014, PG) 3.35 A Matter Of Life And Death. (1946, PG) 5.30 The Ash Lad. (2017, PG, Norwegian) 7.30 Girl. (2018, M, Flemish) 9.30 Behind The Candelabra. (2013, M) 11.45 Late Programs. 5.50am The Tree Of Life. (2011, PG)

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

7.20 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 12: Early morning session. 9.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 12: Morning session. Noon Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 12: Day session. 3.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 12: Afternoon session. 7.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 12: Primetime session. 10.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 12: Late evening session. Midnight Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Hollywood Medium. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 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. 6.00 The Nanny. 6.30 3rd Rock From The Sun. 7.00 That ’70s Show. 7.30 MOVIE: Under Siege. (1992, M) 9.40 MOVIE: The Expendables. (2010, MA15+) 11.40 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Broke. 7.00 Rules Of Engagement. 8.00 Becker. 9.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 10.00 Friends. 11.00 Frasier. Noon This Is Us. 1.00 Five Bedrooms. 2.00 Mom. 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. 11.35 Rules Of Engagement. Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Sabrina.

2.30 2 Broke Girls. 3.30 This Is Us. 4.30 Shopping.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1.35pm Capital Hill. 2.00 Parliament.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.55 Heywire. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business. 9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 The Business. 12.30 One Plus One. 1.00 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 3.00pm Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Italy.

4.00 Free Range Cook. 4.30 Bake With Anna. 5.00 The Perfect Serve. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 Home Cooking Made Easy. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 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.

1.35pm MOVIE: The Payback. (2017, M) 2.50 Anthem Sessions Interstitials. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Grace Beside Me. 5.00 Fraggle Rock. 6.00 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 6.30 On Country Kitchen. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Wellington Paranormal.

8.00 Yokayi Footy. 8.35 Over The Black Dot. 9.35 NITV News Update. 9.45 Rugby League. NRL. WA Premiership. 11.15 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon Building Off The Grid: North Pole. 1.00 Find Me A Dream Home Australia. 1.30 Getaway. 2.00 Restoration Man. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Flipping Vegas. 5.00 Escape To The Farm With Kate Humble.

6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 Masters Of Flip. 8.30 Home Town. 9.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 10.30 Hot Beach Houses. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am Breakfast Show. 9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda.

11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 Alan Jones.

2.00 Parliament Live. 3.15 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Credlin. 7.00 The Bolt Report. 8.00 Alan Jones.

9.00 Paul Murray Live. 10.00 PML Later. 11.00 News. 11.30 News. Midnight Credlin. 1.00 Bolt Report. 2.00 Late Programs.

THURSDAY, August 5 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 9.55 Aust Story. (R) 10.30 Ms Represented With Annabel Crabb. (PG, R) 11.10 Grand Designs Revisited. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Win The Week. (R) 1.30 Shaun Micallef’s MAD AS HELL. (R) 2.00 Parliament. 3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Escape From The City. (R) 5.00 Brush With Fame. (PG, 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 Destination Flavour China Bitesize. (R) 2.15 World’s Most Luxurious… (PG, R) 3.05 Railway Journeys UK. (R) 3.40 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.10 Walking Britain’s Lost Railways. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 13: Morning session.

12.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 13: Day session.

3.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 13: Afternoon session.

5.30 The Chase Australia. Contestants race to answer quiz questions.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 Desperate Housewives. (Mas, R) 1.00 Travel Guides. (PGls, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 The Talk. (PGa) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa) 1.00 To Be Advised. 2.10 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. (PG) 5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

6.55 Sammy J. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Foreign Correspondent.

8.30 Q+A. 9.35 Tall Poppy: A Skater’s Story. (PG, R) 11.05 ABC Late News.

11.35 Putin: A Russian Spy Story. (Ml, R) 12.25 Parliament Question Time.

1.25 Line Of Duty. (Final, Mav, R) 2.25 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) 3.55 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.20 Sammy J. (PG, R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

6.00 Mastermind Australia. (R) 6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Citizen Jane Fonda.

8.30 Who Do You Think You Are? UK: Kate Winslet. (PGa, R) Kate Winslet explores her roots.

9.40 The Good Fight. (M) 10.40 SBS World News Late.

11.10 Border To Border. (M) 12.05 Mr Mercedes. (MA15+asv, R) 3.00 Cruising Down Under. (PGs, R) 4.00 Drones: The Next Air Disaster? (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 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 13: Primetime session. Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

10.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 13: Late evening session.

Featuring a variety of events from the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

12.00 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 13: Overnight session.

3.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

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July 29, 2021 The Northern Rivers Times

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RURAL NEWS 39

Prized NSW brahmans on sale in September A selection of Jomanda Brahman Bulls for this year’s stud sale

Jomanda El Toro stunned the beef world with a record $150 thousand sale in Rockhampton in 2016.

WITH a beef industry showing no signs of slowing down and plenty of grass in the paddocks after big Autumn rains, eyes are turning to the Bizzy and Jomanda Brahman Sale in September and its very strong offering of local Brahman bulls and females with stud cattle of genetic strength as good as you’ll find anywhere in the country.

Family-owned operation Jomanda Brahmans from Clarenza near Grafton is offering 15 Brahman bulls and 10 Brahman females at the September 4th sale

in a draft that is eagerly anticipated for Jomanda’s excellent breeding lines and consistency.

What’s particularly exciting about the sale says owner Colin Johnson is Jomanda is offering for the first time in New South Wales, two sons from the legendary Texan sire JDH MR Elmo Manso. Five years ago, Jomanda fetched a record $150 thousand for 22-month old bull Jomanda El Toro (pictured) at Brahman Week in Central Queensland, a sum beyond the Johnson family’s ‘wildest dreams.’

Jomanda bases its genetics

on the Elmo line and watched with pride as Jomanda El Toro’s first sons (Elmo’s grandsons) topped at The Big Country Brahman Sale in Townsville last year, fetching $65 thousand dollars.

Speaking with The Northern Rivers Times, co-owner of Jomanda Brahmans Colin Johnson said the commercial market is as strong as it gets and he hopes the Bizzy and Jomanda Brahman sale in September reflects that, “It will also be especially rewarding if we can get some bulls into Queensland, we mostly sell locally into New

South Wales but selling back to Queensland, the home of Brahman cattle, will be something,” Colin Johnson said.

Colin’s observing unprecedented sale results over the border in the Queensland yards, where at one sale last week, he noted over 900 stud Brahman cows fetched approximately $7-thousand a head, “We call it green grass fever. It’s been dry, restocking rates are strong, it’s frightening really where the market is. The whole beef industry is very positive at the

moment.” Colin said.

Pre-Sale Inspection Open Day for Jomanda brahmans is on Sunday, August 22nd at Colin and Katrina’s at 440 Rogan Bridge Road, Sealands via Grafton. The family-owned operation was first registered in 1989

by Max and Dawn Johnson with son, Colin and his wife Katrina continually pushing the boundaries in search of excellence in the herd, “A lot of our emphasis is on genetic strength,” Colin Johnson said “It’s the genetic package the buyer gets,” he said.

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40 RURAL NEWS

Grafton Cattle Market Report THERE were 390 head yarded at Grafton Fat Cattle Sale 20th July 2021.

Numbers were up at this weeks Grafton Fat Cattle Sale, with overall quality and condition very good. All categories had good representation, as all the usual buyers were in attendance, operating in a very strong market once again. Heavy bullocks reached an exciting top of 392.2c/kg, while cows reached 334.2c/kg. Feeder steers were slightly dearer, while restocker buyers were very active pushing light weaner steers into the high 700’s c/kg.

Sale Highlights include: A/c MN & LA Light sold Angus

Cross Steers 524.2c/kg averaged 353.3kg - $1,852.17 p/hd.

A/c JB Moran sold a Santa Steer 530.2c/kg weighed 350kg - $1,855.70.

A/c PD & AM Commerford sold an Angus Cross Heifer 356.2c/kg weighed 570kg - $2,030.24.

A/c MN & LA Light sold a Brahman Cross Cow 330.2c/kg weighed 550kg $1,816.10.

A/c MA, DM, CA & KA Johnson sold Brahman Cows 332.2c/kg. averaged 628.3kg - $2,087.32 p/hd.

A/c LD Holdings sold Brahman Cross Cows 334.2c/kg averaged 665kg - $2,189.01 p/hd.

A/c Jane Adams sold Angus Cross Vealer Steers 610.2c/kg averaged 262.5kg - $1,601.78 p/hd.

A/c Waterview Grazing sold an Angus Vealer Heifer 470c/kg weighed 340kg - $1,598.00.

A/c VM Jefferies sold Charolais Cross Vealer Steers 668.2c/kg averaged 220kg - $1,514.04 p/hd.

Casino Cattle Market REPORT FROM WED 21 & FRI 23 JULY AGENTS yarded a total of 1,102 head at the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange regular prime sale on Wednesday 21 July. The yarding consisted mostly of young cattle along with a good number of cows. There were several runs of well-bred vealer although Winter is starting to affect the condition of younger cattle. Restockers continue to be competitive in the market with most young cattle heading to Southern and Western NSW and some areas of Queensland. The market was stronger this week across all categories which was a common theme across Eastern Australia.

Cow prices again saw an increase this week averaging 308.4c/kg and reaching a top price of 355.2c/kg. 2 head sold for a top return of $2,459.76. Heifer prices also improved slightly this week topping their category at 680.2c/kg and averaging 468.4c/ kg and 280kg. 8 head sold achieved a return of $1,919.00.

Bull prices were stronger this week with 18 head sold reaching a top of 380.0c/kg and average of 307.0c/kg and 660kg. Steer and bullock prices both saw an increase this week

with 215 head sold. Steers sold to a top of 792.2c/kg and averaged 552.5c/kg and 246kg with 1 head selling for a return of $2,521.68.

Bullocks averaged 376.4c/kg and 578kg with 3 head selling for a top return of $2,490.90.

Vealer prices also improved this week with 415 head yarded. Prices reached 780.2c/kg and averaged 576.6c/kg and 222kg. 2 head sold achieved a top return of $1,783.08.

George & Fuhrmann held their monthly store sale at the NRLX on Friday 23 July with 1,016 head sold. Heifers reached a top of 682.2c/kg and averaged 597.5c/kg and 198kg.

Steers averaged 575.7c/kg and 258kg and reached a top of 784.2c/kg. Cows achieved a top return of $2,660.00 whilst Cows & Calves topped their market at $3,620.00.

The Annual Casino All Breeds Bull & Female sale will be held at the NRLX this Saturday 31 July starting at 11am. This year will see around 160 of the region’s finest bulls and females on offer from a wide range of breeds and genetics. Covid restrictions apply, please contact the NRLX for more information.

Property of the Week 21 Gilletts Ridge Road, Ulmarra - $380,000 If you're dreaming of your very own farm, look no further. A superb opportunity is now on the market and could be all yours!

44 acres of highly productive land, Coldstream River frontage, ability to construct a dwelling, and a soon-to-be-built flood-free mound - I'm sure we've got your attention! The neat-as-a-pin property totals 17.83ha/ 44.05acres, and has a great set of stockyards, town water connected to stock troughs, and there are also 2x wells on the property for extra water security. The property enjoys 640m of Coldstream River frontage, and the process of constructing a large flood-free mound is currently underway, and will provide ample room for a home and shedding to be constructed. The property has a dwelling entitlement, however because the property is in a rural zoning, the sunset clause applies, and a D.A. for a dwelling must be submitted to Clarence Valley Council by 23rd December 2021.

RMS currently has a lease in place over one corner of the property, for the worksite for the new Tucabia Bridge.

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FROM TUESDAY 20 JULY A/c AR Watkins sold Angus Vealer Steers 738.2c/kg averaged 171.7kg $1,267.24 p/hd.

A/c Cotten Family Trust sold Angus Cross Vealer Steers 796.2c/kg averaged 141kg - $1,122.64 p/hd.

A/c AJ & KC Skinner sold Angus Vealer Steers 784.2c/kg averaged 131kg - $1,027.30 p/hd.

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Lismore Cattle Market Report FROM TUESDAY 20 JULY 160 CATTLE were sold at the Lismore Saleyards on Tuesday 20/7.

The yarding consisted of some very good heavy vealers/ yearlings, light weaners, meatworks cows and cows & calves.

Feedlotters and butchers competed on the heavy yearlings $4.56 to $5.30/kg for returns of $1,550 to $2,000.

Andrew Matthews, Nashua topped the day with his Angus steer $4.76/kg, $2,000.

Gary Ross, Dunoon sold top

quality Murray Grey steers $5.16/kg, $1,875.

Allan & Loraine Tickle’s Simmental X Heifers $5.04/kg, $1,575.

The weaner cattle were of mixed quality and therefore prices ranged from $5.40 to $6.45/kg and heifers $5.10 to $5.60/kg.

Cows topped at $2.92/kg for heavy beef cows.

David Dillon’s Red Poll cow returned $1,949.

Cows & calves ranged from $1,800 to $2,850.

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Stock Comment 390 head of cattle yarded in a good quality offering at Grafton last Tuesday. With a full compliment of export types, bullocks sold dearer by 10-30c/kg to top at 393c/kg to average 375c/kg. Cows sold dearer with heavy processor cows selling to 335c/kg to average 317c/kg. Re-stocker cows topped at 382c/kg. Young cattle were also strong with light weight weaner steers selling to 798c/kg.

Heavy weaner steers above 250kg sold to 620c/kg.

Weaner heifers sold between 500c/kg to 650c/kg.

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July 29, 2021 The Northern Rivers Times

Locally owned and independent

RURAL NEWS 41

NEW BOOK FOR PEOPLE BUYING IN RURAL AREAS FARMERS Farm and Cows DO Moo is the name of a new booklet aimed at people who are moving into rural parts of the Byron Shire.

The booklet is designed to help people understand what life in rural areas is like especially when it comes to farming, noise and things like waste management.

Peter Boyd, Council’s Biodiversity and Agriculture Projects Officer, said it comes as surprise to people that more than 90 per cent of the Byron Shire is rural land and often new residents aren’t prepared for some of the challenges that presents.

“Living in a rural area is such a joy but when people have never experienced this sort of lifestyle there can sometimes be a few problems,” Mr Boyd said.

“Some people aren’t prepared for things like noise and smells from nearby farms including cattle and

machinery like tractors.

“Farming is a seven-day-a-week job so the concept of a quiet retreat is often not reality and this may create tensions and problems with new neighbours.

“For people from cities, things like waste, on-site sewerage systems, dirt roads, dust, odour, floods and fire also present unexpected challenges.

“The aim of this new booklet is to provide information to people thinking of buying in the rural areas of the Shire as well as new rural residents as it will answer some of their questions.

“It also includes a checklist of a variety of things to consider when thinking to purchase rural land,” Mr Boyd said.

Farmers Farm and Cows DO Moo can be downloaded from Council’s website (on the agriculture page) or people can pick up a free copy from the Council offices at Mullumbimby.

Costa brings landcare community together COSTA Georgiadis brings the landcare community together online during Landcare Week for the 2021 National Landcare Conference and National Landcare Awards on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 August.

With over 60 speakers from across the country, this free online conference is an opportunity for all Australians to learn more about landcare and how they can get involved in their local community to care for their local environment.

Landcare ambassador and conference MC Costa Georgiadis, is excited to be part of this opportunity for the Landcare community to come together.

“The National Landcare Conference is a timely opportunity for people interested sustainable land management and conservation activities on their farm or land, in an urban environment,

along the coast or in their backyard, to come together to share ideas and experiences in an inspiring forum,” said the Landcare Champion.

“Landcare has never been more important and relevant as we manage and plan for the future during uncertain times.

It really is an honour to MC this event and I look forward to talking to all the speakers and delegates online.“ All speakers will live streamed and recorded, and include a hugely diverse range of topics. From mental health and wellbeing; bushfire recovery and resilience; to empowering rural women and meeting the challenges of climate change and much more.

Special guest speakers participating include former deputy prime minister John Anderson who will deliver the keynote address; Indigenous activist and climate action campaigner Dhani Gilbert,

ANU scientist and academic Professor David Lindenmayer.

Author, filmmaker and Indigenous fire practitioner, Victor Steffensen will also lead a panel on integrating Indigenous perspectives for better land management,

and the benefits cultural burn methods can bring for landcare groups, landowners and farmers. The Cultural Land Management panel has been scheduled at a very special time of Friday afternoon to close the

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42 RURAL NEWS

Ramsey and Bulmer, locally born and bred stock agents ALLEN RAMSEY is a local Casino identity who has gained a wealth of knowledge about the Northern Rivers cattle industry over the past thirty-six years.

Allen has serviced the local area since this time and understands the stock and station agency business as well as local livestock producers’ needs and requirements. In November 2007, Allen decided it was time for him to branch out and commence his own business and so Ramsey & Bulmer was formed with local stock agent, Wayne Bulmer.

Allen takes a personal interest and great pride in servicing his clients and achieving the highest price for their commodity.

Wayne Bulmer has lived in the Casino area all his life and has worked as a stock and station agent for almost 30 years, having first started at Hitchcock Farrell Primac in Casino in

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Ramsey & Bulmer 14 years ago.

Speaking to The Northern Rivers Times ahead of the 2021 All Breeds Sale, Allen Ramsey said there’s been a very good level of inquiry about this year’s offering, “The season is terrific and the market’s never been any dearer. For people wanting to improve their genetics and keep their herd together, this is a top opportunity to buy inspected bulls.” Mr Ramsey said.

Allen and Wayne have already inspected more than 80 percent of the bulls on offer and like what they see.

“The bulls are reflecting the excellent conditions we’ve had,” he said.

Allen Ramsey added the sale will also be live-streamed this year for those who don’t want to attend the sale in person; pre-sale registration is required. Contact Ramsey and Bulmer, or NRLX for details.

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RURAL NEWS 43

Farmers react to coal seam gas betrayal FARMERS in the New South Wales north west have reacted with anger to an announcement by the deputy premier that some of the state’s most productive farmland will be available to be exploited by Santos for coal seam gas, describing the move as a “betrayal” of the National Party’s rural constituency.

The State Government’s ‘Future of Gas’ statement removes the spectre of coal seam gas from large swathes of the North West and significantly restricts gas exploration, However, it also confirms that the Liverpool Plains, and the rich farmlands surrounding Narrabri in the Namoi Valley will have coal seam gas exploration licences renewed in a move that farmers say is set to reignite conflict in the region.

Mullaley farmer Margaret Fleck said farmers were already fighting difficult conditions, and would now have the added damage and stress of industrial gasfields to contend with.

“For more than a decade farmers across North West NSW have been ploughing

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time and money into defending farms and the region’s water and land resources from the threat of the industrial gasfields.

“With this gas strategy, John Barilaro has condemned our communities to having to keep on fighting, not just for ourselves, but to safeguard water, soils and the social fabric of rural communities for

the next generation.

“The gas strategy is backing not one but two coal seam gas pipelines, that are fiercely opposed by landholders across hundreds of kilometres of farmland and erodible, fertile soils. We will not lie down and let this industry spread through our districts.

“Future generations of farmers will have to contend

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with the effects of the climate crisis, which will be worsened by continued expansion of the damaging coal seam gas industry.

“Local National Party members around Boggabri put forward a successful motion at the National Party Conference in 2019 to have all expired gas leases extinguished, but this decision ignores that motion

and leaves those very same members exposed to damaging gasfields.”

Lock the Gate Alliance spokesperson Georgina Woods said, “This announcement and this decision has been cooked up with Santos without any community consultation. It is a betrayal of rural New South Wales and communities only just emerging from a recordbreaking drought.

“If the Government had been consistent, we would be celebrating. Communities in Coonamble, Gilgandra, Moree and the Upper Hunter are finally spared from the spectre of coal seam gas, and the decision not to proceed with gas exploitation in the Far West is very welcome.

“Promises to seek alternatives to gas are welcome, but the deputy premier’s decision to expand coal seam gas is at odds with New South Wales’ commitment to carbon neutrality and makes the Liverpool Plains and Namoi Valley a sacrifice zone for the double whammy of Santos’s coal seam gas damage and the legacy of climate change.”

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New art gallery and studio for Rous Mill

By Tonia Dynan A PROPOSED information and education facility, framed as an art gallery and studio, has been given the go-ahead

by Ballina Shire Council.

The existing church building on the Rous Mill Road property will be converted to gallery space, a pottery studio and kiln shed for running classes will be built, and ancillary amenities and associated infrastructure works were included in the development application.

The site consists of the original Uniting Church building, detached toilet block, marked and unmarked grave sites, and mature trees along the south (front), west and north boundaries.

The building was constructed in 1903 and used as a church from 1904 to 2017.

Prior to the church’s construction, the site contained a Methodist Church, constructed at the site in 1880,

and moved 24km to Tuncester in 1904.

The site was also a former burial ground (1880-c. 1888) and contains the headstone of Donald Kennedy and two suspected unmarked child burials.

Applicant Ray Cavill said he had been working with clay since he was three and had been teaching about clay in all levels of education since 1992.

“I’ve exhibited and presented at conferences in Australia and internationally, and currently I run my teaching clay studio in Brisbane, it’s been running for 10 years,” Mr Cavill said.

“I also teach two days a week at the ceramics program at Lismore TAFE.” Mr Cavill said he lived with his partner and two young children in Lismore and commuted to Brisbane each week to run his school.

“In about the mid-80s when I got my first real job, I approached the bank about borrowing some money to buy

some land to build a studio,” he said.

“The bank manager suggested that I find somewhere to live first.

Building my own studio then has been a long-held ambition.

“About three years ago the Rous Mill came up for auction.

I was excited by the beauty of this property.

“I have respect and appreciation for the history and heritage of old, particularly wooden buildings, so when the opportunity came up to be the next custodian of this sweet old

church, I was pretty excited.”

Mr Cavill said he could see that there might be a couple of hurdles but believed that what he could do would benefit the building, the local community, and the community at large.

“This property has hosted gatherings of people for 140 years,” he said.

“All I’m doing is reactivating the space and contributing to its history.

“My proposal of an educational studio and gallery provides a way to preserve the church, extend the history

of use in a sustainable, responsible, non-invasive and sympathetic way.

“This region is renowned for its creative industries, especially in clay, as well as its rich agricultural history. I can see no reason why they cannot continue to succeed side by side.”

Cr Jeff Johnson said he believed the development would make a “wonderful little precinct by complementing” the Rous Mill Hall across the road.

“It will also bring the old church building back to life, so they can use it as an art gallery and secure its long-term future.

“I believe that it’s an old church building, if we don’t find a new use for it, it could fall into disrepair and eventually be demolished.

“I think is a wonderful opportunity which will create a social hub there, provide support for our arts community and I think we should all support it.”

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Hope and joy have sprung!! eternal for young dancers

By Margaret Dekker IT’S the integrated dance theatre company bringing joy and opportunity to the lives of young people with a disability across the Northern Rivers, and now Sprung!! is preparing to hit the stage again.

The senior troop will collaborate with Sydney artist Andrew Christie, for the multi-media performance Awakenings - The Making of Things Impossible at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina later this year.

The Northern Rivers Times dropped into rehearsals at the Drill Hall in Mullumbimby where Sprung!! senior dancers were going through their paces ahead of the September show.

Sprung!! program director Tora Crockford said the Ballina-based organisation is a leader in modified dance and theatre programs for people over 16 with a disability, and delivers lasting outcomes for participants.

“So our dancers, a lot of them are having experiences outside of Sprung but we’ve given them all the foundation techniques they need to be able to interact with industry professionals,” Tora Crockford said.

“We’re not here just for fun, we’re here to learn skills and train in creative and performing arts skills and techniques,” she said.

A priceless experience for the Sprung!! dancers was performing in NORPA’s sole live performance for 2020 in the moving show Oh How I Dreamt of Things Impossible, to rave reviews.

Tora Crockford says great social capacity is also formed in the dancers from their time on stage and during rehearsals.

“We all learn how we affect

our friends and our colleagues in the workplace so there’s beautiful accountability that prepares this particular group of dancers in the Friday program to work in other settings outside of Sprung too,” Tora Crockford said.

Tallula Bourne from Burringbar is one dancer who’s rehearsing for a possible performance in Canberra later this year.

“The joy of the dance and of performing and friendship are the main things I get out of it .. a happy joyful connection in these crazy times,” Tallula smiled.

The 22 year old loves what she’s learning and discovering, by being part of a working dance troop.

“With Sprung we can experiment... not one particular type of thing... we can try new things, experimenting, a new move we might not normally do but ends up our favourite,” Tallula said.

“It’s often pretty fun, exciting to learn new things and work on older things as well, it makes a nice balance of doing what we do... able to explore how our bodies move and our relationships work,” she said.

Guiding the 9-member troop is Sprung!! artistic director Michael Hennessy who spent 9 years dancing with the Sydney Dance Company.

Michael told The Northern Rivers Times the Senior Dance program trains students as contemporary dancers not as hobbyists, with sessions including dance technique, palates, stretching and strength work.

“It’s training as any dancers do,” he said.

Michael had just spent the morning ‘travelling and stepping students through

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He said in his eight years working with people with a disability, he has found often the greatest inspiration for his choreography is the students themselves, “They’re a big part of their creative process,” Michael said.

“Working really closely with their personalities so that’s what comes through and they’re all quite distinctive and have different qualities and they do beautiful work, absolutely exceptional stuff,” he said.

Michael also spoke of his student’s remarkable cognitive ability when dancing with a disability.

“Most are regarded as having an intellectual disability and yet they remember a full 60-minutes of choreography, to be able to do that, that in itself is extraordinary I think.”

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The finale of the festival is Pinocchio. Director of Gomorrah and Dogman, Matteo Garrone’s award-winning live-action version of Pinocchio is an enthralling gothic fantasy starring Roberto Benigni as the woodcutter Geppetto.

Geppetto’s puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits through a wonderful world full of imaginative creatures – from the belly of a giant fish, to the Land of Toys and the Field of Miracles.

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Moving through an Era of interesting times ERA is a powerful dance work of raw physicality, tenderness and honesty.

Created locally by four female dance artists from different backgrounds, Era was made in response to a world in upheaval from bushfires to Black Lives Matter and the isolation of COVID lockdowns.

MaKom is a collective of women movers who arrived in the Northern Rivers at different times over the last 14 years and have made a home here.

Kimberley McIntyre is Australian born of Scottish descent, Meggie Danielson is American and Alona Rosenberg and Noa Rotem are from Israel.

They have been working together as MaKom Collective since 2018, bringing together a diversity of individual practice including contemporary dance, gaga, theatre, bodymind centering and contact improvisation.

“Being women and responding to our environment and creating as women, as

a collective is central to the work we make,” dance artist Kimberley says.

“Our lives overlap as business partners and mothers as well as artists in different collaborations locally and nationally.

“2020 was such an interrupted, tumultuous year for our community and the world at large, so we found we had a lot to dance about!

“The work almost made itself as we continued to meet each week and respond to everything that was happening.

“The pandemic interrupted the way we practiced in many ways.

We stopped touching while we danced. We stopped sharing the space and stayed only in separate sections of the studio.

Then we stopped going to the studio at all.

“We met in Alona’s backyard and had our own sections of the yard and our own chair which no one else touched.

One week we decided to go out as separate ‘exercising people’ and did our practice as if we were a randomly meeting in the park. We improvised on netball courts. We needed this practice to stay sane.

“Adapting to the restrictions made for very interesting

choreographic material and this is included in Era. “The Black Lives Matter protests held in June 2020 all over the world, and the rally of over 5000 people in Byron Bay also had a profound impact on us.

“As artists we looked at our own histories, we responded and moved without shying away from the uncomfortable.

We were digging into our inheritance looking for responses, correct or otherwise.

“We live with ignorance, but we also live with heart and we try to dance with our heart and our gut.”

Era is a dance work that offers moments of dynamic movement and intense relationships, mixed with intimate witnessing and tender connections.

Audiences will have time to reflect on their own experiences of the last year and more as we continue to live through very interesting times.

See Era on Thursday, July 29 from 7.30pm at NORPA, Lismore City Hall. Tickets cost $20-$30 and can be booked at www.norpa.org.au.

Art that speaks louder than words A NEW exhibit at the Lismore Regional Gallery brings together works by deaf and hard of hearing artists, both local and national.

Showcasing the work and stories of deaf people of Australia in a visual and tactile way, the Face Me: The Art of Deafhood exhibition reflects the very nature of the rich language and culture of the deaf community.

By bringing together work from a range of deaf artists, the exhibit creates an opportunity for connection and

in a world that is increasingly fragmented, yet intrinsically and powerfully interconnected by shared experience, culture and identity.

This exhibition will culminate with National Week of Deaf People, when a program of cultural and creative events is planned across Lismore, supported by the Auslan Creative project.

The Auslan Creative project is working with the Northern Rivers deaf community and multi-artform partners to deliver a creative development

program aimed at exploring models for collaboration and practice development between deaf and hearing community members and artists, building a cultural bridge between two worlds.

The exhibit will run from August 7 until October 3 and is curated by Sigrid MacDonald.

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Method

Step 1 To make the parmesan meatballs, place mince, breadcrumbs, parmesan, onion, garlic, egg and oregano in a large bowl. Season. Use your hands to mix

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Roll 1-tbs portions of mince mixture into balls.

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Season.

Step 3 Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat.

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The Northern Rivers Times

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July 29, 2021

HEALTH

Two new mental health support services HEALTHY North Coast, in partnership with Remedy Healthcare, is pleased to announce a new mental health service for the North Coast.

Healthy North Coast CEO Julie Sturgess said that access to free support services for people living with mild mental illness on the North Coast was a priority.

“For people needing support with managing stress or worry, it’s so important that we have services available to provide help when and where needed, so that support can be accessed early,” she said.

“After a competitive tender process, Remedy Healthcare has been contracted to deliver two new programs to support people over 16 to improve their mental and emotional wellbeing, especially people experiencing isolation, and those in rural and remote locations.

“The ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen a rise in mental health concerns across the world.

Now, more than ever, we have to encourage ourselves

to seek help.”

Remedy Healthcare is launching the MindStep and Healing Minds telephone and online services. Both are free, easily accessible, and do not require a referral by a GP or healthcare professional.

Delivered by trained mental health coaches, the confidential services use evidence-based techniques that improve mental health and wellbeing.

Remedy Healthcare’s executive general manager, Mike Hutton Squire, said both services aimed to reduce psychological distress and improve quality of life by helping people self-manage their mental health and wellbeing.

“The free services offer one-on-one assessment, coaching and follow-up sessions. Use of the services is completely confidential

and accessible to people living anywhere within the North Coast region in NSW.” Member for Page Kevin Hogan said the new services would provide much needed and timely support for the people of northern NSW. “Around one in five people have a mental health concern each year,” Mr Hogan said.

“Over a lifetime, around 50% of people are likely to experience mental health

issues.”

This year’s Federal Budget directed $2.3 billion towards improving mental health and suicide prevention in communities across Australia.

MindStep is an evidencebased, low-intensity, guided self-help service and is designed to run alongside any existing psychological care.

To access MindStep, call 1800 322 278 or visit www. remedyhealthcare.com.au/ mindstep-hnc Healing Minds is a culturally sensitive adaptation of MindStep specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over 16. To access Healing Minds, call 1800 810 255 or visit www. remedyhealthcare.com.au/ healing-minds-hnc If you or someone you care for needs immediate support, please call 000 or: Lifeline 13 11 14 Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467 NSW Mental Health Line 1800 011 511 Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 1800 Respect 1800 737 732 MensLine 1300 789 978 Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636

NEW WELLBEING NURSES FOR SCHOOLS THE Rivers Secondary College (Richmond River High Campus), Lismore South Public School, Ballina Coast High School and Cabbage Tree Island Public School are among the first in NSW to welcome a highly trained School Wellbeing Nurse thanks to NSW Government funding which will place more than 100 specialists across the state.

One nurse will be based at the Rivers Secondary College and also service Lismore South Public School, and the second nurse will be based at Ballina Coast High School and also service Cabbage Tree Island Public School.

Local Nationals Member of the Legislative Council Ben Franklin said the wellbeing nurses are an important addition to existing supports in the school and community.

“The world can be a tough place and we know that young people face many different challenges, whether that be at home, at school, with peers, or out in the community. We want to make sure they know they have someone to turn to when they need it,” Mr Franklin said.

“Having two wonderful nurses dedicated to Northern Rivers Schools means that local students and their families have easy access to welcoming, non-stigmatising and

confidential support.”

Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women Bronnie Taylor said Wellbeing Nurses worked in partnership with other school staff, and assisted families in navigating local health and wellbeing services.

“These wonderful, supportive nurses are working in the schools - and with the schools - to ensure students and their families do not slip through the cracks,” Mrs Taylor said.

“This means a young person can approach a friendly clinician and get private, on-the-spot help from a specialist, whatever their health and wellbeing issue may be.”

Minister Taylor said the new registered nurses will provide support to students and parents as part of a four-year expansion of the successful School Wellbeing Nurse pilot.

Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said the nurses form part of a wraparound mental health and wellbeing service available to NSW school students.

“It’s so important that students in NSW have access to a range of health, mental health and wellbeing services to ensure they feel supported throughout their time at school,” Mrs Mitchell said.

“Wellbeing nurses form part of this service, and will play a crucial role in

ensuring students and their families are connected with external health, mental health and wellbeing services available in their local community.”

An independent evaluation from Urbis of the pilot of Wellbeing Nurses from July 2018 to September 2020 found the nurses were successful in establishing the model within schools, supporting students and families to achieve positive health and education

outcomes, and linking school and community health and wellbeing interventions.

Students stated when they went to see the wellbeing nurse to talk about a physical issue, they often opened up about their mental health and the things that are really bothering them.

“Definitely for me it’s opened my eyes to a broader range of like health stuff not just ‘Oh they’re going to the counsellor for mental health,’ it’s like there’s a specific set of things they (wellbeing nurse) can do here,” one student said.

Feedback from parents was also overwhelmingly positive.

“Talking to someone who actually knows what they’re talking about.

And she can break it down… all the specialists and paediatricians I’ve been to I’ve walked away and gone ‘oh my god, I don’t know what that meant.’

Now I can go back to school and have another meeting with the nurse and say ‘this is what they’ve said…’ and she’ll say ‘this is what this actually means,’” one parent said.

The NSW Government has earmarked $46.8 million over four years as part of the 2020-21 NSW Budget to deliver 100 new schoolbased wellbeing nurses, which is a joint initiative of NSW Health and the NSW Department of Education.

July 29, 2021 The Northern Rivers Times

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KONA N, IS JEEP COMPASS HYUNDAI PROMOTED AS A ‘TRUE HOT SUV’.

By EWAN KENNEDY The latest Jeep Compass is a compact SUV with excellent off-road capability. It now has a redesigned interior with upgraded technology and high-class appointments.

It has full LED lighting, a new design grille and fascia and and0 new wheels designs.

Convenience features, including wireless charging, keyless entry and push button start standard across the range, along with a new 360-degree camera and a power tailgate.

The redesigned

dashboard has a new 10.1-inch Uconnect 5 system and 10.25-inch

Grille design of the Jeep Compass follows the wellestablished shape. full digital instrument cluster.

It features many Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, including Intelligent Speed Assist, Traffic Sign Recognition, Pedestrian Emergency Braking, Drowsy Driver Detection and Active Lane Management System.

The line-up

commences with the Jeep Compass Launch Edition, followed by the Compass Limited, the Jeep Compass S-Limited, the Jeep Compass Trailhawk sits at the top of range.

Completing Jeep’s 80th commemorative celebrations, the Jeep Compass 80th Anniversary edition will be available in late 2021, limited to just 160 units.

We will road test a Jeep Compass as soon as possible - it would be great to get into an 80th Anniversary Edition - and bring our comprehensive review afterwards.

By EWAN KENNEDY Hyundai Australia says it’s taking the SUV high performance market, “to the ‘N’th degree with the importation of the all-new Kona N.” This is the first Hyundai N model with an SUV body.

It’s powered by a 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine with 206kW and 392Nm. With “N Grin Shift” selected the power is enhanced to 213kW and is mated with Hyundai’s N eight-speed wet-type dual-clutch

transmission.

Standard racetrackready equipped includes 19-inch alloy wheels

Hot Hyundai Kona N will be racetrack ready. with high-performance brakes and Pirelli tires.

Kona N has a maximum speed of 240km/h and can accelerate from 0-100 km/h in 5.5 seconds, when Launch Control is activated.

The Kona N also features Hyundai’s

“N Corner Carving Differential”, which is an electronic limited slip differential (E-LSD) for controlling torque distribution to the front driving wheels.

For Australia, Kona N will be offered in two trim levels and will go on sale locally in the third quarter of this year, priced from $47,500 MLP. More details will follow later and we will list them, as well as following up with what we expect will be an exciting road test.

AUDI Q5 SPORTBACK AND SQ5 SPORTBACK

By EWAN KENNEDY

Audi’s first-ever Q5 Sportback and SQ5 Sportback will be on sale in Australia from August.

All feature S line exterior styling, including honeycomb pattern grille, trapezoidal front bumper design with matt aluminium inserts, S line rear spoiler and diffuser with selenite silver trim, as well as S line badging.

Two 20-inch alloy wheel designs are standard: 5-arm design and Audi Sport 5-V-spoke design on the TDI and TFSI models respectively.

Styling wise, the Audi SQ5 Sportback TDI has vertical brackets which give structure to the large side air inlets on the front bumper. Filigree bars connect large octagonal honeycombs with each other in the Singleframe grille. The rear bumper integrates bracket in matte aluminium. The

Large octagonal honeycombs in the Single frame grille add to the sporting look of the Q5 and SQ5 Sportbacks.

diffuser insert and four chrome-plated oval tailpipe trims are there to make a statement.

The Q5 Sportback line-up consists of two models: the 40 TDI quattro S line and the 45 TFSI quattro S line.

The Q5 40 TDI fourcylinder turbo-diesel has peak power of 150kW and 400Nm of torque.

The Q5 Sportback 45

TFSI four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine has 183kW and 370Nm of torque.

The sporty SQ5 Sportback TDI uses a 3.0-litre V6 engine with outputs of 251 kW and 700 Nm of torque. The torque is there from 1,750 rpm to 3,250 rpm. It accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in 5.1 seconds and on to an

electronically limited top speed of 250 km/h by way of a fast-shifting eight-speed tiptronic transmission and Audi quattro permanent all-wheel drive.

The self-locking centre differential sends 40 percent of the torque to the front axle and 60 percent to the rear in normal driving conditions. Up to 85

percent can be directed to the rear wheels if the

Nine body colours are available on the new

road conditions demand it.

On the safety front the Audi Q5 Sportback range has eight airbags. Active safety features offered include Autonomous Emergency Braking with pedestrian detection, attention assist to keep inattentive drivers out of trouble, side assist, active lane assist (with lane change warning), exit warning, and cross traffic assist rear.

Audi Q5, as well as a variety of interior colour schemes – depending on the model.

The Audi Q5 Sportback and SQ5 Sportback TDI are manufactured at the Audi San José Chiapa site in Mexico. This derives 100 per cent of its power from renewable energy resources, generated by a photovoltaic plant in Chihuahua, Mexico.

The Northern Rivers Times

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July 29, 2021

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LIGHT TOUCH TO SUBARU XV UPGRADE

By Derek Ogden FROM the get-go the Subaru XV, or as one wag said the ‘15’, was destined for a future outside the norm of the compact sports utility vehicle. And has stayed true to form.

For a start, it was powered by Subaru’s trademark horizontallyopposed four-cylinder engine mated with the marque’s ubiquitous all-wheel drive system.

And styling was not your average small SUV set-up, with more of a nod to the wagon.

A minor mid-life makeover for the second generation was cause to look back over the road travelled so far, while the addition of two petrol / electric hybrid versions will give us a glimpse into the XV future when we drive them.

In the meantime, apart from a fresh look, the major change is the introduction of Subaru Intelligent Drive across the range. There’s also the addition of driver assist technology, with a Front View Monitor and Side View Monitor integrated into the front grille and passenger side door mirror.

The hybrids also are fitted with e-Active Shift Control, which in SIDrive on winding roads, engages automatically, based on information including accelerator use and the G sensor signal.

It deactivates when it works out normal driving has resumed.

The arrival of the hybrid pair takes the model choice to six, with the XV 2.0i AWD, at $29,690, plus on road costs, getting things under way. The car on test, the 2.0i Premium AWD ($34,590) sits amidships the range, while the two hybrids, in L and S spec, cost $35,490 and $40,790, respectively.

STYLING While every MY21 XV has a new grille, front bumper, foglight surround, and alloy wheel designs, the look of the car has not changed. The XV is like no other SUV, with a

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Comfort and handling have come in for an upgrade with revised tuning allowing the front suspension to move more smoothly for a better ride, added agility and improved steering response.

design theme based on sharp edges and bold curves producing a solid profile and no soft styling.

A strong horizontal bar across the radiator grille is a reminder of a horizontally opposed engine conrod and Subaru’s Boxer heritage, while a sharp windscreen angle, together with a large rear spoiler and bumper, aids aerodynamics. The 2.0i-Premium and lower grades run on 17-inch alloy wheels.

INTERIOR Quality fit and finish are the first thing that strikes occupants on entry to the XV Premium cabin.

Supportive seats are a combination of classy cloth and leather-look trim, with contrasting orange stitching. Manual adjustment is a mild let-down.

Second row seating maintains the comfort score but boot volume at 310 litres, is nothing to write home about and does not compare with the more traditional compact SUV. 60:40 folding backs push up the space to 765 litres.

In-cabin storage is nothing out of the ordinary, with twin cupholders, a central bin, a cubby forward of the gear lever, and a spot behind the cupholders for small items. There are a couple of USB points in the front console.

INFOTAINMENT The XV infotainment set-up is a screen-lovers’

Subaru sticks to what’s best about its compact SUV

SUMMARY The Subaru XV is at the cheaper end of the massive compact SUV market but holds its own in quality and equipment with much more expensive rivals.

There’s no mistaking the smart looks of the XV too. Subaru loyalists will love it.

AT A GLANCE MODEL LINE-UP XV 2.0i AWD $29,690 XV 2.0i-L AWD $31,990 XV 2.0i Premium AWD $34,590 XV 2.0i-S AWD $37,290 XV Hybrid L AWD $35,490 XV Hybrid S AWD $40,790 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges.

Contact your local Subaru dealer for drive-away prices.

delight, with an 8-inch in-dash touch display for Bluetooth, sat nav, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone stuff and DAB+ digital radio.

A second screen, above, shows many of the XV’s systems including climate control. Here, tech heads can take a look at information such as roll and pitch angles as well as torque distribution.

A third screen, in the instrument layout in front of the driver offers a digital speedo, fuel consumption, and a nudge to the driver if the car in front has moved off and he or she hasn’t.

ENGINES / TRANSMISSIONS It’s ‘as you were’ for the MY21 XV powertrain, with the lot lifted from the upgraded second generation.

SAFETY Over and above the standard active and passive (seven airbags) safety systems, the Premium includes Subaru’s Vision Assist package featuring blind spot monitor, lane change assist, rear crosstraffic alert, reverse automatic braking and front view monitor.

DRIVING On the bitumen active torque vectoring has the XV turning better with improved response and control, while the upper range models, with allnew lane keeping assist and reverse automatic braking when parking underlined the car’s five-star safety rating.

There is no change to the 2-litre fourcylinder boxer engine, which delivers 115 kW and 196 Nm,

claiming a combined urban / highway fuel consumption of 7 litres per 100 kilometres.

The test vehicle pushed that to 8 litres per 100 kilometres in the urban environment and 5.4 on a motorway run.

SI-Drive offers the choice between frugal efficiency in I mode and sportier performance in S mode, for greater engine responsiveness, switching via steering wheel-mounted controls.

Noise and vibration were kept to a minimum, and while the four-cylinder engine was refined in its power delivery, it did manage a roar only when pressed hard. The CVT works smoothly and without fuss across a wide range of ratios and offers the chance for the driver to become more involved with a seven-speed manual mode paddles.

SPECIFICATIONS (Subaru XV 2.0i Premium, petrol, CVT, AWD, SUV) ENGINE: Capacity: 1.995 litres Configuration: Four cylinders horizontally opposed Maximum Power: 115 kW @ 6000 rpm Maximum Torque: 196 Nm @ 4000 rpm Fuel Type: Petrol 98 RON Combined Fuel Cycle (ADR 81/02): 7.0 L/100km DRIVELINE: CVT, AWD DIMENSIONS, WEIGHT AND CAPACITIES: Length: 4485 mm Wheelbase: 2665 mm Width: 1800 mm Height: 1615 mm Turning Circle: 10.8 metres Tare weight: 1429 kg Fuel Tank Capacity: 63 litres BRAKES: Front: Ventilated disc Rear: Ventilated disc STANDARD WARRANTY: Five years / unlimited kilometres

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MASERATI REVEALS UPDATES AND REVISIONS FOR 2022 MODEL Sporty Italian machines from Maserati look gorgeous in any setting.

By Ewan Kennedy MASERATI has given us advanced information on the revised body and interior trims offered in its Ghibli, Quattroporte and Levante models that will come to Australia in the fourth quarter of 2021.

The Italian prestige / sporty marque tells us the three new trims; GT, Modena and Trofeo.

Centro Stile Maserati and the company’s Product Development Team combined their expertise to select materials, details and characterisations.

GT TRIM includes exterior chrome inserts and new wheel designs; 18-inch for Ghibli and Levante and 19-inch for Quattroporte.

Inside are leather comfort seats with a Dark Mirror Trim for Ghibli GT, Radica trim for Quattroporte GT and Black Piano Trim in the Levante GT. MODENA S trim is available for Ghibli and Levante Quattroporte and has sport bumpers with Black Piano inserts and 20-inch alloy wheel.

Inside are sporty wraparound leather seats and Black Piano Trim interiors for Levante and Quattroporte or Dark

Mirror Trim interiors for Ghibli.

The Modena S trim features the Nerissimo Pack and red brake calipers.

TROFEO TRIM For owners who focus on performance but don’t want to lose out on comfort. It has carbon fibre trim, 21-inch alloys and red brake calipers.

The interior has sport seats in full-grain Pieno Fiore natural leather.

All these new trims have the new Maserati logo (introduced with the launch of the MC20) on the bonnet. A new Trident logo on the C pillar and updated rear lettering.

The interior also features the new Maserati lettering on the central screen and the new “Trofeo” logo on the headrests.

The badges of the specific trim (with the names GT, Modena or Trofeo) appear just above the three iconic side air ducts.

As road testers and car enthusiasts we’ve had a soft spot for the sporting feel and styling of Maseratis for many years and we certainly look forward to getting into one, or hopefully more, of these revised Italian sports machines.

Maserati Levante Modena

Maserati Quattroporte GT

Maserati Ghibli Trofeo

GENESIS G80 SPORT:

INITIAL DETAILS

By Ewan Kennedy

Genesis G80 Sport has what the company calls an Athletic Exterior.

UPMARKET Korean car maker Genesis has released pictures of its upcoming Genesis G80 Sport luxury sedan.

The car’s front has a radiator grille in dark glossy chrome, a wingshaped bumper and there are black bezels around the headlamps. Dark glossy chrome is used on the side mouldings.

The rear features a horizontal line that gives the G80 Sport a spacious look and a different bumper design to the rest of the range. A new

diffuser design is used on the rear bumper.

Genesis G80 Sport will have an exclusive new colour tagged as Cavendish Red. The name is inspired by the red cliffs on the north coast of Prince Edward Island in Canada.

G80 Sport models will ride on exclusive 20-inch dark finish alloy wheels that have a G-Matrix pattern. Brake calliper colours are offered in black and red.

Inside, the Genesis G80 Sport has a modelspecific three-spoke steering wheel. The

dashboard garnish comes in three different designs including Sport-exclusive aluminium and carbon.

A diamond-patterned hybrid weaving pattern will debut in the G80 Sport. Customers will be able to choose seat quilting designs based on their choice of a diamond or V pattern.

Genesis G80 Sport pricing and specification details for the Australian market, will be announced closer to launch. We will publish these when we received them and follow that up with a comprehensive road test.

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July 29, 2021

56 GARDENING Cyanthea cooperi – Coastal tree fern

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THIS week our focus is on ferns. These very interesting, very ancient plants, are found on the margins of Northern Rivers rainforests - many different species ranging from ground covers to the large tree ferns. Ferns add beauty and atmosphere to any garden and do best in shady or part shaded, damp, but well drained areas. They do not produce flowers, reproducing instead via spores on the underside of mature leaves, and other plant parts, but their foliage is varied both in size and shape and is very attractive, adding a sense of softness and coolth. Here are just four quite different examples.

Pyrrosia rupestris - Rock felt fern is a climbing fern which is common in eastern Australia. It will grow up tree trunks in areas of shade and high moisture. It favours trees with rough bark which allows the root system to attach itself more easily.

Pyrrosia can also be used to cover fallen logs, even walls with a rough surface. And as its common name implies it happily grows on rocks. It carries two distinctly different leaf types – one type rounded, almost tear-drop in shape and while another, which carries the spore, is long and narrow.

This plant does best in a moist environment but will tolerate dry periods, dropping its leaves then bouncing back once moisture becomes

Todia barbara – King fern available. It is a great addition to shady under storey areas, helping to create a natural forest look. Plant on the shaded side of tree or rock and water occasionally in dry periods.

Cyanthea cooperi – Coastal tree fern is a fast growing tall single trunked tree-like fern. The only true tree fern which is native to this area, it has very attractive lacey fronds forming a large umbrella-like bright green canopy. This fern needs a moist situation with deep well-drained soil in at least partial shade… though it can be grown in full sun, provided it has regular access to moisture. It doesn’t tolerate drought well but very regular watering will keep it going in long dry periods. It is not frost hardy. However, it grows well in coastal areas, tolerating the salt content of sea breezes. Growing faster

Doodia aspera – Prickly rasp fern than a palm, it will give you a real tropical rainforest feel in a short time. The tree fern can be grown as a container plant, even indoors, when young. Some fern growers recommend regular wetting of the trunk in dry periods as, having evolved to live in a humid environment, the root system is not prolific. Another important maintenance job with this fern is to remove dead fronds regularly. An interesting fact about this fern is that the local indigenous people used to split the trunk and eat its starchy pith, either raw or roasted.

Todia barbara – King fern.

The early growth pattern of this fern is very similar to a tree fern but appearance is quite different. It too has lacey fronds, though the colour is lighter than the Cyanthea cooperi and the structure of the ‘lace’ is finer.

And while the tree fern grows

tall over time the king fern will develop a short thick truck from which many fronds will emerge giving it an almost bushy appearance.

It can be a very elegant plant adding to the sense of a tropical forest garden. Like all ferns it likes a damp fertile spot in the garden. It can also be grown as a container plant. To maintain its best appearance remove old fronds as they die off. This fern can be susceptible to attack by mealy bugs.

Doodia aspera – Prickly rasp fern is a widespread and common plant in eastern Australia. Often seen in rainforest margins or eucalyptus forest it is a low growing fern with reddish new growth. It is very hardy and tends to grow in clumps, preferring a slightly acidic soil. It has attractive green foliage that will reach around 40cm. The common name

of ‘rasp fern’ comes from the rough texture or prickly nature of the foliage. It is useful in landscaping for its ability to grow in a range of light conditions and its need of a minimum amount of care. Over time it can act as a ground cover as it spreads by underground rhyzomes.

Doodia aspera will tolerate full sun but does best in part shade, in a humus rich soil, with protection from the afternoon sun. It will also do well as a container plant and, generally, is a very hardy plant.

For all ferns, watering regularly throughout their first summer, and in any very hot periods, is very important.

Mulch around the plants will help keep them cool and allow their roots to develop well, and giving an occasional application of weak solution native plant fertiliser will support healthy growth.

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BUSINESS 57

Josh Frydenberg reveals reasons why JobKeeper won’t return LOCKED-DOWN Aussies hoping for a revival of the JobKeeper wage subsidy should not hold their breath, with the government ruling out its return.

The federal government has stayed firm in shutting down calls for the return of JobKeeper, insisting the existing pandemic financial support plan is a superior system.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg defended the new disaster payment system, stating the current income and business payments are quicker and more appropriate than JobKeeper was.

“The payments we are

rolling out, they are faster than what occurred under JobKeeper,” Mr Frydenberg said on Monday.

“Payments are being made as quickly as 40 minutes.”

While JobKeeper was based on the turnover reduction for the businesses workers belonged to, the new income support system currently in place for NSW and Victoria is focused on the number of hours lost for the individual worker.

Mr Frydenberg insisted the new system was more appropriate for current circumstances – casting a “wider net” to include casual workers and allowing for

greater flexibility.

But the federal government continues to cop significant criticism for axing JobKeeper.

Speaking to Today show host Karl Stefanovic on Monday, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese slammed Scott Morrison for not reintroducing JobKeeper amid the current Delta outbreak.

“Small businesses – they‘re doing it so tough.

People are losing their jobs. We need to give more support to individuals as well as to small business,” Mr Albanese said.

DESPERATE RETAIL WORKERS LIVING OFF $40 A WEEK AMID SYDNEY LOCKDOWN WORKERS are pleading for better support as they lose thousands while stood down from their jobs during lockdown.

Casual workers in Sydney are desperate for more government help and claim they have once again fallen through the cracks in covid support packages.

Retail bosses and workers alike are calling for JobKeeper to be reintroduced, as NSW’s cases spiked to 136, sparking fears that the lockdown will be extended for a third time beyond July.

Retailers such as Cue, Seed, Accent Group (which operates

brands including as Platypus, Hype, and Skechers) and Premier Investment (which operates Smiggle and Jay Jays) have had to stand down some of their workers without pay after lockdown measures were announced.

The government expects Jane*, a salesperson from footwear store Platypus, to live off just $40 a week.

The fourth-year uni student has to pay $100 in rent but was stood down earlier this week.

As she receives an $80 youth allowance payout every fortnight, she’s not eligible for the $500 covid disaster “I’ve got savings to fall back payment. on,” Jane told news.com.au.

“But when thinking long term want to keep chipping away at it is stressful because you don’t them.”

Call to avoid hard landing with business support strategy THE Federal Government can avoid a “hard landing” by developing a post-lockdown business support strategy, according to Australia’s leading professional accounting body, CPA Australia.

“New national arrangements on COVID-19 business supports are a positive development,” CPA Australia CEO Andrew Hunter said.

“The missing piece is what happens once a lockdown ends.

“The impact on businesses doesn’t stop the moment a

government calls time on a lockdown. If support is withdrawn immediately, many businesses may experience a damaging hard landing.

“By tapering business support for a couple of weeks post-lockdown, the government can soften the negative effects of withdrawing support,” Mr Hunter said.

CPA Australia is calling for a national post-lockdown business support strategy, involving a combination of Commonwealth and state or territory supports for small-to-

medium enterprises (SMEs).

“We’ve participated in hundreds of discussions with governments, industry and members since the pandemic began. We’ve heard countless stories of lockdown hardship from business owners.

“Based on our experience, a coordinated national approach, including direct and indirect supports, makes a big difference to businesses’ success after an extended lockdown.”

CPA Australia’s view is that a successful strategy will involve five elements

delivered in the period immediately post-lockdown: 1. Tapered support for SMEs with eligibility based on decline in turnover; 2. Deferral of Commonwealth and state or territory SME revenue collection; 3. A moratorium on Commonwealth and state or territory compliance activity, such as ATO debt collection; 4. Consumer incentives, such as dining, travel and accommodation vouchers; 5. Financial assistance for businesses to seek professional advice.

CPA Australia are urging the Federal Government to discuss a post-lockdown business support strategy at the next National Cabinet meeting.

“If the Government takes the initiative immediately, we could have a strategy in place for when current lockdowns end, and for any future lockdowns.

“We acknowledge that this will require a high level of coordination between different levels of government, but we don’t think that’s too much for Australians to expect,” Mr Hunter said.

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58 IN MEMORIAM In Memoriam

In Loving Memory of

Brian John Thompson 12-5-1934 to 25-7-2020

In Memoriam IN MEMORIAN – GORDON KEITH KRAUSE 16TH JUNE, 1925 – 30TH JULY 2020 LATE OF CROWLEY BALLINA

I’ts now a year that you have passed you will never be forgotten you will always be near with all the love in our hearts.

Sadly missed by Wife Eileen Daughter Karen and Partner Darren Sons Gavin and Brett.

“A Life Well Lived”

A loving and caring husband to Doreen, Father to Sue-Ellen, Wayne and Narelle Grandfather – Rebecca, Sarah, Mitchell Robbie, Kristopher, Curtis, Nicholas, Charlotte and Keegan Price Lee (Deceased 1990) Great Grandfather – Alyssa, Hannah, Jayla and Ava

Return Thanks

Brian James CORK Passed away peacefully on Monday, 26th July 2021. Aged 76 years.

Much loved son of Arthur & Tina (both dec’d).

Much loved brother and brother-in-law of Graham & Sally, Lorraine & Barry Campbell, and Jeanette & Wal Harwood.

Loved uncle to all his nieces and nephews.

A good friend to many.

A special thank you to all the staff at St. Vincent Hospital Palliative Care for their loving care of Brian.

A private cremation has been held

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WYTON Lloyd Henry

19.01.1924 – 16.07.2021

Passed away peacefully, at Caroona Kalina, Goonellabah,

aged 97 years.

Loved and loving husband of Joan for 70 years.

Adored father & father in-law of Paul & Margaret, and Gillian & Dean.

Cherished Grandpa of Rikki (Dec’d), Bobbi, Cassi, and Declan.

Loved Great Grand Pa of their families.

In keeping with Lloyd’s wishes a private family cremation service has been held.

The family wish to thank the staff at Caroona Kalina Goonellabah for their love, support, and care, extended to Lloyd during his time of residence.

Death Notice

Threlfo, Robert (Bob) Lawrence

Funeral Notice

FENTON, Rex Ormond

of Lake Heights, formerly of Pimlico Passed away peacefully on Saturday 17th of July 2021.

Beloved husband of the late Joyce.

Adored father and father-in-law of Lynette and Ian (dec).

Cherished Bobby of Joanne and Salvatore, Adam (dec) and Angela, Kate and Andrew, and great grandfather of Thomas, Charlotte, and Theodore.

Loved brother of Leon (dec) and Ken. Bob will be sadly missed by his loving family and many dear friends.

Aged 90 Years

‘Gone Fishing’

A funeral service for Bob was held on Saturday, 24th of July 2021. Family and friends are invited to view his service via a link available at

www.funeralannouncement.com.au

Passed away peacefully on July 21, 2021 at the age of 96.

Forever remembered in the hearts and minds of his family and friends and now reunited with his “beautiful girl” Judy (dec).

Proud father of Harold, Malcolm, Frank (dec) and his extended family Valerie and Beverley.

Loving grandfather of David, Diana, Heidi, Peter, Naomi, Sharon, Michelle and great grandfather.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend Rex’s Funeral Service to be held in Rainbow Chapel, Rainbow Avenue, West Ballina on MONDAY (August 2, 2021) commencing at 10.00 am.

After the service a private cremation will take place.

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HUBBARD Yvonne Eleanor

Gaudron, Francis Patrick ‘Frank’

Passed away peacefully in Broken Hill on 24 July 2021, aged 84 years.

Frank Gaudron, late of Goonellabah passed away on Tuesday, July 13 2021,

(nee Bentley)

Beloved wife of Charlie (dec).

Loving mother and mother-in-law of Melissa & Brett, Stephen & Margret, and Brett (dec).

Cherished Nan of Jacob & Megan, Harrison & Brittany, Isaac & Mia, Eliza, Sam and Sarah.

Loving GG of Amelia, Hadley and ‘Bub to Be’.

As per Yvonne’s wishes, a private cremation will be held in Broken Hill with a Memorial Service to be held in Casino at a later date.

20 December 1928 – 13 July 2021

aged 92 years old.

Dearly loved husband of Clare (dec.)

Much loved Father and Father-in-law to Frank & Gail, Marie & Paul, Paul & Cathy and Ann-Maree & Shane.

Cherished Grandfather and Great-grandfather to all of his Grandchildren and Great-grandchildren.

A private service has been held as per family wishes.

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BALLINA SUB BRANCH RSL OF A. Members of the above sub branch are invited to attend the funeral of their late member Rex Fenton as per family notice.

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The family of the LATE BETTY ISABEL DRISCOLL wish to sincerely thank relatives & friends for their love, support, cards, flowers, phone calls and expressions of sympathy in the loss of our dear Mother and Grandmother.

Special thanks to the St Andrews ladies and Caroona Kalina Nursing Home Goonellabah.

Dr Johnston for his care for many years and Dr Deaker when in Caroona and to East Lismore Bowling Club’s Angela Quinn.

Please accept this as our personal thanks: Lorraine, Darby, Margaret & Alan, Elizabeth & Peter and her grandchildren Jamie, Aaron, Carissa, Nathan, Hannah, Timothy & Matthew.

As part of the fixed radio (wireless) component of the Network, nbn is proposing to expand the existing radio network base stations at the following locations: The proposed works on site will involve the upgrade of existing technology upon the facility including and not limited to the installation of a new antenna and associated ancillary equipment to enhance transmitting technology.

The proposed works on site will involve the upgrade of existing technology upon the facility including and not limited to the installation of new antennas, replacement of a radiocommunications dish and installation of associated ancillary equipment to enhance transmitting technology. nbn regards the proposed installations each as a Low Impact Facility under the Telecommunications (Low-Impact Facilities) Determination 2018. In these circumstances, it does not require planning approval from Council.

Further information on each specific proposal can be obtained by calling Zac Coombes on 1300 260 834.

Written submissions can be sent to PO Box 430, Toowong QLD 4066 or via email to submissions@bmmgroup.com.au The closing date for submissions is 13 August 2021.

For general info on the nbn, email info@nbn.com.au, or visit our website at www.nbnco.com.au.

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62 COMMUNITY NOTICES ALSTONVILLE

COMMUNITY NOTICES MAXIMUM OF 50 WORDS To be included simply email your communtiy notice to: janelle@heartlandmedia.com.au

LOCAL MARKETS BALLINA MARKETS 3rd Sunday of the month.

BALLINA FARMER’S MARKET Sundays 6am till 1pm at Commemoration Park Ballina.

BANGALOW FARMER’S MARKET Saturdays 7am till 11am at Bangalow Hotel Carpark.

BLUE KNOB FARMER’S MARKETS Saturdays 8.30am till 12pm at Blue Knob Café, Lillian Rock.

BYRON BAY FARMER’S MARKET Thursdays 7am till 11am at Cavanbah Centre Byron Bay. CASINO GOLF CLUB MARKETS 2nd Sunday of every 2nd month.

KYOGLE FARMER’S MARKET Saturday mornings Stratheden Street, Kyogle.

LISMORE CAR BOOT MARKETS Lismore Square – 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month.

LISMORE FARMER’S MARKET Saturdays 8am till 11am at Lismore Showgrounds.

LISMORE PRODUCE MARKET Thursdays 2.30pm till 6.30pm at Magellan & Carrington Streets.

Contact Tom on 0450688900.

LISMORE RAINBOW REGION ORGANIC MARKET Tuesdays 7.30am till 11am at Lismore Showgrounds.

MULLUMBIMBY COMMUNITY MARKET 3rd Saturday of the month.

MULLUMBIMBY FARMER’S MARKET Fridays 7am till 11am at Mullumbimby Showground.

Contact Allie on 66771345.

MURWILLUMBAH FARMER’S MARKET Wednesdays 7am till 11am at Murwillumbah Showgrounds.

Contact Sue on 0498733766.

NEW BRIGHTON FARMER’S MARKET Tuesday 8am-11am at New Brighton Oval - River Street.

Contact Allie on 66771345.

NIMBIN FARMERS MARKET Wednesdays 3pm till 6pm at Green Bank Carpark.

Contact Jason on 66891512.

THE CHANNON CRAFT MARKETS 2nd Sunday of the month.

UKI FARMER’S MARKET Saturdays 8am till 12.30pm at Uki Hall.

YAMBA FARMER’S MARKET Wednesdays 7am till 1pm.

ALSTONVILLE

ALSTONVILLE INNER WHEEL CLUB Meet socially 3rd Wednesday of every month. Contact President Carol Vidal 0427326832.

CRAWFORD HOUSE MUSEUM At Crawford House Museum there are many interesting household objects dating from the turn of the century till 1960 and local historical items and documents, as well as research facilities for the descendants of Ballina Shire families. You can also buy fascinating books about the Shire’s history. The museum is at 10 Wardell Road Alstonville and is open Fridays 10am-4pm and Sundays 1pm-4pm.

The Community Resource Centre is open for research Fridays only – prior bookings essential. Enquiries (02) 6628 1829, aphs2477@yahoo.com.au or www.aphsmuseum.org.au 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 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 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.

END OF YEAR REPORT FOR BALLINA HOSPITAL AUXILIARY Due to Covid restrictions and notification from our Head Office of the United Hospitals Auxiliary of NSW, our AGM on 20th July was held with members only attending.

The Executive for the coming year were welcomed by our Patron Jenny Ellenbroek of Paradise FM who has recently joined us as a member of our Auxiliary. The outgoing Treasurer Narelle O’Donnell gave the financial report for the year to 30th June 2021 and despite not being able to fund raise for half of the year, she was happy to report that our income was $80,503.48.

Gifted items to the hospital during this time amounted to $19,057.07 and consisted of the purchase of a Syringe Pump, 3 Vital Signs Monitors and magazine subscriptions for the Oncology Department. Our President Meg Gordon has been voted in for

another year as has our Secretary Chris Penn. The Treasurer’s position which has been ably held by Narelle O’Donnell for eight years is now taken by Jenny Williams. First Vice President is Sue Havilah and 2nd Vice President Lynne Hancock. Certificates for 15 years’ service went to Members: Margaret Herbert, Val Blanchard, Lexi Stacey, Robyn Allen, Robyn Castle and Jeanette Coulter. Certificate and a bar for 10 years’ service were presented to: Barbara McFadden, Di Koellner and Pauline Howard. The Ballina Hospital Auxiliary now look forward to a new year of fund raising and would like to thank the Ballina Shire Community for their never-ending support and generosity without which we could not provide the hospital with items of equipment and comfort that they are unable to receive from the NSW Health Authority.

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The new (masked because of the Covid rules) Executive with Jenny Ellenbroek from Paradise FM and Peter Jeffree the DON of Ballina Hospital.

RICHMOND TWEED FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY The next Richmond-Tweed Family History Society Meeting is to be held on Saturday the 7th August at Players Theatre, 24 Swift Street Ballina from 2:00pm-4:00pm. This will be the annual AGM of the Richmond-Tweed Family History Society, as this will only take a short amount of time the topic of this meeting will be DNA Lucky Dip. Any enquiries should be directed to Kerrie Alexander on 66281324.

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 MAHJONG 23rd JULY 2021 Jan Williams 1, Margaret Bryant 2, Shirley Coleman 3, Lorna Simpson 4, Jan Small 5, Pam Farrell 6, Susan Allan 7, Wendy Thornton 8, Pauline Kearney 9, Carol Meyer 10, Lesley Ritchie 11, Jan Boardman 12, Val Heinritz 13, Jan Henley 14, Diana Auret 15, June Grebert 16, June Greenaway, Sally Lowry 17, Shirley Atkinson 19, Shirley Henry, Coral Lavelle 20, Gail McDonagh 22.

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 HEADS - CWA Market Day on Saturday 31 July 2021 from 8am to 1pm, CWA Restrooms on the corner of Booyun and Park Streets. Handicrafts, handmade clothes, baked goodies, jams and plants. Don’t miss out, come early. Cash only, please mask up etc. Contact Mary on 0431908063.

THE BRUNSWICK HEADS CWA Brunswick Heads CWA conducts a monthly meeting (9-10am) on the first Friday of every month in the CWA rooms, Corner of Park & Booyun Streets, Brunswick Heads.

All members invited, new members welcome. Craft morning every Friday from 10am to 2pm. For more information contact 0431908063

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BYRON COMMUNITY MARKET SUNDAY 1st August

Markets run from 8am to 3pm, Dening Park - Beach Foreshore.

Music starts at 9:30am.

CASINO CASINO CASINO MEALS ON WHEELS WEEK 2: MON: B McEnerny, C Moulden, R & G Garsden TUE: D Coleman, K O’Rielly, L & N O’Rielly WED: M & M Ayshford, J & J Schneider THU: J Crooks, S & B Garrard FRI: T Micallef, P Mackney.

CASINO & BONALBO UPPER CLARENCE LIONS CLUBS Casino Lions club now meets each 4th Wed at the RSM. CASINO RICHMOND RIVER COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB – CANCELLATION July sing along cancelled owing to Covid 19 restrictions. We will have more information on our August sing along at a later date. Gloria on 66622625 or 0412910884.

CASINO 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

SPORTS CLUBS BREWERY & WINE TOURS BUCKS, HENS WEDDINGS AIRPORT SHUTTLE DAY TOURS SCHOOLS SHOPPING TOURS

CASINO BRANCH CWA MEETING DATES AND NEWS Meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month at the Casino Community Cultural Centre at 9.00am. Next meeting Thursday 19th August.

Unfortunately we have had to postpone our Street Stall planned for Saturday 24th July due to COVID Restrictions.

Hopefully when COVID leaves us alone we can set a new date. Sorry to disappoint our very supportive regular customers. Rita our Cookery Officer was very pleased with the high standard of the Date and Walnut Rolls baked for judging at our last meeting. At the August meeting Rita will judge a Chocolate Cake.

Recipe of your own choice. The Land Cookery Competition is open to any person living in NSW, not only CWA members. Bake a Chocolate Cake and bring it along. There is also a Junior Cookery Section. Any school age cooks are welcome. Ring us for a schedule. All members and friends wish President Jan a happy “milestone” birthday on 27th July.

Come and join us for a Cuppa and learn more about what the CWA does in our community. More information please contact: Marg. Ph: 66621746 or Jan Ph: 66626424.

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.

CASINO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTRE Meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month at the Casino Community Cultural Centre at 9.00am. The Land Cookery Contest is conducted by CWA of NSW. It is open to any person living in NSW or ACT NOT only CWA members. Plans are underway for our Street Stall for later in July.

All your favourites will be available at our usual spot outside DIY Hardware.

Come and join us for a Cuppa at our next meeting, we are a friendly bunch.

For more information phone Marg. on 66621746 or Jan on 66626424 CASINO VISION IMPAIRED SUPPORT GROUP The Casino Vision Impaired Support Group is holding its August meeting in the Casino Baptist Church Hall on the corner of Canterbury and West Streets Casino on Monday 2nd August at 10am. Special guest speaker from Lomas and Brown will be in attendance. All Covid Safe practices are to be adhered to. Discussion on

the structure and future direction of the group will occur. New and existing members are all welcome.

Phone Denise on 0448014682. Email: deniseg.vip@outlook.com - Free transport is available.

CASINO BRANCH CWA Casino branch CWA hold meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month at Casino Community Cultural Centre at 9.00am.

LISMORE CASINO NAVAL ASSOCIATION Meets bi-monthly at Casino RSM, new members welcome. For more information phone Chris 66293269 or Jim 0427400625.

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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.

CASINO VIEW CLUB Monthly luncheon meeting at Casino RSM Club at 11am, second Thurs of every month. Contact Barbra on 66612530 or 0448969498.

CASINO CROQUET CLUB Monday & Wednesday sign in time now before 8.30am to start play by 9am. Contact Mary on 6662 1971 for further information.

CASINO LADIES AND FRIEND CRAFT GROUP Meets 1st & 3rd 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. New Members most welcome. Call Fran on 0419 886 119 for more information.

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.

EVANS HEAD BRANCH CWA We meet over lunch, 3rd Tuesday every month, 12noon at the Illawong Hotel. New members welcome. Further info 0427825560.

GRAFTON GRAFTON 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. Our next bus trip will be to the Quota Craft and Garden Fair at Ballina. 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’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 COUNTRY MUSIC Country Music’s next Music Day will be held on Sunday 8th August at 11am a $2 donation at the door would be appreciated. All food and drinks catered for by the club.

KYOGLE SUNSHINE CLUB Meets every Thursday at 9.30am. For more details contact 0499824274.

Ph: 0434 232 538 or 0431 118 483 Email bookings@onpointbushire.com.au

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64 COMMUNITY NOTICES 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.

LENNOX LENNOXHEAD HEAD LENNOX HEAD LIONS CLUB New members welcome to join our close-knit club where the emphasis is on community service in a fun environment. Meetings are on the first and Third Wednesday of each month at Club Lennox starting at 6.30pm.

Members do what they can, when they can to facilitate the needs of our club.

LENNOX HEAD DAY VIEW CLUB The Lennox Head Day VIEW Club meets on the first Monday of each month at the Lennox Head Community Centre. with the meeting starting at 11:00am and includes an interesting speaker and concludes with a light lunch. An informal Coffee and Chat meeting is held on the third Monday of the month. The Club sponsors three students through The Smith Family Learning for Life scholarship program that provides educational items for disadvantaged Australian children.

New members and guests are most warmly welcomed and enquiries may be made to Enid 047187511 or Dawn 0466717435.

LENNOX HEAD EVENING VIEW CLUB Meets on the second Tuesday of each month upstairs at the Lennox Hotel at 6.30pm for dinner at 7.00pm. Guests welcome. “VIEW members support the education of disadvantaged Australian children by raising much needed funds for The Smith Family. Through fundraising activities and social events in local communities, members raise money that goes directly to The Smith Family’s learning and mentoring programs for disadvantaged students.”

Lennox Head Evening VIEW Club currently sponsors two Learning for Life students. Contact Sue Brennan 0409728814.

LIONS ASSIST DRAGONS The Rainbow Region Dragon Boat Club will have a new small dragon boat (10 seater) for competition training thanks to the combined effort of their own members, Lennox Head Lions Club and The Lions Northern NSW Community Trust. The dragon boaters made an application to Lennox Head Lions Club for financial support and that application received a positive response but the amount required was a little more than the local club could donate. Each year Lions clubs contribute money to The Lions Northern NSW Community Trust which can then fund larger regional applications. So, Lennox Lions made a successful application to the Trust for a grant of $4000.00. President of the Lions Northern NSW Community Trust, Graham Jackson, was pleased to present the cheque to Janelle Gaggin, President of Lennox Head Lions club at Club Lennox on 21.07.2021. Janelle was then more than happy to donate the $4000 to Jan Wright, President of the Rainbow region Dragon Boat Club.

A great community effort which means The Rainbow Region Dragon Boat Club will be paddling their new boat by the end of the year!

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Graham Jackson President Lions Northern NSW Community Trust Janelle Gaggin President Lennox Head Lions Club 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.

EMBROIDERERS GROUP Meetings are 9.30am-2.30pm 1st and 3rd Wednesdays and 3rd Saturday of each month at the Red Dove Centre, Keen Street, Lismore. We welcome embroiderers of all styles and ability levels to meet, share and learn. For more information see our facebook page ‘Lismore Group – Embroiderers Guild NSW’, phone 0423337872 or simply turn up.

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LIFE/DEATH/GRIEF COFFEE MORNING Tuesday 3rd August from 10am at Duck Pond Espresso Bar, 71 Union St, South Lismore. Are you experiencing grief or supporting someone who is. Or are you or someone you care for dealing with a life limiting illness. Maybe you have been given a diagnosis that sees you wanting to know more about getting you End of Life plans in order. Join us for a relaxed, informal, confidential chat, together we can discuss what’s on your mind. Held 1st Tuesday of each month

by Compassionate Communities. For more info call Mimi 0478600778 or Cheryl 0428286753.

PROBUS CLUB OF LISMORE HEIGHTS Our mixed group meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month at the LISMORE HEIGHTS BOWLING CLUB in High St. Our brief meeting is followed by morning tea and a guest speaker. Senior’s lunch for $15 at noon is optional. Guests and visitors are welcome. Ring/text Pam on 0418 766 247 for details of our other monthly social gatherings and outings.

SPRUNG Sprung!! is a registered charity and a not for profit community organisation that offers Dance, Theatre & Movement workshops and training to people with disabilities. We are currently looking for volunteers to assist our organisation in a number of ways including supporting our Tutors and Disability Support Workers; transcribing; catering; professional skills; technical support and backstage support. Our workshops and performances run in Lismore, Mullumbimby, Tintenbar and Lennox Head expanding to Ballina and the Tweed. Any interested volunteers can reach us here and for general information please contact us on info@ sprung.org.au LISMORE HIGH SCHOOL’S CENTENARY DINNER Is on 11 September 2021 commencing at 6.00 p.m.at the Lismore Workers Club. Tickets cost $60 and can be purchased from the Club by phone[02 6621 7401, online Lismore Workers. com.au] or in person. For further information phone Helen George 0414734313.

THE ROTARY CLUB OF SUMMERLAND SUNRISE We meet every Friday at 7.05am for a Breakfast meeting at Coffee Shots, Molesworth St, Lismore. Interested in contributing to community? Local and international? Join us at Coffee Shots please. Phone 0435990919 for more details.

LISMORE HIGH SCHOOL’S CENTENARY DINNER Is on 11 September 2021 commencing at 6.00pm at the Lismore Workers Club. Tickets cost $60 and can be purchased from the club by phone 6621 7401. online lismoreworkers. com.au or in person. For further information phone Helen George 0414734313.

NORTHERN RIVERS EVENING PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP The next meeting of the Northern Rivers Evening Prostate Cancer Support Group is to be held on Wednesday August 4th 7pm until 9pm at the Lismore Workers Club, Keen Street, Lismore. Men diagnosed or newly diagnosed with prostate cancer and their partners or carers are most welcome to attend - Personal cancer stories are told which gives all present a wonderful opportunity to share, learn and benefit from other people’s experiences - Guest Speakers from various organisations are occasionally invited to these meetings. Enquiries phone Bob Johnson (02) 66225792.

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

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COMMUNITY NOTICES 65 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 LISMORE BASE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY Lismore Base Hospital Auxiliary’s Christmas in July on 24th all tickets SOLD. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets.

0am at 1 Union St, LADIES INDOOR BOWLS periencing Played at Lismore Workers club, Mon mornings 9am, New members e who welcome. Info Rosemary 0434611520 you care or Veronica 0417004622. ing en given anting to LISMORE TARGET RIFLE CLUB For .22 calibre rifles, meets Wed ou End nights from 6.30 pm & the 1st & 3rd us for a Sat of each month from 12 noon. Air tial chat, at’s on your Rifle shooting for .22 & 177 air rifles each month will also be available at the Saturday nities. For shoots. For more info please phone 600778 or Derek on 66282082 (AH).

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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.

LISMORE CLIMATE STRIKE FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION NOW Each Thursday at the Lismore Quad between 1.30 and 3.30pm. Bring signs and something to sit on. Come Strike with us!

TABLE TENNIS AT GOONELLABAH Tuesday and Thursday mornings social playing: 9.00am-12noon; Monday and Wednesday nights social playing: 7.00orthern 9.00pm; Training Monday mornings: ancer 9.00am-12noon; Junior coaching after d on m until 9pm school Wednesday 3.30pm-4.45pm, $6.00 a session. Everybody is welcome ub, Keen – all levels. Phone centre on 66251602 osed or tate cancer Mon-Thur 9.00am-1.00pm or visit are most website www.fnctabletennis.com.au al cancer all present JIGGI-GEORGICA RED CROSS The members of Jiggi-Georgica Branch share, r people’s of Red Cross would love the chance to welcome some new members to our ers from ccasionally meetings held in the Red Cross Rooms (next to Tea Rooms) in Keen St, Enquiries Lismore @ 11am on the 2nd Friday of 6225792. every second month. Lunch available from T/Rooms. Any enquiries please EUR contact Joan on 66888127. rmally held ch month LISMORE GIRL GUIDES Lismore Girl Guides meet every mond at 1.00pm. Tuesday during school terms from clubrooms 5.30 to 7.30pm at our hall, Magellan y afternoons Street Lismore. Any girl aged from 7 to 17 is most welcome to attend for two We are husiasts andnights free, but please make contact

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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.

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.

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.

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THE NORTHERN RIVERS COLLECTORS CLUB Are holding their 30th Antiques & Collectables Exhibition & Trading Fair @ the Murwillumbah Civic Centre, Sat 14 Aug from 8.30am to 2.30pm, Adults $6 Kids $1. Proceeds to Tweed Palliative Support. Thousands of items for sale, Antiques, Vintage, Retro & Collectables. Details Ph 0439779577.

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 play at Black Rocks Sports Field. New members are welcome. For further enquires please ring Jean on 0431606375.

TWEED TWEEDHEADS HEADS THE TWIN TOWNS DAY VIEW CLUB Meets monthly at the South Tweed Sports Shop on the first Thursday of each month – 10.30 for 11am.

Following a small update on VIEW matters, and a guest Speaker, lunch is partaken at either the bistro or the coffee shop. VIEW Clubs support the valuable work done by The Smith Family with their students Learning for Life program for which our club provides 7 children with their tertiary fees. Contact Kathie 0407709629 or Freda 0755241357.

TWIN TOWNS EVENING VIEW CLUB Next meeting is on Wednesday, 11th August 2021 PLEASE NOTE 6 pm for 6:30 pm starts. Held in the “Glass Room” of the Tweed Heads Bowls Club. This month will be a TRADING TABLE so make, bake or grow your fabulous best. NO BOOKS PLEASE. Also, Resolutions will be finalised at this meeting. We are proud to support

The Smith Family’s Learning for Life programs. Ladies from visiting View clubs and new members are most welcome to book or any apologies please phone Trudy 0755241770 by 1pm on Monday prior.

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.

ALL ALLNORTHERN NORTHERNRIVERS RIVERS NORTHERN RIVERS COLLECTORS CLUB Due to the ongoing covid restrictions, The Northern Rivers Collectors Club Inc. have decided to cancel the Antique & Collectables Exhibition & Trading Fair on the Sat 14th.

MEN AND WOMEN SINGLES Over 60 Social Group. Looking for Company, companionship. We are interested to hear from you, organised outing, get togethers. Nice people & friendship for both. Contact 0455588143.

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 YOUR WEEKLY HOROSCOPE Aries Mar 21 - Apr 20

Cancer Jun 24 - Jul 22

You may face obstacles yet again next week, Aries. Speedy Mercury, racing forward within the sky, will be under siege from dramatic Pluto, stationed in your solar tenth house of achievements. This will create a battle of ideas, possibly putting you in crossfire with a boss, VIP, or competitor.

There may be a build-up of mental energy, erupting in fiery debates or arguments.

However, a positive use of this energy could provoke you to hone in on business research and uncover cracks in your plans.

Taurus Apr 21 - May 21

This weekend could be a disheartening one, Cancer.

Mercury, our speedy planet of the mind, will zip happily along until he comes to meet the fury of violent Pluto across the sky in your solar seventh house of business relationships. This opposition often triggers a battle of ideas, within your own mind or between you and another party. You or the other side could become obsessed with one specific negative problem or concept, unleashing a full-scale attack. Do your best to hold it together or the interaction could damage the connection and your reputation.

Leo Jul 23 - Aug 23

Lie low if you can next week Taurus. Mercury, in your solar third house of communications, will clash in a violent opposition with Pluto, stationed in your solar ninth house. You could become entangled in a damaging conflict, debate, or argument with someone today—perhaps even a powerful VIP or authority figure. Don’t rock the boat or else there could be severe consequences.

The battle of ideas could feel quite intense, especially if you feel quite passionately about the subject. Also, beware of the messages you broadcast today, whether they are in social media, emails, or the news.

Gemini May 22 - June 23

Don’t charge headfirst into conflict this week, Leo. With fiery Mars still in your zodiac sign, you’re likely charged up and feeling especially aggressive! With the rocky full moon still echoing over this week, tensions could be heightened. The negativity could be reaching a fever pitch today as Mercury, now orbiting within your solar twelfth house of secrets, clashes in a violent opposition with malevolent Pluto in your solar sixth house of employment. Someone could be secretly working against you on the job, perhaps even a coworker you had trusted.

Virgo Aug 24 - Sep 22

Your planetary ruler, Mercury, will become ensnared in a violent cosmic war later this week, Gemini. As our cosmic messenger moves rapidly forward, he will slide over explosive mines in the field!

Ferocious Pluto stationed across the sky in your solar eighth house will seek to dominate Mercury, now residing in your solar second house. This foretells especially bad news around money, so above all, do not sign contracts, launch products, or debut your next business plans. Instead, if you can table ideas and wait for better astrological weather, you’ll be especially glad that you did.

The heavens are blaring an S.O.S. this week, Virgo. If you are in the midst of negotiations, presentations, or pitches, now is the time to reschedule if possible. Your plans and ideas will not be taken well and could have a great deal of resistance to them. Mercury, your planetary ruler, is orbiting within your solar eleventh house and collides headfirst with a stubborn Pluto in your solar fifth house. This shows that a major pushback to your creative ideas could be at hand. With so much fury abounding, it is best to breathe through the frustration and wait to make any important decisions.

Patience… our most regal virtue

by Nigel Dawe

ONE of my favourite lines from any of the world’s religious texts (and I have read most of them, it was something I set aside

much of my uni breaks in doing) comes from the Book of Luke in the Bible: “In your patience possess ye your souls.” It

Libra Sep 23 - Oct 23 Watch what you say this weekend, Libra, as your professional reputation may depend on it! Mercury, touring your solar tenth house of recognition, clashes in a horrific opposition with malevolent Pluto across the sky. This may indicate a violent battle of ideas. With inflated egos and a sense of superiority filling everyone’s minds, people will think that their opinion matters the most! If fierce debates and arguments boil up, use your famous charm to diffuse the tension and table the conversation for another day.

Capricorn Dec 22 - Jan 20 Stormy clouds gather within the skies, Capricorn. As Mercury in your solar seventh house of business partnerships ends up in a duel with malevolent Pluto, now stationed in your zodiac sign, a battle of the minds could be upon you. Now is not a day for agreements—so, if you are in the midst of an important business or financial negotiation, do your best to delay affairs until later on. To seal any deal in such wicked and unfortunate energy would bring a long-term detrimental energy upon the union.

Aquarius Jan 21 - Feb 18

Scorpio Oct 24 - Nov 20 Of all the zodiac signs, you aren’t afraid of conflict, Scorpio.

In fact, when it presents itself, you feel your energy swell as you know that you are in it to win no matter what. However, today’s astrology could bring a tremendous fight that you cannot conquer and, in fact, may prefer to avoid altogether. As Mercury, the planet of communication, violently clashes with Pluto, the planet of destruction, a battle of ideas is guaranteed. Above all, do not launch any publicity, advertising, social media, or branding campaigns today, as they could end up damaging your brand and business.

The universe is an angry one next week, Aquarius. As Mercury, spinning actively in your solar sixth house of employment, goes head-to-head with a furious Pluto in your solar twelfth house, you may become embroiled in a heated argument with one of your coworkers or clients. Tensions will flare and no one will see eye-to-eye. One party may become obsessed with negative scenarios or opinions, which could snowball into a highly damaging scenario. If someone’s true and less-than-holy intentions are suddenly revealed, now would be the time to assess the territory and let the storm pass.

Pisces Feb 19 - Mar 20

Sagittarius Nov 22 - Dec 21 Yet another cosmic war is upon you, Sagittarius! With the rocky full moon still thundering over this week, highlighting your solar third house, a battle of the minds is upon you.

As Mercury launches a nuclear bomb against tyrant Pluto, no winner can survive this clash.

This indicates that you may become embroiled in a ferocious intellectual argument that ends up damaging your financial potential or professional reputation. If you are in the midst of discussing your thoughts with someone, perhaps even a boss or manager, and they aren’t seeing eye-to-eye with you, it is better to set the matter aside until better days.

is such a perfect turn of phrase that I often draw upon in my daily life, it’s so succinctly prescriptive and prevailing in its essence, and there is something of the Ted Hughes line: “Over the cage floor the horizons come,” about it.

Additionally, from the youngest age I can clearly recall overhearing, when I wasn’t otherwise being directly told: “patience is a virtue”; not that I really knew what either of the words on each side of the seesaw of this phrase meant, but I figured it had to do with being able to wait calmly, and/ or withstand all the difficult situations in life with a smile, and this – seemingly, was a very good thing.

The origin of our word ‘patience’ comes from an old Latin derivative that draws upon notions of sufferance, and being able to also bear or endure adversities. Relatedly, the ever-looming giant of Russian literature, Leo Tolstoy, wove into his iconic War and Peace,

Do your best to avoid drama at all costs later this week, Pisces.

Mercury and Pluto will launch a violent attack against one another, meeting in a highly challenging opposition.

This reveals that you could become entangled in a ferocious battle of ideas with another— perhaps a professional acquaintance or person in your network. Anger and hostility could quickly escalate, as neither party will see eyeto-eye. The best thing to do is to take a step back and do your best to focus on the positives, rather than feeding gasoline to the fire. You have a choice of how you communicate and engage with others.

the insightful line: “The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.” And so, if you combine them, then you may well have the ultimate of unconquerable forces, for any situation that presents in your life.

Interestingly, in Buddhist culture, patience is considered and revered as one of its ten ‘parami’ or spiritual perfections. It often slots in at number six, between diligence and truthfulness. On the topic of the human trait that is perhaps best explained by being happy, or at least content to wait; I love the Zulu word ‘ukubekezela’ or in other words – patience, which is a lesson in patience itself when you try to pronounce and fathom its fascinating phonetical nuances for the very first time.

The German philosophical prankstersage, Friedrich Nietzsche once said: “Slow is the experience of all deep wells, for long must they wait before they realise what has fallen into their depth.”

Which is a wonderful, and perhaps typically cryptic Nietzsche way of heralding the unique challenges, benefits, and non-immediate blessings that accompany the putting into practice – of patience in our lives.

Out of all the virtues, if we were to wake up tomorrow and the entire populace of the world had received a triple dose of patience in their sleep, I think you’d find – there’d be no more road rage, interpersonal squabbles, and the police force overnight would be made virtually redundant.

The ability to not react violently, irrationally or idiotically to things that displease, is perhaps the eternal missing piece of the human jigsaw that might just bring about a period of lasting peace; and to think it’s been held in the extended hand of patience all along, locates the joke, albeit the gross disconnect, squarely within the clutches of each and every one of us.

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FISHING / TIDES / WEATHER 67 Ballina The weather is looking great for most of this week. The close reefs will be worth trying for some snapper and mulloway. Lightly weighted pilchards and live baits have worked well, along with smaller soft plastics.

Significant numbers of leatherjackets have been landed on the 32 fathom line, but there are some reasonable quality pearl perch, kingfish and amberjack out on the 48’s. The tailor have been inconsistent on the beaches, but some reasonable quality fish have still been landed using baits and lures early morning and late afternoon.

40 and 60gram metal spinners have been working on the

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rock platforms as well. The break walls have produced some mulloway to 15 kg over the past week, but the calm weather may see them drop off this week. The better numbers of bream have been in the lower reaches of the river and biting well on prawns and mullet on the run in tide. The flathead have been a little quiet, but hopefully the warmer weather this week should improve the numbers. Most of the fish have been in less than two meters of water, and biting better on metal blades and white pilchards. Tight lines.

Evans Head Bream, tailor and mulloway along Main and Airforce

Beaches, bream and luderick along the rock walls at the Evans River mouth and bream, flathead and whiting in the lower reaches.

Pottsville Longtail tuna on the inshore reefs, bream, flathead, tailor and Australian salmon along the beaches, flathead and bream in the lower reaches of the creeks, luderick around the rock walls and bridge pylons, school jew at the mouth and mud crabs in the upper reaches.

Tweed Coast Flathead, bream, whiting and tailor on lures in the middle reaches of the Tweed River.

Currumbin Tailor, bream and flathead along the beaches, flathead in the lower reaches of the creeks, luderick around the rock walls and bridge pylons and mud crabs in the mid to upper reaches.

Southport Bar cod, bluenose trevalla, flame snapper and bass groper in 200 to 400 metres, yellowtail king, amberjack and samson fish on the 50s, trag jew and cobia on the 24s, mulloway on the artificial reef north of the Seaway, trevally, tarpon and mulloway in Southport Seaway, tailor along the beaches and flathead and chopper tailor in Southport Seaway.

NORTHERN RIVERS TEMPERATURE & RAINFALL PREDICTIONS AREA

Thurs 29th July

GRAFTON EVANS KYOGLE BALLINA MULLUM TWEED

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Sun 1 Aug

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Sat 31st July 22 / - 4 C 22o / 2o C 23o / - 2o C 22o / 2o C 22o / 3o C 22o / 3o C o

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Sun 1st August 27 / 6 C 24o / 7o C 26o / 4o C 24o / 7o C 25o / 7o C 25o / 7o C o

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Wed 4th August 23o / 1o C 21o / 6o C 22o / 3o C 21o / 6o C 21o / 5o C 23o / 6o C

3% 3% 3% 3% 4% 4%

TIDE TIMES & HEIGHTS CLARENCE - RIVER ENTRANCE

Waning Gibbous 70% Visible

Waning Crescent 41% Visible

Waning Crescent 16% Visible

Sunrise & Sunset

DAY Thursday 29th July Friday 30th July Saturday 31st July Sunday 1st August Monday 2nd August Tuesday 3rd August Wednesday 4th August

DAY Thursday 29th July Friday 30th July Saturday 31st July Sunday 1st August Monday 2nd August Tuesday 3rd August Wednesday 4th August

SUNRISE 6:32 am 6:32 am 6:31 am 6:30 am 6:30 am 6:29 am 6:28 am

LOW 6:21 am 0.41m 6:57 am 0.46m 7:34 am 0.49m 8:17 am 0.52m 9:09 am 0.54m 10:04 am 0.54m 11:00 am 0.51m

HIGH 1:09 pm 1.24m 2:06 pm 1.26m 3:09 pm 1.29m 4:13 pm 1.34m 5:11 pm 1.41m 6:00 pm 1.48m

LOW 5:58 pm 0.58m 6:52 pm 0.66m 7:59 pm 0.73m 9:19 pm 0.75m 10:45 pm 0.72m 11:53 pm 0.64m

EVANS HEAD - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 29th July Friday 30th July Saturday 31st July Sunday 1st August Monday 2nd August Tuesday 3rd August Wednesday 4th August

NORTHERN RIVERS AREA

HIGH 12:19 pm 1.24m 12:23 am 1.42m 1:01 am 1.3m 1:49 am 1.19m 2:52 am 1.1m 4:04 am 1.06m 5:09 am 1.06m

HIGH 12:01 pm 1.32m 12:16 am 1.53m 1:01 am 1.41m 1:53 am 1.29m 2:55 am 1.2m 4:05 am 1.15m 5:09 am1.14m

LOW 6:07 am 0.39m 6:47 am 0.45m 7:29 am 0.5m 8:14 am 0.53m 9:04 am 0.56m 9:58 am 0.56m 10:51 am 0.52m

HIGH 12:54 pm 1.32m 1:53 pm 1.34m 2:58 pm 1.38m 4:00 pm 1.44m 4:56 pm 1.52m 5:44 pm 1.59m

LOW 5:52 pm 0.54m 6:46 pm 0.65m 7:51 pm 0.74m 9:13 pm 0.78m 10:39 pm 0.75m 11:43 pm 0.68m

BALLINA - RIVER ENTRANCE SUNSET 5:15 pm 5:16 pm 5:16 pm 5:17 pm 5:17 pm 5:18 pm 5:19 pm

DAY Thursday 29th July Friday 30th July Saturday 31st July Sunday 1st August Monday 2nd August Tuesday 3rd August Wednesday 4th August

HIGH 12:16 pm 1.21m 12:18 am 1.38m 12:56 am 1.25m 1:44 am 1.14m 2:47 am1.05m 4:03 am 1m 5:12 am 0.99m

LOW 6:20 am 0.4m 6:57 am 0.44m 7:35 am 0.48m 8:19 am 0.5m 9:10 am 0.51m 10:04 am 0.5m 12:01 am 0.62m

HIGH 1:06 pm 1.21m 2:03 pm 1.23m 3:09 pm 1.27m 4:14 pm 1.32m 5:11 pm 1.39m 6:01 pm 1.46m

LOW 6:00 pm 0.55m 6:55 pm 0.64m 8:03 pm 0.71m 9:25 pm 0.73m 10:53 pm 0.69m 11:00 am 0.48m

BRUNSWICK HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE

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DAY Thursday 29th July Friday 30th July Saturday 31st July Sunday 1st August Monday 2nd August Tuesday 3rd August Wednesday 4th August

HIGH 12:07 pm 1.25m 12:12 am 1.46m 12:50 am 1.33m 1:37 am 1.21m 2:40 am 1.11m 3:52 am 1.06m 5:00 am 1.05m

LOW 6:04 am 0.39m 6:41 am 0.42m 7:21 am 0.45m 8:07 am 0.47m 9:00 am 0.48m 9:55 am 0.48m 10:48 am 0.45m

HIGH 12:58 pm 1.25m 1:58 pm 1.27m 3:04 pm 1.31m 4:09 pm 1.37m 5:06 pm 1.45m 5:55 pm 1.54m

LOW 5:43 pm 0.55m 6:37 pm 0.65m 7:46 pm 0.73m 9:15 pm 0.76m 10:43 pm 0.72m 11:48 pm 0.64m

TWEED HEADS - RIVER ENTRANCE DAY Thursday 29th July Friday 30th July Saturday 31st July Sunday 1st August Monday 2nd August Tuesday 3rd August Wednesday 4th August

HIGH 12:09 pm 1.25m 12:15 am 1.47m 12:55 am 1.35m 1:41 am 1.24m 2:41 am 1.16m 3:52 am 1.11m 4:59 am 1.1m

LOW 5:58 am 0.43m 6:37 am 0.47m 7:19 am 0.51m 8:06 am 0.53m 8:58 am 0.53m 9:53 am 0.52m 10:45 am 0.49m

HIGH 1:02 pm 1.25m 2:02 pm 1.27m 3:10 pm 1.31m 4:13 pm 1.38m 5:07 pm 1.45m 5:54 pm 1.53m

LOW 5:39 pm 0.61m 6:34 pm 0.72m 7:45 pm 0.79m 9:06 pm 0.81m 8:58 am 0.53m 11:35 pm 0.69m

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Results must be sent in Word, Pages or PDF format CASINO BOWLS We had a morning tea for one of our members for her 80th Birthday.

Wednesday 21/7 Today the 2021 Open Club Pairs Championship was played, it was another windy day & a bit of a chilly morning out on the green.

The champions were C. Haynes & R. Skirrey & the Runners Up were A. Williams & J. Matthews Other rink winners were D.SKinner & A.McLean def C. Doyle & H. Lavelle On another rink in a very close game J. Cooke & I. Watson def J. Creighton & A. James There were no Friday Bowls.

G.Porter 11 d P. Waters 10.

N.Watts P.Doyle 11 d R.Chapman N.Poynting 10 R.Poynting J.Hannigan20d M.Field J.Murphy 11 R.Allen M.Russell 11 d P.Scott J.Doust 8 B.Wellings D.Scott 16 d G.Kerr P.Bolte 15 Division 3 club championships final N.Barnes 14 d H.Young 10 ASSOCIATION : M.Gidding 24 d L.Turner 23 L. Hardy 21 d S.Keen B.Hardy 15 S.Hume 15 d E.Thorman B.Reddy 10 G.Drew G.Porter 16 d R.Poynting R.Chapman 13 R.Chapman 25 d L.Turner 8 R.Poynting N.Poynting 12 d G.Porter 9 G. Drew L.Turner 19 d N.Poynting G.Porter 14 L.Hardy 15 d B.Reddy 7 CASINO FRIENDSHIP DAY 29/7/2021.

NSW Division 3 State Golf Croquet Doubles Plate winners Mary Ayshford Casino, Sandra Munroe Alstonville with 3rd place Bev Philps, June Cox, Casino.

Past president Judy Matthews cutting her cake CHERRY STREET GOLF : Club Handicap Doubles Championships R.Allen G.Drew d P. Bolte H.Young P.Scott N.Watts d N.Barnes B.Wellings G.Frederiksen J. OSullivan d D.Casey F.Frederiksen G.Kerr J.Doust d C.Edlund J.Saunders R.Allen G.Drew d P.Doyle D.Scott M.Russell G.Porter d G.Kerr J.Doust R.Poynting N.Poynting d P Scott N.Watts G.Frederiksen J OSullivan d J.Hannigan R.Chapman R Poynting N.Poynting d R.Allen G.Drew M.Russell G. Porter d G. Frederiksen J.OSullivan.

Final to be played 29/ 7 /2021 R.Poynting N.Poynting v M.Russell G.Porter RICOCHET : N.Barnes P.Doyle 13 d P.Bolte B.Waters 10 B.Wellings J.Doust 16 d J.Murphy J.Hannigan 13 N.Watts D.Scott 10 d R.Poynting R.Chapman 9

Noelene Barnes Div 3 Ricochet club champion with runner up Helen Young.

CORAKI VETERANS GOLF RESULTS THURSDAY 22/7/21 A field of 44 golfers played an 18 hole single stableford, Winner B Collyer, 2nd W Lunnon, 3rd A Ganter free game J Nilsson, chicken/ball winners M Dufficy, R Gacioppa, S Smith,D Vagne, R Webber, R Black, T Newton, S Ormond, S Toms, J Watt. Nearest Pins 3rd/12th J Lassig, 6th/1th J Lassig.

This Thursday 29/7/21 another single stableford will be played commencing at 8.30am followed by our monthly barbque.

AS USUAL TILL THEN GOOD GOLFING Max BOWLING CLUB RESULTS Tues 20/7 B Davis, L Church d C Tait, D Pearce 25/6 J Davis, L Menin, Gary Rose d J Quinlan, R alker, S Roberts 18/7 M Moss, Greg Rose ,d E Bullman ,Jane Rose 21/9 Fri 23/7 M Moss, R Partridge d R Hoskin, C Vanderwall 20/14 J Davis, J Piper, R Moss d E Bullman, N Nugernt, D Smart 14/12 G Moss, B Hutchinson d J Fowler, R Walker 22/12 L Bryant, Jane Rose , A Wilson d Joan Rose, D Morrow, J Kennedy, 24/14 Sat 24/7 R Hoskin, L Church, J Fowler d R Campbell, Jane Rose, D Pearce 22/9 G Clarke, A Wilson, R Walker d M Taylor, C Vanderwall, W Davis 18/14 J Rose,G McGreadie, B Hutchinson d K Hoffman, D Morrow, N Nugent 24/21 K Morrow, K Unterbier, W Woods d J Davis, G Cox, G Moss 28/9 Minor Singles championship S Roberts d G Sullivan 31/20 Major Pairs Champ B Fowler, S Smart d M Rose, J Piper 17/13 CASINO GOLF CLUB Results of golf over the past week at Casino Golf Club Tuesday July 20 A Grade Rod Coe, Gary Robbins, Mark Mason, Tim Meyer. B Grade Bryan Low, Reinie Kinsley, David Mudford, Skippy Bennett. NTP’s Skippy Bennett x 2, Trevor Wood.

Wednesday July 21 2BBB vs Par Winners Terri Campbell & Helen Olive, Kay Wood & Margaret King, Betty Quinn & Heather McAndrew.

Thursday July 22 A Grade Trev Jenkins, Keith Larsson. B Grade Terry Llewellyn, Peter McLean. NTP’s Jason Adam, Trev Jenkins.

Friday July 23 A Grade Janelle Godfrey, Linda Dean, Loretta Transton. B Grade Dianne Black, Heather McAndrew, Dorothy Willis.

NTP’s Carolyn Ross, Janelle Godfrey x 2.

Saturday July 24 Rural Irrigation Supplies Mexican Stableford. Shane Hogan & Zac Innes, then David McLean & Wayne Jackson from Jamie Bennett & Tony Kennedy. Eagles Nest has 12 balls not won.

Sunday July 25 Hannigans 27 Hole Mixed and the winners are the reining champions Nora Viel & Wayne Underhill Jnr with an excellent 129 Scratch score.

CASINO SOCIAL GOLF RESULTS 25-07-2021 The event played last Sunday was a single stableford and not the monthly medal as previously advised and the winner was Ray Ruttley with 21 points from Dave Roberts with 20.

3rd, Jeff Rankin 19. The putting trophy went to T.Jenkins with 12 putts and D.Slade won the players draw.

Nearest to pins: 1st, 6th & 7th, R.Ruttley. 2nd & 5th, P.Piccoli. 8th, D.Westerman. 18th, D.Roberts.Next Sunday’s event sponsored by Damien Pacitto Electrical Casino, will be the monthly medal on the top 11 holes and visitors are welcome to play with hit off from 6-30am till 7-30am.

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SOCIAL GOLF CLUB RESULTS for Sunday, July 25th.

Zac Royal Painting - American Foursome: Winners; G. Moore/C. Woolley Runners Up; C. Kennedy/R. Nicholson NTP’s; S.Stanfireld, C. Kennedy.

Bradmans: B. Bambach/J. Bambach.

Guzzler: C. Woosley.

The next outing August 15th - Kyogle - 1st Round Championships “Try Blu Day” - Sponsored by - Valu Carpet Care.

EAST LISMORE BOWLING CLUB RESULTS A Grade singles final R Latta 31 def T Cheli 25 A grade pairs championships results Round 1 T Cheli, R Latta 37 def R PArkes, N Scandrett 14 G Donnelly, S Gregory 29 def J Essex, W Morrissey 19 R Nind, A Pearce 38 def R Prior, T Prior 16 G Sharp, S Fields 33 def M Prior, L Softley 12 P Maloney, R Thistleton 27 def E Schumacher, G Finnigan 21 M Rodgers, N Harding 26 def J Carrall, B Adams 13 Round 2 R Latta, T Cheli 19 def M Rodgers, N Harding 9 G Donnelly, S Gregory 19 def J Bancroft, M Harding 14 R Nind, A Pearce 29 def J Sheehan, P Russell 20 G Sharp, S Fields 31 def P Maloney, R Thistleton 17 Semi finals R Nind, A Pearce 24 def G Sharp, S Fields 17 T Cheli, R Latta 24 def G Donnelly, S Gregory 11 Final T Cheli, R Latta 26 def R Nind, A Pearce 17 Many thanks.

Are you looking for information or articles written and submitted re championship bowls and carnival events? If so please let me know as we would like to develop the coverage for our club if possible.

EVANS HEAD WOMEN’S BOWLING CLUB Winners S Carter, K Robson, M Playford Runners Up K Townsend, C Mason, J Sutcliffe, N Hinch Lucky Losers M Gibson, M McDonald, J Poole KYOGLE BOWLS RESULTS Wednesday July 21 - R Clark R Felton K Hayes d P Crewe B Studders N Bodycote + 15, B Ryan J Arnold B Hyde d M Lavelle T Burgess R McKenna + 11, P Anderson G King G Lavelle d G Knapp L Condon N Parker + 1. Saturday July 24 - G Knapp R McKenna d W Farrell N Bodycote + 16, S Barton G O’Reilly G Lavelle d S Barton B Ryan T Burgess + 14, R O’Reilly T Holder d P Crewe R Felton + 11, Championships A grade singles final S Hall d P Williams 31 to 5, A Grade pairs final L Condon R Rogers d N Parker T Winkler 29 to 14, Triples P Anderson D Zelcer R Goebel d K Walters S Colley D Condon 25 to 13, K Hayes J Arnold B Hyde d D Farrell B Creighton M Harris 24 to 16.

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!"#$%&'()%*+(,-.(/0##1** “When I was first elected president of the ISA, I made it my mission to achieve Duke’s dream and elevate surfing to the greatest stage in sport.

That moment has finally arrived, as tomorrow the first waves will be ridden, and the Olympic dream will continue to burn stronger than ever within the competitors and fans from all around the globe.

sport. We are ready to share the healing powers, love, and community of surfing to all corners of the globe – continuing our mission to make the world a better place through surfing.”

Team Australia’s head coach Bede Durbidge said:, “It’s already a win. “I’m so happy for surfing as a sport,” he says.

Pictured: Stephanie Gilmore Photographer: Pablo Jimenez

Team Australia had solid results in round one of Olympic Surfing competition at Tsurigasaki Beach in Chiba, Japan with three of our surfers straight through to round three. Julian Wilson finished fourth in round one but just scrapped into round three with a third place in round two.

The rest of the team all posted wins. The event

represents much more than Surfing’s Olympic debut.

It is the realisation of Duke Kahanamoku’s Olympic dream that was born over a century ago.

Duke, an Olympic medallist in Swimming known as the father of modern surfing, expressed his dream to see Surfing become an Olympic sport while atop the podium

of the 1912 Stockholm Games.

After a 20+ year campaign led by ISA Pictured: Owen Wright President Fernando Photographer: Ben Reed Aguerre, in 2016 the IOC approved the inclusion of Surfing in “This is our chance to showcase the youth, love, and the Olympic Games. Duke’s high performance of surfing dream was fulfilled. to the biggest global audience “It feels surreal,” said ISA that has ever witnessed the President Fernando Aguerre.

“There’ll be a lot of eyeballs on it, and there’ll be a lot of surf when there wasn’t much expected by a lot of people.

Everything’s aligning.”

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,-.#/012/-+345*&(#6-57$& !"#$%$&'&(##)*##)*+ 8&9&:;;6&</--$%=)-&,-)+=& >-+6&%#&2-&?4/$%&>#3=#&@;@;& !#)0&A-0+))4$%&$%+6B The Rebels evade the clutches of the Bellingen Magpie defence during the team’s 22-12 win at Bellingen Park on Sunday.

By Tim Howard

After their gold medalwinning performance in the pool, Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell will be the first Australian athletes

to feature on Australia Post’s Australian Gold Medallist Stamps for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

In a stunning performance, Australia’s

4 x 100 metre Freestyle Relay team set a World Record time of 3:29.69, beating Canada and the USA to earn Australia its third consecutive gold medal in the event.

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A group of thirteen of our younger members contested the Qld. Pool Rescue Titles at Southport over the last weekend. In the Eleven Year Myla Taylor won Gold in the 100m Obstacle and in the 50m Brick Carry. She was joined by Charlie Mills to take the Gold

in the 100m Tow with Fins.

Alexis Barnett won Bronze in the 15 yr Manikin Tow, Phoenix Preston was 4th in the 12 yr. Brick Carry and 14 yr. Team 5th in the Obstacle Relay.

The Australian Pool Rescue also at Southport has now been

put back to 29th – 31st October.

The N.S.W. Country 50th re-union was postponed and now slated for October 9th at South West Rocks.

The Cudgen Coldies have resumed under strict COVID conditions. Only a small group last Sunday with Mikalea Dew winning with 10 seconds off nominated time from Katrina Miller 31 and Charlie Buchanan 32. Their 40th year re-union also postponed to possibly September.

The Australian S.L.S. Titles next season head to Perth and then to Qld. for the next eight years as part of a deal with the Qld. Government. The Titles which attract 7,000 competitors will be shared between the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast venues.

What a difference a week makes in Group 2 Rugby League.

That’s the feeling in the Grafton Ghosts camp after a 35m drop goal consigned them to a shock 17-16 defeat at Woolgoolga Sportsground on Sunday.

Just seven days earlier the Ghosts had been celebrating skipper Todd Cameron’s intercept try which snatched a win against Macksville on the bell.

This time it was the Sea Horse’s Trent Robinson who was the hero, nailing a booming drop goal to snatch the competition points with 10 seconds left on the clock.

It was the exclamation mark on a brilliant recovery from the home team, down 16-4 against the competition front runners.

They held the Ghosts scoreless in the second half and piled on 12 points of their own to draw.

A draw against the last-placed Sea Horses would have been enough to take the Ghosts to the outright competition lead as Macksville beat the other competition leader on points difference, the Coffs Harbour Comets It makes for a fascinating round 15 on Sunday with the top three teams, the Ghosts, Comets and Sea Eagles, each hosting the bottom three on the ladder; the Magpies, Rebels and Sea Horses.

There are just three wins separating first

from last so any stumble late in the season could prove costly.

The Ghosts, with at least one key play, prop forward Adam Slater out for the season and their reserve grade team forfeiting again on Sunday plus no under18s this season have been forced to shuffle the deck in recent weeks.

On Sunday the challenge comes from across the river and a Rebels team determined to be a force come semi-finals time.

The return of skilful back rower Grant Brown and the inspirational form of Grant Stevens has given the talented South Grafton pack a discipline rivals have found hard to counter in the second half of the season.

Last time the two

teams met the Rebels got on top in the forwards at McKittrick Park and the Ghosts couldn’t find an answer.

The South Grafton Rebels 22-12 away win at Bellingen will give them the confidence boost they need for Sunday’s game.

The Rebels enjoyed the support from a vocal band of supporters who kept up a lively banter at Bellingen and can count on even more ready to cross the river on Sunday.

Once again the Rebels pack got on top of their opponents and the backs finished it off by piling on the points.

The reserve grade went down in a close game 24-22, the ladies league tag lost 28-0 and the Under-18s beat Sawtell 22-12.

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By Tonia Dynan NOT many people can complete nor compete in a triathlon, but Paralympic gold medalist Katie Kelly OAM can do it with her eyes shut.

Well almost.

The former Casino girl is legally blind and competes alongside her guide Briarna Silk in the paratriathlon (visionimpaired class).

Katie had the honour of winning Australia’s first gold medal for paratriathlon at the Rio Paralympics where the sport made its debut.

And now she’s hoping to bring home another gold medal from Tokyo.

The paratriathlon includes a 750m swim tethered to a guide, a 20km ride on a tandem bike and a 5km run tethered to a guide.

Katie now lives at Palm Beach but was recently back in the region for Beef Week and still has friends and family in Casino cheering her on.

“It’s a beautiful place, just such a beautiful community,” Katie said.

“There’s such a strong sense of family and friends. I remember playing three sports

Katie Kelly with her guide Briarna Silk competing recently in Port Douglas, photo credit Geoffrey McLean

it’s hard to imagine that one day you might go to the Paralympics, so I hope that I can inspire some of the kids there.

“I really appreciate all the support I get from the

“There’s a lot of training around just how we work together and our communication,” Katie said.

“Bri is guiding me through that race. For her she’s not only

for her and I have nothing but admiration for her. There’s the coach, Bri and I – it’s very much a team effort.”

Katie was born with profound hearing loss, diagnosed at the

and director of Sport Access Foundation, providing grants for Australian children living with a disability. Katie is also on the Board of Deaf Sports Australia and is an Ambassador for the

Katie Kelly with her guide Briarna Silk competing recently in Port Douglas, photo credit Geoffrey McLean

on a Saturday and helping out with others during the week. I was part of the Casino Amateur Swimming Club.

“For kids growing up in a small country town like Casino

community and hopefully I can come back with something shiny to keep inspiring the kids.”

Katie said competing with her guide made the paratriathlon very much a team sport.

trying to get us into the best position, she’s thinking about where I’m at, the calls she needs to make, so it’s pretty hectic out there.

“It’s a huge commitment

age of five years, and then at 22 years of age was confirmed as having Usher Syndrome, resulting in hearing and eye-sight loss.

Katie is also the founder

Royal Deaf Blind Institute for Children and Usher Kids Australia.

The paratriathlon will be held in Tokyo on Saturday, August 28.

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Katie Kelly, Photo credit Chris Chen

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