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August 26, 2021

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Thousands break NSW lockdown for Tweed rally

by Margaret Dekker

AN estimated five hundred people gathered on the New South Wales-Queensland border at Boundary Street last Sunday to protest the tightest ever entry requirements into the Sunshine State and what protesters argue is loss of civic rights.

Chanting “freedom, freedom” during the tense midday rally and, “take no more, take no more,” protestors from both sides of the border took turns declaring dismay and anger.

One protestor asked, “where are the leaders in our country, hey? They’re all on holidays, they’re not even in parliament! And they call this unlawful!”

“They want us to get vaccinated in order to be able to see our children and grandchildren, to go into a hospital, to go anywhere in Queensland!” another exclaimed.

Carol, who did not want to give her last name told The Northern Rivers Times, “I think it’s about time that the tyranny within the governments around Australia stops .. in my belief all this is going to do is bring down the economy, there’ll be no jobs, it’s hurting people with anxiety, it’s just not right, it’s not Australian, it’s not what our forefathers fought for, it’s wrong.”

“I don’t think anyone has given any foresight to anything.”

Tracy travelled from Bangalow to stand up not

only for her son’s rights

my dad’s passed away, I’ve

but for the rights of all

just got my brother and his

Australians to have freedom.

wife and if I can’t get to them

“I lost my mum last year,

in Queensland then I have

nothing,” she said.

“It is quite shocking to see the politicians have just left us to fend for ourselves,” protestor Ingalisa told The Northern Rivers Times.

“They’ve been employed to stand up for us and in actual fact they’re doing the exact complete opposite, and it seems like the government is just making their own rules up as they go, it seems like we’re just powerless, we’ve just got to put up with the rules they’re making and it’s unfair and we as Australians have to fight and unite and say enough is enough,” she said.

Queensland Deputy Premier, Stephen Miles

slammed the border protests as “shameful and reckless” “I’ve been to a lot of protests, I’ve organised a lot of protests, I love a good protest, but now is not the time for protests, particularly on the border,” Qld Deputy Premier, Stephen Miles, said.

“They’re very unQueensland like,” he added.

“We have gotten through this because Queenslanders do the right thing. We’ve kept each other safe,” Mr Miles said.

“Frankly I’m pretty disgusted,” he added.

NSW Police issued more than 50 fines and arrested nine people from the protest.

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still working with BP management for more A TRUCK driver travelling information,” Ms Weir told north through the Northern local media.

Rivers region has tested “My understanding is (the positive to Covid-19, after truck driver) headed out of having stopped at the Ballina the region.”

BP Travel Centre at 41 Ms Weir was unable to Bruxner Highway, West confirm if it was the same Ballina. truck driver who had stopped Acting chief executive for at the BP at Nambucca Heads the Northern NSW Local on Thursday, August 19 Health District, Lynne Weir between 2pm and 2.15pm, said the man stopped at the where a positive case was centre between 8am and also found.

8.30am on Friday, August 20.

Anyone who attended “Public health is the BP Travel Centre at 41

Bruxner Highway, West Ballina on Friday 20 August from 8am to 8.30am is a casual contact and must immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received.

“As the current situation evolves, we strongly encourage people to present for testing at the first sign of a respiratory or cold-like illness, such as a runny nose, sore throat, cough, fever or headache,” Ms Weir said.

Testing clinics open in the Ballina area include:

• Ballina 4Cyte Pathology Ballina Drive-through Clinic, 319 River Street, Ballina; • Ballina Respiratory Clinic, 92 Tamar Street, Shop 12, Tamar Shopping Village, Ballina; • Alstonville Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, 106 Main Street, Shop 2, Alstonville; • Southern Cross University Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology Drive-through Clinic, Military Road, Southern Cross University,

East Lismore; • Lismore Base Hospital, Uralba Street, Lismore; and • Lismore Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, 62 Wyrallah Road, Shop 12, Wyrallah Road Shopping Centre.

Once you have been tested, go straight home and selfisolate until you receive a negative result.

There are more than 450 COVID-19 testing locations across NSW, many of which are open seven days a week.

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August 26, 2021

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Rous relocates operations to Ballina site

By Tonia Dynan

BALLINA’S Thursday Plantation site will be the new permanent home of Rous County Council.

Council chair Cr Keith Williams confirmed the move last week but assured the community there wouldn’t be any job losses with the shift.

Rous has purchased the Gallans Road property for an undisclosed price and the decision to move to Ballina was made in July.

“This has been a couple of years, trying to find a site,” Cr Williams said. “(The purchase) is one of the primary drivers of this is that we currently rent the building in Molesworth Street in Lismore and we’ll be looking to make substantial savings over time from owning our own site.

“It’s such a great outcome that we’ve been able to now bring this site into public ownership. It really is something that’s been a long-term part of Ballina as the Thursday Plantation.

“It’s a beautiful area, beautifully landscaped and I’m really proud that that’s now going to be a public feature and that people will be able to use that, we haven’t lost it.”

Cr Williams said there was a real concern in the community that the Thursday Plantation site would be lost after the company shutdown.

He said it had been hard to keep the news of the new site under wraps for the last month, especially when there were complaints about the council moving out of Lismore.

“It’s a fantastic purposebuilt visitor information centre, plus offices, plus workshops, plus it’s already got food-grade laboratories and it’s big enough to house all of Rous without us having

to build any more buildings,” he said.

Cr Williams said the property could “house” 70 workers, but he couldn’t confirm if all the workers would be at the new Ballina site.

“We haven’t made those decisions,” he said.

“That’s why we’ve got such a long time, we’ve got to consult with unions and with the workforce over that.

“There are certainly some things that we might want to leave, some depot sites that we might want to retain to keep particular equipment there, but we’ve still got to sort that out.

“We expect the overwhelming majority of the

staff to be based at that site.”

Cr Williams said there could be potential relocation of some people’s jobs from Lismore, but Rous workers came from all across the region and the new site was well located for all the Northern Rivers.

“We understand that there’s that difficulty in change and relocation, that’s why we want to do it slowly,” he said.

“We think the location of the site makes sense given the services we provide.”

In late July, Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan and State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin united to condemn Rous’ plans to move local jobs out of Lismore.

“These people will now not

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“They will not buy coffee, lunch, go to the pharmacy, or buy clothes. Janelle and I are on different sides of the political fence, we did this together because of how strongly we both feel about this.”

State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin said Rous County Council had a regulatory responsibility as the flood mitigation authority and Lismore was the most flood-affected city across this whole region.

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good idea. Local businesses in Lismore’s CBD will clearly suffer,” Ms Saffin said.

Cr Williams said he understood why both politicians had expressed their concerns.

“I understand why politicians that represent the Lismore area and not Ballina would express concern about this,” he said.

“But I think for Rous, the ability to bring all of staff to one site and to be able to operate one organisation, we can certainly see the benefits of that.

“The more efficient and the more effective that Rous is in doing its job, it’s better for the whole community.”

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August 26, 2021

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Prime minister, Governor General called on to move border checkpoint from Tweed to Ballina

By Margaret Dekker THE Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Governor General David Hurley have been called on to help the Tweed as the region deals with the ‘catastrophic fall out’ created by Queensland’s hard border.

Speaking exclusively to The Northern Rivers Times, Tweed Mayor Chris Cherry said she met Governor General David Hurley and Mrs Linda Hurley in an online meeting on Friday night where the dire plight of the Tweed was discussed. Mayor Cherry said the Governor General was receptive to the idea of relocating the current checkpoint from Tweed Heads to Ballina, allowing thousands of border workers, patients, students and caregivers to resume their normal activity.

“I showed him the proposal we’ve put to both premiers, to move the checkpoint further south to around Ballina. He did seem to see the point, he said he would talk to the Cross Border Commissioner James McTavish about it, it was positive,” Cr Chris Cherry said.

“It’s not just workers, it’s all the supply lines for construction, food supplies and the like, it’s such a desperate situation, I feel like our community is going in to despair,” Cr Cherry added.

Window closing Federal Labor Member for Richmond Justine Elliot says the window is closing on the Queensland Government’s willingness to move the checkpoint south, as Covid-19 case numbers surge in Sydney and creep potentially closer to Queensland.

Acknowledging “it’s really really bad where we’re at in

The Federal Government says ADF personnel “have got better things for them to be doing.”

the Tweed” with cross-border workers and the sick, elderly and families stranded, and millions of dollars of industry halted, Ms Elliot said the only way forward is to relocate the NSW checkpoint south of Ballina, allowing Ballina, Byron and Tweed residents to again operate within a ‘bubble’ north of Ballina and into Queensland.

“There is no other solution,” Justine Elliot told The Northern Rivers Times.

Ms Elliot has petitioned the New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian but to date the NSW government has rejected the checkpoint shift, “When you start dividing up NSW, you’ll cause more problems than actually solving problems.” Deputy Premier John Barilaro has said.

A precedent was set in Canberra earlier this year when the ACT government positioned a checkpoint to include Queanbeyan in NSW, 16 kilometres away.

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Justine Elliot’s petition to Premier Gladys Berejiklian to “urgently take up the offer from the QLD Government to establish a border zone on the NSW North Coast NOW” had received more than 17-thousand signatures.

checkpoint further south, we can get back to that access up and down the border area,” Ms Elliot said.

In a rare show of bipartisan support, Federal Defence Minister Peter Dutton also supports moving the

The border checkpoint at Tweed Heads has quietened

“It is an absolute catastrophe for the region, it is urgent she does it.” Justine Elliot said.

Ms Elliot says it’s time Prime Minister Scott Morrison intervenes.

“I’d like Scott Morrison to help Gladys Berejiklian to help us, pick up the phone to her and ask her to allow this. As soon as we get the

checkpoint south, imploring the NSW premier to do so, “It’s a really bad situation playing out, I hope that the New South Wales premier can see fit to move that border a bit further south, we’ve got thousands of movements of cars a day, people who can’t get to work at the Gold Coast Hospital, people who need

treatment in the Gold Coast Hospital, and if you’re coming up from the Tweed you’ve just got all of this checkpoint drama which is not necessary if it was moved a little further south and most of these people have a lot closer connection to the Gold Coast than they do Sydney and that’s where they spend their lives each day coming back and forth across that border,” Peter Dutton told Channel Nine.

“The premier of Queensland has agreed to that and that’s a great thing and hopefully New South Wales can see fit,” he added.

The Defence Minister said 100 Australian Defence Force personnel brought in this week to man the checkpoint could be a waste of resources.

“We’ve got ADF personnel going there to check cars and we’ve got better things for them to be doing than that and you reduce a lot of the workload if you just moved the border further south and create that bubble like they’ve done with Queanbeyan,” (on the NSW/ACT border) Peter Dutton said.

Tweed MP questions Ballina option But Nationals state member for Tweed Geoff Provest said the only option currently before the Queensland Government is the one moving the checkpoint south to Barneys Point Bridge at the Tweed River, splitting the Tweed Shire in two.

“They, the Queensland Government, are only interested in taking the checkpoint to the Tweed River, as far as the Ballina option goes there is no interest whatsoever, absolutely zero,” Geoff Provest told The Northern Rivers Times.

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LOCAL POLICE BEAT Police distrupt lockdown protests POLICE have arrested 47 people and issued more than 260 Penalty Infringement Notices in a swift and coordinated response to disrupt protest activity in the Sydney CBD and across regional NSW. On Saturday 21 August, a highvisibility policing operation was launched across Sydney and regional NSW, to prevent, disrupt and respond to any planned mass gathering or protest activity.

More than 1500 police were involved in the operation.

During the state-wide operation, 47 people were arrested and are currently in the process of being charged.

Police issued 261 Penalty Infringement Notices for breaches of the public health orders.

Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott said he was disappointed that some people still ignored all warnings to stay at home and keep their loved ones safe.

“We saw the community backlash after the last protest and that was a genuine reflection of how they saw the actions of a small minority,” Mr Elliott said.

“That small minority has again chosen to blatantly ignore the very clear, repeated warnings of NSW Police, which is disappointing, frustrating and – frankly – disgraceful.

“The actions they have taken are likely to prolong the very lockdown they were protesting about.

“I thank every police officer involved in today’s operation for doing their duty to keep safe the vast majority of the population who are doing the right thing by observing the public health orders and working towards a positive outcome,” Mr Elliott said.

“A small number of people who once again deliberately endangered the health and safety of others in the community by attempting to protest near Ultimo were quickly dispersed by police”, Deputy Commissioner Lanyon said.

“During the state-wide operation, nearly 50 people were arrested and as investigations continue, we expect to identify more people through CCTV and social media footage.

“I want to acknowledge the community who have had their own lives disrupted in some way today due to these unauthorised protests, we thank you for ongoing support.

“I also wish to thank the 1500 police officers who were deployed across the state for their professional response during today’s activities,” Deputy Commissioner Lanyon said.

Police continue to appeal to the

Border crossing attempt results in cannabis bust community to report suspected breaches of any public health order or behaviour which may impact on the health and safety of the community by contacting Crime Stoppers: on 1800 333 000 or via https://nsw. crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence.

The public is reminded not to report crime via NSW Police social media pages.

Reappeal for dashcam vision after fatal crash near Grafton INVESTIGATORS from the Crash Investigation Unit are reappealing for dashcam vision after a man died when a roll of wire struck his vehicle near Grafton earlier this month.

About 6pm on Friday 6 August, emergency services were called to Swan Creek, near Grafton, following reports a Mazda Bravo had been damaged while travelling on Big River Way. The Mazda driver, a 35-year-old man from Ulmarra, was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics and later airlifted to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition.

The man later died in hospital about 9am on Sunday 8 August.

As part of ongoing inquiries, investigators are seeking dashcam footage from vehicles travelling on the Big River Way between Tyndale and Grafton between 5.30pm and 6.15pm on Friday 6 August, and vehicles travelling on Bent Street at South Grafton between 6 and 6.10pm the same day.

Anyone with information about this incident is 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 crime via NSW Police social media pages.

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.

A MAN has appeared in court after he allegedly attempted to cross into Queensland from NSW with 145kgs of cannabis in his vehicle.

About 8.50pm on Thursday 19 August, officers from Tweed/Byron Police District were called to a border checkpoint on Griffith Street, Coolangatta, by Queensland Police Service, following concerns regarding a man that was attempting to cross the border for a second time that day.

The 48-year-old man – who was driving a Mercedes Sprinter van – told police he was transporting goods and had travelled from South Australia but could not provide a valid permit.

Subsequent inquiries revealed the man was from Greater Sydney. He was arrested and taken to Tweed Heads District Hospital for COVID testing.

The vehicle was seized and taken to

Tweed Heads Police Station.

During a search of the vehicle, police located 145kgs of cannabis in vacuum sealed bags that was concealed inside two large hot water systems and a toolbox.

The cannabis has an estimated potential street value of $1.2million.

Police also seized two mobiles phones, a knife, and other documentation. All items will undergo further testing.

After receiving a negative result, the man was taken to Tweed Heads Police Station and charged with supply prohibited drug (large commercial quantity), custody of knife in public place, not comply with noticed direction re s 7/8/9 – COVID-19, travel from metropolitan Sydney to NSW outside area.

He was refused bail to appear before Tweed Heads Local Court.

More than 50 PINS issued in Tweed protest NSW Police have arrested eight people and issued more than 50 Penalty Infringement Notices following protest activity in Tweed Heads.

On Sunday 22 August, a high-visibility police operation was launched by officers from Tweed/ Byron and Richmond Police Districts to prevent, disrupt and respond to any planned mass gathering or protest activity.

During the operation, protestors crossed the border between Queensland at Coolangatta and NSW at Tweed Heads.

Eight people were arrested and taken to Tweed Heads Police Station, where charges are expected to be laid.

Officers also issued 54 Penalty Infringement Notices for breaches of the public health orders.

Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott said he is incredibly disappointed in the selfish actions of hundreds of people this afternoon around the NSW-Queensland border.

“Communities, across New South Wales are sick and tired of the abhorrent actions of the minority. We have seen this sort of behaviour result in further lockdowns; the very thing these individuals are protesting against,” Mr Elliott said.

“This is such a critical time for communities to adhere to the health orders and to limit movement. Actions like what we have seen this afternoon pose a significant risk to the community,” he said.

Tweed/Byron Police District Commander, Superintendent David

Roptell, said officers responded swiftly to disrupt the activities of protestors in the area.

“NSW Police are taking the threat of unauthorised protest activity extremely seriously and will not hesitate in the enforcement of the Public Health Orders,” Supt Roptell said.

“It is disappointing that people in our community continue to put others’ lives in danger by attending mass gatherings in the current climate.

“It is in the best interest of the health and safety of everyone across the state and around Australia, to comply with the Public Health Orders, so we may see the end of lockdown.

“Further inquiries will be made to identify those who were in attendance at today’s protest and appropriate action will be taken.”

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Border residents in limbo, as thousands locked-out of Queensland

By Margaret Dekker NORTHERN New South Wales is in a lockdown more critical than before as an unprecedented Queensland lockout grips, with livelihoods, education and caregiving broadly affected.

From Saturday, August 23, only essential, vaccinated workers can enter Queensland, displacing countless NSW trades, hospital, cleaning, correctional, educational and other staff who rely on entry to Queensland to work, plus business owners and their workers who’ve also been turned away at the border in the past 10-days.

Myriad patients, elderly, school kids and cross-border custody arrangements are also reportedly impacted, south or north of the border, after Queensland moved quickly to protect its border and Queenslanders from the advancing threat of Covid-19 with Greater Sydney case numbers hitting a record 825.

Community Facebook pages across the Tweed and Northern Rivers – Kingscliff Happenings (Coodjingburra), TugunBilinga-Coolangatta-Tweed Residents, Boganguardians (Bogangar/Cabarita Beach,) Pottsville Community News – have endless comments of despair and fear.

The Northern Regions Master Builders Association estimates half a billion dollars’ worth of projects is up in the air alone.

Tradies have rallied, car seats, trade tools and other essentials are being handed over the airspace that is the border as NSW students are

doing Queensland schooling online. In reverse, Queensland workers are reportedly setting up camp in the Northern Rivers to keep working in NSW. Supply issues are another concern, notably in food and construction industries; Charities like Fred’s Place in Tweed Heads are already reporting food supply problems for the homeless.

Terranora pilot Gary Biggs (pictured) owns aviation and ten-pin bowling businesses in Queensland. He told The Northern Rivers Times those businesses and his niche skills set aren’t deemed essential under Queensland’s strict ‘essential worker’ criteria.

“When we attended the border we were stopped and told that that wasn’t a legitimate excuse under the current orders and I showed my documents and said the business was suffering .. I told the police officer this was madness, then we were moved into the naughty lane,” Gary Biggs said.

“It was very confronting, I felt dirty all day and I lost sleep over it, “I think Queensland versus New South Wales should be something that’s reserved for the State of Origin, we’re all Australians, we’re supposed to all be in this together,” Gary said.

CELEBRITY TWEED DEVELOPMENT, NIGHTCAP VILLAGE, REJECTED AGAIN BY PLANNING AUTHORITIES

By Margaret Dekker THE future of Nightcap Village, a controversial rural land sharing community at Kunghur near Uki in the Tweed hinterland, looks all but over after a state planning authority rejected an eleventh hour bid by proponents – including former celebrity chef Pete Evans – to keep plans for the $39 million development alive.

Northern Regional Planning Panel voted last week to reject the proponent’s application, referred up by Tweed Shire Council in July.

Regional Panel Chair Paul Mitchell said the proposal was not permissible under State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) because it did not satisfy the provisions of Schedule 5 of the Rural Land Sharing SEPP including development density, water and waste management,

A state planning authority has also rejected the Nightcap Village project, promoted by Pete Evans bushfire management, legal and environmental factors.

A report submitted to the Panel last month by Tweed Shire Council recommended the project be refused on grounds including aboriginal cultural heritage issues, wildlife corridors, impacts on

flora and rural land, not being in the public’s interest and insufficient information on the application.

“The report clearly highlights that this development is actually so far out of the ballpark that it shouldn’t even have been on

the table.” Cr. Katie Milne said at the time.

Nightcap Village sought to become a dedicated community of 392 dwellings in eleven communities subdivided from 1584 hectares of bush and grassland on Kyogle Road,

Mount Burrell, bordering Nightcap National Park.

In a promotional video, proponents including Pete Evans described Nightcap Village as “a paradigm changing investment for people who are looking into a development that is truly unique in nature, one of a kind, and certainly never been done in this country before,” the video stated.

It’s unlikely this development will ever be done in Tweed Shire Council after earlier this month Council voted unanimously to prohibit Rural Land Share Communities in the shire by as soon as 2022.

“It is apparent their objectives are no longer being genuinely pursued and delivered, but have become more akin to a misapplication of their intended purpose ..” the staff report stated.

Pete Evans could not be reached for comment.

Ballina airport carpark upgrade underway AN additional 100 carparking spaces will be provided at the Ballina Byron Gateway Airport as part of a significant carpark upgrade project.

The Airport Boulevard project has included realignment of Southern Cross Drive, which will now enable more carparking spaces to be constructed at the airport.

Work is now underway, with crews now establishing

the site and enacting the traffic management plan.

The airport carpark upgrade is expected to be completed in December 2021 (weather and site conditions permitting).

Council is urging the community to arrive at the airport earlier to avoid being inconvenienced by traffic delays and parking changes.

The following traffic and parking arrangements are now in place:

• The short term carpark is now closed to the public; • Public parking is temporarily located in the long term carpark; • The passenger drop-off zone has been moved to the shuttle bus parking area; • All taxis, buses and ride share vehicles need to use the area currently marked ‘Taxi Rank’ to drop off and pick up passengers.

For project information visit ballina.nsw.gov.au/

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Council knocks back revegetation work to save creek corridor

By Tonia Dynan LISMORE mayor Vanessa Ekins used her casting vote to vote against a vegetation management plan for the $5.9 million eco-home development Platypus Park at the last council meeting.

“The DA hasn’t come before us yet,” Cr Ekins said.

“Tuesday night was a suggestion that the developers wanted to put stormwater and road infrastructure in the creek corridor and council said no.

“There were a few parts of that. Three councillors said ‘yeah, let’s let them do it’, some councillors wanted to have a workshop to get more information, and the others said, ‘let’s just say no.’.”

Cr Ekins wasn’t sure if the DA for the 92-lot Goonellabah development would come before the next council meeting, as councillors had asked for it to go back to the planning committee first.

“But that’s not the only issue there that we’re concerned about,” she said.

“One of the main issues is they wanted to sell the development under community title, which means basically that it would be up to those owners to install their own water and sewage supplies.

“There’s a lot of questions about how able people would be to do that and whether the burden would fall on council.”

The revegetation work would have been conducted on 9200m2 of councilowned land adjoining the proposed 92-lot Ballina Road subdivision, which would’ve been the required offset to compensate for loss of vegetation and land uses in the proposed 13.5-hectare subdivision.

Developer John McMahon said the aim of the vegetation management plan was to enhance the Tucki Tucki Creek and surrounds and to protect the wildlife corridor, hopefully “bring back” the platypus and protect other wildlife in the area.

“The area that we wanted to do some offset work is an absolute jungle – camphor laurel, lantana, everything you can think of, and we were going to go in there and improve it,” Mr McMahon said.

“I don’t why the council wouldn’t agree for those works to be done. Technically,

we really don’t even have to do it (the offset).

“We only had to have about 2700 square metres, which is a bit over half an acre, we were actually going to do about 9000 square metres and improve the whole area.

“This has forced us to look at other areas for the offset and we’ve been able to come to an agreement with some people very close to the site.”

Mr McMahon said they would still be doing their part along the creek adjacent to the subdivision, but the councilowner land would remain untouched.

“Maybe the council might get to it eventually, but this wasn’t going to cost them a cent,” he said.

Mr McMahon believed some councillors had misjudged the infrastructure work proposed.

“There’s no road going through a rainforest,” he said.

“There’s a section where we are building a road, which is permissible in the NDRRA (Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangement) guidelines, and they’ve supported all we’ve done.”

Shaen Springall, from Tucki Tucki Creek Landcare, said they planned to plant more than 100 local species as part of the revegetation.

“For a minor impingement of a road into a riparian zone, the developers were prepared to pay to regenerate a major section of neglected and degraded council-owner riparian zone,” Mr Springall said.

“They were prepared to provide infrastructure in the form of walkways along the creek to link up with the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly

Gully walk and build two platypus viewing platforms to make the walkway that extended from Kadina Street to the Regatta Estate all at their cost.

“They were prepared to donate substantial funds to the Goonellabah Tucki Tucki Landcare group to undertake the regeneration work, which would have seen the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly Gully undergo substantial improvement.

“Sometimes you have got to go with what offers the greater good for the environment and our community, because now you have nothing and a property developer who can now choose to place his offsets anywhere in the LGA with no benefit whatsoever to Tucki Tucki Creek or the local community.”

The Landcare group said it would take a couple of years for them to work their way up to that section of the corridor.

Cr Ekins said there was still room for Landcare to receive some funds to do the restoration work on the council-owner parcel of land.

“The council-owned land is part of the whole creek corridor and council resolved at the same meeting to acquire some land from another developer upstream,” Cr Ekins said.

“The Hidden Valley development is also required to restore the creek corridor and then they need to maintain it for five years, which will be the same requirement for Platypus Park as well.

“And then it will revert to council ownership. We have been collecting money from developers for some time for this, so that we could restore that whole corridor, and maybe put pathways through, so that it becomes a real community asset.”

Cr Ekins said local Landcare groups also got

funding from council each year and council would be happy to help them with a grant application to undertake the work on the councilowned land as well.

“There’s no reason that they can’t still be paid by the developer to do the required works and also get funding to do the whole area at once, which would make sense,” she said.

“We expect there will be a good outcome either way.

“I think they (the developer) needs to re-examine their yield and while we do need houses, I don’t think there’s any reason for us to rush and cram houses into small spaces because people need to live there once those houses are built for a very, very long time.

“And we want good quality houses that are livable and affordable, and that design exists and can happen, and we just want to do it right.”

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25 jobs on the line with timber mill DA

By Tim Howard A TIMBER milling business which has grown a national footprint has revealed plans for expansion which could create 25 new jobs at its mill near Grafton.

The Big River Timber Group, has lodged a development application with Clarence Valley Council for a giant shed at its Junction Hill plant.

The 42m by 24.5m shed with a 36.6m by 15.5m awning would replace a similar sized building destroyed in a fire in 2014 and also reinstate some of its previous operations.

Ironically the company has decided to close its Forest Hill mill near Wagga, after fires devastated timber plantations supplying the mill to move to Grafton.

Although a mill has operated at the site for more

than century, one of the key issues facing the development was increased noise and air pollution affecting residents of Junction Hill, which has an expanding residential footprint.

Residents have made submissions concerned with noise from the mill, occasional fumes, noise and log unloading in early hours of the morning (1am).

They were also concerned that the situation could worsen with potential increased noise from upgrading the site with the $10M grant, and that existing pine trees that screen the site are no longer effective.

The staff report acknowledged noise issues with a noise assessment report revealing current operations exceed the council project noise limit by 16 decibels.

But the report also concludes the proposed shed would reduce the noise considerably

as it would house the lathe, external chipper and outdoor sawing operation.

Staff believe with restrictions the mill could mitigate noise impacts to meet industry standards and restrict operating hours.

Council recommended shed construction be limited to between 7am and 6pm Monday to Saturday.

Once built the it would operate 24 hours a day as do operations in other sheds on the site.

A Noise Management Plan prepared by a suitably qualified acoustic consultant could confirm this would not create excess noise pollution for neighbours.

The company’s managing director and CEO Jim Bindon made a deputation to the council.

Mr Bindon wanted to make it clear the project was part

of federally funded Bushfire Recovery project to close its Wagga site and enlarge the Grafton site, because of the availability of plantation pine.

“This DA is intimately linked to our funding deed with the government with respect to the bushfire grant,” he said.

“The timing of the payments are critical. We have to pay $3 million of redundancies to our Wagga staff within the next two months.

“Our next milestone payment has been held up by the timing of this DA.” Mr Bindon said Big River lodged the DA in February and provided more information in May. “Obviously we’ve now missed the milestone date with the government for that $3 million payment.”

He said approval of the DA now would relegate missing the milestone to a minor glitch

in the plan.

Councillors of all political persuasions were supportive.

Cr Richie Williamson, who was mayor when the 2014 caused Big River to downsize its operation, said it was terrific news that the company was again growing in the region.

“Every job is like gold at the moment,” he said. “The council is doing what it can help a great local company thrive and grow in the Clarence Valley.”

Greens councillor Greg Clancy also had a good word to say for the company.

“When I first came to the Clarence Valley Big River Timber was veneering rain forest timber,” he said.

“Now they’re doing pine plantation timber and I’m glad to see they’ve progressed to plantation eucalypts.”

The committee recommended approval unanimously.

LIBRARY EXPANDS ONLINE CONTENT DURING LOCKDOWN THE Richmond Upper Clarence Regional Library continues to go from strength to strength, with the completion of newly renovated Evans Head Library capping off a stellar year in 2020-2021 for the popular service.

Despite the challenges of Covid-19, which included forced branch closures in early 2020 and the introduction of pandemic safety measures including a limit on concurrent visitor numbers, the library continued to grow its membership into the 20202021 financial year.

The library’s latest annual report has revealed 793 new members joined during the year, with a total of 16,338 members.

The service also ran 818

programs, including 169 children and youth events, and 649 successful adult programs including Tech Savvy for Seniors, Create, Make, Share craft programs, adult colouringin, book clubs, book launches and author visits both to library branches and online.

There was also continue success with the innovative seed library service, with 4185 seed loans encouraging the growth of plenty of neighbourhood vegetable gardens.

Other highlights included successful grant applications for the Casino Community Courtyard, and solar panels for the mobile library, via the NSW Government’s Public Library Infrastructure Grants program.

These fully funded projects will

get underway in the coming months.

Manager regional library Gary Ellem said the highlight of the year was the Evans Head Library renovation, which was largely completed during the 2020-2021 financial year and opened to visitors at the start of this month.

“The renovation both inside and out has transformed the Evans Head Library into a modern and inviting place, with new furniture, furnishings, and amenities – and plenty of space,” Mr Ellem said.

“It’s unfortunate that we have had to close so soon after opening, and we can’t wait to welcome visitors back once the stay-at-home restrictions are lifted.”

The $880,000 renovation was

funded via a $400,000 Public Library Infrastructure Grant from the NSW Government, and $480,000 from Richmond Valley Council’s 2020-2021 capital works budget.

Mr Ellem said the variety of online services offered by the library were especially crucial now the community was in lockdown.

“Our members have access to the RURCL app which allows them to borrow eBooks, magazines, and audio books and other resources, as well as access to the popular BorrowBox and Beamafilm apps,” he said.

“We’re currently ramping up our content buying for online services and starting to look at licensing content for simultaneous usage, which will

allow popular e-books to be borrowed by multiple members at once.

“Our staff are passionate about what they do and dedicated to delivering a great service, whether it’s in person or online, and I think that shows in how the community embraced the Library during the first long lockdown in early 2020.”

Other highlights of the year include the Justice of the Peace Service, used 602 times, a total of 39,450 information and customer service requests, and 8714 internet bookings and 6946 Wi-Fi connections.

If you would like to know more about Library services available online, please call 6660 0250 or email enquiries@ richmondvalley.nsw.gov.au.

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Why does State MP Sam Farraday want the State and Federal governments to launch an “independent study” into the Dunoon Dam issue?

Haven’t we already seen—and paid for —enough investigation of the solutions to the challenge that a changing climate and growing population will put on the Northern Rivers water supply? What will another study possibly reveal, that has not already been considered, at length?

As Farraday, who serves the electorate of Bathurst, was given the portfolio for Water and Infrastructure just six weeks ago, it seems unlikely that he is truly up to speed with the best strategies for ensuring the water supply in our area.

Instead, I suspect his intervention is motivated by a political juggling act that has little to do with our local water needs, and everything to do with rewarding the interests— ‘infrastructure’—that put him in office!

But unlike most politicians, who pander

to every whim of a fickle public just to stay in office, Rous Water councillors do not care if their decisions are popular—they care that their decisions are the right ones, and backed up by the most up-to-date research available. Just as state health authorities do not pay much attention to loud protests over maskwearing, Rous Water does not use signatures gathered on shopping mall petitions to guide their decisions.

Rous councillors are focussed on one job: WATER. They are committed to delivering the most cost-efficient and secure long-term water supply for the Northern Rivers that is possible, and have spent the last two years exploring just that—relying not just on their own considerable expertise in this area, but on the advice of multiple experts in the field.

When will our elected officials stop playing partisan politics, and start paying attention to the science, and to the environmental and cultural values inherent in the site once proposed for a second dam? After extensive consideration, Rous Water has decided upon the best way to safeguard our water supplies for the future: their current Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy outlines how to do this, and why.

Rous knows what to do, so please-- let them get on with the job!

Margaret Louise Lismore

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Water woes The Nationals continue to self-destruct, they no longer represent modern Australian agriculture.

Upon wresting the leadership, the first thing Barnaby Joyce promoted was coal mines. They will never, ever be trustworthy.

‘Sports rorts’ McKenzie’s return to cabinet is another national disgrace, her incompetence is mind boggling. She, along with several other disloyal Nationals, tried to destroy the Murray/ Darling Basin Plan to ensure that less water would be allocated for environmental flows and for South Australia’s needs.

McKenzie even claimed that, “SA. doesn’t need that much fresh water”; how insane are these people? Thankfully, Labor and the Liberals immediately voted down this treachery.

The M/D Basin Plan is not perfect; however, it has been a monumental achievement to gain political and state agreement on a national water sharing plan that when implemented in full (hopefully) guarantees ‘adequate’ water flows for all stakeholders.

The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists found that 2tn litres of water, enough to fill Sydney Harbour four-and-a-half-times, had simply disappeared from the system since 2012. The last people we needed in this already corrupt govt was ‘sports rorts’ McKenzie and scheming Barnaby back in action.

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Over the year i have noted letters about the Dunoon Dam. Why build a dam when for the same cost you can build four desalinisation units and provide unlimited water, powered by solar and wind power? A 24/7 solution, with two units supplying water to be

This gorgeous photo was sent in by Kim Weertman. It was taken in Casino on the Richmond River near Irving Bridge ramp to the Richmond River. sold to other areas.

I have seen it in operation and even seen it in Agnes Waters where, if you didn’t know, you wouldn’t have known it was there.

I would like to thank G MacDonald for his mention of Christmas bushes, unfortunately my Christmas bushes that flowered for 30 years at Christmas (summer) until 10 years ago, now September last, haven’t read your research. Ignorant of them, I agree, I will bring this to the remaining one’s notice when I next water it.

I thought Craig Kelly from Sky News held the head senior position on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Don’t want to rock the boat with someone who talks facts now, do we?

PJ Lake Ballina

Many questions Why were the Northern Beaches shut down so quickly and yet Bondi remained open?

Why so slow off the mark compared to other countries to get a variety of vaccines?

Why can it still take hours to get the important Covid test, don’t governments realise this turns people off getting tested? Spend, train, employ more testers. You’ve had 18 months!

Every State except NSW didn’t hesitate to shut down hotspots – hard, and close borders.

Where was the urgency to get frontline nursing staff, doctors, paramedics, police teachers etc vaccinated?

Surely 18 months into the pandemic, the vast majority should be done by now.

Now the ADF is deployed, same as the

bushfires – too little too late.

Morrison and Berejiklian aren’t asleep at the wheel, they’re not in the car!

At last laws are being toughened up and the slack rules tightened, but it’s still ok to visit your holiday home? You can sun bathe at Bondi, still!

But don’t dare poke your head out elsewhere.

Yes, we have been lucky to be an island in the Southern Hemisphere with a relatively small population. We have watched other countries struggle with major Covid problems, many deaths, heaps more crook, not enough respirators, losing frontline medical staff who take years of training to replace. As a leader, wouldn’t you be taking note, talking to medical and scientific groups about how we should be preparing,

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LETTERS, FEEDBACK AND OPINION putting into place not just plans, but actual infrastructure for when Australia is invaded by the virus?

First there were cruise ships, or were they just incubators? So what was the plan? Put potential ill people into hotels, ships on land, not in remote areas, but smack in the middle of our largest populations? Maybe this was the only first short-term option, and then there were minimal efforts to get Howard Springs operational and …. nothing else. The consequence is, for the sake of a few millions, to build or modify some more regional or remote quarantine camps we now have lockdowns all over the place, costing the nation billions of dollars. Not good enough, and that is a direct, Federal responsibility!

Afghanistan – again, far too little and far too late. What, no one discussed the possibility of a collapse of resistance and the Taliban in Kabul within weeks? Oh well, just like we’re discovering with Covid, just a few more deaths.

I can only hope there is a warehouse with lots of respirators, PPE, beds and maybe ADF staff available for rapid deployment to anywhere in Australia.

Finally, why can’t the State and Federal governments work collaboratively and democratically? Why can’t adults sit down, outside political bias, and resolve to create one plan for everyone, one list of rules, one list of names that apply across our ONE nation? No confusion over when a lockdown will be applied, when a border will be closed and what isolation, quarantine, stay at home, etc mean and what penalties will be applied instantly for breaking community health rules.

This is our World War 3, treat it as such!

Richard White East Ballina

Unreliable input Current carbon dioxide levels, temperatures, and sea levels are not unprecedented.

Scientists have proven this through testing of tree rings, ice core samples, corals and stalagmites etc. The leftards are quick to yell “climate change” every time a bush fire, flood, cyclone, draught or when fading of their best Che Guevara t-shirt occurs.

Jeff Berardelli, meteorologist and climate specialist in New York City has reported recent climate models (CMIP6) are ‘running hot’, predicting catastrophic global warming, however after much concern, checking, head and lower extremity scratching, many scientists including Dr Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies found the models are likely too warm, and in fact are. They concluded much of the uncertainty probably lies in the complexity of clouds.

Information gleaned from this effort has acted as a scientific foundation for the recently released IPCC’s major assessment report. How much confidence do you have in this report now?

Once again computer models proven unreliable through input of biased information by over zealous scientists.

Vijay Jayaraj, who has a Masters in environmental sciences from University of East Anglia, has said, ”The UN climate report is nothing more then a tired ritual of fearmongering that has been repeated for decades with the complicity of mainstream media … Todays climate alarmism script, instils public fear about an unknown future state with repeated assertions that have little basis in reality. Climate scientists now use computer models that

TOONUMBAR DAM CAN PLAY A ROLE WATER Northern Rivers Alliance has proposed that Richmond Valley Council engages with the state government in exploring the use of the currently under-utilised Toonumbar Dam for Casino’s town water supply.

Toonumbar Dam, 36 km NW of Casino, holds 11GL of water.

That is three-quarters of the volume of Rocky Creek Dam. Toonumbar’s catchment of 98 km² is almost three times larger than the 38 km ² catchment of Rocky Creek Dam. It is five times larger than the catchment of the controversial Dunoon Dam proposal.

WaterNSW, in a report in 2018 (20 Year Infrastructure Options Study Rural Valleys), says: “The lack of utilisation [of Toonumbar dam] has resulted in high water levels in the dam all year round and high operational surplus due to increased frequency of spills. Water produce a wide range of scenarios and their potential impacts. The problem is these models are consistently wrong”.

Has anyone noticed the “empty vessel” letter writer’s replies never contain anything of value, (hence empty vessel), are overflowing with hyperbole, arrogance and untruths, similarities to the latest IPCC report, more likened to a political statement than a climate report?

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NSW views this as a significant underutilisation of existing assets.”

The 2020 Draft Regional Water Strategy for the Far North Coast agrees and suggests linking Toonumbar Dam to Casino via a number of connection opportunities to improve resilience of town water supplies.

Nan Nicholson of WATER Northern Rivers Alliance, says “Whilst dams are not a silver bullet and are not, on their own, a defence against drought, this option should be thoroughly investigated before a new dam is initiated. Toonumbar Dam could relatively quickly provide additional water to Casino and would add resilience and diversity to the supply. It would also help to avoid the large upfront expense, the destruction of cultural and environmental heritage and the ongoing social division if the proposed Dunoon

over-one-degree-ofsimulation/ How many of you accept a welfare or pension from this alleged, “corruption infested Federal Government”? As an effective way to protest and express your displeasure – give it back, I’m sure that will hurt them.

G MacDonald Pimlico

Abolish states We must get rid of state governments, they have outlived their usefulness. We must become one Australia and have our freedom our privacy restored

dam went ahead.

The current water sharing plan for Toonumbar does not include use for town water. This would have to be addressed and the stakeholders who are partially using the water at present would have to be consulted.

All groups involved in trying to solve the water crisis in this area agree that All Options on the Table is a good starting point.

WaterNSW recognises that “any successful strategy to improve the situation on the North Coast is likely to involve a combination of asset, financial and regulatory improvements, and as such, is working towards investigating these options” WATER Northern Rivers invites those concerned about the future of water in this region to have an open mind about all the options, and to investigate more the underutilised Toonumbar dam.

and that our diggers did not die in Europe and round the world. If you were Jewish you had to have passports and the star of David pinned to you clothes and whilst we may not be sent to our deaths, our freedoms that are our constitutional right are going to be taken away by control freaks who think you can’t carry Covid-19 if you’re vaccinated.

Problem is, those who are not vaccinated have far more to fear from vaccinated people than the other way around.

Remember, if you are fully vaccinated you only get a cold

at worst if you catch Covid, but you will be hospitalised or die if you’re unvaccinated.

Who has more to fear?

The unvaccinated, not the vaccinated. Unless the experts are telling us lies these so called vaccine passports are elitist, right-wing and discriminatory.

Controlling and senseless stupidity that is next level absurdity that is totally un-Australian and why state governments should be abolished, a move that would save us billions and make us one Australia again.

Alan Mosley Yamba

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Jumbunna director notches up 32 years in childcare

By Samantha Elley FROM untrained assistant to general manager of one of Casino’s much-loved childcare centres, Karen McDermott has come a long way.

“I applied for a job (at Jumbunna Community Preschool and Early Intervention Centre) in 1989 and there were a lot of applications,” said Karen.

“I was fortunate enough to get the job as an untrained assistant.

“Since then I’ve studied and completed a Diploma and Bachelor in Early Childhood Studies and now a Masters in Special Education.

“I also have a Diploma in Management.”

Karen said she had always wanted to work with children, even when she was a child herself.

“I think working and studying was difficult but it made it more meaningful, as I was putting into practice what I was learning,” she said.

The support Karen received from the previous director of the preschool was invaluable.

“Robyn Townsend was my mentor. She must have seen something in me,” she said.

“As director, I was her deputy for 15 years, then I took over from her eight years ago.”

Under the capable administration of both Robyn and Karen, Jumbunna has grown and become a great resource for the Casino community.

“When I first started there were five staff, now there are 49,” said Karen.

“Through our programs we get to meet the needs of the community.”

Programs such as the Reverse Integration Preschool program, where children with

and without additional needs, learn together.

“Jumbunna is an Aboriginal word for ‘talk together’ and we believe by children and adults talking and playing together, they learn and accept each other, with or without special needs,” Karen said.

“We had a little boy with severe intellectual and physical disabilities and I had him for respite care in my home for 11 years.

“I think that just having him at home where I was up at night with him and tube feeding him, gave me a greater empathy for parents with children who have disabilities and what they go through.

“We choose to go into that field but a parent with a disability doesn’t.”

With a new community building recently approved, Karen said more supports and counselling will be available for families that they currently can’t do due to lack of space.

“We are sitting on top of each other at the moment

Karen at her desk at Jumbunna, and (top) with her team. because we’ve grown,” she said.

“We have already put on three extensions in my time.”

One sad change Karen has seen over her 30 years in childcare is the increase in number of children with trauma, social problems and anxiety.

“When I first started, children had a physical or intellectual disability,” she said.

“I still see developmental delay but the number of children on the autism

spectrum has grown.

“In my personal opinion, it seems to be a combination of better diagnosis and different lifestyles that impact on people.”

Natural disasters of recent years have also had an impact on children, according to Karen.

“Bushfires, floods and a worldwide pandemic have affected our children and staff,” she said.

“Some staff were out fighting fires to save homes (in the 2019 bushfires) and

some children came from Rappville, which was fireaffected.

“We also had to close our centre at Bonalbo and evacuate because of the fires.”

There are shining moments as well and the most recent has included the nomination of Jumbunna in the national Hesta Early Childhood Awards.

“We have been nominated in the Outstanding Organisation category,” said Karen.

“The announcement will be made on September 7th. It was to be a formal night but will now be online.

“If we win we get $10,000 which will go towards training for staff.”

Karen sees herself sticking around Jumbunna for some time yet.

“I am definitely going to see this new building get built,” she laughed.

“The children and parents teach me and I think while I am still learning I will be here.”

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New fiancee Jenna Lee and fiancé Michael clearly got the message

Sealed with a diamond and a kiss Photo: Mint Photography

By Margaret Dekker LAST week’s edition of The Northern Rivers Times left us wondering ‘did she say yes?!’ after a sky-banner proposal ‘Jenna Lee will you marry me?’ was captured from below.

Following some super sleuthing this week, it turns out there’s more to the story than what met the distant eye, with the novelty proposal atop The Groyne at Kirra in fact a long way from the couple’s Cairns home.

In turns out two prior proposal attempts were foiled by snap lockdowns, spurring groom-to-be, Michael into far-flung action as he could no longer wait. Even with an unexpected thunderstorm forecast suddenly threatening to ground the plane – and derail the all-important proposal – it was third time the charm for Michael and Jenna Lee, even on Friday the 13th Turns out, it was rather a lucky date indeed for the loved up tropical pair, a clearly delighted and surprised Jenna Lee saying .. “yes”.

Capturing the moment was Sarah Garton from Mint Photography of Coolangatta, cheekily concealed in nearby bushes, all part of the lofty and most successful proposal.

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New tech to monitor Richmond River water quality NEW high-tech water quality monitoring equipment has been installed throughout the Richmond River to give information to the community in real time.

The collaborative project between Rous County Council, Southern Cross University and the NSW Department of Planning, Infrastructure and Environment has seen the development and installation of unique water quality logging systems to monitor water quality.

A series of eight sites throughout the Richmond River estuary have been established including Bungawalbyn Creek, Rocky Mouth Creek, Wardell,

Woodburn, Tuckean Swamp, and North Creek. The project builds on the existing strong relationship between Rous County Council and its partners.

“This project highlights how universities can help solve real world issues,” Professor Damien Maher, from SCU’s Faculty of Science and Engineering, said.

“Water quality in the Richmond is of critical importance for the both the community and managers like Rous County Council and DPIE.” Rous County Council natural resource officer Stuart Hood said the loggers would provide the information needed to help make informed long-term

management decisions.

“The Richmond River is a very complex system, and therefore high-quality data is critical to guide any management actions,” Mr Hood said.

“Importantly the project also provides the community with access to real time information on salinity, pH, turbidity, dissolved oxygen and more.

We are very grateful to have the local expertise at Southern Cross University capable of developing such a unique technical product.’’

The loggers were designed, built, and installed by the SCU team to ensure long-term reliability and high accuracy in

an affordable package.

The loggers measure a range of water quality parameters, with the data uploaded in real time to a publicly accessible website.

A key innovation within the loggers includes pumping water samples to a permanent location out of flood waters, allowing samples to be taken in all conditions with less risk of damage to expensive monitoring equipment.

In a true partnership, the flood mitigation team at Rous designed and installed all solar powered stations that now house the loggers in the various locations across the catchment.

“The data from these loggers

will help deliver a range of outcomes for the NSW Government Marine Estates Management Strategy,” senior scientist with NSW DPIE Dr Angus Ferguson said.

“Improved water quality in the marine environment is a cornerstone of this program, and we are aiming to use the Richmond River as a case study of what can be achieved with good science, management and community engagement.”

The project was part-funded through the NSW Government Coastal and Estuary Grants Program.

Data from the loggers can be found on the Rous County Council website.

SCU ELECTRIC KOMBI A ‘ROADS’ SCHOLAR SOUTHERN Cross University has unveiled one of Australia’s most ambitious electric vehicle prototypes – a long-range converted Volkswagen Kombi.

But it is more than an uber-cool, 1970’s retro vehicle conversion coming out of Southern Cross’s campus at Lismore.

The 18-month project, jointly funded by the NSW Government, delivers on four fronts: a retro-fitted electric vehicle with a driving range that suits regional Australia; a tangible learning resource about renewable energy that is now available for schools around the country; the project was led by a SCU graduate and included hands-on electrical and mechanical engineering experience for current students; and the new electric Kombi complements another existing Southern Cross renewable energy project – the solar-powered Sunflower that delivers remote power.

Southern Cross Vice Chancellor Professor Tyrone Carlin said the electric Kombi was now part of a narrative about a university determined to find solutions to today’s challenges.

“One of our goals was to create a Kombi with a range that was practical for regional Australia and, at 200km or even more per charge, we believe we have achieved that,” Prof Carlin said.

While contemporary electric vehicles, such as Tesla, are emerging with long-range capacity, most converted vehicles – especially those with the aerodynamics of a Kombi – have been limited to

the 80km-160km range.

“The romance and nostalgia attached to Kombis generally, but particularly in the Northern Rivers, only adds to the story of this vehicle,” Prof Carlin said.

Andy Naughton, of electric classic car conversion business EV Machina, is the SCU environmental science graduate who was commissioned to undertake the conversion, using 10 x 5.3kWh batteries to help deliver 53kWh of power to an 88kWh electric motor.

The batteries are split into two encased packs, one between the front seats and the other in the rear engine bay, with both being charged simultaneously. An elaborate battery management system controls the delivery and distribution of power.

“This particular combination of the range, the power, the idiosyncrasies of a Kombi – all

add up to make it one-of-a kind electric vehicle conversion.

And we had to learn along the way – there was no workshop manual for this one,” Mr Naughton, who won a 2018 Clean Energy Hackathon competition through the university’s Enterprise Lab, said.

The vehicle’s EV conversion features: • Motor: 88kW AC SRIPM electric motor with custom-built aluminium transmission adapter plate attached to original transmission; • Batteries: 53kWh watercooled lithium battery pack (10 x 5.3kWh batteries); • Braking: Electric pumpboosted disc brakes with additional motor braking for regenerative braking increasing efficiency; • Power steering: Speedvariable custom electric power steering system;

• Gears: 4-speed gearbox; • Dashboard connectivity: Web-connected display with android operating system and OBD connection to motor and battery information; reverse camera; • Cruising speed: 110km/h highway cruising speed; • Optimum highway range: 200 - 200 kilometres; • Optimum urban traffic range: 250+ kilometres.

SUC Engineering and Information Technology chair Dr Ricardo Vasquez Padilla said the Kombi was a wonderful opportunity to get students involved at the cutting-edge of technology and engineering systems.

“One of our students helped with the CAD (computer-aided design) of components and then saw them through to manufacture. It was a great hands-on experience,” Dr Vasquez Padilla said.

Vice President (Engagement)

Ben Roche, whose portfolio managed the project, said the university had worked in partnership with the STEM Industry Schools Partnerships (SISP) program, an initiative of the NSW Department of Education’s Educational Standards Directorate, to create Kombi-related digital resources for schools not just in NSW but across the country.

“We know school students are deeply engaged with ideas of sustainability and the future,” said Mr Roche.

“This resource shows how universities can be a place for putting ideas and passion into actions and developing real, practical solutions to the problems we face.”

The project received funding from Investment NSW’s Boosting Business Innovation Program.

Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said SCU’s Electric Kombi was an example of turning ideas into innovative solutions to global challenges.

“The knowledge and expertise gained through innovations like the Electric Kombi will not only help address the need to reduce emissions but will inspire a generation of students to tackle similar challenges,” Mr Ayres said.

“Through Investment NSW, the NSW Government is fostering an innovation ecosystem to solve both present and future challenges while creating the jobs of tomorrow.”

Visit www.scu.edu.au/kombi to learn more.

The Northern Rivers Times

August 26, 2021

20 NEWS

FROM DECK HAND TO CHILDREN’S AUTHOR

By Samantha Elley WHEN Dave Burston was working as a deck hand on a prawn trawler near Bribie Island all those years ago, he never imagined the adventures he would have, would become stories for a children’s book.

“I started off thinking about writing an autobiography,” Dave said.

“But as I started writing about the most exciting part of my life – being a deck hand – I thought this would make a good children’s book.”

Dave, who is better known as Mr Chipz to the young students he works with at both Evans River and Coraki schools due to his work with computers, said he loved his work on the prawn trawler.

“I had many adventures and it never felt like I was going to work,” he laughed.

In his first book Dave the Deckie: A Shark in the Net the adventure is based on a true

story.

“It took me a few months to write on and off,” Dave said.

“My daughter Vanessa is a big reader and has a degree in psychology, so I’d email her the book and she’d go over the punctuation and suggest ways of writing it .

“In the book the boat is called LFB Nessa.”

Dave got into computers when he injured his back and was unable to work on boats any more.

“I used to work down south and moved up this way,” he said.

“When I injured my back I started studying electronics and then got into to computers.”

Dave has a number of reasons for writing his book, and also some sequels to

hopefully be published soon.

“I was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, which is tunnel vision and night blindness,” he said.

“My vision problem has encouraged me to write my book as it helps me stay positive and writing a kids’ book is the next step to working with kids, computers and teachers.

“The first signed copies are

going to my kids Vanessa, Laura and Lucas and of course my grandson Ezekiel who has just turned three.”

The book is to be sold in local outlets around Evans Head and can be purchased online from Shawline Publishing at www. shawlinepublishing.com.au

Julia in the process of making her artwork Photos contributed

Mum a double finalist for her unique art work

By Samantha Elley

shots from birth of her daughter.”

A REQUEST from a friend has And from there The Crocker led Julia Crocker to receive Collection was ‘born’. two nominations for her very Julia’s ultrasound artwork unique artwork, helping young is so unique she is quick to mums to celebrate their babies confirm it is the only one like while still in the womb. it in the world.

Six months after her first “I take the ultrasound picture son, Colton was born, the of the baby and use a program Swan Bay mum was doing her to turn it into a stencil,” she own artwork that gave her time explained. to herself to be able to unwind “I then do a vinyl cut out and from the rigours of having a stick on the paper. new little baby.

“I put the colours on top of “When I was pregnant the stencil, then remove the with my second son Tate, an stencil and what remains is the opportunity came up where artwork.” a friend asked me to make a Having made about 155 keepsake for her in my artwork artworks in the past two years, style,” said Julia.

Julia has gained most of her “She didn’t do the maternity orders through Facebook and it

is getting noticed.

“I am a finalist in two categories at the 2021 AusMumpreneur Awards,” Julia said.

“The first is Creative Entrepreneur of the year NSW/ ACT, and the second is the People’s Choice category.

“The People’s Choice is about making a difference and people can vote for me.”

According to their website the AusMumpreneur Network is about creating freedom, flexibility, family time, success and money for mums and their families.

They arrange dedicated events, programs and awards for mums in business to support and empower

mumpreneurs across Australia.

Julia provides her artwork to her customers either framed or unframed, depending on a client’s preference.

“It allows people interstate to send photos to loved ones,” Julia said.

“It might be a gifting to someone else such as a grandmother who can’t be there for the baby.”

Julia started her business in January 2020, just before Covid-19 hit Australia.

“I thought that would be the end of the business but it took off, as many people couldn’t get to see the babies in their families,” she said.

“It’s really personal for me as I feel so connected with the

mothers and babies.

“My artwork has been very big in the loss community as sometimes it’s the only memories parents have of the baby they’ve lost.

“I find it such a gift and am honoured to serve these families.

“I donate 5% of profits to charities for infant loss or raising money for research into SIDS or leukaemia.”

Wednesday September 8 is when announcements on winners will be made.

If you would like to vote for Julia in the upcoming awards, judging closes on 27th August.

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August 26, 2021

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NUISANCE FLOODING ALONG TALLOW CREEK HIGH water levels in the Tallow Creek Intermittently Closed and Open Lake or Lagoon (ICOLL) near Suffolk Park are causing temporary nuisance flooding of some backyards and walkways adjacent to the creek - but the current dry weather conditions mean the ICOLL cannot be artificially opened.

“Byron Shire Council, alongside the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Arakwal Corporation and the Department of Primary Industries (Fisheries) understand that this flooding is worrying for some of the people affected,” council’s coast, biodiversity and sustainability coordinator, Chloe Dowsett said.

“Unfortunately, the current dry conditions mean that scraping the berm

of Tallow Creek ICOLL right now would likely result in a breakout and potentially cause a disastrous fish kill in this highly valued ecosystem.

“We know from previous experience and the fish kill event that happened in June 2019 that artificially opening an ICOLL with high water levels without a lot of rainfall is a bad idea.

“Tallow Creek ICOLL is a special purpose zone within the Cape Byron Marine Park and the entrance lies within the jointly-managed culturally and environmentally significant Arakwal National Park, home to threatened shorebirds and a diverse amount of marine species that remain within the ICOLL when it is closed to the ocean.”

Ms Dowsett said the ideal time to scrape the sand bar and try to encourage the creek to open was when there was sufficient rain as this would lessen the potential risk and impacts of a fish kill.

“All proposals to open the creek mouth need to be carefully planned and considered by council in partnership with NPWS, the Arakwal Corporation and DPI Fisheries who are the managers and owners of the Tallow Creek entrance,” Ms Dowsett said.

“Any sand scraping at the berm would definitely not be supported during dry conditions when the possibility of a large fish kill event is high.

“After the 2019 fish kill all

stakeholders agreed and Council resolved that there would be no attempt to open the Tallow Creek entrance unless there was a low risk of a fish kill, or a high risk of flooding, and that is certainly not the case at the moment.”

Council has been in touch with concerned members of the community in recent weeks about the colour, odour and quality of the creek water and is monitoring the impacts closely.

Council advises people not to swim in Tallow Creek, as usual.

“We are continuing to monitor this situation, in partnership with NPWS, the Arakwal Corporation and DPI Fisheries and will keep residents informed,” Ms Dowsett said.

Projects compete for $3.2 council windfall

By Tim Howard A COMPETITION is emerging to spend $3.2 million of surplus funds created when Clarence Valley Council got out of community service provision in June 2020.

Two reports to the latest council committee meetings revealed different interests lining up to get their hands on more the surplus created when the council transitioned its Clarence Care + Support arm onto not-for-profit service provider Wesley Mission.

A report to the corporate governance and works committee outlined where the council could spend the surplus funds.

The staff recommended $500,000 go repair of priority footpaths identified in the Pedestrian Access Mobility Plan for completion from now until 2023.

Staff also advised putting $2.7 million into the Maclean Community Precinct, completing Stage 1, and planning and construction of Stage 2, with priority to the move of the Maclean Library.

General manager Ashley

Lindsay revealed the planning for Stage 2 was at an early stage, with key design details such as the size of the library and what other facilities would be included still undecided.

Answering a question from deputy mayor Jason Kingsley, asking what council would do if the plan proved too costly, Mr Lindsay said the project could be put on hold and the funds used on other council projects.

Mayor Jim Simmons had concerns about Stage 2 of the precinct plan which envisaged moving the library into the council’s meeting chamber in the council building.

“My concerns relate to securing something more definite in maintaining a council chamber presence in this building,” he said.

“I appreciate the general manager has indicated his intention to see the chamber removed, but I would be more comfortable seeing something in a resolution to maintain the presence of a chamber.

“I may not be this room. It could be another room in the building.”

Cr Simmons said while he generally supported

the precinct plan, he was concerned about the Stage 2 proposal to remove the old council building to open views to the river and parking problems that could arise if the library was located in the council building.

Mr Lindsay said he could not give an accurate estimate of the, but if asked to speculate he estimated it would be more than the $2.7 million surplus funds from Care and Support.

The committee supported the recommendation, unanimously, although some revealed there might still be issues for the full meeting next week.

A request from aged care operator Clarence Villages for $237,000 of the Clarence Care + Support money to the environment, planning and community committee meeting later in the afternoon only added to this uncertainty.

Clarence Village CEO Duncan McKimm made a deputation to the meeting recalling the council had made a $175,000 pledge to waive Section 64 developer contributions for an affordable housing project for South Grafton in 2019.

Mr McKimm said the

project did not get the Federal Government money it needed for the project in that round of funding, but said it had applied again for the next round of funding.

In the application to council to fund the S64 contributions, Mr McKimm said a council resolution to that effect would help Clarence Village when it applied to State and Federal governments for assistance.

Councillors asked Mr Lindsay what council could do to fund this contribution and maintain funding for the Maclean project.

He said it was a relatively simple matter to reduce the amount for Maclean by the $237,600 for S64 contributions.

Cr Andrew Baker supported the idea, but was concerned the resolution could create a liability for council because it created an expense against a project that might not proceed.

Mr Lindsay dismissed this as an issue, pointing out a similar situation had arisen in 2019 when Clarence Village missed out on funding.

Cr Richie Williamson supported the move because of the “dire shortage of affordable

housing stock” in the Clarence Valley.

Cr Debrah Novak questioned why Clarence Village was given S64 help when other developers proposed “affordable housing” were not.

Mr Lindsay noted Clarence Village was both a not for profit organisation and and its concept of “affordable housing” was more in tune with a charity organisation.

He also said Grafton City Council had been involved with the creation of Clarence Village in the 1960s, so council felt a bond with the organisation and its links to the community.

Cr Greg Clancy was also wary about the proposal, worried it might set a precedent for other developers to ask for similar support.

He said he would investigate these worries, but could easily switch his vote to support the project when the full council voted on Tuesday.

The committee supported a recommendation to pay the S64 contribution but review the decision should Clarence Village’s funding application prove unsuccessful. The vote was 3-2.

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24 COVID NEWS Extra Covid testing sites to support freight

high volume of interstate freight movements,” Mr Toole said.

“The new sites will make it THE Ballina BP Travel Centre easier for heavy vehicle drivers off the Pacific Highway is one of two new freight-friendly pop- to get tested and get back on the road. up testing sites opening along “We will continue working key regional freight routes. closely with industry to The site was set to open at 7am on Monday, August 23 and investigate more options the testing would be assisted by for sites across the state that maximise accessibility for pathology staff 24 hours a day, heavy vehicle drivers on their seven days a week. The other journeys and around key freight site was opening in Yass. hubs.”

Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole said the NSW Government was Positive Covid fragments doing all it could to keep freight found in sewage WHILE the Northern Rivers has moving and help drivers meet essentially been clear of active increased mandatory testing cases, the detection of Covid-19 requirements across multiple fragments in our sewage jurisdictions.

“Having seen unprecedented systems has been important.

When the powers that demand on our existing freight be evaluate whether or not testing sites over the past few lockdown should be continued months, we’re rolling out the or stopped, a number of factors additional two sites on parts are looked at. of the network where we see a

“Sewage surveillance, contact traces and active cases will all be taken into account,” said Deputy Premier John Barilaro.

“We have been prioritising sewage testing in areas of concern or adjoining LGAs or those showing lots of movement.

“We will be redirecting more resources from Sydney to the regional and rural areas to get more testing done.

“Where a (regional) council may have had a ‘no’ previously, the answer now is ‘we are working on it’. The resources are coming.”

Mr Barilaro said a weekly test was sufficient at this stage.

“Some councils are trying to get testing done 2-3 times a week, but that is a waste of resources as the incubation period is 14 days, so weekly is sufficient,” he said.

Ballina, Lennox Head, Yamba

and Byron Bay have all had positive detections of fragments of Covid-19 in their sewage.

In the case of Lennox Head, this has happened after two tests.

The dates include Sunday 15 August, following an original detection at that site on 12 August.

“We are very concerned about what these results mean for our community,” said Lynne Weir, acting chief executive Northern NSW Local Health District.

“Given this second detection, it’s likely there is someone in the community who is infected with the virus, perhaps unknowingly.

The most recent detections have been in the Yamba and Byron Bay sewage.

Although there are no confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Yamba or Byron Bay, the positive result in the sewage

means there may be undetected infections in the community.

“The Yamba sewage treatment plant serves approximately 6,500 people,” said Ms Weir.

The Byron Bay positive result was from a sample collected on August 17.

The Byron Bay sewage treatment plant serves approximately 19,000 people in the Broken Head, Suffolk Park, Byron Bay, Wategos, and Sunrise areas.

Additional samples were taken last week and Ms Weir confirmed an additional sample from the Ballina sewage treatment plant on 15 August came back clear of Covid-19.

Richmond Valley Council has also confirmed samples have been taken on its Casino sewage system, although results at time of writing had not been published.

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Distribution centres will be set up at the Goonellabah Sports & Aquatic Centre and the Lismore Library in Magellan Street to members of the community to collect their packs from the safety of their vehicles.

Both distribution centres will open from Friday, August 20 and operate 9am to 12pm and

1pm to 3pm Monday to Friday.

Motorists accessing the library distribution centre are asked to enter through the Rural Street carpark and exit via Magellan Street, while those accessing the GSAC distribution centre are asked to enter via Oliver Avenue.

Those who are collecting packs need to remain in their

vehicle at all times, wear a face mask and follow all Covid-19 safety guidelines.

Both distribution centres are contactless drive-thru only services.

Council is currently working with various community organisations to establish walkin distribution centres for those without vehicles.

Any community organisation that would like to assist in the distribution of these Covidsafety packs, can call council on 6625 0500.

Council is also working to deliver the packs to “at-risk” groups, such as our indigenous community and the elderly, through organisations that cater for their needs.

Stay home, stay safe NSW Let’s work together to stop the spread of COVID-19 in our community.

All of NSW must now stay home unless it is absolutely essential to leave. Essential reasons include food shopping, exercise (with one other person outside your household), medical care (including getting vaccinated or tested) or essential work or study. Stay within your local government area (LGA), or within 5km of your home if you need to cross into a neighbouring LGA. Only travel beyond this if the goods or services are not reasonably available locally.

It is now required that you wear a mask whenever you leave your home.

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Get tested immediately if you have any symptoms, even if mild, and self-isolate until you receive a negative test result. Always follow the NSW Health advice.

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UNMASKING THE DETAILS OF WEARING MASKS

By Samantha Elley

With the disposable masks ensure the coloured side is IT has become the latest facing outwards and the metal fashion accessory. strip goes over your nose.

The humble mask has found The mask should be worn its way, perhaps not on the over the nose, mouth and chin. catwalks of Milan and Paris, Make sure the mask is but certainly as a necessity adjusted so there are no gaps when leaving the house. in the sides and avoid touching From the disposable surgical the mask. mask to the, you beaut, double When removing your mask, stitched, light wearing with take it from behind the ears adjustable straps mask and and head. everything home made in If the mask is disposable between, it is now by law that throw it away, or if fabric give you need to don your face it a wash. when you leave home, unless Unique mask wearing you are exercising. problems Even then, you need to have Facial hair – NSW Health a mask with you at all times. recommends you consider But what is the best mask either shaving or clipping your and how should you wear it? beard and moustache to help Both NSW Health and The the mask fit better.

World Health Organisation say Wearing glasses – Remove with detergent and water washing your hands before your glasses while you put to create a film to prevent using a mask and after taking your mask on, ensuring it fits fogging. it off is imperative. correctly. Wash your glasses You can use micropore tape

(available from pharmacies) to tape the mask along the bridge of your nose and cheeks.

You can put a folded tissue

across the bridge of your nose, then put your mask on top, or get out the contact lenses.

Best fabric masks to wear WHO recommends fabric masks should have three layers: an outer, inner and middle layer which can be an insert.

The inner layer that comes into contact with your face should be a hydrophilic material, meaning it will absorb droplets. An example is cotton. White will highlight when the mask needs washing or is wet.

The middle layer is the filter and should be a strip of polypropylene fabric, a light unwoven material.

The outer layer should be made from hydrophobic material, which means it repels droplets or moisture.

Use polyester or polyester and cotton blend.

Looking after yourself during Covid lockdown AS THE lockdown across the Northern Rivers continues, the fatigue of this is setting in and it is important that people are making time to look after themselves.

It is ok to not be ok, to be lacking motivation, to be feeling anxious, stressed, or worried and there are many free resources out there to support people throughout this time.

Support for students and parents #ChatStarter is an online campaign and website which provides young people and parents with a single point of access to free, evidence-based resources to help recognise and respond to signs of distress – visit the Head to Health Website for #ChatStarter

resources.

Headspace FREE online mental health sessions for parents and carers: Lismore sessions are being held at 7pm on Tuesday, September 7 and Monday, September 13 – register at Headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation events on Eventbrite.

Student Wellbeing Hub provides resources for parents, students from K-12 and teachers to manage a range of things such as peer pressure, online safety and helping build respectful relationships.

Mental health resources Beyond Blue has great resources including phone, webchats, and community forums to connect with others.

There is information on

serious mental health support as well as tips on looking after your wellbeing with things like getting a good night’s sleep, managing financial stress and the importance of doing something for yourself every day.

Smiling Mind App provides mindfulness and meditation guides right at your fingertips.

You may only need 10 minutes a day and is an awesome way to take a break from your school, work, or workfrom-home day. It is free and available on the Apple App Store or Google Play.

Free financial counselling is confidential and available from the Australian Government to support you to manage and resolve financial stresses such as bills or utility disconnection.

Rural Financial Counselling Service provides support specifically to farmers, fishing enterprises, forestry growers, harvesters and related small businesses experiencing, or at risk of, financial hardship.

Additional support lines Lifeline on 13 11 14 Kids Helpline on 1800 551 800 MensLine on 1300 789 978 Suicide Call Back Service on 1300 659 467 Beyond Blue on 1300 22 46 36 Headspace on 1800 650 890 QLife on 1800 184 527 DV and sexual assault Support services remain open and if you are facing violence at home, please know you can leave your home to escape abuse.

1800RESPECT offers confidential information, counselling, and support services. You can phone 1800 737 732, chat online, or search services closest to you.

Additional support lines: NSW Domestic Violence Line – 1800 65 64 63 NSW Rape Crisis Counselling Service – 1800 424 017 or www.nswrapecrisis.com.au Victim Access Line - 1800 633 063 Victim Services Aboriginal Contact Line - 1800 019 123 Child Protection Helpline 132 111 If it is not safe to make a call from your home, Telstra have made calls from their payphones free and you can find your nearest phone using this search tool.

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Rotary packing books to send overseas THANKING ALL

By Tonia Dynan

LOCAL Rotarians across the Northern Rivers district have been busy boxing up thrown-out books to send to hospitals and schools across Papua New Guinea.

“We have books destined for hospitals and schools from Port Morseby through to Madang to Hagen, Manus Island to Rabaul,” Rotarian Richard Crandon said.

“We separate the kids’ books from the adult books, put them in boxes and put a label on them.

Then they head to shipping containers to be shipper off overseas.

“All this here is destined for landfill, but these books have value, they’re good quality books.

Our job, as part of the Donations in Kind program is to reuse and recycle.

“Overseas, they’re screaming out for books, they can’t get books. We have schools being developed over there by Rotary which have libraries in them with no books on the shelves.”

Mr Crandon, who is the district coordinator for the Donations in Kind program, said language wasn’t an issue as most of the children were becoming more Westernised and spoke English.

“We’ve been doing this for 31

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“It’s gotten to the stage now that the schools are fully developed.

When we first went over, we have to take the books in boxes as the schools didn’t even have proper roofs.”

Covid restrictions have put a halt to all the work now, with regional NSW in lockdown, and the border closure isn’t helping either.

Unfortunately, the shipping containers are all over the border in Queensland, so they are sitting in a shed waiting until they can be moved on.

Mr Crandon said the work was made possible through volunteers and donations from the community.

“It’s all funded by donations to Rotary and fundraising that the volunteers do,” he said.

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STATE Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin thanked all Vietnam veterans on the Northern Rivers and Northern Tablelands for their service and sacrifice on behalf of Australia and their fellow Australians on Wednesday August.

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“Seventeen Diggers died in this battle and 25 were wounded, one of whom died a few

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Councillor pens letter to leaders, pleading for more Pfizer

By Margaret Dekker

announcement has left them desperately searching for a vaccination appointment.

“If they are unable to source an appointment it will mean they can no longer carry out work in Queensland,” Councillor Owen said.

His letter in full reads; I write to urgently request more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine be allocated to the Tweed Shire as a matter of urgency.

Yesterday the Qld Government announced that, “From Saturday 21 August, all essential workers travelling within the border zone must have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and be able to produce evidence of

IT is now mandatory for all essential workers who work in Queensland to prove via government portal MyGov they’ve had at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine before entry.

Tweed Councillor James Owen says the mandate by the Queensland Government has seen a rush by desperate workers, particularly younger workers, to try and get an appointment for the jab so they can go to work, only to be told of lengthy wait times for Pfizer appointments, some not until November.

“For many essential workers in the Tweed Shire this

Tweed councillor James Owen wants more Pfizer supply as the compulsory vaccination mandate grips Wait times for Pfizer appointments in the Tweed are blowing out to November their vaccination and a valid border zone travel pass. New South Wales essential workers who have not had their first dose will not be permitted to enter Queensland.

Vaccination appointments are scarce in the Tweed Shire and the wait for a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine appointment is months at present. For those that want

to be vaccinated, and who choose the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as their preferred vaccine, for medical reasons or other, there must be doses available to them. Here in our border community, we are in a desperate situation. We are pleading for support from both the NSW State and Federal Governments to help us to keep our heads above water.

Please allocate more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to the Tweed Shire as a matter of urgency.

Cr Owen addressed the letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Health Minister Greg Hunt, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard.

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IT’S the Facebook page uniting “We hope some helpful more than community, it’s connections come out of this connecting tradespeople and page for you all,” founder, Mel countless others who’ve lost O’Connell added. work in Queensland with job Facilitators are adamant vacancies in NSW, suddenly the page can’t be used as a created by a Queensland billboard for anything but workforce also unable to cross support; the border south.

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“Leemo’s View”

PET AMBULANCE CAN STILL CROSS BORDER IN AN EMERGENCY – FOR NOW

“LEEMO has views on just about anything”

Imperfection is the friend of comfort...

‘LEEMO CAT’ back again. I called ‘Mum Jane’ to account yesterday which lead to a slightly heated ‘debate’. I had spied her heading to the front door and asked where she was going. She told me she was popping down to Woolies and would be back soon.

Hmmm. I pondered carefully...should I say something to her or not? I suffer a large case of ‘Paw in Mouth’ syndrome, so of course jumped straight in and said to her. “Mum, before you leave our house, come and look at yourself in the mirror”. Her face took on an unsettled look but she actually acquiesced. (with a très melodramatic sigh.) We got to the mirror and I told her to be quiet. “Mum, look at you...your hair looks like a pit of angry vipers and that repulsive hat you wear DOES NOT remedy things. Your jeans have rips in them and many paint splatters.

Your sneakers are disgusting and covered in mud. And Mum, your shirt resembles a cleaning cloth from a brick factory.” Eeek...her ‘unsettled’ face look changed to one of total indignation so I decided to jump

in again right away and told her “Mum, I can truly help you as I believe you have taken ‘eclectic’ on a totally wrong turn.

I’ve carefully checked a list of appropriate clothing for ladies your age and not one item you are wearing is on it. I do know for a fact however, that you have some truly proper clothes in your cupboard.

So here’s YOUR list Mum.” Tips For Ladies Dressing PROPERLY in their 70s. Shoes must always be clean… even sneakers.

Blazers and structured jackets are appropriate. Check the latest trends.

Wear waist-defining pieces. Embrace the eclectic ‘nicely’.

Wear mid-rise ironed boot cut jeans and clean ironed shirts.

Black pencil skirts with twin set & pearls are always attractive, and... ooopsie...I’ve been told to sit and keep my mouth SHUT. “Leemo, I have never heard such a load of unadulterated poppycock in my life...I was going to Woolies to buy CAT LITTER which does not call for a blazer, structured jacket or pencil skirt, so keep your very stupid ridiculous list to yourself.” Eeek. “But Mum, those jeans you are wearing have so many rips and holes so big, it’s a mystery how they hold themselves together at the seams.”

NUP, she wasn’t interested, but she did go on to inform me that perhaps we could nicely ask to join the Korowai Tribe in PNG ‘cos they don’t WEAR clothes...they hide their private parts with leaves. (Crikey!!)

AND, because she can’t help herself she informed me “Leemo, PERFECTION is the enemy of self comfort”. Well, I did try...bye for now...

Leemo.

Dr Sophia Hinrichsen (left) from VetLove Billinudgel. Critically ill animals can cross the border for emergency care, for now.

By Margaret Dekker AN emergency veterinarian is assuring pet owners the ‘Pet Ambulance’ can still cross the border in the event of an emergency, at least for now.

Dr Sophia Hinrichsen, a veterinarian at VetLove Billinudgel, a 24-hour emergency care centre between Byron Bay and Tweed Heads, said the vet ambulance was still permitted to cross the border to seek critical care at any one of the Gold Coast vet hospitals including those at

Varsity Lakes and Carrara.

“At this stage, animals can still get across in an animal ambulance that already has all the paperwork and can get through, that’s still taking place which is really good,” Dr Hinrichsen told The Northern Rivers Times.

She said emergency vets were now factoring in border-crossing times and time-of-day when formulating a medical plan for the sick animal in transit, “Yes, we are factoring the border-crossing into it, and the

amount of pain relief for the animal for that time. It just makes you think about it, I guess,” Dr Hinrichsen said.

“We’re taking it case by case at the moment to be honest,” she added.

Dr Hinrichsen was not able to confirm if pet owners were also allowed to cross the border to be with their sick pet, “It depends on whether they can get an exemption, I’m not 100-percent sure. It’s a bit of a grey zone and it’s always changing,” she said.

Spate of east coast frog deaths worries scientists REPORTS of a disturbing number of sick, dying, or deceased frogs across eastern Australia has Southern Cross University frog researchers concerned.

The mass mortality event in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria may be an indicator of a known fungal pathogen or worse, a new strain.

“Reports are coming in of multiple frogs being found shrivelled and turning brown on people’s lawns,” Southern Cross University’s Dr David Newell, a biologist with a focus on amphibian diversity, ecology, and conservation, said.

“It’s unusual to see dead frogs because most frogs are secretive in nature and decompose rapidly out of sight when they die. So, when there are multiple reports like this happening, we get very worried.”

The most observed sick or dead amphibian is the green tree frog (Litoria caruelea) however a range of other species also appear to be susceptible.

A fungal pathogen called the amphibian chytrid fungus is the most likely cause of the current deaths, but scientists want to be certain and are calling on the community to help monitor the situation.

“Just like we have seen with

extinct since the early 1980s and globally there are more than 500 species that are facing extinction.”

FrogID, a national citizen science program run by the Australian Museum, is seeking to collate reports from members of the community.

“If you find dead frogs, please take a photo and record the location details and send this information via email to calls@ frogid.net.au,” Dr Newell said.

Scientists are also seeking Dead green specimens.

If you find a freshly tree frog. dead frog, collect it in a snap-lock Photo: bag and record the location, your Patricia contact details, the date and place Packham Covid-19, It is it in a freezer for collection. Then possible that a new strain of the email FrogID via calls@frogid.net. chytrid fungus has emerged and au. You can also arrange to drop we need to investigate this,” Dr off dead frog specimens locally Newell, who has been studying by contacting Dr Newell via email amphibians for 25 years, said. david.newell@scu.edu.au.

“We know that the fungus If you find a sick frog, take thrives in cold and wet conditions. it immediately to a wildlife This has been the focus of research veterinarian and ask them to at Southern Cross University over contact the Australian Registry of a number of years now with the Wildlife Health for the treatment support of the NSW Government’s protocols.

Saving Our Species Program.

For those on the NSW Far North “Australia’s frogs face a range Coast, the Byron Bay Wildlife of threats including habitat loss, Hospital is on board with this climate change, pollution and initiative and are set-up to help disease, with 35 of our 242 species with sick frogs locally. Call the now considered threatened.

Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital on “At least four species have gone 0437 818 883.

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Roadwork blitz underway in Ocean Shores OVER the next two weeks, Byron Shire Council’s road crews will be out and about in Ocean Shores doing a major asphalt overlay of 12 streets, transforming them from bumpy to smooth and putting a smile of the faces of residents at the same time.

“We secured funding for these works through the NSW Government’s Fixing Country Roads program and now we are getting on with the job of delivering more than $3 million worth of asphalt overlays, heavy patching, kerb repairs and line marking,” Byron Shire mayor Michael Lyon said.

“This area is long overdue for some love so it’s fantastic to see this work underway.”

Council’s director infrastructure services Phil Holloway said reseals and repairs on roads in the north of the shire were a step towards upgrading the whole road network.

“It’s no secret that roads in

the north of the Shire need a lot of work and what we are doing over the next couple of weeks will make a real difference to many people,” Mr Holloway said.

“As our teams are

IN BRIEF

“This grant combined with our funding and land will 100 affordable new see many in our community homes on the way safely in their own home.”

NORTH Coast Community The total cost of the three Housing will commence five developments to build is new affordable and social $14.6 million. The land is housing developments in the owned by NCCH and the Northern Rivers, delivering mixed tenure developments 100 new homes over the will include homes for next two years, Mr John purchase, together with McKenna CEO of NCCH has affordable rentals and social announced. housing.

The NSW Government The developments include: granted NCCH $4 million • 30 units in McKenzie Street, for three developments from Lismore; the Community Housing • 24 units in Bimble Avenue, Infrastructure Fund (CHIF).

Grafton; and “We would like to thank the • 9 units in Callistemon NSW Government for their Street, Casino. foresight in granting NCCH Two additional developments this level of CHIF funding” included in today’s Mr McKenna said. announcement are:

progressively completing the kerb repairs, we are now ready for the first asphalt works.”

Work is being programmed in three stages for delivery in August, September and October with the following

roads being completed as part of stage 1 over the next two weeks: Bobra Glen; Reka Way; Dandaloo Way; Gibingbell Close; Tindara Ave; Narrogal Ct; Colli Cl; Yungarup Pl; Kiyung Ct;

• 25 units in Station Street, Mullumbimby (5 affordable units for sale and 20 for rent). The total project cost of this is $7.9 million with NCCH covering the total cost of this development; and • 12 units at Laurel Lodge transferred from NSW Health. NCCH will refurbish these units and they will be ready for social housing in late 2021.

“NCCH has recognised that there is an urgent need in our community, we acted and we know these will be the first of many new developments,” Mr McKenna said.

“We look forward to continuing to fill this housing need in the Northern Rivers.”

Sewer scheme would help little town grow IN THE aftermath of the 2019 bushfires, Richmond Valley Council developed a Recovery Plan for ways that Rappville could ‘build back better’.

A sewerage scheme for Rappville formed part of this Plan, and through the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund, funding of $3 million was secured for this project.

Results of a recent community survey showed support for the scheme and a preference for a Centralised Treatment Plant – Pressure Sewer System (Oxidation Pond Irrigation).

There is a potential shortfall between the grant amount and the projected capital cost of

Murumba Cl; Walgooan Way; and Ceron Ct. Residents will always have access to their properties, but staff will be notifying them the day before the work starts asking them to move their cars off the streets and into driveways.

The roads to be upgraded in the second and third stage of works include: Aldinga Court, Binya Place, Boondoon Crescent, Coonawarra Court, Gahwang Court, Gara Court, Inderwong Avenue, Kanandah Court, Kiah Close, Miran Place, Namoi Glen, Nelshaby Court, Tathra Glen, Tongarra Drive, Warrambool Road and Wattar Court, plus The Esplanade in New Brighton and Redgate Road in South Golden Beach.

It is envisaged that all works under this program will be completed by the end of November.

Information on the Ocean Shores road upgrades is on council’s website.

the project, which if realised will require funding from council’s sewer fund.

“I believe if this doesn’t happen now, it will be a very, very long time before the opportunity arises for Rappville to have a sewer augmentation,” Mayor Robert Mustow said.

“This needs to occur if the village is to grow, which will help retain the school due to the increase in pupil numbers and support local business.

“This received around 90% of funding from the government, which is unique for a sewerage augmentation.

“I don’t think that large amount will ever be received again, so I think we need to get on with it.”

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BIG FARMS HIT MARKET AS CROP YIELDS, COMMODITY PRICES RISE Sir Michael Hintze has put one of the first properties acquired by his agricultural powerhouse, MH Premium Farms, up for sale, joining a number of blue chip farm offerings to hit the market heading into spring.

The listings come amid a perfect storm of bumper crop yields, high commodity prices, low interest rates and strong demand from both local farming families and institutional investors.

Price expectations for the hedge fund billionaire’s 12,548-hectare Marshmead aggregation at Walgett in northern NSW are understood to be in the high $20 millions to low $30 millions.

MH Premium Farms acquired Marshmead in 2008 as it began to assemble a portfolio that now spans almost 90,000 hectares, producing lamb, beef, edible crops and cotton.

The non-contiguous aggregation comprises 8588-hectare Marshmead and 3756-hectare Kimo. About two-thirds has been used for the dryland cropping of wheat, barley and chickpeas, with the remainder set aside for grazing.

MH Premium Farms CEO Ed Dunn told The Australian Financial Review Marshmead was being sold as “part of a reweighting of the portfolio following the acquisition of South Callandoon (near Goondiwindi, on the Queensland-NSW border),

Kimo is one of two properties that make up the Marshmead aggregation.

which is a large-scale cropping property”.

“We’ve owned Marshmead since 2008 and have done a lot of development on it. It’s a very efficient cropping property at scale,” he said.

Col Medway, who is marketing Marshmead alongside his LAWD colleague Ian Robertson, said the agricultural sector was enjoying back-toback years of big crop yields and high prices.

“Normally with a big crop, prices depress, but we’re getting yield and price converging,” said Mr Medway, who last month negotiated the sale of the renowned sheep property Tubbo Station in the NSW Riverina to Hewitt Cattle for more than $40 million.

The 14,875-hectare property

near Darlington Point was the final agricultural asset of the Pritchard-Gordon family, which also owned the renowned Kameruka Estate in the Bega Valley (sold in 2014 to the Moffitt family following the death in 2011 of British shipping magnate Giles PritchardGordon).

Joining Marshmead on the market is the 21,900- hectare THF Portfolio west of Rockhampton in the Fitzroy Basin, which is being offloaded by a European-based family office.

While pricing remains confidential, there are some expectations the high net worth German family that owns it could double or even triple the $35 million they paid in 2010.

Operated as a beef cattle

enterprise along with irrigated fodder production under centre pivot, the portfolio comprises five properties, the biggest of which is 9212-hectare Lucie Station at Bluff.

Selling agent Ben Craw of Oxley Capital Partners declined to comment on price expectations, but said he anticipated plenty of demand from neighbouring and district landowners given the portfolio’s quality, versatility and 6614-megalitre water allocation.

“There’s depth in the market and a lot of fundamentals are pointing in the right direction,” he said.

Joining these listings is a portfolio of five grazing properties in Queensland’s Darling Downs being offered by gas producer Shell QGC.

Comprising a mix of freehold and lease country and covering a total area of 11,479 hectares, the properties had been leased to the Stanbroke Pastoral Company for the past five years.

The portfolio is being sold by Phillip Kelly and Trenton Hindman of Colliers International, alongside Pat O’Driscoll and Greg Roberts of Knight Frank.

Mr Kelly said they were all productive cattle properties that would suit local operators keen to expand, especially cattle breeders looking for properties close to feedlots.

Also on the market, through Adam Chilcott and Ben Finch of Elders is Avenel Station at Broughams Gate, about 150 kilometres north of Broken Hill.

Price expectations are in excess of $20 million for the 122,000-hectare, predominantly leasehold sheep and cattle property being offered by a unit trust.

Elders general manager of real estate, Tom Russo, said the market for quality livestock grazing holdings remained highly competitive.

“There is enormous buy-side demand, particularly for reliable country,” he said.

“Some vendors are electing to take advantage of this environment to discretely exit their holdings through tightly managed competitive off-market processes.”

The Northern Rivers Times

August 26, 2021

34 REAL ESTATE NEWS

Singapore eclipsing China buying $20bn worth of Australian real estate over past two years • Singapore is now the second-largest buyer of Australian real estate, only trailing the United States.

• The city-state has spent nearly $20 billion worth in the last two years.

• It has eclipsed China over the same period, led by investments from large developers and its sovereign wealth fund, GIC. KNOWN colloquially as the Little Red Dot, Singapore is well and truly punching above its weight when it comes to Australian real estate.

In the two years to July 2020, Singaporean investors bought up $19.3 billion worth of Australian property, according to the latest Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) data.

To put that in perspective, Singaporeans spent $6.1 billion more over that period than China, despite its economy being around 44 times smaller.

It comes as Chinese investment actually declines, according to Georg Chmiel, co-founder and chair of Asian real estate platform Juwai IQI. “Singaporean real estate investment has climbed significantly, while China’s has fallen,” he told Business

Insider Australia. “Most big Chinese corporate investors have pulled back from Australia, while those from Singapore have doubled down on the lucky country.”

It sees Singapore make up 17 cents of every foreign dollar spent on local property versus just 13 cents from China. In fact, the country of just 5.7 million people spent more on local real estate than any other country with the exception of the United States.

Having almost doubled in the last three years, the capital flowing into Australia has largely been spearheaded by institutional investors funding large-scale projects.

“Singaporean real estate investment is being led by large investors such as the city-state’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC, but individual home buyers are also active in Aussie

Then Minister for Trade Simon Birmingham and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison conclude a virtual summit with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. (Mick Tsikas - Pool, Getty Images) home markets,” Chmiel said.

“Singaporean developers are also helping bring their buyers from the Lion City to Australia. One example is luxury boutique developer Jean Yip Holdings. Their Perth project, Elements at Carousel, quickly sold out, and 60% of the units were purchased by buyers from Singapore.”

Within short flying distance to Perth and other capital cities,

Chmiel said Australia remains a “natural destination” for Singaporeans, with property investment likely to only rise further as travel begins to reopen. At the same time, the reprioritisation of foreign investor visas by the Morrison government may encourage further home buying.

Yet Singapore’s interests go far beyond shop fronts and development sites.

Across all industries, Singapore now represents the thirdbiggest source of foreign investment for Australia, trailing only the U.S. and Japan. Again, it leads far larger countries like Canada, the United Kingdom and China on that front, with major spending on agriculture, fishing and forestry, as well as the finance and insurance sector.

It marks an interesting recent change as China trends down from its

historical highs.

Zooming out to the last 10 years, China remains by far the largest investor in Australia, having spent round $126 billion since 2010. Singapore by comparison has spent around 44 cents on the dollar over the same period.

As the trade relationship continues to languish, Chinese foreign investment may still have some way to fall yet.

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6.00 On Country Kitchen. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 NITV News: Nula. 7.30 MOVIE: Legend Of The Guardians. (2010) 9.15 Bedtime Stories. 9.25 Sunny And The Dark Horse. 10.55 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am House Hunters Int. 6.30 House Hunters. 7.00 Flipping Vegas. 8.00 Garden Gurus. 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 Flipping Vegas. 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 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 11.00 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53) 6am Breakfast Show.

1.15pm Kung Fu Panda. 1.40 MythBusters Junior.

2.25 So Awkward. 2.40 The Unlisted. 3.20 Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.35 Wow That’s Amazing.

4.00 Ace My Space. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.45 Little Lunch. 5.00 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.25 Kung Fu Panda. 6.00 Endlings. 6.30 Sea Lions. (Premiere) 7.20 Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Musical! 8.40 Good Game Spawn Point. 9.00 Fruits Basket. 9.25 Sword Art Online. 9.50 Radiant. 10.10 Close. 5.30am Thunderbirds Are Go.

1pm Choccywoccydoodah. 1.30 Kitchen Hero.

2.00 Rachel Khoo’s Cosmopolitan Cook. 2.30 Hemsley + Hemsley: Healthy & Delicious. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Kitchen. 4.00 Free Range Cook. 4.30 Bake With Anna. 5.00 Destination Flavour China. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 Choccywoccydoodah. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 River Cottage Aust.

8.30 Jamie’s Ultimate Veg. 9.30 Mystery Diners.

10.00 Late Programs.

Auction Squad. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Better Homes And Gardens. 3.30 Medical Emergency.

4.00 M*A*S*H. 5.00 Escape To The Country. 6.00 Bargain Hunt. 7.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 3: Night session. 10.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 3: Late night session. 11.30 Late Programs.

9.00 Fox Sports News. 10.00 AM Agenda. 11.00 NewsDay. Noon NewsDay. 1.00 Alan Jones. 2.00 Afternoon Agenda. 3.00 Afternoon Agenda. 4.00 Paul Murray Live. 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 News. 11.30 News. Midnight News. 12.30 News. 1.00 News. 1.30 Late Programs.

Please Note: Programs are correct at the time of print and are subject to change by the Networks.

SATURDAY, August 28 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: The Street. (Ml, R) 1.20 Restoration Australia. (PG, R) 2.25 Fake Or Fortune? (R) 3.25 Back In Time For Dinner.

(Final, R) 4.25 Chopsticks Or Fork? (R) 4.45 Landline. 5.15 Scottish Vets Down Under.

(Final, PG, R) 5.45 Silvia’s Italian Table. (R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 NSW Coronavirus Update. 11.30 Turkish News.

12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News.

1.00 PBS News. 2.00 Motorcycle Racing. FIM Superbike World C’ship. Round 7. H’lights.

2.50 Arabian Sands. (R) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 13. H’lights. 5.30 WWII Battles For Europe. (PGaw, R)

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise. The team takes a look at the latest in entertainment, current affairs, news, sport and weather.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend.

(PG) Highlights from this week’s programs, including a variety of segments on the latest news and entertainment.

12.00 To Be Advised.

6.00 Animal Tales. (PG, R) 7.00 Weekend Today. 10.00 Today Extra: Saturday. (PG) 12.00 Rivals.

12.30 Destination WA. (PG, R) 1.00 Motor Racing. Targa Tasmania.

2.00 The Garden Gurus.

2.30 Netball. Super Netball. Grand final.

5.00 News: First At Five.

5.30 Goodbye Mosbri.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.00 Seafood Escape. (R) 7.30 4x4 Adventures. (R) 8.30 RV Daily Foodie Trails. (R) 9.00 Taste Of Australia.

(R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 The Living Room.

(R) 1.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals. (R) 1.30 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 2.00 My Market Kitchen.

(R) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 The Dog House. (PG, R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 4.30 Taste Of Australia. (R) 5.00 News.

6.15 The Repair Shop. (R) Steve Fletcher works on a clock.

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

7.30 The Durrells. (PGls) Leslie ponders the possibility of fatherhood.

8.20 The Trial Of Christine Keeler.

(Mals) With the shooting at Wimpole Mews attracting attention of the tabloids, Christine is tempted to sell her story.

9.20 The Newsreader. (Mal, R) Helen and Dale report on the return of Halley’s comet.

10.15 MOVIE: Maigret In Montmartre.

(2017, Madnsv, R) Rowan Atkinson.

11.45 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) Music video clips.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.30 Castles: Secrets, Mysteries And Legends.

8.30 Celebrity Mastermind. (Return) 9.35 MOVIE: Hunt For The Wilderpeople. (2016, PGav, R) 11.30 The Family Law. (Ms, R) 12.25 Oh Lucy! (PGl, R) 12.50 Beach Soccer. FIFA World Cup. First semi-final.

2.00 Rivals. (PG, R) 2.25 Beach Soccer. FIFA World Cup. Second semi-final. 3.30 We Bugged Hitler’s Phone. (PGa, R) 4.30 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+dv, R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 To Be Advised.

10.30 AFL Post-Game Show.

A wrap-up of the game, including panel discussion and interviews, with access to players, coaches and staff.

11.00 To Be Advised.

12.00 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mv, R) With help from Lance Hunter, nothing will stop Fitz from finding the lost team as his incredible journey is revealed.

1.00 Home Shopping.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 24.

Melbourne Storm v Parramatta Eels.

9.30 NRL Saturday Night Footy Post-Match. Post-match coverage of the NRL game.

9.45 MOVIE: Shaft. (2000, MA15+lv, R) Samuel L Jackson.

11.45 MOVIE: The Whole Truth. (2016, Malsv) 1.30 Rivals. (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. Jamie Oliver reinvents family favourites.

6.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGalv, R) The lifeguards chase a beachgoer.

7.00 The Dog House. (PG, R) Dogs are matched with companions.

8.00 Ambulance Australia. (Mad, R) It is the day of Sydney’s popular City to Surf and paramedics Gina and Biffie are assigned to Bondi.

9.00 To Be Advised.

11.00 Blue Bloods. (Mv, R) Danny encounters a robbery in progress.

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. 9.40 Sammy J. 9.45 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 10.10 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 10.50 Would I Lie To You? 11.20 Live At The Apollo. (Final) 12.10am Everything’s Gonna Be Okay. 12.30 Bliss. 1.00 Fleabag. 1.20 Would I Lie To You? 1.55 Grand Designs NZ. 2.40 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

11.00 NSW Coronavirus Update. 11.35 WorldWatch.

Noon Letterkenny. 1.30 Chris Rock: Bring The Pain. 2.25 Insight. 3.25 WorldWatch. 4.50 Seconds From Disaster. 6.40 American Runestone: A Viking Mystery. 7.30 Forsaken Places. 8.30 The X-Files.

11.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 14. 1.50am Dateline. 2.20 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 The Great Australian Doorstep.

10.30 Weekender. 11.00 House Of Wellness. Noon Horse Racing. Memsie Stakes Day and Rose Hill Gardens Race Day. 5.30 Charlie Luxton’s Homes By The Sea. 6.30 Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters. 7.30 The Yorkshire Vet In Spring. 8.30 Escape To The Country. 11.30 Home Rescue. Midnight Before And After. 12.30 Late Programs.

9GEM (82) 6am Morning Programs.

11.35 MOVIE: The Man Who Haunted Himself.

(1970, PG) 1.30pm MOVIE: Agatha Christie’s Evil Under The Sun. (1982, PG) 3.55 MOVIE: Gun Belt.

(1953, PG) 5.30 MOVIE: Lawman. (1971, PG) 7.30 Rugby Union. The Rugby Championship. Bledisloe Cup. Game 3. Australia v New Zealand. 10.00 2021 Bledisloe Cup Post-Match. 10.30 MOVIE: Return Of The Seven. (1966, M) 12.30am Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 9.00 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 10.00 Diagnosis Murder. Noon JAG. 2.00 The Doctors. 3.00 Pat Callinan’s 4x4 Adventures. 4.00 Bondi Rescue.

4.30 WhichCar. 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 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 4.00 The Doctors. 5.00 Shopping.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

2.45pm Radiant. 3.10 Sailor Moon Crystal. 3.35 Voltron: Legendary Defender. 4.00 Ace My Space.

4.30 Odd Squad. 4.45 Little Lunch. 5.00 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.30 Droners. 6.00 Endlings. 6.30 72 Cutest Animals. 7.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 9.00 Wishfart! 9.15 Slugterra. 9.35 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Esio Trot.

Continued. (2015, PG) 7.35 Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety.

(2018, PG, Hindi) 10.10 Teen Spirit. (2018, PG) 11.50 Vanilla Sky. (2001, M) 2.20pm Legend Of The Guardians. (2010) 4.10 A United Kingdom. (2016, PG) 6.15 Loving. (2016, PG) 8.30 Backdraft. (1991) 11.05 The Reluctant Fundamentalist. (2012, M) 1.30am In The Aisles. (2018, MA15+, German) 3.50 Late Programs. 5.40 Teen Spirit. (2018, PG)

7MATE (63) 6am The Fishing Show.

7.00 Pawnography. 8.00 Home Shopping. 10.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 4: Morning session. Noon Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 4: Day session. 4.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 4: Afternoon session. 7.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 4: Night session. 10.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 4: Late-night session. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.45pm Malcolm. 2.45 Auction Hunters. 5.45 MOVIE: Down To Earth. (2001, PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Oblivion. (2013, M) 10.00 MOVIE: After Earth.

(2013, M) Midnight Young, Dumb And Banged Up In The Sun. 1.00 Westside. 2.00 Visions Of Greatness. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Fury. 3.30 Thunderbirds. 4.30 Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy. 4.50 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 The Middle. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Rules Of Engagement. 10.00 Becker. 11.00 Australian Survivor. 3pm Friends. 6.00 The Big Bang Theory.

9.45 2 Broke Girls. 10.45 The Conners. 12.15am Home Shopping. 1.45 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 Ms Represented With Annabel Crabb.

7.00 ABC National News. 7.30 Australian Story.

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 Choccywoccydoodah. 1.30 Free Range Cook. 2.00 Living On The Veg. 3.00 Rhodes Across Italy. 4.00 Watts On The Grill. 4.30 Heston’s Dinner In Space. 5.30 Watts On The Grill. 6.00 Cheese Slices. 7.00 Born To Cook. 7.30 Yotam’s Mediterranean. 8.30 Ainsley’s Mediterranean Cookbook. 9.30 The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British.

10.40 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

2.25pm Rugby Union. WA Premier Grade. 3.45 Bowls. SA Super League. 4.15 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 News. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 MOVIE: The Payback.

(2017, M) 9.45 MOVIE: Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017, M) 11.55 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

12.30pm Getaway. 1.00 House Hunters Int. 1.30 Kyal And Kara: Blue Lagoon Build. 2.30 Barnwood Builders. 3.30 Lakefront Bargain Hunt. 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 Fox Sports News. 3.00 Fox Sports News. 3.30 Fox Sports News. 4.00 Fox Sports News. 5.00 Fox Sports News. 6.00 Fox Sports News. 7.00 Bernardi.

8.00 Fox Sports News. 9.00 Fox Sports News.

10.00 Full Time Live. 11.00 Late Programs.

SUNDAY, August 29 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 Rage. (PG) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast.

9.00 Insiders. 10.00 Offsiders. 10.30 World This Week. (R) 11.00 Compass. (PG, R) 11.30 Praise. (R) 12.00 ABC News. 12.30 Landline.

1.30 Gardening Aust. (R) 2.30 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG, R) 3.15 Scottish Vets Down Under. (Final, PG, R) 4.00 Great Barrier Reef: The Next Generation. (PG, R) 5.00 Art Works. (PG, R) 5.30 Antiques Roadshow.

6.00 WorldWatch. 8.40 French News. 9.30 Greek News. 10.30 German News. 11.00 NSW Coronavirus Update. 11.30 Turkish News.

12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 Speedweek. 2.55 Gymnastics.

FIG Artistic World Challenge Cup. 4.25 Going Places. (R) 4.55 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 14. H’lights. 5.25 Harbour From The Holocaust. (PG)

6.00 Home Shopping.

7.00 Weekend Sunrise.

10.00 The Morning Show: Weekend. (PG) 12.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 5: Day session.

4.00 Better Homes And Gardens. (R) 5.00 Seven News At 5.

5.30 Sydney Weekender.

6.00 Animal Tales. (PG, R) 7.00 Weekend Today.

10.00 Sports Sunday. (PG) 11.00 NRL Sunday Footy Show. (PG) 1.00 The Xtreme CollXtion. (PG, R) 1.30 Ultimate Rush. (PGl, R) 2.00 The Block. (PGl, R) 3.00 Rugby League. NRL. Round 24.

Penrith Panthers v Wests Tigers.

6.00 Morning Programs. 7.30 Joel Osteen.

8.00 Roads Less Travelled. (R) 8.30 Pooches At Play. (R) 9.00 Australia By Design. (R) 9.30 St10. (PG) 12.00 Australian Survivor. (PGal, R) 1.30 Healthy Homes Aust. 2.00 My Market Kitchen. (R) 2.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 3.00 Jamie’s Easy Meals. (R) 3.30 Roads Less Travelled. 4.00 Waltzing Jimeoin. (Premiere, PGn) 4.30 Taste Of Australia. 5.00 News.

6.30 Compass. (PG, R) 7.00 ABC News Sunday.

7.40 David Attenborough’s Global Adventure. Part 1 of 3.

8.30 The Newsreader. (Ml) News breaks of Lindy’s release from prison.

9.25 Traces. (Mal) DI McKinven’s enquiries ruffle feathers.

10.10 Les Norton. (Mlsv, R) 11.05 Silent Witness. (Mav, R) 12.05 MOVIE: Maigret In Montmartre. (2017, Madnsv, R) 1.35 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.10 Shakespeare And Hathaway. (PG, R) 4.55 Insiders. (R)

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Raffles: Remaking An Icon. (PGl, R) 9.30 Egypt’s Lost Pyramid. (PG, R) 10.20 Filthy Rich And Homeless. (Madl, R) 11.20 24 Hours In Emergency. (Mal, R) 12.20 Coronavirus Special: What We Know Now. (PG, R) 1.25 The Contraceptive Pill: How Safe Is It? (PG, R) 2.20 Beach Soccer. FIFA World Cup. Final.

4.00 VICE Guide To Film. (Mdlv, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 Seven News.

7.00 The Voice. (PG) Hosted

by Sonia Kruger.

9.10 Homicide: With Ron Iddles: Erwin Kastenberger. (Mav) Ron Iddles takes a look at the investigation into the murder of Erwin Kastenberger.

10.10 Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous: The Killer Punch And Contract To Kill.

(Masv) Takes a look at a 1988 murder.

11.30 The Blacklist. (Mav) Townsend puts Liz’s loyalty to the test.

12.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 The Block. (PGl) 8.30 60 Minutes. Current affairs program.

9.30 Nine News Late.

10.00 The First 48: Bad Love. (Mav) A woman is gunned down in broad daylight.

11.00 Killer On The Line: Julie Dixon. (Mav, R) 11.50 Dr Christian Jessen Will See You Now. (MA15+an, R) 12.40 The Garden Gurus. (R) 1.05 Ultimate Rush. (Ml, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping.

4.00 Take Two. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Sunday Project.

A look at the day’s news.

7.30 Australian Survivor. The castaways continue their quest for the title of Sole Survivor in Cloncurry, Queensland.

9.00 FBI. (PGv) After the CEO of a brokerage firm is shot and killed while surrounded by protesters, the team looks into who had the most to lose from his company’s perceived stock market manipulations.

11.00 FBI: Most Wanted. (Mav, R) LaCroix’s daughter is taken away by ICE. 12.00 The Sunday Project.

(R) A look at the day’s news.

1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Sir Mouse. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Compass. 8.30 Louis Theroux’s LA Stories. 9.30 Miriam Margolyes Almost Australian.

(Final) 10.30 Beyond The Towers. 11.25 Doctor At The Door. 12.25am Inside The Met. (Final) 1.15 Brian Johnson’s A Life On The Road. 2.45 Live At The Apollo. 3.30 News Update. 3.35 Close. 5.05 Miffy’s Adventures Big And Small. 5.15 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

9.00 Basketball. WNBA. Connecticut Sun v Los Angeles Sparks. 11.00 WorldWatch. Noon Miniseries: Deep Water. 2.10 The Carmichael Show.

2.40 Timecode. 2.55 Seconds From Disaster. 3.50 WorldWatch. 4.20 The Point. 4.50 The Orville.

6.35 Life After People. (Final) 7.30 Rise Of The Superstorms. 8.30 Life And Death Row. 9.30 Locked Up: Teens Behind Bars. 10.25 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

8.30 Shopping. 10.00 Father Of The Fair Go. 11.00 The Great Australian Doorstep. 11.30 Harry’s Practice. Noon Dr Harry’s Animal Encounters.

1.00 Reno Rookie. 1.30 DVine Living. (Premiere) 2.00 The Bowls Show. 3.00 The Yorkshire Vet In Spring. 4.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 5: Afternoon 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 My Favorite Martian. 12.30 Getaway. 1.00 MOVIE: The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery. (1966) 3.00 MOVIE: Crossplot. (1969, PG) 5.00 MOVIE: Some Like It Hot. (1959, PG) 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 Coroner. 9.40 Chicago P.D. 10.40 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 Snap Happy. 9.30 Escape Fishing. 10.00 Roads Less Travelled. 10.30 Bondi Rescue. 11.00 Scorpion.

1pm The Doctors. 2.00 The Offroad Adventure Show. 3.00 All 4 Adventure. 4.00 Socceroos: Road To Qatar. 4.30 WhichCar. 5.00 Mighty Machines.

6.00 JAG. 7.00 Bondi Rescue. 7.30 NCIS. 9.30 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 12. British Grand Prix. 11.15 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

3pm Top Jobs For Dogs. 3.30 Junior Vets. 4.00 Ace My Space. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.45 Little Lunch. 5.00 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.30 Droners. 6.00 Endlings.

6.30 72 Cutest Animals. 7.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.40 Wishfart! 8.55 Slugterra.

9.15 Make It Pop! 9.40 Rage. 10.40 Close. 5.35am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Teen Spirit.

Continued. (2018, PG) 7.20 Loving. (2016, PG) 9.35 Legend Of The Guardians. (2010, PG) 11.25 Esio Trot. (2015, PG) 1.05pm The Confirmation.

(2016, M) 3.00 The Little Witch. (2018, PG) 4.55 The Nightingale. (2013, Mandarin) 6.50 The Silver Brumby. (1993, PG) 8.30 Lion. (2016, PG) 10.40 Memoir Of War. (2017, M, French) 1am The Guilty.

(2018, M, Danish) 2.35 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

7.25 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 5: Early morning session. 10.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 5: Morning session. Noon The Fishing Show. 1.00 Fish’n With Mates. 1.30 Fishing And Adventure. 2.00 To Be Advised. 6.00 Pawn Stars.

7.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 5: Night session. 10.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 5: Late night session. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

1.30pm Rivals. 2.00 MOVIE: Open Season: Scared Silly. (2015, PG) 3.40 MOVIE: Norm Of The North.

(2015, PG) 5.25 MOVIE: Wonder Park. (2019, PG) 7.00 MOVIE: Kung Fu Panda. (2008, PG) 8.45 MOVIE: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. (2018, M) 11.10 Paranormal Caught On Camera. 12.10am Outlaw. 1.00 Westside. 2.00 Road Trick. 2.30 Rivals. 3.00 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 7.00 The Middle. 8.00 Neighbours. 10.00 The Bachelor Australia. 12.25pm Jamie’s Easy Meals For Every Day. 12.55 The Dog House. 2.00 Sabrina, The Teenage Witch. 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. 1pm ABC News. 1.30 Foreign Correspondent. 2.00 ABC News. 2.30 Aust Story.

3.00 ABC News. 3.30 Offsiders. 4.00 Landline.

5.00 News. 5.30 World This Week. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 6.30 Foreign Correspondent. 7.00 ABC News Sunday. 7.40 The Brief. 8.00 Insiders.

9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 Australian Story.

10.00 ABC News Weekend. 10.30 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 11.35 Rhodes Across Italy. 12.30pm Watts On The Grill. 1.00 Heston’s Dinner In Space.

2.00 The Cook Up. 4.30 Cook And The Chef. 5.30 Michela’s Tuscan Kitchen. 6.00 Amazon Taste. 7.00 Middle East Feast With Shane Delia. 7.30 Weekend Breaks With Gregg Wallace. 8.30 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends. 9.40 The Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British.

10.50 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Football. WKFL Women’s. 11.15 Football.

CAFL. 12.55pm Rugby League. NRL NT. 1.45 Football. NT Women’s Premier League. 4.25 Ice Hockey. SA Premier League. 5.40 African News.

5.50 NITV News: Nula. 6.20 Art + Soul. 7.20 NITV News Update. 7.30 Who Do You Think You Are? 8.30 Incarceration Nation. 9.50 MOVIE: The Tracker. (2002) 11.35 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 Kyal And Kara: Blue Lagoon Build. 9.30 My Lottery Dream Home.

10.30 Fixer To Fabulous. 11.30 Late Programs.

SKY NEWS (53)

6am News. 6.30 News. 7.00 Gameday Live. 8.00 Sunday Agenda.

9.00 Outsiders. 10.00 Outsiders. 11.00 Business Weekend. Noon News. 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 30 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 David Attenborough’s Global Adventure. (R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 The Durrells. (PGls, R) 2.00 Parliament Question Time.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons.

4.00 Escape From The City. (PG, R) 4.55 Anh’s Brush With Fame. (PG, R) 5.25 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 10.30 German News.

11.00 NSW Coronavirus Update. 11.30 Turkish News. 12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 Al Jazeera. 2.00 The Last Hours Of Pompeii. (Ms, R) 3.00 Going Places. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.00 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam. (R) 4.35 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 15. H’lights. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) The latest news and views.

11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 6: Day session.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

Hosted by Larry Emdur.

6.00 Today.

9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 Getaway. (PG, R) 12.30 The Block. (PGl, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 6.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PG, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGal) 1.00 Australian Survivor. (R) 2.30 Ent. Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet.

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

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Australian Story.

8.30 Four Corners. Examines the politics of Fox News.

9.15 Media Watch. (PG) 9.35 Beyond The Towers. (MA15+a) 10.30 ABC Late News.

10.45 The Business. (R) 11.05 Doctor At The Door. (R) 12.05 Parliament Question Time.

1.05 Traces. (Mal, R) 1.50 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

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

7.35 Inside Windsor Castle. (PGa, R) 8.30 Secret Scotland: Aberdeenshire And Angus. (PG) 9.25 24 Hours In Emergency. (Ma, R) 10.20 SBS World News Late.

10.50 Outlier. (Mals) 11.45 Reprisal. (MA15+v, R) 3.50 Focus On Ability Film Festival. (Ml, R) 4.50 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 The Voice. (PG) On the second night of The Voice Knockouts, the last semi-final teams will be decided. Hosted by Sonia Kruger, with coaches Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy, Keith Urban and Rita Ora. 9.30 9-1-1: Lone Star. (M) After taking time off work, Owen finds himself immersed in the search for an arsonist.

11.30 The Latest: Seven News.

12.00 The Passage. (Mhv, R) 1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block. (PGl) 8.50 Under Investigation: 9/11 – Year 20. Presented by Liz Hayes.

9.50 100% Footy. (M) 10.50 Nine News Late.

11.20 The Arrangement. (Malsv) 12.10 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 and events.

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 Lawrence Mooney: Like Literally. (MA15+ls) A performance

by Lawrence Mooney.

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 Brian Cox’s Adventures In Space And Time. 9.25 Grand Designs New Zealand.

(Final) 10.10 Doctor Who. 10.55 The Chemical World. (Final) 11.55 Escape From The City. 12.50am QI. 1.25 Live At The Apollo. (Final) 2.10 30 Rock.

2.30 Reno 911! 2.55 Friday Night Dinner. 3.15 Inside No. 9. 3.45 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

11.00 NSW Coronavirus Update. 11.35 WorldWatch. Noon Seconds From Disaster. 1.50 The Osbournes: The Price Of Reality. 2.45 New Girl. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.00 Joy Of Painting.

5.30 Shortland Street. 6.00 Forged In Fire. 6.55 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

8.30 Hypothetical. 9.25 Taskmaster. 10.25 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Morning Programs.

10.30 The Bowls Show. 11.30 House Of Wellness.

12.30pm Bart Cummings: All The King’s Horses.

1.30 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Miniseries: Bancroft. 3.00 Sydney Weekender. 3.30 Medical Emergency. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Doc Martin.

8.30 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. 11.45 Late Programs.

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

7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 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 MOVIE: Wonderful Life. (1964) 5.20 Quincy M.E. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Poirot. 8.40 Agatha Christie’s Marple. 10.40 Law & Order: Criminal Intent. 11.35 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 The Doctors. 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 12. Belgian Grand Prix. Highlights.

11.20 Blue Bloods. 12.15am Shopping. 2.15 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

3.35pm Wow That’s Amazing. 4.00 Ace My Space.

4.30 Odd Squad. 4.45 Little Lunch. 5.00 Secret Life Of Boys. 5.30 Droners. 6.00 Endlings. 6.30 Teenage Boss. 7.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 8.40 Wishfart! 8.55 Slugterra. 9.15 Make It Pop! 9.40 Rage. 10.40 Close. 5.30am Children’s Programs.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am The Little Witch. Continued. (2018, PG) 6.55 The Silver Brumby. (1993, PG) 8.35 The Nightingale. (2013, Mandarin) 10.30 Tracks. (2013, M) 12.35pm Memoir Of War. (2017, M, French) 2.55 Loving.

(2016, PG) 5.10 Manje Bistre. (2017, PG, Punjabi) 7.40 Mustang. (2015, M, Turkish) 9.30 Alone In Space. (2018, PG, Swedish) 11.05 Late Programs.

5.45am Alone In Space. (2018, PG, Swedish)

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 6: Morning session. Noon A Football Life. 1.00 America’s Game. 2.00 Graveyard Carz. 3.00 Aussie Lobster Men. 4.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 6: Afternoon session. 7.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 6: Night session. 10.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 6: Late night session. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 2.00 90 Day Fiance. 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: Sicario. (2015, MA15+) 11.00 Paranormal Caught On Camera.

Midnight Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Middle.

7.00 Friends. 9.30 The Conners. 11.00 The Neighborhood. Noon Charmed. 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 Home Shopping. 1.30 Charmed. 2.30 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. 3.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 4.30 Home 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. 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. 2.00 Rachel Khoo. 2.30 Hemsley + Hemsley. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Kitchen.

4.00 Free Range Cook. 4.30 Bake With Anna. 5.00 Destination Flavour China. 5.30 Cook And The Chef.

6.00 Choccywoccydoodah. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Food Fight Club.

8.30 Hairy Bikers Chocolate Challenge. (Premiere) 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.30pm MOVIE: The Tracker. (2002) 3.00 Jarjums.

3.50 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Mustangs FC. 4.30 Grace Beside Me. 5.00 Shortland Street. 5.30 Chefs’ Line. 6.00 The 77 Percent. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Card Stories. 7.40 Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman. 8.30 Living Black. 9.30 Policing The Police. 10.30 News. 10.40 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

11.00 Postcards. 11.30 Find Me A Dream Home Australia. Noon Good Bones. 1.00 My Lottery Dream Home. 1.30 Kyal And Kara: Blue Lagoon Build. 2.30 My Lottery Dream Home. 3.00 The Block. 4.00 Flipping Vegas. 5.00 Good Bones.

6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 8.30 Restored By The Fords. 9.30 Boise Boys. 10.30 Help! I Wrecked My House. 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 In My View.

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.

TUESDAY, August 31 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 The Trial Of Christine Keeler. (Mals, 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 NSW Coronavirus Update. 11.30 Turkish News.

12.00 Arabic News F24. 12.30 America: News. 1.00 PBS News. 2.00 The Last Hours Of Pompeii. (PGav, R) 3.00 Going Places. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.00 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam. (PG, R) 5.05 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) The latest news and views.

11.30 Seven Morning News.

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

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

Hosted by Larry Emdur.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 Explore. (R) 12.10 Driving Test. (PG, R) 12.40 The Block. (PGl, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 6.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (PGa, R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (Ma) 1.00 Australian Survivor. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Back To Nature.

8.30 Magic And The Brain – The Science Of Illusion: A Catalyst Special.

9.30 Decoding Danger. (PG) 10.25 ABC Late News.

10.40 The Business. (R) 11.00 Q+A. (R) 12.05 Parliament Question Time.

1.05 Miriam’s Deathly Adventure. (Mls, R) 2.05 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

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

7.35 Who Do You Think You Are? (PGa, R) 8.30 Insight.

9.30 Dateline.

10.00 The Feed.

10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 The Point. (R) 11.30 Cacciatore: The Hunter. (MA15+alsv) 12.35 The Pier. (Mdls, R) 4.15 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+lv, R) 4.45 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Highway Patrol Special. (PGl, R) 8.30 Australia: Now And Then. (Mal) Part 3 of 4.

9.30 Gordon, Gino & Fred: American Road Trip: Summer Of Love (San Francisco And Napa Valley) (Mdl) 10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 Station 19. (Mav) 12.00 Temptation Island USA. (MA15+als, R) 1.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block. (PGl) 8.50 The Hundred With Andy Lee. Andy Lee is joined by a panel of comedians and 100 Aussies to explore the fun behind the facts.

9.50 Travel Guides. (PGln, R) 10.50 Nine News Late.

11.20 Reverie. (Mav) 12.10 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 and events.

7.30 Australian Survivor.

Presented by Jonathan LaPaglia.

9.00 The Cheap Seats. (Mal) Presenters Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald take a look at the week that was.

9.55 The Montreal Comedy Festival. (MA15+ls, R) Stand-up performances from comedians.

10.55 The Project. (R) A look at the day’s news and events.

11.55 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? 8.50 Everything’s Gonna Be Okay. 9.15 Bliss. 9.40 Rosehaven. 10.10 All My Friends Are Racist. 10.25 Doctor Who. 11.15 Fleabag. (Final) 11.40 The Games.

12.10am Live At The Apollo. 12.40 30 Rock. 1.00 Reno 911! 1.25 Adam Hills: The Last Leg. 2.05 Friday Night Dinner. 2.30 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

11.00 NSW Coronavirus Update. 11.35 WorldWatch.

Noon Seconds From Disaster. 1.50 Race And Education. 2.45 New Girl. 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.00 Joy Of Painting. 5.30 Shortland Street. 6.00 Forged In Fire. 6.55 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 Roswell: The First Witness. (Final) 9.25 Cat Ladies. 10.35 Fanatics: The Deep End. (Premiere) 11.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping. 7.00 Auction Squad. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute. 2.00 Miniseries: Bancroft. 3.00 Creek To Coast. 3.30 Medical Emergency. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Pie In The Sky. 8.30 Lewis. 10.30 Deadly Dates. 11.30 Late Programs.

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

7.30 TV Shop. 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 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 MOVIE: The Gentle Gunman. (1952) 5.20 Quincy M.E. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 New Tricks.

8.40 The Closer. 9.40 Rizzoli & Isles. 10.40 The Lover’s Lane Murders. 11.40 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 Socceroos: Road To Qatar. 10.55 NCIS: New Orleans. 12.45am Home Shopping. 2.15 MOVIE: Snake Eyes. (1998, M) 4.15 SEAL Team. 5.05 ST: Next Gen.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

3.20pm Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.35 Wow That’s Amazing. 4.00 Ace My Space. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.45 Little Lunch. 5.00 Secret Life Of Boys.

5.30 Droners. 6.00 Endlings. 6.30 Teenage Boss.

7.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

8.40 Wishfart! 8.55 Slugterra. 9.15 Make It Pop! 9.40 Rage. 10.40 Close.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Alone In Space. Continued. (2018, PG, Swedish) 7.20 Manje Bistre. (2017, PG, Punjabi) 9.50 The Little Witch. (2018, PG) 11.45 Mustang. (2015, M, Turkish) 1.35pm The Nightingale. (2013, Mandarin) 3.30 The Silver Brumby. (1993, PG) 5.10 Our Little Sister.

(2015, PG, Japanese) 7.30 Accidentally Dad. (2020, M, Vietnamese) 9.30 Upside Down. (2012, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 7: Morning session. Noon A Football Life. 1.00 America’s Game. 2.00 Graveyard Carz. 3.00 Aussie Lobster Men. 4.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Day 7: Afternoon session. 7.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 7: Night session. 10.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 7: Late night session. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Kardashians. 2.00 90 Day Fiance. 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: Mercury Rising. (1998, M) 9.45 MOVIE: The Town.

(2010, MA15+) 12.15am Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Middle. 7.00 Seinfeld. 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. 9.00 Becker.

10.00 Friends. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Charmed.

1.00 2 Broke Girls. 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 Mom. 11.35 Frasier.

Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Charmed. 2.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1.40pm Capital Hill. 2.00 Parliament.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 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. 2pm Cellar Door: NZ. 2.30 Hemsley + Hemsley. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Kitchen.

4.00 Free Range Cook. 4.30 Bake With Anna. 5.00 Destination Flavour. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 Choccywoccydoodah. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Destination Flavour.

8.00 Dolce Africa. 8.30 Jamie’s Great Britain.

(Final) 9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon Policing The Police. 1.00 My Life As I Live It. 2.00 Urban Native Girl. 3.00 Wapos Bay. 3.25 Bushwhacked! 3.50 Bino And Fino. 4.00 Mustangs FC. 4.30 Grace Beside Me. 5.00 Shortland Street.

5.30 Chefs’ Line. 6.00 On Country Kitchen. 6.30 First Footprints. 7.30 The Point. 8.00 Living Black Conversations. 8.30 After The Apology. 10.00 The Work. 11.35 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

Noon House Hunters. 1.00 Help! I Wrecked My House. 2.00 Restored By 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. 8.30 Restoration Man. 9.30 Building Off The Grid: Yellowstone River. 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, September 1 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) 10.55 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 Dateline. (R) 2.30 Insight. (R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.00 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam. (PG, R) 4.35 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 16. H’lights. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) The latest news and views.

11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 8: Day session.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

Hosted by Larry Emdur.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 Garden Gurus Moments. (R) 12.10 Customs. (PGa, R) 12.40 The Block. (PGl, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat.

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 6.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil.

(PGa) 1.00 The Bachelor Aust. (R) 2.30 Ent. Tonight. 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Hard Quiz. (PG) 8.30 Question Everything.

9.00 Rosehaven. (PG) 9.30 Would I Lie To You? (PG, R) 10.00 Staged. (Ml, R) 10.25 ABC Late News.

10.40 The Business. (R) 10.55 Four Corners. (R) 11.45 Media Watch. (PG, R) 12.00 Parliament. 1.05 Beyond The Towers.

(MA15+a, R) 2.00 Silent Witness. (Mav, R) 3.00 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.25 The Drum.

(R) 5.25 7.30. (R)

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

7.35 Tony Robinson’s World

By Rail. (PGal, R) 8.30 What Does Australia Really Think About… Obesity. (M) Part 3 of 3.

9.30 War Of The Worlds. (MA15+) 10.30 SBS World News Late.

11.00 Hunters. (Premiere, M) 11.45 The Killing. (Mlv, R) 4.05 VICE Guide To Film. (Malnv, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour: Japan Bitesize. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature.

5.15 NHK World English News.

5.30 Deutsche Welle English News.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 7.30 Nurses. (Ma) A man goes into anaphylactic shock.

8.30 RFDS. (Ma) The team struggles to keep a patient alive after his condition takes a critical turn mid-air.

9.30 The Rookie. (Mav) Harper and Nolan respond to a bank robbery.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 Chicago Fire. (Ma) 12.00 First Dates Australia. (PG, R) 1.30 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 The Block. (PGl) 8.50 Paramedics. (Ma) Paramedics celebrate a career milestone.

9.50 Australian Crime Stories: Million Dollar Mystery.

10.50 Nine News Late.

11.20 Killer On The Line. (Mav, R) 12.10 Bluff City Law. (Mad, 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 and events.

7.30 The Bachelor Australia. Bachelor Jimmy Nicholson, an airline pilot, sets out to find true love from among a group of eligible bachelorettes.

8.30 Bull. (PGa, R) As New York City is shutdown by the COVID-19 pandemic, psychologist Dr Jason Bull and the TAC team are forced to adjust to the new normal and to a virtual courts system.

11.30 The Project. (R) 12.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.00 Would I Lie To You? 8.30 Art Works.

9.00 Hitsville. 10.55 Doctor Who. 11.40 Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds. 12.40am Louis Theroux’s LA Stories. 1.40 30 Rock. 2.05 Reno 911!

2.25 Friday Night Dinner. 2.50 Man Like Mobeen.

3.15 Brush With Fame. 3.45 News Update. 3.50 Close. 5.00 Rainbow Chicks. 5.05 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Seconds From Disaster. 1.50 Raised In The System: Youth Behind Bars. 2.45 New Girl. 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.00 Joy Of Painting. 5.30 Shortland Street. 6.00 Forged In Fire. 6.55 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Act. (Final) 9.35 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta.

Stage 17. 1.50am News. 2.20 France 24. 3.00 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping.

7.00 Auction Squad. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute.

2.00 Miniseries: Bancroft. 3.00 DVine Living. 3.30 Medical Emergency. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 The Coroner.

8.30 A Touch Of Frost. 10.50 Bones. 12.50am M*A*S*H. 2.00 Home Shopping.

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: The Comedy Man. (1964, PG) 5.20 Quincy M.E. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 Keeping Up Appearances. 8.50 Midsomer Murders. 10.50 An Unexpected Killer. 11.50 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Destination Dessert. 8.30 Snap Happy. 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 12. Belgian Grand Prix. Highlights. 3.10 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

3.20pm Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.35 Wow That’s Amazing. 4.00 Ace My Space. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.45 Little Lunch. 5.00 Secret Life Of Boys.

5.30 Droners. 6.00 Endlings. 6.30 Teenage Boss.

7.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.20 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

8.40 Wishfart! 8.55 Slugterra. 9.15 Make It Pop! 9.40 Rage. 10.40 Close.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Jour De Fete. Continued. (1949, French) 6.20 Our Little Sister. (2015, PG, Japanese) 8.40 Selkie. (2000, PG) 10.20 The Names Of Love. (2010, M, French) 12.15pm Manje Bistre. (2017, PG, Punjabi) 2.45 Amazonia. (2013, No dialogue) 4.15 Offside. (2006, PG, Farsi) 5.55 Alone In Space. (2018, PG, Swedish) 7.30 The Enigma Of Arrival. (2018, M, Mandarin) 9.35 Marjorie Prime. (2017, M) 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 8: Morning session. Noon A Football Life. 1.00 America’s Game. 2.00 Graveyard Carz. 3.00 Aussie Lobster Men. 4.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 8: Afternoon session. 7.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 8: Night session. 10.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 8: Late night session. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Kardashians. 2.00 90 Day Fiance. 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: Swordfish.

(2001, M) 9.30 MOVIE: Blade II. (2002, MA15+) Midnight Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Middle. 7.30 Frasier. 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. 9.00 Becker.

10.00 Friends. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Charmed.

1.00 2 Broke Girls. 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 Charmed.

2.30 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1.30pm 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. 2.00 Cellar Door: NZ. 2.30 Hemsley + Hemsley. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Kitchen.

4.00 Free Range Cook. 4.30 Bake With Anna. 5.00 Destination Flavour. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 Choccywoccydoodah. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Giada. 8.00 Heart And Soul. 8.30 Taste Of The Sea. 9.00 Seafood Odyssey.

9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.35pm Clinton’s Walk For Justice. 2.00 Intune 08. 3.00 Jarjums. 4.30 Grace Beside Me. 5.00 Shortland Street. 5.30 Chefs’ Line. 6.00 On Country Kitchen. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 The South Sydney Story. 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.

11.30 Beachfront Bargain Hunt. 12.30pm Building Off The Grid: Yellowstone River. 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 Island Life. 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.

THURSDAY, September 2 ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

PRIME7 (6)

NBN (8, 80)

TEN (5)

6.00 News. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Aust Story. (R) 10.30 Back To Nature. (R) 11.00 Decoding Danger. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Hard Quiz. (PG, R) 1.30 Question Everything. (R) 2.00 Parliament.

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. 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 The Woman Raised By Monkeys. (PG, R) 3.00 Going Places. (PG, R) 3.30 The Cook Up. (PG) 4.00 Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam. (PG, R) 4.35 Jeopardy! (PG) 5.00 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta. Stage 17. H’lights. 5.30 Letters And Numbers. (R)

6.00 Sunrise.

9.00 The Morning Show. (PG) The latest news and views.

11.30 Seven Morning News.

12.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 9: Day session.

4.00 Seven News At 4.

5.00 The Chase Australia.

Hosted by Larry Emdur.

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today Extra. (PG) 11.30 Morning News.

12.00 Explore.

12.10 Driving Test. (PG, R) 12.40 The Block. (PGl, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG) 4.00 Afternoon News.

5.00 Millionaire Hot Seat. (R)

6.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 6.30 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 7.00 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 7.30 Bold. (R) 8.00 Studio 10. (PG) 12.00 Dr Phil.

(PGal) 1.00 The Bachelor Aust. (R) 2.00 Ent. Tonight. 2.30 Farm To Fork. (PG, R) 3.00 Judge Judy. (PG) 3.30 My Market Kitchen. (R) 4.00 Everyday Gourmet.

4.30 The Bold And The Beautiful.

5.00 10 News First.

6.00 The Drum.

6.55 Sammy J. (PG) 7.00 ABC News.

7.30 7.30.

8.00 Foreign Correspondent.

8.30 Q+A. 9.35 Fake Or Fortune?

10.35 ABC Late News.

10.50 The Business. (R) 11.05 Miriam’s Deathly Adventure. (Mal, R) 12.10 Parliament Question Time.

1.10 Midsomer Murders. (Mv, R) 2.40 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 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 Great Asian Railway Journeys. (R) 8.35 Incredible Journeys With Simon Reeve. (M) 9.40 The Good Fight. (Final, M) 10.40 SBS World News Late.

11.10 Criminal Planet. (MA15+) 12.00 Mr Mercedes. (MA15+av, R) 2.50 WACO: Madman Or Messiah? (Malv, R) 4.25 VICE Guide To Film. (MA15+a, R) 4.55 Destination Flavour. (R) 5.00 France 24 Feature. 5.15 NHK World English News. 5.30 Deutsche Welle.

6.00 PRIME7 News.

6.30 PRIME7 News @ 6:30.

7.00 Home And Away. (PG) 8.30 My Impossible House: First Time Home. (PG) A couple buy a mid-19th century chapel in Devon, but the project tests their creativity to the limit.

9.30 10 Years Younger In 10 Days.

(PGa) Presented by Cherry Healey.

10.30 The Latest: Seven News.

11.00 The Front Bar. (M) Takes a lighter look at all things AFL. 12.00 MOVIE: Out Of Line. (2001, Mlsv, R) 2.00 Home Shopping.

5.00 Seven Early News.

5.30 Sunrise.

6.00 NBN News.

7.00 A Current Affair.

7.30 Rugby League. NRL. Round 25.

Canberra Raiders v Sydney Roosters.

9.45 Thursday Night Knock Off. Post-match NRL news and analysis.

10.30 Nine News Late.

11.00 Chicago Med. (Mam, R) 11.50 World’s Worst Flights: Landings. (M, R) 12.40 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.30 The Project.

7.30 The Bachelor Australia. (Final) Bachelor Jimmy Nicholson’s adventure is nearly over and it is time for him to make the toughest decision yet.

9.00 Law & Order: SVU. (Mas, R) When the squad investigates an assault in New York’s Central Park, they are hampered by their own blind spots.

11.00 Blue Bloods. (Final, Mv) The Reagans band together.

12.00 The Project. (R) 1.00 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) Late night talk show.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS This Morning.

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

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.15pm Odd Squad. 7.30 Spicks And Specks. 8.30 Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 9.10 Hard Quiz. 9.40 Question Everything. 10.10 Doctor Who. 10.55 That Pacific Sports Show. 11.25 You Can’t Ask That. 11.55 Brian Cox’s Adventures In Space And Time. 12.50am Doctor At The Door. 1.50 30 Rock.

2.10 Reno 911! 2.35 Friday Night Dinner. 3.00 Man Like Mobeen. 3.20 Late Programs.

VICELAND (31) 6am WorldWatch.

Noon Letterkenny. 2.45 New Girl. 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.00 Joy Of Painting. 5.30 Shortland Street. 6.00 Forged In Fire. 6.55 Jeopardy! 7.30 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 9.20 Cycling. UCI World Tour. La Vuelta.

Stage 18. 1.50am News. 2.20 Deutsche Welle. 3.00 Thai News. 3.30 Bangla News. 4.00 Punjabi News.

4.30 Late Programs.

7TWO (62) 6am Home Shopping.

7.00 Auction Squad. 8.00 Harry’s Practice. 8.30 Million Dollar Minute. 9.30 NBC Today. Noon House Of Wellness. 1.00 Million Dollar Minute.

2.00 Miniseries: Bancroft. 3.00 Weekender. 3.30 Medical Emergency. 4.30 M*A*S*H. 5.30 Escape To The Country. 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Father Brown. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Murdoch Mysteries. 11.50 Late Programs.

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

7.30 TV Shop. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Keeping Up Appearances. 1.10 Days Of Our Lives. 2.05 The Young And The Restless.

3.00 Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 MOVIE: Don’t Bother To Knock. (1961, PG) 5.20 Quincy M.E. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow. 7.30 The First 48. 8.30 Reported Missing. 9.45 5 Mistakes That Caught A Killer. 10.45 Late Programs.

BOLD (51) 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 Motorcycle Racing. MotoGP. Race 12. British Grand Prix. Replay. 9.30 Socceroos: Road To Qatar. 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. 8.30 Hawaii Five-0. 10.30 SEAL Team. 11.30 To Be Advised.

12.30am Shopping. 2.00 Late Programs.

ABC ME (23)

6am Children’s Programs.

3.20pm Matilda And The Ramsay Bunch. 3.35 Wow That’s Amazing. 4.00 Ace My Space. 4.30 Odd Squad. 4.45 Little Lunch. 5.00 Secret Life Of Boys.

5.30 Droners. 6.00 Endlings. 6.30 Teenage Boss.

7.00 Mythbusters “There’s Your Problem!”. 7.35 Doctor Who. 8.25 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

8.45 Wishfart! 9.00 Slugterra. 9.20 Make It Pop! 9.45 Rage. 10.45 Close.

SBS MOVIES (32) 6am Amazonia.

Continued. (2013, No dialogue) 7.00 Offside.

(2006, PG, Farsi) 8.40 The Secret Of Kells. (2009, PG) 10.10 Jour De Fete. (1949, French) 11.40 Accidentally Dad. (2020, M, Vietnamese) 1.40pm Our Little Sister. (2015, PG, Japanese) 4.00 Selkie.

(2000, PG) 5.40 Swallows And Amazons. (2016, PG) 7.30 Breathe. (2017, M) 9.40 Under The Skin.

(2013, MA15+) 11.40 Late Programs.

7MATE (63) 6am Morning Programs.

10.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 9: Morning session. Noon A Football Life. 1.00 America’s Game. 2.00 Storage Wars Canada. 3.00 Pawnography. 4.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 9: Afternoon session. 7.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 9: Night session. 10.00 Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Day 9: Late night session. 11.30 Late Programs.

9GO! (83) 6am Children’s Programs.

11.00 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. Noon Parenthood. 1.00 Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 2.00 90 Day Fiance. 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 Young Sheldon. 8.30 MOVIE: Arrival.

(2016, M) 10.50 Late Programs.

PEACH (52) 6am The Middle. 7.00 Frasier. 8.00 Rules Of Engagement. 9.00 Becker.

10.00 The Big Bang Theory. 11.00 Frasier. Noon Charmed. 1.00 2 Broke Girls. 2.00 Mom. 3.00 Rules Of Engagement. 3.30 The King Of Queens.

4.00 Becker. 5.00 Frasier. 6.00 Friends. 6.30 Neighbours. 7.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big Bang Theory. 9.30 The Unicorn. (Return) 10.00 Seinfeld.

11.00 Late Programs.

ABC NEWS (24) 6am News Programs. 1.40pm Capital Hill. 2.00 Parliament.

3.15 ABC News Afternoons. 4.00 Afternoon Briefing. 5.00 ABC News Hour. 6.00 ABC Evening News. 7.00 ABC National News. 7.45 Road To Tokyo. 8.00 ABC News Tonight. 8.45 The Business.

9.00 ABC Nightly News. 9.30 7.30. 10.00 The World. 11.00 The Drum. 11.55 Heywire. Midnight ABC Late News. 12.15 Late Programs.

SBS FOOD (33) 6am Morning Programs. 2.00 Cellar Door: NZ. 2.30 Hemsley + Hemsley. 3.00 Chefs’ Line. 3.30 Lidia’s Kitchen.

4.00 Free Range Cook. 4.30 Bake. 5.00 Destination Flavour China. 5.30 Cook And The Chef. 6.00 Choccywoccydoodah. 6.30 Come Dine With Me UK. 7.00 The Cook Up. 7.30 Field Trip. 8.00 Nigellissima.

8.30 Gino’s Italian Escape. 9.00 French Odyssey.

9.30 Mystery Diners. 10.00 Late Programs.

NITV (34) 6am Morning Programs.

1.35pm Songlines On Screen. 1.50 Message From Mungo. 3.00 Jarjums. 3.50 Bino And Fino.

4.00 Mustangs FC. 4.30 Grace Beside Me. 5.00 Shortland Street. 5.30 Chefs’ Line. 6.00 On Country Kitchen. 6.30 Pete & Pio’s Kai Safari. 7.00 Our Stories. 7.20 News. 7.30 Going Places With Ernie Dingo. 8.30 MOVIE: Backtrack Boys. (2018, MA15+) 10.20 The Point. 10.50 Late Programs.

9LIFE (84) 6am Morning Programs.

10.30 Flipping Vegas. 11.30 Masters Of Flip.

12.30pm Home Town. 1.30 Island Life. 2.00 Kyal And Kara: Blue Lagoon Build. 3.00 The Block.

4.30 Island Life. 5.00 Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Renovation. 6.00 House Hunters Int. 7.00 House Hunters. 7.30 House Hunters International. 8.30 Fixer Upper. 9.30 Bargain Mansions. 10.30 Flip Or Flop. 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.

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The Northern Rivers Times

August 26, 2021

40 RURAL NEWS

Job seekers jump on the header for a record harvest AHEAD of what is predicted to be a record spring harvest, Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall has encouraged Aussies to take up on-farm employment to help primary producers overcome a Covidinduced workforce shortage.

Mr Marshall said the state’s agricultural industry was facing a labour shortfall, and travelers and out-of-work New South Welshmen could be well placed to help once stay-athome orders were lifted.

“I’m putting out a call to arms for adventure seekers and job seekers alike to head to the bush for a bumper harvest,” Mr Marshall said.

“Our farmers are hurting from international and state border closures and it’s critical they have the workforce needed to produce our food and fibre.

“Agriculture stops for no-one. If we don’t put the necessary measures in place to get more boots on the ground in the coming months fruit will rot and crops will waste.

“Last year’s harvest was huge and all signs point to an even bigger spring this time around. This is the grand finale, the big dance, the Olympics of harvests for our broadacre cropping communities and you can be a part of these tumbling records.

“We must do all we can to keep communities safe from Covid, but I’d love to see people head west when we’re out of lockdown for a truly unique experience. It is tough work, but experience isn’t necessary, it’s great money and a great way to upskill.

“If you want to get your hands dirty the best place

to start is our ‘Help Harvest NSW’ website which connects agriculture employers with anyone looking for work.”

Grants of up to $10,000 are available for regional businesses to assist with the relocation costs of eligible skilled workers who move from metropolitan areas.

Mr Marshall said the NSW

Government had implemented additional measures to help the state’s farmers overcome the Covid-induced workforce shortage.

“I hope today’s calls for reinforcements will complement the support we’ve already put in place,” Mr Marshall said.

“To help bridge the shortage

caused by border closures, the NSW Government has approved the arrival of more than 2,000 overseas agricultural workers, provided a 50% subsidy for their hotel quarantine costs and spearheaded the Ag Workers’ Code.”

TWO THOUSAND OVERSEAS AG WORKERS ARRIVE IN NSW MINISTER for Agriculture Adam Marshall has announced more than 2,000 overseas skilled agricultural workers have arrived in NSW in the last 12 months to help industry overcome the COVID-induced labour shortage.

Mr Marshall said the lack of workers in the agricultural sector remained at critical levels, which is why the NSW Government’s continued support was so important.

“The number of overseas skilled agricultural workers we’ve helped arrive safely to work on farms and in meat processing factories across the state has now ticked past 2,000 – more than any other State,” Mr Marshall said.

“It is critical industry has the workforce it needs during these challenging times so there can be minimal disruption to supply

chains. This labour boost is an important step towards securing our food supply.

“Right now workers are rolling up their sleeves, from Moree to Junee, in Singleton and in Scone, from Guyra down to Wagga Wagga and in many more bush communities.

“They have provided a substantial boost to our horticulture and meat processing sectors in particular.”

Mr Marshall said in addition to aiding their arrival, the NSW Government had also provided financial relief for agricultural businesses under its hotel quarantine subsidy program.

“We understand the cost of hotel quarantine is a significant barrier for farming businesses, which is why we subsidise 50 per cent of those costs,” Mr

Marshall said.

“This subsidy reduces the cost to industry from roughly $3,000 per person to $1,500.

“NSW is by far the cheapest jurisdiction in Australia for industry to bring in critical ag workers, which underscores the value we place on the agricultural sector here.

“So far we have provided $2.86 million in support under the program and that figure will continue to grow significantly while international borders remain shut.”

The arrival of the more than 2,000 overseas agricultural workers was approved under the Pacific Labour Scheme and Seasonal Workers Program.

Mandatory hotel quarantine applies to all international arrivals in accordance with Public Health Orders.

Casino Food Co-op supporting employees getting vaccinated THE Casino Food Co-op has partnered with Healthy North Coast and the Alstonville Clinic to deliver an onsite Covid-19 vaccination program at our Booyong Facility.

The program will run this Friday 27th August to give employees the opportunity to be vaccinated during work hours.

We love being a proactive employer and value the contribution by our employees to our organization. Doing what we can to keep them safe and provide what opportunities we can is a part of our ethos.

By making the vaccine readily available during our

employee’s normal shift, we expect a high percentage of the workforce (100 plus employees) will take up the option.

As one of the largest employers in our region and being classified as an essential service during this pandemic, it is important we all do our bit to keep our community safe.

We encourage all businesses to work with their employees to be proactive and work towards a community with immunity.

Special thanks to Healthy North Coast (https://hnc.org. au ) for connecting us with the Alstonville Clinic and making this happen.

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INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROTECTS MACADAMIA ORCHARDS MACADAMIA growers will benefit from research that has identified the key drivers needed to protect their orchards from pests to increase nut quality, production, and profitability.

The Macadamia Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program started in 2017 to test combinations of biological, cultural, and chemical controls on commercial farms and NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) research stations.

Eight on-farm trials have been set up in key macadamia growing areas in Central Queensland, near Bundaberg, in the Gympie – Glasshouse Mountain area, the Northern Rivers region and at the Mid North Coast of NSW, Nambucca Heads/ Valla/ Macksville.

DPI entomologist Dr Ruth Huwer said monitoring was a key part of integrated pest management and it’s important to identify and understand the pest problem.

“We are developing protocols and monitoring strategies to identify the best efficacy and timing for treatment of different pests, such as macadamia seed

weevil and fruit spotting bug,” Dr Huwer said.

“At the DPI Centre for Tropical Horticulture in Alstonville, we have established a small-scale trial to compare IPM options with minimum broadspectrum pesticide input with conventional treatments.

“This has allowed us to test

chemical best practice and to find the best fit as part of the rotation. We found that where mainly broad-spectrum insecticides are used, there is an increase in secondary pests such as scales and thrips.

“Since the beginning of the program the team has identified new emerging pests, including the Macadamia

system.

“This trial allows the team to assess the effects of increased biodiversity on nut yield and quality.”

Dr Huwer said while fruitspotting bug was native to Australia, the damage they cause was consistently the primary reason for nuts being rejected at the factory stage, as the nuts were unmarketable.

“A key research result found that in all the different growing areas of the east coast, the fruitspotting bug are the main pest and this pest is the key driver of pest management options,” she said.

“Fruitspotting bug occurs at the same time of the growing season as Lepotocoris spp with similar looking damage to the macadamia fruit, but now the research has identified the difference, the management can be more targeted.” seed weevil, Scolytid beetles, Information on different Leptocoris spp bug and scarab pests, diseases and growing pests. guides for macadamia orchards “A small-scale biodiversity is available on the NSW DPI trial was established by website. planting varieties of native This project has been shrubs and inter rows were funded by Hort Innovation seeded with flowering plants using the macadamia research within the orchard to increase and development levy and the number of natural enemies funds from the Australian to provide a more resilient IPM Government.

Agriculture visa a massive win for our region

THE Agricultural Worker Visa will allow skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers from a range of countries to come and work in our farming, fishery, and forestry sectors.

Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan said this will greatly assist the many industries in our region,

including our blueberry farms who are constantly looking for workers.

“The agriculture visa will be in place no later than 30 September of this year, with the full implementation of this demand driven visa complete within 3 years,” Mr Hogan said.

“The agriculture workforce shortage has been a major issue during COVID. While our farmers and industries have gone about their work keeping Australians and the world fed and clothed, they have done so under workforce constraints.”

“We’ve listened to our

communities and our industries, and this is what they’ve asked for. It will also encourage the next generation of farmers knowing that their future is bright and prosperous.”

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Cattle Market Reports

LISMORE DUE to the current COVID restrictions a light yarding of 100 cattle were sold at the Lismore Sale on Tuesday, 17th August.

Buyers competed strongly on all classes of stock

CASINO AGENTS yarded a total of 884 head at the Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange regular prime sale on Wednesday 18 August.

The yarding consisted mostly of young cattle along with a smaller number of cows.

Quality was varied with a mix of well-bred and mixed bred cattle sold on the day. Restockers again purchased the majority of the young cattle on offer.

Cow prices held firm this week averaging 311.0c/ kg and reaching a top price of 364.2c/kg. 1 head sold for a top return of $2,368.08. Heifer prices were slightly back topping their category at 710.2c/kg and averaging 499.3c/kg and 261kg. 6 head sold achieved a return of $1,830.00.

Bull prices saw a drop this week with 29 head sold reaching a top of 290.0c/kg and average of 260.7c/ kg and 624kg. Steer and bullock prices held firm to slightly dearer with 349 head sold. Steers sold to a top of 812.2c/kg and averaged 577.7c/kg and

REPORT FROM SALE HELD IN THE LAST WEEK and prices were firm on recent sales.

Earle and Lillian Smiths Angus steers sold for $6.30 c/kg, $1638.

Dependabells Angus steers $7.20 c/kg, $1632.

The cows were mainly of secondary quality and were bought by restockers and ranged from $2.60 c/kg to $3.30 c/kg.

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REPORTS FROM SALES HELD IN THE LAST WEEK 233kg with 1 head selling for a return of $1,917.34.

Bullocks averaged 372.5c/kg and 457kg with 1 head selling for a top return of $2,687.68.

Vealer prices were slightly down this week with 330 head yarded. Prices reached 800.0c/kg and averaged 577.2c/kg and 245kg. 5 head sold achieved a top return of $2,514.44.

Ray White Rural Casino & Kyogle held their monthly store sale on Friday 20 August with 991 head sold. Heifers reached a top of 748.2c/kg and averaged 620.3c/kg and 211kg. Steers averaged 620.8c/kg and 266kg with a top price of 816.2c/kg.

Cows achieved a top return of $3,120.00 whilst Cows & Calves reached $3,420.00.

T&W McCormack and Ramsey & Bulmer held their postponed monthly store sale on Saturday 21 August with 1,508 head sold. Heifers reached a top of 736.2c/kg and averaged 601.4c/kg and 224kg.

Steers averaged 622.6c/kg and 259kg with a top

price of 808.2c/kg. Cows achieved a top return of $2,540.00 whilst Cows & Calves reached $3,750.00.

A small number of bulls sold on the day topped the market at $5,750.00.

Both store sales were hosted online via StockLive allowing buyers from across the country to view the sale in real time and place bids. This also allowed vendors, who are currently not permitted to enter the facility, to view their cattle being sold.

Over 294 bids were placed online with 82 head sold to online bidders at a total value of over $185,000. With 355 tuned in on the day, StockLive really proved itself to be a value adding program for livestock sales at the NRLX. George & Fuhrmann will hold a store sale at the NRLX this Friday 27 August starting at 10am. Entry will be restricted to professional and regular buyers, please contact the NRLX for more information.

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AWU condemns dismissive attitude to Covid safety from shearing contractors

FERAL DEER ARE HERE

NEW SIGHTINGS IN THE TWEED

TEN confirmed sightings of deer in the Tweed and 2 in the Kyogle region have been recorded since the Northern Rivers Feral Deer Alert program was launched in May. Council’s feral deer management officer Rachel Hughes said there had been more than 30 anecdotal sightings across the Tweed, Kyogle and Lismore local government areas since the program began in this region.

“In the past week, two sightings were reported in the Tweed at Bilambil Heights, one at Pottsville and one at Crabbes Creek near the Tweed Shire border. These weren’t just way out in the bush as people might think, they are moving in very close to residential areas,” Ms Hughes said.

“We know people aren’t out and about at the moment during the lockdown, however we really need your help if you do see a deer as this can get away from us if we don’t act now – the deer won’t wait for us.”

Ms Hughes said as a community, we need to be on high alert because having feral deer in built-up areas comes with an increased risk of vehicle collisions, harassment of pets, animals and cattle and finding deer in backyards eating vegetable patches.

“The advice is not to approach the deer as they can get aggressive, especially in their mating season,” she said.

“We don’t want people to be alarmed but just be aware this is a real issue and we need the community’s help.

“It’s quite worrying to have so many reports of deer in the local area, but we are grateful to the community for reporting sightings. Without these reports, we wouldn’t know where to focus our efforts.”

This community awareness campaign aims to prevent feral deer numbers growing out of control in the region by asking the community, farmers, landholders, bushwalkers and motorists to report any feral deer sightings.

“We urge the community to report any sightings and take a photo or video if it’s safe to do so. Receiving reports from the public is critical to prevent the deer situation from escalating,” Ms Hughes said.

Six species of feral deer have been introduced in Australia and they are quickly becoming one of the country’s most concerning pest animals as they breed quickly and become difficult to manage as their populations grow.

A series of community workshops held recently aimed to inform people how to identify and report feral deer and how to control them on their property.

“All four workshops were well received with participants finding them useful and informative. It was also an opportunity to gather evidence regarding areas where deer have been spotted,” Ms Hughes said.

Prevent feral deer getting out of control by reporting all sightings at feralscan.org.au/deerscan or phone Local Land Services on 1300 795 299 . For more information go to feraldeeralert.com.au.

THE Australian Workers’ Union has condemned the dismissive attitude to workplace safety by some shearing contractors after news emerged that a number of workers have tested positive to Covid and more than a dozen have been told to isolate on a NSW farm due to fears of an outbreak.

The AWU is extremely concerned about the workers’ welfare, with the farm in a remote, isolated location.

Due to shearing’s mobile workforce, the union now fears its warnings on COVID early last week are now becoming reality and the outbreak could spread the disease throughout the bush.

The AWU reported that shearing and shed hands had told the union many woolgrowers and contractors were failing to act on health measures designed to stop the spread of the virus.

“It is disappointing this outbreak has occurred so soon after we publicly raised concerns about this issue to try and get everyone to take it seriously,” said AWU NSW vice president and shearing organiser Ron Cowdrey.

“Last week we again saw a ‘she’ll be right’ attitude by some shearing contractors - well now it’s clearly not all right. The powers that be at the Shearing Contractors Association of Australia (SCAA) need to take their head out of their arses and start doing the responsible thing for their members and the industry.

“Shearing and shed workers regularly work and travel between multiple sites and states, and we warned that unless the industry took Covid safety seriously it was a disaster waiting to happen clearly that disaster is now closer to being the case.”

Mr Cowdrey said it was essential for the industry to get together and develop an urgent but sensible response to the dangers posed by the pandemic. This should include: • Rapid antigen testing available on sites, followed by additional PCR secondary tests.

• Having shearing industry workers

lifted up the vaccination priority lists in regional NSW, and encouraging them to get vaccinated.

• Workers, farmers and contractors working togeather to take COVID seriously and follow safety protocols.

• Calling on SafeWork NSW to do its job and actually visit shearing sheds.

Meantime Mr Cowdrey said that while shearing’s strenuous nature made Covid-safe practices difficult, woolgrowers and contractors could follow the example of other businesses by taking a few simple steps to protect themselves and their workers, including: • Provide proper hand-washing stations with running water and sanitiser for workers.

• Ensure all shearing workers and visitors check in with a NSW QR code (or paper record) every day.

• Ensure masks are worn indoors (except when shearing, which is classed as strenuous physical activity).

• Enforce safe social distancing – 1.5m between workers. If that isn’t possible between stands, use every second stand.

• Disinfect and clean down high-touch surfaces and equipment between use.

“Shearing is considered an essential service and everyone needs to do their part to keep the industry operating’” he said.

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Native sportfish season re-opens in September MINISTER for Agriculture Adam Marshall has announced anglers around the state could get back to reeling in some of our finest native sportfish when the Australian bass and estuary perch season opens on Wednesday, 1 September 2021.

Mr Marshall said the annual four-month fishing closure from May through August had been in place in all NSW rivers and estuaries to protect these species during spawning.

“Good news fishos Australian bass and estuary perch are sought-after native sportfish and they can now be back on your fishing wishlist,” Mr Marshall said.

“The sportfish season has reopened after a four-month closure to protect the species when they form schools and migrate over late autumn and early winter to trigger spawning.

“Now their spawning period has finished, most fish will return to their spring and summer feeding grounds higher up in the catchment.”

Mr Marshall reminded fishos while they could catch these species from 1

September, there are strict bag limits in place.

“A total bag limit of two Australian bass or estuary perch (pictured) per person or a combination of both species with a possession limit of four is in place,” Mr Marshall said.

“When fishing in rivers, only one fish is permitted to be over 35cm in length.

“Our fisheries officers will be out in force to monitor compliance as we continue to protect the health of our sport fishery.

“These rules are designed to protect, conserve and improve our fisheries resources for future generations.”

Information on freshwater fishing rules can be found in the NSW Recreational Fishing Guide available from

NSW Department of Primary Industries Fisheries offices or the NSW DPI website www. dpi.nsw.gov.au.

For the latest COVID-19 rules and restrictions, please visit www.nsw.gov.au/ covid-19.

Minister says CSIRO needs to support all meats not just plant-based product A Federal government Minister has criticised the CSIRO’s promotion of plant-based meats.

Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has in turn been attacked on social media for ticking off the CSIRO. The national science agency on Friday offered dietary advice for children to choose plantbased food over red meat in a national campaign.

The CSIRO released a digital tuckerbox to encourage families to take on a “healthy and sustainable challenge”.

The online dietary advice from CSIRO “aims to get people thinking about making both healthy and sustainable food choices and what they might be eating in the future”.

Mr Littleproud posted the following on Twitter and Facebook: “It is not CSIRO’s job to advertise, their job is to support all industries. Red meat is an important part of any balanced diet.”

The “tuckerbox”, it advises families to switch to plantbased meats.

“Instead of a beef burger, how about one made of legumes?

“Food scientists in Australia have developed a burger patty, mince and sausages that taste

Agriculture Minister David Littleproud told CSIRO red meat was an important part of any balanced diet.

just like meat,” the tuckerbox advises, and then provides a link to plant-based foods.

The tuckerbox says lean beef is a nutritious source of protein.

“For our health and for the health of our environment, we should eat a moderate amount

of meat.”

Families are advised “cattle produce methane, mostly from their burps, which is a powerful greenhouse gas”.

It then says research is continuing into a “a type of seaweed that scientists

discovered can reduce cattle emissions by a huge amount when they eat it”.

Mr Littleproud is not the responsible Minister for CSIRO, that job falls to Minister for Industry and Science Christian Porter.

His social media comments attracted a big reaction.

“Great work CSIRO ... clearly the Nationals want to bring back the Victor lawnmower and horse drawn transport,” Boris Bernie said.

“Why can’t you all just be kind and supportive of all farming types,” Jacky Overington said.

“Australian scientists getting on board with the huge international market in vegetarian foods is a really smart idea for our grain and vegetable farmers.”

The beef industry was also alarmed by the advice.

Red Meat Advisory Council chair John McKillop on Friday said directing children to substitute meat products for vegan alternatives was a new low for the taxpayer-funded agency.

“CSIRO’s public attack against Australia’s 434,000 proud red meat and livestock workers is disgraceful whilst

accepting research funds from the industry,” Mr McKillop said.

“It appears that CSIRO is driving an agenda that goes beyond the remit of a taxpayer funded research organisation.”

CSIRO has been asked to respond to the comments.

“I eat meat and always will, why do vegans alway want vegetables to look like meat,” Peter Huddy said.

The release of the online platform comes as the CSIRO comes under increased scrutiny for its promotion and investment in plant-based foods.

The investment fund, Main Sequence, was spun out of CSIRO with almost half a billion dollars in funds which supports several plant-based companies, attracting criticism.

CSIRO says the tuckerbox draws on decades of research and innovation developed in partnership with the food industry, including adapting livestock and crops to our changing climate; improving sustainability in how food is produced, processed and transported; increasing the nutritional value of food; and helping people make their diets healthier.

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POWER OF RED VII SALE - SEPTEMBER 4

SALE to be held at Toowoomba Showgrounds Equestrian Pavilion.

LOT 8 MAKQ30 (24mths)

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High-quality Red Angus genetics for sale THE Queensland Red Angus Power of Red Sale Group will be hosting their seventh annual sale at 11am on 4 September, 2021 at the Toowoomba Showgrounds, Equestrian Pavilion, Toowoomba, Qld. Sale Committee Chairman Stu Greenwood said “The group is dedicated and passionate about the Red Angus Breed and producing bulls and females suited to the northern Australian environment and it remains as the groups focus.”

This year the group of vendors will be offering 28 industry relevant Red Angus bulls and 10 outstanding females along with some exciting genetic lots on the day.

With the Australian Beef cattle market on such a high, it is a great time to capitalise and invest in the

best of the Red Angus breed which is renowned for its carcase and maternal qualities when utilised in pure and cross breeding programs alike.

The Power of Red group is formed with 10 vendors this year, represented with several new vendors including: • AKM Red Angus, Amelie Martin, Stony Ck. Q • Bantry Beef, Andrew Youngberry, Pittsworth Q • Boonyouin Reds, Maryanne Kearney, Kumbia Q • GK Livestock, Kirrily Johnson Iseppi, Dalby Q • Greenwood Park Red Angus, Stu and Di Greenwood, Pittsworth Q • Keen Edge Red Angus, Allan & Lucie Brown, Pittsworth Q

• Ki-Eyrie Red Angus, Katherine Lee Borg, Goomburra Q • Rosemullion Red Angus, Heather Davies, Goomburra Q • Sophie’s Reds, Sophie Lack, Southbrook Q • Yallambee Stud, David Croker, Crows Nest NSW The agent again, this year for Power of Red VII is Nutrien Livestock. Interested parties can contact individual vendors or the agents to inspect the sale lots prior to the sale.

Alternatively, the live lots will be available for viewing at the Toowoomba Showgrounds from 3PM 3 September or from 8AM sale day, 4 September with the live auction beginning at 11am on 4 September, 2021.

There are videos of all sale lots available online on the Elite Livestock Auctions Website and for those who can’t make it to the venue on the day, the sale will be live streamed and online bidding will be available atwww. elitelivestockauctions.com.au For those wanting to bid online please remember to register to bid several days prior to sale day.

More information and a link to the catalogue can be found on The Power of Red-Qld Red Angus Sale Facebook Page or an online catalogue is available at www. redangus.org.au For a printed catalogue please contact Heather Davies at heather. davies@rosemullion.com.au

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BLUESFEST BYRON BAY RETURNS EASTER 2022 BLUESFEST organisers have once again had to postpone the popular music festival, which will now be held over the Easter long weekend next year.

“It is obvious that we cannot present Bluesfest in a safe manner in October - the safety and protection of our loyal Bluesfesters, our festival staff, our performers, our volunteers, stallholders and suppliers is paramount,” organisers said.

“So, we have re-scheduled to our usual timing with dates over the Easter long weekend next year in April 2022 – by this time, we expect things to have returned much more back to normal.

“We have worked so hard to bring back Bluesfest and we are not giving up. We are concentrating on the future and it is bright!”

The return of Bluesfest is over four jam-packed days next Easter from Friday, April 15 to Monday, April 18.

“We are working on

let you know who they are soon.”

Organisers are urging every ticketholder to hold on to their tickets.

“They (tickets) are automatically valid for the new Easter 2022 dates and you do not need to do anything to roll them over,” organisers said.

“You will not be disappointed. As soon as this outbreak is over and we are out of lockdown safely, Bluesfest will be announcing the incredible new names joining out lineup next year.

“Rest assured that you can still comfortably make an informed decision at this time, as we will continue to offer something special for John Butler (John Butler Trio), Teskey & Ash Grunwald, John refunds until after the new Thursday, April 14 for season Xavier Rudd - Official and so Williamson, C.W. Stoneking… artist announcement. ticket holders,” organisers many more! and the return of RocKwiz “If you are unable to attend said.

“With the few artists that LIVE! Bluesfest over the new dates, “Almost all the October are unable to return, we have “We have been working you will have the option to 2021 artists will return for the pleasure to announce the hard to fill the lineup. We request a refund. Refunds Easter, including: Midnight new additions to our April cannot wait to announce the for this event will be made Oil, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes, 2022 lineup. These include (so rest… you are going to love available via Moshtix within Pete Murray, Kasey Chambers, far!): Fat Freddy’s Drop, Josh the new names – and we will the next few weeks.”

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Subtropical rainforest shrubs for smaller gardens SUBTROPICAL rainforest shrubs for the smaller garden are many and varied.

Although well suited to the climate and soil conditions in the Northern Rivers, some are now rare or endangered in the wild, because of land clearing.

Ask at good, local native nurseries for these and other local native plants.

Rhodamnia maideniana, smooth scrub turpentine, is a delicate, bushy shrub growing from one and a half to three metres in height. It occurs from Ballina to the Gold Coast (north of Springbrook) in subtropical rainforest near the coast. It prefers to be shaded and protected under other plants. New growth leaves are a pretty red. The flowers are pinkish-white and appear in spring and summer.

The edible fruit is a black berry. The Rhodamnia is moderately frost tolerant.

Randia moorei or spiny gardenia is another local shrub only found in this area in the wild. It can grow to three metres. The attractive glossy oval leaves contrast with the dainty white flowers, which are fragrantly scented, as the common name indicates. The orange berries which follow are enjoyed by birds. The spiny gardenia does have small spines, which make it a safe haven for very small birds.

Burr bush or Monococcus echinophorus is a shrub which

grows from one to three metres high in subtropical rainforest near the coast, or along banks of coastal streams, north from Forster into Queensland. Its young growth is finely hairy, and has unusual, weeping strings of white flowers. The fruit is burr-like, green or brown.

Stenocarpus salignus, scrub beefwood or red silky oak, is also a small bushy tree, but it can grow to thirty metres in ideal forest conditions.

It grows well in part shade in well drained soils. It is less commonly grown than its relative, Stenocarpus sinuatus or the firewheel tree, but is a beautiful addition to any garden. Its attractive, glossy dark green leaves have paler undersides. In October to January, white fragrant flowers form in umbels, similar to the spiderlike flowers of the related grevillea, attracting nectar feeding birds. These are followed by seed pods which are green initially, maturing to brown, containing many papery seeds. Fresh seeds germinate rapidly and cuttings are also easy to strike.

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HEALTH

First monoclonal antibody treatment approved for COVID-19 in Australia GSK Australia and Vir Biotechnology have today welcomed the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) provisional approval of sotrovimab, a monoclonal antibody (under the product name Xevudy), for the treatment of adults and adolescents (aged 12 years and over and weighing at least 40 kg) with coronavirus disease

2019 (COVID-19) who do not require oxygen supplementation and who are at increased risk of progression to hospitalisation or death1.

The design of monoclonal antibodies is based on the natural antibodies humans already make. The role of monoclonal antibodies is to bind to the virus, stop it entering host cells and help fight off already

infected cells1.

Dr Krystal Evans, Medical Lead for COVID Therapeutics at GSK Australia, says the provisional approval is an important milestone in the strategy to combat COVID-19 in Australia.

“Sotrovimab is the first monoclonal antibody treatment approved for COVID-19 in Australia. We think this new treatment option

could play a role in our longer-term management of COVID-19 as part of Australia’s pandemic response toolkit,” said Dr Evans.

“If we can treat people at the time of diagnosis, then we may be able to prevent the disease from getting more serious and help keep people out of hospital.

“Vaccines are a critical element in our response to the pandemic and we also need to have a range of interventions available if people do become infected, to keep people out of hospital and reduce the severity of the disease. This means social distancing, hand washing, mask-wearing, vaccination and effective evidenced-based treatment options.”

Associate Professor Paul Griffin, practicing infectious diseases physician and clinical microbiologist, said he welcomed the approval of an early treatment for

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“Having evidencebased medicines to provide early treatment for those most vulnerable to the virus is an important pillar in managing the pandemic,” said A/Prof Griffin.

“New treatment options have the potential to keep people out of hospital, prevent their disease from progressing and reduce the burden on the health system. These outcomes are a key objective in our management of COVID-19 in the community and new treatments will help us get there.” Dr Evans said GSK Australia was proud to help bring this innovation to patients.

“Today’s announcement is welcome news for patients and the Australian community.

It follows extensive work right around the world in collaboration

with our partners at Vir Biotechnology,” concluded Dr Evans.

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56 BEER AND BREWING NEWS

ZERO ALC HAS NO PLACE IN SUPERMARKETS:

SANS DRINKS FOUNDER

Alcohol-free versions of alcoholic beverages should not be sold in supermarkets, says Sans Drinks founder Irene Falcone.

Sans Drinks, which opened earlier this year in Sydney’s northern suburb of Freshwater, is an alcohol-free bottleshop that aims to provide non-alcoholic alternatives to customers.

Falcone told Brews News that zero alcoholic drinks in supermarkets could normalise the consumption of the alcoholic versions amongst children and young adults.

“Kids and young adults don’t really know the difference between a non-alcoholic beer and an alcoholic beer,” she said.

“They’re just seeing Corona and they’re just seeing Heineken. So they’re being exposed to that branding very strongly on a daily basis.

“We’re trying to give adults a non-alcoholic alternative to the real thing.”

Her comments come after the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) published its official

Sans Drinks founder, Irene Falcone

position on zero alcohol products in January which recommended zero alcohol products should only be marketed and sold to adults, with availability limited to bottleshops and other such settings where age verification is required.

Criticism for zero alcoholic beverages and its marketing is not new with many companies facing backlash. Recently, Heineken faced an ABAC

panel for its Instagram advert for Heineken 0.0.

Previously in 2019, former FARE Chief Executive Michael Thorn criticised CUB’s Carlton Zero advertisement stating that it was an effort to “groom the next generation of drinkers.”

Meanwhile, last week, a journal article in the Drug and Alcohol Review suggested that zero alcohol drinks could be “gateway” drinks.

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they shouldn’t be sold in supermarkets, she said the question of whether nonalcoholic options are “gateway” drinks depends on accessibility.

“I think being accessible next to lemonade could be a gateway, in that environment.

But I don’t think it’s a gateway specifically, in the right environment.

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She said that while children are allowed to be in the San Drinks store, if they were to attempt to buy a non-alcoholic alternative drink, they would be denied.

“Whilst I’m legally allowed to [have children in store], there must be a social responsibility from people who are managing these stores.

“For me and for what I roll out in all of my stores, the products will not be sold to anyone under 18 and if they look young, I’ll be asking for ID. “However, if they want to pop in and get a kombucha or a soft drink, then that’s fine,” she said.

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Nearly half of surveyed accountants are “fairly” or “extremely” worried about the state of the Australian economy, according to Australia’s leading professional accounting body, CPA Australia.

CPA Australia has commenced an Australian-first longitudinal survey tracking economic and business sentiment of accountants against the implementation of Australia’s National COVID-19 Response Plan (the National COVID-19 Plan), recently agreed to by National Cabinet.

CPA Australia CEO “Accountants are in the trenches with Andrew Hunter Australian businesses every day during COVID-19,” according to CPA Australia Chief Executive Andrew Hunter. “Surveying them as we transition through the National COVID-19 Plan will allow us to track its impact on businesses and the economy.

“This survey will serve as a canary in the coalmine. We expect to see a positive uptick in sentiment as we transition through the National COVID-19 Plan. If that doesn’t happen, it may be an early warning sign that businesses and the economy need extra assistance; information that we can feed back to government.”

Around 50 per cent of surveyed accountants are “fairly” or “extremely” worried about the state of the economy over the next three months. This figure drops by less than one per centage point when looking at the state of the economy over the next six months.

Only 20 per cent of respondents are “fairly” or “extremely” confident about the economy over the same periods.

“Accountants in locked down areas are generally more worried

about the economy than those in non-lockdown areas, but not by a big margin. It’s clear that lockdowns create a lot of referred pain for businesses no matter where they’re located. This highlights the challenges associated with implementing different business support programs on a state by state or territory basis.”

Confidence in the state of Australian businesses’ performance was higher, with around 60 per cent of those surveyed “fairly” or “extremely confident” in this over the next three and six months.

Surveyed accountants working in accounting practices reported that many of their business clients are experiencing high to very high levels of financial stress. Nearly 54 per cent expect their business clients to find it “difficult” or “very difficult” to pay debts over the next three months.

Meanwhile, over 46 per cent of surveyed accountants say enquiries they have received regarding financial distress have increased in the past month. Even in non-lockdown areas, nearly 38 per cent of surveyed accountants report an increase in these inquiries.

According to the survey, the leading cause of pain for businesses is uncertainty around lockdowns, followed by attracting and retaining the right staff and the speed of the vaccine roll out.

“Governments can reduce the pain of lockdowns by announcing business supports at the same as a lockdown is announced. We’ve grown increasingly frustrated with failures by governments to plan for lockdowns and with red tape holding up the delivery of vital financial support to businesses.”

Nearly three-quarters of surveyed accountants are “unclear” or “unaware” of the National COVID-19 Plan. This figure was lower in lockdown areas versus non-lockdown areas (66 percent to 78 per cent).

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Forewarned is forearmed; if the business community and their advisers are better informed, they can prepare for the public and social health measures they’re likely to face.”

Close to 80 per cent of surveyed accountants think governments should be doing more to increase vaccinations. This figure is similar across both lockdown and non-lockdown areas.

“Many organisations, like CPA Australia, are pleased to support the vaccine roll-out in any way we can. We’d welcome governments exploring opportunities and engaging with business on how they can contribute.”

The inaugural survey was conducted from the 9th to the 15th of August and captures the views of nearly 200 CPA Australia members working in accounting practices and Australian businesses. We will conduct this survey at regular intervals as the National COVID-19 Plan is implemented.

Recommendations Based on the results of this survey, CPA Australia recommends: 1. Business supports should be delivered nationally, not at a state or territory level.

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Business negotiations are favored, especially long-term investments and real estate. Whether personal or professional in nature, the discussions you have will likely be of a serious nature. The people you interact with may be much older or younger than you. You will come across as knowledgeable and respected.

Saturday and Sunday brings an increased need for change and excitement in your love life. You may experience a brief period of instability or drama in your relationship. But flexibility, open-mindedness, compromise or minor adjustments will keep a healthy relationship on track. This is a good time for creative work and trying new techniques or a different approach, especially if you have been experiencing a creative block.

Taurus Apr 21 - May 21

Monday and Tuesday a mesmerizing allure could easily make you the center of attention. A smooth and non-threatening style of communication makes it easy to convince others and this is a good time to ask for favors. You can also communicate effectively at the nonverbal level.

Increased sensitivity to vibrational energy makes this a great time for working on anything involving harmonies, like poetry, music, and dance.

Wednesday to Sunday you will have great power of persuasion and can influence other people. Deep and intense thinking and communications make this a good time to get to the bottom of troubling issues.

You can uncover secrets through study and research, or through probing and questioning others. Profound discoveries are possible. You may discover something very revealing about yourself, from deep within your soul.

Leo Jul 23 - Aug 23

Monday and Tuesday brings positive change and excitement that spices up your life.You want to find new and stimulating adventures, work, and relationships. This is a good time to follow your passionate desires and act on your instincts. You can fully express your kinky side now and have some fun with it. You may wear crazy clothes or try something different in the bedroom.

Flashes of insight or experimentation could lead to amazing new opportunities in your life. Wednesday to Sunday brings intellectual insights to help you gain a deeper knowledge of any subject. You will really understand ideas that before you had grasped only superficially. This is a particularly good time to study hidden and secret things such as astrology and psychology. You could meet someone who has a very powerful effect on your consciousness or has a big impact on your thinking. This is a great time to learn but also to teach.

Gemini May 22 - June 23

Monday to Wednesday is an ideal time for finding true love and commitment.

Relationships benefit from your sensible approach and steady affections. A new romance could be with someone from a different age group and would likely be a long-lasting, soul-mate union. Existing relationships enjoy closer bonding and stability. If a relationship has been stressful lately, mutual respect and an eye to practical outcomes help you work through the problem and find a solution.

Thursday to Sunday your breadth of vision and sharp perception allows you to see the whole scope of anything you are involved in. With such wonderful foresight, this is a really good time for long-range planning. Your positive thinking and encouraging words will have an uplifting effect on others. And your optimism should be justified with good news from others concerning matters of importance.

Virgo Aug 24 - Sep 22

Monday and Tuesday bring the potential for miscommunication and confusion that could lead to relationship problems.

Your perception of reality may become clouded due to an inability to filter out the background noise or useless information. Take extra care if making important decisions or plans, or involved in business deals or contract negotiations.

Seek the advice of a professional in the field or someone you really trust. Wednesday to Sunday you should be feeling very affectionate and an exciting new romance is possible. If you already have a partner then you will be seeking a different kind of pleasure. Experimentation in the bedroom may be necessary to keep your eyes from wandering. Expect the unexpected, even with routine activities like shopping. There is also the chance of a financial bonus or windfall.

Monday and Tuesday discussions and business dealings could become complicated because of misinformation or confusion. So try to stick to the basics of communication. You may need professional advice when signing contracts or dealing with government and legal matters. Stay away from conspiracy theories, cults, drugs, and alcohol. Better things to do include creative writing, poetry, dancing, singing, and watching movies. Wednesday to Sunday brings fun and excitement to your social and love life.

You will be expressing your loving nature with a flair that can also manifest as a unique fashion style. Your displays shall attract equally interesting and eager people, willing to take a risk and see where it goes.

This lack of inhibition is especially helpful if you are naturally shy. This is an excellent time to make new friends and lovers.

Criticise… to reduce your standing

by Nigel Dawe

THE funniest thing – albeit abject feature of unjust criticism, is that it is predominantly given by those incapable of seeing anything beyond the confines of their own frightened selves, and/or

an inflated sense of what they think is their own personal importance; the gleaming clue to this ricochets from the fact the word itself contains three very pointed, machine gun-like letter i’s.

Libra Sep 23 - Oct 23 Monday to Wednesday increased perception and sensitivity give the ability to see the larger picture and not get distracted by the minor points. You can then share your ideas or theories with many people in an easily understandable and appealing way. Your imaginative, intuitive, and creative skills are enhanced which makes this a good time for spiritual practices, dreaming, artwork, creative writing, poetry, singing, and dancing.

Thursday to Sunday brings positive change and excitement with love or money or both. A new romance is possible, especially with internet dating.

This is a good time for impulse buying on fashion, cosmetics, and jewelry. Your creative talent is easy to tap into now and you can develop your own unique style. Surprises may come in the form of invitations, gifts, compliments, or curious and kinky offers.

Capricorn Dec 22 - Jan 20 Monday to Friday you will be presented with many unique opportunities to experience new activities, feelings, and relationships. Your need for freedom or a new type of self-expression will not result in major upheaval as it sometimes can. This is a good time to get new projects off the ground with a burst of daring energy. An exciting new romance is possible as your sex drive and physical attractiveness enjoy a boost. Saturday and Sunday your freedom or self-expression may be hampered by certain restrictions and obligations. An imbalance between what you want to do and what you have to do can cause frustration and tension. So it is important to be flexible, adaptable, and open-minded as you adjust to greater or fewer responsibilities or barriers to progress. Hard work, patience, self-restraint, and self-discipline are also needed.

Aquarius Jan 21 - Feb 18

Scorpio Oct 24 - Nov 20 Monday and Tuesday bring strong instincts and a strong desire for independence. You will want to go in your own direction without restraint.

This is a good time to fight for what you are passionate about and promote new or usual projects. You are also willing to take risks and immerse yourself in things that are original, unique, controversial or experimental. Your sexuality and exciting allure could attract a lot of interest from others. Wednesday to Sunday is ideal for asking for favors and talking people into things. Your powerful intellect and influence over others could be applied to sales work, debating, bargaining, or negotiating favorable deals in business or major purchases like houses and cars. You could also meet someone who deeply affects you through some idea, plan, or it could be the beginning of a karmic friendship or successful partnership.

Monday to Wednesday is an excellent time to achieve real stability in your love life. A significant new relationship may begin. It could be with a much younger or older person and have a strongly fated quality. Whether a new or existing relationship, there will be no illusions and you will have realistic expectations of each other. This is also a good time for business and professional relationships because of mutual trust and understanding. Thursday to Sunday brings optimism, generosity, good luck, and good news. Good instincts, future-oriented, and positive thinking make this an excellent time for socializing, research, study, and making plans. You could also plan for setting off on a journey, especially long-distance travel.

Making friends comes easy and mutually beneficial partnerships can prove profitable in the future.

Sagittarius Nov 22 - Dec 21 Monday to Wednesday is a good time for dating, especially if you are seeking serious commitment and loyalty.

Romance and affection will seem less important than stability and security.

You are willing to sacrifice short-term gratification for the long-term good of a relationship. Your self-discipline extends to your finances so this is a good time to save money, pay down debt, and make sensible investments in real estate, bonds, art, or jewelry. Thursday to Sunday brings extra personal freedom to enjoy more socializing. Positive change in your love life could lead to love at first sight and an exciting new romance. Your partner should be willing to help you explore your more unusual and kinky sexual desires. Creative breakthroughs can help you develop your artistic or musical potential and find your own unique style. This is a good time to experiment with a new hairstyle, clothes and accessories.

As if it were the most non-avoidable given of our existence, being criticised from left-field when it’s not otherwise flung directly in your face, is something that no one who has ever achieved anything remotely noteworthy, escapes. Many years ago, I remember coming across the line: ‘Criticisms are compliments in disguise’; and mostly, I’ve found them to be ill-considered, snipe-ridden admissions by those who generally don’t have a great deal to offer, and have never really offered much at all.

Whilst I couldn’t ever say that I deeply admire every politician, one thing I do admire about them is their ability to somehow not take onboard the most scathing assessments of their critics.

Politicians appear to have an amazing ability to put criticism in its ‘designated’ place, and if they don’t, well – they don’t really stay in the public-serving ring for long.

Relatedly, the former British PM, Benjamin Disraeli once very discerningly noted:

Pisces Feb 19 - Mar 20 Monday to Friday brings curiosity, concentration and single-mindedness.

You can gain a thorough understanding of serious, mysterious, or troubling issues. This is a good time to resolve complex relationship problems because you can perceive at the non-verbal level. A more profound and influential style of communication makes this a good time to ask for favors, promote your ideas, and seek support for your plans. Saturday and Sunday you should feel more sensitive, nurturing, compassionate, romantic, imaginative and creative. You will be highly sensitive to the feelings of others and should trust your instincts, especially about relationship issues. A very idealistic and spiritual friendship or love relationship could begin now. This is a good time for meditation, lucid dreaming, and for studying and practicing anything related to the occult and spirituality.

“How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.”

There is a wonderful old Sufi saying, that also encapsulates the smelly essence of mindless ‘backbiting’, and diffusingly highlights the petty irony that is apparent in bouts of loud-mouthed criticism: “The dogs bark, but the caravan passes regardless.”

Another testament to the utter forgettability of those that ‘excel’ at passing judgment on others, was made by Leonard Bernstein: “I’ve been all over the world and I’ve never seen a statue of a critic.”

It is interesting that Mozart, being one of the most prodigious talents in all of music history once insightfully said: “I pay no attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame.

I simply follow my own feelings.” And for mine, this gleaming morsel of an admission constitutes the most helpful, if not sublime of all advice in terms of how we ought best deal with the given that is ‘feedback’, or

more specifically – criticism.

That’s not to say, disregard those that ‘have your back’, because hearing things that can help us improve from those we respect and trust, are the most invaluable things we can ever be privy to. Aptly, the great Cicero, once said: “I criticise by creation, not by finding fault.” And it’s the perceived or concocted faults (of others) that petty minds revel in, as a compensation for not having to put themselves on the line, like those who actually risk ultimate defeat in the all out pursuit of their dreams.

The former American President, Theodore Roosevelt, couldn’t have expressed the above sentiments any better, than by saying: “It is not the critic who counts; not the person who points out how the strong person stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the arena.”

August 26, 2021 The Northern Rivers Times

Locally owned and independent

IN MEMORIAM 59 In Memoriam

In Loving Memory Gwen and Norm

Morrow

We thought of you both with love today, But that is nothing new.

We thought about you yesterday, And days before that too.

We think of you both in silence, We often speak your names.

All we have are memories, And your pictures in a frame.

And your memory is our keepsake, With which we’ll never part.

God has you in his keeping, We have you in our hearts.

Our beautiful Mum and Dad – Nanna and Poppy Loved and sadly missed every day by your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren

Death Notice

Linda McGrath Leis

Funeral Notice

Skimmings, Elsie Eileen 30 July 1923 – 12 August 2021

Death Notice

Marie Fay RICHES (nee Leadbeatter)

Late of Wingham, formerly of Tregeagle.

Passed away on Saturday, 7 August 2021 aged 85 years.

Elsie Eileen Skimmings, late of Goonellabah passed away on Thursday, August 12 2021, aged 98 years old.

Beloved wife of Errol. (dec.)

Much loved Mother & Mother-in-law of Kerry & Ken Jolley, Dale & Julie, Peter and Murray.

Loved Nana of Tracy, Scott, Alicia and loved Gran of their families.

Loved Daughter of Richmond & Lil Mortimer (both dec.)

Loved Sister of Bill, Beth, Rob and Val (all dec.)

Dearly loved wife of Basil (dec’d), loved mother & mother-in law to Sherilee & Mick, Lyn & Evan, Geoff & Gloria and Jim (dec’d) Cherished grandmother of Rebecca & Amy, Ellie & Shane and Alex & Jessie.

A Funeral Service was held for Marie at Lismore Memorial Gardens on Friday, 20 August 2021.

She will be sadly missed by her family and friends.

A private service has been held due to covid restrictions.

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FISCHER, Eva Margaret

WALKER (nee WALSH) ESME WINIFRED

Dear Sister and Sister-in-law of Mary and Elwyn Cook (both decd), Joyce McMahon (decd).

Dearly loved Aunty of Kevin, Patricia, Shirley, Jennifer, Pauline, Susan (decd), Neil, Leonie, Rodney, Deborah and Denise.

Passed away peacefully at St Andrew’s Village, Ballina.

Late of Ballina and formerly of Byron Bay. Wife of Hector (dec), mother of Peter & Gina, Averil, Lexie and Ross and Iris.

Loved by grandchildren Lyndall, Anthea, Julian, Alexander, Simon and Murray.

Linda was privately cremated as was her wish.

Passed away peacefully 12 August 2021.

Keep Smiling

AGED 89 YEARS

Thank you all so much Flo, Kevin, Kath & family

A private service to be held.

A funeral service was held on August 19, 2021 at Alstonville Lawn Cemetery.

Esme’s funeral service was recorded, uploaded and may be viewed at “Funeral-Livestreaming-Northern-Rivers” Facebook page.

6/12/52 – 22/6/21

We would like to thank family, friends & neighbours for their caring support, cards, flowers, phone calls & food.

Also thank you to Kyogle Aged Care, doctors, nurses & staff for doing all possible for Linda.

Late of Coraki.

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Death Notice

VICTORIA WALLACE formerly Campbell, nee: Stapleton

Late of Fairy Hill.

Passed away peacefully at St Vincent’s Palliative Care Lismore, on Sunday August 22, 2021 with her loving daughter by her side.

Former wife of George Campbell; and Neil Wallace (dec); and loving partner of Ray Hamilton.

Dearly loved mother and mother in law of Andrew & Janine and Angela.

Cherished nana of Matthew, Michael and LaTisha.

Step mother of Ann, Robyn, Ian, Don and partners and step nana of their children.

Sister to Pamela, Linda and Kathy. Vicky’s family would like to thank the compassionate staff of St Vincent’s Hospital for their care and kindness during her stay.

Death Notice

In Loving Memory of

Nellie Guthrie 26.8.1934 - 19.8.2021

Due to current Covid 19 restrictions a small private service will be held for Vicky

Following a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer, Nellie passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family.

Loving wife of Jack (deceased), Loving Mother and Mother-in-law of Wayne, Kim and Sandra, Carol, Clive and Kayelene, Kerry and Earle O’Brien and fond Aunty to Margaret and Garry Underhill.

Cherished ‘Nan’ to 16 Grandchildren and loving ‘Gran Gran’ to 26 great grandchildren.

Loving Sister to Shirley (deceased) and also to Joan and Bruce (both deceased).

Livestreaming will be available from 12 noon on Thursday 26th August, 2021 via the following link: www.fardonweb.com/ng

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Nominations of Candidates for the election of one (1) Director of Norco Co-operative Ltd for the Central Region are invited.

Candidates must be nominated by and from amongst members whose dairy farm interests (or the majority of them) are located in the Central Region. Candidates must be a supplier member of Norco, a representative of a corporate supplier member of Norco or a “Milk Producer Shareholder” under Rule 12.3. Candidates must be over the age of 21 years.

The Central Region is comprised of the NSW Local Government Areas of Tweed, Kyogle, Byron, Ballina, Lismore, Richmond Valley and Clarence Valley. If any member has any queries regarding the extent of the Central Region, please do not hesitate to call the Returning Officer.

The retiring Director from the Central Region, Mr KW BRYANT, being eligible, has offered himself for re-election.

Nominations, which are to be in writing and signed by two or more members of the Co-operative from the Central Region, are to be accompanied by the written consent of the Nominee, together with their date of birth and details of their qualifications and experience, and must reach the undersigned at the registered office of the Co-operative, “Windmill Grove”, 107 Wilson Street, South Lismore NSW 2480 not later than 5.00pm on Friday 3 September 2021.

Nomination forms should be obtained from the Returning Officer, phone (02) 6627 8051, fax (02) 6627 8099, email mark.myers@norco.com.au or can be downloaded from NorComm.

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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.

EVANS HEAD COMMUNITY MARKETS 4th Saturday of the month at Evans Head RSL Club.

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 ALSTONVILLE INNER WHEEL CLUB Meet socially 3rd Wednesday of every month. Contact President Carol Vidal 0427326832.

CRAWFORD HOUSE MUSEUM Would you like to join a friendly local community group? Crawford House Museum and the Alstonville Plateau Historical Society have openings for people of any age to volunteer in administration or in the museum. No experience is necessary, as training is provided. Your time need only be a few hours per week or month, whatever suits you best.

If you’re interested, visit us at 10 Wardell Rd Alstonville on Fridays between 10am and 4pm or Sundays between 1pm and 4pm, phone us on 66281829 or email us on info@ aphsmuseum.org.

SQUARE DANCING Summerland Larrikins Squares Alstonville, Fridays 7.30pm9.30pm 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 RAINBOW DRAGONS REGATTA Postponed until October Jan Wright, Rainbow Region Dragon Boat Club president has announced due to the current unpredictable COVID situation, the difficult decision has been made to postpone our regatta which was to be held on August 2829th at Shaw’s Bay. Save the new date in your calendars: October 9-10th 2021, and let’s hope we can all gather again soon with renewed energy and excitement. rainbowdragons.com.au BALLINA SCOPE CLUB We are a group of ladies who do fund raising with all money going to local charities. We meet the 1st Monday of the month at the Ballina RSL Club at 7pm. Any enquiries to Ruth on 0429877733.

IN FOCUS TOASTMASTERS CLUB How about trying something different? If you would like to improve your communication and leadership skills or simply make new friends and have fun, you are warmly invited to attend the In Focus Toastmasters Club. We meet the 3rd Wednesday evening of each month.

You may attend either from the comfort of your own home via zoom

or join us in person at the Cherry Street Sports Club, Ballina. For more information please contact: President Udo Moerig email tmumoerig@ gmail.com or Vice President email Jan Coleman janetlcoleman@gmail. com Webpage: https://3209990. toastmastersclubs.org/ BALLINA LIFEBALL Each Tuesday (9:30-11am) at Ballina Indoor Sports Centre. Come and join us for exercise, fun and friendship.

Contact Yvonne 0448004161.

THE FREE BRUNCH CENTER It’s Back the Free Community Brekky Center is now reopening as The Free Brunch Center in Ballina, on the 1st Saturday of every month.

There will be sausage sizzle available along with hot dogs, sandwiches, fruit salad, tea, coffee and take away meals also available. This will be presented under new Covid safe rules and restrictions. This is totally free and everyone is welcome. This is to be held at the Ballina Presbyterian Hall which is just behind the church, on the corner of Cherry & Crane Sts. The Brunch Center will be on the 1st Saturday of every month between 10am and 12pm.

BALLINA TOY LIBRARY Welcomes families from Ballina Shire, 9 Regatta Ave, Ballina. Open Saturday 10am-1pm, by appointment only on Tues & Wed. Phone 0411719074.

BALLINA CWA 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.

CASINO CASINO CASINO MEALS ON WHEELS WEEK 1 MON: D Clarke, D Allen, J & J Whittaker; TUE: D.Coleman, J Sweeney & own help; WED: L Douglas, K Bratti & N McKee; THU: M Goodlad & own help; FRI: L Dorrington, S forrester, P Plunkett & own help.

CASINO BRANCH CWA MEETING DATES AND NEWS Meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month at the Casino Community Cultural Centre at 9.00 am.

Interested new members please contact Marg. on 66621746 or Jan on 66626424. Due to COVID the August Meeting was cancelled and

Casino Branch CWA will meet for our September Meeting on the normal 3rd Thursday of the month, NEXT MEETING Thursday 16th September.

CASINO CRO Monday & Wed now before 8.30 9am. Contact M further informa

CASINO & BONALBO UPPER CLARENCE LIONS CLUBS Casino Lions club now meets each 4th Wed at the RSM.

CASINO LAD CRAFT GROU Meets 1st & 3rd month. Bring y and wear a mas Lunch time Mo on 66621838 or

CASINO RICHMOND RIVER COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB – CANCELLATION Sing along for August has been cancelled owing to Covid 19 restrictions. We will have more information as lockdown is lifted.

Phone 66622625 or 0412910884 CASINO AIR RIFLE CLUB Saturdays - Rifles, Ammunition & Targets supplied, shooting starts 8am until 12noon. Call Ollie on 0414622272.

CASINO MIX Meeting 4th Th month. For mo call the secretar New Members Fran on 0419 8 information.

THE CASINO HISTORICAL MUSEUM CASINO & DISTRICT Sun, Mon, Wed FAMILY HISTORY GROUP 2pm. Email cas Advise we have a new phone number outlook.com fo which is 66641118 and email Check us out o casinofhg@gmail.com CASINO SENIOR CITIZENS All welcome, our activities currently are Wednesday afternoons at Casino RSM 1.00pm to play Hoy, Euchre.

We have group play on Thurs afternoons 1.00pm. Contact Jan Danaher on 0414625680.

CASINO EVE Meets first Thu Casino Uniting and for further ring Alison 040 0422301799.

CASINO BRA Casino branch CASINO COMMUNITY on the 3rd Thu CULTURAL CENTRE Casino Commu Meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month at the Casino Community at 9.00am.

Cultural Centre at 9.00 am. The Land Cookery Contest is conducted CORAKI

by CWA of NSW. It is open to any person living in NSW or ACT CORAKI ART NOT only CWA members. For Coraki Art Priz more information phone Marg. on due to the curre 66621746 or Jan on 66626424 COVID 19, the Committee hav LISMORE CASINO difficult decisio NAVAL ASSOCIATION show at this sta Meets bi-monthly at Casino RSM, take this oppor new members welcome. For more wonderful loca information phone Chris 66293269 and sponsors fo or Jim 0427400625. support of the have everything LION’S CLUB CASINO Lion’s Club meeting is held on the next show and 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month you all there wh 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, 8.00am1.30pm. 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.

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64 COMMUNITY NOTICES 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.

GRAFTON GRAFTON GRAFTON VIEW CLUB VIEW meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the Grafton District Services Club, Mary Street.

The August meeting is on Tuesday 24th, commencing at 10.30am. The guest speaker will be Helen Dobra, who will speak about how Bowen Therapy works. Please phone Vorna at 66424719 for catering purposes no later than the Friday before the meeting.

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.

GRAFTON SENIORS New members : over 50’s welcome.

Next meeting : Tues. 14 September, 2021, 10.30am, at Racecourse. Guest speaker, Chemist, Glynn Bodimede.

Enquiries : Publicity Officer, Sandra, 66427720

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.

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.

CASINO EVENING CWA Meets first Thursday of the month.

Casino Uniting Church at 6pm and for further information please ring Alison 0400956404 or Penny 0422301799.

CASINO BRANCH CWA Casino branch CWA hold meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month at Casino Community Cultural Centre at 9.00am.

CORAKI CORAKI CORAKI ART PRIZE Coraki Art Prize 2021 Postponed due to the current climate with COVID 19, the Coraki Art Prize Committee have had to make the difficult decision to postpone the show at this stage. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful local and regional artists and sponsors for their ongoing support of the Coraki Art Prize. We have everything ready to go for the next show and look forward to seeing you all there when it is possible.

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EVANS HEAD BRANCH CWA We meet over lunch, 3rd Tuesday every month, 12noon at the Illawong Hotel. New members welcome.

Further info 0427825560.

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GRAFTON VIEW CLUB How do you feel about making new friendships, or renewing old acquaintances? Well, VIEW Club is your answer! It meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the Grafton District Services Club, Mary Street, Grafton. The August meeting will be on Tuesday 24th August, commencing at 10.30am.

The guest speaker will be Helen Dobra, who will speak about how Bowen Therapy works. Grafton VIEW offers you a warm welcome, so come & enjoy friendship, a lovely lunch & listen to our motivated guest speaker. At the same time, you will be supporting children in need.

Please phone Vorna at 66424719 for catering purposes no later than the Friday before the meeting.

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 Due to ongoing restrictions Kyogle Country Music’s next day will now be held on 12th September at 11am at KYOGLE GOLF CLUB. These days are fully catered for by the club with lunch and drinks available. ALL WELCOME. $2 donation at door appreciated.

KYOGLE SUNSHINE CLUB Meets every Thursday at 9.30am. For more details contact 0499824274.

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 HEAD LENNOX 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.

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.

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COMBINED PENSIONERS & SUPERANNUANTS ASSOC. LISMORE INC. Meet every 2nd week (aged pension day) at 10.00am at Lismore Workers Club. Alternate Meetings & Outings.

Visitors and new members welcome.

Contact Veronica 66214654, Bea 66219772 or Colleen 66243624.

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

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COMMUNITY NOTICES 65 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 pm at the Lismore Workers Club. Tickets cost $60 and can be purchased from the Club by phone 66217401, online Lismore Workers.com.au] or in person. For further information phone Helen George 0414734313.

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.

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 GIRL GUIDES Lismore Girl Guides meet every Tuesday during school terms from 5.30 to 7.30pm at our hall, Magellan Street Lismore. Any girl aged from 7 to 17 is most welcome to attend for two nights free, but please make contact first. 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.

LISMORE HIGH SCHOOL’S CENTENARY DINNER Lismore High School’s Centenary Dinner, which was to have been held on 11 September, 2021 has been postponed due to Covid restrictions.

It is proposed to hold the dinner in

March, 2022. The date has yet to be decided. For further information , phone Helen George: 0414734313 LISMORE TARGET RIFLE CLUB For .22 calibre rifles, meets Wed nights from 6.30 pm & the 1st & 3rd Sat of each month from 12 noon. Air Rifle shooting for .22 & 177 air rifles will also be available at the Saturday shoots. For more info please phone Derek on 66282082 (AH).

LADIES INDOOR BOWLS Played at Lismore Workers club, Mon mornings 9am, New members welcome. Info Rosemary 0434611520 or Veronica 0417004622.

NR U3A LISMORE INC. (UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE) Retired? Make new friends, gain knowledge, laugh and learn, enjoy a richer retirement. U3A offers over 30 classes and activities each week.

One yearly fee of $50 entitles you to attend all classes/activities of your choice. Interested? Check out our webpage http://www.u3anriv.org. au for course list, times and venues or contact 66227408 Follow us on Facebook.

TABLE TENNIS AT GOONELLABAH Tuesday and Thursday mornings social playing: 9.00am-12noon; Monday and Wednesday nights social playing: 7.00-9.00pm; Training

Monday mornings: 9.00am-12noon; Junior coaching after school Wednesday 3.30pm-4.45pm, $6.00 a session. Everybody is welcome – all levels. Phone centre on 66251602 Mon-Thur 9.00am-1.00pm or visit website www.fnctabletennis.com.au SUMMERLAND AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Meetings of the club are normally held on the second Sunday of each month at the clubrooms: 412 Richmond Hill Road, Richmond Hill at 1.00pm. Visitors are welcome.

The clubrooms are usually open on Sunday afternoons from about 1pm onwards. We are primarily amateur radio enthusiasts and welcome persons interested in radio, electronics, astronomy and similar subjects. For more details about the club and its activities see the club’s website: https://sarc.org.au/ or check us out on Facebook at https://www. facebook.com/SummerlandARC “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 9.3011.30am in school term. Anglican Parish Hall, Zadoc St Lismore.

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66 COMMUNITY NOTICES 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.

re normally nday of brooms: 412 Richmond s are welcome.

ROTARY CLUB ually open from about OF LISMORE WEST INC Is in its 60th year and meets at the primarily East Lismore Bowling Club each asts and ested in radio, Thursday at 6.00pm. New members and similar would be made most welcome. ails about the Further information available on ee the club’s 0428151934. g.au/ or check https://www. RED CROSS LISMORE BRANCH Meets the 3rd Monday of the month rlandARC at 2.00pm in the Red Cross Tea Rooms in Keen Street Lismore. As well as fund raising we are also an 021 for 0-5 year active social group and welcome new members. New volunteers are also using fun required to assist in our popular Tea elp develop Rooms. If you can commit to 1 or tor skills, ked morning more days a month please contact Lynn 66217642 or Rhonda 66241950 ldren enjoy Tuesdays 9.30EMBROIDERS GROUP m. Anglican Meetings are 9.30am-2.30pm 1st and Lismore. mainlymusic. 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.

MACLEAN MACLEAN MACLEAN VIEW CLUB Monthly meetings again, after months of lock down. It will start as usual 3rd Thursdays of each month at 11am. Contact Ruth Toyer on 0409844212 by Mondays, no later than 7pm. Numbers are required for catering purposes MURWILLUMBAH

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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.

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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.

FLOWER & GARDEN SHOW Twin Towns & District Garden Club - Flower & Garden Show 11th September 2021. DUE to COVID 19 restrictions it is with regret that this event is now CANCELLED. Please see our website for information regarding meetings. https://twintownsgardenclub.com (click on link). Our next meeting will be on13th September 2021 Covid restrictions permitting.

WOLLONGBAR WOLLONGBAR PROBUS CLUB The committee of the Wollongbar Probus Club have needed to cancel club meetings until Thursday October 21st due to the risks to our members health created by the safety requirements to deal with Covid-19.

That date of course also depends that it will be safe at that time.

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 RIVERS ALL NORTHERN NORTHERN RIVERS 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 September 1st 7pm until 9pm Lismore Workers Club, Keen Street, Lismore. Men previously 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 -Enquiries phone Bob Johnson 66225792.

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.

SUMMERLAND GIANT PUMPKIN AND WATERMELON FESTIVAL 2022 Theme – “ON THE VINE” It’s Time: To finish preparing your plot ready for planting. Plan your painting or craft project based on the theme. Do your research – you will find great ideas on Google.

Regularly check the Festival Face Book page for updates. Entry Forms for the 2022 Summerland Pumpkin and Watermelon Festival Art and Craft Competition are available from the following places in Kyogle, Clay Corner, Kyogle Craft Creations, Roxy Gallery, Kyogle Newsagency, Farmer’s Market and the Visitors Information Centre. The theme for next year’s competition is ON THE VINE. Seeds for Giant Pumpkins and Watermelons are now available in Kyogle from CRT, Norco, The Saw Spot, Dave’s Bakehouse, Motor Bike Shop, Stuart’s Butchers, PRD Real Estate Agents and Gateway Real Estate.

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Live baits and lightly weighted pilchards have both worked fairly well. The leatherjackets have vanished for the most part, so the 32 fathom line will be worth checking out for some snapper, trag and flathead. The current has been a little inconsistent of late, but there has still been some quality pearl perch and some smaller kingfish coming from the 48’s.

The river has been producing some quality bream from the mouth of the river to Pimlico Island, and some flathead between the ferry and Wardell bridge.

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68 SPORTS RESULTS SEND YOUR SPORTS RESULTS TO sports@nrtimes.com.au Please keep under 150 words.

Photos are welcome but publishing is at the discretion of the editor.

Results must be sent in Word, Pages or PDF format CASINO SOCIAL GOLF RESULTS 22-08-2021 The winner of social golf on Sunday was Matthew Gooding with a stableford score of 25 points from Stephen Shephard with 24, he also won the putting trophy with 13 putts and B.Yates won the players draw.

Nearest to pins:1st, S.Ensby.

2nd, S.Shephard. 3rd, F.Bruni.

4th, R,Horseman. 5th & 6th, P.Piccoli. 7th, G.Randall. 8th, W.Jackson. 18th, N.Rose.

Next Sunday’s event sponsored

by The Barn = Clydesale Motel Casino will be a single stroke on the bottom 10 holes and visitors are welcome to play with hit off from 6-30am till 7-30am and remember strict covid19 rules

apply.

CHERRY STREET CROQUET CLUB SPORTS RESULTS Association Club Champions 2021 : Div 1 Lance Turner Div 2 Greg Porter Div 3 Robyn Poynting Runner ups: Div 1 Ray Chapman Div 2 Neville Poynting Div 3 Liz Hardy Golf Club Champions 2021 : Div 2 Norma Watts Div 3 Maurie Russell Div OBE Doubles Norma Watts & Joan Doust Div Handicap Singles Gail Frederiksen Div Handicap Doubles Robyn Poynting & Neville Poynting.

Runner ups : Div 2 Gail Frederiksen Div 3 Del Casey Div OBE Doubles Jill Huxley & Faye Duncan Div Handicap Singles Robyn Poynting Div Handicap Doubles Maurie Russell & Greg Porter Ricochet Club champions 2021 Div 2 Greg Porter Div 3 Noelene Barnes Div Handicap Singles Robyn Poynting Runner ups :

Div 2 Gloria Drew Div 3 Helen Young Div Handicap Singles Neville Poynting Thanks to club games managers Gloria Drew, Penny Scott, Ray Chapman for running the 2021 Club Championships.

Div 1 Golf, Div 1 Ricochet, Handicap Doubles Ricochet, finals will be played when players return from the Covid lock down.

weather over the weekend saw more awesome scoring with Jason Matthews leading the way with what I’m guessing was a career best round of 67, including an ace on the 5th, to finish with 47 points. Congrats Jase! We also saw 59 players score 37 or better, I think it’s going to take a record score to get into this year’s top 19 for the Shootout.

NSW Division 3 Golf Croquet State Doubles winners Keith & Jan Brodie Coutts Crossing with runners up Judy King, Debbie Jones Ballina, final score. 7/2, 6/7, 7/3.

A great display of croquet by all players with the local ladies Judy & Debbie showing great team work and tactics to reach the final.

Congratulations to all.

LWGC MEN’S GOLF SHOOTOUT UPDATE AND THIS WEEK’S EVENTS Dear All - perfect golfing

I also had the ‘pleasure’ of teeing off at 6:50am on Saturday, though I was glad I did as I got to encounter what I found out are our resident family of kangaroos, see pic attached from next to the 13th green.

Hopefully they hang around and become a welcome addition to our course.

This week we have a single stableford on Thursday, while on Saturday we’re playing a 4BBB stableford with a single in conjunction. It is also round 22 of the B&K Balustrades/Bolt Barn shootout.

SEASON CONCLUSION - GRAND FINAL PUSHED BACK In the event of a one-week lockdown, the schedule is as follows.

Coastal Premier League (CPL) today released a plan to conclude the competition for when New South Wales Government imposed lockdown ends.

The government imposed a one-week lockdown last Saturday, which is due to end this Saturday at midnight.

CPL, in consultation with clubs, has developed plans for a return to football should the lockdown be lifted in time for this Sunday or the following week.

CPL has lost two weeks of competition due to the lockdown.

First-grade matches were postponed shortly before kick-off last Saturday, and matches were scheduled for this coming Saturday, before the scheduled end of the lockdown.

The CPL grand final will be moved back a week to cater for the two lost weeks.

It will now be held at C.ex Coffs International Stadium on Saturday, 18 September 2021.

In the event of a two-week lockdown, the schedule is as follows.

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SUPPORT GROWS FOR OUR BIGGEST PARALYMPIC TEAM ABROAD

Australia’s largest ever team for an overseas Paralympic Games is being backed by record support at home, including investment and innovation from the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS).

On the eve of the Tokyo Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony, AIS CEO Peter Conde has sent his best wishes to the Australian Team, which is made up of 179 athletes competing across 18 sports, including in the debut disciplines of Para-taekwondo and Para-badminton.

“The AIS takes enormous pride in supporting Australia’s Paralympic athletes, coaches and staff and we’re excited they get the opportunity to compete in Tokyo after such a testing preparation.” he said.

“The AIS has increased its investment in Paralympic sport by more than 40 per cent over the past decade and 86 per cent of this Australian Paralympic team have received direct athlete grants from the AIS – known as dAIS – during the extended five-year build-up to these Games.

“But the support of the AIS to Paralympic sport is wideranging and is also represented through innovation and technology, medicine and sport science, wellbeing and community engagement, coaching and leadership, as well as high performance facilities.

“There are dedicated Paraswimming and Para-athletic squads based fulltime at the AIS and despite COVID-19 restrictions, the AIS has hosted 34 Paralympic sport camps over the past 12 months.

“The AIS Applied Technology and Innovation team has been instrumental in creating a range of customised services and equipment.

Customised-seats for our wheelchair basketballers and rowers, 3D printed gloves for our wheelchair athletes, specialised apparatus for our archers, and enhancements to prostheses are just some of the innovations we have made to support our Aussie Paralympians.”

“Since the Rio 2016 Games, we have been focused on initiating new programs to

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respond to the priorities and needs of sports. Programs such as Tokyo Heat – designed to equip our athletes for the challenges of competing in the hottest Paralympic Games on record, the athlete and coach mentoring conducted through the Gold Medal Ready Program, and the support of the Mental Health Referral Network have helped to give our Paralympians the best chance for success in Tokyo.”

Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Chair Josephine Sukkar said she is proud of the increased AIS investment as our Paralympians are a source of huge pride and inspiration for Australians.

“The lead up to these Paralympic Games has been unlike any other, but we can all be inspired by the persistence, resilience and dedication our athletes have shown to overcome the challenges these specific Games have thrown up, and be ready to compete in Tokyo,” Ms Sukkar said.

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic

Games will be held between 24 August and 5 September, 2021.

A total of 22 sports hosted at 21 venues are scheduled at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Para-badminton and Para-taekwondo will be making their Paralympic debut.

The Australian Paralympic Team will be led by Chef de Mission, Kate McLoughlin, and co-captains Danni Di Toro and Ryley Batt.

You can cheer on our Australian Paralympic Team and stay up to date wherever you are in Australia thanks to our official broadcast partner, Seven West Media, and the team at Paralympics Australia.

To find out more and to stay up-to-date, visit the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games online hub. https:// www.paralympic.org.au/ tokyo2020/ These are the 22 Paralympic Games events set for Tokyo: Archery (27 August – 4 September) Athletics (27 August – 5 September)

Badminton (1 September – 5 September) Boccia (28 August – 4 September) Canoe Sprint (2 September – 4 September) Cycling Road (31 August – 3 September) Cycling Track (25 August – 28 August) Equestrian (26 August – 30 August) Football 5-a-side (29 August – 4 September) Goalball (25 August – 3 September) Judo (27 August – 29 August) Powerlifting (26 August – 30 August) Rowing (27 August – 29 August) Shooting (30 August – 5 September) Sitting Volleyball (27 August – 5 September) Swimming (25 August – 3 September) Table Tennis (25 August – 3 September) Taekwondo (2 September – 4 September) Triathlon (28 August – 29 August) Wheelchair Basketball (25 August – 5 September) Wheelchair Fencing (25 August – 29 August) Wheelchair Rugby (25 August – 29 August) Wheelchair Tennis (27 August – 4 September)

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MMA CHAMP FATHER IN FIGHT OF HIS LIFE

By Margaret Dekker

8 and Thomas 5 and two dogs. And of course, that next W2W fight as the WHEN Mixed Martial Arts fighter warrior he is.

Jackson Prestwidge stepped into the “I really thought that I’d be angry, cage to fight a televised W2W final in I’m frustrated but I’m more so just Brisbane, the gate locked behind him concentrating on the fact that it’s a and he thought ‘woah, this is getting rejoice moment that I found it and that I real.’ trusted my instinct of my body because Wind the clock forward three years if I didn’t and I just trusted them I’d be and this time the fight is cancer and dead,” Jackson said. it’s a very real contest. This month, the Their boys will be kept informed of Pottsville father of two was diagnosed Dad’s biggest fight yet, as a vital part of with Stage 3 bowel cancer, only after his support team. he and wife Holly insisted and persisted “I would rather them say ‘my dad on answers after terrifying symptoms took it like a champ’ then sit there were repeatedly misdiagnosed. going ‘he always complained about “By this time, I was looking at doctors’ and in the end, if it wasn’t for every single time I went to the toilet Sally Butchers the cancer wouldn’t to a point where it got so bad where have got found and she’s looked after a month ago, I was taking aspirin Jonah, Jackson, Holly and Thomas Prestwidge “a lot to fight for” me so much,” Jackson said. because I was uncomfortable and I “I know I will beat it, I’ve got to use experienced bleeding where it was like an appointment with Lismore close,” Jackson said. what I know.” a cup of blood, I thought I was dying,’ gastroenterologist Dr Sally Butchers “How did they overlook that, all of In a cruel twist, the family was served Jackson said. who reviewed his charts including those doctors looked at his charts!” not only a cancer diagnosis but also In the months before, doctors plummeting iron levels, and an wife Holly asked. an eviction notice and must now find repeatedly diagnosed it as hemorrhoids appointment for late-September was The real fight’s now begun with the another home in a tight Tweed Coast or Irritable Bowel Syndrome, rushed forward. first radiation and chemotherapies in rental market with only social media, diverticulitis, even an inflamed “She goes ‘get up on the table and Lismore this week before eventual word of mouth, sympathetic property prostate.

I’ll check’ and within five minutes she surgery. managers and luck to help, But as a super-fit 31-year-old triathlete goes, ‘that’s cancer, I’m sorry’ she was “I’ve just got to get through Monday,” “All we usually do when I’m not sick who never drank or smoked nor had a so straight and expecting me to cry but he said. is work and exercise and take the kids family history of hemorrhoids, Jackson I didn’t, I was just so relieved that she It’s a 69 percent chance of survival to school, we don’t need that much,” wasn’t convinced. He turned to his finally said and found what I thought and there’s a lot for Jackson to fight father, husband and fighter Jackson instinct for guidance and through it was and then I was just in hope that for, his Foster-Tuncurry high school Prestwidge said. luck – and creative persuasion – got it hadn’t gone too far, and it was pretty sweetheart Holly, spirited sons Jonah

SOCCEROOS SET TO ANNOUNCE QATAR VENUE FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIER AGAINST CHINA Australia are set to play their first ‘home’ World Cup qualifier in Qatar, with the Socceroos match against China likely to be played in oppressive conditions at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium on September 2.

It was reported last week that Football Australia (FA) were in discussions with Qatar’s football federation about hosting the Asian WCQ third-round match in the Middle Eastern country, and the official announcement of the Doha-based venue is expected imminently.

The Socceroos’ official website listed the China match as being played at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Qatar on September with a 10.00am (AEST) kickoff, which is at 3am Qatari local time, however they removed the details shortly after the publication of this article.

While the possible kickoff time in the middle of the Qatari night is unusual, it is the coolest part of the day with temperatures dropping to around 34 degrees after peaking in the low-to-mid 40s during the day and early evening.

The green and gold have been forced to play their first home WCQ on neutral soil because current COVID-19 restrictions wouldn’t allow the Socceroos and their opponents to enter Australia without quarantining upon arrival.

FA are hoping to host the Socceroos’ home qualifiers against Oman (October) and Saudi Arabia (November) at Bankwest Stadium in Australia, but with COVID-19 cases rising all around the country, there is still significant doubt over this scenario.

Australia’s second qualifier, away against Vietnam, will go ahead on September 7 Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium, with the match to kickoff at

10pm (AEST).

No crowd will be present for the Vietnam match but all players and officials will be able to enter Hanoi without quarantining, but must adhere to strict COVID-19 prevention protocols.

The Socceroos squad for the China and Vietnam matches will be announced later this week.

Australia - who are in a group with Japan, Saudi Arabia, China, Oman and

Vietnam - need to finish in the top two positions in the group after a homeand-away schedule to qualify directly for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar - to be held in November-December.

Third place in the group will also get the opportunity to qualify via a playoff route that will involve playing against another Asian nation before facing a country from another federation.

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SURFING NEWS WITH MAX PERROT from back page

by Max Perrot In 2021, the World Champion will not be decided by a surfer’s total points at the end of the competitive season as it always has been. This year, surfers will earn points throughout the course of the year (as usual), however those points will only serve to qualify them for the “playoffs”, also known as the WSL finals, which are essentially a one-event surf-off for the World Title held at Trestles in September.

Ethan Davis of Stab magazine explains: “The idea is that—like in the NFL/NBA/ World Cup etc.—the last event of the season will determine the World Champion, thus providing guaranteed TV drama. As one WSL honcho famously proclaimed, no longer will a surfer be able to win while “standing on the sand in Portugal.”

It will boil down to the top five performances on one day, in what will be the most high-

Pictured: Sally Fitzgibbons Photographer: Tiago/WSL

stake and consequential heat surfing format to ever crown a World Champion. Gabriel Medina is currently sitting on 43,400 points, 11,740 points ahead of second place, Italo Ferreira. In any other year, this would’ve meant he had already won the World Tour by a landslide.

If he didn’t compete at the next event and Italo won it, he would still lead the rankings.

Gabby has made 5 finals this year out of 7, winning 2 of them at Narrabeen and Rottnest. The new SuperBowl format however, makes his season-long dominance irrelevant. He will have one

heat to surf, and if he loses, that’s that.” Our lone Aussie Morgan Cibilic comes into finals day ranked fifth.

The rookie from Angourie has surprised time and time again this year. Now he’s the top ranked Aussie with a chance to win a World Title as a rookie.

In the women’s top 5 Carissa Moore is number one seed, Her worst performance has been a semi-final, making her the most consistent surfer across both the Men and Women’s draw. Our Aussie finalists are Sally Fitzgibbons and Stephanie Gilmore in 3rd and 4th seed respectively.

Fitzgibbons has been runner-up to the world title in 2010, 2011 and 2012 while Steph Gilmore is going for her 8th World Title this year.

The men’s finalists in seeding order are: Gabriel Medina, Italo Ferreira, Fillipe Toledo, Conner Coffin and Morgan Cibilic. The women’s finalists in seeding order are: Carissa Moore, Tatiana Weston-Webb, Sally Fitzgibbons, Stephanie Gilmore and Johanne Defay.

Brooke Farris will become the first woman in the 52 years of Rip Curl’s existence to take the reins as the company’s CEO. Brooke is also a board member of Surfing Australia and a former Australian junior surfing champion.

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The NSW Government today extended the lockdown in regional New South Wales by six days. If the situation with the pandemic improves or stabilises, the NSW Government may end the lockdown in regional NSW at midnight on Friday, 27 August 2021, allowing football to be played on and from Saturday, 28 August 2021. Today, North Coast Football (NCF) released plans for the resumption of football, superseding plans released earlier in the week.

Community football for players aged five to 60 plus will resume Saturday, 28 August 2021, with a mix of the final round of competition matches or the start of the semi-finals.

MiniRoos football (five years to 11 years) will conclude on Saturday, 28 August 2021, should the lockdown be lifted.

Coastal Premier League will resume on Saturday,

28 August 2021, with three matches in first grade and three matches in reserve grade postponed from earlier in the season.

National Premier League Youth will train on the resumption weekend and resume play on Sunday, 5 September 2021, with North Coast at home to Broadmeadow Magic FC. Junior and senior grand finals will be played at C.ex Coffs International Stadium in the south and Barry Watts Oval Maclean in the Clarence.

Community football, involving juniors in the Coffs and Clarence, will have their grand finals on 10 and 11 September (excluding 17 Boys). Senior grand finals will occur in the Clarence on 11 September. Senior grand finals in Coffs will happen on 17 and 18 September (including 17 Boys).

The CPL grand final will be moved back a week to cater

to the first grade’s two lost weeks. It will now be held at C.ex Coffs International Stadium on Saturday, 18 September 2021.

In Coffs, masters football (over 30’s women and 35’s men) have had their grand finals moved to Friday, 17 September 2021.

Quotes attributable to Andrew Woodward, General Manager, North Coast Football.

There’s a strong want in the football community to conclude the season with finals. We’re within touching distance of the finish. If it is COVID-19 safe to do so, we would like to be back on the pitch as soon as possible.

We’re ready to go.

Community sport is the fabric of regional communities and is essential to the mental health of young people. The sooner we’re back on the pitch, the happier and healthier we will be.

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